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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
GEORGETOWN PLANS
FOR 125TH BIRTHDAY

Arrangements are being made today
TO bring to Georgetown University on
June 10 every member of the alumni
association and all Blue and Gray men
for the 18th anniversary celebration OF
the institution. Secretaries from the
various schools allied with the univer-
sity are trying to secure rhe attendance
of all graduates from their departments
During the past twenty-five years
more than 1900 men have been grad
uated and fully 1000 are expected to
take part In the activities which will
bt gin June Is and extend to June l6.
The alumni dinner will be held on June
10. On Sunday morning, June u. the
Rev. ]. NJ. 'Prendergast, S. j., of the
class of SO. will preach the baccalau-
reate sermon, and in the afternoon a
reception will be held.
On Monday morning. at 10 o'clock. the
graduates will play the varsity baseball
team on Georgetown Fie d. and in the
afternoon class day exercises will be
held big smoker and dance are plan
red for that night.
Members of the executive committee
are Rev. A. J. Donlon. s. J.. chairman.
president of Georgetown University;
Francis A. McQuade. S. J.. vice chair
man: Thomas NJ. Harvey. Il. b. 80;
l. Weller, A. B., 's3; Wilfred NJ. Bar
ten. NJ. D., 80; S, Logan owens M D..
CO; John A. Foote.- NJ. D.. %: Barry
Mohun. LII. B.. '96; Daniel w. O'Donog-
hire. Ii. B.; 90: Edmund Brad. LII. b..
"a: p. J. Marshall. d. d. s. '02: Ver-
non J. Lohr, d. d. s., IL, and George II.
Becker. D. p. s.. 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
FRENCH BOXERS TO
SEIZE ALL TITLES
Anyway, That's What Kid Nc
Coy Believes, After Seeing
Them in Action in Ring.

Kid Mccoy, just returned to the
United States from France. believes
that In a few years the Frenchmen viii
hold all the titles but the heavyweight
He makes this exception because he
thinks that the French do not grow big
enough to be real heavyweights. Car
pentier is too light for the class.
II don't think that Carpenter will
ever be worlds champion" Mccoy is
quoted as saying. He isn't the gamest
fighter in the world, he has a terribly
swelled head, and has accumulated a
fortune in the ring.
I'm the lighter classes they are going
to do well. and it wouldn't surprise me
if they acid all the titles from the
bantam to the light heavyweight They
are two-handed boxers. They do not
only box with the left hand and left foot
extended, but with the right hand and
right foot to the front.
They are clever and aggressive and
good punchers, but little inclined TO
quit when they are hurt"
Mccoy saw young Ahern. Of New
York, now a middleweight. knock out
Adrian Hogan, the French Champion.
and believes that Ahern is a coming
champion.
He is developing into a very shifty
boxer" says Mccoy. II think that right
now he could give Carpenter the fight
of his life
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

and two more games will be played.
There will be no game Friday. as the
Eastern-Western game scheduled for
that date is played off tomorrow.
F'laherty, Eastern's catcher seems to
be making good for the Light Blue and
White team. The youngster hits bet
ter than the general run of high school
catchers and looks to have a fairly good
whip.
Both Central and Western will be
made up Of newcomers for the greater
part in tomorrow's battle Failures of
veterans to satisfy scholastic require
ments necessitated building up new
mines.
After winning from Western in the
first game OF the season, Alexandria
High School came I'D here to receive
a 20-to-9 beating from Western, in
which twenty-five hits were made
Eastern repeated the dope with a 22-to-
2 score. in which seventeen blows were
registered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
HARVARl!'SPRESENCE
TESTSLOCAL TEAMS
Catholic University and George
town Compared in Three
Games This Week.

Something Of comparison Of
Georgetown and Catholic Universitys
baseball teams IL to he made this
week by the presence here of Har-
wards nine. Today the Crimson and
Brooklanders are scheduled to meet
on the Catholic University grounds.
and Thursday and Friday the Cam
bridge boys have contests scheduled
for the Hilltop. Today's game starts
at $3.50 o'clock. and Will be held at
National Park
Coach Moran of the washingtou
collegians has two pitching candi-'
dates for today's important game
with Harvard. Both Jim Trayers and
Croker are primed to go into the
box at National Park. Manager
Hood has practically settled today's
tv.irling honors for Harvard on Hood.
who worked half an inning against
Army Saturday. Mahan and Hard
squad are with the team.
Lineup of the teams:
Catholic MISUNDERSTANDING, catch
er: White snortstop: DcnnelIy. center
field; Lynch. left field: Tracey. second
base; Cooley third base. Derby. drst
base: Smith. right field; Trayers and
Croker pitchers.
Harvard-Nash. center field: Win
gate, shortstop. Ayres. hrst base.
Gannett, right field. Mahan left field:
Winter. second base; Fripp, third
base. West. catcher. and Hitchcock.
pitcher.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
Connie Macks Athletics Ought to Get Their Stride SoonIV
HOW GRIFFMEN LOOKED
TO HUB SCRIBES

The Grfen made excellent impression the sbs
during their three Boston last Capt.
toians looked Walter Hapgood sporting editor
Herald, is shown here follows:
h SERIES aside from the fact that Washington
took the odd dandy In Johnson and Boehng who
promises to be second Walter
tedays clip when he held the Red Sox hits Manager
Carrgans faced about good pitching they will
called to battle with this On what Washington
showed IN the three the
the club bit promising pennant possibility
not much because there any great
possibility because the whole all through
SERIES has revealed certain punch
lacking in the clubs work a year ago."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
DIAMOND
ECHOES

Grief in Napland. It's now six
straight.
Fred Falkenberg was hammered off
the mound yesterday by the st. Louis
spring.
Carl WeilmaR. who broke the White
Sox string. is southpaw standing
6 feet Az inches. He used 1t all yes
terday. too.
KahIer thought he was putting over
something when he walked Cobb and
Crawford to get Feach. Wow. 4
liner to center and the game was
gone.
lin Thorpe got four hits in five
trips yesterday against Patterson.
That's about his limit. this exhibition
stuff and explains why he's going
to TORONTO.
Honus Wagner is not done yet. In
his last two games he has gone to
bat ten times. getting six hits. In the
rcld he has taken care OF five put
outs anG eight assists without an
error.
Test thing to date. Local morning
paper compares Chick Gandil to "a
little bud that lies covered in natures
blanket during the winter months and
which depends upon the suns warm
rays to make It blossom forth" Yeah,
hawl
Doc Ayers is superstitious about
pitching on Mondays. He says that
of the eight defeats chaIkad up
against him in Richmond last season
seven came on Mondays. No wonder
the Eillsville hurler fights shy or
entering the box on the first day OF
the week
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
CAPITOL HEIGHTS.

The convention to nominate candi-
dates for mayor and three members of
the common council for the May cleo
ton will be held tonight in the town
hall. 1t is understood that Lyman J.
Laughton will have no oppos. ton for
mayor and that Rufus Gibbs, Morris
Rackey. and John Gabriel will have a
Gear field for their race for the council.
A committee composed of Walter OH
Yer. Louis +. Litz. and Charles f. LAM
bert have been investigating the plan
of placing moving picture apparatus
on the fire department lot, Central ave-
nue. end Sixty-hrst street, for the bene-
fit of the department
The fire department building Will be
completed within a month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
GEORGETOWN TRACK TO
BE USED BY SCHOOLS

Cox. 1.-THE boys used Georgetown
Field. There is no reason why they
cannot again have the use Of the
field. We have many plans started started
should help all of the schoolboys in
the city.
II am getting in touch with the
high school athletic authorities and
think the matter can be satisfac-
torily arranged here"
This will mean that for several
years. until the proposed stadium for
Georgetown Field will be available
and can be counted upon to save
much expense and trouble.
pitchers, Coach Howard, of Tech, APP
pears to have come to the conclusion
that Mark Showers will do for the
pitching honors this year. Showers is
powerfully built and possesses the
necessary stuff to go the route. Wild
ness was his only fault last season, and
this, according to those who have fol-
to be sufficiently corrected to allow him
to take a chance.
Ed Kelly. OF Business. and walter
Cox. of Central, are likely to be the
pitching selections for the first game
best by all odds Of any of the school
boy Fingers in the opening games of
the season. Cox, on the other hand,
has failed so far to come through to
predictions.
In the second game either Frank
Greer or Clair johnson, of Eastern. will
do mound duty, while Western Is pin
ming its faith on Jack Adams to de-
liver. with Montraville Ewing held In
reserve.
Another double-header Is due at the
park a week from tomorrow. Clark Grif-
fith's Nationals are on the road again,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
TAKOMA CITIZENS
NOMINATE TONIGHT
Candidates for Mayor and
Three CounciImen To Be
Selected at Public Caucus.

Citizens OF Takoma Park. Nd, vii!
nominate candidates for mayor and
three councilmen at a public caucus
which will be held tonight in the base
ment of the Presbyterian Church in
Maple street, at s p. m.
The terms OF Mayor Stephen w. Will
liams and Councilman L. r. GrabilI.
II. F. Tah. and r. D. Rush expire
with the May meeting OF the council.
and the caucus has been called st the
Bon G.. Davis.
II is practically certain all OF the
old officers of the town will be re-
nominated, but II is still uncertain who
will he nominated to oppose them. The
election will be held Monday, May 4.
POTS will be open from 6 a. m. to
6 p. m. The board of judges of election
is as follows: J. W. Shade. Stanley E.
Mcneil. and L. N. Mooers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

The Mackmen, like all veteran ma
chimes. get under way slowly. There
must be a preliminary squeaking and
sroaning Of the machinery. Perhaps
Connie will have to sprinkle some OF
Lhe parts with oil, or shoot little
sand into others But the machine
will get going soon enough for most
Of the boys tied up with other teams.
md, the worst of It is, they know 1t.
fhe Mackmen had admirable weather
n Florida for training purposes. They
nsrdly missed a single afternoons
workout. Then they came back to
Philadelphia for the spring series with
he Phiflies and nearly froze to death.
7 Undoubtedly some Of those murderers
With the willow got their syes dimmed
md their legs stiffened by the chill
hreezes of the Quaker City. But con-
tant work now, day after day, Is
going to put the Mackian phalanx into
erfect condition ana that means that
ne best team in the world will be
out there on the job about the time
ley show up in the Capital to meet
ne Griffnen on April Is.
IN all this excitement you must have
noted that Connie is using only his
odnger pitchers, though Eddie PLANK
ID get into Saturdays combat in
Eoston. The wise old sphinx of base
all Is acting quite up to his record.
BY the time warm weather shows up,
QUIZ find Plank and Bender deliver
Iu- the goods Yes, and Baker, Collins,
Oldring and McInnes will De working
At the same old stand.
Showing how little even the brainiest
Of baseball men are acquainted with
the actual reading of the rules of
their game, Kid Gleason and frank
nance caused base runners to be de-
AIRED out at third base last week by
ouching them. 1t has always been
the habit for third base coachers to
tackle a runner, IL necessary, when
the ball was sure to beat the runner
into the plate. Dutch" Schaefer has
been very successful at this for the
Griffmen. But that's all Off this sea-
son. II a coacher pulls that stunt.
nc runner is Immediately declared out
by the umpire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

Kid Gleason, who exudes brains and
tobacco juice around the White Sox.
is considered one of the shrewdest men
connected with the national pastime.
He would be supposed TO keep abreast
of all the changes in the rules from
tiule to time. But, like all the others.
he dosen't. He worked the trick and
had to see the runner declared out by
old Jack Sheridan.
When the season got under way in
New York Billy Evans had a talk with
baseball. explaining to him the effect
Of trying this stunt under the new rules.
Chance said he knew all about 1t, and
then, when the game was on at fever
heat, he forgot all the instructions from
Evans and grabbed one of his kids
around the shoulders at third base and
saw him ruled out.
So you see, fans. sometimes even the
baseball players themselves are unac-
uuainted with some of the fine points Of
the game.
THE Cubs were a greater ball team
than the Mackmen because they were a
band of fighters" says Frank Chance.
who is trying to instill the same dope
into his team this year in New York.
would outclass my Cubs. but the Ath-
letics lack the right fighting spirit. 1
can see several other teams in the race
this year with a chance to win the flag
notably Washington. Chicago, and Bos-
ton. Yes, and I'll be up there in an
other season.
Have you noticed the slump in in
terest taken in the Federal League
since the big league seasons got under
way 1t was possible q month ago to
overhear arguments on every side about
the invaders, but since Walter uncork-
ed that opening victory against the Red
Sex. there hasn't been a zip about any
thing else This condition is true Of
every other big league town, too
The Brooklyn Feds were getting head
lines galore until the Robins got down
to business and failed the Braves
Then. when Tom Seaton was awarded
to the Tiptops. the item was buried
down at the bottom of a column. It's
to big league fan to think
of his outfit hooked up with Baltimore,
Kansas City. Indianapolis, and Buffalo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
Taking the Gamble

This move should be decided upon at
once. By next winter, when the date
makers meet. the groggy beginning Of
the year before will have been forgotten
and they will be ready to take another
chance upon another gamble. But 1t
isn't much of a gamble. It's closer to
cinch that April In the northern zone
Is sure to be raw or rainy, or 10th.
through the first two or three weeks
Last season practically the whole Of
opening week was washed out by ram
or broken up by cold weather i9i4's
opening has been just as bad. Once
In while there may be an exception
but these exceptions don't arrive often
enough to make up for deficit along all
lines-fnancial losses to club owners
injuries and setbacks to players and the
great Inconvenience to thousands Of
fans. whose loyalty is beginning to sag
in the middle and evaporate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
Anacostia, Hyattsville

ton. William a. Shepherd Is a candi-
date to succeed himself as town treas-
urer. and probably without opposition.
In the first ward, DR.. Guy w. Latimer.
and in the third ward, John G. Holden
will be renominated. In the second
ward, Councilman Albert II. Clark will
retire and Edward Devlin will be a can
didate to succeed him. The municipal
election will take place on May 4.
Funeral services for the late Charles
F. keefer seyenty-six, died on Satur-
day at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Grace Farrow. in Johnson avenue, will
be frome Wrights undertaking estab-
; lishment in Washington this afternoon.
Jackson F. Ralston, of Washington Is
the guest of Gordon E. MacNell, of
Wine avenue.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
Ty Lober Is Leading
Coast League at Bat

SAN FRANCISCO. April 2o.-Ty To-
Der. the wonderful little Portland out
fielder. still leads the Coast League
batsmen. several players figuring
ahead of him but he is the real lead
er. Lober's average is .I21, which IS
considerable batting. Chappie Charles.
Of the Seals. who has been at bat but
twelve times leads the Seals with
Al, but the real leaders are Schal1er
and Tobin. each Of whom Is pounding
the ball at .404 clip.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
What, Indeed?

The old Cub machine" reports an
exchange, has held on longer than
any one ever started in the game--from
1896 TO 1914 up around the top"
The old Cub machine? Whatta va
mean: The old Cub machine had Killing
catching; Brown, Overall, Pfesiter,
Reuibach and Lundgren. pitchers !;
Chance, Evers. Tinker. and Steinfeldt
for the infield: Schultz, Sheckard Slagle
ard Hoffman for the outfield
How many of these are still wearing
the uniform of the old guard? The an
swer is Mr.. Schultz, considerable out
fielder, but not exactly an entire ma
chine
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
Travers Off the Tee.

Jerry Travers was supposed to be
up against 1t in tackling any course with
long carries from the tee At Westward
Ho, with the longest carries in the cour
try Of golf. Travers in competitive play
was only able to negotiate ia
stroke or so better than the rest Of the
field. It's a pity about Travers when
hey suddenly jam him into the pinch.
II it had to be done he could carry the
Pacific ocean with a niblick
Although Mr.. Convey has been dis
placed in the first English invasion, the
arrival Of the Oxford relay team for
the second assault is a different affair.
In the first place. the Oxford team isn't
Mr.. Convey. And in the second place.
the Oxford team hasn't any Jay Gould
to beat
England appears to be picking on
Philadelphia Convey tackled Gould at
Philadelphia and the Oxford entrants
will assault the same citadel, hint of
any rabid attack upon Shibe lark
That tint of vermillion YOU Notice
around the landscape just now is merely
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
EVANSVILLE.

The conventions for the nomination OF
candidates for mayor, member Of the
council from each of the three wards
and town treasurer will be held in the
municipal building tonight. The only
avowed candidate to succeed Harry w.
Shepherd for mayor is Capt. Oswald A.
Greager. Former Councilman w. W.
Maloney will place his name in nomina-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
MACKMEN HAVEN'T YET
STRUCK STRIDE; THEY
WILL SHOW THE WAY
Worlds Champions Like All Veteran Machines Are Taking Time
in Preliminary Movements Shrewd Baseball Men Are
Showing Utter Ignorance of Changes in Rules
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

has the with Mackmen? Have they begun to
everybody picking for the championship this
season? Huh that's fine bunch Connie Mack has in his
lineup, can't find the Yankee hurers"
a sample every day around the
the all being for the OF the
hoping hope that the tall OF Shbe Park
picked a championship team this time out
friends about those Macmen They pretty well
themselves They have the couters from back
their battle line and the
They'll be making the other fellows do the worrying
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
Athletics, 5 to 2.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 20-Yes,
the Athletics can win a game They
came down here yesterday from Bos-
ton and defeated Bill Donovan's Grays,
to . Boardman. formerly OF Water
bury. Conn. pitched good ball for the
big leaguers. The score: r. III. e.
Athletics ........... OuS 900 O2O-5 10 3
Providence .......... 200 900 COO 3
Observation-Disclosures. Boardman and
Thomas: Providence, Bentley, Oldham
and ]. Onslow, Kocher.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
Not Quite.

The Irish.' comments an exchange.
''are fading out Of baseball. The lead
Ing pitchers, johnson, Mathewson, Ben
der, Plank, ETC., aye not Irish. The
same is true Of the leading batsmen-
Cobb, Jackson. Speaker, Daubert, Wag-
ner. Latoie.''
StilI. the Irish haven't quite faded
from the game. One might mention
casually McGillicuddy, McGraw. Gala
han. O'Day, Carrigan. Doom. Higgins.
and a few more who still have some
part in the general destiny Of eacn PEN
nant race.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

Gustave Bender, chairman Of the leg
islative committee of the Public I'm
provement Association OF Congress
Heights, will appear before the Senate
conferees in the near future to urge
that the items covering improvements
to eight streets in that suburb be left
in the appropriation bill. The House
subcommittee excluded them. but they
were reinserted by the Senate commit
faa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20

the nineteen tons of pink washed out
OF the athletes systems In the last few
days. It's q wonderful little outdoor
sport-this thing Of spending $4,000
yearly and six weeks Of time in alb
sorbing something that is washed away
in less than a week.
All we yearn to see now is the soon
return of Ed Walsh and Joe Wood. II
this double-event develops thereIl be
quite bit more tautness to the Amer
lean League race han most non-com-
ants have figured there would be after
June I
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
PavloWa's Dance Partner
Punches Her Manager

NEW YORK, April 20.-CIaIming
f2.eoo is due him. M. Novikoff punch
ed" Max Rabinoff, Paviowa's manager,
and the famous Russian dancer is with
oGt = partner again
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-20
ANACOSTIA.

Several business men here are COM
planning of the telephone service, and
i. is probable a protest will be made
to the Public Utilities Commission.