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Evening star., 1915-05-24
WESTERN TEAMS GOING BETTER
THAN EVER AGAINST THE EAST
Both Chicago Clubs Up in Front, While
Yankees Drop Back and Red
Sox Disappoint.

The western teams had a long bit the
better of the going in the American and
National races last week. The result is
that this morning We find both the Chi
cago teams right out in front. The Cubs
pulled down the Phillies in the National
and the White Sox usurped the place held
by the Yankees last week in the Ameri-
cans chase after the pennants. That
isn't good noise at all, especially in the
National League. where the western clubs
are touring the east. This time last
week the Phillies were leading. with Chi
ago second and Boston third. Now Chi
ago leads. with Phillies second and Pitts
1urgh taking third place ahead Of the
Braves Thus has western team taken
Hrst place, but another western nine has
pushed into third place ahead Of the world
champions. And it can be said that the
failure Of the Braves to stand against the
Cubs brought about the shift which is
all In favor OF the west. The Bostons
lost three straight games to the Cubs,
while the Phillies were beaten by Gin
-tnnati. and then remained idle the next
TWO days becanse of rain.
There is some legitimate excuse for
The slipping Of tho Phillies. Not only
we're they knocked out OF the chance OF
winning by being forced to lay off on
lccount of rain. but the team has felt
he effects Of the injuries to Luderus
md whitted. which has greatly weak
med the first base position. to say moth
ng on the effect upon batting strength
II tho whole team.
Tho success of the Chica go teams last
week was very noticeable. The White
Sox play ed FIVE games and won all OF
,t1fZ I'D
the Athletics three in a row, laid off a
5ay and then twice trimmed the Red
sox Of Boston. even II II did take sew
enteen innings TO turn the trick Fri
day. The Cubs also played Ave games
and lost only one of them. that 10 the
-iiants Wednesday. That is surely go
ng some. But despite the speed tina,
he winners set the percentage of win
Evening star., 1915-05-24
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Miss Virginia Fissinger, who does one
OF those barefoot dances. says all ball
PLAYERS should learn classic dancing. II
would be probably Just as well II some
of them also learned little base bail
Here's a hot one from Decatur. ILL.,;
"McCabe hurled excellent ball and de-
but two earned runs" Now. will any
one tell us how a pitcher Is deserving
of a shut -out when two runs are earned
off his delivery.
An interesting story. published in
Chicago. that Judge Kenesaw N. Lands
had not seen a ball game this year.
because he did not want to he infu-
enced in deciding the Federal trust
photographer snapped the judge sit
parks, deeply absorbed in the play.
1t then came out that he had seen
games at all three Chicago parks and Is
about as regular an attendant at games
as ever.
They might as we'll count the hid
den ball trick cut. As the result of the
row between Umpire Rigler and Mana
ger Herzog of the Reds over play OF
this kind, President Tener has declared
himself as of the opinion that the play
is not sportsmanlike and, while he can
not prevent it by direct action, he has
Instructed the umpire on the bases to
watch the man with the ball. which
means that the runner will be tipped
Off and on his guard and that the play
can hardly be pulled unleas the base
runner 10 90 absolutely dense tAet there
u ~ hsps 1aD No sAlvo4feA
Evening star., 1915-05-24
AUTO DRIVER INJURED
John De Palma Meets With Painful
Accident at Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. May 24-In the
most spectacular accident witnessed At
the Indianapolis motor speedway. John
De Palma, brother of Ralph De Palma,
yesterday wrecked the Delage car he
was nominated to drive in the big Soc
mile race next Saturday. While speed
ing at the rate of seventy-hve miles an
hour the machine skidded on the north
west turn of the big oval and crashed
through the cement retaining wall.
which is a foot thick, and turned over
six times before coming to stop. Fiji
teen feet Of the wall was torn out, 50
terrific was the impact. and whom the
ambulance was hurried to the scene Of
the accident both men were found -
be painfully injured, but II was said At
the Methodist Hospital last night both
De Palma and Phillips would recover
unless unforeseen internal injuries de-
veloped.
The car wrecked by De Palma vas
the same machine which won the II.
ternational event year ago. There 10
little possibility that IL can be repaired
in time for next Saturdays race.
Howard Wilcox. In his Stutz. nege-
tiated the two-and- -one-half mile course
in a new American record for the fast
time of l.31, which figures SIS miles
per hour The record was held BY Bell
lot In a French Peugeot. his time being
1903.
Evening star., 1915-05-24
HOLLENBACK NO GYMNAST.
Will Stick to Penn State and Not
Jump to Annapolis.

NEW YORK. May e4.-In a letter re
ceived by Lieut.. Col. NJ. c. Burt vice
president of Pennsylvania Military
Academy. Chester, Pa. at the Hotel Nc
Alpin. Big Bill Hollenback. all-Ameri-
can halfback, denies that there is any
truth in the report that he will jump
his contract with the P. NJ A. and coac ct
the Naval Academy team at Annapolis
Il have been working on the Pennsyl-
vania Military Academy squad for four
weeks" writes Hollenback. "and, by the
way. have found some very promising
material to work on, which speaks for
a great team this fall. l was invited tc
assist in the spring training and prac-
tice at Annapolis, and will jump down
there from time to time when possible
to help all I can, but cannot see how
anybody could misconstrue this into a
statement that 1 contemplated jumping
my contract with the military academy,
a gymnastic event which | hope never
to be entered for"
Evening star., 1915-05-24
NILES AND DABNEY WIN.
Boston Pair Defeat Pell and Prentice
After Four Set Tennis Match.

TUXEDO PARK. N. T., May 24.-N.
w. Niles and A. g. Dabney OF the Long
wood Cricket Club. Boston. defeated
Theodore Roosevelt Pell and B. 8. Prem
tice Of New York in the final Of the
round-robin invitation doubles yester-
day. after an exciting four-set match
Saturdays play left Pell and Prentice
and Niles and Dabney tied for first
to its credit.
In the final match in the afternoon
the Boston pair seemed invincible, but
the New Workers. were by no means
outclassed. 1t was brilliant display
of tennis, the net work. service and
volleying Of Niles and Dabney being
the feature. The first set was played
his opponent and feeling for his weak
points. and the Bostoi pair walked
away with it rather easily Tho second
went to the New Workers after q hard
struggle. but the Bostonians had
things all their own way thereafter.
capturing the next two sets. Point
score:
Peii @ and nd Prentice ,. s. !. 5. e !. "a
SECOND SET.
Niles and Dabney 2, o. 4. 4. s, 5. 4. 8. 3.
Pell and Prentice : 4, 4. /. o, 5, !. /, 10. 5,
IS.
THIRD SET. ....
Niles and Dabney-1, 4, o. 4, 4, Z, 4, 80.
Pell and Prentice-5, s. 4. .. /. 5, 2, %
FOURTH SET.
Niles and Dabney-, /, 8, o, Q, /, 5. 8, 2, 4.
Pell and Prentice. 4, s. 4. !, 4. 8. s. 4. 0.
Referee-Piere Lorillard, jr ".
Evening star., 1915-05-24
Detroit Has Easy Picking.

DETROIT, May 24-More wild and
woolly pitching by Philadelphia's two
twirlers helped Detroit win the last
game of the series yesterday. 10 to 5.
Pennock lasted one inning and Davis
was hit hard in the second and third.
Philadelphia helded poorly, but Kopf
balanced his two wild throws with
three splendid catches. Clarence Ed
ridge of Chicago assisted Umpire Evans
because of the illness Of Mullaney in
Cleveland. The score:
PHILADELPHIA ... 3 o 0 o o l.
Two-hase hits-Veach. McAvoy. oldring Three
base hit-Davis Earned runs-or Pennock. );
of Davis, .; OF Dauss j. Sacrifice hit -Lapp.
Double play-Young to Bush to kavanaugh. Left
bases -Philadelphia. 5; Detroit, 10. First
Dauss, 8; OF Pennock, 5; OF Davis. s. Hits-On
Pennock, 8 In one inning; of Davis. in seven
innings Struck out-By Dauss ? Passed ball
ridge. Time Of game-1 hour and o3 minutes.
Evening star., 1915-05-24
CONNOLLY ADVANCES
HIS BATTING FIGURES
Recruit Gives No Signs of Quitting
and Easily Leads Nationals
in Averages.

The batting and fielding averages of
the Nationals, including Saturdays
game, show that they have gone up
three points in team batting and held
their own in fielding. Only three games
were played last week. The improve
ment in batting Saturday and yester-
day may be permanent, and the next
batch of averages be decidedly more
interesting to the local fans, who al
ways watch the work of Grifith's
crew very closely.
Tom Connolly appears to be anchored
in first place in batting. as he made
big jung upward in the three games
played and is very close to the 400
mark. Toms fielding average also is
perfect to date. SO that he is really
entitled to the leadership in both diyi-
sions
Evening star., 1915-05-24
BY ]. ED GRILLo.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, MAY c4.-Walter Johnson
seems to improve with every game. He
was particularly brilliant yesterday.
and hut for the fact that he made a
second run around the bases at fast
clip and was forced to slide to the
plate in the ninth he probably would
have held the Indians to two hits and
not allowed single man to reach sec
ond base.
This was his record up to the ninth
nor did he give a single base on balls
He had world of speed, and was never
in any real danger until the final in
ming He struck out six and worked
like well-oiled piece of machinery.
johnson probably will pitch the final
game of the series here. which would
give him three days to rest up in.
Guy Morton no doubt will be a great
pitcher some day, but he did not look
very impressive yesterday. probably
because of the fact that the recent
rains here made 1t necessary to let
him remain idle for IN entire week. 1he
Young fellow has plenty of stuff and
needs but experience to make him
star of the first water. He is still green
about watching the bases. a fact that
was taken advantage of by the Nation
ais. who worried him on several occa-
sions when they got on; and he is not a
good fielder of his position yet. either.
But there is much hope for Morton.
Tom Connolly came through with a
three -ba gger Yesterday in the very
first inning, which gave the Nationals
their first run and placed them in a po-
sition to get two, at which they faiied,
however Connolly's drive was ter
rife liner. which. when it struck the
jr,sf ,fSid of
ed to the fence before either of the
felders could intercept it.
After that, however. Morton pitched
his hardest ball against Connoly and
succeeded in striking him out twice,
though on another occasion he hit
sharply to Jackson, who had but to step
on the bag to retire him.
The largest crowd of the season saw
the game in Cleveland yesterday. There
were more than $4,000 paid admissions.
and this fact materially helped to make
up for some of the poorly attended
games and off days which the Nationals
have encountered on this trip. Base
bill is not dead. by any means. but
the fans are unwilling to attend or
dinary games. They want to see win
ner or star performances. Yesterdays
game was well worked up, for Cleve-
land fans think well of Morton and
they were anxious to see him take
johnson into camp. The game was a
splendid exhibition, and there was just
enough excitement in it to keep the
fans on edge.
Ray Morgan had q perfect day at the
bat. The first two trips to the plate
Morton walked him. and the last two
times he faced the Cleveland star he
hit him samely. Morgan seems to have
found his batting eye. a fact which
will be of great help to the team.
In the future 1t is not likely that Con-
molly will be taken out of the game
when left handlers are opposing the Ma
tionals. Connolly had nerve enough to
tell Grin that he did not fear the south
paws In college base ball he said he
hit them just well as he did the
right handlers, and Griffith Is going to
give him a chance. Griffith also was a
Evening star., 1915-05-24
Jose Nassaguer manaoe

Nei, manager Oh tHe
champion Cuban Reds. who Cancelled
MS proposed tour Of the states because
OF unfavorable weather conditions, has
arranged for new bookings in the east
on his way back to Cuba. and may yet
retrieve some OF the losses incurred in
bringing the Cuban National League
champions TO this country Massaguer
is fne sportsman and deserved better
at the hands Of the weather man than
he received.
Evening star., 1915-05-24
SACRIFICE HITS.
STOLEN BASES.
Pitched Ball Kills PLAYER.

HARRISBURG. Pa. May 24.-Guy W.
Ommert. aged seventeen. member of a
local amateur base ball team, was
struck by pitched ball in game at
Palmyra Saturday and died at the hos
pital here yesterday. his skull having
been fractured.
Evening star., 1915-05-24
Merkle's Nose Broken

PERTH AMBoY. n j.. May o4.-Fred
Merkle. first baseman of the New York
National League club, was hit by a
thrown ball during an exhibition game
between New York and Perth Amboy
mere yesterday, and sustained a broken
nose. The injury probably will keep
him out Of the game for several weeks.
The Giants won, 3 to O.
Evening star., 1915-05-24
Browns Win in Ninth.

ST. LOUIS. May 24.-A brief batting
rally in the ninth inning ended tight
game between st. Louis and New York
in favor OF the local team here yester-
day, 4 to 3. Score:
ST. Louis. .............O Q Il
New York ....... o 2 o o o o 0-3
Two base hlts-Roope, Iavan, WeIman Austin,
Seyereid. Stolen bases-Shotton. Cook Sacrifice
hits-Pipp. Williams. Double play-Austin TO
Jeary Left bases St Louis. 4: New York. =.
Bases on balls-On Weiman, =. Struck out-By
Weilmau. 8: by Caldwell, l. Umpires-Messrs
Chill and opnnolly. Time Of ga1s-1 hsus and
- MtnuteA
Evening star., 1915-05-24

Jack crooks, who played second base
with the old time st. Louis Browns, is
III and in need OF assistance in st.
Louis and benefit game is being ar
ranged for him in the Mound citX
Evening star., 1915-05-24
Schedules for Today
in Amateur Leagues

Potomac League-G. H. s. vs.
Fafrlawn. .-...
Congress Heights Lea & n -No
game scheduled.
Departmental l. Le a 9 n e-Union
Printers vs.. War.
Rosedale League-R0sedale VI.
Crescents.
East Washington .. 3. League
Fifth vs.. Keller.
r.. r. Y. NJ. c. A. League-Cnion
station vs.. Auditors.
Northwest 9. 8. League-lm-
manuel VS.. Central.
Government LeaEue-Bureau VS..
Marines.
War Interbureau League-Ord-
nance VS.. STAFF.
Home Club Leagu-Secretary
Indian VS.. Pension.
Southern Railway League-Law
VS.. BoOkkeepers.
Holy Name Leaxue-St. Stephens
Va. Trinity; st. Peters VI. st.
Aloysius. @M.
Colored Departmental League
Government Printing Once vs.
War and Navy.
Evening star., 1915-05-24
Nationals Hit Morton,

The Nationals took kindly to Morton
in almost every inning. In the opener
he walked Moeller to begin with, and
after Danny had taken second on Fos-
ter's out, he stole third and scored
when Connolly hit to center for three
bases. But Morton cut loose against
Milan and Gandil, striking them both
out. There was nothing further doing
until the fifth, when Johnson. with one
out. hit far over the left-field fence for
a home run. In the seventh another
run was scored. Mcbride started the
inning with hit. and, after Johnson
had famed, Moeller singled to right.
sending Mcbride to third. from where
he scored when Turner fumbled Fos-
ter's srounder.
The final run came in the eighth
Milan hit in front of the plate and
Morton threw the ball into right neld'
Milan reaching third Gandil was re-
tired and then Morgan drove out a
single, scoring Milan. Johnson made
terrific drive with one out In tho ninth,
the ball hitting the extreme center
field fence on the bound. but the relay
was fast, and he was declared to oe OUT
Al the plate on a close play. Ihe score.
Evening star., 1915-05-24

.Batted for Morton in eighth.
Washington ........ 20 o ! o.
Cleveland ....... 0 o 0 . IL
Two-base hit Graney. Three-base hits-Con.
molly. Johnson Home run-Johnsen. Hits-O6
Morton, S in innings: OF Jones. in inning.
pouble plays-O'Neill to Rarbare: o'Neill to 1qr-
per Left on bases-washingten, 5: Cleveland, 4
Umpires-Me1ls. Nallin and Dtpeel. Tive -
same-2 houu and M1A1Ae1A
Evening star., 1915-05-24
MACK HAS GOOD WORD
FOR LOCAL BALL CLUB
Says Griffith Has Fine Team, But
Punch It Ought to Have Is
Lacking.

PHILADELPHIA, May 24.-Just what
the tall leader Of the Athletics thinks
Of the other teams of the American
League hunt, now that he has faced all
seven rivals, should be OF interest to
fandom. He is inclined to favor the
White Sox for the flag. but AYERS the
race is an open one. Just before leav-
ing Detroit for Cleveland last night,
Mack spoke of the American League
race as follows:
The race looks to me like a very
open one, with five clubs having a
chance. Detroit, Boston, Chicago. New
York and Washington are all danger
Gus and it is too early to say which
has the edge. l thought at the start
of the season that the Red SoX had
something on the rest of the field in
the way of being the smoothest work.
ing club in the league, but after see
ing Chicago ! am very much impressed
by the White Sox. That is great club
and one which will make a lot Of trou-
BILE. There is an enormous amount of
batting strength in Rowland's aggre-
cation and it's pitching is strong. too.
1t Is going to be a very hard outfit to
beat.
Detroit has batting power and sew
eral good pitchers and has an even
chance to win. / have thought that
all along. Donovan has fine club in
New York and. now that the Yankee
pitchers have rounded to form, 1t is a
factor in the race
Evening star., 1915-05-24

Eagies and parrots are among tho
longest Lived Of the birlA
Evening star., 1915-05-24
Collins King Of All Players.

washington is a fine club. but lacks
the punch that it ought to have. II
just one Of Griff1ths men should de-
velop good streak of batting, 1t
would make a vast difference and
would put the Nationals in a position
to worry everybody else in the league
Yes, sir. with just the least bit more
batting. that club would be very hard
to hold.
Speaking of Washington reminds me
that Clark Griffith is quoted as saying
that Eddie Collins is slipping No
such thing is true. Eddie Is still the
king of ball players and ought to be
for some time to come. For all-around
value to a,club l believe he is the prize
of the league. 1t took him a little
while to get accustomed to his new
surroundings in Chicago. but against
US he looked like the same old marvel.
Mind you. l am not regretting letting
him go, but you have to hand him his
due as wonderful piece of base ball
machinery"
Evening star., 1915-05-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS.

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Mobile, 10: Memphis. 3.
Chattanooga, 8. New Orleans. 2.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Kansas City. s; Columbus. o.
Milwaukee Q: Cleveland. 4.
Minneapolis, 3; Indianapolis, /.
Louisville, 4: st. Paul. =.
INTERNATIONALLY LEAGUE.
Montreal Z; Richmond, 2.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
San Antonio. 4: Galveston. 5.
Waco. 8: Shreveport, o.
Houston. 8: Beaumont. 6.
Dallas. 4 Fort Worth. 3 ften innings.
Evening star., 1915-05-24
JOHNSON winner
OF PITCHING DUEL
Nationals Star HurIs Better
Ball Than Morton of CIeve-
Iand-Score, 4 to |.
GRIFFMEN OBTAIN LEAD
AT START AND HOLD 1T
Indians Get Their One Run in the
Ninth, Only Time They
Threaten.
BY J, ED GRuLo.

DETROIT, May 24-Guy Morton.
much heralded pitching phenon. met
his master yesterday in the person of
Walter johnson. for many years the
premier pitcher of the major leagues.
who scored a 4-to-1 victory over the
pride of Cleveland.
The def Of the young giant did moth
ing more than to urge the johnson
pitching whip to one of its best ef-
forts. and as a result there was never
a moment when the Indians had a
chance of victory.
Not only did Johnson clearly out
pitch his alleged rival, but he empha-
sized his contempt for the youngsters
claim by making two OF the longest
hits in the history Of the local grounds,
one of which went over the left field
fence and netted home run. while the
other. hit much farther. was three
bagger on which Johnson was called
out at the plate.
Indians Score in Ninth.
During the first eight innings not a
Cleveland player got as far as second
base and but two hits were charged
against Johnson. That hard run around
the bags in the ninth, when he tried to
stretch his long drive into a home run,
seemed to take some of the snap out
of Johnson's pitching, and. what is
more, the old luck which attended the
Indians Saturday seemed to be preva-
lent in the final round, when the Cleve-
landers scored their only run and real
ly were threatening the Nationals lead.
This after two hands were out: When
Chapman, who had forced Turner for
fn OF cal
second, Jackson got a scratch hit to
center. and then Graney bounced
high one over Gandil's head which was
good for two bases. Now third and sec
ond were occupied, with two out, and it
was up to Smith. The fans pulled for
him to hit home rum but after he had
two strikes him he hit a sharp
srounder to Morgan and the game was
over
The Nationals hit Morton for eight
hits in as many innings. He was taken
out for an emergency hitter in the
eighth and Jones succeeded him
Evening star., 1915-05-24
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington. A. Cleveland. !.
Detroit, 10: Philadelphia. g.
Chicago. 4; Boston. ..
st. Louis, Il New York. B..
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
no games scheduled.l
SCHEDULES.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
TODAY. TOMORROW
Wash AT Detroit. Wash'n at Detroit.
Now York al Chicago. New York Chicago.
Phila- at tlerela land. Phia. at Cleveland.
Boston at st. Louis. Boston at st. Louis.
Evening star., 1915-05-24

Hill of the Brookland Athletic Club
and Steltz of the Fort Myer nine en-
gagged in a pitchers battle in a contest
at Fort Myer. the former winning by
to L. The Soldiers made only three
hits off Hill. and that youngster
caused sixteen men to-faa> eta1tS n.
Evening star., 1915-05-24

The Jetco team defeated the st. Ste
phens nine by IS to 5. The winners hit
the ball hard In every inning after the
fourth. while their pitcher, Schultz. al
lowed st. Stephens only four hits and
famed fourteen. The Jetcos made a
total Of nineteen safeties, many Of
which went for extra bases Besides
doing splendid work on the mound
Schultz used his bat very effectively,
making four hits out of five times at
bat: three of the drives were for two
bases.
Evening star., 1915-05-24
WONDER WHAT MERTZ WILL SAY TODAY? /
Store Closes Daily Pm. Saturday PM
Observation-Disclosures

One look into our big show
window will convince you that
we are offering the greatest
tailoring values in Washington.
You will see a display of beauti-
full fabrics, and they are guaran-
teed all wool. MARKED AT
ONE PRICE.
Evening star., 1915-05-24

The Rex Athletic Club was q victim
of the Cardinals by s to s. The losers
outhit their opponents considerably, but
their binRles were not as timely as
those OF the winners. The pitchers of
the Rex Club were very wild, which ac-
counts for many Of the runs made by
the Cardinals. Cole and Nops walked
nine men between them
The Chitina leader., 1915-03-30
PHILADELPHIA, March

The new battleship Morena, which
sailed from Hampton Roads recently
collided last night with a barge off
Newcastle, in the Delaware River
The barge was sunk and the battle
ship ran ashore She remained
aground until 1880 o'clock this
morning, when she was hauled off.
She was apparently unchanged and
proceeded to sea.
The Chitina leader., 1915-03-30
ELLENSBURG, March 2t

ELLENobUhG, Marcn Zb-Tnere
is great excitement in towns along
the Yakima river this afternoon.
The big government dam at Lake
Keechelus, with its 20-foot wall,
burst and the water is rushing
down into the Yakima river. This
swollen stream is now threatening
various towns along it's line. Easton
and Gle Elum particularly are in
danger.