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The Washington herald., 1918-08-10

have all the games played on en-
closed fields. the American and Union
League Park being named.
The series will not go under way
until after the big league schedule
is finished in this city. Each team
was allowed a roster of twenty men,
this list to be in the hands Of the
secretary five days before the first
game. The players are to- be put un-
der contract and any player signing
two pledges automatically suspends
himself, 1t was agreed that a player
that had participated in two games
with a club would be considered ell
gible for the series.
Camp Humphries of Virginia. made
application for admission into the
series which was voted on and accept
ed unanimously. War Risk Bureau,
Finance and Accounts and Commerce
of the Departmental League were the
other new teams to enter while Ord
nance of the Navy Interburean
League and the Red Cross of the
Departmental League were dropped
from the association.
Teams that will enter the indepen-
dent series will be Operations. Com
merce, Capital Printers. Clarendon.
Navy Yard, War Risk and Finance
and Accounts. The service teams will
be the U. s. Marines. 4S1th Engineers,
6o4th Company F Engineers. u. S. A.
Medical Department. Camp MeiGs and
Camp Humphries. The franchise now
held by the Company F team Goth
Engineers will be turned over to the
605th providing they are not ordered
for oversee duty. No more teams will
be admitted into this series.
Those present last night were Pres.
Robert Doyle, Sec. Bryan Morse.
Treas. C. r. Mcclure, H. c. Byrd. and
John A. Dugan of the Board of Gov
ernors, Lane Lacy, of Operations;
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
GAME DOOMED
DURING WAR
American National Pastime
Will Be Shelved Until
1t Is All Over.

Professional baseball Is doomed for
the duration of the war! When the
major league races terminate early
next month Americas national sport
will be shelved along with the other
non,essentials until the forces of
civilization overthrow the Hun In the
struggle overseas.
There will be a world series. OF
course, but this year the autumn con-
flict for supremacy On the diamond
will be In the nature of a farewell
to baseball. II will write finis to the
record of the game until the end of
the war. That at least is the i'm
preston among well-informed base
ball men.
With the extension of the draft
ages from IS to IS years becoming in
creasingly probable. baseball men
have all but abandoned hope for a
resumption of the sport by the major
leagues next season. Should the work.
or-fight rule apply to men between
the aforementioned ages. as will be
the case should the new draft bill
be passed by Congress, there would
be no players available.
Charles H. Ebbets. president Of the
Brooklyn Club, is the first major
league club owner to prepare for the
period Of inactivity. He has decided
to convert the big grandstand at Eb-
bets Field into a warehouse and to
construct a spacious building for stor-
age purposes on the playing field.
That virtually eliminates the Dodgers
from the National League next sea-
son and practically kills all hope for
a resumption of the league races. It
is probable other clubs will use their
grandstands for warehouses.
1t is already apparent that interest
in baseball cannot be maintained with
the stars of the pastime in the SER
vice. Teams with minor leaguers be-
yond the draft age. patched up clubs
composed of youngsters and broken
down veterans do not interest the
fans in this or any other city on either
major league circuit, and 1t is under
stood all of the club owners who had
intended to stage exhibition contests
in their parks after the regular cham
pionship races came to an end have
abandoned the scheme.
The extension of the draft ages will
kill baseball outright. Leaders of the
game make no effort to conceal their
belief that the sport is through until
the end Of the war. There will be no
effort to organize the leagues next
season, unless the war should end in
the meantime. In that event the ma
jor leagues OF course would operate.
And while che game skids toward
its end nearly every club on both
major league circuits reports steadily
falling box office receipts. Only a few
Of the clubs are making money these
days.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
SHAW TO WORK SUNDAY.

Foxey Griff sneaked into wash
ington yesterday to straighten out
a few deals on his bat and ball
fund and at the same time dis
tributed the tickets to the local
camps and cantonments for the
khaki tribe to witness the game
Sunday when the Athletics will be
the attraction at the Florida ave-
nue. Stadium.
The Old Fox will use Jimmy
Shaw in this battle on the Sab
bath. and as Jimmy has been 60
ing at top speed on this recent
Western trip 1t appears that he is
in line to ring up another victory.
In today's double bill in the Quaker
: City the Old Fox will send his two
big aces. in Harper and johnson,
in an attempt to grab on both
games. Grin claims the Nationals
are not out Of the race yet, as he
figures the Boston Sox to crack
under the strain
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
COMPLETE LIST
FOR AUTO RACE
Ralph De Palma Will Star,
in Big international
Sweepstakes.

New York. Aug. s.-wlth Ralph Do
Palma in the fold today. the feId IL
now complete for the international
Sweepstakes. to be run at the Sleeps
head Bay Speedway next SATURDAY
afternoon. August II. All the star
drivers entered will meet tomorros
and post $500 each. while the
management will put up the balsnce
OF the guaranteed purse OF Szs.OeV.,
Conditions for the race. the numbes
Of heats and the distribution OF prize
money will also be decided upon az
the meeting.
The entry OF De Palma assures tho
fastest field Of drivers that ever faced
a starter in an open race. And the
fact that this is TO be a popular
priced show should also prove a mag :
net to draw out q record breaking
crowd Of speed enthusiasts. De Palms
is still insistent that the race be ls
one heat at from 100 10 80 miles-
while the other drivers. aside fror-T
Ralph Mulford. fayer sprint heat.
the winner 20 be determined by the
point scoring system
De Palma is leading for the sutO<
mobile racing championship of 1slS-
having won three OF the four big race
meets. as well as shattering several
worlds records. His powerful twelve-
cylinder Packard is already at ths
track. Il having been overhAuled re-
Gently by experts sent from the De-
troit factory OF the Packard concerh-
and il is declared to be faster than
ever.
The field that will face the starter
in the S25,OOo classic a week from to-
morrow consists Of De Palma, world :
sprint champion: Mulford. twenty
four-hour champion; Arthur Dursy5
worlds speed king. with a record oc
Ii7 miles an hour: Louis Chevrolet.
1917 speedway champion, and Dario
Resta. speed king Of 1sl5-ISl6
This will be the first appearance of
: Duray on an Eastern speedway, and
great interest centers in his perform
( ance next Saturday. His car is tuned
up for record-brealIing speed apd the
French poilu means TO show that he
II the real speed king.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
CANOE CLUB READY
FOR BIG REGATTA

The entries for the Washington
Canoe Club regatta were to have
closed on Wednesday night. but ow-
ing to a delay in the receipt of the
Arundar Club of Baltimore and the
Marine Corps entries they did not
close until last night There will
oe nine events over the Washington
Canoe Club course on. the upper Po-
tomac River.
The first event will start promptly
IT p. m. and the others will fol-
low Immediately after the finish Of
me preceding event. There are sew
sral out-of-town entries and they
Ihould furnish some good competi-
ion for the home folks. as they are
he best representatives Of their re-
Reetivs clubs.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
PLAYERS SUE FOR
SEPTEMBER SALARY

New York, Aug. s.-The major
league clubs probably will have to
defend numerous lawsuits after the
pennant races end on Labor Day.
Players who are outside of the draft
ages and who hold ironclad or long
term contracts will bring suit for
their salaries in full IL the mag
mates cut them off the pay rolls.
The point to be raised is that the
government has not ordered the
stopping of the pennant races on
September 1. The "over and under
players are ready and willing to live
up to their contracts after that date.
The club owners already have inti-
mated that all salaries will cease
after Labor Day because of the
governments order" II is fgured
that fifty players will sue for their
money due up to October Is. and
that the expected litigation will in
volve more than 100000.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10

The District Baseball Association
rounded into a regular organization
last night at the Star Club rooms
when the constitution and bylaws
which will govern the association
were adopted. The board of COVER
nors made up Of the newspaper men
from the four different papers sub
mitted this constitution which was
adopted without an amendment.
Chairman Byron Morse read of the
laws and explained each one as he
went along.
The playing rules which will gov
ern the District championship series
were somewhat revised. Secretary
E. c. Bennett rendered his resigna-
tion because of pressure of business
and Chairman Morse, of the board
of governors. was unanimously
elected. The association was pleased
with Clark Griffith's approval on
accepting the honorary presidency
while name of the vice-president
was left over until the next meet
ing.
The rules were revised so that the
thirteen teams that will participate
in this championship series will be
divided into two sections. the inde-
pendent and league clubs, which
were seven in number, being placed
in Section A while the six service
clubs were placed in Section B. Two
games shall be played between each
of the clubs in the different sections
while the winners Of the sectional
series will play a three-game series
for the championship.
The schedule, for these games will
be drawn uD by the board of gov
ernors while the price of admission
and the naming of the ground along
with all protests that shall arise will
be decided by this board of govern
ors. 1t is the idea of this Board TO
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SARATOGA ENTRIES.

FIRST RAcE-seven furlongs. King Nep
tune. Ns; Jsck Stuart. ls: MoDonoy. i6
Hsubeck. lls; Pullu1, los; Regal Lodgs. l6;
Poacher. ia; St. Isidors. Zoe: Melus. los.
SECOND RACE - Two miles. Bet. Is;
Weldship. l64: sun King. 10: shannon RIVer.
lE; Doublet. 10.
THIRD RACE-Six fmloan Ny Friend.
llo; Blushing Beauty. no; Ginger. IL: Bsnni'
bal, III; Yurucan, IL; Lord Brighton. IL:
joyful. fs; Terentia. rs; s~eep On. IL: star
Hampton. II; Tetiey, II; Blue Lsddie. =:
Cresson. rs
FOURTH RACE-Ons and oneeighth miles
Roamer. II; ncket. los: Midway. 10; FrInE-
hn. l@; oadeel, I32; Bondage. l@.
FIFTH RACE-siK furiongS screerher %;
Keen Jane. lot; viraso. los; nag. los; orenzo.
le; NAde r.. lei: Ambassador 81. g.
SIXTH RACE-0ne mile. Star Class. loS
Reyslers lN; Col. Ciuf. los: VAleruS. lo
Broom Peddler. le; 0enone. los; Wyoming. loS
Woodthush. 10; Heredity. no Piedr. no
Cousin o. Mine. lp; W. P. Dsbney. lcS
So Long Lefty. los; Jane Mar. los: American
loi Alb. l@; Inpetus. no
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LYKE TO RIDE AS
FREE LANCE, REPORT

Saratoga, n. Y, Aug. s.-The fact
that Lawrence Lyke has not for sew
eral days done the riding for Com
mander Ross. to whom he is under
contract until the end OF the meet
ing, has occasioned not a little sur
prise. 1t develops that Lyke and
the trainer of the stable, H. c. Bed
well. are not on very good terms.
the strained relations being the af-
termath of Bedwelrs setting Lyke
down a month or so back. After this
meeting it is opined Lyke will ride
as a free lance, and IT would appear
that his services will be very much
in demand IL he can maintain his
present good riding form.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
WESTERVELL NOW
DEMANDS HIS PAY

New York. Aug. s.-Umpire west
ervelt who was released by Presi-
dent John T. Farrell OF the Interna-
tional League on July 81. threatens
to carry his case TO the National
Commission. Westervelt says that
he has been unable to collect S137.50
which is due him. from Farrell. He
has sent numerous kilograms to
Farrell asking for a settlement. but
has received no satisfaction. West
ervelt asserts that his contract call
ed for $3.50 a month. out Of which he
was compelled to pay his railroad
and hotel bills: also that he was or
dered to make so many jumps that
he was forced to borrow money TO
get from one city to another.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
GUN SHOP CAPTURES
l FROM QUADRANGLE

The Gun ball club OF the Navy
Yard league yesterday defeated the
Quadrangle team at Union League
Park in easy fashion by a IL to D
count
Frye who did the hurling for the
Gunners was in form and held the
Quadrangle outfit to three scattered
hits during the fray. His team
mates gathered fifteen hits off the
two twirlers of their opponents.
Every Gunner made one or more
hits while Nissley hit safely three
out of his four trips to the plate.
The score:
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
DISTRICT BASEBALL ASSOCIATION Is
MADE A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION

Fred Moore. of q. s. Marines: Ches-
ter Lyoss. of 4S7th.. Engineers; Jack
Ryan, of Commerce: E. s. Steile. of
6oith Engineers: ]. E. Wright. Of Rex
Athletic Club; T. A. Malvey. OF the
Capital Printers; Rufus Jones. Clar-
endon Athletic Club; Tommy Crooks.
of the Navy Yard: Lieut.. W. c. Cox.
of U. S. Army Medical Department;
Capt. Cervenka, of Camp Meigs; l.
E. Moore, of War Risk; P. J. O'Rsen.
Of Finance and Accounts, and L. A.
Freedmen of the navy interbureau
, league.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
ARTILLERY TEAM TO
Z MEET REX TODAY

A good game is expected today
when the fast Coast Artillery team
from Potomac Park and the Rex
Athletic Club battle at Union League
Park. 18th and H streets northeast,
at 2:15 o'clock.
Either Lem Owen or Braund will
toe the slab for the clubmen with
Fitzgerald or Degnan doing the
catching. All players of the Rex
Club are requested to report prompt
ly at 1870 o'clock.
Tomorrow on the same field the
crack aggregation from Camp Humph-
ries. Va, will oppose the Northeast
club in the first game Of a double
header at p. m. while Bliss Elec-
trical School detachment will be play
ed in the final.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
WELDSHIP ENTERS
BIG JUMPING RACE

New York. Aug. s.-Edward NJ.
Weld's Weldship. the s-year-old son
of Sea Horse II, which has perform
ed the remarkable feat OF winning
the North American Steeplechase
Handicap for the last three years in
succession. again will make his ap-
pearance in that race at Saratoga
tomorrow. II will be his first Rp-
pearance OF the year under colors,
but he has shown much OF his old
time form. and IL is just possible
that he will make IL four straight
The first time weldship won .the
event he carried 140 pounds, but IN
1916 and 1917 he carried top weight
at l62
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
WAR RISK SHUT OUT
RED CROSS OUTFIT

The War Risk baseball team yes
terday in the Departmental League
defeated the Red Cross outfit on the
Elipse in an exciting game by
to o count.
Bell and McLaren had a duel with
the honors in favor of the War Risk
hurler. He kept the Red Cross hits
well scattered and was not in danger
Of being scored upon. while on the
other hand the War Risk team hit
McLaTen hard in spots and scored
men when they were in a position to
have a blow delivered. The score:
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Runs-Nissley 90. Smelling. Klodzen. Braund.
Hartman. Gates. Frye t2l Left on bases-Gun.
s; Quadrangle, 2 First base on balls-Of Cox.
3; Luscombe. 2 Innings pitched-By Cox. 4;
Luscombe. s. Hits maderOf Cox, 7; Luscombe.
8. Struck out-By Frye. .; Cox, s; Luscombe.
Two-base hits-Letchfe;d. .Raba. Lafferty.
Nissley. Sacrifice hits-Snelling Gates. sacri-
fce fies-Nissley. Stolen bases-Gates (3), Ms
sley ~. Colesman. Double plays-Laferty to
Smelling to Laferty. Taylor to Leitchheld.
Wild pitches-Luscombe C9. Cox t2l, Frye a.
Passed balls-Taylor (9. Luscombe Umpire
Mr.. Carr.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
Danny Clark, Haworth
Join Shelby's Team

Camp Shelby. Miss, Aug. 9. = The
Thirty-eighth Division baseball team
is to be materially strengthened In
the near future with the addition Of
two more professional players to its
lineup. These men are Haworth and
Clark, catcher and second baseman
of the Birmingham Southern League
Club during the past season. =
Haworth is already In camp. Clark
will arrive here Friday. Both Haworth
and Clark will serve to balance the
Shelby team, and with these two cid
heads working together with kid
Elberfeld and Mel Sheppard. the
team viii be one Of the strongest In
any Of the campss
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
ENGINEERS BEATEN
BY CAMP MEIGS NINE

GoIding had the best OF 'Lefty's
Michaud in the Camp Meigs-EnEi~
neer game yesterday. The Florida.
avenue outfie won this pitching
duel by q 2 to i count. Rockford'si g
hitting in the fourth and sixth IN
nings paved the way for Neigs' tsl-'
les. The eo4th staged q rally in the
seventh which landed them one run
but Golding was equal 20 the occs-
sion OF haltinE them
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
PIRATES COME FROM
BEHIND AND LAND

Pittsburgh, Aug. 9.-By coming from
behind today the Pirates overlook the
early lead established by the Cincin-
natl Reds and won by 4-to-3 count.
Miller was driven from the mound
in the third inning by the visitors.
Hill finishing up in good shape.
Schnider pitched good ball. but weak
ened slightly during the final innings.
The score by innings:
Cincinnati ........ COZ 100 0O0-3 Q
Pittsburgh ........ 900 100 1OO- 8 0
Batteries-Schnider and wingo; Mil
Ter, Hill and Schmidt. Umpires-
Byron and O'Day.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
BASEBALL STATISTICS
American League.
Yesterdays RESULTS.
No games played.

WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Washington at Philadelphia. (Two
games). Sc.
New York at Boston.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Detroit at st. Louis.
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Boston at New York. (Two games).
Phillies at Brooklyn.
Chicago at Pittsburgh.
ST. Louis at Cincinnati.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
Walter Pipp Joins Aviators.

Boston, Aug. s,-Walter Pipp, first
baseman of the New York American
League baseball club, was enrolled in
the Naval Aviation School at the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Techonology
today.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10

~. White ~. Left on baseS-Red Cross, 6:
War Risk. !. First base on balls-Oh Nc
Laren, s; OF Bell. ). Struck out-By McLsren.
.; by Bell, II. Three-base hit-White. Two
base hit-Underwood. Stolen bases-Underwood,
schaher, Daughton, King. Hit by pitcher
By Bell CWelsh). Umpire-O'Brien.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
CUBS LAND FINAL
GAME FROM DODGERS

Brooklyn. Aug. s.-The Cubs took
the last game of their series with
the Dodgers here today s to 2.
Hendrix hurled the game for the
Cubs, and was hit freely. but in
variably frightened UP In the pinches.
The score by innings:
Chicago. 040 010 021-S I2 2
Brooklyn. 49,. 200 900 000-2 3 8
Observation-Disclosures and Killefer,
OFarrell; Robertson and Miller.
Umpires, KLEIN and .Emslie.
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athletic associations officers have worked hard make this meet
and from present the Navy Yard Field Day will
h. ON. that will long be remembered the committee confident
will 40 over the top all of this kind held in this vicinity
RECENTLY
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
STANDING OF TIRE CLUBS.
National League.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.

Chicago. s; Brooklyn, 2.
Pittsburgh, 4; Cincinnati, 9
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TWO HUNDRED ATHLETES TO
COMPETE IN FIELD CARNIVAL
Navy Yard Athletes in Big Track Meet at
Central Stadium Today-Many Novelties
Arranged-W. S. S. as Prizes,

NAVY YARD DAY at Central High School Stadium.
roads lead to the Mount Pleasant athletic field this
afternoon as the friends Of the employees blue jackets
and Marines stationed at the southeast gun factory
will turn out in a good number to watch the 2l0
athletes participate in the twenty athletic events listed
A number of novelties have been booked as side
liners to entertain the fans and followers of athletics
when the competition sackens the least bit. The
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Newark. 4: Hamilton. 0.
Jersey City. 8; Rochester. I.
The Washington herald., 1918-08-10

Willard says he viii
fight Dempsey after the
war. By that time he
viii weigh 400. pounds
and have a fat mans
job IN a circus.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-03
Knew He'd Be Caught So He
 Surrendered
Third Jealousy Shooting Wounds Negro in Leg
 at Ladd's.

q knowcd you and Mistah McBur nett would git me anyhow, so l just come in and give up"
 With that simple statement Ebert Green, negro, surrendered to Sheriff R. H. Williams yesterday afternoon after he had shot Dan Johnson, Jr., another negro, in the calf of the leg. The shooting occurred near Ladd. Johnson is not seriously hurt. '
 Green, who has been drafted and said Johnson had bragged that he would get Greens wife when Green went to the army.
 q didn't aim to kill him atall," Green explained "I just wanted to cripple him so he couldn't get to her so fast, that's all"
 Green is the third negno to volun- tarily surrender to Sheriff Williams this week The others were Spencer Clemmons, who shot and killed Ed Coleman, at Noble Lake, and Jim Burnett, who killed negro at Attn elmer Sunday. Jealousy caused both tragedies
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-03
RtPOR1
 AND PRICE JUMP
 FEATURES COTTON
Weather Conditions Which Damaged Crop Are Con-
 tinuing.

New York, Aug 2.-Few if any of the cotton trade were prepared for such a bullish condition figure as that issued in the government report Thursday, when conditions of the crop was placed at only 73.G
 Ire market Thursday advanced apout 5 bale and over $3 a bale frlday, making nearly cents a pound advance as a direct result of the bureau figures.
 The government condition was 3.6 points less than the average of all the private condition reports issued prior to it's publication. The decline or l2.2 points was the greatest for this time of the year on record.
 From all quarters buying orders poured ill to the markets with Wall street, the South, Liverpool and Jap anese interests especially prominent although Friday the latter with spo, houses. turned sellers.
 Weather donditions, which made such an extraordinarily low report have continued almost without eXcep- tion since the report was made up July 9.
 There has 'heen growing disposi- 'tion to fear boil weevil ill the east ern belt because of continued show cry weather.
 A lack of buying interests on the part of the trade was one of the sur prising features late in the week.
 In other quarters it was expected there would be general tightening
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-03
|. $. VETERANS ID RETURN 10 TRAIN
 AMERICANS HERE
Many Officers in France to Be Sent to Army
 Camps Here.

Washington, Aug. 2.-The Ameri- can forces in France have reached such a high stage of training in the new methods of warfare that they they are to furnish instructors for the new units being organized in the Uni ted States. No additional instructors from the allied armies will be asked except possibly in special technical cases.
 It was learned officially today that the war department has ordered a number of officers back from France to command brigades in the twelve new divisions, the formation of which were announced by General March, chief of staff, in the last two weeks.
 Should the indicated policy of the department to organize six additional divisions a month be carried out, a continual stream of officers who have won their spurs in France prob ably will be brought back to train the new contingents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-03
LOGAN MAY HAVE
 DRAFT RESISTERS


 Little Rock, Aug. 2.-Major A.. Webster Dobyns, assistant adjutant general of Arkansas, will leave Little Rock early Saturday morning for Blue Mountain to hold a conference with the Logan County Sheriff and to investigate alleged draft resisting conditions in that County. Reports have been coming to Little Rock for the, last several days of an organized reSister movement.
 Sheriff Hardwick of Logan County has reported to authorities in Little Rock that he and his deputies are able to handle the gangsters without military aid, but that they are short of rifles and ammunition.