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The Washington times., 1917-02-12
TO START TRAINING
Las Darcy Glad Theatrical Tour
Comes to End At Last.

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-Les Darcy, the
Australian champion, who has been
showing Electrically In Chicago for a
week, and his encourage, which in
cIudes Freddie Gilmore, left today for
New York, where Darcy will start
training for his $4,000 bout with Al'
Mccoy on March 5. The sGrapper from
Kangarooland has found the stage
stuff not the soft picking he expected
and when he finished his farewell per-
formance. at the Haymarket last night
announced he had had enough"
Darcy's tour included several one
night stands, which do not help to
keep the athlete in condition, and he
declares he will be glad when he has
located a training camp. For the first
time in his life the Australian star
kept late hours, and this caused him
to switch from eating three meals a
day or two. He says stage work Is
harder than training.
Darcy wants n quiet place to train,
and probably will select a spot on the
Jersey shore lie says he has plenty
Of time to get in shape to battle Nc
Coy, and while he makes no predic-
tion. il is easy 10 understand by talk
ing with him that he believes he will
knock out the Eastern man.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
OUAKERS WOULD Be
READY FOR CHAMPS
Meet Baltimore Friends Tomor'
row and Want Game With
New Workers..

Friends Select School is favoring
meeting the crack st. Johns School
of Manlius, New York. The Quakers
are considering a game with the up
State champions along about March
9 when the New Workers come here
for the Inauguration.
The Quakers have what is thought
to be the best team that has ever
represented the school. To date but
one game has been lost, that close
ly fought contest with Central in the
Central gynnasiums. Friends has de-
feated all of the other high school
quints that have been met.
Tome Offers Date.
Tome School has offered the
Friends Select School team date
for February IA, but as Technical is
to be met on that date the engage
ment had to be turned down.
The Quakers have developed a fast
passing combination this season and one
which has done a lot of scoring. King
and Harrison have done the bulk OF the
scoring, but have been ably seconded by
Brown, Bullard. and Boynton. Coach
Junkins has gotten the most out OF
limited number Of players.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
SAM AGNEW BEGINS
PRELIMINARY WORK
Red Sox Catcher, Though Un.
signed, Is Taking Baths at
Hot Springs.

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, Feb. 12.-
Sam Agnew. one Of the Boston Red
Sox catchers, has begun preliminary
training here, although he has yet
to sign his 1917 contract.
"The rest OF the team will not ar
rive until March T." says Agnew, "but
Mays and Thomas may hop in any day
now. They think pretty well OF the
Springs, and have written 10. me that
they will not be long behind me in
getting down to work"
DR.. d. c. Winslow Green will not be
obliged to have his glee club re-
hearse any new number for Hot
Springs. Here Comes the Bride"
will be used for the third successive
season. In 1915 IL was used to wei
come Mr.. and Mrs. Hobby, last year
for Herb Pennock and his better half.
and this year for Mr.. and Mrs. Ches-
ter d. Thomas.
Considerable interest has already
been aroused in the spring series in
this city between the Red SoX and
the Brooklyn Nationals, and 1t is
safe to predict, considering these
games are scheduled in the height of
the season, when all boarding houses
and hotels are taxed to their capacity,
that great crowds will go out to the
Wilmington park diamond to see the
same players in the spring series that
contested in the last worlds cham
pionship. In all three games will be
played, after which certain towns
throughout the country will have the
honor of seeing the Boston and
Rrooklyn clubs in action.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
PREPARE FOR CAMPAIGN
W. and L. 6asketbalIers Face stifi
opposItion From Now On.

LEXINGTON, Va, Feb. 12.-With
the defeat of Vanderbilt at Lynch
burg Saturday by the score of 26 to
8, Washington and Lee inaugurated
the second and hardest part Of its
schedule by handily disposing Of what
was considered its most formidable
opponent
Coach Jiggs Donahue and Capt Al
Pisrotti have now turned their atten-
tion to the preparation OF their men
for games with University of North
Carolina, North Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical, University of Ten
nessee, and West Virginia Wesleyan,
which games are looked upon as the
hardest OF the seven games to be
played this month.
Coach Donahue has developed his
Ave to a high state of playing effi-
cheney, both the offensive and the de-
fensive in the Vanderbilt game being
all that could be wished for.
The playing OF Captain Pierotti,
Young, and Adams has been the
source of much of the Generals
strength. and most of the plays have
been built around them.
Graham, at center, and Nay. for
ward, have beaten out number OF
good men for regular places, but in
case of a slump In their playing or
injuries to them Donahue has de-
yeIoped several men who could NIL
their shoes with credit.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
LIKES BROWNIES
ST. Louis Rooter Picks Them to
Fight for 1917 Pennant.

Fight for 1917 Pennant.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12.-Betting in the
winter baseball books" has been very
light this year. due almost entirely
to the fact that threatened players
strike has distracted even the most
rabid rooters; but one wager has been
made which Is interesting, even
though it isn't Indicative Of anything
In particular.
A Brown sympathizer Whose par
tisan spirit has brought an astigma-
tism, Obscuring his vision to such an
extent that he can't "see" even a
team so formidable as the worlds
champion Red Sox, has wagered 500
with Louie Caesar that the Browns
will finish third or better.
The fact is" he said when MAX
ing the bet, "that 1 am wagering that
Phil Ball plugs the hole at third base.
If he does, my bet is in All the
Browns need is TO forge another
strong link in their inner chain of
defense and they will be up there
fighting. 1 don't figure the RedsSoN
under a new manager better than
fourth, and can't see any team
managed by Bill Donovan being a
factor in a race such as the American
League promises to develop.
81 like either Chicago, Detroit, or
the Browns for the pennant. II JeR-
nings gets a good pitcher, and 1 be-
lieve he has him in Emhke, he will
be hard to beat. The White Sox are
inherently the strongest club in the
league, but / believe they will get
another bad ride. Rowland Is an ap-
prentice and we've got to make al
Iowances. but the Browns have a sea-
soned old jockey in Jones and il he is
given a good third sacker and any
kind of a right-hsnded hitter, even
for pinch duty, he'll ride 'em rag
ged."
Last year the Browns were 20 to
1 for the pennant, and 3 to 1 for
fourth place in the winter book. This
bet of even money that they finish
third is, therefore, a little out OF
line, but il is on record and can be
taken for what it's worth.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
MANY COAST STARS
COMING FOR TRIALS
Biggest Crop in Years Will Soon
Answer Call for Big Show
Training.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12.-The time
is nearing for the big leaguers to
answer the call for spring training.
Incidentally, it is also high time to
reIegate all this talk of strike and
scandal to the background, and get a
few lines on the grand old national
pastime.
Fans with the interests of the game
at heart are wearying OF the verbal
wars of players and magnates. What
they want is some news of the boys
who can hit 'er out and raise cheer
on the diamond.
Plenty of Material.
They have plenty OF material along
this line. The Coast League will dis
patch next month the greatest aggre-
CATION of prospective stars recorded
in vars and y'ars. The crop numbers
no less than twenty-three, when you
count Spencer, Elliott and Guisto,
who went up before the close of the
1916 season. Certainly the fans Will
have plenty OF names to follow in the
big league campaigns, and it will be
interesting to see how the boys come
out in the contests for regular berths.
or course, all OF them will not make
good, but II is freely predicted that
a percentage will prove their worth.
As usual. the American League Is
drawing the larger numoer, fourteen,
but the National will try out nine.
The crop for 1917 includes the fol
lowing:
Here They Are.
Harry Wolter, outfielder, Los An.
geles, to Cubs.
Pete Standridge, pitcher, Los An
geles, to Cubs.
George w. Zazel, pitcher. Los An
geles, to Cubs.
Oscar Horstman, pitcher, Los An
geIes, to Cardinals.
Ray Bates, third baseman, Vernon,
to Athletics.
Ellis johnson, pitcher, Vernon, to
Athletics.
Marty McGaffigan, shortstop, Yer
non, to Phillies.
'Swede" Risberg, second baseman,
to White Sox.
Tub" Spencer, catcher, Vernon, to
Tigers.
Dutch Reuther, pitcher, Portland,
to Pirates.
Wynn Noyes, pitcher, Portland, to
Athletics.
Ivan Howard. first baseman, Port
land, to Indians.
Louis Guisto, first baseman, Port
land, to Indians.
Jack Roach. catcher, Portland, to
Cardinals.
Al Sotheron, pitcher, Portland, TO
Browns.
Ping Bodie, outhelder, San Fran
cisco, to Athletics.
Johnny Couch, pitcher, San Fran
cisco, to Tigers.
"Ducky" Jones. third baseman, San
Francisco, to Tigers.
speed" Martin, pitcher, Oakland, TO
White Sox.
bill" KenwOrthy. second baseman,
Oakland, to Browns.
"Rowdy" Elliott, catcher, Oakland,
to Cubs.
Paul Fittery, pitcher, Salt Lake, to
Phillies.
"Bilr' Piercy, pitcher, Salt Lake, to
Yankees.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
TECHNICAL LEADER
In SCHOOL LEAGUE
Manual Trainers Best on Of
fense and Defense In Six
Games Played.

Tech not only retains the lead in
the High School Basketball League
but boasts the high total mark and
the best Individual shooter.
p In six games the Manual Trainers
have totaled 157 points to 1O4 fol-
the opposition. Central is next with
151 points to 40 for the opposition
while Business score 119 while IL op
ponents have gotten 12s.
Play Seven Cameo
Eastern and Western have played
seven games each. The EasterAerl
have totaled 125 points to 143 for
opponents, while Western has scored
126, while the opposition has gath
cred in 163.
An analysis of the point scoring
shows Tech to have the best defense
team, for the mapual trainers have al
lowed an average of II points to op
ponents per game, while Central has
let the opposition score an average
OF % points.
Business has proved better on de
fense than Central, as an average OF
81 points has been scored on the
stenographers. Both Eastern and
Western have averaged Is points per
game, while in the case OF the East
erners the opposition has averaged
20 points. Western has held its op-
ponents to an average Of % points,
-Four Games More.
There are four more battles slated
for the schools. Business and Tech
will play tomorrow and on Friday
Central and Western. and Technical
and Eastern will battle. The final
will be staged Tuesday week when
Central and Business meet.
The scores of the various games
follow:
Business, 81; Western. IL.
Eastern 81: Central. 81. d.
Tech, 80: Western, 20.
Business, 20; Eastern, II.
Central, 80: Western, 20.
Tech, "a: Central, 20.
Central. IS: Business, 81.
Tech, 16; Eastern, 0.
Western, 16, Eastern, 10.
Western, "a; Business, Is.
Business, %: Tech, 16.
Tech, 80; Western. 16.
Central, 36: Eastern, 20.
Eastern. "a; Business, 13.
Tech, %; Central, 16
Western, Is; Eastern, Is.
More than fifty players have taken
part in the series to date, and OF
these half have counted in scoring
points for their teams.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
MASONIC LEAGUE
FAVORS HANDICAP
Appoints Committee to Look In
to System Which May Be
Used Next Season.

washington's largest bowling or
ganization, the Masonic Duckpfn
League, has appointed a committee to
investigate the advisability of install
ing a handicap system in the league
next season. The system proposed Is
similar to that used in the Washing
ton City Tenpin League, which has
been responsible for one Of the most
successful seasons, SO far, the latter
has enjoyed.
Aids weaker Teams.
The object of the handicap is TO
even up competition and make things
interesting for the weaker teams.
Under present conditions there are
only three or four teams of more than
twenty in the league which have an
opportunity to win the championship.
The condition was the same at the
start of the season
It is believed that by handicapping
the stronger teams and giving the
weaker a chance, interest can be sus-
tanned throughout the season
Details for the handicap system are
being worked out and will be pre-
sented to the executive board Of the
league for action.
How the Tenpinners Do IL.
In the tenpin league before q match.
each member of opposing teams with
an average OF less than 1s4 Is given
a handicap. This figure Is scratch
II a bowler has an average, say, Of
IT'S, his handicap Is nine pins. The
Individual handicaps Of the teams are
thus determined and then added. II
Team AS handicap total Is 35 and
Team BIS rs, Team A receives hand
leap of 10 pins for each game. A fea-
ture, however, is that no bowler can
have a handicap of more than thirty
pins.
Makes Close Race.
So close Is the competition in the
tenpin league as a result OF the
handicapping that not more than
four or five games separate the lead
ing team from the last. 1t is believed
that the pennant-winner will not be
determined until the final games are
rolled. This is an object desired oy
the Masonic League.
The handicapping affects only the
winning of games. All team and In
dividual records figure as in ordinary
competition.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
WHERE HEY ROLL

District-Royals VS.. shermans, al
Royal.
National CapitaI-Palace VS.. Colum
bians, at Palace.
Departmental-Trea VS.. Ma
rincs, at Palace.
Masonic-New Jerusalem VS.. King
David: La Fayette VS.. King Solomon
at Royal
Commerciai-washi Railway
A. A. VS.. Washington Gas. at Palace
Agriculture Interbureau-Pl Plant In
duEtry vs.. Solicitor. at Casino.
POstoffiCe-Mailing VS.. Supervisory
at Postoffice.
Navy Yard-Erecting VS.. Miscel
lany, at Capitol Hill.
Georgetown Commercial-Poto
Bank VS.. c. and C. Supply, at George
town.
Capitol Hill -Deweys VS.. Ger
manias, at Capitol Hill.
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
-Machinists VS.. Custodians, at Rath
slseller.
southeast--Cannon Balls VS.. Mid
night Crew, at Southeast
Capital City-Jewels VS.. Ivory
Soaps, at Rathskeller. ~
Mt. Pleasant--Princeton VS.. Pirates,
at Arcade.
Arcade-New York Life VS.. Kings
Palace, at Arcade.
Columbia-ColumbiR VS.. Schlitz
at Columbia.
Fourteenth Street-Henderson-R Rowe
VS.. Kellys, at Garrisons.
Interstate-Statistic VS.. Fourth
Section, at Arcade.
Southern Railway-Tie and Tim.
bers VS.. Managers; Treasurers VS..
Passenger Traffic; Law VS.. Auditors,
at Palace.
Bureau OF Standardization VS.
Midgets, at Arcade.
ONO CIass-Dodgers VS.. Phillies, at
Brightwood..
Washington City Tenpin-Royall
vs.. Agriculture, at Royal
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
PLAYERS Release Contract Aripes
COURTNEY CURTAHS
TRAINING OF CREWS
Says Shorter Course for Re.
gatta Will Mean Better
Fights in 1917.

ITHACA, N. Y, Feb. 1.-THE reduc
ton OF the length Of the varsity
course at Poughkeepsie will modify
the training procedure Of Cornell
crews to some extent, said Charles z
Courtney today. Better crews and
shorter training period is what he ex
poets from the change.
Courtney and his assistant, John
Collyer, are agreed that the crews
will not have to train so hard or SO
long and that their class room work
will improve therefore.
Courtney says that the necessity
for developing a varsity crew for two
miles and another for four miles will
be eliminated. and that now one var
sity crew. will suffice for both two
mile and three-mile races.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12

mems headquarters in the New South
ern building today, and the Old Fox
showed no signs of white heat or
black wrath. Counting the four play
ers tied by war contracts, the three
rockies, Flsherty, Moran, and Berry,
and the fourteen unnamed signers,
Manager Griffith already has twenty
one players in line. He has but nine
players to land before marching time.
Connie Mach, who will attend the
New York meeting, says he will not
consider any offers for Joe Bush,
despite rumors that Detroit or Cleve-
land would get him.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
Play FOR CUE TITLE
IN CONTEST TONIGHT
KilLeen and Wallace Meet in
Final Game of Grand Cen
trail Event.

Eddie Killeen. whose game show
ing in the District pocket billiard
championship tournament at the
Grand Central, has gained many fol-
lowers for him, and Walter Wallace,
present title-holder, meet tonight in
a match which will decide this years
champion.
Killeen and Wallace are tied for
first place in the tournament. Both
have given some sterling exhibitions
and are considered about evenly
matched in skill. The contest should
be a corker.
Playing will begin at s:15. George
King will referee. The largest num-
ber of spectators that ever witnessed
an amateur pocket billiaSd match in
the city probably will be on hand.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
EuALs WORLDS RECORD.

BRUNSWICK, Me-, Feb. 12.-Wills
lam Hayes, OF st. Johns Preparatoryl
School, Danvers. Mass, twice equaled)
the worlds record. for the forty-yard
dash at the Bowdoin interscholastic
indoor meet. In both the trial heat
and the final his time was 4 2-5 sec
onds, equaling that made by w. D..
Eaton at Boston in 1905.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
TABB IN LEAD
Tech Player Ahead, But Daily Gets
Real Shooting Honors.

Roland Tabb. Tech center. is leading
the schoolboy shooters in the High
School League to date. The Tech cen.
ter has 70 points to his credit. earned
by p baskets and 81 free tosses.
Tabb's lead is argued by Forrest
DAILY. Centrals crack tosser. who bas
played in one less game than Tabb.
DAILY has shot 20 baskets and IS free
tosses. for a total of rs points. These
lads are away ahead Of the others In
the circuit
Those who have scored 10 points and
more for the various teams follow:
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
SWEENEY LEAVES
aIe's Athletic Adviser Returns to
Hill School.

NNEw HAVEN, Feb. 12.-Mike
Iikeeney. who came to Yale a year ago
n athletic adviser, will return to the
kin School, in Pottstown, Pa, at the
eginning Of the next collegiate year.
>weeney came from the Hill School a
Iear ago to assist in the new football
Agime. He had a hand also in all
Ranches of sport at Yale.
His resignation takes effect at once
md he will spend the remainder of
be college year in resting. His loss
10 the Yale Athletic Association will
,e keenly felt. Sweeney will have full
.harge Of athletics at the Hill School.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
WILL DECIDE 1T
II WeInert Defeats Fulton, Latter
VIII Lose willard Bout.


Charlie weinert will either make
the match between Champion Jess
willard and Fred Fulton, the Mime
sofa plasterer, or prevent 1t from
taking pIace-for some time at least.
The young Jersey heavyweight
clashes with Fred Fulton tonight in
New York. 1t will be the first match
undertaken by Grant Hugh Browne.
the millionaire fight promoter, since
the latter obtained the lease on the
Madison Square Garden.
Brown has Willard and Fulton
virtually matched, with the stipula-
tion made, however, that Fulton must
defeat Weinert tonight.
with a chance to meet the fat
champion, Fulton Is expected to put
up a great fight. but he will find Il
tough opponent in the Newark entry
tonight, and the larruping plasterer
will have to work faster than ever
before. or he will be looking at some
.other heavy to fight Willard instead
being there himself.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12

The season of indoor track meets
Is well-nigh upon us. Georgetown
leads off Saturday.
An unnamed alumnus OF Pennsyl
vania has offered a huge silver CUP
to be known as the Mike Murphy Cur
for competition in the annual Penn
relay races. Penn, Dartmouth, Har
ward, Princeton and Missouri have al
ready entered mile teams for the
event. We know of no more fitting
tribute to recall the memory of Penn's
grand oil man and athletic trainer
Pennsylvania's sons flock annually
to the relay carnival and Mike
Murphy's name is on many lip during
the two days of running. Penn's
unnamed alumnus did himself and his
college proud in offering the cup.
Central appears to have no mo
noply on championships this year as
BILLY Martins Tech team has landed
the floor title. -. :
The American Kennel Clubs new
scheme OF rating, which will undoubt'
edly be adopted at the next meeting,
gives championship points according
to the number entered in each breed.
and not according to the total in a
show. For instance, an exhibition
where there are 1000 dogs gives five
points toward a championship. Say
there are 100 Boston terriers entered
apd one Italian greyhound. Both re-
ceive the same amount of points. Is
this fair? A certain dog won a cham
pionship, and on his way to it he
defeated just one dog. There have
been many cases OF these empty hon
ors. Some fanciers argue that the
new system is a bad one, for 1t will
discourage the breeders of dogs that
are not of great popularity from
showing. They argue that IL q man
is game enough to take his dog to a
show, going to the trouble and ex'
pense that Is necessary, he should re-
ceiye lust as much as any one else.
They argue that when a man enters
his dog he does not know whether
there are going to be one or 100 in the
classes against him.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
KNOCKS OUT PELKY.

PANAMA, Feb. I2.--"Kid" Norfolk,
champion heavyweight pugilist OF the
Isthmus OF Panama, yesterday
knocked out Arthur Pelky IN the
thirteenth round. Pelky is the man
whose blows in a ring killed Luther
Mccarthy several years ago.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12

These sure be parlous times when
football coaches must include in their
contracts a clause nullifying the
whole paper, IL "war with a foreign
country compels a cancellation OF the
schedule" Bob Folwell. Penn's
miracle man OF the gridiron," has
signed such a contract for 1917, call
ing attention to the fact that in al
most every regiment sent to the
Mexican border last summer were
well-known football players, base
ball players, tennis stars, and golfers,
as we'll as authors, composers,
dancers, and what not. When the
call to arms comes, the athlete is all
ways ready. He has a long start on
the authors, etc.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12

Tabb is leading the centers, DAILY
and Ralph Wise the forwards. and
Cummings and Long the guards in
cS-.utinR
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
The Princeton Tiger has gone ant
caught Bill Roper again.

One thing worthy OF notice in this
threatened baseball players strike Is
that a majority OF the athletes who
are strong for FultZ" are either al
ready signed to contracts or veterans
being cut down In salary. The worthy
player still to reach his prime is not
making much of a yea about unto
ward conditions. Neither is he who
would nullify a fat wartime contrast
by holding with Fultz and against
the magnates. Yes, and don't forget
that bunch of Class AA players In
the fraternity who would continue to
play minor league baseball at major
league prices. That's where the shoe
pinches Fultz and his merry men.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12

Jack Hendricks says the. modern
ball park is too big, but Connie Mack
claims his stands are too empty.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
Looks for Trades.

As usual the rival team managers
will try to arrange some deals.
Huggins, of the Cardinals, Is pre-
pared to trade Snyder, Doak, Bescher.
Tack Miller, Wilson, and other players
II he can get a fair return for one
or all OF them. Uncle Robbie Is ready
to swap several Robins and Matty
may trade Catcher wingo TO the
Cubs, II he can secure a left-handed
pitcher and a right-handed outfielder.
The Pirates may be induced to part
with Max Carey, who wants to Join
the PhiITies. Evers, OF the Braves, IL
anxious to become a Yankee, and 1t
is understood that Stallings will let
him go for Lee Magee, an impossible
transaction.
The Browns are eager to secure
Maisel from the Yankees, who might
trade the little fellow for Second
Baseman Pratt. The Tigers are
angling for Plank and Austin, OF the
Browns, while the Cleveland's may at
tempt to obtain Morgan from the
Washingtons In exchange for Turner
and Q pitcher.
The Washington times., 1917-02-12
BOB THAYER'S
Sporting Gossip

The season of indoor track meets
Is well-nigh upon us. Georgetown
leads off Saturday.