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The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Fordham Is Defeated
In Two Hard Contests
GaIaudet Wins from New York Quint 81 to 25 in After
nOOn While Hilltop Five Is Victorious in
Night Game, 81 to Is.

The Georgetown basketball team easi-
iy defeated the Fordham team, of New
York, last night in the Ryan gymnasium
in a rough and uninteresting game, score,
81 to 16 Tonight the Fordham team is
leaving for Gotham with four defeats to
their credit, all being administered by
Washington colleges. The local quint
had it all their own way. scoring IS
points to their opponents in the open
ing stanza and practically duplicating this
feat in the second half
The showing last night of the visiting
quint was entirely unexpected, as they
defeated the same team in the latter
part of last month by a decisive score
in New York. though their poor exhibl-
ton OF this popular sport was really
caused by overwOrk, trying to play four
games in but three nights. and then
after this hard work shipping the poor
individuals back to school last night.
This last fact alone is enough to slow
any team up.
The work of the Hilltop five in the
line of passing was far above the or
binary, and with a few fine shots on
the part Of Tormey helped considerably
for a local victory. Walsh was again the
individual star OF the Fordham five,
scoring ten of his teams total
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

yards you make on your drive.
Tn. space for approach shots is net
ted off in the same way, and the target
is also pocketed OF; but in this case
the number of yards indicated by the
pockets run from ten to 100 yards. In
both places the player tees off on a
piece of mating similar to a door mat.
which makes an excellent imitation of
turf. The green" is a large square of
sanded carpet. with two cup-shaped
devices for the holes.
The object of the indoor game is to
develop form" and accuracy and the
way you would proceed to play a
round" is this:
How IL Is Played.
First. you drive of in the driving
space and the pocket in which your
ball is deposited denotes the number
of yards you have made on your drive,
Say you make $50 yards on your drive.
The hole" is 800 yards. You still lack
fifty yards of being on the green" so
you step over to the approach target
and try to drop your ball in the fifty
yard pocket which will place you on
the green Needless to say. you can't
always do this in "one" and it may be
decidedly several before you have made
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

lady of one of Washington's best
known families was busy trying to
coax the ball into the small round cup
shaped device that served as the hole"
Over and around went the aggravatIng
little ball in the most tantalizing man
ner, but never would it condescend to
plunk squarely into the hole where it
belonged. as do all well behaved little
golf balls, especially when driven by
trim little ladies.
Dear me-" she exclaimed at last. 1T
just won't go in"
That's easy" said her pretty blond
haired companion, as she glanced up
from wrapping a bit of tape around
her club. Just get it up close and
push it in"
.ober had by this time come back
from instructing a novice in the art
of holding a club.
You have quite a crowd here?" I
suggested.
Yes, we have them coming in all
day." said he, as he was called away
to another part of the store.
While he was gone L gazed about
me at the scenes of activity. for every
one seemed to be, doing something. The
young lady had succeeded in getting
her ball into the hole, although
whether she had to take the advice
OF ner IrlenQ 10 push IL III uOn
know. The large man in the green jer-
sey was on the green" and trying to
'hole-in." Beckett was instructing a
small man with brown curly hair how
to follow through" on his iron shot.
COnVersatISns Prove Interesting.
/ strolled over to the green" to
watch the large mans efforts to hole
out" before his best friend could beat
him to it. The conversations were in
teresting to say the least.
The best friend was heard to mutter
to himself as the large man stopped
over to make a siX-inch putt" Good
night! He can't miss that" Then as the
ball rolled up the inclined surface and
right down again. Gee! 1 guess that's
poor"
Large man says something under his
breath and watches gloOmily while his
best friend takes his turn. They are
both even on the number of holes that
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

up the difference. and landed your ball
theoretically on the green"
Having made the green" you are al
lowed a five-foot putt for the hole. So
you see the chances are as nearly sim
liar to the outdoor phase of the game
as human ingenuity can make them.
Any course in the country can thus
be played. All you have to know is the
number of yards for each hole of the
course to be played. and then figure
accordingly.
AS / approached the links" about a
dozen people were standing about the
large room in the various attitudes ac-
knowledged to be good form in golf.
At least they were trying to stand in
these attitudes. Some of them were
successful and some were not. You
could tell the ones who were not be-
cause there were always three or four
telling them that they were. not.
Friend Has Narrow Escape.
One large individual in a green jer-
sey had just finished a stroke in very
bad form. say very bad form be-
cause he had just missed the nose of
his very best friend by a very few
inches and his very best friend had
not quite recovered his composure.
A tall well built fellow with a nice
grin stepped up and Hello, WorIey."
said he.
Hello. Ober." l returned. for it was
Henry n. Ober. manager of the links
and Saks & Co.'S right hand sporting
goods man who owned the grin, you
have a nice place here. Who pays for
all the windows"
Windows? Why. VIC never break
any," he replied. You understand the
nets stop all that"
The first idea that strikes one when
you mention golf indoors. is that
something must be broken. therefore
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Worlds Greatest Horse
Race Track at Aintree
English Steepechase Course Which Both Riders and
Horses Have Been Killed Has Thirty
Hard Barriers.

who cleared no less than thirty-three
feet when jumping the last fence. took
fourteen minutes and fifty-three seconds
TO cover the course, while the average
time today is just over nine and a half
minutes.
, Bccher's Brook, which in the first place
WAS simply a ditch about six feet wide.
mas since been made into a very for
midablc affair. II now consists of a
thick thorn fence, four feet ten inches
high. with q rail two feet in front and
a natural brook about eight feet wide oR
the far side ard four feet deep. This
has to be cleared twice. and generally
proves the undoing Of the majority of
starters. If. however, they clear this
obstacle. they have an equally difficult
one TO negotiate in Valentines Brook-a
thorn fence five feet high. with rail in
front two feet high and a brook on the
far side.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
wild Bill Cannot Get Over the
High Salaries.

Wild Bill Donovan now manager o the New
York Yankees can't get over the high salaries
they paying hall players these days Bill re-
calls the early days Of his pitching career when
the limit for players was 200. Few and far
between were the players who received more thar
the limit. win" Mercer the old Washington
pitching star. was one Of the few. Wins" sal
ary stipend was $500, 81. 100 over the limit.
Bill ays he used to stand in Open-cyed Won
deTment every time he saw mercer to think that
he was receiving that enormous amount Of money.
He went far to figure Wins" pay out by
the month, wek day. hour. minute and second.
II almost inconeeivabe to wild Bills" way
Of thinking-then- Now-Eeil it's different now.
Salaries q $50 are easily the rule instead Of the
exception while some Of the gay pastiners
above Sl0OoO and q few Of them between $1,000
and SO.Oo0.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
LAST WEEK' s RESTITS
To Pay at Exposition.

Washington Pa. Feb. 6.-AisnaSer r. NJ Muir
Ply. Gf the Washington and jefferson football team.
announced :oday that the 1915 team win play a
game at the Panama-Pacihc Exposition In the latter
Tart Of August or early in September. il the man
agemcnt Of the exposition arrange for an oppos-
ing team. Some time ago the exposition manage
ment proposed game between the University Of
Michigan and the Washington and jefferson trans.
but arrangements were. called of when Coach Yost,
Of Michigan. denurred Manager Murphy Is conf
dent that a game viii be arranged and tentative
plans being made TO play various teams through
out the west. either the trip to the Coast on
the return journey. Sevgsal Western teams have
already asked for dates with the Washington and
jefferson team.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
BECKETT 1NsTRUcT1NG YOUNG LADY

Henry n. ober. himself a welIknown
follower of golf. is enthusiastic over
the way in which the idea has worked
out. So many people have been in to
use the courts that he is planning to
organize an indoor golf club among
Washingtonians who want to play the
game the year around.
Besides Beckett and Ober, Saks &
Co. have obtained the services of Tom
Mercer, formerly a professional in
structor at Edenborough. Scotland. and
he will devote his entire time to his
speciality, the making OF golf sticks.
Many players, especially after they
have learned to play well. prefer TO
have their sticks made to order, for in
this way they get the correct length.
weight and lie to their clubs and their
game is improved thereby.
How the Course Is Laid.
The floor space is divided to repre-
sent the three departments OF the
game itself. namely driving. approach
ing, and the easy looking, but far from
easy, putting. The space for driving is
marked OF with linen netting and the per-
son driving off sends the ball against
a canvas wall in which there are big
pockets which register the number of
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

the window idea. I don't know how
you get the idea that q golf ball
driven indoors must naturally go
through a few windows in the course
of its flight, but such is the case A
sort of superstition, I guess, like the
belief that when a youngster bats a
ball on the corner lot it is almost GER
tain to carrom through the window Of
grumpy Mrs. Smith, although her win
dow is the hardest to hit in the whole
neighborhood.
So it is that when you think of con-
fining to a small indoor area the big.
rangy game that takes acres OF val
liable land that might otherwise be
used to enrich the pockets of the real
estate dealer, you sort of wonder how
it can be done.
Large Man Tries Again.
Just here stepped carefully behind
the nearest post for the large man
who had so nearly massacred' his
friend. having finished explaining that
his stroke would have been better form
If he had missed his nose (his friend's)
just a couple of inches more, was
about to take another hercuIean swipe
at the ball and 1 did not intend to let
him bounce one off my anatomy.
Slowly he heaved himself into the
correct position. and amid the jeers of
his friends swung hopefully at the lit
tie white ball on the mat before him.
Blam, went the ball into the lower
right hand corner of the target. Con-
sidering that he had wanted to go into
the upper right hand corner it wasn't
such a bat shot-for him. The other
time he didn't even hit the target at
all.
Lady Golfer Gets Peeved.
Over on the sanded carpet that
served as a putting green. a fair young
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Montreal Skater Wins.

SATanac Lake, Feb. SIN the international out
door skating championships here yesterday the final
heat Of the +o-yard aee vas won BY r. L. Wheeler.
Of the Montreal A. A. A. Time. Il 70 secondS
In the 2D-yard hurdles the final heat was taken
BY Edmund Horton Of Saranae Lake. In . IS
seconds
The mile event was won by H. Cody. Of Toronto
Time 258lS The tWo-mie race with twenty
seven starters was won By r. L. Wheeler. q Mon
treal Time sds The hah-miie even. for boys
a. won by D. Ambris Of Saranac Lake.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Saks & Co.'S Links Are
Thronged from Early Morn
Until Evening.
BEST COURSE IN SOUTH
Floor Space Divided to Rep
resent Three Departments
Of the Game.
BY NAT T. WORLEY.

In spite OF a good breakfast, I swore
al Fate as trudged up the steps OF
The Herald Building and wended my
weary way to the home of the sport
ing department.
In my mind. I pondered over the
problem which was worrying me
WHY. thought l. should Dame Fortune
send US snow when we wanted fair
weather and visions of the game OF
golf I had arranged to play with Hip
DuEan at the Bannockburn golf course
took wings and vanished into thin air.
surveyed my friend Dugan from his
throne behind his desk over near the
radiator HisI immobile countenance
gave no Indication that he shared my
sorrow.
match is of"
"Hows that" said he.
ITS showing and we may as well
got out our sI"ds,' l replied. in tone
Of hnaIity. while the radiator sputter-
Cd and puTcd in a key which remind
ed me Of lost shade trying to digest
the box score Of cricket game: -,
'.That's nothing" said Hip. we II
MIA, indoors" and while l gazed at him
iurrrdIIousIy he told me about the new
indoor course which has been installed
by Saks y Co.
Nodesty alone prevents me from
telling you about that golf match and
besides. my story is about Washing
tom latest athletic fad, indoor golf.
Tucked away on the fourth floor of
Sal,s & CO.'S store. where everything
p,.rtaininE to athletics can be found
iS the. first indoor golf links ever laid
out in Washington.
Howard Beckett in Charge.
Here under the professional eye of
Howard Beckett and the fatherly care
Of Henry y Ober, from eight in the
morning until six in the evening, the
beginner and the old timer swat the
little white ball and test their skill on
the putting green.
For the indoor golf course is not
only to serve as means of educating
the. novice hut serves as well to keep
the veteran player in condition during
the long winter months when the
ground is often covered with snow.
New York City. the leader in all
things, claims the credit for the
scheme and from Gotham the idea has
spread throughout the East until Phil
adeIphia. Baltimore. Buffalo and Wash
ington now boast these courses while
in the West Milwaukee and several
other cities have followed suit.
Although nc was not the originator
or the idea. Tom Wells. known the
country over a. a professional golfer
and instructor. was one of the first
men to see the possibilities of the in
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Orders to Arrest Jack johnson.

Il PasO, Tex, Feb. 6.-lmmizAtion authorities
wcst Of this city have received instructions from
Washington TO watch for Jack johnson, the negro
rugilist, and to apprehend him should he attempt
10 pass through the United States to Juarez where
befe last might that johnson was due in Havana.
Cuba. Wednesday. hut that the ship On which he u
sailing Is tNoS days oTerdns.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Old Ball Player Dies.

Chicago Fet. 6.-Roscoe Barnes. sixty-hTe the
once famous baseball PLAYER, is dead at his home
here.
Ross Barnes during the T0s, was one Of the
original Big Four" composed Of Spalding, McFey,
Deacon Jimmy White and Barnes.
Barnes played with the Boston and Chicago clubs
Of the National League. He was with the champion
Bosons in 1877, ls73. 1874, and 1876.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Insists on Clause.

charley Etb<ts tod an interesting tale Of the
signing Of JACK coomts during the big Chic1eo anti
truss suit When Coonhs signed With us he in
sistsd that the ten-day eianse b inserted IN bis
contract. You see, II he doesn't make good, he
doesn't want US 10 keep him. II he does. he can
his teu-dAy notice and then leap 20 the FedA
According 20 Ehbets. setrnl third league Olnbs
want the former Athlete pitcher
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Turns Down Havana Offer.

New York Feb. 6.-Charles Reisler. manager for
Willie Beecher, light-wsight, today turned down
offer Of 800 made to Beecher for two fights in
Havana this month. Beechers program calls for his
hghting in and around New York on the dates set
for his engagement in Havana.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Senate Passes nn nm

Indianapolis Ind, Feb 6.-The Hirsch bin creat-
ing horse Rcng commission and lesaliHng the
selling Of pools through pari-mutuel machines and
creating a State racing commission has been re-
ported faTOrably by the senate Committee public
morals
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Cornell Day at Cleveland.

Cleveland Ohio. Feb. 6-Today Is Cornell Day in
Cleveland The Cornell University Alumni will give
a big entertainment and banquet tonight. Imme-
diately following the banquet moving pictures Of
the famous Conell-MichigAn game played last fall
at Ann Arbor will be shown.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

Substitutions-Cuuy for O'LOne. FlannigAn for
Shugrue, Klaubegg for DonneIly. Goals from court
Shugne t5 Clone o.. TOmey S). Kelly t9,
Walsh t2D. Dunn Dale, Flynn. Free tosse5 made
Kelly 5; Walsh (6l. Fouls caIled-Fordham, 10:
Georgetown. a Referee-Mr. CoIlihower. Time Of
peTiOds-O minutes
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

substitutions-walsh for Dunn. Dunn for Rodin-
sky. Dale for Repaci, Pemso for May, Meller for
Rasmussen. Goals from cnurt-Repacki a. Dunn
~, May. McEiEuy Cel, Walsh C2l. wenEsr (2J,
Rockwell ~. Rasmussen. wenger 81, Kelley. Free
tosses mAde-Rocswell t5l. Rspaci "a. Fouls called
-Gallaudet, 3: Fordham. s. Referee-Mr. Coli
flower. Time Of periods-2O minutes.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
waivers Before Law

st. Louis. Feb 6-Beczuse bis legislative duties
win prevent his reporting untl the Marsachusettst
legisIature adjourns about June l. waivers were
asked today on Kenneth Mash. Stats senator in
the Bay State md utility inasldr q the oardi-
nala
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Carter Wins Trophy.

PinehuEst, n c.. Feb. 6--Philip V. Carter. Of
the Nassau Club. was TIE winner Of the PRESIDENTS
Trophy IN this afternoons fnAi round Of the eieF-
snfh annual Fehruary gnlf .tournament with q up
rirtOp orr Gsrdin4 W. Whits. q FiushinE n. I.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
Friends Still Protest.

Friends Gonzaga game agreed upon q IS to % scoEe
in Friends favur. Disegsriing the sOal which the
Gonzaez coach protested this leaves a g to 70
score The game was remarkable in the accurate
shooting Of both teams n the hfzh indicates
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07
New Job for Irwin.

Boston. Feb. alt has been reported 6ere that
Arthur Irwin. former scout Of the Yankees win
MANAGE the Lowell team IN the New. Ensiand
League nsxt ysAr.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-07

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-01
IN HONOR OF AMERICAN GENIUS

GONE of Thomas Edison's practical, unobtrusive
~ patriotism seems to have been handed down to
his son, Charles.
The genius of young Edison runs to ART, the
long-haired short-purSed, Bohemian kind of art at
that But in the land of Bohemia he has developed
a very practical scheme for promoting patriotic art
in America
Young Edison would build monuments to the
long-neglected American song writerS-John How
ard Payne, Stephen Foster and others who have left
undying songs behind them.
Happily his plan does not contemplate litter
ING the city parks with statuary-t has more edi-
sonian originality than that his memorials would
be established in the hearts OF Americans and SO
he laid the corner stone OF his first monument the
other day when he petitioned the New York park
board to publish booklets containing the songs, the
life stories and the pictures of American song
writers.
His plan also includes public memorials to the
song writers when noted singers and speakers would
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-01
DISCUSSES PROHIBITION

Editor The Star: ! have thought
Of the effect that the new prohlhi.
ton Law would have on those men
who are in the habit Of taking
few glasses OF beer each day. say
ono or two glasses at the noon
hour and one or two glasses In the
evening on their way home from
work.
VIII the fact that they will have
to keep the beer In their homes
make Il more OF temptation for
them 10 drink more than they
would II they took Il downtown
and went home. where they can
get no more and where there is
none kept now?
win they drink the "a bottles
that the law allows them TO have
each month. In a few days. and
then start in on tho whisky that
the law allows them. or will they
finish the beer and not ask for any.
thing more TO drink until they are
allowed to get another case" law.
fully
| firmly believe that they will
drink the beer in a few days and
then start in on the one.half gallon
of whisky that they are allowed to
have in their possession.
This will mean that we will have
converted great many beer drink.
ers into whisky drinkers, and IL Is
certainly very much worse for a
man to he whisky than a beer
drinker.
am strong advocate OF nation.
al prohibition Of manufacture Of
liquor. hut do not believe that our
new state law will he anything but
harmful.
VIII some one else kindly give
his views on this subject?
| would like to hear the other
side OF the question
A ~ ms n
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-01
GOT A NICARACUAN PROBLEM

EROM Washington comes advice that Canadian
capitalists have asked for a concession from the
NicMaguan government for railroad across Nicara-
qua, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The concession has not, as yet, been granted,
but ii is strongly ntmated that it may be, should
congress fail to ratify the Ncaraguan treaty. A
Bhtsh-owned railroad across the IsthmuS would be
detrimental TO the Panama canal and Objectionable,
TO this government, nevertheless the United States
could raise no tenable objection. The coming ses-
sion Of congress should give serious consideration
to the treaty with Nicaragua
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-01
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