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The Washington times., 1914-04-26
SCHEDULE is FILLED WITH FEATURES.

BESIDES the attractive competitive
c I'd, which in itself is sufficient to
D I'D the attention of the huge army Of
e. all pin adherents of the city; the
g ledule for the tournament is filled
from night TO night with features
" hich are calculated to draw a capacity
th-ong to the Palace nightly. Probably
! st prominent of these added attrac-
4 MS is Frank Sherman Night,
/ ked for Tuesday, of this week, and
D. ding almost equal Importance is the
:. :aseball Night which comes later On
IN CONJUNCTION with the Frank
s crman" celebration, the occasion is
/ be made one of particular allure
1 am is TO be rendered, flowers are to
! presented to the members of the
4 rer sex, and perchance little nsh-
y liking or hesitating may find ITS way
| 10 the politics OF the evening. because
{ the immense popularity OF the man
, whom this celebration has been
I, med, extensive preparations nave
. . N made TO make this event one OF
: . most desirable of the tournament.
0. , further emphasize Frank sherman
y -ht," the Royal team and SEelnan @ M
No. l team will figure in the 1lNe-men
mpetition Members of these teams
Il also figure in the doubles and
giles. and the occasion Will oe OF
.rticuIar interest to the followers OF
. ose teams. Frank Sherman has won
r himself the name of father OF the
me" and Tuesdays program Is lne
ne. opportunity that Washington
wiling public will have to hoIor hiin
E. such. ;,,,,,;os
Raseall Night as the name lmpnes,
is set aside for the baseOall-playlhs
.pvlers to roll their sets. ms Is
complimentary affair rendered The many
ends the game has amonS me ana
r-ur and professional basebaH piaE ers'
40 teams will represent the Grlnmen,
Raw Morgan and Germany ScfaeIer
having corralled players from the ranks
OF the Nationals to roll at the small
naples. The American Security ana
Trust Company. amateur champions OF
the District will roll, as viii the Pnla-
Helphia Athletics and the Nigilants. A
s.xth team has been mustered from the
-anks Of Washington newspaper men
no have handled bowling during the
aason. The bowlers will here nave
chance TO voice their criticism of the
plling prowess of the scribes VINO have
zen doing the commenting for so long.
throughout the three weeks which the
armament is expected to continue, a
perfect arrangement of scoring ana OF
eating has been adopted by the DUCK
in Association. Through the ardenl
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
RedIand Leader, at Twenty
Eight, Has Scheme for Max
inq Team Win a Pennant.

Charles Buck" Herzog Is success
ir 6aseball-a BIZ; lcasre manaser at
the age OF nty-eisht-because, when
a kid, he decided upon a plan and went
through with it.
he decided carly in life to be hall
player, and everything hc Gid was
Pointed toward that end AS result
he IS the youngest manager in the
majors. is rated as L star intielder, and
one Cr the best base runners, owns
a 1I0-acre farm and is so liked. even
at twenty eight. that he could retire
from the diamond and live comfortably.
HerznG had a motto when u kid 1t
was this: Play every DAY" He fol=
10 Xed his MOTTO. When he couldn't play
with hoys his own age. he hunted up
younger chaps.
He'd play with any lad who would
toss Il ball. One lay he played with
older boys wfO had :Tn organized team
and uniforms. and tha next day he
hitting flies on a corner lot.
He didn't care with whom OF where
he played. as lonS rs he had Il base
ball in his hand every day.
AT the age Of sixteen Hers:y was csp-
tain Of the fastest scm;-pro team in Bal
tiInorc. his home town. st eighteen he
was manager OF the la:!Sely. Nd, team
In = little league. vt twenty ne start
ed his career as Il professional with the
Res ding, Pa. club. of the Tri-State
!.eagUe. At tTenty-Dnn ne was tried IN
the ma jors and made good
HCrZog is \ success because he hes
hustled. lie goes into everything with
heart and soul. He alwaIs gives his
test, no matter how trivial a .'roposi-
.ioE may be Hc works ii top speed
all the time.
My tip 20 the ynunSStcr who wants
To make good in baseball or anything
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Hilltop Sprinter Seems Destined
to Be Another Arthur Duffey
in Few Years.

"Nubby' Jones is destined to become
another Arthur Duffey, the worlds
champion sprinter. who sported the
silks of Georgetown a few years ago.
Judging by his great running at the
Penn relay meet in Philadelphia yes
terday. The Hilltopper Travelled
across the line second only to Howard
Drew, who claims to have run the CEN
tury in 8 3-5 in California last month,
and is generally admitted to be the
fastest sprinter in this country today
Jones' great work in the trial heats at
tracted considerable attention to hlfh'
and when he flashed over the line De-
hind Drew and ahead of Bond. of Michi-
gan, and knight. of Chicago. a round
of applause greeted him. Considering
the poor conditions, the track being COW
cred with water, the announced time OF
10 IL was fast as lightning. and Jones
was within a stride of the winner.
After seeing Drew win his triai neal
In 10 FAT referee Sullivan said: Now
I can understand how claims are made
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
M'CUE OFFERS COUNTER
PROPOSITION TO EGAN
FOR ARDMORE CONTEST
BaImorean Wiling to Make 1926 Pounds at O'clock But
Wants His Own Referce-Seman Leaves for Mexico
and Now Donaldson Wo u.d Meet Some Other
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

ndd eweight in the District ut Ard
E1ore. Indeed. he vii, tackle any mid
: eweisht e club VII bring to TINS
I'm Sc, to hear that Seiaan has
had to lsave." says Donaldson.
think 4. would have made great
batt e Vt there But I'm stil here
and I nt the club to match ne with
some otter rniddlewe.ght. am now
at 1o6 po,,:ds. but III take anyoody
on around :. % or i62 pounds
Donaldson Is working out daily now
with s:.f.nkey Gardner and Young
.NonsnC :. nd is abo1t in shape tc do
~, best Vile wants to hear from the
club.
Ralph Herr. the colored lightweight.
wilA me 6. Kid Chinn at the next Ard
more m sa er5 and s Patrs dsS nht mis- Tone he
tack cd sam I.an=ford in Bal
timore. t.s * MIN to pulp in fifteen
rounds -! ge.Ing a oecisIon- Herr
Claims tn = asssrn colo1ed sn 'ish,weisht
Tommy Lowe. Washington's crack
veteran lightweir-, is expected tc ar
rive some time Ss week after vic,
torio1s tour o. ,'outh, Tommy Is
three % tines. % onee :sa1e on~iile. Fla.
and twice in SaN.hnan, Ca. II is
; possible that Lowe will be mated in
the near future with Andy tort-z- the
! Brooklyn boy. who gave him such a
tough battle n few months aga at
a Ardmore.
Young Thomas ia Skinny eoherty
have been hooked for the next show
at Ardmore, each SSd going on at lis
pounds. Young T.ssnas is ore of the
most promising boxers around Wash
| ington. but he will have to hustle to
beat Doherty. who totes a '@allop and
/ has considerable cleverness.
Plans for charging the clubhouse at
Ardmore have been held up temporarily.
but Washington will boast of hne
clubhouse before the summer Is out, as
the plans are expected to he carried
| out within few months.
Shankey Gardner, who Is sparrinG
daily with Mike Donaldson. is anxious
| to get on at Ardmore. He Is In good
condition and wants a crack at some
lad around his weight
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Subdues Thief Who Tried
To Throw Him From Train

PROVIDENCE. r. J., April 26.-Savins
himself from being hurled from the rear
vestibule of the Providence express by
twisting one leg around a brake bar,
Stephen L. Tingley this morning sue
ceeded in capturing a professional pick
pocket who had stolen his purse. The
prisoner. identified at police leadquar-
ters as Jake Manning, was TODAY turned
over to the Boston authorities for prose-
cution.
The struggle on the rear platform of
the train had been in progress over
five minutes before il was r"alized 10y
the pa ssengers or crew than ANYTHING
unusual was trahspiring. Tingley
charged Manning with having tried to
throw him from the train when it was
travelling fifty miles an hour, after Eav-
ing realized that the theft had been dis
covered.
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ReSOlute Launched;
Dimensions Unknown

BRISTOL. r. l.. April 26.-Great Sc
crecy concerning the dimensions of the
Eesolute, the yacht launched here at
sundown yesterday for the defense of
the America Cup against Sir Thomas
Lipton's Shamrock. is being maintained
by everybody connected with the craft.
However, the public were allowed to
watch the launching, and it Is estimat-
ed that the Resolute is l07 feet over all.
81 feet beam. and about l31a feet draft.
She is much smaller than either the
Vanitie or the Defiance and should re-
ceive about FIVE minutes handicap in a
thrty-mile race. Her hollow steel mast
will be stepped tomorrow. Miss Grace
Vanderbilt, daughter of Commodore
Vanderbilt, one of the owners. broke
the bottle of wine against the Reso-
lute'S port bow.
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Realizing his inability to make
l24 pounds at 6 o'clock, Young Nc
Cue, Baltimore's veteran feather
weight, is willing to split the differ
ence with Kid Egan, Washington's
pride, and make l26 pounds at 9
o'clock. Egan has been holding out
for "a pounds, and it is not yet
known whether or not he will agrn
to McCue's proposition. McCue also
wants to bring Abe ullman over
from Baltimore to act as third man
in the ring, if he goes on with Egan
at the Ardmore Club.
"The club is perfectly willing to
put these boys on" says Match
maker Phillips. because their last
bout was quite the best the club ever
staged. The fans Of the Capital are
anxious to see them in action again
Kid Egan says he's willing to box
with any man the club picks as ref
cree, but McCue wants Baltimore
man, and would prefer Abe Cllmap
Until Egan talks about ms Witiln5-
ness to weigh in at iz6 instead OF -,
the club is discreetly silent as to the
referee. Pat OConnor is our official
referee now.
1t is to be hoped that Egan will agree
to let McCue make 126 pounds, for q
LATHE between these two veteran
tfeatherweights will pack the clubhouse
at Ardmore. Matchmaker Phillips ha;
sent articles OF an agreement To Baitt
more for NcCue to sign and expects
word tomorrow. The articles call fol
each boxer to post s25 with the sport,
| ing editor of The Times that he viii
| make the weight.
All negotiations FOR a battle between
Gunner Seiman, winner of two bartles
at Ardmore by X o. route. and Mike
Donaldson, former sparring partner OF
the late Stanley Ketchel. world, 4
champion middleweight. are Off Sci
man has been ordered to Mexico. leav-
| ing yesterday for the seat of com ne
] W srfare. But Donaldson is in the tielG
| with a challenge to meet any othei
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
Anacostia, HyattSville

the coming year. Fifty-one applications
have so far been filed. divided among
the various districts as follows: Bla-
densburg district, six; Marlboro district,
eight; Nottingham district. one; Piscat-
away district, six; Spaulding's district,
nine; Queen Anne district, six: Sur
rats district. two; Brandywine dis
trict, three; Oxon Hill district. one;
Kent district. two; Bowie district, four;
Mellwood district, two: Seat Pleasant
district, one.
On May Il the board will act on two
additional applications, one from Spaul-
ding district and one from Bowie dis
trict
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
'NUBBY" JONES IS SECOND TO DREW AND IS
HAILED AS COMING STAR ON AMERICAN TRACK

Blue athletes finished in seventh place
and were never ahead of that rank. IL
linois was first, Michigan second,
Chicago third, and Dartmouth fourth.
OXford's four-mile relay team defeat
ed Pennsylvania for the International
championship by a hair. Jackson. Ok
ford's Olympic star. passing McCurdy,
of Penn, just enough to be awarded the
victory in the most thrilling relay ever
witnessed on any track. When these
two great milers tore down the stretch
a heavy rain was falling, but 1t bothered
them not at all. The big crowd surged
upon the track and had to be beaten
back by the policemen on duty there.
Despite wretched conditions the time,
1895. is a new record for the Penn
event.
Though Cornell and Penn State had
men entered in this event, all interest
centered in Pennsylvania and Oxford.
The other runners were out of the run
nings, once the race was on. Hacon,
The Washington times., 1914-04-26

that he covered the century in 3-5. and
it wouldn't surprise me If the record is
allowed by the authorities. He Is a
marvel. But this Jones, who finished
behind him, is a conner. or l am MS
taken
The only victory taken by Washing
ton athletes was the relay, won by the
Boys from Western High School: They
Jumped ahead at the gun, and Were
never headed, Easton coming in second,
Berwick third, and Allentown fourth.
GaIlaudet's relay finished second TO
Delaware, with Maryland Aggies chas-
ing across in third place.
never in their event, finishing fourth.
Gettysburg won. Brooklyn was second
and Muhlenburg third.
yirginia's great two-nile relay, con-
sisting of Beckett. Barton. Cooke. and
Norris, was a complete disappointment:
Out of a field of eight the Orange and
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
Cincinnati Club Sues
Kansas City Federals

CHICAGO, April 3.-The Cincinnati
National League club has filed n suit
for $4,000 against the Kansas City Fed
eral League club and one for $1,000
against George Johnson, the Indian
pitcher. who jumped. to the Feds for
StoVaIl's team. These damage suits are
supplemental to the injunctions brought
out Thursday. An answer to the injunc-
tions will be filed tomorrow. Johnson
has been formally suspended from the
Baseball Players Fraternity for jump
ing his contract with the Reds.
The Washington times., 1914-04-26

efforts of the various committees
headed by such men IS President ID. b.
HALEY Secretary Moe" Goldberg,
Harvey T. Rogers. Harry Xrauss. c. A.
Weckerly, John T. Maany, Harry Armi-
ger, william Boyd and Life Member
George 7. Cox, the intricate details
relative to conducting the monster
series of games have been ably ar
ranged.
AS President Haley has expressed
himself, 1T is to be the best duckpin
event that Washington has ever known.
The sport now holds the same place in
the, hearts of the fans during the winter
months, that baseball occupies In the
summer. and when any game has young
and old America behind it, it is bound
to prosper"
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
Navy Retrieves Defeat
Of Week Ago in Water

ANNAPOLIS. April 2a.-The Navy
oarSmen today feel that they have re-
trieved themselves from the defeat by
Fem one week ago. following yestcr-
days victory over Harvard in IN eight
cared event. Half length is the dis
tance BY which the rnidshipmen nosed
out the Crimson oarsmen. ard much
encouragement is felt i'll the improve
ment shown over the week before.
Navy's second, or Junior crew. was
outdistanced bv HarVaTd's entry. The
annapolis lads pulled AWAY 10 the
'front.' but were soon overcome when the
Cambridge candidates went past them
at forty-two clip. Here are the times
OF each race:
Varsity-Navy. 6:43: Harvard, Gas.
Second crews-Harvard, 6:i3; Navy,
6:52 IS.
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
Bomeisler Is Crippled
Saving Companions Life

NEW YORK. April "6.-DouSlas Bo-
meisler. one of the four best football
ends ever at Yale. may be crippled for
life as the result of saving the life of
woman companion yesterday when an
electric car jumped the track. His
right foot was jammed against an l.
pillar, and the physicians are fighting
hard to keep from amputating it. Bo-
meisler Jumped in front of his COM
panion and received the blow.
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
Speed.

McGraw hasn't the greatest ball club
in the world-but ne has the fastest in
the way OF clean hOof speed.
This speed. with tight pitching. has
brought him three pennamts. 1t has
made up the bulk of his attack.
After all, baseball win all its alleged
miracles. is made up Of only two main
departmcnts-attack and defense. And
when you have speed erU'sn 10 20 out
and get runs-and good enough ptchh 8
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
BINGLES AND BUNTS
Ru GRANTLAND RICE

tie field pretty well covered. For
speed Is the main basis OF any attack
and pitching is two-thirds of any de-
fense
Pittsburgh has improved her speed
this season. and largely on this account
will be a far more formidable machine.
Pure smuggling never wO! any pennant
yes, we know about the Athletics-and
never will. The Mackmen can hit, but
don't forget that Messrs. Collins. Barry,
Murphy, Strunk. OldrinS, and others are
fairly alert young men at getting from
one spot to another-an6 Getting there
briskly We trailed with the Clevela nd
club once when it displayed eight JOG
hitters. and it was beaten ont BY team
that had no man batting over 10, with
a club average of -22l.
II. 1.-The matter with the athletics
Shoot this same query in on or around
the 18th of September.
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
After a Winner.

They all keep after a winner. In
addition to Uncle Sans troubles fur
ther south England is now landing
and preparing to land the flower OF
her athletic flock upon our shores.
After the oxford relay invaders come
her poloists. then her Davis cup m
tries, then her golfers, and then her
fastest boat. Here and there they are
keeping the old gentleman of the tall
hat and the striped pants fairly active
in defending his interests Thanks
giving Day should mean something to
him this year beyond a mere proclama-
ton.
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
14t&aa@A.NH!S ANS
fDs5!o5E2 52
Weather forecast-Shcwers.
Wird--Moderate, shifting.
Condition of the Poton2c-CleaT.
High tide-o:o3 p. m.
Low tidt-3:2o p. N.

II would be a fine task for some
statistical expert to figure out no"
many miles of line We're cast INTO the
Potomac today, between Great falIs
and the Long Bridge, and the total
would make a fair sized s'rlhS Vi
figures. For the last two days the
fish appetite of local sportsmcn nave
been whetted by stories OF hundreds
of perch and a few rock fsh taken
from the river since the water began
TO clear up. Today most OF those VINO
are bound 20 a desk or work bencn
six days in the week are having their
innings and the first reports said that
they were having reasonable success.
II might be remarked in passing that
the fish is something more than cold
blooded wriggly animal that furnishes
some sport and moro or less food. The
fish has its place in the world OF art
and letters, and some of the Drogenl-
tors of the :inny fellows you draw out
of the river or the tidal basin have
figured in momentous affairs.
TIE Creeks believed, and no one has
proven them wrong, that it was the
al
idea of the saw 1t proved the inventor s
undoing. however for a fellow crafts
man md kinsman slew him in a fit oi
| ieulously over his success. The most
| famous fish is probably the one thai
! swallowed Jonah and later parted witt
| him during an attack of acute inCiges
| tion. Many enormously believe this
| miracle was performed by whale, bu
| the Scriptures say "a big fish.
Al least two of the disciples were
| fisherman and were called while they
Uere at their nets. The dolphin wa!
! considered sacred by many of the an
| cieuts and they never dared kill one. /
| figured in many myth5lOSical tale
and ever since man knew how 10 draw I"
| carve, artists and sculptors have de
! lighted in giving it fantastic shapes.
All Of which goes to show that the de
| sire that sends a man out in the rain
or broiling sun and makes bim conten
,n sit and watch a thread dangling II
! the swirling waters, is somethiS tina
has come down to him from rem otes
! outinuity. Man has been studying tEerl
for unnumbered thousands OF years, bu
he don't seem to know much more aDCu
them row than at the start.
Boats may be obtained from Tram
| neil Great Falls: Fletcner. Lock Cove
two lighthouses. Three Sisters: Reynolds
or Barker. foot OF Thirty-fourth street
Cumberland. foot Of Twenty-siSr.
Miller. ID. G. end OF Benn!nS bridge
Bait always TO be purchased at fol
lowing lighthouses: Reynolds, Bailey s
| and MiIler's. Also at certain nshinl
tackle stores.
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As for the Dope.

In sixteen games against the Ath-
letica the Cubs and Giants were able
to win against l. defeats.
And then along come the Yanks,
made up largely of debutantes. and
take three in a row from the same
club. Yet there are those willing to
gamble regular money on the devious
twists of the Grandoldope.
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
Steinfeldt Is Ill.

BELLEVUE. Ky. April 25.-Harry
SteinfelGt. former star third baseman
of the Chicago Cubs. is stricken With
PARALYSIS at the home of his father-in-
law. iu this town. Though death is not
expected he will hardly be able to
walk again.
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
Another Johnson?

The report that another Johnson
one able to shut out the great Walter
has stepped into the field has caused
CONSERVATION among those who WELD
the bat for a living.
One was suppose to be enough and
IL there are two at large the author
ties might as we'll take up the matter
now before it gets beyond all control
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
BOWL Frs ARE ABOUT TO-
OPEN LARGEST TOURNEY
CAPITAL. HAS KNOWN
neysx FWeMen Teams Make Up Card for Duckpn ourna-
ment Which Is to Be lnaugurated by Commissioner New
man at Palace Alleys Tomorrow Night.
By KIRK C. MILLER.

display of interest," the fifth
ua duckpn Washington City Association which
opening alleys o'clock tomorrow evening"
Commissioner makes brief address
alley No. is to be the greatest event OF
|hI which has been presented In Washington
rolled under organized rules for five
Capital local body first formed has the
enthusiasm and competition scared to point TO that sur
which Nnetysx fve
nen teams
The Washington times., 1914-04-26

Editor Norman HapgoOd brings up
that discussion again as to which is
the games greatest pitcher. Maihewson
or johnson.
Each led his own particular league
last season. and in each corral there
were no close rivals. T:0ta are clean
cut sportsmen. clean iivinS. commend
able types After all. isn't there glory
enough for both to make it $3.50 In u
division of the olive bough"
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
HERZOG IS YOUNGEST
MANAGER IN LEAGUES

else is to hustle all the time." says
IIcrZog- ----s
"A boy. according to my idea. should
pick out some line IT wcrS and give
tLr work all his attention. The lad
wto picks out one thinE and sticks
With 1t. generally is 4 Dise- succeeds
than the chap who hops around from
one thing to another.
The big thing, though. is to hustle
Always be doing something and make
that something count
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
HYATTSVILLE.

The new board of road directors for
Prince George county met in the court
house at Upper Marlboro yesterday.
The board is composed of the following:
First district, John D. Smith; second
district. William w. Brady: third dis
trict. Benjamin z. Randall: fourth dis
trict. Richard B. Edelen; fifth district,
Herbert Hardy; sixth district, William
= Chichester. Benjamin Z. Randall
was chosen president of the board. and
Walter q. Whalen, OF Evansville dis
trict. was chosen as clerk, at salary
OF 500 a year.
The following members OF ST. Mat
thew's Episcopal parish were elected
vestrymen for the coming year: Dr.
Charles A Wells. Charles II. Welsh. G.
Frank Carr, George II. I>anhardt. OF
way B. Zantzinger. T. Howard Duckett.
and Harry W. Dorsey. q. Hodges Carr
and Harry }. Robinson were elected
pardens g. Sherman James was elect
ed treasurer.
The baseball teams representing the
Maryland Agricultural College ana the
University of Georgia cross bats at Col
lege Park tomorrow afternoon.
In order TO clean the towns stand
piDe. the water supply will be cut on
tomorrow between the hours of A. m.
and u noon.
The board of liquor license commits
Rioners Of Prince. George county VIII on
May consider the applications OF those
who desire to conduct saloons during
The Washington times., 1914-04-26

Those who are picking the United
States to paddle the padding out OF
Mexico should recall these details.
Boston's johnson beat washington
inbnson to o and the Yanks trimmed
the Mackmen three straight games. III
This be treason, blame II on the dope.
The Washington times., 1914-04-26
ANACOSTIA.

The question of erecting modern
O. yoncrete bridge to replace the wooden
-tructure over the Eastern Branch at
nennsylvania avenue southeast will be
discussed by the Randle Highlands Citi-
., MS Association tomorrow night in
The Baptist Church, On the. Naylor
read.