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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-19
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-19
SOCIETY WILL TURN
To GOLF AND TENNIS
With Early Passing Of Torrtd Wealth
err Conditions. More Outdoor Play
VIII He INDUCED In.
ENGAGEMENTS OF NOTE
announcements Are Made of Numer-
ous Weddings shortly to Occur.
Personal ami Brief Items of Cen
ersi social Interest.

The season for out of-Goor sports Is
spprosc hing, and although the sum-
nleT heat has not ahated much in its
Intensity. still the tennis courts and
golf courses show signs of an awak-
en.nk Gld.fas hloned croaaet is be-
ing revived In the parks. the streets
are alive with the roiler-skate merry
makers ard the college campus
echoes once more with 81 occasional
practice game. Summer baseball IL
now n fnemerw and already THO anna
temr football manager Is casting his
eye around for good material fer a
team II muscle and Drawn Motor
Ing Gas reached It's height IN popu
Isrity. horsehsc III riding Is coming
tssore ard more into popular favor.
while TIE beautiful highways around
Richmond offer such ar attraction for
pedestrians that walking clubs are
row numerous and the early fall Will
see q revival II his health giving ex
ercsse All OF which Will bring the
rosy bloom 10 .he cheek the sparkle
te the eye, ard the graceful alert
movement AZ The body. which consf:-
tute the chief charra of the twentieth
century girl,
Social Activity For Coming Weeks.
The past week has chron.cied the
announcement OF the engagement of
some of the most socially prominent
young people Of bot city and State.
and the coming week win witness
mary prenuptiai affairs for October
brides Social activity for the waning
days Of September will confiue itself
largely to showers for prospective
brides and unique announcement par
ties cf engagements yet to be made
public. Both form Of entertainments
offer unusual opportunity for ortsi-
nality on the part of the hostess, and
many quaint and pretty ideas will be
wrought out In these charming affairs
u the next few weeks.
Engagements Announced.
MIR. and Mrs Benedict Eugene Poi
tiaux announce the engagement and
approaching marriage OF their daugh-
ter. Frances Belle. TO Mr.. Marshal!
Taylor Bethel, Of Charlotte, N G.
formerly Of Richmond. The wedding
will take place during the latter part
of October
Announcement has been made of
the engagement and approaching mar
riags OF Miss Jennie Dahl. OF Chicago,
10 Hiram. L. Walker. designing engi-
neer of the EnEer Motor Car Conn
pany Cincinnati, formerly of this
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-19
W.P.L.A, PLANS DAY
OF THANKSGIVING
Great Victory Which Knocked
Gin Ont Of Virginia.

AS the fall season advances the work
of the Woman's Prohibition League
of America moves steadily forward
also, the coming weeks being well
filled with plans for much work look
ing to a progressive forward move
ment along all lines of the organiza-
ton
On Wedn esday, September %, they
will hold an day Thanksgiving and
praise service in their headquarters.
115 North Fifth Street. this being the
anniversary of the victories won by
the hihition forces last September,
making Virginia dry by an overwheim-
ing majority.
This service will be opened at 10
o'clock by Mrs. I. Austin. Her sub
ieet being What Jesus Has to Say"
At II o'clock Mrs. w. +. Longworth
will take charge. subject, "Deliverance
From Sin
At II o'clock Mrs l.. NJ Massey will
take charge. assisted by Mrs John
Lindsay subject, IT ha nix sgteifg -at4a
AT o'clock Mrs NJ f. strother. SUBJ
ject. Service"
At 2 o'clock Mrs. A r. Rudd; sub
ject. Prayer"
At o'clock Mrs S r Rowland. SUBJ
iect. Witnessing for Christ"
AT 4 o'clock Mrs. E. I. Parrish; sub
ject, Conservation"
Miss Kathleen Parrish will sing
the conservation hymn, "I'li go where
you want me to go, dear Lord.
The other hours will also be inter
spersed with solos and other attrac-
tive special music, with words of
Thanksgiving and Encouragement from
many ministers and others who will
come in during the day.
All persons interested are cordially
invited to unite in this days service
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-19
A Household Hammer.

The housewife finds d light hammer
almost indispensable TO her household
equipment, even though there Is an
able bodied man at her disposal at odd
moments. very good hammer for
home use at IS cents has solid steel
head and a slender handle, easily
manipulated A heavier hammer of
the same make costs s as does IL
Ratchet. which is another useful ad
dition to the family tool chest.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-19
As Seen by The
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Copies of Trcnch Haas

The woman who longs Tor real
French millinery. but finds 1t beyond
her purse. will do well to look at a
line OF domestic copies OF authorita-
tive French models shown at IS. So
and $3.50.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-19
scrim with F1oweYrfi BORDERS

After house cleaning one must
think of curtains. Very good scrim in
both ecru and white with a Powered
border on both edges may be pur-
chased for from 80 TO a. cents a yard.
This may be Used either for sash cur
tains or inside draperies with va
lance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29
DOWN TO THE FINALS.
August Golf Tourney of Columbia
Country Club Nearing Close.

Columbia players completed the semi
final round in the three sixteens and
defeated Fights of the August golf
tournament during the week, while in
one case-the second sixteen-the finals
were played.
According to the handicap rules gov
erning the event, the lower rated play
er is compelled to start his opponent
a number of holes up equal to one-half
the difference in their handicaps with
the fraction "one-half' to count. This
put them all on a better basis and
made the competition much keener and
should have made the scores closer.
However. both matches in the first
sixteen were rather one-sided, Harris
n. Brown beating John Slavin, 3 up
and /. and Charles H. Orme winning by
4 up and from Connie" Doyle, while
all three of the matches in the second
flight were decided by a big margin
also. Robinson White registering the
worst defeat when he won from Frank
Govern in the finals by up and 5.
The consultations brought up much
closer matches. In the first fight
Howard P. Cobey beat E. NJ. Posey by
2 up and / and Albert Mackenzie was
pushed to the limit to win from A. l..
Thurman. l up.
The event will be brought to close
this week with the finals rounds on the
cards. At the same time, scores for the
September qualification round are be-
ing turned in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29
ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO PLAY
INTERCITY GAMES THIS WEEK
Bad Weather Conditions Prevent First Dou-
ble-Header With Richmond Rosedale
Batters Have High Averages.
BY n. c. BYRD.

The first double header of the inter
city base ball series for the amateur
championship of the south has been
postponed until next Saturday. The
Portner team, champion of Richmond,
came up yesterday, but the rain of Fri
day night and yesterday morning made
1t impossible to get the grounds in con-
dition to play, even If no rain had fall
en- in the afternoon.
It was very unfortunate that the
rain blocked the play, as conditions
were such that a crowd of exceptional
size was expected to be present. Fol-
lowing right after one of the closest
and most exciting series in the history
of the sport here the contests would
have drawn much better than any IN
recent years. in all probability me
games, if played yesterday, would GER
tainly have been more productive imam
.ially than they are likely to be next
Saturday. 1t is only natural that there
will be lesseninS of interest among
the followers of the sport, inasmuch as
the Nationals play here all the week
and something OF the zest of the ANA
teur side of the game viii disappear
because of the practical close OF the
season last week. The Richmond team
seemed very much disappointed by the
weather conditions. Not only dld IL
cost the club from that town conslder-
able money to make the trip, put the
PLAYERS appeared somewhat crestfallen
because they could not have an oppor-
tunity to win. 1t is evident that me
victory obtained by Richmond IN tne
series of 1914 affected the amateurs OF
that town with great deal more con-
fdence in the intercity contests thah
they had prior to that time.
-rbere must have been consistently
weak pitching in the Rosedale League
during the past season or an eAcep-
tionai number of good batters Forty
three men finished the schedule with
averages of 800 or more. Three play
ers had marks of 800 each and all the
Others topped that figure.
Miller of Rosedales was the reai
leader. He played in fifteen games and
hit for .449. His work was particularly
consistent an even gait being nam
tanned during the whole year. Ssalb
MYERS. Davidson and Dowrick each MT
for higher marks than Miller, but the
latter played in fifteen contests, While
the most either of the other four took
part in was five.
The averages of the men that hit .30Q
or better follow:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29
FEATURE rs MARJORIE A.
Bedwell's Speedy Mare Beats Water
Lily in Best Race at Ottawa.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OTTAWA, August 2s.-The usual card
of seven races was offered for the fifth
day of the fall meeting of the Con-
naught Park Jockey Club this after
noon. The dashes were equally divided
at sprinting distances and those at a
route brought together we'll balanced
heldS in each event. A steepIechase
under handicap conditions and a purse
race for two-year-olds were the ones
that divided the interest throughout
the day.
Weather conditions again were ideal
al the course and fast track resulted
In but few Withdrawals. Despite the
sharp chill in the atmosphere, a large
crowd juurneyed out to the course to
witness the running of the card.
The first signs of an exodus to Mon
treal made their appearance this morn
ing when several large express cars
were switched to the siding. The sta
bles of Amos Turney, S. Raymond and
several small owners will ship early
Monday morning for the eastern
course, where the scene will shift after
Marjorie A.. from the Bedwell stable.
took the feature of the day Sum-
maries:
First race. purse. $500; all ages; handicap;
Canadian Ca foaled one mile-splutter, Iii Gala,
1aa 1d to l. even and our, won HAMPTON Dame
Sea Lord, liz lsmythj, to 5. to ~ and nd' out
lnirn Time, AZ 40. Prince Rhupert and Prince
Phflfsthorpe also ran.
furlongs.Prohibition, 'l12 ,Godstefnl, I to .. 8
to and ! to 2. won: Lolite, 1903 tSmyth,, o to
0, Z to 10 and l to 3, second; Candle 1O9
sSchuttlnger), to ]. to and to s, third.
Time, is Pride of Greenway Early Light,
VIII Cash and Gentle Woman also ran.
Third race. purse, $500 steeplechase handieap;
three-year-olds and upward; about two miles
Stucco. 1873 (Williams,, even. l to 3 and out,
won; New Haven. 100 Crawford, to l. q to 5
and to 2. second; Tropeaouni, 40 ,Gaddy),
to l, to 5 and ] to 4, third. Time. 3d. Caper
sauce and Morperth also ran.
upward selling; six furlonss-Marjorie A.. I02
COOPER to !. 8 to and to 5, won; Water
Lily, Ill (fcDermott) 8 to 5. 10 and 2 to
5. second; Uncle Jimmie. 109 Callahan, Is to l.
TO l and to /, third. Time, LA 3-5. Wiley,
Pontefract, Change, Connaught aud The Busy
body also ran.
Fifth race. purse, 500: three ear-Oids and up
ward: selling; six furlongs-khights Differ, 1d6
(Claverl. to 2. to and to 2, wOn Wodan,
80 Callahan. to !. to and to 10, sec.
end aee eh;ld q Berger to to 10 ps and
and Jewel of Asia also ran.
Sixth race, purse 500: three-yearolds and up
ward: selling; one and one sixteenth mies-Star
Of Love, 80 Gf0ryst, to l, to 2 and 8 to 8,
won: Abbotsford, no (srnyth). 10 to l., to
aud to 8. second: First Star, los Urap, 10 to
l. 3 to 1 and to 5. third. Time. 81 3-5. Bal
from, Shepherdess, Uncle Ben and Richard Lang
don also ran.
Seventh race. purse. $500: three year olds; one
mile and twenty yards-Bedand, 100 tMcDer-
106 Cooper. 5 to 1, 8 to 5 and to 8. second;
Corscan. 90 Claver,, to !, to and to o.
third Time, 1.45. Buzz Around, Ida Claco, Bur-
wood Apriza and Fenrock also ram.
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Interesting Golf Notes
From the Local Clubs

George Sargent and Fred Mcleod. the
local professionals, have just returned
from the western open championship
event, where the former finished third.
Mcleod arrived here Tuesday night but
Sargent didn't get in town until Friday
afternoon. as he stopped off at st. Paul.
Minneapolis. Duluth and Louisville,
where he played in exhibition matches.
President Wilson seems to be dividing
golf playing between the Washington
Country Club and Columbia He was at
the first named Tuesday and Thursday,
while Columbia was favored Wednes-
day.
Otto J. DeMoll of Columbia. who has
has returned and may be found on the
course almost every day.
Many of the golfers at Chevy Chase
have been much disappointed at learn
ing that par for the course as 1t is
now being played is 20 instead of 70.
Several were congratulating themselves
in their improved game, only to find
out that perhaps this reduction in par
is responsible. for, of course, an 80 on
a par 70 course is not nearly as good
as, the same score where par is 70.
Recent changes on the course have
caused those in charge to reduce par
a stroke on Nos. 2, and 10, making
each of these holes par instead of 5.
This makes par for the course as fol-
lows:
hole. 5; fourth hole, 5: fifth hole, i;
sixth hole, 8: seventh hole. 4; eighth
hole. 4; ninth hole. 4; tenth hole: a;
eleventh hole, 3; twelfth hole. 4; thir-
teenth hole. i fourteenth hole. 8; If
teenth hole, 4; sixteenth hole, 4 seven
tenth hole, 5. and eighteenth hole, 4.
This makes par 35 out and same in,
but in one way these changes have
a4R -
course in that they have left a rather
poor sequence of holes. For instance,
there are now but two par-5 holes on
the course. and a reduction of par on
and the change on the eighth makes
four para holes follow each other.
Par for No. II is 8. but No. IL is 4. and
with the thirteenth changed to 4, this
makes six out of seven successive holes
with par at 4 strokes.
In order to prevent the sixteenth hole
from flooding every time 1t rains hard.
the green committee at Columbia is
planning to have the dam near it done
away with and a series Of trenches
made. Twice within the last month it
has been necessary to close this green
on account of the water being one or
two feet deep over it.
Invitations have been received by all
of the local clubs to enter their men,
bers in the Whitemarsh Valley coun-
try Clubs tournament, which will be
held September 9, 10 and II.
The Washington Country Club has
announced a miniature tournament as
the Labor day attraction with a spe-
cial approaching and putting event for
the woman players of the club. In the
miniature tournament there Is a quail
fication round at nine holes, followed
by match play also at nine holes. In
order to complete the event in the one
day. the course 10 cut In two. It 10
fortunately arranged SO that two per-
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feet nine-hole courses can be used,
with length and par about the same in
both. The first course uses the first
five holes with the regular thirteenth.
numbers six. seven, eight and nine re-
spectively. The other course starts off
at number seventeen, the regular
twelfth is number two and the regu-
lar sixth. seventh, eighth, ninth. tenth
and eleventh are used as numbers
three, four. five, six, seven and eight.
ending on the regular number eighteen
Columbia players will be interested to
learn that Ed Rheem of that club won
the invitation tournament at Hot
Springs, Va. last week.
The following matches were played in
the August tournament at Bannockburn
during the week just closed: Scrange
(1O) and Beattie (S) defeated Hill 1S)
rem (12) and w. C. Worthington 12)
defeated Jim White and NJ. Mcbride 1S).
by 3 up and 2: Taylor and Brawner
defeated Schofield and McCrary by de-
12) defeated Chesley (16) and Graves
G6), by up and 1; Hunt G0) and
Stonier uD defeated Crandall 14 and
Harris G4). by 2 up and !; Emery 14(
and Jackson 90 and Day 1S) and
Calvin 1S) played one round and end
sary; Stabler 600 and Hewett (20) de-
feated King 1S) and Custis GOD. by
/ up.
Next Saturdays event at Chevy Chase
will be an eighteen-hole handicap match
against par.
The qualification round for the Sep
TENDER tournament at Columbia now is
being played. and from present indica-
tionS it will be one of the best held, as
Of
back in town and are turning in scores.
Entrants will have until September to
turn in cards for the qualification round
and match play will not start until Sep
TENDER 8. The first round will be played
between that time and the 18th. The
second round will be played between the
18th and 22d: the semi finals must be
completed by the 29th, leaving the finals
to be played during the week ending
October 6. This probably will be the
last of the regular monthly events. as
all attention is directed toward the fall
tournment in October. and the commit
tee has not time to attend to these
closed events.
Ben Hunt did one of the prettiest
pieces of work seen on local course
in some time last week. in the August
event at Bannockburn. He and Stonier
were playing Crandall and Harris in
the first round. The latter were down
at the fifteenth (par 8. 10 yards), with
Harris ball not more than four feet
from the pin on his tee shot No one
thought Hunt had a chance, but he
dropped his drive dead to the hole,
which gave his side half, and bet
ter grip on the match. when it looked
as if he was bound to lose the hole.
The, suggestion has often been made
by Chevy Chase members that the F.
Oden Hortsmann event be changed
from 70 holes medal play, scratch, to
some other form of competition. This
suggestion is based on the fact that
only four or five players at the club
really have any chance of winning the
event under present conditions, AS a
matter of fact in the past two years
there have not been more than one or
two to finish. all of the others gradual
they had no chance of winning. Mr..
Hortsmann. who was one of the best
players in the club, was a great en-:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29
MPFORDOM|NANT.
Thompson Colt Wins Hopeful
Stakes in Clever Style.
GIVES AWAY BIG WEIGHT
Saratoga Cup Also Is Only Gallop
for the Great
Roamer.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y, August
2S.-Dominant ruled the rich Hopeful
stakes at the track here today .as a
great horse should rule. He picked up
$50 pounds, conceded big weight to
most Of his opponents. raced right to the
front from an outside position at the
post and, holding command to the end,
won easily by two lengths in the fair
time of 1.134-5
T. C. Bradleys Big Smoke, closing
strongly, finished second, while T. c.
McDowelrs Primero, which kept pace
with Dominant most of the way. lasted
long enough to save the third money in
a hard drive with Polroma and Chicle.
The Hopeful stakes over. Andrew Mil
ler's Roamer, just galloped along in
front to win the Saratoga cup, worth
s1,975, and plate, valued at $3.50, in the
easiest possible fashion.
Roamer was meeting Virle, Star Gaze
and Sir John Johnson at even weights
on the scale when in handicap he
would have been called upon to give
away much weight and the result, bar
ring an accident, was plain to all. Still
the knight Errant four-year-old is SO
popular that the crowd cheered and APP
plauded as he just romped through the
StTeCCn WIN MS QedQ III bulWell lap,
as they say in racing.
First Sir John Johnson tried to bear
him company, but gave it up at the end
of six furlongs. Then Star Gaze chased
him to the far turn and when he found
the task beyond his powers Virle came
from behind and followed him home,
but with no hope of making him extend
himself. So the procession ended.
The Summaries.
First race, three ear-olds and up: selling
$500 added; six furiongs-Islrose, 101 Qillevl,
2 to l, to 5, out won; Fenmouse: 100 q.
McTaggart): IL to 20. out. second; Evelyn C.,
100 LA PaiIe,. 20 to /. to ], to 5, third.
Time, LIP. Kris kringe, Goodwood and sarse-
Second race steeplechase; four year.olds and
1Ss aMolfel, even, to 3, ont, won; Elssrt,
THIRD @ sgoa,iGps six fur,
smoke. lo7 Connolly, 10 to i. to j, 2 to j.
to l. third. 7; Time. h1s Is. % Achievement.
horac, Churchill; Poroma. Fleuro. st. Rock,
:, Fourth race. the Saratoga cup; $500 added;
three year,olds and mp; one mile and three
won; yirle ~ u: McTaggarp, S to /. 8 to 5.
out, second: Star Gaze. 127 (McCahey), Is to !.
to !. out, third. Time, 3.o1 As. Sir John
Fifth race. handicap: -yearolds and
IS CGarner). 8 to 5, 3 to g. out, won; Eagle.
81 Collins. 5 to 2. to 5, out, second; Donald
Mcdonald, lis Buxton, 16 to 5, even, to 3,
third. Time, lao. Carlton c. and Easter Star
also ran.
Sixth race. two.yearo!ds; selling i've and
IT. McTaggart,, to 1. to 8. 3 to ., won;
Good Counsel. 107 Judy, IS to 5, 6 to 5. 1 to
to 10, to 10, l to 5. third. Time, los 45.
Nell, Sal Vanity and Servia also ran.