The Washington herald., 1917-02-24
BASEBALL AGAIN Is
BOOMINGPREPA AREDNESS
Maj. Dorey Pulls RED Tape" for
Capt. T. L. Huston's Pet Scheme.

l MAJ. Dorey OF Gen. wood s STAN, at the
I War Department yesterday, unravelled
1 between seventeen to one hundred miles
of government red tape In the interest of
Capt. T. l.. Huston's military prepared
ness scheme for organized baseball.
| Maj. Dorey. after hearing many val
| liable suggestions on the point which
caused the captain a great deal of worry
volunteered to do everything within his
means to make this movement a tremen-
dous success.
1t has been learned for instance, that the
army regulations prohibit the detailing
| Of drill sergeants to instruct such Or
ganizations as that which Capt. Huston
suggested and which the American
| League has approved, but Maj Dorey
was able to inform the Yankee chieftain
that there is no law, military or other
wise, to prevent the commanding officers
! of the various departments from granting
! furloughs of from six weeks to three
months to as many drill sergeants as
may be required. He expressed the opin-
J ion, too, that Gen. Wood, and, presuma-
bly,, the commanding officers of the vari-
Gus other departments, are so heartily
in favor Of the ball players military train
ing camps that there will be little diff
Guilty on this score.
| In commencing the Huston project,
! Maj. Dorey expressed a thought that had
previously escaped the baseball militar-
lists, but which will probably be used with
telling effect upon few National League
magnates and managers who have here
tofore been only lukewarm on this ques-
ton. He advanced the notion that the
military instruction to which they are to
be subjected will have a disciplinary ef-
feet upon the noble athletics which can
not fail to enhance their efficiency, even
on the diamond. and in the development
of his argument told of talk with Percy
Haughton, during which the Harvard
football coach declared that the Crimson
owed its 1915 triumph over Yale to the
fact that Haughton, one or two of his
assistant coaches and four or five of
his players, including Quarter Back Wat
son, had taken the full course at Platts-
burg that summer
I'VE never really knew at Harvard
what discipline was until after some of
us had been at Plattsburg," the major
quoted Haughton as saying. "In the old
days the players, and the coaches, too.
for that matter, were invariably any
where from a half to three-quarters Of an
hour late reporting for practice. If they
were ordered out for o'clock you could
depend upon them to come struggling
along at $50 or 345 At Plattsburg, how
ever, a few of us learned that orders are
meant to be obeyed. and we learned, too,
how to impress that fact upon others.
Now that the amateur rule has been
cleared in the tennis world, Maurice f.
Mclaughlin has started training for an
other and perhaps his last invasion of the
East. The well-known Comet" and other
stars on the Pacific Coast are looking for
ward to competing in the national cham
pionship tournament at Forest Hills and
other big events to be put on this sum-
mer. Mclaughlin will not be content with
taking part only in the national tourney.
He realizes the mistake he made last
summer and will come here prepared to
play In several big tournaments. He
probably swill play in the doubles tour
ney which is to be held IN Boston. at the
Longwood Cricket Club Ward Dawson
or Johnny Strachan will be his partner.
In order to give the players more time
to rest up after the other tournaments.
the National Association intends to start
the championship singles on Thursday, In
stead of Monday This will give the en-
trants an opportunity to recover from the
Southampton games. which end on satur-
day, August 25 This would move the
opening day up to August 30.
Baseball men are to have a golf course
of their own. Ban johnson. Col. Rup-
pert and Capt. Huston have each pledged
5000 which will go toward building a
golf course at Dover Hall. near Bruins
wick, Ga.
1t is the intention OF the promoters to
make this place a sportsman's paradise,
where the baseball fraternity and their
friends can enjoy all branches Of sport
during the winter. In the Dover Hall
tract there are some 5000 acres of land.
but only about 100 acres are improved at
the present time. 1t is the intention to
clear enough to put in a full 1S-hole course
and have it ready for next fall.
Donald Ross, of Pinehurst. has been en-
gagged to look over the property and re-
ports that it will make ideal golf grounds
and the quality of the grass is so good
that they will be able to have grass
greens.