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The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
BASEBALL STRIKE CANVASS

New York, Dec. a.-The PLAYERS, Fra
ternlty Is canvassing its members reIa+i,,o
10 1uture action on the National Associo- :
tion's refusal te grant the organization's
requests, and 1t will be known in a few
days whether or not the players will re-
fuse to sign their contracts and 90 ont
on strike. The advisory board of the
fraternity recently sent out a circuIar
letter 10 all It's members to ascertain
their stand on the strike question.
Part of the letter which was sent ort
to the members was as follows: !HThe
National Boards attitude Is dictatoriai Il
in the extreme. They have not even at.
tempted to justify their action, as thew
know that would be useless, and SO have
simply ignored us entirely They have
violated their agreement with us. and
this Is matter of vital importance to
both the big Lacquer and the minor
Lacquer. The matter now is suuarelv IN
to the players. and the time has come
to show whether or not we have the grit.
Nothing can be accomplished, however.
unless all the boys, both major and minor
leaguers. stand together
I'VE are placing this matter before Won
to urge those OF you who have agreed
not to sign contract to live up to that
agreement and to urge others to stand
with the minor Ieaguers until such time
as Justice Is done them. We do not be-
leve there Is any doubt in the minds
of any Of the players that the boys will
stick and see this MATTER through.
Letters have been sent out by some
of the magnates to a number of players
asking II they intend to sign or if they
will remain loyal to the fraternity, or IL
you care to do so. simply say that you
will stay with the boys
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
METCER MAY COACH
AT COLGATE NEXT YEAR

New York. Dec. a.-sol Metzger is
likely to be the football coach at Col
gate next year. From An ever-reliable
source we have it that Metzger has
been offered the position. but owing to
his having signed a contract with
Washington and Jefferson he Is not at
liberty to talk business with Colgate
until he obtains his release from the
Pennsylvania college,
Metzger's going to Colgate is part
of proposed general transfer OF
football coaches whereby Larry Bank
hart. the idol of Colsate would take
the place of Frank Cavanaugh at
Dartmouth. Cavanaugh is mentioned
for the position at Holy Cross. In
Worcester, where he has built up a
fine law practice. O~vanaugh is find
ing 1t harder every season to leave
his law work and take up his football
duties at Hanover. He is said not to
be averse to retiring In FAVOR Of Bank
hart.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01

"Put on your sportin' jacket, with tn
fur cap to match It. an Wen go by tn
W. B. an A. through tn ear-splittin' up
roar we will ride out to Ardmore on our
glad-some New Years day."
Goodness gracious. Lon. what's tn idea
of tn bird stuff" so early in tn morn
in?
"Oh. boss. I'm all topsy-turvy with ex-
element over tn prospect of tn great
! fight carnival they're gonna pull Off ouI
at Ardmore today, an although you ain, I
never took tip from me yet you'd bet
ter do It now, an chase ya'seIf down an
get ticket before it's too late, for believe
me, there's gonna to be some old-fash-
ioned doin's.
First an furmost, Andy Cortez O. Noe
York is gonna try to prove that Tommy
Lowe, of this Burg. l. a Caterpillar. an
can be tread on at will. while Tommy is
gonna show he amt nothin' OF tn sort
an that Andy is merely hot-airin'
through his "caulifiower ear-piece."
These two game lii fighters have met
/ on divers occas sions before, but tn end.
ms wasn't never satisfactory, so tn
main object OF this match is to settle tn
thing oncet an forever.
Andy Is there an in great shape. fresh
from two turrible battles up in Brook
lyn. where he knocked tn "livin' day
lights outa "Wee-Wee" Barton, an Ed
die Dorsey, who. accordin' 10 Harry
| Belts, Andy's sidepartner. are two OF tn
toughest black babies" in tn whole o
Manhattan.
An speahn' Of this Andy Cortez party
boss. he's one O. tn cIeanest cut. gen.
tlemanly Ill scrappers you'd ever card
TO meet. an even Doctor Roller, tn
great wrastler. amt got nothin' on hir
when Il comes to tn uplift stuff He's
a normal liver, a great believer in th
manly art o. self-defense. an is takin
care of his coin. so that when he gets to
| be old Mr.. Cortez he won't have to be
snoopin' around lookin' for a hand-out
like some others we know who figured
in their noodles IT was just one glo-
rious night.
II amt a particle O use teIrn' YOU
about Tommy Lowe, cause you knows
him ya'self Jerry Mccarthy says tn
local lad is in grand shape. but that Cor
tez will have to make 1S5 pounds by u
o'clock Monday mornin' or he won't lei
Tommy go. but / reckon Andy II do IL
TIL curtain raiser will be between KID
! Scotty an Jimmy Conrad. an oughta b
| good. Then you If friend Johnny Gun
ningham. who would willinly fight JESSE
Willard IL anybody would hang up 6
purse is gonna try to show Otto Brown
| just how much he thinks o. him.
o. course thereIl be tn Grand Battle
Royal an you know what that means.
Pat O'Connor will act as tn court o.
| last resort which guarantees q squar,
| deal for all them concerned. &c.. ...-
George King AN Jimmy LaFoptain'
have spared neither time nor money Il
! make tn carnival a success. an TO prove
| to tn sport-loyin' folks o. Washington
that tn present management of tn clul
intends to give tn very best matches
procurable an that nothin' will be toll
Grated that lie not on tn level. so dom
! fiddle around askin' more questions. bu
! take my advice an go get ya'self
| ticket,
| DOPY DAN.
Note-Lon says tn guy who does IN
| hardest knockin' from tn gallery gen
orally throws tn softest 'HbtII'' when n
meets tn performer face TO face.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
EXPECT new RECORD
in S. A. CHAMPIONSHIPS
Joe Geiger Picked to Win Hike in Bal
'timore Today-Carroll Entered.

Baltimore, Dec. 31.-The annual South
Atlantic Associations cross-country
championship run win be held at 10 a. m.
Monday. The start will be made from
the Walbrook Athletic Club, and after
traversing a selected course In the VI
cinity of Walbrook and Gwynn's Falls
Park, the runners will return to the start
ing point.
Joe Geiger the present s. A A. hill-and-
dale champion. who will defend his lau-
rels on Monday, is the present holder of
the Walbrook course record, having ne
gotiated the distance last April in Is min
utes 36 2-5 seconds. Joe has been running
In sensational form the past few months
and IL given any sort of competition
should clip at least one minute of the
present figures.
The Baltimore Cross Country Club OF
West Park. which holds the S. A. A. team
laurels, will defend its laurels against
the Carroll Institute squad of Washing
ton. Last April the winged lads
downed Carroll for the team trophy. the
count standing 81 to 80 in favor OF the
Baltimoreans, and IT is though that the
well-balanced squad which represents the
winged c organization at present will
again triumph.
The official course as announced by c.
Harry Gebb, chairman OF the cross-coun-
try committee of the South Atlantic As
sociation, follows: Start, Walbrook Club,
Clifton avenue opposite Allendale road.
west on Clinton avenue to Millrace trestle,
follow Millrace to Franklin road, west on
Franklin road to shell road, south on
shell road to Edmondson avenue. west on
Edmondson avenue to Cooks lane, north
on Franklin road to MilIrace, TO Clifton
avenue, to finish at Walbrook Club.
The complete list Of entries follows:
Carroll Institute of Washington-A. S.
Stanley. c. Lyons. II. Stouffer, A. Finch,
Dan Healy, Mike Lynch, s. Dougherty
and s. Blummer.
Baltimore Cross-C0untry Club of West
Park-Capt- II. Korpman, A. Edwin
Schmidt. Dan Younger, Syl Spear, Charles
Lain. P. McComas, w. Korpman. A. Mil
Ter, r. Miller, J. Kadrabek and Doug
Schmenner.
Unattached-Joe Geiger. of Baltimore,
and ]. Montague, OF Washington.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
BREWER is ENTERED
In BUFFALO GAMES

Brooke Brewer, Of Maryland State
College. sChOOlbOy dash champion of
the. United States last year, will COM
pete in two events in the natio >al
junior championships at Buffalo New
ear nay.
FIs will run in the 6O-yard dash a I'd
attempt something new for him in try
ne s"F---honers -ru-the 7e-yard high
hu-dles.
Among Brewers rivals in the 60
yard dash will be Bernie Wefers, jr
on of the famous Georgetown athlete
Of years back. Young Wefers is said
% be a chip of the old block" HIS
father more than twenty years ago ran
the 900 in 21 I'd seconds. which still
lies with several others as the world
mark.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
tom MURPHY, king
OF THE REINSMEN
Poushkcepsie l. Home Of leading
Irottins and Pacing Driver.

New York. Dec. 81. Holding the reins
over winners 10 an aborn talent with
Thomas w. Murphy One might say ~
Is chronic habit, for Murphy is ne King
OF American reinsnen. and he has beer
p1otng winners on the race tracks Of
the country for the past six years
Tom Murphys home Is at Poughkeen-
sic. y. Y, and Poughkeepsie n Justly
proud to claim him Once again tihs
year Murphy leads all other drivers
dozens OF them stars in the sulky-fn THE
sum OF money earned by his horses dur
ins the 1916 racing season. -
Leading The list OF drivers for one,
year Is great achievement. but when'
one stops TO consider that Murphy has
led the field for six strright racIpE ssa-
sOns one naturally feels like DOING The
covering Of his dome and sslutanr tlgs
man who has shown his back 10 more
drivers than any other reinsmsn who nas
applied the whip 10 harness horses in a
half-dozen years.
When the 1876 season got under vny
u appeared to those who follow the bar
ness nags that Murphy was due 10 take
seat In the rear. Somehow hts horscs
couldn't sneak under the wire first sud
with such performers as Mabel Trask and
St Frisco dividing FIRST and second
mon ia a majority OF the early events
In iich they were entered. Il was abast
al tAe toUiG 90 10 Qflke hurltn
And then Murphy came into his oVh
He developed a winner out Of LITTLE Jay
Eli Mack. 2.O2 Ia. nag he had pu--
| chased TO OIL gap in his string, and
when Jay Ell hit his stride Murphy start
ed again to the fore. When the season
OF 1916 came to a close Murphy was
I found at the top OF the column OF win
ners. with sS3,O53.5O to his credit.
1t would take several columns to at
tempt a review OF what Murphy has
done on the track. Suffice Il TO say
that he has won all OF the classIcs 90
all big tracks so many times that the
winning of any one Of them is a small
matter IN his young life"
He has driven many horses 20 records.
and his present records Of note ave as
follows
Directum !. 1s5s S-4. worlds champion
PAGER in the open
Frank Bogssh. jr-. 1914, worlds pace
record for geldings.
Anna Bradford. 300 - worlds cham
zion 3-year-old pacing nny.
Peter Volo. 2g02, worlds champion . q
and i-yesr-old trotter.
10 The Real Lady. 2:O4l-4 worlds fastest
s-year-old trotter Of any sex
1 Native Belle. previous worlds record
| holding ? and 3-year-oId.
| He has driven and marked in races
| FIVE trotters in from 2.o2 to 2.O5 and i5
slower marks his list includes twenty
| four trotters
His prominence in the pacing world h
equally as great. for he has driven nc
'ess than six PAGERS in sol or better.
Following is a list Of Murphy's win
ulncS for the mast six vears
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
ARDMoRE FIGHT CARD

Main bout-Tommy Lowe, South
ern lightweight champion. vs..
Andy Cortez, the Brooklyn maui
err" fifteen rounds at l3s pounds to
a decision.
Semi-wind-up Young Thomas.
District feather-weight champion,
vs.. Young Grinder, of Washington.
ten rounds at l2S pounds.
Preliminary Johnny Cunning
ham, OF Washington, VS.. Otto
Brown, of Washington, six rounds
at catch weights.
Curtain raiser-Young Scotty, OF
Washington. VS.. Jimmy Conrad, OF
Washington. four rounds at catch
weights.
Battle royal-Four rounds, under
the direction of Harry Hoffman,
featuring "Toots'' Brown, the bat
tie royal king.
Time-Battle royal will be staged
promptly at 2:3o p. m.
Pace-Maryland Athletic and So
cial Club, OF Ardmore, Nd.
Car service-Trains leave Fif-
teenth and II streets northeast
every twenty minutes after 1890.
Referees-P. F. O'Connor IN the
main bout; Danny Lewis in the
preliminaries, and Kid Harris in
battle royal.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
ADY CORTEz READY
TO MEET TOMMY LOWE
New York .Mauler" Clashes with Local
Lightweight at Ardmore Today.

Ffght- fans love a puncher. one that
packs away the OLD kick that will send
ms exponent into dreamland II this nee
cssary swat Is put across, and for this
reason the capacity of the Maryland Ath-
iets and Social Club of Ardmore, Md,
Viil no doubt be taxed today when a mat
NEE show will be staged.
Tommy Lowe. the Southern light-weight
ehampion. meets Andy Cortez, the
brooklyn mauler, in the main bout over
nfteen-round route. and the fans win
no doubt turn out strong to witness this
oettie- Cortez Is a puncher pure and
simple and packs the old wallop IN both
mitts. The New York mauler is a fayo-
rite with the Capital City fans because
ne has always been willing to stand toe
TO toe with any opponent he has met
mere and exchange punches.
Lowe is a classy boxer and cne of the
hardest battlers to hit in the ring today.
4 ne snake-like left jab with which Lowe
keeps on his opponents Is MS one best
Dr. although II is a known fact that
Tommy can put through the old kick
loves willin sness at all times to force
the fshting makes him the popular favo-
-ite In this bout today. but it will not
% surprising to see the visiting sluggsr
snoot one over on him.
These boys will weigh in at 10 o'clock
this morning at the Riggs baths. the ar
ncles calling for 135 pounds. Cortez Is
below the required poundage, and follow
ers Of the local battler know well that
Tommy can make this weight at most
any hour in the day. P. F. O'Connor will
handle the boys in this main set-to
which Is scheduled for fifteen rounds
IN the semi-windup Young Thomas, the
local feather-weight. will face Young
Grinder OF this city IN a ten-round battle.
Grtnder was substituted for "Dick''
Hainey yesterday when DR.. F. B. Bailey,
the club official physician, refused to pass
on Rainey for the fight The Rainey-
Inomas battle was grudge affair, and
althoush "Dfck" Rainey's family physi-
clan refused to pass on him. he insisted
on being examined by the club physician.
Although but little is known of the abil-
ny OF Grinder. he is highly touted by the
followers of the game from Northeast,
and IL Is claimed that he will force
Thomas to hustle to land the verdict
The preliminary bout between Otto
Brown and Johnny" Cunningham over a
six-round route should prove interesting.
These feathsr-weights have been booked
on two other occasions. but this will be
their first meeting. as on these two occa-
sions something went wrong that ma :
1t necessary to call of the mill.
Young "Scotty' and Jimmy Conrad
VIII entertain the fans in a four-round
set-to IN the curtain while battle royal
with ''Toots'' Brown featuring, under the
direction OF Harry Hoffman. will open
the show. The battle royals will be
sent into the ring promptly at 2:3O p. m.
This assures the fans that they will re-
turn to this city after the main bout be-
fore o'clock
Trains will leave Fifteenth and H street
northeast every twenty minutes after
l2:30 o'clock
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
WHOLE SCHOOL In
SPORT COMPETITION

Denver. Colo. Dec. a.-Strenuous col
lege games and the cigarette were at
tackled severely by DR.. r. w. Corwin.
chief surgeon Of the Colorado Fuel &
Iron Co, In an address to the Parent
Teachers Association.
Football is a game where one fellow
tries to do the other fellow on the
sly. of course. and to do him hard. -
declared DR.. Corwin. For this and other
inhumsn reasons 1t should be abolished.
along with the cigarette, from school
and college life.
Instead of football and rowing and
different schools" he continued, there
should be contests between the whole
schools. class against class, and total
enrolment against total enrolment How
high boy can jump or how fast a girl
can run means nothing; how much a
school has developed its pupils mentally
and physically in a term means a whole
lot
Tie ineffciency of which this country
is often accused is due not alone to a
lack of educational advantages of the
best kind. but also to a lack Of proper
regard for the pupils health by his
parents. Football and other present
competitive sports tend to ruin the phys
ical condition of the child, and so-called
training does more injury than good.
Much of the present day backward
ness is caused, too. by poor teeth, much
by heredity." Marriage is an important
consideration to be taken into account
when the future welfare OF the ofsprins
is desired, hence parents should see to
1t that their children make the right sort
of choice in the matter.
Girls nowadays seem to turn naturally
to the boy with his cap on the side OF
his head, his trousers rolled up and the
inevitable cigarette in his teeth, while
boys turn to the girl in the short skirts
and the other modern adornments of the
undesirable"
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
BAN .I0HNSf N NOW
FOR GARRY HERMANN

Chicago. Dec. 81. President Ban John
sen, OF the Americs I League. who recent
~ nnoi"1ced that larry Hermann must
he dethroned as head of the National
Baseball Commission, today foreca sted
ierTmann's reelection at next TUESDAYS
meeting in Cincinnati
There are no indications that there viii.
ne any changes in the personnel Of the
commission" was the way Johnson put
Il.
He added that minor leagues may be
gwen representation on the commission
IN matters involving them
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
INTERCITY BILLIARD
GAMES ON This MONTH
Chapin and Bradley Are Leading Pal.
ace Pocket League with
Clean States.
BY "LENv COLLINS.

The chances are that the long-awaited-
for match between local and Baltimore
cueists will be played during the latter
part of this month.
It seems that the games were sched-
uled to start on December 9, but owing
to business pressure Charlie Bartelemes,
who will represent the National Capital
in the pocket table play, was unable at
that time to participate in the games.
Bartelemes now states that he Is ready
to meet Stoddard, the Oriole champion,
at any time that will best suit the Bal
tImore player. Frank Sherman, who will
look after this city's end of the games,
plans to hold an elimination 1s.2 tourney
in order to pick the best cue wielder to
uphold local honors.
E, 1t Is now practically assured that the
National Capital will have no less than
three quints, two tenpin and one duck
pin, entered in the Atlantic Coast Bowl
ing Associations tournament to be staged
in Syracuse next April.
George Hammer. Eddie McKnew. jim
mie Field, Harry Krauss, George Shafrer,
Frank Thomas and one or two more big
pin spillers have signified their intention
Of making the trip. and the Royals. of
the National Capital and District leagues,
are the one small pin quint who are plan
ming taking in the different events.
Ray Chaplin and Morett Bradley are
leading the Palaces pocket billiard
league, neither player having suffered a
defeat in three starts.
The schedule for this week and the
standing of the players follow:
Monday-Thomas VS.. May, Rosendali
vs.. Bradley.
Tuesday-Chapin VS.. Clear, Henderson
vs. Murphy.
Wednesday-Shepherd VS.. Thomas, May
vs. Bradley.
Thursday-Howser VS.. Henderson, Ro-
sendaIl VS.. Murphy.
Friday-Thomas vs. Clear. Shepherd VS..
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01

II special class for pickup teams is
made by the officers OF The duckpin as
sociation, there Is no doubt but what at
least afty quints would he entered, There
are any number OF business houses in
the city who would be only too willing
to have team in the tournament carry
ing their name
Washington business men are at all
times more than willing to boost sports,
and several of them have already gone
on record as being ready to enter a team
in the event Of this special class being
put on.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
Golf at lpinehurst.

Pinehurst, N. c.. Dec. 31.-ca B. Hud-
son. of New Suffolk, and Myron Marr, of
Bethlehem, won the first prize in the Tin
Whistles best ball medal play tourney,
today. with net score of ISL. c. L. Beck
er. of Philadelphia, and Dr. g. Brown,
Of Montclair, finished in fourth place with
16s. T. A. Cheatham. Pittsburgh. and w.
T. Barr, Brooklyn, were 116 The part
nership between ]. B. Bowen, of PhiIa-
delphia, and F. C. Able. of Bethlehem,
resulted N II.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
Roger Is Disappointed

The shift by the Chicago Cubs of Pitch
er George Pierce to Kansas City was a
great disappointment to Roger Bresnahan.
as Toledo fans had insisted that Roger
get the pitcher back. Bresnahan, how
ever, was helpless, as the Cubs never
had reitnquished claim to Pierce during
hb service with Toledo.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
Cyclists Get Big Purses

New York, Dec. 31.-Nearly $1,000 was
paid out to the riders who finished the
six-day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden Saturday night. The winners,
Egg and Dupuy. received 5000. and Root
and Madden, who were second, got 50 OO0
for their share of the spoils. The tot Al
purse was the largest ever distributed
to bicycle riders here
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
DOPY DAN.
HIGHLANDERS SPURN
GAMES WITH MINORS

New Yo rk. Dec H.-The Yankees
will play no minor league teams next
spring unless IL be some Sunday dates
after they get home. They will play
all their training games with three
National League cluDs-sIX with the
Braves and three each with the Super
bas and Pirates
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
Toronto After Bender.

Arthur Irwin, business manager Of the
Toronto Interna tionals. was in Phila-
delphia yesterday, but refused TO admit
that he WAS here on business. Toronto
is the place Chief Bender may go as
manage next year IL the deal can he
arranged. Russell Blackburne. the Pal
myra boy was manager at the close OF
the season. but will not be on the job
next season.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
Andrews After Darcy.

Milwaukee. Wis. Dec. 3-Tom An
drews, the Milwaukee promoter. today
ts awaiting reply from Les Darcy to
his offer Of $1,000 for match here
against any opponent Darcy wants to
nsst preferably lack Dtilou-
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
st. Elizabeth to PLAY

The st. Elizabeth Soccer Club, of BgIti-
more, will visit here today to play the
local club at the soccer field in Potomac
Park at Seventh and B street northwest
at $50 D. m.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
Coach Ed shevlin Makes Chance

Ithaca. y. v. Dec. 3l.-Edward Shevlin
Cornelrs boxing coach for the last three
years. has accepted an. appointment as
wrestling and boxing coach at Dart
mouth and will assume his duties there
on January /. It Was announced tonight.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
Isbell May Become Magnste

Des Moines. Iowa, Dec. s1.-Frank Is
bell, former Chicago American star and
manager of the Des Moines. Western
League club, still holds an option on the
Wichita club, and may decide to take
over and operate the club next year.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01
.

The San Antonio Club Of the Texas
League will get a thoroughly capable
manager when Charley OTeary. formerly
OF the Detroit Tigers. takes the reI-s
there next spring. The signing Of O'L,ssrv
as a manager has heen favorsbly con-
r1ented On by baseball men who have
Known him for years. and q is predicted
that n given free rein he will turn out a
winner for the big Texas city. O'Laarv
has been playing with the St Paul Saints
OF and on. He hooked up with Mike Kel-
ley in the sanity town and his services
we're highly valuable to the Saints. g.
pecially his ability to coach the young
sters.
When Il comes TO turning out star bah
players the Southern League rivals tho
Pacific Coast League for talent that frs
made good In the big SHOW Among 4'ra
most celebrated stars who can be tFT-S-d
back 60 the territory below the Mason
Dixon line are: Tr1s Speaker. Joe Jack-
son. Dave Robertson. Jake Daubcrt. Rcd
Smith. Casey Stengel. Zach Wheat Rube
Oldring, Harry Sallee. Rube Benton. Jim
my Archer, Harry Covelesllie Bobby
Byrne. Milton Stock, DerrilI Pratt, Nap
Eucker, Joe BoehlinE. Bob Harmon. Dode
Paskert. Erskine Mayer and Tommy
Long.
In the last FIVE wears our national and
The Washington herald., 1917-01-01

In the last FIVE years our national and
State lawmaking bodies have passed
G, $50 laws