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Evening star., 1915-05-10
BY J. ED GRILLo.

CHICAGO, May 1e.-Tom Connolly.
the Georgetown player. reported here
to Manager Griffith this morning. He is
under contract to the Washington club,
and just as soon as Grifith gets line
on his capabilities in the outfleld he
is pretty sure to receive q trial with
the Nationals. There seems to be no
doubt Of Connolly's ability to hit and
run. and he says that he is at home in
the outfeld But that must all be de-
| termined. though there is no doubt that
he will be a big improvement in his
hitting over most of those now playing
on the team.
The reporting of Connolly probably
means that Henri Rondeau will be let
out to some minor league club. Ron
deau has failed to come up to expecta-
tions. 1t does not look as If he will
ever be major league hitter. Judging
from the games he has played
since the season opened. and Shanks
undoubtedly is his superior when
it comes to fielding and throw
ing. Rondeaus greatest fault is that
he lacks aggressivenesS He has fallen
into a rut. which is one of the princi-
pal failings of the Griffmen this spring.
and Griffith Is not apt to give him an
other trial. 1t is now only a question
of where Rondeau can be disposed at
the best figure.
Walter Johnson had more stuff a t De-
troit yesterday than he has displayed
at any time this spring. He had a
world of speed. and struck out six
men. which is more than have been
famed by him in any other game this
spring. He was trife wild. however,
walking five men-Bush on three diff
ferent occasions.
Sam Crawford was the man who
found johnson no puzzle. hitting him
safely three times. but none of his
drives had any effect on the score.
1t was the second straight shut-out
against Johnson. In the last eighteen
tanned single run for him, conse-
quently there has not been a possible
chance for him to win.
The Nationals hitting seems to be
going from bad to worse. Dubuc would
not have fooled any other team like he
did the Nationals yesterday. The play
ers have grown timid at the plate,
take all the good strikes without wig
Cling their bats, and then swing on
some wide ones which, if they happen
to meet them, are turned into either
little flies or weak grounders.
IL Connolly, the latest acquisition.
can hit at all he is sure to be of great
help to their team, for there is no doubt
bout his speed.
Grifith made another change in his
batting order, if such II can be called,
but all to no avail. the base hit col
un,n in the box score plainly shows.
In the field the Nationals played
good game, nothing that resembles an
error being charged against them The
work behind Dubuc was also sensa-
tionaI, or he would not have gotten
away so easily.
For inst a few moments in the eighth
Evening star., 1915-05-10
BY n. c. BYRD.

GEORGETOWN and Catholic University
still have several hard base ball games
to play before their schedules end.
Both schools have contests listed later
in the spring than usual, and each has
vet to meet some big teams-teams
they have more than the usual desire to
beat
Georgetown. too. must play through
the remainder of it's schedule without
the services of the man who hereto
fore has been the greatest offensive
factor in its line-up-Connolly, who
has Joined the Washington American
League club The Blue and Gray has
two games this week. both OF which
will test its powers to the limit. The
first is to take place Wednesday with
the Navy at Annapolis. and the other
is booked for Friday here, with Notre
Dame Another game is listed with
the Navy for May %. while the season
will be closed May 20 and 81 at New
York. with games with the Crescent
Club and with Fordham.
Catholic University is to meet three
teams this week. 1t will play Western
Maryland here Wedne sday, and 80 to
Philadelphia Thursday and Friday Tor
contests with Swarthmore and Villa
nova. After ludI VIII NC
seen at Brookland. Bucknell at Brook
land, and Lehigh and the Army are to
be played at South Bethlehem and West
Point respectively.
According to reports. Princeton men
are well satisfied with the work OF
Coach Rush in the spring foot ball
practice 1t is said also that he has
gained the confidence and liking of the
men. Here is an excerpt from comment
Of he haG
New York, after a meeting with capt.
Click:
Evening star., 1915-05-10
HARD GAMES STILL REMAIN
FOR GEORGETOWN AND C. U.
Base Ball Schedules Of Both Institutions
Longer Than Usual-Blue and Gray
Plays Navy Wednesday.

Spring foot ball practice at both
Yale and Princeton came to an END
last week, and from all accounts the
work at both places was more construc-
tive than in any previous year. | ran
into Frank Click. captain of the Tigers
and Bunny Booth, the great lnesman
of not SO many years ago at Princeton,
in the Waldorf one evening last Week
and the former was enthusiastic over
the methods of Speedy Rush, the new
head coach He tells me that it did not
take long for Rush to gain the conn
denoe and support of those who report
ed for practice and that he has tne
happy faculty of SO interesting tne
players that the work, including even
the scrimmages, was a pleasure ano
not a drudgery. The squad this year
numbers between forty-fve and nifty
men right up to the last day, whereas a
year ago the number who turned out
rarely totaled twenty. We've learned
a lot of foot ball, too" AIDED Click. and
we ought to be ready for serious work
much earlier than usual next fall
princeton men must not expect too
much of their team next year. New
methods and new systems 90 not al
ways get quick results, but if there Is
anything in early signs and in per-
sonality, Princeton men can rest as
sured that Speedy Rush and Frank
Click are the right men in the right
place"
The loss of Connolly to GeorgetoW
will be an even greater blow than is
generally thought. Connolly has been
the great offensive factor in the lineup
of the Blue and Gray this spring. There
have been few games in which he has
failed to hit. and in many he has got
ten three or four safeties A big per
centage of the drives have gone for
extra bases. too. When the greatest
weakness of the average college team
is usually lack of hitting ability.
some idea of the loss of Connolly to
the Hilltoppers may be known when
it is stated he was hitting somewhere
between 400 and 500.
Evening star., 1915-05-10
Pirates Bunch Their Hits.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, May 1o-Pitts-
burgh punched five consecutive hits off
Douglass in the fifth inning yesterday
and won easily. to 3. Hinchman. Carey
and Leach carried Off the batting honors
Manager Herzog of the Cincinnati
team was spiked in the arm when
Johnston slid into second base in the
fifth inning. and had to retire from the
game. Score
Pittsburgh. ........... o 2 q O-s
Cincinnati. .......... q . o O-3
Two-base hits-Hnchmsn. Harmon Three
base hit-Herzos Home run. Hinchman. Stolen
hases-Csrcy, Johnston, Baird Costello i2
Earned runs-Or Harmon. :" Off Douglass 4; on
Lear l. Double playJ II. Wagner to John
son. left on bascs-PittsburSh. Il Cincinnati
5. First base on errors Pittsburgh, /. Bases
balls-On Harmon. >: OF Douglass 3: OF
Lear .. Hits-OT Douglass, l. In seven in
nings: off Lear. in two innings. Hit by
pitcher-By Harmon (Groh,. Struck out-By
Harmon, 2: by Douglass. Z; by Lear. g. Wild
pitches Harmon, Lear. Passed ball SchanS
tmpires-Nessrs. Byron and Orth Time OF
game hours and 26 minutes.
Evening star., 1915-05-10
WHAT NATIONALS ARE DOING
IN BATTING AND FIELDING
Averages, Including Saturday Game, Show
Club Has Advanced in Both Departments,
Although Winning But Once.

Although the Nationals showing In
Boston and Philadelphia during the
past week in winning games was most
lamentable, the players went up the
ladder in their batting and fielding. In
batting the Griffithites picked up nine
points, while in fielding they are TWEEN
ty-three points better. "Rippy" Will
Iiams still holds on to the leadership in
the batting class, being the only man
hitting over 300. and he, too, slipped
backward forty-seven points during the
stay in Boston and Philadelphia. In
making sacrifice hits and stealing
bases the locals advanced. but at such
"a gait as to be almost nil. The Wash
inSton team has always been noted for
speed. but including Saturdays game
the players have stolen only nineteen
bases in that many games.
Following are the averages in detail.
taking in the game played in Phila-
delphia Saturday:
Evening star., 1915-05-10
STOLEN BASES
National League Games.
Homer Decides Contest.

CHICAGO. Nav 1o.-Saier's home run.
following Huggins' wild throw to first Of
Zimmermans grounder. gave Chicago a
2-to-l victory over st. Louis yesterday.
The game was a pitchers battle, with
Vaughn the final victor Zimmerrna ny
fielding featured. Score
Chicago. .............. o o . o II
. ST. Louis. ...-..-..... U o . . O-I
Two base hit-Phelan- Home run-Saier Stolen
base-Bresnahan Earned r1ins-OT SaIlee :
on Vaughn. l. Sacrifice hits-Beck Fisher Left
on bases-St. Louis. = Chicago, 3. First base on
"rrors-Chicaso l. Bases on balls-on Vaughn,
!: of Sallee, 2. Hit by pitcher-Bv Vaughn
Dolan and Huggins. Struck out-By Vaughn, );
by Sallec. s. Passed ball-Snyder. Empires
Messrs. Riger and Hart. Time Of game-1 hour
and 10 minutes.
Evening star., 1915-05-10
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS.

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
birmingham. 81 Memphis. O.
Mobile. +: Nashville. g.
Little Rock, 2; New Orleans, /.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Columbus. 10; Cleveland. ..
Louisville, Z; Indianapolis, 3.
Minneapolis, I: St Paul, 8.
Kansas City, 3; Milwaukee, 4.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Waco, 8: Fort Worth, g.
Shreveport, g. Dallas. T.
San Antonio. s: Beanmont, ~ inninss)
Houston. .; Galveston. O.
INTER NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Rochester, 6: Newark, 4.
Rochester 4; Newark g.
Providence. II; Toronto, s.
Evening star., 1915-05-10
Other American League Games
Fifth Victory for Morton.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 10.-Cleve-
land defeated Philadelphia yesterday, 3
to o. Ii was Morton's fifth victory in
succession and his third shut-out of
the season. Bush was effective except
in the sixth, when Cleveland scored it's
three runs on three hits and three
passes, two runs being forced in.
1t was Lajoie's first appearance here
in anything except Cleveland UNI
form since August, 1901. Score:
Cleveland ....... O o o 3 x-3
Philadelphia ........o . . U ~
Earned runs Cleveland. J. Double plays
Barry La joie and Mclnnfs: Barry and Mclnnis
fiits-On Bush. e in innings: on Bresser
In ! inning. First base on bais-oh husn o
of Morton, !. Hi by pitcher-By Bush
tONeilD. Struck out-By Bush, ): by Bressler.
l. by Morton. 3. First on errors-Philadelphia.
l. Left on ba Philadelphia. I: Cleveland, s.
tImpires-Messrs. Chill and Connolly. Time of
yaue-l hour and 80 minutes
Evening star., 1915-05-10
SWIFT PIGEON RACE.
4omers Fly From Cameron. W. Va,
to This CITY in Three Hours.

Nearly mile minute was the speed
attained by the pigeons belonging 10
the members Of the Washington Racing
Pigeon Club yesterday. 1t was the
third contest of the present old bird
series, and 196 birds representing -
lofts we're liberated in cloudy ana
windy weather by E. F. King. the hrst
arrival reporting at its cote at ll:2Z'
three hours after liberation. The place
of liberation was Cameron. w. Va, Just
few miles from the Ohio border iine'
and the record is the best made by
pigeons this year. Other pigeons also
made fast time: in fact. it was not until
after all the figures had been gone over
carefully that it was determined whose
nieeon won. The average speed per
minute as made by the first return TO
each loft also the number of birds en-
tered by each competitor. is as follows:
Evening star., 1915-05-10

It's odd. but Dave Bancroft making
so good with the PhillIes, was third
choice of the Portland infield while
the first and second choices already are
voted failures. Cleveland had first pick
and took Bill Rodgers to fill Lajoie's
place. Rodgers has not been going
well. New York had next choice and
took Art Kores. Then 1t got Lobert
and Kores was sent to the minors.
Philadelphia took Bancroft, and he
looks like one of the good bets of the
season. The st. Louis Cardinals. it is
understood. had chance to get Ban
croft and Scout Eddie Herr recon-
mended that he be taken. but other in
formation was that he would not do,
and Manager Huggins passed
Evening star., 1915-05-10
White Sox Trim St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, May 1o.--In the face of
four local pitchers Chicago defeated
St. Louis, to /, here yesterday. Score:
Chicag" ......-.....-o : 3-6
81 Louis s........ 0 0 q 0-1
Two base hits E. Collins. DAILY. Stolen bases
Austin. 4. Walker. Sacrifice hits.Pratt
Felcl ~. Left bases St. Louis, ;: Chicago
TO- Bases on balls on Ioudermilk. 4; OF
Baumgardner. l: off Russell. :; on James. l.
Uits-Orf Ioudermilk, :, in 23 innings; or
Hocb none in 2-3 inning: of Baumgardner, 2
in - inning. Hit by ptcher-By Hoch
tWeaver). Struck out-By Loudermilk, by
Russell l. wild pitch-Hoch. umpires-
Messrs. o'Loughlin and Hldebrand. Time Of
game hours.
Evening star., 1915-05-10

Under a new order from President
Tener. National League umpires are not
alternating this year. but one man of
each pair always works behind the bat
and the other on the bases. Last year
every pair except KLEIN and Emslie al
ternated in each game, but Mr.. Tener
believes better results are obtained by
each man having a speciality and devot-
ing all his attention, either to calling
balls and strikes or to making the base
decisions.
Evening star., 1915-05-10
Al the start of last wear ii was triple

At the start of last year il was triple
plays that became so common they
ceased to be noted Now il is likely to
be triple steals. The Chicago White
Sox pulled one recently and the In
dianapoIis Indians a few days later
came back with another. The Indian
players to make it were Bronkie, Kelly
and Metz, in a game against the 'Cleve-
land Spiders Indianapolis stole eight
bases in the game. so that even triple
steal did mt attract great attention
from the fans.
The surest test, say the wise ones,
that Matty is finally on the road to
baskerville is that he is wild-issu-
ing passes and hitting batsmen, some
thing he was not wont to do In his
old days
Evening star., 1915-05-10

George stallings pays Clark Grihith's
club a high compliment when he says
that it has one of the best pitching
STATS he has ever seen He thinks that
Griff will be a pennant contender, but
il must be remembered that the only
American League club George has seen
for some time is the one piloted by his
friend c. Mack.
Evening star., 1915-05-10
JOHNSON beaten
BY DUbUC, | TOO
Nationals Helpless Before De-
troit Pitcher, Getting
Only One Hit.
TIGERS GIVEN THEIR RUN
ON A WALK TO BAKER
Base on Balls to Weak Batter
Proves Disastrous-Craw-
ford Stars at Bat.
BY j. ED GRILLo.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. May 10.-Walter Johnson
lost another shutout game yesterday.
For the second tme in two games, his
teammates failed to get him a run and
he went down before the Tigers at De-
troit by 1-to-0 score. While the
Tigers made six hits off Johnson. 1t
! was not these. but base on balls
which he handed Catcher Baker, a la
! 1nenta bly, weak hitter. which paved the
though but one hit. a scratch. was
made in this inning.
Baker who could not hit johnson
with a paddle. was walked. to open the
round. Dubuc chopped at one and it
bounded directly over first base, where
it could not be handled. and Baker
reached third. Bush hit to Johnson and
was out at first without either runner
| advancing, but Witt hit long sacrifice
fly to Shanks. on which Baker came
home. That was the only run of the
game
Griffmen Get One Hit.
Dubuc held the Nationals to a single
hit The few occasions that he was hit
waiting fielders, and on one occasion
Ty Cobb made catch which, perhaps,
| prevented Johnson from hitting for the
circuit in the eighth inning.
In all. but three of the Gifmen
reached first base-Milan. once on
| walked and again on hit. On the third
occasion Mcbride reached there on ia
cohsons $ error, when Bush's assist was
dropped, With such light offense
there was really little chance for the
visitors ever to score.
Milan walked in the second and was
sa criflced to second by Gandil Nor
gan's out put him on third. and that
was the only time that goal was reach
ed, for Atnsmith was an easy out. In
the fourth Milan singled with one out,
only to be forced on Gandils drive to
Bush, and the last man to get on the
bags was Mcbride, in the fifth after
two hands were out, when Jacobson
made his wobble.
Tigers Get on Bases.
The Tigers on the other hand were
more busy. Bush walked his first time
up and, after Witt and Cobb had been
retired on flies, Crawford singled. But
an attempted double steal was thwarted
when Ainsmith threw to Johnson and
Bush was caught off third. Bush walk
ed again in the third and he also stole
second after Baker and Dubuc had
famed. but he could not get nearer the
plate.
Walter was in a tight place in the
fourth when, after striking out Cobb,
Crawford got his second single. He
died trying to steal, however. and then
Neach walked and Kavanaugh got a
scratch hit. But Jacobson failed to do
anything worth while.
The scoring of the single run has
been described Cobb threatened in the
eighth, when he singled and stole sec
ond, but Crawford famed and the next
two batters were easy.
The score:
Evening star., 1915-05-10
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit. 1: Washington, o.
Cleveland 3; Philadelphia, 0.
Chicago, &; St. Louis, /.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago, 2; ST Louis, L.
Pittsburgh 8: Cincinnati, 3.
SCHEDULES.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
TODAY. TOMORROW
Boston at New York. Wash'n at Chicago.
Thia at st. Louis.
New York at Cleveland.
Boston at Detroit
NATIONAL LEAGUE
TODAY. TOMORROW.
Chicago at Pittsb'gh. ST. louis at Boston.
FhiIa, at Brooklyn. Chicago at Brooklyn
New York at Boston. Cincin'ti at New York.
Pittsburgh at Phila.
Evening star., 1915-05-10

Totals. .2e11.es1 10 1 Totals. % 72l11 ,
.S Brown out hit by hatted ball.
Hamilton A. C. ......-.o ! u
Steel Plant .......- y -
Evening star., 1915-05-10
HAMILTON A. C. WINS.
Defeats Steel Plant in Congress
Heights League.

The Hamilton A. c. won from the
steel Plant in the Congress Heights
League Saturday by to 4. Score:
Evening star., 1915-05-10

In place OF Earl Yingling, who re-
fused to accept a transfer to Salt Lake,
the Cincinnati club sent Paul Fittery to
the Bees. Yingling goes to Minneapo-
lis.
Evening star., 1915-05-10

Left on bases Washington. 3: Detroit. 4. I'm
pres--Nessrs Dineen and Nain. Time of game
/ hour aud 10 minutes
Evening star., 1915-05-10

Manager Charley HerZog has his bat
ters hitting at the first ball pitched it
is said, and the records would indicate
it, for the Reds are showing few strike
outs. going through three games with
out man being famed.
Evening star., 1915-05-10

1--WE have had streaks before such as
we are now in," said Eddie Foster this
morning. "but we will get out of it
pretty soon. All we have to do is keep
hustling and the breaks will come. We
have an awful time now getting run,
but when the turn comes runs will
come easy. I. for one. am not discour-
aged"
Evening star., 1915-05-10

The signing of Frank Baker by the
Upland club of the little Independent
Delaware County League caused some
thing of storm among the other clubs
in the league. the managers of which
ents, they are not outlaws and would
have no contract jumper in the ranks
The management of the Upland club
was told plainly that 1T could either
drop Baker or drop out of the leag que.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-10
SOUTHERN HIGH STUDENTS
PRODUCE PLAY TONIGHT
"a Regiment of Two" Will Be Social
Climax of the Year

The annual play presented by students
OF the senior class of the Southern High
School will be given tonight at Mercan-
tile Hall. Broad and Master streets. when
the curtain will be rung up on three
act farco-comedy. "a Regiment Of Two"
Students have been preparing for the
event, which is the social climax of the
scholastic year, since last spring. when
the comedy itself was selected and try
outs were made to select the cast Since
the opening or the fall term in September
Prof. G. ~ Haass, of the high school
faculty, has been giving up much of his
spare time in drilling the players toward
more successful drive than has formerly
been the case at the downtown instItu-
tion. Rchcarsals have been held thrice
weekly since September. and the cast has
emerged in complete harmony with each
other and the play.
The comedy itself is a 1915 farce with a
JuNtaposition of wit, humor and thrills
with n triile of love and such thrown
in for the human interest side. 1t is also
up to date in that it has been retouched
TO include everything in the dialogue from
squirrels to Henry Ford.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-10
SALONTCA GREEKS HOSTILE
TOWARD ALLIES TROOPS

LONDON, Dec. 1O.-The Daily Tele-
graphs Salonica correspondent in n dis
patcf sent by mall In order to avoid the
Greek censorship, gives instances of thin.
ly veiled hostility on the part OF the
Greeks at Salonica toward the Allies.
The dispatch says that no sooner had
the first contingent of troops landed than
the prices of all commodities were doubled
and trebled, and the highest tariff applied
for the transportation of munitions and
supplies augmented by n supertaN of 5
per cent. The full passenger rate was
eXacted for each soldier, plus a ~ per
cent supertariff. The director of rail-
ways insisted that the cost of each troop
train be paid in gold before 1t left Sa-
lonica. If the allied forces rented
house, the Greek military authorities
stepped in and annulled the contract,
claiming the house was needed for the
State. The same was done as regards
horses, carts and so forth.
Karaburun fort, at the entrance of the
ened. Defense works were constructed
and heavy guns mounted. The presence
was discovered of submarine mines, stored
as If ready to be launched. at the mouth
of the Narder River. Trenches and barbed
wire defenses were constructed on the
heights above SaloniCa and turned toward
the direction of the Allies camps. Even
artillery was mounted on these heights
with the muzZles of the guns turned in
the direction of the Allies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-10
PLANS FOR MEETING Al
OF HOUSE OF BISHOPS,
Episcopal Churchmen Expected
to Assemble in This City
on January IL

Plans are being completed for the
meeting of the House Of Bishops to be
held in this city beginning on January
70. The sessions will be held in St
James Episcopal Church. s2d and Walnut
streets, and it is expected that about 100
bishops will attend.
Bishop Rhinelander announced today.
as chairman Of the Hospitality Commits
tee, that he would appreciate advice as
early as possible from those churchmen
who are willing to entertain visiting
bishops during their visit in Philadel-
pha. All arrangements can be completed
with greater rapidity If the Bishop has
this information
Acceptances have been received from 30
bishops, and 20 more acceptances must
be received by December 81 in order to
assure the meeting here on the date
named 1t is altogether probable, how
ever. that there will be that many ac.
ceptances before that date, which prac-
tically assures the meeting.