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The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
GOLF.

Notwithstanding the fact that on
account OF the war golfing programs
throughout the country were curtailed.
local players enjoyed "a very. good
year. Although only four tourna-
ments were held. there were a num-
ber Of good professional exhibition
matches scheduled for the benefit OF
the Red Cross and for other relief
work, while weekly. monthly and
special events were held ut all OF the
local clubs at short intervals through
out the season.
The professionals opened the sea-
son with a tournament at the Co
luynbia Country Club. Gilbert Nichols
beating out a big field for top honors.
with Walter Hagan, second, and Tom
Kerrigan, third. Jim Barnes. Will
fred Reid, Jack Hutchinson, Alexan-
der Campbell and the local pros all
contributed their ''bit" in exhibition
matches. which made the season one
OF exceptional interest from q spectac-
ulass viewpoint.
was furnished by the Chevy Chase
Club. d. Clarke Corkran. of the Balti-
more Country Club, winning with
W MY Oh EIle nOIiit CluDs
runner-up. The best match of this
event came In the semi-finals, when
Corkran beat Norman w. Maxwell.
North and South champion. on the
nineteenth green after having been
down" all the way. Norbert Demp-
sey captured Middle Atlantic honors.
beating out Edward B. Eynon, jr.. of
Columbia, in the ultimate round. This
event was n patriotic one. being
PLAYED on the Columbia. Chevy Chase
and Kirkside courses. John W.
Brawner was best I'm the Washington
Golf and Country Clubs annual event.
Tom Dempsey losing to him In the
finals. Walter X. McCallum and
George 7. James fought things out in
the Columbia classic. the former win
ming handily.
The District championship event was
called on on account OF war conditions.
as was that for The women's title. but
the fair sex was not without COM
petItive golf at Chevy Chase, Columbia
or BannockbuIn. as numerous events
were staged at all three of these
clubs. At Chevy Chase Mrs. Ormsby
McCammon won the club title, while
Mrs. c. J.. Frailey won the Evening
Star Cup-an annual event competed
for tor the first time. Mrs. NJ. II.
Moulton won the Bannockburn title
with Miss Elsie Patterson as runner
up. Columbia held weekly miniature
tournaments on its putting course for
the Smith. Leech and Reeves trophies
in which large fields entered.
All things being considered. follow
ers of the royal and ancient game"
Jared exceptionally well locally and
indications are that 1913 will find
things practically normal as far as
golf is Concerned and that 1t will be
a banner year.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
AUTO RACING.

Two automobile race meets were
held during the past year, the first
on Memorial Day and the other on
Labor Day. Both of these meets were
held on the Benning race course.
Irving c. Barber proved the demon
of the local and many out-of-town
drivers in the Memorial Day meet as
he captured four OF the FIVE events
on the program with his Beaver
Bullet.
Barber did not enter the Labor Day
meet, but his car, the Beaver Bullet,
was entered but failed to show as
Willie Kesler. who was to have driven
the machine, broke his arm while
tuning UP the machine in the morn
ing. Out-of-town drivers and out-of-
town cars scored most Of the honors
in this meet.
The Jimmie Junior and Jimmie,
owned by the Kline Motor Car Com
pany. of Richmond. put through a
quartet of winners in the six events
carded. while the Marquette Buick
took the other two events. The Jim
mie Junior and Jimmie wereAdriven
by Donnie Moore. while the Buick was
piloted by Harry Meyers.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
Sporting Activities the District We're Handed Many
JoHs and Setbacks because the Pressure of the Wa
by JOHN A. pUGAs.

Nineteen hundred and seventeen
soon will pass along into the vista
Of years. The sands In the glass
have almost run their course, and
when the last grain has settled with
the birth Of the New Year the twelve
months which 10 about to be closed
can be placed In the records of time
as one that was uncertain through
out. and suffered with plenty OF its
ups and downs to keep alive inter-
est in all branches of sport.
After Uncle Sam entered into the
worlds great war 1t put a damper
ON sporting events in this city. After
a few weeks of realization that ath-
letics and sporting events were nee
essary for training of war fighters.
the sporting world in general took
a new lease on life and. along with
the training camp activities, the late
summer and fall season of the year
found local athleticS thriving once
more,
Baseball. tennis, golf. boxing. racing,
rowing. football and other athletics
in all their branches, professional and
amateur. are looking forward to a
successful season in 1918. To cover
the year 1917 insofar as actual sport
ing records are concerned would re-
quire columns upon columns of sta
tistics. Records Of the many events
that have taken place in all lines
Of sport would show the breaking q
many marks and the making of many
new champions. The local season
taken as a whole was not up to
the standard of athletics before war
was declared. A full review of local
sports during the season is In this
issue,
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
G. U. LEADSON
INDOOR TRACK
Blue and Gray Prove Best
Meets-Brooke Brewer
Individual Star.

Three indoor meets were held in
the immediate vicinity of Washing
ton during 1916 which furnished
plenty of competition for local ath-
letes. Coach John O'ReilIy's George
town team set the pace for the col
lege track man. while Bill Foley's
Central squad proved the best in
the scholastic ranks.
Brooke Brewer. the former st
Albsns School sprinter who ran un-
der the colors OF the Maryland State
College. was easily the individual
star OF the winter season. as this
famous little athlete upheld his
sprinting honors against all he met
during the season. Jo Loomis, the
Chicago greyhound. was the only
one winning victories over the To-
cal. youngster.
The biggest event OF the indoor
season was the capturing of the
one mile relay by the Georgetown
University quartet from its ancient
rivals. Virginia.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
ROWING.

Rowing regattas were hard hit
during 1917. as most of the big re-
gattas were called of throughout
the country and only one event
was held here for the local oars
men. When the gong was sounded
to get Kaiser Bill" the ,oarsmen of
the Potomac Boat Club and the An
alostan Boat Club were among the
first to answer the call, but late in
August the athletes of the Potomac
Club held a closed regatta.
The feature Of this regatta was
an eight-oared race between ath-
letes who had volunteered their
services and men who were named
in the selective draft. The Draft
les" had most of the veterans of
the club in their boat and won by
a few feet from the regulars" after
one of the best races ever Witness
ed over the new mile course on the
Potomac.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
Former Baseball Man
Reelected Commodore

New York. Dec. sS-Hcnry W. Medl-
Gus, who was formerly treasurer OF
the Brooklyn National League Base
ball Club, was reelected cpnlnooore
OF the Little Neck Bay Yacht Club. foe
the third time. at the annual meeting
Wednesday evening.
Charles Hauck was "lc"ied vice.
commodore; A. Norman ISSortell, rear
commodore. and J. Broad>. feet com
mOdore. DT. n. r. Alicn was elected
feet surgeon: Alexander Berger.
treasurer. and TheoaRld Purcell. Sec
rotary. Tho officers OF tic club. to-
gether with Oscar EnEcls coustitute
he board OF trustees
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
TENNIS.

Local racquetters had very few op-
portunities for tournament play dur
ing, the year Just ending, only two
events being scheduled. but the
leagues. with the exception Of the De-
partmental. which ran under an ab-
breviated schedule, enjoyed unusually
successful seasons. The two big events
the invitation Journeys of the Chevy
Chase and Columbia clus-were called
OF. but the District and Middle At
lantic championships were played as
per schedule. In the former. Louis
i. Doyle was the winner. with Albert
J. Gore as runner-up, the latter TAX
ing the Middle Atlantic title when he
beat out Edward o. Leech in the last
round. In the doubles, Lou Doyle
and John NJ. Hancock took the Dis
trict championship. while Conrad b.
Doyle and Arthur B. Heaton were best
in the sectional event. In this event,
Miss A. E. Doyle won in the women's
singles.
The boys title went to Paul Conklin,
while Jack Dudley was best among the
juniors. Howard H. Cissel won the
scholastic singles title, while his team
Central High. had no trouble in COM
ing out on top in scholastic team play.
War Department repeated its 1916
victory in the Departmental League.
and in elimination matches with the
winners Of the other leagues. Column
bia washington Tennis Association).
Sherwood Getty and Surburan, and
Racquet Club (Surburoan). won easily
and met Baltimore's champion team.
losing out Is matches to :. The Mid
City team took the title in the Wom-
ems Tennis League.
One of the most interesting develop
ments OF the local tennis year was the
selection Of Connie Doyle as a nem-
ber Of the Eastern team. which m 4 a
picked aggregation from the wes at
Los Angeles early in the season. Doyle
lost his singles match. but he and
Alexander contributed the only East
ern victory when they won in the
doubles.
It Is understood that the. United
States Lawn Tennis Association in
tends to restore all tournament play
for 1918. and, IL this is true, local fol-
lowers of the net game have much to
look forward to in the coming sea-
SON
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
WRESTLING.

The graphing fans were treated TO
some real attractions during the past
season. Joe Turner, who claims the
middle-weight title. defended his title
until late in the spring, when Jack
Ozar, of Bethel. Pa, won two of
three falls from him in a benefit at
the Gayety Theater. Mike Yokel, the
Salt Lake City Mormon, granted Tur-
ner thesmuch sought bout in this
city and the local grappler won when
fokel refused to come back for the
third fall after each had gained one.
John Oiin, who won the heavy
weight title from Joe Stecher, was a
visitor here shortly after gaining his
title. but Loudin. who substituted for
DIR. Roller in this match, proved easy
pickings for olin. Turner was winner
IN each OF the other bouts in which he
took part. while the heavy-weights
never gained foothold here.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
CROSS-COUNTRY
RUNNING.

The Carroll Institute team. after
winning the 1917 championship on New
Years Day, won one more race as a
team, this taking place on May l.,
when the Yellow and White outfit
cartured the oUt-of-town prize in the
Evening Mail race in New York City.
In the New Years race, Pat Shanley
ran second TO Joe Gieger, the South
Atlantic champion. while Carroll had
five men across the line in the first
nine.
Edward Schmidt. Of She Baltimore
Cross-Country Club, captured the
honors in the three-mile hike held by
the Cherrydale Fireman's Association
across the Virginia Hi1s during Au-
gust, while Mike Lynch, the veteran
Carroll hiker. without any training,
managed to finish fourth in this race.
10 collegiate cross-country run was
held. but the 1918 hike was held O,r
last Thanksgiving Day. when the Bal
timore Cross-CouHtry Club showed
the way to the college teams in this
vicinity. Washington was not repre-
scented in this race by a club. but Pat
Montague ran in eighth position. go
ing to the post unattached.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
TROTTING AND PACING.

Washington horsemen were only
given one opportunity during 1917 to
show the sped OF their thoroughbreds.
The Rockville Fair. which was held
during the closing days OF August. saw
local horsemen cleaning up in nearly
all the events.
The Javin brothers set the pace by
grabbing of the honors In the 2:1s
trot with Mordecai in three straight
heats on the opening day. w. G. Nil
Ter and w. E. Miller divided the hon
ors on the other two days. the former
putting across Royal Pennin the 2:23
trot and Wheeler X. In the 2:1O trot.
W. E. Miller scored with Alice NJ. in
the 2:16 trot. Ben Jones in the s:3I
trot and Crystal Lewis in the 2:ls
pace. c. w. Plunkett proved TO have
the best runner of the meet. as Gallene
was the big winner in the fiat events.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
CANOEING

Washington Canoe Club captured
the larger part of the canoeing honors
this season. They won the Associated
Canoeists regatta with 81 points, which
was better than its nearest competi-
tor. They also finished first in the
Potomac Boat Club regatta. C. H.
Wagner. Of the Washington Canoe
Club carried of top honors with q
points to his credit.
The big six of the Washington Canoe
Club. Wagner, Knight. Elliason,
Burch, Rutherford and Bamman COM
peted out OF the city in several re-
gattas and were successful. They won
the Arundel Boat Club meet in Bal
tfmore by a wide margin. They went
to Philadelphia and proved worthy
competitors. The Washington Canoe
Club team. which cleaned up at the
Sugar Island regatta in 1916, Is said
to be one Of the best in the country.
There were many club regattas held
on the Upper Potomac during the
past summer and some fine competi-
ton was pulled Off.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
AMATEUR BASEBALL.

Organized amateur baseball in the
District had the poorest season in its
history. The old saying, r'You never
miss a good man until he is gone"
was mainly responsible for the poor
season. as Harry Shurtleff, who acted
as secretary to the local association
for the past three seasons, accepted
an advancement in the United States
Marine Corps. and, Of course, was
called out Of town. No one could be
found to replace one Of the greatest
men amateur baseball anywhere has
ever known, and, with the leading
spirit gone, amateur baseball had a
tough uphill battle to wage against
the many rough spots that confronted
the leagues during the season.
Just as a side issue. it was Sergenat
Harry Shurtlefr to his many friends,
but his many friends here, especially
those in local baseball. will be more
than pleased to note that It is now
Capt. Harry Shurtleff. and he sure
has the best wishes Of good luck OF
all in his new stride against Kaiser
Bill.
Three leagues were organized, and
after numerous quarrels and troubles
they each mani ged to play out their
SShtON4G- ne StDildl lily League,
which had heretofore been a junior
organization, branched out and Joined
the association. The Truxton Ath-
letic Club was declared the winners
in this circuit after half the sched-
ule had been played. The General Of
fee team captured the Terminal r.
r. Y. NJ. c. A. League honors after h
poor season, while the Maroon club
got away with the honors in the Rose
dale League, after many trying situ-
ations.
In the short post-season series
PLAYED the Maroon Club won, but due
to lack OF finances, no inter-city Sc
ries could be arranged with Rich
mOnd or Baltimore. No averages
were kept~in the various leagues, but
Earl Steele. OF the Maroon club,
proved to he the best athlete with the
willow n the final series Of six games.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
RACING.

The local racing season was
ushered in at Havre de Grace this
fall and was conducted in this vi
cinity nearly three months until the
final curtain at Bowie late in No
vember. The sleeply little village
was willingly waiting to receive
the game with open arms. The
sport was sent of to a flying start
there, and was followed by one
months racing at Laurel track.
The thoroughbreds then went to
Pimlico for the hammer meeting of
the hilltop track. Bowie came next,
and like its three predecessors
harbored the most successful meet
fng of its career
The biggest event Of the year
history in racing was staged dur
ing the Laurel meet, when the
great match race was held between
Omar Khayyam and Hourless, the
latter proving the winner. The
patriotic addition was added to
each days races at Laurel when
Liberty Bond stakes were run, the
winners being payed on in Liberty
Bonds,
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
NTERCHOLASTIC BASE
BALL.

Central High School captured the
interscholastie baseball title last year.
Central, was the favorite all the way,
and proved the class of the high
school series. 1t won all four OF its
games with ease as It scored about
hTe times as many runs as its oppo-
nents during the series. Western was
considered to be the best outside Of
Central, but It gave the Mt. Pleasant
aggregation very little troHble in its
encounter on the diamond.
2 The other three high schools In the
series played Indifferent baseball and
had very little chance, as they were
SO far outclassed by the winner.
f. Business had some capable players
in Its lineup. but they could not get
teamwork going and had to take a
place In the "also ran" class. Tech
started out well, but some Of its best
players were debarred by school
marks and were OF the team. East
ern was never In the running. as IT
had very small squad from which
10 build team: but It possed the old
never-say-die fighting spirit and made
. fairly good showing In the series
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
BOWLING.

Duckpin obtained q death grip on
the local bowlers a few years ago
and last seasons sport was about
the best that has been known to
date. The Royal team. whose MEM
bership was HALEY, Lewis. Carroll.
Stanford and Krause. put across
the highest team total Of the sea-
son, gathering in 1.7s3 pins in the
games of CAL. 564 and SIS. Krause
led the way with two games of
14S and another of 126 for a total
of 422.
This. score was rolled in the Dis
trict heague. and the Continentals
Of the same circuit furnished the
highest game of the season with
turned in the best Individual set,
ny Vaeth Of the Grand Central
team during a ten-game match
rolled a set Of 6S2 for five games.
The leagues enjoyed a good year
but the big event of the season was
the tournament which was held in
the spring OF the year under the
auspices of the Washington City
Duckpin Association, which fur
nished the following winners:
Grand Centrals. Glass A teams,
1917; Agriculture, Glass B teams,
1,615; Managers, Glass C teams,
1885: Barber and Hansford, Class
A doubles. 700; Fischer and Ever
ett. Class B doubles. $50; Martin
and Neumyer. Glass C doubles. 666;
Z. ]. Crowley, Glass A singles, 3S5;
p. A. Gowen. Glass B singles, -36S;
c. c. Plunkett. Glass C singles, ass;
AL Works, Glass A all events.
LOSS; P. A. Gowen, Glass B all
events, 1,o13; C. E. Jenkins, Class
c all events. 1909.
Washington duckpin rollers in
vaded Baltimore and brought home
a big share of the prize money
from the Monumental City's annual
tournament,
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
FOOTBALL HAS
GOOD SEASON
Georgetown Leads Way for
Local Elevens-Central
Tops Scholastic.

But three local colleges placed teams
on the gridiron last fall. Catholic
University and George Washington
University being without capable ma
terial to make possible any kind OF
showing in the great collegiate game.
Georgetown. Maryland State and
GalIaudet were represented. and OF
this trio the Hilltoppers showed the
best. Although Coach Exendine's ma
chine failed to run up the points like
the team of 1916. it finished by win
ming seven games and losing one. TAX
ing the ranking of number ten in
the list OF elevens in the country.
The only setback handed the Hill
toppers was by the powerful Navy
team, the Middies winning a hard
battle by a 2S-to-7 score. Georgetown
took such well-known teams into camp
as Springfield ~" Lehigh. Virginia
Poly, Fordham and Washington and
Lee and finished of the season by
turning back, the crack Usaacs eleven
from Allentown, Pa
Maryland State won but FOUR or It's
eight games played while Virginia
Military Institute was played. to a
H-to-H tie. Although Navy and Penn
State handed the College Park eleven
good lacings. Coach Byrd's team fin
ished off the season by beating St.
Johns of Annapolis and the Johns
Hopkins elevens.
Gallaudet introduced the graduate
coaching system and little Freddy
Moore who was one of the best grid
ironers ever produced at the Kendall
Green Institute, was in charge of the
team. The Buff and Blue eleven
captured three OF its seven games. but
only one Of these was against a col
lege combination. The Kendall Green
efs turned back the Washington Col
leg team by a 27-to-0 score.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
INDEPENDENT BASKET
BALL.

There were several very strong In
dependent teams. the Fcdernls Of the
Noel House Settlement. composed OF
O'Connor and Anderson. foTwardss
Hook. center. and Eslin and Grady.
Eurrds. probably the strouECst. played
and defeated all their opponents ana
at the close OF tho season issued
challenge TO any team In the city to
a series OF games to decide the cham-l
pionship, with no takers.
The boys Y NJ. G. \. team had a
most successful season. having Won
twcntN-two games and losing only
five. Some OF the same teams when
they lost 10 they afterwards won re-
turn games from. The team Was cop-
posed OF the foiTowirg stars: Miner.
Payne and Young. forward: Wilson.
center: Miloff and Goets. guards.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-30
.TOSSERS MEET
WITH SUCCESS
Basketball Thrives in Local
Ranks During 1917.
Georgetown Leads.

During the season OF lsis-I7 basket
baH was more prosperous In the Dis
tr7ct and vicinity than at any time
In the history Of the game. An the
colleges had splendid teams and be-
SIDES. There were four well onganieed
While all the college teams We
more or less successful. GeorEetow
University carried on the hoBors. 81
far as the Washington championahip
Is concerned. the laurels 60 90 that
team. while the other three teams.
Catholic University. Gallaudet ColIegs'
and George Washington. were about
on a par. Georgetown University
trounced George Washington twics
and Gallaudet once not meeting
Catholic University. Georgetown Uul-
varsity played the stendiest game.
although the Blue and Gray aggreEn-
tion was topped for season honors
by Catholic University. Georgetourn
won eight Of their thirteen enkaRe-
ments, while Catholic University gar
nered the same number Of victories
in twelve starts.
George Washington. afflicted with
Inconsistency as shown by the othcfs,
was able to win only seven of ns
fifteen contests. white GalIaudct took
six Of its fifteen. As in other years.
the teams were unable 90 do well
away from home. each Of the colleges
winning only ono contest on their 90, .
nonents courts. In the Washinzton
intercollegc games. however. all ex-
cept George Washington managed 70
gain a victory on their opponents
courts. The feature OF this local
series was the remarkable improve
ment Of Gallaudet toward the endNu
the season. Defeated carry in
campaign by George Washington Ury
versity and Catholic University ther
took on n new lease Of life before
the return contests were played and
routed both their opponents. They
played only five Of their fifteen gamoS
at home. getting two Of their six
wins on foreign floors. Gallaudets =
most notable performance was its
victory over Catholic University on
the latter teams floor. the first ever
accomplished by the college. With
few exceptions. Gslrsudets losses
were by small margins
Each OF the four colleges Possessed
players Of more than ordinary ability,
in some instances there beins three
or more haskcters performing bril-
lisntly in similar positions one she
teams. The following players wcrs
selected for tho Washington Posts
All-WashinEton college five: O'Brien.
Catholic University and Fees. OF
Georgetown. forwards: Harmon. OF
George Washington. center: and Ar
thur Wcnger. Of Gallaudct College.
and Henry O'BoyIe. of Georgetown
University. guards. Each Of these
players was probably the most vai-
liable man Of his team. All were good
at throwing goals from scrimmaee
and with tho exception Of O'Brien.
each was remarkably accurate In
Tossing frprn Tho go,11 lin.