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The Washington times., 1918-08-09
WILL DEFY POLICE
DHOLD CONTEST
TOAD WAR FUNDS

CHICAGO, Aug. o-Formal an
nouneement was made today that the
boxing contest scheduled as part Of
the Salvation Army benent at Com
iskey Park Saturday to raise money
for the overseas fund would be held
as scheduled, despite the order OF Act
ing Chief OF Police Aleock forbidding
the bouts
Harry J. Riddings. chairman OF the
Salvation Army committee, said that.
IL necessary, soldiers from Fort Sheri-
dan would bo encampcd at the park,
thus making IL an army cantonment
and not subject to police authority.
Acting Chief OF Police Alcock gave
notice yesterday that boxing features
of the carnival would not be permit
ted, and later issued IN order to the
captain OF the district IN which the
show will be held not to permit box
ing under penalty OF suspension and
facing charges before the police trial
board
Special attractions In the way OF
boxing were planned by the carnival
committee. Jess Willard. champion
heavyweight, was to appear against
some opponent to be selected Jack
Dempsey had agreed to box Andre
Anderson, and 4 number OF other
prominent boxers were listed to ap-
pear
The chairman Of the promotion
committee said Secretary OF War
Baker might be asked to place tho
park within q war zone.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
MIKE McNALLY WRITES
OF BASEBALL ABROAD

SCRANTON, PA. Aug. Owe are
having some baseball OF our own here
and 1t IL very likely to be introduced
after the war TO the English" says
Mike McITally. former Boston Ameri-
can League inhelder, now in Europe
with the United States navy, in q
letter to Tom Philb!n. former pro-
fessional league backstop Of this city.
McNally lives at Minooka-
THE English take very kindly to
the game and seem TO enjoy It i'm
mensely," McNally says. "But they
don't understand why we don't stop
the game about the nth inning and
adjourn for tea Can you imagine
stopping a game for tea in the
States?"
Il was down in ireland and came
up to play against the army team on
July f." McNally says. "we had
quite some time OF II. beating them.
but we DOLLY well) did by the score
of 2 to l. Ed Lafitte, formerly OF De-
troit, pitched for them, while Herb
Pennock bowled them over for our
club. There were over $4,000 pres
ont at the game, among them being
the King and Queen. Admiral Sims
and the Duke OF Connaugh. Some
one circulated the report that the
Gulf OF Mexico was also there. but
that could not be substantiated." In
his letter. McNally tells OF shaking
hands filth the King OF England aft
er the game.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
BROOKLYN CLUB WILL
SUSPEND DURING WAR

NEW YoRY, Aug. 9.-The Brooklyn
baseball club is preparing to suspend
baseball for the duration of the war.
Charles H. Ebbets, president and chief
owner OF the Robins. announced yes
terday that when the last game OF
the present home series was played
on August IA he would turn Ebbets
Field into a storage warehouse, and
no more games would be played On
the Flatbush amphithsater until peace
ruled in the land again.
This decision may have q far reach
ing effect on baseball. In case the
other clubs on the circuit should de-
eide to attempt to play next sea-
son Il may mean that the Brooklyn
franchise would be forfeited. for E5-
bets made no conditional statement.
He said in his own concise way that
the Brooklyn club was out OF the
night for the duration of the war.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09

That's the way Grin q Co. size mp
he pennant situation One thing that
must be said for them IL that they
contest every point We have seen
ball clubs that make life miserable
:or umpires time and again. but moth
ing to compare with what was hand
I'd Dick Nallin here yesterday.
It all came about through Q mis-
play. both mental and mechanical on
lhe part Of Eddie Ainsmith- Graney.
irst to face Doc Ayers, worked him
for q pass. Chapman essayed to do
he same. and finally had Doc three
md two. Chapman did not offsr at
The next one and Nallin called II q
BALL The pitch was over the plate,
Tut Chapman and Nallin both aver
Il was low. AInsmith didn't think -
md Eddie denies that Nallin yelled
ball, go ahead" a. Dick claims he
lid.
AInsnIfh Cuts Loose
AinEmith. thinking Chapman, had
been struck out, cut loose with .
throw to second. The very fact that
seithsr Lavan nor Shanks ran to
>over lends color to the belief that
.Afnsmith is the only one who figured
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
MANAGERS LIKELY
TO OSCRAMBLEFOR
SANDLOT PLAYERS

There will be a lively scramble for
a dozen crack players on teams in the
city who have been performing with
considerable success for more than
one team during the season. There Is
every likelihood OF making the play
ers declare their intentions as to
which team they will choose for the
coming District baseball title series.
II this happens watch the managers
scramble for the stars.
Roche, one OF the best third sackers
in the city, has been playing with
Operations, the Rex Athletic Club.
and in the Navy Yard League Otto
van Herbulis, one OF the few good
pitchers in the city. has been playing
with Operations and the Clarendon
A. c.
Lem owen has pitched for Rex
A. c.. the Clarendons. and Operations.
Owen Is rated as one of the best OF
the huriers, and the team that gets
his services is going to have a regu-
lar ace. Handsome" Fitzgerald.
catcher for Rex and also one Of the
Navy Yard players, will be in de-
mand.
"Buck" Sterzer can pitch about as
we'll as any hurler In the city when
he Is right He is a fine hitter and
can play hrst base or any outheld.
Navy Yard players and Clarendon
will probably scrap over his services.
Chester Lyons, who has played with
two engineer teams and the Rex A C.,
will be forced to decide as VIII Parks,
a former Terminal A.>C. player. Army
Medical, and Rex A. C. hurler.
Pitchers being greatly in demand,
Sterzer, owen, Won Heroulis, and
Parks, will probably listen to a deal
Of argument shortly.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09

And what's more to the point they
will stick with the Griffs for some
time to come.
They Bunch Their Hits.
When four out OF five men who bat
In succession compile eleven OF
thirteen hits, that team is bound to
have q pretty fair run total. That's
what Chapman, Speaker. Roth, and
johnson did in Thursdays game and
TO add to the good work Wood in
serted a sacrifice fy that had all the
ear marks of a triple until Schultz
pulled II down.
Foster pulled one Of the best plays
Of the season in the NTH, when with
first and second occupied he grabbed
Turner's sizzling smash back OF third
with his nude hand, stepped on the
bag and got the ball to Judd In ad-
vance of Turner.
Had Shotton and Milan not played
about nfty feet too far out for Turner
In the FIRST inning. either OF them
could have caught Tery's ny and cut
on two runs, thereby keeping the
Mats within striking distance.
Roth played Just az speetacularly
on the defense Thursday as he did
the opposite Wednesday. Several Of
MS ChICneA o6pSNAoAAy Nh1 NAO -
Shotton In the FIRST, whom he speared
Bert's line smash with his gloyed
hand, fairly glistened
O'Nsill worked a neat delayed steal
OF third In the eighth with Altrock
pitching. Ho took long lead on
second, and when Ainsmith shot the
ball to Laynn Steve hotfooted for
third scoring when DavGn's hurried
throw went over Fosters head.
Every member OF Clark Grifnth's
baseball family "broko into print
Thursday. Those who did not appear
in the lineup, namely Griffith and
Mcbride, were chased from the field.
CoveIeslSis didn't seem to have a
great deal in his pitching repertoire,
and NAnaEor Fohl didn't invite fur
thor danger IN tho eighth. whom. with
AinEmIth on third and Shaw, running
for Casey. who had walked. on nrst,
he yAnksd CoVey in favor OF Coumbe.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09

the offering a strike The ball rolled
to center field and was the beginning
Of the end of Washington's chances,
for Graney reached third and Chap
man raced to second when Milan
threw low to third To cut q long
story short the Indians piled up four
runs in the opening stanza and were
never in danger Of being overhauled.
The nnal score was Cleveland. s;
Washington, 4
Manager Griffith and Captain Nc
Bride took the play on Ainsmith's q
hands and started cunning for Nal
Inns nanny. Dick stood their line OF
talk as long as he could and then
chased both OF them from the neld.
Lavan, Shanks, and the others yelled
derisive remarks at the umpire but
he took IT all as he says he didn't
want to weaken the GriTs lineup.
Then to add TO the misery OF the
Washington players when they board
cd the train for Philadelphia, who
should they find with them as travel
ing mates but Dick Nallin and Tommy
Connolly, who worked the series here,
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
Jest" WILLARD BOXES
TO AID SALVATION ARMY

CHICAGO, Aug. 9.-Jess willard,
worlds heavyweight champion. will
appear here Saturday in an exhibi-
tion bout for the beneht Of the SAL
walton Army's war fund. Wlllard's
opponent has not yet been selected by
the promoters Of the big sho to be
staged at the White Sox park.
In addition to willard, Benny
Leonard. Johnny GIlbane, and Ted
CKid) Lewis, all champions, will take
part in the show, while Jack Demp-
sey, Mike Gibbons, Eddie McGoorty.
Pal Moore, and Charlie White Will
also appear.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
CRIFF REFUSES TO BE COUNTED OUT
OF CHASE DESPITE RECENT SETBACK
By ED BANG.

CLEVELAND, Aug e-Cak Griffith and his hustng bunch Of
Of the chase despite the two
which they with the hands of the Indians
h firmly believe they win make clean Of the series in
Philadelphia they expect the Indians find the Chicago White
Box real tough picking
Indians short
Uf club than the leaders and
games They'll be lucky
that the Yankees will
oto
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
WESTERN CIRCUIT
IAUNT NETS GR|FF
AVERAGE OF .572

The Griifmen closed their second
whirl around the Western circuit yes
terday, winning eight and losing stx
games for an average Of .572.
Beginning at St Louis the Grin1
wa1Ioped the Brownies three out OF
four and then slammed the White
Scx twice In three starts.
In Detroit the Griffs broke even In
four games and at Cleveland they
took but one out OF three.
In their last seven games the GriR-
men whaled out 81 bingles, scoring
IS runs.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
WILL ACCEPT TENER'S
RESIGNATION TODAY

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-The National
League steering committee, consisting
OF Messrs. Baker, Ebbets and Hemp
stead, will meet here today to con-
slider the resignation OF President
John K. Tener. They will accept II
and ask that the magnAtes ratify
their action as soon as possible.
No successor to Tener win be
chosen until December. Secretary
Heydler will do whatever routine
work is necessary.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
WILMINGTON PLAYERS
WILL PLAY ON SUNDAY

WILMINGTON. Del, Aug. s.-It was
announced today that. despite the fact
that the participants were arrested
last Sunday for playing pase6ah on
the Sabbath and the case Is stin pend
ing, there will be another game
played by the teams OF the Harlan
plant OF the bethlehem Steel Company
on Sunday next Unless there - de-
cisIou favorable to the men IN the
case now pending, the police win az
rest the players again and bring
second charge
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
Neale's Record Is
Not So Bad

Earl Greasy" Neale, the Gin
cinnad Reds big outtelder, has
engaged in three bouts this sea-
son. meeting Fred Toney, Bill
Mllifer and Lee Magee. He has
won twice and been defeated
once. Here's his record to date:
Fred Toney, K. o., (by) / round
Bill Killifer, X. o., / round
Lee Magee, K. o., round.
Neale was greatly outweighed
by Toney, but he himself out
weighed Magee, so that makes
it even.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
eRIFF ACCEPTS 1T.

While Clark Griffith is being BOOM
ed TO take Ban Johnson's place as
president Of the American League.
the District Baseball Association.
newly formed. offered Grift the port
folio OF honorary president Griff
wired from Cleveland he would ac-
cept and would boost the game here
to q fRre-ye-weu.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
ARMY GETS DoWNEY.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. Aug. o-Brynn
Downey, tho Columbus welterwslGht,
who was among the 1918 draft regis
trants. is awaiting call Into the srmy.
Physicians declared him TO be In phys-
ical condition. He was placed In
class l.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
MEIGs WILL PLAY.

Camp MoiEs will play the Clarendon
A. c. toam Sunday At Camp Meigs.
Fhe teams have not mot before this
season. Goldlng or Rockford will
pitch for tho soldiers, while Schafrer
will hurI for tho Clarendon nine
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
STOPS AT SEVENTH.

NEW YORK. Aug. o-"Red" Causey,
the Giants rookie Finger, tried to
make II eight straight yesterday, but
the Reds smashed his effort and so
his winning streak stays at seven,
edualing that OF Harper. OF Washing
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
AWARDED TO LEADER.

cloffeps. leader IN the Navy Yard
League. was awarded yesterdays en-
gagement when the Ordnance team
failed to place a team on the feld.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
WILL PLAY TWO CLUBS.

Rex A. C. will tackle the Coast Ar
tillery Corps teams. OF Potomac Park.
and the Camp Humphreys team on
Sunday at Union League Park.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
LEADERS 10 PLAY.

Princeton plays Argyle and Racquet
IS matched with Standard In Suburban
League play tomorrow. Home meets
Euclid. while Ashmead draws q bye.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
SEVENTH EoR HANK.

Whom Hank Shanks hit safely yos-
eorday In Cleveland no boosted his
string TO seven straight. Hank has
hit for .4ie IN this run OF games.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Testerday's Cameo
Cincinnati, s. New York. ..
Brooklyn, 4. Chicago, l.
Boston. 3: St. Louis, l.
Philadelphia, 6-Si Pittsburgh. Ia,
The Washington times., 1918-08-09

RunS-MilAn. Schultz. Lavan. Morgan.
GrAney, Chapman, Speaker (2D, Roth (2).
Johnston and O'Neill Two-base hits
Ayers, Shanks (2), Morgan. Lavan, Chap
man Ca), ONelIl. Three-base hits-Ain-
smith. Roth. Stolen bases-Judge. john
nton. Roth, O'NeiIi Sacrifice hits-Cove-
leskie C1). Sacrifice fies-wood. Johnston.
Double play-Foster and Judge. Left on
Observation-Disclosures 10: Cleveland. Z. First
base on error-Cleveland, /. First base on
balls-On Coveleskie, 4; on Ayers, ,; on
Matteson, ?. Hits-On Ayers, in in
nInEs; OF hatteson. in innings: on How
Tx, . in / inning; OF Altrock. In in
ming; OF Coveleskie, 10 In 2-3 innings:
on Coumbe, / in 1-3 inning. Struck out
BY Ayers, /; by Matteson, !; by Coveles-
kfe 4; By Cournbe, !. Passed ball-Ain-
smith. winning Epitoher-coveleskie. Los
ing pitcher-AyerH
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
DE PALMA WILL RACE.

NEW YORK. Aug. o.-Ralph Do
Parma entry has been received fOr
tho big motor races at Sheepshead
Bay O week from tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
What Griffs Have
Left to Play

Beginning tomorrow the Grifi-
men will play the following
schedule:
ABROAD.
At Philadelphia, August 10.
II, 13.
AT HOME.
Mackmen, Sunday, August IL.
Tigers. August IA. Is, 16.
Browns, August II. 19. 20.
Indians, August Il, %, 20, "a.
White Sox, August rs, q, 2s.
Yankees, August 20, 80, 81.
The Washington times., 1918-08-09

where They Play TOdaH
CansinaAti At Pittsburgh.
Chicago at Brooklyn
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
INDIANS BANGED 'EM.

Tails 81 II AL 10 al Ttals 30 IL 27 II o
sBatted for Ayers in fourth.
tBatted for Matteson in seventh
1Batted for Hovlik in eighth
iran for Casey in eighth.
..-.....-.-.. oVO lpl nv
Cleveland ........... loI o1o l1l-S
The Washington times., 1918-08-09

where They Play To-day.
Chicago Al Cleveland
Detroit at 81 LsutH
The Washington times., 1918-08-09
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

YeEterday'a Games
Cleveland. s; Washington, 4
Boston. 4; Detroit. l..
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-11-12

staff are engaged in mapping out
program of rehabilitation. When
that program is completed the public
will be informed Of its details. Until
then the war department will say
nothing of it's plans. - ia
British Transports to be WITHDRAWN
Large numbers of British ships were
used in transporting our army to Eu-
rope. These ships will revert to COM
mercial use and will not be available
for the return of our troops.
1t would be an utter impossiblllty
to find barracks in the United States
for 100000 soldiers if they were all
brought back within few months.
SO it will be necessary to bring them
back in small detachments, which will
be sent to the national army canton
ments and regular army posts and
held there during a gradual process
of mastering out. 1t would never DO
to turn all these men loose on the
country at once; to do so would swamp
the labor market, and the result would
be that many of the soldiers would
be idle for months
This, in a very superficial way. is
the basis Of the program which the
war department is working out.
There is another bitter pill for Am
erican women to swallow who are
yearning to see their soldier boys. Not
all our boys will come back, even at
ter Rehabilitation begins. Several di-
visions will be kept in Europe to oc-
cupy that German and Austrian ter
1T n
hold a mortgage until Germany's tre-
mendous indemnity is paid. How
many will be used for this purpose
cannot be guessed at; undoubtedly
there will be British and French units
in the force, too.
But there will be no more fighting,
no more trench warfare, no more OF
the horrors of actual warfare-and
that will have to be our consolation
till the boys come home.
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13 M0NTHStr0
RETURN YANKS
AT HALF SPEED
Boys Are Coming Home, But We
Must Not Look For Them
Tomorrow or Next Day
ALL WORKING ON PROBLEM
Transportation of 100000 Men
Means Heavy Drain on the
Available Tonnage
ALL WORKING ON PROBLEM

abroad, about 226, 900
To return 100000 men at half
speed will take about IS months
BY A. e. GELDHOF.
n E. A. Washington Bureau. 1877
1874 Munsey Bldg. Washington, D. c.
The boys are coming home.
But your mothers, wives, sisters
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NEED
GREATER. NOW "
THAN IN WAR
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en- who are here nursing in the hos
pitfalls and in other fields of endeavor.
The Library Association. when in
complete operation, will have thou
sands Of good books loaned out among
the soldiers.
The reason that the Y. NJ. C. A.
gets all the knock because it's COM
PEELED to handle the hard problems
connected with army welfare work.
The Y. NJ. c. a. has 1.50O huts with
the American army. and in every one
Of them is canteen that sells the
soldier practically everything he gets
in the way Of smokes, candy, cookies,
fruits, and shaving supplies. This job,
that Of army storekeeper, was wish
ed" on the Y. NJ. c. A. by the army !;
the Y. NJ. C. A. didn't seek it.
And find that it is the running of
these canteens that is responsible for
practically all the knockes against the
Y. NJ. C. A.
The Y. NJ. c. A. has just 16 different
activities over here. It handles Is OF
them 100 per cent efficiently. Only
as "storekeeper" has it fallen down
to any extent. And that's not the Y
NJ. C. AS fault.
II supplies were unlimited, each
soldier (and this includes officers)
would spend, on an average, SO q
month over the canteen counters fol
sweets and tobacco.
CANTEEN BUSINESS $4,000, 900
This would mean, monthly can
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KAISER BILL
49, PROMINENT IN
" VICTORY FETE
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forming a similar service for the con-
ductor, was asked by skeptical list:
ener to state, If she was so wise,
when the war would end" AS our in.
formant remembered her reply it was
that the war would end on the elev-
enth hour of the eleventh day of the
eleventh month of the current year.
Be that as 1t may, posterity may at
tach some significance to the fact
that the Yanks and their allies over
there fired their parting shot at the
huns at exactly II a. m, Paris time,
on November II. For anyone who has
ever shot the popular indoor sport
known as craps" eleven" always
has, possessed peculiar powers. It's
magic is now vindicated in the minds
of many by the fact that it has play
ed so important part in the most
stupendous of all world dramas.
To kaiser's Funeral.
William Dohn, the Broadway meat
man who has two sons in the service,
closed bright and early Monday morn
ing. In the door of his shop he hung
his white apron. upside down, and
below it was pinned this legion: CD
ING TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF
TILE KAISER"
Crowds Happy.
Happy crowds filled the streets un-
til midnight yesterday. All day long
there were general and individual
demonstrations. In the afternoon the
feature was big automobile demon.
stration. During the evening hours
the Bismarck = band serenaded the
principal business bouses.
The Liberty Siren.
The Liberty siren Of 1918 was
sounded in Bismarck at 2:45 a. m, the
exact hour at which the news reach
ed Washington, by L. S. Pickering,
night engineer at the Hughes Electric
Co. power plant. Mr.. Pickering, IN
Bismarck and vicinity. assumes the
same place in history as that held by
the bellman who in Independence hall
in 1916 pealed forth from the Lib.
erty bell the message of independence
to the colonies.
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PLANS
MUSTERING0U OUT
FOR 100000
Few Details of Rehabilitation
Plans of United King
dom Announced
BY HAROLD f. BECHTOL.

London, England.
1t is now possible to give, in gen.
eral terms. few features of the Brit
ish demobilivation plans, on authority
OF Dr. Addison, the minister of recon-
struction.
Long-service men and men with IA
miles will be mustered out first wher-
ever possible.
Decentralization will not be under
taken by military units, but largely BY
home and industrial requirements.
The government expects to aid dis
charged men in finding work on a
large scale.
Several branches OF the government
are cooperating in working out a. de,
mobilization plan.
A naval official who is interested in
the rehabilitation plans expressed this
new idea for getting the men home:
II hope to see the allies use the
port Of Hamburg as a center for send
ing British and British colonials home.
I'VE could, and ought, to use Ger
man ships. and let Germany supply
the coal. ~, ~, -
This would make the French ports
freer to handle the Americans and
for supply ships"
There are now enrolled in the Brit
ish army and navy throughout the
world more than S,500,O00 men, in
GLIDING those enlisted before the war
about 100000.
The total strength of all British
forces at the start of 1918 was about
$500 900 men. Thus, during the pres
ent year, tos dsie, Great Bf94in. has
raised more than million pen. These
figures are divided as follows: 2
JANUARY, 191S-United Kingdom,
100000 men: divided: England, A.
100000; Scotland, 100000; Wales,
$4,000; Ireland, 10000.
AUTUMN, 1918--United Kingdom,
6,250,0 mo division, given).
JANUARY, 1918-Dominions and
colonies, 100000 men. ... ta4.
AUTUMN, 191s-.Dominions and
colonies. 100000 men W. .g.:.
JANUARY, 191S---Ondia and de-
tendencies, 100000. p - al
AUTUMN, 191S-India and depend
encics, 1,2500,000. !