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Evening star., 1917-11-04

Reports from all sections Of the
greatest bowling country in the world
furnishing positive proof that bowling
in some ways surpasses not only all
other indoor athletic games. but all
athletic sports. There is more money
invested in the bowling game than
any other sport. not excepting base
ball. with the expensive parks. grand
stands. franchises and players con-
tracts: and the bowling game has more
actual participants than any other
sport or game.
There has been an increasing inter-
est in all bowling associations annual
tournaments for the past seventeen
years. and 1917 is no exception, unless
the exception is a larger increase than
any previous season.
Il claim that with proper organiza-
tion we can and will within short
do not participate in recreation OF any
kind and. with the continued support
of the representative men nov at the
head OF our different associations. VIII
make good the claim that bowling is
no more a LUXURY, but is now consid-
cred a necessity.
I'VE must all give more time to or
ganization. No game or sport or pusl-
ness can be made success without
proper organization-bowlin is no ex-
ception. Every man who bowls ought
to be connected with a bowling asso-
citation and assist in enforcing its
rules
"The local leagues, as well as the
annual internationaG tournaments. are
catering to the masses. and not the
few, and, from present indications. we
will, and within a few years. secure the
support of the majority of the bowlers
located in the United States. This will
enable all associations to hold annual
tournaments that will test the capacity
of any building available.
1--WE are slowly but surely uniting
all the bowlers and, with the continued
support of bowling journals and the
daily press. we will within a few years
place bowling where 1t belongs-at the
head of all other athletic sports.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
PHILLIEs' ROSTER SMALLEST.
Quakers Go Through Season With
TWenty-Four Players.

The Philadelphia Club. which finished
second in the National League race
during the past season. had the least
number of players on its roster. The
Phils used only twenty-four players
during the season. while Pittsburgh.
which finished in last place. had the
greatest number of players-forty-one.
The Giants used thirty-three players
during the season and Brooklyn thirty
one.
St. Louis used the most pitchers,
thirteen twirlers trying their fortunes
with Miller Huggins' Cards. The
Phillies used only seven pitchers. while
the Giants had ten. Chicago used half
dozen backstops at various times.
while Pittsburgh used up seventeen in
fielders during the year. The Pirates
also led the list Of outfielders with ten.
The Phillies used only five.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
HENIGAN RETAINS TITLE.
New England Amateur Cross-Coun.
trY Champion Beats Big Field.

BOSTON. November 3.-James Heni-
gan of the Dorchester Club. the New
England amateur cross-country cham
pion. retained his title in a run over
the Franklin Park course here today.
He led field of fifty runners over the
six-mile course in Sc minutes IA sec
onds.
The Dorchester Club won the team
championship with 16 points, and will
represent the New England Amateur
Athletic Association in the national
cross-country championship next Sat
urday. Haryard's first team was sec
ond with 81 points, ST. Alphonsus third
and the Harvard second team fourth.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
INTERESTING GOLF NOTES
FROM THE LOCAL CLUBS

The competitive season for local golf
ers ended yesterday with the nnal
round for the Presidents cup at the
Chevy Chase Club. From now until
the opening of the spring campaign
the only events will be informal
Thanksgiving and Christmas day COM
petitions, with the possibility OF snow
or bad weather interfering with one
or both.
The only competition now going on
Is the annual selected score event at
the Washington Golf and Country Club.
which ends Thanksgiving day. G. E.
Truett leads in this affair with card
of 56, and seems likely to win 1t, as
the course and greens are far too slow
now to permit Of anything but freak
scores being turned In.
The season has been an abnormal
one in many respects. not only be-
cause of the postponements necessi-
tatel by the war. but on account OF
tho general lack of young talent
brought to the front. as was the case
last year when Bobby Jones and Nor
man Maxwell of Atlanta and Phila-
delphia, respectively. played and made
their mark in big tournaments This
year both these youngsters competed
in the international matches on three
courses about New York city, and
Jones in particular did well. winning
Ave of his six matches.
There is not much question as to the
leading professional of the year. Jim
Barnes of Whitemarsh Valley. with
victories In both the western and Phil
adelphia open championships. stands
out above Eddie Loos and Jock Hutch
ison winners of the Shawnee event and
the patriotic tournament. Barnes work
throughout has been consistently good
and no pro in America can challenge
| his record for the year.
! Among the amateurs competitions
have been so few that there Is no way
| to make comparisons except through
the medium of exhibition matches,
where no personal supremacy was at
stake. In playing exhibition matches
| for the Rcd Cross Chick Evans and
| Francis Ouimet are said to have raised
approximately 100000 through fees.
and there is no reason why these
matches should not continue on Evans
part Evans and Sawyer were beaten
at Brae Burn by Ouimet and Guilford
and then the amateur champion went
to Philadelphia and, paired with Nor
| man Maxwell. defeated Jim Barnes and
Eddie Loos on the thirty eighth green
of the match. All through the season
Ouimet has been playing grand golf.
and there are those who say that the
conqueror Of vardon and Ray Is play
ing even better than in the years he
won the open and amateur champion
ships 1t Is not at all unlikely that
Ouimet has improved his game. at
least In consistency. A member of the
| Chevy Chase Club who knows the Bos-
ton boy well is authority for the state
ment that tho alleged claim of Ouimet
for exemption from the draft on the
grounds that he would be of more
| benefit to tho country by playing in
soldier was never made. Ouimet has
more claims for exemption than have
been stated. His father is not living
and he is tho sole support Of his
mond. is not old enough to support
the family. The statement widely pub
lished that Ouimet had claimed exemp-
tion on these grounds probably was
the result Of a remark by one Of his
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permitted to compete for the world
championship. two were distinct dis
appointments. while the third. perhaps,
This was due to the fact that 1t was
the closest. At that time we battled
the Pirates three to three. 1t took the
seventh game to decide. and the PEN
dulum swung way over the National
League side of the fence. 1t was like
losing a game by a ninth inning rally.
If your pitcher Is knocked out Of the
box in the third inning you don't mind
1t so much. but where you can feel and
touch and almost see victory in your
hand. it is all the more disconcerting
to lose out.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Charley Herzog Found Jinx
of the So Bill to Be Real

Among men who wager . tiny
bit here and q tiny bit there. .
S2 bill II looked upon ~ an In
fernal jinx. when the wives arc
away to the summer watering
places and poor hubby is at
home-with the ganE-playing
ye soode olde "draw" poker .
81 bill In about n welcome a. q
tarantula In q Pullman sleeper.
Nobody wants to see, much less
handle, q 81 bill.
Men ON the race track tear the
corners on them with the re-
mark that they are extracting
the jinx's stinger.
They told Charley Hers0g
about that superstition going
out ON the train to Chicago after
the Giants had made 1t two-all
In the world series.
~Pm q contrary cuss. Pm go
ing through this train and weed
out every $2 bill that I can nnd.
Two unluckys Nonsense: why,
haven't we just won two
straight after being out of itf
Two will be our lucky number"
And true to his word Her10g
took mp every .: bill that he
could lay his hands ON. Charley
wasn't afraid of the Jinx, and the
jinx wasn't afraid Of Charley,
for the Giants lost two straight
and scored only two runs in
the last bitter struggle for base
ball supremacy.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
friends and was not made by the for
mer champion hims elf


Golf in Washington has benefited in
this war year by the l.-e of at least
two youngsters who show l:-nm.se. En-
mons S. Smith, jr. of the columbia
Country Club should make one of the
best players in the city when Ia. gets
more distance from the tee. which --'u
come when he gets heavier. Even
now his ball goes very well on a hard
course. but he lacks the carry on a
course inclined to be heavy His short
game Is accurate and his putting bet
ter than the ordinary. Henry G. Davis
of the Chevy Chase Club is two years
the junior of Smith, but is playing a
very fine game. He gets fine distance
from the tee. but his short game is not
on par with that of Smiths. A few
more years of development in the short
game Will put him up with the best in
the city. The Dempsey brothers of
Columbia figured prominently in all
tournaments except the fall event held
by their club. Norbert won the middle
Atlantic patriotic event, defeating E.
B. Eynon. jr., in the final round, and
Tom was runner-up to John W.
Brawner in the Washington Golf and
I.Coun.ry Club affair.
Robert Finkenstadt and George P.
James defeated Kenneth Finkenstadt
and Lee L. Harlan by a great finish
of Finkenstadt's last Thursday. Com
Ing to the sixteenth hole. the former
pair was / down, but Finkenstadt an
4
David Burgess. Fred Mcleod and AL
| bert r. Mckenzie defeated Jack Bur-
CESS. Jimmie Spencer and Howard
Beckett in a match at the Columbia
Country Club last week. and 1. Nc
| Leod was around in "A.
Norbert Dempsey had a round of rs
last week on the heavy course.
| David Burgess. professional at the
Bannockburn Golf Club. and William
| Mackie defeated Jimmie Spencer. the
Town and Country Club pro, and Tom
Moore of Bannockburn on the final
/ green in match over the Town and
Country Club course yesterday Bur-
| CESS had the best card of the four, with
an 81. the course being heavy and the
greens slow.
Miss Georgia Herring meets Mrs. M.
H Moulton today in the semi-fnal
round of the women's club champion
| ship OF the Bannockburn Golf Club
| Miss Elsie Patterson defeated Miss
! Alice Burbage in the other semi-final
last Sunday. The finals will be played
next Sunday.
I. T. Mann has presented two $1,000
liberty bonds to the Chevy Chase Club,
the yearly interest on which will be
i used to buy an annual cup, which will
be played for by the members of the
club. The date set for the annual COM
petition is June IA of each year, or as
near that date as possible. The cup
| will be known as the Liberty cup"
| A historic gold cup, which in former
years was put up annually for compe-
titfon in the steeplechases at the old
Benn'ng racetrack. has been presented
to the Chevy Chase Club by two Of the
members. and will be played for next
year. The trophy will remain in the
custody Of the club. but q replica will
go to the winner.
More than $4,000 was subscribed by
members of tho Columbia Country
Club. through the club. to the second
liberty loan. It was announced last
night.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Browns Losses This Season
Offset Last Years Profits

The st. Louis Americans dur
ing tho season of 1916 made a
profit of about $4,000. The loss
of the club during the current
season Is expected to equal that
figure, making nm "even breakn
ON the two years.
Phil Ball, chief owner of the
club, vvhose ambition has been to
give st. Louis a winning tenn,
has spent about 100000 In base
ball since he first invested I'm the
st. Louis Federals. This sum, of
course, includes his losses.
He said he Will stay in the
game, however, and already he
has spent $4,000 for new players
for next year. Among the new
players whom the st. Louis club
has obtained are Kenneth VIII
liam, Pacific coast star, Earl
Smith, star hitter of the West
ern League, and Grover L0wder-
milk, one of the best pitchers In
the American Association.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Younester q Great Swimmer.

George Schroth. the seventeen-year-
old boy wonder OF the Pacific coast. won
the first annual open water long-dis-
tance swim over a three-and-a-h half
mile course at San Francisco a week
ago and established the record Of
hour "a minutes 10 seconds. The water
was so cold that seven starters had to
quit. Schroth, though only kid" is
a giant in size and development
Evening star., 1917-11-04
RUSSIAN CHESSMAN
CALLED TORRANCE
B. SoIdatenkoy Will Return to
Washington Following
Diplomatic Mission.

B. soldatenkov. special envoy to the
United States from Russia, and a chess
master of the first rank, has sailed FOR
France on a diplomatic mission, which
will entail an absence from this city of
about eight weeks. During his brleI
membership in the Washington CHESS
and Whist Club the distinguished Rus
sian has endeared himself to his fellow
members by his exceptional courtesy
and genial disposition as well as by his
remarkable chess talents. The club
well on the evening before his de-
parture and q special tournament has
been arranged to welcome him upon
his return.
The Washington Chess and Whist
Clubs challenge to the Franklin Chess
Club Of Philadelphia seems hardly IKE
ly to produce battle, as the local or
ganization wishes to conduct the pro-
posed hostilities by telegraph, Whlle
the Philadelphians are willing TO play
only over the board in Philadelphia
The Janowski-Jaffe match will start
November II at the rooms of the New
York City Chess Club. The match Is
one of ten games up and the French
master will concede his opponent the
odds of four games as a nest egg.
son will open November 5, and as prac-
tically all the New York masters are
members OF one team the or nontry PVHl PW
get relief from the present famine Oh
good games for their columns
Evening star., 1917-11-04

for 1t would reason that 1t could
make up that loss next day or the day
after. but in q world series time Is
chief umpire. and the team which has
lost two games must win four before
the other club wins two, or forfeit
the championship. There Is no alter
native.
There have been two conspicuous ex-
amples where world series has been
dominated by the mental attitude of
one Of the contesting teams. In both
cases that mental attitude overcame a
numerically stronger opposition. In
both cases 1t brought triumph to the
weaker of the contesting clubs.
Where the Weaker Won.
When Fielder Jones tackled the Cubs
IN 1906 he challenged a club which,
think it but fair to assume. was mate
rally stronger than his own. But the
Wh1te Sox had won pennant by a
cash and gameness which would not be
denied and which refused to be balked
OF world championship.
Ihe other occasion was even more
dramatic and startling. 1t was where
the Braves took FOUR straight games
from the supposedly invincible Ath-
ietfcs: Their experience was almost
identical with that of the White Sox
BOTH clubs accomplished almost i'm
possible feats while the fever was upon
them. but the fact that neither club
repeated as a pennant winner shows
that both were playing above their
normal form.
or the three times when have been
Evening star., 1917-11-04
p. B. FLETCHER PUTS IN BOOST
FOR ALLEY SPORT WHILE HERE
Formerly Identified With Local Bowling,
He Still Takes Keen Interest in the
Game-Other News of Players.

p B.
in OF
Mr.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
JENNINGS SAYS WORLD SERIES
TEACH NOTHING NEW OF GAME.
Too Much at Stake in Fall Classics for
Managers to Try Anything
Startling or Original.

Hughey Jennings, leader of the De-
troit Tigers, evidently had in mind the
prize bone" of Urban Faber and
Heine Zim when he wrote the follow
ing story about world series in gen
aral for the November Base Ball Maga-
zine. Incidentally Hughey. who has
been in the thick of the blue ribbon
contention on three occasions, sum
married. the situation tersely as fol-
lows:
Go to the world series to see a colos-
sal spectacle-or huge crowds and un-
:ivaled enthusiasm. You will find them.
But don't go to learn anything about
base ball, for nothing unusual is ever
likely to happen at world series.
Whore the stakes are fortune and
the winners prize the championship
of the world, the manager who is
noted for his daring is strangely re-
luctant to take chances.
Because both teams play the old
army game is the main reason why
world series scores are 50 one-sided.
Under this system the stronger team
will almost invariably win out in pro-
uortion to its advantage in Sfren8th.
Aside from the system employed the
NOS. important thing about world
series is the mental attitude OF the
PLAYERS There have been two ex-
ampies of where a world series has
been dominated by the mental atti-
tude of the men. In both instances the
weaker team won.
Here is what Jennings has to say:
Several years ago fell in with a group
of minor league managers. who were go
ing east to attend the world series. They
seemed to be eager. earnest men and
were on their way to the big games not
as a pleasure jaunt, but to learn some
thing which might prove useful in their
business. / remember one of them
said to me. "If there IS any place where
you can learn something about base
ball, 1t ought to be where the two best
teams in the country are hooked up in
contest for the championship O. the
world"
That opinion made an impression on
me. for 1t had once been my own. l
say once. for the fallacy in the argu-
ment has long since been made plain
to me. Go to the world series to see a
colossal spectacle, IL you will, for it is
all that. Go to see huge crowds and
unrivaled enthusiasm. you will find
them. Go to see some of base balls
greatest players in action, you will not
be disappointed. But don't go to learn
anything about base ball. for nothing
unique or unusual or off the beaten
track of cut and dried experience is
ever likely to happen at world series.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Man Able to Keep Box Score
Is Not Insane, Court Decides

Base ball fans who have at
tempted to keep box scores Of
ball games will agree with
Judge Pintt of PouEhkeepsie. N.
", who has tust decided that n
man who can keep a clean box
scOro is sane enough to be pa
rolled from an asylum.
After being confined for
eighteen years I'm Matteawan,
Harry Marx made application to
the Judge for release. As part
of his proof that he had re-
gained his mental. faculties he
presented to Judge Platt proof
Of his ability to keep n box
score.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Leocnares Comes Home Alone.

The Serial handicap had twelve
starters and Edward B. McLean's good
old gelding Leochares. which he pur-
chased from William P Orr, was the
easiest kind of winner. Leochares
worked his way up on the outside from
q slow beginning and taking the lead
at the turn into the stretch. he galloped
home lengths ahead Of his field. The
early pacemaker was Paul Powers
Brin ghurst. with Tea Cady and U1ti-
matum furnishing the contention for
the first FIVE furlongs. When OBrien
got ready with Leochares he sent him
along and the race was over. A. X.
Macomber's Hank O'Day came with
good burst of speed in the final fur
long and beat Tea Cady for the place.
The race was run in 1.12 rs. which is
but three-flfths of a second behind the
track mark made by Leochares in No
yember OF last year.
Schuyler Parsons Wood Violet won
the opening number in a good game
finish after Moosehead had shown the
way to the last furlong. The latter just
beat Tumble in for the place.
B. 7. Wilson's Straight Forward
Stafford handicap at a mile. but Nc
Taggart made the mistake of trying to
force his way through on the rail. and
Lyke. on Holiday. and Schuttinger. on
Bella Desmond, shut him OF. Bella
Desmond won in a hard drive. Straight
Forward was much the best, and with
ordinary racing luck would doubtless
have won.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Nothing to Learn at Big Show.

Mind. I do not say that world series
games are not great contests. l do
not say that they are not fine, perhaps
the finest. exhibitions OF skill to be
seen anywhere. But do say the per-
son who. like myself. is in base ball
as profession and who might wish to
get new ideas In the line Of business
will not get them by going to world
series. And there is a reason.
The average man of small means sit
ting in a game of penny ante might
risk a handful of loose change on
poor hand. but If he were playing for
tious He would back only good hands
and feel out the opposition with the
utmost care before he plunged his roll.
1t might not be good policy for him to
do so. I cannot say about that. 1t
might be better to stake everything
Evening star., 1917-11-04
No Philadelphia Ring Champion.

Although Philadelphia has been the
scene of many boxing contests. 1t has
never produced a champion.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
VIENNA OPENING.

White here announced a mate In three moves.
vbereunon Schroeder who had less than 4 min
ute left on his clock. resigned. As a matter OF
fact. White cannot mate in three moves. How
ever there is n forced win the position BY means
of Kt-kt6 winning the queen for two pieces
PROBLEM BY c. B. COOK.
BLACK.
Evening star., 1917-11-04

on one cast and win or lose on the
turn of a card, but I am speaking OF
the average man and 1 believe it is
human nature for players feet to
grow cold when the stakes are high.
There are 154 games in a seasons
schedule and to the manager each game
is penny ante prize If he loses q con-
test or even a series. 1t may not nat
ter very much. He may recoup AIS
losses easily within a month. But al
the world series, where the two great
teams of the country meet in short
decision contest of strength. where
the stakes are a fortune and the wiz
ners prize the championship of the
world the manager who is noted for
his daring grows strangely reluctant
when it comes to taking chances. Each
act of his must be carefully thought
out, every risk eliminated. The man
ayers who sit down at that little game
weigh and balance every chip before
they put It on the table.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
The Summaries.

First race. purse. 800; two-year-olds: claim
ing: sig furlongs-wocd Violet 1oS (Rowanl.
$11 30. third. Time. ia 3-5. Sixteen to One.
Tell Ne. Eastern Princess. H. c. Basch. Miss
Fflley, sunny Hill. Tit for Tat. Phalerian. Dali
Second race. the Elkridge steeplechase. for
three-yearolds; s.. 600 added; two mile.tTown
Han. 40 (Hendersonl. $500. 81 g eo; won:
ond; Acsbado 1a2 (walker)l. s4.eO. third. Time.
4.07. Melodrama. Commodore Gaunt Brand.
onunda. Rural. Crack o. Day. Russian Pinnion
Third race. the stafford handicap; purse. 500:
Desmond: 90 tschuttinger). $3.50. s. 80. $3.50.
Straight GqF Forward M % Ios % MeTssss1s'. @ 'esSpa
third. Time. 1.40 3-5. Crimper. Whimsy and
Weodstone also ran
three-year;olds and inward: 1850 added: six
$40. $40. won; Hank o'Day. 122 (Loftus).
inss. & $50 fi third Time. 'd i.i2 Is Is Vi Bring 1s
hurst: Rhine Maiden. Fairy Ward. Ultimatum.
Startling. Hauberk. Bally St. Isidore and Water
Fifth race. the Pikesvilie handicap: two-year-
olds: purse 500: six furiongsITipperty witch
ct. 122 tRowan). ss1o. $50. So 90. won: Jack
Frasonsrd. 1is tButweIi). Sseo. third. Time.
1.13. Cum Sab. Matinee Idol. Nepperban. Par
tizsn and shanballymore also ran.
year-olds; one mile and seventy yards-Manister
Toi 1oe lBuxton). $500. $3.50. $2.2o. won; Ed
Roehe II Il. Row.n); IL. s7o 2dS s2 g. second;
Time, Las 2-5. Thorn Bloom. woodtrap and
seventh I.e.: pa..s; 500: Claiming handicap.
$50. won; Yodeiins. iiS dAmbfo.eS. 800. 800.
ssia ss1 f%s Bee. aoe M,
Rakeoff also ran.