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The Dermott news., 1918-05-30

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"eit' h"u "ote IT.
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OF me gay suddenly ne i'tt mat ne
e"aia NOT "eaf II "l'a p''E'i ~ M,
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sold ms country "a> ri u" country
lie Wehf SLOWLY oot ana VI me STAR
cas- dragging ms Wooden leg pam
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concierge come Il, 3'''", n,N if" l,
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MN STRIKE 'aa''h /" iiN''' iile SaS.
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stared ahead Then. slowly and me-
chaniculy. he took or his new uni
form and danned the old one He
would have put on civilian clothes. had
he possessed any OF pH Tue ut'a>
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10 me KING s"rp,
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hurrNiug UP. found him. The con.
cierge was liyid. his massive frame
shook with excitement.
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oath 10 III" shop ot the fohhIer
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IN The hulidihe Is the boy.
w hat boy
ne concierge ',oSfa sefa, hah'
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mere!
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los ny NeA4s N4e am soon 10 'il'
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i1te staircase r"ckles>lN heeause iiie
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curtains Drawn across 'I' "iHN"N'
old Adeieert razed 1T n Iheh he
commended his S"ul 10 Tod. aud turned
toward the palace Eelore IL Nefe
packed dense thr"ns> OF silent people.
\0W and then a fuuu uUt Dawn box
The Dermott news., 1918-05-30


fns aEer4 sroIus ~ tn groups grew
barge. each drWH led IL followers
toward the government h4a,e Where.
an the steps TIE revolutionary party
hausu1uea The crowd EaHtirc~ <pfaHe
ap butt Of no ane knew what. III lie
public squares Red fire burned The
tlr,li=4s ihrahhed
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t.fi,.,... - .tr..sSaf ar .fh.f II had mo-
Aim. Eta if 4#> ~ matter ul mo
,-l..,,,s naV NOT af hours.
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,.5 e...-. tl.4z5.- f,ilfayx. i'm fever
4-l,.-ft.4 \ur-5-~ ..ttharea Ar the Min.
g,q.~ thrIr uniforms aud faces a,ike
-.a,..ef IA the glare. ami whispered To-
a..fnsr
,,....# .ost .,rotlp gathered near the
4.5..l. ,n. student uarrkel sill
:. ir. t.t4..,.., III. bodv had ra4ned
.,,-..,..-.,, fb4, d. vas clothed at
t5,,,..s IN wander aimIeS>l4# about the
ward Rnt he had remained dazed
~,., an,j Then the curtaiaeof the past
ftft.5 hat for - moment only He had
for-aften his name. IL spent tong
hours struggling to pierce the mist
r,t 4.,tj, hi or saf ~ nov.
haS,dc his he'd n hondace still on his
head Glad Ina shirt and trousers. bare
feet thrust into worn hospital slippers.
The red glare had not reused him tor
vet the beat of the drums But word
ar Two that nne af the nurses spoke
caught his ear and held him. He
looked up. and slowly rose To his feet,
I'nstsadilv he made his way To win
dow. holding to the sill To steady him
self.
old 4dehert had been working his
Wny impatlently. The temper OF the
mob was growing ugly. II was
suspicious. frightened potentially dan
gerous. The cry of To the palace"
greeted his ears ms he finally emerged
hreathlesS from the throng
lie siepped boldly 10 the old stone
arehwav. and faced II line of soldiers
there. Il would see the chancellor -
he gaSped. and saluted
The eaptnin of the guard stepped
ont What is il YOU want?" he de-
manded.
.srbe chancellor" ne lowered his
voice u have news of the crown
The Dermott news., 1918-05-30

hing. she said slowly 1 have heard
ii said many times When st. Stslun's
tolls like that the King Is dead :"
No Ne" cried Ferdinand VII
liam OTTO aud ran inadly out of the
door.
While the birthday supper VS. at
us height, in he bureau of the eon-
cierge sat old Adelbert heavy and
despairing That very day had he
learned To what use the committee
Would put the Information he HI
given them, aud his old heart WAS
dead within him. One may net be
loyal for seventy years, and then easily
become traitor.
Then. at seven o'clock. something
happened.
The eoncierge's niece had gone,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
MACK PLEASED WITH KoPP.

Special Dispatch to The St1r. -
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. March a.
Harmony. the lack of which has wreck
ed the aspirations of many a base bah
manager, is sure to be one OF the
principal watchwords in the vocabulary
of the Athletics this season. The men
are already pulling together as one
unit.
Merlin Kopp. the speedy little -eat-
fielder, who came to the Athletics In
the Boston deal, continues to win the
confidence Of every one who has seen
him perform since coming down here.
In stature Kopp is built very much on
similar lines to Bonnie Kauff. II 10
hardly necessary to state that Mack
will be highly satisfied il Kopp- de-
yelops into the slugger that the nepe
New York Giant outielder has shown
himself to be. 5s14;
believe Kopp to be Kaufrs superior.
He is a fashy fielder and lightning on
the bases. Playing with Buffalo last
year he made other base runners IN
the International League foolish by
stealing So bases in $50 games
..ss.
with this record as basis of judg4
ment, combined with what he has
shown down here. Manager Mack rs
pretty sweet on the youngster at pres-
emit There is no doubt that he will be
retained as utility outfelSer. and he
continues his present pace will Hl0ke
a strong fight for a permanent posi-
ton.
There is every reason to believe that
Manager Mack is trying to make a. deal
whereby he will dispose of the sery-
ices of Chef Thomas. the big catcher.
who came to him in the Boston trade.
but who refuses to report. Already
Mack has obtained waivers on Thomas.
both from the American and National
leagues, and therefore is in "a position
to negotiate his services to any major
or minor league club.
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$4,000 FOR BIG FIGHT
-
New Orleans Promoters and Matt
Hinkle After Willard
Fulton Scrap.

NEW ORLEANS. March 2a.-The
Louisiana Auditorium Company of this
city and Matt Hinkle. fight promoter of
Cleveland. late today telegraphed to
J. C. Miller. representative of Jess
Willard, heavyweight champion. in
Chicago. an. offer of $3.50. 900 for a fight
here next fall between Willard and Fred
Fulton of Rochester. MINI. i The offer
stipulated that the fight must be a
2o-round affair and not staged before
next November. $
The promoters announced that upon
receipt of word from Willard or Miller
that they would give favorable con-
sideration to the offer. they would go
to Chicago or~any other city indicated
for final details for. the match. They
added. however. that unless Willard
would agree to a 2o-round bout staged
| in New Orleans and the date specified,
the offer would be withdrawn.
The Auditorium Company and Hinkle
recently offered 100000 for the vii.
Lard -1Itoh match;,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
Griff Evolves Burglar-Proof
Signal Code, But Forgets It

AUGUSTA. Ga.,> March 49,
Clark Griffith has devised the
best set of battery signals ever
worked out for ball club. In an
effort to evolve a system that
would battle all attempts of the
enemy to steal his signs, the
manager. lay awake half Of the
night working his plans and be-
fore falling asleep was satisfied,
in his own mind, that the
burGlar-prOof code he had in
vented was as xnfe from theft as
the money in the United States
Treasury. The mental photo
graph of the system faded over
night. however, and today he
wracked his brain necessarily to
remember the details of it. but
failed. He ia going to try to re-
call this intricately simple set of
signs In the privacy of his sane
tum again tonight and II he suc-
ceeds will have blue prints made
to guard against the falIibiIity
of the human mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
NATIONALS SHOULD BE STRONG
THIS YEAR AGAINST ALL CLUBS
Grifith's Team Appears to Be as Well
Balanced as Any That Represents
Any Other American League City.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Go,
a
ami
Gfmen combination
ball finishing the of 1916
the rheading
abift
In
the league while the
OF
ned of the
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Smallest Indeld in Majors
Is That of 1918 Nationals

AUGUSTA. Ga. March a..
With the acquisition of Johnny
Lnvan MS shortstop the Grinmen
this year will have one OF the
s1allest inhelds in the major
leagues. both ms regards the
height and weight of it's mem
bers. Joe Judge fs the largest of
the quartet. and the New Yorker
Is not n big man by any means,
being far under the average
height of first baseman. aye
feet eight inches being Ms
figures. minus shoes, while he
tips the beam mt 15S pouuda,
Morgan II Just the same hetxht
as Judge. although appareatly
shorter, hut In. condition Re
weighs only 1855. At present he
is about four p0unds ovcrweaRht,
Lavan stands ave feet seven and
one-half inches In his seeks and
weighs 1a2, while Eddie Foster A.
the midget Of the crowd. REACH
ing nm altitude Of only ave feet
six and one-half inches, the scales
stepping ut the 1S0-pound mark
when he steps ON them. The
average weight Of the. Natiouales
inner Gordon IL 1884 pounds.
a "a -
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STRONG BATTERY SHOULD GIVE:
CATHOLIC u. A CAPABLE NINE.
Kendrick and Carroll, Backed With Fair
Support, Ought to Produce Winning
Team Other Gossip of Athletics.
BY n. C. BYRD.


of those
winb to
in
in
mos of
Kendck the best college pitchers
do he
This
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24

be called into the service of Uncle Sam
before the season ends, somewhat tenn
pers the enthusiasm Washington fan
may reel regarding the prospects of the
team this year
AS stated before. however, if the
cup remains intact throughout the
season and all it's members deliver In
the measure they are capable of. it may
be said. without being overly optimistic
that there are not more than two clubs
IN the circuit which have better out
look than the Grinmen. One of these,
Oh course, is the champion White Sox,
who have escaped almost unscathed in
the matter of losing players, and nat
urally are considered favorites to re-
peat The other is the Boston team,
and 1t is by no means assured that
Barrow's outfeld will have the neces-
sary equilibrium to fulfil the expecta.
tons of fans in. the Hub.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
TRIMS WHITE S0X.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FORT WORTH. Tex. March 23.-kf.
through the world champion White
Sox started their 1918 season with .
defeat today. they looked better than
expected after only four days in hax.
ness. The score was to 5. and up.tc
the eighth spasm the Sox looked as II
they were going to cop. 5stS
With two runs to the good in&the
eighth the champions threw down She4r
lenbach, who was pitching pretty good
ball A pair of boots and a boner let
in the tying tallies. Then in the ninth
Sears exploded his second three-baggeT
with two men on bases and sooref
himself on Billings single. winning out
by a safe margin. ~
The score: ~-<rr
cSieaso: 8 o o o Q e-I
Observation-Disclosures, Pate, wordall; 6eeeys
Dsnforth, Shelienbach. Schaik and Lees. s-r.tf
Cubs Must Pay Grayson 81, 500: g
CHICAGO, March z3.-The Chicak3
club of the National. League was, order.
ed to pay 81. 500 to William e. Graxsen.
former owner Of the Louisville cluosc
the American Association. in a sealed
verdict returned today in municipxt
court. Grayson sued for q breach Of
contract made with. Charles w. Muir:
deal involving Pitcher Larry ChtnAy
and Eddie Lennox. The agreementss Ea9
that the club would pay Grayson $3sk1A
for the services Of these playerG 0HxSf
SON claims the deal Involving Cheuby
yaa. net -fulollsA $50 $50,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24


MiIde. who played on the basket ball
| team. is showing up well at second base.
though, Schwartz also is doing some
pretty fair work around that position.
eastman, one of the leftovers of last
season. is on the job at short, and
Rooney, third baseman for the past two
seasons is sure to take care Of that
place again. Jack Kendrick and Long
are fighting it out for the first base
position, and Duffy, Griffin. Glascott,
and O'Donneu are the best men trying
for places in the .outfeld.
A game with the Navy is the feature
of the Gallaudet base ball schedule this
spring. The Kendall Greeners are to go
to Annapolis May a5 to meet the Mid
shipmen. The schedule opens this week
with Catholic University game is
booked with Virginia, but the date is
pending. The games follow:
March c7-Catholic T.. at Brookland.
March 30-open.
April s-B. H. NJ. A. tReserves). at Pooles-
April at ksne Ssss
April 20-St. Johns, at Annapolis.
April 27-Georgetown, at Georgetown.
May, s.-Briarly Hall Acad.. at Kendall Green.
May 11-Maryland State, at Kendall Green
May 15-Open.
Nay ls-RocK HILL at Ellieott City.
May 25-U. S. Naval Academy. at Annapolis.
University Of Virginia, at Charlottesville (date
pending).
Fifteen sets of boxing gloves have been
shipped to Admission to unit made up of
men formerly members of the District
National Guard with the proceeds de-
rived from the boxing carnival held at
Fort Myer last week. The shipment was
,oh 1l.,
firm
Robert L. Nourse, a former Princeton
athlete, has been decorated with the
Croix de Guerre by France for con-
spicuous bravery. The act for which
Nourse was honored was rescuing
wounded French soldiers under fire.
The Princeton Alumni Weekly speaks
of the honor in this way:
Lieut.. Nourse has been cited in
French army orders to receive the, Croix
de Guerre for bravery. under fire and
devotion to duty while wounded. While
rescuing wounded French soldiers
Lieut.. NourSe was severely burned by
poisonous gas. but he stuck to his job
and continued to direct his section. The
official citation is as follows:
'' Lieut.. R. L. Nourse: "A courageous
and faithful officer, who, exposing him
self without thought of personal dan
ger in order to assure the evacuation
Of wounded French soldiers. was over
taken by a bombardment of gas shells
while making Reconnaissance on
January IL. 1918. his face and right
eye heinG seyeSeax bn<ned hX The
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poisonous gas. He refused to be re-
moved, and continued to direct his sec
ton during the whole occupation of
the sector
Lieut.. Nourse and his brother, Nor
man c. Nourse rs, volunteered for
service in the American Ambulance in
France last spring. On October 2, on
the recommendation OF Gen. Pershing,
he was commissioned a first lieutenant
AS United States Army officer, under
our present law, he cannot accept the
decoration from the French govern
ment. The insignia has been sent to
the War Department in Washington.
Those who knew Bob Nourse as
an undergraduate will not be at all sur
prised 10 hear of his decoration and the
circumstances. under which he won it"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
Should Have Balanced Team.

Above all, though. the quality Griffith
believes he has attained is balance, that
essential without which no team, no
matter what the number of individual
capabilities of it's stars. ever was able
to breeze by the wire a winner. At least
four teams in the American League this
year may excel the Griffmen in one of
three Observation-Disclosures, batting or
pitching-but none of them has better
prospects at this writing of more eff
fectively co-ordinating it's energies.
Eddie Ainsmith, worked regularly, has
few equals as a catcher, and Charity,
If called upon to get in harness every
day, undoubtedly would develop into a
capable, dependable backstop.
If he follows his announced intention
Of working johnson. Harper. Shaw and
Ayers in order Griffith will present one
of the most formidable corps of mound
artists in the Johnsonian organization,
and il Craft, Yingling, Dumont and
Waldbauer pan out as per expectations
the Washington staff of moundsmen
should compare favorably with any
squad in the league, both numerically
and artistically. Griffs first four" all
are big men. regular horses for work,
and the helmsman is sanguine that if
used in rotation they will deliver the
best brand of hurting goods obtained
from any staff he has directed since
pitching his tent on the banks of the
Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
Louisville Buys Pitcher parnham.

LOUISVILLE, KY. March. 2s.-The
Louisville club of the American Asso-
citation has purchased Pitcher James
Parnham from the Baltimore club of
the International League, according to
announcement made public TODAY. The
consideration was not stated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
Lacking in Reserve Strength.

In only one respect, that of reserve
is the Washington club no.
ticeably weak this year. shanks is
fair infelder in almost any position
and one of the best fielding outfielders
in the business. but he is not a fast
man on the bases and does not measure
up to par as a hitter. Mcbride is
brainy infielder. with a fine whip. but
also is shy in sticking ability. As a
first haseman Charity can hit. but he
never was cut out to star at in that
position. Cass appears to be a SPLEEN
did fly chaser and Is y fast man on the
bases. but how he will bat against big
league pitching is pfoblematical
The fact. therefore, that II is not al
together assured yet that Judges
ankle will not interfere with his work
this year and that there IL possibility
that either RIGA or Laxans or both. vii
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GOOD WEATHER FOR YANKS

Special Dispatch to The Star. .s...s.
MACON. Ga. March 23.-Mi1ler Hug.
gins, new manager of the Yankees. faas
been able to get a pretty good line On
the material which he has at his dfSpo-
sal for the general uplift OF American
League affairs in New York city. The
weather on the whole has been most
affable the two weeks Wee Miller has
been here. and particularly congenfsl
the past week for the veterans who re-
ported a little bit later than the boss
All the men are now on hand .s&ve
Armando Marsans. the Cuban. whO1a-
ways reports in good condition because
of the fact that he plays winter 6ase
ball Higgins. of course, has been cef-
tain Of his infield ever since he secured
Pratt. The bases will be held down by
Pipp, Pratt and Baker. and Capt Reck%
inpaugh, of course. will appear at short
field. Aaron Ward may be kept~12y
utility infield duty. as may ALSO lssi
Fewster, the Baltimore youth wh0.hee
been prevented from going south on ee-
count of illness. ~
1t looks now as If Huggins win opsn
the season with Gilhooiey. Marsans and
Bodie in the outfield. Sam Wick and
Hughie High are likely to be retained Tor
spare outfield duty. Lamar, an outhsader,
is being schooled at first base play. ~
there is a possibility that Wally P1pp
may be called to the colors before M
season is very old.
Higgins win retain all the battery men
now with the colors with the possible =.
ception of Aivah Bowman. the reczsasf
sent I'm by Roger Bresnahan. Hueyfns
has only three catchers-A Waltep.
Muddy Ruel and Truck Hannah--and
cannot afford to let out a backstop. In.
deed, he is looking for another expNt-
enced receiver. Owing to the fact that he
has only four veteran pitchers Huggins
will probably retain his entire crop q
Fingers (Which now numbers tend wen
into the season at least. He IL hopeful
that Eddie Plank will report when ne
team reaches the north. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
johnson Shows Control.

johnson made no effort to put any
thing on the ball, but showed he still
the ball over the platter as fast as the
Soldiers cared to have it done.
Crafts control was good. considering
that he was using something" and his
task was made easier by the fact that
she soldiers were not dudley about the
balls they picked out to hit at.
/ Jim Shows arm failed to continue the
improvement it was showing. and today
Il was swollen and sore. Lavan's whip
flso is stiff, and accounted for the error
Eighth. when he tossed the ball over
Judges head.
I Judge hoped around at first in live
" style, and displayed considerable
kpeed on the paths. though he was care
ful to avoid making quick turns.
{ The Grinmen will play the 10th In
PANTRY team. from Camp Hancock, at
tarren Park next Wednesday, and the
following Saturday they may take on a
pine representing an ammunition train
et the camp. if the plans for contest
tvith another major league team fan
Through.
Il The game was delayed in starting nearly
tAf an hour because Of the fact that Sec
kfe-handed in selling tickets at the main
Entrance Wee Willie" got every quarter
sight. however, and then signaied for
&he start to be made
= Joe Boehling. who back in 1913 distin-
k7ished himself by winning eleven straight
James for the Nationals, but who has
JAILED to do anything of note since, has
fritten to get the Griffmen to stop over
4t Richmond on their way back home
md play the Battle Axe club. from which
Washington obtained him and which he is
Damaging this year. Griff may play there
thursday. April IL, if he cannot make
&atn connections for a game at Camp
reene. Charlotte. N c., that day. Score
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
Rice clouts the Ball Hard.

Rice was the batting star for the Ma
tionals getting three hits for his share.
two of which produced runs, while Eodle
Foster annexed a triple and a single IN
three times up and Johnny Lavan got
single and q double in four tries. Two
runs were produced in the opening round
on Fosters triple. Rices single and steal
and a safety by Judge. and another brace
Of counters was added in the next frame
on AinSmith'S pass and steal. singles oy
johnson and Foster and an error. Inc
Criffmen were held hitlesS for the next
three innings. but in the seventh Shot
toms triple, LavaR'S double and singles
BY Rice and Morgan. together with
bad throw by Catcher Pete Powers. VINO
was with Toronto last year and once
had a trial with the Detroit Tigers.
Melted three runs; and in the eighth,
with fresh pitcher working for the sol
Siiers, a pass to Shotton and singles by
Craft, Milan and Rice accounted for two
more.
There were about 1000 spectators
all told, and the Washington club got
approximately. $40 as it's share of the
receipts, which will help a little to-
ward defraying training expenses. The
crowd was composed almost entirely
of civilians The artillery had their
band and a bugle corps busy enliven-
ing the matinee, and very Industrious
cheering section. II these fellows can
fight in France as well as they yelled
today they will make short shrift OF
Manager Griffith had intended stag
ing an intraclub game at the park to-
morrow afternoon. but the players
have reached that stage in their con-
ditioning where stin joints and lame
muscles are much in evidence, so the
boys will have nothing to do on the
Sabbath but attend church, play golf.
eat and rest.