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Evening star., 1918-02-27
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Jess Willard, when informed that a
purse of 100000 had been offered for
scrap between him and Fulton, said
he desired to await further develop
ments before giving definite answer"
thus demonstrating that the champion
is again getting cold feet over the
prospect of risking his heavyweight
crown.
1t probably will be months before Will
lard is smoked out, if ever. but in the
meantime fight fans have the prospect
of witnessing what should prove to be
two slashing good bouts between three
of the foremost figures in the ranks of
the heavyweights today - Fulton,
Dempsey and Miske. The dopesters have
it figured that the latter, because of his
meritorious exhibition against Frank
Moran's recent conqueror, is entitled to
consideration as an aspirant for the
title. and have suggested that a match
between him and Dempsey, who topped
off the giant strides he has made for
recognition in the last six months by
so impressively defeating Bill Brennan
Monday, with Fulton stacked up against
the winner, and the victor of that bout
being sent against Willard would def
nitely solve the question of the rightful
owner of the championship honors.
Fulton has announced he is ready and
waiting to accept the offer of Dominick
Tortorich, who runs the New Orleans
bout of 100000 "to be split any way
agreeable to the principals" for a
world heavyweight championship
match, with the sole condition that the
fight be for twenty or more rounds. I'm
less Willard also is willing the rneetin g
cannot be effected, however. and in the
meantime there is no doubt but that
Fulton would be willing to take on the
winner of the Miske-Dempsey scrap
and little likelihood that either of the
last mentioned worthless would refuse
to accept the chance, if it came their
way of getting in line for a crack at
the title with the fame and fortune that
would follow acquisition of it,
Harry Harper. star southpaw Of the
Nationals. who was married last even
ing to Miss Bessie Brewster. daughter
Of former Sheriff and Mrs. George M.
Brewster of Hackensack. N. j.. with
his bride. is in Washington today en-
route to Augusta. Ca, for their honey
moon. They will be the guests at
dinner this evening at the home of
Manager Griffith. Mrs. Harper's father
is the contractor who built Camp Mer-
ritt. at Tenaf1y, N. j., the only en-
barkation camp on the Atlantic sea-
board.
Carl Sawyer. the base ball comedian
with the Nationals for a time and
shipped to Minneapolis. is trying to
arrange for his transfer to the Sacra-
mento club of the Pacific Coast League.
! Sawyer is dabbling in the motion pic
ture game and wants to be located as
closely as possible to the studios in
California.
John Henry is going to have a battle
on his hands to win the position of
first string backstop for the Braves.
Art Wilson has announced he expects
to earn the honor. and Hub critics IA
miliar with the ability of both declare
the contest shapes up as a decidedly
open one on the eve of departure for
the training camp.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
so Long, Lefty"

$50 Long, Lefty" is to return to the
Belasco Theater next week, beginning
Monday evening. with Wednesday and
Saturday matinees.
$50 Long, Lefty" was one of the most
popular attractions of last season and it
returns with practically the same cast.
headed by Charlotte Greenwood, Sydney
Grant. May Boley and Will Morrissey, and
including Tyler Brooke. Halle Manning,
Henrietta Lee and Pauline De Lorme.
with the three Du For brothers. who have
scored a hit with their novelty dancing.
so Long. Lefty" deals with the matri-
monial entanclenents OF two couples of
beach dweilers and the comedy is based
upon the two hours of fun created by two
women in endeavoring to win back their
own husbands
Evening star., 1918-02-27
BY Il. c. BYRD.

Central Highs basket ball team today
closes one of the most successful
seasons any local scholastic quint has
ever had. The Blue and White winds
up it's schedule with the University of
Virginia freshmen as it's opponent, the
game to be played in the Central gym
nasium at o'clock.
Yesterday Central captured the final
game in the school series. defeating
Eastern High easily. "a to -. In the
eight contests for the scholastic cham
pionship the Blue and White took
seven and lost one. Business being the
only victor over it. The Stenographers
won from Central by a one-p point
margin in an early-season contest.
If Central wins from the Virginia
freshmen five it will finish its season
with only two defeats. Early in the
year it lost to the Staunton Military
crack five representing the Baltimore
City College proved too hard nut 10
crack. Tome School. Stauuton Military
Academy. Baltimore Polytechnic Ins.i-
tute, Staunton High School. Episcopal
High School are some of the big prep
institutions, besides local high and
prep schools. that have succumbed
to the prowess of Emory Wilson's
students
In the high school series Eastern's
defeat yesterday threw it out of second
place, the season ending with three
teams tied for that honor. Eastern,
Western and Business finished on even
terms each having won four and lost
four games Technical brings up the
rear with one victory and seven de-
feats.
Daniel. in the New York Sun, makes
the following interesting comment on
the athletic situation at Yale and then
quotes a Yale professor to substantiate
what he says: Truly remarkable, yet
to us thoroughly expected, is the great
revulsion of feeling at Yale with regard
to intercollegiate athletics. 1t was not
so long ago that those of us who dared
take issue with the authorities at New
Haven on their stand on sport were
told by the various Yale publications
to mind our own business. We We're
told that Yale students had no time for
intercollegiate sports-that their stud
les. military work and setting-up exer-
cises and calisthenics would make them
far more efficient than they had been
under the old system of sport relations
with Harvard, Princeton and other col
leges. Yet, withal, the students chafed
under the restraint of the wholly in
adequate and unsatisfactory informal
system, the alumni became dissatisfied
with a state of affairs which threw
them out of direct touch with their
university, and the poor old word 'in-
formal became the laughing stock of
the athletic world.
Now Yale-and we might add Har-
ward and Princeton, too-is working
with might and main to undo all the
damage the informal system wrought.
Prof. Corwin has been forced to con-
fess publicly that the informal ath-
letics was a failure of the worst kind
Yale professors who did not care to give
Evening star., 1918-02-27
Behman Show.

Next week the Gayety Theater will
present Lew Kelly in the Behman Show.
Kelly rejoined the organization barely
in time for the Washington engage
ment, having but recently arrived from
England. where he scored success in
musical comedy. His methods are
unique and his characterization Of PRO
fessor Dope" has become classic in
burlesque- The entertainment, pattern
ed after the Broadway revue. is in two
acts and several scenes and scintillates
with bright lines and amusing sltua-
tions. Mr.. Kelly is supported by Ameta
Pymes in a classical dancing speciality,
George Douglas. Vic Casmore. Lucille
Manion. Jack Honan, Freda Florence.
Blanchard and Chapman and Marie
Sparrow and q talented chorus. Novel
vaudeville specialities Will be interpo-
lated
Evening star., 1918-02-27
Moore's Garden.

The chief photoplay attraction at
Moore's Garden Theater. today and to-
morrow is THE Menace" vitagraph
superpicture, featuring Corinne Grifith
and Evart Overton. It is the story of a
physicians endeavor to prove his
theory of the supremacy of environment
over heredity. by adopting into his
family the son OF former burglar A
love story is interviewer with the major
theme.
The last two days Of the week Monroe
Salisbury and Ruth Clifford will be pic
tured in Hands Down." photoplay Of
the west, showing the scenic splendors
of the big tree" country Of the Pacific
coast.
The hrst four days Of next week will
be shown "A Mothers Sin," the latest
Earle Williams release, picturing him
as a young man disinherited by his en-
ragged father, who wreaks upon him ven
geance for the indiscretion of his
mother.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
CENTRAL QUINT TODAY CLOSES
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SCHEDULE
Blue and White Has Lost Only Three
Games, Two to Big Prep Schools
and One in Scholastic Series.

vent to their feelings while the uni
versity athletic authorities were CROP
ing about in the dark and making mis-
takes now have come forward with
strong pleas for the return to the old
even if it was honeycombed with faults.
1t was found that the abolition OF the
old sport system had resulted IN not
only physical but moral and social harm
to the students. Young men need some
wholesome vent for their excess spirits
and energy, and intercollegiate athletics
provides that vent. With the adoption
of the informal system more students
than ever before took to making week
end trips to New York.
In speaking of this hitherto ignored
phase Of the question Prof. Mathew
Abbott. the Yale crew coach, said yes
terday: We have found that the ab-
sence of organized athletics has had
a detrimental effect upon the neaitn
and well being of the students For
instance, never in the history nave so
many men absent ed themselves from
town over the week end. Nothing coma
be more :rreconciliahle wiz. coliese III
and the esprit de corps of both mill
tary organizations than week end WIS
than keep men here over Saturday ana
Sunday their presence among US anu
is well worth while. Moreover setsins
up exercises and drill VIII never give
rlan the quicknsss Of movement. inc
aIertness. of mind and the ability too
withstand the hard physical strath ol
modern warfare WnlCE Tie pa S'SiAh ">~s
athletic game gives him. .
with regard to drill and calisfhenics
being enough exercise to build up ana
maintain a mans physical conolt ioh :
should like to say few Woras. overnl
such is the case why has the govern
rnent already spent millions in the lor-
nation of organized athletics IN All can,
tonments and naval training sIations'
In the camps the drills are nauch lors :,
er and more strenuous than they are
here in the university, yet the au1horl-
ties of both services have gone 10 lils
mense expense in the announcement. oi
athletics. The government nas S,sa;.ai al
the hest available coaches and phssicai
Instructors and has instituted lntercdi'ip,
and interbaSe contests ,
THE professor has put the case cieaf
", concisely and truly
Catholic Iniversity's basket pan
team left today at noon for annapotin, t,;,
where it plays st. Johns Cnnese tnls
afternoon. The BROOK anaers ene
down by a two-point margin in CON
test with the Annapolis aggregatlon
here last week, but think they nave
better than an even chance 70 Mah
TODAY Coach Rice was NOT peSslAAis
tic by any means in regard to the out
look for his team. He thinks his men
nlayed much below their usual stano,
ard when they lost to ST. John $, anu
Notwithstanding the advantage the Ial-
ter has by virtue OF pelng On ,.hinr ,.s h1nse
a little better than an even chance LOT
victory.
Western High was defeated by Con,
1.ga Yesterday by % to II? The Red
and White sent the best men it had in
against the Gonzaga five. but the lat
ter through sheer aggressiveness and
general all-round play proved the
stronger Romeyn of Western and
o'Donoghue of Gonzaga were the best
scorers.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
WRECK BLAME PUT ON CREW.

COLUMBIA, s. c., February 27.-The
Jury Of inquest has returned the fol-
lowing verdict regarding the rear-end
collision near here Monday afternoon:
I'VE find that the deceased came to
their death by train No. AZ. running
from Spartanburg to Columbia, run
ming into train No. IS, running from
Greenville to Columbia, near Frost,
through the rules Of caution not being
thoroughly carried out by the crew Of
train No. 49,"
II. Lockalier, the fagman of train
No. 1S, admitted that he probably did
not go back as far as the rules require
that he should to place the torpedoes.
but insisted that he put them on the
No. AZ declared that he heard no tor
pedoes explode. His fireman testified
to the same effect.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
ADJUSTMENTS
"Friendly Enemies"

There is promise of notable the
atrical event in the production OF a
new play entitled ~Friendly Enemies
at the National Theater next week. be-
ginning Sunday evening. Louis Mann
and Sam Bernard will appear in the
title roles. The play. the work of Sam
uel Shipman and Aaron Hoffman, is de-
scribed as an American comedy drama
in three acts. dealing with an impor-
tant phase of the war situation In
America. The company includes Nine.
Mathilde Cottrelly, Regina Wallace.
Felix krembs. Richard BarDee, Eugene
Ward and others.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
STECHER IN A HURRY.
Heavyweight Wrestler Throws So
renson in Minute and 80 Seconds.

CHICAGO. February 27.-Joe Stecher,
heavyweight wrestler of Dodge City,
Neb., took only one minute and thirty
nine seconds to throw Chris Sorenson of
Battle Creek, Mich, last night. Ad San
tell of San Francisco threw Buck
Weaver of Wisconsin in ten minutes
and eighteen seconds. and Mike Yokel
Of the Great Lakes naval training sta
tiop was given a referees decision over
Ben Ruebens of Chicago. after one hour
of wrestling.
Wladek Zbyszko, who recently lost a
decision to Earl Caddock in a cham
pionship match, started to wrestle Steve
Savage of Chicago, but after few min
utes the match was called Off because
of the continued roughness of the
wrestlerA
Evening star., 1918-02-27
Moore's Plaza,

Today and tomorrow tho feature
photoplay at Moore's Plaza Theater will
be His Own People," a drama OF
modern life in Ireland. featuring Harry
Morey and Gladys Leslie The story
permits the INSTALLATION of scenes of
peasant life as well as of the brilliance
Of the social season of the aristocracy.
Friday and Saturday J. Warren Kerri-
gan will be pictured in film of adven-
fure and romance, "a Mans Man"
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will be
shown Madam Whor' a film version of
Harold MacGrath's story of the civil
war, in which Bessie Barrtscale is pic
tured.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
EARTHQUAKE IN CHINA
CAUSES DEATH OF 800
More Than 200 Persons in Hospitals
of Swatow-Reports
Exaggerated.

SHANGHAI, February 26.A-The earth
o,ske at Swatow caused the death OF be-
tween 20o and 300 persons. More than
zoo persons are being treated IN hospita's
there. Scarcely a house there mas iio'
been damaged, most of them seriously.
Principal Wallace of the Arglo-Cninese
College at Swatow, in dispatch TO
Hongkong newspaper, says that hrs' ac-
counts of the disaster were exaggerated
but that the earthquake caused great ais
tress to the population.
There have been various reports OF the
loss of life due to earthquake d, .s. SMa' 1oo
Tbe numher of dead has ranged from loO
to 10000, while the injured have oeen
placed at 1000.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
"Iet's Co."

Lets Co musical comedy revue. by
Roger Gray. will be the offering of the
Poll Musical Comedy Players next week.
1t has music. satire and humor, and the
greatest aggregation of dancers the Poll
organization has ever presented.
Maude Gray, the new prima donna, will
be presented also as a dancer OF ability
and charms, and Henry Coote will have
an attractive line of songs.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
AMBULANCE FUND.ENRICHED.
American Billiard Players Adj
$4,000 in Recent Tourney.

CHICAGO. February 27.-More than
$4,000 was added to the American bill
lizard players ambulance fund through
the three-cushion billiard tournament
held here recently. it was announced
today Total receipts were not an
nounced, but the amount cleared was
more than expected because of the
heavy expenses incurred. Although
none of the players received pay for
his services all were given travelling
and living expenses.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
JESS CONSIDERING
OFFER Of $100,0O0
Winner of Miske-Dempsey-
Fulton Bouts Could Force
Fight With Willard.
Month of Racing to Open
Tomorrow at Hot Springs

The annual winter race meet
ing Mt Hot Springs, Ark, will
open tomorrow. with nearly 500
horses stabbed at Oaklasn Park.
The ia m GUS health resort is
crowded with visitors, many Of
whom will attend the races. The
individual betting system will
prevail as In former years. The
meeting will run up to the last
week in March, when horsemen
will begin to ship their stables to
Kentucky and Maryland. Last
winter the Hot Springs meeting
was so profitable that the pro-
moters have increased the value
of overnight purses, n move TINT
has attracted a better class of
horses.
Evening star., 1918-02-27

ton of the United States Marine Corps.
the projections of THE Unbeliever" will
be prologued by a detachment OF Ma
rines from Quantico, Va, marine drum
Special musical Accompaniment has
been prepared for the picture and viii
be rendered by an augmented orchestra.
Special stage settings also will be pro-
vided for the marines prologue
From Thursday to Sunday, this week,
the feature will be Innocent, with
Fannie Ward. former Paramount star,
filmed in the stellar role.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
Tip Does Not Meet Wheatley,

Dick Tip last night refused to meet
George Wheatley in a challenge match
for the District pocket billiard cham
pionship. Tip held that Wheatley
properly is not a resident of the Dis
trict and has no right to compete for
the honor. The matter is held in abey-
ance until a decision is reached by au-
thorities to whom the matter has been
reforred.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
SPEEDY Motor BOATS RACE.
Fourth Annual Regatta for Benefit
of Red Cross On at Miami.

MIAMI, Fla. February 27.-Instead
Of being abandoned this year because
Of the war. the fourth annual motor
boat regatta started here yesterday for
the benefit of the Red Cross.
Record breaking crowds of visitors
are expected. The program includes
five, ten and fifteen-mile races over the
oval course at Miami Beach, for ex-
press cruisers, open displacement boats,
cruising yachts and yacht tenders.
Events between airplanes and speed
boats also have been arranged.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
Moore's Strand.

Moore's Strand tTheater all next week
will show The Unbeliever." a photo
play filmed with the great war for a
background. 1t is an Edison production
made with the cooperation of the
United States Marine Corps, and repre-
sents dlm version OF Mary Raymond
Shipmang Andrews story. "The Three
Fhings.s depicting how the grim bust
ness OF war overcame . young Ameri-
cans uistaken notions Of class distinc7
tion md race prejudice.
Thzongh the courtesy ana eo-ADaeAal
Evening star., 1918-02-27
WOODBRIDGE DUCKPIN LEAGUE.
Pacing Star Sold for SIS, 100.

NEW YORK. February 27.--Thomas
Murphy of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. has
purchased Miss Harris. the famous
daughter of Peter the. Great. at the an
nual midwinter horse sale in Madison
Square Garden Miss Harris, the only
two-minute pacing mare in the coun.
try. brought $500 after spirited bid.
ding. She was consigned to the sale BY
S. A. Fletcher Of Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
National Tennis Title Tourney Dat,

National Tennis Title Tourney Dates
CHICAGO. February 27.-word was
received here that the National Lawn
Tennis Association had announced
dates for the championship tourna-
ments this summer as follows:
June 17-women's national champion
ships. Philadelphia
July National clay court champion
ships, Chicago.
August Irrational doubles cham
pionships, New York.
August 26-National singles cham
pionships, New York.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
Photoplay Features.
Loew's Columbia.

william s. Hart. pictured in his latest
photoplay, 'Blue Blazes Rawden." viii
continue as the feature photoplay at
Loew's Columbia the remainder of the
week. The first half of next week, be-
ginning Sunday. Billie Burke will be seen
in a perturbation of the famous stage
success, Ewes Daughter"
Evening star., 1918-02-27
UNION OF LITHUANIA AND
SAXONY IN THE MAKING
Prince Frederick Christian to Be
King of Lithuania-Wishes of
Poles Unlikely to Be Fulfilled.

ZURICH, February 27.-Negotiations
are in progress for the union of
Iithuania and Saxony. according to a
dispatch from Dresden, with Prince
Frederick Christian, second son OF the
King of Saxony, as King of Lithuania-
The pourparlers indicate that the
wishes of the Poles for renewal OF
~, old union between Poland and
.i,huania will not be fulfilled.
Prince Frederick Christian is twenty
four years old and is an offlcer IN ,ne
saxon army. His mother was Prlncess
Jouise who gained much notorlety
fifteen years ago. She was divorced
nv her husband in 1903. after an esea-
pade. and in 1907 was married 10 E.h-
rico Toselli. an Italian musiclan' ,o,n
rras senarated from Toselli in 1sl2,
and in January. 1917, was reported 10
be in Brussels.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
Braves Buy Infelder Conway.

BOSTON, February q. Infie1der
Richard Conway of the Worcester Club
of the Eastern League, leader of the
league in hitting last season. was pur-
chased yesterday by the Boston Ma
tional base ball club. His home is in
ST Paul Mimi
Evening star., 1918-02-27
1HREE:GAMES WON
BY NAVY BOWLERS
Patent Office Five Proves
Easy Mark in Departmental
Duckpin League.
ALLEY sIDELIGHTS.

How much longer has Harry
krausS got to cnrry the Royals.
WoItx thought ii easy to roll
100. but found it easier to sit
down suddenly mt the edge of the
alley.
After the editor of this column
had anassed n grand total of IS,
George Iscmann demanded that
said editor tell what he thought
OF himself. Said editor CAN'T
such thoughts are not convertible
into words, not for printing,
anyway.
Has George Cox come to life.
Chorus by Quinn. King, Crayrp-
ton, HiShtStine and Fauth. Lead
ers in Evening Star League. aGter
dropping three straight to Gene
Fnrlee'x team:
"Vhe-s. oh, where. is our wan-
dering soat fonight:"
An apt expression by Ike
Field: I'VE lost three, but should
have won three"
spectator to BoyvIer-Whada "a
dofn', bowlin' game:
bowier-Naw, I'm maxim love
to the wOodpile.
DEFINITION for estate of discou-
tent": State Of mind prevalent
among players on teams trailing
aIonE beh1nd StenOEraphers in
the Telephone League, said Ste
nographers being a girls, team.
Anyway, Johnny vaeth's name
hasn't been mentioned.
Evening star., 1918-02-27

Copyright, 1918, By H. c. Fisher. Trade mark
Reg. Q. s. Pat 0n.D
Evening star., 1918-02-27
Hopkins Leads St. Augustine Golfer.

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla. February 81
L. J. Hopkins of Chicago. won the gold
medal yesterday in the second days play
Of the qualifying rounds in the annual
golf tournament here. Hopkins card
for IS holes totaled 169.
Evening star., 1918-02-27
DISTRICT DUcKPIN LEAGUE.
Totals. 52l 500 $50
NAVY YARD DUcKPIN LEAGUE.

Totals. 4ss 4s7 4ss Totals. 452 45s 44s
Evening star., 1918-02-27

How much longer has Harry
krausS got to cnrry the Royals.
Evening star., 1918-02-27

John Henry is going to have battle
on his hands to win the position of
first string backstop for the Braves
Art Wilson has announced he expects
to earn the honor. and Hub critics IA
miliar with the ability of both declare
the contest shapes up as decidedly
open one on the eve Of departure for
the training camp.