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Evening star., 1915-02-23

This duplicity probably means the
wind-up of the affairs of the Ardmore
Club, which has been conducting fights
for some time in this section. There
have been rumors in connection with
some of the other bouts at this club.
But the career of this institution
seems to have come to an END. All the
boosting that the paid press agents
can present will not wipe out the dis
graceful exhibition of yesterday. Wash
ington has a great many admirers Of
the fistic game who would support the
sport if it were conducted along legiti-
mate lines. but all the misrepresenta-
ton which the clubs hired agents can
spread will not atone for many of the
things that have happened at the Ard
more since it's existence.
Connie Mack, as was predicted in
these columns, Will not dispose of
Frank Baker. The Trappe slugger will
either play for the Athletics or not at
| ALL Bakers contract has the ten-day
: release clause eliminated. 1t contains
| the new reservation clause and is iron
clad in every way. There is not u
one but Mack His contract with the
Philadelphia club still has two years
to run. and if he decides to play ball
| there is but one club he can play with,
and that is the Mackmen.
| Mack did a wise thing when he came
out with the statement that Baker
would not be disposed of, for rumors
were being circulated that this was
| the object of announcing Bakers re-
| tirement.
! The postponenlent of the Johnson
| Willard fight, which was slated 10
take place at Juarez March 6, may re-
suit in a permanent calling off of the
proposed championship battle.
| Johnson is sure to encounter difficult
ties in trying to reach the Mexican
town. The CarranZa forces have made
1t known that IL he comes within their
territory they Will arrest the champion
on the charge that he is a fugitive from
Justice from the United States. There
are, of course, other reasons for the
CarranZa element to want to prevent
the meeting of Johnson and Willard, i,
being understood that Villa is to have
a financial interest in the affair.
The acquisition of Doc Johnson OF
Cleveland by the Pittsburgh club gives
the Pirates the most competent firs1
baseman they have had in some years
and Johnston is not high-clas player
at that But he may show to better
advantage with the Pirates than he die
with Birminghams team, where he wa.
unpopular.
Manager Rowland of the White So,
lost no time getting his charges intt
action after reaching Paso Robles. Cal
Upon arriving Sunday morning. Row
land took his squad out for a five-mtlt
run over hill and dale. This was du
plicated in the afternoon and will b'
continued for some time. Rowland be
lieves 1t IS necessary to get his player:
in fit physical condition before h
starts them to practice, and he con
tends that long runs for week o
more are just the thing.
Mike Mitchell, veteran outheider
! whom Griffith released to the Richmond
Evening star., 1915-02-23
BY J. ED GRILLO.

Ray Morgan did not accompany
Trainer Mike Martin to Charlottesville
this morning. Ray does not intend to
leave for the training camp until next
Sunday. when the first squad leaves
here. He figures he will have a week
of hard work done before the regulars
report and he figures that will give
him sufficient lead to be ready to go
the route.
Early next week many of the players
will begin to report here. Walter
Johnson is expected Monday or Tues
day, and a letter from Clyde Milan, re-
ceived by Manager Griffith this morn
ing, says he will be here March or 5.
Clyde says he has spent a very pleas
ant winter and that he will report in
shape to start right into hard work at
Charlottesville.
Ramrio Seigle, who was touted to
Manager Griffith by Victor Munoz.
sporting editor of Ell Mundo, Havana,
has signed with the Phillies. according
to reports. The Cuban is a second base
man and has a batting average of .345
down in Cuba.
How to get the best results out of
his material is one of Connie Mack S
problems He has hinted that he may
make shift in his infield. What this
will be Connie declines to say.
For several seasons it has not been
necessary for him to do any expert
menting with his base guardians
With McInniS, Collins, Barry and
Baker composing the 100000 infield,
Connie could put all of his thoughts re-
garding the infeld upon the develop
ment of substitutes. In this he did not
meet with much success.
Now he has some radical change in
mind. This may be the shifting of
McJnnis to third base and placing
Kopf at second base with Lajoie at
Evening star., 1915-02-23
Schedules in Bowling
Leagues for Tonight

Commercial League - General
Baking Company VS.. Agents.
Mount Pleasant League-lm-
manuels W.. Security.
Arcade League-Gandils VIZ. Ma
tiOnals.
District League-Shermnns vs.
COntenders.
Federal LeaGue-F'ranklin VS..
National Capital.
Capital City League - Ivory
Soups w. FairlaSvnS.
tiOnal LeaEue-St.
Marks vs. bethany, GOrsuch VS..
Sixth, Kendall vs.. Fifth.
Terminal Railroad y. VI. &. 4.
LenEue-StOrerOOm W.. Trans
pOrtatiOn.
Masonic LraGue-Stansbury vs.
Washington Centennial.
National Capital LeaEue-Clfmb-
ers W.. COlumbians.
Departmental League Com
merce VS.. Navy Yard.
Southeast Observation-Disclosures
vs.. WOOGmen of the World.
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SHOULD MAKE GOOD.
Catcher Billy Sullivan After Job as
Umpire.

CHICAGO. February 23.-William J.
(Billy) Sullivan, veteran catcher of the
Chicago Americans, who recently was
Internationally released, today decided
to apply to President Ban Johnson for
a position as an umpire in the Ameri7
can League.
Sullivan has served the league as a
player for fourteen years and is ia
miliar with every rule of the game. He
never has had any experience as a pro-
fessionai umpire. but has often handled
exhibition games.
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Lafayette Five Wins.

The Lebanon quint dropped three
games TO the Lafayette five in the Ma
sonic circuit. Crissey of the winning
team proved the best bowler OF the
match. rolling for scores of 119, lee
and III. Crissey's total for the set was
35o
Wolstenholme, rolling in the anchor
position for the Eagles dn the Ingram
League, is credited with having OBJ
tanned a set of 426, which breaks the
District record The mark formerly
was held by Riston, and was made on
the Charles Hotel alleys-404. VOL
stenholme's counts in his three con-
tests were 125, 164, 137.
The results of last nights matches:
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TOUCHARD CAPTURES
ANOTHER NET TITLE
Indoor Tennis Cham2ion With
Washburn Defeats Behr and
Pell in Doubles.

NEW YORK, February 23.-Tennis OF
the highest order was witnessed in the
final round of the mems national in
door championship in doubles yester-
day at the 9Th Regiment armory, when
Gustav F. Touchard. the singles title
holder, and Watson NJ Washburn, the
young Harvard player. defeated T. r..
Peii. former indoor champion. and Karl
n. Behr, the internationalist, three
sets to two. rs. 3-6. 3-6, g., 6-3, before
the largest crowd that ever witnessed
an indoor championship match
From spectacular standpoint II
ecHpsed all other matches in either the
singles or doubles competitions. devel-
oping d brand of tennis seldom wit
messed OF an indoor court. The rival
-eanls were very evenly matched, and
the fact that in many ot the games
deuce and vantage were called Illus
rrates the bitterness of the contest and
the splendid playing of the quartet.
While not approaching the other three
players in brilliancy of execution or ac-
curacy of play, Washburn is entitled to
much of the credit for the victory. as
under the most trying conditions he
kept his head and nerves. The on
slaught of the international and his
PARTNER did not appear to cause him a
iaorneDt's worry or anxiety, and but
tI'essed by the support of Touchard he
carne through with flying colors and
71nexed his first national title.
In Great PORN.
Seldom Las Touchard been seen to
t-tter advantage. His accuracy in
t,IayinS the sidelines was almost un-
canny, while q number Of his gets
evoked frequent rounds of applause He
varied his style with almost perfect
Judgment. playing the most difficult
shots with an ease and confidence tina,
eft him the master of the situation
Always at the top of his game. Touch
ard did not neglect to support his part
ner, and the combination proved ire
SistibIe.
The losing pair played sterline
game TO the victors Pell appeared tC
be the weak link. and many of the
plays were directed against him. but
he stood up well under the aggressive
and persistent attacks, often bringing
off shots unexpected by his opponents
Rehr brought into play his famou.
crosscourt shots, but Touchard ant
Washburn avoided as far as possible
giving him any chance for his sMashes
Behr played close to the net while Pei
took care of the back court, and thi!
style OF play would probably have beer
successful against any other team. II
point of service there was little e
choose between the four experts, a.
there were few doubtful points and no
many aces scored from service. Sum
mary:
FIRST SET
Behr and Pell. ..--...- a = 5 4 6 : 4 5 o.
is432 ss1374L
SECOND SET
BeDr and Pel- o o g.
Touchafd and wash0urn a 4 / A.
THIRD SET.
Ber and PeiI. I.........42 . 4 . 4S g ~
ToucAard and washburn. L 2 2 O.;
FOURTH SET.
Toucn1rd end washbUrn. -.-.4 . = 5 9 - A.
Behr and Peli. 4 2 Z o.
FIFTH SET.
Touchard and washburn. "a 04443 s.
Eehr and PelI. 4 e
King Smith of the 7th Regiment defeate
6eorge S. Groesbeck IN straight sets IN IN
mai reald Of the consolation singles, So, 6-l
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Indianapolis After Cub Players.

CHICAGO, February 23.-Manager
Hendricks of the Indianapolis Ameri-
can Association club has put in bids
for two members of the Chicago Ma
tionals. and President Thomas promised
he could have them if Manager Bres-
nahan would consent. Neither Hen
bricks nor Thomas would name the
men. Bresnahan is in Toledo and is ex-
pected here in a day or two.
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club of the international League few
weeks ago, is. according to a report
which reached his home at Spring field,
Ohio, thinking seriously of quitting
the game.
Mike is attending the race meeting
at Havana. and he seems to have done
SO well that he has written friends that
he proposes to stay in Cuba until the
race meeting is over and will then fol-
low the horses to Baltimore, where the
races start March II.
Mitchell probably Will change his
mind, for lie would be sure to have u
good season in the International.
Manager Herzog of the Cincinnati
Reds deserves credit for having made
real effort to strengthen his forces.
His latest acquisition is Tommy Leach,
recently released by the Cubs. 1t is
also now admitted by Manager Hug
gins of the Cardinals that Ivy Wingo.
the brilliant young catcher, will play
with the Reds. Herzog also shared
Charley Doom, and is in fair way
to have a ball team which stands q
chance to be heard from in the next
campaign. In the matter of catchers
HerZog appears to be better fortified
than any of his rivals, for in Doom
and Winso he has two stars of the
highest class.
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Braves Don't Steal Signals.

MACON, Ga. February 23.-George
r. Stallings. manager of the Boston
Nationals, denied the statement at
tributed to Walter Maranville. the
teams shortstop, that much of the
Braves success last season was due to
their ability to solve the signals of
other teams. "Maranville either has
been misquoted or Is dreaming" said
Stallings.
Evening star., 1915-02-23

Hugh Jennings expects to make ex-
penses on the training trip this year.
Ty Cobb will report with the first
squad and be in condition to appear in
all of the exhibitions. Usually Ty
passes up the spring transforming tour.
Evening star., 1915-02-23
6ERIINENT 0i1NENr
EsHappenin&$S1 &$S1Sportdoln
By 7. ED GRILLO.

Boxing this section suffered setback yesterday when
the of the Admor Club deliberately deceived their
by substituting fighter in the principal without
making the change known to the spectators
Whether this the result Of ncompetency something
know, but evident that
ea persons identified with the exhibition who that
opposed by Tommy Langdon, by
Evening star., 1915-02-23

President Elbright of the Wichita
(Western League) club hopes to inau-
gurate free gate this year. He pro-
poses to sell $4,000 season passes at so
cents each so that he may remove the
turnstiles for the home gameA
Evening star., 1915-02-23
DISTRICT DUcKP1N LEAGUE.

Totals. '4e5 436 473 Totals. .4Gl 4e0 Az
alpha won rolloY.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-03
ADDING TO THE BURDEN

TIME wisdom of the Legislature in
declining to add extensively to
the State road system during the
session Just closed readily may be
judged by the announcement of the
Highway Department that under laws
of 1913 over 1000 miles of roadway
must be added to-day to the vast mile
age now under the care of the State.
The bad condition of many State
roads is due to the fact that the
appropriations for repairs are never
sufficient to meet the needs. The
addition of 1000 miles to the road
system to-day means that the money
set aside for this purpose by the Legis-
lature must be stretched to do some
work. at least. on those highways.
Pennsylvania now has too many roads
under it's care for the funds at hand.
Every road added increases the burden
and makes 1t more difficult for the
Highway Commissioner to attain the
results for which the public looks.
Mr.. Cunningham is doing his best to
meet the gigantic problem with the
means at his disposal, but if the road
over which you travel is not to your
liking, blame the Legislature of 1918.
which added greatly to the road sys-
tenn and then declined to provide suf-
ficient money with which to keep it in
proper repair.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-03
THAT BROKEN RIB
Errom the Kansas City Sta,

GF'rom the Kansas City starl
Colonel Roosevelt broke a rib the
other day in mounting his horse. a
dispatch says II wasn't the horse 5
fault and that the Colonel is more
concerned over the way he acquired the
injury than over the damage done to
himself"
All men over. well, say 40. know Just
how he feels: Up. to that age a man is
still only boy. his nerves are steady
and he can do about as he likes with
out fear of consequences. He is still
in the age of tennis and baseball. and
doesn't have to fall back on the staid
sports-golf. for instance-of the lean
and slippered pantaloon.
But after 40 he knows he has turned
the corner He begins to acquire port
stairs; II he Is up late at night he
feels ii the next day. He can't get out
and caper as he used to when he was a
colt. Three sets of tennis tire him. AL
thought he used to stand five without
turning q hair. There is no doubt about
IT. he is slowing down. Not mentally.
Oh, no. lie doesn't admit that for a
minute. But 1t is borne in on him
that there are no athletes over 40
That is why Colonel Roosevelt is dis
turbed as to how he happened to fall.
OF course II may have been Just an ac-
cident such as might happen TO a
youth of 20 Or 1t may not. Men of
maturity understand.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-03
TRAFFIC IN WEALTHY GIRLS

o'clock. and after I had cautioned her
tried locking her out" said Mrs.
Kelly. 'She broke the glass in the
door and let herself in. She brought
a company of friends to dinner one
night, and one of the men asked me
If had no brandy He drank three
quarters of the bottle / got for him,
and when he began throwing burning
cigarets on the carpet l asked him to
leave.
When I expostulated about the
hours she kept she said to me:
You're no good at all If you don't
go to at least five cafes a night
II learned that when she left the
house in the morning she would go to
the apartment of "Dickie" Warner in
Fifty-fifth street. There she would
meet her friends. chief among whom
was Al Davis. Either she would &c
riding with him or she would wait un-
til he had returned. Then they would
go to the Beaux Arts for breakfast
and take in a matinee or go to the
Ritz-Carlton for tea.
by dinner time they would be
ready for their rounds of the cabarets
The diningroom at Bustanoby's was
always on the list. Before the night
was over they would have gone also
to Maxim's, Healy's and Rector's. Eu-
genia said she couldn't go to all these
pldCSS anu set hoihS DelOIS TIE hSAl
morning.
Danced in Public at Cafes
"My daughter danced in public al
these places. Most of the time it would
be with Davis, who has been sort OF
partner of Bonnie Glass, who had
charge of the dancing at the Cafe
Boulevard and at Rector's. At Rec
tors she danced with Enrico Muriss
dancing partner of Gertrude Hoffman
Not only did my daughter smoke
! cigarets constantly at these places
1 wouldn't allow her to smoke at home
but she drank absinthe, brandy
white mint and wines. Her associates
were men and women-well known
about these Broadway places"
| Rivals the Rosenthal Case
From the standpoint of Broadway
the Kelly case has assumed an impor-
tance almost equal to that of the
Rosenthal case. The murder of the
gambler put the lid on Gradually
| it has been lifted particularly in the
matter of tango parlors, cabarets, tea
rooms and revues, until now veterans
of the night life in New York declare
the city was never so full of certain
| forms of vice as now.
But now there is prospect of the LID
going down tight again. A movement
is started which promises to clean ur
| dives, run under the guise of better
| class dance halls and restaurants. In
this movement, churchmen, judges and
| leaders in civic reform have signified
] their intention of taking part.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-03

Baltimore is after the jitneys on the
score that they are reducing the in
come of the city through a cut in the
receipts of the United Railways which
is taxed on gross earnings for park
purposes. A similar condition prevails
in Harrisburg, which received last year
about $4,000 from the Harrisburg Rail-
ways Company, representing tax of
per cent. on the gross receipts. 1t is
the disposition of the members of the
Board of Estimates at Baltimore not to
enact legislation that will be burden
to jitney operators. but which will pro-
tect the tax and establish some means
of financial responsibility in cases of
accidents
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-03
WHAT OF VENICE?

@EORGE B. MCCLELLAN, in the
II Public Ledger, asks the question
that has arisen to the lips of
readings have taken him within the
enchanted precincts of the City of the
Doges: Now that war is here. what
will happen to Venice?"
What Mr.. Mcclellan says of Venice
is true-it is not merely a city of Italy,
1t is one of the art and architectural
treasures of the whole world, dream
city that once demolished can never
be restored. But whatever may befall
Venice, the Austrians or the Germans
who may train guns upon her must
not be criticised too harshly. The
Italians. in need of a naval base on
the Adriatic, some years ago delib-
more advantageous Ancona and for
political reasons, mainly, placed their
station at Venice, although her little
harbor is much too small to shelter
modern war vessels, and the lack OF
water off shore has made the con-
struction of an artificial harbor i'm
possible. To help the economic de-
velopment of the city, as we'll as for
political reasons, the old arsenal of
the republic was modernized and is
now being run at full blast. There is
also n very pretentious naval ship
yard, in which certain large war YES
sells are being built, an aviation sta
ton and powder factory, besides all
of which great stores have been ac-
cumulated of war material. of arms
and ammunition. The outlying Lidi,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-03

merely part of the time was 26,907,
or 1876 per cent. In other words out
of 1877. .244 wage earners in Philadel-
phia 1000 have been affected either
by the Underwood tariff or by condi-
tons resulting from the European
war.
Since the administration claims that
the European war is helping business
conditions II is a fair assumption that
10000 of the $4,000 workers can
vassed are deprived of full time en-
ployment by the operations of the free
| trade tariff.
With the end of the European war
the Underwood tariff will begin to
show it's effects again on American
business Possibly, Immediately after
the declaration of peace and during
the reconstruction period in Europe
the United States will continue to en-
joy a mushroom prosperity that will
begin to disappear the moment Euro
pean industry is capable of entering
into competition with American labor
on what amounts to practically free
trade basis. The future, with normal
conditions restored, must be judged
| by the past. which with the Under
wood law in effect was exceedingly
gloomy, as the figures quoted show.
You who look lightly on this fore
cast remember the Republican predic-
tions of the hard times that would fol-
low the enactment of Democratic tariff
ideas, and how they came true.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-03
DEMOCRATIC PROSPERITY

TNHERB can be no question that
i times are better than they were.
More men are employed now
than at any time during the past two
years and business in general shows
a distinct improvement over the early
months of this year. For that reason
the statement of the National Depart
ment of Labor relating to the labor
situation is interesting, as affording a
comparison with conditions before the
war orders of Europe began to recti-
fy temporarily the disastrous results of
the Underwood tariff and the business
experimentation at Washington.
AS result of a survey covering nf-
teen cities and including a census of
S99,SS1 families, the Department an
nounces that 1914 per cent. of the
persons included in the census are
now out of work. The total number
of persons unemployed is 73,S0O in
the fifteen cities canvassed.
Recently the Department OF Labor
announced that there were nearly
100000 persons out of work in the
city Of New York alone. It is not sug-
gested by the department that the
Epresent figures cover the total number
;of unemployed in the fifteen cities can
vassed.
In Philadelphia, for instance, the
number of families canvassed was 79,-
05S. in which there were found 137.-
244 wage earners. OF this number
14,147 were found to be unemployed,
or a percentage of 1913, The number
of wage earners who were working
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-06-03
WELLESLEY vs. MARRIAGE

[From the Washington Daily News.I
Members of the faculty of the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh who accused
Wellesley girls of marrying late have
put on the defensive by those twelve
seniors who announced their engage
ments Tuesday.
The News is not inclined to agree
with the enlightened Pittsburgh
pedants in assuming that education is
responsible for the deterioration of
the home and encouraging race suicide.
Virtually, that is the position the Pitt
educators have taken. when they
charge that Wellesley girls do. not
marry until late in life, that their
families are small and that only half
of them are married twenty years
after graduation.
In the first place we believe the
situation, as thus summed up. is more
or less exaggerated 1t is not reason
able to suppose that education Is hav-
ing such a retroactive effect as all that.
Perhaps there Is some truth in the
assertion. but even III there is, we
cannot see where the country has been
headed toward the bow-wows over 1t.
Wellesley girls may have had their
ideals elevated somewhat and are
therefore more particular about what
manner of a man they choose. And
sometimes II requires twenty years,
yes, frequently more than that. be-
fore womankind makes the world-old
discovery that all men are mortal and
none are perfect.