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The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
HOW CONNIE MACK
SLIPPED ONE OVER

There may have been better catch
ers than Connie Mack. but none any
foXier. Connie was with the Pirates
in 1898 when he played a little trick
on Cap Anson that won ball game
for Pittsburgh.
Ad Gumbert was pitching for the
Pirates and got himself into a hole
Chicago filled the bases in a hurry
before two were out. The Cap came
to bat
In those days Anson was a terror
to pitchers. He had way of taking
two strikes and laying on the third
for fare-ye-weIl. So the situation was
serious.
Gumbert foated two across the
plate and Cap didn't move. Suddenly
Connie stepped aside after tossing the
ball back to Gumbert. He took off
his mask and wiped his brow. Then
he threw his glove on the ground and
started taking off his chest protector.
Anson was amazed. He looked
eyes at Mack. whats the matter,
Connie?" he inquired. "Ain't I going
to get my crack at the hail?''
As he spoke Mack signalcd TO Gum
bert and the latter whipped a fast
one across.
Strike" yelled the umpire.
Mack had reached out his chest
protector and blocked the ball. Then
he gre bbed It up as it rolled away,
touched the plate. forcing the runner
from third and threw to first, doub-
ling AnsOn. The Cap was so surprised
he didn't move out of his tracks. A
catcher couldn't get away with this
play. however, in these times.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
RAISES INTERESTING
FOOTBALL QUESTION

New York. Dec. S.-Albert Mccall,
football coach at Stevens Institute in
1917, raises a most interesting point in
regard to the apparent unfairness of
the rule which so frequently nullifes
the good work done by an eleven in
the closing minutes of the second
quarter. Says Mccall:
THE Pitt-Cleveland game again calls
attention to a football rule which has
repeatedly demonstrated itseh as un-
fair. Let me show the objection by
asking this question: Why is a foot
hall contest divided into two games Of
thirty minutes each? In five games
this season l have seen a team ad-
vance the ball to within the 5-yard
line and lose the ground by the ter
mination of the second quarter. In
two schoolboy games the better team
loses the contest, which they very
probably would have won had the ball
at the beginning of the third quarter
been put in play where it rested at
the end of the second period. 1t seems
that a change in the rules would ben
EFT the game"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES.

FIRST RACE -PurSs 800: oyear-old maid
rs So fuTlongs Dirsctrsss. III Queens Maid
III. novsridge Ill; Positive. III: Toddlsr. Ill i;
Verify. III MiRzwand. Ill: shady. Ill: Car
away, III, Byrre. ll4- Plenty. ia: Drop Light
ia Also eligible Emanale IL: Narmask II4
SECOND RACE-Clainliug $50; 3-year- r-olds
S furlonEs. 1Alonia q zEtwahe IO2; Nav
Frank F2: TBreezy, lG2. Liberty star. limp
los: Lewis L. lO5 Capt. Hodgs. limp lO5
Lady LSnEelo l07. All Brig. lis. H. C.
Ba-ch, rs; Crscuw, rs: American, is
THIRD RACE-Claiming; 500; all ages: So
furionzs- Jack HeslsJ, &c; Asfss Cork 81:
Frank Shannon. o: xRoderer lO4: Mildred
Eureta 10. New Model. los; Green Grass. I0e:
Jack X. 100. Durward Roberts ll2; Munnho
JUMBO. rs; NThirty Seven. is: EenWard. 10
Also eligible. Ollie Martin. lI5; HReilloc. IoI.
FOURTH RACE-Purss 800. all ages; The
stross Handicap. tur.ougs. Pepper. 9s:
Serenest. l02: GipSsy Queer. l6; Kama. IG
Mars Mouse- H. lCsrlS IL; Assume I22
FIFTH RACE-Claiming s5Cc; 3-year-olds and
w: l mile and 70 yards. xLsntagenet. l0I /:
MO Manager l0I: Edith Bau1n4n. lm;
RingdOTe. los; Shrsvsb,rry los; Amazsment.
iG: John Hurie 1o5: Flora Finch, LOT;
xBrowrs FsVorite. 10. General. ll6: Petelus,
lis; Biusrock, lis. Also eligible. xSlumberer
loi Pauis v os; InQuiets, lG; xEuIogy. Igo
SIXTH RACE-ClsiminK; y5oc: 5year-oIds and
up ! mile xDr Levy. %; ASheron. loI: xLuck
r. lns; Nose imp, IL: Xskiuny r los: Mar
Earet n, lG; BlsckhroUm no; Grumvy no;
viii Do. 10: HsrWOod 40: RsctiUn, 10: Phil.
istine, ia Also eligible; Sea Urchin, 10
KDenctss ave I'unds apprentice allowance
clafraed
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
PHIL GLASSMAN is BOLD.
Declares No l33-pounder in World
Can Whip Lew Tender.

Philadelphia. Dec. S.-Phil Glassman.
manager of Lew Tender. thinks so
we'll of the young Philadelphia light
weight that he is willing to send him
against anybody in the world
AT 133 pounds ringside." said
Glassman today. there is no fighter
in the world that Tender can't whip
] don't even except Benny Leonard.
Moreover, 7 will bet 5000 on the side
that if Leonard agrees to fight Tend
Ter at 1873 pounds ringside. the same
weight that Battling Nelson forced
Joe Cans to make. Tender will knock
Leonard out. I can't make that too
strong. The money is ready for
Leonard any time he is Interested
For Uniting ability. combined with
cleverness, Tender is a marvel. and
he never goes in the ring weighing
more than 100 pounds"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
Moorc's Garden.

A recrudescenCe OF wartime vagarfes
in steam transportation yesterda, ne
.cessitsted an eleventh-hour yubs,fty-
tion Of Kiss or Kill" a hiEh-pover
colluloid melodrama in which the s,er-
lar roles are taken by Herbert Raw
ln-son and Priscilla Dean. for the fea-
ture advertised for presentation tho
first three days Of this week ~
Moore's Garden Theater ASsu-r51v
tho public Is not the loser Kiss or
KIN kept yesterdays capacity audi
enoes all aquiycr Oh the edge OF their
cfairs.
The plot is. Perhaps. a little trf,sj
10 the initiate. but the action Is "A
vigorous and so lightning like i'm ils
compilation Of thrills that nothing else
matters. The central male chsrscfr-
is young man ia hard luck. who =
forced by circumstances to steal in
order to live. While engaged in his
precarious avocstion he meets a deep
eyed villain who needs must come into
possession Of certain important papers.
While engaged in the hazardous pur-
suit OF acquiring the desired docu-
ments he meets the EirI and turns
development decidedly to his own sc-
count. It has been proved time ana
again that at sufficiently separated
intervals this is what the public
wants
Completing a bill that offers a
variety Of divertinE subjects are the
usCL short reels and an especially
enectve orchestral accompaniment
On Wednesday and THURSDAY the
chlet attraction viii be The Hyno-
critics, film version OF the famous
play by Sir Henry Arthur Jones in
Nhlch the stellar role is taken upon
the screen by Elizabeth Risdon.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
TWO RECORDS
SURE TO STAND
Stunts Of Cy Young and
Ty Cobb Are Safe for
Some Time.

Out of the vast mass of records
made on the ball field there are only
one or two that will stand-that may.
in fact. stand for all time. so far as
the limited human mind can grope
its way through the mist-covered fu-
ture.
1t is possible. of course, that even
a major league record of twenty-sfx
straight victories, now held by the
Giants. will be cracked.
1t is easily possible that the Braves
record of four world series trumphs
in succession may be equaled.
1t is also possible that Mathewsons s
record of three successive world Sc
ries shutOuts may be equaled.
CObb's record Of PAS hits and I4g
runs in one year may some day be
passed.
The nineteen straight pitching rec
ord held by Keefe and Marquard may
be beaten any year. as remarkable as
these marks are.
One record that is almost sure to
last out the ages is that held by Cy
Young.
Take such stalwarts as Mathewson
and Walsh. Neither was able to
pitch as many as so games. Walsh
and Plank both fell below the 500
game mark, while Mathewson. with
all his pitching longevity and unend-
ing service. barely passed the 500
mark.
But Cy Young won SOS big league
games. He pitched S19 games. over 500
more than any other pitcher.
He Won nearly 200 games more than
any other.
Now. narrow margin NAV be
wiped out at any season. But when
you get a margin of 800 games, ex-
tending over twenty years. that hap
pens to be ano her matter.
II Young Was ONLY fifty or sixty
games ahead Of the flock he might be
passed at some future date.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
FOREIGN PUCS
PLAN INVASION
Carpenter, with Other Eu-
ropean Mitt Artists, to
Fight Americans.

One of the great sporting. events
hoped for the coming year is a bat
tie by Georges Carpenter. Europe's 8
heavyweight boxing champion and
French war hero. Where and with
whom Carpenter is to clash will
now be the matter for interesting
chatter. The Frenchman scales
about 175 pounds and has advant-
ages of height, reach and science.
Against Jack Dempsey he would
have to deal with a terrific slugger,
and against Jess Willard a man
mountain. In spite of this. either
such battle would stimulate nation
al interest in professional pugil-
ism. 1t is hoped in New York that
Carpenter would be allowed TO bat
tie there IL some of the receipts
should be donated to a war fund.
Outside of New York Baltimore and
New Orleans might be expected to
bid for such a contest. In each OF
these cities there are clubs with
the machinery for the conduct of
such a bill and in these places It
would be up to the powers that be
and the Willingness of the pugs and
promoters to deal.
Now that it is practically certain
tndl carpenter Is coming mere 10
box. efforts also will be eNerted to
have Jimmy Wilde. the famous Brit
ish fiyweight, come to this country.
Wilde is said to have grown into a
full l-fedged bantam. and. should he
come here. would be a tremendous
attraction against either Kid Will
Jams. Pete Herman or frankie
Burns
Then, too. Eugene Cridui. the
famous French bantam, also may
visit these shores when he obtains
his release from the army. Criqui
has been boxing brilliantly of late,
and is said to be one OF the most
formidable bantams ever developed
in Europe. Criqui Is not only skill
full. but possesses a hard punch. He
would be a good match with any
of the American bantams.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
LIEUT.. CAD0RE WAS
IN HOT FIGHTING

New York. Dec. s.-Right on top Of
the announcement of the National
Leagues quota to the army and navy
in the last year and a half news ar
rives that First Lieut.. Leon Cadore.
former Brooklyn pitcher. was in the
thick of the battle ground the St.
Die sector from September 10 10 No
vcmber 10.
On November >. in the Meuse-Ar-
gonne fighting. in spite OF machine
gun resistance, Lieut. Cadore's divi-
sion advanced three kilometers. On
the day before the armstiCe was
signed his division reached the Bois
Frehaut and captured nearly a thou
sand prisoners.
Lieut.. Cadore is a member of the
Ninety-seCond Cnegro) Division. con-
tanning the Buffsloes from Camp Up
ton and the old Fifteenth National
Guard Regiment of New York. now
the 367th (negrol.
The severe fighting in the st. Die
sector was referred to in Gen. PERISH
ing's report and is mentioned five
times in the last report by Gen.
March.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
GROWING TIRED OF GAME.
Ebbets States Terms on Which
He'd Like to Retire.

Charles H. Ebbets, who has not
been found saying much that Is en-
couraging with reference to resump-
tion of baseball next year, now is
quoted as saying he is growing tired
of the game.
I've been worrying over the Brook
lyn Club for so many years that some
day may decide to sell out" said
Ebbets.
What would you take for the club,
franchise, players and park?'' he was
asked.
nestly.
But that is twice as much as the
owners of the Giants ask for their
holdings" was remarked
Maybe, But you must remember
that the New York Club wouldn't be
worth a dollar IL it didn't have seven
other clubs. including Brooklyn. TO
play with" was the quick retort.
why, our real estate alone Is worth
"s4OO, 900. Yes. 5000. 900 would be about
right
Evidently the Brooklyn magnate in
tends to remain in baseball as long
as he lives, tired of 1t though as he
NAV be.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
Gayety-akmer,cn. Best.

Americas Best" as presented ~
Dave Marion and his company at the
Gayety Thester yesterday afternoon
and night, was well named. Marion
has gone the limit in introducing new
features. while the song punches
placed I'm the old ones make them az
pear better than ever. The staging
and the costuming are both good and
the musical numbers are put across
with lots OF jazz.
OF course. 'Snuffy, the Cahmsu." d"
was among those present and Mariu7
never treated his famous chars rte-
In any better style. In the last part
Dave appeared in a new role ~
Dan" an Irish lsborer- from a New
York west side alley. He went biz.
Just before the final drop Marion
stepped out Of his role and made a
patriotic speech that had a slam and
cheer in every line.
This show is built in two acts and
seven scenes. The Bin Bang TITO,
made up Of william Fuller. Al Bor-
raine and Billy Lester. are prominenS
throuE hout the entire cast Frank
Wakefield and Miss Agnes Behler conn
tribute 10 the leading parts. Misses
liner de verdjer. Nellie Watson and
Lydia Bristow got lot OF encores
The chorus Ia well drilled. looks good
and can really sing.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
LOOKING BACKWARD ON PAST
SEASON IN GRIDIRON CIRCLES

Now that the football season is
ended. it is possible to look back
intelligently over its achievements
and to appraise the value of certain
teams about the real strength of
which there had been some doubt.
OF course the outstanding result
was the elimination of Georgia
Techs phenomenals in champion
ship considerations. Glen Warmers
Pitt Panthers so far outClassed the
Southerners that much surprise has
been expressed as to just how Heis-
mans pets came to be so vastly
over-estimatcd
But no one is disposed to deny
credit to the Pitt team for its over
whelminE victory and for its long
record of successes on the gridiron.
The Panthers must go down in foot
ball records as one of the greatest
egations ever developed.
But another lesson can be read
out OF the season just completed.
The success of the Navy eleven and
the efficiency developed by the team
at the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station has won a world of credit
for what is known as the Navy sys-
tenn of coaching.
1t is interesting. in view ~of the
phenomenal accomplishments OF the
"gobs" from the Great Lakes, to
note that the team from the shores
of Lake Michigan has been coached
by 30" OICott and Lieut.. Clarence
McReavy. both Of whom have in
struCted Navy elevens in the past.
Navy. on the other hand, has been
coached this autumn by Gil DObie.
who in other years has been identified
with Western collegiate elevens. But
while Dobie has introduced some new
STYLES At Annapolis he has retained
many of the old formations that have
| been Nary standbys for many years.
| "Bo" Olcott. a star at Yale in his
college days. was for a number OF
years a member of the coaching staff
at Annapolis. and he introduced a
number of Navy formations at Great
Lakes. Lieut.. McReavy will be remem-
bered as the star halfback OF the Navy
eleven of 1918 and 1914. and he. too.
taught the Western GObs many of the
old Navy tricks that he himself used
so successfully while fighting for the
BIue and Gold on the banks of the
Severn.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
Sunday Theater Openings

young woman whom he proposes
ultimately to crown with a tiara OF
incandescents.
Miss Lenore Ulric-no longer Ul-
rich. IL you plesse-is decidedly the
most promising practitioner OF
tense, gripping emotionalism whom
Mr.. Belasco has under his wing at
present, and a big audience greeted
her return to the -Belasco
in Tiger Rose" last evening"
melodrama which is decidedly the
most profitable property he has ac-
quired since the days OF The Boom
erang." The piece acting and clever
stage management as il has ever
been. and the scenic effects as
potent as last season.
Mr.. Belasco il as meticulous a
realist as the most relentless Asso-
ciated Press master Of detail-he
can create an incompatible rain
storm with the same elan as he can
provide the most fascinating
French Canadian accent - echoing
the very soul of the patois Of the
habitat-for Miss Uric, or re-
deem an otherwise commonplace in
terror of a Hudson Bay trading post
with faded daguerreotype OF the
good Queen Victoria. Tiger Rose"
from the producers point of view is
a characteristic achievement OF the
maestro.
As for Miss Uric, we are tempted
sometimes TO think Of her as a mis-
placed daughter OF the tropics in the
great Canadian wilderness. or some
blazingly passionate Madame Butter
fly of the Orient. But in the long run
she convinces that she is as truly
French Canadian as any heroine OF
. Sir Gilbert Parker or Of Rex Beach
or Henry Van Dyke. Her delicious &C
cent sweeps all before it. She is as
pantherish as Nazimova and as de-
murely charming as any ingenue. She
may not have the technical mastery OF
| the great Russian. but she possesses
a fire that all the art in the world
| cannot command And we would not
I give one moment Of Uric for all the
/ rant and cant of Leslie Carter piled
Z end and end.
/ Willard Mack's play is going TO have
a not inconspicuous place in the au-
gust gallery of Belascan melodrama-
/ perhaps it will not elbow The Heart
I of Maryland" THE Daughter Of the
B Gods" ''Zaza." or The Girl of the
7 Golden West" out Of their place in
I theatrical history, but it will rank
not far behind them II develops
simply. fiuently and with surety OF
] touch. II keeps at all times within
; bounds and true TO character.
The acting is OF the characteristic
/ Belasco standard. including some eX-
/ cellent impersonations as those given
by William Courtleigh as DR.. Cusick.
Z Thomas Findly as the Scotch factor
MacCollins. Bernard MacOwen as
I Constable Devlin and Fuller Mellish as
I Father Thibault.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
LOOK FOR REVIVAL.
Conference Officials Are Right on
Job for Next Season.

Chicago. Dec. Anticipating a
great revival in all branches Of in
tercollegiate athletics, coaches and
athletic directors of the Western
conference institutions met here to-
day to draft schedules for the 1918
season. The football programs, as
well as the schedules for basket
ball. base ebsll, track and swimming,
will be mapped out.
with the rehabilitation Of the
Student Army Training Corps units
in the universities under way and
the subsequent reversion of athletic
control to the faculty committees.
the coaches are making extensive
preparations for the coming year,
which, they say, will be the biggest
in the history of Big Ten" ath-
letics. Basketball promises to be
the leading sport of the winter sea-
son, as the game at a majority Of
the universities is self-supporting.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
GEORGE SMITH RETIRED.
Famous Young Italian Sent to San
ford Farm in Kentucky

When George Smith. the 5-year-
old black son of Out of Reach and
'onsueIo II. wah retired to the
stud recently by Mr.. Sanford this
great horse was sent to the Bel Air
stud OF the Coombs brothers in
kentucky. Mr.. Sanford has seven
teen of his mares down there and
the sterling big stallion will be per-
mitted to serve few approved
mares outside 0f the Sanford ma
irons. AIr, Sanford has retired
Georce Smith when he seemed to be
at his very best and seldom has a
stallion gone into retirement in the
same robust condition. He has
every reason as an individual as
well as on his blood lines to make
big suCC, IS in the stud
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
NationnI-Burton Holmes, with the
Nnuks in pnrir.'


The historic procession on July Il
last OF allied troops summoned to
Paris from the battle line for q few
hours. heartening the city still igno-
rant of the pending turn OF fortune,
still dreading the Cnemy's advance and
suffering under his bombardment, fur
nishes a dramatic climax for Burton
Holmes newest travelogue. given at
the National Theater last night.
Splendid motion pictures show the
parade from various angles. with close
views of Yanks. POilus. and Tommies,
Belgians. Poles and Czechs, all fresh
from the trenches. One Of the most
striking episodes Of the war. aside
from the actual fighting. is thus
brought vividly before the stay-st-
home public. with the aid Of Mr..
Holmes keen eve for effect and pic
tuI esque inte rpretation.
Wartime Paris is thoroughly over
hauled by Mr.. Holmes cameras. so
that we are brought intimately in
touch with tn khaki-thronged boule-
valds. the famous buildings and
sculptures banked with sand bags. the
busy life of hospitals and war-aid
headquarters. Everywhere the Yank.
with his quick stride and ready smile.
is in the forefront
Among the striking films are those
showing wounded men in the wards
and gardens Of a great American hos
pital in Paris: crowds Al the Cafe de
Ia PaiX: the new "Pont Wilson" at
Lyon: decoration Of the statues Of the
lost cities OF StrassbourE and Lille in
the Flace de la CoRcerde; and ply sical
exercises for mUnItion workers con-
ducfad nv the Y W {
This afternoon at o'clock the lee
ture will be repeated. Next Sunday
and Monday the lecturers subject will
be with the Yanks in France"
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09

According to critics who saw the
Great Lakes team in action on several
occasions this autumn, the eleven en-
ployed many of the Annapolis Navy
methods of executing the forward
pass. which has been one of its main
factors this autumn.
Navy men the country over are ju-
bilant over the success of the two big
Navy teams. The midshipmen have
shown wonderful form.
Gil Dobie certainly worked wonders
in his development. of what at the
start of the season was not very
impressive aggregation of players.
But Dobie work d diligently from the
outset and nolioQ together an eleven
that worked with smooth precision.
tfat developed a CorkinG attack and
a sound defensive system. Against
"A majority Of its opponents this au-
trmn Navy disclosed a system of at
tack and defense that was the envy
OF collegiate coaches the country over
BY the same token the COB con-
Urgent from the Great Lakes also was
developed by stages. At the start of
the season the sailors showed meagre
promise. But by the time the Rutgers
game rolled around the LOB eleven had
attained the summit of its form. and
all who saw its rout of the men of
Foster Sanford in their memorable
battle at Ebbets Field. in Brooklyn.
will recall the wonderful precision
with which it battered the Scarlet
forward line and itself withstood the
charges Of Sanford's men in the early
periods of the struggle
1t is altogether likely that Dobie
will be retained as the Navy coach
for next year when the annual Army
Navy fixture Is sure TO he resumed.
Dobie. furthermore probably will Sc
lect OlcOtt and MCReavy to aid him
because of their signal success in de-
velOpinC the team from Great Lakes
And with such a coaching staff Navy
indeed would start its campaign of
1919 auspiciously.
The outlook for a good eleven at
Annapolis next season is promising
Many of the men on this years foot
ball squad will remain in the acad-
emy. and big class of newcomers
is expected. One thing is certain.
Navy will have a big advantage over
the Army. for the enforced idleness
at West Point is sure to work a hOndi-
cap upon the soldiers next autumn.
when they roll their football machine
out on the Eridiror for the annual
jCUSt with the midShipmcn.