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Evening star., 1916-10-08
CHARLES COMISKEY IS ONE OF
CANES GREATEST EXPONENTS
Sentiment Makes the Game-Would Like to
See the Day When His Team Would
Win Another World Championship.

CHICAGO, October 7.-Charles Albert
Comiskey, owner of the White Sox. con-
cluded his forty first season in base ball
last week without a single regret and
with only one wish. There was no note
of disappointment in his talk as he re-
viewed his career over four decades,
but a strange light came into his eyes
as he summed it up with this:
IT would be willing to begin all over
again, IL such should be necessary,
could I hear the tapping Of one more
world pennant."
Sitting in his office his gaze wander
ed past a bronze figure of a Greek dis
Gus thrower as he looked out into pro-
Of ticket booths through which have
flowed an ample financial reward for
his labors in years gone by.
Game Lives on Sentiment.
Eyes. have made money at the
game" he continued, but base ball
means q lot more to me than the wealth
that it sometimes brings. Despite criti-
cfsm to the contrary, cut sentiment out
of the sport and it would be dead in a
year. To ME a championship flag is all
made up of sentiment. 1t represents a
season Of continuous battles, where
skill and wits are pitted against each
other and where the dollar is forgotten
by a true sportsman.
There were never greater struggles
than thirty years ago. when with the
old St Louis Browns we battled for a
championship with the financial re-
ward a mere fraction of what it would
be today.
Changed conditions have made the
game more complex affair. but the
true player and owner would be willing
to forego financial advantages just as
quickly today as then in order to win
the highest honor in American sports
1t takes money and a lot of it to run a
base ball team in this age, but a season
is never really successful to those who
have a fat bank account but no flag"
Code for the Player.
Catechising the man who has actively
spent a longer time in base ball than
any other man in the world, the inter-
viewer suggested that perhaps he had
some valuable pointers on how to sue
ceed in acquiring fame and fortune.
"As / am not a preacher" he re-
sponded. i cannot moralize. but so far
as have been able to discover success
depends only on hard work. Base ball
Is just like any other business II a
players ambition stops at sundown and
payday he will always be a minor
league. He may flash to the front for
short time, but in the majority of
cases he will fade out of sight in fast
order and become dependent upon
others.
NO player who wishes to succeed can
make the game joy ride. Nowadays,
more than ever. sobriety, industry and
strict application to the business in hand
are absolutely essential. Besides that
he must be strong morally. as there are
temptations in this game as in other
lines of business. In addition he must
be student of the game or he will soon
Evening star., 1916-10-08

with four sixteens to qualify. The
usual handicap will be held in contunc-
ton with the qualifying round instead
Of the Saturday when the final is play
the match play rounds with the first
and second rounds. On Saturday. Oc-
tober IA, the semi-f1nals and finals in
all flights are carded. all to be at
eighteen holes, match play.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
To winner, runner-up and winner Of
consolation in each sixteen. For best
gross score in qualification round. For
best net score in qualification round
made by player having handicap OF
twelve or less. For best net score in
qualification round for the player hav-
ing a handicap above twelve. Only one
prize will be awarded a player IN
the qualification round. The handi-
caps, which will be applied in the
qualification round only, must be GER
titled to by the home secretary for the
competitors.
The entries close at pm. Tuesday,
October 10.
The privileges of the course will be
extended on October 9, 10 and IL to
players who intend to participate in
the tourney.
A great four-ball match was played
at the Chevy Chase Club yesterday aft
ernoon between Jack Burgess. the pro,
and Allan Lard. one of the best of the
Chevy Chase amateurs, as team. and
Samuel Dalzell, the brilliant southpaw.
won. but had a great fight on their
hands in doing it. for the other pair
played fine golf, the match being won
by 2-1. The first hole was halved.
Burgess won the second with g.. then
Lard halved the next four. Lard and
Burgess turned for home 1 up: The
tenth and eleventh holes were halved
in three and four; Burgess won the
twelfth with four and Miller won the
thirteenth with a great two. his tee
shot almost holing out, being but three
inches short of the pin. Burgess won
the fourteenth hole to put his team
up. Fuller won the fifteenth with a
four, Burgess missing short putt The
sixteenth was halved in fours. The
match was ended when Burgess sank a
good putt for a three on the seven
teenth hole. All got fours on the home
hole. Burgess score was 7s.
The golfers of the Chevy Chase Club
are now qualifying for the cup given
by the Siamese minister and known as
began on the 5th of October. and will
continue until the 18th. Thirtytwo
players will qualify for the match play
rounds. The cup was won last year by
Walter r. Tuckerman.
Fred Mcleod of the Columbia Country
Club had two great rounds yesterday.
In the morning he played with EmmonS
S. Smith. jr.. and was around In 72, and
in the afternoon, playing with H. Len
nox Bond. Sd, and r. H. Pritchett of the
Baltimore Country Club, had "A. to
have 146 for the double round. Mcleod
started the Baltimoreans up and was
beaten on the last green, when he MISS
ed ten-foot putt.
G. H Chasmar almost broke the
course record at Columbia yesterday.
I5e was out In 35 Coming in he had
4. 5, 5, 8, 4: 4. 6, and picked up his ball
on the seventeenth hole, after taking a
on the short sixteenth. Had he played
the sixteen hole well. as he usually does.
he should have been around in 72 or 70
without much trouble.
Jimmie Spencer of the Washington
Suburban Club has had three different
rounds in the last week Of rs over his
own course.
Evening star., 1916-10-08
which the affair was handled. No,

which the affair was handled. Now
Matt Hinkel Is considering another big
match-for Cleveland this time-be-
tween Johnny Kilbane and either Fred
dy Welsh or Richie Mitchell. The fans
are wild In Cleveland over Kilbane,
and will bet world Of money that he
can whip Welsh. They also are anxious
for Johnny to again meet Mitchell, as
the Milwaukee boy was given two
newspaper decisions over the cham
pion. one at Milwaukee and the other
at Cleveland. although all the Cincin-
natl papers did not agree on the YER
dict 1t would be a great match, and
would demonstrate whether Kilbane
of the Chicago and Milwaukee papers
gave Mitchell the shade over Welsh
when they boxed in Milwaukee.
Cleveland will hold only ten-round
bouts this winter. but such towns as
Columbu Akron, Springfield, Mass1lon,
Conneaut, Lorain and many others run
twelve and fifteen rounds, some twenty.
Toledo and Cincinnati also hold to the
ten-round game. Under the commission
plan, as adopted by all these towns.
and copied from the New York and
been kept clean. At Akron. Ohio. I
witnessed the Johnny Grifhths-Joe
yelling contest, and must say the af-
fair was handled in tip-top shape; in
fact, the commission deserved credit
for its work, which could not be great
ly improved on. even under state con-
troll. In regard to the show itself, 1t
might be well to mention that the
bouts were of good class throughout.
Chick Maglione. a young italian 130-
tie fighter and reminds one Of Charlie
Neary, the Milwaukee pride Of a decade
ago. The boy is under the tutorship OF
Art SimmS. and should prove conner.
III Ii, On, 1f0
He shaded the experienced Bobby
Grant of Bayonne. N. ]. The Griffith
yelling match was contest Of left
hands and Johnny had the best left.
getting the decision, but doing no dam
age to Joseph. yelling showed great
Improvement in his work since he met
Ever Hammer of Chicago at Kenosha.
Wis. He hits faster with his left hand
and has a right cross, but does not use
it enough. Griffiths Is surely of high
have scaled over 140 pounds, thus hav-
ing fully six or seven pounds on Joe.
Art Simms, the Akron (Ohio) trainer
and athletic instructor, and at one
time a high-class lightweight. also
last week he oficiated at the Grifflths-
yelling contest. Art became excited
at one stage Of the fight when they
failed to break promptly. and he called
out: Now you guys break when
say the word. Remember. I am the
king of this ring and what / say goes
No one disputed him and yelling ever
smiled-it is seldom Joe does such q
thing. Again Art called out: I'm
tangle there. boys; you can't do any
damage" Another break and Ar,
howled: There you go-a1l tangled
up again. Unhitch quick" This line
Of talk continued throughout the bat.
tie, but the fans and boxers took II
good-naturedly. as Art is favositt
with all of them.
Evening star., 1916-10-08
WHITE.
Ma te in three.
Solution and last weeks end-game
Ohio State, 12; Ohio Wesleyan, o

COLUMBUS, Ohio, October Ohio
State opened its foot ball season to-
day by defeating Ohio Wesleyan here,
12 to 0, in slow game. 1t was so
warm that one of the Ohio State play
ers tainted and all the bleacherites
were in their shirt sleeves. Ohio State
won easily, the Buckeyes making nine
teen first downs to the none by Wes-
leyan, yet Wesleyan had strong de-
fense. Ohio State showed a poor for
ward pass, thirteen of fourteen throws
going amiss. On straight foot ball
Ohio State showed the effects of good
coaching, the line opening holes time
and again through which the backs
gained when FIVE and six yards were
needed on fourth down. Wesleyan
played solely with defensive tactics.
Evening star., 1916-10-08
Usual Dose for Case College.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. October Case
College tried today for the nineteenth
time to defeat the University Of Michi-
gan foot ball eleven and failed. 1s to 0.
Warm weather told on the players. and
the crushing power of Michigan's Of
fensive was too much for the lighter
eleven from Ohio.
Michigan. resorting to straight foot
ball most of the time, battered the
Case line effectively.
Sparks and Maulbetsch starred for
Michigan. Ashbaugh played well foI
Evening star., 1916-10-08

The middle Atlantic team champion
ships recently played over the course
of the Chevy Chase Club witnessed
some of the best golf which has been
played over the Chevy Chase course
since the Encouragement Of the holes.
Several scores under 80 were regis
tered, and the whole course was in
better shape than 1t has been at any
time since the invitation tourney given
by the club last spring. Thursday aft
ernoon Donald Woodward was out in
38 and with a on the last hole had a
70. Friday morning Norbert Dempsey
Of Columbia was 79. while Ashmead
Fuller, who As going very well now,
same time G. T. Cunningham OF Ban
nockburn, in defeating E. B. Eynon,
jr., had the last nine holes in 36 with
afternoon in the final round between
Chevy Chase and Columbia. Samuel
Dalzell and Donald Woodward halved
the first seven holes and woodward
got the lead with four on the long
eighth hole. Woodward was out in SO
to Dalzell's 40, and the final scores
were 10 and 80. Woodward finishing 1
up.
Reeve Lewis did some Welfd playins
to score a four on the tenth hole
Thursday afternoon. His mashie shot
was in the pit short of the green, his
second in the bunker over the green
and his third out from the hazard
dead to the hole.
The removal of the eighth tee to
position fifty yards in front of its pre-
vious location was universally COM
mended. as it made the hole httle
easier for the man who failed to get
his tee shot just right.
A tournament open only to woman
players of the Chevy Chase Club VIII pc
held over the course the last of this
month or the first week in November.
A good many of the putting green's at
the Columbia Country Club have been
sanded in preparation for the invita-
ton tourney to be held over the cousre
October 1921. When the sand Is thor
oughly assimilated 1t permits the young
grass to work its way up through the
soil and loosens up the top soil.
Norbert Dempsey had q score Of ~
over the Columbia course recently. He
came to the eighteenth hole with four
for a 76 and was on the green only ten
feet and above the hole In two shots
Evening star., 1916-10-08
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

In trying to hole his three he overran
the hole and took five.
Many changes are contemplated for
next year at Columbia. trap is to be
put in about $50 yards from the first
tee when it is back. in order to limit
the players who go to the left on this
hole. The mounds to the right of No.
/ green are to be sanded on the sides.
A trap will be dug just short and to
the left of the third green to catch a
hooked second shot.
The sixteenth green is to be changed
good deal. Instead of the decided hill
sloping up to the left of the green the
slope will be graded. and on the slight
rise will be placed shallow bunkers to
to the left Of the green will be filled up
almost level with the grading of the
hillside.
The eighteenth hole will have a trap
put in at point fifty yards short and
to the west of the green to catch a
sliced second shot The right-hand cor
ner of the green will be dug out and
swallow bunker put In. The left edge
OF the green will be trapped in the
same manner. All these changes are
tentative, and are as yet not fully
formulated. but 1t is probable that next
spring will find many of the new I'M
provements under way.
howard Beckett OF the Washington
Golf and Country Club wrote to the
| secretary of the Middle Atlantic Golf
association last week regarding a pro-
fessional championship between the
paid players of the Middle Atlantic AS
soc1ation. He received reply recent
ly that the association thought favor
ably of the matter, and that the ques-
ton would be brought UP at the next
meeting of the organization.
A professional tourney which en-
braced all the men affiliated with clubs
In the NJ. A. g. A. would undoubtedly be
great attraction. and one which would
result In heightening of the interests.
which is already large on account of
the amateur championship.
Simeon T. Price, ono of the hest play
ers or the KNkside Golf Club, has join
ed the Washington Golf and Country
Ciub and has been around the course
| several times in IS or better.
The Bannockburn Golf Club tourney,
ior which invitations were sent out
| last week to the various clubs, will
start with the qualification round on
thursday morning. October IL. The
medal round will be eighteen holes.
Evening star., 1916-10-08
HUsEMAN HIGH GUN.
Makes Best Showing in Weekly
Shoot of Analostan Club.

Frank II. Huseman won high honors
at the weekly tourney of the Analostan
Gun Club yesterday. He killed 9s birds
out of 100, which score gave him high
average in the spoon event Huseman
received a silver spoon as prize.
r. D. Morgan won first prize in class
A of the spoon shoot, breaking forty
nine targets out of fifty Four mem
bers tied for first prize in the class B
event, when William Wagner. A. B.
Stine, O. A. Phelps and w. H. Kervin
each killed forty-two pigeons out of
fifty. AS this was Billie Wagner's first
visit to the club this year the three
members presented the silver spoon to
the veteran marksman. who is seventy
four years old. Jesse Shoup took the
class C prize with thirty-six down
Scores:
Evening star., 1916-10-08
Carleton Surprises Chicago.

CHICAGO. October THE foot ball
team of Carleton College of Northfield.
Mimi. did the unexpected today and de-
feated the University of Chicago, to 0.
The Chicago line did not hold and Chi
cago was weak in forward passing. in
which Carleton excelled. Chicago was
outpointed in the first half. but showed
better form in the second and was GO
ing strong when the game ended.
Evening star., 1916-10-08
Spoon shoot.
Wisconsin, 20; Lawrence. O.

MADISON. Wis, October Coach
Withington's University of Wisconsin
foot ball team failed to show startling
early season form In its contest with
Lawrence College today. the game end
ing 20 to in Wisconsin's favor. Wis
consin was slow and depended on
straight line plunges for gains. Law
renee fought pluckily. but was out
weighed and lacked the stamina of its
heavier opponents.
Evening star., 1916-10-08

drop behind. The pace is fast and the
journey is comparatively short, and a
strong arm and pair of speedy legs
are not enough to keep him in step with
others who have made the game their
real profession.
Praises Chicago Loyalty.
IT have never regretted the day that
I decided to take up base ball as my
profession. I went into 1t with en-
thusiasm, and don't think / have gone
back in that respect. The game to me
today Is greater than ever. and I do not
mean 1t in a money sense. If you are
on the level with those who support 1t
the financial end will take care of itself.
The real compensation. however. is the
loyalty shown to your team by your
fellowmen. When they stick through
thick and thin. as they have here in
Chicago, then is when one begins to re-
aliZe that sentiment after all is the
greatest thing in the game and that
the reward is really out of proportion
to what you give"
Comiskey's Many Flags.
Had the White Sox won the pennant
this year 1t would have been Comiskey's s
tenth pennant. He won four in sue
cession as manager of the st. Louis
Browns back in the eighties He won
Louis teams of the old American As
sociation and one in Chicago with the
White Sox in 1906.
An outstanding incident in his career
is the story of load of bricks which
was left without a keeper on West
Madison street, Chicago, in 1878. His
fa q
a contractor. One day young Charles
was told to get load of brick from
a yard. He did, all right. but on his
return he discovered a base ball game
was in need of pitcher. Comiskey
volunteered. letting the dapple grays
to shift for themselves. His father
found the horses and the load of brick
about dusk.
(Which shall 1t be. base ball or
work." asked the elder Comiskey as
soon as the young hopeful returned
that night.
Base ball" replied young comiskey,
Dubuque club. After that he became
player and manager of the st. Louis
ball club of the old American Associa-
ton, where he remained for seven
years. When the brotherhood was organ
of the Chicago team of that organiza-
ton, and during the season Of 1892
1894 he was the manager of the Gin
cinnati National League team.
He started out as manager Of the
ST. Paul (Minn.) team in 1895. In 1900
he broke into Chicago with an Ameri-
can League club.
Although Comiskey had been in the
game two years at the time of the
brick incident on Madison street, that
load of bricks had really more to do
with his getting into base ball than
anything else.
He is not only the highest type of
player-manager and owner, but a man
who has more years of base ball to
his credit than any one else now
identified with the game.
Evening star., 1916-10-08
Inquisitive Fans.

Sporting Editor Star:
win you kindly publish in your next
Sunday edition of The Star the rules
for playing ouoits, and obligs,
You can get a rulebook on "Quoits"
store. It would require too much space
to print them here.
Sporting Editor Star:
VIII you kindly state in your sport
sheet Sunday who pitched the game
between Boston and Philadelphia in
which Jack Coombs went twenty-odd
innings-I think twenty-six? Please
state the number of innings and the
pitchers in the duel-Coombs and who.
]. ]. ].
Longest game In history of American
League was played at Boston. septem-
Der /. 1906 Coombs for the Athletics
and Harris for the Bostons Twenty
four innings; score. Athletics. a;
Boston. l.
Sporting Editor Star:
Pitcher, intending to make throw to
second or third base to catch base run
ner, steps toward base. but keeps one
foot on rubber; he does not make
throw Is 1t a balk If he keeps one
foot on rubber and does not make
throw? G. 0.
has to step of rubber. or that he has
to make throw to second or third; he
must step toward the base. that is all.
Sporting Editor Star:
"a When was the National League
organized. and is there any such thing
as the old National League and the
new National League? (2o Did Dummy
Hoy ever play with Washington, and.
II so. when? w. c. d.
% There has never been but the one
National League. which was organized
in 1876. but 1t has seen many changes
in it's makeup. 1t succeeded the or
ganization known as the National As
sociation and which was an organfza-
tion Of players rather than club own
ers CD Hoy played with Washington
in 1882 and 1893, when Washington
was member of the National League.
Sporting Editor Star:
Batter hits ball fair and starts to
bounds up and hits his bat as he
starts for first base. Is he out under
Section s of Rule Sc? w. c. X
Rule says he is out II he obstructs
or interferes with fielding batted ball
and action does not have to be inten-
tional Batter is out for interference
Sporting Editor Star:
Please advise In your Inouisitive Fan
column what the averages Of three
players are. with the following rec
ords: l.. Mitchell gets In two games
is eight times at bat. and makes six
hits. H. Mitchell is at bat six times
ard makes four hits. T. Mitchell is
at bat eight times and makes fve hits
HARRY JAMES MITCHELL.
L. Mitchell bats $50. H. Mitchell .66t
and T. Mitchell .s25.
Evening star., 1916-10-08
RICE ES|LVERSH|E[D
DONATEDFOR PRIZE
U. S., Canada and Cuba May
Compete for Worlds Most
Costly Chess Trophy.
UNION OF CLUBS POSSIBLE

Perhaps the most costly chess trophy
In the world. the magnificent silver
shield provided by the late Prof. Isaac
L. Rice for the intercollegiate cable
matches unfortunately discontinued In
1910, will become the prize of the most
gigantic chess battle ever waged, If
present plans do not miscarry. 1t Is
proposed to divide the United States.
Canada and Cuba into four sections,
eastern, western, southern and north
ern, the chess clubs of each section to
play matches, either over the board or
by telegraph of telephone. The winning
clubs of the sections will then play east
against north and south against west
and the victors in these two matches
will play for the trophy. By the terms
Of the deed Of gift of the trophy it re-
verted to Prof. Rice upon the discon-
tinuance Of the cable matches between
Oxford and Cambridge, on one hand.
and Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Co
| lumbia, on the other. Mrs. Rice has sig
nified her Willingness to donate the
trophy for an event such as has been
outlined above: but It remains TO & get
Rice's estate before the shield can be
offered to the pan-American clubs for
competition.
At this time, when amateur chess
is the only chess PLAYED sucn sc. COM n
| the continent would be of inesttmaple
value and might even bring about the
golden dream Of the true chess en-
| thusiast, the union of all the chess
clubs of the country in league SINH
| lar to the German and English asso-
Citations
Evening star., 1916-10-08
Louisville Defeats Omaha.

OMAHA. October 7.-Louisville to-
day defeated Omaha, II to 3. in the
interleague SERIES Score: