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The Washington times., 1915-06-11
TENNIS SCHEDULE
BROUGHT UP TO DATE
Saturday Is Expected to Find
Departmental Teams Even
With Bookings.

Navy and Smithsonian meet today In
the departmental tennis matches at
the Bachelors Courts. Tomorrow Post
office and Commissioners are due for
their engagement on the Municipal
courts in addition to the regularly
scheduled contests between Justice and
War.
1t Is expected that the matches Will
be brought up to date by Saturday
night. -
Commerce Is celebrating a to win
over the Treasury fought out at the
Bachelors Tennis Club courts yester-
day. The matches were the most close
~ contested of the year.
Three of the five matches went TO
three sets each and 1t was not until
Pierce and Bainer had disposed OF Will
helm and Griffin that Commerce was
assured of a one set lead.
The summaries:
Team No. l-Commerce Dates and
Edwards), defeated Treasury CDeMotte
and Armstrong;. Ga, 6-2
Team No. 2-Treasury (Remey and
Pearman), defeated Commerce (Merico
and Witmer). GO, 4-6. 6-l.
Team No. 3-Gommerce CTracy and
Erwin, defeated Treasury (Newby and
Bradford), Ga. i-6, Ga.
Team No. 4-Commerce (Cragol and
Phelps), defeated Treasury (Haas and
BuelD, 6-5, So, Ga.
Team No. 5-Treasury CPierce and
Balaer), defeated Commerce (Wilhelm
and Griffin. 4-6, ga, 6-4
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
American Yachts Will
Start on Pacific Race

SAN FRANCISCO. June ia fleet
Of the fastest American yachts on the
Pacific Is due to sail out Of San Fran
cisco harbor tomorrow and race to
Honolulu. A return race will be run
from Honolulu Q San Francisco, start
ing one week fter the last vessel
reaches Hawaii.
For several days the waters outside
the Golden Gate have been alive with
craft of al sizes and rigs, making trial
spins in preparation for the big event
The larger yachts are to be handi-
capped according to the universal rules.
80 that the little fellows may have an
The first boat into Honolulu harbor
will receive trophy valued at $500,
and the second a cup worth $3.50, There
are $1,000 worth of prizes.
One OF the fastest entrants is the
Hawaii, flying the pennant of the Roy
al Hawaiian Yacht Club. C. f. Miller q
sloop Athens: one Of the first to pass
through the Panama Canal. also ia en-
tered. Other yachts are entered rep
resenting the San Francisco Yacht
Club, the South Coast Yacht Club, and
yachting associations on Puget Sound.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
WELSH MUST TAKE
ON SOME LIVE ONE
Champion Is Inactive and Will
Lose Drawing Power II He
Continues.

NEW YORK, une 1l.-If Freddie
Welsh wants to continue to draw down
money as a box office attraction HEN
have to engage In q real fight soon. The
public IL getting tired Of seeing the
champion waltz and tango through ten
round no-decision affairs.
Welsh hasn't risked his title over the
twenty-round course to decision. He
has engaged in several bouts since he
and Referee Eugene Corri took Willie
Ritchie's title in London last summer
but they have all been newspaper de-
cision clashes. Welsh has been held
even. and even shaded in numAAr OF
those. and the public Is beginning to
think that the Welshman isn't real
champion by any means.
Ritchie damned the tar out Of the
Briton at Madison Square Garden over
the ten-round route a few months ago
The American made Welsh look like a
knockout. which would have brought
him the title. but Welsh. badly scared.
resorted to continual clinching to save
himself. Hhe ..cluns" through the ten
rounds. Every New. York critic awarded
the verdict to Ritchie.
Charlie White the hard hitting Chi
cago battler. has given Welsh several
hard tussels over the short course. Jim
my Duffy. the rangy. awkward fighting
but hard-to-beat youngster from Lock.
a great chance to beat the Englishman
over the twenty session route. Milburn
Saylor. inventor Of the "loop-the-ioop"
punch. who halls from Indianapolis,
flattened Welsh In a Canadian ring a
couple of years ago. The Englishman
set up q claim of foul and got away
with 1t. but there We're many who saw
the bout who said the Hoosier was rob-
bed of a lust victory.
There are a great many others who
deserve a crack at Welsh's title. 1t Is
up to the Englishman to cut loose from
the ten-round game and get out and de-
fend himself over the long course and
to a referees decision.
Danny Morgan's looce again. The
dumb" manager who spends the most
of his time Furnishing a typewriter now
breaks forth with the yell that his star
Observation-Disclosures Britton-cant get
fights because he is too good.
That sounds rather odd. but Morgan
Is handing out real dope for once. over
ten rounds Britton is practically un-
beatable. He has trimmed everything
set up before him here with monotonous
regularity. Morgan says he tried to get
Leach to fight Britton.
For why should I fight him when !
know I'll get beat" answered Leach.
according to Morgan,
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
MURPHY'S LOYALTY
REWARDED BY BERTH
Refuses to Join Players Mutiny
Against Lee Magee and Is
Now Managing a Team.

Danny Murphy. the old star of the
Athletics, will be rewarded for his faith
fulness to the Brookfeds management
by being retained on the clubs roster
until his contract has expired.
The Brookfeds recently released some
of their waning stars to clubs in the
Colonial League. Murphy Is about
through as q big Lacquer and II occa-
stoned surprise that he. too. wasn't let
out But the Brookfed management ex-
plains 1t thusly:
Recently some Of the players mu-
TIMED against Manager Lee Magee.
They wanted Murphy to be their leader,
promising him their support for the
managerial job in case Magee was GUST
ed. But Murphy wouldn't join It, He
played square with Magee. And now
he gets his reward by remaining with
the Brookfeds."
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
BUCK" WISE GETS
H|SFOURTHLETTER
Business High Boy Honored for
Baseball, Track, Football,
and Basketball Work.

Buck" Wise, the most famous Of the
Wise brothers at Business High School,
is the real thing at the Rhode. Island
Avenue School today. Buck" has
earned four letters this year, an unusual
honor for any high school athlete.
Buck" Is thought to be the first Busi-
ness High School athlete to earn four
letters.
Last fall in football Buck" Wise
earned the football letter. His work in
basketball and baseball is well known.
and on May 20 he succeeded in earning
the title of champion high jumper of the
schools in the annual track meet.
Perry Dowrick, captain of the baseball
team, has earned three letters this sea-
son, in football. baseball. and track
Ray Culligan has won three. In football
basketball, and baseball, while Ralph
Wise mas earned three, in football, base
ball, and basketball. Ralph will be cap
tain of the baseball team next season.
The baseball and track athletes were
awarded letters yesterday as follows:
For baseball, basketball, and track,
Buck Wise; for football and track,
Perry Dowrick; for baseball and bas-
ketball. Toots Wise, r. Wise, and Bill
Culligan for baseball, Blundon. Wass-
mann, Gerard, and Hawk; for basket
ball, Reggie Culligan and Glessner. The
members of the girls basketball team
were also awarded the B.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Workers Wanted

An Intoxicated person is a poisoned person,
and as such is as much entitled to proper
care and consideration as Is any other person
suffering from any other form Of illness. The
fact that "he brought II upon himself" In no
sense mitigates the responsibility of relatives
friends or constituted authorities to see and
demand that the patient is decently, scientif-
cally and humanely cared for-not thrown
into a dark and gloomy prison and left to
''sleep on his sickness, nor TO he cast aside
as too unclean for the expenditure OF a little
Christian charity and immediate medical at
tention. Pin-Po asks you to cooperate in the
work II has inaugurated at 100 l. st. NV I:
to investigate its claims and methods: to
weigh Il In the balance. Call or write or
phone Main 37Ss, Our literature IL free. snd
viii be mailed to any address or given 10 any
one asking IL. The Kin-Po Institute Invites
lAa most searching iavssuEaten.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
TRADE GOLFERS HAVE
TWOLEGS ON CUP
Chamber of Commerce Team Is
Defeated in Second Annual
Tilt on Links.

The Washington Board Of Trade
golfers are today boasting over a 22-
to-13 defeat of the Chamber Of Com
merce men on the links of the Columbia
Country Club yesterday. In addition to
winning all sorts Of prestige and a din
ner. the Board of Trade men now have
two legs on the Shaw & Brown trophy
Points were counted on the first nine
and last nine holes of the eighteen-hole
matches and on the gross score. Three
points could be won in each, match
Points were scored as follows: Board
OF Trade, ]. G. Let's. 8; o. J. DeMoll,
=. c. Gott, ]; A. G.. Burhman. 2: A B.
Heaton. 2: Leroy w. Heron, 2; John
Davidson. 3. and r. e. Burks. 3. Cham
Der of Commerce. Harris Brown, 8:
Donald Woodward. 8: John L. Newbold,
3; John Poole, /. and John Slaven. 3.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
STOP THE GAMBLING

tabooed that Jack Hendricks
prospective Cleveland gave this
yesterday afternoon In the last six neither of these
games allowed either the Indianapolis
Hendricks declared the have been much better
than when such practices allowed.
"When of ball play poker craps cques
there dssenson the Besides they
good sleep that absolutely
winning
$40 the pitchers
in the pot, and the day that pitcher the
mound of the fielder will have
gudge against that pitcher and will not give him
support. There are many similar instances"
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Teams Are Tied Trade Golfers Win From Commerce Team
Xardon on Golf

Ever stop to think of what
nerves mean in golf? Yes?
No? Well, anyway, Harry Var
don, the British champion, well
known in this country since his
battle against Francis Ouimct,
has something to say about a
golfers nervous system and he
will say it in The Sunday
Times. He also has some re-
marks to make about the need
of confidence in putting, men,
tioning some of his own expert
ences. .....r
Remember, Vardon's golf chat
will appear in The Sunday
Times and you golfers of the
Capital cannot afford to miss
it.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Sargent and Mcleod Get
Little Luck at Shawnee

George Sargent, Chevy Chase profess
sional. and Fred Mcleod. of Columbia.
failed to get the breaks in the Shawnee
on-the- Delaware. where the best pros in
the country tried out in theff an
nual golf championship match.
Sargent landed eleventh and Mcleod
took seventeenth in the standing. GIL
Nichols, with 295 for u holes. won first
money. Sargent's gross was :l2 and Nc
Leod's 3l9.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Amateur Games.
ToDAY,s GAMEs

Potomac League-Machinists vs. pri,iery.
Congress Heights League-Open date.
Departmental League-Open date.
Rosedale League-Crescents VS.. Rosedale.
East Washington Sunday School League
Reformation vs.. st. Agnes,
r. r. Y. M. c. A. Leaeue-General Office
VS.. Car Dept.
Northwest Sunday School League-whitney
VS.. Brightwood. :
Government League-Bureau vs. Navy.
War Interbureau Leasue-Quartermsste
VS.. Adjutant Generals.
Holy Name League-st. Peters vs.. St.
vincents.
Home Club League-Patents ys. Mines,
r. r. Y. M. c. A. Morning League-Bag-
gage VS.. Shops.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11

CURIOUS--JUST AS YOU SAY, IT
DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. 1T
SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
THIS WAY:
THE TEAM HAS BEEN GETTING
ALONG so WELL LATELY THAT
CLARK GRIFFITH HAS DECIDED
TO CUT OUT THE MOURNING
PRACTICE"
1t Dds an error IN Transmission. ne
field tods damp aud the Hnotyper didn't
haze hts spiked shoes on.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
YESTERDAYS RESULTS,

Potomac League--G. II. l., IL, Fairlawn. O.
Congress Heights Leasue-steei Plant, I;
Oxon Hill, .. y
Departmental Leasue-Asricuiture, .; Union
Printers. 2.
Rosedale Leasue-st. Paul. 8: Holy Name,
Q.
East washington Sunday School League
Advent, 8; Fifth, 6.
r.. r. Y. NJ. c. A. League-station, 10;
Auditors, o.
Northwest Sunday School Leasue-Imman-
uel, 10: Brishtwood, !.
Government Leasue-Marines, IL; Com.
merce, II.
war Interbureau Lsagus-ordnancs. Il; En-
gineers. I.
Holy Name Leasue-st. Dominic's, 7; ST.
Joseph's, Q.
Agriculture Interbureau Ieasue-Markets,
10; b, p. L., 2.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Lowe Begins Training.

Tommy Lowe, Washington's veteran
lightweight. began active work today in
preparation for his coming fifteen-round
bout at Ardmore with frankie Nelson,
victor over Charlie Egan. Lowe Is in
good shape. but he wants to be right
as a trivet when he enters the ring
with the Hoboken Streak. who drew
with Tommy more than a year ago at
the old Ardmore club.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Jones Tome Captain.

PORT DEPOSIT, Md. June lid
ward NJ, Jones has been elected captain
of the baseball team Of Tome School for
the coming school year. Jones has been
a member Of the squad for two years.
He Is also the president of the athletic
association.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
AnalOStan Crew Will
Race on James River

The Analostan Boat Club will send q
Junior eight and probably a four-oared
gig to Richmond Saturday, June 2s.. for
the annual regatta of the Virginia Boat
first crew of the Virginians.
The Washington oarsmen will be the
guests of the Virginia Boat Club. Coach
Clarence Hecox. of the Analostans. was
mentor of that club for five summers.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Shriners Want Crews.

SEATTLE. Wash, June u.-Negotia-
tions looking toward the bringing of the
Cornell and Harvard crews to Seattle to
compete on Lake Washington during
Shrine week in July. when the Imperial
Council session will be held here, have
been begun by2Shrine leaders and alumni
of the two institutions living in the
Vast
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Baseball Notes.

The number Is dwindling rapidly, but
there are a few pitchers left who
haven't pitched a no hit game.
The Browns thought they were case
hardened to all possible gibes and
barbs, but here's the most unkindest
cut OF all. An explanation OF a Cleve-
land defeat by the Browns is that II
was due to overconhdence.
The arrival OF hot weather will do
a great deal toward bracIng up the
present season provided it isn't next
season when II gets here.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
.MINCE PIE
LITTLE OF EVERYTHING"
BY BUGS" BAER.

The Brownies made seven errors
yesterday, just seven more than the
President made in his message to
Berlin.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11

II Larry Mclean keeps on drop
ping from league to league. a hor-
rible fate may overtake him. He
may wind up In a local option
league.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11

81 arry Nc
Lean is declining
because he didn't
decline enough"

Loudermlk is not the cream Of the Brown
les pitching staff.
AS A RELIEF PITCHER, HERB
PENNOCK DOESN'T RELIEVE ANY
BODY BUT THE OPPOSING BAT
TIERS.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11

Just because q Norwegian
girl may totn the tennis champ
ionship Is no reason chg tho
title should necessarily Leave the
United States. 1t probably DiH
90 to Minnesota or Wisconsin.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
American Association.

Kansas City, 8; Columbus, /.
Cleveland. 6: Minneapolis, C11 innings).
Louisville. s; Milwaukee, 2.
indianapolis, Z; st. Paul (.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
North Carolina League.

Charlotte, 2; Durham. (irst game).
Charlotte, 3; Durham, (second game).
Asheville 10: Greensboro. l (hrst game).
Asheville, /; Greensboro, 0 (second game).
Raleigh, Q; winston Salem, 8.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11

The King of Greece now needs perfect
quiet in which to recover. He should be
transferred to the Athletics left field
pavilion Immediately.
Tobogganing is one of the sports
Of boyhood, and apparently the
Yanks are in their second childhood.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Texas League.

Texas League.
Fort Worth Houston. rain.
Dallas. .; Galveston, ?.
Waco. 1. San Antonio, ] uS innInEs).
BsAumoat. .; Shreveport. 8
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Virginia League.

Newport News, Z; Suffolk, I
Norfolk, s; Rocky Mount, 3 Qo innings).
Petersburg, 7; Portsmouth. g.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11

South Atlantic League.
Charleston, 6; Jacksonville, 0.
Augusta, 10; Macon. 0.
Columbus, 3: Columbia, ..
Savannah, 6; Albany. ..
The Washington times., 1915-06-11

fllchhurg. I; Worcester, 3.
Portland, G; Lynn. ..
LoWel, !; Lewiston, I.
Lawrence. q: Manchester. q
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Pacific Coast League.
New England League.

oakland 4; San Francisco, ?.
Los Angeles, 3: Venice, 0.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Western League.

Denver, 9; Omaha. 4.
Sioux City, s; Lincoln. 0.
Topeka 8: Des Moines, !.
Wichita, 8: 81. Joseph. l.
The Washington times., 1915-06-11

The Brookland A. C. and the Hill
brook teams will play Sunday at Hill
brook at 2:SO p. m. Manager Mahoney
has decided to send Wilmer Hill In for for,
he selected to work for the Hillbrook
team. The Brooklanders have won fif-
teen games and lost but four during the
season.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-15
lqHffEIsAIEPiSGskSA qffI

atter great uhhagpiness In her
youth, tnds a haven OF love ana con
tent as the wife OF a good man, but
who. subsequently, suddenly hnds
this happy life shattered in the re-
turn OF he man who betrayed and
discarded her as a girl, Miss O'Neil
Is most effective The greatest de-
mand upon her artistic powers IL
made IN the later scenes, where this
mend drags her down TO his own
level Of drunken despair and she is
accused OF staying him. She Is de
Tended by her own son. just as was
poor Madame X, neither being
known 70 the other until the pris-
oner is acquitted. Regeneration
comes for the woman through the
sons love, and she is finally restor-
ed 10 health and 10 her home, hus-
band and son.
The story is powerful one,
strongly depicted, and MISS O'Neil
and her associate players handle the
scenes with great effect.
To offset the gloom OF this tragic
drama, the program offers a lively
comedy, some interesting travels pic
lures, an excellent current review,
music by the orchestra and songs By
Eddie McGrath.
The Detroit times., 1915-11-15
WASHINGTON.

a pathetic and tragic little figure
is Mary Pickford as Cho-Cho-San in
the moving picture version Of John
Luther Longs story OF Madame
Butterfly" shown in the Washington
theater. this week.
The story OF the ill-fated little
japanese who is made the toy OF an
American naval officer is wellknown
10 most theatergocrs and magazine
readers, for it has been printed
everywhere and has been used in
dramatic and operate form. In the
picturization OF the story the pro-
Uucers have made some changes to
increase the effectiveness of the
medium. Notably IL this so in the
nual scene, where poor liNle Ia
fly, heartbroken when she learns
that The man she thought her lawful
husband had not taken the Japanese
marriage seriously, but returns to
Japan after two years absence in
takes her own life. not according TO
the custom Of her country by hari.
kari. as is related in the original
story. but by drowning herself in
the lake in the garden Of her home.
Miss Pickford enacts the inno-
cenoe, childlike joyousness and
charm Of Cho.Cho-San with SINGER
ity, and in a way still further endear
her TO her large circle OF movie ad-
mrers. The Japanese settings gi>
en- 10 the play are correct and beat.
tiful.
Besides the GetRich-Quick-Wal.
lingford, comedy, so cleyerIy acted
by Burr Mcintosh, Max F1gman and
Lolita Robertson, and which brings
laughter after the tears OF Madame
Butterfly and the current weekly
The program offers the Griswold trio
of singers in new songs and Richard
a. Whiting, the composer Of Tulip
Time in Holland" and other popula:
song hits
The Detroit times., 1915-11-15
AVENUE.

The Avenue Players are present
ing Eugene Brieux's plty, Dam
aged Goods" dealing with the newt
able results to mankind of vice. in
The Avenue theater this week, for
the second week.
The play through it's presentation
two years ago for the first time in
America by Richard Bennett and
players, and its exploitation locally
within the last month in moving pic
lures, Is well-known, and the pub
licity given it has served to attract
more persons to the Avenue at
every performance than can be &C
commodated with seats.
Judging from the reception OF the
dialogue and the incidents OF the
story by the Avenue audiences, few
OF those attending the performances
are getting the real lesson which
BrieuX intended to teach. Ii would
seem to the unbiased and keen OBJ
server Of humankind that the ma.
iority Of tho persons going to the
Avenue are there because they have
been told that subjects heretofore not
mentioned in public are being dis
cussd frankly, and, in going 10 the
theater they evidently are convinced
in their own min6s that they will
hear something very dreadful in
deed. What they do hear is being
received mostly In a coarse and flip
pant manner instead. OF in the seri-
Gus receptive attitude which intelli
gent persons should bear toward
such a drama Of life as is revealed
in Damaged Goods"
The Detroit times., 1915-11-15
CADILLAC.

The Battle OF Gettysgoat" is the
title OF a rollicking burlesque that
shares a portion OF the Cadillac pro
gram, this week, with ~rhe Lady
buccaneers II is a bloodless VIC
tory that is won by a company Of
fair chorus girls in light marching
costumes To the accompaniment OF
martial music the girls parade
across the stage singing songs like
George NJ. Cohan used TO write.
They capture the audience without
resistance, and the good. old Amer
lean flag is roundly spplauded. Be.
tween song numbers, the comedians
strive TO convince the audience that
war must be what Sherman said il
was. One or two Of their jokes are
original.
"The Lady Buccaneers" led by
Elsie Vernon and Flossie McCloud,
he latter a slim miss with a pleas
ing personality, score a decided hit
The burletta is not a new one, but
1t shows signs of having been inn
proved from time TO time.
"The New Minstrels," with J. r
Cunningham as interlocutor. is pre-
sented by the entire company. viii
II. Cohan. the comedian. gets away
with some fair parodies in this skit
As an added attraction, the -Four
Original IJverpools." one of Man
ager Levy's importations from New
York. present an acrobatic act that
Is little better than the usual class
/ or strong-arm entertainment