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Evening star., 1915-12-25
JUNIOR INDOOR TENNIS.
National Event Opens Monday in
New York With Good Field.

NETWORK, December 25.-Drawings
were announced today for the first
National Junior Indoor Lawn Tennis
championships of the United States,
which will be played here beginning
Monday. Sixty college freshmen and
schoolboys including many of the best
young players in the east are in the
list of entrants. Prominent among
them are H. P. Cutler of Columbia,
Robert C. Rand of Harvard, James
Welsh. captain. of the Andover team !;
c. Forbes Sargent and Edward l.. Hop
kins Of Yale. and j. Hampton Robb and
r. M. Sedgewick of Groton. Hopkins,
who is regarded as one of the best of
the Yale men, is in the top half Of the
draw, while Rand, leader of the Har-
ward contingent, is in the lower di-
vision. L. Maxwell Banks of Adelphi
Academy, who was runner-up in the
junior matches for the metropolitan
title last season, Is considered one of
the stronger players among the en-
trants.
The draw for the doubles will be held
Monday.
Evening star., 1915-12-25
BY 81. C. BYRD.

Practically all athletic activities in
Washington cease for the next week or
so with the foot ball game to be
played this afternoon between the Wig
ilants and an all-star team, the latter
under the direction of Country" Nor
ris. With the exception of the rounds
to be rolled in two or three Journeys
being conducted by some of the bowl
ing alleys and some match games there
will be a dearth of attractions for fol-
lowers of sports
Immediately after the beginning of
January. though. there will open PER-
haps the busiest indoor season Wash
ington has ever known. Basket ball
and bowling will get in full swing,
the athletic competitions at the Ter
minal ~ and Central ''Y' will start
again, and track and field sports, in
begin in earnest. The best basket ball
schedules in the history of the sport
here, considering the independent
leagues, the Scholastic League and the
colleges, will be played through.
There are to be two sets of indoor
track and field games at Convention
Hall, one to be held under the auspices
Of Georgetown and the other under
Besides the usual schedules in the
bowling leagues, two intercity matches
already have been arranged and the
bowling season will run until April, to
be ended then with grand flourish
in the nature of one of the biggest
tournaments ever held.
For the next few days Washington
followers of sports must content them
selves with very little, practically
nothing, but after the fast-the feast
The last game of foot ball of 1915 is
to take place this afternoon between
The Vigilants and an all-star team got
together by Country" Morris, former
Evening star., 1915-12-25
OTHER CLUBS WILL NOT BID
FOR MAGEE, SAYS HUSTON
Yankees Practically Certain to Get Star
Second Baseman From Sinclair,
Owner Asserts

get Magee," said the captain. Ger
tainly we shall land him if those in
control of the consolidated clubs in st.
Louis and Chicago do not object. The
other fourteen clubs of the two ma
jor leagues have agreed not to enter
the market for this particular player.
Capt. Huston said further that his
trip to Cincinnati proved most success
full, as nearly as could be judged at
this time. He has every reason to be-
lieve that the Yankees will obtain not
only Magee. but several other stars
as well from the material thrown on
the market through the collapse of the
outlaw circuit. He did not wish to dis
close the names of any of the others.
President Hampstead of the Giants
declared there was absolutely no
ground for the assumption that Harry
F. Sinclair was in the market for the
New York Nationals.
Il was on the train going to Cincin-
natl with Mr.. Sinclair he said, but
the question of a transfer of Giant in
terests was not mentioned. / saw little
of him in Cincinnati. but on our chance
meetings the subject did not come up
for discussion
Mr.. Hampstead says that the much
where it was weeks ago He admits
that Mr.. Sinclair or any one else might
make an offer that could not be re-
sisted for a part or the controlling in
terest in the club. Such a remote pos
sibility seems the only chance for a
change in Giant ownership.
Evening star., 1915-12-25

NEW YORK. December 25.-Base ball
will simply have to mark time during
the holidays. Nothing will be done in
regard to the disposition of Federal
League players until after the annual
meeting of the national commission in
Cincinnati January 3. At this time full
details of the recent peace pact en-
tered into by the Federal League and
organized base ball will. be Announced.
Those magnates of organized base
ball who returned yesterday from Gin
cinnati. including Capt. T. L. Huston
of the Yankees, Harry N. Hampstead
of the Giants and Charles H. Ebbets
of the Dodgers. were of the opinion
that the announcement of the sale of
Pitcher Earl Moseley to the Reds was
somewhat premature.
Il do not believe any sale has been
concluded" said Capt. Huston, cor that
one will. be consummated until after
the commission meeting" The cap
tain intimated that gentlema n s
agreement existed which bound the
powers of the major leagues to exercise
patience until that time
Capt. Huston is very hopeful of OBJ
tanning the services of Lee Magee,
former manager and star second base
man of the Brooklyn Tip Tops
THE New York American League
club has been practically assured it will
Evening star., 1915-12-25

ATHLETICS PRACTICALLY AT END
UNTIL AFTER HOLIDAY SEASON
Last Foot Ball Game of Year to Be Played
Today-New Year Will Find Renewed
Activity in All Branches of Sport.

I'M. A. C. hanback,. About the best
players of the Engineer team of last
year are in the lineup. and one or two
others who have had college expert
ence The game should be better
PLAYED than that of last Sunday, and
the Vigilants ought not to win easily,
if at all. 1t is very difficult to get to-
gether team within two or three
days, though. capable of accomplishing
as much as one that has been together
all the year.
The Maryland Aggies have gained one
man this year who will boost their
prospects for successful track team
Considerably, especially in relay racing.
He is Tai Speer. who last year ran on
the University of Virginia four. Speer
was said to be a 51-second man at
Virginia and if that is true he will
prove faster than any other on the
Farmers squad. Another youngster
giate competition is Joe Chapman. who
was something Of star at the Balti-
more Polytechnic Institute for the last
two years. Chapman has done the half
mile around 2 minutes and seconds
and can run the quarter in close to So
seconds. Chapman won both the half
and quarter in the interscholastic
championships at Philadelphia a year
ago last spring.
The Columbia Athletic Club again
will be in competition this winter in
track sports, and those in charge of
it's activities expect to make the COM
ing season even more successful than
last. A year ago the club was organ
lied, two or three relay teams were
put in each meet and signal successes
attended the efforts of the athletes.
Joe Davis was the most consistent of
ali the men who ran under the colors
of the club then, and he is captain of
the squad this season. Davis undoubt-
edly would be glad to hear from any
young athletes who would like to af-
filiate with the organization and try
for any of its relay teams or compete
under it's colors in the events for in
dividuals.
Evening star., 1915-12-25
Killing Power.

AAAAAAA6 4V"VAs
OF the various subjects connected
with the sport of shooting, killing
power comes in for more acrimonious
debate than any other one thing One
hunter claims that such and such a
rife of so and SO caliber has killing
power enough for any American big
game. and another hunter is equally
positive that an outfit producing two
or three times the muzzle energy is
hardly powerful enough
The reason for all this discussion
is because bullets act erratically and
the vitality of several animals appar-
emily exactly alike varies to a very
great extent. Then, too, the effect of a
bullet depends in large measure upon
the vital organ which is hit. A shot in
the brain is always instantaneously
fatal, regardless of the size or energy
of the bullet. This is almost equally
true of shot which hits the spinal
cord.
Therefore bullet from a % short
will kill a moose or grizzly, provided
it goes through the brain. Shots going
through other vital organs are practi-
cally always fatal. although they diff
fer from brain shots in that they do
Effectiveness depends, first, on the in
dividual animal; second, on the exact
location of the bullet hole, and third
on its size. At the two extremes, for
instance, we might take the % rifle
and three-inch field artillery gun. The
% long rife bullet if it goes through
a deers heart will cause death, but the
animal may run long distance before
it drops. If the above mentioned three
inch affair hit the deer there wouldn't
be any question about the animal be-
ing killed instantaneously, but prob
ably there wouldn't be enough left of
the animal to take home.
The point Is, in selecting the big
game rifle, be careful to avoid the
cannon as well as the too-small rife.
Somehow, I seem to have noticed that
the more expert hunter becomes in
both his craftsmanship and his knowl-
edge of the proper place to put his
rifle he uses.
Z. C. K.
Please give me the recoil of the car
Evening star., 1915-12-25

bine (model "a % to 2, magazine),
.32 special and 25-35. as compared
| with the 1855, '94 model lightweight.
l have used the 1855 three seasons and
wish shorter barrel rifle with more
power.
| Ans With the 80 special, the free
recoil is ia foot pounds. With the
25-35 the recoil is about<4 foot pounds;
3S-55 high velocity cartridge gives
about 10 foot pounds.
] VIII you give the directions of using
watch to tell where north is? An
old hunter showed me several years
it now.
| Ans. The method of telling which di-
rection north is by means of a watch
is not very useful proceeding. If a
on time, and If he will simply remem-
ber that the sun rises in the east and
sets in the west, and that at 12 o'clock
! noon 1t is due south, he can come very
close to guessing. by looking at his
watch. about where north is. OF course,
! in using a watch there is no correc-
tion for latitude, so that the use of a
watch is not correct anyway. How
ever. one way of doing it is to hold
\ the watch with the dial parallel to
| the earth and point it so that the sun
will be midway between the hour
| hand and II o'clock, always using the
largest angle between IL o'clock and
the hour. and - o'clock will point
north: thus, at s o'clock in the morn
ing, the numeral 3 will be pointed at
the sun, and north would be at u
o'clock; at 10 o'clock in the morning
the numeral 5 would be pointed at the
north At noon, the numeral would
| be pointed at the sun, and - o'clock
| would naturally be north, and so on
through the afternoon until at s
o'clock at night the figure would be
pointed at the sun.
D. S.
Evening star., 1915-12-25
HEDRICK SELLS HORSES
Disposes of Fifteen Of His String to
Arlington Stables

BALTIMORE, December 25.-J. w.
Hedrick, the well known turfman and
owner of twenty-odd head of thorough
breds, has disposed of fifteen horses to
the Maryland Stables Company, Inc, of
Arlington. for racing purposes. Among
those to go to the Maryland Stables
Company are: Sherwood, an old stake
winner; Frank Hudson, Gar Michael,
Nash. Napier, Susan B., Mary Black
wood. Jesse, Jr.; Day-Day, a three
year-old colt; Evelyn C. Fred Levy,
Laura Burns and Doc Meals, a year
ling. These horses are now campaign
ing at Havana, Cuba, with much sue
cess.
Evening star., 1915-12-25
Fulton's Manager Replies.

CHICAGO, December 25.-Mike Collins,
manager Of Fred Fulton. said. .:Proba bly, a
dream" when given the New Orleans
story that Frank Moran had been substi-
tuted for Fulton as Jess Wizards oppo-
nent in the fight scheduled for March at
New Orleans. I'VE have signed alright
articles and posted guarantees said Col
the same amount and the money is in the
hands of Tom Andrews Of Milwaukee. /
believe thers isn't the faintest basis for
the story.
Evening star., 1915-12-25
Dertiuent Comment
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By 7. ED GRILLO.

With P Tafts figures ago. likely there
will be any hitch in the sale of the Cubs.
When the conference explained that
there difference of $4,000 between Taft and the Weegman
The National League agreed
Weeghman would make the other hail. and it under
stood that this done which
Tor the OF the Cubs ba closing the deal
may be that upon finding that his
Taft will boost his figures believing the ripe get
awa with his demands
Evening star., 1915-12-25
TUFTS TO PLAY INDIANA.
Bay State Collegians Going to In
dianapolis for Game October %.

INDIANAPOLIS. December 25.-Tufts
College of Medford. Mass. will play In
diana University on the gridiron here
October 2S, 1916, arrangements for the
game having been agreed upon. 1t will
be the annual contest for Indianapolis and
also will form one of the principal ath-
letic events on the state centennial cels-
bration program.
Evening star., 1915-12-25
TINKER HAS 20 MEN
But, Like Oliver Twist, He
Wants More for Next Season.
CONFERS WITH WEEGHMAN
Manager After Magee for Second
Base and Also Seeks
Pitcher.
CONFERS WITH WEEGHMAN

CHICAGO, December 25.-rhe deal for
the Cubs viii be closed January .. Charles
II. Weeghman received telegram last
night from Charles p Taft stating that it
would be unnecessary for the new Chi
cago owner to make the trip TO Texas,
where Mr.. Taft is spending the holidays,
to complete the negotiations. and ntimat-
ing that Taft would return to Cincinnati
the first week in the new year.
There is just a possibility that /
might run down to Texas Sunday, but
hardly think it is necessary" said Weegh-
man.
Propped up with pillows in bed at the
Henretin Hospital, recovering from an
operation. Joe Tinker, who Will pilot the
amalgamated Cubs and Whales, held a
long conference with Weeghman yester
day morning. The consolidation of the
two teams gives Tinker more than fifty
players But of these less than twenty
five are under contract.
After Lee Mageej
Tinker urged Weeghman to make every
effort to get Lee Magee from the Brook
lyn Feds and place him on second base.
Tinker also is after another outside play
err He is Fed pitcher who gave the
Whales considerable trouble in every
game he played and Tinker is determined
to land him. The lineup for the regular
positions that Tinker will select will be
something like this:
Pitchers-Brown, Hendrix, Vaughn, Nc
Connell. Bailey. Lavender, Prendergast
Catchers-Archer, Wilson. Fisher. In
fielders-Saier, first base; Zeider, second
base; Doolan, shortstop: Zimmerman.
third base. Outfieiders-Flack, Zwilling,
Mann, Williams and Schultz.
Evening star., 1915-12-25

How our cherished notions do double
cross us. Here is President Robertson
of the defunct Buffalo Federal League
club quoted as saying that ten-cen'
ball had lot to do with putting the
Buffeds on the bum financially. AND
vet three or four months ago he wa,
in full cry with the rest Of the Fec
magnates in proclaiming that jitne,
base ball was just the thing to boon
the game. Oh, well.
Evening star., 1915-12-25


What advantage has a 30-inch full
choke double 12-gauge shotgun over a
2S-inch full-choke 12-gauge shotgun In
penetration and distance?
Ans None. They are SO nearly alike
that only a scientific test would deter
mine any difference at all.
1 am going to get new shotgun
and l want one that will answer all
purposes. How would the following
dimensions work: 12-gauge 2S-inch
single trigger and,when bird shooting
brush shells, weight 71a aounds, the
gun to be used also for trap shoot
ing?
What are the advantages of float
ing dial compass and needle compass
What is the difference between the
two?
Ans Floating dial compasses are
built so that the dial when immersed
in the LIQUID in the compass just barely
sinks. The wear on the jeweled cap
and steel pivot is therefore lighter
than is the case of the ordinary COM
pass. Also. the liquid acts as a drag
brating. Naturally hunters use the Or
dinary compass. as the liquid compa IS
has to be made too big and heavy. 1t
Is well to get compass in whlch the
lever holds the needle free from the
pivot when not in use.
w. J. w.
In shooting clay birds called sin
giles. how many shots does the shooter
get at each bird?
Ans. One shot at each target.
II he should fail to hit the first bird
doesn't that count miss?
Ans. If he misses the first bird, ii
certainly counts miss against him.
And also in shooting doubles, doesn't
he get two shots?
Ans. Two shots for each pair OF
doubles-that is. one shot for each clay
bird thrown.
Please give me the records for shoot
ing singles and shooting doubles.
Ans. I am not absolutely sure. but
think the long run on single targets
that is, the greatest successive string
Of hits-is 469 targets. I do not seem to
be able to locate any records giving
extremely long runs on double target
shooting. Shooting doubles is a whole
lot harder than shooting singles.
Evening star., 1915-12-25

and be without base ball for a season.
Jack Dunn is of highly different opin-
ion. and il he has a word to say no
program of that sort will be put over.
What's more-and we have said SO be-
fore-there is going to be no third big
league. The International may be ac-
corded privileges higher than those
given to any other organization, bar
ring the National and American leagues,
but it will not be on a par with them.
Any idea that it will is an idle dream
Evening star., 1915-12-25
To Play Soccer Tomorrow.

A soccer match will be played to-
morrow between Washington and
Washington Steel and Ordnance teams
on the grounds of the former club, at
18th and B streets northwest, the ball
to be kicked of at o'clock. A large
crowd is expected.
Evening star., 1915-12-25
CARPENTER WILL QUIT
THE RING AFTER WAR

PARIS. December 25.-GeOrges
Carpenter, the famous French
heavyweight. is going to retire
from the ring. The boxing idol
Of France announced to friends
today that he would take mp avia-
tion Immediately after the war.
The great fighter started to
learn flying in the air shortly
after the war broke out. Since
then he has performed wonderful
feats. Only a few weeks ago he
was decorated with the military
cross for especial work of valor.
The retirement of Carpenter
will be big loss to the ring. He
was rapidly reaching the top Of
the ladder in the pugilistic world
when the war started. In fact. he
was all but matched to fight Jack
johnson for the world title.
Only q week ago an offer was
eabled to Carpenter to fight Will
lard for the world championship
in BuenOs Aires.
Evening star., 1915-12-25
Jack Johnson Wants to Return,

CHICAGO, December 25.-Jack john
son. the negro pugilist. who fled to Europe
after being convicted of violating the
Mann act. and who thereby forfeited
bond Of 100000. wants to come back, ac-
cording to letter received from him by
Charles F. Clyne. United States district
attorney mere. johnson requested that
the case be- settled" Mr.. Clyne mailed a
reply. saying that the law must take its
course. Most Of the bond has bsen COLI
lected.
Evening star., 1915-12-25

| One of the three players reported as
| released by the Phillies to the Port
| land Coast League club may not make
the drop. He is Pitcher Elmer Jacobs
and it is said the Pittsburgh club has
refused to waive on him.
Evening star., 1915-12-25
Carter Breaks Course Record.

PINEHURST, n. c., December 25.-
Both the professional and amateur rec
ords of the No. course were broken
Thursday by Philip v. G. Carters Mas
sau. His 72 was four strokes better
than the previous amateur record. His
card:
Out ... 5 4 4-37
In 4 4 3 5 3 4-35-72
Evening star., 1915-12-25

This column is open to questions, which
should be sent in care Of the sporting
editor, and to discussions by the readers
on anything connected with hunting or
target shooting
Evening star., 1915-12-25

ing qualities. do not cut off the bar
rel. If it is cylinder bore, it makes no
difference how much you cut off-the
pattern will be the same.
o. K
Evening star., 1915-12-25
LESSONS FROM WAR
Magnates and Players Can
Profit by Experiences.
GAME is GIVEN HARD JOLT
Fan" Is, After All, the Big Man
and the One Intended
to Please.
GAME IS GIVEN HARD JOLT

| DETROIT, December St is to be
hoped that both magnates and players
will profit by the lessons taught by the
base ball war.
The old national game has been
rocked to its very foundation and moth
ing but its sterling qualities as sport
enabled it to survive the blows show
| cred upon it in the last two years That
it will rally and come back stronger
than ever in time is sure. providing the
men who control it and who play it get
together and nurse it along properly.
| Unless the men whose money backs
the game and those whose talents keep
it going on the field of play are very,
very dense, they will have been con-
vinced by this time that the fan, after
all, is the biggest fellow of the bunch.
Without the support of the public the
| sport has neither financial nor artis-
tic value All concerned will do well
to bear this fact in mind hereafter and
endeavor to produce what the citizen
who steps up to the box Office demands.
Too Much Money Talk.
Nothing has hurt the game any more
than the statements of some of the
star players that they were "in the
game for the money alone" When it
comes right down to a fine point ev-
erybody who is working for a living
is out for the money, but he is sup
posed to adhere to certain principles
of loyalty and honor that go a little
way toward mitigating the basic self
ishness.
AS a matter of fact, the great ma
jority of ball players love the game
and, once the bell rings, go into it in
the same spirit that inspires anna
teurs. 1t helps rather than hurts a
mans ambition to make as much
money out of the sport as possible
when he throws his whole heart and
soul into a contest. Once a contract
is signed it is up to every athlete to
go out and try to win. The majority
will do just that thing.
High-priced teams are not always the
best by any manner of means. The
Athletics, when they were winning
championships, were, in fact, a very
cheap club. They were loyal to Con-
ME Mack and to the club, however. and
devoted more attention to hustling for
victory than they did to figuring nm
how much they were earning. with
the world series as an Inspiration and
reward for success, the hustline PLAYER
always has a chance at something more
material than the satisfaction of doing
his best, too.
Tired Of Ill-Treatment.
The maRnates must rao,iza +h,. ~,
Evening star., 1915-12-25

rife?
Ans The accurate range is 100 to 200
yards.
What is the killing range?
Ans. On small game such as squir-
rels, rabbits, etc, about $50 yards
Will the % long rifle kill fox at SO
yards?
Ans. Yes.
I have 12-gauge shotgun and should
like to saw it off. 1t has 32-inch bar
rels. About how much would you saw
off?
Ans. II your gun is full choke and
you wish to preserve its close shoot
Evening star., 1915-12-25
Tired Of I1l-Treatment.

The magnates must realize that the
fans are tired Of being ill-treated. The
task Of winning back those who found
other amusements while base ball was
passing through the war will be a hard
one, but many of the regulars" will
return when they. see signs that times
have changed for the better