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The Washington times., 1917-03-04
LITTLE WORK DONE
IN BASEBALL HERE
Coaches Have Gotten No Line
on Baseball Candidates
As Yet.

College and high school baseball
coaches in this section are. in a
quandary. With the opening of the
season less than three weeks off little
or nothing has been done to get the
candidates into condition. The late
ness OF the indoor track season and
the fact that the weather has been
unreasonable has deferred the selec-
tion OF even tentative line-ups.
While Georgetown has been out
once or twice this season, no regular
work has been indulged in by the
Hilltoppers save for battery candi-
dates. Catholic University has done
nothing as yet to get line on avail
able material Gallaudet Is Just
finishing up its basketball season, and
will be without any baseball action
for some time.
Schools Work Little.
Scholastic baseball teams have done
little work in preparation for the
coming season save to go over the
available candidates and speculate
upon possibilities. Tech has been out
of doors Just once, while Central and
work.
The coming week may find the ad-
vance guard ready for out-of-door
work II the weather moderates.
Rainy weather of late and cold has
put the ground In such condition that
nothing can be done until the sun
gets in its innings.
Schedules Are Long.
Both Georgetown and Catholic Uni
versity, boasting the best teams In
the District, and Maryland State, just
beyond the District line. have always
been able to hang it on the visiting
colleges in early spring.
Many of the visitors are just out
of cage work when the first games
are played, and the local college
teams have had at least two weeks
of outdoor baseball. Wet weather
may hold back the college mines.
Series Starts Late.
The high school baseball season
starts late and ends early this year.
All of the ten games will be crowded
in between April 20 and May 10.
Many preliminary games are being ar
ranged between the high schools and
the local prep school mines.
At the very outset Of the campaign
the high school mines are found to be
suffering from q dearth OF pitching
material. Eastern has lost Eddie
Tomlin, its star hurler and title win
-ner. DENLY Hird, Techs captain and
mainstay for three years, has gone.
wassmann Is Lost.
Carl wassmann, Business High
hurIer of last season, is among the
missing, having graduated. Lester
Peine, Raymond Peck and Dick Sar-
gent, Westerns pitchers OF last year,
have all graduated.
Central retains two hurlers from
last season in Sam Gottlieb and Reds
Shafer. The Central team seems bet
ter fortified with pitching material
than the others, although several
capable second string boxmen were
developed by the schools last season
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
BERRY TO STICK
Refuses Robertson and VIII Play
With Baseball Nine,

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March A.
Howard Berry, Pennsylvania's inter
collegiate pentathlon champion and
varsity fullback, will play baseball
this spring, despite the urgings of
Lawson Robertson, coach of the track
team, to devote himself to the cinder
path, on which Robertson believes he
would have little difficulty In becom-
ing a champion in either the half mile
or the mile. Berry made known his
decision today, when he was assigned
to cover shortstop on the varsity base
ball nine.
Roy Thomas, coach OF the Quaker
team, believes he has uncovered two
pitchers OF wonderful ability-Titzel,
a big left handler from Pittsburgh,
and Ad. Swigler.. a Philadelphia boy.
Both are sophomores, and have out
classed the other candidates for the
box in the indoor practice.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
CORNELL AND YALE
WIN INDOOR EVENTS
Show Class In intercollegiate
Races in Philips Big
Games.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. March Cor
nell and Yale. as usual, shared the top
honors at the third annual indoor track
and field meet OF the intercollegiate As
sociation Of America, held last night be-
fore a crowd OF 5000 persons at the
Commercial Museum in this city. 81.
The feature event Of the early part of
the program was a three-lap relay rave
between the Ithacans, Pennsylvania.
State College. Grim. who ran anchor
for Cornell. over the last SIS yards. beata
Scudder. Of Penn, by an inch, the
Quaker runner falling under the tape
exhausted.
Makes New Mark.
In this event Cornell hung up a new
record for the collegiate indoor meets
by covering the three-laps In four min
utes. twenty second, two seconds bet
ter than last year. when Penn won.
In the six-lap relay race, where each
of the men ran LOSS yords. Yale romped
home an eaasy winner. John Overton
beating Marion Shields, Of Penn State.
with yards to spare. Pennsylvania, the
third team entered. finished in that
position.
Yale's Stars Win.
Yale sent an army of star timber-top-
pers down for the ffty-yard high hur-
die event John Wv. Farwell. captain
of the Ellis track team, equaled the
American amateur indoor record by COW
ering the distance in seven seconds.
Richards, of Cornell, won individual
honors in the sixteen-pound shotput
with a throw of AZ feet 8 $40 inches,
while Corelrs team average was 40
feet $40 inches.
Sweeps Late Events.
The Cornell entries in the late
events swept everything before them.
Coach Jack Monkeys long-distance
runners won the twelve-lap relay in
the fas thine OF % minutes 2-5 sec
onds, beating last years record of %
minutes 13 as seconds. The Ithacans
also cleaned up in the running broad
jump with a team average OF 20 feet
oI-l6 inches. Culbertson carried
OF 81 feet 3% inches.
The graduate' relay race proved to
be the most interesting event on the
card. When the anchor men of Penn
sylvania, Dartmouth, and Cornell
started on the last four laps, Riley
of Dartmouth, was leading Ted
Meredith by fifteen yards, with Cald.
well, the former Ithacan, trailing five
yards in the rear of Meredith. Penn's
former captain brought the crowd to
its feet by overtaking Riley in the
last ten yards. No time was taken.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
FAMOUS ATHLETE DEAD
Captain Ashlnston Was One ot
EnsIand's Greatest.

The name OF Capt. H. s. o. ASKING
ton, former famous Cambridge Uni
versity athlete, is In the latest cas-
ualty list of well known British
sportsmen killed and wounded In
action. Captain Ashington was one
Of the finest athletes ever turned out
by England.
His athletic successes began at Hsr-
row, where he won the long cross
country steeplechase and several
races on the nat. but 1t was in the
university sports that he made his
name.
Captain Ashington was one of the
English team at the Olympic. games
held in Stockholm in 1912. He went
to the front in July, 1915, and a year
later was badly wounded and was
sent home. Last November ne re-
turned to the nring-Iine and he was
killed In battle two months later.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
TWO NEW RECORDS
WorthInston and Thomson Lower
Indoor Figures at Hanover.

HANOVER, N. H, March "A
broad jump of % feet 2k inches.
said to be the best indoor perform
ance of which there is an available
amateur record was made by Capt.
Harry T. Worthington, of the Dart
mouth College track team, in an ex-
hibition event here yesterday.
Another record performance was
made by Earl ]. Thomson, a fresh
man from Long Beach, Cal, in an
exhibition As yards high hurdles
event, his time OF six seconds equal
ing the worlds amateur indoor mark.
Thomson is national amateur junior
hurdle champion. Both performances
were features OF the Dartmouth in
terscholastic track meet.
Huntington School, of Boston, won
the meet with 30 points. Colby Acad-
emy had "a: Hebron Academy, 16;
Lynn English High School, 16, and
Tilton Seminary, IL.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
AgitatiOn Has Started
On Foot Fault Ruling
Action of Suburban League Promises Protests
Later, AS New York Men Have Already
Registered Kicks

doing so. However, Il is ridiculous
to place a guard over a few ranking
men, while on half a dozen adjacent
courts competitors are engaging in
tournament matches just as important
as ours without any one to penslize
them for beating the ball one foot or
one yard into court"
Washington tennis players are sure
to be heard from later on. There are
many notorious footfaulters among
the ranks of local players. Now that
protests are being made In the very
start OF the campaign It is reasonable
to suppose the local men will either
be we'll fortified or will tight the mat
ter out on the courts later.
Judges Keep Silent.
When It comes to judging foot
faults there is a scanty response
from men actually qualified to act.
Even a man so well qualified as
George T. Adee, president OF the Ma
tional Association, has admitted that
theer is a wide and wild divergency of
opinion as to what constitutes SER
vice foor fault. There are probably
forty ways of breaking the rule and
that is what puzzles the average
player who attempts to officiate.
Hered, the Californian, added a new
service fault to the list in his recent
matches. He has acquired a bad
trick OF standing on the same side of
the court as that to which he is serv-
ing. It Is figured that this gives him
a slight advantage. To the credit OF
changed Immediately as soon as the
mt -
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
MAY SEE SIGHTS AT
OWN EXPENSE HERE
Regulars May Look In on In.
auguration II They
Wish.

Clark Griffith regulars, all Of whom
were signed long before the training
season started, may view the inaug-
uration at their own expense.
The Nationals boss is expecting
some of his contingent early this
week Many of them may come into
town a day or so earlier to see the
inauguration ceremonies, but Griff Is
not paying for his mems junketing
until they start South.
VIII Leave wednesday.
The main squad OF the Nationals
will entrain for Augusta, Ga, on
Wednesday. In the meantime Griff
has all the contracts in his safe, as
he said he would at the time the
baseball players strike was contem-
plated.
The prospect Of rainy weather is
confronting the Old Fox, but never
theless Griff feels that the rain can
not hold out forever.
johnson In Late.
Walter johnson may be unable to
accompany the Nationals on Wednes-
day. ~ Some time ago Johnson wrote
that his son was seriously Ill. Since
then efforts to improve the child's
condition have proved effective, and
while the youngster is not out of
danger he Is sufficiently recovered to
allow Walter to breathe easier.
At the same time johnson feels
that his duty is at home, and asked
Grif for q respite in the event that
the child has a relapse.
May Drop In Sooner.
Grin thinks several OF the players
will drop in today or tomorrow, al
though none have signified their in
tention of making an early trip.
Inauguration ceremonies will un'
doubtedly attract many of the play
ers. Crane, Sawyer, Shanks, Menos,
key, Judge, Morgan, and Rice will
probably be here tomorrow or tomor'
row night. Milan may go direct from
Linden, Tenn, to Augusta, Rice from
Chicago, and Sawyer from California
The Washington times., 1917-03-04

Agitation has already started
against the foot fault rule in tennis
in New York which may play an i'm
portant part in matches in this city
later in the season.
The Suburban League. one of the
big circuits in this city, has already
passed a rule stating that captains
of teams in competition shall be
strictly on the Job in looking for
foot faults In the coming matches
and reporting them
Trouble Last Year.
There was considerable discussion
among players in the various league
matches for encroachments on the
base line in service last summer.
While no action was taken in the way
Of protests considerable trouble was
experienced in many league engage
ments all over the city.
The recent indoor national matches
in New York. brought forth a storm
of protest which may agure to a cer-
tain extent in coming engagements
here.
Binsen In Limeiight.
Elliott Binzen, the Fordham Uni
versity captain who won the national
Junior honors over Henry o'Boyle, Of
Georgetown, was one of the first to
register a polite although firm pro-
test as to receiving penalties from an
itinerant Judge.
He was not alone, for later Arthur
S. Craigin, S. Howard Voshell, and
even Clifton B. Herd indicated in no
uncertain way that they. were averse
to being made the special target for
the penalties meted out by one Judge,
while in many other matches of the
tournament no attention Whatever
was paid to the violations of the play
ers as they delivered the service.
Endeavors Are Fair:
As Binzen, Cragin, and voshell all
remarked at the time of the cham
pionships: 1--WE are endsavoring to
deliver a fair service. We want to
obey the rules and believe we are
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
KIILIFER COMES IN.

PHILADELPHIA, March 4.ICatch.
er William Killifer has signed a
contract with the Philadelphia Ma
tionaI League club. He had objected
to a cut In salary, and after a talk
with President Baker, OF the club.
yesterday, II was announced that Kill
lifer had signed.
Pitcher Kantlehner. who came to
the Philadelphia club from the Pitts
burgh Nationals last fall, was re-
leased to the Indianapolis club OF the
American Association, Kantlehner
was not satisfied with the salary Of
fered him by the Philadelphia club.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
HAS FIERCE LUCK
Fans Four In One Inning, But Four
Runs Score.

Many queer plays have been made
In baseball, but did you ever hear
Of a pitcher who struck out four men
in one inning, didn't yield a hit, issue
a pas sor hit batter and still lived
to see these four victims" score?
The father of the feat was Clinton
Rogge, drawing pay from the Feds in
I9l5-now in the bushes. This is how
1t happened:
-Four years ago Rogge pitched for
a college team with q 115 pound
backstop on the receiving end. The
bantam catcher couldn't hold Rogge
and dropped the third strike that
RoEge put over on the first threee
batsmen. That peopled the bases.
Rogge famed the next man. but = c
catcher and the man on third scored.
With the next ball pitched to the fol
lowing batter the catcher thought
he'd try to catch the man mapping of
first. The throw went wild and be-
fore the ball was recovered the bases
were empty.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
BREWER WILL TRY
TO REPEAT WIN
State Star Goes to g. Meadow
brook Games for 90
Yard Special.

Brooke Brewer. national Junior 60
yard champion. and South Atlantic col
legiate title holder In the nfty. viii at
tempt to retain the 5-yard invitation
cup won last year at the Meadowbrook
games on Saturday night in Philadel-
phia- ... SO. 4,- 80,
The Quaker City viii be In the lime
light on Saturday night when the an
nual Indoor games are held In the Com
mercial Museum Athletes from nearly
every corner Of the country will take
part in the meet.
Brewer Against Glass.
Brewer will be up against Loomis
Meyer. Kelley. o'Hara. Morse. and
wefers in the special
One Of the feature contests Of the night
should be the Meadowbrook ESQ.," In
which Ted Meredith twice winner Of the
trophy Tom Halpin, Dave Caldwell. Joe
Higgins, and Earle Eby will match
strides.
Stars In Mile Event.
Joie Ray and Ivan Meyers, Of the
Illinois A c.. have been invited to run in
a special one-mile race against Johnny
Overton. Of Yale: Leicester Wlndnagie
Of Cornell. and Mike Devanney. Of the
Milrose. A. A
Especially attractive events have been
arranged for the colleges. In the one
mile intercollegiate relay. Penn. Cornell
Harvard. Princeton. and Penn State will
be represented. In the two-mile inter
collegiate relay. Yale. Harvard. Cornell
Penn, Pittsburgh. and Penn State have
entered strong teams.
LehiEh, Lafayette, Catholic University
and Holy Cross have also q relay oi
their own. Penn freshmen will meet
Mercersburg In a two-mile relay.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
DOYLE WILLPLAY :
ON COAST THURSDAY
Engages in East-Wea Tennis
Matches on Los Angeles
Courts.

The East vs.. West tennis matches
selected TO open the 1911. outdoor SEA-
SON in Los Angeles, Cal. on Thurs
day, will be followed with more than
the usual interest this spring. While
II cannot be said that the Eastern
team is the strongest that could be
named to represent the section, it
contains enough ability to give the
California court experts sterling op-
position.
While the outcome Ii rather ex-
pected to favor the West, the matches
win undoubtedly give line on the
form to be developed By the leading
stars later In the season
Doyle Ii Piayfng.
Washington followers Of the game
are eagerly watching Conrad B.
Doyle's play In the tournament, q
Doyle is up with the big fellows.
Chief interest among the Eastern
contenders will center In the play Of
George II. Church, who spent the
better part of the winter playing In
the Far East and probably improving
his all-round game for another at
tempt to capture the national title.
In the Western contingent the work
OF William N. Johnston, 1918 cham
pion, and Maurice Z. Mclaughlin, who
will make another effort 10 regain
his former tennis laurels. will be
watched closely, for both are expected
to be formidable contenders for the
1917 singles championship honors-
Play Mine Matches.
The contests this season win Be
ufsw.S - .~,h.fk ,or-@. - 70 An
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
TIGERS LEAVE.

DETROIT. March 4-Five members OF
the Detroit club. with officials and
newspaper men. left last night for the
training camp at Waxahachie. Tex. Sew
eral players will join the party at St
Louis.
coveleslIie, James. and Boland, pitch
era and Eckee and Ysile, catcaers, COM
kpsed the local squad.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
Youngsters Begin Worry
BOB THAYER'S GOSSIP
ON SPORTING MATTERS

Governor Whitman OF New York show
ed real American spirit when he put the
kibosh on Les Darcy. the Australian
Stacker who thought people Of this coun-
try were lot Of fish, and could be per-
suaded to swallow almost anything.
Governor Whitman put the ban on
the bout scheduled for Monday night at
Madison Square Garden between Darcy
and Jack Dillon. and thereby dIsappoInt-
ed number Of prize fight fans in one
respect-in that they wanted to see II
Darcy really is the fighter he Is claimed
to be. Every true Yankee, however, was
glad to see the Australian receive a
crimp in his easy money hunt.
Prize fighting will terminate in New
York January 1. 1918. and between now
and that time no big bouts will be per-
mitted to take place In the State. This
means that Jess Willard and Fred Full
ton. should they arrange a match, viii
have to ind another place to stage Il.
When Governor Whitman heard
about willard demanding 5000 TO
hight Fulton-just think Of IL, $4,000 for
boxing thirty minutes-it fully awak-
ened him to the fact that prize lighting
has ceased to be a sport and Is purely
a commercial proposition. capable Of
producing all kinds of trouble with
the law.
Witness AL McCoy's suit against Dar-
cy to hold the latter to a contract they
signed for a match. Nothing is barred
In the fight game the way they run II in
New York, where. we understand, every
CRATER Is harping-'T want my share. {"
We take our hats or to Governor Whit
man.
Football, according to Princeton au-
thorities, Is not one. OF the sports
which will be benefited appreciably by
the abrogation OF the two sport rule.
Every athlete of consequence who
could play football has made that his
first choice. The teams which will be
strengthened, however. are hockey,
basketball, and possibly swimming.
Football, basketball, and. baseball
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
WANTS ARCHER.

BOONE, Iowa, March Skinny
Archer's home town wants him to
come back and manage their baseball
team II Boone can get q berth in the
Central Association. The Commercial
Club today planned to confer with
here are willing to pay big salary
for his services.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
SEASON LATE
English Racing Dates Announced
for April IL.

LONDON. March 4.-The hat racing
season, which usually opens up at the
end OF this month, will commence this
year on April II. and, as requeusted
by the government, the Jockey Club
will confine all meetings for the pres
ent to Newmarket.
Last year, in addition to that al
headquarters, racing took place at
Gatwick, Lingneld, Windsor, and New
bury, and 1t Is hoped that as soon as
can be arranged further meetings will
be fixed up on some Of the southern
racecouraes.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
DATES ARE OUT
Hatehetite Manager Announe
- -I. E..-.A.

Hatehetite Manager Announces
Seven Tennis Engagements.
Fenton Fadeley. manager Of the
George washington University tennis
team. has announced the following
schedule;
Johns Hopkins thome), Saturday.
April q
Virginia Chome). Thursday. May 4
Catholic University Cat Catholic uni
versity, Saturday, May 5. >.
GEORGETOWN (home). Tuesday. May 8,
Fordham (home). Friday. May u
Maryland State Cat Maryland State),
Monday. May n
Georgetown (at Georgetown Unfver-
sity), wednesday. May q.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
CAL DWELL REPORTS
Blows Into Macon, Ga, Looking
Picture Of Health.

MACON, Ga. Mar. Apparently
In perfect health. the mysterious Ray
L Caldwell. the expert Yankee pit
cher and pinch hitter, walked into the
Dempsey Hotel last night Caldwell
intends to be mysterious about his
whereabouts. He says he spent the
winter ip New York State and has
just come from there. Asked why he
did not report before Caldwell said:
'T had a little business to attend to-,
You know 1 had to get along this
winter the best I could"
CaldwelPs looks, however. belle his
story that he has just come from New
York State. The big pitcher has .
deep coat Of tan and 1T IL easy to see
that he has spent weeks in a tropical
sun. probably in Panama. as reported.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
FINAL GAME TO GALLAUDE1
Closes Basketball Season by Trim
MING Johns Hopkins.

Gallaudet gave a brilliant perform
ance against Johns Hopkins In Its
final basketball game Of the season
yesterday, and won, 46 to %. The
passing and defensive playing OF
every man on the Kendall Green
Quint was noticeable.
Johns Hopkins began the contest as
though an easy victory would result.
but Gallaudet quickly recovered and
scored on an average OF two to one
during the rest OF the fray.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
SELECTS DATES
intercollegiate Games Set for Frank
lin Field May IS.

The forty-second annual outdoor
track and field games of the Intercol-
legiate A. A A. A. are coming to
Franklin Field this year, despite some
little opposition furnished by Harvard
and Cornell for the honor of staging
the great classic of the college ath-
Ietic season. This was decided by the
delegates at the annual convention of
the association, held at the Bellevue
Stratford yesterday afternoon, thir-
teen members lining up in favor of
Pennsylvania, with the opposition
showing three votes for Cornell and
two for Harvard. May 25 and % have
been set aside as the dates on which
the championship games are to be de-
cided.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
NAVY LOSES.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, March 4.-The
Naval Academy athletes lost to Penn.
State on the wrestling mat and to
Princeton in q gymnastic meet yes
terday afternoon. but were somewhat
solaced by their victory over colum-
bia with foils and sahfes.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
REDS EN- ROUTE.

CINCINNATI. March l. - Thirteen
members of the Cincinnati Nationals. in
charge Of Manager Christy Mathewson.
left here yesterday for the spring train
ing camp at Shreveport. La. They will
be Joined en- route by Pitcher Fred
Toney and Catcher Ivy Wingo. while the
other players win 30 direct from their
home to the camp.
Seventeen days win be spent ht
Shreveport
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
YALE IN LEAD,

Yale tooks the lead in the Inter-
collegiate Basketball League last
night at Ithaca, N. Y, in defeating
Cornell "a to 16. Yale has won seven
and lost one game. Princeton has
won six and lost one. p
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
PLANK SIGNS.

HAGERSTOWN. Nd, March Am
nouncement was made last night Of the
signing OF Eddie Plank. OF Gettysburg.
with the st. Louis Americans.
The Washington times., 1917-03-04
BLONDES WIN
Miss McAIesr Is Star Of Girls
DuekpIn Match.

Miss H. McAleer, of the Blondes.
rolled a game OF 102 and was the
star performer in a duckpin match
between her team and the Brunettes
in the Northwestern Girls League.
Blondes won the match, . to /.
Miss ]. Waldron was the best
roller for the Brunettes. The scores:
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