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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

tho university hold to the ba1fsf that
the development of freshmen ana class
teams will counteract the loss to the
varsity teams of nrst-year n1Dn.
Freshmen teams VIII DO organized
this fall to prepare for the change
in 1917. the idea being to uss n4st-
year teams as feeders for the vAraety
outfits
Other Colleges In Lana.
Washington and Leo II the ffrSt
university in the South with . studSnt
body Of less than 900 70 adopt the
one-year ruie. similar rule gUos
into effect at the larger colleges Of The
Eouth this fall, Vanderbilt. Sew0nAA.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
North Carolina Agricultural and. No
chanical College being the only In.
situations OF the first rank In, this go.
ton that have not adopted It The
rule goes into effect in the Athleeac
Conference of Southern Htake Unf-
versittes this autumn.
Washington and Lee's ea3g1belley
ruIes. with the exception Of tho ono
year provision. have long besn fegard.
cd by athletic authorities ~ adeQuAte
and comprehensive. applying a. they
do TO all branches OF collegiate sportA
and the adoption of the one-year rule
10 in line with the other progressive
ideas OF the Lexington institution.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
SPEAKER IS REAL. LEADER
IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE
Nunamaker Tops Batsen But Clevelands Star ounedss
Has Played In Many More Games-Amos strunk Il
Gradually Gaining Ground In Johnson League. -

Nunamaksr. Speaker and Etrunk are
found 1t the top in the American
League batting averages this week,
with the New York maskman in front
with . 1857 for twenty one games.
Speaker dropped = few points, while
strunk held his own, with the result
that MAck's feet outncldsr, with o
mark Of .st3. 10 only two points behind
the Indians great gardener. Roth. of
the Indians. also II near the top. with
.s3S. Myers, Comics star pitcher, IL
hitter ~ well ~ = pitcher. and lie
naiiing the pellet for $50.
Steilbauer and Lajoie are the other
Mackmen hitting well. the recruit bat
ting for .3ss. Just two points more
than the veteran. who rss been gain
ing steadily during the last month.
Witt has done some good work with
the stick. and as nth best hitter in
the Athletics stronghold. is on even
terms with Eddie Collins. both having
an average Of ITO Pick has q mark
Of .sSa. which IL few points better
than the one he had seven days ago.
Jimmy Walsh has made eighteen hits
out Of eighty-two times at bat for
q mark Of .23o. and Is the seventh best
hitter In the AS camp.
echang 10 hitting for an even 200.
WuiiS OS0Tln8 mas cOmpileu marx OF
.iel. but McInnts simply can't get start
Cd. and still II stranded near the bot
tom. with . .t7%.
Washington leads in club batting and
the Athletics are sixth. In long hits
by clubs the Senators hold the lead.
while the Athletics rank fifth. The
Red Sox are last in this department.
Amos strank not only trails Speaker
by two points for the lead In batting.
but 10 something Of . slugger. ~ he
tops thu hst Of tan leading sluExsrs.
johnson. of St. Louis. heads the base
stealers. Speaker 10 out in front In
run getting, with strunk sixth In the
| list. Detroit shows the way in club
fielding. and the Athletics are last.
Coumbe. Of Cleveland. 10 the leading
twirlsr. haying no defeats in ave
games. Morton, . tsammate. has been
successful In eight out Of nine starts.
Leonard and Shawkey are tied with
four out OF fvs. and Ruth. OF the Red
sox. and Myers. Of the Athletics. are
tdeadlocked with six wins in eight
games Walter johnson has turned In
eight victories. but has tasted defeat
ON three occasions. Joe Bush 10 cred
Iitsd with six wins out OF ten gameG
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
lake DAUBERT NOW LEADING
NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING
Dodger Is Second Tener Circuit List But Real Leader
In Organization-Dave Robertson, Norfolk Boy, Is
Still Hitting Bail Hard Having 351 Average

There's no stopping that Jake Dau-
bert, veteran and hard hitting first
hackers OF the Dodgers. Daubert 10
second in the list in the National
League batting list. but IL the rightful
leader with a mark OF .382, four
POINTS better than the one he claimed
4 week ago. Fitzpatrick. OF the
Braves, is on top with 1855 for thir-
teen games, but the mainstay Of the
Robins 10 the real leader, Robertson.
of the Giants also continues to hit
consistently and timely and IL well up
in the list with 1881. Heinie thinner
man seemingly has not lost his bat
ting eye. for he carries q hitting av-
eraee at present of $50. Hal Chase
continues to hit the toboggan and the
last week saw Chase 30 from .323 to
ar.
Eddie Burns IL the PhiiS best bats
man and II tied with Chase. A few
stems down Pasksrt and CrAxath are
found, Gravy with q .30s and Dode
with seven less. Stock keeps close to
the select hitters with a .2ss. just
one point better than the highly tout
I'd Benny Kauff Alexander II quite
some pitcher. that's admitted, but he
Also il quite reliable with the willow
and has hung up ATS for ten games.
Or eight hits out Of thirty-three times
at bat.
average of once out OF every four
times up for a .250 mark. Whitted
II two points In the rear. Killffer
has taken part In thirteen games for
Al average Of .223. Good has done
nothing startling With the bludgeon
ana has . mark Of 200. Ludsrus Il
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
GIANTS ARE ON HEELS
OF WORLDS RECORD
Mcaraw's New Workers Have Already Won Sixteen sraig
Contests and Are Now Close TO Mark Made By Chicago
White Sox In the American League In 1905.

straight Let them hang on ana W1n
three more. and they'll equal the top.
notch record Of the major leagues. tlaAs
of nineteen straight made BY the
White Sox in 1905.
IT'S likely that the Giants Will VITA
to stop now! Sixteen straigh. II ola
stuff and McGraw knows 1t even u
some of the newer pans and fans fixve
forgotten. Why, in 1919, they won
sixteen straight. This In 1915, and
they've just got to win one more tor
each year. making 1t twenty
There's one peculiar and very DO.
nifcant thing about this winning
streak. 1t Is the regular thing Tor
Theses hair-raisine, PROFESSIONS to taaks
place during the clustering hot monshs
August has always been the
favorite. Instead OF that these Giants
calm Of the pennant raoe by break
ing a record. Seems that they think
II Is not quite the chubby thing out
West--but we've got very di6ero04
opinion here. Before they left home
they were about as popular ~ = DILL
collector, and now. why. they're the
darlings of the godsl And what II
significant Is the fact that the dope
proves that the teams that made the
of the pennant. OF course, re too
early to talk about that now, but
those little old Giants have craw1ed
from the subs cellar to second
place in less than three weelrA It's
lucky they can't go any further than
the top Of the ladder or tho sport
writer's would i,sve to turn them OVER
to the aeronautical experts.
No one needs delude himself that
these sixteen games came easily.
Nothing Hike that. There was mighty
little peaches and cream. Now and
then the opponents blew up, ana Il
was only q case of how many runs <hs
Giants would gather. However, q
brief glance over the table OF cpisodas
in which the Giants horned in and
out again. each time bringing home
the bacon, shows that the little old
margin of one run saved the game
no less than seven times in the atxteen
games. The most popular score se1m-
cd to be runs to 2. The Giants beat
Pittsburg twice and Chicago oaoo by
that score. Not much margin, but
it's good enough.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

afflicted similarly to the first base
man OF the Athletics as he and Stuffy
are having terrible time to reach the
400 mark. His average at present Ia
.1s0. Bancroft u near the bottom
with 1872.
The fast going Giants are leading
in team batting and the Phillies are
found in Attn position. In long hits
by clubs the Cubs. aided by the hard
hitting of williams, Zimmerman,
Schultz and Safer, have quite n mon
opoly. The Phillies are fourth. In
individual smuggling Williams 10 out in
front. followed by two teammates,
Zimmerman and Schultz. Cravath al
last has made his way back into the
division over which he reigned last
year and now IL seventh. Paskert II
one notch ahead Of Gavvy.
Carey. OF Pittsburg. has stolen nj
teen bases in thirty games and conse-
quantity tops this section. followed by
Benny KAuR. with twelve steals In
twenty Weight games. Niehoff IL the
lone Phil found on the base stealing
honor roll. Robertson, of the Giants,
heads the run getters. The Braves
lead In club fielding. with the Phiis
third.
Hughes and Tyler, Of the Braves,
head the pitchers, neither having lost
a game. Eppa Rixey also 10 in the
1000 class. having a perfect record
In three starts. Demaree has won
four and lost one. Alexander has won
eight. including fridays victory over
the Dodgers. and lost two. Alex In
cidentally has won more games than
any other pitcher in the National
League.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
HOLD OPEN SWIMMING
MEET IN WASHINGTON

Washington. d. c.. May 2s--The
Washington Canoe Club will hold the
fret open handicap swimming meet
ever held in the South Atlantic d.
vision of the Amateur Athletic Union
at its house on June II. starting at
3 o'clock. The handicap races are
an experiment which It is believed
will promote interest in competitive
swim ming and bring out much larger
fields. The handicapping will be done
by Mr. England. the Official handi-
capper OF the South Atlantic Division,
and all entrants must be registered
In the A. A. L. In addition TO the
handicap events there will Be two
scratch events fifty yard dash and
quarter mile swim for the cham
pionship Of the South Atlantic Divis-
Ion. and for these events regulation
gold. silver and bronze A. A. II. medals
will be awarded. Washington Canoe
Club methods will be awarded-9old.
silver and bronss---in all other events.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

After breaking the hearts of tho
faithful by losing thirteen out OF the
fifteen games played in the East
after grovehng in the cellar until
quondam admirers insisted they ought
to be called "mushrooms," In allusion
to the only fruit that IL said to grow
at tilc lowest depth--the Giants have
done It! They've won sixteen straight.
Starting West for the opening game
In Pittsburg on May 8, they were a
sad aggregation. Fad, sore, sick and
seemingly all in. Fans are wonder
ing what took place on that brief
railroad journey. Somebody uncorked
a large shipment of dynamite on that
train--it might have been McGraw-
and when tho despissd Giants toted
their bat bags out to the ball grounds
hght in their systems than any OF
those mythical wild cats. More than
that-they had their mad out! Mo-
Graw ought to have been ashamed
of his evil work--lotk what happened
to the enemy. With q crash that
echoed 1oyfully in this city the Giants
fell on them and plum ruined" every
thing they had. Thirteen runs, six
teen htts, and one msasly error was
Smoky City stalwarts only gathered
five runs, eight hits, and committed
three errors. Sounds a whole lot
like one OF those Rah! Rah, games
but it made lot Of difference TO the
Giants
Little did they dream that this
game marked the first dent In a record
that was to be hung up. For the
Giants won every game-thirteen OF
'em-on their Western trip. They
cleaned 'em all up--they took the
scalps Of all those mighty Western
ers--PittsburE. Chicago. st. Louis, and
finally Cincinnati. Never before has
q National League team won every
game Of . Western trip. and It's going
to be q long long time before Il
happens againGunless the Giants re-
peat.
With sixteen straight. two garnered
at the expense OF Boston Saturday
the Giants are IN shooting distance
OF several time-honored records that
, were made ton or more years ago
Just two more games and they will
| equal the record Of tho Giants, pen
nant winners for the first time IN
1905. when they won eighteen games
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
SULLIVAN TO COACH
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Appointed to Take Charge
OF Gridfron1DtA @

Washington. D. c.. May 1T. 4.
Sullivan. former halfback At sColoako
University. has been appointed -
coach the George Washington unt1ae-
sity football team next fall. Sullivan
played at Colgate in 1914 and tex1.
and did some splendid work each
year. He will come here early II
September to take charge Of the
Hatchetites, from which time he viii
be in complete control Of their g1s1.
iron squad. IA
Sullivan will not take charge OF the
local university squad without pro.
vious coaching experience. For Two
seasons he was an assistant ct Col.
gate under Larry Bankhart. ana i
year ago coached the Compton Col
lege team in southern California. tuene
ing out an exceptionally good eleveG.
Sullivan has had sufllcient sxpertenee
to warrant the belief by the Hatcher.
lite authorities that they have pso-
cured the services of an exceptionally
good man. T-7F7Z
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

Chicago. May zs.--The White Sox
took a double header from Cleveland
today by q . to 0 score in each game.
Scott allowed four hits In tho first
game. only two Indians reaching Sec
ond base. In the first inning j. Col
lin1 walked. Weaver singled. Ness
grounded to Howard and j. Collins
was out at the plate. Ness and
Weaver worked double steal. Weaver
scoring. The Sox counted again in tho
third on two singles and a sacrifice.
In the second game tho Sox scored In
the fourth on two singles and mn
error. and In the seventh ON a double.
an error and Z single
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
PYROMANlAC STARTS
FIRE IN JAIL CELL

Howard Banks, the eighteen-year-
old negro firebug. under indictment
for starting fifteen incendiary blaxes
unable to cope with his mania 70,
starting fires. set q pile OF rags on
Are in his cell in the city Jail, 1t wal
stated yesterday. evidently IN the hope
of destroying the building.
On account of the construction OF
the cell. no damage resulted from
the Are. which was quickly discovered
and extinguished before the smoke
from the blaze could alarm the other
prisoners in the Jail.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
P|TTSDURG PIRATES
OUT OF LAST PLACE
Capture Both Ends OF Double -Attrnc
ton, Sending ST. Louis Cardinals
To Cellar.
REDGEGs ARE VICTORIOUS.


1t. Louis. May 2s.-The Pirates
hoped out of last place today by win
ming double-header from the
Cardinals. to 0 and to /, and
showed St. Louis into tho tail-snd
notch. Doak was hit hard in the
opener. while Miller snd Cooper gave
but four hits.
The second game was called 70 al
low Pittshury to eaton . train Cor
home. Carry PLAYED wonderful
game In the neId. catching nine long
drives.
In the second game Meadows lined
q triple of Mamaux. Tho Pirates
chased the pitcher with three runa
Tsrnvfa-UHuS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

breaks come their way, there IL moth
Ing TO stop them from leading the pro-
cession in October. Boston, New York,
Chicago. st. Louis and Detroit are vir-
tually eliminated from the race by rea-
son Of their inability to get good pitch
ing. This leaves the race between
Washington and Cleveland. and there
IL no comparison in the .pitching
strength Of these two teams This
means that in due time there must be
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
DETROIT TIGERS WIN
FROM ST. LOUIS CLUB
Groom. Former Terror to jennings
Men. Falls From Pedestal and
Loses Contest.
INDIANS DROP DoUBLE-HEADER
Chicago White sox Put Up Two Great
Exhibitions and Twice Defeat Ceve-
land Club BY Scores of to o.

Detroit. May 2s-Groom. always 9
terror to the Tigers when he pitched
for the Nationals, fell from hi
pedestal this afternoon when the
locals fell on him for six hits. in.
GLIDING a triple and two doubles. al
In three and one-third innings. In
cidentaliy Detroit scored four times or
Groom and tied up the game, which
they eventually won 8 to =
ykux
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
SIMPSON SETS NEW WORLDS
MARK FOR HIGH HURDLES

Columbia. Mo. May 2s.-Robert
Simpson, of the University OF Mis-
eourt yesterday broke the worlds
record in l20-yard high hurdles. MAX
ing the distance In IA 3-5 seconds
simpsons mark was made at the Mis-
souri valley Conference meet. The
oreyious record was IA As seconds.
ALSO held by Simpson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
BALTIMORE ORIOLES
DOWN NEWARK TEAM
Alright Ball Against the
Indians.

Newark. N j.. May 3s.---<rhe Baiti-
more Orioles, playing their nrst game
of the season here. shutout Newark
today. to 0. Dan Tpple. the
former Yankee, pitched steady ball
and the Orioles played like champions
behind him. Baltimore piled up three
runs in the seventh and eighth, on
clean hitting.
The score.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

= Summary TWo-base hits-J. NIL
Ter. Corhan. Schultx. Sacrifice hits
Cooper. Barney. Stolen bases-A
Wilson. Johnston. Double play-Carey
to Johnston. Base on balls-Off Mi
| Ter, Z; of Cooper. .; OF Doak, /.
Struck out-By Doak, 4: By Cooper,
/ B.: by williams 1. Umpires-Dyrou
ana Quigiey. Time hourA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

Washington. May zs.--If the Senators
can keep up their present pace--and
there 10 no reason why they should
not--they ought to be out in front by
a comfortable margin In short time.
and once there, should be able to stay
at the top until the end of the season.
There are no clubs in the American
League which have anything on Clark
Griffith'e men. The Senators are play
ing high grade OF ball, and X the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

Summary: Sacrifice hita--Rltter
Twom bley. Stolen base--Durgin. Bases
on bails---Or Schacht /. off Triple, 6.
Struck out--By Schacht. .: by Triple.
s. Hit by pitched bail--By Schacht
ITipple). Wild pitoh-Tipple. Double
plays-Healey TO Cable to Durgin
Ritter TO Kopf TO Russell: Durgin tun-
assisted). Umpires-Keenan and
Hart Tsme-1:<1-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
VIRGINIANS REMAIN
AWAY ONE MORE WEEK
Richmond Club Scheduled To Play Eight More Contests Before
Arriving Here Staging -Four In Providence and Quartet
In Newark-Rain Prevents Yesterdays Game.


Montreal. May 26.-RAin Drevsnt-
ed the game scheduled to be playeA
here this afterno0n hetween the
Richmond yirginians and the Mons
treai Royals. A steady Aownpour
this morning dampened the diamond
TO such an extent that II made the
Eame Impossible. The virgtnians
left here this afternoon for Prcvi-
dsnce. where they are scheduled to
meet the Grays four ttmes, playing
two games Tuesday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Results Yc-terIay.

Results Yc-terday.
Cincinnati, 3: Chicago. ..
Pittsburg. 4; ST. Louis, (first
camel.
Pittsburg. 4; st. Louis, (eecond
game; ffve inningsl.
Others not scheduled.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
MAJOR LEAGUE
STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Results Yesterday.

Detroit. 8; St. Louis. 3.
Chicago. 2: Cleveland, 0 (firs'
camel.
Chicago, 2: Cleveland, (second
game).
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday.
vIRGINIANS-M Montreal. rain.
Baltimore. 4: Newark, o.
Others not scheduled.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
,thers not scheduled

Games Today.
Boston In New York.
st. Louis In Detroit.
Philadelphia in Washington.
(Oniy three games scheduled.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
Standing Of Clubs.

Games Today.
vIRGINIANS in Providence.
Baltimore In Newark.
Toronto In Rochester.
Montreal In BufnAl0.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
Games Today.

Games Today.
New FORK in Boston.
Brooklyn in Philadelphia.
st. Louis In Chicago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29
SOUTHERN IlEll0UH

Memphis. 3; Mobile. : item inninosl.
Little Rock. .: New Orleans. o.
Birmingham, 4; Nashville. Z.
No others scheduled.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

tcoatanued On Sixth Pas~J
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-29

lVu8i3 ..AU y 81 \
sBatted for Coumbe In ninth.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-12
The Teutonic Warning.

1t now appears fairly obvious that information
impaired to the Washington government in ad-
vance OF formal notification, of the intention of
Germany and Austria to sink armed merchantmen
of enemy nations without warning, inspired the ef-
forts OF Secretary Lansing to bring about agree
ment among the belligerents that unarmed mer-
chant ships not attempting to escape from subma-
rnes should not be destroyed.
Considering what has been the fate Of scores
of their unarmed vessels in the past, and the
present status OF the Lusitana negotiations, it
may be taken for granted that the allies will not
undertake to remove all guns from their merchant.
men nor to order them to heave to at sight of a
submarine They will no doubt prefer to depend
upon their own means Of defense rather than upon
Teutonic promises.
The outcome promises to be the disclosure of
how much our diplomatic representations had to
do with the abandonment of submarine atrocities,
and how much credit the ships of the allies are
entitled for the protection of the lives OF inno-
cent women and children on the high seas
There is every to believe that these atroci.
ties have ceased because British waters have been
made too hot for submarines.
If Germany is not simply bluffing but has de-
cided to venture campaign she will very
likely find the allies prepared to capture, destroy
or scatter her undersea boats again But in is.
suing her notice OF what is to happen after March
she is inviting the gravest eventuaties; for
though this government may its citizens OF
the danger of taking passage merchantmen OF
belligerent nations carrying small guns, the sink
ing OF another Lustania, with Americans on
board-which might by chance be accomplished by
some undersea marauder favored by circumstance
could scarcely fail to bring the United States
into the war, and certainly not if the submarine
commander should mistake unarmed vessel
for an armed one. The distinction is not we'll
defined, and if Germany is able and really means
to renew submarine operations she is taking des-
perate chances