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Evening star., 1917-09-07
LINTHICUM's BIRD WINS.
Beats 349 Pigeons Home in Race
From Charlottesville, Va.

Under weather conditions anything
but favorable for good flying, Jimmy
B., little smoky-checker pigeon
owned by c. A. Linthicum. won the
opening race of the young bird season
of the Washington district OF the
American Racing Pigeon Union.
More than $50 birds were liberated
at o'clock in the morning at Char
lottesville, Va, a distance Of 100 miles
There was a heavy fog over the course
for more than an hour after the liberia
ton, but the pigeons fought their way
through, and Jimmy B. entered his
home, at t9 street northwest. two
hours and fifty seven minutes later. :,
The order of finish and speed IN
yards per minute of the first pigeon to
return to each loft were: {. A. Linthi-
cum, $50; Premier loft. 976; E. c. Koch
975; W. l. Croeker, 974; F. !: Smith,
972: Walter Norwood. 967; Will Koch,
964 Phil Krouse. 956: w. F. Dismer,
947.6; Dorsett, 947.1; Hixson, 922; Ash
ton, 917; Wolf. 915: F. E. Dismer, 913;
Cab Pennington. 80: Crawford. 90s; /;
Groskurth, $40; B. I. Miller, day report.
Sectional winners-C. A. Linthfcum,
Premier loft and e. c. Koch.
Championship club prize winners
Premier loft Q. l. Smith and Walter
Norwood.
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Mr.. Edwards gives the attitude of V
NJ. 7. very clearly in the following:
owing to the fact that several insti-
tutions have Cancelled or are contem-
plating cancelins their athletic sched-
ules, our management has deemed it
advisa BILE to get in touch with the grad
uate managers of the colleges and uni
versities on our foot ball schedule, with
the View of ascertainins their policy IN
regard to athletics during the war and
to explain ours.
LAS far as we are concerned we eX-
pect to continue our intercollegiate re-
lationships in foot ball and basket ball
and possibly in other sports as well
until there are very much better rea-
sons for canceling the games than we
have thus far heard. The President has
expressed himself in no uncertain terms
in favor OF a continuance of sports of
all kinds as an ard to physical develop
ment and preparation for and not as
an interference with the duties of
soldier. In France today sports of all
kinds. and in particular foot ball. are
not only encouraged, but are compulsory
in the so-called rest camps where the
men are repaired and reprepared for
the rigors of trench warfare. The con-
ference in Washington was strongly in
favor of the continuance of the inter-
collegiate sports.
After a careful consideration of all
the pros and cons. it seems to us here
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lndt atnieucS Should not only not be
abolished. but that they should be en-
couraged most important and
valuable adjunct to military training.
| True. we have lost our best material.
Our captain and two of our best men
are in the Reserve Corps. while another
is a paymaster in the Navy. But if We,
or any other institution, abolish ath-
letics account of loss of 'material'
or for fear of not holding our own in
intercollegiate sports would be
sadly misinterpreting the spirit Of the
times. and would be missing a real
chance to do q service for the nation.
AT the institute expect to take
the material at hand and make the best
of it without apologies. We are hoping
that all the institutions on our sched-
ule will look on this very important
matter in the same light, and that we
may have the privilege of meeting them
in that friendly rivalry which has al
ways existed between our respective
institutions"
TruXtons and Maroons today are
scheduled to play what may be the last
organized amateur base ball game of
the year If Maroons win the contest
they will get the city championship
without question If Truxtons are vic
tors another contest will be necessary
TO determine to which team the honors
shall go. If another game is booked it
Will take place Monday.
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PR1NCEssEs COMING HERE.
Great Granddaughter of Gen: q. S
Grant to Visit CAPITAL.

SAN FRANCISCO. September =
Prince Michel Cantacuzene and his two
young sisters, Prfncesses Barble and
Zeneide, great-grandchildren of Gen.
U. s. Grant. have arrived here from
Moscow. They were met by Mrs. Fred
erick Grant, their grandmother. who
will take them to her home in Wash
ington Prince Michel. whose father is
brigadier general in the Russian
army. will return to the front after a
short visit here, he announced. A ref
uge was desired in America for the two
princesses because of unsettled condi-
tions in Russia. it was said.
Evening star., 1917-09-07

From the day Rice made his first ap-
pearanCe in the outer works, July II,
1916. when he got off to an auspicious
start by cracking out 4 brace of hits
there was no doubt of his ultimate sue
cess in the role he had assumed. IS
fyChaser then his work left much to be
desired. his throwing was far from up
to the standard required of outf1elderS
and at base running he was verita BILE
novice. But Sam could hit. and, being
an intelligent fellow, Griff figured his
work in the other departments would
improve sufficiently with steady work
TO warrant him being kept in the out
field as long as he could play tunes
with his bat
Rice has more than justified Grifiiths
judgment. From an awkward, uncer-
tain hychaser he has developed into
sure catch. with no weakness" as to
direction: he can take balls to either
side. come in or go back. as the case
may be. and having become accustomed
to the difference in the motion required
of a pitcher and an outfielder, can
throw the ball on a line from the out
field with a degree of accuracy that
ranks his arm with those of the best in
the league Griff'S unqualifi pred:c-
ton that Rice would hit better than
800 this year seems likely to he real
lied. His average now is just that. and
from the way he has been lining the
ball out recently he should better that
figure in the more than three weeks
that remain of the campaign.
1t Is as a baSerunner that Rice has
shown the greatest improvement, how
over. Naturally feet of foot he has
picked up the knack of getting lead
on the pitcher and obtaining good
start. His speed and ability to slide
and hook a bag with either leg are
earning for him verdicts on close deci-
sions he formerly lost. The latest aver
ages show Rice listed among the ter
Evening star., 1917-09-07
THIRTY DAYS IN woRKH0UsE.
Irishmen in New York Tore Down q
British Recruiting Poster.

NEW YORK. September Thirty days
in the workhouse was the sentence i'm
posed here yesterday by a police magis-
trate on two Irishmen who tore down a
British recruiting poster showing the
union jack and the words. .'Britishers.
enlist today" The men said they de-
stroyed the poster Sin the interest Of
Irish freedom" In passing sentence. ths
court said:
You and men like you have no right
to come to this country and avail your
selves of American privileges and Ameri-
can institutions by attempting to en-
barrass one Of Americas allies iRf this
war"
Evening star., 1917-09-07

LIN 4S SiAClAAS III SOlu.
A positively unique offering is a cop
per cent fattened to twice its diameter
by the funeral train which bore the
BODY of the martyred President, william
Mckinley, TO its last resting place. Ii
was a deliberate act that produced this
souvenir of a sad event in American
history. H. o. Towles, himself now
dead. but we'll known in business cir
cles. vas responsible for H.
Mrs. Towles. widow. brought in this
thin hit OF misshapen copper and put It
in the Red Cross melting pot. At the
same time Mrs. Towles contributed
articles Of gold, silver and number OF
coins.
Inc conrad clan OF :. ier. Va.
is for a third time con- r- to the
cause. Misses Carter anu Augusta Con
rad are joint donors of a box Of mis-
celianeous articles. silver and gold and
other things, that mean considerable
increment to the total value.
Other contributors who kindly allow
their names TO be known are: Miss A
c. Reinhardt. old gold: Miss f. John
ston. 2402 Wisconsin avenue, old gold
and silver: William Point old silver
Ralph r. Rich. gold: J. ]. Georges, tin
foil and J. J. Shea gave an opal scarf
pin and some coins
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Contents of the Melting Pot
To Become Cash October
Check for Collection Shown in Windou0 of Gait e Bro:
s. Will Be Handed to Red Cross
& on That Date.

October has been set as the first
rIk3ting dav for the Red Cross melting
pog On that day the Red Cross melt
Ing pot will te emptied and its con-
tents converted into a check for the
Red Cross
And NAV it be big money represented
by that check, Therefore, the call is
made to all who can contribute to
come across" without delay with such
Junk as gold. silver. copper other
metal-anything that has intrinsic
value that has lost its usefulness and
lust hangs around the house and takes
up room. Even gems can be "melted
IN the Red Cross melting pot into real
money.
The collection shown in the window
cf Calf & Bro. where the Red
Cross melting pot is set up. indicates
what others have found to give. There
arc watches and thimbles; wedding
rings and rings that are not wedding
rhgs. tin and lead foil; antiques: pew
tfrl and silver pitchers, platters. cake
d$hes. knives, forks and spoons and
other table ware; gold, silver and horn
boahd spectaCles and pince-neZ: coins
eErythine from needle to an anchor.
some needles.
October l, first melting day for the
RED Cross melting pot! Remember the
cate and have some contribution there
>'-AOi NEi@ sHltlttT 10 melt INTO CaSf.
p Pot to Yearn for More.
When the Red Cross melting pot is
enptied it Will yearn for more That
VIII be just its first meal, and it has a
hungry NAV. There is no appeasing it
The first meal will be good meal The
second must lie Better. There is no food
card that can limit the amount it can
take in
Among old coins presented today for
the Red Cross melting pot is one OF
An 4"-the year four-1795-6-of the
French republic. 1t is copper coin
as large as a half dollar. and may have
no especial value 1t is. however, a
eSuvenir of revolutionary period OF
Ffance, when her people were winning &
t4efr liberties. Now in the Red Cross
melting pot. il goes back to France for
the preservation of liberty and of life.
gin memory of a civil war veteran
his wife anA son. who are all in Para
DISC! The spoons were the first gift OF
any value the son was able to make to
his mother"
This was written on a card accom-
panying contribution to the Red
Cross melting pot. The box, red satin
lined, contained six silver spoons, their
bowls dipped in gold. and inscribed
'Christmas. 1892" There were some
other trinkets accompanying the box.
ThA-donor left thu package. refusing
bAdesu3ca .haE .-AdsntatA It II to b
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leading base stealers of the league.
some distance ahead of clyde Milan.
who for years has led the Griffmen in
this department. and also topping Joe
Judge. one of the fieetest men on the
team. Up until last Thursday Rice was
ninth in the order of base stealers in
the league, with twenty-siN thefts to
his credit. Since then he has raised his
total to thirty-one by pilferlng FIVE
hassocks in six games. II he maintains
anything like this pace for the remain
der of the year he should wind up the
stealers in the lea que.
The development of Joe Judge was
one Of the most noteworthy incidents
in the 1917 history of the Griffmen, but
it was exceeded by that of Rice. The
outfielder is by long odds the MOST i'm
proved player on the local clubs roster.
Both OF the games listed between
IankS and Griffmen yesterday having
been cancelled owing to wet grounds.
uh1e-headerS will be staged today and
tomorrow. the first contest in each in
stance being called at / As o'clock. BY
winning a majority Of these tilts the
Nationals can again climb into fifth
place. as the bonovanites now are only
half a game ahead of them. Walter
Johnson is slated to hurl one of the
contests today. with probably Shaw or
Du Mont working in the other. Fisher
and Shawkey are considered likely to
perform on the mound for the visitors.
The latest military organization to
be outtitted with base ball parapher
MALTA by the Clark Griffith ball and bat
fund is the Engineers Corps encamped
on Nebraska avenue near Wisconsin
avenue. Sufficient of the goods was
turned over to enable all the officers
and embryo officers to indulge in the
Evening star., 1917-09-07
HOUSE MEMBERS DENIED PAY,
sergeant-at-Arms Told Representa-
tive Vacates Seat by Joining Army.

\ representative who Joins the Army
automatically vacateS his House seat
and is not entitled to further con-
gressonal pay. Sergeant -at-Arms Cor
don. on the advice of attorneys. has
decided in the case of Representative
la Guardia of New York Mr. La
Guardia Joined the Signal Corps late in
August and now has claimed his pay
for that month. Mr.. Gordon not only
declines to pay him. but says that ac-
cording to his advices, La Guardias
seat is vacant.
"If the Germans don't get me I'll get
that pay" La Guardia today declared
'I'n take the case up the closa of
the wr.
Evening star., 1917-09-07
ENVOY TO DANES FOR DECADE.
DR.. Egan's Anniversary as Minister
Occasion of Flattering Notices.

COPENHAGEN. September DIR.
Maurice F. Egan is now completing ten
years service as American minister to
Denmark, and several of the leading
Danish papers print fiattering articles
in connection with such an unusual
diplomatic anniversary. They mention
the esteem in which DIR. Egan is held
in Denmark and his great services in
making Denmark known and popular in
the United States through writings and
lectures. The minister. who recently
underwent a serious operation. still
remains in the hospital but is able to
receive few visitors.
Evening star., 1917-09-07
M'LEOD AND BURGESS
TO PLAY IN WESTERN
Local Golf Pros Leave Tomorrow for
Chicago-Large Field of
Fasteners Expected.

Fred Mcleod and Jack Burgess Of the
Columbia Country Club and the Chevy
Chase Club. golf professionals, leave
tomorrow evening for Chicago, where
they Will play in the western open
championship over the course of the
IA.
The western event this year will in
a large measure take the place of the
". $. G. A. open championship. which
Mcnamara of New York. former
champion, all the leading eastern pros
will take part in the event this year. as
it is the only big competition of the
season. 1t has been six years since "A
western player has annexed the event.
Robert Simpson Of kenosha having won
the title in 1911 and the influx of east
ern pros this year promises to make
the westerners hustle to get another
chance at the title.
Jock Hutchison and Bob Mcdonald.
former eastern pros. are located in the
west now. however, and either man
should have good chance to land the
event Ouimet was scheduled to play
in the tournament next week, but has
been called for military service. and
will be unable to compete. Mcleod and
Gilbert Nichols. winner of the Columbia
Country Clubs tournament last spring.
will play match with Ned Sawyer
and E Hoover Bankard, western anna
teurs. next Tuesday.
A match to settle the comparative
merits of women's versus mems golf
Will be played soon over a New York
course with Jerome d. Travers, former
national open and amateur champion.
and Mrs. w. 4. Gavin, metropolitan
champion. as the principals in the en-
counter. Some critics aver that a good
man golfer cannot allow a good woman
player half and defeat her. Four
years ago Cecil Leitch of England de-
feated Harold Hilton in T2-hole match
to settle this question, but neither
player was going well. The proposed
match will be at thirty-six holes and
will be played for the benefit of the
Red Cross. Nine strokes in eighteen
holes is great deal to allow any
player, and If Mrs. Gavin is on her
game and Travers at his best he will
have task on his hands to defeat the
champion.
E. B. Eynon of the Columbia Country
Club accomplished one of the unusual
feats Of the season at Columbia last
Tuesday, holing the fourteenth hole at
that course, 400yarder. in two shots
The best ball of the five professionals
who played over the Columbia course
last Tuesday was 81, remarkable
score. Starting with the thirteenth
hole, they finished 3, 3, 3, .. ;, 3, Beckett
having on the fourteenth and a on
the sixteenth.
Evening star., 1917-09-07
Virginia Tobacco for Pershine's Men

AN ATLANTIC PORT. September T.
Virginia tobacco for the American SOL
diers abroad will fill the holds Of a four
masted schooner that has sailed from here
for another port to take aboard its cargo.
Smoking and chewing tobacco will be in
cluded in the shipment which, it Is said
will be the largest of the kind ever sent
from the United States to France
Evening star., 1917-09-07

he route. Every day on the front there
are hundreds of flying men of both ma =
uonalities who do more and harder
work than these London raiders.
Allied squadrons make dozens of long
raids. but they are up against an inh-
nlteiy more complicated proposition
than are the enemy. Once half an hour
from his base. the German can drop
his bombs on anything in sight. Sc
cure in the knowledge that. if any one
Is hit. it will be an enemy, although
1t may be only a woman or a child
French and British aviators cannot
throw explosives around with impunity
A ton of bombs we'll placed on some
village behind the German lines may
be a means Of sending some dozens
of the kaiser's soldiers to eternity
undeniably good thing. but these
same bombs may likewise kill or MAIN
some out of the millions of French
and Belgian civilians imprisoned be-
hind the German trench lines in the
invaded districts. These unfortunates
have already suffered enough from
starvation and oppression without hav-
ing death rained on them from the
air by their own countrymen. Whole
sale bombardments. so popular over
the Rhine. must from their nature.
remain distinctively German pre-
rogative and cannot be repaid in kind.
Evening star., 1917-09-07
DE ORC WINS AGAIN.
Defeats Cannefax by One Point in
Three-Cushion Billiard Battle.

ST. LOUIS, September ALFRED De
Orc of New York last night defeated
Robert L. Cannefax of st. Louis in the
second block of their 150-point match
for the three-cushion billiard cham
pionship by a score of so to 4s. in sew
enty-two innings. The score for the
two blocks now is: De Oro, 100; Can
nefax. 70.
De Oro's high run was and his av-
erage 1874, while the high run for Can.
nefax Sxa&rs.and. .hts-ax4rage .S20e
Evening star., 1917-09-07
Roush and Cobb Have Big
Leads in Batting Races

Eddie ROush and Ty Cobb seem
destined to lead respectively the
National and American Leagues
in batting this yenr. The former
Giant and present Cincinnati star
tops the swatsmen I'm his circuit
by eighteen points. while the
Tiger slugKer shows the way to
his rivals by the more comfort
able margin of thirty-one points.
George Burns of the Giants ex-
tended his hitting streak to ten
straight games yesterday. and is
only four points behind Max
Carey for NTH place.
Here's how the "Ieading Ave"
in each major league are batting
to date:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Player. Cl'b. G.. A.B. Il. II. Az.
ROush, Gin. 123 4.8 20 1874 .343
H'sby, St.L. I25 44a - I47 BIT
Groh. Gin. 1874 5I2 so 100 BIZ
kamff. NY. I28 474 .. 146 .30s
Carey, Pitts. I26 4SI .3 I43 .:sOI
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Player. CI'b. q. Alb. X. II. AV.
Cobb. Det. I3I 5O1 81 1914 .3SJ
Sisler. St.L. I32 52S - ISs .:s54
Sp'ker. Gle. I25 457 .8 40 .34S
Felsch, Chi. 136 800 q. 100 .3I4
Lewis. Bos. 127 4s6 80 lab 30.
Evening star., 1917-09-07
V. M. l. INTENDS TO CONTINUE.
INTERCOLLEGIATE COMPETITION
Lexington Institution Sees No Substantial
Reason for Canoeing Athletic Sched-
ules-Maroons and Truxtons Today.
BY II. C. BYRD,

In op o n
n
of of
V inter cancean of its che,!ue
Evening star., 1917-09-07

The war commission on camp activi-
ties has directed that the restricted dis
trist at Alexandria, Ia, be closed ON
that city. The city authorities stated
the district will be abolished wfthfA
Evening star., 1917-09-07
Courtney Sues Railroad

SYRACUSE. September r. Charles
Courtney, coach of Cornelrs crew, yes
terday brought suit against the New
York Central railroad for $4,000, as
the result of injuries he received when
thrown from his berth while going to
the boat races In 1915
Evening star., 1917-09-07

The Omcial Journal Of Paris publishes
q decree orderin every producer. owner
and holder Of any kind Of oily seed
giycerfne matters. soaps and candles In.
quantities Of 1000 pounds to make .
AselsEatioA theree9 bE SeQtsmksf 1ke
Evening star., 1917-09-07
RICE MOST IMPROVED PLAYER
ON ROSTER OF LOCAL CLUB
Converted Pitcher Is Sure Catch in Out.
field, Has Strong Arm, Is Hitting 300
and Ranks High as Base Stealer.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

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Of in
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bana
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Evening star., 1917-09-07

Officials of the Utah Federation of
Labor have announced that they will
fight the proposaI of the Manufactureg1
Association of, Utah, which seeks 70
import Asiatto labor into the staAas
Evening star., 1917-09-07
SOUTHERN AssoCIATIoN.
AMERICAN AssOCIATION,

Atlanta. g.; New Orleans, o. Nashville. s
Memphis. 4. Chattanooga, 4: Little Rock, 1
Mobile Birmingham, rain.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Philadelphia. 3: New York. ..
New York. Z; Philadelphia o.
St Louis. 4: Chicago ;.
/ Brooklyn -Boston-Rain
Evening star., 1917-09-07

Louisville. .; Indianapolis, /. Milwaukee. g.;
Minneapolis. .. Minneapolis. =: Milwaukee. l..
Columbus. :: Toledo. 3. st. Paul, 6; Kansas
Evening star., 1917-09-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE
TOMORROW
l'lnAN J
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Newark. Q; Richmond. 8. Newark. :; Rich
mond, .. Baltimore, 9: Providence. 3. Prov
idepce. II; Baltimore. 2. Rochester. 8: Toronto,
). Montreal. 10 Buffalo, 5.
Evening star., 1917-09-07
SCHEDULES.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

TODAY TOMORROW
New York at Wash'n. New York at Wash n
Boston at Phila. Boston at Phila.
| Detroit at ST. Louis. Detroit at st. Louis.
T.. Cleveland at Chicago.
Evening star., 1917-09-07
Hard to Hit Obiectives.

Allied air raids must be confne ed
purely to military detectives. Mani
testify. 1t is impractical to lombard
from airplanes any object within a
dozen miles of the lines, for. in that
zone. the same results can be achieved
more effectively by artillery. Thus.
limited on one side by humanitarian
considerations and the other by
considerations of military expedency.
the range of targets offered to allied
bomb dropperS is not wide. Military
railway stations and storehouses. bar
racks and encampments of troops and
hostile aviation centers are the usual
detectives.
Day raids must be carried out at
comparatively high altitude. usually at
from $4,000 to 10000 feet. From that
height a building. or even a group of
buildings. is very small and difficult
mark. Night raids can he carried out
At low attitudes; they. too, are often
far from successful. Dependable data
regarding the exact damage our bonn bs
inf1ict on the Germans are hard to get
but We do know how much or how
little damage their raids cause us
Their attacks on large towns have re-
suited in some loss of life, chiefly among
civilians. but rather less than one
would expect. Even on crowded Lon
don. where more than two tons of ex-
plosives were dropped in the last raid
the loss of life amounted to only forty,
and investigation proved that at least
FIVE OUT of the forty were killed by
British anti-aircraft shell which. from
some cause or other. failed to explode
till it fell to the ground.
Evening star., 1917-09-07
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Washin gton-New York-Rafn
Boston. 8; Philadelphia, l.
st. Louis, 8; Detroit /.
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Unique Offering in Coin.

suspected that the woman was the
daughter of the veteran.
Evening star., 1917-09-07
London Easier to Attack.

Because the Germans bombar rded Lon
don is no proof that allied aviators can
reach the Germans with equal ease
One has only to glance at the map to
see that. raid on London is mere
childs play in comparison with a SINH
portance. Not only is the distance to be
covered less than half. but the greater
part of the trip to London is over open
sea. where there are no anti-aircraft
batteries to contend with, and where
there are no enemy airplanes- barring
Evening star., 1917-09-07

E. B. Eynon of the Columbia Country
Club accomplished one of the unusual
feats of the season at Columbia last
Tuesday, holfng the fourteenth hole at
that course, a 40Oyarder, in two shots