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The Washington times., 1918-05-18
CHASE GOLF
TOURNAMENT FINAL
ROUNDS DUE TODAY

Dr. l.. L. Harlan, veteran OF many
golf tournaments. the Columbia Club
player, and G. p. Field, OF Chevy
Chase, late OF Chicago, are bracketed
in the upper half OF the semi-final
round In the annual invitation tourn-
ament at Chevy Chase today In the
lower half OF the first sixteen sur
yivors Tom Scasscr. the Baltimore
crack, is meeting Robert Finken-
staedt. OF Columbia
Attempts to pick a winner in today's
big final match proved futile this
morning. II Harlan Is on his game,
Field can look for an interesting en-
EaEement The uphill fights won by
the Chicago man earned him many
followers after yesterdays exhibi-
tions.
Scasser. the Baltimore golfer. IS
capable OF playing fine golf. and can
h" looked upon AS a strong contender
for the Taft cup. Finkenstacdt. while
e bit unsteady at critical stages. Rc-
cordinG to those well vcrSci in tOurn-
amcnt play, may come through in
great style. The finals will be play
ed today.
Matches in the various flights to Be
run Off today are as follows:
First sixteen Harlan VS.. Field:
Sassc"r vs.. Fnkcnstaedt
Defeated Clapp vs. Clcve-
land; Ormc vs. Winter.
Second siTtccn-E. Weaver VS..
Thompson: Chnsmar Va. Jackson.
Defeated eight Mattingly vs.. J.
Weaver. Warner Us. S"ranagc
Third sixteen Smith vs.. Davidson;
Childrcss ". I.Hiurs
Defeated eight Curby VS. Hamn-
ton: Barr vs. Bennett
Fourth sixteen ellis VS.. Prcntiss:
Wardman ". DE FaTgrs
Defeated ciEht-Iiam VS.. Truett
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
BABE RUTH INCREASES HIS LEAD OVER
IRIS SPEAKER IN CLOUTING THE BALL

Babe Ruth increased his batting
average by sixty-nine points last
week. while Iris Speaker, his nearest
rival, was climbing only nine points.
AS a result the Boston southpaw
pitcher and slugger today has . total
OF .4T6 for fourteen games
Frank Schultz. who has been to bat
fifteen times. has a mark OF 400. but
the teams real leader is Bert Shot
ton, with a record OF sos, a falling
OF Of two points since last week
Morgan lost sixty points last week.
and Levan slid back forty-nine points.
but Joe Judge gained fortyfour. Up
to Wednesday Zeb Milan had hit safe
ly in his last ten games, getting six
teen hits in forty-six tries. Judge
hit safely in his last eight games.
getting thirteen hits in thirty-four at
tempts.
Following are the unofficial ng-
ures:
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
PIRATES PROVING
LEAGUE SURPRISE
BY FAST PLAYING

Fighting tooth and nail to establish
themselves in the first division. the
Pittsburgh Pirates stand out today as
the surprise team OF the 1918 season.
Pittsburgh's showing has not been
a flash in the pan. The Pirates are
playing real baseball, and they are
very much in the running with the
Cubs and Reds for first division prom
inence.
4 feature OF the success Of the Pitts
burEh club lies in the fact that it
started the season in the best Of
shape. Manager Rezdek picked his
players before going 10 camp last
spring, and wasted no time expert
menting with Rockies
With Carey, Stengel, and King in
the field, Pittsburgh has a strong trio
Of gardeners. Mollwitz, Cutshaw.
Cation, and MCKechnie, the infielders.
have been playing in Zippy fashion
Mollwitz and McKechnie are doing
remarkable comebacks. and Cation,
though a youngster and not a great
hitter, is fielding well.
The battery men Of the Pirates have
performed remarkably well so far and
the future success Of the club seems
vested in the pitchers. The loss Of
Earl Hamilton, after winning six
straight games, was a terrific blow.
yet Cooper. Harmon, Miller. Jacobs.
steele and Sanders may hold up and
the winning spirit OF the BezdeCkians
is still strong.
Eczdeck has made a formidable ball
club out Of team Of chronic losers,
and he has furnished the biggest sur
pris" exhibited by any club since the
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
HIGH SCHOOL LADS
RUN TODAY IN BIC
MEETAT STADIUM

Track athletes from four high
schools meet today in the twenty
third annual field a track games
Of the Washington high schools in
the finals OF the interschOlas' ic
meet and the championship meet
In the championship meet one ath-
lete from each school has been en-
tered in each Of thirteen events.
These lads are the best performers
and are sure to furnish bang up com
petition in the events.
Three athletes from each school
compete in the intcrscholastic meet,
and. Judging from the competition in
yesterdays prelimiuaries. there Will
be a hot struggle for honors between
Tech and Western lads.
Technical qualified eighteen boys
yesterday. and Western fourteen in
the 100. go. 12O hurdles. "2O-yard
hurdles. high jump. broad jump. and
pole vault. business qualified two
athletes in the field events
The Mckinley Manual Training
School lads qualified in at least one
man in every event. and as many as
three in the pule-vault-
The meet this year fnds Central
High School competing at Tome
School. Port Deposit. Nd. Central
having Withdrawn from the track
NEE for the first time since 1t has
been held.
Yesterdays performance brought
many more boys out for competition
than In last years events. despite the
absence Of Ccntrars athletes. More
than 100 boys Will take part in to-
days engagements.
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
CAMP MEADE TOURNEY
SEMI-FENALSA ARE DUE

CAMP MEADE, Nd. May 1s.-Semi-
final baseball games for the company
championship OF Camp Meade will
probably be staged here tomorrow and
the finals on Wednesday,
Hundreds OF games have been play
ed in the "duwn-and-out" baseball
tournament The results OF the las;
games which brought the teams to the
semi final rounds follow:
Company L, 3l5th Infantry, defeat
ed Company !. 3lGth, . to l in a four
teen inning contest
Battery +, 3Ilth Field Artillery, de
feated Battery A, 312th Field Artil-
lery, by 3 to ..
Company b. 3O4th Ammunition
Train. defeated 3lGth Ambulance Com
pany OF the 3Oith Sanitary Train, by .
to 3.
The Sixth Battalion OF the 154th de-
pot brigade defeated 32Sth Truck
Company Of the Quartermaster Corps
by . to >.
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half OF them had two on nothing on
them before expiring.
In the third a pass to Cicotte, with
one out, was followed by Leibold s
single. Murphy forced Memo, put
ting Cicotte on third. Then Shaw
forced Eddie Collins to roll to Nor
gan.
McMullin opened the eighth with a
walk and came within an inch OF be-
ing doubled on SChalk's liner right
into Morgan's fins. Then Mac swiped
second and went to third on Cicotte's
infield out The best LeibOld could
do was to fly to Milan and again
James Grunting had emerged from a
small hole.
Lavan's boot put Murphy on to
open the ninth, but Ainsmith's perfect
peg cut him down at second before
Eddie Collins took a walk. Gandil
followed with a single and the fans
began breathing hard. John Collins
flied to Milan and Foster disposed OF
Risberg. Then came Judges splash
and victory.
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE
WILL MEET ON MONDAY

Departmental Baseball League Of
ficials will meet Monday night at the
office OF the Quartermaster General
Monroe Courts. Fifteenth and J.
streets northwest
Larger crowds are beginning "a
take a lock at the Departmental
League games on the White Lot
Ellipse. The game yesterday was
won by the Finance and Accounts
team which handed the War Risk
Board n 10 to 6 beating.
Today's contest is between the Per
sonnel and Commerce teams.
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
GIANTS BUY NIEHOFF;;
SMALL HOPE FOR DOYLE

NEW YORK. May Is The pur-
chase Of Second Eascman Tert Me.
hoff by the Giants from St Louis
was looked upon by baseball fans
here today as an indication that
Manager NcGraw has little horc that
Larry poNlc viii b. able to gct back
into the line mp for I1nv week ..
DOYLE underwent n d.!icat" operation
several days ago. and his absence
from the lineup has apparently
broken up the winning combination
OF the National League champions
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
.JOHNSON VS.. COVELESKIE IS BIG CARD
FOR FIRST SUNDAY GAME IN CAPITAL
By LOUIS A BOUCHER

Walter Stanley COveese the pitching card for
oow first Sunday American League staged Washington
The get $3.50 o'clock beforehand
anything will be 10000 spectators when
the big the fray the mound Each pitcher his teams
performer
From far and that tomorow throng will
record for Washington The largest attendance here the
end Of the Gmen streak 1912 After hanging
fifteen straight the road the Gf home and before
tbIetrs
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
WHITE SOX LOSE LAD;
LEES REPORTS AT LEE

George Lees, jr.. former star var
sity backstop at Lehigh. has been
lost to The worlds champion White
sox. He left last night for Camp
Lee. Petersburg. Va
Lees exTected to stick in the big
show. judging from his showing this
spring. He is patterned after Ray
SchAlk in makeup and style OF catch
ing and looked most promising. Now
the champions have only Schalk and
Byrd Lynn for backstop dutieA
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
MISS DURACK CANNOT
SWIM In EVENTS HERE

NEW YORK. May 1S.-Miss Fannie
Durack and Miss Minna Wylie hold
crs OF several worlds swimming rec
ords. cannot take part in any anna
tour swimming events in this coun
try until their standings have been
fiNed up in Australia. The authorities
in the Antipodes have suspended them
for some defiance OF orders.
Miss DuraclS won the Olympic hun
drcd at Stockholm. 1912. and, with
Miss Wylie. was to have toured this
country.
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
EARL HAMILTON FIRST
TO WIN SIX VICTORIES

Earl Hamilton. in his brief sojourI
in the senior league won all six EameI
that he hurled his last win befort
joining Uncle Sans League being
victory over the Giants.
Hamilton wound up his career II
Ban Johnson's league last year b.
losing all eight games that ne pitch
ed: he is the first major league pitch
son
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
LEWIS KEEPS TITLE.

DENVER. Colo. MAY 1S.-Tcd
Lewis still clinEs to the weIterweiEh ht
title today after a midnight twenty
round 20 here with Johnny Tuiman.
81 Minneapolis. Three referees.
chosen after a long squabbIe, gave
Lewis the decision on points
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
LARRY DOYLE Is BEST
IN SPRINGS CLOUTlNG

Larry Doyle, just now in a New
York hospital. is the real leader Of
the National Leagues batsmen with
a mark Of RS. However, Red
Smith, OF the Boston Braves. is on his
heels, showing his mark up 81 points
last week to a total of 3T9
Following are all National Leaguers
hitting at least 800 and the team
figures:
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
Joe Judge Slams
Pellet Often

Joe Judge has hit safely in every
one Of his last ten games. and has
elouted for .3s5 In that time
The GriIs' doughty nrst-Staeksr
has come to bat forty-thres timea
He has poled sixteen safe bIngleS
for . total OF nineteen bAseA
Outside Of that. Joe hasn't done
much hitting.
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
PEPcos LAND 1T.

The Flying Merkles were defeated
by the Pepco Juniors by Is to yes
terday. II was the second win for
Pepco over the Merkles.
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
JAKE SECOND GAME.

Georgetown Preps won their secont
game Of the week yesterday in de
feaIinE -. Adams by 10 >. Dasha
for the Prcps, and Sex Smith. for So
Adams, pitched well all through thu
game.
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
Rex VS.. GAREIELps.

The Rex. A. c. will meet the strong
Garields tomorrow at 2.3O O'Clock at
Union League Park. Fifteenth and II
street northeast
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
DIX ATHLETES LISTED.

here June l for the big service meet
to be held In the Central Stadium
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

YeHterday'H GnmeA
Washington, !. Chicago. a.
New York (. 81 Louis :
Cleveland. 3: Philadelphia, T.
Boston, Il. Detroit, Z
where They Play Today.
Chicago al Washington.
st. Louis a. New York.
Detroit at Boston
Cleveland at PhllAdelphia
The Washington times., 1918-05-18

Games Won By Pitehers
From These Clubs
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
WHERE They Play Today
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

TeateFday'G GaneA-
Boston. >: ST Louis J.
Cincinnati. s: New York, l.
Brooklyn. Z. Pittsburgh T.
Chicago. >: Philadelphia o
where They Play Today.
Boston al St. Louis
Philadelphia AZ Chicago.
New York at Cincinnati
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh
The Washington times., 1918-05-18

johnson and CoveIeskie Booked
For Duel In First Sunday Game
The Washington times., 1918-05-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE
PITCHING

Pitcher and club. w.LP.C.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05
"Chariots of Iron" at GAIA.

History repeats itself down to min
ute details, the London Star reminds
us, and recalls previous operations al
GAIA related in the Book Of Joshua
1t says:
IF that picturesque special CORE
spcndent to whom we owe the nara
tive of the sun and moon standing still
in the valley of Ajalon had witnessed
the onslaught of General Allenby's
auXiliaries, he might have pictured be-
hemoth wallowing on the shore and
.leviathan rising out of the sea. 1t is
related in the Book of Judges that
though the tribe of judah took GAIA,
they could not drive out the inhabi.
tants of the valley because they had
chariots Of IRON
ALLOWING for the intervening GEN.
lures which have transformed the
'chariots of IRON into tanks, we see
that in this case the Omens are In
favor Of the invaders, and we may
reasonably hope that the clearing out
Of the Philistines will be final and COM
plete."
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY oF.:.THE WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

French destroyers sunk two enemy
submarines in the Gulf of Taranto.
British casualties reported in the
week ending Dec. 18 totalled 1876 of
ficers and men.
The Italians repulsed the Austro-
German forces on the Tasson-C Col-Del-
Orso front, with heavy losses.
The officers of the Russian army in
give their services to the United
States.
American submarine FL was sunk
in collision with her sister boat, the
F3, in American waters. Nineteen
perished, five being rescued.
Ten persons were killed and seven
ty injured in London during Wednes-
day nights air raid. Outside of Lon
don five persons were injured.
Fourteen British merchantmen of
more than 1000 tons and three under
that tonnage were sunk by mine or
submarine during the week ending
Dec. 10.
ALI alcoholic beverages except light
wines and beers are denied to mem
bers of the American expeditionary
forces in France by Gen. Pershing, in
general orders.
The losses to French shipping by
mine or submarine for the week end
ing Dec Is were exceedingly light.
Only one vessel under 1000 tons was
sunk and none over 1000 tons.
Comparative quiet still prevails on
the British front in France and Bel
gium and along the French line run
ming from the region of st. Quentin to
the Swiss border, except for lombard
ments and minor infantry operations.
Seven Italian attacks against the re-
Gently captured Austro-German posi-
tions in the region of Monte Azolone
were repulsed, the Berlin war office
reports. Italian efforts to advance at
other points ON the northern front
also are said to have failed.
Fighting continued Friday at Odes-
sa, and the Ukranian troops have
been joined by the Russian army from
the Rumanian front under the COM
mand of Gen. Stcherbatcheff The
Red Guards lost 800 men killed and
1000 wounded in six-day fight.
A considerable portion of ground
gained by the enemy Dec 18 in the
region of Monte AzOlOne, on the north
ern front east of the Brenta river, has
been retaken by the Italians, the
Rome war office announces The po-
sitions regained by the Italians were
held despite the most violent fire from
the enemy artillery.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05
New Mexico.

Articles of incorporation were filed
by the Linda Vista Oil Company, Of
flee at Arthur, N NJ
According to figures that are being
compiled for the government and for
publicity use, the output of the mines
in the Lordsburg district for 1917 will
total about $2,250,000. The eighty-five
mine was the biggest producer, with
the Bonney second s,.f
Two thousands five hundred tons
of coal a day. This figure was reached
by the combined output of the princi-
pal mines in the Gallup district. 1t is
the largest coal production in years
and it is expected by mine operators
that 5000 tons day will be reached
within the next few weeks. =.
An inspection of the extensive alum
deposits on the Gila river, twenty
miles north of Silver City, is being
made by Gerald T. Hill of New York.
The deposits are said to be the larg-
est alum deposits on the American
continent, and their development
would give Grant county still another
mineral resource.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05
WASHINGTON.

Loans aggregating $29,S24,OO0 have
been made to farmers by the twelve
federal land banks in the six months
since the farm loan system has been
in full operation, according to the
monthly report of the Federal Farm
Loan Board.
Permission for the shipment of
about 10000 tons of corn and oats to
Finland by way of Sweden has been
granted by the Food Administration
and the War Trade Board upon evi-
dence that thousands of the Finnish
people are starving.
The army appropriation bill for the
next fiscal year, on which the House
military committee was to resume
hearings Jan. 8, probably will carry
close to $5,000,000.O00
President Wilson will send a mes
sage to Congress recommending en-
actment Of legislation to meet the
TRANSFORMATION situation Immediately
after the holiday recess.
Cotton ginned prior to Dec. Is
amounted to 10,142,S58 running bales,
exclusive of linters and including 1870,
252 round bales and 1882 bales of sea
island, the Census Bureau announced
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05
Colorado.

Near Silverton the Highland Mary
is working three shifts at both the
mine and mill and shipping each
month.
From SilvertOn comes a report that
work is going right along and ship
ments being made regularly from the
Pride of the West mine in Cunning
ham gulch.
The flotation of minerals dates
back to the accounts of Agricola, who
tells us of the virgins who dipped
greasy feathers into the stream and
drew forth gold.
At Telluride, in San Miguel county,
the ore shipments for November were
very large, the number of cars of con-
centrates shipped totaling 1872 as
against 116 last year.
The Coming Wonder property which
has been among the shippers of the
Silverton district all year is ready to
do a considerable amount of develop
ment work during the winter months.
The Ariadne property situated on
Storm peak in the Cement creek Sec
tion of San Juan county, which is be-
ing operated by Alfred B. lies, is rap
idly getting into shape to enter the
shipping. list.
The Red Mountain shipping season
now drawing to, close proved the
three leading shippers of the district
to be the Congress Leasing, with 5000
tons; the Barstow, with 800 tons
crude and $50 tons concentrates, and
the Summit Mining and Milling Com
pany, with 1,775 tons. Miscellaneous
small shipments from the smaller pro-
ducers in the vicinity bring the total
for the district up to between 5000
and 5000 tons.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05
WESTERN.

The strike in the Gulf Coast Oil
fields has been officially adjusted.
Crop conditions for winter wheat
show greater acreage but condition
poor.
Three British ayiators in training
at Fort Worth, Tex, were killed when
two machines collided in the air.
Bandits held up and robbed the
East Seventieth street branch of the
Garfield Savings bank in Cleveland,
Ohio, and escaped with $14,50O in
money.
At Milwaukee, Wis, five minutes
after Edwin Kaiser enlisted in the
navy, Stonewall Jackson came along
and took job as mess attendant for
the jackies.
Adolfo Bley, former president of the
Banco de Sonora, now a resident of
San Francisco, was deported to Mex
leo by United States authorities at
Nogales, on the ground that he is an
alien enemy.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05
GEN NERAL.

Sales of thrift and war savings
stamps in New York City since the
campaign opened Dec. 8, reached to-
tai of $S23,361 up to Dec. 19.
Alice Nielsen, American operatic
singer, and DR.. Leroy r. Stoddard of
New York were married in the First
Presbyterian church at Greenwich,
Conn
The value of farm agricultural prod
| ucts of Kansas in 1917 amounts to
$507, 7,225,000, nearly $131,000,OOO more
than the states next best record in
1914.
Business houses will be given credit
for Christmas gifts and bonuses to
employees in the computation of in
come taxes, the Treasury Department
announced
That the University of California
was unwittingly to be made the train
ing school for Hindu revolutionists is
the latest revelation in the Hindu plot
trials before the Federal Court at San
Francisco.
Upholding the morale of the allies
is the most important task facing the
United States this winter, asserted
former President William H. Taft, in
an address at Red Cross mass meet
ing at Pittsburg, Pa.
City Marshal r. S. st. Clair, 45
years old, was shot and killed when
he attempted to arrest a man charged
with making unpatriotic utterances
when approached for Red Cross sub
scription at Maiden, Mo.
The next loan the people of the
United States will be asked to pur-
chase to aid the government in win
ming this war will be for $4,000, ,OOO.-
600; the bonds will be Az per cent is
sue and the offering will be made on
March Is, 1913
Maury Diggs, who has been serving
sentence in the federal penitentiary
at McNeaps Island, Wash, returned
to his California home, having been
paroled by the prison parole board.
Diggs, with Drew Caminetti, was con-
victed in San Francisco of violating
the Mann white slave act. Caminetti
was paroled recently by President
Wilson.
A contribution of 100000 for it's
war work by the Rockefeller Founda-
ton for 1918 was announced in New
York by the supreme officer, Knights
of Columbus.
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05
COURT MAKES HUNT EXECUTIVE

Phoenix, <Ariz.-The Supreme Court
handed down an opinion in the Hunt
Campbell gubernatorial contest. The
decisive feature of the opinion revers
ing the judgment of Judge Stanford OF
the Superior Court was in the matter
of Douglas precinct No. 1, in which the
trial court had counted for Campbell
forty-two ballots which bore marks of
erasures in, the square over the Re-
publican column and had been marked
in the Democratic square. The Su-
preme Court restored these ballots to
Hunt and took them from Campbell,
leaving the figures in that precinct
as they had been returned by the elec-
ton board. The court held that there
was not sufficient proof of fraud to
warrant either such transfer of the
ballots or the rejection of the precinct
in which the returns showed that
Hunt had been given a majority Of
115. This finding alone gave Hunt
the governorship.
Under the rules the contestee,
Campbell, has fifteen days to file a
motion for a rehearing, but has Of
fered to turn over the office at any
time
The Benson signal., 1918-01-05
How He Made Window sashes.


A young Welshman, a wOodwOrker,
applied at the work of building ma
terial company for job.
what can you do?" inquired the
foreman in charge.
"Indeet, look you," said Taffy. Il
can do any joinery work whateffer."
"Can you make window sashes?"
asked the foreman.
Surely" was the lacOnic answer.
"Well, just take off your coat and
let me see you make one.
SO Taffy set to work, while the fore
man went off round the works. The
first sash the new hand attempted
was failure, so planting it under the
bench, Taffy got ahead with second
one, and had just finished it when the
foreman returned and taking hold Of
the sash, said, Call that sash, do
yer? Don't believe l could find a
worse one in the country"
"Indeet," said the wood butcher,
grinning, "you may find ferry much
worse one under the bench made from
your own timber!"
Then he got move on.