The Washington herald., 1916-09-04
CLASSY SPORTS ARE
LISTED FOR TODAY
Many Local Athletic Events to Hold
Eyes of Sporting Public
Scheduled.

A great variety and plenty of class is in
store for the Washington sport-loving
public today. as everything in the line of
athletics and sporting competition is list
ed on the calendar The local events will
attract large crowds, while many Of the
fans viii be interested in the various out
of-town events which are carded.
The usual holiday ball games are on
tap for the fans at American League Park
today. The morning game Is scheduled to
start at 1880 a. m. and either Bert Gallia
or Doc Ayers will do the hurting honors
for Washington, while johnson or Shee-
han will be sent into the fray for Connie
Macks Athletics. Smoke Ball. King
Walter Johnson will no doubt do the
honors in the afternoon game for the
rOid Fox's" clan, while Joe Bush, the
no-hit nO-run wonder Of the Macks, will
oppose the speed ball artist.
The auto races at Bennlng Race Track
will draw the largest crowd. while the
iaquauc sport followers will no doubt turn
out in large numbers to witness the Mid
die States regatta to be held on the
Lower Potomac River course. The auto
races are carded TO start at p. m. and
will bring into competition some of the
fastest auto drivers in the country.
Many fans visited the Aqueduct Bridge
yesterday afternoon and witnessed the
trial spins of the local and visiting oars
men, and from the form shown by the
athletes and the talk at the headquarters
last night local fans will witness the
classiest regatta ever held in local waters
a. IN. with an intermission of forty-five
minutes from 12:15 on.
A track and field meet is scheduled at
Washington Grove. Md, for this after
noon, which will bring together. the cream
Of the District and Maryland Talent. The
Washington Cricket Club failed to land
match game with an out-of-town team,
so an interclub match will be played at
the Potomac Park field, starting at
p. m.
The committee in charge of the fifth
annual invitation tennis tournament of
the Columbia Country Club expects to
play into the semi-hnals in the mems
singles today, while matches will be
played in the mems doubles and mixed
doubles. Play in the tennis tournament
will start at 1920 a. m. and continue all
day.
All the local golf clubs are staging
matches for their members. At the Co
lumbia Country Club eighteen-hole hand
leap match play against par is scheduled
for the morning and evening, while the
women members will be entertained in
an eighteen-hole putting contest for the
President Smith trophy.
bdn1OChDuTn d nlls-nOle 1llnld-
ture tournament to its men golfers, while
an approaching and putting contest is
listed for the women. A miniature tour
nament is also listed for the golfers at
the Washington Golf and Country Club
at Jewell Station. Va. A flag tourna-
ment Is carded as the holiday attraction
at the Washington Suburban Club on
Georgia avenue while the Kirkside Golf
Club will hold driving contest for men
in the morning and also a putting con-
test. while an eighteen-hole handicap
tournament at medal play will be held In
the afternoon.
Local fans will be watching with inter-
est the out-of-town attractions The
! motorcycle races at the Gentlemens
Driving Park in Baltimore will be
watched with interest as two local driv-
ers are competing, while tho canoe re-
gatta to be held at Dundalk, in Balti-
more, has twelve members OF the Wash
ington Canoe Club competing in the
various races. The national amateur golf
championship at Haverford Is the big
gest attraction in its line in the country
today, while the results in the final games
in the nearby minor leagues will attract
attention.
Many local boxing fans will journey to
Baltimore today to witness the Kid
Williams Frankie Brown fight, which Is
scheduled to go ten rounds for the ban
tam-weight championship Freddy
Welsh is rsking the lightweight cham
pionship in his scheduled bout with
Charlie White at Colorado Springs, while
Johnny Kilbare takes on George
CLANCY in title match at Cedar Point,
Ohio. Many other fights are listed and
other events which will hold the eyes of
no mil todd