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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-20
NOTES OF GOLF AND GOLFERS.

Golfers representing the Washing
ton Golf and Country Club and the
Bannockburn Golf Club will clash
this afternoon in the rubber" of the
annual team contests between the
two clubs. At the moment the line
up of the two teams has not been
announced, but each club will put
it's strongest players in the field in
the hope of annexing the victory.
In the first contest of the year
played at Washington the Bannock-
burn players were victorious and in
the second match the players from
the Virginia club turned the table on
their antagonists. winning by sin
gle match. Todays contest should be
exceptionally close. Washington will
be without the services of it's lead
ing player, Edward Styles, who is
out of town on business trip, and
will also be without the strong game
of Charles G. Duganne. Bannock-
burn has two players new TO Wash
ington golf. one of whom, Kenneth
Curtis, is said to be very fine
player. George T. Cunningham and
Basil NJ. Manly, two of Bannock-
burns old reliables,. will probably
play number one and two for the
Cabin John aggregation and in all
probability w. r. McCallum and
Robert D. Ramsey will team up at
the lead-off position for Washington.
The course of the Washington Golf
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-20

STUDENTS FIELD MEET
Robert lie Gengre Helps Company
A Win Honors on Georgetown
University Grounds.

An interesting field meet was held
on the Georgetown University
grounds yesterday afternoon by the
Students Army Training Corps, Com
pany A leading in points scored. All
the different events were warmly con-
tested and the greatest enthusiasm
prevailed among the participants and
onlookers.
The Individual star of the meet was
Robert lie Gengre of Company A, who
won first place in the 100-yard dash.
broad jump and shotput. He ran into
third place in the 5O-yard dash and
ran on two winning relays. His total
was Is points LIE Gengre halls from
a prep school in Maine and gives
promise of being a sensa ton in foot
ball as well as on the cinder path.
Following are the summaries of the
meet:
Running high jump-vogel. Company B.
won, feet Ii inches: McShea. Company B.
Quail. Company {; May. Navy.
Broad iump-Le Gengre Company A, won.
20 feet 51a inches: Mccain. Navy. second. 10
feet liz inches; Geary, Navy, third, Is feet
shot-put-Le Gengre, Company A. won. Al
feet inches: Gargin, Company d, second, 30
inches.
so-yard dash-won by. Mccain. Navy.
COS 2-5: Dolan, Company A. second; lie Cen
gre. Company. A. third.
1OO-yard dash-Won by LIE Gengre, Company
A. OIL; Mccain. Navy. second; Dolan, Com
pany A, third.
Three-legged race-Won by Ahern and O'Con-
nell. Navy: Donellan and WEIGH. Company A.
second: Heaphy and Regain, Company b. third.
Intercompany relay race-Won by Company
A. Time. LII 40
Potato race-Won by Bidge. Company B;
Mccann. Navy. second: Roberts. Navy, third
44O-yard dasli-Won by Mcnamara. Company
A. time 1.O1 10; McDermott, Company B, sec
ond
Final tug-of-war, Army vs.. Navy-won by
Navy.
Final relay race. Army VS.. Navy-Won by
Army.
Intercompany tug-of-war Won by Com
pany B.
Points-Company A, s31s; Company B. IS:
Naval Unit. %
Eliminating the inter-company relay and tug
of-war, in which the Navy did not take part
the points were: Company A, IS; Navy, -;
Company. Il, 20.
Meet concluded with two championship events
Navy VS.. Army. The Navy won the tug-of-
war and the Army won the relay.
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WORKING HIS WAY FROM
BERING SEA TO THE OCEAN
Capt. Joe Bernard, Daring Trader
of Nome, Is Spending About Five
Years in Effort.

VANCOUVER, B. c., October 10
Capt. Joe Bernard. a daring trader Of
Nome, Alaska, is spending about five
years working his way eastward in
his boat, the Teddy Bear, from the
Bering sea through the northeast pas
sage to the Atlantic ocean.
Reports came from Alaska some
time ago that Bernard was endeavor-
ing to navigate the northeast pas
sage. but no details were given. With
jalmur Stefansson. the Canadian Arc
tic explorer, on his return here re-
Gently from the north. confirmed the
reports and said he thought Bernard
would reach the Atlantic safely, as he
was good navigator and was travel
ing in fairly well known waters.
Bernard has been out of touch with
civilization for about two years and,
according to Stefansson, probably will
not appear in the Atlantic until 1921.
The trader left Alaska's far northeast
ern outposts in 1916 and planned to
make the trip in five years.
II Bernard succeeds he will be one
of the very few people who have ever
negotiated the northeast passage The
latest to come through the icy chan
mel was Road Amundsen, who ne
gotiated the passage in 1906. Stefans-
son planned to make the trip, but the
failure of a boat to meet him after
he had completed the worst part of
the trip on foot caused him to change
his plans.
Bernard worked along the northern
Canadian coast with some of Stefans-'
sons party in 1916, the explorer said.
He soon left the explorers, however,
and pressed on into the barren white
waters to the east. The next heard
from him may be when he turns up
at some far northern Atlantic port
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-20
JOHN EVERS UNDER FIRE
Well Known Ball Player Tells of
Experience While Working
lover There"

Johnny Evers. known wherever base
ball is played, who is in France serv-
ing as a Knights of Columbus secre-
tary has been under shell fire of
the Germans, but came through un-
scathed. Evers was near the front
fighting lines distributing X. of c.
supplies to American soldiers. when
caught in a bombardment.
Since the battle of Chateau Thierry.
when4 American troops began their
advance in earnest, the Knights of
Columbus have employed several big
motor trucks to convey X. of c. sup
plies to the moving American troops
Small cars are employed for work
near the advanced lines, Evers was
in charge of one of these. He had
just finished distributing quantity
of cigarettes when the Germans got
busy.
Describing his experience, Evers
said. 'Heine was in fine pitching form
that day and served everything he
had in stock-high and low ones and
vicious inshoots. l moved the home
plate SO fast he couldn't put anything
over on me and l went to first base
on four balls. l never did look for
second or third base-f1rst was good
enough for met was located in the
rear end of a thirty-foot dugout. It's
a good place to have base, too. when
Heine lets fly cargo of shrapnel"
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TO HAVE SNAKE MONUMENT.
Carnegie Museum to Erect Unique
Memorial to Aug. Link.

PITTSBURGH, October ia monu-
ment of snakes. probably the most I'M
usual ever raised, is being made at the
Carnegie Museum here. and when con.
pleted the memorial will occupy a glass
case in the gallery of serpents. tribute
to the memory of Augustus Link, who
several years ago gave up his life in the
pursuit of science.
Just before his death Mr.. Link was
lecturing on the topic of serpents be-
fore a class of Carnegie Institute of
Technology students. He held in his
hand a rattlesnake. At the close of the
lecture Mr. Link replaced the snake in
glass case, and a few moments later
a student called his attention to spot
of blood on the end of one of his fingers
Early the next morning Mr.. Link died
Carnegie Museum, by which he was
employed, has brought from the Isle of
Pines a tree in the branches of which a
boa constructor will be twined. with
iguanas, the common lizards Of tropical
America. as companions.
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of the U. S. N. l.. T. A., who asserts
that in many ways the game has re-
ceived new strength and encourage
r'ent. and cites the fact that most
encouraging response was received
from the 500 universities and colleges
that recently were asked to consider
esta blishing the game as a major
sport.
The membership list, regarded as
the true barometer of progress. has
held to a normal condition, despite the
fact that CHAMPIONSHIPS. prizes and
rankings were abolished last season
and revived this year. Acting Presi-
dent Myrick views the situation in
this light:
IF lawn tennis can stem the cur
rent of war adversely with such great
stars absent from the courts as Lieut..
r. Norris Williams, I'd, the former
national champion: Lieut.. George, NJ.
Church. Lieut.. Watson NJ. Washburn.
Ensign William NJ. Johnston and
Maurice E. Mclaughlin, who are in
ingly great, what would have been
its progress in times of peace?"
A resolution that will straighten
out muddle now evisting in anna
teur circles will be introduced at the
annual meeting of the A. A. L. in
Philadelphia next month, by Herman
Obertubessing. secretary of the Met
ropolitan Association. 1t is pointed
out that under the present rules of
the A. A. L. those athletes and for
mer athletes now associated, with the
Y. NJ. c. A.. Knights of Columbus and
other organizations as athletic di-
rectors. noV are professionals. Ober-
tubessing Contends that it is unjust
to declare man a professional when
he is serving his country by keeping
our lighting men physically tit. His
1,yff fhn oil m
serving as athletic directors retain
their amateur standings and be e.igi-
BILE to compete as amateurs when the
war ends.
According to the rule now in effect
Platt Adams. the famous jumper:
Pilgrim. Bud Goodwin and a number
of other stars are pros There is
little doubt the resolution will be
passed.
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WANTS A MILL IN ALASKA.
Gov. Riggs Submits Plan for Grind.
ing Siberian Wheat.

FAIRBANKS. Alaska. October 10
Siberian wheat grown in Alaska may
soon be milled in Fairbanks. Thomas
Riggs, jr., Governor of Alaska. recent
ly conferred with the officials of the
United States agricultural experiment
station here regarding the establish
ment of a mill to grind the crops of
Siberian wheat interior Alaska is ex-
pected to yield during the seasons to
come.
Two hundred and fifty bushels of
Siberian wheat from the Fairbanks
region were sent to the states a short
time ago for a test run in flour
mill A definite conclusion regarding
the mill will be based on the OUTCOME
of the tests. If the wheat meets the
expectation held regarding it, the
mill will be built and Alaska farmers
will plant Siberian wheat extensively
next year.
Siberian wheat natures in the COM
paratively brief period of about four
months from the time the seed is put
into the ground. This quick growth
makes the wheat adaptable to the
Alaska short summers. According to
reports from Siberia. the home of the
Siberian wheat, it mills into good
flour.
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and Country Club is in fine shape
for the coming contest.
Isaac T. Mann, present holder OF
the Chevy Chase Club championship
won the annual competition for the
Presidents cup yesterday afternoon,
defeating John H. Clapp in the final
round by and 2. Clapp had to give
Mann a small handicap. Brainard H.
Warner and Allan Lard were the
other semi-finalistS. The annual club
championship at seventy-two holes
medal play will be held Friday and
Saturday of this week.
David Burgess. professional at the
Bannockburn Golf Club, left the club
last week for Denver, Col. Dave has
been suffering from an illness for
some time and will stay in the west
through the coming winter. All the
best wishes of his many friends in
the District of Columbia go with
him.
Work on the new eleventh green
at the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club is being carried on. The
new green will be on the slope of
green and will lengthen the hole about
forty yards. 1t will also make neces-
sary a very tricky pitch over the ra-
vine in which the. present green is
loca ted.
Fred Mcleod. professional at the
Columbia Country Club, has been i'll
at his home for the past week with
influnZa.
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GRID BATTLES CANCELLED.
Epidemic Knocks Out Carnegie
Tech for the Season.

NEW YORK. October ia num-
Der of scheduled foot ~ball games
were postponed or Cancelled TODAY
because or the nationwide spanish
influnza epidemic
Carnegie Tech at Pittsburgh. in can
ceiling todays game with Buckneu,
announced that no more games
would be played this season.
Among other games called off to-
day Were: Brown against Vermont.
at Providence. K. l.; Colby against
Bates. at Waterville. Me-; Franklin
Marshall against Albright. at Lam
caster. Pa: Holy Cross against Nor
witch. at Worcester. Mass: Mullen
berg against Lebanon Valley, at AL
ientown. Pa; Buffalo against Hobart,
At Buffalo. and Williams against
Union, at WILLIAMSBURG, Mass.
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is interesting to note that every mem
Der of the winning Potomac crew is an
officer in some branch of Uncle Sans
service. At Eastern High School he won
for two successive years the individual
competition prize in the manual of arms.
He was attending Cornell University
when he entered the service. At Cor
nell he was a drill sergeant.
When Capt. Clark left Washington
he was five feet eleven inches tall and
tall and weighs 115 pounds.
In a letter to his mother before he re-
turned to America Capt. Clark graph
cally described battle in which he
participated.
Text of His Letter.
He said:
Dear Mother: You must forgive mo
for not writing sooner. but we have been
doing nothing-but move. move. move.
For four whole nights l did not close my
eyes; I finally fell asleep on my feet
and now I have two days rest al
lotted to me.
1--WE are taking part in great often
sfve and it is demanding all we have.
The Germans are falling back every
where. We are ever moving forward.
Everywhere there are piles and piles OF
dead Germans. We have been taking
thousands of prisoners. The cannon.
machine guns and ammunition are too
numerous to count. 1t does ones heart
good after months of weary toll and
preparation to have all our plans turn
out successfully. The price has been
great. but we have eXacted IA tremendous
toll from the enemy.
THE prisoners claim that the
Americans are demons. which we are
when it comes to scrapping. We play
the game harder than the other
troops: mainly. I suppose. because we
a act
Yesterday while we were firing
we are right in the open fields
down on US. firing their machine guns
1t fairly rained bullets: every one
took to shelter, wherever he could
find it. 1t is remarkable that no one
was hurt. Some of the other organ!-
cations were not SO lucky. however.
This phase of war is the most inter
esting yet. 1t is entirely in the open
and is the game of give and take.
Witnessed the Hun Retreat.
THE other day we could see the
German infantry retreating over
crest. We fired into them. infiicting
considerable damage. They no sooner
disappeared than our tanks follow ed
them over; behind our tanks followed
the marines their bayonets gliStening
in the sun. Shortly after them tho
cavalry went over. then followed the
horse artillery. One could not hut
remain daZed and speechleSs al this
monster spectacle unfolding itself he
fore US. From where we We're we
could see it all. The din was territic
1t was sight 1 will never forget"
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ALLIES PLANNING TO USE
VAST RESOURCES OF CHINA
Asiatic Republic Has Not Contributed
Men Nor Munitions for War, But
Will Supply Materials.

complished il only modern methods
were used by the native farmers.
seeing the vast reources of China.
the allies can and are planning to
utilize them. Machinery is being sent
there. Propaganda is being spread and
is having effect.
inc German propaganda assured
CHINA that the British have enslaved
the, world and that German "kultur"
Will make a life of ease for all who
will join in downing the British.
But recently the British propasan-
da has flood that country, according
to DIR. Dobson, and has beaten the
Germans publicity campaign. lie
says that people of China. generally,
now see the real issues of the war.
and their sentiments are most entire
ly pro-ally.
He tells that German agents are
mostly all out of the country and
that allied governments have repre-
sentatives there appealing to the
masses of people for help
The help that is needed from China
now is that of simple labor Chinese
coolies are being shipped by the thou
sands to France to take the place of
the Frenchmen who are needed on the
firing line Today about 100000 of
them are on European soil under the
direction of allied governments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-20

Of OTHER YEARS
Present Epidemic Contrasted
With Visitations of Cholera
and Yellow Fever.

The prevailing influenza or grip
which is sweeping over the country
recalls something of the awful vista
tions of the angel of DEATH in our
past history.
At an early period after the found
ing of the republic Philadelphia was
visited Gin 1899 by the yellow fever.
which was, in fact, the first epidem-
ic of a serious nature in our national
history. In 1906 the malignant spot
ted fever broke out in Massachusetts,
and continued until 1915 in the vari-
Gus northern states. In 1872 the
United States Army in New York and
Vermont suffered severely from 1t.
In 1922 the yellow fever appeared IN
New York with virulence.
Asiatic Cholera in 1882.
In 1882 the Asiatic cholera made it's
appearance in the United states,
coming from Canada. Following the
course of the large rivers it spread
irregularly to towns and cities. II
appeared in New York in June. later'
in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington. 1t commenced in Cincinnati
in July, became epidemic in Septem-
Der and continued through the sum-
mer of 1888. making it's way to the
southern states. Fatal beyond all
precedent was the malady in New
Orleans and st. Louis.
Again a Cholera Visitation.
In December. 1s4s, the cholera broke
through the winter. Its devastations
were frightful in some wards OF the
city. This pestilence appeared IN
New York and other coast cities. but
it was far more terrible in Clnc1n-
natl and St. Louis and over all the
middle and western states and IN
many parts of New England.
In view of the terrible scourge over
the land President Taylor appointed
the third day of August. 1s49. as a
day of fasting and prayer that God
would avert the pestilence.
Again in 1853 another visitation of
the yellow fever appeared in our
country and spent it's chief force upon
the often stricken city of New Or
leans. AS is usual in times of threat
ened epidemic. the authorities of the
cities made due provision to avert ITS
approach by stringent sanitary regu-
lations, establishing hospitals for the
lsick and retreats in the suburbs for
those residing in infected districts.
Dreadful was the destruction among
the poor in the days of the first yell
low fever and cholera scourges. The
mortality in confined streets and al
leys and close houses. debarred of a
free circulation of air. greatly ex-
ceeded that in the large streets and
we'll aired houses. But terribly as
some of the cities of the United States
have suffered from epidemics, they
bear no comparison in this respect to
the devastations by cholera in the
cities of London and Paris
Last Serious Scourge.
The yellow fever scourge which
visited New Orleans and Memphis in
1873 was perhaps the last of a real
serious nature of this malady that as
sumed an epidemic phase in our coun-
try, although the gulf coast cities
have been visited by the disease in
more recent years, until its final ex-
Itinction by the late Walter Reed and
his co-workers in exterminating the
stygomia mosquito.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-20

What is our ally, China, doing. to
whip the Hun?
The de facto government of China
has declared war on Germany. Ac-
cording to DR.. William A. Dobson,
11s 18th street northeast. who has just
returned from a twenty-year stay in
China, the Chinese have not con-
tributed either in ammunition or SOL
diers to the allied cause.
DR.. Dobson, however. does not place
any blame on the Chinese govern
ment for this inactivity. He consid-
ers it due to lack Of war education"
among the people of that vast coun-
try.
Chinese Unconcerned About War.
THE average Chinaman does not
care to mix up with any war that
does not threaten his local life" said
DR., Dobson. He has his worldly
dreams and ideals. but they are about
his immediate family and vicinity.
What do I care about that war SO
far away" says the average native. 4
am satisfied with the things and
methods of life in which 1 am living
and 1 don't want to be disturbed
THE government has not the means
to accomplish any change in this
inertia of sentiment which has exist
ed for centuries among these an
cestpr worshipers
..The truth of the matter u.s." said
DR.. Dobson, China is about 400 years
behind the times. They have no rail-
roads to speak of. transportation is
slow. population is Indifferent and
anarchy prevails"
Yet that vas. nation with its mill
lions of population and wealth in
natural resources which Is unequaled
by any nation in the world is and
will be a factor in the well-being of
the world. People of the modern ma
tions will not long sit idly by and
want certain materials while an
abundance of them are lying in the
great Asiatic republic.
China, considering its present status,
is like a huge chunk of T. n. T. 1t
is now silent potential unit. When
the potential is ignited a powerful
force will be available for the mod
ern commercial world.
DR.. Dobson asserts that enough coal
to supply the whole world for thou
sands of years lies in a twenty-foot
vein in a single province OF China.
The ground is fertile, he says. and
the biggest production Of agricultural
products in the world could be ac-
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SAME OLD GEORGIA TECH.
Makes Big Score Against Cavalry
men of Fort Oglethorpe,

ATLANTA. Ga. October 19.-Georgia
Techs foot ball eleven raced through
the 18th Cavalry team from Fort Osle-
thorpe here today. piling UP a l2s-to-0
score before the game was called
shortly after the start of the third
period. Tech had Tailed 100 points at
the end Of the second period. Lack of
sufficient cavalry substitutes was
given as the reason for ending the
game. 1t was Techs third contest of
the season.
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TWO KILLED, 10 INJURED.
Explosion Occurs During Rehearsal
for Sham Battle at Camp Lee.

CAMP LEE, Va, October 19.-Lieut
William w. Weber, of Brighton, Mass,
and Sergt. James Feeney of Clyde Ohio.
were killed and thirteen other soldiers
seriously injured here today in an acct
dental explosion during rehearsal OF
an attack in a sham battle
A battalion Of troops was charging
across no mans land when an impro-
vised shell of dynamite sticks carried by
Feeney blew up. Among the seriously
injured is Lieut.. James E. Dash OF
Pittsburgh.
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"Cabby' Grimes Dead.

OTTAWA. October 19.-Jack l"Cab-
by') Grimes. who coached the Lehigh
University la crosse team to the
American championship in 1917, died
at his home here last night, after a
brief illness. Grimes. who was forty
two years old, was famous in his
younger days as a Ia crosse player.
starring for several seasons with
Orangeville and the Toronto Tecum-
sehs. 80.
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Yesterdays Foot Ball Scores.

Pennsylvania, 81; Battleship Min
nesota, 0.
Washington and Jefferson, IS; Camp
Sherman, 0.
Lafayette, IT: Ursinus, 0.
Rutgers, Z: Pelham Bay Reserves, 0.
Dartmouth. 20: Norwich, o..
ST. Johns, IA; Naval Reserves, 6.
Cleveland Naval Reserves, 20; West
ern Reserves, s.
Denison, 81; Otterbein, 0.
Georgia Tech. LAG; Camp Ogle-
thorpe, 0.