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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-14
BILL JAMES LUCKY
Griffmen Hit the Ball Hard,
But Not Safely.
TIGERS HAVE BIG INNING
Young Is Presented With a Triple,
Paving Way for 3-to-1 Vic
tory for Detroit.
TIGERS HAVE BIG INNING

Inability Of the Griffmen to get the
balls Bill James was pitching into safe
territory made the former St Louis
pitcher look like star, and won the
final game for the Tigers. making the
series stand to in their favor.
, James was effective only in that it
was his luck to have all the hard-hit
balls. Of the locals go right at one of
the waiting felders. No less than ten
such balls were hit to the infield, which
ordinarily would have been hits, while
two or three line drives were caught
by the outfielders. That was the secret
OF how Bill James got away. If this
luck follows through the rest of the
season there Is yet a chance for him
to lead all the pitchers in the league.
For six innings only two of the locals
reached the bases. Jameson in the
first got an infield hit and Mcbride
walked in the sixth. The first clean
hit came in the seventh. when Alva
Williams drove liner to right center
which netted three bases. but as there
were two out at the time. this blow
did not net any runs
James was a trihe wild in the eighth
inning, when he started out by walking
Barber. but he quickly famed Henry
and caused Mcbride to pop up, and then
Moeller. who batted for Boehling, also
walked. But Jameson hit to James
and ended the inning
The locals only run came in the
ninth. which Foster started with a hit.
Milan followed suit, and there were
Two on and none out. Williams, who
had hit a triple the time UP before,
struck out. and two runners advanced
when Shanks hit grounder to James
Foster scored on BARRIERS nit, but
Henry ended the game with grounder
to Witt.
The Tigers got their runs in the sec
ond inning. Young started the inning
with line drive to right Barber
played the ball poorly, and the result
was that Young got credit for a three
; base hit Baker singled and Young
| scored. Baker stole second James
struck out. but Witt walked and after
| Bush had flied to left. Heilman hit a
double which made the total for the
inning three. The score:
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RACE HORSES KILLED.
Belmont and Butler Thoroughbreds
Struck by Lightning,

NEW YORK. July 14.-Three high
class thoroughbreds formed the toll
taken by the electrical storm yesterday
at the Yonkers track, where the EN-
pire City Racing Association was hold
ing the second day of its meeting.
Two of the horses. Cockleshel and
Nancy Fair, were instantly killed by
lightning. They were owned by August
Belmont, chairman of the Jockey Club.
The other horse. Variety. belonged to
James Butler. Variety had his head out
of a stall at the time and was SO badly
injured by the bolt that he had to be
shot. The accident happened in the
shed stable at the back of the grand
stand, which is being used jointly by
Messrs Belmont and Butler.
Another bolt of lightning struck the
far end Of the grandstand. and sew
eraI persons received slight shocks, but
no one was seriously hurt.
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DOOM TO MINERS.
Pills Former Manager Released by
Giants to Rochester Club.

CINCINNATI. July 14.-Charles S.
Doom has been shunted to the minors
Before the New York Giants left home
for their tour of the west, McGraw,
manager of the Giants, asked waivers
on the former Phillies' leader, and he
did not make the trip with the CLUB.
Yesterday it was announced that Doom
had been released to the Rochester club
of the International League.
Recently there have been number
of rumors concerning what disposition
McGraw would make Of Doom. 1t was
stated in some quarters that Garry
Hermann wanted him to manage the
Cincinnati club, and that Charley Her
zoE would be given back to the Giants
in exchange.
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DIDDEL AGAIN VICTOR.
Central States Golf Champion Elm.
mates Hunter. 4 and 8.

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 14.-F. w.
Hunter of the Detroit Country Club was
eliminated in the match play in the
Central States Golf Association tourna-
ment here yesterday. His opponent was
Will H. Diddel present association
champion. Diddel won up and to go.
The round was hard fought, but with
Diddel leading all the way. The last
nine holes. were played in a driving
rain, which followed excessive heat
during the day.
Guy Miller of the Detroit Golf Club
eliminated Robert +. Stranahan of the
Inverness Club, Toledo, 2 up.
Holland Hubbard. another Inverness
entrant, defeated Frank Southland OF
the same club, 2 up.
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Cardinals and Brooklyn Divide.

ST. LOUIS, July 1.-THE st. Louis Ma
tionals and Brooklyn divided a double
header here yesterday. the locals taking
the first game. to 1, and losing the sec
ond. to 0. Scores:
st. Louis ....... 0 L 0 o o. o 70
Brooklyn ......... 0 O O 81
Two-base hits-Wheat. Bescher, o. Miller
Gonzales. Three-base hH-Daubert sacriace
hit-Mowrey. Sacrifice iies-Gon1ales, Betsei
Double plays Miller, Corhan and Hornsbx:
Q. Miller and Getz. Left on bases-st Louis,
Hits and earned runs-'on Cheney. 4 hits and =
in seven innings; on Ames. l hit and no runs in
two innings. Hit by pitcher-By Cheney
lBescher).. Struck out.By Cheney. !. Passed
ball-O. Miller. Umpires-Messrs. Ortiz and
Byron. Time Of game-1 hour and so minutes,
2. = dy;. ..9 9 9 ! 9 g 9 81
Two-base hits-Mowrey. stengel. Sacrifice hit
-Daubert. Double play-Miller and Hornsby.
Left on bases-Brooklyn, 8; st. Louis. g. First
base on error-St. Louis Base on balls-On
Doak. Hits and earned runs-On Pfeffer.
hits and no runs In nine innings; of Doak, II
hits and runs in six innings none out In sew.
enth); off Hall, 2 hits and / run in three in
nings. Hit by pitcher-By Pfeffer (Wilson).
Struck out-By Doak. /: by Hall. 8; by Pfefer
g. Passed ball--Gonzales. Umpires-Messrs
Byron and orth. Time of game hour and 81
minutes.
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Cubs Nose Out Phillies.

CHICAGO. July 14.-Zimmerman's home
run, scoring Flack, won a ragged game
for Chicago yesterday, 6 to 5, after Phila-
delphia's pinch hitters staged a three
run rally in the ninth.
Vaughn pitched a great game up to
the last. Williams errors giving the
champions their first two runs. Bender
was wild and poorly supported.
Kelly. the Indianapolis recruit, famed
as a pinch hitter in the ninth. Score:
Philadelph iia''. 49,. i 3 Q ss
Two-base hit--Bender. Home run-zimmer.
man. Stolen base-Schulte. Sacrifice hts
Whitfield Williams: Left on bases-PhiladeIphia,
8; Chicago, 8. First base on erroirs-Philadelphia
.: Chicago 4. Bases on bal1s-Of Bender. 4: of
McQuillan, 1; off Vaughn. 4. Hits and earned
runs-On Bender, hits and 1 run In eight In
nings of Mcouillan. hit and / run In one n,
inning: off Vaughn, hits and 3 runs In eight
innings none out in ninth: of Lavender, / hit
and no runs in one inning; Struck oat--By
Wild pitehes-Bender. 2. Umpires-Messrs.
O'Day and Eason. Time Of game hours and
10 minutes.
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GET ONLY TWO HITS
Marines Unable to Solve Deliv-
cry of Croson.
TREASURY CAPTURES GAME
Defeats Soldiers in Government
League by 8 to 2@0ther
Gossip.

Croson held the Marines to two hits
in the Government League yesterday
and Treasury won by a score of to ..
Brewer also pitched good ball for the
soldiers. and the game partook con-
siderably of the nature of pitchers
battle. Treasury scored twice in the,
fifth and once in the sixth, while Ma
rtnes got a run in the second and an
other in the sixth.
Bell played fine ball at second base
for Treasury, taking care of nine
chances, eight of which We're assists.
Strait caught well, and Downey did
some good work around first base
Overton's fielding featured for the Ma
rines.
The Machinists took the measure of
the Highlands in the Potomac League
with very little trouble. the score being
held the losers to four safeties, while
Cox, for the Highlands, struck out
eleven of the Machinists. notwithstand-
ing that his team was decisively de-
for the Machinists, and Giovanetti's
catching was excellent.
The Fifth Baptist team won 2-to-1
game in the East Washington Sunday
School League. Weagley held the
Reformation club to three safeties,
pitching effectively throughout the con-
test. Weston's fielding at shortstop
and Kline's work at second were the
most noteworthy features of the con-
test.
In the swim-o off of the tie yesterday,
which resulted July 4, when the points
scored by individuals were counted up
for the municipal aquatic meet, Reds"
Ansley won from Carl Carrick without
much trouble. The two men raced 440
yards to determine possession of the
gold point trophy. Each man scored
sixteen points in the meet July a. Ans
ley took the lead at the start of yes
terday's event, and held it to the end.
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TO PLAY SOCIAL GOLF.
Harry Kaufman to Be Entertained
& BY "Augusta Crowd" Today.

This afternoon the Augusta crowd
e the Columbia Country Club will en-
tsftain Harry Kaufman Of the Wash
ington Suburban Club in a return match
II the country club. A short time ago
Kaufman entertained the players at his
club and ten matches were played.
This Afternoon q luncheon will be given
and the players will pair up for the
golf matches later. The names of the
contestants are to be drawn from a
hat and the players will not know
Whsm. theg, are Aomsst until the9 reach
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GIBBS GET OUTFIELDER.
Tinker to Pay Big Sum for Kelly
If INDIANAPOLIS Club.

CHICAGO, July 1.-THE Chicago Ma
tionals have purchased Joe Kelly,
Indianapolis outfielder. In exchange the
Indianapolis club will receive a cash
sum of between $4,000 and $4,000 and
two players yet to be named. The play
ers will not be delivered to Indianapolis
for several days. but Kelly joinel the
Cubs yesterday.
Kelly is a right-handed batter who
hit 400 last year and led the American
Association in base stealing with sixty
one thefts. So far this season he is hit
ting about 800.
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Dillon Is outpointed.

Dillon was considerably outpointed
by Levinsky, who is especially clever
with his left hand. Levinsky jabbed
and jabbed and jabbed with light lefts
to Dillon's face, but could make little
or no impression Dillon received a
slight scratch under his left eye, but
never seemed to mind the blows, and
certainly they did not affect him in
the least.
1t appeared to be the opinion that
Dillon would have beaten Levinsky
yesterday in a longer bout, but the OPP
posite probably would have been the
case. With Dillon in the condition he
was it Is almost certainty that he
would have been making poorer
showing at the end of the fifteenth
round than he was the tenth, which he
finished while against the ropes, his
hands almost at his sides and Livinsky
pounding at him without even return
blow. Dillon in good shape and over a
fifteen-round route would prove Levin
sky's master.
Dillon tried his best to fight, but just
could not. He weighed only 1853 pounds
just before he entered the ring six
pounds below the figure at which he
condition possible. That speaks for
itself to those familiar with the con-
ditioning of athletes. There are many
middleweights who would have made
Dillon look little like a possible heavy
weight champion under the conditions
of yesterdays bout.
There is no deyning that Levinsky is
clever. though he is not near the man
that he might seem, judged on his su-
periority over Dillon Yesterday He
Is very clever with his left, but does
not carry punch in either hand heavy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-14
VETERAN HoRsEMAN HURT.
Ed F. Geers, 70 Years Old, in Az
eident on Cleveland Track.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 14.-Ed F.
Geers, veteran Grand Circuit driver.
was badly injured at the North Randall
track here yesterday and may not be
able to participate in next weeks race
program. Geers was driving one of
four horses which were engaged In a
practice brush and collided with q har-
row as he turned into the stretch. He
was thrown from his sulky under the
hoofs of another horse and was badly
cut about the head. He was taken to
a hospital Geers is seventy years old.
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MISS SMITH GOLF VICTOR.
Defeats Mrs. Jones in Final Of
Rovar1v r. n Tnurrav
Beverly G.. G. Tourney.

CHICAGO. July 14.-Miss Mildred
Smith Of the Evanston Golf Club yes
terday won the invitation tournament
of the Women's Western Golf Associ-
alton at the Beverly Country Club by
defeating Mrs. Melvin Jones of Glen
Oak, 3 and 2.
The golf displayed in the finals was
Of the same championship type that has
marked the meet. from the qualifying
round. In which Miss Laurie Kaiser.
Missouri champion. led the field with
a record-breaking 81. Miss Smith yes
tArda0- appxoxim&tedeSA
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Walter Johnson to Speak.

Rev. John H. Jeffries of the Ryland
Episcopal Church. 10th and
D streets southwest, announces that
Walter johnson. star pitcher Of the
Nationals. is to speak to a gathering
of men and boys tonight at the church
The subject will be Clean Living
From an Athletic Point OF View" A
large crowd % expected.
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PLAY ONE FULL MATCH.
Commerce Tennis Team Smothers
Post Office, 5 to 0.

Commerce made clean sweep of Its
matches with Post Office, in the De-
partmental Tennis League yesterday
afternoon, only one Of the contests
going the full three sets. Summaries:
COMMERCE, 8; POST OFFICE. o.
Team 1-Commerce (Cragoe Phelps! defeated
Team 2-Commerce (Rose- Harmonl defeated
Post Office (Roberts WARREN, 60. 81
Team 3-Commerce Edwards Mueller) defeat
ed Post once (Rowell-Nutt), 81. 60:
Team 4-Commerce (Merica-Lewis) defeated
Team b-Commerce (Tracey-Tuttle) defeated
Post once (Ryan-Leonard), 81. Sc. e..
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DUMBART0N IS IN FRONT
Leads Washington Tennis Associa-
tion-Petworth Heads the
Suburban League.

Washington has two fourishing ten
mis- organizations in the Washington
Tennis Association and the Suburban
Tennis League. The former holds it's
contests every two weeks the four
clubs forming the association visiting
each other. The Dumbarton Tennis
Club, whose courts are located at Wis
consin avenue and r street, leads the
league in the total number of games
won and lost. The Departmental
League and the Columbia Country Club
are tied for second place. with the
Chevy Chase Club in last place. Many
Of the leading tennis players of the
ers of the association; the players of
the Columbia Country Club look very
strong on paper. and the probable rea-
son for their being in second place is
due to the fact that Connie Doyle was
absent from one of the matches, as
this sterling player can usually be de-
pended upon to win the ma jority OF his
contests from any of the local players.
In another of the matches Henry
Brock was absent and the loss of these
two stars meant the loss of two
matches to the Columbia Country Club
team. The Dumbarton team always
has been able to get its best men to
the courts and. led by Douglas Hillyer
A.
players of the Wisconsin avenue club,
has won over all the other three clubs
The Chevy Chase team can put
formidable aggregation on the courts
but its doubles teams are not quite as
! strong as those of the other country
club.
The Departmental League has some of
the best players in tho employ of Uncle
Sam. among them the brainy and spirit
ed player Lou Doyle, whose court tao
tics are of the best.
| A. Y. Leech has donated a beautiful
trophy to the association which to be
| won outright must be annexed three
times not necessarily in succession. The
current year is the first year of compe-
| tition.
Tomorrow afternoon the players of
the Chevy Chase team will oppose the
| racqueters of the Dumbarton team on
the latter's courts and the Columbia
Country Club team will play the De-
partmental League at Columbia.
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the clubhouse. The original Augusta
crowd consists of tho following mem
bers of the Columbia Country Club:
Otto ]. De Moll, George P. James. R. e.
Burks. j. Thilman Hendr1ck. Charles
II. Orme, c. A. Watson. z. 3. Eynon,
jr, and Albert r. Mckenzie Kaufman
also accompanied the party to Augusta
last winter.
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Eight Clubs in Suburban.

The Suburban Tennis League is COM
posed of eight clubs scattered all over
the city. The president of the organi-
zation Is ]. H. Holmead, the vice presi-
dent ]. n. Hixson and the combined
duties of secretary and treasurer are
assumed by Myron G. Clear.
The clubs and locations of their course
follows: Argyle Club: this club pos
sesses two sets Of courts, one being at
18th and Decatur streets, and the other
being at 18th and Emerson streets
northwest. Bureau of Standards
Courts located at Connecticut avenue
and Tilden street northwest. Euclid
Club-Courts located at Sherman ave-
nue. and Euclid street northwest. Hol-
mead Club-Thirteenth and Monroe
streets northwest. Home Club-Sixth
Club-Randolph street between 4th and
9Th streets northwest. Princeton Club
Otis street between Warder and Park
places northwest. Racquet Club-Har-
ward street between 14th and 18th
streets northwest.
The Petworth Club leads the league
in the number of games won and lost.
closely followed by the Racquet Club,
with the Bureau Of Standards third.
The next match will take place tomor-
row afternoon with the Argyle Club
meeting the Racquet Club. the Blu
reau OF Standards opposing the Hol-
mead Club, the Home Club playing the
Petworth Club and the Princeton Club
meeting the Euclid team.
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Street cars, taxis and all other forms
of conveyance except natures original
vehicle for human beings have been
banned by the Portland club manage
ment. Hereafter Beaver ball players,
so it is reported, must journey to end
from the ball park. wherever they may
be playing. on foot. This is not an
economy measure, but one that 1t 10
believed. will assist In keepiny the
Beavers In condition to play ball
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Dillon. though. and it must be SAID
that while he went through most OF
the fight jabbing at billions face with
his left. he never hesitated to go in to
meet half way any attempt at close,
hard slugging.
Bout disappointment.
The bout as whole was very much
of disappointment. Not only did Dill
, through no fault of his own. unless it
was the lack of judgment in schedul-
ing a bout at the time. but the pro-
motors failed to give to the public
that which they had advertised. And,
like in all such cases, the public-those
who really foot the bills and are re-
sponsible for the money earned by
compelled to suffer. Promised a fifteen
round fight to a decision. with man
touted by many as having chance TO
capture the worlds heavy weight
champions ship one of the principals,
from which seats costing from 81 to 81
were bought, the spectators were given
a rather tame ten-round. no-decision
contest
The main bout was supposed to go on
at ) o'clock, but it was after when
the men went into the ring. According
to Dillon, the two fighters had been
promised a purse of $4,000. but the
they were asked to fight for 81. 400.
This they refused to do. but hnally
agreed to go on for ten rounds without
decision for this purse, in order that
the public might not be disappointed.
that being the way the announcer put
lit
Dillon Fights Listless1y.
Every round of the fight was about
the same. Dillon was listless and to
the uninitiated did not seem to care
whether school kept or not" Levinsky
kept jabbing and jabbing without ac-
complishing anything other than to
amass points which were to give him
the decision of the newspapers.
Dillon tried on several occasions to
mix matters, but he had not the energy,
his reserve power having been spent in
| the last two weeks in his battles with
| big men. For man of Dillon's size to
get in shape to fight others weighing
more than 200 pounds and then to go
through with the bouts and win draws
greatly on the reserve power, and after
one or two such fights there follows Tor
! the smaller man period OF relapse In
which he is not fit to do anything but
rest.
The last round found Dillon against
the ropes, Levinsky pounding him at
will, and Dillon, with his arms almost
hanging at mis- SldeS, without stTeIS III
enough to do anything but smile, which
showed plainly that he was disguised
with himself.
incidentally 1t might be mentioned
that the Dillon-Levinsky fights have
almost reached the point where they
assume the character of the well known
Langford McVey meetings, in point of
frequence. Yesterday was the eighth
time the two have met.
The preliminaries to the main bout
were worse than the main bout itself.
The first one failed to go one round.
| the next found one fighter so outclassed
that the affair was almost a joke, and
the third bout was stopped before the
end of the opening round.
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BY II. C. BYRD.

Jack billions showing yesterday in
his fight with Battling Levinsky should
not be accepted as a true criterion of
his capabilities. Dillon undoubtedly
gave a miserable exhibition, consider
ing what seemed to be expected of him
by the crowd. Everybody thought that
Dillon was stalling. because there was
not as much money up for the fight as
had been promised, but such was not
the case. He was absolutely stale, not
in condition to fight, and used very
poor judgment in allowing himself to
be placed under contract for a combat
with anybody.
The moment Dillon stepped into the
ring 1t was apparent that he was much
overturned His work in the first two
minutes of the first round was just
what might have been expected of a
stale athlete in any branch of sport.
Had Dillon been stalling because of the
poor purse, just as everybody appeared
to think, he could not have made as
poor an exhibition out of the battle.
Dillon's timing and judgment of dis
lance would not have done credit to a
third-rater, and when he made an at
tempt to fight-to use the slashins,
boring, cutting tactics that have made
him the most feared man of his weight
in the ring-he simply could not make
good, because he did not have the STAN
Dillon would cut loose for a few sec
onds and give brilliant exhibition
of infghting, but every time he was
compelled to let I'D
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White sox Buy 2 Virginia Players.

NORFOLK, Va. July 1.-The Nor
folk Virginia League base ball club
announced yesterday the sale of
Pitcher Maurice Craft and Third Base
man Edward Sickling to the Chicago
Americans. The White Sox paid $4,000
for each Of the players.
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Young Williams. Hits-On Boehiing, in eight
innings. Double play-Jamieson to Boehling to
Williams. Left on Observation-Disclosures, 6; De-
troit, 7. Hit by pitcher--By Boehltng iHeil-
mani. Umpires-Messrs. Dineen and Nallin,
Time Of game-1 hour and so minutes
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Kansas regiment claims it was first
to reach the 'front.', when everybody
knows It was the Dodgers.
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II Buck Herzog had his way. he
would put blundering Cincinnati play
,ers in the stocks, as the Puritans used
to do Q few centuries ago.
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Jack Pfeister Released.

SIOUX CITY. Iowa. July .14.-Jack
Pfeister, the former Chicago National
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League star. who has been pitching for
the Sioux City Western League team
was yesterday handed an unconditional
release.