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The Washington times., 1917-08-19
SCHOOLBOYS HAVE
LOST COACHES OF
FOOTBALL LELEVENS

Three Washington high schools,
Eastern, Technical, and Business, will
probably seek new coaches for all
sports this fall. Tech Is certain to
have a new coach in football and
track. Eastern has lost the services
of William McCaffrey, who has taken
charge OF football. baseball and
basketball. for the past two years.
DR.. Paul White. of Business. is out
in Rochester, Minnesota with the
Mayo brothers and may not return
when the school year opens.
The loss OF McCaffrey is sure to be
felt at Eastern. McCaffrey is well
versed in coaching all branches Of
sport, is a former Eastern High
School student and athlete and Is
unusually popular with students and
followers of high school athletics
here.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
TOPLAY
RACQUET CLUB ON
|. PRINCETON COURTS

Racquet Club players are scheduled
to meet players OF the Sherwood Club
in the Suburban-City and Suburban
matches today on the Princeton Club
courts for the right to meet War.
The War team, of the Departmental
League, won out over Columbia Coun-
try Club yesterday. Racquet defeated
Princeton and Sherwood won the City
and Suburban League title
Six singles and three doubles will
be played today, and Racquet Is IA
Vored to make q cleanup. The
strength of the City and Suburban
League club Is not calculated to
bother the more experienced Racquet
Club players
On account OF the absence of Con-
rad B. Doyle and Henry C, Breck,
Columbia was greatly weakened In
its matches with the War team. In
consequence, War won six Of the nine
ENGAGEMENTS. taking four singles and
two doubles.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
NATIONAL
where They PIny.
TNnnAW TnMnDDnpw


Philadelphia. 3: Pittsburgh, ?,
New York, &: st. Louis, 1.
St. Louis. 8; New York, T.
Cincinnati. 8; Brooklyn. ..
Brooklyn, .; Cincinnati, ,
Chicago, &; Boston, ..
Boston, 2; Chicago, 0.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
GIANTS OF TODAY ARE STRONGER THAN
THOSE WHO FELL BEFORE THE MACKMEN
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Unless all signs fail, the New
York Giants are going to win the
National League championship Of
1917 and battle. the winner Of the
Johnsonian title for the greatest
baseball glory in the world. It il
now quite impossible to see what
team will annex the championship OF
the American League, though most
judges believe it will 90 to either the
Boston Red Sox or the Chicago
White Sox.
But how do the Giants of 1917
compare with the Giants Of 1918,
who fell before Connie Maek's mur-
derous mauling machine7 It is gen.
orally felt in major league circles
that Johnny McGraw is now leading
team far more powerful than that
which won the 1913 pennant and
tumbled before the clubs Of Baker,
Collins, ct al.
Many changes have come to the
Giants in the last four years, and
most Of them have been decidedly for
the better.
Instead OF Fred MsrkIe, walter
Holke is playing nrst base. Merkle
was slowing up, and had to give way
to a young. more active player.
! Holke is not Merkle's equal as q
batsman, but in most other ways he
Is an Improvement.
Larry Doyle Il Gone.
Laughing" Larry Doyle, game a.
q pebble, Is gone from second base.
His legs have weakened under the
strain, and Fred Mitchell expects to
see him retire from the business be-
fore another season opens.
Buck Herzog played third base in
1913, when Chief Bender hung the
bee on the Giants. Buck IL now
playing second base, following q trial
as a manager in Cincinnati.
At snort Il the same Arthur Fletch-
er. easily improved as a fielder and
a hitter, certain Of starring in the
coming big series in October.
Heinle Zimmerman, most tempera-
mental of all major leagusrs, f. on
third base now. holding down the
corner where Her1og performed four
years ago. Heinies bat and his pep
and his clever fielding greatly in
crease the strength OF the 1917 In
field over that Of 1913.
Taken as q whole, this years
Giant lineup is stronger at nrst base
and third base than II was when the
Mackmen won the 1913 title. F1etch-
er is more experienced and, there
fore, more valuable. Herzos Is no
The Washington times., 1917-08-19

Tes[eau and pemaree have twirled
In Wofld's- series games before. The
former will probably get into the 1917
clash. but Al Demaree is about done.
All the others will be taking part in
the blue ribbon series OF the game for
the nrst time when they face the
American League winners next oc-
tober.
1t is probIematfcaI just what the
Giants viii do. Sehupp. Sallees Tes-
reu, and Psrritt are almost sure TO
start games with. Benton and Ander-
son backing them up, II things happen
to be going badly.
i For the grand summing up, the
Giants OF 1917 are stronger than the
Giants Of 1913 In the infeld at frst
base, and third. because they have
added speed and hitting ability; in the
outheld because Burns Is improved
and Kauff and Robertson are better
all-around. players than their. prede-
cessors; behind the bat because they
have more speed and quite as much
brains and batting class and in the
box because they have more youth.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
Pitchers Decide TAinEs

In the worlds series OF the past it
has always been true that the pitch
ers decided things. It will very prob
ably true this year.
Four years ago McGfaW had Matty,
Tesreau, Demares, Crandall and
Fromme, right handlers, with Mar
guard and Wiltse, SouthpaWss This
year he has Perritt, Demaree, Ander-
son and Tesreau, right handlers. with
three southpaws, Schupp, Sallee and
Benton .-- ~
1t cannot be said that the e>3Iants'
pitchers form q strong ataR.- Benton,
Sallee, Schupp and Tssreau have all
won at least .647 per cent of their
games. but they have been given mar
velous support Compared with the
1913 stan, though, 1t must be ad-
mltted that they look stronger than
the corps OF hurlers that opposed the
Maekmen four years ago.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
THE BOX SCORE.

Euns-Judge, Rice, Foster, johnson (2D,
Witt and Veach. Two-base hits-Johnson,
Wit. Three-bS-se hit-Vsach- Stolen base
Ainsnith- Sacrifice hit-ShEnks. Double
plays-Vaach 10 Yelle. Left on bases-De-
troit, 4: Washington. S. First base on errors
Detroit. ?; washington, ?. First base on
ballE-OH Cunningham. ;: OF Mitchell, /: OF
johnson, ? Hits-On Cunningham. in s
innings. Struck out-By Cunningham, /: by
Mitchell, /. by johnson. 6. Passed ball
Yslle. Umpirss-AiesSrH. Hildebrand and
Connolly. Time Of game-i hour and IS min
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
Sherwood Takes Title.

While Racquet was winning, Sher-
wood was anneKlng the City and Sub
urban League title. The Y. N. c. A.
players and Sherwoods were tied up
for the leadership. Sherwood opposed
Y. N. c. A. and took three out OF fVe,
landing the championship.
Takoma Park defeated Spring Road
five matches to none while Fairmont
took four out OF Ave from Takoma.
There were several defaults in yes
terday's matches, although the sher-
woody. N. C. A. setto was a tough
affair.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
Tech Wants Coaches.

Technical has been casting about
for two coaches for some time.
Cuthbert Farmer, who coached the
team last fall. will be supplanted by
another man who as yet has not been
selected.
The track team had no coach last
year except Monroe sheehGn, who
was captain OF the team. 1t was felt
that IL Tech had had q veteran coach
the team would have made q better
showing with the material on hand
Sheehan did wonders with his young
sters, but failed to Jockey them prop
erly in getting best results.
Basketball and baseball at Tech
probably will have Tug" Fury and
Billy Martin, IL these men can be re-
taIned. The situation at Business Is
cloudy at present. DR.. Paul White
has had charge of football, baseball,
basketball, and track for the past
three years. He intlmated that he
might not return in the fall.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
winners For War Team.


A. ]. Gore, F. Simpson, H. W. Buck
inEham, and R. H Ksttsl were singles
winners for War; A. J. Gore and VIII
liam Larned, F. Simpson and R H.
Rettel were winners in doubles. Har-
old Doyle and Lou Fischer won in
singles for Columbia, and Lou Fischer
and H. T. Shannon were doubles win
nsrs for Columbia
In the Racquet-Princeton match
RACQUET took all three doubles
matches after dropping four OF six
singles engagements, and took the
match by 5 to L The deciding match,
the No. doubles, between =. Dowd
and o. Howenstein. Of Racquet, and
Louis Doyle and Jack Dudley, Of
Princeton, went at "a, "a, and e-6 In
favor of the Racquet players.
All Of the singles matches with
the exception OF one and two were
three set affairs. Two doubles en-
Kagements were for three sets. The
margin OF victory was so slight that
little difference appears in the
strength OF the team clubs.
Yesterdays engagement In the Sub
urban was a special aifair. All other
matches were postponed to deter
mine whether Princeton or Racquet
would enter the city championship
finals. The league race finds Prince
ton one match ahead Of Racquet and
the engagements will be continued
next week.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
LEAGUE STANDINGS
AM ERIcAN.
Where They PInz.
Yenferdnr,n Gnmen

Washington. 8: Detroit. ?.
Cleveland. .: Boston. !.
Boston. .: Cleveland. !.
81. Louis. Z: New York. /.
Chicago, 6; Philadelphia. {.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
NOV for the TMIrIers.

Pitchers count for much in 4 short
series for the worlds Championship.
In 1918 Marauard, crandall. and Tes
reau appeared in the opening game,
losing to Bender, 9 to a.
MAthewson defeated Plank the next
day. 3 to o.
Bush beat Tesreau and Crandall in
the third game. s to ?.
Bender defeated Demaree in the
fourth to 5. and the 1nal victory
went to the Mackmen, 3 to 4, with
Plank twirling against Mathewson.
OF those pitchers who 'tofied for the
Giants four years ago, only. Tesreau
and Demaree are left, neither as pow
erful as he was then.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
Has Had Success.

White has had unusual success with
the Business teams, and last year sue
ceeded In putting out a track team
at Business which showed promise.
His loss Will be a hard blow for Busi-
ness.
There is no intimation at present
that high school athletics will under
go any change. The boys will prob
ably play their football series as
usual, although the games are
scheduled to take place in the big
Central stadium this year.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
this season should be more dangerous
than was that Of 1918.
Catehers Are Fraater.


This years catching, staff OF the
Giants Is faster than that Of 1918.
-Four years ago Larry Mclean. Chief
Meyers. and Art Wilson were the re-
ceiyers In the worlds series Not one
Is q member OF the Giants now. Mey-
ers has just been signed by the
Bravea after his release by the
Dodgers. Wilson is with the Cubs.
following q sotourn with the Feds,
and Mclean has dropped out OF sight.
Bill RAriden Is now the Giants FIRST
string catcher. He Is fast, heady. and
hitting for .275. He Is better than
Meyers was in 1918 s-f7'He
Lew. McCarty may not be available
for the. coming series, having frac-
tured . leg some weeks ago at Gin
cinnati. But n he is able to play, his
200 batting average will come In
handy.
George Gibson. for years the Pr
rates main strength behind the bat.
s the extra catcher for AcGraw. He
will hardly be used in the big, series
this fall. sar
The Washington times., 1917-08-19
Opens In n Month.

School is due to open a month from
now and 1t is not unlikely that many
of the boys will return the last OF
this month for some preliminary
work Many of the boys are hard at
work in Government positions and It
is said that the teams will suffer
greatly owing to the failure OF many
to return.
A number OF the high school lads
are working on firms all over the
country. Some OF them have gone as
far west as South Dakota, Minnesota,
Kansas and Oklahoma. Reports from,
them indicate that they will be un-
usually ht when the season rolls
around.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19

Will Appear Sundays Times Don't Miss 1t.
The Washington times., 1917-08-19

Cunningham opposed the Nationals
Tor eight innings. and pitched much
better ball than the score would in
dicate. Apparently he was selected
under. Mr. Jennings well-known sys-
TEN of naming some innocent lamb
for the slaughter. Cunningham went
to it willingly. and got It,
Because OF the way in which his
team has Travelled since late in June,
Griffith is beginning to think that he
Is about set for next season. OF
course, he will have more talent Sam
Crane, who tried to beat out. George
Mcbride for the shortstop's place, and
who in turn was beaten out by How
ard Shanks, has been recalled, as has
Acosta, the Cuban outfielder. 1t is not
known just when they will report
Griff has had his heart set on fin
ishing third or fourth, and thought
he was all set until Saturdays ac-
cident to Judge. The first baseman
has been going at q fast gait, and
has been hitting about 200. Any lead
off man who had been doing this
would be missed by any club.
The Nationals wind up their series
here today, with GaIlia or Shaw op-
posing Ehmke or James, and VIII
make a hurried jump from Detroit
to 81. Louis. where three goes are on
the card.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-02-08
>. G. o Nj Nj E II Il S -.
The following, by Edwin Markham, published
in THE REFLECTOR, is tribute to the Great Eman-
cipator that is we'll worth reprinting:-
Abraham Lincoln
l8O0-l0I7

One hundred and eight years ago today, Febru-
airy the 12th there came into existence life that
to eventually go down in the history of the
United States as one of her honored citizens.
Born in the backwoods of Kentucky, of poor and
uneducated parents, "a familiar phrase in the biog
raphy of most great men) Abraham Lincoln
from ra-splitter the highest and most honorable
public Office within the power of the people to be-
stow, the presidency of the United States.
His life is set up as example, his speeches
philosophy and his acts history. 1t is not pro-
per that we should point to this mans life and say,
What be has accomplished you or anyone else may
do.' Lincoln in millions. The hard
ships and obstacles which confronted him at Dine-
teen have made tramps out of thousands of boys.
At that age he started to work for the small wage of
ten dollars month. Inside of six years he was
boat hand clerk. captain of company Of volun
teers in the Black Hawk war, country storekeeper,
postmaster, surveyor, admitted to the bar and elect
ed the Illinois State Legislature where he served
four successive terms.
AS Lincoln worked all day he had to study at
night. He borrowed law books from a law Office
when it closed and returned them when it opened in
the morning. In this he became educated
and we'll versed in language that today one of his
Cambridge, masterpiece of the English Ian
guage.
What Lincoln did on becoming president is his
tory and within the knowledge of every school boy
in the country. He was tall ungainly man, little
versed in the renements of society, but gifted by
nature with great common and known every
where as Honest Abe" His character stands out
above his achievements There was no place in his
heart for malice, for covetousness, for hatred for
envy, for glory. In his rise from rail-splitter to
chief executive he did lose his character. JUS
tlce, righteousness, honesty, these you found in his
private life, these you found in his public life.
Born of the ground,
The great West nursed him on her knees,
Her rigors keyed the sinews of his will;
The strength of virgin forests braced his mind
The hush of spacious praires stilled his soul,
The tools were his first teachers, kindly, stern.
The pillow, the fail, the maui, the echoing axe
Taught him their homely wisdom and their peace.''
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-02-08
Nation Needs LinColns

At public dinner in New York, in comment
Grafton of Lincoln. Miss Ida M. Tarbell author of
Life of Lincoln" spoke as follows
1 think can say Abraham Lincoln is the only
man, living or dead with whom could have spent
five years and not known boredom.
Lincoln was man who never pretended to be
anything he really not. He found time
to conform to the usages of society. He did not
understand for it's amenities. He never
learned to wear his clothes properly. His trousers
bagged. His coats did not fit
You may remember the eminent Massachusetts
statesman who spent an honr with Lincoln and the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-02-08
Happiness

1t has been said with truth there is more love
IN the world than is ever spoken Equally true ia
1t that there is happiness in the world than is
ever spoken Listen to any chance conversation
and the probabilities are that you will hear dated
upon in it's details some misfortune. some accident
some trying or annoying circumstance, or some sor-
rowful event. while it the great execution to hear
minute description of some joyful circumstance or
some enduring happiness that has come into the life
Perhaps one very reason for this may be found in
the fact that happiness so greatly exceeds woe in the
world that it is less wildly realized
This is the case even with the common outward
events of life. Countless safe and pleasant JOURNEYS
that are made on sea land are taken as a mat
ter OF course, and excite no remark. But let sim
gle accident happen, and it is Immediately tele-
eraphed to all parts of the country and printed in
all the newspapers of the land Or family lives in
unbroken unity for years, without realizing their
happiness; but when at length bereavement comes
how strong is the impression of sorrow upon the
survivors, Often do we hear it said, 1--WE did not
know how happy were,' and frequently it is
only the absence of something that we never had
thought of that reveals it's true preciousness,
The abundance of light and air. the delights of
the eye and the ear the security of our homes our
peaceful surroundings the affection of our friends
and countless other plentitudes, while let but one
of them be removed, even for brief space. and our
woe is complete and oversh Allowing
1t is great mistake which some melancholy
people make, to imagine that they can shed happi-
ness around them while permanently sad themselves.
We cannot give that which we have not got. 1t is
the bright eye and the cheerful smile which lights
up the face of another; and the sadness which can
not be concealed is equally contagious Marcus
Aureius said, 1t is not seemy that 1, who have
willingly brought to none, should permit N.Y.
self to be sad.''
1t will help to realize AMI to diffuse the hap
piness of life to speak often of it's presence Ex-
preston always emphasizes and increases it's subject
whatever it may be. In recalling to the mind of
another the of Joy mutually open to us, we
bring to light much happiness that was hidden, and
give it new life and vigor in new consciousness.
Let those who are fond of recting their woe
think of this, and to drop the poison of sad
ness into the cup of life which all must drink Let
us, on the contrary, generally pour upon other
hearts all the gladnes the Brightness the JOY which
feel, and open up to them all the sources of it
that we have found. Thus in the consciousness
alike of ourselves and others, true happiness may
be realized, too deep to be disturbed and too strong
to be broken down.-The Castle
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-02-08

helpful and practical for the sef-educaton Of the in
mates who prefer to improve their spare time in Sc
curing elementary or advanced knowledge by use
OF such textbooks, these recent acquisitions will
prove of greatest value.
The management has been both fortunate and
consderate in selecting and providing our library
with grade of books that primarily serve to help
the serious-minded inmates and that can only prove
helpful and valuable in their self-education and
future welfare
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-02-08

Marshals great work and service to the nation
was as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court He it
was VINO by his ability and integrity builded up the
strong fabric OF judicial power that made the United
states supreme Court one of the greatest tribunals
OF the world. IT you not familiar with his life
and his labor get Beveridge's book. If you think
you are familiar with them. get the book and learn
how much you have to learn,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-02-08
A Card from Norway.

The MIRROR has just received postcard from
Mrs. Willie J. Roll of Wefrep, Norway, dated Jan
uary IL, 1917, in which Mrs. Roll sends the follow
ing New Year greeting to our readers:
Dear Sir:
wish you and all your readers lucky new
year. May THE MIRROR continue to have success in
it's great social work. If possible, would be very
thankful If my greeting and best wishes could reach
the Danish inmates talked with when visited the
prison about year ago. Sorry to say have lost
their names. Greet all your readers, from
Mrs. WILLIE J. Roll.
Wefren, Norway"
The management and THE MIRROR in behalf
of Mrs. Roll herewith Join in extending the above
kind wishes to our Danish inmates, and likewise we
collectively and sincerely wish considerate friend
in Norway happy and peaceful new year, and may
her great and thrifty country be spared from the
spreading flames of the world-war
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-02-08

O:-Please tell where all the in the came
from?-B II.
A:-There time when there the
ALL That when the earth red hot just is
today the inside and that time all the have
day the air in the form of gases. Strange may
you you take cases. called hydrogen and
other oxygen and mix them the right way they will
water and you had the right kind of chemical apparatus
you could take and into these gases again. When
them earth still red hot, all of up in the
air in form of these gases Then, later when the
of heat the earth just right make these
mix together the down of the air in great
quantities. and there much of that completely
cred the whole earth and land visible Later for
face by great earthquakes and every time mountain high
place was formed had be hole low place
place ese into these low places and stayed
there of the land because there
mt enough fill all the holes and the land too
and that what makes continents and islands and all
land There is about three times much earth
covered with land Of course the is al
ways picking up through what called evaporation
which means taken the air in the of gases
Later down again the form of rain and falls
the land, where it sinks in, finally finding
river and later gets back into the
again.