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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-10-27
it adds care buried under the ruins

it adds care buried under the ruins"
A dispatch from Odessa says: The
Turks have massacred the entire Ar
menian population Of Karasund, on
the Black Sea. Karasund has a total
population Of $4,000,
Joseph Frick, who was convicted
of murder on the testimony of his
IT year old son committed suicide in
shomicide row. in the Raymond street
Jail, New York yesterday. Prick hang
ed himself in his cell, The dead man
had been conviced of killing his 10
year old son.
John S. Ensor, Republican nominee
for the State Senate from Baltimore
county, was run down and killed early
last night by a street car on Park
Heights below Rogers avenue, while
on his way from Arlington to a poll
teal mass meeting at Govans, at
which he was to be the principal
speaker. f
The body of an Italian. who ap-
peared to have bee.. about 25 years
old, was found sealed in a vinegar
barrel in Chicago yesterday at lone
ly spot in the southwestern part of
the city. There was a wound in the
head, evidently made with a Ratchet.
and heavy cord was tied tightly
about the neck.
Thirty-four additional death SEN
fences against persons who were
charged with espionage and treason
have been pronounced by court-nla1-
tial at Liege. 1t is said that Pope Ben
edict, the King of Spain and Presi-
dent Wilson have been appealed to
by telegraph to intervene in behalf
of the condemned persons.
It is reported in Madrid that Prince
Camporeale, an Italian senator, anc
brother in law Of Prince Won Buelow
former German ambassador to Italy
SAYS that Prince Won Buelow, vii
shortly submit to the King of Spalr
and President Wilson scheme indi'
eating the lines on which Germany is
disposed to discuss peace"
A plot to blow up munition plant
was frustrated at Toledo, a few day!
ago by William J. Flynn, chief of thu
United States Secret Service. Sever
al Germans and Bulgarians had plan
ned to seek employment in the con
solidated plant where shells are being
made. The employees were on strike
The strike was settled shortly after
Flynn's visit.
The British transport Marquette
has been torpedoed by a submarine
in the Aegean Sea. Ninety-nine o.
those on board are unaccounted for
The steamer Marquette, before shr
was taken into the British govern.
ment service, was owned by tn At
lantic Transport Company and pliet
between Philadelphia and Baltimore
and London.
The First Baval:an army corps
which has been attacking east of Sou.
chez, has been practically wiped out.
being repulsed with saguinary loss
es. It was reinforced by Prussiar
guards, whose dead bodies mingle with
those of the Bavarians. 1t J; slgn.-
ficant that not one single attack was
able to withstand the French fire. The
German simply melted away.
'London despite the Zeppelin raids.
is safer than Mexico City," says Lion
ell H. Miller. an English banker. "The
Carranza Dc facto government vii!
never be able to keep order in Mex
co, and ] predict speedy return to
chaos unless the u. S. intervenes."
he continued. If the United States
keeps out of Mexico, England and
Eranco will intnryene. bringing about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

This column is open to questions
which should be sent in care of the
Sporting Editor, and to discussions by
the readers on anything connected with
hunting or target shooting.
L. r. F.
!. Would you advise the use of a
ball of wax melted and put into a shot
gun she1l-the shot poured over and al
lowed to, cool, SO that it would shoot
better at long range?
do not exactly see what the object
is in such procedure. II it is your in
tention to lubricate the barrel. this is
not necessary, as all good shot shells
as loaded by the factory have wads
which lubricate sufficiently. and give
the very best shooting results.
2. have 20 rifle, the barrel of
which cut in two and made a revolver.
The barrel adjusted to the stock is To-.
Which would you advise me to put on it
"a high front sight or low front
sight?
Ans. 1t does not matter how high or
low the front sight is, so long as. when
used with the rear sight,~it will put the
bullets where you want them to go. If
you wish to experiment to find out just
what height sight to use, make sight
string. This will hold on long enough
to tell you what height the metal sight
should be made, then make the metal
sight a little higher than you figure,
and by carefully filing it down, you will
get the gun sighted exactly to suit.
p. r. C.
1. Gould you please inform me if a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26
INQUISITIVE FANS.

Man on third holds his base until ball
is caught, then runs home. The coach
err sends back the runner coming from
second to third but heSis caught at
second for the third out. Does the score
count? The man scores before the man
is out at second. The umpire ruled that
the score did mot count.
j. G. wEHRLE.
The. run counted. Show the umpire
rule So.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in your pink sheet
Sunday how many games Boston of the
American League has won and lost
since August % to date; also, how
many games Detroit of the same
league has won and lost for the same
length Of time
A SUBSCRIBER AND FAM
Boston won twenty-four games and
lost eight: Detroit won twenty games
and lost eleven.
Sporting Editor STAR
Please tell odd Veritas" why so
many apparently new balls have been
discarded by the umpire during the
last three or four games. V.
By hitting the concrete stands the
balls are roughened in spots and when
pitched sail like an emery ball
Sporting Editor Star:
Kindly publish in your next sum
days pink sheet Gnquisitive fan col
umn) to settle an argument. Kindly
give cobb's lowest and highest batting
averages while with the Detroits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

16-gauge pump-action shotgun, shoot
ing No.. shot with modified choke
| barrel will do as good work and as
close shooting as full choke gun OF
a small gauge gun. We have to use
the large shot, as the closest we can
+! get to duck is fifty yards.
{ Ans. So far as 1 know, the concern
you mention does not manufacture a
i6-gauge gun. These guns are made
the use of a smaller than 12-gauge,
| especially your shooting conditions
are hard, and it is not possible to get
closer than fifty yards to the birds.
| .. I have 12-gauge gun that is
rusting slightly within an inch of the
| muzzle. There are also spots in each
barrel about two inches from the muz-
zle that are raised like blister. These
spots are not rusty. If you could give
any remedy through the columns of
your paper should be much obliged.
+! Ans. 1 have found the best way to
clean shotgun is TO use a brass
scratch brush either made OF wire
gauze or the usual bristle type Use
oil on the brush and give your barrel
a good scrubbing, and / think you will
find that the spots you mention will
decrease somewhat. 1t is not possible
to tell just what these spots are due
to without seeing them. 1 should
imagine THAI they are probably caused
ing, that is to say, little rust on the
bore scrapes off some of the lead of the
shot. II SO, the above remedy viii
pra ctically cure the trouble.
I. How does pitting affect the barrel
OF shotgun?
Ans. A shotgun barrel which is only
slightly pitted will shoot very nearly
rs well az perfect barrel. The tend
ency would be to have irregular pat
1 q nf oh
fired, there would be greater differ,
ences between the poor patterns and
good patterns than il it were in per-
feet condition.
2. Ii it safe to shoot twenty-six
grains of ballastite powder in the bar
rel OF badly pitted repeating shotgun?
Ans. It Is rather difficult to answer
this question without knowing exactly
how badly pitted the barrel is. Unless
the pftting Is serious. do not see how
it could cause any trouble to shoot the
load you mention.
w. L. w.
/. would like to know the speed of
fight Of wild geese, ducks, prairie
chickens and quail.
Ans. Wild geese average 10 feet per
from rs to AS feet per second, the
slowest being the MNllard and the fast
est being the canvas back. Prairie
chickens average IS feet per second,
and quail about the same.
?. What is the speed of No. s shot
and BIB shot fred from 12-gauge gun
with the average load of smokeless
powder? What effect has a heavy load |
of smokeless powder on the shot over
that of an average load of smokeiess
powder?
Ans. The average velocity. of a shot |
charge from 12-gauge shotgun, using |
drains of powder and II ounces Of |
shot is nearly the same with the differ |
ent sizes of shot. that Is, the actual 1
muzzle velocity. OF course, the smaller |
the shot the quicker the velocity is lost |
No. shot will average $50 feet per |
shot would be slightly higher. A heavy |
load of smokeless powder, such as 81.
drains, will run the velocity up so to as |
feet. and will have tendency to open
up the pattern. that Is. make the shot
spread more.
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finish. up today or tomorrow. Two Of
the three pairs continued and finished
up, but one Of them had to discontinue
their battle.
Many matches will be played today,
arrangements between the players
being made during the afternoon as
the different contests were decided.
Play. will start early this morning and
continue throughout the day, all the
singles of the second round being
scheduled. except where objections
were lodged with the committee on ac-
count of prior engager- ents.
The courts are in excellent condition
for fast play
The Summaries.
Following are the summaries on the
afternoons play:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SINGLES.
G. T. Sinclair beat G. a. Dorst Ga, 81
Sam Herrfck beat G. B. CraighiII, 60, Ct.
Ballard Moore beat G. g. Easley. s.g 81,
Arthur HELEN beat John Bridget. 6-3. o..
#. II; Head and G. Foster. drawn in this
group. failed to report for play giving Lou Doyle
MEMS SINGLES.
A. r. Calder beat Clarence Frey 1-s, e.,
A.J.Gore beat J. l.. Karrick s--3, s-l
II. Selden beat W. 6. MeNulty. "a, SO
J. h. Mcclure beat r. I. Fiemming 60, 6-3.
]. W Underwood beat c. p. Stevens, So,
81, So.
4 B s 2, b beat \ NJ MsIsra a. So.
B. D. Boteler beat n. L. Cook, 10, 6-1.
g. Hsrrle beat G. A. barnard. -, O..
Gould Lincoln beat Douglas Hillyer. rs,
G-s. lO-S.
q. l.. Lewis beat {. +, Clarke. 81, 81.
&C. g. Reynolds beat q. H. Dawson. 8-2. go
J. q. kallingsr. beat Jack Higgins, So, 81.
L. L. DOYLE by default
y. G. Howard. jr.. beat h. T. shannon. g. 8,
60, PHO. II
3 c. E. Davis beat r. N. Stuart, e., Sd.
4. =. Leach beat n. 8. Watson, 81. 60.
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on one hole, and it cost him seven
strokes Had he made a 5. he would
have had a Sc, which. is about as good
as can be made on the course.
Columbia players are playing the fifth
hole under special rules, the green
committee having announced that the
sowed ground to the left and right OF
the fifth fairway is to be considered as
"eround under repair" and ball
thereon may be dropped out, not nearer
the hole, without penalty.
Chevy Chase has announced that a
woman's tournament will be held Tor
it's members during the week of Oc-
tober Is to 20, while the men are com
peting in the Columbia event. Mrs. c.
L. Frailey and several other of the
prominent woman players will be called
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26
PAT MORAN HAS EXpERIN1ENTED
VERY LITTLE WITH PTIILLIES
Quaker Manager Got Line on His Men at
Training Camp and Kept Plugging Along
With Them Throughout the Season.

hon never has been stationed anywhere
else this season than. at second. Davy
Bancroft. as heretofore related, has
| been 1.-the short stopping Job in every
game the Quakers have played this
year, but not in every inning of every
game. Bobby Byrne was tried at sec
0nd and short when Charles Sebastian
| Doom was boss of the Quakers, but
| do anything but play the bag he has
| covered for SO long a time.
Whitfield Made Good.
The other members of the Clan Moran
| have been shifted around a little.
George Whitfield. who didn't want to
go to Boston last year and who had
to be coaxed to join the Phillies this
year, covered first while Capt. Luderus
was on the hospital list, and he has
worked in left and center. Also he
has done a little pinch hitting for the
Pennsyivanlans.
Oscar Dusey paseimed at second while
Niehoff was hors de pastime, and the
Texan also has dubbed and run for
George Paskert has done more shift
ing around than any other Phillie.
He has covered all the outfield posi-
tons and was briefly stationed at first
once. The Honey Boy also has been
called on to do pinch hitting tricks
Beals Becker has played two of the
suburban territories and has been used
as an emergency batsman. Once. pinch
hitting. the former Red came through
with a homer.
''Gavvy" Cravath. who is now after
Buck Freemanes home run record. has
played only one position this year
| right feld-and has been called on to
pinch pinch hit hit It. t is hardly necessary to
been requested to run for any sone.
j. Bud" Weiser has been stationed in
left and center fields and has figured
as pinch hitter and a pinch runner.
The first time he broke into cham
pionship game was in the latter capac-
lily, and Jack Coombs of the Superbas
promptly nipped him off second, to
snow him the difference between the
brand of ball played in the North
Carolina and National leagues.
Milton Stock has covered third and
snort this year. and like Weiser. Dugey
and Baumgartner has performed emer-
gency hitting and running stunts.
twenty three players into thirty-two
combinations, these being the positions
each man has played:
PLAYED FOUR POSITIONS.
Paskert-First base. left field, center
field and right field.
PLAYED THREE POSITIONS.
Whttted-.Farst base, left field and
center field.
PLAYED TWO POSITIONS.
Stock-Third base and shortstop.
Weiser-Left field and center field
Becker-Left field and, right field.
Adams-Catcher and first base
PLAYED ONE POSITION.
Rixey-Pitcher.
Demaree-Pitcher. .
Observation-Disclosures.
Chalmers-Pitcher.
Mayer-Pitcher.
Baumgartener-Pitch
TincuprPitcher.
| Oeschger-Pitcher.
McQuillan-Pitcher.
.Killifer-Catcher.
Burns-Catcher.
Luderous-First base.
Niehoff-Second base.
Byrne-Third base.
Bancroft-Shortstop
Dugey-Second base.
Cravath-Right field.
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Tried Nine Pitchers.

Moran has tried nine men in the box
this season, three men behind the bat,
five in the infleld and six in the out
field. The Iron Man among the Quakers
is Shortstop David James Bancroft, who
has taken part in every game played by
the present pace-setters and likely PEN
nant winners this season. David James
missed a few innings of the second con-
test with the Pirates July IL, saying
some rude things to Ernest Quigley,
and getting banished in consequence.
Milton Stock sat in for Bancroft the
rest of the time.
None of Moran's nine pitchers has
been called on to labor anywhere OUT
side of the box this year. Stanley
Baumgartner, on a couple of occasions.
has been showed into action as a pinch
hitter, and he and Ben lineup also have
been utilized as emergency runners.
The one Philadelphia backstop asked
to play out of position has been Jack
Adams. He sat in at first base for
Capt. Luderus for a couple of innings
once. Billy Kiilifer and Eddie Burns
have been called on to bat for weaker
stickers, but never have they been ask
ed to run for any athletes.
Capt. Fred Luderus has done nothing
else but play first base and Bert Me-
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upon to assist the committee and to
help decide upon the style Of play. 1t
is quite likely. however. regular tour
nament will be decided upon. with
followed by match play. The event
probably will take up the whole week.
All of the local courses are doing big
business these days, as practically all
and playing regularly. ~ some Of the
clubs a majority of their better players
were away for the greater part of the
summer, but the cold weather has
brought them back.
Z Hugo W. Hesselbach. one of the bet
ter players of. the 'Bannockburn Club.
is now away on business trip OF a
couple of weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26
Leagues Of That Character
Appear Unable to Continue
Activities.
FRANK MARSHALL GIVEN
SCARE BY AN AMATEUR
President Shipley Of franklin Club
Defeats Champion and Ties With
Him, Finally Losing.

What is the fundamental fault with
| interclub chess leagues that no city
seems able to support one for more
than one year? Certainly, as far as an
| outsider could judge from newspaper
reports. the Metropolitan Chess League
of New York city was a huge success
last year. vet only seven of the orig
| inal thirteen clubs composing the or
ganization reported at the annual
meeting, held last week, for the pur-
pose of electing officers and arranging
a schedule of matches for the coming
season. The meeting was adjourned
until October 2. and it is to be hoped
that the "holdouts'' can be lined up at
that time and the splendid contests Of
last season duplicated. When chess 10
fourishing in New York 1t is fiourish-
ing all over the country.
The annual championship tournament
of the Iowa Chess Association was
brought to a successful conclusion at
of Sioux City winning first honors with
a score Of 10k to IL and DR.. A. e.
Crew Of Marion, G. NJ. Sherrard of Fort
Dodge and w. Burde of Clinton tying
for second. third and fourth prizes.
Walter Penn Shipley, president Of the
Franklin Chess Club OF Philadelphia,
threw a scare into Frank Marshall,
United States champion, last week,
when. in a five-game match, played at
the Manhattan Chess Club, he won the
first game and drew the next two
However, Marshall settled down to
hard work at this stage of the con-
test, winning the remaining two games
and the match.
A most pleasing sign of the present
prosperous condition of the game in
this country is the recent revival of
the once celebrated Louisiana State
Chess Association, Seventeen players
entered the championship tournament.
held at the Century Club in Lafayette.
which was won by James Mcconnell,
jr., Of New Orleans with a clean score
of sixteen wins.
Boris Kostics. who Is touring the
country with such marked success in
blindfold and simultaneous exhibition
work, probably will entertain the menu
bers of the Washington Chess and
Whist Club and their friends during
the first week Of November. At present
the Hungarian master is in San Fran
cisco. where the following two games
were contested:
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By ERNEST !. LANIaAN.

Patrick j. Moran has dealt the theory
that whole army Of athletes is nee
essary to win a pennant an awful jolt.
The Quaker chieftain has had his team
out in front almost all season long, and
he has used only twenty-three players.
One of the athletes showed into action
by Manager Moran was Joe Oeschger,
now with Providence. who, though do
ing grand work for the Clam Diggers,
was not recalled by the Phils in time
to figure in the world series-provided.
of course, the Pills do figure in it.
No major league leader has done less
experimenting this season than Charley
Dooin's successor. He got good line
on his men at the training camp and
probably was the first of the command
ers to get his team within the player
limit. Weiser. an outfielder from the
North Carolina League, was the only
rookie retained after the season start
ed. additions to the team since the
pair Of pitching Georges-Chalmers
and McQuillan. John McGraw kindly
got Chalmers in shape for Moran,
Out, a free agent, passing up an OPP
portunity to go to Rochester in order
to show that he could stage a. come
back stunt.
One has to bark back to 1906 to find
a National League team that has won
the flag with as small roster as the
Pills of the present year. Then the
Cubs employed twenty-thre FASTENERS
the same number Moran has had
working this year. When Frank Leroy
Chance captured his second banner in
1907. the Bruins numbered twenty-four.
and when he landed his third flag, in
1908. he had twenty-six players. In
1910, the last year Of the Chicagoans'
greatness. twenty men drew
stipends from Taft, Murphy & Co. be-
tween the opening and closing dates
OF the championship season. Pitts
burgh finished first in 1909 with TWEEN
ty-nine performers. The number of
men. McGraw used when he was win
ming the flags Of 1911, 1912 and 1918
was. respectively. twenty-eight. TWEEN
weight and thirty-two. George Tweedy
Stallings. inventor of the reversible
outfeld, employed thirty-four men
while he was capturing the gonfalon
last year -
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DISTRICT. TENNIS
TOURNEY IS SUCCESS
FULLY STARTED
Continued from First Pase.)

racquet early in the first set and had
to play with strange one. To the
ordinary player such a shift would be a
very small handicap, but to the good
player 1t is one of gigantic proper
lions. especially as. in Hillper's case
the borrowed one was too heavy for
him.
Both Lincoln and Hillyer played SEN
sational tennis In spots, the former
depending great deal on steadiness
without brilliancy. while the latter lost
many points in trying for smashes that
carried into the net or outside the lines.
The gallery was quick to perceive the
good .shots and both players were
heartily applauded for their efforts.
Another Hard Match.
Another extremely hard match that
almost classed up with the stars was
that between D. c. Howard. jr.. and H.
T. Shannon. This battle also carried
through three sets and was won by the
former by the score of 6-3, GO and
12-10 Howard is one of the coming
stars of the District. and last spring
won the junior championship from
large field on the courts of the Dunn
barton Club. Shannon is little out OF
condition and. as he admitted after
the match, 1.-The youngster outlasted
him.
Other matches that went through
three sets were A. r. Calder beating
Clarence Frey, Is. 60 and SO, and
j. Y. Underwood beating c. p. Stearns,
3-6, 6--L and 60,
The preliminary matches were An
ished, the battle between Sinclair and
Dorst. tn former winning by Ga and
81. being about the only warm strug-
gle of that group.
Played Until Dark.
Play was continued until twilight and
Chairman Hume went down to the
courts and notified the players at e:15l
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Totals. 1856 5,21l 1O15 1,9:S 80 563
TIP to Thursday.)
Cobb's average for these years is
$40.
In 1908 he was second to Crisis OF St
Kouis, who had a batting average of
341 in sixty-four games, while in 1910
he was second to jackson of Cleve-
land, the latter with an average of
1887 in twenty games.
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second hole now being par instead of
s. The figures showing the changes in
detail are as follows: ~
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rwo KNIGHTS DEFENSE,
sICILLAN DEFENSE
Ruhiu~fo;n ilKc=ssor

(a) Mate was threatening and 70 the knieAe
could not be saved.
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Catcher Eddie Brennan, who was tenn
porarily put in charge of the Waterloo
Central Association team when Doc
Andrews was deposed as manager, will
be retained for next season, according
to announcement from Waterloo.
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Total. :. $3.50 yds. 20 e,os5 yds..
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Howard Beckett professional at the
Washington Country Club, had some
hard luck last week, or he might have
have stood for years. As 1t was, his
81 was a stroke better than the ex-
listing mark. Beckett got In Aropbie
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That more women are interested in
boxing matches these days than ever
before is proved by the numbers at
tending the contests in the east At the
observation-disclosures match at New York
there were at least 500 women present
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l. Gould you please inform me if a
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Sporting Editor Star:
A. man on second and a, man on third
on6 out. BatsndaA hits ny ball to left
field. Man ON second runs for third.