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Evening star., 1917-12-09
TO INSPECT
CASUALTY HOSPITAL
improvements Costing $16,-
900 Have Enlarged capac'
Ity for Emergency Cases.

How Casualty Hospital. with one OF
the smallest buildings Of its kind In
tho District. handles practically all OF
the accident and other emergency
cases In the eastern half Of the city
viii be demonstrated Tuesday evening,
when the doors of the institution are
to be thrown open to the public to In
spect $4,000 worth Of improvements
which have just been completed.
The biggest Improvement was the
rsmodeltng Of q small two-story sruc-
kure In the rear Of the original hospital
building, which faces Massachusetts
avenue between 7th and sth streets
northeast. Heretofore this outer build
ing served merely as a storehouse. At
n small cost 1t has been converted into
two spacious wards for colored pa
Sfents and will accommodate forty. This
building has been connected with the
original hospital by an inclosed pas
sageway.
The fact that up to the present time
the hospital could accommodate only
thirty patients comfortably made the
renodeling of the additional building
Imperative With the completion OF
the improvements the hospital is able
to care for seventy-ave persons. II IS
felt that even this amount OF room IS
out of proportion to the number OF
persons the institution is called upon
to receive yearly.
Evening star., 1917-12-09
Makes Annual Appropriation.

Congress makes an annual appropria-
tion to the hospital. which is kept by
the Board of Charities. At the end OF
every month the board pays the hospital
from the annual appropriation for the
amount of work done during the month.
In this way the hospital is required to
earn its appropriation from the govern
ment-
For the current year this appropriation
was $4,000 but so heavy has been the
emergency work of the hospital that DR..
A. -Magruder Macdonald. superintendent,
estimates it will be exhausted by Janu-
ary The hospital will then be required to
borrow money to carry it for the rest OF
the fiscal year and make an effort next
year to have Congress refund the amount
required as a deficiency allowance. In
their estimates just sent to Congress the
Commissioners recommended that the hos
pftal's allowance for the next fiscal year
Be Increased from $4,000 to $4,000.
In addition to the remodeled building
and the additional surgical equipment. an
elevator has been installed and the in
terror Of the hospital has been painted.
with the two new wards for colored pa
t5snts, the original building will be de-
voted entirely to whites
Evening star., 1917-12-09
Operating Room Enlarged.

The operating room has been enlarged
10 twice its former size and fitted up with
an entirely new apparatus, including an
operating table and fracture table. AZ,
Siitional equipment also has been installed
IN the sterilizing room. adjoining the
operating room.
New instruments and tables have been
acquired for the emergency room. into
which patients are taken directly from
the ambulance for preliminary treatment
In this room s,430 persons were treated
during the last fiscal year. the hospital
records show OF this number hundreds
were able to leave Immediately after
being treated. with no resulting compen-
sation for the institution.
DESPITE this fact, the improvements just
completed were made at the hospitaPs in
dfvidual expense and will have to be
paid from the hospitals income from its
small percentage of pay patients" OF
the total number of persons who were ad-
mitted to the hospital during the last
fiscal year 1,4S7 were charity patients.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
Cardinal Player Shows
EN-" How to Hit Ball
in National Circuit

Walter Cruise. who has been show
ing the batters of the National
league how to bust the ball this sea-
son, has made good with the Cardi-
mails beyond all shadow Of a doubt.
His heavy hitting has been a sur
prise to a good many baseball folk,
because he wasn't heralded as a
phenom when he came to the Cards
fall.
Cruise cruised around the Ameri-
can association for several years and
he was always looked upon as a
1alrly good outfielder. He was good
for batting average between -270
and -290, and he had all the natural
talents that an outfielder must have.
But wod'd have thought that Cruise
would step into the National league
and set the burned old circuit on
IRE with his hittingI 1t is a Ger
tainty that no one predicted it for
him. He is just one Of those ball
players, like Tom Hendryx, Of the
Yankees, who makes the best Of a
chance when he gets Il.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
SNAPPY left
BEAT LANCE Ord
Fred Fulton Worked South
Paw Soup Bone Like a
Piston Rod and Won.

In writing Of the Fred Fulton-Sam
Langford fight the Boston Journal
says: Fulton was handicapped in en-
tering the ring. Before leaving his
dressing room a physician injected CO.
caine in his left hand, he having in
jured that member while working on:
with his sparring partner, Al Palzeri
Fred was not sparing IN the use Of It.
however He jabbed Langcrd's face,
drove straight left blows 10 the stom-
ach. hooked and uppercut with it and
blocked q few Of Sans wallops with
it as he fired them wildly at Fulton.
Those who were cognizant that
Fred's left hand was a cripple were
surprised TO see him use II stiffarm
style, like Joe Walcott used TO do with
his in the halcyon days of Joe's career,
and drop sam for count of nine IN
the second round
That left worked like a piston rod
round after round, and il isn't exag-
gerating to say that at least 500 jabs
caressed Langford's countenance in
the six rounds that he faced the angu-
lar white man
Sam rushed the western battler. but
while he scored some heavy Wallops,
both on body and head, there was no
evidence forthcoming he had made
any impression or stung Fulton The
latter was like an iceberg. After Sam
grew weary of rushing he decided II
was better to retreat, which he did
until he backed into his chair at the
end of the sixth round and there re-
NAMED and listened to the referee
proclaim his opponent the winner"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
COONEY MAKES
4 TRIPLE PLAY.
Second Saeker of Omaha
Pulled Off Star Play
in Recent Game.

Denver, Colo, June 5O.-Second
baseman Cooney Of Omaha won for
himself place in the baseball hall
OF fame in a recent Sunday game
with Denver BY making one OF those
rarest Of baseball records triple
play unassisted- In the history OF
organized baseball only eight others
have won for themselves that dis
tinction from the time Paul Hines
staged the initial triple performance
on the old Providence team on Nay
s, 1873, to the present time
COoney's was the first triple play
unassisted ever made in the Western
league It happened in the sixth in
ming Hartman beat out an infIeld
hit and Keleher and Cakes singled
Butcher hit hot one through the
box which O'Toole. Omaha twirIer,
fumoled and Hartman scored. McCor-
mick was next up and slammed a
liner TO Cooney who vas standing
just off second base, Z looked a
sure hit Butcher on first was off
for second like a shot and Cakes on
second sped for third. y Cooney grab
bed the ball on the fig and McCor-
ond base and Cakes was out, and
tagged Butcher for the third put
out
The last time a triple play Nuaas-
sisted was recorded, according ito
recognized baseball records, was IN
1912 when two were made Roy Aiken
OF the Waco team in the Texas leaguA
and J. Foreman OF the Kankakee e
team in the IllinOis-lIissourf LEAGUE
achieved that distinction.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
Jap Tennis Crack Retires
Will Not Continue In Game
By GLENN BABB

Kumagae says that the tennis
players OF the orient are TO be well
represented on the courts Of America
this year, in spite Of his absence.
Ny friend. Kashio. a japanese who
has many times won the champion
ship OF Shangha, intends to make the
journey" he told the writer, and
Kashio should make a good showing. Z"
With characteristic modesty he de-
clared that there was no reason why
his cOmpatriOt should not do as well
in America as he. Kumagae. did last
summer when he won fifth place
among the cracks Of the United
States.
The Japanese champion continues
to play as brilliantly and steadily as
ever. in spite Of the fact that there
is no one on this side Of the Pacific
who can make him extend himself.
Recently he disposed OF all entries in
the far eastern Olympic tournament
with ridiculous ease. and more re-
Gently still won again the champion
ship OF Tokyo, defeating Yamasaki.
probably Japan's next best, in straight
sets, So, SIS, g.
The greatest marvel about ku-
maEae'S tennis achievements il
the fact that he has gained his
skill and knowledge OF the game
and has maintained his prONess
without being able to meet
Oftener than once every two or
three years men who play as well
or better than himself
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30

~ OKYo, Japan June 30.-Eager-
ness to make his place in the
l. business world OF Japan will
prevent Ishiya Kumagae, peerless
tennis player Of the orient, from car
rying off new selection of racquet
trophies from the United States this
summer Kumagae will not invade
American courts this year-so he told
me recently.
After his return from the United
States last fall. Kumagae entered the
banking department Of the great
Mitsu Bishi corpCs alton, one Of the
two largest business concerns Of
Japan As a rising young business
man, Kumagae does not believe he
can afford TO leave his position for
the four or five months necessary for
a tour of American tournaments.
Business reasons chiefly. viii pre-
vent me from making the trip to
America" he said. although war con-
ditions are a factor. Tennis will not
be the same in America this summer
as last
MANY OF the stars are going
into the army or aviation corps
or navy, and / should miss many
OF the friends i made last year.
regret, however, that I shall not
return to America and hope that
by the summer of 1918 circum-
stances here and there Will be
such that i can feel like making
the trip again."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
WOLVERTON IS
OUT OF 4 JOB
Release of Frisco Manager
Comes as a Big Sur
prise To Friends.

NThe release Of Harry WOlvertOn as
manager of the San Francisco team
of the Pacific Coast league came as
a distinct surprise, as there had been
no intimation that anything Of the
sort was under consideration VOL
verton brought the team out Of a
doldrums when he took charge in 1915
and ended the season by landing the
championship pennant. While he did
not manage to hold on to the coveted
emblem last season, the team played
strongly all through the year and al
ways was a factor to be reckoned.
This year he has built up a ma
chine which is playing smoothly and
at the present time is reckOned as
the favorite for the 1917 champion
ship of the coast.
Wolverton, by thus making a team
that is a contender at all times for
first honors. has won the confidence
and esteem of the baseball public
which accOrds him the major portion
OF the credit for putting il where 1t is.
II is notable that he is popular with
his men and has thorough control over
them, this discipline being regarded
as one OF the factors which has made
for the Seals success. WOlvertOn has
been actively connected with profess
sional baseball, both in the major and
minor leagues, for approximately 20
years and he has a reputation as be-
ing one of the best posted men in the
game in the country.
Henry Berry, owner Of the San
Francisco club, has stated that his
reason for disposing of WOlverton
was because Of certain irreconcfla bic
business disagreements between the
two Wolverton's contract with the
San Francisco club which was for
three years. does not terminate until
the close Of the present season and
Berry states that Wolverton will be
given his salary in full up to that
time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
Ruth Suspension Hurt Sox
ak -:L:- -:II:- -:I:- -:II:-
Chicago Cubs Have Chance

man for the Red Sox. What happens
to the Red Sox and Ruth rests with
Ban Johnson.
The New York Giants and the Phil
lies, arguing as to who shall hold first
place for the time being. are leaving
the rest of the National league out OF
the running for publicity hOnOrs. In
spite of the limelight trend of these
eastern teams. il is a fact that the
Chicago Cubs have scored more runs
for the season than either of them
The evidence of good pitching begin
ming to crop out again among the
Cubs and the fact that the Chicagoans
are holding third place in the aver
ages may mean anything but a happy
summer for Pat Moran and the Giants.
The Giants have scored 223 runs
since the season opened. The
Pills have tagged the rubber lust
once less than the Giants, while
the Cubs, with n team rated much
weaker as hitterS than either
PhiIlies or Giants, have dented the
plate 277 times. st. Louis. fourth
place team, has scored POI times,
fewer than the number of runs
scored against it,
Philadelphia has allowed 1S7 aliens
to get across the pan; 14S opponents
have tailed on the Giants: the Cubs
have permitted 220 marks against
them, while the Cardinals have 227
counted against them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
COAST LEAGUE
FIGHTS HARD
Financial Affairs Are Not
Of Best in Glass AA
Organization.

San Francisco. Cal. June "a
great deal Of uncertainty exists at the
present time as to the ultimate out
come Of affairs in the Pacific Coast
league. The smaller leagues through
out the country are struggling against
hard times and the local organization
is no exception to the rule. It is evil
dent that every effort will be made
to continue the game. the managers
Of various teams considering it some
what in the nature of a calamity to
close the gates Of heir parks This
Is shown by the fact that they say
they stand ready to fill the places of
those men now on their pay rolls who
do not feeI that they can cooperate
in the matter Of retrenching.
It is considered only natural that
the players should do all in their
power to avert any cut in their sal
aries, but, falling in this, it is ex-
pected that there will be no general
OBJECTIONS from the ranks for the
reason that all the lesser leagues are
in the same position and the men are
not likely to better themselves by
making any change. In fact, the pos
sibility looms for no job at all as
compared 10 JOB at a somewhat les
ser figure.
Inc cause LOT the reIrencnmenL Is
not blamed so much to the lack of
attendance. which is considered fairly
good, as TO the loss which will have
TO be met through the war tax on the
game. This. the owners of the clubs
say. will make it impossible for them
to continue unless there is a CORE
spending cut in the overhead ex
pences somewhere The 16 player
limit as against the former allotment
of IS per club was the first step in
this direction.
Whether or not the Importation of
smaller league players to replace the
ones in the Pacific Coast league who
might withdraw would not lower the
standard Of the game and hurt it
more than the closing Of the gates is
question which is being argued pro
and con- Poor games, IT is held. would
Immediately cause = falling off in the
attendance, which would defeat the
very purpose Of the owners
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30

~ ABE RUTH stands the chance OF
having the Red Sox completely
~ out Of the hunt for the bunting
in Ban Johnson's circuit Harking
back to the days Of Tom Lynch as
boss Of the National league, it de-
velops that Lynch once laid off Sher-
wood Magee for an entire season for
taking a crack at an umpire. If that
is the size of the dose handed out &c
Babe, the popular slogan in Boston
will be "Good night"
Ruth has led the American league
Fingers for two straight seasons and
probably was on his way to a third
time at the top OF the string when his
run-in with Brick Owens came Satur-
day.
out OF 16 games pitched Ruth has
won Il. Eight of these he captured
in a row.
Aside from his pitching prOwess,
Ruth Is something of n helper
along other lines. HIS hitting
amounts to m average of .4OS,
including all games in which he
appeared. When not pitching he
managed to get n little out of life
by doing some Of Jack Barry7s
pinch smuggling.
One pitcher always holds up the
championship clubs. History records
il. Ruth undoubtedly is the heavy
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
McGraw In Bad All Around
Scrappy Pilot Unpopular
By JACK VEIOCK

scribes. It was out of the frying pan
and into the fire for McGraw, but IL
is said that he admitted heavy pres
sure was brought to bear which re-
suited in his signing the statement
that appeased the National league,
and as this is generally accepted as
the straight of the affair, IL is only
natural to conclude that McGraw said
everything that was credited to him.
McGraw is working for the New
to do practically as he sees fit in
everything and is rated as one Of the
most capable men in the game.
But when the National league,
headed by president Tener, called
Mctsraw's hand, the New York
club had visions of another Hor-
ace FOgel case, and persuaded Nc
Graw to TAKE what appeared to
he the easiest way ont.
The signed statement handed over
closed book of the case insofar as
official action by the National league
was concerned. But il did not ap-
pease the New York scribes, who
were put in a bad light, and their
actions in the matter have been gen
orally supported by neutrals who
know all angles of the case
The net result Of McGraw's state
ment. therefore, has not been a very
nutritious morsal for the National
league 10 swallow. The manner in
which the case was handled placed
the league in a rather unpleasant
light 1t made the league look ridicu-
lous. and it has engendered the be-
lief that If McGraw took water
when he signed his statement the
National league took water" along
with him
McGraw's troubles in the M
tiOnal league have been numerous
because of his fiery spirit. Last
September he startled the base
ball world by accusing his ball
club Of tossing off games TO the
Brooklyn Dodgers At least he
was quoted TO that effect, and
later denied that he had meant
what he said.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
Athletics VIII
Be Held Soon

Decision Of the ANA
teur Athletic Union 10
stage all athletic cham
Dionships. irrespective
Of the war. is considered
with qualification in
athletic circles. Specu-
latiOn as to where the
ack championships
viii be staged. in the
event OF St Louis not
beng able to hold them.
seems to favor Boston
over Newark
The first OF the swim
ming championships will
be held next week. on
Independence day. at
san Diego, Calf. The
event will be the one
mile swim and the meet
Will lie held under the
auspices Of the Southern
Pacific association
Other dates already
fixed arc the 100 yard
swim at Honolulu on
September %. the 500
yard swim two weeks
earlier at Atlantic City,
and the 440 yard swim
at Alameda, Aug. IL.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
Veteran ISbeH
Is Now Retired

a few days ago Frank
Isben announced his re-
tirement from active
baseball Frank will
still retain his interest
in the Wichita club. but
viii divide his time with
other interests.
It's mighty interest
ing TO look over some
Of these old timers who
are gradually getting
out of the game.
The fan who knew
baseball a decade ago
will remember the old
Bald Eagle" as first
sacker on the Chicago
White Sox team, the
hitless wonders. They
may also remember that
he PLAYED some other
infield positions. Then,
unless they followed
minor league baseball,
they gradually lost
sight OF IsbelL
Joe Benz, Red Faber
and George Mogridge
are among the pitchers
he sent up from the
Western league.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
DOWNS IS HEAD
OF FRISCO TEAM

Jerry Downs who acted as field cap
tain er~NTolverton, was put in charge
OF the team by president Berry when
Wolverton was released. Berry ac-
companied the team to Salt Lake
and announced that he would go
on east The purpose of his visit, he
said. was TO see how he stood with
the Detroit club on player deals. He
AYERS that Wolverton, who made the
deals, never let him know. as club
owner. what the conditions were. This
is Berry's complaint against Wolver-
ton: That the deposed manager ran
the business of the club as if he
owned il and wouldn't even tell the
real owner the conditions of deals
made
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
JAMES THORPE MAKING A
REAL BALL PLAYER NOW

It is said of Jim Thorpe that he Is
now a finished ball player. being a
first class fielder and having i'm
proved greatly with the stick. II so,
everybody Will be glad, for Thorpe
IS real man. Also If so. nobody will
be more pleased than John NcGraw
McGraw has parted with more ball
players when actuated by a desire to
give them more opportunity and help
than he has solely for the purpose
Of making an advantageous deal.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
MANY FANS ATTEND BIG
BENEFIT CANE ON SUNDAY

The treasurer Of the fund being
collected for the New York army en-
gineers' regiment received a check
for $13.114-50 as the net receipts Of
the Yankees-Browns game played at
the Polo grounds on June II The
paid attendance was over p. 600, not
as great as had been expected. but
enough to show that Sunday ball in
New York would be a big go once the
fans got used to it
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
UMPIRE JACOBS
FIRED BY PREXY

One of the first duties of president
Dickerson was to discipline umpire
Jacobs, who was assigned to the
games at Wichita, beginning the past
week. but fell from grace on the way.
Sigler, a former Western league UNI
pire, was in Kansas City and at lib
erty and he was secured to fill ia
cobs's place, but the Wichita club
objected. so Ben Harris. former Den
YER pitcher, now a resident of Wichita
was impressed for temporary serv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30

~ EW YORK, y. Y, June SO.-The
N pugnacious spirit of John J.
= McGraw was alone responsible
for his recent troubles with the Ma
tional league. John K. Tener ane sew
eral New York newspaper men.
His fiery temper broke loose
against umpire Bill Byron in Cincin-
natl, and for plugging Bill on the
beak he drew a heavy fine and sus-
pension The action of president
Tener in filming and suspending Nc
GraW was like tossing oil on a blaze
Once again McGraw's temper
fIared up, and correspondents
with the Giants printed inter-
views in which he was quoted as
saying some very harsh things
about Tenner, the umpires and
the National league in general.
Called on the carpet by the league
directors, McGraw denied statements
credited to him in a written state
ment, which discredited the stories
sent home by New York writers and
got him in decidedly bad with the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
CONNIE MACK TO
SUSPEND PLAYERS

Manager Connie Mack OF the ex cham
pion Athletics has posted a notice in the
club house informing his team that II will
cost any player IS who Is late or absent
from the 10 o'clock morning practice for
the first offense and SO II the offense IS
repeated The fines will be given 10 the
Northwestern hospital Philadelphia.
where there is bed for disabled baseball
players.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
Western League.
Pacific Coast League.
DOUGLAS BAIRD GOES TO
CARDINALS IN A DEAL

H. Douglas Baird. third baseman OF
the Fittsourg Pirates. was on June IS
released to the St. Louis Cardinals by
waiver route and will ioin the team
immediately. Since the advent of
hans wagner. who was on June y
started at third base, leaving Bunny
Brlef at first. the club officials de-
eided to get rid OF Baird. He was OBJ
tanned from Springfield. Ills. in 1914
in 1915.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-30
CINCINNATI WILL HAVE
LONG ROUND FIGHTS

Fifteen round bouts. with decisions By
referees. is to be the new rule in Cincin-
natl Mayor George Puchta has approved
the plan OF the boxing commission 10
strike ten round bouts from the books. and
the first scrap Will be at RedIand field
July between Johnny Ertle and Sammy
Handlow. bantaus