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The Washington times., 1918-08-15
ADAIR SHOWS BEST

SHAwNEE-oN-DEIAwARE, Aug.
15.-Miss Alexa Stirling and Perry
Adair defeated Miss Elaine Rosenthal
and Bobby Jones in an exhibition golf
match for the benent of the Red Cross
at the Shawnee Country Club yester-
day by six points. The attendance
was all that could be expected, and
more than 500 was collected from the
spectators. The weather was clear
and warm when the match started,
but when the players reached the
fourteenth tee a thunderstorm broke
over the course, much to the discom.
fture OF the players and spectators
alike.
As was the case In the exhibition
matches In Philadelphia, Adair played
the best golf of the four and he was
the only contestant to break so. This
he did by a margin OF two strokes,
and II was a fine performance,
inasmuch as he had not played the
course until yesterday. He took IL
strokes for the f1rst nine holes, but
coming in he played wonderful golf,
requiring only 81 strokes for the re-
turn trip.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
RED SOX HIT HARD

BOSTON, Aug. 15.-Even II they
win the pennant in the American
League. there is no assurance that
the Red sox will engage in any So
called worlds series. They have been
notified today that Babe Ruth. Sam
Agnew, and Amos Strunk win not be
available for any baseball after La
Dor Day. Carl Mays expects to leave
the team before next week is gone.
Ruth, Strunk. and Agnew have re-
ceived orders from their draft boards
to take up some essential work after
September l or suffer immediate loss
of their deferred classifications."
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
DOWN COME SALARIES

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.-Ball
players working for the Emergency
Fleet Corporation. under an order Is
sued today by Vice President Howard
Coonley, are placed on the same foot
ing with other workmen. and will be
given the same salaries Shipyards
offering high salaries for players will
not be reimbursed by the corporation
Some major league players have
signed up with shipyard teams. and
have been receiving as high as $1,000
a month, II is charged.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
METGS MEETS REXA.C.

Camp Meigs players and the Rex
Athletic Club meet today at Union
League Park at 6:45 p. m. in . rub
ber' game. Meigs won the frst en-
gagement and lost the second To-
days contest is expected to draw wen,
as the teams have many followers
IN service and Independent ranks.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
BIG LEAGUE HIFFERs,

Art Griggs, who must have grand
children in Pershing's army. Har-
per showed his team ahead with q
hearty triple out toward the arvsr-
tising horror in right field, and
Young beat out q slow one in front
OF the plate, bringing Harper across.
Then came Ayers, who disposed of
the next two when IL was too late.
So today the Griffs are four and
half games behind the Red Sox-
Todsy's game IL booked for {
o'clock
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

feet He's. q square. just employer
and I think he'll give me an even
break. AS to the money owing to me
from the club-nearly $900-if can't
get that without going to court, TIL
probably go into court, though I don't
wish to worry or trouble anybody as
fair and honorable as Mr.. Hermann"
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Runs-R- Jones. Cobb. vsach. GrigEs,
Harper. Shetton, Foster and Shanka- Left
on bases-Detroit. 4: Washington, .. First
base on ballB-Od Boland, 2. Innings pitched
by Ayers, "a. Hits made-Off Boland, ii
on Jones. :: of Shaw. 8. Struck out-By
Boland. ,: by Jones, /; by Shaw, 6; by
Ayers, !. Three-base hitS-cobb. Harper.
Tvo-baSs hH-R- Jones. Sacrifice hits
Cobb, Ansmith. Sacrifice dy-Nilan.
Stolen base-Shotton- Double plAy-Bush
TO GrigEs. UmpireS-Connolly and NAllin
Time OF Eame-1:33.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
POTOMAC GUARDS READY

Sergt l. H. Flynn, Coast Artillery
Corps, win represent his team Friday
night at the District Baseball Asso-
citation meeting. He expects to enter
his team in the title series to start
next month. The Artillery team, a.
wen Is that representing Camp Hum
phreys. are the new teams expecting
entrance In the SerieA
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
MANAGERS SCRAMBLE.

Managers OF independent baseball
teams In the city are scrambIing for
the best players to represent their
teams in the city title series, start
ing September g.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
TENNIS CLIMAX REACHED
IN MATCH PLAY IN CITY
By BRYAN MORSE.

From until idsepmber Washington win literally
tennis Matches win thick and fast that tnsy
crOner wiz have difficulty keeping with the racqusg
courts and the machine The the has reached
The climax Of the hand
During the remainder of this week semna
the junior and singles played
doubles play win considerable attention. Judging
czeasing gallery daily at Columbia Country Club
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SERIES IS ARRANGED

Clarendon Athletic Club will visit
Alexsndria to play the Cardinal Ath-
letic Club Sunday in the FIRST OF .
series of three games for the cham
pionship OF Northern Virginia The
teams have met every year for the
title, and this season promise to fur
nIsh Interesting competition
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Il don't think there will be any
worlds series this year. The players
are mostly OF the same mind with me.
that their baseball ends when the
season ends It wouldn't be much of
. worlds series, anyway, as even the
pennant winners have been shot TO
to pieces BY the draft and Volun-
tsry enlistments Of many of their
best men"
Tommy, the SrangO KId1
Tommy Connolly, the tango kid,
ball season Tommy qualified on his
frst appearance IN the series with the
Tigers Furthermore, Tommy dis
played backbone made OF Bessemer
steel. along with his nimble toes. As
for the contest-wel1, It went along
all o. K till the ninth, when J. Grunt-
ling Shaw lost his wind. couldn't
grunt hard neough, and the Tigers
rom7ed away with the victory. 5 to
5. by polling hve hits, including q
double and q triple. for four runs.
Tommy Connolly broke In as the
tango kid in the. nth frame, shortly
after exhibiting his famous backbone.
Foster had singled when Judge tried
to bunt. His effort was q pop ny
that Bobby Jones tried to snare, but
didn't The ball, detected by Jones'
glove, rolled foul Joe arriving safely
at first and Foster scooting around
to the uncovered third corner.
How those Tigers tore aroundI
DOME Bush led the excited chorus
around Tango" Tommy Connolly,
aided and abetted by Oscar Stanage,
Bernie Bolsnd. Hughey Jennings, and
Bobby Jones They claimed the ball
was foul and demanded the return Of
JuSse to the batting box
c<othing doing. Tango" Tommy
held his own. ordered the ferocious
mAn-eaters back to their positions
and the game went on. So much for
Tommy's backbone.
Now for the Tango.
Shortly after, with Milan up, q foul
tip eludendorffed Mr.. Stanage and
chased Umpire connoIly's tootsIes.
And then he aid IT
With Ar. Stanage reaching and
clawtng for the rolling onion, Tommy
lifted up his heels. He skipped He
danced He hoped. He stepped the
light fantastic, with all the fans roar
ing and laughing. And then Mr.. Stan
age managed to seize the ball, alb
ruptly ending the truly marvellous
exhibition Of Thomas Connolly, OF Ma
tick, Mass, Ban Johnson's oldest um-
pire, chief citizen of Boston's great
suburb, and a more or less Indifferent
poker player
Now We know what Tommy will do
next year. What does he care wheth
er they play ball anywhere7 Tommy
viii be signed up at once by F. Zieg-
field, who specializes in the latest
dance wonders Indeed, Tommy may
receive 8 stunning offer by nightfalL,
for when Mr.. Ziegfeld reads this
tsnd, Of course, he will, being q wise
mani. he'll waste no time in grabbing
on Tango" Tommy Connolly.
Grf6s Fail Behind.
With the Red Sox and Indians win |
ming, the Griffs carelessly blew al
game, just as II there were days and |
days to spare in the mad hunt for i
the pennant honors. Jim Shaw pitch |
ed hne ball for eight innings, and the |
victory seemed an in, with the Griffs |
in front, 3 to 1. Then IL happened. |
~Old DR.. Cox" had been limbering |
up in the bullpen for q couple of
frames, but was never summoned un-
til the damage was done Bobby
Jones opened with q double to right |
Cobb nearly beat out his sacrifice to |
Foster. Veach singled, and SO did
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

The Giants have a mathematical
chance at the pennant, but that is all
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Clark Griffith counts on the In
dians falling down badly on this last
invasion of the East
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
coVELEsKIE SHINES

In three years Stanley Coveleskie
has won twelve games from the
Yankees and lost but fve for an aver
age Of .70a
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
CARDINALS WIN AGAIN.

The Cardinals won another game
yesterday. taking the Tigers into
camp by a 4-to-0 score. Paul Gar
Der was the winning hurIer.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

A
timore-washington team match wiu
be played on the Dambartons cius
courts.
-Just before I came out my naotheE
called me mp at the bank and told me
OF lob" said one youngster. Il ala.
but II didn't do any good; I got licked
Just the same
Hal Fowler, the only southpaw
singles player in the tourney, upset
the dope IN defeating SPOTS whita
Fowler got in a 80, 81 victory
self with outs and nets.
Dick McPhilomey held up the tour
nament yesterday and was dsfaultsd
to Steve Manning. Manning ana
Red" Morgan were fighting Il out
when darkness fell.
Considerable speculation on TIE
chances of Price and Benton as prob
able singles winners. Keliher and
Knapp must be disposed Of today,
and both. lads may prove tartarA
THAT guy KelIher il some ehopper.s
said Henry Bryan, the chatterbox Of
the boys section at Columbia Country
Club, as he watched the Tech lad liter
ally carve his way through Paul Conk-
ling. I'm going to be up front WHEN
Keliher plays Thad Benton tomorrow.
Paul Conkling and Pete Knapp were
starting off well against Benton and
Price when rain put q stop to proceed
ings. Price and Benton are picked
by wise, ones to win the tournament,
but Conkling and Knapp may upset All
the dope today after the semi-final
singles round is played.
Connie Doyle and Lieut. william
Horrell tuned up in a singles match
for the edification Of the youngsters
who is that bird7" said a youngster,
as Doyle smashed one which bounded
over the backstop. "He certainly can
crack 'em, can't he?T
The Dudley family may produce
another champion In Donald Dudley,
who is in the semi-final OF the boys
section Brother Jack took the title
last year in the junior play One Of the
most interested spectators Is MrA
Dudley, who Is closely following her
sons play.
Rain today will give the weather
man a batting average of 900. 1t has
rained or sprinkled for three straight
days Several racquets popped strings
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Bobby Roth, the IndianS outfelder,
may now md himself an -essentiaf'
Job before the curtain falls. He has
been suspended.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
COBB WILL END CAREER
WHEN LABOR DAY CLOSES
RH LOUIS A pouGHER

When the curtain falls baseball Labor Day Detroit Il win end
~ Cobbs diamond activities duration Of the
II wouldn't play game ball after q
dolars leading baseball
personal Of the scs
/ know which yet but III MOTTO long.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Today at Columbia the semi-nna1
round In the junior singles win ind
Thad Benton. the Racquet Club young
ster, opposing James Keliher. Techs
tennis captain. who was runner-up to
Jack Dudley last year. In the lower
bracket Ben Price. another Racquet
Club crack. win oppose Pete Knapp,
Of the Princeton Club.
Immediately after the singles
matches, which start at 4:30, barring
the customary showers which have
halted play for three days now, Price
and Benton will finish their match
with Knapp and Paul Conkling, start
ed yesterday afternoon :
Play In the semi-final round Of the
boys section will be continued and
the doubles matches will be run OF
as quickly as possible by Lou Doyle,
In charge OF the tournament. =
This should be enough for one day.
but other attractions are offered.
Down at the War College on the turf
courts Lieut. William Horrell, former
Pacific Coast doubles title holder, will
be paired with Connie Doyle against
Jack Dudley. District Junior cham
pion, and Burton Green. Doyle and
Dudley will probably play an exhibi-
ing the youngster for trial for the
National singles event at Forest
Hills. L L. which starts August "a
More yet Today on the Princeton
Club courts Interstate and Commerce,
of the Departmental League will play
their regular match beginning at $50
p. m.
Still more. On Saturday the regu-
larly scheduled Suburban League
matches viii be played. Racquet Club
and Euclid are due for an engage
ment; Home Club ana the Bureau Of
Standards are down for q match,
while Holmead and Argyle are to-
take the courts. In the women's
Tennis Association q singles tourna-
ment for the beneft Of the Red Cross ,
Fund will be held on the Columbia
road courts.
Next week q regular orgy win be
offered for the tennis players. Mon
day the big Treasury-Interior match
will be played OF on the Princeton
Club courts Six singles and three
doubles engagements will be staged.
Tuesday the Interstate and Smith
sonian match will be run OF. We'd
nesday the winner of the Treasury
Interior match will play the Prince
ton Club for the right to meet Dunn
barton Club players in the final Of
the city team championship, which Is
due for next Saturday. August "a
Saturday, Aug. 81, is the date set
for starting the annual District
championship tennis tournament at
-. D1aV wfn ha
continued all week, including an all |
day session for Labor Day. Regu- I
Iarly scheduled Suburban League !
matches may be called OF on this day. |
The tournament is expected to be /.
brought to a close by Saturday, Sep !
tember Z. at which time the big Bal
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Saturdays game, beginning At $50,
will be with St LouiA
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

YeSteraEy's 6aneA
Dstroit. 8; washtngton, 4
Boston. 8; Chicago, 8.
Cleveland. q; New YorlE, g.
81 Louia. q; PhiladelphtA L
I'll inninEs)
Where They Piay To-day.
Detroit at washington
Chicago at Boston
St Louis at Philadelphia
Cleveland At New York
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
DETROIT GETS MEET

DETROIT. Aug. 15.-The annual
Central A A U. championship meet
Will be staged here on September IA
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
ASSOCIATION MEETS.

The District Baseball Association
meets tomorrow night at the Star
Club rooms At 8 D. m
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Yesterdays GameA
Chicago. 3; Pittsburgh. o.
Brooklyn, 4; Philadelphia, Z
Cincinnati. s; St Louis, 1
Where They Play TOdny.
New York at Cincinnati
Boston at ST. Louia
Brooklyn AZ PittsburTh
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Rain today will give the weather
man a batting average OF 1000. 1t has
rained or sprinkled for three straight
days Several racquets popped strings
yesterday.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Now the Clark Griffith bat and
ball fund is to provide material for
the Jewish legion in Palestine APP
plication has been received and will
be acted upon favorably.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15
BASEBALL BABBLE

The Tigers are here again today
and tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

St Louis fans are being asked to
contribute 500 900 "to keep the cardi-
nails through the winter" Nothing Is
said about keeping the Cardinals
through the summer OF 1919.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Considerable speculation on TIE
chances of Price and Benton As prob
able singles winners. Keliher and
Knapp must be disposed Of today,
and both. lads may prove tartarA.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Dick McPhilomey held up the tour
nament yesterday and was dsfaultsd
to Steve Manning. Manning ana
Red Morgan were nghtinE IL out
when darkness fell.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Most peculiar IL the New York.
Boston series in the National League.
Fourteen games have been played this
season. and Boston has not won one
from the GiantA Two double-head-
from the BraveA
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Zeb Terry, whose foghorn voice was
once heard In the White Sox infleld,
is playing good ball for StaIlings' Bos-
ton Braves. Terry was with the Pa
cifc Coast League It'll IL blew up.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Ernie Shores examination marks
at the Harvard ensigns' school were
SO high that he L. one OF the fve
students to be entered at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis for special
instruction.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

More yet Today on the Princeton
Club courts Interstate and Commerco,
of the Departmental League will play
their regular match beginning at $50
p. m.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Hal Fowler. the only southpaw
singles player in the tourney, upset
the dope IN defeating SPOTS Whfta
Fowler got in q 80, 81 victory
over White. no. practically beat him
self with outs and nets.
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Battered and beaten as they have
been all season, the Brooklyn Dodgers
viii not finish in last place. Indeed,
they have q good chance OF finishing
in the frst division in the National
League
The Washington times., 1918-08-15

Ty Cobb Won't Play Any More
After Season Ends Labor Day
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-02-20
Hot-Point Electric Heaters and

Cooking-Appliances at the Emporium. Christmas goods coming on the next boat. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-02-20
STARVING MULT1TUDES IN OLD
 WORLD

There are hundreds of thousands of fellow beings, ranging from chil- dren in arms to aged men and women, actually starving in Syria and Armen- in. The reports from the missionaries and American officers in the war stricken countries are heart-breaking. Those innocent sufferers of Turkish cruelties are the most unfortunate people in the world. They are dying by thousands-dy dying when it would require but an average of $5 to save them.
 We. of America. so far removed from the frightful theaters of the war. surrounded by plenty, can so easily help save these people. despite the heavy drafts that are made upon us for our own war program. There are millions of Americans who could contribute enough to save these starv- ing people without feeling the loss. There are millions more who could contribute a dollar or more and not sacrifice. Yet the call is from so far off that it is scarcely audible.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-02-20
BREAD RATION IN THE |. $.
 IS NOW SAME AS IN ENGLAND

ration has been ordered by the food
 for patrons of hotels. restaurants and dining cars. This all
 lOwance is about that now observed
 in England. Telegrams went out to- day to the food administrations hot el representatives in every state des- ignating the new ration. Not more than two ounces of wheat bread may be served to any one at any one meal except that when rolls or bread made from corn. oatmeal or bran are serv- ed. and when only one kind other than wheat bread is ordered. portion
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-02-20
WHEN THE WAR WILL END

Absolute knowledge I have none But my aunt's washerwoman's sis Heard a policeman on his beat Say to a laborer in the street. That he had letter just last week Written in the finest Greek, From Chinese collie in Timbuctoo. Who said the niggers in Cuba knew Of a colored woman in a Teas town Who got it straight from a circus
 clown,
 That a man in klondike heard the From a gang of South American Jews, Of somebody in Borneo Who heard a man who claims to know Of swell society female rake Whose mother-in-law will undertake To prove that her husbands sisters
 niece
 Has stated in a printed piece That she had a son who had a friend Who knows when the war will end.
 Exchange
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-02-20

should permit an accusation of that kind to be made in his or her pres ence without demanding the proof.
 From the very beginning of the war enemies of this government have tried to create dissensions among Red Cross workers and young men who have registered in accordance with the selective draft law. They well knew that by sowing seeds of discord they would assist in retarding the governments war policy. They well knew that nation to De strong. the people thereof must he in sympathy with it: that there must be co-ordi- nation and cooperation among those who remain at home as we'll as those who go to fight.
 If the Red Cross could he brought under suspicion the pro-Germanists and pacifists would weaken this gov ernment and make it less potent as an ally of the entente powers.
 Of course, such things are the worst types of treason and sedition, but they are at the same time the most difficult to reach and, to eradi- cate. Some persons who really mean we'll are misled by stories against the Red Cross, being too weak in their powers of analysis-too lacking in see the evil designs of those engaged in this dissension- But the rule is that those who engage in this contemptible work do so maliciously and with purpose to injure the government that sus- tains them
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-02-20
IN VAIN.

 @UT every tiny robe away.
 The stitches all were set with A Slow, tender drops of joy; today
 Their rain would wither hopes or
 fears; Bitter enough to daunt the moth That longs to fret this dainty cloth. The Glmy lace. the ribbons blue. The tracery deft of flower nnd leaf. The fairy shapes that blooned .and grew Through happy moments all too brief. The warm, soit wraps. oh. God. how cold It must be in that wniry mold! Fold carefully the broidered wool; It's silken wreaths will peer grow old: And lay the linen soft and cool Above it gently. fold on fold. So lie the SHOWS on that SOit breast, Where mortal garb Will never rest. How many days in dreamed delight, With listless fingers working slow, I fashioned them from morn till night And smiled tu See them slowly grow. thought the task too late begun; Alas, how soon it all was done! Go lock them iH d cedar chest. And never bring ne bacx the key! Will hiding lay this ghost 10 rest, Or the turned lock give peace to me No matter-only that l dread Lest other eyes behold my dead. would have laid them in that grave To perish, too. like any weed, But legends tell that they wh2 saVe Such garments, ne CT the like will need But give or burn tEem-nced will be l want but one such memory!
 Rose Terry Cooke.
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-02-20

may consist of four ounces Rolls may not weigh more than one ounce each.
 Public eating places are now H. censed under the new bread regula- tions and the bread ration rule is is- sued under this authority. Hotel rep resentatives have been instructed to see that immediate observance is giv- en in hotels for Monday and Wednes- day as wheatless days, Tuesday as a meatless day, Saturday as porkless day and that there is one wheatless meal and one meatless meal every day
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-02-20
RED CROSS WORK DISCOUNTED

If those persons who believe or who tell others that Red Cross workers are being paid for their services in stead of coming forward as volunteers in this very necessary work for hu- manity, will attend the public meet ings at the City Hall in Valdez they will be set right
 No friend of the United States is circulating the stories about paid Red Cross workers. No true-blue American
Valdez daily prospector., 1918-02-20

Aliili.Ii> ul he new Hoover pledge cards have been received by the wOni. ans committee of the council of nu' tionaI defense and are being distribut. ed throughout the country at the re quest of the national food administra. ton. Those who sign the pledge may Obtnin handsome cards hearing the words, 'member of the national food administration" and cOlOred shield m a wheat decorated disk.