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Evening star., 1917-04-14
THREE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS
PLAY OUT-OF-TOWN CONTESTS
Western, Tech and Business to Meet Mines IN
Virginia Today-Two College Base
Ball Games Are Booked Here.

support The proceeds of the contest
are to be given to the St. Vincents
Orphan Asylum.
The Potomac Boat Club crew goes to
Annapolis this afternoon for the. open
ing aquatic event of the season The
Potomac realize they will be against
put up q stiff fight for honors. The two
eights will race over a course OF a mile
and a quarter. Coach HecoX of the
Potomacs spoke thus before leaving:
II suppose the navy will be in some
what better condition than We. owing
to their better facilities for early sea-
son practice. The navy has the ad-
vantage of an indoor place to train
a fine pool and system OF INDOOR
sweeps You know we were able to
do absolutely nothing until after the
river was free of ice and that was ufi-
usually late this season However. we
have. a good crew and if We don't give
the sailors all they are looking tor
then I'll miss my guess
Central High and the Washington
Swimming Club have relay teams in
the last half of the South Atlantic
Amateur Athletic Union swimming
championships in Baltimore tonight
The former is represented by call
Newly, Beauchamp and Solomon. and
the latter by Thompson. Van Schelle,
Palmer and Eliason. Centrafs men
have little chance to win from their
sent to the meet for experience and
general development. Many other Wash
ington swimmers go over to compete in
the finals of the four events for which
trials were held in the Central pool
Thursday night.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
BY DENMAN THOMPSON

PHlLADELPH1A, April 14.-Friday,
the 18th, proved unlucky for the Wash
ington club Old ]. Pluvius spilled Just
enough moisture to give Connie Mack
an excuse for calling off the game.
otherwise the visitors now would have
three victories credited to them instead
of two. At least. that is Griffith's view
of it.
We have encountered a flock of Fri
days. the 18th. this spring. Griffith
said today. Some of them cost US a
great deal more money than we fig
ured on picking up yesterday, but / re-
gret our inability to play that game
more than any of the others. The way
my men are going it will REQUIRE an
unusual train of circumstances to stop
them, no matter under what conditions
a game is played. But, of course. when
the weather prevents q contest we can't
win. Bad weather is the only thing
that can beat US at the pace we are
travelling now"
The celerity with which Connie Mack
acted In calling off the game tends to
indicate that he harbored the same idea
of what the result of it would be that
GriH did. 1t would by no means have
been an impossibility to play a game
at Shibe Park yesterday At no time
did it rain very hard. and before game
time the sun succeeded in breaking
through the clouds. Mack gave it out
early in the morning that there would
be no game. He wasn't at all anxious
to stage a contest.
Prospects for today are bright. Jim
Shaw is expected to draw the pitching
assignment, unless George Dumont
looks particularly good in the warm-up.
Dumont has been troubled off and on
all spring with his tonsls. Two days
ago they We're considerably swollen.
but they have yielded to treatment, and
he said today he was ready to go in any
time Grif said the word. One of G.
Mack's numerous Johnsons-he has
three-probabl Will do the pitching for
the Athletics: that is. he probably will
start. There is no guarantee that any
Evening star., 1917-04-14
PLAY TENNIS MATCH TODAY.
Columbia Opposes Chevy Chase in
First w. T. A, Match.

The tennis team of the Columbia
Country Club entertains the racketers
of the Chevy Chase Club today on the
Columbia courts in the first 1917 con-
test for the Washington Tennis Asso-
citation trophy won last year by the
team representing the Dumbarton Ten
mis- Club The players of both compet-
ing clubs have been getting good
deal Of practice and should be in good
form. Connie Doyle, having played
with the eastern tennis team in Cali
fornia, has had more opportunity for
play than most of the local men, but
Henry Breck has been out at Columbia
for two weeks past whenever the courts
have been in playing shape. ]. Ballard
Moore and J. Upshur Moore-head of
Chevy Chase-have been playing when
ever the opportunity presented itself.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
Reds Are Weakening.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. April 14-Mitchell
was ineffective in the pinches and St
Louis took the third game Of the series
here yesterday, to 2.
Steele pitched fine ball, errors in the
ninth inning preventing him from scor-
ing a shutout The weather was cold.
numbing players hands. and errors
were more frequent than usual. Score:
St Louis ..... o 0-3
Cipcinna ..... U o 0 -
rwo-base hits-NIiler, kopf Three base hit
Rousch. Sacrihc hits-Cruise. Long. Double play
-Kopf. Shean to Chase. Left on bases-St.
Louis. IL; Cincinnati. q. Bases balls-Of
on Mitchell, hits and runs in eight innings
off Ring, hits and in inning. Hit
by pitcher-By Mitchell, tBescher). Struck out
By Steele. 3; by Ring. L. Wild pitch-Steele
Rigler and orth. Time of
game hours and 10 minutes.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
ROD AND STREAM.

Jack Speaker, angler gunner and
keeper of lock IA on the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal. has concluded that he
missed his calling when he failed to
accept a position of wild animal train
er for Il circus. Speaker has put in
most of the years of his life in the
big outdoors, and is familiar with
everything pertaining to bird and fish
life.
Jack has a hen that will sing at a
given signal. another that will put up
Il stiff fight with a dog and a cat that
is one of the expert anglers of the
canal country The latest addition to
his menagerie is a sixteenpound Mis-
sissippi catfish that he caught in the
swift water above Cabin John bridge
two weeks ago.
There is no question about what the
sportsman has been able to do with
the big fish" commented John Martin.
For a time the fish resented over
lures to gain friendship. but it finally
succumbed. as did the chickens and
cat and now it permits Jack to take
it from the water, and when the sports
man wades the pond in which it is
kept, it seems to delight in swimming
against his long rubber boots"
Austin Savage. Ellis Middleton and
Charles Middleton spent the week end
in an effort to land string of fish
from streams in Prince Georges county.
Md. first visiting Marlboro branch and
getting a few small ones" They un-
Willingly did a little fishing in a pri-
vate pond that is said to be stocked
with game fish.
I'VE caught two small catties," said
Savage.
In the afternoon they went to Hilrs
bridge over the Patuxent, where they
say other anglers had long strings OF
large yellow perch. They were with
out proper bait, however. and had to
be satisfied with the sight of the fish
that others had caught.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
Boss Griffith Tells Why.

McInnis is not alone in declaring the
speed king better than ever this year
Clarke Griffith, Johnson's manager,
brought out this same point during A
tanning bee yesterday johnson never
has looked so good at this time of the
season. and L venture the prediction
that he has the greatest year of his
sensational career, barring possibly
1912" said Manager Griffith.
II know Johnson is better because he
never reached first-class condition in
the spring before without Weakening
himself. For three years he has lost a
lot of his stuff by working too hard
in the training camp.
This spring | tried a new method of
conditioning Johnson, and must say
that it has worked out great. In other
years Walter was the hardest worker
in camp, but this spring l would not
let him throw a ball for two weeks
excepting in fielding bunts and return
ing fly balls He just loafed about the
field, but took off the excess weight
without taxing his strength.
The result is that he returned home
stronger than at any time in his
career. and will put on weight and get
still stronger as the season progresses
Johnson has not been able to get his
speed until June or July in recent
years. but I want to say that he was
faster yesterday than he has been AT
any time in the last five years. and l
think McInnis and Strunk will bear
me out.
johnson has something now that he
never had when he was a kid-a curve
ball. And believe me, he has a beauty
this spring. Remember my prediction
that Walter will have d wonderful
wear. With Johnson going at his best.
we are likely to fool few of the
critics They are all undertaking my
ball team, and will wake up to that
fact in a few weeks.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
National League Games.
Three Straight for Cubs.

CHICAGO. April 14.-Manager Fred
Mitchell. new handler of the Cubs. is
making himself solid with the fans
right off the reel. for his team is the
first in the major leagues to run up the
record of three straight this season.
The Bruins yesterday afternoon TRIM
med the Pittsburgh Pirates to the tune
of to l.
Chica aso......... x-6
Pittsburgh. ....... l 0-1
Stolen bas-s-Schulte. Hinchman, Flack, Zei-
der. Sacrifice hits-Deal t2t. Double plays
Workman TO Zeider to Safer; Workman to Safer
Left bases-Chicago. 10; Pittsburgh. 6. First
base errors-thi"ago. =. Bases on balls-Of
Reutler. 2: off MamauX, 3; of Carlson, =. Hits
and earned runs-0f MamauN, 4 hits and ) runs
in two innings off Carlson. ) hits and runs
in six innings; of Reuther g hits and l run in
ninie innings. Hit by pitcher-By Reuther 1
tMcCarthy). Struck out-By Mamaux. 1; by
Reuther. 8. Wild pitches-MamauN (2). Carlso
Umpires-Messrs. Klein and Emslie. Time of
game-1 hour and 45 minutes.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
CHANGES IN DEPARTMENT.
Two Private Secretaries in Com
merce Take Other Positions

Robert L. Stancill has been appointed
private secretary to Assistant Secre-
tary Sweet of the Department of Com
iHeTce. TO take the place of Robert
Clancy, who recently was appoin. ed
appraiser Of the port of Detroit.
Mr.. StaucilI has been secretary to
Representative Samuel w. Beakes Of
Michigan for the past four years.
Harry T.. Olsen of Secretary Red
fields Office has resigned his position
with the department to become secre-
tary Of manufacturers association
ut Chattanooga. Tenn. Mr.. Olsen has
been with the Commerce Department
s'ncc 1907. He Will leave Saturday to
take UP mis- new duties.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
GREENLEAF IN FORM.
Defeats Sherman, 125 to SO, in First
Round of Pocket Billiards.

man last night at pocket billiards. l25
to SO. at the Royal. The youngster was
in great form and played a strong, con-
sistent and brilliant game. Sherman
was not up to form, and while he gave
a good account of himself. the oppor-
tunities of the game. with the long
runs made by Greenleaf. left him far
behind early in the game. Greenleaf's s
high run was 2S. but he had many
others in good figures. The two will
play again this evening. Charles Bar
telmes acted as referee.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
TABERSKI RETAINS TITLE.
Defeats Allen, $50 to 448, at Pocket
Billiards for Championship.

AKRON, Ohio, April IA Frank
Taberski of Schenectady. n. Y. retains
the pocket billiard championship of the
world. In one of the most thrilling
matches ever played for the title he
won here last night by a score of 450
to 44s With but two needed to win
Allen missed an easy shot and Taberskt
ran the eight he needed. Allen started
with a handicap of 5S last night and
played a great game.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
ONLY 8 COLLEGES WITHDRAW.
Many Institutions Will Have Teams
in Penn Carnival.

PHILADELPHIA April 14.-pefinite
announcement that the annual relay
races of the University of PennsNlVania
will be held on April - ana % as
planned, regardless of the dlScontln-
uance of athletic activities by a number
of colleges. was made by the manage
ment of the carnival
Thus far" the announcement stated
"only three colleges, Harvard. Corneli
and Michigan. have withdrawn theif
entries, and it is hoped they VIII re-
consider their action in view OF the
of athletics by such large
majority of Institutions.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
GOULD AND HUM WIN.
Court Tennis Champions Defeat
Wightman and Mexican.

BOSTON, April 14-Jay Gould and
W. II. H. Huhn OF New York. present
tftleholders easily defeated George
Wightman and Q. A. S. Mexican Of this
city in the second match of the ma
tional court tennis doubles champion
ship tournament at the Tennis and
Racquet Club here yesterday The score
was G., O., g.
Gould and Huhn played a hard. steady
game. They outclassed their opponents
Evening star., 1917-04-14
Cubs Release PLAYERS.

CHICAGO. April 14.-The Chicago
Nationals have released Arthur ]. Shay.
a Boston semi professional shortstop
with the locals last season, to the st.
Joseph club of the Western League.
Scott Perry, a pitcher purchased from
the Atlanta club of the Southern
League, was turned back to Atlanta
Evening star., 1917-04-14
Illinois A. C. Wins at Water Polo

CHICAGO. April LITTLE Illinois
Athletic Club of Chicago defeated the
New York Athletic Club at water polo.
Sc to 33, in the tanks of the ]. y. c.
last night. The contest was under the
auspices of the National y. a. l.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
Perfect Bowling Score.

TOLEDO. Ohio, April 14.-Gailard
Farley. Scott High School student.
bowling in a high school tournament
here last night. rolled a perfect score
of 800. Farley Is contender for the
state championship Of scholastic
bowlers.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
us ARMY MED|COS
FINELY EQUIPPED
Are Given Benefit of Lessons
Learned by British Forces
in Great War.
IMPORTANCE OF FEEDING

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W 1+'', =, -,ha American
soldier ought to be the healthiest sol
o'ol I'. ,''S ,ior that
n''Ne" ~ = ..sI,,a,,a ,assors
.t. IT, prttisb army in its
-. .,,-,,,,.io,,,s In This greatest
-. r,,ds bv SIR Alfred
,-,v,o,-,, Of the British
hecSh' surgeon
army. to an Asspclateo
sentative revealed for the frSf time tle
-, -. ,,,,,-,+i,n batveerl THE medical
N-'' ia trf,isb
branches OF the American "'sN1
armies maintained since the carly da9 .
oe .,,y, ,,.,, For this fact tho American
-, c. ,,+-ad the man
people must tnai'M S' 80 ma
responsible for the health OF the o'Vov'
900 British soldiers scattered all over
the Various theaters of war. VINO mas
placed. and is still doing so, all the IN
formation gained in the war NJ 'he Gis
poSaI OF the American army meulcai
men.
Right now. Sir Alfred said, there are
I'm this country four of the leading army
medical men who have been studying
7be Eritish medical and sanitary ar
,-tncenents in France and who nave
toured the hospitals in England and
studied the Royal Army Medical corps
AT home THEW are surgeon I lit.LuNS Si4,
Col. Bradley, Maj. Ford and Maj. Lister
Co-ODeration Since War Began.
We have and stN are giving 'he
I-rifed States Army the benefits of our
: =; L-aeninr
'hFte Ss"i9 So,
healthy our enormous army, Slf AllFeu
continued .sIn fact, a close co-opera-
49,, ,,>,+,,-aa,, .,,o r,adica1 branches of
ton between the L'eDiea'
our army and yours has been man talI- i
American army medical men have from
o,,r MEDICAL and sanitary arrangements,
and if the results of their observations
have been apphea TO Ihei[ oM IL U, ~ he
80 - ba1a tho I-nifed States Army
ought to take the field under better
medical supervision than any IN me
WoIiu, ~ IN Trne, he +ba beaitbiest.
hacked as he is by a medical organiza-
ZION that has benefited by all the ex-
yarianres of orr great armies
.Sf coursa the Tnited states has al
,at-s nd a very highly efficient medi-
81 service The only question is
ot,.i,o- -, Not ~ is fuIiv nrenared for
- axnaHsinn necersarv to raising A
-, = - 60 ,bis bacause doJ,bt
1t-istba+ I5osa outside the organization
,,nGerStand IFS in1nortance The Law
4' ,rs,,.Ii,- tbirI-I opIy Of tho killing
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ARMY is an army IN winch otSeaes pr
Nenlon mas us sreatest cndlSe VI suI
cess we cannot protest heaitt "iIeii
- ulueL eLh-heu oS - e~uIs. ~
1he next essential 70 an eiicitht army
IS the hnlnedlate liiFeStlsalGn OF epl-
oemics- Both ci theSe pFooleins nave
oeeh soi'eu D! US
Is tTee oI Gp1oeHl1cs.
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free OF epldemlcS- Since the outbreak
of war we have had but three epidemics
(, tho rr;tisb forces and in each case
"
'iiese nave oeeh stiihpeo ou1 aiiioS'
instantly. We did this by concentrating
Evening star., 1917-04-14
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Washington Boys Doing Their Bit

The naval militia reported at Norfolk
for duty. The I'd Battalion of the Sd
Regiment was posted to guard the
aqueduct. The Home Defense League
proceeded with the organization of a
home guard. and was rendered the use
of motor boats and automobiles. Many
recruits offered for service in the Unit
ed States Army and Navy.
Evening star., 1917-04-14

Salt sprinkled over, carpets. before
sweeping preserves the colors and
keeps away moths.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
General Affairs.

The Senate refused to shelve a reso-
luton calling for investigation of the
present street car strike. Announce
ment was made that Chief Justice Seth
Shepard of the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals will reach the age of
retirement April %. and will probably
leave the bench this month. Rev. D.
r. Covel was chosen rector of the
Christ =. f. Church. East Washington
Among those who died during the week
We're George ]. Bessler. for fifty years
a resident; William T. Hastings, former
War Department clerk and prominent
Mason: Prof. Jules Leroux. Navy De-
partment translator: Robert w. +. Ogil-
vie. longtime resident, and holder of
the Scottish title of Barbn Banff:
Charles F. Behrens. retired baker; Maj.
John NJ. Burke. former scout in Indian
wars and noted press agent for Buffalo
Bill; Austin Crosby Winslow. aged 102
years. former government clerk.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
ROYALS WILL ROLL
GARR|SONS TONIGHT
District League Title Match
Postponed From Last Night
Until Tonight.
SPLENDID PLAY EXPECTED

Because of unforeseen contingencies,
the championship duckpin match sched-
uled last night between the Royals and
Garrisons was postponed until tonight
at 7:3O o'clock. The two teams will
begin play promptly at the hour men
toned. and on the match depends the
title for the District League for the
year.
The match was listed for last night.
and the exceptionally large crowd that
was on hand to see the play had to
leave the alleys in a somewhat dis
appointed frame of mind. However,
they all stated they would be back on
the Job tonight. as it was likely to be
a match they would not miss for any
thing.
If the Royals win two of the three
games from the Garrisons they will
get the championship on total pins. II
a margin of one contest. If HALEY S
team fails to take more than one game
the league honors fall to Charley
Wright's Continental five.
Royals Best in a Pinch.
The Royals. rolling where some
thing is at stake, can roll. OF that
there is not the least doubt. and it will
he something of a surprise If they fail
to take at least two of the games from
their opponents. However, the Garri-
sons have been lucky against Ealley's
men, and have won a great many more
games from them than the average
team has. There will be no foollng on
the part of the Royals, and every PIN
they can count will be counted. Under
St,rI
easy to beat. and if the Garrisons take
their measure they Will not only pc
given a lot of credit for good bowling.
bat will receive the lasting gratitude
of the Continentals.
If it were some other team than the
Royals there might be some disadvan-
tage for the players in that they would
have everything at stake with the op-
posing club having everything to gam
and nothing to lose. The members of
the ROYAL five. though. have been
through many such fravs. and under
stress they are pretty sure to DO their
best At least. it has been the case IN
the past that they always roll their
highest scores when high sscores are
needed and even after rolling in medi-
ocre form for two weeks against some
what weak quints they have come
back, when the occasions demanded. and
got exceptionally high counts
Grand Centrals Win Three.
In the final regularly scheduled match
Of the season in the District League.
the Grand Centrals last night took
three straight from the Garrisons. John
Meany starred for the victors with
set of 35s His scores in the games
were III. 113 and 1874. Eiker and Naeth
also rolled well, the former knocking
down 112, 125 and 1o5 pins and the lat
ter 10, 104 and 1873.
In the Southeast League the Mid
night Grew took three straight iron,
the steel Plant. Andy Goddard and
BURNS De Mar of the winners were tn.
best bowlers of the match. The former
toppled 121, 113 and 115 and the latter
192. 10S and 81.
The scores:
Evening star., 1917-04-14
FOREIGN.

Spain, threatening the monarchy. were
denied by the Spanish ambassador in
Washington. Following disturbances
on the Mexicah and Salvadorean bor-
ders. martial law was declared in
Guatemala. Federico a Tinoco was
sworn in as President of Costa Rica.
The results of the delayed elections in
various parts of Cuba determine the
reelection as president of Mario G..
Menocal
Evening star., 1917-04-14
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Kansas City-Minneapolis, =; Kansas
City, 4.
At Indianapolis polls. 1; Toledo o.
At Louisville-C Columbus, 5; Louisville, D.
At Milwaukee-Milwaukee-St. Paul game post
poned, cold weather.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
NATIONAL.

Oscar Terry Crosby was nominated
for assistant secretary of the Treas
ury. William C. Fits. assistant to the
Attorney General. was nominated for
assistant attorney general Explosion
in the munitions plant at Eddystone,
Pa. caused the death Of 122 workers
Among those who died during the week
were: Richard Olney, former Secretary
of State: Leroy Jacobs. illustrator:
Asher w. Harman, state treasurer of
Virginia for thirty years: Jonas Well
Jewish philanthropist. Diamond Jim"
Brady. Sam Chip. comedian: Represen
tative Henry T. Helgesen Of North Da-
kOta
Evening star., 1917-04-14
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

SOUTHERN ASSUCIAITUN.
At Nashville-Birmingham 8; Nashville 1.
At New Orleans-New Orleans, S; Mobile, 5.
At ACCOMPLISHMENTS. - Little Rock. 1.
At Chattanooga-Ch ttanOoga, 10; Atlanta, 4.
Evening star., 1917-04-14
THE WEEK
Epltome of Events Ending April
II, 1917.
UNITED STATES IN WAR.

Austria severed diplomatic relations
with the United States. her representa-
tive, Baron Erick Zwiedinek. charge
d'anaires. asking passports for himself
and the staff of the Austrian embassy
in Washington; the United States seized
Austrian ships In American ports. Bra
I'll, following the lead of the United
States, and angered by the torpedoing
of a Brazilian ship by a German T.
boat, withdrew exequators from Ger
man consuls and ordered the seizure
of German vessels in her ports; Costa
Rica and Argentina indorsed the action
of the United States in declaring war
on Germany, the German minister de-
randed explanation of Argentina's S
proclamation. The Stars and Stripes
were carried into battle on the west
front by a Texan, enrolled in the Cana
dian contingent. who was wounded.
Former President Roosevelt discussed
with President Wilson his plan to re-
cruit a division for service at the front.
Frank A. Scott was designated as head
of the new general munitions board
The War Department announced that
enlistments. under the Presidents call
to arms. would be for the period OF the
war. Opposition developed in Congress
to the plan indorsed by the President
for raising troops by conscriptfon. The
big bond-issue measure. providing Tor
raising 81 900. 100000 and providing for
raising revenue by taxation. was taken
up in the House. Construction of 1000
wooden steamers. planned by the ship
ping board, was indorsed by the Presi-
dent, Gen. Goethals was invited to take
charge of the program. a bill was IN
troduced authorizing the President to
take over the railways. telegraph and
other lines of communication. The
President visited the Capitol to discuss
war measures with national leg's-
latorS.