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Evening star., 1918-04-17
BY pENNAN THOMPSON.

with Caldwell, Moeridge and Russell
practically removed from confederation
- pitching possibilities. the Nationals
chances OF annexing the tvs remaining
gA1nse with the Yanks must be con-
stsnainr the pewsrfui punch toted BY
the visitors IN their baokstopping de.
pGrtmsns. at every point In the innsld
and In two spots In the garden. the
soutApaw Mogrtdge failed to last four
80 ifttis reason for believing he would
bNsls the Grins IL SAINT baels today. Rus
esfa proved splendid relief hurler on
that occasion, but was q shine In the
sssr mAS rS!s :lsi1s s,;s enough sa.,srasy slsws
90 hs charged with the oothasnitss irst
da8eAa while CAldwelrs seven and one
third rounds of dnty eliminate him.
with this trio disposed Of the visitors
s.ns E seHs' s sssSase .' sm inn L ovs 'Sas ss
bssn hanging around the big tent long
enough to stand . chance OF cashins.
but he never has beaten the Washing
ton club and Is unlikely to draw the
assignment. as he has not fully reeov-
erred from an attack Of the grip. This
puts It up to a trio OF youngsters--
Thosmahlen. Monroe and McGraw.
The former is the logical choice. He
had An impressive record with Balti-
more last season. but winning twenty
lvs and losing twelve games In the
International League and performing
At the same pace In the American are
diasfsnt propositions.
Gffmth still has Shaw and Harper Of
hie regulars to shoot into the fray. The
latter had to be removed ysstsrdAy be-
cacss OF lack Of control, but allowed
ne liberties with his delivery and did
pct Dc enough work 70 prsoiuds being
ssathpSN 10 held over Shaw viii get
the cAil, and II the big fellow can
locete the plate with any degree of
saocsss sheuId give . crsditable per-
ss sssssk i sas ss ssn sans * rls
ana 10 a. strong a. bull. but has not
hed enough work to perfect his control
to Qrfmth'g entire satisfaction.
n case either Is started and gets into
difncsitiss Washington fans probably
VIII have their first chance to see Earl
Yfn4link In the box. The southpaw has
hne eontrol and should make most
enceessful rescuer in case he is unable
TO win JOB as regular. In addition,
Although the crowd Of 100 out yes
tsrdAy vas not calculated to cause
oboFs1ss sf giee from Messrs Mcafanus
q <hs View York and Washington clubs,
ye x&1 Q fAir showing In view Of the
$S1A&1nfnG state Of the weAthae, and
An9lsepted about tw1ce a. many as
49, 0E0OH0 8kn10 OF JhS D800On h6[S
49, ys9S. with exhibitions such as
kh88 og ySseerday Mr.. Fan viii have 90
- D xRveky busy man 60 PASS UP the
HANk edAults, the former star Of ths
- WsfJe champion Cubs. made him
3ss1 9DsgA with the spectators on his
s4rvs knpeAfance in the American
LSA&gA when sent in to hit for Ayers
In ne seventh, with runners on third
&G3 nF&f. He caught oua Of fsafd uraIvs .
fnsnooee on the end Of his bat and sent
II % D line to left field. thereby cross-
! tpT no entire Yankee outf1t, which was
net io9ktng for q drive to this quarter
Evening star., 1918-04-17
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

This rap scored Morgan and sent Lavan
from. first to third. II his start Is a crf-
terion Schultz Is going to prove a
mighty valuable chap to have on hand.
Hank shanks continues to scintillate at
bat and af1eld, but he had company yes
terday, Shotton. Milan and Judge all horn
ing into the limelight. Shotton grabbed
of two hits, one a very timely affair that
sent Ainsmith home and placed him in
position to score himself later. The other
was bunt so well placed that Caldwell
made no attempt to throw to first. It was
the first real exhibition the former Brown
has made Of his speed in getting down
to first.
Milan. in addition to starting that rally
in the eighth with a drag-bunt toward
first. delivered a swipe to center that
cushion in the third.
Judge first attracted attention by stop
ping wicked drive of Miller's bat with
a man on the paths in the third and did
his bit at bat by producing the single that
after Shanks had uncorked his triple to
deep right.
Aside from Babe Ruth and Carl Mays
of the Red Sox staff, none of the star
pitchers in either league has been ham
died very considerably by opposition
sticksmiths in the initial affrays of
the year Walter johnson was the first
to get his. Then yesterday Ray Cald-
well was bumped. Cicotte and Faber of
the White Sox, both failed to last. Alex
ander Of the Cubs was hammered hard
and beaten. both Marquard and Tesreau
Of the Robins and Giants, respectively,
were batted out of the box. and Cooper
the star of the Pirate staff was licked
by the Reds.
Two one-hit feats were recorded yes
terday, Mays holding the Athletics to a
solitary bingle and Schneider OF Gin
cinnati performing the same feat
against Pittsburgh. One of the most
notable bits Of work was that of Grover
| Lowderrnilk. who is essaying a come
back with the Browns, in holding the
champion White Sox to four hits and
one run. Lowdermilk was well support
| ed extensively, total of eighteen raps
being made by his teammates, of which
] Joe Gedeon. former Grifman. got four
Evening star., 1918-04-17

Georgetown's base ball team plays
games today and tomorrow. The Blue
and Gray nine meets a combination Of
| University this afternoon, and tomor-
row goes against the squad from Mount
! st. Joseph's College.
John O'Reilly's aggregation ought
| not to have much trouble winning from
the soldiers and probably will be able
to defeat the Baltimore collegians
| rather handily. OF course, base ball
predictions are about as near worth
less as the most worthless predictions,
and that statement regarding the
probable results of the contests is
! given on a basis of past comparisons.
rather than on any real knowledge of
the kind of teams which represent the
soldiers and st. Joseph's now.
This afternoon a service base ball
league Is scheduled to open play here.
The league-mentioned in this column
quite a while ago as being in process
of formations composed of two teams
each from the camps at American Uni
versity, Washington barracks and Po-
tomac Park and one team from Camp
Meigs and one from Fort Myer.
The organization thus starts play with
eight clubs. larger than the usual anna
teur base ball league. Games today will
be played between Camp Meigs at Amer
lean University, Potomac Park at Wash
ington Barracks and Washington Bar
racks at Fort Myer.
Efforts are being made to form another
service league. to be composed Of teams
representing the marine camp at Guam
tico. Fort Hunt, Fort Washington, Fort
Humphrey and the camp at Belvoir. The
camp at Belvoir, ultimately, will be the
biggest in this section, it being planned
to have about fifty thousand men there.
Joe Lonshak. Georgetown's catcher,
yesterday broke his leg sliding into one
of the bases in practice. Shugrue, the
other catcher has enlisted, and the Blue
and Gray nine is left without an expert
enced receiver
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Mayer Stars for Phillies.

PHILADELPHIA, April IL Mayer
was Philadelphias star performer yes
terday in the seasons opening game,
which the home team won from Boston.
8 to 2. He allowed two singles. one OF
them an infield scratch, in the first
seven innings, and in the seventh he
started the batting onslaught which
clinched victory for his team.
Philadelphia ...... 0 0 ] o o o x-6
Boston ........... o o 0 o o o o IL
Two-base hits-Konetchy, Stock. Three base
hit--Mayer. Stolen base-Whitted. Sacrifice ny
Conway. Double piay-Bancroft and Mccain
gan. Left on bases-Boston, 8; Philadelphia, 8.
First base on errors-Boston, q Bases on balls
on Ragon, 2; of Mayer, 2. Hits-of Ragon, 10
out-By Ragon, 8; by Mayer, 8. Losing pitcher
-Ragon.
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CLEVELAND OPENS TODAY.
Tigers Tackle Indians in Initial
Battle of Season.

CLEVELAND. April 17.-weather
conditions permitting the opening
game Of the American League sea-
son will be played here today between
Cleveland and Detroit. A steady down.
pour of rain yesterday caused post
ponement.
raising ceremonies and a parade of
naval recruits will precede the game.
A service flag containing nine stars
for members of the Cleveland team in
the government service is to be hoisted.
A majority of the Detroit rooters
with their band Of music remained
here in anticipation of today's game.
Coveleskie and Boland were the
probable pitchers Of their respective
teams.
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LEAGUERs WITH SOLDIERS.

DETROIT. April 17-Many former
major league players make up the
team which is to represent the s5th
Division of Camp Custer in the game
which is to be played with the Mil
waukee team of the American Asso-
ciation at milwaukee Sunday.
The pitching staff includes Knapp.
formerly of the Cleveland Americans.
and Haley of the Philadelphia Ameri-
cans, is slated to do the receiving.
Fuller, member of the Detroit Tigers
at one time. will play second and and
Platt of the Providence team VIII
work at third.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
TIE IN MEDAL PLAY.
Fownes and Crooks Make 78 in Quail.
flying Round at Pinehurst.

PINEHURST. N. c.. April 1T.-Henry
c. Fownes of Pittsburgh and William
NJ. Crooks of Brooklyn tied for the
medal at the end of the qualifying
round of the mid-April golf tourna-
ment which opened here yesterday.
Fownes made 37-41-7S, and Crooks
34-44-7s. The tie will be played off
later in the week.
Franklin II. Gates of Pinehurst and
Leslie Deane Pierce of Rochester fol-
lowed the leading pair with 10 each
Three sixteens qualified for match play.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
Flynn Battered BY Kid Norfolk.

BOSTON. April 17.-Kid' Norfolk of
Panama. decisively defeated Dan
("Porky'') Flynn of this city in a
twelve-round boxing bout here last
night. Flynn was knocked down twice,
once in the first round and again in
the fifth During the remainder of
the battle Norfolk battered his oppon-
ent at will.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
Cards Bump Alexander.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. April 17.-St- Louis
opened the National League season
with a 4-to-2 victory over Chicago, the
locals pounding out nine hits for a
total of seventeen bases, while Mead
ows held the visitors scoreless until
the ninth, when a rally netted two
runs.
st. Louis ....... o o 2 o o 1 x-s
Chicago .......... 0 p
Two-base hits-Snyth. Cruise. Three-base hits
-Hornsby, Smyth, Paulette Stolen base-Baird.
Sacrifice hits-smith, Meadows. Sacrifice fly
Hornsby. Bethel and Paulette; Deal, Merkle and
Kilduff; Hollocher, kilduf and Merkle. Left on
bases-Chicaso. 8; st. Louis, 8, First on errors
Chicago, 8; st. Louis, /. Base balla-OR
Alexander {Baird). Struck out-By Alexander,
z; by Meadows, i.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
DU MONT'S WALLOP
ROUTS THE YANkS
Double to Left Produces Runs
That Give Nationals a
7-to-6 Victory.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Just when It seemed the Grifmen
were about to bow gracefully in defeat
for the second time handrunning they
'hopped all over Messrs. Caldwell and
Russell. chased q flock of four runs
across the block and emerged victors
over the Yanks by a 7-to-s count
That hectic eighth round yesterday
proved that the old bird who penned
the lines Truth is stranger than fic-
ton" know something. It Is not hard
to picture Zeb Milan dragging a bunt
toward first and diving into the sack
ahead of the attenuated Pipp. Nor Is
|it difficult to visualize Handsome Hank
Shanks writing hnis to the regime Of
Ray Caldwell by ripping of a three
bagger to the right-feld wall. 'Tis
likewise easy to conjure an image of
Judge cashing Howard with poke to
center off Russell; of Morgan beating
a slow tap to Peck, as we'll as Aim
smith walking to choke the paths after
Lavan had skied, but conceive a mental
photo-if you can-of Du Mont wallop-
ing a double to left that scored the first
and second basemen with the markers
destined to win the ball game.
Yingling Due to Pinch Hit.
The Minneapolis Dude had permitted
an enemy run in the frame preceding.
Yingling, a hitter of repute, was warm
ling up in the bull pen as Du Mont
went to bat. The fans refused to be-
llieve the Frenchman, who all last sum-
mer made a total of one hit, though
credited with two, was to be allowed
more than to take his place at the
plate. for the bases were loaded, two
hands were gone and hit was needed
But Knock-'em-dead George proceeded
to garner his seasons quota then and
there, and evidence that 1t was an all
wool, blown-in -the-bottle bingle Is fur
nished by the fact that but for some
fast leg work by Ping Bodie and Frank
Bakers accurate relay Eddie Ainsmith
would have scored all the way from
first.
! To top 1t off. Du Mont wound up the
ARRAY in the ninth. after Pipp had
walked and scored on singles by Bodie
and Hannah. by striking out Pinch
Hitter High.
Harry Harper lacked ballast and
failed to last two innings. a trio OF
walks and two sacrifices netting the
Opposition a run in the opener without
| a semblance of q hit. Two more passes
In the second and Ayers was summoned
The doctor was nicked for a run on
hits by Pratt. Pipp and Baker in the
counters in the fifth, when Bodie sand
wiched a hit between four free tickets
| Zeb Milan delivered Washington's
first two runs in the third with drive
to center after Ainsmith had walked
and Shotton had singled. and in the sew
enth Frank Schultz made his American
League debut momentous by following
pass and Lavan's single with a line
drive to left that registered Morgan
Score:
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New York; 0 1 0 . o 0 1-8 9 o
Washington. o 0 2 0 0 o x-7 IL 0
Batteries - Caldwell, Russell and Hannah;
Harper, Ayers, Du Mont and Ainsmith.
Two-base hit = Shanks. Stolen base - Rnel.
Sacrifice hits-MilIer Foster. Ayers. Sacrifice
hy-Baker. Double plays-Foster to Morgan to
Judge; Pratt to Pecknpaush to Pipp; Caldwell
to Peckinpaugh to Pipp: Left on bases-New
York. IL; Washington, s. Base on bailsr0f OF
Mont. !: OF Russell. 1. Hits-ofr Harper, 0 in
lt innings; OF Ayers. in 52s innings; of Du
Mont. 4 In 2 innings; off Caldwell, in ia in
nings; OF Russell, In q inning. Struck out
By Ayers. e; by Caldwell 1; by Du Mont g..
winning pitcher-Du Mont Losing pitcher
Russell. Cmptres-Messrs. Nalln and Evans.
Time OF game hours and 13 minutes.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
C. j. TEAM TOPLAY
SOLDIER NINE TODAY
Blue and Gray Also Opens
College Season Tomorrow
With st. Joseph's.
By q. c. BYRD.

of q mechanical contrivance pays
an expert mechanic to give 1t an
overhauling at least once a year
to correct any little lack of nd-
3ustment. Wonder how many pay
the same attention to their own
bodies.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
NORTHEAST PLAYERS
WIN SECOND MATCH
Beat Southeast Duckpin Ag.
gregation by Total of 2,125
to 2,089 Pins.
SUNBEAMS OF BOWLING.
BY CURLEY.

Burns De Mar always picks mp
three balls when he starts to roll
and drops two of them on the run
way before he rolls his first one.
They go down with an awful thump.
However. In last nights special
match one Of the opposing bowlers
started doing the same thing, with
the exception that he was dropping
the balls too close to some of the
players toes to be comforting.
Burns thought it was being done
purposely and for awhile 1t looked
rs II there was going to be young
riot.
Andy Goddard was going away
from the rack with two balls and he
always placed one in the gutter at
the edge of the foul line. Somebody
asked him "what fort" and he re-
the destination.
Al Works had on u shirt that must
have been designed for a circus rider.
1t was loud pink with three black
stripes down the front and the same
number around the cuffs.
"Skinnyn Carroll was considerably
handicapped through his inability to
voice his sentiments.
1t was the first time those pin
boys Ind set pins with WOlsten-
holme bowling aud one of them said
he guessed he'd better go home.
Cannon ball speed and flying maple
wood didn't seem to suit him.
Pop HALEY gets about ms worried
when he In after "a one-pin spare MS
an old maid Mt "A knitting party. At
such times he is typical of n young
ice plant.
When Harry McCarty, one of the
best little bOwIers in this thriving
young village. missed two easy
spares consecutively somebody yelled
for him to get n broom.
Holloran, rolling second for the
Northeast bunch, looked as IL he were
ont for an afternoon promenade.
The young man refused to lower
his dignity by removing either his
hat or coat. He was as nonchaIant
as III he were drinking tea at
British garden party. If he got
'em, he got 'em, and IL he didn't 1t
didn't seem to matter n continental
to him.
Steve Girardi and Jack Nolan were
very courteous to each other. The
FORMER acted as III he wanted n
chance to get back that fifty, and
the latter didn't seem to care If he
was offered nm opportunity to con-
meet with another half hundred rnts.
Said "ratsn being official for dollars.
Last night the second set of a specia
match between duckpin teams recruited
from certain sections of the city was roll
cd at the Manhattan alleys. The frs
match was bowled at Aliens Northeas
alleys last week. In the opening set tn,
Northeast aggregation proved victors OF
the total pins and in the second fou
games they again got the better of th
argument, winning by thirty-six pins
The Northeast crew last night chalket
up games of $50. 524. 5l4 and 531 for ;
total Of 2.125. and the Southeast buncl
got sos, 5a<. $40 and 537. for total o
2.oss. Wolstenholme proved the star 70
the Northeast crowd. being the only mem
ber Of either team to get count OF NOR
than 100 in each game. His score
were 1873. 107, 101 and Iii.
Here is the result In figures:
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Ted Lewis 0utpoints Joe Eagan.

MILWAUKEE,. wis. April 17.-Ted
Lewis. champion welterweight boxer.
last night outpointed Joe Egan Of
Boston, fight critics agreed. in Q ten
round no-decision bout which went
the limit.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
Mays Has Hard Luck,
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

WHERE THEY PLAY.
New York at Washn. st. Louis at Chicago.
Philadelphia at Boston. Detroit at Cleveland.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

WHERE THEY PLAY.
Brooklyn at New York. Chicago at st. Louis.
Boston at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Cincin ii
Evening star., 1918-04-17

Browns Release Pitcher Molyneux.
ST. LOUIS. April 16.-Vincent Molly
neux, pitcher for the st. Louis Ameri-
cans, has been given his unconditional
release. He was obtained from Villa
Nova College last year.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

Hesitating in their arraignment of
English bachelors who have refused to
marry. the social workers of England
have just awakened to the fact that
they have a new problem. one of serious
proportions-the bachelor girl. Since
the war started the women have taken
over a great portion of the economic
burden of the nation and are being paid
large wages. Now there is a strong
inclination on the part of hundreds OF
thousands of English women to f1out
Dan Cupid and live a life of complete
independence, surrounding themselves,
of course, with all the nice things they
have so long desired.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
Cincinnati o o o O o o x-a
Pittsburgh ..... 0 0 O o 0 o o %

Two-base hit-stengeI. Sacrifice hit-L Magee
Double plays-Croh, l.. Magee to Chase; Nc
kechuie to Mollwitz; Cation, Cutshaw to Moll-
witz. Left bases-Pittsburgh, 5: Cincinnati
/. First base Pittsburgh, L Cincin-
nati. /. Bases on balls-0n Cooper 1; of
Schneider, 5. Hits-Of Cooper, 3 in Z innings
Schneider. s. Winning pitcher-Schneider; los
ing pitcher, Cooper.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
Browns Hammer White Sox.

CHICAGO, April 1.-THE American
League season opened yesterday with
a 6-to-1 victory for st. Louis over Chi
cago. The visitors pounded the world
champions pitchers freely to all parts
with four hits, which included a double
and a triple. After the game, Owner
Phil Ball gave each of the players $50
as reward for their good start.
esicasa St lssi., ... ,,d 9 So g
-Gedeon. Stolen base-Gerber. sacrifce-Hen-
dirk, Gerber. Double plays-Wenver to E, Col
Gedeon to Gerber to sisler. Left on bases-ss
Louis. 10; Chicago, 9. First base on errors:
cotts 81 ssui S4GhHe pansort sass On 3
OF Cicotte, 10 in four and one-t third innings /;
Russell, in three innings; Danforth. in one
ming. hit by pitcher-By Loudermilk (Felsch).
Struck out-By LoUdermilk !; Russell, l. Win
ming pitcher, Loudermilk Losing pitcher, Cicotte.
Mays Has Hard Luck.
BOSTON. April 17.-Mays of Boston
lust missed a no-hit performance yes
terday, holding Philadelphia to q
scratch bingle. Boston won. to 0, in
the last Of the ninth on McInnis' dou-
BILE, followed by a f1e1der's choice play
on Whitman's bounder, which retired
nobody. McInnis then scored on Scott's
single. The score:
Boston .o 0 % o 0 II
Philadelphia o o o 90
Two-base hits-Shean. McInnis. Stolen bases
strunk. Hoblitzel. Double plays-Perry TO Du-
Burns to Walker. Left on bases-PhiladeIphia
q Boston. S. First base errors-Boston. L.
Base on balls-Of Perry, 81 off Mays, .. Struck
out-By Perry. /; by Mays, 8.
Evening star., 1918-04-17
schneider's Pitching Beats Pirates

CINCINNATI. April 17.-Schneider's
superb pitching. combined with costly
errors by the visitors, enabled Cincin-
natl to win the opening game of the
season yesterday from Pittsburgh, 2
to o.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

The submarine chaser seldom brings
back q scalp" after duty at sea 70
show its prowess. More often than not
the chaser is not sure Of its 'lxill." Fer
to a chaser a doubtful kill La no kill.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

In the French navy only volunteers
are used on the submersibles. There
never is any lack of men.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

A tin of tongue. a tin of sardines, q
tin of condensed milk and q box OF
matches were prizes at recent London
whist party attended by society women.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

All people Of London are being urged
not to use taxicabs unless they are
physically incapacitated or their bust.
ness is absolutely urgent. It Is hoped
to husband the petrol supplies for the
use of the army.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

Sir Edward Carson. who resigned
from the British cabinet and who has
resumed the practice of law, never &C
cepts a fee under 1000 guineas. His
annual income is said to rank next TO
Lord Reading. now British ambassador
to the United States.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

Two Zepps In q cloud" That's the
way many Englishmen now call for
their sausages and mashed potatoes IT
public eating houses these days.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

Tact is one Of the essential require
ments of the chaplain at the front He
never must appear to be desirous OF
converting the men. but sooner or later
in his daily association with the troops
he gives them a glimpse Of the higher
things.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

Many sailors have escaped German
torpedoes as high as fve or six times
their ships being veritably blown from
under them. A movement has been
started In England to decorate these
men, who, despite their previous mar
row escapes from death. continue to
enlist in the merchant service. with all
of it's grave perils.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

An Australian soldier who had lost
his rifle in a recent brisk skiErnish with
a party OF Germans killed one OF his
ANTAGONISTS with his steel hat.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

When, in 1852. an Englishman offered
a gas bomb to the military authori-
ties they turned from 1t in horror. 'It
would be as bad as poisoning the
enemy's wells" they said. The Ger
mans not only started the use OF the
gas bomb in the present war, but have
poisoned enemy wells also.
Evening star., 1918-04-17

Australia has spent s400.o00.oo0 dur
ing the course Of the war.