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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
BAN JOHNSON BELIEVES TAX
ON GAME WILL BE EQUITABLE
American League Executive Confident Levy
Imposed on Base Ball Will Be Fair.
Today's Game Postponed.

MS to develop into capable soldiers il
we are called on by the government. and
you may be sure that there viii be no
slackers among the athletes.
IF the Detroit fans were not patriotic
enough to understand what we are do
ing I should not have my players drill
in front of the crowds in the. afternoon
but would confine our sessions to morn
ing practice. from which we can eN-
clude the public. The way Chicago ana
Cleveland squads have been insuited
right in their own towns is disgusting,
and the men aren't called on to staho
for it,
Anxious as Manager Griffith was to
play the game scheduled with the Hed
SoX today, the combination of thor
oughly soaked field and damp ana
chilly atmosphere compelled him 70
announce that the hostilities were on.
The cancellation of this battle brings
the Griffmens list of double headers
to be played up to six, four of when
are with the Red Sox. Although tne
league rules stipulate that post
poned game shall be played off the f1rst
day of the next series. or. in case Two
are cancelled. the first and second days.
this Will not be done in the case OF the
Red Sox The Boston troupe is due TO
play here again May 90 and 80. yes
terday's postponed game will be played
as a part of double-header May ~,
but May 30 being Memorial day, with
two games scheduled. todays post
poned contest will not be played until
the third trip here of the SoN, sep
TENDER H.
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WILL HOLD MEET
DECORATION DAY
Maryland State Postpones An
nuaI Track and Field Games
Until May 80.
ALL SCHOOLS NOTIFIED
BY n. c. BYRD.

Maryland State will hold its annual
track and field games on Decoration
day, May 80. 1t was found necessary
yesterday to postpone the meet be
cause the condition of the track was
such that ii would have been next to
impossible to run on it, and the jump
ing pits were nothing but slush of
mud. The meet now is to be run off
in connection with the commencement
and Farmers day exercises.
There is a strong possibility that the
postponement of the meet will result
in its enlargement May 80 is Farm
occasion it is the desire of the col
lege to bring there as many boys from
the county high schools as possible.
This being the case, there is no reason
why the class for county high schools
should not be held. Notwithstanding
that it had been called off for today. If
these events again are placed on the
calendar fifteen or twenty more schools
than would have competed today will
be in action. The decision to hold the
events Farmers day in connection
with the other exercises was arrived
at after a consultation of the faculty
members of the board of directors of
the Athletic Association with DIR. H.
]. Patterson, president of the college.
Many ng-distance- phone calls were
directed to the college this morning
to find out if published reports of the
postponement of the meet were correct.
Affirmative replies were given in each
instance, with assurances that the meet
would take place May 80. Circular let
tiers concerning the change In the date
of the meet are to be sent to all con-
cerned within the next few days.
Delaware College failed to receive the
telegram last night announcing the
postponement of the meet and this
morning appeared at College Park with
a squad of fifteen men. The manage
ment of that institution wanted to run
off a dual meet with State, but the
Marylanders declined on the ground
that such a procedure would be i'm
possible with the track in such poor
condition.
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CLARKE CORKRAN WINS.
Makes Thirty-Foot Putt on Home
Green at Atlantic CITY.

ATLANTIC CITY, May 5.-Three At
lantic City players and one Baltimore
golfer were left to fight it out for the
chief trophy of the annual spring tour
rament at the Country Club of At
lantic City at the end of the first DAYS
rounds of match play yesterday u.
Clarke Corkran, the young Baltimore
Country Club crack. furnished tho
spectacular feature of the day when
he eliminated Percy G. Plat. the Mon
mouth golfer, who won the Lakewood
trophy last. week. Corkran met Plat
in the second round. and after the
closest sort of match won out on the
home green with the aid of a thirty
foot putt for a bird three.
Maurice Risley, who holds a corner
in the triple tie for the medal, won
his way to the semI-IinaI round by de-
feating B. Warren Corkran by up
and / to play. II. J. Westney and 7. y.
Endicott. both members of the Atlantic
City Club, complete the list of players
that survived the first two rounds OF
match play in the first flight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05

Toadfish and saltwater cells have
reached the vicinity of Benedict. the
popular place on the Patuxent river
and perch were not in EVIDENCE fol
those who were there for the last week
end.
And toadfish was the one fish that
our boatman declared we would moi
CATCH" commented Mack Sparrough
who was a member of party COM
posed of Bernard Harding, Charles
self
I'VE learned that plenty of hardheads
were being caught in nets at the mouth
of the river. near Solomons Island" he
added. land it is possible that there is
good sport to be had there
Members of the quartet landed a mum
Der OF cells and toadfish and enjoyed a
Thomas Wright and George O'Brier
were among the few sportsmen who
made good catches on a weekend outing
up the river. The former has landed
many of the big ones at Glymont
and: he stated, he and his companion
landed some of the Glymont kind the
last week end.
" ME other sportsmen were trying
their luck in the "parlor'' Wright and
below Walker point.
we fshed in deep water" said
wright, and caught about $50 fish
Many OF them were half-pounders."
Louis Perron and John w. Hurley
hshed for white perch in the "parlor'
ana nearby places two afternoons this
week. Sidney Atlas joining them on the
second trip. Hurley was far in the lead
the nrst afternoon. his frequent catches
suggesting that his bait found a feed
ing place while that of his companion
was on the ragged edge.
But ] wasn't in it the second day
admitted Hurley, telling of perch
Weighing one pound and FIVE ounces
being caught by Perron. while the best
ne could do was to get a three pound
mississippi catfish. Atlas was satisfied
with his catch
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D1ADEM FIRST HOME.
Wins the 1000 Guineas, Feature at
Newmarket Track.

NEWMARKET, England. May 5.-The
first spring race meeting was brought
to close yesterday and with it the end
of fat racing until the war is over
The feature race was the famous clas-
sic. the One Thousand Guineas. which
was won by Lord Abercorn's Diadem
ridden by Frank Rickaby. He won by
half a length. defeating Maj. w. AS
tors Sunny Jane, with Cooper up. Lord
Falmouth's Nonpareil, with Whalley in
the saddle. was third, four lengths be-
hind g
Diadem was the favorite and led
throughout the race. Fourteen horses
went to the post The betting was:
Diadem. 6 to 4: Sunny Jane. 25 to /, and
Nonpareil, IS to /.
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National League Games.
Brooklyn Tames Braves.

BOSTON. May 5.-Cadore, the Brook
Ign pitcher farmed last season in
Montreal was prominent factor in
the Robins victory over Boston. to l,
yesterday. He held the Braves to four
hits. brought in one of BrookIyn's runs
with a double. and sent another over
the plate with sacrifice fly. Allen was
batted hard for six innings. Barnes and
Crum later assuming the Braves pitch
ing duties. The score:
Brooklyn. ......... o q o q = %
Boston. ........+.. o o 1 % o o o.
Two-base hit-Cadore. Stolen bases-Daubert
and Smith. Sacrifice hits-Meycrs, Twombly and
Magee. Sacrifice hy-Cadote. Double play
Massey 10 Maranville to Konetchy. Left on bases
Brooklyn, 8: Boston, T. First base on errors
Brooklyn; j.; Boston. 1. Bases on bails-oG
Galore, .: OFF Allen, 3: OF Crum. l. Hits and
earned runs-On Galore. hits and no runs in
nine innings; of Allen hits and runs in six
and third innings: OF Barnes. hits and no
runs in one and two-thirds innings; OF Crnm; l
run and no hits in one inning. Struck out-By
Galore. 1. Wild pitch-Crum. Umpires-Messrs.
o'Day and Bransfeld. Time Of game-l. hour
and As minutes.
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LIEUT.. POWELL DEAD.
Famous Canadian Tennis Player
Killed in Action in France.

VICTORIA. B. c., May 5.-Robert
Powell, for several years tennis singles
champion of British Columbia was
killed in action in France on April IS.
according to word received here.
Powell was an attorney and was
private secretary to the lieutenant gov
ernor of British Columbia from 1900 to
1904. He founded the North Pacific
Lawn Tennis Association in 1904. The
next year he won the tennis champion
ship of Scotland. In 1908 Powell was
the champion of the Canadian tennis
team, which competed in the Olympic
games in England. and represented
Canada in the Davis cup games in Chi
cago in 1913.
Powell enlisted in the 18th Canadian
Battalion at the outbreak of the war.
was appointed lieutenant and went
overseas with that body.
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FORM OF REVENUE OPPOSED.
Anti-Saloon Leader Protests Increase
of Tax on LIQUOR.

For the government to take revenue
in times of peace from such a source of
crime and misery as the liquor traffic is
inexcusable. while in times of war it is
positively criminal. according to DIR. p
A. Baker. general superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League of America. DIR.
Baker has given notice of a fight by the
organization he represents against leg
islation looking to any such method of
producing revenue and says:
THE proposed increasing of the tax
on liquor to aid in meeting the expense
of the war should uritedy and agrees
sively be opposed by the prohibition
forces of the nation.
Our law makers. before contemplate
ing such IA step. should look back to the
experience with this traffic during the
civil war. when this reasonable trade
successfully aided and abetted in
fastening the present internal revenue
system upon this government. a cys-
. TEN that acts as a direct bride upon
every citizen of an easy conscience"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Although President Johnson of the
American League declines to discuss
the tentative provisions of the revenue
bill having to do with the proposed
tax on base ball, for the very good
reason that it might prejudice his case,
he admitted today that he had been to
the Capitol and had discussed the
measurs with some of the members OF
the committee having it in charge. and
expressed himself as confident that
whatever levy finally is incorporated
in the bill will not be of such proper
tons as to make it impossible for the
big leagues to continue in business.
johnson is of the opinion that the
Canadian system of taxation VIII be
looked upon with favor by the con-
gressional leaders. Under this patron
is required to buy a ticket represent
ing a tax of from to 5 per cent at
the time he purchases his ticket OF ad-
mission, in this way saving pase pa.
from a tax it would be snable 70 nles
such as the 10 per CENT OF the
suggested when the matter nrst H
taken up-and at the same time ~
posing sufficient of ieSS - .he
funds and Vet not prove drain on the
pockets of the sport-loving pubic.
The American League executive eN
nressed surprise over news dispatches
from the west TO the effect that me ne
fans of the west are making ns.
the preparedness movement as eAe
plified by the drilling Of ball players,
in the east patrons of the g game n AND
been proud of their player-sola1sei; s an
have not hesitated to voice their sp-
proval. but in the middle ey west; es the
fans are said to look upon the tnins a.
a Joke. According to Hughey Jennings
of the Detroit club, the Chicago ,goui ned
Cleveland squad nave -peeh
right in their own towns.
Jennings is quoted as having saio re-
Gently: ,u .. IN
SHIRE natriotism and encourage enlist-
ments more than anything else. y US. rs q
serious business with US, and we tn,nH
tbat We ought to be given credit Tor
irving to do something for the countrH ~,
The training we are getting VIII heip
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WILL HOLD GOLF MATCHES.
No Title Journeys, However, TO
Western Pennsylvanians.

PITTSBURGH, May 5.-Golfers of
this section have not only accepted but
Endorsed the action of the authorities
of the United States Golf Association
in frowning upon the idea of conduct
ing the title fixtures during the war.
The attitude of votaries of the links
hereabout is expressed thus by the
Gazette-Times:
THE action of the Western Pennsyl-
vania Golf Association in abandoning
all competitions this year on account
of the war has met with the approval
of the golfers in this district. While
it will entail sacrifice for them. never
theless they feel it is patriotic duty.
BY so doing they will be giving recog-
milton to the young men in the game
who have answered the call"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
ROD AND STREAM.

Hugh A. Kane and Charlie Porter were
near the black buoy between the Army
War College and the steel plant, on a
week. end outing.
Il know the rockfish are there said
Kane. When the locusts are in bloom,
he added, the rockfish are not far
away.
Porter admitted what his companion
said might all be true. If the fish were
not far away, it is certain they did not
take the bait. :.
And few perch and catfish were all
we caught" he admitted.
John Clingan and Charles r. Holman
spent the week end at the latters pun
galow at Aqua creek. Batting WIN
bloodworms. the sportsmen caught Whlte
and yellow perch in large enough guam
, titles to supply their table during me
two-day stay, and a motor boat TRIP 10
the Potomac river was a pleasant aver
sion.
shad to bring home said one OF the
! sportsmen. but fishermen were setolns
nothing but herring, and we did not want
Them
Sportsmen are anxiously awaiting the
opening of the season for catching bass.
Such fishing is permitted in the District
on and after May 80, but the season
in Virginia does not open until June -.
1t is reported that many bass nave peen
taken from the Potomac river above
Great Falls during the closed season IN
the District.
some of them were caught by Wash
ington people," said sportsman IT IS
against the law to bring such fsh INTO
the District during the closed season
here. but l have heard of no arrests
having been made.
And if people go to the trouble OF
going all the way to Montgomery coun-
try to catch a few bass, ne added. 1t Is
fair to presume they will go to the
trouble of bringing them home
Bernard NJ. Bridget and George Steifel
participated in an interesting and sue
cessfuI outing on the river one after
noon this week. They tried their luck
in the parlor." baited with branch MN
nows and landed seventy-hve large
perch. A number of them tipped the
scales at a pound.
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ONCE FAMOUS JOCKEY HURT.
Arthur Redfern Critically Injured
in an Auto Accident.

NEW YORK, May arthur Redfern.
thirty-nine years old, at one time the
most famous jockey in America. prob
ably was critically injured in an auto
mobile accident here last night when
his car overturned.
John Mackay once bid $4,000 for
Redferns services. The offer was
made to Col. James L. Pepper, who
discovered" him and brought him 10
New York from Detroit. At various
times Redfern was in the employ of
James X. Keene, T.. r. Thomas and
William C. Whitney
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Weather Bad; Reds Worse.

CHICAGO. May 5.-Chicago defeated
Cincinnati. II to 8. yesterday in game
in which the cold weather played havoc
with the pitchers and f1eIders The
pitchers were unable to control the ball
and the fielders were unable to handle
it. Errors were frequent on both sides,
but Chicago profited more by them
Score:
Cincinnati. ....... 0 o o 0 o o. 8
Two-base hits-Groh and Wilson. Three base
hit-Mann. Stolen bases-Wolter t2), Thorpe
ca. Shean and Chase. Sacrifice hit-Zeider.
Sacrifice hies-Demaree and Wilson. Double
pIays-Groh to Shean to Chase. Neale to Chase
Williams to Zeder. Left on bases-Chicago, g.;
Cincinnati, IL. First base errors-Cincnnati,
4: Chicago l. Bases on balls-Oh Schneider. a:
of Demaree. 6; on Eller. 4. Hits and earned
runs-Of Schneider, hit and runs in one in
ming; off Eller, IL hits and runs in seven in
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YANKEE BOXERS BEATEN.
McGoorty and Mat Smith Defeated
by Australian Fighters.
.ial Dispatch to The sta

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. May 5-Word
just received here from Australia states
that Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh. Wis,
was beaten on points by Tommy Uren,
Australian middleweight. in twenty
round battle at Snowy Bakers stadium
in Sydney. 1t was McGoortys first bat
tie in over a year. Uren claims cham
pionship of Australia since Darcy left
the country. Matty Smith. Racine, Wis,
featherweight. was stopped in four
rounds by Lew Edwards. British cham
pion, at Melbourne stadium.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05

Some statistics have been furnished
on two comebacks to the major leagues
that are interesting. They concern Ping
Bodie and Harry Wolter. This shows
that each player, in his major league
career, batted the same grand total
PA Wolter, however. has much on
Bodie in the way of stealing bases and
scoring runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
CHESTER TEAM BARRED.
Clubs Warned Not to Play Against
Delaware County Nine.

AUBURN. n. Y, May 5.-John Il Far
rell, secretary of the National Associa-
ton of Professional Base Ball Leagues.
announced yesterday that he had is.
sued a warning to all national agree
ment clubs against playing exhibition
games with the Chester (Pa) club Of
the Delaware County League, COM
plants having been made that this club
is harboring Ineligible players.
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Strikes Out Fifteen Batsmen.

CHICAGO. May 5.-Crissman of
Northwestern University struck out
fifteen Indiana batters and allowed only
four hits. enabling Northwestern TO
win. 5 to /, in a Western Conference
game yesterday. Score:
Indians o o o o. o o o o. 4
Northwest'n. o o o o IS
Batteries-kunkle and swayne; Crissman and
koehler.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

brooklyn. 3; Boston. l.
Chicago, II: Cincinnati. 3.
New York Philadelphia; rain.
Pittsburgh st. Louis; wet grounds
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Toronto. :. Baltimore. ..
Newark. 10: Buffalo. 8.
Rochester. Z: Richmond. T.
Providence. IL: Montreal, 2.
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SCHEDULES.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

TODAY. TOMORROW.
Roston at Washington Cleveland at Detroit.
Now York at Phila. Chicago at st. Louis.
Detroit at St. Louis.
Chicago at Cleveland.
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Yesterdays Summaries.

First round first ficht-John W Bravner
Col. c. C.. defeated g. f. Truett. Wash. c. C..
. and / r. p. Halves. Wash. {. C., defeated f.
r. Eynon jr.. Col. c. C.. and / D. X. Jack
son, Col C. C.. defeated r. L. Taylor. Ram. c.
C.: L. B. T. Johnson Wash. c. C.. defeated l.
L. Prentiss. Mohawk, and . A. Winter, Col
q. e. defeated John II. Capp. Chevy Chase.
Il. Hayden. Col. 9. q, 8 and s: T. c. Dempsey.
Col. G. G.. defeated f. $. Smith: jr.. Col c. G.
feated W Mackie Bann. i and ,.
Second round-Brawner defeated Jackson. up
in 20 holes; Halves defeated Johnson. and ! :;
Iinghes defeated Winter. l up; Dempsey de-
feafed Iarcombe. and 8.
First flight consolation. first round-Truett de-
fcated Taylor. and : : Eynon defeated Prentiss
holes T. s Smith. jr.. defeated Mackie. 8 and l.
Chevy Chase. defeated A. P. Reeves Col. q. G,
3 and 2; Lynn Haines. Kirkside, defeated Robin
Wash Sa 1 e. &. defeated j. A. white Bann.. and
2: J. c. Fales. unattached. defeated Boyd Tay-
1ss wash T. e. defeated N ns
e c. defeated 4. r. Mckenzie. Col; 9. q. 4
chapman. Kirkside. defeated f. $. Duvall.
second roundMHaines defeated warsaman. /
up: Yates defeated Fales. and l; Davidson
defeated Price, and 8; Brown defeated Chap
man. and ;.
second flight consolation first round Robin
= son White defeated Reeves. and l: Taylor de-
feAred J. $. White by default: Mckenzie de-
Third flight. first round-D. +. Asbury. Col
G. O.. defeated J. II. Graves, Wash. &. C.,
and =; &. H. Doing. jr.. Wash. c. c.. defeated
II. A. ellis. Chevy Chase. > and 3; T. ]. W.
Brown, Bann., defeated c. II. Duganne. WASH
L. C.. l up: II. q. Smithy, jr.. Col. c. c.,
defeated +. W. Seibold. Col. G.. C.. up in 10
holes; C. '. Piper. Wash G. G., defeated L, $.
side. defeated A. g. McElroy. Col. C. c., up;
G.. T. smith. Chevy Chase. defeated X. s. Sim
mons. Col. e. G., and !: W. +. Ham, Chevy
Chase, defeated W. k. Pearce. Bann., by de-
fault.
second round Doing defeated Asbury : and
defeated Morris. and =; Ham defeated smith,
i up.
Third Night consolation. first round-Duganne
defeated Seibold I up: ellis defeated Graves
by default; Barr defeated McElroy by default !;
simmons defeated rearee by default.
Fourth flight. first round-H. c. Brown Col
&. c. defeated o. Il. Evans Col. c. C.. ) and /
q. ". penfeld Chevy Chase. defeated O. A.
Watson. up: BENJAMIN Woodruff Blue Ridge
defeated X. ". Warner jr., Chevy Chase . and
J.: :. +. Kent. Wash. q. e.. defeated C. r.
Ming, Col. c. a.. and 3: W. H. Woodman
Wash. Z. e., defeated Herman stabler. Bsnn. /
and q; u. NJ. Posey, unattached. defeated r. c.
clark. Wash. G.. g.. q and :; W. A. Knowles
Wash. &. C.. defeated {. II. orne Col C. c. /
up; =. L. Moshy. Wash. &. C., defeated S. H.
Greene. Ram. and 3.
Second round-Denfeld defeated Brown I up;
Kent defeated Woodruff. up; Posey defeated
Woodman. 8 and 3; Mosby defeated Knowles by
default.
Fourth flight. ronsola tion. first round-Watson
defeated Evans, I mp in 10 holes; Warner de-
fested King, ) and =; Stabier defeated Clark 3
and :; Greene defeated Ormc, by default.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
All games postponed; rain and cold.

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Chattanooga at Atlanta; rain.
Little Rock. 3: New Orleans. ..
Birmingham. Z; Nashville, ,.
Memphis, .; Mobile, l.
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Hughes Wins Close Match.

W. ]. Hughes. jr.. of the Columbia
Country Club eliminated another club
fellow. Alpheus Winter, in the only
other close match of the afternoon $
damp session. Hughes sank a good
putt on the last green to defeat Winter
by hole. after the latter had been
around in IS in the morning.
John c. Davidson of the Washington
Golf and Country Club. winner of the
second flight last year, Won two
matches in this division yesterday. de-
featinC w c. Worthington in the
morning and Simeon T. Price in the
afternoon.
Thomas c. Dempsey. winner of the
qualification round. won both his
matches yesterday with pair of aSs.
defeating Emmons 5. Smith. jr.. OF the
Columbia Country Club and in the
morning and John $. Larcombe. 1r. of the
Chevy Chase Club in the afternoon.
Brawner met Halves in the semi-final
round this morning. while Dempsey
opposed Hughes.