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Evening star., 1915-11-28
FAVORITES SPLIT CARD.
Juarez Races Under Selling Condl-
tions, With No Close Finishes.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
JUAREZ, Mexico, November 81
Three favorites, a second choice and
two outsiders Won at Juarez this aft
crnoon. The sport was highly enjoy
able despite the fact that all races
We're under selling conditions and no
close finishes resulted. White, which
was under restraint throughout. beat
Hard Ball and John Graham in the
feature. Seneca is counted upon as a
winner by stable connections tomor-
row. Summaries:
First race, selling: three year-olds and up: five
furinnss- California Jack. i07 tHenryl 6 10 /, :
~ ! and even. Won: General. 1oT ,Cullenl. even.
70 and out. second; Jennie Crawford io7
.SnzeD 3 10 l. and | TO :. third. Time,
~ 20 Iiliotson. Brishousc, Spirelia and Up
Second race selling three car-olds and up;
flvc and one half fnrlongs- undauntcd. to5 Pooh
t@ - 10 : and !. 10 10, won; Beverly James,
even. thtrd Time, los %. " wa1smaIl Hish is;h
street. IiapSsirg II and Hearthstcne also ran.
mile Wilhitc. loo Cfiunt. ) 10 =, TO 4 and
out, won: Hard Ball, 1o3 ,stearnsD, to l, . 70
and even, second John Graham, 10, palms,
to l. to 10 and out. third. Time. f.io. Lou
ise Paul Goldy and Any Port also ran.
i've and onc.half furlcng rndauutcd, 11o5 POOH:
even. TO 10 and to ), won: Oakland. 1oI
lSteafnsl 70 J. > to . and to >. second; Busy
Edith. 10 tMcCahe 10 l. :; TO :, and l 10 &,
third Time. 101. Dad Davies, Streathcrp,
lersyille and Lef9rd also ran.
Fifth race selling: three -year-oids and up:
five and ,aie-haif furlonGs-.Iake Argent, liz
20 BrienJ. 2 10 !, ! to 10 and to ?; won; Bosey
second: Old Coin. 10 O'Maloncyl, to 1. {; to =
and 8 TO >, third. Time, Los 10 Bunny, Mar
sand. Swede Sam and Noble Grand also ran.
Sixth race. selling: thrce-year-ods and up; one
mile-Aiariorie u. 9S tStcarns,. 10 10, l to 3
and ont. Skinny E. 100 tStirlinGl. 30 to L.
& to / and 3 TO /. second: Peter Stslwart. IS
tHunt'. Z to |, 10 ! and even third. Time,
A. 10 Cisko. Lady Innocence. Bonnc's Buck
Rose O'Ncil. Moonlight and Acumen also ran.
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Winner Was Lucky.

Turner had aroused kewessa, but he
vas forced to go TO the outside to find
clear racing room. and this cost the
SON of MCGEE considerable effort. leav-
ing the bachstretch, the Oliver sprinter
had moved up so well that he seemed to
have winning chance. but the run had
taken i lot out Of him. while sand
Marsh the leader. thanks to his good
break had all the luck.
rs he made the turn for home, and
al effort to catch him. Back Bay
swung wide at the corner. and when
Turner came up with kewessa still out
side of him ne again lost deal of
ground. Through the run home True
as Steel saved ground by coming in
side of both Sand Marsh and Back Bay,
aud that earned the place for him.
kewessa finished very gamely and
landed safely in third. but he was too
seriously handicapped in the running to
beat home True as Steel for the place.
\ bad-looking race was the mile and
quarter. that was won by j. L.
Strode's Billie Baker. In this running
William CahilFs Polly H. failed to fin
tsh inside the money, though in her last
previous performance she looked all
over a winner before post time. Hayes,
who rode her when she won. had the
mount, but he rode a different race to-
day. When the mare dropped down win
ner Hayes brought her through a
"knotho1e" in the stretch, but today he
pulled off the rail when he had plenty
of room.
Evening star., 1915-11-28
BERTH FOR HoPEWELL.
Powder Town May Get Franchise in
Virginia League.

LYNCHBURG, Va, November 27.-The
meeting Of the directors of tie Virginia
League has again been postponed on ac-
count of the inability of member of an
important committee to be present and
the session is expected now 10 be held
Monday. December s, at Norfolk. The
object of the meeting will be to fix the
circuit for next season and to elect a.
successor to President J. o. Boatwright,
who will not serve another term.
Hopewell, the powder town, seems to
have the call for the franchise to be
awarded at the meeting, but the fans of
Wilmington. y. G., are making a strenu-
Gus effort to land the berth. Good back
ing for HopeWell. however. will give that
mushroom city the call because of the
fact that it rs so much nearer to the
other towns. John Il. Locke of Newport
News appears to be the logical man for
the presidency for next season.
Evening star., 1915-11-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE AVERAGES
REVIEWED BY BILLY EVANS

Hard luck seems to have it in for
Fred Merkle with vengeance. The
averages show that he fell just one
noint shy of being classed as 800
hitter.
Gavvy Cravath of the Phillies, al
though regarded as an unusually $40"
runner led the National League IN runs
scored last season with eighty-nine.
Only five National League batters.
Doyle, Luderus, Griffith. Hinchrnan and
Daubert. batted better than 800. which
speaks well for the brand of pitching
or the opposite for the hitting.
Cravath. the Phillies' hardbitting
outdelder. fell one home run shy OF
equaling the major league record OF
twenty-five circuit drives, established
by Buck Freeman in 1899 when mem
Der of the washington club in the Ma
tional League.
Jack Coombs, when with the Ath-
letics was always regarded as a good
| hitting pitcher. Evidently he has lost
none of his cunning III that respect. for
| in ;wenty-six games with Bi 2okiyn
| last season he hit for mark of $50.
| In the matter of stolen bases there
| was a marked falling off among the
| National League speed merchants. Max
| Carey of the Pirates. with only thirty
six to his credit, tops the list. George
| Burns. who led in 1914 with sixty-two
| thefts, was able to steal only twenty
seven bases last season.
| The biggest handicap Brooklyn la
bored under in its fight for the pen
| versal of form shown by Outfelders
Wheat and Stengel in the batting de-
lpartment. Wheat, who hit .319 in 1914
batted only .25S, drop of sixty-o
| points Stengcl Jared even worse. In
1914 he recorded a mark of .316. while
| last season the best he could do was
| 237 shrinkaGe of seventy nine
| points. Some handicap for a pennant
! contender.
| The Boston Braves the world cham
pions of 1914, didn't have a 800 hitter
| in the lineup last season. which is
| ings' team didn't repeat. Connolly
| threatened with .298, while Magee was
second best with .2so. OF the first thir-
4 ty-two hitters in the organization only
| two were Bostonians.
| George Stallinqs secured Sherwoo
| Magee from Philadelphia because he
| believed his batting would Just about
! win the pennant again for the Braves
+. Magee then proceeded to upset the
| dope and batted thirty -four points less
| than in 1914
/ Pitcher Kantlehner, who gives great
promise of developing into star pitch
er Of the Pittsburgh team. also does
other things aside from pitching. The
II averages show him to be the best hit
ting pitcher in the older organization.
How the mighty hero of the world sc
ries OF 1914 hath fallen. Hank Gowdy
who became vaudevillian. and 8
PLAYER much sought after by advertis-
I ing firms because of his hard hitting ir
the big event. could show only a measls
247 batting average for last season.
1t begins TO look as though Outfieldel
1 Dave Robertson of the Giants Is COINS
to make good. all the nice things Nc
Gfaw once said about him. In lear
year for batting in the National Lea2u.
Robertson jumped his figure .266 to .294
ranking ninth In the list Of swatter'
III for 1915.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

Milton Stock, one of the players who
figured in the trade with Philadelphia
whereby Hans Lobert went to the
Giants. had the laugh on McGraw, for
he batted eight points better than the
former Philadelphian
That the Veteran Frank Schultz has
not yet lost his punch is shown by a
glance at the extra base swats. Twelve
home runs are credited to him. His
best record in that line was in 1911,
when he kept the Cubs in the race by
cracking out twenty-one drives for the
circuit.
The records show that one OF the
younger players of the organization,
who has never received much notoriety
as slugGer. ranked second to Cravath
in the matter of home runs Reference
Chicago club. who made thirteen hom-
ers during the season. Just about one
third of his hits were for extra bases.
When McGraw released SnodSrass to
Boston great many fans wondered
what reason the leader of the Giants
had for so doing. The averages ex-
plain explicitly why McGraw cut loose
from a player once so much in the
spotlight. Snodgrass hit for only .215,
hardly a fat enough figure to retain a
regular berth as an outfielder.
The change from st. Louis to Cincin-
natl had a most depressing effect on
| the batting average of Ivy Wingo, the
| player SO much wanted by the Fedora
League last winter. Wingo hit an even
| 800 in 1914 for the Cardinals, while the
| best he could do for the Reds last year
| was .22l.
| Father Time seems to have dimmed
! the eye of the veteran Tommy Leach
| The very best Tommy could register
! at the bat was the slim average of .224
| Despite age and continued use. his legs
| appear to have slowed up only tri-
| fe. as he managed to pilfer twenty
| bases for Herzog's team.
| The National League averages for the
| second time in the Inst nineteen years
/ contained the unusual fact that Hans
| Wagner had batted under the .30f
mark. For seventeen consecutive years
from 1897 to 1914. Wagner always man.
| aged to get into the charmed circle
| The first three years were spent with
| the Louisville club, the other fourteen
| with the Pittsburgh club. In that time
| his lowest mark was .305, made in 1898
| while his best year was in 1899, when
he swatted the pill to 1856 tune
! In 1914 Wagner surprised the entire
base ball world by having the poorest
| year of his career. He fell to mark
! of .252. Easing their predictions on his
critics figured that Wagner was
! through. A good many of them be
| lieved he would go even lower in 1915
I That player can come back to GER
tain extent was proved by Wagner last
year. Although he couldn't make the
800. he improved his average 2:
points, which is mighty fine for play.
er after nineteen years of big league
service. Yet it is mighty hard to rec
oncile ones self to the fact that Wag.
ner is through as 900 hitter
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HARD HITTER FOR BRAVES.
chanchey, Leader of South Atlantic
League, Signs Contract.

BOSTON, November 27.-H L. Chan
chey. an outfielder of the Macon, Ga,
team has been signed by the Boston
Nationals, Business Manager Hapgood
announced today. Chanchey led the
South Atlantic League batsneen in 1914
Evening star., 1915-11-28

tMcicani. S7.Sn. $40 $50. woa; Little Enr-
land. 10 tRu'wein. Si.1G. 500 ~ccnnd: bflah
Rnym Ia; tIIaycsl. $3.50. third Time iho Ia
Scvcnih race, selling: three Neafolds and mp
ward: our mile and seventy yards -Eepuulleah
itu tSchnttingerl $40. S5.IU. $50. won:
Borgo. 100 tMountainl. $lO.@o. $50 second:
Iitffc Nearer. li3 t'itzl. S3.2o third lime
1.i6 p Ncphtys, Patience, Corscan ana Al
dpt al ran
Evening star., 1915-11-28
HARD GAMES LISTED
Catholic University Has Stren-
uous Basket Ball Schedule.
TWO VETERANS AVAILABLE
P. Cartwright and Caffrey Only
Members of Last Years Aggre-
cation on Squad.

Catholic University will have rep
resentative basket ball team this sea
son, and it will have to show lot of
class in order to make a good showing
in the recently arranged schedule,
which pits the c. L. quint against some
of the crack teams in this section.
Several games are to be arranged
with the Virginia College quint, but
the dates for those games have not
yet been arranged.
Fred Rice. one of the cleverast basket
ball coaches in this section, will again
handle the C. L. squad and the chances
are that he will have a stronger lot of
candidates to draw from this fall than
ever before Only two members of last
years team remain on the squad,
which follows: P. Cartwright and Caf-
frey of last years team, keegan, ~
ney. Calvin of st. Joseph, Shortley of
Duquesne, Mannion. st. Mary's. Ken
lucky; Glenon, Amburg, Greer, O'Toole
and Costackis.
manager and Walter Norris assistant
manager.
SCHEDULE
Dec. 1I-Mount $. Joseph's at homo.
Dec. is-':allaudet, at Kendall Greer.
Dec. y Meant ST. Joscph's. at Baltimore
Dec. :2-Colgate. at home tpendingl.
Jan. 12--St Johns College. at Annapolis Md.
Han. 13-Gettyshurs. at home.
jan 15-$ayy. at Annapolis, Nd
Ian. i9-d;allaudet, at home.
IAN 2l-Nuhenbnrc. at home.
Jan. 25-GcnrSe Washington, at home.
Jan 2s-Eehgii. home.
Feb. :-Albright. at home ,pendins
Feb. 11-WeSt Virginia Wesleyan at home.
Feb. i2-Gcorge Washington at Y. VI. g. A.
Feb. iB-Inhigh. at South Bethlehem. Ia.
Feb. 17-Aluhlenburg. at Allentown, Pa.
Feb. 1s-Swa rttmGre. at Swarthmore, Pa.
Feb. 19-Delaware. at Newark trendinel.
Feb. Wa sbington and Lee, al home.
Feb. 26-Buckneii, at home.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

The girls basket ball team was or
ganized Friday night. and Miss Mar
garet Tew of 1898 Sd street northeast
was elected manager. The girls are
anxious to play any girls team In the
District and games can be arranged by
addressing Miss Tew.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

The candidates for the Gallaudet Col
lege basket ball team will be called out
tomorrow afternoon for their first hard
workout. Their first game will be
played with the Baltimore City College
FIVE December Is. followed by their
hardest game of the season on the 18th
against Catholic University.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

Referee-Mr. W. s. Lansford. Trinity. Umpire
Mr. J. A. Evans. Williams Head linesman-Mr
Carl 5. Marshall, Harvard. Time OF periods-l5
minutes. Army scoring: Touchdowns-Oliphant
t2l Goals from touchdowns-Oliphant( (2). Sub
stitutions: Army-Rritton for Red6eld, knight
for Jones' Goodman for McEwan. Holmes for
Meacham Parker for Weyand. TIlly for Ney
land, Mitchell for Ford, Hoge for Coan. Navy
Blodrett for Won Heimberg Jackson for johnson,
Miles for Davis, Orr for Miles.
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cspted by a Navy backfeld man neal
the Navy goal line.
Army Penalized Is Yards.

Won Heimberg punted to the Army's
45-yard lflie. Olphant made a short
gain around Nays right end. Then the
Army was penalized Is yards for
holding. On a fake kick formation
Mitchell carried the ball to West Point S
the sturdy Oliphant. who plunged his
way through the Navy line to the Sail
ors' 43-yard line. 1t was fine piece OF
work. Oliphant was again given the ball
His success in carrying the ball brought
such good results that he was again
called on for a line-smashing play.
Again he made good and downed the
ball on Nays 2s-yard mark.
Time was taken out to patch up in
jured players on both sides.
During this period rain kept falling and
a light mist settled over the field.
When play was resumed Mitchell
plugged the line for a 1yard gain. Oil
plant lost yards in the play outside
Navy's right tackle.
Coffin attempted a forward pass which
was intercepted by Craig and it was
the Navy's ball on their own 15-yard
line when the period ended.
The Sailors opened the final period by
hitting the West Point line for 2
yard gain. Failing to penetrate further,
Won Heimberg punted high and it was
the Army's hall on the Nays 4S-yard
line. Olphant failed to gain through
the Navys left side.
Oliphant tried a forward pass and 1t
was intercepted by Craig. who was
thrown on the Navy's 45-yard line.
Goodman took McEwan's place in the
Army line Craig ran the bali around
the Army's left wing TO midfieid. a for
ward pass by Craig was intercepted by
Coffin, who was thrown on West Points
40-yard mark. Coffin failed to gain and
the Army punted to Won Heimberg on
the Nays 25-yard line. A forward pass
was intercepted by Gerhardt. who ran
the ball back to Nays 35-yard line.
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Blodgett Replaces Won Heimberg.

Blodgett took Won Heimbergs place
Oliphant failed to gain through the
Navys right wind. Oliphant tried for
ward pass, but it grounded and it was
the Navy's ball on downs on Annapolis
35-yard line. Blodgett shot a forward
pass out of bounds. Blodgett then
punted to Oliphant on the Army's So
yard line. Oliphant made 6 yards.
before he was thrown Coffin whirled
through the Sailors left wing to the
Army's 40-yard line. Britton replaced
the Navy's S5-yard line and then
Blodgett tried another forward pass
which grounded.
The Army was penalized 5 yards
The Navy made an unsuccessful try
to swing around West Points right
wing. Time was again taken out be-
cause of injured players Capt. Miles
succeeded Davis at left halfback for
the Navy. A fake play for forward
pass resulted in loss for the Navy.
the ball being downed on Navy's 40
yard line. Capt. Miles was hurt in the
first scrimmage and time was again
taken out The Navy captain was car
ried off the feld, and his place was
taken by Orr. AS play was resumed
all the lights on the elevated railroad
surrounding the Polo Grounds were
turned on: Blodgett here made the
DrettteSC diu pass ~ tAAS eoihS'
Jackson taking the ball and downing
it in midfield. Another forward pass
failed.
The forward pass was tried for the
third time and again it was grounded.
For the fourth time the Navy essayed
a similar play, and again 1t was fall
ure. Blodgett then punted to Oliphant
out of bounds on the Army's 15-yard
line 1t was growing quite dark and
the players followed the ball with diff
A center play on the part of the Army
failed to gain, and then Oliphant.
taking a pass from the center on his
own I5-yard line, broke through the
Navy team and carried it to midheld.
Half the Navy team hung to him and
he was finally tripped by Blodgett. The
Navy was penalized 10 yards. and then
the ARMY suffered a similar penalty.
Mitchell broke through the Navy line
to the 25-yard mark. The next play
through the Navy's left side failed to
gain. Oliphant plugged the Sailors
Center for yards. The Soldiers
pushed their way through the Navy to
the NAVY 15-yard line.
Parker took Weyand's place. and
Holmes relieved Meacham.
The Army tried both sides of the
Navy line for slight gain. and then
ARMY lost the ball on downs. Hoge
renlaced CONN Blodgett shot for
ward mass. but Hoge knocked it down.
Then BIodeett punted to Oliphant in
midfeld. and the former Perdue star
ran the ball back to tho Nays S0-ysro
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Field Horses One-Two-Three.

There was something of a surprise IN
the opening number when three of the
horses that sold in the field were first,
second and third. Bunece, the winner,
Jumped 10 the front at the rise of the
barrier and never left the result in
doubt TO beat home Minstrel while
Royal Tea was the one to finish third
In this race Dinah Do was unfortunate
at the break and Gar Mlchael swerVed
and had scant chance.
1t was only the incompetent ride of
Jockey Buxton that brought about the
defeat of Richard +. Carmans Ella
Rrysou in the mile and twenty yards
OF the second race. This went to
Louise Travers when harrington plain
" outrode the more experienced
Jockey.
Jockey 8cCahey sought the mount
on Dicks Pet and he made no mistake.
She performed in the mile and quar-
ter Of the third race and McCahey,
handling her skillfully. made it an easy
score over Sigma Alpha and MISS
CaVanagh-
]. r Sveeney's Harry Lauder show
ed 2 very decided awakening when he
was winner of the mile and sixteenth
Of the sixth race. In this Jabot maze
early pare, but Little England went 10
the froIst 50 easily when reaoE that ne
looked = sure winner IN the stretch,
when Harry Lauder came along and
beat him in a drive.
A. the end of the program c. @
Srri=hscn's Republican came back with
y good race aud handiIy won over +.
J. aicCsraw's Borgo, which ran a great
~ improved race, with Little Nearer
dropping iato third place.
The Summaries.
Fi-st rsro. ceiling. all age; slx furlonss-
H-airr. ias fWolsteHbolni, ~. $40, $50,
vo7. Minstrel, 1oi ,RnxtonJ. $50. $50, sec
orI pnv9l Tea ifis tMeEernott, 81. -. THIRD.
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Lineup and Summary.

line. Here the game ended with the
final score. Army, IA; Navy, 0.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

II begins TO look as though Outfielder
Dave Robertson of the Giants Is going
to make good. all the nice things Nc
Gtaw once said about him. In lean
year for batting in the National League
Robertson jumped his figure .266 to .294.
ranking ninth In the list Of swatters
for 1915.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

|
| mediately sprinted for the Navy goal
and passed the 25-yard line before he
was pulled down.
Here oliphant was given the ball and,
slipping through a hole in the center
! of the Sailors line, he lodged and
ducked his way past the secondary de-
fense for the Army's second touch-
down, from which he kicked goal COM
pleting the scoring for the day.
Although Oliphant was the star OF
the game. his brilliant play was made
possible by the excellent support af-
forded him by the other members OF
the cadet eleven.
There Was No Upset.
For once a least. this season an east
ern gridiron battle of more than ordi-
nary Importance and interest was
fought out to the end without either
upset or reversal of foot ball form. Be
fore the contest the wagering favored
the Army at odds of to 5, and the re,
suit showed that these figures. based
upon the seasons play OF the Two teafhs'
were not misleading.
With both elevens keyed TO the iast
notch for the final and most important
game of their schedule, there was the
same variance in offensive and defen-
sive strength that has been indicated
by their respective work all fall. Ihe
cadets showed greater power. both in
attack and in defending their own
goal line, than the middies. ASIDE
from occasional gains made through
forward passing, or an end skirting
dash by Craig, Annapolis lacked the
drive and strategy to pierce the West
Point forwards for consistent gains.
The mddies best exhibition was made
when on the defense. and they fought
so hard both individually and collec-
lively that the Army time and again
was forced to kick after failing to
gain bv either line plunges or end
r,Ippjpc
Evening star., 1915-11-28

How the mighty hero of the world Sc
ries OF 1914 hath fallen. Hank Gowdy,
who became vaudevillian, and
PLAYER much sought after by advertis-
ing firms because of his hard hitting in
the big event. could show only measly
24T batting average for last season.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

Pitcher Kantlehner, who gives great
promise of developing into a star pitch
er OF the Pittsburgh team, also does
other things aside from pitching. The
averages show him to be the best hit
ting pitcher in the older organization.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

George StallinRs secured Sherwood
Magee from Philadelphia because he
believed his batting would Just about
win the pennant again for the Braves.
Magee then proceeded to upset the
dope and batted thirty -four points less
than in 1914.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

his own 34-yard line. A double pass.
Craig to Martin, planted the pgskin on
to go through center, and was thrown
for a loss by OHare. Won Heimberg
punted to Ollphant on the Arny's 35-
yard line. Coffin made yards through
Navy<s left tackle. A trick play. with
Oliphant carrying the ball, was broken
up by the Navy without gain.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

The Boston Braves, the world cham
pions of 1914, didn't have 800 hitter
in the lineup last season. which is
probably one good reason why Stall
ings' team didn't repeat. Connolly
threatened with .29S, while Magee was
second best with .280. OF the first thir-
ty-two hitters in the organization only
two were Bostonians.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

Blodgett took Won Heimberg's place.
Oliphant failed to gain through the
Navy's right wind. Oliphant tried for
ward pass. but it grounded and it was
the Navy's ball on downs on Annapolis
35-yard line. Blodgett shot a forward
Evening star., 1915-11-28

Jack Coombs, when with the Atm
letics. was always regarded as a good
hitting pitcher. Evidently he has lost
none of his cunning III that respect. for
in twenty-six games with Bi 2okiyn
last season he hit for mark OF .2So.