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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-14
LEAD IN TENNIS LEAGUE
MAY Be CHANGED TODAY
Argyle Club in Suburban Circuit
Meets Racquet Club Today-Sit<
uatien In w. T. A. Unchanged.

Four matches are scheduled to be
played in the Suburban Tennis League
today, Argyle meeting the league
leaders. the RACQUET Club. on Its home
courts, Home Club meeting Petworth
on the formers courts, Holmead oppos-
ing the Bureau of Standards and
Princeton crossing rackets with Euclid.
Racquet Club. winner of the pennant
last year. established satisfactory
lead in the present series by the win
ming of to l victory over Petworth
in last Saturdays matches and looks
likely to repeat. The leading club has
youngsters and could give any tennis
club a battle. The Dowd brothers are
known as two of the best of the
younger lot of tennis players about
Washington, and the club numbers
among its. other members men very
nearly as strong IS these two
The league, however, is we'll balanced.
Last year the Petworth Club held the
lead until the last two matches. when
Racquet. which had been closely pur-
suing the leaders all the season. met
them their home courts and de-
cisively defeated them.
This year with last years winner In
the lead, 1t appears that nothing but
very strong squirt from one of the
others can take the Renfalon away from
Racquet. Princeton. with Lou Doyle
and Jack Dudley. junior singles cham
pion of the District may make bid for
behind Racquet. Today's matches may
cause a change In the standings as
Argyle. which opposes the leaders, Is In
third place, and would relish nothing
better than turning the tables on last
years winners
The situation in the Washington Ten
mis- Association is pretty we'll estab
lished. The Columbia Country Club
team Is far ahead of either Dumbarton
or Chevy Chase. the other members of
the circuit. and If Dumbarton repeats
its winning performance of last year.
quite a squirt will be necessary. Co
lumbia has potentially the strongest
team of any club in Washington. but
owing to the fact that all the members
of the team have been unable to get on
the courts at the same time. Columbia
has dropped one or two matches to
seemingly weaker teams. Columbia's
two first men in singles. Connie Doyle
and Henry Brock. can take the measure
Of any other pair in the city without
much question. and virtually the entire
outcome Of any match in which Column
bia plays rests on the shoulders of the
other singles players Doyle and
Breck split up in doubles and are
usually able to take weaker man and
win.
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CINCINNATI WLDOvER
REDS CLIMB IN RACE
y
Random Delighted With Pep Math.
ewson Has Instilled in Proverbial-
ly Hopeless National Leaguers.

Christy Mathewson Is setting Gin
cinnati fandom wild with Joy. Follow
ing in the wake of one manager after
another who proved unable to lift tho
Reds from the depths of the National
League. the former Giant pitching star
today has his club in fourth place and
is going considerably stronger right
now than Chicago. the challenging
aggregation.
Since June Mathewson has sent
his team to twenty-three victories.
Fifteen games have been lost. In
that time the Reds have counted 100
runs for their own, while the Cfncin-
natl pitchers have allowed 1873 markers.
The reason for Mathewsons success
Is outstanding. He has provided Gin
cinnati with-or has helped them up
to Ave of the leagues leading batters.
One of these, Roush, il giving Cruise,
st. Louis. a hard battle for National
League leadership.
One of the leagues most efficient
pitchers Fred Toney. wears Cincin-
natl uniform. and he has record of
having pitched tho Reds to ono ton
inning victory In which he allowed
neither a hit nor n run. Backing him
up Mathewson has Mitchell, Schneider
and several other effective hurlers.
Mitchell. by the way. Is almost as
much of an outfleldar or first base
man as he is Il pitcher.
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Ticket Sales $685., 900.
PHONE COMBINE HIT
BY COURTS DECISION

CHICAGO, July 14.-By a decree of
the Cook county superior court the
Central Union Telephone Company.
operating in Illinois. Indiana and Ohio.
has been divorced from the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
and all stock held In the former COM
pany by the latter has been ordered
sold at public auction.
The court holds that the Bell system
is a monopoly. and has been since it's
and orders that all notes
of the Central Union Company held by
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, amounting to more than $40.-
OOO. 000 be surrendered and Cancelled.
The court further orders an account
ing against the A. T. and T. Company
in favor of the independent company
for wrongful diversions of business,
for unfair treatment in payment of So
called originating commission"
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CONVICTED OF NUMBERING
ELDERLY INMATE OF HOME
Mrs. Amy Archer Gilligan sobs as
She Hears Jury's Verdict-Attor-
=, ney Gives Notice Of Appeal.

HARTFORD. Conn, July 14.-Mrs.
Amy Archer Gilligan. on trial here the
last four weeks, charged with the MUIR
der of Franklin r. Andrews by poison
while he was an inmate of her home
for elderly people at Windsor, was
found guilty of first-degree murder by
a jury late yesterday afternoon. Judge
Gardiner Green sentenced her to be
hanged November 6.
While Mrs. Gilligan was tried on one
count only, the indictments returned
against her by the grand jury charged
that she had brought about the deaths
of four other inmates of her home by
administering poison. The state con-
tended that as many as forty inmates
had died under peculiar circumstances
during several years. Her motive. the
state set up, was to profit on contracts
where she agreed to provide a comfort
able home for the aged people during
Gifted sum. generally $1,000.
Mrs. Gillfgan sobbed as she heard the
jury's verdict. Her daughter, Mary
Arthur, who has been constantly be-
side her mother, burst into tears.
They gained their composure and fol-
lowed the proceedings calmly.
Benedict NJ. Holden, the woman's
chief counsel, moved that the verdict
be set aside as against the evidence.
The motion was overruled, and Mr..
Holden gave notice of appeal. Mrs
Gilligan is about forty-flve years old.
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McGRAW WITNESS HEARD
Pittsburgh Man Testifes-Case
Again Adjourned

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE hearing Of
the controversy between Manager Nc
Graw of the Giants and the Base Ball
Writer'S Association over an alleged In
terview which McGraw emphatically re-
pudiated was resumed by the directors
of the National League before John Con-
way Terle yesterday. Urban T. McNier-
ney. friend of the New York manager.
who was present at the time McGraw
was interviewed in Pittsburgh, substan-
tiated the former testimony about the
interview given by McGraw
The other witness who was present at
the Pittsburgh meeting, Dr.. Frank
Finley, will be heard next Friday, when
the hearing will close. The testimony
will be submitted to the league direc-
tors and they will give their decision
by mail McGraw's witness was put
through a cross-examination by Martin
w. Littleton. who represented the base
ball writer's.
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BIG LEAGUE CLUBS +.
WILL MAKE PROFIT
Fans Continue to Attend All
Games Where Teams Have
Chance for Pennant. .
LOCALS AND BROWNS EVEN

CHICAGO. July 1l-An impression
prevails that base ball Is limping along
to Its doom. thanks to tho present state
of war In an endeavor to learn the
extent Of the inroads made by tho sup
posed popular apathy toward tho ma
tional game. club officials were inter
Viewed. official and estimated attend
ances for the year were consulted and
Investigations made.
After sitting all evidence the finding
appears to be approximately as follows:
That base ball has suffered a loss OF
attendance In almost every major
league city. ranging from TO 30 per
cent.
That in only one city in either major
league. Washington. is this loss
largely attributable to tho war.
That the unusual weather conditions
prevailing in April and May. resulting
in an unprecedented total OF Jog post
poned games. has caused the lower
daily average attendance during the
first six weeks.
That the decrease has not been sum-
Client to turn profits into losses in any
club in either league. with the possible
exception of Washington.
Clubs VIII Profit.
That both leagues win make almost
normal profits. as a whole. II tho daily
averages now prevailing continue
That. up to the present time. despite
bad weather. the daily averages show
a good margin Of profit.
The figures show the digested facts
about the seasons attendance figures.
which include games to within less
than one week of the present time.
They show, for example, daily
American League average attendance
of 6.3s2. including double bills. At an
average Of 60 cents per head. modest
30
game, therefore, are S3,S29. AS the av-
erage daily overhead for a l54-game
season is about $1,000 for each team. it
will be seen that thus far, on the aver
age, American League clubs have a net
profit each of over $500 per playing
day.
However in the dull days of the lat
ter half of the season crowds dwindle
to nothing in those cities out of the
running and this fine average cannot be
maintained.
New York Draws Big.
Not all cities have borne up under
the strain. AS usual, tho American
League clubs have averaged far better
than the National. with the exception
shown the astonishing daily average Of
about 10000. which at Polo Grounds
prices, is equivalent to almost that
many dollars in receipts.
Cleveland, Chicago ana the world
champion city. Boston, are all holding
their own, with averages above 1000
per day. st Louis is very little II any
below normal, the Cardinals having
very fine average. considering weather
and team conditions.
washington, with daily average of
slightly over 1000 for the season. Is at
low ebb In itself this is not enough to
sustain the club, but probably its re-
ceipts away from homo are enabling
this club to come close to an even break
despite the fact that it's government
clerk patronage is shot to pieces by the
war.
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It was this state Of affairs which
caused the club to determine to hold
two closed regattas. Of which the one
today is the first. The closed events
will serve to keep the men in some
kind of trim for another year and Ger
tainly are going to prevent them los
Ing their interest in the sport. The
Potomac club has done more to keep
rowing alive in Washington than gen
orally is known, and it deserves con-
siderable credit for work along that
line. Had it not been for the failures
to hold annual regattas the club prob
ably would have made the best show
ing in it's history.
Harvard, Yale and Princeton, not
withstanding their determination not
to have varsity foot ball this fall, are
said to have the intention to support
freshman athletics in every way pos
sible. At all three institutions it is re-
allied that unless some such activities
are INDUCED in there will be a real
dearth of suitable material when var
sity teams again are put in the running
for intercollegiate honors. If fresh
man sports are\ supported there will
be developed the usual quota of stars
from that class. 1t is believed that Har-
ward first propounded the idea and the
three great universities are to take up
the situation in conference sometime
before fall. Freshman foot ball, par
ticularly in the absence Of varsity foot
ball, undoubtedly would be more than
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they stated, and the heavy wind pre-
vented the fish from biting.
only few spots and one hard crab
were taken from the water by the
anglers. They will repeat their effort
when there is no prospect of a storm.
Six members Of fishing party at
benedict Thursday made. a catch of
twenty-five hardheads. a number of
small perch and spots and the usual
number of toadfsh. Those who com
posed the party were Harvey Given
Fred II. Geyer, John W. Hurley. Charles
Jacobson Ta A. F, Jorss and w. H. Frey.
Fred Geyer fished with a bell con-
trivance and managed to score at
catching toadfsh. while Harvey Given
was the successful sportsman with
small fish. "f''i
russell o. Beene. r. p. Andrews
Jerry South and Howard Lang we're
members of week end party at Rock
Ioint- They caught perch and spots but
me larger fish failed to come their way.
others who were there for the week
end were w. E. Small. jr; Chester W.
paylor; NJ: Oliver. F. K. Steele, L. G.
randall E. Steele. T. Lonagan and e
N. Macintosh. ~
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Gallery Follows Ouimet.


ouimet and D. Edwards were the
noon. the other pair being comnara-
lively deserted
Edwards was short on his second at
me hrst hole and lost So. Ouimet
grove TO the rough at the next hole and
JOSH 81. Edwards getting home with
a drive and an iron. Edwards tee shot
was SIX feet from the pin at the tweIftb
mo ne won %. leaving him down.
.t retaliated with a birdie 4 on
the long fourth hole, $50 yards. a twen-
tS-foot putt doing the trick.
towards mashie shot for the sixth
MOLE los Yards. landed four feet from
.he hole for another birdie Q. leaving
hlm down. He was now going fine.
y Drive brassie and a pitch left him
an elght-foot putt for win, 4-6 at
the long seventh Ouimet was short
On his third and squandered thr.S
puts. leaving Edwards down. Ouimet
overplayed the eighth green on hts
lohg second, was strong on his chip
shot and took 8 while Edwards holed
good putt for a par and was only
] down.
drive and pretty pitch left Edwards
a three-foot putt at the ninth hole
and he won. Ct, Ouimet missing a
six-footer. making the match all
square
Edwards had won four straight from
the former open and amateur cham
pion. Then came Edwards topped sec
oHd into the ditch. Edwards reached
the second green on his tee shot, but
took 3 puts.
Edwards overplayed the third green
and Clipped back too strongly Quinn t
putting his third four feet from the
cup and winning, -4-5. making Quinn t
B up.
Edwards had chance for 3 on
the thirteenth green. but had to ac-
cept a half in A. Edwards waning
chances grew DINNER when the next
two holes were halved In As Ouimet
netting a fine shot from the rough at
the fourteenth. On the long sixteenth
Edwards took three puts, Ouimet
winning, Sc. The cards:
Ouimet, out 3 3 3 9 SIS
In .-.-.- 5 SIX -29
Edwards, out. 80 . > 4 3-33
in .-..... 9 8 6x SO
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|self-supporting. Other freshman sports
though, probably will be conducted at
a loss. However. that is something
about which Yale. Harvard and Prince
ton need have little worry Yale and
Harvard each has a surplus of some-
thing like eighty or ninety thousand
dollars in it's athletic treasury. Prince
ton probably does not have quite such
a surplus, but it has an exceptionally
responsive alumni. In Princeton's
alumni body there are any number of
men who would give thousands of dol
lars to the furtherment of athletics if
real need for the money developed
Fort Hunts base ball team will play
no more games here this year. Its
members have been ordered. in COM
pany with the other members of the
artillery stationed there, to prepare to
leave Immediately for a destination
unknown. Probably the journeys end
VIII be France. Games scheduled by
the Empire A. c. for today and the
Rex Athletic Club for tomorrow have
been called off.
Truxtons get their second chance
against the Athletics in ball game to-
day at Columbia Park. The Truxtons.
with something Of a makeshift organf-
cation, played well against the Ath-
let1cs last week and made a fine show
ing. With their regular Iine-up
against the strong northeast nine thew
think they stand at least an even
chance to win.
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Hardy and Garland in Net Finals

CINCINNATI. July 14.-Samuel Hardy
of San Francisco. will meet Charles
Garland. the Pittsburgh star. in the
final round OF the national clay court
patriotic tennis tournament here today.
There will be no challenge round
6-3. the Californian's typical smash
in gstyle of play overcoming the Gin
cinnation's hard service. Garland won
from A. l.. Zimmerman Of Cincinnati in
easy fashion. 60. 60. In the daries'
singles Mrs. Ellis Of Los Angeles meets
Miss Ruth Sanders Of Cincinnati in the
championship round otday.
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GUNNER SETS UP RECORD.

NEWCASTLE. N. H.. July 14-George
w. Derrick Of New Haven. who broke
90 at a recent Maplewood handicap
shoot, won a quail contest at the Went
worth traps yesterday and established
new record for the season with Al
claws out of so.
The quail contests require the gunner
to keep moving in front of the traps.
facing away from them. and with no
guide to the line Of flight until the
bird has passed over or beyond him.
Frank Fl. Butler. professional, broke
as. Buffers renowned bird dog, Dave,
took part in the proceedings and point
ed for all contestants with commend
able impartiality.
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Finds U. S. Hotel Prices Higher.

Menus from a London hotel of the
highest grade, compared with the
menu of a well known Pennsylvania
avenue hotel in this city, were used by
Representative Madden of Illinois in
the House of Representatives yester-
day to show that food exported from
the United States to England Is sold
for much less there than 1t is here. A
small steak at the London hotel costs
35 cents, while it Is billed at $3.50 here.
Other prices were in proportion.
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Kills Soldier at Sea Girt.

SEA GRIT, n. J.. July 14.-Lightning
yesterday struck one of the tents used
by a detachment of regulars here for
rife practice, instantly killing Private
James H. Arms, nineteen years old, of
GAINESVILLE, Tenn. Arms enlisted at
Douglas, Ariz, last October. Another
soldier. sleeping in an adjoining cot,
was slightly burned. The lightning
fused three stacked rifles
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Two Worlds Records
Made by Swedish Runner
STOCKHOLM, July ia n.

STOCKHOLM. July IA new
world record for the 1906
meter run was made yesterday
at the Stadium by A. Zander, a
Swede. His time was minutes
and IS S-18 seconds. The former
record was 8 minutes and 80 S-I8
seconds, made by II. kolehmainen
in 1912.
Last Tuesday lander made
what In believed to be n new
world record for the 2,OOO-meter
run In the Stadium here. He
covered the distance in 8 minutes
81 seconds.
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Six Umpires Now in Double A..

CHICAGO. July 14.-President Hickey
of the American Association said today
that six umpires will be used In the
association instead of four. Chill and
Brennan will umpire alone. while the
others will work in pairs. The stan
was reduced from eight to four six
weeks ago to cut down expenses
Howard Ducky) Holmes of the Three
League is the sixth member of the staff.
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DOUBLE-HEADER TODAY ENDS
SERIES WITH FOFH'S INDIANS
Both Cleveland and Washington Managers
Claim Loss of Victory Yesterday Because
of Rain-Ray Morgan Rejoins Squad
RAY MORGAN.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
Special Dispatch to The STR.

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Milius to Join Reds.

BINGHAMTON. N. Y. July 14-John
Miljus. star Binghamton pitcher, left
here last night to join the Cincinnati
club in New York. Miljus refused to
accept a salary cut several days ago
and was automatically released as were
other State League players.
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Dodgers Buy Catcher.

SEATTLE. Wash, July 14.-Tom
Cunningham. catcher for the Seattle
club. in the Northwestern League has
been sold to the Brooklyn Nationals.
Pete Flagstead. outfielder for the Taco
ma team in the same league, was sold to
the Detroit Americans.
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POTOMAC BOAT CLUB TO HOLD
CLOSED AQUATIC RACES TODAY
Many Events Scheduled for Oarsmen and
Canoeists In First of Two Regattas.
Foot Ball for Freshman Elevens.
FRANCIS QUINTET.
BY n. c. BYRD.


athletes
contest for club in the
In
compelled through the
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So anxious was Manager Fohl to play
yesterday that the game was not called
off until fifteen minutes before time
set for it to begin. when it became
apparent that the rain was not going to
let up. 1t is assured the double
header slated for today will be played
If it is possible to do SO. as the tribe is
going at smart pace now, having won
six straight games, and Foil is anxious
to get in all the contests possible while
his team is winning. If the weather
clears an hour before time set for the
first game to begin, o'clock, a crowd
of more than 10000 should turn out
Ray Morgan arrived here yesterday
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Tribute to Mr.. Choate.

Mr.. Balfour paid a tribute to the
memory Of Joseph II. Choate of New
York. who. he said. was taken away
at a moment when new and happy
spirit brooded over our COMMON des-
TIMES"
Page. the Japanese, Italian and Portu-
guese ambassadors. the Rumanian and
Serbian ministers. the Earl of Derby.
secretary for war: Lord Robert Cecil,
minister of blockade. Baron Rhondda,
food controller. and members Of the
Balfour mission. Attached to the official
program was printed slip, saying:
Should the proceedings be inter
craft. whereof ample notice will be
given. IT is suggested that the guests
adjourn to the crypt beneath the guild
hall"
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PRAISES TREATMENT
Of BRITISH MISSION
Secretary Balfour Says Results of
Trip to United States
Were Good.

LONDON, July 1--we did our best
and received the best" said Foreign
Secretary Ba1four. in referring in an
address yesterday to the visit Of the
British mission to the United States.
Never was a mission so kindly treated
by those to whom it was sent. never
was hospitality offered more graciously
or with a freer hand. never was a mis-
sion from one country to another more
cordial.
THE results of the mission were
good, because the great people of the
United States realized that the mission
was symbolic of great new departure
in the history Of the world. They knew
it fnstinctively. They were able to
grasp what it all meant not only for
the present. but for the future of the
world. They saw what German mill
tarism meant with clear vision and en-
tered the war with an unselfish motive
l rejoice that we have with US such a
country as the United States, such
statesmen as President Wilson. They
are as far removed from pinning their
faith in unmeaning formulas as from
the idea Of putting one nation under
the domination Of another They
cherish the same great ideals as we,
which are our very own"
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STANDING OF THE

Kansas City Columbus. rain. Milwaukee Toledo
rain. st. Paul. g. Indianapolis, 5. Minneapolis
2; Louisville. 1. Minneapolis. Q; Louisville, g.
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SCHEDULES.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUB

Toronto. 3: Baltimore. l. Rochester, s; Rich.
mond. 4. Richmond. .; Rochester O (six in.
ntngs: rain,. Providence, IL; Montreal, 10. Buf.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelphia, Z; Chicago o.
Chicago, /; Philadelphia O.
! New York, 4; Cincinnati, 3.
! st. Louis. 4: Boston @
Brooklyn. 4; Pittsburgh O.
Brooklyn. .; Pittsburgh
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New Orleans. 4: Memphis. o. Birmingham, Z;
Chattanooga, o. Little Rock. 8; Mobile, 2. At
lanta. 6. Nashville. 10 innings).