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The Washington times., 1915-09-26

taking the ball cleanly. such a. touch
Of whippiness is likely to be fatal; II
the club comes into contact with the
brassie Of today is stiff: in other words.
It is adapted to modern conditions.
There should not be a suggestion OF
give" in iron clubs; they should be
take some turf and il they possessed
even the slightest tendency to bend on
coming into contact with the ground.
the shots would be ruined. Being
left thicker in the shaft; in that way is
balance obtained. The trouble is the
golfers equipment arises when the
brassie and the driver. in order that
they shall not be too whippy. have to
be left almost as thick in the shaft as
clubs. the chances are that In these
circumstances they are i'll balanced.
II the beginner or invetorate foozler
has a yearning for an extra club. 1t !.
by no means the worst idea in the world
to select mongrel-an implement
whose head suggests nothing In particu-
lar save that 1t is an iron club with q
loft on It, With what we have called
ing that he is going to practice
methodically.. and the fewer clubs he
includes in this course of training, the
more RAPIDLY he will advance. But
tnere Is no nee0 TO practlCe lot VIII
the mongrel: it is lust an instrument
that has a way Of relieving the situa-
ton when on the links there Is pre-
sented a shot for which none Of the
ordinary clubs seem suitable.
I have carried mongrel in my bag
for many years. One / used to call, foi
the want of a better name. my run
ning-up mashie. II was nearly straigh
faced and 1t came to the rescue ir
many puZzling situations. or late,
have abandoned II in favor OF a clut
which is a cross between mid-iron anc
a jigger: this jack-o-all-work Is usefu
for running up, pitching up. and Low
shots against the wind-for anything
in fact. when l do not fancy either tn,
legitimate mid-iron or the mashie
George Duncon told me that, II he pos
| stssed II, he would be able to dispos,
with three clubs that he now carries
so that a similar find may be ,aluabl,
to the novice.
Copyright, 1915. by The Wheeler Syndi
cate. 1nc)
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Other Sticks May Be Adopted When Player Is Certain
That They Will Not Confuse Him-Distrac-
ton Often Results in Numbers.
By HARRY VARDON.
The British Champion.

For the beginner at golf or the player
who. taking up the game fairly late in
life, finds the years passing without his
making appreciable progress, am
strongly In favor of a decidedly limited
equipment. a driver, brassie, cleek
iron. mashic. niblick. and putter are
ample until he feels confident of hitting
the ball clearly with any club, and can.
therefore, include In his kit several ex-
ira irons of various degrees of loft. with
the certainty that they will not confuse
him. In the case OF the Indifferent play
er there is apt to be distraction In num-
bers; for a time, 1t Is quite enough for
him to cultivate friendliness with the
seven clubs which may be regarded as
necessities
But it does not follow that the fret
set OF Instruments that come into his
possession will suit him. In every phase
Of life, individuals have fancies; there
is the man who feels thoroughly at
ease in only one style of hat. or who
can write much better with a pencil
than with pen, or who simply knust
wear a peculiar kind OF flower in his
! buttonhole in order to elevate his con-
tidence to high-water mark. II Ia diffi-
| cult to say why he has this preference,
| out the fact remains that its gratittca-
ton has important effects on his mind.
| so 1t Is with golf clubs. One club may
| look very like another; yet sooner or
later the player comes across an I'M
! plement that fills him with sense OF
! self-rellance such as he had never
| known before. 1t is just fancy. but I'm.
| agination plays a big part on the links
1t may take him some little time to
| collect the clubs that suit him, but il
he Is a convert about to purchase his
| first outfit. he can facilitate matters a
good deal by seeking the advice of a
natural swing. and buying clubs which
are calculated to accommodate them
selves to that swing.
Moreover. II he adopts this principle
the professional will at cnce tell him
how the club should be held SO as to
ficacious as possible. Often the neo-
phyte who selects his own clubs grips
them in such way when he Is trying
them that they feel wholly satisfactory
but finds that when in his own interests
he Is told to alter the manner Of grip
plug. they seem downright unmanage-
able. 1t Is for everybody to discover
/ for himself the set OF instruments that
instil faith into him; my chief object
now Is to warn the long handicap golfer
not to try and master too many at once
and to set down few hints that ex'
perience has shown me to be useful
| / believe In thin grips and clubs
| which. as regards weight. are on the
!, light side. Sixteen or seventeen years
ago, when l really could play golf tht
I used clubs so light and whippy thai
people were won't to describe them &:
toys" In the days of the gutta percha
ball. ! think that whippy driver va:
a distinct advantage so long as th'
player could line the shot correctly; h'
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
SAM AGNEW LOSES
CHANCE FOR Win
Red Sox Presented the Game
When Perfect Throw Is
Missed.

Sam Agnew. Browns catcher, let
"Tillie" Walkers perfect throw to the
plate get by him yesterday. and for
tune smiled, as always. upon a winner.
the Red Sox adding a 3-to-2 win to their
collection for the 1915 pennant st. Louis
was ahead until two scratch hits and
Agnew's errors practically awarded the
leaders the battle.
Chicago took two more games from
the Athletics. winning the opener by .
to and the final setto, to 8. Joe Benz
held the Mackmen to three hits in the
first game. The batting Of Felch. Eddie
Collins. and Fournier featured.
The second game was a battle between
Faber and Harry Weaver. until the
eighth round. when the latter weakened
and allowed four hits and three runs.
Buck Weaver made three hits off his
namesake. and John Collins hit for a
home run. double and single.
~
The Yanks and Indians scrapped to
an even break in a double bill in
New York yesterday. Dan Triple, re-
Gently acquired from the a. A.. went
through the Indians for to win.
allowing four hits and tanning ten
A six-run inning gave the Indians the
nrst game by score OF to o.
The Pirates lost their last game at
homo to the Braves by a to score.
Tyler and Hughes outlasting Slattery.
Harmon and Mamaux. Magee's clout-
ing helped materially
The Cubs made the Phillies go elev-
en- innings for a to 4 win. The Cubs
tied the count in the ninth. when Will
liams doubled and Mccarthy knocked
a homer. Lavender's wildness and a
sacrifice fly won the game for the
Phillies in the eleventh.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
SHORT, BUT VERY SUCCINCT.

messenger boy took the other
passes out to the ball park for the
second game. and this is what he wrote
for the paper:
"Mr sporting editor:
You know that game you sent me
to see? Well 1t was rotten. I saw
Mike out there sittin eatin popcorn an
he tole me what he was goin to say
about the first game. So I'm sayin 1t
again only worse. That Macbride
fumbled everything he got an nobody
was any good 'cept Clyde Milan. He
was right there with the goods. De-
troit got six runs in the fourth innin
off Of Gallia an Wallace. Harper was
worser than Gallia and a lot of peepel
got up an went out about then. So
did l. I got a date for ternite and 1t
was gettin so late out there to the
baseball park that l couldn't stay any
longer. l hope this story gets in the
paper because l wanter show 1t to my
gurl. JIM"
The Washington times., 1915-09-26

The Tigers appeared better coached
in fundamentals. EXendine will remedy
the weakness of the Blue apS Gray In
short order. When 1t is considered that
the entire Elue and Gray backtield has
been working together such a short
time .he fumbling Is not to be won.
dercd at
Georgetown was especially weak in
going down the field on kicks yester-
day, and Denpsey's boots were render
ed less effective by the failure of the
wings and tackles to cover. Ames fire.
quently got back for good gains. When
briggs punted the whole Princeton line
was down on the receiver. which. in a
measure hurried Maloney and Dempsey.
M:Carthys passing was poor. which
again hurried Dempsey and hurled his
punts. A poor pass gave Princeton a
chance in the third quarter. which was
taken advantage Of Immediately and
converted into touchdown. This with
otker bits of early season football Is
quite excusable. Georgetown suffered
no whit in comparison. The Navy vii!
be met Saturday with every idea OF
wiping out last years 13 to score.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26

The Times chief office boy went out
to watch the first game yesterday un-
der orders to bring back story. This
is what he left before scooting home:
Dear Sporting Editor:
don't thank you for them passes,
because l saw a bum game. ! can't
write much about it. it was SO rotten.
Dumont was on the mound for a while
and was going good. but the umpire
put him in bad and he blew up. That
was in the sixth inning. think. Then
them guys in the white suits got bad
as the umpire and made couple a
errors and 1t was all off. l bought a
box Of zigzag with that nickel you gave
me an 1t was all right. Many thanks.
But the next time you want me to see
a baseball game for you please tell
Griff to hSve good game. ! can't
waist my time around there. When Is
the red sox coming here?
Yours.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
BIG ELEvENS RUN
TRUE IN VICTORY
Small EIevens Get Theirs With
But Few Notable Excep-
tionS.

With but one or two exceptions, big
colleges ran true to form in yesterdays
opening gridiron battles. Yale gave
Maine a 81 to 0 beating against but ~
points scored last year, Harvard scored
80 points while Colby got against the
third string Crimson players in the final
quarter. Last year Haughton's eleven
scored A points on Bates in the first
game.
Penn got scare in the West Virginia
University battle. barely nosing out the
Southerners by a single touchdown and
goal. Geneva proved a tough customer
for Washington and jefferson, yielding
single touchdown.
Carlisle got one touchdown and goal
against Lebanon Valley last year but
failed to register yesterday. Dartmouth
found the Massachusetts Aggies a l3 to
0 proposition, while last year Dartmouth
way scored on. the issue going at ~
Virginia's opening was unpleasing, as
Randolph Macon was beaten by but ~
to o as against 80 to 0 last year. NJ. A.
c. won 80 to game from the Balti-
more Polys. Washington and Lee de-
feated Davidsan by IA to o. while the
Virginia Military Institute got away
with a 25 to score on Hampden- Sidney.
Scores OF yesterdays important games
follow:
Princeton. 13; Georgetown. 0.
Maryland Aggies. 81; Baltimore Polys.
O.
Harvard. 80; Colby, 6.
Yale, 81; Maine. O.
Pennsylvania. Z: West Virginia, O.
Syracuse. 43 East Syracuse, O.
Williams. IS; Rensselaer,, 0.
Holy Cross, 7; Bates. O.
Brown University. 3S; Rhode Island
State College, O.
Amherst, a. Middlebury, Z.
Pennsylvania State, 26 Westminster.
TO-
Muhlenburg, z Lafayette, a.
Washington and Jefferson, 6; Geneva.
10.
Carlisle. Q; Lebanon Valley, 0.
Lehigh. 21; Ursinus, O.
| cultural. O.
Virginia. %; Randolph Macon, O.
Case. 26; Akron, 6.
University OF Tennessee, l0l: Carson
| and Newman College, 0. 'o'
Rutgers, So; Albright O.
Bucknell, o; Susquehanna. O
College. 0. ''''i
den-sidney. T. i-a'
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
DEMPSEY AND WALL ARE STARS.

Dempsey. GeorEetown's freshman
fullback. and Wall. right half. loom up
lis great players fully as capable as
any on the Hilltop In recent years.
Dempsey's work shone conspicuously.
while Wall proved exceptionally fast
on both offense and defense.
The Georgetown line, heavier than
that of Princeton. appears to be as ef-
fective for defense as that of last sea-
son. From tackle to tackle the Hilltop
pers look better at this time OF The
year than they ever have before. and
there is little doubt but that Exendinc
will have Gormley. Barron. Mccarthy.
O'Connor. and Ward should speedily
come into their own to provide ade-
quate protection for a backfield that is
going to be winner before long.
Princeton possessed more brilliant in
dividual players Yesterday. but the
Tigers could not gain through the Blue
and Gray line. briggs kicking for an
average Of better than As yards found
Georgetown's weakness in handling
punts. and 1t was this rather than su-
perior play that gave Princeton its ad-
vantage.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Seven Games Coming
This Week for Gri1f
By LOUIS A. DOUGHER.

ball play this week and four of
Red Sx the
Tomorrow Tuesday the Junga
will the Mackmen homeless
the Boston Red Sox complete the
weeks exhibitions.
Gf had of overcoming the White sox has
the cleaning with that double defeat yesterday but
slight the team finish in third place
schedule of them with the Mackmen
with the Red Sox clean of the tail
with the others would to landing
third don't around putting this It
S only a possibility, not probability.
staged yesterday The Tigers copped the first
largely Dumont blew in the sixth and the
Dauss whose ball working fine
exhibition showed the s their worst throwing
umbng and losing to The following stories
Just right at the ball yard
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
SECOND GAME.

"Batted Tor GaIIIa IN fourth.
iBatted for Harper in sixth
tBatted for Ayers In ninth.
Runs-Jamieson, Foster, Shanks. Bush
Witt. Veach. Burns (2). Young (2), Stanage
and James. Stolen bases-Foster and Milan
Sacrifice hits-Gandil and Mcbride Bases on
bals-on Galiia. 2; OF Harper. /; off James
:. Struck out By James. 8; by Gallia. 2: by
ington, !; Detroit. g. First base by errors
Washinfiton. !. Left on bases-Washingt ton.
Harper, 2; Ayers, 8. Hits made-On Galiia
s; OF Harper, 8; of Ayers. 8. Three base
hit-Stanage. Two-base hits-Foster, Will
liams and Cobb. Sacrifice fes-McBride and
Gandil Double pays-Foster to Gandl
kavSnaugh to Young to Burns. Passed ball
Williams. Umpires-Messrs. Wallace and
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
District Title Play
To Continue Tomorrow

Play in the District tennis champion
ship singles will continue tomorrow on
the courts Of the Dumbarton Club. and
the committee in charge expects to
have many matches run off before
nightfall so that the doubles may be
started. on Tuesday.
The feature match Of yesterdays pre-
liminary round was that between Gould
Lincoln and Douglas Hillyer, Lincoln
won by rs. 6-S. and 10S.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Reaches Semi-Finals.

The semi-final round was reached in
the September golf tournament at CO.
lumba Country Club yesterday. In the
first round Robinson white, f. B. Eyn-
on. Harris N. Brown. and Albert r. Nc
kenzie are the survivors.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
GEORGETOWN TEAM
DUE WORK THIS WEEK
TO CORRECT ERRORS
Exendine's Team MakesFine Show.
ingAgainst Princeton and Should
Have Navy Worried in Satur-
days Game at Annapolis.

Georgetowns
peoy Tigers that 13 victory Palmer stadium
Coach Exendne acquitted itself credtaby and there
week will bring forth development which will
Hopper against Saturday with
drilled eleven in first principles.
umbes enabled Princeton the first tally, while
flashing
the Tiger eleven their second touchdown Superiority kicking
briggs opportunity the Hoppers the whole it
through fumbe through
efforts that that Princeton was effective.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26

'Batted for Harper In eighth
TBatted for Boehling in ninth.
Runs-Foster, Bush C) Witt, Cobb, and
Dauss. First base by errors-Detroit 2. Left
on bases-Detrot, 4: Washington, g. First
base on balls-Of Dumont. 3; off Harper, Il:
on Dauss, 7. Stolen base-Cobb. Innings
pitched--By Dumont g. by Harper. 3; by
Boehling. /. Hits made-On Dumont. 2; on
Harper. /. Struck out-By Dumont. I; by
pauss l. Sacrifice hit-Vitt. Two-base hit
-Veach. Hit by pitcher-By Dumont Cobb
wild pitches-Harper, Dauss. Umpires-
, Messrs Evans and Wallace. Time OF game
NJ hour and Is minutes.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Mrs. Simpson Wins.

Mrs. George W. Simpson won the
closed putting match at Columbia Coun-
try Club yesterday. defeating Mrs. L..
p. McLachlin in the final round by
z up and to play.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Closes This Week.

Four matches will be played this week
in the Departmental Tennis League. and
the season will be closed. Navy Is win
ner of the circuit comprising twelve de-
partment teams.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26

srur. Coquette. Etruscan, The Finn.
Puss in Poots. Col. vennie, George
Smith, Buckhorn. Kewessa, Phosphor,
LeochaBes. Back Bay, Harmonicon,
Carbide, and Hester Prynne.
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Yesterdays Results.

Yesterdays Resulta
Detroit, s; Washington. /.
Detroit. 8: Washington. 3.
Chicago s: Philadelphia. !.
Chicago 5: Philadelphia. 3.
Cleveland. G: New York. ..
New York 6: Cleveland, !.
Boston. 3; st. Louis,
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
Tomorrow's Games.

Detroit at Washington.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Boston,.
Cleveland at New York
The Washington times., 1915-09-26
League Standing
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Clubs.

Today's Gamea.
No Games Scheduled.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
Court Cuts One Mill From
Estimates, Reducingthe Tax
on Property by That Sum
Over Last Years Levy

The county court has Topped mill
from the proposed levy for the ex-
penses OF the coming year. making o
total levy for county and state pur-
poses OF IA instead of is mills. as
had been anticipated. This will
make a total levy against property
within the city OF Grants Pass OF
37ik mills. Last year the total levy
was 3Sh mills. The total levy with
In the city includes the 16 mills
levied by the city council. IA by the
county court. and ~ by the school
district. Upon property outside the
city the levy win be the IA mills OF
the county and state levy. a road
tax Of Ave mills. and whatever levy
Is made In the school district In
which the property Is located.
Included in the IA mill levy made
by the county court Is that Of one
and 7-10 mills for the creation OF a
sinking fund for building new court
house. This levy. which was insti-
tuted last year. raises between ST.
600 and $4,000 per year. A 2 and
AS mill levy for state purposes in
cluded win raise s2s.i3s.25s
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
CHA|RhAhsH|PS
/. ARE HANDED OUT
TO THE FAITHFUL

Washington, Dec. chairman
ships Of important committees
charged with framing and guiding
the affairs Of the house this coming
session were presented to the demo-
cratic caucus and unanimously adopt
ed today.
The chiefs OF these are: Adamson
OF Georgia. interstate and foreign
commerce; Alexander OF Missouri,
merchant marine and fisheries; Bur-
nett OF Alabama. immigration; Ferris
OF Oklahoma, public lands; Fitzger-
aid of New York, appropriations;
Flood Of Virginia, foreign affairs;
Henry Of Texas. rules; Lewis Of
Maryland, labor; Smith of Texas,
irrigation; Webb Of North Carolina,
judiciary; Lever Of South Carolina
agriculture; Hay Of Virginia. military
affairs: Glass OF Virginia. banking
and currency; Hardy OF Texas, navy
expenditures.
The administrations friends ars
in the majority on the naval and
military committees. thus placing the
administration firmly in control o.
the preparedness program. Congress
man London. socialist member. was
assigned to the labor committee.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
SERB|ANS TAKE
REFUGE upon THE
SOIL OF Greece

Athens. Dec. Part OF the Serbs
under command OF General vassich
have fed Monastir and taken refuge
In Greece.
Semi-offlciai advices today declare
they will not be disarmed or interned,
as II had been expected the Greek
government would do. They will be
allowed to move eastward through
Greece, II Is said. to rejoin the allies
near Guegveli.
The remainder OF the Monastir
Serbs are moving westward TO make
junction with the Serbs on the Al
banian frontier.
With the fall OF MonastIr the Serbs
have relinquished practically all OF
serbia--old and new. Both north
and south they have eluded the In
vaders and escaped intact Through
snow-iilled passes TO places OF safety
The defense OF small band OF
picked Serbian comitadjis, famed
for their bravery before Monastir,
will 80 down in history alongside Of
the daring exploit OF the Light
Brigade. Harassing the enemy day
and night. they held of 20 times
their own number. In the final bat
tie before Monastlr the comitadjis
held their ground and were slaugh-
tered almost to man.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
CONSPIRACY
SENDS -FOUR
TO PRISON
Convicted Officials Of Ham
bug-AmeIican Must Serve
IS Months Unless Success
ful II New Trial Is Granted

New York, Dec. 4.-Dr. Karl
Buenz, head OF the Hamburg-Ameri-
can line. was sentenced today to Is
months in the Atlanta federal prison,
following his conviction on charges
OF customs violations in supplying
German commerce raiders at sea.
Similar sentences were imposed
On hfs fellow conspirators. George
Koetter and Adolph Hochmesiter.
while Joseph Poppinghause was SEN
fenced to year and day In At
lanta.
The Hamburg-American line was
fined the nominal sum Of 81.
Defense Attorney Rand immedi-
ateiy made application for writ Of
error. on which the case will 60 on
appeal to the court Of appeals. This
acted automatically to stay execution
Of sentence.
The defendants were released ON
$4,000 bail each, double the bail re-
quired while they were on trial.
Judge Howe previously overruled
motions to set aside the verdict and
to arrest judgment. Then District
Attorney Marshall moved sentence,
1T is desirable," he said, that
punishment shall be substantial, not
SO much for it's erect on these de-
PENDANTS. but as . warning to Others"
Attorney Rand interposed that the
defendants had been actuated by no
wrongful purpose and that they re-
gretted II they had done any wrong.
Moreover. he asserted, others had
executed the orders Of Buenz.
Although convicted on two counts.
sentences were imposed on only one.
In the Buenz case. Judge Howe said
he would recommend that the ward
en- accord the prisoner leniency on
account of the fact that he is 72
years old.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-05
COUNTY 1AXW|LSON.GALT
LEVY IS "A NUP T|Al s
MILLS DEC. 18TH
Announcement Is Made Of
Date When Descendant Of
Pocahontas VIII Become
Bride Of President Of US.

Washington, Dec. 4.-President
Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait will
wed December IS.
Announcement OF the date was
made this forenSon by the White
House.
The White House statement said:
1T was announced by the White
House today tina. the marriage OF
Mrs, Norman Gait and the president
will be on Saturday, December Is.
As previously stated, the wedding
will be at the Gait home. 1908 Twen-
tieth street. Northwest.
"The only guests will be Mrs. Galt's
mother. her brothers and sisters. the
presidents brother and sister, his
daughters and members OF his i'm
mediate household. No invitations
will be issued"
The hour OF the wedding and the
name OF the officiating clergyman
were not announced. The president.
however. made 1t known that no
wedding gifts are desired. Despite
this. however, diplomats. royalty and
high officials are likely to make
spleadid presents,
What the plans for the presiden-
tial honeymoon are is still secret.
II is believed, however. that the
couple will take trip either to the
south or to New Jersey. This must
necessarily be short, for congress
convenes after the holiday recess ear
ly In January.
Moreover. the president and his
bride will formally open the social
season January with q reception
for delegates and wives attending the
Pan-American congress.
The brilliant New Years reception
which has marked other administers
tions will be missing because Of the
fact that all diplomats are supposed
to attend this, and under war con-
ditions their meeting together would
be embarrassing.