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JOHNSON WON "a
GAMES, LOST 19
League Records Alter His Un>
official Percentage But
Little, However.
FEW OF GRIFFMEN SIGNED
By J. ED GRuLo.

According to William Harridge, Ban
Johnsons secretary, the official scores
show that Walter johnson won twenty
four games and lost nineteen last season.
! The unofficial figures gave him twenty
| five victories and twenty defeats, so that
there will be little or no difference in his
| percentage as already published. Mr..
Harridge's communication follows:
My records show Walter johnson as
winning twenty -four and losing nineteen
games during the season just closed. We
keep no official record of the games won
and lost. but ! charge and credit the
| pitchers with defeats and victories as
they are given by the official scorer"
AS Mr.. Harridge says. the American
League, for some unaccountaDle reason.
does not have column in its official
pitching records showing how many games
the pitchers have won and lost, and yet
this is the only part of a pitchers per
formance the public really is interested in.
The Johnson circuit system is to fig
ure the percentage of earned runs
made off the pitchers. and the one who
has the least scored against him leads
the league.
While this undoubtedly is fair way
to judge the ability of twirler. the
addition Of won and lost column as
suredly would be of more interest than
tHe nuHDer OF WIG pltcneS plGcneF
has charged against him.
1t is understood that the Pittsburgh
club wants to dispose Of Max Carey in
| trade. Carey is said to have gotten
himself in bad when he acted as a
member of playsrs' committee which
requested Barney Dreyfuss to give the
players part of the money of an exhi-
bition tour the club had arranged This
Dreyfuss refused to do, because the
players were drawing their salaries
| until October Is. Dreyfuss did not
| make any money on the trip because
he insisted on the players stopping at
| the best hotels.
Carey will be a much -sought-after
player by other National League clubs.
He would At in splendidly in the Phil
| lies outfeld. and Cincinnati also could
help its team by adding him to it's list.
| None of the members of the local
| ball team has been signed this fall for
| next season. though some of them
have contracts which still have a year
| to run. Walter Johnson and Clyde
| Milan are in this class.
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game last season and lost by a score of
to T.
The University of Pennsylvania at
tained by it's victory over Penn state
Saturday the right to be recognized
State went down to Franklin Field
with a powerful eleven, and Penn mad
the previous Saturday lost to SWARM
more through 0 to 6. The first few
contests of the year caused it to seem
that Penn was being put back in the
niche it formerly occupied in the toot
ball world, but then along came
Swarthmore and seemingly upset tne
idea The followers of the Quakers
were in a quandary as to whether their
team was again to be the choppins
| block for that Cornell ak and others,
or whether there still was chance TOT
while. The win from Penn State
proved Penn's potential worth and un-
doubtedly has paved the way to better
things. The long end of that score gre
| wounded feelings that resulted from
| the defeat by Swarthmore and Ger
tainIy has kindled hopes for victories
| over the other teams on the scheduie.
| Besides Georgetowns natural pride
over the splendid achievement of its
team. the followers of three other col
leges here have no reason to feel any
other way than proud of the eleNens
! that wore their coiors in contests Sat
| urday Catholic University made good
! against Villanova and won by margin
| of two touchdowns: Maryland state
ftriumphed over a team which it had never
before defeated, Virginia Military Insti-
| tute and Gallaudet simply overwhelm
/ ed Washington College by 43 to 0. The
| only local eleven to meet defeat was
| George Washington, Western Mary land
proving victorious in a combat with
| the Hatcheites by to 0.
Despite the pessimistic rumors COM
| ing from Catholic University, it was
| stated Saturday that the team stood a
much better chance to win from villa
nova than anybody thought. 1t also
| was pointed out that a man who had
| watched ViIlanova play said the
Brooklanders should win by couple of
F, touchdowns. and that was just the
margin by which they defeated the
| PennSylvanianS. Also the contest
! demonstrates that the team coached by
| Fred Nielsen is going to prove a hard
| nut for any other eleven to crack.
Very few people expected to see Mary
land State win from the Virginia Mill
rary Institute. V. NJ. /. had scored 1879
points against three teams and had not
been scored against. The big count reg
istered against Gallaudet, 54 to 0, pre-
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saged troublesome times for the Mary
landers, and V. NJ. I. lived up to its rep
utation. 1t was game in which there
were few penalties yet there has never
been contest at College Park IN wh1ch
two elevens fought more desperately Tor
an advantage The sticking powers oe
both teams were. exceptional and they
were both fighting just as hard at tue
finish as when they started. It was n
good foot ball game and full OF interest
to the spectators.
That Gallaudet could come back after
a 54 to defeat at the hands of V. NJ. L.
a week ago and win from Warrington
College by 43 to o speaks well for the quail
of the team. The performance OF the
Kendall Greeners yesterday was one
over which they and their students
should feel considerably elated. Not on
ly does it Dresage well for the team ior
the remainder of the year, but indicates
that the college is on a fair way to build
up splendid combination for future
seasons.
1t is to be regretted that George
Washington lost its first game at home
after an absence of six years from the
gridiron. However. it appeared from
the pre-game indications that II had
not much better than an even chance
for victory. However, the Hatchetites
undoubtedly would have won mad
they been able to handle the ball more
cleanly Inability to keep the oval IN
their possession cost the players dearly
more than once, while the alert follow
ing of the ball gave Western Maryland
advantages on several occasions. How
ever, George Washington cannot anord
to let a defeat discourage it. and must
spirit and build up an eleven next fall
that will be able to enter games with
Virginia and other big teams In this
section on even terms.
The biggest surprise Of Saturday $
foot ball schedule was the one-sided
defeat of Syracuse by the University
of Pittsburgh. If anybody had known
that Pitt was going to roll up So
points on Syracuse and the latter not
score he probably could have won ten
barrels of money. as there would have
been no limit to the takers OF bet
that Pitt would beat Syracuse by such
score Hollenbach's machine must
have gone to pieces. somewhat. because
he must have developed a. combination
comparatively much stronger than
that Any eleven which has made the
showing that Syracuse has would not
lose to any team by such a wide mar
gin However. one must hand the
palm to Glen Warner. 1t is true that
he nearly always has splendid material,
but it is also true that he always de
liverS the goods With all the ma
terial they might desire, it is doubt
three other coaches in the country who
could show the results that does War
ner-and results count.
The results of two games in the mid =
die west were something of upsets.
though it was figured that Ohio State
had an even chance against Illinois.
Chicago lost to Northwestern by 0 to
10, and Illinois was beaten by Ohio
state by to 6. Northwestern has SO
seldom beaten Chicago that its victory
will undoubtedly be hailed with wild
acclaim by its followers Perhaps it
| would be more proper to say has been
hailed instead Of will be.
Evening star., 1916-10-23
FORM COUNTS IN GOLF
Performance of One-Legged British
"Pro" Proves It-Stars in Won
derful Foursome.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 10.-A remarkable
exhibition of golf, under extreme handl-
cap, was recently shown at the Sund-
ridge Park course during a foursome
in which the leading English profess
sionals were the contestants. Prior to
the match. in which Edward Ray and
| James Braid were opposed by Harry
Vardon and J. H. Taylor, in play for
| the benefit of the Lord Kitchener ma
tional memorial fund. Ernest Jones,
balancing himself on one leg, repeated
i ly drove the bail for distances well
| over 200 yards.
| Jones. who was the professional of
| the Chislehurst club. recently had re-
| turned from the firing line. where he
had lost his right leg at the knee 1t
| was generally assumed that his golhnS
days were over. Immediately he was
| out OF the hospital, however, Jones was
| back on the links.
| In the khaki uniform of lance cor
| poral and on crutcheS, he made his
way to the tee from which Vardon and
| the others were later to drive, and
| gave one of the most remarkable ex-
hibitions the golfing world has ever
seen. Balancing on his left leg, Jones
| drove his first ball straight as the
| fight of an arrow 235 yards down the
| course. Not one ball, but a dozen, all
| flying as far and as true as the first.
| And never once did he lose his balance.
| All the rhythm and timing of the per-
| feet professional swing were there, and
\ many amazed golfers discovered that
form is really the thing, after all.
whether you are standing on two legs
| or one.
Jones naively remarked that he hoped
| to do much better after he gets an
| artificial leg fitted. So far he has only
been able to make a 50 on his home
| course
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Wonderful Play Witnessed.

| The spectators also witnessed some
| wonderful play in the foursome which
followed. The match demonstrated that
whatever may be it's other vicisSitudes
war has not taken a single ounce
from the tremendous driving smash of
Ray, nor has it dulled in the slightest
degree the keen edge of Vardon's won
derful machine-like play. These two
masters of golf fought out a wonder
full match. Vardon made a 6S. ten
strokes under the standard for the
course but Ray was miracle man
/ that afternoon. The witchery of his
|.niblick play finally set at naught the
wizardry of Vardon's woods and irons,
and he rounded out the eighteen holes
with d 66. Braid and Taylor were
more or less eclipsed and it is no or
binary golfing contest when players of
their type can be all but forgotten.
The foursome had not moved beyond
the third hole when the big gallery,
which included host of Americans,
began to realize that what they really
were to see was "A duel between Ray
and Vardon. Yet Braid and Taylor
were playing magnificent golf all the
way through. Taylor was a trife han
dicapped by a sore hand and had most
of the bad luck in the match. Braid
did some remarkable putting. He was
constantly down in or 4. but Vardon
or Ray were always on hand to halve
the hole and share the honors Once
Braid sank a thirty-foot putt for 2,
but Ray, with an air of supreme care
lessness, ran one down from fifteen
feet away and took a similar score.
The driving always was wonderful.
Taylor and Braid seldom were more
than a couple of yards apart Vardon
generally was ten yards in advance of
these two, but Ray. little off in di-
rection, always had from ten to twenty
yards the best of the cannonading from
tee. 1t was foursome in which it
took a to win and oftentimes a 9.
Ray made 8 on a 454-yard hole, after
driving well into the rough.
Evening star., 1916-10-23
MEREDITH WINS AND LOSES,
Best in 400-Meter Race, But Is Beat
en- at 800 Meters.

CHRISTIANTA. via London. October
23.-Ted Meredith. .he world champion
at half mile. was again beaten by ].
Bo1in. the champion of Sweden. the sec
ond day of the international athletic
carnival yesterday. Bolin won the 500
meter run By a few inches.
Joe Loo1nis of Chicago defeated Rus
tod. the champion of Norway. in the 100
meter dash. Bob Simpson was an easy
winner over the hurdles. The Americans
outclassed their rivals in the relay event,
The summaries:
1OO-meter dashWon by Joe Loomis. Ameri.
ca second RustOd, Norway; third. Andy Ward
America. Time-O. 10 $40.
s00-meter run-Won by J. Boin. Sweden
time, 1sS S-3o second, Ted Meredith, America,
110-meter high hurdles-won by Bob Simp
son. America; second. Fred Murray, America
Time-0.l+ $40.
4O0-meters relay-Won by American team
Loomis. Ward. Simpson and Murray; second
Scandinavian team. Time--0.43.
In the games Saturday the Americans
made clean sweep of the four events
on the card. The summaries:
200-meter run t21s yards. 26 inches)--And,
Ward, first; Bob Simpson, second Fred Muir
ray. third. Time-0.22.
High Jump-Joe Loomis. first. 1873 cent?
meters tsix feet) kullerstrand, Sweden, second
178 centimeters; Murray third, 1853 centimeters
400-neter run t437 yards. 16 inches)-Tet
Meredith first. Time-O.5O lilo
40O-meter relay-American team first.
Evening star., 1916-10-23
PIMLICO'S OPENING NEAR.
Seven Stakes Carded for Meeting
Vests Best Horses to Compete.

BALTIMORE. October 23.-old Pim-
lico will open it's autumn season of
racing November 1, and for eleven
days the runners will contest on the
course made famous by forty years of
racing. Secretary Riggs Yesterday
made public the entries for9he seven
stakes that are 10 be run. and in the
lists are the best horses in training
The money hung up at Pimlico will be
greater than at any other track in
Maryland. The Bowie handicap this
year will have added $500. and the
Manly Memorial steeplechase will be
the richest steeplechase run this year.
with $1,000 added to the subscription
and starting money. All the good
jumpers have been nominated for this
race. and in the Bowie are such good
ones as Boots, Short Grass. The Finn,
Evening star., 1916-10-23
strombon, Roamer, Borrow and many

Stromboli, Roamer, Borrow and many
others.
The Walden will be the big race
for the two-year-olds, and there are
other good races. No purse will be
less than $500.
Since last spring there have been
many improvements made at phnltco.
and now it is. perhaps. the most COM
plete racing plant in Maryland The
grandstand was moved back thirty-five
feet and placed at an angle. which will
give all the spectators in the stand op-
porfunity to see the races from start
to ffftish. The clubhouse has been req
modelled and made, larger. new of
fees and Jockeys! quarters have been
I built. a new restaurant provided in a
separate building and dozen addi-
tional machines installed in the mutuel
plant, which will occupy all the space
under the grandstand. A walk has
been built from the cars to the stand,
| and numerous other improvements
| made. Altogether more than 100000
was spent in improvements.
Evening star., 1916-10-23

Special Dispatch to The Star
CHICAGO. October 23.-The Chi
cago Journals base ball writer in
an article in that paper. de-
clares that Ban Johnson. president of
the American League: President Tener
of the National League and Garry
Hermann owner of the Cincinnati
Reds, should step down as members
of the national commission beca use
they are unable to give base ball ques-
tions which come up to them for deci-
sion impartial treatment. The article
says:
Base ball fans are looking forward
to a big rumpus at the annual cleo
tion of the chairman of the national
commission this winter. 1t is Tor
mality that has been gone through
with every year since Garry Hermann
was named as head of the commiSsion
at the time the body was formed. Last
winter Ban johnson threatened TO end
Herrmaun's administration and the
fans are watching for the fireworks
to start
THE trouble between the head OF
the American League ana the chairman
surprise because they had worked
hand hand for the many years they
had been associated. The fans DO not
expect to see any one else but the poss
of the Reds elected, though, after the
big fuss is over.
The makeup of the commission is
such that it is impossible for one mem
ber of the organization to oust any
other. because he will be outvoteo Two
to one.
Peculiar Situation Exists.
.r. Il; ,aoosr,ry for ono member to
Evening star., 1916-10-23
WANTS NATIONAL COMMISSION
TO RESIGN FOR GOOD OF GAME
Chicago Sport Writer Asserts Members Are
Biased and Unfit to Act as Supreme
Court of Base Ball.

est or incapable. but because
they have no right to sit in judgment
on the very important matters that
come before them when they are vital
ly interested in every case. The ma
tional commission should be made up
of impartial men who are not inter
ested in any way in either league, but
who are men well verSed in every
i. phase of the game.
The national agreement that was
signed at the close of the war between
the National and American leagnes
named the presidents of the two elr-
cults as members of the tribunal The
mistake was made by the trainers OF
that document There Is no equity er
justice in having a case tried before q.
| man who is prejudiced one way or en~
other in every case.
THE statement has often been msds
that it is impossible to conduct the
great game Of base ball according to
law. While that is true in some ~
spects. it does not need to be carried
out here. 1t was wrong to name the
heads of the two great leagues as
members of the supreme court OF fne
game, and 1t is an injustice to the
PLAYERS and club owners who have had
te submit to their decisions. 1t does not
follow that all decisions rendered by
the commission have been unfairs But
they have been illegal.
Cites Another Mistake.
"On top of the wrong in naming the
league heads as members OF the COM
mission, the trainers Of the national
agreement made another mistake when
they elected Garry Hermann chair
man. He might be qualified in every
way for the place, but the one lone fact
that he is a club owner and q partial
Judge should have been plainly evf-
dent to the persons who elected him.
The commission therefore is open to
the charge that 1t is a partial court,
and therefore unfit to hear cases.
This charge applies to every case
that comes before the commission.
Either the National League is partial
to some Of the parties to every case or
the American League Is.
For the good OF the game the nA-
tional commission should be re-orgAh-
ized and a new set of men elected TO
hold down the places now being held
by Hermann, johnson and Io0er-
There is no way to bring about tto
re re-organixation Of the commission. b.
cause MEMBERS cannot be eu0ted. 1ut
il they have the real intereStS q tHs
game at heart they will -rooiBa- q GAeir
own accord and call for - nav shuaAs.
Evening star., 1916-10-23
Trojan Eleven Is Winner.

The Trojan foot ball team yesterday
won from the Walter Reed Hospital
eleven by the one-sided score of As to
0. The Trojan backs made long gains
repeatedly and their line was almos,
impregnable. Boyer and Gerardi. fol
the winners. played brilliantly. carry.
ing the ball on long runs time after
time.
Evening star., 1916-10-23
Aztecs Win From Carlisles.

The Aztec eleven defeated the Car
Isle A. c. team yesterday in well
played foot ball game by 20 to 6. De
Atley. Emmett and Filgate played fine
foot ball for the winners and Gin did well
for the losing team.
Evening star., 1916-10-23

A good deal of sympathy is being ex-
pressed for the players of the two
st. Louis teams because they got so
little as their share out of the St.
Louis fall series. The winning Browns
got little more than $50 each, the
losing Cardinals about $40 each. Very
poor Ave days work. But remember
the ball players also were drawing full
pay from their clubs while doing this
extra" work in the city series.
Following a meeting of the stock
holders of the Chicago National League
club in Chicago last week, Joe Tinker
being present, it was announced by
President Weeghman that there posi-
lively wasn't anything to the story
that Tinker had been canned. Tinker
is still manager of the team" said
Weeghman, ''and Indications are he
will be for the present, at least" That
statement. For the present. at least =
ought to settle 1t for all time.
Evening star., 1916-10-23
S. S. Eleven II Defeated.

The Social Settlement eleven was de-
feated by the Royal Cubs yesterday in
game at Union League Park by to
0. Coats and Mills did some good work
for the winning team and Dandridge
starred for the losing eleven.
Evening star., 1916-10-23
Truxton Juniors Defeat Highlands.

The Truxton Junior eleven was too
strong for the Highland Junior team
yesterday and won-by 19 to o. Burns
and Drescher starred for the winners.
Evening star., 1916-10-23
CHAMPION MAY PLAY.
Miss Stirling Due to Compete
in Golf at Chevy Chase.
TITLE EVENT THIS WEEK

Miss Alexa Stirling. holder of the
women's national golf championship, who
was expected to arrive in this city yes
terday and play over the Chevy Chase
course, failed to arrive. Miss Pauline
Lockett, with whom Miss Stirling stays
when here. received a telegram from
Miss Stirling Saturday saying she would
arrive that day. The same day Miss
Lockett got wire from DIR. Stirling in
Atlanta asking for information as to his
daughters whereabouts. It is probable
the champion will arrive today and stay
one day.
The Oden Horstmann memorial COM
petition, emblematic of the championship
of the Chevy Chase Club will be played
Friday and Saturday of this week. A
small field usually enters this event. as
the championship is played at scratch.
The large number of defaults in the
Columbia tourney played last week
the part of the tournament committee.
The defaults numbered seventeen,
counting all flights and consultations
for the two days of match play, and all
were registered from local clubs. 1t is
probable some action on this matter
will be taken at the meeting of the
District Golf Association this winter.
One of the remedies suggested for this
evil is the disbarment of the player
defaulting a match play round from
further participation in any event un-
der the auspices of the District asso-
citation for a limited period unless a
good excuse is forthcoming. Only one
of the men who defaulted match in
the Columbia tournament had. .in the
judgment of the tournament commit
tee, an acceptable excuse. 1t frequent
ly happens that a player fails to turn
in medal score good enough to give
him place in the fight in which he
thinks he ought to play and instead
of withdrawing his card permits his
name to be drawn for match play and
then does not show up, thus deprivins
a player who qualified with a slightly
higher score of a place in the match
play rounds, in which he would be only
too glad to participate.
Evening star., 1916-10-23

A new German electrical heating unit
is made of fine resistance wires woven
across pure asbestos threads.
Evening star., 1916-10-23

game last season and lost by a score of
to T.
Evening star., 1916-10-23

Gallaudet goes to Emmitsburg this
week to meet the Mount ST. Mary's
eleven Judged by the improved show.
ing by the Kendall Green team last
week against Washington College, it
should put up quite a fight against the
mountaineers. z''-t.'-'
Evening star., 1916-10-23

MARYLAND State has another difficult
game on it's hands. Hayerford being
Haverford two weeks ago played tie
game. with New York University,7 to
which shows that it is not weak by
any means New York University also
vii, he met blythe Maryland eleven, but
not urtil the middle Of November.
MARYLAND state went to Haverford for q
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-11
RUSH TO RECORD
NOMINATIONS ON

The rush to file nominating petitions
for the May primary, the time limit
for which expires next Tuesday, began
in earnest to-day. Scores of papers
were recorded, including more than
fifty for House nominations.
Among those filed were the follow
ing for Democratic national delegates;
j. Edward Wanner, Reading, Thir-
teenth district; NJ. Harry Rhodes
Bloomsbury, Sixteenth; John II. Muir
ray, Waverly, Fourteenth; Albert
Schultz. Altoona, Nineteenth. Repub-
lican national delegate: Calvin r. Arm
strong, Lock Haven, Fifteenth; w. I.
Swope, Clearfield. Twenty first. Wash
ington national delegate, NJ. It. Stokes,
Coudersport, Fifteenth.
Congress-C. b. SpatZ. Boyertown.
Democrat. Thirteenth; w. II. Ream,
Confluence, Socialist. Twenty-third; ;
Victor Burschel. Dunmore, Democrat
Tenth; John V. Lesher, Sunbury,
Democrat. Sixteenth; r. w William
son, Huntingdon, Republican. Seven
teenth.
State Senate-W. d. Walton. New
Castle. Republican, Forty-seventh; S.
w. Smith. Port Allegheny. Washington
and Prohibition, Twenty-fifth.