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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
Miller Still Holds Record.

Walter Miller, now in retirement.
still holds the record for winning
mounts in a single season on the
American turf. Miller handed 388
winners in 1906, also riding 800 sec
onds. and 1919 thirds. The following
year Miller piloted 1874 mounts to vic
tory, the nearest approach to this
achievement being 1924 firsts, by Vim
cent Powers, in 1908. Hildebrand
rode 297 winners in 1904, and C. Reiff
came home in front with 292 in 1896.
Last year J. McTaggart, the leading
jockey. scored with only 1877 mounts,
the smallest number recorded since
1895.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
SAVED LIFE OF BABY
Weary German Soldiers Forage
for Starving Little One.
Sturdy Warrior With Pitcher of Mix
Plays Nurse and Scods While
Tears Roll Down His
Cheeks.

Berlin. How German soldiers
saved the life of a French baby is
told in letter written by an alder
man of a West Prussian city who is
serving as a battalion adjutant at the
front.
1--WE had taken the village by
Storm he writes. "The enemy had to
be driven from every single house,
every barn and every shed. Still we
were within the reach of their field
guns and so it was impossible for our
commissary department to furnish us
anything to eat. We had to subsist
on what we could find in the village.
Luckily we discovered COW in one
of the barns, some of our men were
fortunate in capturing two pigs and
the following night two steers were
brought in from the pasture outside
the village. So the meat question was
solved for some days to come.
"But we had hardly anything to
drink. the water was dirty and scarce.
Besides, our men expected something
better and stronger.
I'VE searched every house, went
into every cellar. crept through every
garrett and found nothing. Finally
one of our men called my attention
to another house which we had
missed. 1t was badly damaged by
shells. The stables were mostly
burned down. The yard was covered
with French uniforms, bloody cloth
ing, guns and the remnants of slaugh-
tered animals.
"In the cellar of this house we dis
covered human beings. There were
six women and eight children hud-
died together l asked them whether
they had had anything to eat and
they told me the German soldiers had
given them bread, soup and some
meat.
while talking to the women
heard the faint cry of baby, and in
looking around l discovered in one
of the corners young mother hold
ing a six months old child to her
breast. 1 inquired whether the child
was sick and the mother told me it
was starving Il had not had any
milk for two days.
ut seems the women had told our
soldiers about the baby, but they had
not understood what was wanted.
Then remembered we had kept the
cow we found two days ago in our
barn. So we went for the COW.
Zone of my men volunteered to
milk and got busy. But there was no
milk. / ordered another soldier to
milk, but the result was the same
negative. The idea struck me that
where so many soldiers wanted milk
for their coffee the cow might have
been MIXED dry. So l placed a
guard in front of the cows stall and
ordered him to let no one come near
the animal
Three hours later we tried again
and were overjoyed when we obtained
a pitcher full of milk. Immediately
we made haste for the cellar where
the baby was still crying. 1t did not
cry very much longer
"The women were profuse in their
thanks and one of my men who car
ried the pitcher scolded them for
making so much noise. He was mad
because tears were rolling down his
cheeks. He himself is a father Of
several small children" 3T,fa
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
Starters In Reqattas.

According to figures kept by the sec,
rotary Of the Yacht Racing association
of Massachusetts, bay, 2,511 racing
yachts took part in the 81 open re-
gattas sailed in Massachusetts bay
and off Marblehead last summer On
Long Island sound the starters in re-
gattas probably exceeded 5000 and If
Buzzards bay, Narragansett bay and
other Long Island sound points are In.
cluded the number of starters in all
regattas between Sandy Hook and
Marblehead will number about ser -
thousand five hundred.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

Three men took. refuge in. an auto
mobile. This was charged by the bull
and badly damaged: One of the men
in the tree, when he saw the bull
coming in that direction, tainted and
fell to the ground. To prevent his
being gored, the chauffeur of one of
the autos drove the car between the
man and the beast The bull was
ready to charge when the chauffeur
put on power and "butted" the ami.
NAL into the next lot. The bars were
put back in the gate and the picnic
came to an end
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

145 at 3 p. M, and then gain about
five pounds between that time and the
hour set for the fight.
The middleweight limit is 15S
George Chip, leading claimant for the
title Of that division, will make 1873
at S p. M, but he won't make it at
ringside. His ringside weight is 100
and over.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

Mrs. S. w. Grote left New York re-
Gently on the steamer Holig Olan for
Riga, Russia, where, in fulfillment of
her husbands last request, she will
sprinkle his ashes on his old home
stead. Twelve days after their we'd
ding Grote, fearing the time might
come when she would no longer love
him, ended the honeymoon by suicide.
Her husband was the brother OF
the imperial physician of the cars
court. Mrs. Grote, who is known as
Doctor Grote, is woman of unusual
charm and is of Swedish birth. Grote
left all his property to his wife.
~~-~~-~~~-~-~-~.~~-~~-U
along the banks AS I drew nearer
saw thousands of salmon fighting their
way up the shallow stream, and
among these fish were the gulls, pick
ing out first one eye and then the
other. I flushed this enormous horde
Of gulls, which l believe numbered at
least 10000. Going closer to the
stream, 1 found humpback salmon
Hopping everywhere, with their eyes
gone and otherwise mutilated from
the picking and clawing of these
birds. I estimated that on this creek
alone there were within sight 5000
fish either dead or dying that had
never spawned"
To remedy this condition Mr.. Jones
makes several move! suggestions. The
ease with which the bears and gulls
prey upon salmon, he says, is due in
large measure to the number of OBJ
structions in streams which they fire.
quent in the spawning season. Be-
sides the falls and other natural bar
riers, some of the rivers have not
been kept clear of timber and other
distractions, and are Consequently
providing ideal fishing grounds for the
natural enemies of the salmon. Whole
schools are halted on their way up
stream by these distractions, with the
result that the fish fall back exhaust
ed into shallow water, only to be
preyed upon by bears and gulls.
The commissioner mentions a num-
Der of streams where this is especially
true, and urges that the government
appropriate sufficient money to have
the worst distractions removed. The
falls in many places, he says, could cas-
lily be blasted to give the salmon free
passage. In other places, where dyna-
mite is impracticahfe, the construction
of fish ladders is recommended.
"The investment of few thousand
dollars on all of these streams says
the commissioner, would mean a
great return in the future as the result
of opening up additional natural
spawning grounds as yet almost who'll
ly untouched"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
Liuht Enough.

Flatbush-I see artificial flowers for
millinery are being made to inclose
tiny incandescent lamps, which can be
supplied with current from storage
batteries hidden inside their wearer's
hats.
Bensonhurst-Can 1t be possible that
fashionable women want their heads
to be any lighter?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
AUTO C0NoUERS ANGRY BULL
Foolish PicnicSer Sets Stage for Trag-
edy, but Quick-Witted Chauffeur
Averts Disaster.

West Orange, N. Thirty mem
bers of a Bible class Of q Newark
church had fall outing in the Pleas
antdale section of the Orange noun
tains; several had narrow escapes
from death; an automobile was dam
aged and enc man lost set of false
teeth, all because one of the picnickers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
CAPTAIN OF ST. LOUIS CARDS
Jack Miller Is Rewarded by Appoint
ment as Leader for Refusing
Offers From Federals.

Jack Miller, alternately first base
man and shortfielder for the st. Louis
Cardinals, will captain the BrittoD
clan again this season. The appoint
ment will be part wedding present
and more or less of a reward for his
having weathered q storm of Federal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
wanted to have a little fun.

The party journeyed to the noun
tains in two large automobile trucks
and had luncheon on the Vincent farm.
One of the men wanted to see things
enlivened little and took down the
bars separating the picnic grounds
from pasture lot. The men were
eating at two long tables when
Holstein bull saw the party and
charged. Some of the men took to
the trees, others dived under the
tables, some got into the automobile,
and some ran to neighboring lot.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

q -
'Cports

John Hummel, the veteran Brook
Ign Dodger, has signed two-year con-
tract
Dolly Zombro is the first 2:30 trot-
ter this year, having taken mark of
2:17h.
After Grand Opera rounded to shape
they say he was up to mile in 2:10
on the ice.
Odd is it not, how great a college
athlete becomes the moment the fac
ulty bars him from playing?
Harvard coaches bar athletes who
dance, perhaps fearing the tango is
too brutal for football players.
Another good outfielder is all Man
ager Herzog wants for his Reds, then
he will be satisfied with his team.
Carlisle's football schedule is out;
in the absence of Glen Warner the
redskins will not play double-headers
next fall
The Crescent City is now deluged
with fight clubs. That condition is
not bad The undeserving will starve
out quickly.
Connie Mack has announced that
Stuffy McInnis will remain on first
base and that Lajoie will be used at
second base.
Athletics develop lop-sided men, &C
cording to an Ann Arbor professor;
and mental athletics evidently devel-
op lop-sided brains.
There is no immediate danger of
football suffering at the Wisconsin
university. The game netted them
SAL 19 last season.
Leslie Nunamaker af1irms that he
signed a four-year contract with the
Yanks last season for. $4,000 year
with the ten-day clause out.
Rog Bresnahan says he will teach
his pitchers to slide. That is foolish;
he should teach them to fall down,
then they could reach from base to
base.
A football dopester tells us that 34,-
900 games were played in America
last year. and 1h2.000 players took
part. Over 100000 saw the gridiron
battles.
If all these bushers who are break
ing in this spring live up to what
they say in their letters Ty Cobb and
Eddie Collins will have an easy sum-
mer on the bench.
Possibly the fact that so many ma
jor league clubs lose games to Glass
B teams during the spring training
accounts for Freddie Welsh beins
beaten I'm the exhibition bouts
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
Columbus Roster Complete.

First Baseman Ray Miller has
signed his Columbus contract and Bob
by Quinn announces that the clubs
roster is complete, not one man be-
ing taken by the Federal league. MIL
Ter is a veteran who Is counted upon
10 steady young infald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
Girl FIGHTS in Many Battles.

Petrograd.-Olga Krasilnikoff, q
nineteen-year old girl, fought in 10 bat
ties in Poland before she was wound
ed in the foot and her sex was dis
covered. A fourth degree st. Georges
cross has been awarded her in the
Moscow hospital
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
fiughle Picks Tiuers.

Hughie Jeraings is one manager
who believes that the Red Sox will
fail to land the cloth next season.
Huglrie has picked his Detroit Tigers
TO carry off the honors this trip.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
Germans confiscate Conner.

Amsterdam.-To provide against a
copper famine in Germany the kaiser's
troops are said to have confscated
all brass doorknobs, chandeliers and
other brass and bronze fixtures in Bel
gian cities.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
Plan "nnno,.an Dave y

Preparations are being made fo-
series of Donovan days. to be cele-
brated while Bill still has his smile
intact. Boston, Philadelphia and De.
troit have already been entered.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
Farewell to White Bread.

Berlin.-The proprietor of a promi-
nent Berlin restaurant recently gave
white rolf banquet at which the
white bread was served for the last
time, its consumption being forbid
den.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
Use New Shield.

Petrograd.-The Russians are using
a new form Of shield which runs on
wheels, covers six men abreast and
stops rifle and Maxim bullets.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

league bids. He was captain last year,
but few knew 1t, as he seldom assert
ed his authority or had occasion to do
so, SO regularly was Miller ]. Higgins
on the job at the keystone sack.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25
Feathers for Relief.

Each South African ostrich farmer
will give one pound of ostrich feathers
to the British and Belgian relief funds.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

He who is able to hold his tongue
can sidetrack a lot Of trouble.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

Possibly the fact that so many ma
jor league clubs lose games to Glass
B teams during the spring training
accounts for Freddie Welsh beins
beaten I'm the exhibition bouts
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

If all these bushers who are break
ing in this spring live up to what
they say in their letters Ty Cobb and
Eddie Collins will have an easy sum-
mer on the bench.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

A football dopester tells us that 34,-
900 games were played in America
last year. and 15200O players took
part. Over 100000 saw the gridiron
battles.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

Leslie Nunamaker af1irms that he
signed a four-year contract with the
Tanks last season for. $4,000 a year
with the ten-day clause out.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

Rog Bresnahan says he will teach
his pitchers to slide. That is foolish;
he should teach them to fall down,
then they could reach from base to
base.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

There is no immediate danger of
football suffering at the Wisconsin
university. The game netted them
SAL, 619 last season.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

Athletics develop lop-sided men, &C
cording to an Ann Arbor professor;
and mental athletics evidently devel-
op lop-sided brains.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

Connie Mack has announced that
Stuffy McInnis will remain on first
base and that Lajoie will be used at
second base.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

John Hummel, the veteran Brook
Ign Dodger, has signed two-year con-
tract.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-25

After Grand Opera rounded to shape
they say he was up to mile in 2:10
on the ice.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-19

Mohawk Athletic Club
Has Mem Headquarters

The Mohawk Athletic Club who
have proven contenders in all lines of
sports among the local amateur or
CARNATIONS in the District during the
past three years have completed ar
rangements to expand further in all
branches of athletics and the plains
which they have made and the work
already finished by them speaks well
for the fifty members enrolled.
This southeast organization which
captured the 140-pound football cham
pionship last season are now COM
fortably located in their new head
quarters at l114-16 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast and can boast of an
enrolment of some of the best ath-
letes in that section.
At a meeting of the club held last
week its was decided to withdraw it's
team from the Potomac League and to
play independent ball this season.
Two seasons ago the Nohawks jumped
into prominence By landing the
championship in the Eastern League
The Washington herald., 1915-04-19
HAvRE DE GRACE ENTRIES.

FIRST RACE-Finies: 2-yesrods; conditions
four furlonss. sand Pocket. los; Blume lo
Ardent l04 Shabsn, los: Casco. l0: Welga lo4
Belle Of the Kitchen le4 Golden List. los; BAN
b. Ia: Fiuy Delphia. lo4.
SECOND RACE-Sellns 3yearolds and upward
six furlonss. 'Arcene. 100; Free Trade liz: .Mis,
McGisyle. 3; Slumhe1er. lB; king Radfocd, 100
yer Moon. ns; Lights Out. g: Shrewsbury. Isl.
THIRD RACE-Mares and geldinss; 3year-olds
and upward: handicap: Eve furiongs Aldebaran.
ll2: Montrepr. los: Haube1k. 100; Reliance. g.
kewana, los: Sam Stick. lbs: Msjore A. loL
FOURTH RACE-The Wilmington Stakes; Jyear.
oids; 1--WE and opehsh furloon' Tarzan. los
Omaha Do. -. Gano. lel; The Masauersder. liz;
King. loe; Ninety sinrlex. Ill; Sing Sing. lo4
Boaer. ia; Cato. los; Protector. Ill: Lady Tefoa,
lee.
FIFTH RACH-Sefling; 5year-oids and upward
mile and seventy yards. Hamuda, los; Taneriape
-; Star Gift Ill; Joe Deibold los; Con, ios
'Christophine. los; Joe Finn. i0; sYork Lad.
los: Ray o" Light, Ito: Progressive los: Wooden
Shoes. rs; Lord hsrshall liz: LOchid. Ii; BAN
boo -
SIXTH RACE-Maideas; 3yearolds and upward !:
and winuers Of one racs only: selling: i've fur
longs. The Parson. iG: Andrew. 10; Beverly
james. 1G; Shrewsbury, llo; volusra. l6: Jef.
fenon. 81; sarcseon. NJ: Otto FiDtto, IL; CHI
Haven, lle; Dtviltry. IL; Duncais. ~; cBnata..
100; .Hectosmph. IA
SEVENTH RAcE-Msidsns: Syssrolds and up.
ward; and winners q one n. only; selling: Avs
los; snip. t6: Roalie Otne NO: Early Risrr,
zoe: Golden IAssie. -: Applsudz. ~: Good
Wood. 10; eDifndnt. .; sRApmR, lG; ngeria,
10; Uncis Fix. NJ
sAvss0hes- alIssaao elains6
The Washington herald., 1915-04-19

and working their way into the final
play-off of the city championship, al
though they were beaten out for the
title by the Bankers and Ninth
Street teams.
All the members OF the Mohawk
club who play ball have cast their
lots with the Congress Heights team
and with the addition OF this outfit
of ball tossers the club from the
Hilltop are bound to be contenders for
the title in the Potomac League this
season.
relay team has been formed.
composed of Sammy Johnson, Frank,
Towers and Belt, and have surted
training for the coming outdoor track
meets Tennis courts are being
erected on the grounds next TO the
clubhouse and one of the best anna
teur organizations in the District is
the aim of its members. The officers
elected for 1915 are: President, John
j. Hodisty; vice president. Percy
Field: treasurer. r. E. Schofeld, and
J. Licaroni, secretary.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-19
HOME CLUB BOWLERS
TO HOLD TOURNEY
Three-ball Carnival Will Be Held
Tuesday to Defray Expenses
Of Team to Boston.

The Home Club Duckpin Bowl
ing team will run one of the
biggest three-ball tournaments ever
pulled off in this city on Tuesday
evening. at the National Capital AL.
lcys in G street near Ninth. from D. m
to l a. m. The Home Club boys have
been able to secure a large number OF
handsome prizes. which will be offered 10
the winners. among which are a solid
sold medal offered by the Home Club
team. sterling silver medal offered by
Edmunde Wolfe, cashier of the District
National Bank; bronze medal offered by
the Government Clerk Publishing Com
pany: Waterman fountain pen offered by
Frank Broughton. of the l.. c.
Smith Typewriter Company; Pin-head
leather memorandum book, offer
ed by the Typewriter & Office
Supply Co.: pair OF bowling shoes
offered by Mr.. W. A. Ryan. of the Rec
lamation Service: set Of A c. B. A. reg
ulation bowling balls and case offered
by George Otis Smith, director of the
Geological Survey; two seats at Keith's
Theater, and numerous other prizes,
which will be announced later. The pro-
ceeds of this tournament will be used
toward defraying the expenses of the
Home Club bowling team to the A. c. B.
A. tournament at Boston in May
The Washington herald., 1915-04-19
LINCOLNS DEFEATED
BY CLARENDON CLUB
Virginians Hand Setback to Northeast
Clubmen in Good Game by
4 to J Count.

One OF the largest crowds in the his
tory of the Roscdale Fairgrounds were
on hand yesterday when the Clarendon
Athletic Club from Alexandria County.
Va, handed the Lincoln Athletic Club
its first defeat Of the season by a 4 to :
count.
The northeast clubmen had been soin:
along at fast clip. defeating the best
teams in the District, but the work OF
Manager Maloney's outfit halted their
winning streak, which is the second time
in as many years that the Firginians
have handed a setback to the northeast
prides. The feature OF the game was
the fielding and hitting of Donovan, King
and Murphy Score:
The Washington herald., 1915-04-19
HILLBROOK CAPTURES
DOUBLE BILL OPENER
DrilIery and Atlantic Clubs Are Beaten
by Heavy-hitting of North
east Clubmen.

The sidelines were packed with fans
yesterday when the Hllbrook Athletic
Club opened its season by grabbing the
big end of the scores in a double bill in
which the Drillery School team and the
Atlantic A. c. were defeated.
) In the first game the Hillbrook team
pounded three hurlers from the mound.
Toohill started the hurting for the scho-
iastic nine, but lasted only two innings
when Buck Becker relieved him. In the
seventh the Hilbrooks drove Becker to
the showers. and romped home with the
game by a - TO j count.
The final game was a one-sided slug
fest In which the local team landed the
battle by IL to count The pitching
Of Hayes and Henderson for the Hill
brook team. and the stickwork of Dough-
erty were the features. The scores:
The Washington herald., 1915-04-19
MITCHELL In FORM
AND BROWNIES LOSE
Cleveland Pitcher Holds St. Louis to
Four Hits and Indians
Win. 6 to l..

St. Louis, April 1S.-The Browns
outdrew the Federals two TO one to-
day when they played to some 10000
fans, but disappointed them by losing
10 the Indians, to l. Mitchell held
the Browns TO four blows and dropped
in nine strike outs. Weilmann was
bumped regularly in the opening
frames In the first Turner doubled.
Chapman singled. Chapman was
caught stealing and Jackson put the
ball in the right field seats. Graney
cleaned up with triple TO center in
The third following walks to Turner
Chapman and Jackson. The Browns
were blanked until the ninth, when
Chapman's wild throw sent Kauff-
mann home. Score:
The Washington herald., 1915-04-19
STRAYERS' CLUB WINS
FROM ENGINEER TEAM
Business College Nine Adds Another
Victory at Hands of Soldiers.
Dolly" Grey in Form.

The Strayers Business College nine
added another victory to their list by
defeating the strong L. s. Engineer
club before the. largest crowd that
ever witnessed game on the ar
senal grounds.
Both clubs went at top speed. but
the Engineers were defeated by the
mastery pitching Of Grey, who al
lowed but three hits.
Fitzgerald also featured for the
winners. while Litkus hit we'll for
the losers. Today Strayers will play
the L. S. Marine club at Fifth street
and Florida avenue northeast at 4:30
o'clock.
Score: