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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-10
RED CROSS SHOOT.
Big Event Will Be Staged at Will
mington Next Month.

An open target shoot strictly for the
benefit Of the'Red Cross will be held
by the Wilmington Trapshooting As
ISOLATION, on Saturday, November 9, at
Wilmington, Del. Every effort is to
be made to make the eve nt record
breaking one, for all the proceeds OIL
the shoot go to the Red Cross, which
has sanctioned the tournament.
The shooting card will consist of
four 25-target events, with an en-
trance fee of so cents an event. with
a Red Cross entrance of 81, with 81
for optional sweepstakes. The Ma
tional Red Cross will contribute a
medal to the high gun, with handicap
added. All ties are to be shot Off on
the miss and out plan.
In connection with this shoot there
will be a special 100 target race be-
tween FIVE champions for trophy
The five champions who will compete
are Charles H. Newcomb, champion of
Pennsylvania; r. D. Morgan, title
holder of Maryland and District of
Columbia: Fred S. Tomlin, leader of
New Jersey; William M. Foord, target
monarch of Delaware, and Ralph l..
SPOTS, winner of the New York A. c.
amateur championship of America.
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CHAPLAINS MAKE ROUNDS
OF FRONTS IN AIRPLANES
Priests Able to Visit Hospitals and
Hold Services in Distant Vii
lages-Tanks Also Used.

PARIS. September Is Correspond
ence of the Associated Press).-Air-
planes and tanks are being used by
volunteer chaplains and field secre-
taries with the knights of Columbus
to serve the American soldiers over
here.
Two chaplains. Rev. John Moran of
Eugene, Ore, and Rev. John Sullivan
OF Tuckahoe, n. Y, were the first
priests to make their rounds by the
air route. Rev. MIR. Sullivan uses
airplanes several times a week and
thus is able to visit field hospitals
within a radius of 200 miles of his
camp.
Airplane transportation was used by
Rev. Mr.. Moran for the first time when
he received two calls to say field
masses one Sunday morning. The call
came from villages fifty miles apart
where troops We're billeted. An avia-
Chaplain Moran by Offering to take
him to both places and he went. The
result was field mass at one village
at o'clock in the morning and
another mass in the village fifty miles
farther on at 1880 am.
Rev. Edwin O'Hara, rector of the
Cathedral at Portland. volunteer
chaplain for the knights of Column
bus, used q tank to fulfill an engage
and secretary went with him to
supply the soldiers with boxing gloves
and base ball material for use after
the services.
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F|GHT|NGFRENCH
/ WINNING LAURELS.
Intrepid Army Proves at Each
/, Offensive 1t "NeVer
8 Grows DID,"
ITS RECORD FOR BRAVERY
BY PAUL AYRES ROCKWELL.
CableErnm to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.

BY PAUL AYRES ROCKWELL.
CabieKrnm to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES. Oc-
tober 9-The French army never
grows old. 1t shows at each offensive
new vigor and proves its eternal vi
tally. One of the many divisions
proving this is the immortal Moroccan
division. whose general wears upon
his breast the war cross and ribbon
with eleven palms. representing elev-
en- army order citations. One of its
recently organized regiments. COM
posed of native African troops. has
Just won its second citation, its Zouave
regiment seventh citation and the
gallant foreign legion a ninth citation.
Its artillery and engineering units
also have been cited several times.
Yet such a profusion of honors does
not tire this magnificent division. .lft-
cr having engaged in nineteen days of
terrific battling. beginning August 30,
when it attacked with Gen. Mangin'S
army toward Moulin -SOuS-TouVent.
where il progressed more than four
teen kilometerS tS.2 mi1cs) in forty
eight hours, capturing more than ] 500
prisoners and ninety-two cannon. then
aSSaulting the Germans in Hhe direc-
ton of treCy-au Mont. where it ad
ranCed eight kilometerS us miles)
after crossing the Ailette and sur
mounting fearful difficulties against
ferociouS Resistance. the Moroccan di-
vision was attached to the 4th Army
where il was charged with taking tne
formidable Butte du MeSUil. crisis
crossed with trenches and burrowed
with shelters and machine gun pits
So denSely that every meter of the
terrain bears "A name. The division
plan was such that the Germans Tere
overwhelmed before they had a chance
TO recover from the first shock of the
assault.
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CANCELS CROss-C0UNTRY RUN.
Intercollegiate Championship Event
Prevented by War Conditions.

NEW YORK, October 10.-The in
tercollegiate cross country champion
ship run to have been held at Van
Cortland Park, this city, on Novem-
Der 90, has been Cancelled. This ac-
ton was taken by the advisory board
of the ]. c. A. A. A. A, after canvass
of the leading colleges of the east.
At a majority of the institutions the
athletic associations have temporarily
Suspended activities and the presidents
of the colleges, in replying to the com
munications stated that there was lit
tie possibility of teams or individual
runners competing in the cross country
race.
The advisory board thereupon de-
cided to abandon the race-takinS such
action in place of the executive COM
mittee, the members of which are wide
ly distributed in the service both at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-10
WORKOUT AT GALLAUDET.
Coach Hughes Picks Up Three Good
PLAYERS Among the Recruits.

For the first time in three weeks
the Gallaudet foot ball squad was
able to go through couple hours
practice yesterday afternoon. twenty
five men looming uniforms. Coach
Hughes sent the squad through good
workout, consisting of drill and
tackling the dummy" From line to
line almost the entire body was made
up of new men, three of whom give
promise of becoming crack players.
These are Downes. La Fountaine and
Higgins. They have lots of speed and
apparently know the game from every
angle.
Four of the players of last years
eleven have not yet recovered from
attacks of influenza, but it is expected
that by the end of the week they Will
be able to get back into uniforms and
in the lineup.
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Braves CLUB ON ROCKS
Former Owner Gaffney Gives Stock
holders Until Monday to Pay
Indebtedness.

NEW YORK. October 1o-When
by the government September of
this year it was predicted that sew
eral big league clubs would be unable
to Withstand a period of war idleness
and would go under financially. The
first crack is likely to take place in
Boston, where the National League
club is about to go on the rocks.
James E. Gaffney, former owner of
the club and a contractor of this city.
said yesterday that he would take
back the franchise next Monday un-
less the present owners of the cub
met their obligations. There is a con-
siderable sum due Gaffney for rental
of Braves Field, while the present
owners also are behind in the pay
ment of interest on bonds held by
Gaffney and associates.
The Boston Nationals had been sail
ing along on half a rudder for some
time, and their finances were not in
the best condition even before Gen.
Crowder issued his famous work or
fight" order.
Percy Haughton resigned as presi-
dent of the club to accept commits
sion as major in the chemical war
fare service. The club since then has
been without a real executive, its at
fairs having been left in the hands
of Walter Hapgood its business man
ager.
The Boston Nationals are owned by
a syndicate of New England bankers,
who purchased the franchise from
Gaffney in 1916, thinking they had
made a great purchase. They soon
discovered they had taken over
bloomer. The club lost money con-
tinually from the time the new own
ers took charge and has been on the
market for the last two years. But
in these war times there are Few
base ball purchasers. Efforts were
made to sell the club back to Carney
at a considerable loss, but Carney
would not buy it.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The best thing going is an unwel-
come guest.
Dark horses are not always as black
as they are painted.
The world soon forgets a man who
wins his laurels and then quits.
There are more fugitives from. in
justice than from justice.
Debts of gratitude are usually COM
promised at 10 cents on the dollar.
Doubtless the angels smile when
they see fisherman with $25 out
fit yanking two-inch sucker out of
the water.
Selfishness is the root of many I'M
desirable specimens of prosperity.
Fortunate is the man who doesn't
find fault because he doesn't know
where to look for it.
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MACOMBER QUITS RACING.
California Sportsman Retires Larg
est Stable Until After War.

NEW YORK, October 1o.-A. X. Ma
comber, who has the largest string
of thoroughbreds in training, will be
out of racing until the close of the
war, according to information received
by his trainer. w. B. Jennings, yester-
day.
Two carloads of Mr.. Macomber's
race horses have been shipped from
Kentucky to California and two more
carloads will leave in the course of
the next few days. At the close of
the eastern campaign those horses
which will be retained for racing
after the war will be turned out at
a farm to be selected by Trainer Jen-
ningS.
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JOCKEY A SUICIDE.
Willie Allen, Steeplechase Riding
Star Shoots Himself at Laurel,

BALTIMORE, Md, October 10
Willie Allen, we'll known steeplechase
Jockey, shot and killed himself in
room in his home at Laurel, Md, yes
terday afternoon.
Allen is known on every race track
in the country, and has recently been
riding Shannon River. Tuesday he
was not allowed to ride the horse in
the steeplechase at Laurel on account
Of being ill, and while running Shan
non River fell and broke its neck.
Allen, who was greatly attached to
the horse, grieved over the affair to
such an extent that he became morose
and melancholy and decided to end his
life.
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Boxer Matty Baldwin Dead.

BOSTON, October 10 Matthew
(Matty) Baldwin. former New England
boxing champion. died at
his home in the Charlestown district
yesterday. In his fighting career,
which began in 1902 and lasted until
he was knocked out by Charlie White
three years ago. he met many of the
best men of his weight. Except in
his final battle he never was knocked
out.
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Well Known Ball Player Dead,

GLOUCESTER CITY, N. j.. October
1O.-Howard Barcklow, better known
as Chief Barcklow, is dead, victim
of Spanish influenza. He was the
first baseman of the New York ship
yard base ball team and one of the
best players the past season. He was
also one of the owners of the Eureka
basket ball team of the Gloucester
Basket Ball League, and besides be-
ing the manager was one of the play
ers. He leaves a wife and child.
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SIGHT OF US. BOYS !
ST|RS AUSTR|ANS
Americans Take Over Regular
Sector on the ItaI-
ian Front.
"ENGLIsHw FOE THOUGHT
BY EDGAR ANsEL MOWRER.
Cableernm to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.


Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1918.
ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS.
October 9.-When the Austrians looked
across the Piave the other morning as
the sun was glinting on two ruined vii
lagos they must have had a surprise
which for some among them may have
been unpleasantly suggestive. The he'll
NETS of the Vilettes opposite them were
no longer round and steely. but fiat like
a wash basin, and brown. 1.-The English
have returned to the Piave," thought
Brother Austrian. But soon he saw the
entire figure of tall, hefty sentinel,
who stood CONTEMPORARY upon the
parapet, gazed about and disappeared.
The figure was in shirt sleeves. TOO
unconventional for the British" solilo-
quized the Austrian. European fight
ers are properly clad. These are barba-
rians."
Here the bewildered conscript of the
Hapsburgers called into consultation five
or six of his neighbors, Germans and
Magyars, and soon q verdict was reach
ed. Like the flute call in a Wagnerian
opera, a sigh ran along the Austrian
lines. "Goetterdammerung, the Amer
leans have GOMEZ
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MIDDIES' FIRST GAME.
To Play Naval Operating Base Team
of Norfolk SATURDAY.,

ANNAPOLIS, Md. october 10.-By
overcoming many difficulties, the Mid
shipmen gill open their foot ball sea-
son next Saturday. playing the eleven
of the Naval Operating Base of Nor
folk, Va. The sailors are said to be
a strong aggregation, with a number
of former college stars in their line
up.
Butler and Roberts are the only reg
ular backs available at the academy,
and the line is even in worse shape
due to the ravages of influenza.
Still Dobie will put the best team in
the field that he can arrange. There
was a long practice yesterday after
noon, with a somewhat larger squad
than Tuesday.
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TO turn the submerged zone. A thin
line of troops was left behind for a
frontal assault against the powerfully
organized line of machine gun shell
ters. Attacking in thick fog. the
men from the Moroccan division
quickly surrounded and Subdued the
German garrison.
There is too much fog and 1T is
impossible to count the prisoners
said Capt. Rusca, who a few hours
later was wounded for the eighth
time in this war and the third time
this year. There were 500 prisoners
a later count showed. Gen. Gouraud
sent Capt. Rusca an officers rosette
of the Legion of Honor. The terrain
became more difficult. La Limace.
which presents itself in the form of a
lonSish ridge north of Dormoise, was
well defended by strong elements of
Germans. Bovvrets ravine. separating
the La Limace from the neighboring
Fourmllier crest, was suitable for
launching counter attacks, and 1T was
necessary to reconStitute the lla1Son
with the neighboring French elements
and at the same time avoid the ma
chine guns ambushed in the frequent
woods-such as the Soulier God, a
kilometer away. 1t was here that the
3I-millimeter field cannon again
proved it's worth, being fastened over
the terrain with the maneuvering and
liiliitTdllHS troops anu HaHheu ny
small crews. In this way these guns
proved almost as handy as automatic
rifles.
While the small pieces harried the
foe the larger divisional field cam
non followed up right behind the in
fantry with gunnerS often under the
orders of infantry officers who di
rected their fire against the hamper
ing centerS of resistance. Meanwhile,
the divisional sappers and engineers
toiled like beavers constructing foot
bridges across the flooded land. work
ing waist deep in water and under
Il terrific enemy machine gun and
artillery barragc. The infantrymen
then crossed again and got at grips
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TRAVERS AND BOYD WIN.
Defeat State Golf Champions Walk.
er and Hammer by ] I'm.

CLIFTON, y. u. October lo.-.je-
rome Travers and Tom Epyd. tie nome
professional. defeated A. l.. Walker,
jr.. and 4. +. Hammer. preseu: and
past Staten Island champions. in =
four-bal! match on the Fox Hills Golf
Club links. Approximately $1,000 was
raised for The Red Cross
Travers and Boyd had to play an
extra hole to win. Both sides had test
ball Of 10. Boyd having the best round.
a 70.
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LATONIA RACES POSTPONED.
Fall Meeting Will Not Start Until
Thursday. October II.

CINCINNATI. Ohio. october To-
to the edict of the coun-
Gil of defense of Kenton county,
Kentucky. General Manager John
Hachmeister of the Latonia Jockey
Club made the formal announcement
that the opening of the fall race meet
ing at the Latonia track, scheduled
for today, had been postponed to
Thursday, october IT, due to the in
fuenza.
Under the revised schedule, the
meeting will close on Saturday, No
vember 9, exactly one week later than
originally intended. This will be viz
tually the same date on which last
falls racing ended at Latonia.
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Brother Les Darcy's Successor.

Young Jack Darcy. a sixteen-year-
old brother Of the late Les Darcy of
Australia, and said to be a replica
of his famous and greatly mourned
brother, both in appearance and ring
methods. has created quite a stir in
Newcastle boxing circles. OF his first
six contests he won five by knock
outs.
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W. AND J. GAME OFF.
Contest Carded With Penn State fol
Saturday Cancelled.

WASHINGTON, Pa. October 10
Washington and Jefferson has called
off the Penn State game scheduled
here for Saturday.
w. and J. is without a game. as
Carnegie Tech, which had agreed to
fill the date if State were not played,
is under an influenza quarantine w,
and ]. is negotiating now with several
Army camp teams.
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Seamen Gunners Wants Games.

The Seamen Gunners School at the
navy yard has a large and good
squad of foot ball players and is
anxious for games with service and
local teams of the District The eleven
has in it five college players and has
been augmented recently by several
men from the Great Lakes station
The team averages about 16S pounds.
Challenges may be addressed to
Manager and Coach J. Vernon Hook
man at the Navy Yard School
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Americans on italian Front.

Thus POLITICALLY we may assume that
the Austrians became aware that before
dawn on that morning the Americans in
Italy took over section OF the trenches
from their Italian allies. The men had
seen trenches before with real enemies
beyond them, but only for an hour or
two when company by company they
had replaced Italians in order to become
accustomed to their duties, but this was
their first experience in the RESPONSE
bility of actual proprietorship of part
of the Italian front.
mixture of pride and disappointment
This was war, of course. and after
travelling thousands of miles it was
pleasant to be doing what one had
come to do, but, in spite OF ruins, shell
holes, precautions against gas and
smoke dots dabbed on the skies
around an allied airplane, this was a
quiet day. The trenches seemed SUI
ficiently exciting. but in the middle OF
the afternoon, about an hour before
arrived, a major was back inspecting
motor car and apparently was not
pleased with something. He had
opened his mouth to say so, but what
the major intended to say. whether
profane or merely expoStulatory, will
never be known, for at that precise
lowed after a brief but exaggerated
instant by loud explosion. An
Austrian shell had exploded nearby,
throwing up mud and rocks. and
fragment the size of two fists f1oated
over the majors head and passed
neatly through the glass of the wind
shield on his motor car. Then the
doughboys felt so per cent better.
Again Quiet Among Soldiers.
When the major and I visited the
lines all was again quiet. The men
were lying smoking in Italian-made
dugouts, or, stripped to the waist,
were washing or fussing over their
machine guns. seemingly contented.
other soldiers At least, after dining
at the battalion mess underground
this is my opinion. but perhaps my
judgment was biased by the fact that
the crackers smelt and tasted of home.
The comradeship between the allies
is sincere. Our men find that the
Italians are loquacious and skillful
as engineers. but rather resent the
fact that they have been asked not
to start anything just for fun: Not
long ago at the regimenta1 headquar-
tiers the Prince of Wales. with
friends. came to dinner. He brought
a large dog, which mixed matters with
a mouse cog, 10 the nuBe uelSHI OIL
the prince and the dismay of the
duchess to whom the house dog and
the headquarters villa belonged.
"Our greatest satisfaction" said the
major. lis the thought that when the
Italians advance we shall be in the
first rank"
The Italians like the American SOL
diers. Could they see half million
copies of these first doughboys their
satisfaction and their strategic con-
ceptions would be complete.
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home and abroad. The annual meeting
of the l. &. \. \. a. A.. scheduled for
March. will be held. however, to re-
view the many plans for the recon
Struction of college athletics which
much be considered for The period fol-
lowing the close of the war
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Subdues German Garrison.

Dermoise valley, lying behind the
Nesnil butte, was flooded over to a
width OF 200 meters tmore than 900
feet. Few foot bridges remained
after the artillery fire started, and
these We're submerged. Orders came
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Anti-Tank Mine Field Captured.

An anti-tank mine field which had
been located a few days previously
by airplane observers along the Re
pont route was captured. and the
mines We're dug up and made useless,
thus permitting the passage of the
assault chariotS. An enemy bat
tured intact with a large supply of
ammunition. and instantly turned
against the Germans. who were at
tempting a violent reaction. The Ger
mans charge was checked partly
with their own shells and guns.
on this part of the front the Mo-
roccan division ran into two German
divisions just as one was relieving
the other. The fact that they We're
outnumbered two to one and partly
by fresh troops meant nothing to the
assaulterS. who charged the Germans
so violently that the latter fell back
in considerable disorder, leaving pris-
onerS behind.
~ third division is arriving fresh
from AlSace," announced Il prisoner
who claimed to be from Lorraine. 1T
has just been completed with all men
that could be found in hospitals or
on leave. who are being sent in cam
ions. so that they will not run away.
Thus the Moroccan division saw be-
fore it within forty-eight hours three
enemy divisions. The triumphant
progression continued. After taking
the I.imace heights it attacked those
Of GratreuiI over a wide bare space
swept by enemy machine guns. Ma
neuvering across the waste with
minimum of losses it progressed al
most five kilometers three mlles),
1S62 prisoners and 70 can
non including four 210s.
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Gets Away After Other Game.

On the following day the untiring
division departed to assault position
packed with machine guns and whence
were launched incessant counter at
tacks. which hindered the progress of
the French. Gratreuil village was
passed and a plateau two ki1ometers
o. mileS) to the north overlooking
the Aisne was reached. The division
then took breathing spell. 1t had in
three days advanced more than ten
kilometers (six miies) across one of
the most powerfully organized sys-
TENS of German defensive works along
the entire western front. taking 1900
prisoners. including sixty-three Off
GERS and capturing fifty-six cannon.
including ten 210s, geo machine guns,
one complete Decauville train and one
divisional engineering park filled with
numerous materials.
A German officer prisoner. MORALLY
wounded. asked as a last favor to be
permitted to shake hands with a
French officer and said to him:
We are lost. You will be in the
country before Christmas. but you
are wonderful fighters. I am profess
sional soldier and admire the French
as the worlds finest soldiers"