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Evening star., 1915-08-09
BY n. c. BYRD.

Seven clubs. champions of as many
leagues, are ready to start the battle
for the amateur base ball title of the
District. The first games are to be
played Saturday and the following
teams will take part in the fight for
honors:
Departmental Observation-Disclosures
East Washington Sunday School
keller.
Northwest Sunday School-Immanuel.
Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. League
General Office.
Potomac Observation-Disclosures.
Government League-Marines.
Rosedale League-Rosedales
In four of these leagues two series
were played. Agriculture and Interior
were the winners in the Department,
and in the play-oH the former won by
taking three consecutive contests. kel-
Ter was the victor in both parts of its
schedule. and so was Emmanuel, each
thus gaining the championship without
being compelled to engage in extra
games. The most interesting league
Schedule was that of the Government.
The Marines showed splendid form
in the opening part of the schedule
and won without the loss of contest.
In the second half the Commerce and
bureau CluUS eHSdseu lHeli COHti
versy, with the result that Commerce
first met the Marines and was de-
feated and then decision favorable
to a protest of Bureau was rendered
and Bureau was substituted for Com
merce and the Marines played another
series. The Marines won after a splen-
did exhibition of amateur base ball
and good sportsmanship. The Rose
dales made a walkaway of their race
and the Machinists did not have much
trouble taking the flag in the Potomac
circuit. General Office put up the most
consistent game of any of the teams
in the Railroad "Y." organization and
naturally finished in front.
Four of the pennant winners have
sent in their lists of eligible players
% the secretary of the amateur COM
mission and three have yet to do so.
Immanuel-G. H. Bauer, R. E. Dole
man. w. w. Dyer. H. H. Kidwell, r. E.
Rawlings. G. w Trexler. D. L. Beatty,
H. J. Dougherty. c. w. Friede. Ray
mond King, r. w. Earles, a. J. Walk
Evening star., 1915-08-09
MULFORD WINNER OF RACE.
De Palma Given Second Place in Des
Moines Auto Contest.

DES MONIES, Iowa. August Am in
vestigation into the awarding of prizes
in Des Moines' tragic 3O0mile speed
way contest Saturday. in which two
men were killed and two injured,
was announced that a protest would
tion of America.
After an all-night session Saturday
night, the decision of the judges fol-
lowing the race in the afternoon was
reversed and instead of Ralph de
Palma being declared the winner
Ralph Mulford was. given. first. place
Mulford's time was announced as
3:27:O5.25.
Coroner Claude Rooms decided that
an inquest in the deaths of the two
men killed on the speedway woufS not
be necessary. y
Milford was awarded the nrst prize
of $1,000 and an extra 500 by the
judges for leading at 100 miles; De
Palma, second prize of $4,000 and also
O'Donnell, in third place, gets $1,000.
The other prize winners were w. w.
Brown, fourth place; W.. Barndollar,
fifth; Pete Henderson. sixth, and w. ).
Shrunk, seventh pldCe
Tom Alley, who drove for II. w.
Ogren, declared he intended to protest
against the official ruling of the race
officials. He said he was entitled to
either fifth or sixth place.
There was little change of the con-
ditions of Driver Billy Chandler, who
was injured in the second of the acci-
dents Saturday in which his m:echan-
ician, Morris Keeling, was killed. or of
Louis Piel, who was in the car IN
which Joe Cooper, the driver, was
killed. Cooper's body was taken to
Sebring, Ohio, his home, last night.
Evening star., 1915-08-09
GIL NICHOLS WINS TWICE.
Starts Well in Series of Matches
Against Fraser at Great Neck.

NEW YORK, August 9.-Gilbert
Nichols of Wilmington, the metropoli-
tan open champion, won the first two
of a series of ten eighteen-hole
matches with James Fraser. the home
professional, on the links of the Great
Neck Golf Club yesterday. The match
was followed by a large gallery. A
purse has been provided for the win
ner, and in addition several large bets
have been made on the outcome. The
hackers of Fraser figured that his
familiarity with the course would ma Ike
him a dangerous opponent for the
champion.
Nichols has bet that he will return
a card of 60 or better in one of the ten
eighteen-hole matches Yesterday ION
his second attempt he registered a 70
and would have made ms So if he had
had good luck on the last hole A bad
lie there cost him 4 for a hole, which
under ordinary conditions would be an
easy 3. He won by up and 2. to
play in the morning. scoring rs against
rs for Fraser. In the afternoon, when
he made 10, Fraser returned card OF
76. Nichols winning by up and to
play.
Evening star., 1915-08-09
Receivers Sufficiently to Return to Nationals Lineup
CLUBS READY FOR OPENING
OF POST SEASON CONTESTS
Championships of Various Leagues Are
Decided and Teams Are Filing Lists
OF Eligible Players

er, L. L. Bowen. A. NJ. Dreis. Z: S. Cess
ford, L. L. Mccarthy, w. E. Thompson.
w. NJ. Armstrong;
Machinist-Charles Beard. John A.
CLANCY. Thomas Harris, Bertram Major
f. E. Schofield, D. L. Beatty. Thomas
A Crooks, w. Hartley, William Raba,
Forest Thompson. NJ. T. Broone. A. H.
Chaplin, Silvio J. Giovannetti. w. j.
Hines, J. E. Roundtree, c. w. Kuhpert.
Marines-Wilbur K. Bruner. Lawrence
ter G. Olcott. Charles A. Quackenbush'
Clyde w. Walbridge. Paul L. Burns
Herbert w. Cav, Harvey b. Minis Fred
L. Parker, Edward Richards. Guy NJ
Williams, Darnall S. Denman. Ager b
Goodwin. John ]. Murphy. Thomas F
Wyszynski.
Agriculture-Charles G. Bailey, w. j
Cusacks A. G. Downey. r. T. Frazier
L. N. Nops, John Sugrue, M. S. Cant
c. G. Lemeric. L. w. Owens. E. S. Strait
Edward c. Carroll. v. B. Dodge, r. E
Fraser, J. T. Mccarthy, F. A. Pee, d. d
Ward
General Office, Keller and the Rose,
dales have not forwarded the member
mentioned players have yet to be GER
titled, but it is not probable that this
will cause any. trouble whatsoever
The only case where repetition is like
ly TO occur Is In IHdl OI OTeSl lump.
son, who is member of two pennant
Observation-Disclosures and General Of
flee. The Machinists have turned in
/ Ihompson's name, and 1t Is propable
that General Office will do likewise
The star pitcher will be able to play
with only one of these clubs.
The class of play in the games this
year should be better than that of last
season. There are two or three of the
winning clubs above the average. and
each should put up some very good ex-
hibitions. The pitching ought to be OF
a caliber to cause the opposing batters
| to put forth their best efforts, while
| the teams seem to be well supplied
with material in the other depart
ments.
| The leagues have ended their sched.
ules much earlier this year than for
merly. This is the first season in a
| long while that each organization has
| been able to name it's entry for the
{! championship contests a week before
the beginning, and in most cases sew
| trail have carried their schedules right
up to the day before.
Evening star., 1915-08-09

news when Honus Wagner was bare
footed on the sand lots, devotes more
than. half column in telling of the
marvellous catch of Dave Robertson at
writer at the beginning Of his long
dissertation says: There have been
many sensational catches on the Polo
Grounds in the twenty-five years base
ball history had been made on it's
green turf field. ] do not think,
though, that any past records will show
that the marvellous grab made by Dave
Robertson in the fourth inning of Sat
urday's second game has ever been ap-
preached as a spectacular exhibition
of outfielding.. 1t could only have been
performed by player of Robertson's s
phenomenal speed and loose-5ointed
acrobatic makeup. combined with
youthful energy and ambition to do
something remarkable.
Evening star., 1915-08-09
ACOSTA ADVANCES IN BATTING;
FOSTER MAKES OVER 100 HITS
Averages of the Nationals, of Games Played
to Date, Reflect the Recent Good
Playing of the Local Boys

The recent splendid playing by the
Nationals is reflected in the averages
below, which cover every game played
this season, including the defeat of
Saturday. Almost all the players have
advanced in batting and fielding, but
little Acosta made the greatest jump.
going from 2o3S to 296, gain of .5S
points, giving him the practical lead
ership among the regulars. Foster is
the first local player to secure 100 hits
on the season. his solitary bingle Sat
urday making his total hits 101. Clyde
Milan is close up. and should go over
the 100 mark during the Detroit Sc
ries.
In team batting the Nationals ad-
vanced four points, but remained sta
tionary in fielding.
Following are the averages in detail
the figures being taken from the scores
published in The Evening and Sunday
Star:
Evening star., 1915-08-09
HOWARD DREW TO RETIRE.
Announces in Telegram His Inten.
ton to Quit Cinder Path.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, August 9.-
Howard P. Drew of this city, the track
athlete, announced his intention to re-
tire from racing in signed statement
published here yesterday Telegraph
ing from the Panama-Pacific exposition
field, where Saturday he was beaten in
the 10O-yard dash event of the senior
A. A. U. track and field meet, Drew
said:
II was bothered with my legs a
great deal today in the race so that
1 pulled up lame at the finish. 1 have
been in poor physical condition. for i
now weigh only $50 pounds, and that
is much below my normal. I want to
say right here that I am through with
open competition after this year"
Evening star., 1915-08-09
RICH STAKES AT SYRACUSE.
Purses Aggregating $40, 900 Are Of
fered for Grand Circuit.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, August 9.-Purses
and prizes aggregating $4,000 have
been offered for the Grand Circuit race
meeting at the New York state fair,
September. 13 to 49,. The card includes
amateur and professional Juveniles for
the American Horse Breeders Futurity,
the famous Empire State $4,000 stake,
for 212 trotters, and the 2.11 pace for
$1,000.
The big trotting event will be held
Wednesday. Besides the early closing
events for stakes and added money,
totaiing $2S,200, there. are open classes
worth $4,000. Twenty-Five hundred
dollars has been appropriated for anna
teur races to carts. the sum to be used
for prizes and expenses, Another sum
has been provided for a special feature
which has not been decided upon. The
program was announced by Race Secre-
tary Harry S. Nealley.
Evening star., 1915-08-09
EVERS CHANGES HIS MIND.
Says He Will Not Quit Braves Until
He Sees Gafney.

ST. LOUIS, August 9-Johnny Evers
of the Boston Braves will not end his
base ball career with the close of the
present st. Louis-Boston series, as has
been reported. Evers made this state
ment to the Associated Press last night.
II shall do nothing in the matter until
I see James E. Gaffney, owner of the
club" Evers said. II shall go to Phila :
delphia next Wednesday night. and will
talk matters over with Mr. Gaffney.
Until then can say no more about this
matter"
Evers admitted he had told news
paper men in Chicago Saturday and
others in ST. Louis early yesterday that
he intended quitting base ball this
week, but late last night he changed
his mind and decided to see Carney
first. Evers has complained of what he
termed unjust criticism of my work
by club owners for whom l formerly
played"
Evening star., 1915-08-09
NEW WORLD AUTO RECORD.
Klein Drives 25 Miles on Half mile
Track in 33 Minutes So Seconds.

WORCESTER, Mass, August st
was announced yesterday that new
world automobile record for twenty
five miles on a half-mile track was
made during a race here Saturday by
Arthur Klein, who negotiated the dis
tance in thirty-three minutes and
fifty mine seconds.
The previous record was made a
week ago by Bob Burman at Rock Is
land, whose time was thirty-eight
minutes and twenty-five seconds.
= Klein had to make two stops, losing
about thirty seconds to make read
justment in his car.
Evening star., 1915-08-09

his team is producing. Efforts are
being made to further discourage the
fans who already are little in evidence
at Shibe Park.
But Mack is not trying to land any
place in this campaign. He is expert
menting in the hope of having strong
team In the field In the next campaign,
and while it cannot be expected that a lot
of fans will attend these games, Mack
is not entitled to any criticism. for he
is doing exactly what any other man.
ager would do.
over the new threats that the Feds
intend to make another raid on the
major leagues. Many of the Fed play
ers have the ten-day release clause in
their contracts. The gossips insist
that if the proposed raids land num-
Der of high-salared stars room will be
made for them by releasing other Fed
players, who will be compele to ac-
cept lower salaries or remain idle.
The Federal League promoters claim
full, will force organized base ball
clubs to increase their pay rolls, there
by running the risk of going into
bankruptcy.
After the Nationals had taken four
games from the White Sox, Joe Jackson
of the Detroit News, who is travelling
with the Tigers, sent the following to
his paper:
'It would appear that the long pre-
dicted cracking of the Chicago White
Sox has arrived. On this eastern trip
they have played nine games. two with
Boston, three with New York and four
with Washington. OF these they have
taken but two, one each in the two
towns first named. The club has cer-
tainly lost ground.
mo matter what the Sox do now,
things seems to break wrong for them.
When their own pitchers are. going
well, the opposition does little bet
ter When they start slugging, as in
their Friday game, where they leaped
on johnson for six runs, their own
pitchers go badly. They are learning
the truth of the old contention, that
pennants are won In September"
Evening star., 1915-08-09

1t would have been a very foolish move
for Evers to have quit the game, even if
he could afford to do SO, for he owes
much to the Boston club and the Ma
tional League. which came to his rescue
when Murphy gave him a poor DEAL
Evers has lots of base ball left in him.
and the Braves would not have a pos
sible chance to win this year without his
assistance.
That Brooklyn team seems to have
caught it's second wind, and is again dan
gerously near the lead in the National
League race. 1t would be great thing
for the old league to have the Dodgers
land the pennant, not only because Of the
interest that would be created in New
York, but it always is helpful to base
ball to have some team which was not
figured seriously to come through and
win the flag.
or course, the Brooklyn team still has
some distance to go before 1t can lay
claim to the pennant, but it is the best
balanced team in that circuit, according
to those who ought to know.
The fight seems to have settled down
between Philadelphia and Brooklyn, two
catchers, Pat Moran and Wilbert Rob-
inson. May the best man win.
If some club can spare pitcher of
class it could get an enormous price
for him just now. Hughey Jennings
needs a wtirler badly; that is, fell
low who can win a majority of his
games. and he would pay well for such
man.
One more good pitcher, and the Tigers
would almost be certainty in this
race, and it would mean fortune to
get into the world series, hence. that
club could afford to pay stiff price for
the right pitcher. None of the other
clubs in this league is going to sell a
player. 1t might be possible for him to
get a man from the National League,
but that, too. is not likely. Ball clubs.
under existing conditions, cannot af-
ford to sell any players who have abil-
ity to a rival club. That was done in
years gone by, but now it would be
harmful to the sport to make any such
deals.
A portion of the press in Philadel-
L 4 g.. AG<.x>l L. .<=>
Evening star., 1915-08-09
NATIONAL GOLF LIST
HAS Al NEW NAMES
H. M. Hartman, 1899 Champion,
One Who May Play for
Amateur Title.

NEW YORK, August 9.-The nation
al handicap list, that roll of honor
which includes all American golfers
eligible to play for the national anna
teur championship, now contains 31S
names. When the list was announced
last spring it contained the names of
271 golfers, and a supplemental list OF
forty-seven has been announced by
Howard F. Whitney, secretary of the
United States Golf Association. Under
the rules governing the handicap list
it must be complete thirty days before
the beginning of the amateur cham
pionship. SO the forty-seven new names
are the last that will be added to the
list this year.
Those who, are familiar with Ameri-
can golfing, history will note one added
name that will revive memories of by
gone days. Herbert M. Hartman, ma
tional champion in 1899, the first ma
tive born golfer to win the national
title. has decided that he still belongs
/, among the good golfers and evidently
has proved that fact to the satisfaction
for III. NJ. Hartman. Piping Rock.
may be found among the elect. And
Piping Rock is not course on which
it is easy to make three scores low
enough TO COHVlHCc tHc y. ". a. oiii
cials that the maker is entitled to a
national rating.
Harry Davis Overlooked.
Just as every, one expected, the ma me
of Harry K. B. Davis. the winner OF
the Panama-Pacific tournament at San
Francisco, is among those rated. That
| he was left off the original draft was
! 70 no his Cvnh did
not make its report in time.
i Many of the tournament winners ol
| the present season have been added to
the national list, and a number of met
ropolitan golfers are among the new.
comers. George r. Balch, president OF
the Western Golf Association, and his
son, Dewitt C. Balch, who won the
western junior championship last week
are both listed among the new names
The supplemental list follows:
Paul Moore, National: H. X. b. Da-
Wis, Presidio; T. S. Hand1ey, Highlands
Balch, Cincinnati: Sterling E. Edmunds
ST. Louis; ]. K. Bangs, Jr.. and Daniel
F. Altland. Detroit; William Alden
Smith. jr.. Kent; E. E. Jackson, jr, Bal
timcre: E. Tyson Ellicott. Baltimore
G. H. Walker, ST. Louis; Raymond Rus
sell. Detroit; c. w. Bass, Portsmouth;
A. Morris Crosby, Brae Burn.
II. nj. Hartman, Piping Rock; G. f.
kohler. Ridgewood: G: H. Lyall, Belle
vue; F. X. Robertson. Rochester: G.. "
Rotan, Pine Valley; Ray .McAulfffe
Buffalo; c. L. Dexter, jr., Dallas: r. L.
Munger, Dallas; Collet Munger, Dallas;
Howard Mccall, Merton; Robert C.
James, Merton; Charles J. Bellamy,
Springfield; r. f. Kelton, Springfield
r. D. Pierce, Brae Burn; Howard w
Maxwell, jr., Nassau :eCharles Comstock
Sleepy Hollow; E. B. Palmer, Detroit
and T. Warden Hunter, Detroit.
J. B. Rose. Allegheny; r. L. James
Evening star., 1915-08-09
DERTINENr 0kfnlE:Nr
~ Happenings fSPortdom
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

Johnny Evers has sensby changed his mind and will
play with the Braves for least the of the
rather strange that Johnny should take oense c
given him for his tactics the ball field He surely has
blame himself While doubt that solely the
of victory that Ever docs things he expect
be criticised by those whom he attacks.
Evening star., 1915-08-09

The Dodgers are doing no better on
this second trip west than they did on
the first. Then they dropped from the
first division clear to the cellar. Had
Robinson's team played with half the
spirit it showed at home Brooklyn
should have been in front of Phila-
delphia by now.
Evening star., 1915-08-09
NEW THROWING RECORD.
Miss Ruth McCabe Leads Girls in
Hurling Base Ball 2O9 Fl. 5 Ins.

TACOMA, Wash. August. 9.-What
was said today to be a new world base
ball throwing record for a girl was
made yesterday by Miss Ruth McCabe,
when she threw ball 2O9 feet B
inches Miss Dorothy Smith of Vassar
College is said to have established the
best previous record in 1911 with a
throw. of 204 feet Miss McCabe .is a
student in high school
here.
Evening star., 1915-08-09

The records Of fifty years show that
the Pacific coast of the United States
has experienced 4.467 earthquake
shocks.
Evening star., 1915-08-09
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
ST. Paul. Ia Indianapolis. 3.
indianapolis. 5: st. Paul, !.
Louisville. 8; Milwaukee. l.
70 Louisville. 3: Milwaukee. l.
Minneapolis. 3: Cleveland. =.
Kansas City -COlumbus-Rain.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Shreveport g: beaumont. 0.
Fort Worth. .: Galveston, J..
Dallas, 4; Houston. 3.
Dallas. .: Houston. I.
Waco 3; San Antonio. >.
Evening star., 1915-08-09

SCHEDULES.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
TODAY. TOMORROW
Detroit at Washington. Detroit at Washington.
Chicago at Philadelphia. Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cleveland al New York. / Cleveland at New York.
st. Louis at Boston. st. Louis at Boston.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
TODAY. TOMORROW.
PhiIa at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Chicago.
Boston at st. Louis. Boston at st. Louis:
Brooklyn at Chicago Phila. at Cincinnati:
New York at Pittsb gh. New York at fitfsD sh.
Evening star., 1915-08-09
NATIONAL LEAGUE,

YESTERDAYS RESULTS,
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
No games scheduled
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BROOKLYN Ia: Chicago. T.
Brooklyn. Z: Chicago. T.
st. Louis. Z: Boston, =.
Philadelphia, IA Cincinnati 6.
Evening star., 1915-08-09

A portion of the press in Philadel-
phia fs assailing Connie Mack because
of the poor grade of base ball which
Evening star., 1915-08-09

Hughey Jennings admits he needs
another pitcher who can win consist
emily before he will have real chance
for the pennant. Whether he will be
able to get such a man from one of
his rival clubs is decidedly doubtful
but he says he proposes to try every
thing possible in an effort to accom-
plish this
Evening journal., 1915-09-29
EDEN PICK UPS

After hard practice the Eden foot
ball team is prepared to go on the
gridiron in great shape. Under the
management of Charles Patterson.
well known in local sporting circles,
the team will have some of the finest
material in the State The men who
will play are: O'Connor Smith. Tay-
lor. Grant brothers. Biggins. Brodley.
Dare. Patterson, Horner. Skelly. Fin
nerty. Hoodock Ropeski, Warrington.
w. August. Schlor, McCellaghan
Dayton The club wants a game with
any team in the State for next Sat
urday. Address Charles Patterson.
care OF Eden A. C. Third Ward is
preferred.
Football and basketball are the
main sport right now. The club will
have a good team.
Manager Gillen expects to spring a
real surprise on the wooden way this
season. He is still awaiting chal-
lenges.
The club will hold a smoker on
October S. Much talent has been col
lected.
Manager Stoney August and his
band Of ball tossers are about through
very successful season Hats of to
the sterling little pilot.
spike" Dugan. the local light
weight is still going strong. He is
, matched with Young Dugert, at Akron,
Ohio. on Saturday.