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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-17

u have given up hope OF any in
reference with the strike" was
Shea's statement to this noon. 'Up
to last Tuesday we expected and
hoped something would happen to
avert it, but there seems to be no al
Tentative to it now.
1.-THE railroads have persistently
violated all agreements. The BROTH
erhoods refuse to arbitrate with them
because the companies have broken
faith repeatedly.
Arbitration would result only in
a new agreement to be broken"
Vice Pres. James B. Murdoch of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men on receipt Of strike orders this
noon gave out this statement:
Our organization Of 100000 men
will go out as a unit unless the
bosses yield.
1--WE would not be surprised if the
officials of the companies after their
conferences at noon today decided to
grant our demands. ..
Nothing less than an 8-hour day
with full pay would prevent a gen
eraI strike"
Brotherhood members placed in
circulation yesterday a pamphlet
charging that newspapers through
out the country had been bribed to
create a demand for a law to sup
press industrial unrest.
DR.. John Dill Robertson, health
com'r, says sufficient steps have been
taken to assure Chicago of at least
so per cent Of its normal milk output.
A committee of railroad managers
went into conference with Chief
Schuettler. It was rumOred that the
chief promised to turn over nearly
two-thirds Of the police dept to the
companies to protect the terminals
and other railroad property. The
first order sent out called for 1000
men to be held in readiness for to-
nights strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
Dirty Candies Still Peddled.
From the New York Mali

From the New YORK MAIL.
We no longer drink from tho cutters.
We are careful that our water L. I'M
maculately clean: men with guns
watch tho watershed and expensive
filtration plants and chemicals insure
its quality. But We arc silly in our
fsstidiousness. for, while We demand
clean water. We eat dirty food without
q Qualm.
I watched the cart Of candy vsndsr
trundle along the street. It was piled
with chocolate bars, peanut taffy, choc-
olate-coated nuts. gumdrops-such a
variety as would tempt the very soul
OF youthful passersby.
The streets were dirty. the wind was
strong. the air was full Of dust. Every
swirl added to the burden of street
dlth the uncovered candy bore. The
candy peddler placidly pushed his cart
along. stopping now and then to pick
from the pile with his grimy fingers a
candy stick to give to some tempted
boy In exchange for his penny. A hur-
ried clerk tossed the man a nickel.
took his bag of candied nuts and
walked on munching them. Two young
girls were careless customers.
Business was brisk. the police oficer
passed him by unheeded. Sanitary
laws were of no interest to him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
PLAN NEW DRAFT RULE.
War Makes Necessary Modification
Of Old Regulations.

According to an authoritative source
the national commission Is going to in
corporate IN its laws a new provision
which will protect both tho major
league clubs and tho minor league
clubs in tho case Of purchased players
Tho new ruling, 1t Is stated. will go
into effect shortly, and is intended to
cope with the possibilities OF the army
draft law affecting the purchased play
ers.
ThA obvious intent Of the new legisla-
ton is that the first payment on a pur-
chased player shall be made imme-
bought. In the event that he is drafted
by tho army. the second payment will
be deferred. Returning from service in
the army. he 10 the property Of the
major league club or whatever club he
is bought by. and tho second payment
in other words. they win not be forced
to make the deferred payment unless
they see At to.
The new ruling IL equitable inasmuch
as 1t gives the minor league club the
first payment without value received,
for tho big league club Is the one to
suffer in the case the player Is drafted
by Uncle Sam. Then again. upon his
return his ability may be impaired, and
the big league club. If forced to make
second payment under these condf-
tions. would receive decidedly the
worst of the arrangement.
Time payment on players has been
the vogue for a considerable stretch,
and 1t begins to look like the minors
Will not reap the harvest this season
from the sale of promising athletes
that they have In the past.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
AUGUSTA CROWD IN
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Mckenzie and Kaufman Win -Four.
Ball Match at Columbia
Country Club.

Albert r. Mckenzie and Harry Kaufman
of the Columbia Country Club and the
Town and Country Club. respectively, won
the Kaufman day event yesterday at the
Columbia Country Club. in which men,
bers of the Atlanta crowd" competed. The
Atlanta crowd Is composed Of several
members Of the Columbia Country Club
and one Of the Town and Country Club.
play golf in the south. away from the
snow-covered courses and wet ground of
the north. For the past three years the
the Town and Country Club, and yester-
day. at the suggestion Of A. J. Cummings.
Columbia Country Club. the members Of
kaufman. with play in modined Scotch
foursomes. in which both players Of q
pair drove from the tee. picked tho best
ball and played It alternately until holed
Of 50. which. with their handicap Of 10
strokes. gave them q net Of Is. Kimball.
Finkenstaedt and Lewis w. Weaver were
second md, with soM nj. Members who
Cummings. Kimball Finkenstaedt, Lewis
W. Weaver; Otto j. De Moll. E. B. Eynon.
jr. Charles H. Orme. Charles A Watson
and L. Sinclair Of the Columbia Country
and Country Club. George James was the
only Columbia member not present
! Newbold Noyes and Jack BURGESS Of the
Chevy Chase Club defeated Fred Mcleod.
the Columbia pro. and E. Lee Jones Of the
Columbia Country Club at Columbia yes
| terday. Noyes running down a good putt
on the last green to win.
H. B. Mcfarland, Reginald S. Worth
ington, Alec Coles and E. c. Clarey are
the seni-flnalists in the Shawnee tourna-
nent, in which tho first round Of match
play was held yesterday morning. C1arey
meets Coles and Worthington nests NO
Farland in the serni-nnals today. The
medalist, A. 2. Huntingdon, was e1imi-
mated in tho second round by Clearly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
McGRAW CASE CLOSES.
No New Evidence offered at Final
Hearing in New York.

NEW YORK. July 21-The hearing be-
fore the National League directors on the
reputation of newspaper interviews by
John J. McGraw, manager of the New
YORK GiaDts. was finished before John G.
Toole yesterday at National League
headquarters. Frank j. Finley of Pitts
burgh, who was present when McGraw
gave the alleged interview. testified for
the New York manager He said he heard
McGraw tell Sid Mercer to go as far as
ne liked He also said that he saw
Mercer hand the interview to McGraw to
read before he put ii on the wire DIR.
Finley said that he heard McGraw say:
Life is too short to worry about little
things like this
Martin W Littleton. counsel for the
Baseball Writers Association. asked TO
have Mercer give further testimony, but
John NJ. Ward. attorney for McGraw, Of
fered objections. and Mercer was not per-
mitted to add to his former testimony
All the evidence is now in the hands OF
the directors. but they have set no date
for returning their finding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
Hans Wagner Pried
Out of a Taxicab

NEW YORK. July 2l-Hans
Wagner OF Pittsburgh and base
ball fame was pried out of q
taxicab last night. And fl wasn't
because he bore any special love
for that particular land-faring
craft, either.
A collision with an Amsterdam
avenue trolley chr Mt I'D street
TANNED all exits from the de-
mOlished taxi, and Hans was q
prisoner.
when rescued. the great short
stop. slightly aoiied, was found
tightly ciaspinE In his arms q big
bunch OF American beauty roses
presented to him mt the Polo
Grounds yesterday.
"Let me out!'' he yelled. ~Be
careful of the flowers! I'm ON my
way to see my wife. i was all
dOiled up and had these pretty
flowers to hand over to herr
The flowers were rescued by
fans In the crowd who had recog-
mixed their idol.
Hans blames those two umbFel.
las-also presented to him yester.
day-f0r his hard luck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
|LATERAL[YW|N
FOR MAROON NINE
Two Runs Scored In Final In
ming Give Victory to Trux-
ton Team.
GIRLS SWIMMING EVENTS
By n. c. BYRD.

After having been on the losing end
Of the. score in their game yesterday
with the Truxtons until the last inning.
the Maroons came through with a rally
which netted two runs and gave them
the contest. Both teams scored in the
opening period, Maroons getting one
man over and Truxtons two. After that
neither was able to get man to the
plate until the Anal chapter. when a
base on balls two singles and an error
allowed two men to stop on the count
ing block. The result was to 2.
Offutt for the Maroons and Coo Tor
the Truxtons pitched good ball. Both
were steady and neither had an ad-
vantage until the last inning. Then Coe
seemed to weaken somewhat. though
had good support been given him there
might have been no scores made
Wigby, second baseman Of the Maroon
team, led in the hitting, with two clean
drives to right field. Mccarthy played
good ball at short for the Truxtons,
and Plunkett did some good work at
first for Maroons.
Two events were won by Miss Katherine
OConnor in the swimming meet yester-
day at tho Georgetown Fairgrounds Inc
comedy race and the 160-foot swim were
captured by her. Results of the events
follow:
8O-foot swim. for novices-Won by Miss Ed
monster: Miss Burke, second; Miss Dabbs. third
Time, 2-5 seconds.
18O-foot swim-Won by Miss K. O'Connor: Misi
sinclaire, second; Miss Stetson, third. Time.
| minute.
Plunge for distance-Won by Miss R. Nicklos
| second. Miss L. Nicklos; third. Miss sinclaire
Time "A seconds
Diving-Won by Miss L. Nicklos second, Mis-
Dawson; third, Miss sinclaire.
Comedy race-Won by Miss K. o'Connor: sec
| ond, Miss L. Nicklos third, Miss Sinclaire.
Novice 8O-foot swim-Won by Miss d. Krom
mer: second, Miss l. Conlor; third, Miss R
Sicklos.
Out at Owings, Nd, today the Rex Ath'
| letic Club will battle the team represent
! ing that town. Hurd, Offutt, Joe Fitz.
gerald, John Fitzgerald. Brown, Roche
Raba. Steele. Koogle and Sweeney are tt
make the trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21

year ago. 10-S, ga, but there was even
greater amazement when Throckmorton
triumphed over the former national sin
giles champion, William NJ. Johnston. in
sequence sets, 60, GA.
1t was tie first appearance of Johnston
on eastern courts this year. and it is only
fair to add that he was lamentably of
form. The long train ride across the con-
we'll on the road to a second defeat in the
afternoon when Frederick B. Alexander,
the veteran internationally, led him at
SO in the first set Of their match, which
was stopped at that point by a rain
storm.
1t Is one OF the weird condolences Of
the tournament, which has attracted more
stars than any other this season. that
both Throckmorton and Garland bowed to
defeat in the course Of the day, even
though credited with the greatest tri-
umphs as well. In the early morning Gar
land discovered that there was still much
power in the play OF Alexander, the for
mer internationalist finding no difficulty
whatever in disrupting the Pittsburgh
boys base line game. Alexander's victory
was recorded In straight sets, Garland
capturing only two games in the match,
one in each set. AS for Throckmorton. he
ley Murray, and thereby the honor of the
Golden Gate was upheld in part at least.
The point score of the Johnston Throck-
morton match:
FIRST SET.
johnston ............:: Q iii Q
SECOND SET.
Johnston ton: :::::ss3s44ss445:s :
singles-Frederick B. Alexander, New York,
defeated Charles 8. Garland, Pittsburgh, 81,
al: Charles s. Garland defeated George Myers
Church. 1913. g.: Harold A. Throckmorton
defeated ". N. Johnston. 60. g.; Robert
Lindley Murray defeated Harold A. Throck-
morton. 1--8, 60, 81.
Doubles-Frederick B. Alexander and Harold
A. Throckmorton defeated W. N, Johnston and
Robert Lindley Murray. O.. 81. 81; George
Myers Chusch and Charles 8. Garland defeated
Irving 9. Wright and George W. wightman
So. 81: W. NJ. Johnston and Robert Lindley
Murray defeated Irving G. Wright and George
". Wightman. Ga. 60. 60; George Myers
Church and Charles 8. Garland defeated Fred
erick =: Alexander and Harold A. Throckmorton.
6-3. 10-S.
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ROD AND STREAM.

They did most OF their fishing between
Milestone and Deep point A number
season. but the trio failed to get any
Of them.
Members OF a week end party At
Piney Point were Harry Evans and
! wife. Linton Evans. Charles Evans,
Miss Genevieve Fish. Miss Jeanette
Teachum. Mrs. Carlson, Ralph Mckee
and wife. Raymond Gray and wife,
Walter A. Williams and wife and E. A.
Roper and wife.
Tho party. in three automobiles. made
an early start and reached the resort
| long before time for dinner. Ladies'
while the men went on the river to try
their luck at fishing There was very
little doing in the line OF fishing, they
reported. but they expect better luck
/, in the future.
Eight members of fishing party left
here in the afternoon and motored to
Curley's. a point on the Potomac river
not many miles from Point Lookout,
| where they spent the night and ex-
pected to be on the river at daybreak.
Dawn came. and so did the rain. and
| only a few members Of the party VEN
tured on the river.
And few were the fish they caught
commented W. F.. Dulin.
| Members of the party were Edward
Neumeyer. Andrew ]. Boyer. l. B. Thig-
| pin. w. J. Staub, Byron Wallerstetn.
| Mr.. Babcock. Arnold Williams and Mr..
Dulin.
TITS the unexpected that makes the
fishing game SO attractive" remarked
Joe Sanburn, seated on a rock at Great
| Falls. to Austin Savage. who was rest-
ing on nearby rock.
| Il suppose you mean by that that
] when a man expects to catch dsh and
gets nothing it's a case OF the unex-
pected."
Just then sanburn caught a large eel
He explained that he was angling for .
scale fish and the eel, he said, was the
| unexpected.
| Capt. Charles T. Peck. Leo Murray. r.
L. Taylor and II. A. Cole We're members
of a party at Rock Point several days
ago. It was the belief o! the sports-
men that they would be able to land .
string OF hardheads and probably few
| trout, but rainy weather interfered
with the sport and all they were able
to get was string Of moro than zoo
perch.
| D. ]. Murphy. James Casey. Charlie
| Porter and J. K. Heyl were members
Of one fishing party at Rock point the
past week. while fishing near them
were B. L. Yowel and 3. T. Gait. The
ed In landing several rockfsh and .
number OF perch. while the quartet did
not get any rockfsh.
made the banner catch Of the season They
were at Solomons Island Thursday and
part of Friday and made a catch OF FAB
hardheads. eight trout and a long string
Of perch and spots Hardheads were 50
plentiful. they stated, that they got tired
Of pulling them in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
Former Star Seriously III.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. July 21.-William
A (Tony) James, former New York Ma
tional League catcher. and later with
the Boston National League. Columbus,
Kansas City and st. Paul American As
home here. James has been suffering
from acute Bright's disease for several
months. but 1t was not until the last
few days that he took to his bed. Lit
tie hope is held out for his recovery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
Not Fussy.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
Mrs. Briggs brought homo new girl
from the Intelligence Office and in
structed her in her duties.
"And do you have to be called In the
morningT she asked.
81 don't has to be. num-" replied the
new girl, hopefully. unless you Just
happens to need me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21

Bass fishermsn have about reached
the conclusion that there will be no
sport for them until fall. Frequent
rains have kept the river muddy prae-
to be no likelihood OF conditions I'M
proving in the near future.
Tho river 10 planted in onions" was
the response received to message sent
to ascertain II fsh were biting.
'"rhey are biting" was another mes
sage. but 1t IL necessary to cut hoie
through tho mud to get the bait to the
fish,"
Because of the muddy condition Of
the river. II is stated. there has been
very little demand for madtoms, and
most of tho bait received here this sea
son has been so small that anglers OBJ
1ected to purchasing them.
about the same as tho Potomac" com
mented a dealer, "the madtoms will
grow before they will be OF much USE
Practically all Washington sports.
men have abandoned up-river sport
and are trying their luck in salt water.
Many of those who visited saltwater
resorts tho past month returned with
hard luck stories to tell. whilo few OF
them were satisfied with the result OF
their efforts.
DR.. Robert T. J. Barber. B. C. Wheeler
and doc" Bayne were able to tell tbs
most Interesting fish story Of the sea
son. Their sport was staged at Plum
point. six miles below Chesapeake
Beach. and was enjoyed at night.
Muddy roads made the going any
thing but pleasant" said a member OF
the party. but we made such q good
catch that we forgot about the roads
on the return trip"
ing twelve and a half pounds. being the
largest Of fourteen fish caught by the
three anglers. The smallest fish
weighed four pounds. while the com.
bined weight of the catch was seventy.
eight and a half pounds.
Aimaro Sato. japanese ambassador
was among the numerous sportsm er
who were at Rock point for the weel
end. The diplomat is fond of fishing
many times. usually being able to re
turn with a good string Of fish.
Several other Japanese residents o.
this city fish at Rock point. They arr
enthusiastic. but not noisy. sportsmel
and possess patience that Is required
to make a man good angler.
Amba ssador Sato was one of the mos
successful anglers on the river for tn,
short outing. He landed string o
trout and perch. while most Of the 9th
er sportsmen were able to land onl.
perch.
A week end trip to Solomons 1slant
| netted J. B. Schroth, Raymond House
| and B. B. Hunt a string Of eighty larg
hardheads and a supply Of perch. Tn
! sportsmen did not go over the heater
| path by way of Upper Marlboro ant
| Hills bridge. but went by way Of tn
state road to Leonardtown and Grea
Mills and crossing the Patuxent from
Mfllstone to Solomons.
The road from Great Mills to Mill
| stone. the sportsmen said, Is a yer,
good country road for automahiline
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
SURPRISES BOB UP
IN TENNIS BATTLE
Throckmorton Humbles Johnston and
Garland Downs Church on
Utica Courts.

UTICA, n. Y, July 21.-Sentimental and
material values in tennis were wrecked
in the round-robin invitation tournament
at the Yahnundasis Club yesterday by the
uprising Of two stalwart youngsters, Har-
old A. Throckmorton of Elizabeth. N. j.,
and Charles s. Garland of Pittsburgh. 1t
caused nothing short of establishment
when Garland vanQuished George Myers
Church, third in the national ranking a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
Miss Doyle Wins at Cape Nav.

ment were played yesterday morning at
the Cape May Golf Club. and resulted
in three runaway matches. In the first
eight Miss NJ. Doyle defeated Miss j.
Griffith. 9 M and s. In the second
eight Mrs. Turner defeated Mrs F.
DOYLE. up and In the third eight
Mrs. w. y. Stevenson defeated Mrs G.
lister. 8 IN and !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
Tack Miller Of Cardinals Drafted.

PHILADELPHIA, July a1-Jsck NIL
Ter. the second baseman Of the st. Louis
Nationals, now playing a series Of games
will have to report for examination be-
fore the St. Louis board. His number
is 1905.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
Sisler Gains on Cobb
in Big Batting Race

Ty Cobb In going back I'm the
race for the American League
batting championship. Several
days ago the inimitable Tyrus
was leading the field by moro
than 70 pOintsg today he tops Sis
Ter of the Browns by 70.
sisler gained 9 points ~ . re-
suit of yesterday's activity, With
the Willow. "Home Run" Baker
regained fourth place by obtain
ing two hits in four times at bat.
Chapman replaced MeInnis in
NTH place.
In the National League Cruise
still leads by margin of z
points and In first of the leading
FIVE to secure 100 hits. Grimth
came back in the select circle,
replacing his teammate, Neale.
Here's how the leaders are bat
ting tOdayf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21

thumped regularly in the last couple Of
weeks. and Of the lot Du Mont and CAL
liza have been hammered hardest. Doc
Ayers may get chance to start some
games as a result. The physician has
shown good form as relief hurler in the
last two or three weeks. He certainly
could do no worse than some of Griff's
pitchers have been doing since the
team came west
The 1.500-odd fans who turned out
for the contest yesterday were pulling
for Dave Davenport to take place
alongside Groom and Koob of the
Brownies by turning in no-hit game.
Until the ninth inning Davenport had
not allowed anything that resembled a
hit. and only three balls had been
knocked out of the inf1eld. but Foster
spoiled his chance of entering the hall
of fame by lining the ball to right field
for a single in the final frame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
WASHINGTON

Two-base hits-sloan. Jacobson. Sacrifice hit
Austin. Double plays-Shanks Foster ind Judge:
Ainsnith and Foster. Wild pitch-Gallia Bases
on bans-On Davenport. 8: on Gallia, 2 Struck
euf-By Davenport. 8; by Gallia. 4. Left on
bases-st Louis. 4; Washington. 8. Empires
Aessrs- Eyans and Hildebrand. Time Of game
hour and 80 minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
Sensitive About It.

From the Christian Register
"Ah,' said the visitor: this village
boasts choral society. understand"
~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
SEVEN OF GRIFFTTFFS PLAYERS
NOT ENTITLED TO EXEMPTION
Menosly, Harper, Rice, Leonard, Char
rity, Murray and H. Milan Subject to
Call-Foster Prevents No-Hit Game.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.


and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21

Manager Griffith yesterday tele-
graphed to the Central Association
team which harbors the youngster who
caught Scout Martins eye asking that
a price be set for his release. If the
figure Is not too high Griff will buy him
and farm him out for development. The
player in question Is farmer boy OF
Irish extraction. a tall husky of only
nineteen or twenty summers. who Mar
tin believes has natural ability enough
to be developed into a pitcher of big
league caliber.
Griff shifted his lineup yesterday, In
the hope that the change would prove
beneficial. but no improvement could be
discerned with the naked eye. The Ma
tionals have looked bad recently-any
team does when it Is not hitting-but
yesterday they looked little worse
than usual. Harper is the only Wash
ington pitcher who has not been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
How They Love Each Other.

From the Boston Transcript.
He-You should have seen her face light
up
She-Did some one touch off the pow
der?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-21
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
ct. Louis, 3; Washington. 2.
Chicago. 5: Boston. 2.
New York. g.; Detroit. 1.
Philadelphia, 6; Cleveland, 2.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York. 4: Pittsburgh, 0.
Philadelphia, 4; st. Louis. 3.
Boston. 5: Chicago, 0.
Cincinnati. 4: Brooklyn, 2