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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
THEY BATTLD LONG

Detroit Tigers and Washington
Griffmen have habit every season OF
engaging each other in long drawn
out contests.
Last season these teams came with
in five innings once OF smashing the
extra inning record, and in two other
jousts were within eight innings OF
the major league limit
On May "a the Tigers and Griffs
travelled sixteen innings. when both
quit at q 2-to-2 tie. On August 4, the
same clubs fought eighteen innings,
before the Griffmen yielded, Z to G
On August 16, Detroit and Washing
ton played another sixteen-period
game. this time a decision being
reached and in the Tigers favor, s
to Z.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
HEADS
COMING TO CONFER

For a conference with the War De
partment heads, Ralph S. Davis a
Pittsburgh, sports writer; c. E. Mar
tin, OF Cincinnati, and c. c. Townes,
of Cleveland. are coming to Washing
ton next week. They are interested
in the formation OF the National
Baseball Federation, which seeks to
keep the national game alive in the
Middle West during the war.
The Federation is working together
with the National Commission. It
will have nothing to do with players
under contract or reserved by pro-
fessional clubs Its leaders believe
that the organized BASEBALL leagues
will be unable to take the field in
1919, and that they have a chance to
keep up public interest In baseball
until the big leaguers and the little
leaguers return.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
GUNNERS WIN OUT

Seaman Gunners got under way at
he expense OF the Troop b, Eleventh
Cavalry, team, OF Fort Myer, to the
.une OF IS to o. The GunneTs scored
n three minutes after kicking of.
taking the ball away from the SOL
Hers and going over in FIVE rushes for
a touchdown.
Connolly played a stellar game for
the Seaman Gunners, scoring two
touchdowns. His work on defense
was exceptionally good. Carney,
quarterback for the Gunners, was also
in the spotlight with a touchdown,
while Garrett, the 115-pound end of
he winners. was a conspicuous figure
across the chall: marks.
The Gunners were slightly out
weighed. but came through with a
businesslike performance which ar
CUES for strength later on.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

Regardless Of the weather or
rack conditions, the juvenile turf
championship of 1918 viii be de-
;ided tomorrow at Laurel Park,
when Billy Kelly and Eternal win
90 to the post In the widely adver-
Used $4,000 Liberty Bond-Red
Cross Special Of $4,000 side.
With $4,000 added. All. Washing
ton, overjoyed at the rzising of the
influenza ban, will be there to an
plaud the winner.
This great match. race Is known
officially as the John r. Mclean Mem
orial Cup, a six furIong galIop. The
$4,000 each put up as sweepstakes
by Commander J. K. L. Ross. OF Mon
treal. and James W. McClelland. Of
Kentucky. respectively, the owners Of
Billy Kelly and Eternal. has been de-
posted In the form OF bonds Of the
Fourth Liberty loan. The $4,000 the
Maryland State Fair Corporation
will add to these sweepstakes will be
put up IN negotiable war STUFF OF the
same sort.
After the finish the owner OF the
winner will turn over the losers $10,-
coo in bonds with the Maryland stats
Fair Corporations contribution to the
Red Cross. The Canadian organfR-
tion will be the beneficiary IN the
event Of Billy Kelly trfunhpt: the
chapter Of the American Red
Cross will win out II gallant little
Eternal outfoots and-,outstays BUY
Kelly.
These youngsters have been work
ing satisfactorily at Laurel Park these
two weeks and both are IN nrst rate
condition. Andrew Schuttinger win
Side Eternalsayoung Earle.S ande 1gih
have q leg Up on Billy Kelly Inter-
est In the match Is widespread and
the attendance will be limited only
by the crowd handling capacity OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the
motor transportation concerns o. Bal
limora and Washington "a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

Butler was the lone regular in the
bAekfield, and, naturally, he did the
Brunt of the work Of advancing the
ball His short, darling runs fea-
tured the contest. He was always re-
liable when given the ball, ana was
approached in reliability only b.
Severn. the big schoolboy from st.
PauIs school, New York. -.-..
Uses Forward Passes. a~
Dobie's pupils, though handicapped
BY lack OF practice and the iRroads
OF Spanish infuenzs. showed them
salyaE we'll equipped with plays on
olfense. Forward passes, usually for
short eis:anGsS, marked their attack
against N0Tp0rt and the Rhode
Islanders were 1t 4 loss to interfere
with them -sT
Generally the hall was thrown over
the tackles or just Inside Of them,
with others over the middle OF the
line to mystity the opponents Al
most without fail these passes sue
ceeded. 49, "a
Newport appeared. vastly overrsted
Only once did the visitors make first
down. Youngstown, formerly Of Dart
mouth. was anything but another Tea
Coy" He was too slow, and the Navy
forward knitted In and stopped him. unu-
ally before he reached the line.
wIseAestef scores.
Navy kicked on to start the game
After two attempts to advance the bah
had. failed. TounEstrori punted 10
Nays &yafd line On the third play
following, Orr. Nays. halfbaek. furn-
.bled the bail Quick as q cat. Win
chester. NeWportis Quarterback. picked
up the bounding leather and was OH
he had no difficulty in scoring q touch
down YounGstrom kicked the E0al. put
ding Newport ahead, to 0. go
Not the least bit discouraged, tie
Adde's began their WhIrlwinda arial
attack. broken now and then with short
runs OF tackle by Severn or Butler
Three touchdowfS were scored for the
Navy In that frst period, and the crowd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
Boxing Ranks Second
Only to Baseball in
Our Soldiers Camps

The report OF the fluent Dick
JemisOh. Y. n. c. A. war work
publicity agent for the South
eastern military district, which
includes some thirty-two camps,
shows that baseball is still the
big fayorite with the soldiers.
For the month OF July there was
a total attendance OF approx
mately 100000 at various games
and OF this number $4,000 at
tended 1882 baseball games.
Boxing matches ran q good Sec
ond in attendance, with every
thing else in the also ran class
among the soldiers. These soldier
boys must have their baseball.
Next to that they want to learn
how to use their lists. And yet,
in civil life, a strong taboo is
put on boxing at all times,
whether we be at peace or war.
Funny, isn't it?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
MOLLA WILL PLAY

Molla BJurstedt. champion woman
ennis player, and Miss Marion Tin
ierstein are slated to play two ex-
libltions today. In an informal en-
saEement at Columbia in the morn
ng Miss Bjurstedt will play In mixed
'oubles.
The big engagement of the day will
q at the Dumbarton Courts in the
afternoon, when the Norwegian star
md her partner from Boston will APP
pear for the Woman's Tennis Relief
Committee exhibition. The match Is
scheduled for p. m
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

The British and American peoples
take their sports differently. This is
not new. II has been known for
many a day. But one more bit OF
evidence comes to light with the
fnixup over the receipts of the wilde
Conn contest A London sporting
paper is holding $4,000 in trust IN
iii some way is found out Of the
mUddle.
Jimmy Wilde, the fyweIght cham
.pion. boxed Joe Conn for q purse of
$4,000. Wilde was to get $4,000,
but AZ the last moment the authori-
ties ruled that no service man could
accept money. So the $4,000 IL being
held That's the way the English
look at service men boxing.
Over here we have Benny Leonard.
in the service as q boxing Instructor,
leaping and dazzling around to pick
up soft money. now in New England,
now in Philadelphia, now In New Jer-
sey. or somewhere else.
Others, like Jack Dempsey, are ex-
'empted from military duty 20 be
labor scouts or something and per
mitted to travel around the land pick
ing up fat purses.
Yes. there Il q difference In the at
titudss OF the English and the Ameri-
cans ...
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
THEY'LL PLAY GOLF

CHICAGO. Oct. PA movement to
provide soldiers and sailors at can
tonments with golfng paraphernaIia
has been started by United States
Golf Association officials. and PresI-
dent Charles F. Thompson, of the
Western Golf Association, today re-
ceiVed letters from the officials of
the national body asking him to in
terest clubs in the Western Organiza-
tion in the matter.
Golfers are asked to donate clubs.
balls and caddy bags, which will be
forwarded to a central point and from
there allotted to the various army
camps.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

+, Mr.. McGiIlicuddy is known Tar and
wide as Mack, just plain Connie
rAack. He Is not given to talking
very much. Therefore, his quiet
statement OF facts gains in import
aHce. for Connie has informed Ban
johnson, principal pooh bah of she
American League, that twenty mem
beers OF the Athletics are in the mill
tary or naval service OF their coun-
Try. with half OF them either in
France at this very minute or on the
transports bound overseas.
Walter G. Anderson, Ray Bates,
Eugene Bailey, Carmen Hill, Pat Ha-
ley, Murphy, Win Noyes, c. r. Nay
Tor, Elmer Myers and our old side
kick, Tillie Walker, are in France or
on their way across the bounding
seas.
& Those Of the Mackmen straininE at
the leash for foreign service are Rus
sell c. johnson. David L. Keefe,
Harry Seibold, Lawton witt. Maurice
Shannon, George Burns. James A.
Dugan. James Dykes and Merlin H
Ropp. There is one more whose name
slipped Comics mind at the time he
wrote to Ban 80.
Now who's the next to equal or
better the Mackmen's record?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

READY FOR It
Hodge Never Lost
Single Race !.

They may talk Of their Omar
Kahyyams and their Billy
Kellys. but Hodge Is a race
horse with a record Of competing
in 1.lo0 races, sometimes eight
or nine in a week. without meet
ing defeat Furthermore, more
people have seen him in action
during the past season than
either Omar or Kelly in the last
two.
Hodge has been purchased BY
the New York Hippodrome man
agement to appear in the
Chateau-Thierry scene this win
ter. He used to race for Ben
Hur against Messiah.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
PLAYING GOLF TODAY

: NEW YORK. Oct 27.-Jerome D.
Travers, Oswald KlrkbyF Gilbert Mich.
OILS and Alex Smith, four OF the lead
ing metropolitan golf professionals.
have volunteered to play. an exhibi.
ton match for the benefit OF the fund
for relief Of the homecoming wound
ed soldiers over the links OF the St
Adams Golf and Country Club to-
day. o..
The committee OF arrangements
hopes that a gallery Of At least SOC
enthusiasts will witness the contest
and members are being urged to bring
Iheir friends with them. The new
addition to the club house is practi-
cally finished and will be opened for
inspection.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
LAMAR IN GAME

BALTIMORE. Oct TWIN the
lifting OF the FLU" ban, the High
lands will tackle the Drydock team
here today for the. championship.
Bill Lamar. former oriole and Yam
kee. now in training at Camp Meade.
will be in the lineup OF the High
lands againct the Drydockers.. He has
promised Bill Fewster to be on the
Job.
The Drydockers have many big
leaguers in their lineup. including
Eddie ,Ainsmith, Joe Judge and
Frank Schultz, OF the Wash ngton
Griffmen, and Fritz Maisel, OF the
St Louis Browns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
THEY HAVE DIED

Gold stars have been placed in
sports service flag for the passing
Of each OF the following athletes:
Eddie Grant. Harvard and Giants
third basement; Sturtevant Yale
oarsmen; Poe, Princeton football
player; Mills. Harvard football play
ner: Reid, Princeton baseball player;
Savage and PAUL, Princeton oars
men: Ross and Glanz. Pennsylvania
oarsmen; Shull and Goddard, Chicago.
football men; Curry, Vanderbilt foot
hall man; overton. Yale athlete, and
Thomas, Princeton athlete.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
PLAY Fl HOLES

CLIFTON. Staten Island. Oct. 81
August Hammer. Staten Islands anna
,eur golf title holder, and Tom Boyd.
professional Of Fox Hills( beat Os-
valid Kirkby, Metropolitan and New
Jersey amateur champion, and John
Hobens. professional at Englewood,
n. J., / up at twenty-one holes. A
seven-foot putt that Kirkby missed
was the deciding factor on the third
hole. The proceeds, 500. were do
mated to a war charity
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
PUTS OFF START

PITTSBURGH. Oct. 27.-GIenn War
ner's Panthers did not play yesterday
and it is unlikely that they will get
in any practice before meeting w.
and J., here on Nov. Q. Lehigh is
down for contest on Nov. =. but
the football mentors at Bethlehem
are having troubles getting any time
for practice. 1t is possible that foot
ball will be stopped at Lehigh, In
that case Pitt will have to face W.
and J. without any experience.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
NAVY DEFEATS NEWPORT
NAVAL RESERVES WITH
EASE BY SCORE, AZ TO 7
By HUGH R RILEY.

ANNAPOLIS 27-Gone is Newports claim to view Of the
championship gron for 1915 and loud the cheers
mdshpmn battalion for the excellent work Of Gil DObes
its contest from Fred Walkers
cation by one-sided of AZ. to z.
Dobe particularly delighted the fact that though
Naval Reserves the first to tumble within
game his players lost their
their heads They simply piled right and promptly scored
three touchdowns before the end Of the first quarter
On the of the Dob informed that EVAN right
the afflicted with lumbago such
that impossible for him 70 play Love- econdstrng
hastily gooed the job He made good every Not
caught mapping Now Evan has rival for the regular
birth the 6rste -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

could see then which was the better
team. r.
Navy scored only once in the second
period, but came back with two touch
downs in the third and one for good
measure in the last quarter.
Lowe and Sniyely played fine football
on the wings for tho Middies. King, 4
fourth-class man. was prominent at
right tackle. Butler. Clark. and Severn
advanced the ball In fine style.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
FOOTBALL SCORES

Seamen Gunners, IS; Troop B.
Eleventh cavalry, 0.
V. p. T., 80: Camp Humphreys, G.
Navy, A.; Newport Naval Re
serves, Q.
Camp Leach. IL; Maryland State. 8
Great Lakes. o; Northwestern, o.
Camp Grant, Z: Wisconsin, o.
r Minnesota, SO: st. Thomas. Z.
League Island Marines. Z; Penn, O.
Wesleyan. s: Amherst. o.
&C.. Syracuse, 10; Hoboken Transport, o.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
HE'S GARBAGE MAN.

AUBURN. Ind. Oct 27.-RoIlIS
Zeider. the Chicago Cubs utility in
fielder, has made the lowest bid for
the gathering OF garbage here for
the year beginning November 1. He
underbid two competitors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
GAUL GOES BACK.

Horace GauI. OF Ottawa, Canada,
known as one Of the worlds premier
hockey and lacrosse players. is go
ing abroad as a Knights of Columbus
Eecretary. Gaul enlisted in the Cana
dian forces in 1914, and was severely
wounded at Neuve Chappelle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
BALL WOULD START.

ST. LOUIS. Oct E.-Phil Ball. presi-
dent OF the Browns. says he is for re-
Stunning professional baseball just as
soon as Il is deemed practicable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
GENE RUNS HOTEL.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Oct. N.-Gene
Pauiette. the Cardinals first baseman
and all-around player, Is running a
hotel here and making money. He has
a wife and several children and Is,
therefore. exempted from military serv.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
L 0oKINc ,E'Mll. O,!YER
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER

After hearing of the Tigers the service Of
their country that is wearing blue khaki xultng
quietly admOnhed by Cornelius Mccuddy Philadelphia
that the Athletics well worthy of those who
delight knowing professional players are doing for their
country in these days Of and storm. -.-..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
THEY'RE RECOVERING.

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. T-Joe oesch-
ger and Dave Bancroft, OF the PhillIes,
and Sherry Magee, of the Reds. ars
fast recovering from the influenza.
which has had them on their backs for
Two week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
v. p. !. EASY WINNER.

BLACRsBURG. Va, Oct. Clamp
Humphreys proved an easy victim for
the Virginia Polytechnic eleven here
yesterday. Tech cleaned ap, &c TO G.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
Iru Jsst A. Well.

It's just as well that Georgia Techs
Negotiations for q game with the
Georgetown S. A. T C. eleven fell
through The HIIltoppers could have
done little more than show their
ganeness against heavy odds, and
We have no doubts a. TO that. But II
would not have been footValI-that's
all.
. Tech, judging by its work TO date,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

has a strong eleven. Georgetown
judging by its lack of work to date,
could not but be the weakest sort OF
an opponent for the Golden Tornado.
So it's just as we'll.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
SUGGEST JOE o'eRIEN.

Friends OF Joe O'B-ien. former pres!-
dent Of the American Association, sug-
EcSt his being named rs president o:
tn National League.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

Garry Hermann backed up Ban
johnson in declaring that the sus-
pended Nationals who played
the Logan Squares in Chicago
could not sign contracts for next
year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27
TEN YEARS AGO
In SPORTS

Pat Flaherty, the Boston south
paw. while on visit to the Pitts
burgh club headquarters announc-
ed that he intends to take a trim
TO Japan with a team of ball
players.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

In his eight years OF profession
al baseball, Christie Mathewson
has pitched 312 games. winning
200 and, losing 103. for a grand
average Of $50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

Alfred Shrub. the English run
ner. defeated "a trio Of distancers
composed OF two Americans and
one Canadian at Buffalo. Shrub
ran against Bill Allen, Jim Mony-
han and Bill Davis, the Ontario
Indian, at five miles. Allen and
Monyhan ran a mile and a half
each and p'vis two miles. Shrub
won by h1If = mile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

The high schools asked the fac
ulty advisers TO start a basket
ball league. A loosely formed
league started a year ago COM
posed Of Business. Western, Army
and Navy Props, and Eastern.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

kid" Egan was matched to
box willie" Jones, OF Brooklyn,
p at Baltimore. kid" Sullivan was
matched to meet Harry kid
saegerr in q ten-round go at Bal
timore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-27

Tol Pendleton and Archie Ran
dolph. who. became famous at
Princeton and the University Of
Virginia. literally cleaned up in
the fall track meet at Episcopal
High School. Pendleton won the
junior and senior broad jump and
the senior two twenty. Randolph
won both high jumps.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01

crops whatever had been moved over
the road during the past season, it was
now little more than an oozy, sticky
rut. Not roof, not a chimney was In
sight; the valley was deserted. Here
was fertile farming cOuntry-and vet
no living thing, no sound of bells, no
voices, no growing cocks, no lowing
cattle. 1t was depressing to O'ReiIly,
and more, for there was something
menacing and threatening about it all.
Toward noon the breeze Iessened
and 1t became insufferably hot. A
bank of clouds In the east promised a
cooling shower, so Johnnie sought the
nearest shade to wait for it, and took
advantage of the delay to eat his slen-
der lunch. He was medltatively MUNICH
ing a sweet potato when a sound at
his back caused him to leap to his feet
in alarm. He whirled, then uttered
an exclamation of amazement. Seated
not fifty feet away was bare-legged
boy, similarly engaged in eating a
sweet potato. 1t was Jacket. His
brown cheeks were distended. his
bright inquisltive eyes were fixed upon
o'Reilly from beneath a defiant scowl.
Jacket" !" cried the man. "What the
devil are you doing hereY"
'You goin' to let me come along?"
challenged the intruder.
"Sol You followed me, after I said
] didn't want your" O'Rellly spoke re-
proachfully; but reproaches had no
effect upon the lad. With a mild ex-
pletive, Jacket signifled his contempt
for such weak form of persuasion.
"See here, now" o'RellIy stepped
closer. Lets be sensible about thIs.p
But Jacket scrambled to his feet and
retreated warily, stuffing the uneaten
portion of the sweet potato into his
mouth. 1t was plain that he had no
confidence in O,Reilly's intentions.
Mnttering something in mufIied
voice, he armed himself with a stout
stick.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-08-01

! red Cuban soil was exposed the trav-
elers sank into It as into wet putty.
Crossing a rocky ridge, o'Reilly and
his guide at last emerged upon an
open slope, knee-hlgh in grass and
grown up to bottle palms, those queer,
distorted trees whose trunks are swOl-
len into the likeness of earthen water
jars. Scattered here and there over
the meadows were the dead or fallen
trunks of another variety, the cabbage
palm, the green heart of which had
long formed staple article of diet for
the insurrectos. Spanish axes had
been at work here and not single
tree remained alive The green floor
of the valley farther down was dotted
with the other, the royal kind, that
monarch Of tropic vegetation which
lends to the Cuban landscape it's pc
culiar and distinctive beauty.
"Yonder is the camino," said the
countryman, pointing into the valley !;
"it will lead you to the main road !;
and there"-he turned to the north
ward-"is Matanzas. Go with God,
anu Noh NiiC wen WutcTs WHICH,
is polluted from the rains" With a
smile and wave Of the hand the man
turned back and plunged into the
jungle.
AS O'Reilly descended the slope he
realized keenly that he was alone and
In hostile territory. The hills and the
| woods from Pinar del Rio to Oriente
were Cuban, or, at most, they were
disputed ground. But here In the
plains and valleys near the cities Spain
was supreme. From this moment on
O'Reilly knew he must rely entirely
upon himself. The success of his en-
terprlse-his very life-hinged upon
his caution, his powers of dissimula-
tiOn, his ability to pass as harmless,
helpless pacifico. It gave him an un-
accustomed thrill, by no means pleas
ant.
The road, when he came to 1t, proved
to be deep gutter winding between
red clay banks cut by the high wheels
of clumsy, cane carts. Inasmuch as no