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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-27
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK: July 27-Weather con-
ditions exerted A bearish influence on
the cotton market early today and after
opening generally to 1s points lower
it displayed further weakness declining
to 2421 for October and 90 Sc for De-
cember toward the end of the first half
hour. these prices representing q to 81
points net loss Besides Liverpool SELL
ing there was considerable LIQUIDATION
based on the favorable eastern belt fore
cast. while no evidence of any buying
of October was noted in the early op-
erations.
Futures opened steady: October, 244o:
December, PALS; January, 239S; March,
24.13: May, none.
The south was a moderate seller at
midday on the splendid weather situa-
ton and this. with several private con-
dition reports, all Of which pointed to
an Improvement of several points in
the coming government report, caused
a renewal of weakness when forced
October down to 1897 and December to
1910, or As to 50 points under last
nights close. and within about 20 Joints
of the lowest for the week
NEW ORLEANS. July o7.-AIthoush
the cotton market here showed an ad-
vance of point on October on the
first call today, an easy tone developed
almost with the first trades and prices
crumbled rapidly under selling, which
was not we'll taken. AZ the end of
the first half hour of business active
months were % to 81 points under
yesterdays close. Promise of rain in
south Texas was a bearish influence.
Futures opened steady. Opening bid :
October. 23.45: December. 23.41; Janu-
AIRY, 23.41; March. 300.
Heavy selling orders for Liverpool
account made their appearance. and
bear selling was encouraged by the
manner in which the market responded
to the offerings. Weakness continued
until noon. when the market was So to
So points under the final quotations of
yesterday.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
| IRAPSHo,oTING d

These clubs win engage in three
shoots between now and the nrst OF
April. They viii be held in different
sections The clubs can enter as
many shooters as II sees AZ. the Eve
highest scores counting. The win
rers In the various sections will
meet for the championship trophy.
Besides this trophy the trapshot
with the highest individual score f.
any one shoot. and the shot with the
best average for all the shoots. will
receive prizes.
Many clubs signlhed their willing
ness TO join Tn Tire movement bn,
could not because they did not have
traps. Others could not become
connected with the league at this
time because-fhey make use OF prop
crty that Is on park or city lands
and could not get permission 70
shoot. One year from now the
Yachtsmen's Trapshooting League
should be a national affair. for. witt
trapshooting and yachting. they viii
have something TO interest the
members IN all seasons.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

Trapshooting has solved another
problem.
Yachting Is a summer sport. and
Il has always been a problem with
the clubs and clubmen as 90 what 10
DO during The winter season 10 hold
the members together. They are in
doubt no lonEsr-trapshootlng vii
hold the yAchtsmen together from
the time the yachts are hauled oll
OF the water n the fall until they
are returned In the spring
Fhere are more than COO yacht
clubs In the UnTTsd S-=e>s. and siarl
right a league has been formed with
the following clubs enlisted New
Rochelle Yacht Club. New Rochelle
y. Y; Indian HarboT Yacht Club
Greenwich. Conn: Bayeiie Yacht
Club, Bayside. l. /. CITY Island
Yacht Club. city Island, y. y Port
Washington Yacht Club. Washing
ton. y. Y. Bensonhurst Yacht Club
B@nsonhurt. ~ Y. Harlem Yacht
Club. City Island, ~ T.. Orlenta
Yacht Club. Mamaroneck y. y:
Chicago Yacht Club. Chicago. m
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
DhRCY'S KAY0
RECORD GREAT
2l of Australians 81 Oppo-
nents Dropped For Count;
He's 20-Round Veteran

II In not generally known that
Les Darcy. Australian middleweisht.
possesses a knockout percentage
that Is truly remarkable. Out OF
81 contests. a large majority OF them
with men OF undoubted class and
skill be scored 81 knockouts. per
centage OF Sill. as they pat II In
baseball This means that be has
Knocked out six from every 10 men
ne has battled.
Furthermore. Darcy has bEtrfef
n more 2o-round contests than any
other fighter OF the present day.
elias. considered OF course. n
whole lot OF these contests never
won't the tull 20 rounds. but that
doesn't matter. Darcy signed TO go
20. which shows bis extreme will
ingness
The hammering and the pounding
hat promoters and fight managers
lrummed into his ears when be
landed In New York II easily &C
countable for the young mans tim
dity in making matches. They
claim that the anvIl chorus when
Darcy landed was simply deafenlng
nd thoroly frightened him. One
promoter went TO him with a tabu.
'a'ed list OF other promoters. out
ming just how each OF the others
was going 20 skin Darcy out OF his
money. Each OF the clan got a
rack At Darcy and before they were
thru the young fellow wasn't In a
mood 10 believe anybody
That's why he was no slow In
signing up for his FIRST match. He
Is doing business now with Grant
Hugh Brown. and believes he Is
right. That Ia why he r. going
thru with The AL Mccoy match OF
March with a great deal OF con
ndence.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
10000 GAMES or
SOLITAIRE 6Y 10

Charles Conklin. wabash pas
senger conductor OF Decatur. H..
Is on the last lap OF his self.ln-
posed task OF playing 100000
games OF solitaire.
Conklfn has about 1000 games
TO play and believes he win
finish before the end OF the year.
He began playing IN 1897. 20
years ago.
In these games Conklin has
met practically every possible
combination OF cards possible
and win compile a book on soil
+, taire.
He won 43s out OF 80. 900
hands and EOS out OF the nrst
10000 played. The highest mum
Der OF games played between
winning hands was l.107.
Conkiin In unmarried and
spends all his leisure time play
ing solitaire In his club in De-
catur.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
Better Condition Now Than at Any Time Since He Joined Tigers
THE MOST DANGEROUS SPORT

10 redoubled frenzy. But he's new
er a match for the why. little
steeds. The instant the riders pull
mp even with the bull a spectacular
race gets under way. all three thun-
derlng along at full career In .
lumbled mixture OF bobbing heads.
flying tails and beating hoofs.
Suddenly the man chasing at the
right kicks his feet loose from the
stlrrups leans far over. slips sud
denly from the saddle and drops
on the neck Of the bull. The man
10 the left and the riderless horse
pass on like a shot.
When the dust has blown away
there II the bulldogger clinging TO
the neck Of the numbering bull. his
high heels digging frantically into
the earth In an effort 10 bring the
animal TO stop. This be does
presently.
Then. Just as suddenly. he throws
his weight TO one side, the bulls
nose IL turned up to the position
ordinarily held by the horns. his
knees bend. his body iurehes. and
az last down he comes on his side
with a ,hump and lies passive. Hay-
won the fail tho N-Ndogger
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
MACS LIKELY TO
IGNORE HENRY

NEW YORK. Feb. io.--Quite IT..
tie fuss has been stirred up by Ban
Johnson's announced determination
10 run John Henry, Washington
catcher. out OF the league. johnson
says the matter viii be taken up
when the major league magnates
hold their schedule meeting here
nett week. Dave Fulton hopes ~
win. so his frat can have real is-
sue 10 nght over. Henry is a BIT
defiant. but not nearly 80 much so
az he was q couple OF weeks ago.
when be thought Johnson wasn't
listening. Insiders expect the mag
mates 10 be more interested next
week IN plans for covering up ia
case the war scare should Arect
their prosperity. than in the bonn
bast OF second string backstop.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
AMATEUR RULE
IS UNCHANGED
Tennis Stars Not To Be Barred
For Selling Sport Goods;
Many Affected

NEW YORK. Feb. l0.-rhe pow
er OF the west stands triumphant
in the United States National Lawn
Tennis association today. Maurice
T.. Mclaughlin. Robert Lndley Muir
ray. Frederick n. Alexander. Thom-
as Bundy and a few others OF les
ser or greater reputation may sell
all the tennis goods they care 20
and still De- amateurs. The national
association failed 10 pass new
amateur rule which would place
those men in The class OF profes-
SIGNALS. and also turned down an
amendment which would have made
ali subsequent statesmen OF tennis
sOods professionals.
The triumph was purely west
ern one. especially for the delegates
from the Pacific coast. Eastern
delegates plainly showed their fear
OF happenings II they should press
the matter. There was threat In
fact, that western clubs might with
draw from the association, but the
issue was not forced.
The West Side Tennis club a;
Forest Hills. l. l.. again win stage
the national singles championship,
the Junior championship and the
boys championship.
The Longwood Cricket club. Bos
ton. was awarded the national
doubles The clay court title will
be decided in Cincinnati
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
DEXTER HORSES
AT MT. CLEMENS
Detroiters To Garry Their
Speed Arguments To
Ice Track

Dexter park horsemen are taking
their troubles TO Mt Clemens for
adjustment Deserving their own
popular track. they have arranged
for an afternoon OF racing az the
Bath City winter track next Friday.
The feature will be a match race
between Battle King. big winner at
the ice meeting a few days ago. and
Cleo b. the queen OF Dexter park.
As much as $500 a side will 60 into
the purse. II is said. Another match
race viii find two more Dexter fav-
orites. Birdie Welsh and Donnie ".
in a clash. The wager here is $500
a side. There viii also be a free
for-aIi event.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
MAT TITLE AT
STAKE TONIGHT

Gene Lawrence. welterweighi
wrestling champion OF Michigan.
will defend hts title tonight at the
Campus A. G.. 315 Woodward ave
The challenger is Jerry strathes. a
Greek grappler. who claims to have
established something OF r.puta
ton for himself az Chicago. lie has
defeated all the second raters
around Detroit. and Lawrence is ex
pecting a tough wrestle. This match
VIII be TO a finish. and will re pre-
coded by some preliminary bouts.
The public viii be welcome.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
ONLY Is CUBS
ARE IN FOLD

CHICAGO. Feb. 10-Charile
weeghman. Cub president. an
nounced today that OF ~ men who
will ride the Cub special TO CalIfor.
MIA. only rs have signed contracts.
All Cubs have been notified 20
report here Feb. rs, for a confer.
ence with Manager Michel and TO
adjust any contract differences.
weeghman anticipates no trouble
in securing the signature OF Jim
Vaughn. pitcher. Tho he has not
signed. Vaughn has written weegh.
man that he will be on the train.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
HOCKEY NOW is
STILL UNDATED

There may be no hockey in De
troit next week. alLho the Aura Lees
sre scheduled for return date at
the Arena. The players and man
sger have not yet come TO an agree.
ment. II has suddenly been dlscov.
sred that to get amateurs TO play
several times week In the pres
tnce OF throngs that represent thou
sands in gate money and TO induce
these same players to remain anna
tours, II something Of problem.
When Detroit gets q genuine profes-
fional hockey team. this city will
regard the winter sport much more
highly.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
WILLIAMS is
OUT IN FRONT

Matty Williams harvested pins
bobly on the Woodward alley last
night in the hrst section % his 20.
game match with Harry Gerioski.
Grand Rapids champion Who moved
To this city few months ago. Ten
games were played at the Wood.
ward alleys, and Williams piled up
a count OF 2,Q45. which Is lf6 more
than the newcomer could achieve.
williams average was 20f. Gerlos-
kits was 1870. They viii anish their
argument next week on alleys more
familiar 10 Gerloski
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

been known 20 put n bull on HIS
back In S IS seconds. once he ran
foul OF particularly vicious steer
and was forced 10 prolong the
tnssle Il Is seconds.
Picture an Enclosure suddenly en-
tered by Wild BUN. snorting.
bounding over the earth. his head
down and tail dying. closely pur.
sued by two mounted cowpunchers.
That's the opening scene In a bull
logging contest.
The thud OF the mustangs dying
hoofs behind the bull spur him on
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
PRESBYTERIANS
EVEN UP SERIES

The Trumbulls and First Presby.
terians nov are tied In THAR League
championship series The Presby.
terians won this weeks game by a
count OF 80 % 90 The decisive
game probably will be played on a
neutral court.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

Down in the Panhandle they call
IL ''hulldogglng. tho the game in
no way Is related 20 bowwows.
To qualify for This. the most dan
gerous sport on earth. one must
surpass in daring the 'eats OF the
most robust OF Spanish athletes
One must throw the bull with dead
~ precision.
Such type OF man Is I'd Lind.
say. OF Leedey. Okla. champion bull.
logger OF these parts. He's Pow
erfully built and in hts time has
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

raises one arm In token OF victory.
Champion Lindsay began on q
calf frst--on the ground. When he
had learned the trick he tackled
something larger. lie gradually
worked up 20 the bull. Once be had
mastered that beast he tried II from
horseback. but very slowly at nrst
Finally he was able 10 perform the
feat from a nag going at full speed
"lts sure some excitin sport.
said the bronEed oklahoman. but
tho profession Amt ever likely "a
be oyercrowded. nohow,"
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
"Y" Plays Hamilton Tonight;
Central Trims Northwestern
MABEL TRAsk CAN WIN
MINUS A MAN BEHIND

Walter Coz says that Mabel
Trask. 2;o3 Ia. Is the most In
telligent animal he has ever
seen. 1T isn't necessary 10 urge
her when another horse comes
to her." he said recently. nor 10
IL necessary 10 take her back
when she has the race won.
she seems to know by In
stinct Just when to sprint and
when to conserve her energy.
She drives herself with as much
Judgment as I or any other hui
man being could drive ber."
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
NET STARS AT
HONOLULU MEET

HONOLULU, Ill. FEB. I0.-The
mid Pacific tennis tournament. stag.
ed under the direction OF the Amer
ican national association, Is on In
full swing here. Several we'll known
players from the Philippines and
Japan are + re. Prominent among
The Americans entered are George
~ Church. William ]. Johnston.
John srachsn and Harold Throck.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
DUNDEE BUMPERS
IN RING BATTLE

NEW YORK. Feb. i0.--Willie
Jackson, lightweight. who recently
nattensd Johnny Dundee for tho
count In Philadelphia has been
matched with Eddie Wallace, sensa-
tional young lightweight. who claims
victory over Freddie Welsh and a
Touchdown against Dundee. The
bout VIII take place next week.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

The
% he IN Il
IL % form he a
National league
= McGraw shipped
In
. a muhness a
which
-
3 ~ which Mecraw boasting Lobert I'm
his In the meantime Stock developed
&DR - narvslous talent In 1915 this Al person won only IA
snagged New The Giants
IL sorties dub Ginger is
Z
&M
q
- ~ 49, 1915
TO
the
seak Groom couldn't get edge washington and James
- $3.50
uOE1
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
KAZOO AND ALMA
STILL UNBEATEN

HIILSDALE. Mich. Feb To-
~. l. A. A. basketball championship
race has settled down to scrap
between Kalamazoo and Alma col
leges. Alma eliminated Hlsda!s
week ago. and last night Kazoo beat
the Baptists. - 20 10 Alma and
Kazoo are now the only undefeat-
ed members OF Tho MA
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
Murray stays Out.

NV YORK. Feb 10.-RObert
Lind'ey Murray. sou,hpaw star Of
California, will not defend his title
Of national indoor tennis champion
In the annual tourney which starts
here tonight
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
willard .EuIten aou,,

NEW YORK. Feb 10 There viii
be boxing az Madison square gar.
den. CurIey Brown was granted a
license last night That o. iaken 70
mean that willard and Fulton viii
meet there some time late In March.
Brown says be has the lighters
signed.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
Miller W.. $500.

Billy Miller continued 20 bowl OF.
cellentiy and in L'a F1day match in
DO Greater Detroit t0lrne7. he
piled Otto schm'iEte. needing
only six games for the trick. sill.
lar averaged 211
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

BAN player has served 10 years In the major esgss ne
NV entitled the perGuisis
the sohrtque OF Grand Od
~ o leaguers viii the
- mtdAp N all
nunbervho have been
o OF
Of
e
there two who have
OF their debut These
exceptional honor for speed
9 ~ 1yar there pair Eddie Collins Of The White so1
strayed the old homestead
e1sr patri.rchs make trio They are Cobb Of The Isers
Only been
1D1 - - eaub that introduced him
Of Frank and
All switched
Johnny
Il started with the Cubs
The Of the
has
likely finish this
all Hans Wagner rookie at
fostering
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
Boone "a Cards

NEW YORK. Fob 10-flfher
BCone. YaHaes inGe der. has been
claimed b. Miller Higgins. manager
o. the Cardinals. through refusal to
waive. All American league clubs
had waived
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

q
n New
er The before hostile legislation
es the million dollar mark ssss3 The found
gse ptia sloo Canada Kentucky and Maryland fun
o0von1nGo
canadas 1915 total double that
0mD Asn Of 1909.
mnGoos before
ne nssnitude Of the sport of kings in North America difficult
1903
- United And
y ottes far distant from
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
Hoppe and Three Cush

Re ARE not all that
wv threecushion billiards.
challenges the
haldshooting viii and
Detroit he readily admitted
hreecushion only a
- Moore who
09es hcCout 20
oCou Tor ne scientific
- with his m not
Moore and Hoppe do clash
a
nh until he old
side bet OF 5000
depended
- threecushon Is hod
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

- ~ A. ths cheering sights Detroit II Bernie Boand
ed ckinaw Uncle sans nal
TO packages
49, Of city little pitcher Win one
I'm control ne
looked million
be consistently GOOD hinser
importance or
Inc him keeping perfect he has been quite
lie qualified mosquito meet
49, - sho be n hornet
We got the other day he had been nns
His hair mued mammoth oa. &
all OF H.
kicking his heels like colt the back
good condition since he came 70 inc Ie
on this
chased by payns
malt blessed Detroit
be Boland
a. about ~
in fact
- n
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

MILWAUKEE. Feb lo.-Dnnny
shay and his A. A. Brewers viii
leave March 1, for Wichita Falls.
Ter. where the club viii 20 through
80 spring training.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
mary
OHIO NORTHERN

NortEsrn - score tarst half
Ohio Northern rs. T.. 90 n. 10. Raak-
cts from feld--vora 8 Lyons
krsuter O'shes Corbett 4. Kowaiis
, H0yng Baskets from fouls--Ko-
walls. IN ?. Voss. in IA Kreutar,
none In = Referee oIinsack. De
troit Time % periods-Two 81 20
minutes each. ovcrtlfns . minutea
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
John Henry

Johnson
PLAYING
OF
reEardne
- overlooked That's what the trouble
the
Probably
Gl10n1 WIN ~ closed - -
- - ball
trenches and learning military
W - nns every morning he nigh,
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

Pontiac high by a score OF IL to s.
The attack didn't amount To much.
hut the guarding was excellent. Ths
summary:
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

Cass Tech won considerable
fhare 81 glory last night. when the
down town high school walloped
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
Rayls Start Weeks
Jaunt To Indiana
and Ohio

The Detroit "Y" basketeers will
hold the local fort tonight, while
the RAyls are ramming into Indiana
for a week OF travel Ancient rivals
OF high degree viii be entertained
by the ~" the association foemen
being none other than the Hamilton
\. M. c. A. quintet. come TO avenge
the wailoping given the Hamilton
hockey team earlier In the week.
The coming OF Hamilton always has
been a big event In local basketball
circles. and usually the Canadians
have carried some Detroit scalps
hack home. The game will start
about SIS o'clock. being preceded
by a preliminary. II Is said that
Castle viii be back In the iineup.
That win help the ~" chance OF
victory.
The Rayls left last night for In
dianapolis. where they will play the
Em-Reos. Sunday will find them
In Dayton, battling the Cadets.
Turnout the rest cf the week. they
VIII work up and down the ohio-rn.
diana line. playing ~ Upton. Pendle.
ton. Richmond. Fort Wayne. lima
and Mooreland. They viii return just
IN time TO prepare for the city cham
plonshlp series with the Y. VI. O..
which will start Feb. rs. II has teen
announced that the ~" was not
play in this series this year. leaving
a clear neld to the Rsyls and Y
NJ. o.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

whitlock came hack to Central
last night after long absence be
cause OF illness, and the Blue and
White went Wild. Not conceded a
chance before the game. the Cen.
tralites easily took Northwestern
into camp by a count OF 10 TO 10
The nrst half developed tut very
little scoring, but the Colts were
slaughtered In the final session. This
victory probably will make Central
city high school champions. The
summary:
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

HiEh scoFes Theisen. iss. Hender.
son, 2ls Reynolds 2oi. Corrick. 2g1
PhllbTIek. lg1.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

High scores. Regain. iag. Eelnka.
'sas 49, $3.50 s.ldeL isT.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

The University OF Detroit nearly
drew a surprise from Ohio Northern.
which had been pitifully weak
against VI. A. c. Thursday night
The Buckeyes took a brace and plas.
&C the Dctroiters TO tie cour
ever the regulation distance. II
university won out In overtime. N
final score being &c 10 %. The SUN
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
summary:

western 10. Score fnrst haifD -
Northwestern T. Central ? Baskets
from neld--Central. whitlock 5
Naimoth McAinee 2. Northwestern
Baskets from walmoth. In
Nedders In 4. FouiA cournfttrd--
Whitiock smok~nwicz :. Walnoth--
- Nedder. Thompson. Bosworth.
aiternating--F Lerrh~n and Reming
ton. Timer-wAtkins Time OF
halves-10 minutes Substitution
Central. Vance for McAlnee North
M.stsrn. Henderson for Thompson
for wiley.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
WESTERN.
STERN

Firal sccr@--Esstern -. Western o.
score (nrEt halr-Eart@rn ~. West
-rn 4 Baskets from nsid-M Lyons.
Craven. Spinner q Kuhlman q Pray
praman MRrRay Hardy Hawiey.
Baskets from fouis-craven. In q;
nrsman. MOVE N I. Hardy. Z IN n.
Fouls COMMUNICATIONS 3. Craven 4.
p~arnRn, Euhlman. NacKay Hayes
Handy = Peterson. Hawi~y. Referee
n I.erch-r Detroit Umpire--Os-
t~theid Colgate. Timer-Fdmonda
Time OF quart~rs-io minutes
Msf~rtas heat the Exeter club at
ne Sc Louis Y NJ e gym By the
sore 81 ~ 20 rs GamSs wanted
with all Junior clubs. Address Joe
Luke. 1853 Jos CRmpau.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10
huu1InATG
Casa
PONTIAC

Final seore-cass II. Pontiac s.
Score tnrft half -~caSs Z. Pontiac 8.
Baskets from n~id--S smith, Collins
Coates !. Slater. Baskets from fouls
Richmond. In . Kinney. none
In ,; Auten in . Fouls committed
Richmond. Coates. smith Marion.
Auten 2. Collins g. noardmAn. Ref
efee-Nsn TR-seL Impire--Ktets-
r'sn. Tirer--Branigen. rime Of
qcarters-io minutes substitutions
--SchwartE for Marion. starr for
slater. WatcSpocket for Boardman.
Kinney for Auten Jones for
Schwsrt. Dowd for Smith.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-10

Western high stiil bias 10 feel the
thrill OF winning championship
game this season Eastern tro1nced
the Cowboys. "a 10 8. In n hippo
drome contest last night The sum-
mary: