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Evening star., 1918-02-22


Representatives of several local in
stitutions will compete. Georgetown
will be most prominent in the South
Atlantic Intercollegiate A. A. compe-
titions and Central High ought to be
effective In the scholastic races. George
Washington Technical and high schools
also will have men in the events. For
the first time in years neither Catholic
University nor Maryland State will
have it's colors worn in any contest
Georgetown is sending over some
good men and may score more points
in the intercollegiate contests than any
other team. One big drawback the Hill
toppers will have, though, is the lack
year the events all take place in the
same meet, whereas last season they
were divided between three. George
towns stars had ample opportunity to
score heavily in widely scattered events.
much greater opportunity than Will
be offered under conditions tomorrow
night.
George Washington will have in
competition only two or three men. 1t
cannot hope for much other than to
score in one or two events.
Central High and Technical will be
the scholastic squads from here. Both
will send over only their very best
men. Central thinks it has pretty
good chance to capture the trophy for
scholastic teams.
Representation from Washington
w III lOk 10 HcdEly dS SOOu DIS III pICNi.
GUS year: Usually all the colleges.
most of the prep and high schools and
many Independent organizations send
over men. However, owing to lack of
training facilities few athletes are in
good shape. There practically is no
club representation.
University of Virginia has not sent
in an entry list, for the first time in
years. Usually Virginia has been the
most prominent of visiting squads, but
it is doing little this year in the way
Of standard athletics. The meeting
will! depend in the main for its attrac-
MA Cornell University, military events
and two or three other northern
schools.
One feature will be the first appear
ance of Georgia Tech in a track and
eral of the South Atlantic Intercolle-
giate A. A. events and will meet Hop
kins in a dual relay race.
Evening star., 1918-02-22
DENIES PLAYING TO GALLERY.
Heinie Groh Has to Dive for Balls
He Cannot Reach.

rJust read "A New York paper, said
little HeEie Groh. which stated that /
had curious habit Of falling down when
hard hits came my way. and of making
what looked like sensational stops, just
to electrify the crowd. Well, don't own
arms as long as a giraffe's neck, and 1
can't initiate a spider in reaching for the
hits that go way over to my left side.
find that l can make up for the differ
ence in reaching by throwing myself at
the ball and coming up with it after the
dive. l get them. and that's the main
idea isn't jt?'
Evening star., 1918-02-22
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
PLANS FOR SEASON
Strongest of All Minor Organ
izations Meets Today-Ed-
die Foster Signs Contract.
BY pENMAN THOMPSON.

The Southern Association Of Base Ball
Clubs, one of the few minor leagues
which will start this year with reason
able assurance in advance that 1t will
finish out its season, will hold its eight
eenth annual spring meeting at Atlanta
today to make fnal preparations for
the approaching campaign. Tho South
ern really is the strongest bush or
ganization in the country. the Ameri-
can Association not excepted, and
President Baugh and his associates are
looking forward to an even moro suo-
cessful campaign than in 1917. when
the league did remarkably well in a
financial way. considering conditions
that prevailed.
OF the several questions Of impor-
tance to be taken up today, the method
Of collecting the war tax prescribed by
the government will be given most
consideration. Although nothing off,
cial has been given out. 1t is said a ma
jority of the magnates favor adopting
the plan to be pursued by the major
leagues in charging multiples of five
for all classes of seats. The schedule
framed by a committee at Memphis two
weeks ago. calling for 140 games. with
Thursday. April 16. as opening day. un-
doubtedly will be ratified.
Eddie Foster. the diminutive inter-
changeable guardian Of third and second
bases of the Washington team. visited
Manager Griffith's Office yesterday even
ing and before leaving placed his sigma
ture to a contract to play with the Ma
tionals this year. The acquisition of Fos-
ter makes two inf1elders Griffith now has
in line, the other being Capt George Nc
Lavan are the Unfolding worthless yet to
be heard from.
That the deal whereby Stufy Nc
Innis was transferred from the Ath-
letics to the Red Sox may yet fall
through, Notwithstanding the fact that
McInnis has been signed to a Boston
contract. is the information percolat-
ing from New, York today. Owing to
the great difficulty Manager Barrow is
men with players acceptable to the
lean leader it is said to be likely the
deal may yet resolve itself into a strict
ly cash transaction. Mack has been
offered $4,000 for McInnis within the
past month. it is said, and il by March
10 the Red Sox do not offer a propo-
sition agreeable to Connie Mack he
will have the option of taking back
his first baseman and selling him out
right either to the Red Sox. Indians
or White Sox. The Cleveland club is
reported to be willing to go the limit
to get a first baseman Of McInnis' cali
Der to replace Joe Harris.
Joe Stecher's confidence in his ability
to defeat Wladek Zbyszko in their
wrestling match at Madison Square Ger
den a week from tonight is shown in
the challenge he has hurled at Earl
Caddock for a chance at his title in
the event he wins. That Zbyszko is
equally sanguine, however, is indicated
by the proposition he has made to
Stecher to have their bout staged on a
winner-take-all basis. The meeting
between Stecher and the Polish Her
cules will be their first and promises
to resolve itself into a test between
the body scissors" and toe hold, OF
which the two grapplers are. respective
ly. the leading exponents.
Evening star., 1918-02-22
CRAFT LEAVE BAY PORTS.
Ice Conditions Improved on the
Chesapeake-Schooner Decker Sails.

Ice conditions on Chesapeake bay have
improved SO greatly that sailing craft
which had been icebound for two
months or longer are now leaving bay
ports. Among the vessels sailing from
Baltimore for North Carolina waters
is the two-masted schooner Ruth Deck
err. Capt. Gaskins.
The Decker unloaded a cargo of lum-
ber here in December, and soon after
she unloaded. the only thaw of the win
ter came. Capt Gaskins took adyan-
tage of the softer weather to sail, and
he succeeded in reaching Baltimore be-
fore ice caught his vessel. The Decker
was the only schooner that got away
from Washington during the winter
She goes to North Carolina to load
lumber. reported for this market
Evening star., 1918-02-22
ASHLEY AND FITCH MEET.
Battle for First Place in Finals of
Belleair Golf Tourney.

BELLEAIR. Fla, February 22-T. A
Ashley of Woodland and W. B. Fitch of
Chicago meet in the finals here today OF
the annual Washington's birthday golf
tournament.
Ashley, in the semi-finals yesterday
defeated Clarence Hobart of Harbor
Oaks. up. after a hard fight that end
ed on the twentieth hole. Fitch elimi-
mated T w. Kennedy of Dubois, Pa, 2
and l.
A brilliant match is expected when
Ashley and Fitch meet in the final
round.
Evening star., 1918-02-22

ward, painter: Harry Townsend, paint
er. and Wallace Morgan, illustrator, of
New York.
The War Department has selected
the following committee of nine to
select official artists for service at the
front:
Charles Dana Gibson, Herbert Adams,
sculptor; Edwin Howland Blashfield.
painter; Cass Gilbert. architect; Oliver
bennett Grover of Chicago. Arthur T.
Matthews, former director California
School of Design: Joseph Pennell. Phil
adelphia: Edmund C. Tarbell, president
Guild of Boston Artists, and Francis
c. Jones, Baltimore.
The members of this committee will
receive commissions as captains in the
Engineer Reserve Corps.
Evening star., 1918-02-22


5th Regiment armory. and will begin
at 1880 o'clock.
Lafayette's basket ball team comes
here today to meet Catholic University.
The Brooklanders play the Easton ag-
gregation in the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium
at o'clock this afternoon. After play
ing c. u. Lafayette will remain here
and meet the Georgetown basketers to-
morrow.
In the Lafayette lineup IL a player
said to be the best man on any col
legiate quint in the east. His name is
Anderson. and he is about nine-tenths
of the whole outfit. Playing SO well
that he has attracted the particular at
tention of coaches in all games in
which he has appeared. and. therefore.
under the difficulty OF being especially
guarded. Anderson still has proved
about two-thirds the scoring strength
of his team.
In a game at Pennsylvania night be-
fore last he scored twenty points. de-
spite the fact that the best man In the
Quaker lineup was sent into the game
especially to take care of him.
Cornell. Princeton and Pennsylvania
are the big universities which will be
represented in the Hopkins meet.
Cornell and Penn will have relay
teams In action, and princeton Is 10 De
represented by some excellent material
in the competitions for individuals
1t Is reported that some OF the men
from the training camps or canton
ments who have entered the meet are
among the best athletic material in the
United States. However, it is question
able if they will be in very good shape
to show at their best, as physical work
received in military training is not pro-
ductive of skill in a particular form Of
athletic competition.
Two of the local high school basket
ball teams went down in defeat before
prep school squads yesterday. Business
dropped a game to st. Adams by II to
IA and Eastern got the short end of a
16-to-1s count with the Georgetown
preps. O'Byrne of the Georgetown
youngsters and Thomas of Eastern
featured one game and Shroers of St.
Alban's was the star of the other
Evening star., 1918-02-22
ZIONISTS IN FINAL DRIVE.
70 Be Launched Saturday in Local
Campaign fof Palestine Restoration.

The final local drive in the cam
paign for the Palestine restoration
fund being conducted by Zionist or
ganizations throughout the country
will be launched Sunday, according to
plans formulated at meeting of rep
resentatives Of large number of Jew
ish organizations last night in the
y. M H. A. rooms.
Volunteers will canvass the city
Sunday and will visit every Jewish
home to solicit contributions. The goal
for which the workers are striving
Throughout the country is $1,000, 900.
Washington so far has raised $17,00
Of its quota OF $25,000.
Contributions can be sent to DR., B.
l. Grcssman, chairman. or julius /.
Peyser. treasurer Of the local COM
mittSe
Evening star., 1918-02-22
REACH GOLF FINALS.
Perkins and McKeel Play for Title
Today at Ormond Beach.

DAYTONA. Fla. February EN- 3,
Perkins of Louisville. Ky. and Paul
McKeel of Fairmont. W. Va, oppose
each other in the championship fight
Of the ormond Beach Red Cross golf
tournament today as a result of yes
terday's eliminations in the semi-finals.
In yesterdays matches Perkins de.
feated Parke Wright and McKeel won
over F. NJ. Dyer.
Evening star., 1918-02-22
Golf Course for Soldiers,

Gen. Horn of the 7th Division is hav-
Ing a golf course made on the drill field
OF the Sth Field Artillery on the infantry
side, at Camp Gordon, near Atlanta, Ga.
He is assisted by the camp physical di-
rector and Charles w. Hall, formerly a
professional golf man of Birmingham.
The course will be nine holes Two will
be on the drill field and the others on the
reservation.
Evening star., 1918-02-22
NEWS TICKER INCORRECT,
ST|RS ENGLISH LABOR
Missing Quotation Marks in Comp
err Address Result in Misunder-
standing Abroad.

LONDON, February 22.-Yesterday
mornings session of the interallied con-
ference of socialists and labor parties
was occupied to the exclusion Of all
other business with discussion Of an
alleged Misrepresentation of the atti-
tude Of Samuel Gompers, president OF
the Federation Of Labor. toward Brit
ish labor, as outlined in press dis
patches from Washington. Delegates
to the conference generally regarded
the press kilograms as malicious ef-
fort to SOW discord between the labor
element Of the allied powers.
The conference, after instructing a
cApecial committee to deal with the mat
ter, approved sending a cable message
to Mr.. Gompers inviting him to re-
pudiate "the gross fa1sidcatiop OF your
message, which is apparently part OF
campaign of malicious misrepresenta-
tion by the enemies of labor"
The text of Mr.. Gompers' message
was printed in all London newspapers
"wednesday afternoon. and in most of
yesterday mornings editions. It fol-
lows:
"All are advised that any person pre-
suming to represent American labor at
your conference is self-constituted and
unrepresentative. American labor be-
1ieves German influences have inspired
the London conferences and until this
Is disproved will avoid the conference"
Not in Text.
The latter sentence was not in the
text of the message received by Ar
thur Henderson, former minister with
cut portfolio in the war cabinet and
leader of the labor party. and the con-
ference declared the whole message was
obviously an effort to create discord-
The correct text OF Mr.. Gompers' mes
son yesterday. but delegates declared
1t would be very difficult to counteract
the wrong Impression created by the
widespread publication Wednesday OF
the incorrect version
The Central News explains the passage
referring to German influence inter
polated In Mr. Gompers message to the
labor conference by saying that 1t was
added. to the dispatch by its New York
correspondent.
Ticker Fails to Tick.
Unfortunately, the ticker machine
omitted the quotation marks on each
side of the passage. and the dispatch
ran on as If the whole were Mr.. Com
bers' message.
During Wednesdays session of the
conference Arthur Henderson read
cable message from Samuel Gompers
can Federation Of Labor to participate
in this or other conferences at the
present time owing to the bel1ef that
German influences were their insplra-
ton. After listening quietly to the
reading Of the dispatch, the message
was referred to committee to decide
upon the form Of the reply that was
to be sent to Mr.. Goripers-
Evening star., 1918-02-22
Mai. Forster Relieved From DUTY.

Maj. Alexius NJ. Forster. Medical Re
serve Corps. has been relieved from
duty in the Office of the surgeon gen
eral in this city and ordered to New
Haven. Conn. He will assume COM
mand of the United States Army Cen
eral Hospital to be established in that
CITY
Evening star., 1918-02-22
TITLE FOR ARMSTRONG.
Defeats Dunbar Quint in Hard Bat.
tie, 81 to 81,

Armstrong Manual Training School
won the colored high school champion.
ship in basket ball yesterday after
neon, when the Tech team defeated
Dunbar High School in the second
game. by score of 81 to %. in the
most evenly contested battle of the
season. At times Dunbar was in the
lead. but the opposing five came from
behind twice. and at the end of the
game had five points to spare. Lineup
and summary:
Evening star., 1918-02-22
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

For the past two seasons Walter
Johnson has led his league in strike
outs. He famed 1s5 men last sum-
mer and 22S in 1916 for a total of 413.
His best year was in 1910, when he
turned back 313 would-be hitters.
Al Baird, the Giant youngster who
enlisted in the naval reserve force has
organized a ball team at the base in
Louisiana at which he is stationed
and has written to the New York club
for his bats.
President William F. Baker of the
Phillies will accompany his team to
the training camp at ST. Petersburg,
Fla, as usual. this spring.
Sherwood Magee, who. it was re-
ported some time ago would be re-
leased by the Reds. has signed a con-
tract with that club for the coming
season.
Phil Douglas, the Cubs big pitcher.
who was recently operated upon for
appendicitis. may be lost to his team
for this year.
wambsganss. the Indians infelder.
has been placed in class 1 of the Sc
lective draft.
Evening star., 1918-02-22

benefit game for the family of the
late William Weart. the base ball
scribe. will be played in Philadelphia
this summer,
Evening star., 1918-02-22
Pitcher Koob in Aviation Service.

ST. LOUIS, February 22-Pitcher
Ernest Koob has been accepted for the
aviation service and will not play with
the St Louis team this season. He now
is in camp at Mount Clemens, Mich.
Evening star., 1918-02-22
ALLEGED ACTIVITIES
IN HINDU REVOLUTION
Former Student Of California Uni
versity Given Part Credit for Brit
ish Defeat in Mesopotamia.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. February 22.-
The defeat of Gen Townshend's forces
in Mesopotamia was attributed to
the University Of California. and other
alleged Hindu revolutionists in docu-
ments introduced in evidence in the
trial of the so-called Hindu conspiracy
case here by the government.
The alleged activities Of the Hindu
revolutionists in Mesopotamia, accord
ing to United States Attorney John w.
Preston, were discovered through let
ters said to have been sent by Ali
Khan to Ram Chandra, one Of the de-
PENDANTS and publisher Of Hindu revo-
lutionary paper. These letters. ac-
cording to the prosecution. were in
to the Department Of Justice.
Discusses Downfall Of Townshend.
In letter describing what he termed
was the downfall Of Gen Townshend.
Ali Khan wrote:
When our patriots entered Bagdad
we achieved there a very great success
in our work. We organized an army
Of the Indians and sent them to oppose
the enemy. For our sake our Indian
troops refused5to fight, and gave a very
great defeat to the British near Bag
dad.
The British understood this to be
our work They then brought very
large force near Kut-el-Amara,b but there
the army was surrounded and the whole
of the force under Gen. Townshend fell
into the hands Of the Turks. The Brit
ish force which was sent to relieve them
returned after suffering great loss.
Over 1900 Captives.
THAT is, the whole Of the British
army which fell into the hands of the
Turks consisted of 1898 British and
8128 Indians. Of which several English
men and Indians had been killed
This battle lasted 143 days. Two Sc
verely wounded generals fell into the
hands of the Turks and also twenty
five guns, all of large caliber. Now
we request you to send to Bagdad more
patriots. who should work under a cav
pable patriot and preach among those
soldiers"
Evening star., 1918-02-22
Lieut.. Phenix Relieved From Duty.

First Lieut.. Spencer Phenix. Ordnance
Reserve Corps. has been relieved from
duty in the office of the chief of ord
nance, this city. and is ordered to re-
port for duty to Maj. Gasser, official
recorder for the war council
Evening star., 1918-02-22
ONLY INDOOR TRACK CONTESTS
OF SEASON BOOKED TOMORROW
Local Athletes Get Single Opportunity
This Year to Compete in Meet in Balti-
morelLafayette VS.. c. u. Today.
BY a, G. BYRD.


Of the
Evening star., 1918-02-22

experimentation for Arnold; Davis for
hawthorne; Freeman for Frazier: Ross for Rob
inson: johnson for Graham. Referee-Nr J. y.
y Wilkinson. Scorer-Dr. Washington Timer
Messrs. Hughes and Menard
Evening star., 1918-02-22

Wambsganss. the Indians infieldel
has been placed in class / of the Sc
lective draft.
Evening star., 1918-02-22
Ticker Fails to Tick.

omitted the quotation marks on each
side of the passage. and the dispatch
ran on as If the whole were Mr.. Com
bsrs' message.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1918-12-04

leiiten, mas llngepiBbeit uno 3fpei-
Oelttigfeit anbetrifft, 0o5 Moolidite.
ga aber," 10 ihloB Der @r-9ra-
itoent, aSerr 8illon nun einnal
na9 Orii6en gebt, 10 lit es ernitIif)
81. boffeh OoB er ni6t beriuden
miro, Die Roae zines SdieO8rid).
ter8 8miiden ltnieren gerbiin0eten
ltno unIeren 6einoe gu ninrpieren,
ionoern nlS Elm lobdIer 8erbiinoe-
ter nit uniern 8erbiin0eten iid err
meiit. 98ir baben niht anndberno
5u leiocn gebabt uno nt6t otutd6s
erno 3u itanoe ge6rodt mas oie
Ieiten0en 8er6itnoeien gelitten itnD
baben."
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Die britii9e, fran3oIiiGe 1ln0 itnlie-
niide arnee, Die bns meiite 5llr 9tie-
0ertperfilng Der 9eutiden uno oo-
nit gIeid5eitig fir Siderbeit Der
Ser. Staaten beigetrogen babelt. Gs
lit uniere 9Sflidt, ltniern Gerbniloe.
ten bei3uiteben.
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Ocmtfcbc eriil1eit Tim
before gcSinouitocn

Gern a. Seq. Die oentihe
fSrieDensgeicai6oit III 9iiln6en bat
einen IeiOenidaitliden 9lppeG an Die
Shmei5er Nreiie geridtet, gegen Die
0ibredlitben 8affenitillitanosbeoin.
gungen unO oeren llngeredtigfeit
gegen Elm neiies GeutidIano, ons
lib ieIbIt iainer ntiIitariideu 6iibrer
entleoiBt bntr. Ser glppell lit gerih.
tet an jene in feinoIiden mo nen.
traIen 2dnoern, Die oo8 9Srit5ip Der
@ere6tigfeit lmo oeg 9fe6tes oir
rationale Sel6itberipoltllng bo6GaI-
ten. 9ie gotidaft fdbrt fort:
Der berborrager0lte nn0 m1hs
tieite inter 0teien lift 8r1li0ent 8il-
ion. GoB ct fitb nidt NIT ben llr-
ipriin9lid bon i'm aufaeiteIften Be
oinglingen, lpel6e mir Die STUNNING
Der beiebten Gebiete berIangten,
aufrieoen CAB uno 0en idredIiden
unS ouferlegten @eoingun9en 8u-
ltinulte, bat eine grim iui0e 9orbe-
oeutung mo miro bielleidt Icit1en
eigenen @influB bel Der Jrienensfon.
feren8 idpdden.
n@ir geben Die Soffnltng ni6t
auf, 0oB er an Ieinem oft berfiin0e.
ten feierliden 8rograrun feitb1lt
ltno nillens it, Die fonfreten 5rie.
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uno oaB es inn NIT 9iIfe frieoIid
geitnrter Greiie in 9lIliiertenldnoeruI
mogli6 iein miro, feline Biinide
burd8uieben.
v&ir appelieren Dor n(en an Sic
uno 0auern0en S5lltereiien
Der Sieger. @ir pieoerbolen i5nen,
mas mir DGbren0 oes arieqeS unie-
rem eigenen @oIfe 70 oft uno io elm.
oringlib geiagt baben. Gin eHter
6rieoe, Die S6opfltng zines onuern.
ben @pItfrieOens, Der Gr0nung unh
Redt ii6ert, lit mr. nloglif, lpennI
tein Golt in ieinen Reconsideration
lmo in Ieiuem 5e[6itbeItiumuug8- |
reGt beroeipaIttgt miro.
Gin ge0enliitigtes, in Stitfe ge.
riiienes, geiddbi9tes in0 at einer
riiera6len ofonomiiden Griiten3
oerurteiItes 3eitti6Iuno lpiiroe fir |
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StrabfnbaDn=streit
tit III uolenl GanQe
Council Bluffs, papillion, Sort Crook; 1aes
9c9t sm Smb; keinc 1lmsibreitilnecn
atnssre sonferens scr seteilieten aneeiest
cil g9(uffs.

ell Bluffs.
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iin0 am Streif beteiliet.
9(ub ole 8obnberbin0ung NIT
Council Bluffs, @opillion uno Sort
Groot 1T boIlitdnoig obgebroden.
gln ollen Srten lit 0ie HoIisei
boI borbereitet, Die 9ronung uilf-
re6t 5it erbulten.
Sa6 Omaha bart 6etruffen
Die &dfins Sauier baHen belte
beim 8Gginn Der glr6eits8eii nur
2 9rittel ibrer Arbeiter all Sano.
Die Gransportatio ii tuidl.
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8ielleidt iperoen regitldre Srnf
&oliten eingeridtet iper0en, 9(rbeiter
gu ltno bon Ser sGtbeit 8it fdoffen.
Seoer Sruf, grotipagen, 0iiId-
nogen 1tno Gismagen fdien beitfe
friib nur menidli6e 2aIten Al,
transportieren.
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