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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-18

Matches scheduled for this week
Tuesday. McKenree VS.. First Congre-
gational: Thursday. Vermont Avenue
minister va. M Vernon.
Matches In the Terminal Railroad Y
NJ. c. A. tournament will be started to.
morrow. The Home Club Tennis tour.
ney will be resumed and the matches
in the Y. NJ. c. 4. event. The Suburban
League and women's are also sched.
uled for matches during the coming
week. Several unfinished matches are
being run off today.
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Tigers Pick briggs.

PRINCETON. N. J.. June ls.-Eddr
briggs. one OF the most popular ath
letes at Princeton, and former Adelph
Academy, Brooklyn, star athlete, hai
achieved the honor of being elected
Princeton captain. briggs Is the new
leader OF the Tiger baseball team. ans
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Robertson Picked.

PHILADELPHIA, June ls.-At a spe-
cial meeting OF the track and Held COM
mittee of the University OF PennsyI-
son was appointed coach OF the track
and cross-country teams OF the uni
versity OF Pennsylvania. and with sug-
geston to the football committee that
ne be appointed trainer or the footballs
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Athletics Poor Play
Gives Tigers Victory

DETROIT. June 1S.--Oetroit won the
third straight game from the Athletics
yesterday through Meyers liber Atty
with passes and errors by the visitors.
broke into the llne-up in the seventh
inning getting a triple. The score:
Philadelphia .......... 09o 100 Oio-S s j
Detroit ...m.,,......,. Goa 02i, 1G'-I 1
Batteries-Meyers and Schans. Cum
ninGham and StanaEe.
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Foster shot II to Mcbride, and the
Cuban was knitted at the midway.
Nothing else of particular note hap
pened. but II must look good back
home to see box score like this

Runs-Foster. Rondeau, Judge. shanks,
Mcbride. Morgan. shotten. Henry. Stolen
base.Rondeau. Sacrifice hits-Shanks a.
Foster to Morgan to Judge; Marsens to
Hartley: Weiiman to Lavan to Borton. Left
on bases-Washington. 4; 81. Louis. II. First
on Groom. /; on weiiman, 2 Hits and
earned runs-on Harper, hits and I run In
and no runs in innings: on Groom, . hits
and ] run In la inning: or -Weilman, hits
ana runs In 80 innings; or McCabe. 2 hits
and run In innings. Balk-weilman.
Struck out-By Harper. 3: by Groom, /: by
Weilman. 2; by Mccabe. 2. Umpires-Messrs.
Owens and o'Loughlin. Time OF Eame-2
hours and 10 minutes.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing of Clubs.
Tomorrow's Games.

Today's Games.
st. Louis at Cincinnati.
Tomorrow's Games.
st. Louis at Cincinnati
Boston At New York.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
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White Sox Bunch Hits;
Boston Fails to Score

CHICAGO. June 1s.-chicago secret
a 6-to.0 victory over the Red sox yes
terday when they punched hits OF Or
Ruth. jackson was the star hitter o;
the day, getting three hits and wall
in four times at bat. Score:
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League Standings.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing of Clubs.

Today's Games.
washington at ST.. Louis.
New York at Cleveland.
..vS-.,cs at Detroit.
Boston At Chicago.
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Yesterdays Results.

Boston Pittsburgh-Rain.
Cincinnati. l; Philadelphia, o.
Brooklyn, 4; Chicago. g.
New York-St. Louis-wet grounds.
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Washington. 8: 81. Louis, O.
New York, 8; Cleveland a..
Detroit. 7; Philadelphia. a.
Chicago. s: Boston, o.
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Yesterdays Results.

Tomorrow's Games.
me scheduled.
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The following r. the schedule Of the
interdenominationai Tennis League.
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Walter johnson Is going after the
honors today. This means a monster
crowd, because st. Louis always turns
out to see the Weiser Wizard. and just
now the Mound City fans are strong
for Jones Brownies. 1t is expected
that either Dave Davenport or Jim
Park Will be used against the blond
shrapnel.
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Immediately after today's contest the
Grinmen will catch a fast train for
Pittsburgh. where they will play Jimmy
Callahan's Pirates Monday. thus break
ing the long jump to Philadelphia.
where they open a series on tuesday.
The Grinmen have never played in
Pittsburgh. and should be a good at
traction. Jim Shaw, a Pittsburgh boy,
Will pitch against the Pirates.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Oxford Debates on
Safety of Europe

Correspondence Of the Associated PreEs)
OXFORD, England. Dec. lo-The Ok
serd Union. The debating society Of the
university. has decided by a vote OF 20
20 % that the safety Of Europe does not
require the suppression Of Germany from
its place O. first-olaas power.
The question. as Il was proposed for
debate, was: Resolved. That Europe
win not enjoy secure peace at the end
OF this war ~ Germany remains q first
class power
The negative argument included the as
sertion by a Masdslen college student
that Il was Impossible 20 crush Germany,
One debater declared that neither Ger
many nor Great Britain could hope 10 be
In the position Of first-class power after
the war. Another speaker Ia defense o;
Germany urged that England should limit
its action TO the object for which II went
20 war. ITO crush Germany. he re-
marked. I'VE would have 20 reach Berlin;
this would take six years. and In that
time we should have crushed ourselves
too. A sort Of International partnership
would be q wiser way. Driving the Ger
mans out Of the territory they have con-
auered viii surely be enough. All Ia
colonies should be given back to Ger.
many. because II deprived OF them 4
would be a worse danger TO she peace oi
Europe than = Germany without room fol
colonial expansion"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

for success on not breaking. still holds
true TO a considerable extent, or did in
the earlier stages OF the war.
Professional soldiers have long advo-
Gated a general staff ON the Teutonic
plan for Great Britain. Just as they have
fought for conscription. Their profess
sionaI bias leads them TO believe that
the empires safety and power demands
the military system. But the mass of
the people, on the contrary. are content
with a small army OF subordinate influ-
ence in time of peace. backed by a militia
system. They accept tho staff idea
either as war measure or because they
have only a vague idea of It's meaning.
At any rate. they believe IL will prevent
more plumbers OF the Dardanelles type.
While the general staff will probably
not assume the power and influence of
the German by a considerable margin. II
viii undoubtedly bring about a greater
coordination OF one branch Of the ser
vice with another. and OF each expedition
with the armies of the allies. No I'm
portant movement will be undertaken on
snap Judgment. like the so-called CALI
poll gamble and the individual Judgs
nent OF commanders will be subordinated
to general plans Of action worked out
with the allies.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Shortage Of Men q
For Labor Acute
Because of War

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.)
LONDON. Nov. Slowing to active re-
cruiting, the shortage of men In the la
Dor market has become more acute and
has greatly increased the demand for
women and young girls as substitutes.
Practically everyone capable of working,
says the Board of Trade Labor Gazette,
has an opportunity OF being employed,
and II is evident that still larger numbers
OF women and girls not previously en-
ployed in trade and industry are re-
quired in many occupations.
Compared with October. 1914 there WINS
a general Improvement. especially marked
in industries engaged in supplying the
requirements of the forces.
War bonuses and increases in wages
taking effect in October, affecting 10000
workpeoIle. amounted to about $4,000 a
week
There is a general scarcity of colliery
workers. farm hands and navvies, and
the demand for workpeople is still greatly
In excess OF the supply in engineering
and ship-bu'lding trades. Shortages are
reprted in the glass, chemical, buildine
and metal trades. and with regard 10
women, the demand for textile workers
Is still unsatisfied.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Puts SIandOt out.
Noted Scientists
Serving in Trenches

correspondence of the Associated Press)
LONDON. Nov. 30.-LieGtenant w. L..
Bragg. who, jointly with his father,
Prof, w. II. Bragg. II. r. s.. has received
the Nobel prize for physics, is serving
with the British forces In Flanders as an
artillery expert. The third scientist who
is assc ciated with the two in their re-
searches into crystals and X-rays, Henry
]. NJ, Moseley. was killed by a snipeTs
bullet in Galliooli.
Prof Bragg and his son won their
medals by following up certain dlscoy-
cries in the formation OF crystals made
by Prof. Lave. a German scientists. who
himself won the Nobel physics prize in
1914. lie developed the theory that an
X-ray is phenomenon similar to ray
OF light but produced by wave lengths
many thousand times smaller than the
ineoneeivably small waves associated with
li=ht.
Prof. Bragg and his son hit upon a
method of investigation by which they
obtained the knowledge as to how atoms
IN crystals are arranged.
ITO our establishment" he said, 1T
upset all the old set theories Of crystal
Biography and many other ideas as we'll"
In this work. the pair were assisted by
young Moseley. who was the son of the
late Prof A N. NJ. Moseley OF oxford.
Starting from certain point OF Lave's
researches into the diffraet,on of X-rays
in their passage through crystals. the
three, I'm the words of Prof. Bragg.
opened up vistos the significance OF
which Is inconceivable."
Prof. Lave like Lieutenant Brass and
the unfortunate Moseley, Is also a soldier.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Chinese President
Called Fisherman
Of the Hang River

Correspondence OF the Associated Press)
PICKING. Nov. 4.-President Yuan Shi-
Kai fancifully styles himself the fish
erman of the Hang river. His country
home is on that stream at Anyang. in
the province OF Honan. about 800 miles
south of Picking. It was there that he
spent his three years of enforced retire.
ment before the outbreak of the revolu-
ton. In his hours of leisure he amused
himself with photography and took many
pictures of the various scenes about his
country home.
A few days ago, in the heat of the con-
troversy which has been waged over the
monarchical movement. the president
turned to these pictures which recalled
the peaceful days preceding his eleya-
ton to the head of the government. He
wrote a note styled "A Rustic RENT
niscence." This was translated by one
OF his friends who made 1t public. The
translation is as follows:
TN the years 19O9-10 1 was living at
Anyang to recuperate my health. A gar
den was laid out in the suburb of the
city and fine scenery always greeted my
eyes. / called my villa The Place of
Prolonging Ones Life Rowing In a boat
or walking with cane In hand. / never
tired of enjoying the fine views of the
garden, l spent my days there in peace.
quietness and perfect freedom, and my
life was as happy as one can imagine.
After the outbreak of the revolution in
1911, I was compelled to abandon this
life Of ease and pleasure at the call OF
duty. and reluctantly assumed this
heavy responsibility of the country.
Durins the last four wears 1 have
scarcely had a moments respite. Now,
looking at the collection of these photos,
it takes my memory back to the days
which / spent on the banks OF the Hang
river | sincerely hope that II some day
the foundation OF the country becomes
stable and worthy person be found to
succeed me. / may retire to my former
country villa and lead life OF ease and
pleasure. (Signed) The Fisherman OF
the Hang River" Z.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
BRITONS WANT A new STAFF
Demand Being Made that General
Staff Of Army Be Recon-
structed.
THEY LIKE GERMAN MODEL

OF the Associated Press)
LONDON. Dec. 10.--when General Sir
Ivor Herbert asked Premier AsQuith in
the House of Commons whether any steps
had yet been taken 10 reconstruct the
great general staff of the army, no ex-
pressed the popular inapatience OF the
country over this question. which Is wor-
rying civilization as well as military men.
The premier's reply that the size and
effectiveness OF the staff was being
gradually increased did not entirely sat
isfy the extremiats.
Germany's efficiency in the war IL
largely traceable to its general staff
as no one here denies. But the general
staff Is an integral part Of dermany's
government and OF the autocratic sys-
tenn. It's success now Il the result Of
methods worked out and praoticed In
time OF peace. In England. such a gem
eral staff would have had small scope
in peace times.
There has been considerable looseneEs
In the British way Of managing cam
paigns. as critics point out II is sale
that only the most general instructions
were given to Field Marshal Sir John
French. General Tan Hamilton and the
other expedition commanders. The.
were told little else than to inflict the
greatest possible damage on the enemy
by means that appeared best TO thell
judgment
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
DR.. Starr to Study
the Origin Of the
People Of Japan

Correspondence OF The Associated Press)
TOXIC. Nov. aO--One OF the outgrowths
OF the coronation OF the Japanese en-
pcrer u a renewed interest In the origin
Of the Jaranese people and In that con-
r. ton arrival here OF Dr. Frederick
6tarr o. the University OF Chicago. 10
resume his studies OF the anthropology
Of Jnpan Is receiving much attention. DR..
starr is regarded as foremost authority
on the anthropoiogy OF Japan and Korea
and he will spend four months in these
countries in research work along am
thropoIogicai and chronological lines He
Is especially well informed IN regard 20
are. Anus, the japanese aborgines.
while IN japan DR.. Starr will live the
life Of Japanese. He contemplates pay
ing particular attention 10 Photographic
work IN an effort to round out his already
large series OF pictures illustrating the
life and culture Of the island empire. lie
viii continue his study Of tho Buddhist
sects and will visit the most important
Shinto shrines that he has not seen; he
hopes also 10 complete his investigations
OF Japanese symbolism. upon which he
has been engaged several years. In
more famous Buddhist temples and
monasteries which abound In interesting
and almost unknown works Of art. He
wishes, also. TO gather material for a
"MAnual OF Korean Ethnology" and TO
make the beginnings OF an ethnoloeicai
collection along lines which he has long
had In mind. lie will continue to gather
Korean riddles and provesss. OF which
he has already q considerable collection.
Finally DIR. Starr desires to study fur
Their the administrative work OF the
japanese In Korea, work which he has
watched with interest ever since Japan
annexed that land.
Among other things the doctor said.
II shall make a pilgrimage on foot from
Toxic 70 Kioto along the famous Tokaido
highway, stopping as often as possible
~ the old stations and inns"
DIR. Starr has made investigation tours
IN the Congo Free State. Mexico and the
Philippine Islands and Is an authority on
IiLeIia.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
ENTER THE WAR ONCE MORE
This Time Big European Conflict
Puts a Crimp in Billiard and
Bowling Promoters.
SENDS PRICES TO THE SKY

This great war going on over in Europe
at the present time has worked financial
havoc In two sports-billiards and bowl
ing. All the ivory used for the manu-
facture of billiard balls comes from
Africa, while the dyes used In the manu-
facture of mineralite bowling balls came
from Europe. Both are hard to get, hence
the increased prices.
Ivory. though. is not as hard TO get
as 1t was last year, and consequently
the price of pure ivory balls has
decreased 81 each from last years maxi
mum. With the bowling game it IL just
the opposite. The mlneralite balls, after
January l, 1916, will cost about $3.50 more
than they are being sold at today. It's
also limited IL the war keeps up much
longer there will be an additional raise
in the price of bowling balls. 'i
Last year about this time the billiard
ball owners were bewailing the high
cost of ivory"
When the great war In Europe broke
out the price of the pure ivory bail used
In billiards raised to SIS apiece or S54 for
a set of three. Today the same bals are
quoted at SIS each or $4S a set.
But even this is a tremendous price to
pay Tor little bail just 2Ss inches IN
diameter especially when over fifty sets
are needed in some billiard halls
It's great saving over last year,
though. when this same little sphere cost
SIS The ivory still comes from Africa
as it did last year, but 1t is not quite
as hard to get. That's the reason for
the reduction In the price.
The green cloths with which the tai les
arc covered are also soaring skyward
Originally all cloths were imported from
Belgium. None can be had now It's
case of that "old dye stuff" coming
from Europe, and being hard to get in
the manufacture of American substitutes,
The war is just getting In its
work in the tenpin game. The increased
cost af the dyes used In the manufacture
of mineralite balls. owing to the scarcity
OF II. Is the reason.
For that reason. after the fifs. OF the
year the ''mottled" balls will Sell fol
SIS. instead of $3.50. The brown balls will
set you back $l4. while the back ones
will cost sl2. the raise on all OF them
being an average of $3.50 apiece.
/
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
TRAP SHOOT GAME TO FORE
Blue Rock Marksmen Have Advan-
tage Because Weather Cuts No
Ice with Them.
MANY NEW GUN CLUBS FORMED

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.--Trapshooting at
this particular time is the most season
able American sport. II IL the one out
door sport that is followed regardless OF
weather conditions. There is no closed
season for the CLAY birds" The trap
shooter may shoot twelve months In
the year without fear of being appre-
hended by game wardens and certain that
the size of the bag will be limited only
by his ability to hit EN-. There was
time when the trapshooters were In their
glory In the fall of the year, and then
retired. but that was in the long ago.
Now, ''yeRr-'round clubs" have been
formed throughout the land, and keep
pace with the rapid development OF the
sport-for 1t is a sport, one of the great
est, pleasing and most fascinating of
sports.
Only few years ago there were a,0OO
gun clubs in America, and the average
membership was about forty. Now there
are more than 1900 gun clubs in the
United States and the average member
ship is seventy-five. Several clubs have
upwards of 500 members. Base ball
and foot ball attract many thousands of
persons, but the enjoyment in these
games is had by watching others, for
base ball and foot ball teams are made
up and kept up by an elimination pro
cess that let's out the inferior player
But in trapshooting the pleasure is de-
rived by being able to play the game
yourself. As has been said before it is
not a proxy sport. When one becomes
Interested In trapshooting, he or she, as
the case may be. finds much more enjoy
ment in the breaking of the clay target
bav To-, IL
Any time a sport can attract 1900
persons-absolutely novices-in one month
it Is a great sport. That is what trap
shooting did in one month In 1916. At the
beginners day shoots 1884 men and 522
women faced the traps for the first time.
This shows how the sport is progressing
better than any other argument that
can be set forth
II you haven't tried trapshooting now
is the time to become acquainted with
the sport alluring." One thousand new
gun clubs were organized throughout the
United States in 1915. 1t is a very small
city that hasn't a gun club these days
and every city that has one today will
have two year from now.
One of the principal reasons for the
seasonless feature of "blue rock" shoot
ing is that the game does not have to
be played" on the ground, nor is it
necessary to have a clear field as base
ball and other sports require. Any large
field is hunting ground with game
aplenty for the clay birds fly every day
Trapshooting fills a Iong-felt want. Any
pastime that benefits the individual
twelve months in the year is something
worth while. 1t is a sport where good
fellowship prevails Look down the line
at a gun club shoot and you will find
the lawyer. bank PRESIDENT physician.
clerk, manufacturer, rubbing elbows,
They all love the great outdoors and
find in trapshooting the ideal way Of
enjoying a couple of hours from business.
1t is q great diversion.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

Robert Lee Hedges, retiring president
and owner OF the st, Louis American
league club. is one OF the many men who
made a fortune In base ball. beginning
with the proverbial shOestrtng-
Hedges Is a native Missourian. He was
born on a farm near Kansas City In 1859
and began life a. clerk IN the recorder
OF deeds office IN Kansas City. When
he was Is years old he went into the
business OF manufacturing buggies. With
the advent OF the automobile he aban-
dened this business when the abandon
Ing was good and embarked on the tur-
bulent base ball waters.
He came In with the American league
raid In the first base bail war. Investing
te0.00o In the Milwaukee franchise. which
was transferred 70 ST. Louis N 1909.
He was soon recognised AZ one OF the
keenest business men In base ball. He
set the styles doing everything and as
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Bob Hedges RiUals c. Murphy in
Running Up Fortune in Base Ball

founded his associates by many radical
moves.
He was the first magnats 70 Danish the
bar from the grandstand. He made a
special effort to attract women to the
bah parks ana placed such restrictions
on the conduct OF the men enthusiasts
that the women soon recognised the ball
park In the same light a. the theater.
He built the first concrete stand In
base ball, Installed the first electric
scOreboard. and was first to insist upon
correct score card being presented BY
the managers. There have been fewer
mistakes In the iineups OF sportsman's
park score cards than any other In two
leagues.
He is now retiring with a reputed
bankroll of over $4,000 He ran the
original $1,000 up to $4,000 or better,
some say as high as seoooOo He won't
tell