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Evening star., 1918-01-19
AND M|SKE DRAW

ST. PAUL. Minn.. January 1s.-Fred
Fulton. Rochester. Mimi. heavyweight.
and Billie Mlske. St. Paul. last night
boxed ten rounds to a draw. In the
opinion Of newspapermsn at the ring
side.
Miske rushed his heavier opponent
from the start. getting inside Fulton's
long left and at times stood toe to toe
and exchanged punches. Fulton evened
up Mislxes aggressiveness by powerful
body punches.
Miske opened the fight by rushing his
opponent. then worked into a clinch in
an endeavor to reach Fulton's stomach.
Fulton held his smaller opponent away,
his greater strength telling as Miske
tried to reach his body.
During the first three rounds Miske
boxed in q crouching position with
Fulton strengthening him with left up
pefcuts, which Miske took and returned
for more.
In two rounds Miake stung Fulton
with Q shower Of right and ieft drives.
which the larger man was unable to
return. Tulton's superior boxing abil-
fly ct times held Miske at long range.
3hs last two rounds were particu1arly
4na1 Nial.e showing 10 AdvAuta4e IN the
Nt1<A Hultou trying hard ~ land ..
3Dde1.Gl1e HON 1l16lED EleD o&1H 4T1xk-;
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ticipated in ducking trip below Alex
andria several days ago. 1t was Just
before the ice became SO thick that It
was impossible to push . boat through
the water, and nearly dozen ducks
were bagged.
The sportsmen found the ducks were
exceptionally poor and not worth kill
more ducling trip II the ice gets out
of the river in time to enable the ducks
to fatten before the close OF the sea-
son.
George w Hutchison. DR.. Allen Wolf
and Phil Arth were on their favorite
ducking grounds at Chappawamsic.
them to get their boats overheard and
reach the blinds, and the large number
Of ducks on the river proved a great
attraction.
The trio succeeded in bagging
twenty-six ducks There was only one
canvasback among them, they reported.
but the other ducks were of splendid
variety and in excellent condition.
W. I. Evans. o. I. Nigh and John
schrodt, tired Of waiting for the ice to
break and make 1t possible to shoot ducks.
several days ago motored to Chapel Point
and found q way to attract the game to
Port Tobacco creek.
Borrowing an AK from Sheriff Dick jar
Doe, the trio walked on the Ice some dis
tance from shore and cut a hole large
enough to have open water attract the
ducks. Then they took positions nearby,
waited for the ducks to come and bagged
fourteen Of them.
The ducks were in splendid condition. -
said one Of the sportsmen, "and on our
return trip We enjoyed duck dinner at
La Plata"
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Alexander's case is somewhat similar
in that he will be thirty-one years old
February 2e, and it is believed doubtful
that he will be called for service be-
fore that time. The prospect that Alex
ander will not be drafted has served to
revive the dropping spirits of the Chi
cago fans, who saw their hopes for a
pennant fading when the fact that Alec
had been placed in class 1 first became
known. Also President Baker of the
Phillies is breathing easier as he stands
to lose a large chunk of that 100000
or $4,000 he is reported to have OBJ
tanned from Weeghman when he gave
the Cubs title to Alec and his battery
partner. Killefer. if the premier pitcher
is drafted thirty days before the season
opens.
kauff. the slugging centernelder of
the Giants and Beau Brummel par ex-
cellence Of base ball, Is unmarried and
expects to be placed in class L. He has
announced that he will not claim ex-
emption: that he is anxious to fight for
his country However. one of Kauffs
arms Is considerably shorter than the
other, and it is believed that he will be
turned down on that score when called
before his local board for examination.
Fielder Jones. manager of the st.
Louis Browns. must have unbounded
confidence in the batch of 1ychasine
material he has obtained for trial from
the Faciflc Coast and Northwestern
leagues. After losing Yale Sloan and
Baby Doll" Jacobson, wh8 enlisted in
the service OF Uncle Sam. and selling
Bert Shotten to the Nationals, there-
by being deprived of his regular" out
field. the Mound city pilot has an
nounced the sale of Ward Miller, an
other gardener, to the Salt Lake City
Evening star., 1918-01-19
BEATEN
BY ROYAL PLAYERS
Leaders in National Capital
Duckpin League Lose Three
Games to Royals.

He upset the apple cart and spilled
all the peaches applies to Earl Lewis
and the match in which the Royals
last night successfully stormed the
Inglesides' trenches in and around the
National Capital League duckpin farm
After having given warning that they
were going to mass men and guns and
other paraphernalia Of war sufficient
to lambast the everlasting life out of
the holders of the first position fort,
the tailenders proceeded to accom-
plish and carry out by divers means
In the Royal tank was young Mr.. Lewis
and the most deadly explosive used was
that double-header he chalked up at
the end of the first third of the strug-
gle. 1t was sufficient to give them the
advanced trench with g. very slim
hold.
Not daunted by the failure to drive
back the first assault, the Inglesides
brought forth an enormous reserve
force and counter attacked. For fully
fiict they looked to be victors. but
again the veteran qualities Of the men
in the opposing array asserted them
selves and by an exceedingly small
margin the leaders failed to re-estab-
lish themselves on an even footing.
Seeing the psychological advantage
gained by his men, at this juncture
Gen. Curtis Lamson brought up his
whole force, pressed forward and
completely put to rout Gen. Whitfords
cohorts.
All of which in plain bowling YER
nacular means that the Royals. tall
enders OF the Capital City Duckpin
League, gave Inglisides, leaders OF that
circuit, beating by a small margin
in each of the first two games of the
match last night and then won the
third easily. The booty of the battle
belonged to Earl Lewis, said booty
consisting Of a silk shirt In comparison
to which the colors Of the rainbow
were as dark as the lowering clouds
before a summer storm.
Here Is what happened according to
the figures:
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| Club and has obtained waivers on Bill
Rumler, outfelder. utility player and
pinch hitter. who has been sold to the
Columbus club Of the American Asso-
| McCabe, pitcher. to the Salt Lake City
club under an optional agreement.
which provides for his return to st.
| Louis later.
Although Fred Fulton, the altitude
nous aspirant for the heavyweight box
ing title. kept himself in line for a
match with Champion Jess Willard by
paper men at the ring in st. Paul last
night, his showing against Billy Miske
will not send his admirers into trans
ports of delight. Although nearly a
him by twenty-five pounds. the Roch-
ester plasterer was outfought in a ma
jority of the ten rounds, his lighter op-
ponent managing to keep too close for
Fulton effectively to use his dangerous
left hand. Owing to his superior height
and reach Fulton landed enough heavy
body blows to entitle him to a draw, but
his exhibition was not that of q boxer
of championship caliber.
Before the bout many ring experts
voiced the opinion that the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Pugs
should see that it was not held. Full
ton boldly asserted he would win in
side seven rounds, but at no time was
Miske in danger Of being put out, ac-
cording to reports Of the scrar, not
withstanding Fu1ton's frantic efforts to
slip over haymaker in the closing
stanzas. Miske showed great courage
in agreeing to enter the ring with O
man who SO greatly outclassed him in
physical attributes, and demonstrated
even more by wading in and carrying
the fight to his gigantic opponent in
every round. II Miske had Fulton's
size and weight no difficulty would be
encountered in finding successor to
Willard as champion Of the world.
Evening star., 1918-01-19
WESTERN GOLFERSELECT
OLD OFFICIALS TONIGHT
Association Will Decide Question Of
supplanting Championship Tour
neys With Patriotic Events.

CHICAGO, January 1s.-ofacers Of the
Western Golf Association will be re-
elected tonight except one. and plans
for the 1918 season will be determined
at the annual meeting. Charles w.
German Of Kansas City will be elected
vice president in place Of Trustin B.
Boyd Of st. Louis, who refused re-
election. Only one list OF candidates
was returned by the nominating COM
mittee, SO that reelection was made
certain.
The question OF supplanting cham
pionship tournaments with patriotic
events to which no title fs attached
and staging Of an amateur champion
ship for men more than forty years
old will come up for dedsion. it 10 said
by Assistant Secretary Crafts W. Hig-
gins. The administration Of the West
ern Coli Association last year under
President Charles F. Thompson Of
Chicago. Secretary Charles N. sma1ley
Of Chicago and Treasurer Guy F.
Gregg Of Milwaukee fostered cham-
pionship composition Of both the
amateur and the professional events,
and both tournaments were the most
largely attended OF any in the history
Of American golf. The score by which
James Barnes Of Philadelphia won the
open title at Westmoreland, 2S3, broke
all records for seventy-two holes In
competition.
The western association gave all the
entry fees and the ordinary cost OF
cups to the Red Cross last summer. and
It is said an effort will be made to re-
peat last seasons plans. The Thomp-
son regime last year attracted much At
tention by abolishinG the styn1ie 1t the
amateur championship. but the plan
was later revoked.
Evening star., 1918-01-19
BY H. c. BYRD.

Westerns victory yesterday in the
high school basket ball series caused
a triple tie for first place. Winning
from Technical by II to 9. the Red and
White placed itself on an even basis
with Business and Central for the top
berth. Each of the teams has won two
for a postponement in the schedule,
though, it is possible that Central would
have been on top with three victories
and one defeat as it's record Then, of
course. the opposite is true also-that
Central might have lost to Eastern, and
now be down in third place.
Technical played well defensively
against Western. showing improvement
over its previous performances. How
ever. the Manual Trainers could not
do much In scoring way. Its shots
for the basket were not accurate and,
besides, Western did not allow them
any too many opportunities to drop the
Play of the Western five was consid-
erably better extensively than usual.
The team seemed to have begun to de-
velop q little more along aggressive
lines. Prior to yesterday Western at
to keep opposing players from scoring
and trying to score itself whenever the
ball came into its possession
Had the Red and White youngsters
been little more accurate in their
tossing for baskets they would have
won by e much bigger margin. Several
shots were missed by men standing
free almost under the basket. Heron
seemed to be the only Western player
able to cage the ball from such a posi-
tion.
Georgetowns Quint encountered lit
tie opposition in it's game last night
with the Randolph-Macon team, the
Ashland aggregation being defeated by
"a to II. Early in the contest the Blue
and Gray was held fairly well. but
once 1t got going there was nothing to
the contest except a question of how
many points would be scored by the
local FIVE. Fees again starred in throw
ing goals from the floor. He got fve
goals from the field and seven from
the foul line. making seventeen of
the teams points, just half the total.
Centrars basket ball team went to
Staunton. Va, yesterday and met de-
feat at the hands Of the Staunton Mill
tary Academy. The Virginians won by
Evening star., 1918-01-19
BASE BALL SUIT
Charley Murphy Sues Cub Owners
for s2o,7es Rent Of Old
Chicago Field.

CHICAGO, January 1s.-Charles W.
Murphy has fled suit against the Chi
cago National League base bali club for
SCORES, which he charges 10 due him ~
rental on the old National League
grounds in Chicago. The action. which.
it Is said. involves lease running for
eighty years with total rental Of ap-
proximatsly s1.oo0.0oo. names A. CO.
dsfendants J. Ogden Armour. william
wrisley, r.; A. b Lasksr and Charles
n. Wssshman.
Murphy .was formerly part ewnsr and
prssidAat % the chicaSo NssionaIs
Aftsr H left ths club 4 was moved
fFon ths hietofic wet 91de nrounds -
- - So 49, = - - ~ I :, g
Evening star., 1918-01-19
ROD AND GUN

about 500 yards below Highway bridge,
and was making his way out on the
ice, when suddenly he heard a COM
mand to halt. The command came from
quickly raised his rife and wanted to
know what the man on the ice was
going to do.
Weldon had his gun with him and
was headed in the direction Of the only
hole In the ice: where a number Of
soldier should have known why he was
going in that direction. but he politely
answered his question. The ducks
quickly left the water and disappeared
The detective fed them corn and other
grain and soon had the open space
again covered with them.
Large focks Of ducks have passed
this city during the past two weeks.
making their way in the direction Of
the upper Potomac. They were forced
to leave the lower river and creeks
probably because Of tho lack Of some
thing to cat the frozen condition Of the
river making 1t next to impossible for
them to get feed enough to keep them
from suffering from the cold.
Sportsmen who witnessed the flights
say there were many canvasbacks
among the ducks. and 1t IL believed
they furnished sport much nearer the
head of the river than during ordinary
seasons.
Many Of the ducks stopped near the
city long enough to get killed. said
sportsman, who related q story Of the
killing OF several OF them not great
distance from Highway bridge Tuesday
afternoon.
There was broken place In ths ice.s
the sportsman stated. and the ducks
singled It out % . feading ground.
There hapDened 70 10 & gunner nearby
|anA ha mana@ed - XIII three of fhea
IduakA ana thon was una6ae ~ 80
Evening star., 1918-01-19
EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE
IN GERMAN ECONOMY
Finance Minister Hermet Assert.
Scarcity Of Foodstuhis Will Not
Handicap Hun Victory.

AMSTERDAM. January 1s.-1n intro.
ducing the budget IN the Prussian diet
Wednesday. Finance Minister Hermet
announced the necessity for increased
taxation. but expressed confidence Of
Germany's ability to hold out ECON
omically.
despite internal political conyul.
sions." said the finance minister. .Ve
have . feeling Of relief in the con-
sciousness we can economically hold
out, even II the dsArnesa and scracftv
OF foodstuns should increase. The een-
conditions. but Of what 8ignincance II
that whom We remsmber our bFilIianf
military position, created by the lncorn-
parable and glorious dseds oS our aEny
ssIavsn tA0ugh maMy htndSAncas ~
sogsf Nay - p4Ae9t pealSo n - ~
Evening star., 1918-01-19

CALHOUN. Ala. January 19.-Low
Gear, owned BY A 3. 8. Sage of New
York, won tho derby at the national
field trial club preserves here yester-
day afternoon in the closing event of
the program. Uno Speck, owned by
r. n. Essig Of Atlanta. won second
prize. and Conscrfpt. owned by Bed
ford apd F1ieschmAn Of New York.
third.
Low Gear ran 4 very consistent and
strong race. and handled the birds
- good In everything but her dog
work a purse a8graEating 1900 n
Mberty 6Cnd9 Wae offered III the darby.
Many q the 0eg owners hAve left for
2saPs 81 sSIssS e IL ssas s. g sesss sss
Evening star., 1918-01-19

1--WE are going to have an early
spring." was the comforting remark OF
John souder, Georgetown's most en-
thusiastic angler and weather prophet.
"It always happens when such long
freeze has been experienced" he added'
"and I feel it will not fail this year"
John has spent many winters about
the river in Georgetown and vicinity,
has fished every place from one end OF
the river to the other. and never re-
mains of the water except when a coat
,np Of ice prevents him from leaving
shore.
"And he has paid much attention to
weather condition., was Wnl aeyo y
about the river that he seldom goes
wrong in his forecasts"
souder says anglers may look for
splendid perch season son the, the coming 1nns
siege Of ice all the way to the mouth OF
the river. he said, that winter seines
were put out Of commission before the
fsh were much in evidence, and the
millions of fish that have been let alone
certainly should make them plentiful.
Detective Edward Weldon. who has
become interested in river sports in an
long life. had an interesting experience
on the river this week. Last fall he
spent much Of his time fishing. but was
unable to land an exceptionally big
nsh.
Then he took up ducking as 4 means
to get In the open and to take proper
exercise. Wild duck dinners have been
enjoyed many times during the season:
but because Of the largs quantities Of
tcs IN the river. hs stafed he has hean
without Z duck dinnAf Sines the nniddle
Evening star., 1918-01-19
Big Deals Thrill Hub Fans.

There II more Senulne enthu-
asm in Boston over the Red SoK
just now than at any time since
they won two world champion-
ships. The big deals that have
landed Strunk, Sehang, Bush and
McInnis In the Hub camp have
aroused the fans all over New
England. Big base ball transac-
tiOns always have been well re-
cefved In Modern Athens, Begin
ming thirty years ago with the
purchase Of Mike Kelly and John
Clarkson from Chicago for $cO,-
600. Subsequently the Boston
club pafd $4,000 to the Detroits
for Bennett, Ganxell, BroutheFs
and Richardson. President Fra
zee's payment Of nearly e75,OO0
for the four Athletic stars has
capped the climax I'm Beanville.
Evening star., 1918-01-19
RUSS DELEGATES SEEK
REPUTATION OF DEBTS
Workmen's and Soldiers Council.
However, to Put Commissioners,
Decree Before Assembly.

PETROGRAD. January 1.-THE ex-
ecutiye committee of the workmen.s
and soldiers delegates determined to-
day to put before the constituent as
sembly the decree passed by the coun-
Gil OF commissioners calling for the re-
pudiation of foreign debts and the in
validating Of all state loans made by
the governments of Russian land own
ers and Of the Russian bourgeofsie."
The decree is effective from Decem-
ber / last.
The executive committee Of the work.
mems and soldiers delegates. which was
expected to promulgate the decree, de-
termined IT was better to permit the
constituent assembly to pass ON It. The
provisions include:
The annulment of all state loans. on
which it is declared the December cou-
pons shall not be paid.
Ihe annulment of all guarantees
given by the government for the nav
ment OF open loans advanced by fnsti-
tutions and companies.
The annulnent. without exception. of
all foreign loans.
That short-term bond issues of IN.
state treasury are valid, but that no in
terest on them shall be paid.
That persons in moderate circum-
stances who possess interior loans to q
value shall receive from the state a
lifelong annuity equal to the Interest
on the securities
That citizens possessing such an.
nulled securities for a sum exceedfnp
10000 rubles shall not receive any rec
ompense whatsoever. -e'
That deposits in state savings banks
and interest on them shall be decreed
inviolate.
It Is provided also that special COM
missions shall be formed to decide the
financial status of citizens. thesa c,,.e
missions to be empowered to annnl
completely all savings not obtained hv
means Of labor Wy
Evening star., 1918-01-19

DR.. Isaac Ward. Billy Sundays
assistant, preached this after
noon in place Of the evangelist,
at the Tabernacle.
Mr.. Sunday will preach on IT
Find No Fault With Him." at this
evenings service at 1880 o'clock.
Three meetings are on the pro-
gram for tomorrow. the first in
the morning at 1890 o'clock. The
afternoon meeting at 2 o'clock
will be for men only. The evening
meeting will be at O'clock
Evening star., 1918-01-19
NEITHER ALEC, COBB NOR KAUFF
LIKELY TO SEE ARMY SERVICE
Three Of Brightest Stars in Base Ball IN
Class of Draft, But Age Ruling and
Physical Test May Exempt Them.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

the in the
Of de-
actually khaki uniform enss Cobb the best
he understood have claimed de-
informed
Evening star., 1918-01-19

Ihere may be scores and hundreds of
them out there whose lives have been
influenced and changed that you don't
see the visible results of.
Il saw magazine picture of the
smallest woman in the world standing
on chair. She pushed an electric but
ton and the room was flooded with
light. The result was the same as If 1t
had been done by giant; and there
fore. do what God tells you to do.
Whether you be great or small, the re-
suit will be there. There is no big or
little preacher with God, no. sir. All
power comes from God. and whoever is
doing the will of God is big in the sight
Of God. although he may not rank very
nigh down here. no. And no man, how
ever great. Judged by our standards,
can do anything by himself. 1t is not
by might nor by power, but by the
spirit.
Do What Lord Tells You.
$50 do what the Lord tells you to do
That is but a repetition Of what is going
on all over the land. Not one man in
thousand on the battlefield knew
whether his bullet hit anybody or not.
but he kept firing away Just the same.
He didn't know anything about it, no.
And so even our failures are sometimes
the things we need to bring about cer-
tain results.
when George Washington was a boy
he had his heart set on being a mid
shipman in the British navy. and ar
rangements were all made for him to
go. and at the last moment his mother
weakened. blubbered and cried and
said. George. | can't let you co. and
IT that little sixteen-year-old boy had
had his way. perhaps there would have
been no revolutionary war; certainly
the capital of our nation wouldn't have
been what 1t is tonight. and that great
pillar on the banks of the Potomac.
~ ita
head above the fog. wouldn't be there
II he had had his way. What seeming
you.
Believe That God Still Lives.
Now. no matter how things 20. be-
lieve that God still lives. A preacher
was one time preaching a written SER
mon from manuscript and right In the
midst of what he thought was the i'm
portant part OF it the wind blew the
page out of the window. and in great
mortfhcation he had to stop. Years
afterward he met man who was con-
verted at that meeting through the
iawakening is that came to him by the
his mind before the sermon took wings
ana went out OF the window.
ana IN every crowd there Is some-
oody like this poor woman. they have
oeen going to the wrong doctors for
years. getting no help.
Refers to Unitarians.
T believe in God like the Unitarian.
ture: believe in virtue. / believe in
good company. believe in ali that. I
believe in all He believes and I be-
iieve more than He believes. for / be-
neve that salvation is by faith in the
faith alone" ~
Evening star., 1918-01-19
Battles Peoples Arc Fighting.

Little do you know the battles nao-
gis are lighting. Little do you know the
1eNoW tnat sits next to you or the
night. and the struggles that he or she
- going through. Little do you know
what an awful fight they are putting
up 70 do the will Of God and keep His
commandments.
why. some years axo 4 man touchea
q button In New York. It flred Euns
ana rang bells around the world from
the eiectrfc connection, yet the man
that Qhshed the button never heard Z
fr1eqe q the work Of 3 Chr1stfsnJ You
mal A hcneet @kort and you don't
M4k an TIT hae ~ 6gne, donsl
~ e y es sas't 90 -!
Evening star., 1918-01-19
Doing Good and Not Knowing It.

7 read . story the other day of an
9Ld saint sne prayed that she might
tnat sne did 1t. and she was told that
when her shadow was behind her 1t
would have power to heal all upon
wnom 1t fell. but when 1t was in front
OF ner where she could see II, It would
possess no virtue. So she went az
through life. healing all upon whom her
snaoow fen and not knowing upon
NOW, that 10 much tho way with all
W1o are honestly trying to do the work
Tor God. 1t 10 only now and then thas
you are permitted to know what has
peen done; and yet whoever lifts .
nand or opens his lips In the Masters
will happen.
Evening star., 1918-01-19
Mt, RAINIER DUCKPIN LEAGUE,
N~V,.-~As.
LOW GEAR WINS DERBY.

Totals. So4 SCI 4s1 Totals. 4es At Il
Evening star., 1918-01-19
WESTERNS VICTORY CAUSES
TRIPLE TIE IN SCHOOL SERIES
Red and White on Even Terms With Busi-
ness and Central for First Honors in
Basket Ball. Other Athletic News.

20 to 1s. being represented by an older
and more experienced combination. and
having the advantage of playing on its
home floor