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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
WILLARD IS STILL SHY
Champion Refuses to Meet Demp-
sey, Claiming Lack Of Pub
Lie Interest,

PHILADELPHIA, September o.
Jess Willard. heavyweight champion
Of the world, has again refused an
offer to meet Jack Dempsey in q six
round bout, in this city. on Septem-
Der 20, according to information given
out by James F. Dougherty of Leiper-
vile, yesterday.
Willard gives as his reason business
engagements and the lack Of inter-
est in fighting for money before the
public at the present time.
This bout, which Dougherty had ar
ranged, was to have opened the fourth
liberty loan campaign in this city.
This would be solely for the benefit
of the men in United States service,
compensation for his eighteen minutes
of fighting.
Ed Smith Of the Chicago American.
who was to make arrangements with
Willard for the bout, wired the fol-
lowing answer:
Absolutely impossible to get Will
lard. Spent two days with him. He
gives as reason the shortness Of time
in which to train, business engage
ments of Importance that already have
been postponed too far and lack Of in
terest in professional fighting. for
money at the present time. want you
to know I did my very best possible
for you. and that I would stick here
longer and try to induce him further
If I thought there was a possible
chance Of getting to the ship position.
Will advise you further by letter upon
my return home. ED. W. SMITH"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
RACING BEGINS TOMORROW.
Havre de Grace Will Throw Open
Gates for Rest of Month.

The stage is set at Havre de Grace
for the Inauguration Of the Maryland
fall racing season tomorrow. Between
900 and 1000 of the very best Ameri-
can and Canadian thoroughbreds Of
various ages and sorts are assembled
at the track or are sheltered in barns
and stables on farms round about.
They are seasoned by spring and sum-
mer campaigning and they represent
the best there is in American sports
manship. Every horseman, eastern,
western OF Canadian. who thinks he
amounts to anything in racing, or ever
hopes to, will have his colors up in
Maryland.
Havre de Grace will have New York
competition throughout the length of
the September meeting and Laurel
Park will have competition pretty
much through the month of October
But New York racing will help, not
injure. racing in Maryland. With
nothing doing in Canada there are
more thoroughbreds in the east now
than could possibly be provided for on
single racing circuit. Havre de
from Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore mainly. and Laurel Park is
supported mostly by Baltimore and
Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
GORDON FIRST BY INCHES.
Pelham Bay Runner Beats Field in
- Stadium Games.

NEW YORK. September e.-with
margin Of less than a foot Willie
Gordon Of Pelham Bay yesterday
won the eoo-yard special run at the
patriotic games Of the Metropolitan
Association. A. A. u. at City College
stadium. The former N. Y. A. C. rum
ner covered the distance in 1.154-5
in the face Of the steady downpour
Of rain.
Jack Sellers Of the New York Ath-
letic Club, local half-mile champion,
started in the lead. followed by Sandy
Evans. Salem Crescent A. c.; Gordon
and Jimmy O'Brien, another Pelham
Bay tar. At about 200 yards Evans
moved into the lead and held it until
the homestretch was reached. There
Gordon and OBrien increased their
pace. and in the final drive Gordon
won from OBrien. Evans taking
third.
Sellers started from scratch in a
half-mile handicap race, but retired
after running one lap. This race
was won by William Morton Of the
Jersey Harriers' A. A., who had an
allowance Of thirty yards.
In the two-mile run an unfortunate
series Of accidents deprived Charles
Pores, local flve-mile champion, of
his chances. About two laps from the
finish Pores gained the lead. but was
accidentally bumped shortly aft
erward, and his chances Of victory
went a-glimmering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
AMATEURS RESUME J.
BASE BALL SERIES.
Rex A. C. to Meet Army Medi-
cal School, and Commerce
Is to Face Marines.
By n. c. BYRD.

Play in the series for the amateur
base ball championship Of the District
will be resumed today. The two
double-headers listed yesterday were
called off on account of the rain, max
ing three days on which postpone
ments have occurred. This afternoon
Commerce meets Marines in Section 1
at American League Park and Army
Medical School plays the Rex Athletic
Club in Section 2 at Union League
Park.
Neither Rex nor the Army Medical
School has yet won a game. Both
have been defeated, two losses being
charged against each. Commerce has
dropped two contests in Section l,
while Marines have won one and tied
one. Both games will begin at Sis
o'clock.
A meeting of the District Base Ball
Association, which is handling the
series for the amateur title, is sched-
uled for 8 o'clock Wednesday night
at Spalding's. Matters pertaining to
the games postponed and other incl
dents relative to handling the series
will come up for discussion and set
Element.
West Virginia University is slated
to go through an exceedingly difficult
foot ball schedule this fall. Games are
listed with strong elevens-elevenS
that probably will match up with the
most capable in the country. The
test, Marietta being listed to appear
at Morgantown. The next week the
University of Pittsburgh is to be the
opposing eleven. Following that are
gaines with the Army at West Point,
University of Nebraska at Morgan
town. Michigan Aggies at Charleston,
w. Va, Rutgers at New Brunswick.
washington and Jefferson at Fair
mont.
Here is list of the big games in
various sections as compiled by the
East-Cornell-Co Pittsburgh
Syracuse, racuse-Dartmouth. Penn
lvania-Pittsburgh, Cornell-Pennsyl-
wania State, Dartmouth-Penns
Syracuse Colgate. Brown-Dartmouth,
Pennsylvania-Cor and Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania State.
West-North Dakota-South Dakota,
Notre Dame-Great Lakes N. I. S.,
Observation-Disclosures, Chica o-Michigan,
lnneSOta-CnlcaSO, Mime SOta- IS
consin, Nebraska-Kansas, Michigan
Minnesota, Illinois-Chicago. Mime
sota-South Dakota and Nebraska
Iowa.
South-Alabama- Kentucky, Wander
bilt-Kentucky, Alabama Vanderbilt,
sippi Aggies, Louisiana Tulane, Van
derbilt-University Of South, Alabama
Birmingham, Navy-West Virginia
Wesleyan, Texas-Oklahoma, Rice
Texas, Oklahoma and Texas
Arkansas.
Pacific coast-Southern California
Arizona, University of Washington
Oregon Aggies; California-Oregon,
Washington Idaho. California-Oreson
Aggies. DETERMINATIONS, Southern
California Oregon, University of
shington-California, Washington
State-Oregon Aggies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09

Of the spectacular plays. have done
their share with neatness and dis
patch.
Some of the moro pessimistic Of the
scribes are discussing the possibility
of a repetition of the experience of
the Giants and Athletics in 1911, when
rain held up the series for a week.
Should delay OF more than two
days occur now 1t would prove dis
astrous as far as the financial success
Of the tourney is concerned.
Prospects for capacity house for
the first game here are bright, pro-
reserved seats have been sold and
scramble for the general admissions
il assured II ulsters and topcoats are
not in order. Frazee's ball park will
have to be filled for the players to
fare well in purse, however. 1t is
estimated that the attendance at the
fourth game, the last in which the
be approximately $4,000 for the play
ers' pool to total $500, and in this
case the athletes Of the winning club
would receive only $1,000 and those
Of the losers $500. as against the fiat
sums Of $4,000 and $1.40O, fixed by the
this ratio the players Of the teams
finishing second, third and fourth in
the two leagues would receive re-
spectively only $500, 5000 and 800.
AS for the club owners, for them to
add to their bank rolls at all, the
series will have to embrace at least
six games, considering the 10 per cent
they are to donate to war funds. the
salaries they are paying the athletes
and the unusually neavy expenses
they have incurred for hotel bills and
transportation in these times Of war.
It Is planned have a collection
taken up at the opening game for
the Clark Griffith ball and bat fund,
some prominent theatrical people, not
yet named. to do the canvassing. A
generous sum will. no doubt. be real
lied to provide base ball parapher-
MALTA for the boys in khaki.
Announcement that McInnis has
been fined $25 for the run-in he had
with Umpire KLEIN Friday when
Stuffy had a lot to say after fielding
! Flack's rap and sliding into first with
the runner. who was called safe, was
Chairman Hermann that Heinie
| Wagner and Otto Knabe must make a
| statement in writing to the national
commission today, explaining their
] scrap in the Cubs dugout in Chicago.
These written reports should be
classic.
The long ride from Chicago to this
| city. which ended shortly before last
| midnight, was rather uneventful, but
| will be long remembered by some of
the scribes who set in" for the pur-
pose Of willing away the time, but
! succeeded only in depicting their
| checking accounts. The veteran Hank
O'Day did not daily with pasteboards,
but Hildebrand. Owens and KLEIN did,
and they cleaned up, particularly
Brick and Bill. The series will have
| proved profitable to them, even with
| their 1918 remuneration as official
guessers cut to half the usual amount.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
HARLAN NINE IN TRIUMPH.
Wilmington Shipbuilders Blank 0p.
pouents at Polo Grounds.

NEW YORK. September e.-Bunch-
ing two hits with a pass and an
error the Harlan club Of the Bethle-
hem Ship Corporation Of Wilmington,
Del. yesterday shut out the Standard
shipbuilding Corporation team at the
Polo Grounds by = to 0. This was tho
second victory for the Delaware nine
in as many games being played to
decide the shipbuilding base bail
supremacy.
About $500 spectators. lonesome
for base ball since the Giants and
Yankees closed UP shop. braved the
rain and tho chill blasts which went
through spacious Brush stadium to
see the teams in action. Both teams
had former big league stars in the
lineup. and there was q scattering Of
spectacular plays and good catches.
4 collection Of three ehlpyard bands
helped to enliven the proceedings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
By DENMAN THOMPSON.

BOSTON. September 9.-Hope Of
Cub adherents. dropping az q result
Of the loss OF two Of the three games
thus far contested, have been greatly
revived by the prospect that bad
weather will preclude the possibility
of a resumption of hostilities today
in the battle for the highest honors
in base ball. If, as expected. the
steady, hard rain. which started yes
terday afternoon and continued
through most Of the night, has rem
dered the grounds at Fenway Park
unfit for play, Manager Mitchell will
have cause to rejoice, for it will
mean an added day of rest for his
doubt that George Tyler is the hurler
the Chicago impresario has In mind
for the opening Boston battle. George
twirled the Cubs to the lone victory
they have scored to date, and IL the
logical choice. even with only two
days rest. But he is veteran of
more than a decade of campaigns,
and. with an additional twenty-four
hours for recuperation. will be in bet
ter form to toll tomorrow than II he
were called on today. Vaughn's case
is similar. 1t is true the big fellow
already has been beaten twice, but
he has demonstrated that he is star
Of the first magnitude. in addition
to being possessed of huge frame
and rare stamina.
With the inorganic" sign out this
afternoon Vaughn would be able to
follow Tyler and perform in Wednes-
days combat with three full days
rest. If Vaughn were of the nervous,
temperamental type of athlete it
might rightly be figured that the two
reverses he has suffered have shaken
his confidence and hope, but Jim is
first brother to the OK in point of
Of the stripe which disdains an
anesthetic for an amputation.
When 1t is considered that in the
eighteen innings Vaughn has worked
in this memorable post-season set his
one run for him it is easy to under
stand why blame for the reverses is
not laid at his door, but rather to the
failure Of his supporters on the at
tack, which is another way of saying
that the Cubs have faced pitching
to fathom.
In respect to the forecast Of the
experts before the Cubs and Red Sox
went to grips that pitching would. de-
eide the fourteenth annual struggle
for supremacy on the diamond, the
dope has been indicated. 49,.
Thus far. although Boston possesses
to 1 game advantage. the differ
ence between the rival hurting stats
has been of hair line proportions, and
not the least interesting of the series
has been the splendid work of the
players who before the meeting were
considered the weak sisters of the ri
val champions. The Picks. Sheans.
whitemans, Thomases and others,
while they have not contributed many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
RED SOX AND CUBS
B RESOLVED TO WIN
Boston Bent on Cleaning Up
with Two Victories; Chi
y. cago to Even Things.

BOSTON. September s.-Notwith-
standing heavy rain that lasted
psarly all night base ball fans took
heart at the sight Of the sun when
.Hhsy awoke today, and early Indications
Ws5e that the Boston American and
h15oago National teams would be able
}tosplAy this afternoon the first Boston
Hgame Of the world series. Ground
tteeusrs said the playing field at Fem
H1y Park had been protected as far as
s40sible from the rain and they hoped
txh1e with . drying sun this morning
;eooditons would permit a resumption
20 Ne series, which now stands tive
!Sems01to one in favor Of the Red Sox.
sG0D1ohwero a few early arrivals at the
D1G4 IN readiness for the opening Of
~ ME OF the bleacher seats, but the
ftu4{k OF former world series contests.
eSon Chicago was behind its schedule,
ts Il hotel ,nsy xe Mse ao tnss
Re sleep late this morning. When they
Hanse down to breakfast it was appar-
FNsre brimfull of determination. The
RED Sox are bent on cleaning up the
sbeS1es with two. games ON the home
grounds. while the Cubs were equally
heTs and them ns fo 81 ahead hs f to
u spite OF the int.nse rivalry the
players Of the two teams were unit
In declaring that they would back up
tto the limit the Joint committee which
they appointed on the train coming
from Chicago to demand of the ma
eional; base ball commission the fulfill
msnt OF the guarantee which they
;Ssert was given Of payment of $4,000
10 .0ech player on the winning team
6n4 31.40o to each loser.
they were Informed yesterday that
gAe receipts from tickets were proving
do ANAL this year that their shares
Hwould be cut to $1,000 and $500. re-
fhs BOX selections were still in ,,o--,t
hen that boston fans woula be gwen
3DVeTite, "Babe" Ruth. try to pitch his
team 70 another victory and that the
Red Sox would have their first chance
Nm the eordeS to display their prowess
3Agatnst 9 right-handed pitcher in the
psFson Of Claude Hendrix. other pre-
fy stA a. The Chicago Choice e'1 for
Ritsher: The probable batting order
Chicago Nae1onals-Flaok. right field;
RollochsP, shortstop: Mann. left field:
xA0&AEt, center field: Merkle, first base;
l31pk second base; Deal. third base:
q48or. catcher: Hendricks or Tyler.
Boston Amsricans-Hooper. right
- dad; whiteman. left field; McInnis,
: mt base: Scott. shortstop; Thomas,
4k4 basel Agnew, catcher: Ruth,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
UPTON ATHLETES CHOSEN.
Four Leaders to Take Part in Ma.
tious1 Title Meet.

NEW YORK, September 0.-The per-
sonnet Of the team which will repre-
sent Camp Upton in the coming ma
tiona1 A. A. U. track and field cham
pionship meet at Great Lakes naval
training station. Chicago. became
known yesterday. Capt. Frank Click,
former Princeton foot bail star. who
Is athletic director at the Yaphank
camp, has selected Earl Johnson of
Baltimore, southern middle distance
champion: Larry Scudder. former
Penn half-miler: Byron Blissett of
Jamaica, champiin Splinter Of the
West Indies, and Lionel LIE Beet, for
mer Salem Crescent A. A. athlete, to
represent Camp Upton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
Yale Students Receive Orders.

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,. September o.
Yale naval training unit at any time
during the past year to report at the
naval office on or before Wednesday,
II. have been issued by
Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester. Those
enrolled in the Brown section of the
unit are ordered to report to Rear
]. r. Edwards at Providence,
r. l., within the same period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
Hornsby and Steele Join Harlan.

Rogers Hornsby, the hard-hitting
and sensational shortstop Of the st.
Louis Nationals, and Pitcher Bob
Steele Of the same team are now ship
builders. They enrolled with the
Harlan & Hollingsworth plant in Will
mington Saturday. Hornsby was en-
gagged in essential war work in the
middle west. but switched to the Della
ware shipbuilding plant. Neither
Hornsby nor Steele will be eligible for
the championship series which started
Saturday. but will play exhibition
games with the HarlanS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
Hueh Miller Decorated.

Hugh 8. Miller Of st. Louis. foImer
Federal League outneldsr. now In the
service. was on July Is decorated by
Gen. Psrshing with the distinguished
service CROSS and given hearty hand
shake by the general. He captured
two Germans, one an officer, from
whom was secured some good infor-
nation. They were tho first prisoners
his regiment got. In the last big drive
Miller was slightly wounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
DUKE SHOWED UP.
Champion Swimmer Kahanamoku
Transferred 70 Class / IN Draft.

HONOLULU, T. H., September a.
Duke Kahanamoku. holder Of all tho
worlds swimming records from 2B
yards to 100 meters, has been trans
ferred from draft class 3 to class !
by his exemption board here. He Will
be indicted into the Army when he
he is now on q swimming tour. It was
announced.
Duke Kahanamoku ~ twenty.eight
years old and unmarried. He was
originally given a deferred classihcA-
ton on the ground that his mother
and other members Of the family were
dependent upon him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
puzu Suit Dropped.

MACK. having kept Pitcher
~ 1ssSy With the Athletics all sea-
- haS decided 70 drop his Injunction
- against the national Commission
~ the Boston Braves. The commits
~ Il Win b recalled. ordered Mack
- Sorn Perry over to the Braves.
fndk not only refused and was backed
50 h1 the American League, but also
~ Sho case into the courts. Gov.
No0 ~ Z result. declared war on the
A1oFfoan League. but soon resigned
D44 presidency Of the National League.
HA9eh refused to sustain him. The
aH1ng Of the world series and the
g1thdIpWal Of the Perry suit would
Ie10 % indicate restoration OF bar.
00AA04e the mAEnAtoA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
Killed on Acoouut Of Old Are.

Killed on Account Of UId A&e.
0AlE, Ont, September s.-Ora
wilkes. the first horse to win the
Kentucky futurity. and one Of the
most famous sires in Canada, has
bssn killed on account OF old age. It
was learned today. He was twenty
eight years old and owned by Miss
Wilkes Of Cruickston Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
New York Giants Busy.

Various members Of the New York
Giants, headed by Larry Doyle, have
signed to represent Jersey City in the
series of games with the Ttitjam 4
Lang shipyard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09

Woman workers in Japanese fac
tories number half a million, of whom
more than 100000 are under twenty
wears Of age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09

It pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds Of situations are
filled through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-09
CUBS ARE PULLING FOR RAIN.
HOPNGTOUSE LEFTHANDERS
Postponement of World Series Battle
Would Enable Mitchell to Work Tyler
and Vaughn Again.

Of the spectacular plays. have don't
their share with neatness and dis
patch.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-04-26
Kendrick Service Station

that they are likely to overeat. A
good dry mash may be made of equal
parts by weight Of cornmeal. wheat
bran, bran middlings and beef scrap
Fish scrap when available may re-
place the beef scrap or cottonseed
meal may be made to replace one-half
Of the beef scrap in the mash.
The hens should have access at all
times to supply of grit or stones
Of size small enough to be swallowed
readily. Grit is used by the hens to
help in grinding in their gizzards the
hard grains which they eat. A supply
of ordinary gravel will answer the
purpose Of grit very well. Crushed
oyster or clam shells also should be
given to the hens and be kept before
them at all times. If this Is withheld
the hens are likely to lack sufficient
shell-fOrming material In their feed
and soft-shelled or thin-shelled eggs
may result. Grit or shell can be pur-
chased in small quantities at any feed
or supply store. "A plentiful supply of
clean. fresh water must always be
available for the hens. They drink
freely. especially when laying heavily,
and should not be stinted in this ne
cessity. Keep the water pan, or dish,
clean. If the water pan Is raised a
foot above the floor the hens will not
kick 1t full of straw and other litter
when scratching for their feed.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-04-26
To Break eroody Hen.

When hens. become broody and 1t is
not desired to allow them to hatch
chickens, they should be Broken up"
as quickly as possible. The sooner this
Is done the sooner they will resume
laying. To break hen of broodiness
she should be confined to q small coop,
preferably with slat bottom. Give
her plenty Of water to drink she may
be fed or not. as desired. Not much
difference will be found in the time re-
quired to break her of broodiness
whether she Is fed or made to fast.
Usually three to six days Of cOnf1ne-
ment will do the work. but some hens
require ten to twelve days. The
broody hen will be recognized by her
inclination to stay on the nest at
night, the ruffling of her feathers and
her d~sire to pick anyone who ap-
proaches her. and by the clucking
noise she makes. When these simp-
toms disappear, she has been 'broken
ap."
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-04-26
KITCHEN SCRAPS
GOOD POR FOWLS
Waste Material Will Go Long Way
With Poultry Flock.
HELP REDUCE GRAIN NEEDED
Good Plan TO Produce Eggs 10 by Feed
tino Garbage, Some Grain 70 Be
Scratched For, Dry Mash. Grit
and Clean Water.

You can maintain q backyard flock
on kitchen waste alone not In these
days Of patriotic cOnservatiOn-butI
yeu can make waste material 60 81
long way in the hen yard. With egg,
prices at high tide, it will not pay tOl
skimp In feeding the layers, but using
all the kitchen garbage and left-Oversl
available will help reduce the amount
of grain needed.
Scraps of meat, or leftover vege-
tables which, cannot be utilized I'M
any, other way, make excellent chicken,
feed. There are also many other waste
products, such as beet tops, turnip
tops, carrot tops, potato peelings.
onion Feelings, watermelon FINDS, the
outside leaves of cabbage, waste let
tuce leaves. bread and cake crumbs
and so on, all Of Which are relished by
the hens. In saving the scraps from
the waste it Is well to separate the
portions adapted to feeding and place
them in a receptacle or pail by them
selves. Decomposed waste material
or .moldy bread or cake should never
be saved to feed to the hens. as it Is
harmful to them. Stop material such
as dishwater should not be thrown in
with the other waste for the flock.
It Is also useless to feed such things
as banana peel or the skins of or
anges, as these have little or no food
value. Any sour milk which Is not
utilized in the house should be fed
separately, however, either by allow
ing the hens to drink 1t or by allow
ing it to clabber on the back Of the
stove and then feeding 1t in that con-
dhion.
Use the Meat Grinder,
Table-scraps and kitchen waste are
best prepared for feeding by running
them through an ordinary meat grind