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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
REPORT SAYS JOE JUDGE
MAY NEVER PLAY AGAIN
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Joe Judge, the Washington clubs
young first baseman, may never be
able to play baseball again, accord
ing to adviees received here today
from Portland, Me-, where he is
slowly recovering from an operation
at the Maine General Hospital. The
outlook is that his ankle, which was
broken last summer, will be stiff.
Judge broke a bone in his ankle
IN Detroit last summer. 1t was at
first thought that he would soon re-
cover from his injury, but treatment
here failed to bring about a speedy
return Of the athlete to the lineup.
Joe Leonard was used at first base,
alternating with Ed Charity, the
third-string backstop. Judge expect
ed to have his ankle grow stronger
during the winter. Acting under the
advice OF Manager Griffith. Judge re-
Gently entered the hospital at Port
land, Ne, and underwent a second
operation. Now comes the bad news
that he may never be able to play
ball again
Two more Mackmen, making the to
tai six. have enlisted under the Stars
and Stripes. Harry Seibold, who
pitched, played third base and cavort,
ed in l II field for Connie Mack last
season, and Walter Anderson, a south,
paw pitcher, are the latest TO hang
up their baseball uniforms and don
the khaki. Anderson enlisted yester-
day in Detroit while Seibold, took the
oath in Philadelphia.
In addition TO these two players.
Ralph Shannon, a promising young
outfieIder from the Texas League /:
Roy Bates, third baseman and clean
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
HERMANN SEEKS AID
OF new LIMIT SCHEME

CHICAGO, Dec. 4-Garry Herr
mann, chairman OF the National
Commission, is here for talk with
Ban Johnson. president Of the Amer
lean League. Garry SAYS he knows
the National League will carry the
eishteen-Dlayer limit scheme, and he
wants Johnson to boost IL in the
Junior organization.
have conferred with most Of
the National League owTVNrs." saws
Garry. "and they seem In favor OF
lowering the limit. Now, II tho
american League will do the same
thing, a load will be lifted from our
shoulders"
IL Is limited that before Hermann
leaNes town, Ivy Wingo will become
member OF the Cubs In a deal that
VIII Startlc the baseball world"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
SPENCER BROTHERS QUIT
RACE WHEN FATHER DIES

NEW YORK. Dec. A-The. Spencer
brothers, known as the Canadian
team, have withdrawn from the big
six-day race at Madison Square Gar
den. They were notified of the death
OF their father, but agreed to ride for
twenty-four hours before quitting.
This they have done.
Twelve teams remain in the hunt at
the thirty-second hour. Piercey vas
setting a hot pace, with the Malone
Belle team still one lap in the rear
of the others. After th.rty-two hours
the teams had gone 600 miles and no
laps. The record is FOG miles and one
lap.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
STANFORD IN FORM
AS ROYALS SNATCH
ALL THREE GAMES

Harry Stanford. OF the Royals. today
J holds the 1917 bowling record. with a
mark Of 155 for a single game. The
Royal bowler came through in fine style
in the opening Of the second section OF
the District duclSpin schedule against
the ContinentAls.
Stanford and his teammates were
equal TO the task OF handling the Con-
tinentals a beating. which they did in
all three games. The Continentals, how
ever. forced the Royals to the limit
In the opening session the Royals got
So to SOC for the Continentals. In the
second game the Royals bowled 55 a.
the Continentds toppled over "a Re-
cording So in the final set the Royals
ss.
stanford In Fern.
Stanford failed to reach top form in
the opener, a. he got but s. His second
game was Ill and his third rs. Krauss
got % and two games Of 10. Halley's
IS. IL, and Ils helped. The set for the
evening was Just one pin shy Of Ito.
and the highest total Of the year in any
circuit
InElesIdss, Of the National Capital,
LOOK Two Out OF lhTeb LTOul lhe SOluDl-
bias In the National Capital League,
with q total Of l,65s. JoIffrs got 157 in the
second game, and Meany got Ia In the
inal game After taking the opener the
ColumbiaS fell away for scores OF less
than 800
Masons RsII Well.
There were some good scores among
the AasonE. Hiram Lodge took three
Il. Y
not need the twenty-pin handicap. King
David swept up the Nationals for three
games, rolling better than zoo In every
effort
Individual boWlerB cropped out. all
along in the Masonic games, Cfamplain
got 10. Ii, and 1876. for a total OF 36s
Hanford. Of Lafayette, got los. III. and
Ia Stockings I2i. for King David. was
high game.
In the Mt Pleasant circuit Princeton
lost heart after dropping two games by
close margins TO Palm Cafe, and fell
from the 50D class to 4ll. Palm Cafe
nosed Princeton out in the FIRST game
by 90 TO 6Ql. and in the second by go
To zoe
Niaks took Two out Of three from the
Shavers in the AnacOstia League. Leary's
MaXwells took two from the Harvey
troup in the Fourteenth Street circuit,
while Erection Shop took the same num-
Der from the Torpedo Shop in the Navy
Yard League.
TaIbeTt Gets Going.
In the Washington Centennial League.
TsIbert, OF the Deacons, got going in
fine style. He tOlled of -, 100, and 10
during the rolling. which would have
gained his team more than single win
from Stewards had his teammates done
likewise.
Masters took two from the Wardens
in the ether section Of the Centennial
League rolling. Fsnton, lof Wardens.
and Huntsberry. Of the Masters. divid-
ed honors.
Marquette took all three from the
Columbias in the x. Of c. League, while
Genoas easily pulled down all thres from
the La Sale team. Goggin, Of Genoas.
with a mark Of Ia, was easily the leader
Of ali the K Of O. boBlers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
BASKETBALL MEN
PICKED TO TAKE
CHARGE OF GAMES

Announcement Is made today BY e
Edward Beckett, of the intercollegiate
Basketball League schedule and the
basketball officials who will handle
the games this winter.
The schedule follows:
December I5-G. W. VS.. GaIIaudet;
C. U. VS.. NJ. C.
January PC. U. vs.. GalIaudet; NJ.
S. VS.. G. W.
January 1s-G. W. vs.. Gallaudet;
N. s. VS.. C. U.
February Pm. s. VS.. Gallaudet.
February &C. U. VS.. G. W.
March &c. W. VS.. C. U: Gsllaudst
vs.. N S.
The officials have been appointed
on the following dates:
December -15-James Hughes and
Bryan Morse; Bryan Morse and James
Hughes
January 12-James collinower and
Jack Haas; Jack Haas and James
CollInower.
January Ie-Collidower ana Hughes:
Hughes and ColIinowsr.
February Morse and HaaB.
February e-HaRs and MoIse.
February le-CollIfiower and Morse,
Morse and CollifOwer.
March Hughes and Haas; Haas
and Hughes.
Announcement IL expected here in q
day OF two of q basketball rules inter
probation meeting to DO held at the
Y. II. C. A. Edward Beckett, presi-
don't OF the Intercollegiate Basketball
League OF the District, has written to
basketball headquarters In New York
asking for a rules session here and
qualified official to go over the code
with the local men.
Colleges and schools will be Invited
to the meeting II lie understood.
Virginia, Maryland, and some West
Virginia coaches and officials are
expected to attend the meeting, as
was the case last year,
II is expected that the meeting
will be held earlier than last season.
DR., Joseph Il. ROycrOft, Of Princeton,
has addressed the meeting for the
past two years. The sessions in the
past have been too late to help tho
coaches and officials with early sea-
son difficulties
The new basketball rules have been
sent to the printer and will be avail
able within the next few days, There
are practically no changes in the
code. 1t is understood that the baA-
kets will be placed six inches in the
court instead of on the end line as at
present,
The backboards will be showed up
oorrespondingIy in order 10 give play
era . chance to shoot successfully
before going out Of bonds, Officials
claim the basket is too close now 10
be able to distinguish when play
er shoots legally when on the run
under the basket,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
WALKER COACHES GREEN.

HANOVER. y. H, Dec FIRED
Walker. coach OF the unbeaten Will
liamsl College football eleven, has
been appointed coach OF the Dart
mouth basketball five. He began on
his duties today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
WEST VIRGINIA LEARNS MUCH.

West learned something from its 1917
ball Next eleven will be dropped and another
Eastern will be brought MOrganow thus killing two long
a smash
The MOrgsnOwn boys opened this season with ttsbug tough
task later
Hanover Dartmouth Two weeks later West Virgins
New Jersey battling Rutgers tie game Ons short trip
Clarkburg W. game closed the travelling
Navy will probably dropped from the 1918 schedule and either
Dartmouth invited visit MorgantoWn Then the Mountain
have etter alanceds ched
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
SHORT SPORT TALKS.
BY Louis A. Dougher

trying magnates
will naugrae changes their system conducting clubs in
1918 From the players viewpoint these changes all Hor
tense all From that of the public the other hand they
perfectly fair.
For instance consider travelling with Jimmy
Mcs troupe of trained spav 1911 Being McAeer and
his bunch he Immediately berth with the other
rockies right he all that
So did the rockies club
Contrast that with the forced by the Federal League
vason Every the the Rnk
the bull daily for his living Perduke worked
his head of all the circuit begging special hold his
marvellous division outfit The upper held and
suit that's all We travelled STYLE though certain players always
found something kick about in real player fashion
THEN THAT EATING ALLOWANCE.
The Washington club has always been liberal with IT. allowance for
meals while the road 1t gained little by that however for the
plants the various hotels in their oashoned style No ball
player the world really eOnnted anywhere listen him
talk
"Perduke Fowler always Washington
day they European hotel No kicks heard these
hotels Why Mighty few Of the players ate there onsarmsd ru
rants the business
long player offered by
kicks But
European plan hotel he drills right ehukes
he for the day Sl35 and pockets the rest
will
$3.50 will be the And here sugges-
ton that manager should consider:
Stop American hotels where the
only Give the athletes $3.50 everywhere
Ill
beanere In other words them to keep in good
condition.
pampered athletes treated as
children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
EckERsALL NEAR DEATH.

CHICAGO, DIS. 4-Walter Ecker
sail. snort writer 81 the Chicago Tri-
buns, and formor football star Of the
University Of Chicago, vas said 10
be near death here today, from can
Ger of the stomach.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
WILL PLAY TONIGHT.

Stamford and TrUesdale will take
up the playing az sherman's tonight
In the second engagement OF the
pocket billiard tournament now In
progress. Bissell defeated Goodacre
in the opening last night by 100 to
&
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
IT'S CAPTAIN TO MMY wHELAN.

Now it's Tommy Whean of the Georgetown varsity eleven
job The call
took Petite WALL chosen for 1917 and threatens take Tommy
pulling
needs to be only half as important a its
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
MAGNATEs GU T OF LUCK.

The National League OF luck
For the years York annual sixday
ing staged during the magnates sessions,
Where will his mornings that the
lid is promptly at o'ock2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-04
HOLD FUNERAL TOMORROW.

NEW YORK, Dec. Charlie White.
the famous referee. Will be buried TO.
morrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

P. R. Walker special representative of the Chandler Motor Car corcDany was visitor to Birmingham Thursday and Friday. MT. Walker is one of the visiting ''deacons," so to speak, of this large corporation, and he drops in on the flock every once and then and puts in 8 few lines about what the other fellows are doing here and there everyone trying to beat the hound out of the other fellow.
 T find crops good everywhere" stated MT Walker. 'Tn Iowa they are going to make the greatest crops they have ever made, with reference to corn. In Alabama and Georgia I find cotton in good condition, but not so much of it as has been planted here tofore. Grain and food crops predomi- nate everywhere.
 The automobile business has been hurt some this year by the .incessant rain in certain sections. but generally speaking business is fine. The increase in price on our car from S1395 to $1595 has not hurt sales at all for the Chandler has always been an under priced car. It was just a4question of time until we had to do this, and We knew it, but we gave the public the benefit until the increased cost in materials would have put us out of business to have continued at that figure.
 We had a convention of Chand- Ter dealers in Cleveland last week. and never saw so much pep and enthu~ siasm in my life before. The boys are selling the cars, and that is proven by the conversation that I just had with the Mobile dealer over the long distance phone, which you heard, wherein he stated that we could ship him eight cars. That looks like, Chandlers are going in Alabama, does 1t nOt?" concluded Mir Walker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
PASSING THE BUCK ALONG
 JEFF THE FLIVVER ROUTE

lA\ h( old friend, Tom Long, of NWII Jasper, is fit subject for this column, but I am not going to make him the subject I propose to resurrect some things that he has said, because they jibe with the text of this sermon. On one occasion, as every small town editor in Alabama will recall, some with peevishness, some with a smile Tom said that the country press, equipped with a shirt tail full of type and not enough cap ital letters in any one font to spell half dozen capital names, always reared back on their haunches and proclaimed i've air the peepul," or words to that effect. This utterance hit so few and slandered so many of the honest scribes of Alabama who generally have to pay their rent on the promises of their patrons until they die in the agonies of debt, that 1t failed to register in the humor column that Tom intended it for. But I recall one utteranee of the sage" of Walker politics, cattle ticks, good roads and fire sales in connection with his well known cash grocery es- toblishment that you had to have pilot to get through safely, that did register with me. Tom was talking about good roads, and he grabbed the gimp out of the speeches of his fellow townsnan, Senator Bankhead; con fined Asa Rountree to the scrap heap and caused Breck Musgrove and Jack Cranford to do real days work the kind that brings the precipitation and makes fellows stomach feel like an empty barrel that has been sitting out in the sun for days and days just waiting to cave in if touched
 Tom lit on the rostrum in the Wal ker county courtroom one morning when the farmers were therein assem- bled with fresh cuds of twist and steam enough behind each scattering attack to bust g. frebrick. and opened the proceedings about like this:
 TOM LONGS SPEECH
 My fellow countrymen: This Is no time to chew the rag, what we want
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08

handsome Chandler Saxon salesroom on Twenty third street. Now that is all right to pull that stuff but just between you guys and me, old Paul is spending a while with the folks, where the fried Shanghai comes served in home style and plenteous portions no war orders heard of. There is also heap of other eats around the home board, and there is nothing that tastes as good either, after you have given way your curousness and paid handsome sum to see your appendix. l have been there, and all I have to show for it is a scar and unpleasant memories-for I don't know until yet whether 1 had an appendix, as the barbarous human carpenter never showed me the courtesy to let me lamp the amputated piece of tripe-I had to take his word for it. Here's hop ing you will get fat and never miss the amputation, only pleasant Paul, old scout
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08

The Alabama Automobile Dealers as- sociation will hold it's annual meeting in the city of Mobile on July g, 10 and Il. A very interesting programme for busi- ness, entertainment, etc, has been ar ranged. The association will devote con siderable time to discussing good roads and good roads legislation.
 J. A. Rountree, secretary of the United States Good Roads association, also Ala bama Good Roads association, has been invited to deliver an address on perma- nent roads, How to Secure and Main tain Them"
 A movement will be started by the Ala bama Automobile Dealers association to have permanent roads and all of the auto
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
Yale in China

Girard, in Philadelphia Ledger.
 When I complimented tall, good-look- ing young Chinaman in the American
 onsurs office at Hongkong on the way he spoke English he seemed to grow tri1e taller as he replied
 I'm graduate of Yale"
 That came back to me yesterday read a little pamphlet headed "A Decade at Changsha" The old crusaders car ried home from Palestine and painted at Oxford shoots from the famed cedars or Lebanon. And the trees grew in Eng land for centuries.
 Yale has done better. She has protected herself into the middle of China and planted there fine college and hospital. And 1t seems that an American college will grow quite as fast 700 miles from Canton as it does In the United States of America. :, ,oo students. But listen to this college diffi- culty as reported from Changsha py DICK son H. Leavers:
 Tt Is hard to persuade a boy who mas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
AUTOMOBILE DEALERS
 FAVOR GOOD ROADS DAYS

mobile tax to be used for satisfactory purposes. Secretary Rountree Is leading this movement, and it is indorsed by prominent automobile dealers and owners throughout the state.
 R. J. Barr, president of the Alabama Automobile Dealers association, has writ ten the headquarters of the Alabama Good Roads association stating that 1t will be his pleasure to officially recom- mend in his annual address, that they make 1t their business to secure the CO., operation of every automobile owner in the state to make these days success. He also writes that he has no doubt that the association will heartily concur in his recommendation and they will take up the work enthusiastically and help make good roads days success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
Unique Hospital Ship
 Being Sent Up Tigris

London, June 3o.-(Correspondence.) new hospital ship completed and in- spected this week before being sent to Mesopotamia for service on the Tigris is called The Kings Ship and has a draught of only feet 6 inches, and the vessel will be able to navigate the Ti- gris as far as the Hamrin Hills at a speed of 10 knots.
 There are 1S0 beds for serious cases with accommodation for minor casual ties flyproof operating theatre with electric sterilizing apparatus, lifts to move serious cases from one deck to another, wards for mental cases and iso- lation rooms.
 Special care has been given to ventila- tion the boat is oil driven and has four rudders which, an expert stated, will en- able it to be turned like taxicab
 When the proposed fleet of fast bat tie cruisers has been completed 1t will take 6,721,000 barrels of oil year 10 operate them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
STERLING SILVER. EDWARDS

SterHnB EdWards, ChevroIet dis tributor. yesterday unloaded "A cars. and has bill of lading for 36 more, which+he expects to get in this week. Last month he sold 43 cars, and no one will doubt that he is pitching when he can win sales like that, but Sterl- ing says the crux Of the matter is, that he has the very little buggy that they all want-price right, quail ity is there, and the staying stuff is with every car "The best moderate priced car in the world, and you don't have to twist anything to get her under way--the self commencing idea gets her popularity over competition" says Mr. Edwards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
WELDON GOES TO MOBUE

J E Weldon, F'irestOne Tire conn pany manager in Birmingham, is go- ing to answer the call to the 'Mul- let Board at Mobile on July 9-that's tomorrow-and talk it over with the boys between pleasant outings on the bay and rides up and down the beach. MT Weldon states that in view Of the fact that business was just exactly twice IS good with his branch this year as it was in 1916. that he is go- ing to take this outing with the auto- mobile boys at Mobile if 1t hairlips the whole works.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08

picked up enough English to ger a job in the postoffice of the Standard Oil com pany at s10 or $15 month that 1t is worth while for him to continue his education"
 American college boys never seem quite so anxious to buckle down to business. While they are at 1t the Chinese students study hard
 The Yale hospital is known for scores of miles around, and one doctor writes that sometimes the patients, fully recov- cred, weep when they must leave it. There's your fine missionary work.
 To my mind those fellows far off In central China, who have planted a little Yale, are earning for their alma mater more reason for the long and lusty rahs" than the stoutest football warrior who ever wore the big white Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
JEWELL TAYLOR TOO BUSY

Jewell Taylor the old boy who works overtime on the Goodyear Tire line, for the folks will have 'em You know, says that if business gets any better with him he is going to join the army, for he has to fight to get stuff here fast enough for these tire using fiends. and what is the differ ence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
ATLANTTAN ASHAMED

George Effros. southern sales man ager for the Gramm- Bernstein truck, Is in Birmingham calling on Newell Bros, local distributors for this truck, and he says that business is better than that-when you ask him if it is fine. Newell Bros, have had splendid success with this line in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
RROWNELL BOYS GOING

The Brownell boys are going down to Mobile this afternoon, Blaine and Ted for a three days lark with fellow slaves in the automobile industry, who get away when they steal away. These Ford hustlers are after some sea breezes, some salt water and few fat mullet, to say nothing of crabs and other sea foods. The convention may be looked in on for few minutes, per haps, but the old vacation stuff has got 'em both.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
SELLS SASSY ROADSTER

Bill Pape has sold that fancy little 'Brookland' 's'' model roadster re- ceived last week to G. B. Mccormack. It was about the classiest thing that has buzzed around Birmingham streets recently, according to automobile en- thusiasts, and it will be good news to the admirers of finished steel and rub Der to know that carload of this model will be in shortly. MT. Pape having stated that he expects them in this week. This little gasoline wonder was the sensation of the town for the past week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
WEEKS A VISITOR

l.. $. Weeks, southern branch man ager of the Studebaler corporation of Atlanta, spent the weekend in Bir- nlingham looking over the new place of R. D. Maxwell Co, local dealers in Studebakers, and went home ashamed of his own place. This is simply fine, and I am proud of it for MT. Maxwell. said Mir Weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-08
PENNINGTON IN BOSTON

Lawrence Pennington of the Detroit Motor Car company is spending the week in Boston with the Hello. Btll." boys-the national Elks' convention meeting in that city this week. From Boston he will go 10 the Paige fac- tory in Detroit before returning to Birmingham