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The Washington times., 1917-04-02
LAFAYETTEISREADY
FOR BATTLES HERE
Coach Frambes Has Nine Far
Ahead of Usual Speed, Says
Easton Report

Lafayette University baseball play.
ers will be ready for the games here
this week with Catholic University,
Georgetown, and later at Maryland
State.
Reports from Easton, Pa, say q
week OF good weather has enabled
Coach Frambes to carry the develop
ment of the team Tar ahead OF the
point usually reached before Lafay-
ette starts on its annual trip. The
personnel OF the baseball nine, at
least for the trip, II not for the sea
SON, L. now fairly definite.
Lake, Buechner, catchers; Scott,
third base; Clough, shortstop: Martin.
second base; Anderson. or Dowling,
frst base: Jones looks like a fixture
in right field; Smith 10 In left field,
and Captain Hunt win play between
them
The most promising members of
the pitching stan are Gerard, Dunn.
Forrest and Miller. Coach Frambes
confidently expects q most promising
ball team this season The team
stars South tomorrow, and the boys
will play the following schedules:
April 4, Catholic University, at
Washington; 8, Georgetown, at wash
ington: g.. Virginia Polytechnic, at
Blacksburg; z, Washington and Lee,
at Warrington; o, Richmond College,
at Richmond; 10, Maryland State, at
College Park, Nd; IL, Gettysburg, at
Gettysburg; II rMuhlsnberg, at Allen
town.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
TWENTY TO REPORT
Jack Hurley to Have Haserstown
Players Ready April 20.


HAGERsTOwN. Nd. April z-The
Hagerstown baseball club. Blue Ridge
League. has signed eighteen players to
date and expects to have twenty play
ers report for practice here between
April 20 an rs.
Besides Manager Jack Hurley. there
will be three veterans Of last years
club on the field when the bell rings
MacLeary, the leading pitcher OF last
year; Dysert, who led the baserunning
Of the Blue Ridge League. and Lester
Bangs, the speedy Massachusetts, boy.
Behind the bat Johnnie Mace. well
known TO Virginia League fans. and
Foster Armstrong. now In Gettysburg
College. will do the receiving.
In the List Of pitching candidates are
MacLeary, Lowe. Davidson. Allen. Jack
Bowers, Larry Strobel. Garverich, and
Werner. Strobel and Garverich are left
handlers. Strobel has pitched In the
Western Association. and Garverich Is
a first-year outer from the Harrisburg
semi-professional ranks
Harry McCord II expected to reign
supreme at the keystone sack He has
been managing one Of Harrisburg's fast
basketball teams this winter.
There are several candidates for the
shortstop position-Russel Smith. of
Wilmington; Walter Jansen. OF Pitts
burgh, and a college player whose name
the management has not yet made pub
lie
From reports. Mulcay. the speed boy
from Brooklyn. N. Y, will have an easy
time making the third base position.
though John F1nney will be on hand to
battle him for the dizzy corner Job.
In the outfeld will be Bangs. Dysert.
and Seibert, a Philadelphian-
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Is STARTING TODAY
Upward Of Seven Hundred
Horses Crowd Popular
Maryland Track.

One OF the largest crowds ip the
history of racing Is expected at to
days inaugural at Bowie.
More than 100 thoroughbreds are
on hand to take part in the two
weeks spring racing program which
begins today at the Bowie track. AL
though 200 new stalls have been buht
to replace the ones destroyed last
fall by IRE, there still is an insuffici-
ent number. The Southern Maryland
Agricultural Association, which oper-
ates the Bowie track, has placed
horses everywhere possible.
The meet opening today Will con-
tinue through two weeks, ending on
April IA The Jockey Clubs season
at Prince Georges track, which Is
about midway between this city and
Baltimore. 10 opened and closed By
the Maryland association
The track at Bowie Is an ideal one
for early and late racing, although II
IL not favored as q fast stretch. The
track IL 30 built and Is constructed Of
such earth that Il quickly absorbs the
heaviest rainfall Very few disap-
pointing races are staged.
Some OF the most prominent horse
men OF the country have sent steeds
for the opening events. Thorough
breds OF all ages are quartered.
Some OF those who will be repre-
sented on the track are:
August Belmont, chairman OF the
Jockey Club; Richard T. Wilson,
president of the Saratoga association;
Vilfred Viau, OF Montreal; Willis
Sharpe Kilmer, of New York; Capt.
C. K. Rockwell, U. s. A: Capt z. B.
Cassatt, q. s. A.; Richard F. Carman,
william Garth, Richard r. Carman,
jr., Harry Payne Whitney, of New
York; Edward B. Mclean, of Wash
ington; Herbert l. Pratt, William L.
Oliver, William Woodward, and Oscar
Lewisohn, of New York.
The winter track performers who
have been at Tia Juana, Juarez, New
Orleans, and Havana, have sent many
additions to horses which spent the
winter in the North About half those
who worked through the cold months
will be starters at some time during
the meet.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
SIX TEAMS LEFT
In CUE TOURNEY
Draw Today for Second Round
of District Billiard Associa-
tons Pocket Event.

SIX teams viii draw today for the SEQ
one round In the District Billiard Asso-
ctation's pocket billiard championship
tournament. In which cue players
throughout the city are playing.
The teams to compete this weak are
Southeast, Imperial. Grand Central,
Handiboe, Letter, and Harrison. In ths
nrst section OF the tournament. South
east defeated Bay State. Imperial de-
feated Palace. Grand Central defeated
Sherman. Haniboe defeated Roth. Letter
defeated Donovan. and Harrison won
from scanlon By forfeit
Interest In Tourney.
From indications. the play this week
win be watched with more interest than
noticeable In any previous pocket BIZ
lard tournament In the city, with the
possible exception Of the last individual
event for the District chAmpionship.
Several dinculties were encountered
In playing the nrst section OF the
tournament, In the way of protests
and one forfeit, but these have been
straightened out
Me0re-sherman Match Attractive.
Not all interest Of pocket billiard
followers viii be centered this week
In the tournament When Frank
Sherman and Tom Moore meet at the
Grand Central Thursday night In an
exhibition one of the largest crowds
that ever attended Q pocket billiard
match In the Capital u expected to
turn out
Moore. who at one time was with
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
GRIFF WILL RETAIN
CHARLIE JAMESON
Youngster to Act as Pinch Hit
ter, As He Leads in Ex-
hibition Games.

CINCINNATI, April 2-"Cuckoo"
Jameson, Elmer Smith. and Zeb Milan
are leading the Griffmen at the bat
in the seven exhibition games played
since leaving Augusta Foster and
Shanks are clouting around their reg
ular marks. but Rice and Leonard
have yet to find their targets.
Jameson is hitting for an even 400
and Manager Griffith announced today
that the little fellow would act az
pinch hitter against right-handers
from the opening of the season. Al
the same time, Jameson will continue
to work out as a pitcher, Griffith be-
lieving that he may eventually become
a regular mound worker.
Following are the batting hgures OF
the team in the seven games played
thus far on this trip:
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
TENNIS CLUBS GET
N. 1T. A. PROJECT
Urged to Support Bill in Con-
gress for Universal Mill
tary Training.

More than 1900 tennis players In
this city, members of the various
clubs AFFILIATED with the United States
Lawn Tennis Association, are being
urged today to back up the resolu-
ton advocating universal military
training and to express themselves
as willing to actively engage in
pressing the proposed bill through
Congress.
= Louis ]. Doyle, secretary Of the
Washington Tennis Association, has
sent copies Of the U. s. N. l. T. A
resolution to the Departmental, Dunn
barton, Chevy Chase, Columbia Coun-
try, and Bachelors Tennis clubs.
May Affect Events
The fact that the U. s. N. L T. A.
has announced all tournaments on In
the event of war and that assign
ments of title events would be can
celed would affect the tournaments
here. Those sanctioned by the N. L.
T. A, like the Middle Atlantic event
would, of course, be called on.
Local tournaments and league
however, would not be
interfered with in so far as none OF
the participants were affected. The
personnel of the various leagues, es-
pecially the departmental, might be
cut into to q serious extent.
Training L. Urged.
The resolutions sent clubs today
urge all players to sign the N. L T,
A. circular backing the military
training bill Clubs affiliated with
the N. l. T. A will be bound only
in 80 far as they choose to take
local action
Doubt Is expressed about local or
ganizations calling off tennis here
this summer. Even though war Il
declared II Is thought that the var
ious leagues will maintain theil
schedules. Action from the N. l. T
A. is expected some time in the near
future at which time the local clubs
affiliated will take q vote.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
PROSPECTS GLOOMY
FOR A GAME TODAY
Poor Weather Likely to Prevent
Final of Series Between
Griffmen and Reds.
PLAYERS ARE "BUSTED"
Long Trip Works Havoc With
Their Finances-Griff Talks
With YingIing.
By LOUIS A. DOUGHER-

CINCINNATI, April 2.-Weather con
ditions today were anything but ia
vorable for the final game of the
series between the Griffmen and the
Reds. 1t rained heavily all night and
today dawned cold, dark, and drfzzly
It was thought that unless it cleared
rapidly, allowing the field and stands
to dry, the game would be called off
In that case the team would leave fol
home as soon as possible.
THE Return of the Utterly Busted" /"
that is the epic Of the 1917 Griffmen out
here in Redland and about to depart
homeward, making their complete
Journey from Washington to Wash
ington q matter Of some $500 miles
Barring johnson, Foster, Shanks
and Harper S3.32 could not be col
1ected from the entire outfit and the
Old Fox is travelling quite as finan'
cially light as any Of his players.
Auditors Needed.
A firm of expert auditors would be
needed to discover just how much
Jones owes Smith and how much
Smith owes Green, for there has been
indiscriminate lending and borrow
ing among the athletes for the past
two weeks. Now the accounts are sc
badly twisted that some of the boys
have no idea of ever paying their
debts or getting back the money they
are owed.
Yesterdays rain and consequent
postponement Of the daily contest
with the Reds was heavy blow to
the bunch Of bankrupts. Eddie Fowler
expected to gather in some long green
/ for the boys, but the rain ruined his
plans.
Credit Is very Good.
II it were not that the Washington
ball clubs credit is good with the
hotels and railroads in the land, the
whole bunch would have to walk
home to Washington, for all are ut
terly busted. This is tip to all pos
sIbIe creditors in Washington, for II
any appear at the Union Station to
morrow, a riot is sure to follow. Major
Pullman should see to it that tht
plaza be roped off when the bankrupt
athletes enter the Capital. Thus
peace will be preserved.
Earl Yingling, the Minneapolis
southpaw, who declined to- report tC
the Griffmen this year, preferring L
attend to his business interests a
HIS home here, had a long talk will
Manager Griffith yesterday. The Oh
Fox endeavored to persuade him Z
change his mind about playing ball
but Yingling would make no definite
decision.
Yingling admits that playing bal
looks good to him, but he adds tina
his business interests here are too val
liable to allow others to run while h
is away. At the same time, 1t woulC
not be surprising to see Yingling de
eide on one more season under th'
main tent before dofhng his uniform
and spiked shoes for all time.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
DATES ANNOUNCED.

NEW YORK, April 2-The national
amateur fencing championships are
to be held at the Astor Hotel on Fri
day evening, April 20, according to
an announcement made yesterday by
the Amateur Fencers' League of
America. Preliminaries are to be
held the FIRST two weeks this month
in eight different divisions of the
league throughout the country, and
those who qualify in these tryouts
will be sent by their clubs to the
title event in this city. As usual,
title competition will be held with
all three weapons-foil, saber, and
dueling sword. Tho preliminaries In
the local division are to take place
April 13 and II at the New York Ath-
letic Club.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
You Need Not Succumb To
That "All-Run Down" Feeling

arteries, and your system needs
generally purifying and housecleaning
to put 1t in ship-shape for the COM
ing summer.
Just now the best investment you
can make il to take a few bottles of
S. s. s.. the great blood purifier and
tonic. This purely vegetable remedy
has been In general use for more
than fifty years, and thousands use II
regularly every Spring. 1t has no
equal for thoroughly cleansing the
blood of all Impurities. improving the
appetite and tOning up and giving re-
newed life and vigor to the whole
body. Go to your drugstore and get
a bottle today and start early on
the important work of putting your
system m tiptop shape.
Write for free booklets and inter-
estlng literature to Swift Specific
Company. rs Swift Laboratory, At
lanta, Ga.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
WINDNAGLE TO QUIT
corneIPs Star DFstanesr VIII eIn
Jones, 1erna land Others.

ITHACA, April -2.-vere windnagle,
who won the intercollegiate champion
ship in the mile last spring, beating
Johnny Overton, OF Yale, viii retire
from the running game as soon as his
present season at Cornell is over. In
case Of war and subsequent cancella-
tion OF all events on the track he will
have run his last race.
Windnagle was captain Of last fall's
cross-country team, and II training
now for the mile and the half-mile
runs. He will not don the spikes for
any athletic club following the inter-
collegiates next May, he announced
here this week.
1t Is a noticeable fact that few of
Cornelrs many track stars ever run
after graduation, Dave Caldwell, the
Boston A A captain, being the one
big exception. Jones, Berna and
others left the game permanently
after leaving college
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
SHE BREAKS THREE MARKS
California Girl swIms Remarkable
44o-Yard Race.

OAKLAND, Cal, April 2.-Frances
coweils, a San Francisco girl who Is
the holder of many water records,
set three American swimming marks
here Saturday in a 44o-yard swim
ming race in a 25-yard tank.
For the full distance Miss Cowells
broke her own record OF 8 minutes
SO seconds, cutting the time to
minutes ~ As seconds. She made the
800 yards in minutes 81 seconds
the best previous record being 4 min
utes 43 As seconds, made in New
York by Miss Claire Gallaghan, and
was caught at 200 yards at minutes
IS seconds, also a new record.
The races were sanctioned by the
A. A. u.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

Claude Thomas left last night for
st. Joseph, No, where he will report
to Joe Cantillon's Minneapolis club.
which is slowly working its way
homeward. The southpaw was con-
siderably disappointed over his failure
to hang on with the Grinmen- he
was we'll liked by his team mates
who were sorry to lose him.
Todav the final clash with the Reds
IL due at Redland Field. She Grih-
men leaving Immediately after for
washington over the Baltimore and
Ohio. The victory will decide the
series, which now stands even, at two
victories for each team. Walter John
son is scheduled to pitch three or
four innings. DuMont or Shaw re-
placing him. Pete Schneider and
Baron Knetzer will probably perform
for the home boys.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
SPIKED HERZOG ON
PURPOSE, SAYS TY
Wanted to Get Euen for Being
"Ridden"-TroubLe Is
All Settled.

DALLAS, Tex, April 2-Ty Cobb
acknowledges that he spiked Charley
Herzog in Saturdays exhibition game
between the Tigers and Giants to get
even for being ridden" by Herzos
and other Giants Friday at Fort
Worth.
Saturday night Cobb had q wordy
argument with Manager McGraw, of
the Giants, which nearly resulted in
another scrap. Later, on, however,
meetings of the players of both
teams were called by their managers,
and peace declaredd. The series be-
tween the two teams will continue.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
. WHERE THEY ROLL.

District-westons W. shsrmans. at
Royal
Masonic - washington Centennial
W. Arcacia; II. II. Parker W. King
David. at Royal
National capital-Royals Va Dunn
,bartons, at Royal
GeorEetown Commercial - West
Ends vs.. Terminal Lunch, at George
town
Postoffics- vs. Postmas-
ters. at Postoffice.
Agriculture Interbureau-States Re-
lations W.. Forest Service, At Casino.
lany, at Capitol HILL
Interstats-Tariffs Va Homsrs, at
Arcade.
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
Tigers VS.. Machinists. at RathskeL
Ter.
Southeast-Midnigh Crew W. Modal
Lunch, at Southeast
Capitol city-Ivory Soaps vs. Free
mans, at Rathskeller.
Commercial r. Evening Stars W
washington Railway A A, at Palace.
Arcade-New York Life Insuranes
VI. Phi Mu Sigma ct Arcade.
Ne Plsasant-Pirates vs. Florist.s
Red Men-Idaho VI white Eagis3
Logan vs.. Mneola; osceola Va seneca,
at Jitneys.
Columbia Congressional " Co
lumbias, at Columbia
Capitol HiIl-Germanias Va South
land. at Capitol HILL
Fourteenth strset-owls W Speed
ways, at Speedways.
DepartmentaNLabor vA- Treasury,
at Palace.
Bureau Of standardsIUnions Va.
Crackerjaclzs, at Arcade
Anacostia-Anacos ". Highlands.
at Anacostia
ONO Class-Red sox Va Phil1iss, at
Brightwood-
Washington City Tenptn-Agrieul-
ture w. IroQuois, at Royal
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
SKATERS TWO RECORDS
Norman Ross Speeds Through 500
Yard Swimming Race.

DETROIT. April Norman Ross
the sensational swimmer Of the
Olympic Club, OF San Francisco. today
boasts two more records to his grow
ing string.
In Saturdays nights National Anna
teur Athletic Union meet of the De
troit A. g. Ross broke the world rec
ord for 40 yards during a 500-yard
race. making that distance in min
utes 16 Is seconds. and established
a new American mark for the entire
distance with a time of minutes
8 Is seconds.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

The many thrilling performances
exhibited by both Joie w. Ray, the
gritty little Illinois Athletic Club
runner, and John w. overton, Of Yale
University, stood out prominently
during the past season Of track and
field sports. The indoor athletic sea
son did not quite measure UP to Gus
tomary standards.
The honors OF the season were
equally divided between Ray and
Overton, as both succeeded in estab-
fishing new worlds marks. During
the course of the entire campaign,
however, Father Time suScumbed to
the speed OF several others, including
10 G. Loomis, of the Chicago Athletic
Association, and the redoubtable Bob
Simpson, the hurdle wonder OF the
age. Simpson moves along in man
ner that indicates that before long all
the obstacle marks will be to his
credit.
Distances Were short.
As the armories in which Simp-
SON ran do not permit the con-
duct of hurdle races above the 70
yard distances, he had to be satisfied
with two short marks. Andy B. Kelly.
the stocky Holy Cross College athlete.
was another conspicuous record
breaker. Another to smash figures
was w. T. Hobbs, of Dartmouth Col
lege.
One of the prettiest pieces of sprint
ing seen in many years was that OF
Andy Kelly, OF Holy Cross, In which
he retained his 300-yard national title
recently. In both his heat and the
final race the New England champion
was timed in 81 2-5 seconds, which
clipped fourfifths of q second from
the old record held by Alvah T. Meyer.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Simply Cleanse Your Blood oi
Its Sluggishness So Preva-
lent IN Springtime.

Possibly you are one of the thou
sands who just at this season md
that you are losing your appetite.
your system gets weaker day by day,
you are easily tired. and a general
good rundown feeling
seems TO pervade your whole body.
This condition Is very general at
the beginning of Spring. and is ma
lures appeal for help in preparing the
system for the change in seasons.
Your blood is sluggish and impover-
ished, impurities begin to clog up the
The Washington times., 1917-04-02

BOB THAYER'S GOSSIP
ON SPORTING MATTERS

There Is small wonder extant over
Cleveland's interest in the pitching
condition of Smoke-Ball Joe Wood.
II you ever care to examine the rec
ords you will find that among those
who have pitched 100 or more major
league games Wood ranks next to
Alexander in winning effectiveness.
Given a pitcher of this type back in
shape, and Cleveland would not only
be q pennant contender, but q very
stout pennant possibility. The Wood
Speaker combination made the Red
Sox invincible in 1912, and the same
pair could very easily make the In
dams decidedly annoying in 1917.
Catholic Colleges, consisting Of
Georgetown, Holy Cross, Fordham,
and Boston College, have reached an
agreement whereby no athlete will
be permitted to participate In q
major sport during the FIRST year OF
his transfer from one OF the institu-
tions to another. Fordham gained
several exceptionally good men In
this last fall In Mcnamara, Dempsey,
and Corcaran.
Many conflicting reports as to the
presence of Ichiya Kumagae in this
country during the 1917 tennis season
have been circulated. Il was not long
ago denied positively that he would
return to this country, even . letter
from the little Japanese carrying this
word. Now, however, comes another
letter to. friends in this country to
the effect that Kumagae will enter
business In New York.
Anon1 tha oddities Of basebaiI is
the fact that Jimmy Lavender. now Of
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
Many New Records Set Up
On Indoor Tracks This Year
Crown Is Awarded to John Overton, of Yale, for
His Performances During Season of Sur
prising Attacks on Father Time.

Kelly has corrected a number OF ac-
tion faults, so that the coming outdoor
season should find him one OF the
best performers.
Crown To Overton.
To Overton, however, is meted out
the crown for the best feat OF the
short season. This came of his win
ming the "Meadowbrook Mile" at the
Meadowbrook Club games in CONNER
cial Museum, Philadelphia, when he
sped over the narrow ten-lap track in
the unprecedented time of 4:16. The
Eli athlete surprised his most loyal
friends by his great race, as the new
figures erased 2 10 seconds from the
former time.
Ray ran q mighty close second to
Overton, for the premier accomplish
ments Of the season, and many en-
thusiasts are inclined to give him the
preference over the collegian-
New Marks Made.
The new marks for the indoor season
follows:
7O-yard dash-o:7 1-5. 10 @. Loomis.
Chicago A A
5O-yard low hurdles-o:os, Bob simp-
son. University Of Missouri
6O-yard high hurdle-0:06 IS, W. T.
Hobbs, Dartmouth College.
60-yard high hurdles-o:07, Bob Simp-
son. University Of Missouri
70-yard low hurdles-o:@ s. 10 @.
Loomis, Chicago A. A
sO0-yard run-0:s1 rs. Andy b Kelly.
Holy Cross College
10oo-yard run-2:1I. John W. Overton.
Yale University.
one-mile run-:1e, John W. overton,
Yale University.
One-and-one-half-m run-6:I5, Joie
w. Ray, Illinois A c.
Two-mile run-s:11 rs, Joie W. Ray.
Illinois A c.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
WILLIAMS TENNIS WINNER.

BOSTON, April 2-R. Norris Will
lads, ID, national lawn tennis cham
pion, won the finals OF the Longwood
Cricket Clubs invitation tournament
Saturday over Nat Niles, 81, 8-3,
A2. and, with G. w. Wightman,
took the title in doubles, defeating
Count Otto Salm and Niles, 6-3, 6-2.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
CHANCE FOR MORRIS.

NEW YORK, April 2-Cari Morris,
who claims he knocked out Fred Full
ton In four rounds two years ago, Will
fight Fred Wednesday night At the
Manhattan Club. Should Morris gain
q decisive victory, he win be. consid-
cred the logical opponent for willard
in a bout for the worlds heavyweight
title
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
OFFERS BASEBALL PARK.

WHEELING, W. Va, April q
League Park, at Martins Ferry, Ohio,
used last year by the Wheeling club,
of the Central League, for the clubs
home games, has been offered to the
State of Ohio for the use OF troops.
Gov. James NJ. Cox, of Ohio, has been
notified that the park is at his dis
posaI In event It Is needed.
The Washington times., 1917-04-02
MAULBETscH SIGNS.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, April 2.-John
MauIbetsch, captain OF the University
of Michigan football team last year,
has signed his contract with Phillips
University at Enid, Okla, where he
is to act as coach and director OF
athletics He will begin his duties at
Enid next September.