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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-25

Edward S. Schmid. Monday evening,
presented to Pentalpha Lodge No 90,
the portraits of pine of the Presidents
of the United States, who were Masons
one of them. President Garfield being a
charter member of No % and still on the
roll at the time of his death, and Presi-
dent Roosevelt being an honorary
member. Past Master W. W. .Jermane
senior grand warden of the Grand
Lodge, on behalf of Pentalpha Lodge
accepted the gift in a graceful speech.
Takoma Lodge, No. 80, according ts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-25

Treasury Council. No. 200, had its in
stallation Wednesday evening. J. P Bur-
rill, w. r. Carver. j. +. Borland, E. +.
Gibbons Charles Foss and S. H. Jacob
son were the installing officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-25

Worshipful Master Philip +. Brown
has announced that Stansbury Lodge
No. "a, will probably have the f. A
degree at its communication tomorrow
evening, and that important business
affecting alterations Of the lodge prop.
erty will be considered. Thursday even.
ing the lodge will hold special TO,
the NJ. NJ. degree
The Washington times., 1914-02-01
38-ia. Imported Ratines.

Exclusive Cloth with Us in mink.
light blue, lavender, wistaria, rose.
nello, copenhagen, cadet, tan, carrot.
Nell rose, green. navy, plum, en-
and brown, a yard .,.s--.. QUO.
The Washington times., 1914-02-01
Ann. Imported Check Ratinels.

In four sizes of black and white
checks. Correct weight for sonar
ate skirts and one piece suits, Is
priced special, at! tx
yard 6OL
Wash Goods Store-Street Floor.
The Washington times., 1914-02-01
Imported Chiffon Lisse.

A fine cotton vof1e, "a inches wide
In stripes and checks on white and
tinted grounds is priced spe- 0F
ciai at, yard. iAOC
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
BRIGHT PROSPECTS. !
FOR SPORTSAT G. v.
Athletic Indebtedness Offset
and Board Votes in Favor
of Games.

Mediation has been applied to ths
athletic situation at George Washing
ton University, and today the students
of that institution have fair prospects
OF being permitted to pursue the varI-
Gus lines Of sporting activities which
Obtain In other colleges Admiral Charles
Herbert Stockton. President OF the IN
stitution. Is responsible for bringing
about the reconciliation of the college
BOARD to sports He has secured q
promise of the moral and financial sup
port Of the student, and alumni In all
things athletic
Following successfuf benefit held at
the Columbia Theater for the purpose
OF iquidatfng some outstanding in
debtedness of the athletic association.
and report by Prof. Leslie McNemar
IN favor Of the continuance Of sports.
the latter was appointed director OF
athletics at George Washington for the
next collegiate yea. Basketball and
track will be taken up first, and base
ball and football will follow. Sports at
George Washington will be Conducted
strictly under faculty supervision, ac-
cording to the new scheme OF things.
and graduates will be In direct charxs
OF the different branches of sports.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
SCHOOLBOY ATHLETES
GOING TO BALTIMORE

way in order to run off the track
meet
No date has been set for the annual
affair as yet and as Georgetown Field
will not be in shape to hold a track
meet II is not unlikely that Y. J.. Gregg,
headmaster of the National Cathedral
School for Boys win be approached TO
ascertain II Satterlee Field can be
used
Prospects for a win I'm the inter-
scholastic field and track championship
seem to have gone glimmerins. II Is
reported that Rose and Tyler, instru-
mental in winning the NJ. A. G. meet,
their studies, while Probey, the only
youngsrer in the high school capable
Of giving Galloway the crack Central
miller, Il run for the title. is barred from
competition for the same reason.
"Ditz" Rakemann, a sprinter, Who was
counted upon to place in the sprints, Is
another who is said to be out OF the
running.
'Untz" Brewer may be sent to
Ithaca, n y. on Saturday to take a
crack at the schoolboy sprinters in
the annual Cornell interscholastic ;
meet. Brewer is capable OF giving
any OF them a race of 1t in the CEN
tury and with training would be able
TO win the low hurdles.
Tech followers look to Sheehan for
4 new record in the half this spring.
Not in years has such speedy half
miller been developed and there are
those who say Bradley Gish's young
ster will hang up new figures for the
event.
Centrars track team will be we'll
rounded out with Speidel in the pole
vault. With Milstead in the sprints,
Bowling in the quarter and half, Gal
loway in the mile and Goodman in
the broad jump. and Buell. In the
hurdles. the Rlue and White looks
good enough to come back for the
title this year.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
Ask Recognition for
Pacific Coast Records

James E. Sullivan. secretary Of the
Amateur Athletic Union. has received
tho application OF the Pacific Coast AS
sociation for the recognition of five
new records made during the last three
months by amateur athletes OF the
far West. They are as follows:
One hundred and twenty yard hurdles
lbs. made by Fred Kelly at Berkeley,
Cal
Fifty-six pound weight throw-for
height-16 IT. 1lA in. at San Francisco.
February 20. by P. Donovan.
SiNtyyard hurdle-Ss., by Jack r.
Case. same time and place.
Javeline throw-lS4 fl. 9i5 in, by Har-
ry B. Leversedges. at Stanford, Cal.
April II.
One-mile run-m. 26 2-5s.. by S. B.
Berry. at Berkeley, Cal, on April II.
All these records have been accepted
by the Pacific Association. Kelly's
time for the 120-yard hurdle. II ac-
cepted. Will be a new American record
as well as tyink Forest Smithson's
worlds record. made at London July
'25. 1905. Donovan's performance will
supplant his own previous record of
10 feet 81 inches. made June l, 1913.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
Central, Tech, and Western Will
Have Entries in the Johns
Hopkins Meet.
By BRYAN MORSE

Washington schoolboy athletes. who
made an assault upon tho medals in the
NJ. A. G. track meet. will go after the
prizes I'm the Johns Hopkins annual in
terscholastic meet to be held In Bal
timore Saturday.
Representatives from three washing
ton high schools are sure of taking the
trip, while one or two athletes from
preparatory schools will more than like
ly journey over to compete against the
cream of the runners and jumpers in
the Middle Atlantic States.
Centrars three cracks, Milstead. Gal
loway. and Speidel. and possibly Reds
Goodman, are booked for the Hopkins
affair 1t is not unlikely that Hardell
and Sheehan will represent Tech, while
Western will send Donaldson. Maxam.
Chapman, LightfoOt. and Mackall.
Arrangeme made with the George
town University authorities make fu-
ture high school baseball games pos
sible on the Hilltop field. Graduate
Manager Charles Cox yesterday gave
his assent to the use of the field, and
the Business-Western games of Friday
will be played there. according to Chair
man Matthews. Of the advisory board.
There is but one hitch in the schedule.
Georgetown has a game with Notre
Dame for May u. and it is not unlikely
that a double-header will be played
Friday, May Is. The board is anxious
to get the baseball games out of the
The Washington times., 1914-05-06

4 pally the poor weather. But / should
not be q bit surprised X the fraternity
| had something to do with II.
THE fraternity has been talked about
so much as to its standpat policies and
| its demands for rights that the general
public has come to look upon 1t alto
gether in the light of a union. Now
unionism NAV be all well enough in
some branches of endeavor, but surely
not in baseball. Does the public wish
to pay its good money to see Il game
by lot of ;landshaking, brotherly play
ers? Let the patrons get the idea that
the national game has come to this, and
there will be no more national game.
People like that old do-or-die spirit.
where every rival in uniform is bitter
foe on the playing field.
The fraternity seems to have gone
mad with success. 1t will go too far II
care is not exercised. Salaries already
have been boosted to such unheard OF
figures that the players will get practi-
cally all of the money this year. II this
continual increase keeps apace. It will
not be long before the promoters go
bankrupt and there will be no more
employment for the men who are try
ing to kill the goose that lays the gold
en- eggs.
TT is not the fault of. the PLAYERS
Most of them are honorable and honest
men who wish to do the right thing by
their employers. 1t is the fault of the
government of the fraternity and unless
more generosity and fair mindedness is
exercised the fraternity will smash it.
self and baseball IN the bargain"
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
EVANSVILLE.

The board OF county commissioners
yesterday appointed Deputy Sheriff
Frank Hurd 10 the newly created Of
fee of sealer OF weights and measures
for Prince George county, at a salary
of $500 under the fee system, and Will
liam Tolbert 10 be scaretaker of the
courthouse and grounds. The board of
county school commissioners, a Repub-
llcan body, appointed Z. r. Burroughs
county school superintendent, in ola ce
OF Frederick Scasser. who has held the
place for over twenty-five years. 4
new position of assistant superintend-
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
ST. Louis Luck.

Being president OF Mexico may have
its drawbacks, but compared to being
owner of the St. Louis Browns the
job Is an utter cinch
,kor about ten or twelve years Mr..
Hedges has been busily ENGAGED In
assembling a regular ball club. one
capable OF entlcing out enough rams
to pay portion of the expenses.
And then when he finally assemblies
enough talent to make a SooG SHOWING
in the first month of hoStilities-a
showing that ordinarily would have
tripled his average turnstile output
another league cuts In and cniiccts tAe
overdue kale. It's a great little me-
taken here and there.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.

a number OF learned non-combatants
lamping Pittsburgh's rapid headway are
inclined TO compare the Pirate squirt
of 1914 to the Redland dash OF 1912. when
Hank O'Day was out in front around
May 20 with n percentage Of something
like 800.
But the Reds of 1872 and the Pirates
Of 1914 are not exactly one and the
same. To begin with. Hank O'Day was
not 4 Fred Clarke by several agile
Jumps. Also Hank never had the ball
club that season which Clarke Is now
ramming on and out the highway. He
was not as strong in any ydepartment-and
tho Reds were shy the old pennant ira
dItion which Pittsburgh carries. Pitts
burgh hasn't won the pennant by sew
eral battles. But her ball club Is pretty
sure to be in the hunt nine-tenths OF
the Journey even if she sktds somewhat
before the finish.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
Introducing Jack Ryan
Who Catches More In
nings Than Any Man
Connected With
the Griffmen.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

Jack Ryan, scout and coach of the
Nationals. probably catches more IN.
nings of ball during the course OF the
campaign than any other backstopper
In captivity. No matter who the pitch
er is who is working for the Griffnen.
who commences to faIter Ryan is
chased out to the outfield, and during
the remainder of the afternoon he re-
ceives the tosses from one or more
being prepared to face a crisis. This
happens a number OF times each week.
Ryan has had a long and varied ca
reer. During his major career he play
ed with Detroit and Boston Nationals,
and finished up his active work as
manager of the Jersey City. in which
he had quite a considerable financial
interest. When Griffith was raking the
country for a veteran catcher to aid
in the instruction of the youthful slab
bists he settled upon Ryan, who has
been here during the regime Of the
man who has led Washington into Sec
ond place in straight years.
Last year Ryan was obtained as
coach for the University of Virginia,
and he Jared so well that he was re-
tained this ?ear. The team this time
has made one of the best records of
any of the college teams in this sec
ton. and Ryan come, In for quite a
little of the credit at Charlottesville.
Ryan takes not little interest in polit-
ical affairs in New Jersey. and after
the close OF the diamond season, he
occupies a position at the United States
Capitol.
Ryan has proven his value to the
Washington club by not alone scour-
ing the country for talent for future
Nationals. but by his expert coaching
OF the incoming twirlers who must be
depended upon to gradually work their
way UP to dependables for mound duty.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
BASEBALL MEN BECOME
PEEVISH AT FULTZ AND
SAY HE'S TOO RADICAL
President of Players Fraternity Ignores National Commission
and Sends Hageman to Court-Magnates Say He Will
Disrupt Stability of the Game.

Organized baseball beginning become peevish the
Fu president of the Baseball Players Fraternity
condemning him for his latest stunt
advising Hageman of the Cardinals the Bos
club for alleged be due him. is
Futz should have consulted the national commits
Son jurisdiction this nature Indeed Fu
Hageman damage in the civil courts and the suit
has filed in New York
that of Davy JONES'
Fz 1e Red and he lost considerable salary
when he released the Denver Western League club He refused
join Denver unless his demands met and kept in good
the Red Sox
The Washington times., 1914-05-06

However. the action Of F>ultz in per-
sonally supervising the legal suit OF
Hageman. has greatly worried organ
ized baseball men. The are outspoken.
TOO. in their wrath against the head Of
the fraternity.
"F'ultz is too radical" said magnate
yesterday, in discussing the latest COM
plications. The National Commission
always has shown A disposition to treat
most fairly with the players. Every
consideration has been shown the Base
ban Players Fraternity. The players
got everything they asked last winter.
not because they were feared, but be-
cause the commission felt their de-
mands~ were just
Organized baseball showed every
courtesy to Mr.. F'ultz, as president of
the players association. But what sort
Of treatment did it receive in return?
He went out of his way to circulate
broadcast through the land the fact
hat, in his opinion. the reserve clause
of our contracts wouldn't stand the test
Of the courts. He thereby attacked the
very foundation upon which baseball
has been constructed.
ITO my mind" continued the irate
magnate, ''the misdirection OF the Base
ball Players Fraternity is more likely
to hurt baseball than the Federal
League possibly can. There has been
great speculation on tie apparent lack
Of interest in the game. The cause has
been laid to many conditions, priQcl-
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
Amateur Schedule
And Results
GAMES TO-DAY.

Central League-Emeralds W. sher-
wood
Departmental League-war vs.. Labor.
Marquette League-Emeralds VS.. st.
Martins.
r. R. Y. NJ. C. A. League-Shops vs.
Carmen.
Potomac League-Oxon Hill VS.. Fair
lawn.
Northwest Sunday School League
Brightwood VS.. Mt Pleasant.
Treasury League-Federals VS.. Ma
rines.
Rosedale Leasue-st. Paul VS.. TroJans
YESTERDAYS SCORES.
Central League-Waverly, 2: Spar
tan. 2.
Departmental League-Wet grounds
Marquette League-Wet grounds
r. r. Y. NJ. c. A. League-Wet
grounds.
Potomac League-Eastern. 10: G. H.
l., 4.
Northwest Sunday School League
Whiting. II: Omohundro, /.
Treasury League-Statistics s; Navy. &
Rosedale League - No game: wet
grounds.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06

L. W. Metcaf seventeen years old.
OF 1213 n street northwest, was knocked
down at Sixth and G streets northwest
last evening by an automobile said by
the police to have been driven by James
NJ Luke, OF 1893 G street northwest
Metcalf was hurt about the head and
hands. He was taken to Emergency
Hospital In Luke's automobile.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
No Cinch.

But the widespread impression that
our genial Uncle Samuel has an open
and shut cinch-a spOrtiNe JOY ride
ahead-is all out Of proper focus.
England-leaving all partisanship and
prejudice aside-has a fair chance to
make It four out OF seven. with one vic
tory already established The odds in
golf are 4 TO in her favor. And II
would be no crushing blow To the
purlinE dope II she landed on top IN
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
ChifedS Drop Three.

CHICAGO, May 6.-President weegh-
man. Of the Chicago Federal Leaxue,
announced today that three of his play.
ers were released Internationally. They
are kading. McDonough, and Kavan-
augh. all infielders. Kavenaugh has
secured position with the Oshko.h
Club. Of the Illinois Learua
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
No Toe Wood Record.

From now out Walter johnson may
travel at the fastest known pitching
clip but he's little or no chance 10 equal
the Joe Wood record of 1912. Ths: sea-
son the Red Sox premier worked IS
games. winning 3S and losing only ..
johnson has dropped " of his first five
starts and to equal Woods mark IL
would be forced to win 81 out OF his
next 81 EameA
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
ROCKVILLE.

The Rev. Samuel r. White. Of the
Baptist church, officiated at the mar
riage yesterday afternoon of Isaac ],
Fisher and Miss Mary V. CIementson,
both Of Washington, and Benjamin w.
Allen. Of Alexandria, Va, and Miss
Dollie May Wolford, Of Lima, Md
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
BINGLES AND BUNTS
By GRANTLAND RICE.

polo ard over the bounding billows in
the coming yacht race.
Confidence and national pride are
both all we'll enough, but II is just as we'll
to daily A bit before starting to clear
off the pantry shelf for the purpose Of
providing a place for long row OF
chamDIonshiD Guns
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
Anac0Stid, Rockville

ent, at a salary of 1000 a year, was
created and Thomas Stone was given
this appointment Miss Carol Wilson,
stenographer to the board. and w. r.
c. Connick, custodian of the free text
books. were dismissed.
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the First
Presbyterian Church. was entertained
by Mrs. A. T. Hanson, assisted by her
mother, Mrs. Kays. at her home on
Maple avenue. The society completed
arrangements for the holding of a rum
mage sale on the afternoon and even
ings of Thursday. Friday, and Sat
urday of next week, and also began
PREPARATIONS for lawn fete some time
in June.
Miss Alice Boorman has returned to
her home in Washington after a pleas
ant visit from Mrs. Clarence s. kess
Ter. on Avon avenue.
The Hyattsville-Riv Just Gov
ernment League, Mrs. J. B. Coates
president, is busy preparing to par
ticipate in the suffrage parade in Wash
ington next Saturday.
The mid-week prayer service OF the
First Presbyterian Church will be held
tonight at the home OF V. K. Chesnut.
on Luttrel avenue.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
1HE&aa4lAANhS 4lAh
fDe5'66S2

Weather forecast-Fair tonight and
Thursday; cooler tonight.
Wlnd-Northwest.
Condition of the Potomac-Slightly
muddy.
High Tide-4:3e a. m. and 5:o7 p. m.
Low tide-11:57 a. m. and 6:56 p. m.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06

Work has been resumed in project
costa flats. and two large dredges are
new at work there. According TO pres
ent plans the work will be continued
without interruption until fall.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06

Anacostia Council, No. 16 Junior
Order of United American Mechanics,
met last evening to plan for attendance
at The Star-Spangled Banner ceIe-
bration to be held in Baltimore in Sep
tember.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06

If Willie Rftchie agrees to meet
Freddie Welsh-as in all fairness he
should do before the summer is over
it will be a long time before an
other year brings as many inter
national meetings to the front be-
tween the U. s. A. and the British
empire.
A Welsh -RitchiA engagement
would lift the international count to
seven-the total embracing court
tennis, relay racing, golf, polo, ten
mis-, Watching, and boxing; which
happens to ne highly varied mix
ture and one appealing to every
sportive brow. from an angle of 2
to $50 degrees.
Five Left.
COnCeding the Richie Welsh en-
broglio, which may be a trife ex-
cessive in the way of concessions,
there are still nve international
events left. Gould won the first for
America and Jackson won the sec
ond for England. SO the ultimate
winner must take three of the five
remaining stakes to reach the top.
England carries the edge in golf
about the same edge Richie car
rles over Welsh. So if q. Britain
conouers over the ancient green at
Sandwich, America must win in box
ing and then land two out of three
in the polo, tennis, and yachting
schedules. She has a fair margin
at tennis with the polo and yacht
ing debate too close to 4 toss-up
to call for any forecas. beyond a
ribald guess.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06

The board of public school commits
s!oners has reorganized by electing DR..
Ryan Devereux president; Willis B.
Burdette, county superintendent of
schools: Edwin W. Broome, assistant
county superintend Thomas Daw-
son. attorney, and Robert G. Hilton au-
ditor New members of the school
hoard are DR.. John Gardner, Demo
crat, and Charles T. johnson, Repub-
can. who succeed Milford Ohutt and
.wald J. Willard, respectively. The
hold-over members OF the board are DIR.
Devereux, Roger B. Farquhar. Zadoc NJ.
Cooke ard c. w. Day.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
American Association

Louisville. 4: Minneapolis. =.
I[asas City, :; cleveland, 4.
Milwaukee. 3: columbus, l.
Indianapolis, 9: II. Paul. :.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06

Rain also put crimp in the anna
teurs. But four games were played.
East Washington Sunday School
League sets all sails next Monday.
Bon voyage!
st. Agnes and Ninth are paired off
for the inaugural game. and three con-
tests will be staged each week.
Duckett. that fast little third-sacker
of the Statistics nine, is among the big
league Differs in the amateur ranks
today. Twice up. two safeties. and one
Of them for an extra base.
Carroll and Jackson looked that IA
nous battery which worked at Ma
tional Park yesterday. when they pi-
loted the Statistics lads to a 5-to3 vic
tory over the Navy team, in the Treas
ury circuit.
Beach. of G. II. l.. and Giovannettl
and Murray. of the Eastern a. c., gave
the adherents Of the Potomac League
an imitation of real clouting when the
Eastern boys walked off with a 13-to-2
victory.
Dean was animation itself in his berth
at shortstop He has four assists cred
tied opposite his name IN the box score
and one clean put out.
Omohundros proved the easiest kind
of picking for the Whitney Avenue, in
the Northwest Sunday School League.
Twelve to two is the score, with the
TaiIors taking the small end. Schickler
handled his bat with a vengeance. get
ting four hits out of as many trials.
Not forgetting either. the sterling
pitching exhibition presented by one
Phillips. who let his opponents out OF
the conflict with a brace of bingles.
while his own lads accumulated twelve
safeties. Watch that Phillips
Although their game only went five
rounds. the Waverleys and Spartans
kept the battle at a high pitch when it
was declared a tie. each club assem-
bling two tallies. The game vas largely
a hattie between pitchers
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
SPRING RESORTS,

SUMMER BOARDERS wanted: farm pro-
ducts: home cooking: rates 81 and q per
week G. II. WILSON. Torrington. r. F. D.
No. 2. Conn.
For Land Of the Sky Illustrated Boos lets
write L. g. Brown. Io 18th IT. NV. Wash.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06

Mrs Pauline Walthers spent yester-
day in Baltimore, where she went to
attend the wedding anniversary of a
friend
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
Among the Minors,
Virginia League.

virginia LtdBUt.
Richmond. 3: Roanoke. ..
k-PortsmOuth: rain.
Newport News, S; Petersburg. 7
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
South Atlantic League.

Jacksonville. !: Augusta. >.
Columbus. |: charleston. q.
Savannah, 8; Macon. >
The Washington times., 1914-05-06

Duckett, that fast little third-sackcr
of the Statistics nine, is among the big
league Differs in the amateur ranks
today Twice up. two safeties. and one
Of them for an extra base.
The Washington times., 1914-05-06
North Carolina League

Raleigh. 6: Winston-Salem. ..
Durham-CharlOtte: rain.
Asheville. 6; Greensboro, ..