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The Washington times., 1917-03-22

NEW YORK, March 22.-Joseph j.
Lannin, who sold the Boston Red sox
to H. H. Frazee, has just made public
letters in which he scores August
Hermann and Ban johnson, members
of the National Commission, for re-
fusing to hand over a worlds series
trophy in the shape of a 500 gold
watch.
Several weeks ago the story was
first told, which included the fact that
a watch has been presented to Frazee
instead of Lannin. Under the rules
which govern the worlds series,
trophies must be given to the MEM
bers of the winning team, but not to
the officials of the club.
Owner Usually Remembered.
Usually, however, the club owner
is remembered by the commission as
an act of courtesy. When Lannin
wrote to Hermann in February, ask
ing why he had not received a watch,
the latter replied that trophy hao
been forwarded to Frazee at the lat
ter's request.
Lannin on March IA sent red-hot
communications to Hermann and
johnson after learning that Governor
Tener had taken no part In the con-
troyersy for the reason that IL was
purely an American League affair.
In his letter to Hermann, Lannin
asserted that he was q victim Of dis
elimination and personal feelings;
that Frazee had been tipped on by
somebody to ask for q trophy that
did not rightfully belong to him, and
that Hermann simply had obeyed
Johnson's orders.
In his screed to johnson, Lannin
accused the president of the Ameri
can League OF personal enmity, due
The Washington times., 1917-03-22
VIII Meet St. AIbanE.
SHERMAN LOSES
Washington Man Is No Match for
Ralph GreenIeaf.

BALTIMORE, March 22.-Finishing
with a run OF 2S, which he supple
mented, after a safe shot, with an
other OF Is. +. Ralph Greenleaf
closed his three-day series at Klein's
with a handy 125-tO-6I victory over
Frank Sherman, OF Washington, form
er champion of the world. The visit
ing cueist had the breaks, but Green
leafs playing was magnificent
throughout the match.
Sherman brought a large contingent
of supporters from Washington, and
they gave him a great hand upon
several unusually difficult shots. His
best effort wsf run OF IS. Green
leaf took the first two frames, be-
sides which he annexed four other
complete racks. He played a safer
game than his opponent. and his su-
periority in this regard made q ma
terial difference in the result.
The Washington times., 1917-03-22
WHEAT TO SIGN.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, March 22.-
Charles II. Ebbets, president OF the
Brooklyn baseball club, had a talk
with Zack Wheat, the Dodgers left
fielder, on the salary dispute last
night, and IT is expected that Wheat
will sign a contract today. Wheat
said that Ebbets is willing to give
him the amount he demands, but Eb-
bets preferred to make a part OF IL a
bonus, provided Wheat batted 800 or
better.
The Washington times., 1917-03-22
LEADS A. B. C. B0WLERS
Miller Ahead In All Events With
1,e45 Total.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. March 22.-
Henry Miller. of Detroit, took the
lead in the aIl-events OF the American
Bowling Congress tournament yester-
day. Miller's performances, which
place him ahead of the best tenpin
bOwlers in the country, are 693 in the
team event, 649 in the doubles, and
COS in the singles, a total of 1,945.
Charles ZiegIer, also OF Detroit, had
an excellent opportunity to take first
place in the singles when he shot
COL. He missed a strike in his final
box by one pin, Yhich prevented him
from obtaining the necessary naples
TO displace Otto Kallusch.
The Washington times., 1917-03-22
GET
BASKETBALLAWARD
Five Players and Manager Nor.
ris Passed Upon by Board. :
Other Gossip.

Five players and Manager walter
Norris, of Catholic University, have
been awarded basketball letters by
the executive committee Of the A A,
following Coach Rice's recommends
tion.
Those who will be able to wear the
letter are BIyth, Giasscott, Greer, Z.
L o'Brien, and Cosby. With the ex-
ception Of Greer all Of the players are
freshmen. Others who did exception
ally good work during the season are
Broadbine and Nusent.
Coach Rice was forced to recon-
struct his team in midseason. The
freshman combination was put on the
floor and was able to finish out the
season with six of seven wins
An election of captain will be held
shortly at the Brookland institution
Physical Director Hughes, Of GAL
Iaudet, says his team needs more
building UP than coaching. I'VE have
a number Of young players" says
Hughes, who are In need of work In
order to build them up. I expect Bill
Cooper, captain OF Gallaudet's base
ball team OF several years back, 70
come on for q week or so before we
get a regular coach. No decision has
been made as to this years coach"
Georgetown will play Mt. St Jo-
seph's on Saturday at the hilltop.
Finnegan or Breslin may start the
battle. At Brookland Catholic Univer-
sity will meet Rock Creek College.
Jackson or Kendrick will pitch for
the Brooklanders.
The Washington times., 1917-03-22

Within the last week Cornell and
Princeton have won intercollegiate
championships for the sixth time.
The Ithacans took the wrestling title
again, while the Tigers once more
added the water polo supremacy to
their list.
In last nights Overton-Ray mile
race, Ray turned the last half in
2:02:3. When w: G. George made
his remarkable professional mile
record of 4:12% In his memorable
race against Billie Cummings at
Lille Bridge, England, in 1886, he
raced his first half in 2:02 and his
second in 2:10%..
The halves in Tommy Connects great
4:15 3-5 mile in 1895 were turned re-
spectively in 2:02 and 2:13 3-5. when
Tincler beat ConneR in the profe%
sional mile race at Worcester In 1897
the halves were 200 1-6 and 2:16.
John Paul Jones did 2:0S 1-5 and
2:O7 1-5 In his 4:16 2-5 mile In 1911
and 2:Os 2.5 and 2:o6 in his 4:14 20
race of 1918.
Norman Taber's world amateur rec
ord wrecking race OF 4:f2 3-5 in 1915
had halves OF 2:06 and 2:07 3-6. Al
the last intercollegiate champion
ships windnagie ran his first half
in 2:03 Is and his second in 2:11 rs,
covering the full mile In 4:15. In his
indoor record smashing race q fort
night ago in Philadelphia 0verton
stopped the first half in 2:0e rs and
the second in 2:061-6.
Spoke Speaker cleaned the we'll
filled sacks in New Orleans yesterday
with a homer. Seems we have heard
The Washington times., 1917-03-22
SENDS EIGHT TO BUSHES.

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, March 22-
Manager Moran has sent eight of his
men back to minor leagues-Ernie
Gonzales. Haggerty, Grandy.
Craig, Carmichael, Lutz, and Rath-
camp. Joaquin Rodes,' the Cuban
lightning outfielder, seems to have
a berth.
The Washington times., 1917-03-22
DEATH KNELL OF BOXING.

ALBANY, March 21.-The Davis
bill, repeating the Frawley boxing
law, was reported favorably yester-
day by the Assembly codes commit
tee. This practically sounds the death
knell OF boxing in this State.
The Washington times., 1917-03-22
DARCY TO BATTLE.

NEW ORLEANS. La, March 22.-
Jack Dillon, light heavyweight, last
night wired to a local promoter his
acceptance OF terms for a twenty
round match here in April with Les
Darcy. .--.
The Washington times., 1917-03-22
FRIENDS TO HAVE
TENNIS VETERANS
Winners of Nine Out of Ten
Matches Last Year Are Back
tor This Year.

Friends Select School tennis play
ers, winners in nine out of ten starts
last season against local schools, will
begin the season with a veteran COM
bination this year. The Friends team,
captained by Richard King. will be
called out April 2 at the Friends
School Country Club, Wisconsin ave
nue..
No less than five veterans are back
for the Friends team this season.
King, Brown, Miller, Boynton, and
Stone, who played last year, will
again be available for the team.
Friends won every match last year
with the exception OF the Central en-
gagement
VIII Enter Tourney.
The Friends players will enter the
Junior tennis tournament, provided
the date is set back a week. 1t has
been discovered that college entrance
examinations start June 1S, and all
OF the players are listed for this date.
Louis Doyle, in charge of the Dis
trict tournament, will be asked to
shift the date. Seven players from
Friends are expecting to enter the
tournament.
sixteen Matches or.
Sixteen matches have already been
listed by the Friends School team.
Engagements with Tome, Gilman. and
the Episcopal High School are being
arranged. Practice will be carried on
daily once the team has been called
out.
Richard King, captain OF the team
has had considerable tournament
experience. King entered the Dis
trict tournament last fall, having com.
peted in the national singles champ
ionship engagement.
VIII Meet St. AIbans.
ST. Adams School is the first op
ponent on the Friends Select ScheduIs
This match is listed for the u..e OF
April 16. Business will be played
April 81, Army and Navy Props
April %, and Eastern. April 2s.
The May matches are as follows
May 2, Tech: May 5. Army-Navy; May
Z, Eastern; May o, st. Adams; May Il
Business; May 16, Western; May 10
Baltimore Friends; May 81, Central
May 81. Western; May 90, Baltimor,
Friends; May %, Central; May 80
Tech.
The Washington times., 1917-03-22

BOB THAYER'S GOSSIP
ON SPORTING MATTERS

Of that Speaker person somewhere
before.
This little item should 90 on the
last page under the Items Of Inter
est In and About Town" One of
our friends who coaches In the high
schools told US he asked q promis-
ing youngster why he was not out
for track practice. "I would have
been" said the lad, Lambert O'Don-
nell, by name, "but another boy and
myself are clearing up q vacant lot.
We are going to plant as soon as we
have gotten 1t worked up and I'm going
to be busy all, spring. As soon as we
have things started I'll be out all
right. The coach, of course, had no
comeback.
Friends Select School racqueters ap-
pear to have the edge on the others
this spring in tennis. There are two
games in which the Quakers are on
a par with the other schools Basket
ball and tennis are featured by the
Friends as there are not enough boys
to make football and baseball teams
to measure up to standards with other
schools. On the floor and court.
however, the Quskers more than hold
their own.
Fred Rice IL deserving Of credit for
the performance OF the C. U. PLAYERS
in basketball this season Three
first class players were taken out of
the C. u. lineup after the team had
been selected. Rice then put In a
freshman combination and finished
the season creditably, which issome-
thing to be proud Of.
The Washington times., 1917-03-22

of that Speaker person somewhere
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-08
PERsHING HAS ARRIVED.

Major General John j. Pershing, commander
of the first American expedltlonary force TO
France, has arrived at an English port accom-
panied by his staff. When, and from what
port Pershing and the other officers departed
was not disclosed at the time. Doubtless, as
in the case of the departure of the French COM
missioners, and the Root embassy to Russia
the American newspapers and publicity agen-
cies were in the secret; but, keeping faith with
the government and observing voluntary cen
sorship, they refrained from giving out lnfor-
nation that would give aid and comfort to
the enemy.
That General Pershings first business will
be to consult with the commanders OF the
French and English forces is likely, and when
the American troops arrive and for all one
knows they may now be on the way, they Will
find their location along the western front deli
nitely indicated and will go into battle under
g Black jack with full knowledge OF their
commanders ability as leader. The red,
white and blue will give good account of it
self in this conflict for human liberty and equal
rights.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-08
DANGER IN TRADE WAR.

Professor Taussig, chairman of the tariff
commission, is distinctly opposed to a trade
war. His views on the subject are similar to
those expressed by DR.. Charles w. Eliot, Jacob
II. Schiff and others when they asked the
British and French governments not to make
plans for an after-war commercial policy
which they believe would keep alive much OF
the bitterness created by the present conflict.
We enter the war in no spirit of exploita-
ton, says DR.. Taussig and, like DR.. Eliot and
Mr.. Schiff the head of the tariff commission,
himself thorough student Of trade problems,
looks to the future. He says that we shall
join at the close of the in no policy Of ex-
ploitation; that we shall not desire for our
selves unequal commercial privileges, and that
we shall regret the granting of these privileges
to other countries, mot merely because such
grants may be injurious to ourselves, but be-
cause they are inconsistent with that lasting
peace which we hope to promote between the
nations.' He sees that we must be prepared to
meet not only the military and political dan
gers involved by our entry into world politics,
but the commercial dangers, and he says if we
fextend our foreign trade, we shall hope to do it
by making trade advantageous to others as
well as ourselves.
This view is as sound as it is broad and gen
erous. There is reason to believe that it is
shared by men of clearest vision in the United
States and in England and France. A trade
war would be an economic hlunder.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-08

handled knife with a curve bigger at
the point than at the haft can not
understand and appreciate the
manual art of eating. Those who
have never seen it done have missed
curious and entertaining sight.
Potato was easy, as were baked
beans and other "spreading's" but it
took an artist to bring mouthful of
green peas safely home without los
ing pea.
but if George Washington and Israel
Putnam and Charles Carroll of Car
rolton, and john Hancock and An
drew Jackson were at the table they
would be a great and magnificent
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-08
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE FOOLS PRAYER.

The royal feast done; the king
Sought sport to Danish care
And to his jester cried: "Sir Fool,
Kneel now and make for prayer"
The jester DOTTED his cap and bells,
And stood the mocking court before;
They could not the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he
He bowed his head and bent his knee
Upon the monarch's sken stool:
His pleading voice arose: 20 Lord,
Be merciful to me, fool!
mo pity, Lord could change the heart
From red with wrong to white wool;
The rod must heal the sin, but, Lord
Be mercful to me, a fool.
IT'S not by guilt the onward sweep
Of truth and right, Lord we stay;
IT'S by follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven away.
"These clumsy feet, still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard, well meaning hands thrust
Among the heart strings of friend.
1.-THE ill-timed truth might have kept
Who knows how sharp is pierced and stung?
The word we did not have the sense to say,
Who knows how grandly it had rung?
''Our faults no tenderness should ask
The Christening stripes must cleanse them ALL
But for blunders, oh, in shame,
Before the eyes of heaven we fall
Earth bears no balsan1 for mistakes;
Men crown the knave and scourge the fool
That did his will but Thou. o Lord,
Be mercful to me- a fool!'
The room was hushed, in silence rose
The king, and sought his garden COOL
And walked apart, and murmured low
BE merciful to me, fool"
e. R. Sill.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-08
COURAGE AND FEAR.

There is a singular misrepresentation in many
minds as to the true nature Of courage and fear.
lit is assumed that brave men are always fear
less. This is error. No man, however he
roic he may be, is free from fear. He is afraid
of dishonor, of unreadness to face danger and
even death, of the possibility at the last moment
Of losing his nerve, and Of the stigma which
attaches to even the semblance of cowardice.
1t is true that towards die many times be-
fore they de- and that the ''brave man never
dies but once.' Nevertheless fear may, under
certain conditions, be a rational and admirable
thing. Well has the psalmist said that ''the
fear Of God is the beg inning Of wisdom 1t
may seem like courage for the wicked to perpe-
trate crimes in defiance Of their consciences, but
it is really the recklessness of weaklings, who
are incapable of self-control. To be afraid Of
doing wrong is to be morally courageous. Man
cannot be a law unto himself His very life
he receives conditionally from the Divine Au-
thor of all life. He cannot destroy it, and he is
bound to use it properly. His hold on physical
existence is precarious. Self-preservation is
not cowardice, and yet it is based upon fear OF
the various perils that menace every life
Courage is simply the quality that enables us
to conquer fear, and it coexists in the souls of
heroes and martyrs. They are brave enough to
face the worst in the cause Of truth, honor and
duty, but they rightly shrink from resorting to
infamous means in order to accomplish even
the most praseworthy ends
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-08
For Those Who Suffer
Pain in Stomach, Back
or Joints
(By Samuel Hamilton, M. D.

h.J
In recent years investigation by
n cans of X-rays, the observations Of
scientists such as Cannon, Grutzner,
Pavlov, Fowler, Hawk, prove that an
abundance of water is necessary in
good bodily housekeeping. To drink
a pint of hot water before meals is
good practice, and those suffering
from a catarrhal condition of the
stomach will find benefit in adding
about 10 grains (one-sixth of a level
teaspoonfuD of baking-soda, drinking
it an hour before each meal.
If your kidneys are sick, or you
suffer with lumbago or rheumatism
at times, pain in the back or back
Of the neck, take a little Anuric be-
fore meals. Anuric double strength)
can be found at any good drug store.
and was first discovered by DR..
Pierce, of the Surgical Institute in
Buffalo. n. Y.
When rundown, when life indoors
has brought about a stagnant condi-
ton in the circulation-most every
one is filled with uric acid-especial-
~ is this so OF people past middle
age. This uric acid in the blood
often causes rheumatism, lumbago,
swelling of hands or feet, or a bag
like condition under the eyes. Back
ache. frequent urination or the pains
and stiffness of the joints and high
blood-pressure are also often noticed.
Everyone should drink plenty of pure
water and exercise in the open air as
much as possible. 1 have found that
Anuric is an antidote for this uric
acid poison and that it will dissolve
the accumulation Of uric acid in the
body much as hot water dissolyes
sugar.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-08
WASHINGTON ATE THAT WAY.
Father of His Country Balanced His
Grub on a Knife.

fatner OF his country Balanced HIo
Grub on Knife.
Marshalltown TimeS-Republican
Over at the restaurant little boy
helped himself along with his meal
by means of his knife. "Ain't you
ashamed rebuked his mother, "eat
with your fork" The crowd snick-
cred behind their hands. Perhaps
they mad suspicion that little Will
liam Henry wasn't SO carefully OBJ
served at home.
But at that none of them know
that the kid ate after the fashion of
Washington and other presidents of
the United States, when he used his
niblick. The fact is, that the Father
of his Country balanced his grub on
the knife and took. chance every
time he fed. So did those who sue
ceeded him down to John Quincy
Adams. Adams had been at the
French court and had learned to eat
with fork, dismissing the knife
from official service as impolite as
well as dangerous. The new custom
did John Quincy small good as a
political asset. Folks rather took
offense at the importation of French
flied manners and fork eating was
scorned as effeminate. Andrew Jack
son ate as he fought, with the bare
blade. Common folks depended upon
the fork to hold the food securely
while the knife separated a mouth
full from the parent body of the
piece de resistance, and so much
accomplished, conveyed the morsel
to the mouth on the snickersnee.
Eating with fork ranked with part
ing the hair in the middle. plain
people esteemed those who adhered
to the fork custom as merely nasty
nice" What had been good enough
for Washington and Thomas Jeffer-
son was good enough for them. Madi-
son had eaten with his knife and
jackson would and the son Of
Dutch tavern keeper, Martin Van
Buren,, was still to do SO, So you
see the boy had high precedent
behind him when he insisted on
hoisting kidney beans on the blade
of his table cutlery.
In fact, viewed from the stand
point of skill and dexterity, the fork
lacks much that the knife accom-
plished. Those who have never man
aged peas or hominy on bone
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-08

An unnaturalized German, nominally there
fore an alien enemy though really an ardent
friend of our republic, bought a Liberty bond in
Chicago the other day. His wife and mother
were starving in Germany, he explained, ''be-
cause the kaiser wants the world" He had
sent them money as long as he could get it to
them and now next best thing he is buying
bonds to help the United States end the war
and make Germany a republic.
Wherever he was born and although he has
not sworn his fealty to our flag as yet, that
man is an American of the kind that made the
nation what it is. Speaking broadly American
ism is a certain stage Of Development, a GER
tain openness of mind, alertness of perception
and receptivity to new ideas. a man who is
born into system and is incapable for anv
reason Of recognizing and adopting the one that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-08

That Is great truth In the light of it only worthy
citizen Is patriot The question is, who is the worthy
citizen? What his quates7 What sort of life does
he ead7 When these questions with respect
to people it will be found that there are many
real enemies of the country rather than
Its patriots Every CRATER demaaosue spells
politician, every drunkard every gambler profane
every liar backbiter who beats
his wife is enemy of the country and long
they last the republic will be experiment and prob
lem. One a worthy be friend of his
country-Pierre de Coufevain.