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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21
JAPANESE PLAYER MAY
BOOM AMERICAN TENNIS

In the Office of the import firm where
he works. Selichiro Kashio smiled mod
estly when asked if he is the equal of his
countryman. Ichyia kumagae, whose
playing amazed the tennis world last sea-
son. NO" he replied in good English, II
do not play as well as kumagae." H.
Yoshida. who is with the same company.
with the comment that kashio
has little chance to practice. HE has
to spend much time at business" said
Yoshida 'and has played but very little
tennis lately. You see. he is strictly an
amateur (this with a smile showing
thorough appreciation of the amateur dis
CUSTOM kashio is a graduate of the
was there Kumagae was at keio Univer-
sity They were the best players in those
colleges and met frequently. Shimidzu.
who also went to commercial college and
is now in Calcutta, was about on even
terms with kashio: we always thought
that they and Kumagae were fairly close
together"
Kashio reached this country from Japan
about the middle of July. In SaD Fran
cisco he had a chance to play some ten
mis- and lost a match there to John r.
Stra chan. "kashio was not used to as
DnaiI courts. was tAC way olIdSiIdh
planned shis victory. kashio paired with
kumagae and won the far eastern dou-
bles championship in 1915. In 1916 he
won the singles and doubles champion
ships at Shanghai. SO he had quite a bit
of tournament experience. He has played
on grass but until he went to Shanghai
had not played much with the resula ton
tennis balls. The japanese use a softer
ball without felt cover. which changes
their game somewhat. but they adapt
themselves rapidly to the standard ball
Both kashio and Yoshida said that tennis
is advancing rapidly in Japan, and in a
short time they expect to see players there
to rank with the best in this country.
Although he has not had the chance to
become familiar with the American game
that Kumagae had last season. kashio's
friends expect him to do well In the ma
tional singles at Forest Hills. They urged
him TO enter, knowing that it would in
crease public interest in the tournament,
and he is practicing steadily to be able to
do himself justice. Kashio is taller than
Kumagae and more slender. He seems a
bit older than the Japanese youngster who
ranked No. 5.
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ANENT DRAFTED PLAYERS.
Commission Rules on Those Likely to
Enter Military Service.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. August 21.-The
enrolling of ball players in the United
States Army and Navy will have little or
no effect financially on those clubs de-
string to purchase or obtain by draft the
players in leagues of lower classification.
The national base ball commission has
issued a notice to the effect that the
status of all players obtained by recall un-
der optional agreements would remain the
same. no matter when the player was
called for military or naval duty
With men drafted from the ranks of the
minors the draft price shall not be paid
over until the player actually enters the
service Of the club which purchased him.
In case the drafted player enters the mill
tary or naval service between the time he
is drafted and the time he Is ordered to
report the club which would have OBJ
tanned his services has the privilege Of
canceling its draft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21

Response to Clark Griffith's appeal
for contributions following the sinkin &
of hte Kansan and consequent
loss of the first shipment of base ball
soldiers in France. has been so wide
spread and general that the bat and bail
fund has grown at q gratifying rate
and there now is enough money on
hand to duplicate the consignment that
went to the bottom of the Atlantic and
provide equipment for many of the SOL
diers in camp on this side.
Closely following receipt OF the news
from Chicago that 2,s02 contributions
had been made to the fund by the fans
At the game between the White Sox
and Athletics at Coriskey park last
Sunday. came information from Denver
to the effect that q total of S169.70 had
been collected at an amateur game in
that city. Similar reports of collections
are being received from various sec
lions of the country. The collection at
Chicago Sunday. while not counted as
yet, Is expected to total more than $500
1t was the largest collection for any
purpose ever made at a ball park in
Chicago, and furnishes proof that the
fans of the Windy ity heartily approve
OF Gr1ns plan to enable the Sammies
to enjoy their favorite sport in their
spare time back of the trenches
The defeat administered to the Grifr-
men yesterday enabled the Browns to
get out of the cellar for the first time
In many weeks. the Mackmen today
being once again in the last hole.
Great store is being set by local fans
on the acquisition from Joe Tinkers
Columbus team of Pitcher Grover
Lowdermilk, Shortstop Walter Gerber
and Outhelder Ray Demmit In return
for these players the Browns are to
give up Pitcher Earl Hamilton. Catcher
Grover Hartley. Pitcher Jim Park and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21

Maroons, General Office and Trux-
tons, representing Rosedale, Terminal
railroad Y; NJ c. A. and Capital City
circuits. will take part in the series.
On past performances Maroons seem to
be strongest. but in a short series it
may not be the potentially most capa-
Bile combination that wins. All the
teams seem evenly enough matched to
insure fairly well played series.
While the leagues have been left to
run themselves during the past season.
1t is practically certain that regular
officials of the Amateur Base Ball AS
ISOLATION will be asked to take charge
OF the contests. In other words, it is
the intention to run a post-season Sc
RES for the city championship under
about the same conditions that have
existed for the last decade, provided
no obstacles are met that are strong
enough to upset plans.
1t is planned to get the series under
way the last of this week. Some talk
mas been of playing the first game
Thursday or Friday.
All credit to General Office for the
game and successful fight it made to
land the championship of the Terminal
railroad Y. NJ c. A. League. Although
Shops took the first two contests by
good margins, and it appeared certain
10 capture one game out of the remain
ing three. General Office came to life
and got the long ends of the scores in
three consecutive contests and thereby
the league title. Whenever a team wins
IN that way. overcomes such a difficult
handicap. it deserves much more COM
mendation than it otherwise should
get.
General Office got all four of its runs
IN the opening inning, while Shops
scored one in the first and again in
the eighth periods. Schafer held Shops
to SIX hits and pitched steadily through
out the entire contest. S. Brown did
brilliant work for Shops after the first
chapter. but in that he was unsteady
and did not get as good support as he
might.
Tyser played fine ball at third for
General Office, and Nitzey helded brill
llantly for Shops in the same position
Jarvis led Shops in the batting, and
Shafer. Becker and Bowman did the
best hitting for General Office. Each of
the mentioned players connected for
two safeties.
So successful was the swimming
meet for boys at the bathing beach
last Saturday that Supt Drummer
has decided to establish it as a perma-
nent fixture for that day of the week
The meets have been taking place on
Thursdays. but henceforth SATURDAYS
at O'Clock is going to be the time.
There were more entries in the events
and the competition last Saturday was
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. another player to be selected later, in
addition i9 to bundle o. cash The I. zeal !
came here and accepted Jones PROPOSE
| ton.
| All three of the players the Browns
are to get September IA have been up
before Lowdermilk is said to be
much improved player. while Demmits
| hitting in the association has been of
an altogether different kind than he
put up when member of the White
Sox.
| Demmit covers as much. il not more.
ground than any outfelder in any
league His range extends from the
| shadows of Coogan's bluff to the tur
| bulent torrents of the Mississippi and
from the sandy shores of Lake Michigan
| to the everglades of the Gulf of Mexico.
| Ray has had wide and varied ex-
| perience.
| John McGraw tried for several years
to make a major league ball player out
| OF Jim Thorpe. only to give UP the
task in disgust and sell him to
ed in the task within the space of
few brief months. and now has sold
him back to the Giants.
Having the Giants lead cut to bare
ten games seems to have aroused base
oafls champion repudiator. The
purchase of Thorpe may be the fore
runner of a recall to the Polo Grounds
| Of all the athletes who ever wore
Giant uniform. The National League
entry may need them all before they
get through with whichever Sox team
tackles 1t in the world series.
| The recent investigation of gambling
conditions in Boston by President John
son has increased vigilance maintained
at other ball parks in the circuit, and
| its effect was noted here Sunday, when
one spectator. accused of openly laying
odds on the result of the game between
the Browns and Yankees was refunded
his admission price and escorted from
the park. Spectators at Sportsman's
Park are not permitted to congregate
in the aisle in the rear of the seats, as
this Is held to be conducive to wager
ing.
A signed affidavit in support of the
protest of Washington's 2-to-1 defeat at
the hands of the Tigers in Detroit Sun
day was mailed to President johnson by
supplement the statement with a verbal
account of the incident when he reaches
Chicago Thursday.
Manager Griffith was in uniform on the
lines yesterday. This was his first APP
pearance as a coacher in several weeks.
since the last visit of the Griffmen to St
Louis, in fact.
Morgan was held hitless yesterday after
getting safe blow in a dozen consecutive
Games. Ray could not hurdle the thirteen
Jinx-
In addition to the customary drill be-
fore the game, Sergt. Dean had the
players working for nearly half an hour
after the contest. schooling them in open
ORDER movements. charging. prone firing,
etc. The athletes did not look very ter
rifying in the charges. but they yelled like
bunch of Comanche Indians on the
warpath.
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MAY PROTEST GAME.
Comiskey Claims Second Contest
Yesterday Was Started Too Late.

CHICAGO. August 21.-There may be
a protest over the second game of yes
terdays double header between the
Boston and Chicago teams of the Amer
lean League. President Comiskey of
the locals will decide this after Il con-
ference with Manager Rowland.
The first game was interrupted by
rain. The second did not begin until
ISL o'clock. The sun set at 6:44 In
this arises the point of possible protest.
for the league rules are said to set
forth that all contests shall begin two
hours before sunset This game went
eight innings and resulted to l, in
favor of the visitors.
The splitting of the double header
left the relative standings unchanged.
The standing last night was: Chicago,
.619: Boston, sos
More rain fell last night. and the sky
was overcast this forenoon 1t was
predicted that Williams will pitch for
Chicago this afternoon and Leonard for
Boston.
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much better than in any of the previ-
Gus meets held on Thursday. The
meets for girls still will take place on
Fridays.
Report has it that the University of
Pennsylvania and University of Pitts
burgh will start their foot ball prac-
tice within the next few days. Efforts
now are being made to take stock of
material for freshman and varsity
teams, and it will not be long before
the coaches of both universities get
down to the task confronting them
President Robert Young of the Anna
teur Base Ball Association has called
a meeting of the board of governors
of that body for Thursday night at s
o'clock Matters pertaining to the
usual intercity series will be discussed
and many other problems relating to
amateur base ball will be discussed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21

scandal in the affairs of the Chi
cago National League club has been
cleared up. There was some delay in
paying off the players on the LIST of
the month, and some newspaper writer
printed a story that the club was finan-
cially embarrassed. President Weegh-
man explained that a shortage of clerks
in the office had delayed making out
the checks The man charged with
keeping the pay roll enlisted in the
Army, and somebody else forgot all
about it. The Cubs are not hard up for
money. The team may not be making
big profit. but it has millions behind
it and can stand the gaff.
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GETS McGRAW AND MATTY. !
Sleuth Says There Was Ball Game
in Gotham Sunday.

NEW YORK, August 21.-Summonseos
were issued for Christy Mathewson. mans
ager of the Cincinnati Nationals. and |.
John J. McGraw. manager of the New
York Nationals, by magistrate here, on
complaint of a city detective that there /,
had been a violation of the Sunday law
when the two teams played a base ball /
game in this city Sunday at a concert an /,
nounced as a benefit for the families OF !
the men of the 9Th New York National
Guard Regiment. the 165th in the
federal service
The two managers were ordered to aps
pear in court today.
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FIRST PRIZE DRILL.
Indians and Athletics to Be Judged
hY Army Regulations.

CLEVELAND. Ohio August 21,-The
Cleveland and Philadelphia American
League ball teams will fall into line
before today's game and go through
United States Army officer. and in the
presence of Ban Johnson. Mayor Davis
and other dignitaries. The teams will
be judged by their merits and scored
according to Army regulations. Capt
Jack Baker. the Cleveland drillmaster,
says he believes that his boys have a
fine chance to win the five-hundred-
dollar prize offered by the American
League for the best drilled ball club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21
NEW PREMIER OF HUNGARY.
DR.. Alexander Wekerle Appointed to
Succeed Count Esterhazy.

AMSTERDAM, August 21.-The Wolfe
bureau, the semi-official German news
agency. in a dispatch from Budapest
announces that DIR. Alexander Wekerle
has been appointed premier of Hungary
in succession to Count Esterhazy.
DIR. Wekerle was premier and miniss
ter of finance in Hungary from April.
1906. to January. 1910. Some time ago
he was mentioned as a probable sue.
cessor of Count Esterhazy. The resig.
nation of the Wekerle cabinet was due
to the breaking up of the coalition
party that had supported Wekerle
when he endeavored to establish q
Hungarian state bank independent OF
the existing Austrian banking institute
tions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21
MEETING IS BOOKED TONIGHT
TO ARRANGE TTTULAR SERIES
Representatives of Three Leagues to Get
Together For Games to Decide City
Championship.
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FIRST OF COMPETITIVE DRILLS
FOR BALL CLUBS LISTED TODAY
Army Officers to Watch Cleveland and
Philadelphia Players Maneuver In
Competition For Big Prizes.
By DENMAN THOMPSON.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


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Washington. o o o o o o o.
ST. Louis ...-...-. ! 0 o III
Two-base hit-Shanks. Stolen bases-Mage gee.
Shotton 90. Sisler. Sacrifice hits-Magee. c.
Milan Sacrifice fies-Jacobson Smith. Double
plays-Jacobson to Sisler: koob Magee TO La
van 10 Sister. Lett hases-Washngton. q:
st. Louis. >. First base balIs-0ff Shaw, / ::
OF koob. ;. Hits-Of Shaw. in I innings: OF
Galiia. in 1 inning. Hit by pitcher-By koob,
johnson. Struck out-By Shaw. 8: by Koob.
=. Umpires-Messrs. oLoughlin and Dineen
Time Of game-1 hour and IS minutes.
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Cobb in Batting Slump,
While Sisler Gains Slightly

Ty Cobb has apparently struck
= batting slump. In his last ten
times At bat the demon sluEEer
has hit safely only twice. He lost
four points yesterday, while Sis
Ter, who In in second place. added
q point to his mark. T'y now leads
by only fwenty-nlne points. Me-
Innis has replaced yeach in nth
place.
Cruise made . slight gain on
R0ush in the National League
batting tuasle. Here's how the
@leadfnE Mve" in each major
league are batting this morning.:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Player-Club. G. ABs Il. H. Az.
Cobb. Detroit 118 Az 81 40 $50
Sisler, st. L.. liz $50 - 1853 .3S1
Speaker. Clev. ia 418 n 145 .349
Chapman, Gle 121 431 ~ 135 BIB
NIcInnis, Phil. los 30s - 40 .3O2
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Player-Club. G. Alb. II. Fl. Av.
ROush, Gin. .1O7 All 6S 142 .:s4G
Cruise. st. l.. ia 1917 53 12S .322
HOrnsby. st. l. 1O6 1873 81 40 BIT
kaun. n. Y. 100 400 81 128 .3I5
Gr0h. Gin. 11S 4S1 II 40 $40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21

Kenneth Williams, when he reports to
the st. Louis Browns, will be of some
value on the bases. as well as for his
hitting. He has stolen nearly forty
sacks in the Coast League this season.
and he keeps on hitting around 300
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21
Walthours Condition Unchanged.

PARIS, August 21.-The condition of
Bobby" Walthour. the American bicy-
Gle racer. whose skull was fractured by
a fall from his machine in a race on
Sunday, is unchanged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21

The fan who exercises the press gate
privilege and leaves the ball park knock
ing the home team will be found in the
home guards when the boys sail for Eu-
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Pittsburgh. 1: Brooklyn 40 innings).
st. Louis. z: Boston, 9,
Chicago. 4; Philadelphia, 2
Cincinnati at New York (played Sunday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21

Sam Wick, new Yankee outfielder. was
college star. but if he plays good ball he
can make the fans forget that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21

Everybody in the world is pulling for
the White Sox to win the pennant except
ing Harry Frazee and the members of
the Red Sox
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BROWNS CAPTURE
GAME BY 4 To |.
Koob's Pitching and Bunched
Hits Too Much for Griffith's
Team to Overcome.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS. Mo. August 20.-Ernie
Koob's southpaw slants were too much
Browns punched hits on Shaw and Gallia,
winning. to 1. Koob allowed only five
scattered hits and. although somewhat
unsteady. had something in reserve in the
pinches. Two double plays also helped
him when danger threatened brace of
pad heaVeS to second by Ainsmith assist
ed the Browns to two of their runs.
Clyde Milan's single in the opening
round was unsupported, but Ainsmith
aided the enemy to score in the last half.
After Rice had captured Shotton's vicious
liner. Nlagee got a doubtful hit through
Morgan. When he set out to steal Aim
smith threw the ball to center field. Ma
gee reaching third. from where he tailed
on Sisters single to right.
AinSmith atoned for his wild heave in
the second by FASTING the ball to left
for one base. scoring Foster. who had
reached third on pass, Morgan's out and
Lavan's muff of koob's toss to second to
catch him mapping.
The Browns showed over another tally
in the second and Ainsmith once more
was of assistance to them. Smith and
SEVERED singled in succession and when
Ainsmith threw low to Shanks to get
Smith off second both runners moved up.
.'iih.ii SNoAii6 oil JdCODSO1i IOllS lily 10
II. Milan.
"Hoss" Milan started the third with a
single to center. but was doubled off first
on Shank's easy fly to Jacobson.
Shaw famed Smith, one of the most
dangerous hitters on the Browns ros-
ter with Shotton on third and sisler
on second. the former by reason of his
safe bunt. Magee's sacrifice and his
steal, and the latter through a pass and
steal.
nj.
on a pass and c. Milan's sacrifice but
was doubled-up with Rice. Koob, Ma
gee. Lavan and Sisler all having a
hand III il.
johnson Bats for Shaw.
Shaw faded from the scene in the
eighth inning, Walter johnson batting
for him. Walter got on by being hit on
the foot by a pitched ball. Menosky
doubled up with H Milan when the
latter grounded to I4avan. Shanks came
through with a triple near the right
field foul line. but Pratt backed into
right field and got c. Milans pop fly.
Gallia replaced Shaw on the mound
assistance. Magee popped a Texas
Lacquer to right and Sisler sent him
to second with single to center.
Another blow to center by Pratt reg
istered Magee and placed Sisler on
third. from where he counted on
Smiths sacrifice fly to Rice.
The Griffmen staged little rally in
the ninth. but it did not reach the scor-
ing stage. With two down Morgan
drew a pass and took second on Char
opportunity to redeem himself for his
erratic peggins, but could only ground
weakly to Magee who forced Morgan
by stepping on third. Score:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21

Two team matches are scheduled to be
played within the next two weeks Next
Sunday the Bannockburn Golf Club team
opposes team of kirkside players over
the kirkSide course, and the following
Sunday the Bannockhurn players journey
over to the Washington Golf and Country
Club to meet the home club players in a
return match.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21
SCHEDULES.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

TODAY. TOMORROW
Waahi1g'n at st. Louis. WashinS'n st. Louis.
Phila. ut Cleveland. Phila. at Cleveland.
New York At Detroit. New York at Detroit.
Bogtoa at Chicago. Boston at Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-21

Copyright, 1917 by H. c. Fisher. Trade mark
Reg. L. s. Pat. on
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ALL NATIONAL LEAGUE
CLUBS HAVE EX-G|ANTS

When George Kelly was released to
Pittsburgh by the New York National
League base ball club the other day the
only team in the league that didn't have
a former Giant on its roster got one.
ed to it after being cast adrift Demaree
Murray and Herzog. 1t is a popularity
Of the personnel of this team that three
men, Demaree, Herzog and Murray, re-
turned to it after being adrift Demaree
was with the Phillies and Cubs in the
interim, Herzog with Boston and Gin
cinnatf-in the interims-and Murray in
Chicago and elsewhere
Former Giants besides Kelly are scat
tered thus: Rudolph and Gowdy, in Bos-
ton: Marquard and Meyers in Brooklyn;
Stock and Adams. in Philadelphia; Mer-
kle. Doyle. Wilson and Kilduff in Chica-
go: Ames in st. Louis: Mathewson, Groh.
Roush. MeKechnie and Thorpe. in Gin
cinnati.
Quite a List
The New York club has turned over
more material to other clubs in its
league than it has obtained from those
clubs in the building of the present
team. The material may be classified as
follows in the matter of where it came
from:
Federal League-Rariden. Kaun, An
derson; Brooklyn-McCarty; ST. Louis
Peritt. Sallee, Murray 6the last named
originally came to New York from St
Louis: delphia-Lobert: Chicago
Zimmerman fthe biggest single stroke
in the construction of the present team
and one of the best McGraw, a past
master in making deals. ever made)
Decentralization Iafter Pittsburgh
had discarded him) Wilhoit obtained
by waiver from Pittsburgh. Cincinnati
Benton; New York clubs own develop
ment-Burns. Fletcher. Holke, Robert
son, Schupp. Tesreau. Demaree and Her
zog. Demaree practically developed as a
major Lacquer with the Giants although
having brief big league experience be-
fore. He was with the New York Ameri-
cans at one time. Herzog made his big
league debut with the Giants and was
developed with them. The Giants, it will
be seen, do as much constructive build
ing by development of raw material as
any of them.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
TOMORROW.

TODAY. TOMORROW.
q. Louis - Boston. st. Louis at Boston.
Cfnctn'ti &C New YORK. Cincin'ti At New York.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. Pittsburgh at Brooklyn.
Chicago At Phila. Chicago at Phila.