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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-13

real ball games, besides the side
stunts we arrange, they attend, wheth-
er they are Masons or not. This year
we intend to have better side stunts
and better base ball both.
''As you know, the game takes place
between the Shrine and Grotto. as it
rightly should They are the two play
grounds of Masonry and such an affair
as that we hold seems to belong within
their province.
The committee in charge of the
game. of which l have the honor to
he chairman. is working hard to de-
velop the game and make it big sue
cess. Everything points in that d.
rection right now. With the aid of
Bob Young. past master of Harmony
Lodge and advisory member of the
committee. we expect to get through
all the details without a great deal Of
trouble. OF course, there is a lot of
hard work in handling some of the
phases of the contest, such as the sale
of tickets and the accounting for
them. hut that is all a part of our lot
in helping others"
Details for the side stunts and for
the actual playing Of the game itself
now are being worked out and will
be announced in the near future.
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MASONIC BALL GAME
WILL BE A HUMMER
Chairman Evans Predicts Largest
Crowd on Record Will Turn
Out June %.

Tickets for the annual Masonic ball
game. to be played June %, have been
sent out by the committee in charge of
the game. From one to four have been
forwarded to every Mason in the juris-
diction and it is expected that more
than 10000 will be sold.
George NJ Evans. master of Harm ony
Lodge and chairman of the base ball
committee of the Worshipful Masters
Association. is enthusiastic over the
prospects for the game and predicts
that the largest crowd that has ever
watched one of the contests will be
present. Mr.. Evans. in giving out some
information about the contest, had this
to say:
Everything indicates that We will
have a much larger attendance this
year than in any of the previous
three in which the contest has been
held. Interest generally is greater, and
as people come to realize that we play
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INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

A comparison of relative styles
among few Of the leading golfers in
the country. and particularly those who
played in the Chevy Chase spring tour
interesting. There seems to be wide
degree of variance in the manner in
which the first Fighters hit long tee
shots. Norman Maxwell Of the Aroni-
mink Club Of Philadelphia, the nine
teen-year-old north and south amateur
champion. favors the upright style of
swing, with a pronounced raise OF his
arms at the top OF the backstroke.
winner of the qualification round,
plays with square stance and fiat
backstroke. Corkran's arms, too. are
high above his head at the top OF the
backstroke. but this raising of the
arms is more the result Of a pro-
nounced body swing than in the case of
Maxwell, with whom the raising of
the arms Is an added effort to the
swing without detracting from the
evenness of the stroke. Corkran. pow
erfully built and broad-shouldered,
gives the impression of letting out
with all he has on the tee, while the
slighter Maxwell 4 appears always 10
have something in reserve, at the same
time obtaining plenty of distance
Maxwell possesses one OF the best
mashfe shots anywhere from $50 yards
down to forty yards from the pm OF
any of the best, including Evans. he
d
he scored himself. devoting the better
part Of day to the job. The club
pays dividends on the time investment.
for in his hands it is a weapon of
deadly accuracy. Prior to the tourna-
ment just ended he was in the throes
of a streak of bad putting, but, acting
on a timely tip from his clubmate.
w. p. Cleveland, he started Friday
morning hitting the ball of the toe
of the putter, and obtained capital
results.
, Few men in the country are longer
off the tee than Corkran. He came
to Washington without a wooden club
in his bag, but borrowed steel-faced
hrassie, which suited him exactly. Ed
wards is thought to be pretty long
from the tee by the Chicago district
PLAYERS, but was consistently outdriven
| in the Friday afternoon match between
these two men. Edwards obtains his
distance by a pronounced turn of the
body, at the same time swinging his
arms through low and with snappy
wrist action.
John Clapp and Donald Woodward
| had a nip,and-tuck struggle in the
beaten eight division of the first six
| teen Friday afternoon. Clapp was. 3
down and 4 to play and squared the
| match on the last hole. The hrst ex.
| +ral hoJA xnas balyed and Woodward
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WHITE SOX IN FRONT.
Defeat Yankees, 2 to /, on Only
Three Hits.

CHICAGO. May l2-F.rratic fielding
by New York gave Chicago today's
game. : To l. Mogridge held the locals
TO three scattered hits. but Weaver's
daring base running in the first inning
after drawing pass and Nuna-
makers error scored the first run.
while HendryN's muff of r. Collins ny
and Pipps error on Jackson's grounder
resulted in the other run. Scott was
touched for seven hits, which were
scattered. and he pitched his best ball
in the pinches. The visitors were saved
from q shutout when Maisefs walk
Pipp's single and Schalk's error netted
a run. None Of the runs scored by
either team was earned Score:
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DIAMOND MAY NOT SUFFER.
Draft Possibly Will Not Affect Base
Ball Season.

SPECIAL Dispatch TO The Star.
CHICAGO, May 12.-Something like
no major league ball players are sub
ject to army service under the selectiye
draft. That is the estimate of Presi-
dent Ban Johnson of the American
League, who returned today from a
swing around the eastern end of his
circuit. The players liable to service
are aboutsequally divided between the
two leagues.
There. seems a bare chance that the
season. OF the players who could be
taken probably fifty or sixty would be
exempt for one reason or another. The
remaining total would be insignificant
compared with the size of the army to
be raised and Johnson declares many
congressman are in favor of letting the
big leagues finish their present cam
paign without breaking up the teams.
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BLAMES THE WEATHER.
Ban Johnson Says National War
Situation Hasn't Hurt Base Ball.

CHICAGO, May 12.-President john
son of the American League. returning
today from a trip around the circuit,
said it was too early to determine
what effect, IL any. the war is having
on base ball attendance.
Although admitting the attendance in
the east is below the usual standard,
President Johnson said he believed the
falling off was due to unfavorable
weather and not the national situation.
Base ball attendance, however SOON
er or later. will feel the effects of tho
war" Johnson added.
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Veterans to See Games

A feature of the base ball games to
be played in this city the week be-
in the grandstand Of the Confederate
Veterans, who will be here in at
tendance at their annual reunion. In
letter from Manager Clark Griffith
of the Nationals, received last evening
by Chairman H. F. Cary of the reunion
finance committee. he extends an in
vitation to the venerable veterans in
gray TO be the guests of the Washing
ton team. Mr.. Cary has accepted the
invitation on behalf of the committee.
Many OF the visiting soldiers of Dixie
will wear their wartime uniforms and
will carry their tattered battle flags.
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TIE FOR SINGLES PRIZE
IN WO|MEN'S TOURNEY
Miss Drew and Miss Disney First
With Scores of 800 Each-Other
Bowling.

Miss Nellie Drew of Washington and
Miss Disney of Baltimore tied for first
prize in the singles Of the women's
part of the District Duckpin Associa-
ton tournament. Miss Disney rolled
in the singles Tuesday afternoon and
got a mark of 500. Last night Miss
Drew obtained count of 800. and as
Miss Disney was not present there
could be no ro1l-off and the first and
second prize money had to be added
and divided between them. Mrs. Con-
raids was third with set OF 2S4.
The double set registered by Mrs.
Malcolm and Mrs. Ackman Tuesday
night stood up and they win first prize
in the doubles, with $50. Miss Qualities
and Miss Greenwood are second in the
doubles, having knocked down 546
pins.
The all-events prize goes to Miss
Thomas. who obtained S41. There was
an exceedingly close fight for that,
though. Miss Addor got $40 and Miss
Drew sal.
The results of last nights play and
the list of prizes:
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Larcombe Wins in Fourth,

John $. Larcombe. jr., of the Chevy
Chase Club was returned victor in the
fourth fight over his clubmate, E. M
Talcott, by 2-to-1 margin. Harris N
Brown of the Columbia Country Club
won the beaten eight of the fourth
flight from NJ. NJ. Hall of Kirkside
4 and 3.
Visiting players and all from the loca
clubs were enthusiastic in their praise
of the manner in which the tournament
was handled under the supervision OF
the golf committee. composed of J.
Zell and William S. Reyburn The
course was in excellent shape for the
entire tournament period, the only pos
sible detriment to a perfect event be.
ing the high wind which blew for three
days. 49,. @ =.
The summaries of yesterdays piay
follow: Fe
First fight semi finals-D. Clarke Corkrsn
Baltimore Country Club defeated Norman 81
Msisn A RsHbnrh Club up in 10
P. Cleveland: Aronimink. 9 and l. "
Finaimc1rkran defeated ReEburn, and s.
ennoS bond 3d. Baltmore Goun asfea efd,
up: g.. II: Chasmar. Columbia Country Ciub
defeated Donald Woodward. Columbia Countrs
Final MeCallum defeated chasmar, and .
p, Second Va,,aE night r Randolph
Sational Golf Links Of Amerlea defeated a j. T.
Finai1Parrish defsased R kaS up and
c cSnsS OIL Winter Columbia Country
up; Lee Harlan, Columbia Country Club. de-
feated Reeve Lewis, Chevy Chase, and g :
Final-Harban defeated Winter / up. 4
Third flight. northumberland Thompson,
Chevy Chase. defeated o. Fl. Wood Columbia
Country Club. O and 5; T. c. Dempsey. Cd
lumbia Country Club. defeated L. J. orme, Co
lumbia Country Club. and g.
Final-Dempsey defeated Thompson. and a
Consola tion.A. r. Mckenzie, Columbia Coun
try Club, defeated D. X. Jackson, Columb ia
Country Club. and 1; /. r. Prentiss Mona WIZ
defeated Hugh Mckenzie. Columbia Country
Final-McKenzie defeated Prentiss. and q
:, Fourth flight, semi tnals-Iohn S. Larcombe,
lr.. Chevy Chase, defeated Harry Wardman Co
lnmbia Country Club. . up; T.. NJ Taicott
Chevy Chase, defeated L. NJ. Posey, Columbia
Country Club and J.
Final-larcombe defeated TaIcott, . and 1.
Consoiation-Harris n. Brown. Columbia Coun.
try Club defeated f. S. Smith. IT., Columbia
Country Club, and 1; II. NJ. Hall Kirkside.
defeated C. s. Watts, Columbia Country Club.
and 8. '
Final-Brown defeated Hall, and 8.
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CHALLENGE IS ISSUED
TO PITTSBURGH TEAM
Local Club May Meet Pennsylva-
mans in Big Chess
Match.

A challenge. has been issued to the
Pittsburgh Chess Club by the Wash
ington Chess and Whist Club for tele-
graph match on May 80. Should this
event materialize it will be the first
chess match ever staged here against
Pittsburgh. The Smoky city is an en-
thusiastic chess center and the Pitts
burgh Chess Club has large member
ship of strong amateur players, includ-
ing the former Brooklyn expert, F. X.
Perkins. The local team proposed for
this match. consisting of Fox, Stacey.
Norman. Whitaker, Stephenson, Pratt,
Wimsatt and Turnover. should be able to
hold the line against liquid fire at
tack. -.
The third and final game of the match
between Napoleon and Adams for the
Club. adjourned week before last In
about an even position. was won by
Napoleon in a few moves, upon re-
sumption of play last Wednesday
evening. Mr.. Adams made two serious
plumbers, each costing q rock. but 1t is
only fair to Mr.. Zapo1eon to say that
his defense in q complicated position
was perfect and unexpected, a subtle
knight move completely upsetting Ad-
ans plan Of attack.
The game today is a good example of
the dashing style Of Washington's new
est master. I. 8. Turnover. It was
played against the well known New
York master. Rubenstein.
PROBLEM BY BoARDMAN AND MELRosE.
BLACK.
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BIG MARATHON FIELD.
Nearly 1900 Runners in Modified
Event in New York.

NEW YORK, May 12-rWith nearly
1900 runners entered. the seventh an
nual modified marathon race from the
Bronx concourse to City Hall Park,
about twelve and three-duarters miles,
will be decided today. President Will
son will press an electric button at
Washington at 1870 pm. and stimuli
taneously Frank L. Bowling. president
of the New York board of aldermen,
will fire the starting pistol here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-13

won the second with a when the
Chevy Chase entrant topped his bras.
sic second.
William s. Reyburn of Chevy Chase.
amateur champion of the District in
1915. had a streak of fine putting in
the qualification round. He was not
hitting his tee shots well. but was
very accurate on the greens.
II. Lennox Bond. Sd. of the Baltimore
Country Club had the best first nine
holes of the tournament against Sam
uel DalZell Friday afternoon. He was
out in 81 and was up on the Chevy
Chase left-hander.
G. H. Chasmar of the Columbia Coun-
try Club, playing in a fourball match
on his home course recently. had 1
on the eighth hole. His well hit iron
shot carried to the edge of the green.
on the pin all the way and dropped
into the cup.
turning in scores for their handicap
ratings for the year. All scores
which handicaps will be based have 10
be in by June 1. Bruce l.. Taylor Is
mittee and will soon appoint his ASSOC
ciate members.
Bannockburn plans to stage a minia-
ture tournament me afternoon or May
!. with a stag dinner in tn eevening.
James Strayer is in charge of arrange
ments for the golf end of the days
program.
Lee L. Harlan, veteran player OF the
Colum bia Country Club. played one of
the most unique shots of the Chevy
Chase tournament. His third shot in
his match with his clubmate, A. Win
ter. on the third hole was in the rough
to the left of the green and his topped
fourth in the bunker. Winter was on
the green With a ten-foot putt for 4.
Harlan had practically decided to pick
up his ball, but took a niblick out of
his bag and actually holed the ball.
The shot was perfectly hit, of course,
but was one in thousand.
According to Nnp11an Maxwell, all the
clubs around Philadelphia plan to hold
their invitation tournaments. Howard
Perrin. at a dinner Held at the Aroni-
mink Club of Philadelphia last week
praised the manner in which the yari.
Gus clubs have responded to the pa
triotic call. The cancellation of all
tournaments would mean the almost
complete stopping of competitive golf.
| and the U. S. G. A. recommends that ali
tournaments be held, without the title
attached. if the event carries a title.
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MERCERsBURG WINS MEET.
Best in Princeton's Interscholastic
Event and CAPTURES Cup.

PRINCETON. N. j.. May 12.-Mercers-
burg Academy won the twenty-hrst an
nual interscholastic track and field
meet, held here today, under the aus
pices of the Princeton University Ath-
ietic Association, scoring 521a points.
Hill School was second with Al points.
Incidentally, Mercersburg gained per-
manent possession of the loving cup
donated by the Athletic Association of
The freshman class won the annual
fnterclass games, scoring So points.
The sophomores. were second with 80
points. r..
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Paid Own Expenses.

But Toney was not discouraged. He
had a sneaking idea that he had the
goods and could pitch base ball as well
as any of the so-called stars. He tried
to land a job with one of the southern
clubs. but they gave him the icy stare
and the frigid shoulder: In desperation
for a job. He said that all he wanted
was trial and would pay his own ex-
penses on the training trip. Herzog
the PAGES. The big pitcher showed up
we'll and the Cincinnati manager de-
cided to put him on the pay roll.
He did good work in 1915. and last
year showed an improvement He
pitched in Al games with total of 300
innings. and won "A and lost II. He
struck out 14s. gave IS bases on balls,
made wild pitches and rs earned runs
were scored. This year he has won
four out of FIVE. which points to a real
record.
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Chicago 0utpoints Notre Dame.

CHICAGO. May 12.-Track athletes OF
the University of Chicago triumphed
over Notre Dame, SO to So. in a dual
meet here 'today. 1t was the first time
teams from these institutions had COM
peted in dual contest In eighteen
years. Chicago won twelve firstss in
fifteen events. Feuerstein of Chicago
was the individual star, winning the
100 and 220 yard dashes and the broad
jump. Bachmane was Notre Danes
highest point winner. He won the dis
Gus throw and finished second in the
shpt-put and hammer throw,
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DOUBLES.
PRIZE WINNERS

Sinsles-First. Miss Drew and Miss Disney
tied split first and second, total, 300; third,
fifth. Mrs. Schafrert. 279; sixth. Mrs Clark,
rs; seventh: Miss Miller. 275, and eighth, Mrs
Doubles-First, Mrs. Ackman and Mrs. Nal.
colin, total, $50; second, Miss Qualities and Miss
GREENWOOD. 546; third Miss Disney and Miss
Iseman, $50.
All events-First, Miss Thomas, total, s41 /:
s31. 'S
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three, his high pitch catching the bank,
and still short Of the cup in four. His
putt for a was short and Corkran
won the hole in like figure.
Reyburn Comes From Behind.
The turning point of the match came
at the twelfth. where Corkran was dor,
mfe up. He hit beautiful ball
from the tee. but Reyburn's hooked ball
ran up the hill as If on stone and was
beyond that of the long-swatting Bal
timorean. The latter was on the far
his pitch, while Reyburn was little
short and twenty feet to the left on the
like. Corkran was confronted with a
very difficult shot-a downhill putt
over slippery, undulating greenland
his ball was two feet to the left OF
the cup. Reyburn's run-up was dead.
his ball nearly holing. and Corkran had
only to sink his two-footer to win the
match. and s, but overestimated the
side hill and his ball curled around
the edge of the cup and stayed out.
With this, Reyburn took a new lease on
life. Both were short of the green on
the short thirteenth, Corkran playing
his midiron after getting over the
shot caught the clover bank in front Of
the green and ran f1fteer feet to the left
Of the cup. Reyburn being four feet to
the left on the like. Corkran missed
MS n1teen-IOOUST ana fbeyDuTIl AOlcO "
become only dormie s down.
Despite Corkran's avowed intention OF
playing short of the ditch on the four
tenth, he attempted to carry 1t in two
and his ball dropped in the water. The
psychology of the playing of hole.
such as the fourteenth. is peculiar.
Corkran hit a ball almost to the ditch
in the morning and his second shot was
in. as had been all his previous efforts.
With tee shot, such as he had both
morning and afternoon, all that was
needed was little wrist pitch to the
green, but each time his ball was in
trouble. Reyburn again outdrove his
opponent and was dead to the hole
with fine mashie shot. which carried
almost hole high. with a generous
amount of cut. and he won the hole
with four. Corkran picking up his
ball The end came on the fifteenth,
where Corkran stood dormie four up.
Reyburn hit long ball to the right.
going well down the far side of the
hill, while Corkran hit screamer,
which. had it been a little longer,
might have gone in the ditch. Rey-
burn played good iron shot to thirty
feet above the pin and Corkran's
Slightly hooked mashie shot ran on
the lower 1eft-hand edge of the green.
Both men were down in two puts and
the hole was halved. the match going
to Corkran, 4 and g.
The card of the finalists:
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Martinsburg, 5; Frederick,

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, May ~
Martinsburg hit Warden OPPORTUNITY
today, while Hough was effective with
men on bases. The game was played
in almost freezing weather and fast
work was impossible. Score by in
nings:
Frederick. 900 oo1oo OIL %
Martinsburg.. 0 o. O OIL J. 1@5 10 1
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First team-Pioneers.
Second team-Royals.
Third team-Bureau.
Fourth series-Acme.
High team set-Agritulture.
High team game-Iroquois.
High individual set-McLennan.
High individual game-Eaton.
High man on each team-Robb, krauss. Har
die. Burdine, McLennan, Swaggart, Miller
Waters.
Second man on each team-Eaton, Thomas
o'Donnell, Shafrer. Drake, Akers, McChesney,
Field.
INDIVIDUALS.
1. Krauss, n. 2. Thomas. 3. Waters. A.
McKnew. s, McLennan. 8, Drake. Z, Robb
8, Field.
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The veteran Billy Sullivan, who was re-
ported as having signed with the Portland
Coast League team coach. was not
taken on, so he signed as an active catcher
with the Seattle club of tho Northwestern
League. He will still be close to his farm
in Oregon and can run down and look at
the crops grow now and then.
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Morning Match Interesting.

The morning match between Corkran
and Norman Maxwell of Philadelphia
was undoubtedly the most interesting
of the tournament. The men were all
square at the turn and still all square
at the fourteenth, which went to Max
well when Corkran's second shot was
in the ditch short of the green. The
fifteenth was halved and the latter
won the sixteenth when Maxwell
missed his tee shot The seventeenth
was halved in 4. Maxwelrs try for a 5
missing the cup by only a hairs
breadth.
The north and south champion had
a grand chance to annex the match on
the eighteenth, when Corkran missed
his tee shot and his second was forty
yards short of the green. while Max
well was on the right hand edge with
his iron second. When Corkran's chip
shot ran over the fast green few of the
interested gallery gathered about
a half. His run-up was dead. however.
and Maxwell's approach putt short, the
hole being halved when the latter
missed an eight-footer.
Corkran, after getting a fortunate
half on the eighteenth. took a new
lease on life and pounded out a long
ball on the extra hole, while Maxwell
missed his tee shot, the ball carrying
into the bunker to the left to bad
lie. from which he PLAYED out ON the
was on the cop of the bunker guard
ing the green and he was on on four.
Corkran's second was in the bunker
to the right but he pitched out dead
to the hole and won the match with
4.
w. r. McCallum won the defeated
eight of the first flight, defeating G. H
Chasmar of Columbia in the final 4
and 2.
The second flight went to J. C. Par
IRISH of the National Golf Links OF
America. who defeated P. S. P. Ran
dolph of Pine Valley in the final, ) and
4. Lee Harlan of the Columbia Coun.
try Club ran down a twenty-five foot
putt on the last green to beat his club.
mate. A. Winter, in the second figh,
consolation.
Tom Dempsey of Columbia was one
better than tours on the last nine
against Morven. Thompson of Chevy
Chase in the final of the third flight
and won. 5 and 4. The beaten eigh,
in this division went to Albert r. Nc.
Kenzie of the Columbia Country Club
who defeated Irving r. Prentiss OF
Mohawk
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ODD FELLOWS LEAGUE.

RECORDS.
High Individual average-williams. Columbia.
103-19.
High individual game-williams, Columbia,
159.
High individual set-Williams. Columbia, 375.
High fat game-Nichols. Central, SO.
High team game-Amity, 542.
High team set-Amity, 1,512.
Highest number strikes-Wiuiams, Column
bia, %.
Highest number spares-Howell. Central. 1873.
INDIVIDUAL, AVERAGES
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Tom Needham is building up a strong
team in Newark. Needham. unless
present indications are misleading, will
work his way into the ranks of major
league managers in due time He got
much of his base ball knowledge from
Frank lie Roy Chance