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The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Reuv of Sporting and Athletic Activities Local Ranks 1911
Titles and Records.


OUTDOOR -TRACR-Catholic. UNI
yersity finished third In the South
Atlantic championships. ST. Albans
school won the scholastic title: Cen
trail High School won the high school
title; a bill was introduced in Con-
gress to build a stadium In Potomac
Park. Fields of Catholic University
eQualled the South Atlantic record in
the 44O-yard dash.
CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING-Car-
roll Institute finished second in the
championships. Jack Downey. Of Car
roll Institute. finished second to Joe
Geiger. OF Baltimore. the South Atlantic
champion. in the Carroll Institute 10
mile race.
ROWING-Potomac Boat Club Jun
lors landed first honors in the Middle
states Regatta: Potomac seniors won
nrst honors in the Middle States Re
gatta: William Boryer. of the Analos-
tan Boat Club. captured the Juniors
singles In the Middle States Regatta
sWIMMING-Bert Ansley won short
distance swims OF the South Atlantic:
Miss Carolina won short distance races
for women; Charles J. Cook won long
distance swimming championship; Miss
fhoebe Preston won long distance
SWIM for women: Bert Ansley won
the hfe-saving honors: Miss Phoebe
preston won the life-saving honors for
women.
Observation-Disclosures Canoe Club
captured hOnors in the Interclub Canoe
association regstta: the Washington
canoe Club team won the National
championship at Sugar Island,
BoXING-Freddy Welsh. Iight-weiebt
champion OF the world. won the de
cision over Tommy lowe at Ard
more. Al Mccoy. the middle-weight
champion, was beaten by Knockout
SulhTan. at Ardmore.
WRESTL1NG-Joe Turner twice de-
Tended his title Of mIddIe-weight cham
pion OF the world. against Pinky Gard
EE=.
BOWLING-Royal team set new
world record with a set Of l.T76; Con-
unentsls set new District record for
high team game with 655. Atlantic
coast Bowling Association tournament
held here in April
BlLLlARDS-Charlie RarteImes won
The District pocket billiard champion-
ship in the Sherman tournament
AUTO RACTNG-Tho Eye Sec Bee
car, driven by Irving Barber. made
mile on the Benning track in IS
seconds.
BIKE RACING-''Chink" HaIhrook
won 2o-mile road race held on Mari
boro pike.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Titles and Records.

B 4 E LL-Nationals finished
seventh in the American League race.
Treasury won the District amateur
title. Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Railroad team won the in
dependent title. Georgetown and
Catholic University divided honors in
collegiate baseball. Eastern High
School won the scholastic champion
ship.
FOOTBALL-George won the
South Atlantic Championship. Central
High School won the high school
championship. GEORGETOWN Props won
the scholastic championship. Mohawk
Athletic Club won the independent
championship.
BASKET-BAIsL-G and
Catholic University divided the honors
in the collegiate ranks. Western High
School won the scholastic champion
ship. Federal won the Noel House
title. Peck Chapel won the Sunday
school title. Chi won the Phi Mu
Sigma title.
RACING-Meets held on the courses
at Laurel. Havre de Grace. Pimlico,
and Bowie.
TROTTING AND PACING-Mont-
races at Rockville fair
GOLF-William c. Ballantyne, of the
Columbia Country Club, won Middle
Atlantic title. Columbia Country Club
team winners of Middle Atlantic title.
Edward B. Eynon, jr. of Columbia,
won the District title. Mrs. Charles
I. Frailey won the District title for
women.
TENNIS-Conrad B. Doyle ranked
tenth in the list of players Of the coun-
try; Conrad B. Doyle and II. c.
Breck won Middle Atlantic Associa-
ton doubles; Miss Sallie Long and
H. c. Breck won the Middle Atlantic
mixed doubles: Miss Eva Baker won
the Middle Atlantic women's singles;
Mrs Gardner Bell won the District
women's singles; George Lewis and
Dudley Morgan won the District
doubles; r. C. Van Vliedt won the
District mems singles, and Miss Blair
and George Lewis won the District
mixed doubles.
INDOOR TRACK-Catholic Univer-
stty won the local collegiate title. st.
Adams School for Boys won the schol-
asttc title. Brook Brewer, the St
Alban sprinter, twice equaled the
worlds record in the century dash,
doing 9 and 4-5 seconds.
POLO-Blues won the championship
in the contest between the teams from
the Washington branch of the Army
Polo Association.
SOCCER-Washingto Soccer Club
won the District championship.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Independent Football.

Followers Of sports have always and
always will look for the unsuspected
and the unsuspected is what the indie
pendent season of 1916 greeted them with
early in the month of October when the
Mohawk Athletic Club football team set
the Vigilant Athletic Club eleven, cham
pions of 1915, down with a 12-to-0 defeat.
During the season just past the record
Of the Mohawks speaks for itself, as they
scored twenty points to their seven OPP
ponents nothing, but as the history of
independent football Will have 1t, they,
too, were defeated by an all-star team
made up of the Vigilants and Engineers
in the final game, 13 to 0.
The three new teams jumped into the
limelight as contenders for the independ-
ent title. these being the Southern, the
Trojans, and the Highlanders.
The Vigilants. although taking an early
setback from the Mohawks, did not dis
band but kept playing and made a trip
into the professional ranks Of Ohio and
were beaten after a great game with the
Patricians. of Youngstown, by a 10-to-9
count
The Observation-Disclosures controversies
which arose during the closing minute of
1915 was ruled by the highest OF local
sporting opinions as mo CASE and this
little argument was the only thing that
marred the brilliant record established by
the Indians"
The present prospects are that in 1917
local followers of the present game will
be given many hot and exciting battle.
as all contenders during the past year
and others have already signified their
intention of entering the field.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Scholastic Baseball. .

scholastic sports as a whole for 1916
have been more contested than for years
there has been more interest shown and
keener rivalry than ever before.
Eastern High romped away with the
inter-high baseball championship mainly
through the efforts OF it's star battery
Eddie" TOmlin and Leo" Flaherty, who
proved to be not only a great defense
pair but, practically won the champion
ship through their timely hitting, both
hitting well over 300.
This pair proved to be the best high
school battery ever developed in the
high school ranks and Coach Kimble
deserves great credit for his efforts. WHEEL
cheH' OF Western. who has since made
such a name for himself in football at
Annapolis. led the series in hitting over
400 He was closely followed by Flaherty
of Eastern. Central ran Eastern hard
for the championship
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
ennis.

Undoubtedly the outstanding feature of
the local tennis year 1916 which was. in
cldCntally, the best in the history Of the
lame. was the work of Conrad B. DOYLE.
W asEingtOn's premier racQuetter, which
placed his name just outside of the first
ten players in the country on the United
States Lawn Tennis Associations Off
cial ranking list. This was also the
first year that the doubles champions
In the Middle Atlantic Association event
were recognized as sectional winners and
as such permitted to compete for the
national title.
Doyle and H. c. Breck captured this
honor but for business reasons were un-
able to compete In the titular event These
two also fought things out in the singles
of the Middle Atlantic tourney. Doyle
winning rather handily. In the mixed
doubles. Miss Sallie Long and Breck won.
with Miss Eva Baker and Paul Treanor
as the runners-up.
Miss Baker also successfully defended
her title in the singles with Miss Gertrude
Greely as the challenger. The District
title in the singles went to r. c. Van
Nliedt. with John T Graves as runner
up, Doyle not being an entrant Mrs.
Gardner Bell won from a poor field in
the women's singles. with Miss Eliza
beth Hills as the other finalist
Inc men S ana mixed doubles titles went
to George Lewis and Dudley Morgan and
Miss Blair and Lewis respectively, with
Lou" Doyle and J. Nj. Hancock and Miss
Smith and Gould Lincoln as the respective
runners-up.
In the Chevy Chase event. Miss Gree
ley's victory in the finals of the wom-
ems singles. and later over Miss Eva
Baker in the challenge. round. was the
only local one Dudley Morgan took the
winners prize in the singles of the Co.
umbia Country Clubs invitation event.
A. ]. Gore meeting him in the finals. Gore
and w. A. Bethel won in the doubles,
while Miss A. NJ. Doyle was best in
the women's singles.
The winners of the various leagues
were: Departmental War Department
Washington Tennis Association. Dunbar
ton Club; Suburban League, Racquet
Club; Home Club League, Reclamation
Service. and Women's Tennis Association
Columbia Country Club.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Outdoor Track.

Although George Green's track team
held a great deal Of sway In the schoIas-
ito outdoor world, honors for the season
fall to Catholic University Of America
because Of the wonderful performance of
Jimmy Fields in the South Atlantic quar-
ter-ot-a-mile-dash.
Fields equaled the South Atlantic rec
ord In the Quarter-mils dash at Char
lottesvflle championship when he stepped
on the distance in so 3-5 seconds
Outside Of the South Atlantics the big
gest meet held in this vicinity was the
track meet of the Maryland State Col
lege In which Brook Brewer gave a won
derful performance and st. Albans CAP
tured the scholastic honors from Central
High School by % points to IS Ia State
In this meet walked away from its other
Maryland opponents by scoring 70 points
to St Johns Is and George Washing
ton, &
Central High School coached by Bin
Foley. landed the local high school track
championship In an easy manner.
Washington followers Of the track
game were handed a few surprises when
Maj. Pullman's finest held a meet at
American League Park last August. Al
though these bulls did not break any
world records the performances of each
individual was beyond expectations and
Ereater things are looked for when the
major orders the boys to report for track
work next year. To Dr. Robert EIler
goes the credit for the showing the DO
lice made in their initial meet
The Alexandria Athletic Association
held classy little meet on Decoration
Day. which met with the success of the
Alexandra County fans. The perform
ances of local athletes in this meet were
the feature The Washington Grove Ath-
letic Association, which has not been
heard from since the death of DR.. wiber.
held a meet on Labor Day. Although this
meet was not overcrowded with talent IL
proved to be a starter for the MARYLAND
ers. The Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
also held closed meet which proved a
success. The Georgetown track team.
which gave promise in the indoor games.
failed to show anything at all In its dual
track meet with Penn State, as the Hill
tOppers were beaten by a score of 50 to q
One Of the big features Of the local in
door and outdoor season was the bill in
troduced to Congress and presented by
Col Hart. of the local Park Commission.
for the building of a stadium in Washing
ton, with the idea of bringing to this city
the olympic games and the large foot
ball contests.
With the revival of athletics in schoIas-
tic and collegiate ranks and the holding
Of two track meets by local organizations,
every promise Is given TO- a great indoor
and outdoor track season
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Coll.

The year 1916 was one OF the most sue
cessful from the local golfers standpoint
OF any the sport has ever enjoyed. Prob
ably more golf than ever before was
played and home talent predominated in
every tournament held with the possible
exception OF one. The two feature events
OF the Middle Atlantic Golf Asoscia ton
We're won by local players. William C
Ballantyne. Of Columbia. beating 7.
Courtney Jenkins over the Baltimore
country Club course In the title event
Tor individuals. and the Columbia team
winning the championship in the team
matches. with Chevy Chase as the rum
nCr-up.
Norbert Dempsey, the Columbia young
ster, had an exceptionally good wear, he
ing runner-up in two tournaments, but
losing out In the finals of each occasion
10 more experienced men Dr. Lee L.
Harlan. q clubmate. beat him out for
nrst night honors IN the Washington
Gof and Country Club event, while
Walter r. Tuckerman, of the home club,
TOOK the hOnors from him in the Chevy
chase tourney. Thomas w Sasscer, OF
the Maryland Country Club, won the
qualification score prize in the Bannock-
ourn tournament, but lost out In match
play, George T. Cunningham, of Ban
nockburn. and W. J. Hughes, jr., OF Co
nom
ors going to the former
The District championship event was
at y holes medal play this year and
Edward B. Eynon. jr. of Columbia, won
by small margin from Samuel Dalzell
OF Chevy Chase. Mrs. Charles 1. Frailey
won the title in the women's CHAMPION
ship event played for the first time,
There were also an unusual number of
closed events scheduled at the various
cIuos. Chevy Chase held four for men
players and one for the women's cham
pionship OF the club. Mrs I. T Mann
was the winner Of the aforementioned
Samuel Dalzell captured two of these
when he won the IF Oden Horstmann
Memorial Cup" which carries with II the
cluo title. and the "Siamese" cup Col
L. b. Babbitt captured the President
Cup while Ashmeade Fuller was vic
torious in the Election tournament
Mrs. Alpheus Winter won the Elm
mons s. Smith" cup at Columbia and
play is now in progress for the III. c
Sheridan" trophy. which must be won
five times before becoming the perma-
nent property of the winner Both of
these events are for the women members
OF the club. the men playing monthly
tournaments throughout the entire sea
son.
Edward B. Eynon. jr.. had the honor
of seeinS his name engraved on the
plaque showing the. course record for the
year over the Columbia links in a regu-
ia,ly scheduled event when he turned in
a 1S. Basil NJ. Manley is the club cham
pion at Bannockburn. having beaten
John c. Fales in close match at 3s
holes i'll the tournament recently held.
In addition to the above events all of
the clubs held holiday ones throughout
the season. Undoubtedly more golf was
played locally during the last twelve
months than ever before and indications
are that the coming season will be even
more successful one from every angle.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Scholastic Football.

The biggest sport IN the scholastic
ranks was in football, which Central
Just managed to win because Of the
Closeness of the series. More interest was
shown this year than any year pre-
vious it proving a good financial year
also. Business pushed Central hard for
the championship. but lost the series
mainly because of stagefright in the
first game against Central.
Technical, who for the past three
years had won the championship and
who was looked upon as the favorite at
the beginning of the series fell down
miserably which was a great disappoint-
ment to its many followers.
The championship interscholastic honors
should go to Georgetown Props, who
after having the most successful season
of its career, winning all their games,
challenged Central who refused to play
them: thereby giving the Props the
honor,
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Independent Baseball.

Independent baseball in 1916 doomed
stronger than the amateur games that
have held sway here during the past four
years. More than fifty independent teams
played for the honor of District champions
lats summer, but only six were real con-
tenders. The Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis Railroad team not only won the
honors as local independent champions.
but packed the old Maryland State title
away while they were at it. The Vigil
lants and Mohawks started out as real
contenders, defeating such teams as the
Rex. Clarendon. Cardinals. Marines and
Empires.
Although Manager Gauzza, of the Vigi-
lants and Manager Mcclure, OF the Mo-
hawks, are to be congratulated on the
brilliant battles they played against the
"railroaders." they were compelled to
doff their hats to the aggregation from
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Collegiate Baseball.

Local collegiate baseball was a disap-
pointment to the followers OF the four
local schools last season, as Catholic Uni
versity was the only club that had any
thing like a good season. The Brook
landers. who in 1914 and 1915 set the
Northern and Southern collegiate world
on fire with their great combination. fell
far below the standard OF these teams,
although they faired better than any of
the other local schools.
John O'Reilly's Georgetown cOllegians
started off like a house on fire, but fell
by the wayside before the season was
many games long.
Gallaudet, like Georgetown, got away
good. but before the season was many
games long Coach Priests charges went
bad. State College did not do anything
surprising. as they lost the Maryland
State title to st. Johns in the big game
of the year by IA to count.
Georgetown was beaten by Navy, Penn.
state. Princeton, Army, Harvard. and
Yale, while they won from Mount St.
Joseph, Yale, Williams, Johns Hopkins.
In the Mount st. Joseph game Freddy
Murray. the big right-handed hurler of
the Hilltoppers, put across a not-hit no.
run game when he trimmed the Noun
taineers by s to O.
Due to some brilliant pitching Of Fahey,
Catholic University faired better than the
other three local schools. They defeated
the Great Mahan, of Harvard divided
two-gase series with Holy Cross, and
defeated their ancient rivals, the Mary
land State team.
Maryland State put through one real
Dig victory when they laid the world
beating Cornell team low in one of the
opening games of the season by a 3 to l
score.
Prospects for great season is in store
for all the local teams, as Catholic Uni
versity has almost an entire veteran out
ht, while Georgetown and Maryland State
are well fortified for 1917.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Automobile Racing.

Il is only within the past year that
automobile sports have gained a foot
hold in Washington unless endurancs
runs could be considered as a sport.
Two automobile race meets have been
held in this city within the past twelve
months and both OF them very success
ful from the sporting standpoint. In the
last races held on THANKSGIVING Day
faster cars were competing than have
ever before been seen on the local track
Due TO bad weather she crowd on this
date was somewhat slim.
Irving Barber. local driver, holds ths
Bennings track record Of ffty-eisht SEQ
onds for the mile. This record was
made with an Eye See Bee. which car
has since been sold to william wsiEht-
man, the Philadelphia racing man.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Scholastic Basketball.

Western again repeated her pre-
formance Of the year before by winning
the interscholastic basketball champion
ship In 1916 against teams from st
Adams. Army and Navy Prep Eastern.
Central, and Business.
Westerns FIVE composed of Piene.
Pech. Smith, Sergeant and welcheli
proved to be unbeatable In the series,
not losing a game. Piene and Pech. and
B. Wise. of Business. proved to be the
best tossers in the series. Although
Technical was not in the league thew
deserve great credit for the work ON
the floor, defeating all the teams in the
league except Army and Navy Prep
The stars Of this team were Eiseman,
D. Pheiffer and De Atlcy,
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
THE BALL AND THE GAME
By Tony Sousa.

By Tony Sousa.
It's the ball. boys. just the ball.
That makes possible games pleas
ure, after all!
On the field. the gym. the wicket
Be 1t base, foot. basket, cricket,
Soccer; tennis. pool or bowling.
Billiards, batted balls or rolling
Volley, polo, marbles, tether-
Really, it don't matter whether
It's played summer, spring or fall;
It's the ball, boys, just the BALI
That "keens" the spirit for us all.
In games OF every nation
The ball Of our Gods creation
The ball for our recreation,
Is, just the ball. boys. Just the ball.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Season of 1916 in Local Sports
The Most Successful in History

the Naval Academy Junction during the
latter days of the 1916 season.
Independent baseball in 1917 should
boom higher than ever before and II pres
ent plans Of the magnates and follow
ers OF the game go through the new year
will witness the independent game going
at the best clip IT has since the days Of
the famous Norris Peters, Bureau and
Columbia Athletic Club
The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Weinberg Named Captain.

Cleveland. Ohio, Dec. 23.-SoI Weinberg,
who during the past season starred at
full back, was yesterday named captain
of the Western Reserve University foot
ball eleven for 1917.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-16
TINES EDITORIALS
Beat Doctors to 1t

The nfantie paralysis will cost the nation ABOUT
100000 What will have to pay in manned and helpless
children cannot be estimated.
While scientists compete in their efforts to discover the cause
the plague continue repeat their warnings
to mothers and housewives general sanitation.
It is not unlikely that infante paralysis is spread IN
number of different ways possibly by flies reaches ana
other vermn.
Theoretically these ancient pests tolerated in decent
homes But in fact housekeepers not nearly so nice as
they pretend.
Only simplest supplies netting kerosene and borax are
required exemnate vemn The biggest item is labor work
in the home
is far wiser to free home of flies reaches and bedbugs
than give party to keep the family supplied with fine des
1t will take time to kerosene bed than to bake
devils food
Infane paralys only of the terrible maadies which
may to vern among the ranging from typhoid
fever which the fly carries to the most oatsome of all human
diseases that spread by the bedbug
Just what immense contribution woman can make to the
health of the nation by totally destroying the ven which at
flict mankind is outside prophecy
But it all be done by individual initiative without organ
izaton, campaign expenses
Simply by making homes clearly they pretend to be
plain little housewives beat the most famous doctors in their
newly found and much advertised endavOr the prevention
of disease.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-16

It may be very important that, here and there there
shall be change in the wage scale know not-Candi-
date Hughes.
Mr. Hughes ignorance this subject to be expected.
For years. he has been wholly of touch with He
knows not whether they starving being overed He
knows nothing about the effects of the high of living
homes and lives He isn't quite that here
and there there should be better pay Fact only since he
became awy hungry for the presidency that Mr. Hughes
interested in what the wage-earner got
81 know not, says Mr.. Hughes we believe him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-16
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mother who here yesterday
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mothers soul has match
look on life the old only has intensified
and noushed by Mr. Trents wealth typical
woman, than which there is typ
She supremey happythe first selfish
content.
That sounds catfish doesn't It, little getting
better but though
stand much of mother ~
She said she and Mr. Trent will buy she
tain properly You know, Marge she said Il able
to do the things wanted to do when
Shades of Poor
give that what she wanted
all he apparently is
we'll satisfied
What there about her that could
did men?
ITO be continued.