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The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
SARATOGA ENTRIES.

FIRST RACE-Maiden; 2-yeAr-olds: dI fur
longs Thirteen. Pastoral Swain. Purchase, The
Trump. Different Eyes. Clean Gone. Cerinus
Sun Dial II, Mandarins Coat. Candle Light
wisest Fool. Major Domo. Drlmmond. Cler
mont Roderick Dhu, Cherubno. Mormon Tet
ley, Senator Crow. lis: Shady. Milk Maid
Dancing Carnival. Madras Gingham. H.
SECOND RACE-Four-yeAr-ol and up; sell
ing: mile: Busy Joe. l0: Kama. lS; Boxer
Brother Jonathan. lG; Right. ll2; kohinoor,
lo0: Crumpsall. los; Diamond. ns: Nigel. I'D.
Greetings. ~.
THIRD RAcE-Ths Seneca; S-year-olds; sell
ing; six furlongs: NepIerhan. Jyntee. le; Blus
Paradise. lc2; Sea Farer. Sweep Up II. Trophy.
lN: Mancha. los; Jspshet. Ice; Annchen. 81
Corn Exchange. Ill.
FOURTH RACE-The Hoosick Pals: 3yssr
olds and up; handicap; one mile: Red soI,
Elmendorf. e: Tumbler l6; Highland Lad.
SRppcry Elm. llo; Hollistsr, liz; Battle. l6
Herald. IS; Corn Tasel. liz; Lucky B.. lS
Bondage, IL.
FIFTH RACE-Two yeAr-olds: claiming; Nv,
and One-h3f furlons: Hopeful MelSnchohz
Hadriau. WondermAn, los: Marion Rollins
Plurenz. Tag. Ambassador III, Dancing Csrni
val. lOc: Triumphant. Mormon Elder. lee
syrdaryda, liz; Larry B.. 81. Quentin. rs
Poutney, no.
SIXTH RACE-MaTes: 3year-olds and up
handicap: siI furlongy: Lady Gertrude. Jyntse
10: L'Inhrmier lO6; Ocean Sweep. III: Battle
lis; Irene. g; Viva America. lis: lima Prank
l8; SaNestra. lo9
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
"CRAB GRASS" MARS
BANNOCKBURN COURSE

The hot spell OF the past week has
raised havoc on the various local
golf courses. crab grass apparent
ly being the only kind of grass
which has flourished on account Of
it. While it is true that several of
the courses can water their greens
artificially. there is no way that the
fairways can be attended to so that
all of the courses have been affected
more or less.
At Bannockburn. for instance. but
four greens. the second, third,
fourth and ninth. can be artificially
watered which means that the 9TH
ers. in addition to the fairways.
have suffered considerably. Ar
rangements have been made for TAX
ing care of the seventh in the near
future and as soon as sufficient la
Dor and material can be obtained
the others will be piped.
Men are now at work on all OF the
courses picking out this crab grass
but at all OF them they are having
as much as they can do to keep this
pest under control.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
FOOTBALL IS
HANDED BOOST
Early Closing Of Baseball
Season Will Help Collegii-
ate Gridiron Game.

While the closing of the profes-
sional league baseball season on
September may hurt this sport, 1t
is likely to act as a stimulus TO
college football. which begins the
latter part OF the same month. In
previous years it has been extreme
ly difficult for the collegians TO
attract the attention of the sport
ing world to their preliminary
games for the reason that during
September the public is usually
thrilled by the gripping fight for the
championship of the American and
National Leagues and the specula-
ton concerning the worlds series.
Then, when the worlds series
does get started during the first
week in October, it usually takes
from ten days to two weeks TO COM
plete it. Thus it is the middle OF
October before the baseball element
and the newspapers get their minds
properly focused on the football
map. The football fans. particular
ly those who are charged with the
financial management of the game.
wish baseball no harm. but they
are pleased, nevertheless, to know
that there is a chance this fall to
start their football seasons under
favorable conditions.
The colleges will need all the
help they can get this year. Not
only have they lost virtually all
their 1917 stars, but on a conserva-
tive estimate fully 70 per cent OF
! their younger alumni within the
| draft age are now in the war serv-
ice. They are the men who buy
membership and season tickets. and
whose contributions furnish the
| nucleus with which the game is
financed. This year other means
must be found to supply this help.
Those colleges which are located
in or near the big cities have a new
field to draw upon in the thousands
of technical trained men. many of
them collegians. who have been
brought in to work on the various
war industries. These men love
football and can be counted upon to
attend games, no matter what teams
are involved
without question and in spite of
the serious nature of the fighting
in France, the American people are
becoming adjusted to things. One
fact of great Importance is that
there is unanimous conviction on
ne part of the United States. from
educational authorities to the heads
of the army and navy. that athletic
sports constitute the very best tonic
to military and business depression
not to mention its indispensable
value as a military contribution
and that no matter what happens on
the other side those who are left
behind should keep up their sports
and strive at all times to maintain
their spirits. This is being accepted
more and more by our people.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
HANNIBAL WINS
SPECIALSTAKE
R. T. Wilson's 2-YearOld
Lands $4,000 Sara
toga Feature.

Saratoga, n. Y, Aug. 10.-Hanni-
bal carried the colors of r. T. Will
son, president Of the Saratoga Rae
ing Association. to victory today in
the Saratoga special. worth $4,000.
Terentia was second and Yurucari,
third.
Ridden by Ensor. Hannibal took
the lead after a few yards and led
all the way. going over the line six
lengths ahead of Terentia. The soft
condition of the track accounted for
the slow time, 1:16 1-5 for the six
furlongs.
Roamer and CudgeI were both
scratched in the Champlain Handi-
cap, but TO make up for ii Westy
Hogan and Olive Wood were added
westy Hogan pulled down the plum
making II a runaway from the start
The summary:
(RobnsonD, even. to ). out: Regal Lodge. 10
BELL. Is to S. Z to S. out; Pullux. los CEnsorl
. to 2, even out. Time. IL lIa King Nep
tune and Molus also ran.
SECOND RACE-About 2 miles. Bet. II
(williams). to 2. Z to 70. out: Weiship. ls
tSmoot. TO 10. / to ). out; shannon Rive
ia (Auenl, Z TO l. to 5. out Time. t:f
THIRD RACE-six furIongs. Hannibal. L
tEnSorl. Is 10 s. even. to s: Terentia. IL
(McAtesl, II to 10, Z TO 10. I to 4; Iuucsn
l2 (KnAppl. 10 !. 5 to ?, to s. Time
l:Is Is Ginger. Lord Brighton, Joyful. sseei
On Blue LAddie. Cresson. also ran.
FOURTH RACE-One mile and . furious
westy Hogan, Il (Kummerl, 10 to 5, 10
TO 10: Midway. lo (saDdel. Is to s. even
/ TO q Bondage 100 tRodrguezl. to
8 to s. 4 TO S. Time. l:s5 Is. Ticket. Frank
lin. Olive Wood. also ran.
FIFTH RACE-Five and onshsh furlong'
Madge p, lol CSmithl. to 5. ! to ?, to
Ambassador ID. % Prcecel,' to /, to
) TO S; Keen Jane. l04 (Wallsl, l3 10 S. even
to s. Time. ! % rs. screecher and orenI
also ran.
SIXTH RACE-one mile. Wyoming. II
(EnsUrl, ) 10 . } TO 5. l 20 ); Piedrs, II
CLSkeD Is to !, 5 to l. to 2; Star Class. 10
(sandel. 8 to !. TO l, Z to 5. Time. l.N Is
Rereler yalerious Oenone. Heredity, Cousii
Of Mine. W. Z. Dabnsy. Jane Mary. also ran
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
MATCH RACE IS
BOOKED AGAIN
Col. Mat Winn Figures on
Class for Mclean Cup at
Laurel Fall Meet.

Laurel, Md. Aug. 1O.-Laurel Park
will have New York competition
through the first twenty-six days of
the coming October meeting of the
Laurel State Fair Corporation, but
the New York tracks that race against
the popular Maryland course will have
to offer some attractive stakes to get
the best horses.
In the course of twenty-seven days
racing-October 1st to 3lst, inclusive
twenty-five stakes will be decided, the
overnight purses will be above the
average i'm value of last season and,
in case two such champions as Hour
less and Omar Khayyam develop in
the course of what remains of the
Saratoga meeting or at Belmont Park
and Havre de Grace in September,
general manager Winn will offer a
special purse for a meeting between
them here.
The purse he hung up for the meet
ing between Hourless and Omar
Khayyam last fall was $4,000 and to
this Edward Beale Mclean added a
gold cup in memory OF his father
the late John r. Mclean. a lifelong
Hourless-Omar Khayyam special was
called the John r. Mclean Memorial
Cup. and this years renewal. IL there
should be one. will have the same
name.
Just now the 3-year-olds or the 4,
year-olds, it does not matter about
the ages of the two horses between
whom the keenests rivalry exists in
(lCtnhaF that q RI in
Lean Cup renewal, are not known
But there is still time. 1t may be
that Omar Khayyam. which is tenn
porarily laid up with a split hoof. will
battle in the 1918 Mclean Cup with
Cudgel. whose home is at Yarrow
Brae Farm, only a few miles from
Laurel Park in Howard County.
Omar Khayyam and Cudgel met in
the Pimlico Spring Handicap at PIN.
lico in May and Cudgel defeated the
English colt over a mile and q
seventy yards course. But as one
swallow does not make a summer
that one victory of Cudgers over
Omar Khayyam did not prove the
son of Broomtsick to be the better 4
year-old.
The races for 3-year-olds and over
that will be renewed in October are
the National Handicap. $500 added
one mile and a furlong: Washingtou
Handicap, 5000 added. one mile and a
furlong; Baltimore Handicap. $500,
added, one mile and sixteenth;
Dixie Handicap. 5000 added one mile
and quarter: Anne Arundel Selling
Stakes. 1880 added. one, mile and a
furlong; Howard Selling Stakes, $3.50
added. one mile and a sixteenth, dnd
Canvas Back Selling Stakes. $500
added. one mile and a sixteenth.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
TWO TEAMS ARE TIED FOR =
-, HONORS IN BIG TRACK MEET
Nationals Play Here Today.

The baseball loving public will
; be given an opportunity this after
noon Of witnessing Clark Grifnth's
pennant hopes in action once more.
This game with Connie Mack's
Iowiy Athletics Is scheduled to
start at the Florida avenue Sta
dunn at $50 D. m.
Jimmy shaw is slated for the
box honors. as Grin is anxious to
annex the remaining games with
the Quaker City tribe. The Old
Fox was q trifie peeved that the
Nationals lost another opportunity
yesterday to cut down the Red
Sox. but he still insists that the
Griffmen are not out Of the pen
nant chase, and claims local fan
dom will witness a fighting outfit
on the Georgia avenue field today.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
MINIATURE TOURNEY
ON AT BANNOCKBURN

Bannockburn is now holding a
series Of miniature tournaments, the
prizes for which are thrift stamps.
Last Wednesday just previous to
play a thunder storm suddenly came
up, with the result that John T.
Harris and Lee Crandall wer the
only ones to show up. They played
the event out, Crandall winning. but
have decided to have a re-competi-
tion for the prize and all who en-
tered the event are to be given an
other opportunity to compete. The
event previous to this went to NJ.
c. Woodward. who had a net. 80,
while F. c. Noes, with a net IS, was
second.
These tournaments, with thrift
stamps as prizes. are being held
under the recent sanction of the
United States Golf Association as
part of its program to encourage
the sale of these stamps for Uncle
Sans benefit.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
PITCHING
FAMINE OF BASEBALL BATS
IN FRANCE AVERTED BY "Y''

What at one time threatened to be
serious famine in baseball bats
among the members Of the American
Expeditionary Forces in France has
been averted and the national game
will flourish as a green bay tree.
The athletic department Of the Y. NJ.
C. A. has solved the problem and is
now able to assure future Ty Cobbs
and iris Speakers that there will be
no dearth OF bat material.
The Red Triangle folks found when
they first started to boom baseball
in France that 1t was not only i'm
possible to buy any considerable
number of bats in France but that
French woodturners had no idea as to
how to make them. A hurry call was
sent to America to ship some and
through Clark Griffith's helpful bat
and ball fund it secured q supply but
1t seemed that the bats acted as
loadstones and German subs got them.
The supply finally got SO low that
the "Y" realized that. it was a case Of
teaching the French to turn out bats
or get along without them. The al
tentative could not be accepted be-
cause the rules require that every
man who goes to the plate take a
club with him. 1t is part of his
toilet.
OF course some players are only
carrying excess baggage when they
lug a mace up to the rubber. They
never use 1t to any purpose. Left
handed pitchers could save a lot of
time and trouble by just announcing
that they concede themselves out
Ruth Is. Of course, an exception. They
ough to concede him a two-bagger
every time and save wear and tear Oh
the outfielders.
There never was but one successful
ball club that didn't use bats ocea-
sionally for something besides sarto-
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
SECOND GAME.

The non-essentials loafed a quarter
OF an hour and then went into action
again. Scott Perry (himselO matched
his right arm against Harry Harper's
left, winner take all. Perkins and
Ainsmith were the bold wicket keep
ers. Larry Gardner with first home
hit. He tapped one past Harper and
beat II out and then stole second.
but no pal would throw out the life
line.
Washington scored with two in
the fifth. Ainsmith ripped the first
hit out of Perry's arm. 1t was a
short liner to center. Walker made
a commendable try for a each, but
the ball shot under him for a two
bagger. Harper inserted a curvinS
single to left center and Ainsmilh
tripped over to the pentagon.
The AS made their first visit of
the afternoon to the plate in the
seventh and knotted the score. One
out. Perkins scourged a Harper pitch
TO right for two bases. Boss Mack
delegated Jameson to run for the
mask man. Dykes walked. Joe Dugan
lashed a single along the left field
foul line admitting Jameson and
sending Dykes to third. Joe took
second in the throw in. Here was an
excelled chance for the AS to glide
into the lead. but Perry flivved. He
bounced one to Harper and Dykes
was tagged in a chase between third
and home. Acosta cracked to Lavan
for a force of Perry.
McAvoy was behind the bat when
sides. changed. The enemy scored
again in the ninth. Milan stabbed a
single to center and Schultz pushed
him ahead on his bunt. Shanks
walked. On the run and hit Lavan
pierced the left center salient with
a single. Milan scoring. BY a quick
peg Walker tagged Shanks trying for
third. Ainsmith whitfield but the
Nationals were one run to the good.
The Athletics engineered a Picardy
drive in their final stand that carried
them to victory.
Harper walked Dykes. who flew to
third when Dugan pasted the first ball
pitched for a double. The hostile gen.
eral stan denoted Harper and sent
Ayers to the knoll. Mack countered
by sending OldrinG to bat for Perry.
1t looked bad when the Rube popped
a foul to Foster.
Acosta produced a long sacrifice to
Schultz. Dykes scoring the tying run
and Dugan taking third. The Wash
ington battery became confused on
the first ball pitched to Kopp. Signals
were crossed and the pitch shot past
Ainsmith's glove and rolled to the
stand. Dugan dashed in with the
breakup run The score:
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11

rial purposes. This was the Chicago
White Sox who earned the appelation
of "HitIess wonders" back in 1906.
A base on balls and a safe bunt con-
stituted batting rally for them and
anyone whose average was as much
as .1s7 was referred to In the news
papers as .''slugger' or fence
buster"
But there aren't any such clubs IN
France and the American soldier in
sists on having a bat SO the red
triangle had to get him one or con-
fess its first failure OF the war. Rep
resentatives of the athletic depart
ment visited woodworking factories
in France and with tears In their eyes
beseached the manufacturers to build
bats from models. The French. think
Ing this was some new weapon to be
used on the Boche said they would
try. The first weapon resembied the
club affected by Jack the Giant KILL
er. 1t was too heavy for the ordin-
ary man to lift and shaped like
George Moriarity's legs. which are
SO formed that you can tell the ankle
from the calf only by noting which
end the shoe Is on.
1 ne aHlcTiSdils tnduhcu tneit CeECfi
friends kindly and assured them that
as facsimilies of the trees they grow
in America the bats were fine but that
American baseball rules required the
bats to be used by but one man at
time. The French tried 1t again
and 1t wasn't too long before they
were turning out as neat a job as
Louisville ever boasted. 1t was found
that the bats could be made to sell
for a franc, which is less than a fair
stick costs in America. Possibly Ty
Cobb might pick some flaw in the
quality but It is plenty good enough
for anybody except a most fastdious
slugger.
And 1t is getting better all the time
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
LIEUT.. HIRAM CASH
DIES in FRANCE

Local tennis players will no doubt
regret to learn that the name of
Lieut.. Hiram Cash appears on the
War Departments last list show
ing those who have died in France.
Cash was one of washington's
most popular racquetters. He was
not only good player, but was an
all-round good fellow. Cash was a
member of last years Interstate
Commerce Commission team in the
Departmental League. and was also
the mainstay of the Racquet Club
team in the Suburban League. being
captain of the team, as well as pres
ident of the club.
The news of his death will no
doubt prove to be quite a shock to
his many local friends. The only
consolation they have will be in be-
ing sure that he put up a good
scrap" before he was finally
downed. u,
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11

FIRST GAME
q. John Watson wrestled with the
illustrious W. johnson in the first
sxirnish. One out. in the opening
. inning. Kopp tagged Walter for a
triple. Johnson gritted his bicuspids
= and wiped out Walker and Burns. the
> .Iong-range guns Of the Mack army,
>,on strikes.
Washington scored in the second.
One out, Schultz, who still can hit'
<sinzIed to first Shanks' out pro-
: rnoted him to the keystone. LaVan
arched a little fly over third. Nobody
was near il, and the ball fell safe for
"a fake single, Schultz carrying home
: the only run of the game. 1t was a
tough break for Washington. ct al.
- The AS had to be alert to keep
from scoring in the third. They
wasted enough motion to keep Foch
going for a day.
Joe Dugan rolled a single to second,
and advanced when Judge muffed a
throw to catch him mapping. Watson
hurt his own side by tanning. AcOsta
spun single to center and Dugan
eoIted for the plate. but was pinched
s6y Milan's accurate peg to Ainsmith.
This hurt. for Kopp rammed safety
to right Once again the AS stood
in their own light. Acosta ventured
too far OF the keystone and was cut
down by AinSmith's hurry-up chuck,
lending the round
So consummate was the art OF john
son the last six innings that only one
.Mackman advanced as far as second
and Walters personal error Oh Nc
-Avoy in the fifth caused this.
At no time was johnson in any
more danger than the headquarters
where the crown prince plans his
bones"
Watson was little behind his dis
tinguished rival in efficiency and had
the capital folks impotent for the
rest of the tilt
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
SENIOR EVENT
HANDS THRILL
Wagner and Knight Pushed
Hard for Honors In
Canoe Race.

The Washington Canoe Club re-
gatta was a gala occasion and
proved interesting TO the many
friends Of the club that witnessed
the events. The rain held on lons
enough to allow the races TO finish
but the water baseball game had tc
be played in the rain. This did moi
interfere with the boys driving out
the ball for singles and doubles. The
score was announced after the game
but IL was such a puzzle that the
judges refused TO keep track Of the
number OF runs scored and every
one retired to the club house &c
wait until the rain stopped. -....
Senior doubles furnished the thrill
of the afternoon as just before the
fnish line was reached Bamman and
Lewis put on a squirt that carried
them across the line in second place
TO Wagner and knight the winners
At FIRST it was thought the race was
a dead heat between the three lead
ing crews.
The mixed doubles furnished q
spectacular race as the ladies were
rushed hard by their companions
and il was not until just before the
line was crossed that Miss Carson
and W. W. Carson had any lead as
they were just a bow ahead OF the
second pair. The summary:
Senior singles-won by y. c. BsmmGn. W
c. c: second. r. 6 wlksrson, Pittsburgh A,
c: third, =. T. ChInbeTIIin, Potomac Bosi
Club
Junior singIes-J. J. Neate. W @. c: sec
ond. Lieut.. g. J. schladt. scJmOre Island
Club; third. y ". Stem. ". C. c.
Senior dOuble-wOn BY Wagner and Knight
W. c. c: second. BsmmGn and LeWis W. c
tcmAc Boat Club.
Junior douLle-won by Martin and Sparrow
W. e. C.; second. B4Ess and HGrens. W. e
C: third. Neate and Auardt W. c. c.
Mixed dOubles-won by Miss Carson and W
W. Carson. L. 5. N. c.; second. Miss De
Shields and Chamberlain. Potomac Boat Club
third Miss Abbey and knight. W. {. c.
Tale cnd-wou By Wagner. W. c c.: second
Lieut.. schlAdt. scy1note Island: third, Ruth
eriord. W. c. c.
Up set race-woa by BsmmAn. W c. @
second. Wagner. W. c. c.; third. Rutherford
W C c
Senior four club rsce-won BY knight. Ruth
erford. Ellison and Wagner W C c. Deai
heat for second place between BsmmAn. Lewis
NeAte and Snyder, W. {. c., Dell. Gilkerso1
Chamberlain and Carson tmAttSchedD
nlting ooGtsst-WOn BY Wagner and knight
W. O. c; second. Ellison and Rutherford
W. c. c.
Judses-w. n. Waters. c. n. Psrdos. Geo
Bran.
Clerk Of couse-F. B. Johnston.
StATter-J. c. Wheeler
Referee-w. 8. Hall.
Aforementioned Otterbsck
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
DE FARGES IS FIRST
In TROPHY TOURNEY

]. r. DeFarges won the williams
Henry" event at the Bannockburn
Golf Club last week, defeating Capt.
Lawrence L. Steele, 1 up at 20 holes,
in the final round. DeFarges did
some great recovery work in order
to annex this prize. At the turn he
was 2 down while he was down at
the twelfth. He rallied here and by
halving the thirteenth and fourteenth
and taking the next three squared
the match on the seventeenth.
The eighteenth was halved, as was
the nineteenth, each missing puts for
win on No. 10. Playing the twen-
tieth, DeFarges was best from the tee
but when Steele made a good second
they lay about alike, both being on
the edge of the green. DeFarges was
best on the green and won out.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
International League to Close.

Bfnghamton. N. Y. Aug. 10. - At
the office of the Binghamton base
ball team IL was announced that II
has been officially decided upon by
the International League magnates
to close the pennant season on Sept.
1. when the "work-or-fight" rule Of
the War Department will become
effective,
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
NATIONALS DIVIDE, HONORS
WITH MACK'S LOWLY TRIBE
Griffmen Take First Game of Twin Bill, to
= O, While Harper and Ayers Blow in Ninth,
Giving Athletics 3-to-2 Victory.

Philadelphia Aug 10- the last inning of the final game OF the
doubeheader with Washington today the Athletics went on record
as opposing enemy play clean sweep They launched an
irresistible attack that swept everything before and able to
split honors The Mackmen this combat after losing the
opener. to o.
The heavy hitting of Joe Dugan played big role the victory
His double the ninth being the turning point Harper removed
round but had the bases that defeated Washington
finished with the Dugan home with the
winning run on wild pitch Scott Perry held the losers FIVE hits
but four were massed and gave the Nationals
Plain John outpched Walter Johnson the first tilt but
lost the decision the second inning when Layan Texas League
single let Schultz tab the only tally of the combat The Athletics
made three hits in the third inning but obuse base running kept them
fronh the MA
The Washington herald., 1918-08-11
FEDERATION TO PLAY
FOR WAR ACTIVITY

AT least one great big benefit ball
game for the soldier and sailors ath-
letic equipment fund Of the War De-
partment Commission on Training
Camp Activities Is to be staged in
every city of any consequence in the
United States between now and Oc-
tooer l. according to the plans of the
Natioral Baseball Federation, the
sandlo baseball governing body in
this coTntry
The entire proceeds are to be turn
ed over to DR.. Joseph E. Raycroft.
chairman Of the Athletic Division Of
lh2 sQmmlaslQns