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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-25
BY q. C. BYRD.

Only five leagues were represented at
the meeting of the Amateur Base Ball
Association of the District of Column
bia last night. This indicates there is
not the amount of interest in the sport
this spring that has been evidenced in
previous years and possibly that the
game on the sandlots will not prosper
as it did in 1915. At least, the repre-
sentation at the first meeting last
night for the annual election of officers
was not very encouraging.
OF course. this is an exceptionally
late spring The weather SO far has
not been of a character conducive to
the production of intense interest i'll
base ball, and it may he that things
will begin to liven up considerably to-
ward the middle of April The various
organizations have delayed getting
themsely les in readiness for the sea-
son. perhaps. because the weather
conditions have been more favorable
to skating than to the summer sports.
IF this is the case then there will be
general enlivening within short
while and a more acute interest in the
various procedures.
At the meeting of the association
Robert II. Young again was elected to
the presidency. and the association
could have made no more happy
choice. Mr.. Young, during his admin
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Totals. i56 467 4G3 Totals. 474 All
PATENT OFFICE LEADING.
Hcme Club Interbureau Match At
tracts Many Shooters.

The Home Club interbureau shooting
contest at the indoor range. on 18th
street, continues to draw large crowds
of enthusiastic members of the Home
Club of the Interior Department and
their friends. The contest has been
running for the past month and is now
about three-fourths finished. The pat
ent office leads, with the extremely
good score of SO4, followed by the land
office. .S9, and the pension Office, 179.
The scores of the other bureaus of the
department are not far from those
of the leaders The geological survey
is making a strong fight, and E. Kirk
of that bureau has set a new mark Of
eS out of possible 100.
The following scores were made in
a special "sighting- in" match held las
night: $. T.. Bomar, Indian office, s5:
T.. Kirk, geological survey, 80; j. c.
Wheate. jr., patent office. IS: NJ. B.
Landers patent office. Sc: S. H. Weeder
land Office, Sc: j. f. Parnin. pension
office, So: l.. B. Raymond. pension office,
So; d. +. Wilson. patent office. II.
The committee on outdoor shooting
has arranged an elaborate program Of
contests which will start as soon as
the ranges are opened and the weather
permits. Arrangements have been
made to shoot at both the Congress
Heights and Winthrop ranges.
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Beach, Fla. says that is the only place
to 40 to get the big fish. II was out
on numerous occasions with friends. i"
he said. "and we never failed to re-
turn with good string"
Mack sparrough. Tom Brown and
William Wynkoop took their tackle
and went to outlet Lock Thursday to
try their luck with catfish
we had no luck" said Srarrouph
N" water was high and muddy"
The trio intend. however to make
another trip tomorrow and are hone
ful Of bringing home Il string of Mis-
sissippies.
Joe Warner took II dav off TUESDAY
ana wet his line at outlet Lock He
only got one small catfish, but had an
outing which he enjoyed. although it
was little too cold. nc said.
Martin Schneider is preparing to omen
hshing shore at River Springs, Md.
and according to John Hurley, sit will
be one of the best places to visit for
salt water fishing on the lower Poto-
mac 1t is expected the shore will be
iitted up for the reception of Martina
friends by May /.
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TIN WHISTLES LAST GOLF.
Parker W. Whittemore Wins First
Prize at Pinehurst.

P1NEHURST. n. c.. March 25.-The
last tournament of the season for the
Tin Whistles yesterday was a match
play against DOGGY for three prizes
presented by Leonard Tufts and the
club. In field of siXty-three starters
twenty three beat or were even with
DOGGY. First prize went to Parker w.
Whittemore of Brooilline. who was !
UP. His score of 20 was the best re
corded in tournament play over No. >
course this season.
C. F. Lancaster won second prize, and
third went to J. NJ. Robinson. The
scores
p W. Whttemore ,pius -. Brooklinc. up;
c, r. Lancaster 80. Woodland. up: j. NJ.
Robinson ,.3J. Harbor Reach, mp: r. :. Haw
thorne 49,, Wyantenuck. up; J. NJ. Thompson
49,, Spring Haven. up: J. g. Nicholson u2l,
New bedford. ? up; J. r. Newton ,.4D. Tuxedo
. up: {. Il. Mcdonald 11l. Lambton, !. up; r.
A. Kelley t9J. Southern Pines. . up: II. c.
Fownes 80. oakmont. up; ". II. Faust 90.
Buffalo e. C.. l up; ". l.. Baldwin u.s. Wee
burn. I up; !. y. &. Humsey tl6l. Brooklyn, 1
up: Il. Ii. Hunt 10. Worcester. up; J. II.
Herring usl. New bedford. ] up; e.. T. Dunlap
49,. Canoe Brook, 1 up; J. ID. Foot CO). Apa-
wants. / up.
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LIST Of ENTRIES
TO CLOSE TODAY
A. C. B. A. Offices to Remain
Open Late Tonight to Re-
ceive BoWIers.

The headquarters of the Atlantic
Coast Bowling Association tournament,
at the Chamber of Commerce rooms,
will be kept open tonight until II
o'clock in order to handle the rush of
entries expected on the final day. To-
night marks the time for closing of
the list though any batch of entries
in an envelope bearing a postmark of
today is certain to be accepted if not
received until next week.
Those in charge of the affair are
working with might and main to get
the entries so far received classified
so that the final arrangements next
week may be carried out with dispa tch
The total of teams aud pla yers is ex-
ceptionally large, being the best mum
Der ever held for a tournament in the
east 1t is not known just how many
will be entered, though it is felt that
the results have exceeded even the
original expectations.
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BRICKLEY HEAD COACH.
Signs to Instruct Boston College
Eleven Next Fall.

BOSTON. Mass, March 25.-Charles
Brickley. who coached Johns Hopkins
eleven last fall and also taught Penn
sylyania State the fine points of drop
kicking, yesterday signed contract to
be head coach at Boston College. He
was under contract to coach Johns
Hopkins again, but obtained release.
Brickley made the change, not only
because of an increase in salary. but
to be in Boston. where he is in the
insurance business. He is also to as
sist in coaching Harvard.
Boston College teams have been
weak, but it Is now hoped that vic
tory can be obtained over Holy Cross,
the other Jesuit college in Massachu-
sets,
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ona1s Play and Moran Ready for Fight onigh
LOOKING THEM OVER
WITH BILLY EVANS
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AMATEUR BASE BALL MEETING
GETS SMALL REPRESENTATION
Only Five Leagues Present at Election Of
Officers Much Enthusiasm In
Coming Season Evident as Yet

istration of the past few years. has
given to the sport a dignity and stand
ing worthy of its value. and has placed
il on Il higher plane perhaps than II
enjoys in any other city. Mr.. Young
services and his worth to anna teur base
ball cannot be overestimated. S. Ed
ward Beach and Clark c. Griffith were
made vice presidents, Charles NJ. King
treasurer and Harry V. Shurtlef sec
rotary.
noon. in which the Blue and Gray will
open its season against Mount St.
Josephs. will begin at $50 O'Clock.
The Blue and Gray will start the con-
test with McCarty. sullivan and Bera-
dina in the outfield. Dempsey. Naloney,
Gilroy and Cusack in the infield. Strait
and Hager behind the bat and Owen.
Finnegan and Murray pitching. Moth
ing is known of the strength of the
Mount ST. Joseph's nine. but it usually
is represented by d very capable COM
bination
The Catholic University -Gallaude ct
contest begins an hour earlier than
two mines has had much work out
doors. and it is not expected that either
viii be at its best. Catholic Univer-
sly and Gallaudet both have in their
hne-ups the majority of those who
held down the positions year ago.
The Brooklanders will start the game
with killion on first. Caffrey at sec
onh White at short. Rodgers at third
Shortiey. Butler and Hefferman in the
outheld. McCue catcher, and Fahey
and johnson. pitchers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-25

II the weather moderates during the
coming week it is expected many local
anglers will take their last opportun-
ity to land bass In the basin for the
next two months The season for bass
fishing in the District closes next Fri
day night and will not open again until
MAJ 30.
From the success thai some of the
regulars nave had during the cold
weather at the basin il Is expected
some good catches viii be made before
the close Of the season.
The bass season about Harpers
Ferry closes April Is and does not open
again until June 13 Neutrality-suspicious.
who are frequenters of the Maryland
waters in that vicinity probably will
not get many of the smalmouth bass
there before the close of the season.
Arthur Hall, Benjamin Snow and
Frank Ellis were among those who
tried their luck with the bag mouth
bass in the basin the past week. They
had good success considering that they
were only ASKING about two hours.
The trio had sevea fish of this species.
which averaged two pounds each. when
they finally wound up their lines
For the first half hour we did not get
a strike" said HALL but Snow finally
got one, and although he did not land
Che fish it gave us some consolation
and we tried all the harder 10 get one
on shore vas the first to land one,
! but Ellis ran me close second, "hen
he pulled in the largest OF the bunch.
The fishermen are planning another
trim the coming week and hope to re.
peat their success Of last week
Ia.{
/ in the basin last Saturday. They were
on the wall along the driveway. short
distance from the John Paul Jones
monument. and although it took them
| about Ave hours to make any kind of a
| showing. they took two bass each home
With them Frances landed the 1arS
| est. which tipped the scales at niue
, over three pounds.
| Driver r. Dipple of No. > chemical
engine company is on fishing trip
| down the river. Just where he has
| gone his friends do not seem to know,
| but are anxiously awaiting his return
/ with a string OF fish and a good feed.
| Louis r. Perron. Louis r. Perron and
| Joe Perron were at Walkers point sun
| day. They went up to catch catfish.
! but they almost caught cold. But one
| fish was landed 1t was three
| FOUNDER.
! The wind was strong and cold and
the water was low" said one of the
i anglers. 1T got so cold we were
forced to build a large fire to keep
| warm"
| Sergt. F. Q. Markward of No. . en-
J CINE company, one of the most en-
| thusiastic anglers in the fire depart
ment, is ON a four-day fishing trip near
| Bluemont.
| Charles Baker, Samuel %. Bender
| and Joe and Charles Fletcher were
| others who flshed at Walkers point
Sunday, but none of them was sue
| cessful in their efforts.
George Treadway. who recently re-
turned from a months trip to Palm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-25
BY j. ED GRILLO.

4, CHARLOTTESVUL March 25.-It
was a strenuous day for the Griffmen
yesterday. There was nine-innlnE
game in the morning. 4 rush in uni
forms 10 a light lunch. and then back
to the ball field. where a f1Ne-inning
game was played. Then the regulars
took a long. hard workout in the field
This, afternoon the regulars meet the
varsity team. Johnson is slated TO
-F5-tch four innings of this game and
tiallia the other five.
The Colts pulled out of here this morn
ing. and will so direct to Alexandra.
where they are scheduled to play in the
afternoon. Sunday they will play at
clarendon. Va. Ayers and Bentley VIII
do the pitching for the colts in the two
towns.
But there is more work going to he
done here Griffith expects to play a
game today. workout tomorrow after
nson. play couple of games Monday
and take fual workout Tuesday
morning. There is to he no rest for
The PLAYERS until a day before the sea
son opens when they VIII travel TO
New York In the meantime the team
viii practice every morning and play
games IN inc afternoon.
.. ..=,.,,..,
really remarkable ball yesterday, the
latter N Inc 'Aoi < Nlltn ne ~
played some No''ue' = u ~ ~ GO i,,I
other IN the aiterlooi' VIE" nc I.Siea
tour innings N''Hout uS'i'7 ''' 'i''''7
but speed.
soth of these Youngsters are going to
ma ,.e tue'I i.',I ~ ~ -. lie str,,cI.
out kohdedU tWlCe III the mo- NM M
game ana tHF a.. - 80,
bthch ana piIu tiIe eoutiii" 80 d.
lliment' Even idst year, Nhen 'i "a,
tpsf was WIN u ~ i, H ~
on 'he Cd r'.',iI NJ % " 81 49,
fiuSil pe''eI p't0ilFL 81, IN
tets 20 uSi.S 10 $50, ~, 7
s-'HIl+A "e uliiil 80 r'''' N'''
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GRIFFMEN HUSTLE AT WORK
AS END OF TRAINING IS NEAR
Colts on Way Home, But Regulars Will
. Practice Up to the Last Moment
i Tuesday Morning

rthc delivery of the ball and this has
been of great value to him.
| There are no orders that are not
! obeyed by Walter Johnson, nor does
he consider himself too important to
! fai! to help some of the younger Twill
| ers when they want his assistance.
! Yesterday afternoon. for instance. he
| took Sloan and Goodwin to the outtield
! and quietly talked to them about get
| ting the use of their bodies i'll deliver
! ing the ball. He went through the
motions with them and had them prac-
! tice under his tutoring. 1t made big
improvement in the two Young pitchers
and incidentally made them appreciate
| that Walter Johnson differs in more
WAYS than one from most of the prom
inent ball players.
But three and half work days here
in Charlottesville remain for the Ma
tionals to put in. Thereafter. they
will work at the Washington park
| every morning and play games in the
with three clubs of the National
LeaGue-three with the Phillies. win
ners of the old league pennant last
season. and two each with the Braves
and the Brooklyn Dodgers. This
should put the Griffmen right edge
for the opening of the season. for the
team already is in fairly good shape
1t needs only a little more hot weather
before it will be at its best. Griffith is
following the proper system of train
ing to have his players on edge by
the time the season opens by giving
them lots of work. When he gets
home the mornings will be put in at
batting practice. in the hope of having
every man on the team capable of
holding his own with the bat.
During the teams stay at home a
concise system of signals viii be care
fully and secretly practiced so as to
esta bIish system of play that every
play yer will understand, and which will
help them to make their strength
count in substantial way.
Battery signals which il is impossi-
bile to discern from second base by
base runners on opposing teams who
practiced, and they are in perfect
working order no one being able" to
see them from the base lines.
There is doubt that a lot of clubs
not wise enough to disguise their sig
nails from the view of the base rum
ners, who can tip off the batsmen. have
lost a lot of games in past years which
they should have won. Griffith is not
TO take any chances in that connection.
and Will have his team thoroughly pro-
tected against signal stealers.
There is no let-up for either Morgan
or Judge. who still have few pounds
TO take off. After playing two games
Yesterday they had to take a twenty
five-minute fielding practice and then
chase around the quarter-mile track
a bout six times at good stlf jog IN
their heavy coats. The result is they
lose a whole lot of weight every day.
but. of course. take on little during
their resting hours. Eventually when
the weather gets good and hot they
will get down to where they belong
and remain there until the end of the
season.
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Local Bowlers at Baltimore.

on Baltimore alleys last night, two of
the teams getting sets of more than
1900 The Newcomers of the District
League and the Southeast Stars OF the
Southeast circuit led in the team
counts, the former having a mark of
1.611 and the latter ISIS.
Hughes of the Newcomers rolled a
set of 1854, for which he knocked down
III. 1913 and 144 pins. Harry krauss
got a good set for the Royals, too, his
mark being 357 and counts for con-
tests 1874, 102 and 131. Elmer rolled
for the best marks registered in the
singles, getting total of $40 for the
set and a high game of 141.
The scores made at Baltimore last
night follow:
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MRS. WILLARD NOT WORRIED.
Expects Husband to Win and Reach
Home Tomorrow.

CHICAGO, March 25.-Mrs. Jess Will
lard. wife of the heavyweight champion.
is not at all worried concerning the out
come of the bout between her HUSBAND
and Frank Moran in New York city to-
night
Il received a telegram from Jess say
ing that he will win. and will return to
Chicago on the first train after the
fight" Mrs. Willard said.
A special wire from the ringside to the
Willard home here will bring to the
champions wife and their eight-year-old
daughter detailed report of the con-
test
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CITY SERIES STARTS TODAY.
Browns and Cardinals Open Battle
for St. Louis Title.

ST LOUIS. March 25.-The spring
series between the ST Louis Nationals
and the St Louis Americans is to be-
gin here this afternoon. Both teams
returned yesterday from their training
trips in Texas. Meadows and Snyder
are the tentative battery for the Ma
tionals. and Groom and Chapman for
the Americans.
The second game of the series will
be played tomorrow and the other
games are scheduled for the two re-
naming Saturdays and Sundays before
the opening of the major league sea-
son.
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Warned OF Counterfeits.

/. tIs- a=.f+ gave warning today that
;-ylrterf"iJ tickets Supposed to be re
deeua1'c at the garden Tor admission
!; -i.rts have been sold IN Boston, Phil
~ eI,Eia a.G Connecticut cities. They
.ssid 30 >Gsh tickets had been issued
J.. ihr fas-4 cement ana that they
Il Guild NO. he nouoIed-
-.Tts." traiuiuG completed and both
H. % asserting they are fit ana ready
H.. principals spent quiet day in
N. u-ra;iou Tor she bout. willard
planned 10 pass the time IN company
V !ir ASS mana ger. 'fom Jones, and his
trainer Talk Of the fight was barred.
* willard said ne lad made all his
I.4p4rs.lo..s. both mental and physical.
A. all through Central Park IN the
laorninL aId ar automobile ride in the
afteInooI constituted lis outdoor pro
gram. -. ~ Keyed up for the fight.
but shows no signs of restlessness or of
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Yale Freshies' Schedule.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 25.-The
Yai" freshman base bail schedule,
made public today, includes the follow
ing datcs: May IS, Pennsylvania, at
New Haven: May 20. Princeton, at
Haven
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Joe Engel WEEDS Kentucky Girl.

Joe Engel, formerly pitcher on the
Washington base ball team. and now
with the Minneapolis club, was married
Thursday at Union City, Tenn. accord
ing to press dispatches from Hickman,
KY, where the now Mrs Engel lived
She was Miss Mary B. Polhamus. 1t
was an elopement, the dispa tches say.
The bride is eighteen years old and the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Polhamus
of Hickman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-25

The following is a list of entries of
the teams and players received at tour
ney headquarters yesterday:
Trotter, {. NJ Marx. 6, /. Williams. II. h.
rulk. A. Il. Wayne. W. 4. streit"r. Frank Stan
nuckpins. d"nb h Il. Toms as and d'' j. r..
clark single. Lewis noss,sbcrs"r.
Mcclure; Louis conrndis and II. +. Luckr, jr.
singles. h. Mcclure.
Washington , Loan and TrHs' r"mpans' d"rk-
Cali. IT, s. Wood and boyd Taylor. captain.
Pioneer. tenpins-V Eaton l.. NiedanHnski,
G. Gruit. T. Shepard. HERRING, Mayor Robb.
captain. All have entered in tn. doubles and sin
Duckpins, singes-H. F. Fritp
Duckpins. snsl.s-L. a. SCI aar, Baltimore.
Ieonsrd 4. sshaar, baltimore. Md Singles"
E- rfnI H""b .ns and L: !; S W,,rso,
Duckpins. singles-A. ]. O'Nen and W j..
Williamson. Doubles-w. g. Weldon and W. D..
Christian Xandcr, duckpns-L u. Duiin. L.
~. Hodge. J. Fisher. y. Burch, J. }. Herman,
puckpins. doubles Murphy and Fowler Sin
Murphy and Fowler
Dnckpins. doubles. J. HERMAN and Pop"
Huppcr'. Singles. j. herman and j. w.
s1srp nan; dsr1Si"srW Nam Ae" r. r Int;
man. captain. Al have entered in the doubles
Washington Railway and Electric Company
A. Noack. 4. ii. Staub A. Z. Thomas A. IL:
Gibson. a. u; Gardner. captain. All have en-
tered in the doubles and singles
Leds. duckpins- Charles NJ. Wright. Harry
0hlcr, Jack L%veI s. Henry T. Railry William
in the doubles and singles.
Andrews Paper COMPANY. durkpins.B. 4.
lin. j. i. Mckee and W. walsh. captain.
Duckpins, singlcs-yJ. Z. Spence.
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light dinner early this evening the
champion intends to go down to the
Garden about s O'Clock He expects to
weigh in at about $50 pounds.
Moran Is Impatient.
Moran planned a walk early toda y
and good sleep this afternoon.
Everything possible was done by his
friends TO keep his mind off the fight,
as he has been impatient about it for
several days. Moran and his handlers
viii leave the roadhouse in Westches-
ter at 80 tonight and go to the Gar
den by automobile.
Willard said: 1T is hard for me to
victor is the most positive statement i
can make. Whether it will be by a
knockout or by popular decision re-
mains in doubt. If I can win by one
punch l will If this bout was sched-
uled to 90 TO finish I would not hest
tate to say that Moran would be
knocked out AS it is for only ten
rounds. il would be ridiculous to make
such a declaration.
Il am going to win as quickly and
decisively Us / can. feel as well as
J have ever felt before any fight in
IiIy career. IL not better. | am not WOr-
r&ihg. If Moran starts TO rush the
battle I am satisfied ! will knock him
out"
No"2u SAID: "Do not he surprised 10
s"f ~" enish Of this fight come in the
seventh or eighth round. Then YOU viii
soc !" Hard drop. Before the Havana
fight Willard was nothing to be afraid
o! and ! don't think II" is now. [ feel
confident that lean take W lizards pun
Isi!ij Mt. There never was a big fell
low like him who did not have Il weak
spot somewhere. ! can take all that
b" mas. ! have confidence in my own
hitting power 10 bring t.u down.
There has been little betting on the
result s1d most of ii has been upon
the ability of one the other to lane
"A knock out blow. The opinions of the
experts, including many of the best
known fight men of tho past differ
so widely a. to afford no conclusions
As II spectacle the throne that gath
"rs AT the rIneside promises one TO be
remembered. Among the box holders
are men well known in the financial
and social worlds, familiar figures Of
the stage or in professional life.
y notable feature will be the pres
cnce Of from 1000 to 1000 women.