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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-20
CLARENDON AND CARDINAL TIED
FOR LEAD IN BASE BALL SERIES
Victory of Alexandria Team Yesterday
Evens Up Standing of First Two Clubs.
Yankee Athletes Rise in British Army.

team there known as the Southern
Maryland All-Stars. Joe Seigert. Mary
land State College player. pitched for
the Southern Maryland nine and al
and famed thirteen. Seigert has done
| some pitching at State. but has been
used regularly in the outfield. He bat
ted fourth in the lineup of the team
with which he played yesterday. the
same position he holds in the batting
order of the college nine.
| Something of the rapid advancement
once he is engaged in actual hostilities.
| Is shown by the experience of San
Francisco younsster who went to Eng
J land to enter the British army at the
beginning of the war. The following
brief story of his meteoric career is
| taken from the New York Sun:
ITO win the Victoria Cross and the d.
| S. O., the most coveted honorS in the
gift of the British army, and to advance
| in two and half years from subaltern
| to general is the proud record of Ber-
nard Freyburg. a San Francisco athlete.
He was a prominent member of the
water polo team of the Olympic Club of
San Francisco and was a rugby player
and swimmer of note. Aroused by the
sinking of an army transport by a L.
boat in the English channel. Freyburg.
New Zealander by birth. went to Eng
! land and received 4 commission the low
est in the British army He at once
brought his name to the attention of the
military authorities by series of daring
and successful exploits
He was attached to landing party in
the Dardanelles on board the cruiser
kennett. under Capt. Paris. and volun-
teered to place snares along the shore
lines to distract the attention of the
Turks. In doing this successfully he had
to swim nineteen miles and was awarded
the d. S. Q. for the feat in addition to
being promoted to the rank of captain
In the battle Of Loos, as a major, he
saved his battalion from collapse by in
dividual bravery, for which he was
awarded the Victoria Cross, though he
was wounded severely in five places as
a result OF his heroism. He has been in
the public eye of Great Britain during
every month of his meteoric career and
he is today, with the rank of general.
! the idol of the British army -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-20
RACQUET TENNIS WINNER
Suburban League Team Enters City
Championship Final by De-
feat of Sherwood.

Macquet Club. tennis players. cham
pions of the Suuran Tennis League,
yesterday defeated the City and Sub
urban League title holders. the Sher-
wood racquet wielders. in the semi
final match for the Washington team
championship. played on the Racquet
Club courts. matches to .. r. kause
and Marsh of Sherwood sprang a sur
prise by defeating +. Dowd and How
enstein of Racquet in straight sets at
GO. 6-3. Raquet meets War in the final
on the Columbia Country Club courts
next Wednesday. the winner being
slated to travel to Baltimore to meet
the Baltimore champions on the courts
of the Baltimore Country Club. Yes
terdays summaries:
RACQUET. :: SHERWOOD. .
Singles : c. Dowd .RacqueD defeated R.
kause Sherwood. 60. Ct; Marsh tSher-
wood, defeated Cash tRaequetl, 81. 3-s.
So: f. Dowd tRacqu-t) defeated Robins
Sherwood, IS, G-l; Howenstein tRacqueD
defeated Fox Sherwood, 60. 6-3: Skinner
tRacquet) defeated A. kause Sherwood, -,
6-1: Foster ,Racquet defeated Torbett tSher-
wood. Is. %. 6-1.
Doubles-R. Kause and Marsh tSherwood) de-
f-Ated Z. Dowd and Howenstein tRacquet) /.
g. 6-3: Cash and C. Dowd ,RacquetI de
feated A. Kause and Fox Sherwood, 81
G-3: Foster and skinner ,Racquet defeated
kemon and Robins tsherwood). 6-3. i-6 e..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-20
TENNIS FAvoRITE SPORT.
Prominent Musicians Reputed to Be
skillful Racket Wielders.

Tennis seems to be one of the favorite
outdoor sports of musicians, even the vio-
linists and pianists rsking their high
priced hands in the strenuous welding of
the racket John Mccormack is an en-
thusiast of no little skill and possesses
snapshots to prove that he has played
with Mclaughlin. Brookes and Wilding.
One of his opponents this summer has
been Fritz Kreisler, the violiaist.
Pablo Casals. the Spanish cellist, also
plays a creditable game. while the names
of Francis Rogers. baritone. and Marshall
Eerpochan composer stand well up in
the ranking lists of the West Side Club,
New York
Two composer-conductors. Bruno HUM
and Victor Harris. are on the tennis COM
mittee of the Maidstone Club, East Hamp-
ton, l.. /.
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PRAISE FOR SENATORS
FROM OUTSIDE SOURCE
Philadelphia Critic Says Grifmen
Deserve Credit for Playing Best
Ball in American League.
From the PhiladeIphis Inquirer

From the PhiladeIphis Inquirer
This toe-hold fight between the two Sox
teams in the American League has
naturally taken the general interest OF
the other clubs but there is a team Jus,
now which is performing wonderfully vel
and is deserving Of as much credit as
those higher up in the race. That team is
washington Although hopelessly out O!
the race and only having a remote chance
OF finishing in the select first division
the team has taken a wonderful brace in
the last few weeks and is playing much
steadier ball than any other club in the
Johnson ring. Out Of their last twenty
: five games the Senators have captured
eighteen and lost but seven, for percent
age Of .720. This is phenomenal ball play-
ing for club which has been in a nut all
season and at times at the bottom of the
ladder. To arise and begin playing ball
when there is really no incentive for them
doing SO shows Clark Grifith's true worth
as a manager. Grif has been dragged
through many thorny American League
campaign and has never won a pennant
and that he has the Senators performing
so nobly is of sincere delight to every
American League fan. On paper the Sem
ators lack class. have no really star
player. outside of Walter johnson, and
simply look like a $50 per cent performer
yet Griff1th has forced them into a won-
derful stride and they are Creating a
splash which has added a delightful tonic
to this years base ball pot-pourri. OF
course. walter Johnson has figured ma
terially in the Senators uprising He has
won his last eight games and is going at
clip which will soon re-establish him
back to the fore ranks of A. L. pitchers
Until this brace johnson has been pitch
ing poorly-far below his usual reliable
form-but now that he is going good
again the modest Swede bids fair to I'm
lsh in his accustomed place among the
pitchers A few weeks ago it was rImored
that Griffith wanted to dispose of johnson
to the highest bidder. for the attendance
has been very poor in Washington this
was when the club was playing poor bali.
johnson in his slump and the outlook in
general forlorn one but now that the
at his best there is hardly any chance Of
any other club being able to buy the big
pitcher johnson certainly would be a
sweet acquisition to the White Sox pitch
ing staff Just now
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Giants Pitchers Tcp-Notchers.

''Giants win because they make runs
for their pitchers" says a st. Louis Eek
pert" Well. maybe. but look at the
pitching averages. Anderson leads with
low percentage of earned runs allowed.
Schupp is third and Sallee fourth. Per-
rift is seventh. Tesreau eighth and
Benton ninth. There we have six New
York pitchers in the first ten. Oh.
yes. Mr.. Expert" the pitchers Of the
Giants need runs to win. Probably II
McGraw's twirlers were not permitted
to take II easy once In awhile because
they have long leads they might est
some new marks for effectiveness.
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Grifith's Equipment Fund
Gets Big Boost in Chicago

than $500 envelopes containing
money. 1t was announced today,
were collected yesterday mt White
Sox Park during the game be
tween the Chicago and Philadel-
phfn Americans na contribute 0ns
to the Clark Griffith fund for base
ball equipment for the American
troops In France.
The amount of money in the
envelopes in not yet known, but
1T is said the cOntrf buttons
ranged all the way from rs cents
to IS.
Every cent collected, without
deductions of any kind, is to he
expended for base balls. hats.
masks and gloves for Pershing's
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-20
Lower Half Stronger.

Even under these conditions the lower
half Is considered by tennis authorities
to be a trfle stronger than the upper
portion. Among the players who will
start in the bottom group of thirty
two are the following:
r. Norris Williams, I'd, Boston 1916
champion and No. l in last seasons
ranking; Clarence ]. Griffin. San Fran
cisco. No. 6; Watson NJ. Washburn. New
York. No. Z: J. J. Armstrong. St. Paul.
No. 9. and S. H. Voshell, New York: H.
A Throckmorton. Elizabeth, N. j.: n.
w. Miles, Boston, ranked in class one.
Other prominent players include: Hol
combe b. Ward. double champion with
D. F. Davis. 1S99-19O1: Malcolm d. Will
man. champion from 1895 to 1900; Mar
shall Allen, Seattle, and ]. B. Adone.
jr. Dallas.
The ranking players in the upper
half include: r. Lindley Murray, for
merly of California. No. 3. and Dean
Mathey. Crawford, n. j.. No. 10; T. r.
Pell and Karl Behr both of New York.
are the class / representatives. This
section CT the draw also is notable for
its foreign champion entry. Seiichiro
kashio. a Japanese title holder. and
A. W Macpherson. former Russian
champion. add novelty to the list. Count
Otto Salm Is another entrant. although
not new to American tournament play.
AS added attraction Molla Blur
stedt and May Browne the two leading
woman opponents of the court game at
the present time. will play a series Of
exhibition matches for a special trophy
to be awarded upon point basis
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Two Freak Home Runs.

Two rather odd home runs were made
in a terMuskogee game one da V
last week. johnson of McAlester hit a
ball to the outfeld and Calbert at
tempted to take it on the bound. but
hitting his hand it bounced high over
the fence. The other. f1uke homer was
by Carmen. also of McAlester. Mulvey.
running to make the catch. fell on hia
head and was knocked unconscious.
The ball fell safe and while Iulvey's
partners in the outfield were stopping
to see If he was alive the runner circied
the bases
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Mammaux Out of Base Ball.

PITTSBURGH. August 20.-By pitching
for an amateur team here yesterday, AL
Mammaux suspended Pittsburgh National
League club pitcher. automatically threw
himself out of organized base ball. accord
ing to base ball men here Mammaux
was under suspension for an infraction of
club rules. Reinstatement by the natjon.I
base ball commission is declared to be his
only means of re-entering professional
ball
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-20

Thursday ard from "sliders" on one of
his legs, got back in the game again
after an absence of one day. He
avoided running much as possible.
but got over the ground apparently as
fast ever whenever occasion re-
quired IT.
Cobb make Menosky look bad in the
third He reached second. after walk
ing. on Heilman's single to left. Mike
challenged Cobb by holding the ball
Ty accepted the def by dashing for
third. where he got the decision. Mikes
throw TO Foster being SO wide Eddie
had to dive for the sliding Peach. Eos
Ter claimed he tagged Cobb. but UNI
pire Connolly could not see it that way
Heilman took second on the play and
plunked Burns on the shoulder with
pitched ball But Young was unable to
bring any of them in
Milan made the best individual play
of the game in the fifth inning when he
raced back and to his left. leaped into
the air and snatched Veach's line drive
with his gloved hand. Veach could have
made the circuit easily If the drive had
gone through. Veach kept going after
the catch. which he had not seen. He
could not understand how any one could
possibly have gotten under the wallop
Ayers had some luck in the sixth.
Heilman scratched an infield hit and
took second on Ainsmith's wild peg
over Gharrity's head. Burns hit ter
rife line drive right into Menosky's
hands. Heilman had rounded third for
home when Mike tossed to Morgan at
second to complete a double play.
The official turnstile count showed
that 9.162 paid to witness the Sabbath
tilt Considering the recent perform
ances of the Tigers. this was a good
crowd and proves that interest in base
ball in Detroit is far from dead
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GRIFFITH PROTESTS CONTEST
LOST TO DETROIT YESTERDAY
Washington Manager Claims That Burns
Should Have Been Called Out When
Touched by Cobb at Third Base.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

ST LOUIS action President Johnson the
If
he will S howl
ha
end of the
be eclaredou
him
and
that Cobb him and shov him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-20

Neither Umpire Hildebrand nor Con-
molly denied in talking to the players
after the game that he had seen Cobb
touch Burns. On the controry when
didn't call the play Hildebrand replied
that the ball was so far out in center
fold that there could not possibly be
any play AT the plate: that it was the
same as if the ball were knocked over
the fence. Griffith contends that Burns
should have been called out, regard :
less of where the hall was Just as soon
as Cobb touched him. this being clear
~ stipulated in the rules.
For the first game of the series with
the Browns today Jim Shaw will be
selected for duty. Grfff is hopeful of
maintaining the winning pace of the
team while in st. Louis. but has no
to down Jones men. Last time the
Griffs were here St Louis beat them
three out of five games.
Before the game yesterday sergt.
Dean formed a company of the players
of both teams and put them through
military maneuvers. This is believed to
be the first time since the military
drills for players were instituted that
two teams have been combined and
drilled together. The doubling UP was
made necessary by the absence of Sergt
Thorne. the Tigers drill master. who
has been assigned to duty in Texas.
Sergt. Dean handled the larger squad
in fine shape.
Ray Morgan brought his record for
hitting safely in consecutive games to
twelve when he singled in the second
inning. 1t was not much of hit. being
swinging bunt to Ehmke that he
beat out on close decision.
Ty. Cobb still limping somewhat
from the effects of the wrenched ankle
he received in an exhibition game last
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Bobby Walthour Fractures Skull,

PARIS. August 20.-Bobby Walthour
the American bicycle rider. fell from his
wheel during a race yesterday and frac-
tured the base of his skull. He was taken
to a hospital in a serious condition The
bursting OF IA tire Of his bicycle was the
cause of the accident.
Wa!thour halls from Atlanta, Ga. For
MANY years he has been prominent as a
professional bicycle rider, both in the
United States and Europe.
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Tunnels Honeycomb Lens.

The defenses within Lens and suburbs
are striking examples of the German
tendency to depend more and more
upon large numbers of semi-isolated
gzrrisons rather than to mass their
men in trenches. where they would be at
the mercy of the British artillery. Lens
II city of concrete and the ground
beneath is honeycombed with tunnels
Almost every building has been de-
otroyed by the Germans and the ruins
have been fortified with machine gun
empiacemcnts-
So long as the Germans remain on
the defensive, il is improbable that they
will return to the methods of warfare
inaugurated when they swept forward
and were pushing the allies hard. The
fighting among these new German de-
lenses has given rise TO many thrill
ing incidents. In the battle about
Iangemarck on the opening of the
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ERROR BY MILAN
LOSES GAME, II
Ayers Pitches Fine Ball for
Griffmen, But MispIay Gives
Contest to Detroit. I
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

ST LOUIS. August 2o.-A single to CEN
ter in the ninth that Milan allowed to go
through his legs permitted Burns to make
the circuit and gave the Tigers a 2-to-l
victory over the Nationals in the final
contest of the series in Detroit yesterday.
Burns would have been declared out IL
Umpire Hildebrand had been on his job.
however. as Cobb pulled a "boner' In
patting Burns on the back as he rounded
third base. The rules are very SPECIFIC on
the point. STIMULATING that a runner is out
professed not to have seen the violation
of the rules. however, and Umpire Con-
molly. who was officiating behind the bat.
declined to make a ruling.
Milan did not touch the ball as il went
between his legs. but. being right in front
of it. was officially charged with an error
1t was a tough game for the Nationals
to lose. Ayers pitched splendidly, allow
permitted seven, a brace of them being
punched on two occasions. But for stellar
support a number of other hits would have
been charged against Ehmke. Neach
being particularly alive in cutting Oh
safetieS
Tigers First to Score.
The Tigers were the first to score.
showing a tally over in the second in
ming with the aid of a brace of errors.
Burns. first up. singled to center and
went all the way to third a moment
later. when Ayers threw wild to Char
rity in an effort to catch him of first.
Burns scored when Young grounded to
Charity. Eds toss home went over
Ainsmith's head, permitting Young to
reach second. He went to third on
Ehmke's out. after Yelle had popped to
Ayers. Milan's catch of Bushs fly
ended the round.
A single to center by Rice and Eos.
ter's double to left enabled the Grin.
men to tie the score in the fourth.
Foster got no farther than second.
AinSmith drew a pass, but Morgan,
Charity and Ayers were easy victims.
Washington had an excellent chance
to increase its score in the eighth, but
could not improve upon it, Milan
singled and stole second. He was out
at third. however. when Ehmke took
Ricefs bounder and tossed TO Witt Rice
also pilfered the midway hassock. but
Foster popped to Bush and Veach got
powerful line drive to deep
left.
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Reduce Prices at Braves Field

BOSTON. August 20.-In celebration of
the second anniversary of the opening Of
Braves Field, all grandstand seats w.
reduced in price to so cents for the game
between the Boston and ST Louis Ma
tional League teams today st. Louis ma 9
the opposing nine on the day the marx
was opened.
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Roush Gaining in Battle.
for N. L. Batting Honors

Eddie ROush gained two points
yesterday In the batting race in
the National League and now has
nm advantage of twenty-seyen
points over Cruise.
Benny kaun has not been doing
much damage during the past two
days. He made only two hits in
his last sixteen times at hat.
In the American League Cobb
has n lead of thirty-fOur points
over SisIer and II thirty-hSe
points ahead of Iris Speaker.
The following Is the standing to
date of the 1--WE leading bntters in
the two big leagues:
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None out when winning run scored.
Detroit 0 1 o O o ID
Two-base hit-Foster. Stolen bases-Miian,
Rice. Double play-Menosky and Morgan. Left
on bases-Detroit. Z; Washington. 6. First base
on bails-Of Ayers. 4; on Ehmke. 9. Hit by
ptcher-By Ayers. 1. Struck out-By Ayers /:
by Ehmke. 3. Umpires-Messrs. Connolly and
Hiidebrand. Time Of game-1 hour and 40
minutes
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Athletics Want Ball Game.

A base ball game is desired by the
Athletics, local independent nine. for
any afternoon this week at $50 o'clock.
Another is wanted for Saturday. Man
ayers of teams interested should call
MANAGER o. r. Blanton. Lincoln 4314-W-
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teen at the close of the days matches
and with favorable weather conditions
the tournament should close with the
final round Friday.
In order to sustain interest through
out the weeks matches the names Of
the leading sixteen entrants were
seeded" equally between the upper
and lower halves of the draw and their
opponents in the first round selected by
Hind drawing
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,

louisville. ): Minneapolis, = Minnea polls.
6: Louisville. .. Columbus, 5; Kansas City. O..
Columbus, .; Kansas City, l. Milwaukee, 49,;
Toledo. =. Milwaukee, 4 Toledo. g. 81. Paul.
Il; napolis. q.
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BY n. C. BYRD.

Clarendon and Cardinals are tied for
the lead in the series for the mae
pendent base ball championship or
northern Virginia and the District OF
Columbia. Before its contest yesterday
with the Cardinals. Clarendon was on
top, with two victories and no defeats,
but Cardinals proved too strong IN the
struggle on the North Alfred street
grounds in Alexandria, and by winning.
4 to 3. evened up the standing Each club
now has won two games and lost one
Rex Athletic Club and Athletics, Wash
ington mines taking part in the sched-
ule. are tied for third position.
In its game with Cardinals. Claren-
don got lead in the second inning.
but could not hold 1t longer than the
seventh period, in which Cardinals tied
ninth the Alexandria club got the run
which gave it the victory. 1t was
mainly superiority in batting. or SUI
perior.ty in pitching. whichever way
one cares to look at it, that decided
the contest in favor of the Cardinals.
They got eleven hits, against six for
their opponents. ouayle started on the
mound for Cardinals, but lasted less
than two innings, and Risdon finished
the game. Pfeil did well for Claren-
don. until the last inning. when he was
relieved by Won Nerbulis. Stewart did
some excellent fielding at third for
Clarendon. The alI-round performance
of beavers at short for Cardinals was
excellent.
1t took the Rex nine eleven innings
to beat the Athletics. II to 8. at Column
ba Park. The overtime contest was a
smuggling match in reality. each team
landing for keeps on the deliveries of
opposing pitchers. Twenty-four safe
tics. evenly divided, were credited to
the two clubs. A lot of tie drives went
for extra. bases. Nine runs were scored
in the eleventh inning, Rex getting six
AMI Athletics three. Lemeric + aherty
and Snyder led in the batting for Attn
letics and Roche, J. Fitzgerald, koogle
and Hurd did the best sticking for the
Rex club.
Last Saturday the Gibraltars went
down to Huntington, Nd. and met a
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit - Washington. L.
Cleveland. .: Boston. ..
Chicago. II Philadelphia. g.
ST. Louis T. New York, /
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Cincinnati. 5; New York, o.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Buffalo :: Newark .. Buffalo, ); Newark. g..
Rochester, 8: Baltimore, 6 tcalled in sixth inning
to catch train.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Memphis. 9: Atlanta. o. New Orleans. l.:
Nashville. o. Chattanooga. .; Mobile. o.
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Copyright 1917. by H. c. Fisher Trade mark
Reg l. s. Pat. Of)
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
SCHEDULES.

Cincinnati. 5; New York. o.
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YESTERDAYS RESULTS.