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Evening star., 1918-01-13
NOTES OF GOLF AND GOLFERS.

Characterizing this winter as ono of
the most severe the District of colum-
bia has known since tho late eighties,
clubs yesterday said he could not re-
member q winter in which SO long a
spell Of cold weather prevented golfers
from getting out on tho links. Both in
point of snowfall and cold weather the
present winter has been ono of the
most severe on record" he said. Even
the regular players, the men who go
out in blustery winter weather. have
rarely been on the links this winter"
All the local professionals express
disappointment at the continued cold
and snowy weather. Not only does it
stop them from playing, but weather
such as the District has had for the
past month and a half cuts large
slice out of their annual income.
A few players took advantage of the
relatively warm weather yesterday aft
ernoon to play. i. E. Shoemaker was
out at Columbia and G. Browne Miller.
Benjamin Miller, Walter r. Tuckerman
and guest played at Chevy Chase
over the snow-covered course. c. x.
Bergman and DR.. James s. Montgom-
cry played at Kirkside Friday after
noon. The Kirkside course. on account
of its comparative tiatness, sheds snow
and water more quickly than the other
local courses. but it still has a good
deal of ice and snow on it.
r. p. Hawes chairman of the House
committee of the Washington Golf and
Country Club, announced yesterday that
the Virginia club, by shutting off its
upper floors from heat generated in
the furnace Is effecting a material de-
crease in the amount of coal used in
heating the clubhouse. All the rooms
used by club members on the upper
floor Of the club have open flreplaces
in which wood is used. and the mems
locker room, on the basement floor, also
is heated by a large open fireplace.
William H. Hale, recently elected Sec
retary of the Seniors Golf Association.
of which Justice Mahlon Pitney OF the
Chevy Chase Club is vice president. is
the first paid secretary Of golf asso-
citation In this country.
Clifford K. Bergman Of the Columbia
Country Club leaves early in February
Evening star., 1918-01-13

for two-week golhng trip to Mami
Fla One of his clubmates, A. b Dulin
| of Columbia, has been at Ormond fer
the past two weeks
why Is 1t that on some days Svsfy
! shot seems to go right and on others
no shot. however well 1t IL hit, win
find the proper spot?" writes S. L Mos
by of the Washington Golf and Country
Club. Mosby, one Of the leading play
ers of his club. has himself had days
when everything was going right, and
on one of these days had the good for
| tune to get around his home course In
~, making course record at that time.
Why those shots which appear to be
hit in exactly the same manner as
| those of the previous day will today
duck and skitter along the edge Of the
rough, finally to disappear in the high.
est clump of grass this side of the jun
gle is one of the great mysteries of the
game and probably is what makes it
attractive to ordinary men. Leaving
out professionals, whose power for
steadily sustained low scoring seems to
increase every year, it is likely that the
very quality of its uncertainty makes
golf one of the few games which ap-
peals to the business man who de.
mands some form of recreation not too
strenuous. but not such namby-
pamby sort of thing as to make no call
on his mentality. Fancy j. p. Morgan
coming to the last hole all square, with
mis- opponent lying dead to the hole in
four shots and himself in the bottom
OF yawning sand trap. There is, only
one thing to do. and even a caddy prob-
ably could do it as well as the finhn-
cier. Imagine his great pleasure ff h0
plays a fine shot to the edge Of the CUP
and gets a half, and his equally great
displeasure If he only puts the ball I'M
deeper hole than before. 4 Y
Crack or beginner, the uncertainty
or the game gets every ono who has
ever handled a driver. On few hap
py days every year Chick Evans and
all the other cracks are blessed with;
attempt. Those are the times when
course records are shattered and un.
believably low marks are set up. When
Chicks putting Is going right there
IS not In this country better golfer
despite the Ouimet enthusiasts, but to-
the same Chick there como days whom
the thought of making a two-footer,
sears his brain with the possibility Of
missing. Behind these thoughts He
memories of thousands of equally short
puts missed. ard The consequent loss Of
confidence and touch causes him to pull i
the putt the slightest bit. !,
This one thing alone-loss OF corr L. ],
dence-probabl bly, is responsible for nIpre,
disrupted golf games than all tho cases
Of nerves that ever happened. Tho
bogey of lost confidence in one BAR,
lows himself to believe that he has lost.
1t until in desperation he goes out,
alone with q caddie and q dozen balls
and gets back with the trouble-mAkinRs
club. After this. a slow period Of re-
generation, with the gradual return Of
confidence. and once again he has the
shot at his command.
Evening star., 1918-01-13
BOWLERS PLANNING FUND
TO AID VICTIMS OF WAR
Continued from First Page,

bad slump yesterday when Manager Crit
f1th received a letter from the Tampa
Training Club, in which the concessions
It is willing to make to get the local club
there were set forth. Griff was absolutely
unimpressed by the letter and said last
night that the Inducements enumerated
were hardly inducements at all. Just
what the Washington club will expect In
the way of accommodations and guaran-
tees will be embodied in letter to the
Tampa people by the base ball boss u {"
favorable reply is received Tampa will be
given further consideration: otherwise
Augusta or some other spot yet to be
placed In nomination will be selected for
the spring camp of the Grinmen.
Whether members of the Washing
ton team will be required to carry their
uniforms, shoes and gloves next sea-
son in order to tighten the transporta-
ton problems of the government in its
upon conditions obtaining during the
cning season, according to Manager
Griffith.
III it is found that travel is so heavy
as to render the prompt delivery of
luggage doubtful. we will carry our
own props said the pilot in discuss
ing the question last night. "and if 1t
develops that 1t will be of any materi D
assistance to the government. we will
do it anyhow. Why. 1t was only about
ten years ago that all the players car
ried their own uniforms. With reg
ular leather roll designed for the pur-
pose the players can carry their suits,
gloves and shoes neatly packed. with a
suit case for their other habiliments,
without any trouble whatever. Per-
sonally never use a trunk on the
road. but many of the players do. With
the twelve or fifteen men who usually
have trunks using suit cases instead. as
they could without suffering any great
Inconvenience, and the five or six trunks
now used for carrying uniforms elm
mated there would remain nothing but
the bat bag in the way of luggage to
be transported. II it is found ad-
| yisable to do so a ban will be placed on
all unnecessary baggage. Well travel
light"
Evening star., 1918-01-13
WAR MAY GIVE CHAMPION
New World Heavyweight Titlehold'
er Likely to Be Developed
Among Soldiers.

When this big war is over we are
more than likely to find among its
many by-products a new world heavy
weight champion. developed among tho
millions OF men in allied service. Just
now the most promising candidate
"over there" is a big Belgian, private
in the heavy artillery. but an Ameri-
can youth Is said to run him a close
second. At least that's the word We
have received from an officer attached
to a New York regiment now in France.
He declares that among the American.
English. French and Belgian men in
service fiStic entertainments hold the
more serious work at hand. National
standard bearers have been developed
In the various camps. and there already
have been many international contests.
gian has defeated everybody who has
been pitted against him. but the Brit
ish have not yet sent Bombardier Wells
into the arena. and the Americans are
gunner named Venable, who has been
in training these many weeks and soon
is to make his debut against the Bel
gian. We do not know exactly who
but we have a suspicion that it is Jules
Lenaers, who outboxed Georges Car
pentier in an exhibition bout at the
Trocadero in Paris early last month.
Carpenter. by the way. on that occa-
sion was twenty pounds under weight
and all out Of kilter as the result OF
too close adherence to q free and easy
schedule. We fear very much that
Carpenters day as a farst-class boxer
is over.
Gunner venable is reported to be a
gigantic youngster with remarkable
aptitude for boxing and powerful
punrh. The gunner as yet Is quite ver
dant as far as the tricks of the ring
are concerned, but is said to be a quick
learner What could be more fitting
than a new heavyw eight champion from
the allied forces-a fighter in the roped
square and the bigger arena as we'll
and best Of all. an American!
Evening star., 1918-01-13
Questions on Base Ball Plays and Players
Asked of Umpire Evans-and His Answers

II q base runner fails to touch base,
and de failure IL observed by the un-
Dire. q he supposed to mako 4 decision
On the play II NO one sa the team In
The Aeid makes . request for q rulings
A. d. @.
On such q play the umpire mover
renders . decision. unless an appeal is
made BY the team in the field.
Can . batsman after reaching flrst
base and overrunning same, turn either
to the right or left In returning to said
basel JAMES DOTY.
Tho runner can turn either way after
overrunning the base, and not be liable
to be put out, unless he makes an at
tempt to go to second. The moment
he does so he forfeits his exemption.
Is Frank Smith, who pitched for the
White Sox at the same time did
Walsh, Altrock and White, still in the
game. Where is he livinEs Where did
Doc White play last yenrs PIRATE.
Frank Smith, / understand has given
up professional base ball. His home is
in Pittsburgh, and I presume he is still
living there. Doc White was at Dallas,
Tex. last season. having bought a part
ownership In that club.
Does Larry Lajoie still live in Cleve-
1andf VETERAN.
Larry doesn't exactly live in Cleve-
land; he is a suburbanite, but he does
his voting in Ohio. when he happens to
be home at voting time. I met Larry
in Cleveland the other day and had
quite a chat with him. He looks in
great shape, was pleased to win a pen
nant for Toronto and wore broad
smile when l asked him If he liked the
pitching in his league.
One man out. runner on nrst base,
batsman strikes out, but the third
strike gets away from the catcher.
Runner on first tries to go to third on
the play, but IL thrown out at that base,
The batsman runs to second. How many
outY DAG,
Your query is simple The side is re-
tired. If you will always remember
that the batsman Is out regardless of
whether the catcher holds the ball or
not when he strikes out IL there is a
runner on first base at the time and
less than two out.
What has become of Bobby Wal
laces The last I heard of him was ms an
umpire In the American League. Did he
70 to the minors as a player or man
ager. MILLyAIE.
Wallace for a time last season man
aged club in the Western League. The
latter part of the season he was with
Miller Huggins of the st. Louis Cardi-
Evening star., 1918-01-13
ADMIRE AMERICAN SPIRIT
japanese Much Impressed by Sto-
icism and Sportsmanship of Col
lege Foot Ball Players.

Ever since tho work Of organizing
had among US observers from Japan.
who are not 50 much taken up with the
way we get together our military
forces as they are with our task Of
keeping the soldier fit and interested.
In addition to making observations at
our camps they have visited our col
1eges and perhaps beyond anything else
they have been impressed by our foot
ball games. One of the Japanese, a
college professor and Y. NJ. C. A.
worker. on his return to Toxic recent
ptasized the remarkable index to
American fighting spirit and character
furnished by our foot ball battles.
For ages Japan has prided itself on
the spirit of the ancient Samauri-a
spirit which, 1t was held. has tran
scended that Of any other nation. Only
those who are Intimately familiar with
the feelings of the Japanese on that
subject can imagine the stir which the
lecturer undoubtedly created when he
told his fellow Nipponese that the
spirit Of the old Samauri is not con-
fame between American college foot
oall teams"
American foot ball never would be
success in Japan-it could not exist
here" the Japanese told his hearers.
'If any of you think that the spirit of
old Japan is superior to the spirit of
America you would change that inn
preston If you were to see a hard
fought game on an American college
foot ball field" What impressed the
Japanese more than anything in foot
ball was the stoicism and sportsman
ship with which the players accepted
injury and even a knockout" The
Japanese have prided themselves on
their ability to take punishment with
out fiinching. but five minutes of a foot
ball game convinced our visitor that in
a least that feature we stood supreme
Evening star., 1918-01-13
EUGENE F1NNEGAN ENLIsTs.
Georgetown Athlete Enters Medical
Corps of the Army.

Eugene ]. Finnegan Of Buffalo, q
member of the foot ball squad and
pitcher on the base ball team at George
town, has enlisted in the Medical Corps
Of the Army. He has been stationed at
the Army Medical School in this city.
Finnegan has played foot ball at the
institution for three years. He may
not be lost to the base ball team this
season. unless he is ordered away from
Washington. He 10 q leader in the Glee
Club and generally prominent in an
student activities.
Evening star., 1918-01-13

RECORDS TO DATE
High team game-La Fayette, 5s7
High team set-Columbia, 1.673.
High individual game-kreger, Columbia. 149.
High individual set-Krieger Columbia 800
High fiat game-Halley, Stansbury, s5.
Greatest number of spares-Saers, Mt Pleas
ant, 10.
Greatest number of strikes-Watts. National,
II.
Tomorrow night the Odd Fellows
League reopens it's schedule Harmony
and Metropolis being due to meet. The
list of games for the third series fol-
lows:
Harmony vs. Metropolis, January Il, Monday.
Eastern VS.. Beacon, January 15, Tuesday.
Central VS.. Amity. january 10. Wednesday
Eastern Amity. January u. Monday.
Beacon vs.. Harmony; January 30, Tuesday.
Metropolis VS.. Central, January %, Wedne sday
Harmony VS.. Eastern. January IS. Monday.
Central VS.. Beacon, January 20. Tuesday.
Metropolis VS.. Amty. January 80. "Wednesday.
Harmony VS.. Amity, February 4. Monday.
Central vs.. Eastern February 5. Tuesday.
Metropolis Beacon February G, Wednesday
Metropolis vs. Eastern. February II. Monday.
Central VS.. Harmony, February IL. Tuesday
Amity VS.. Beacon, February 13. Wednesday.
Evening star., 1918-01-13

Last Sunday this sentence was
printed in tho bowling column of The
Star following some statements from
Johnny Vaeth rs to q possible series
Of matches: where Is Pop Halley?'
Well, Pop has come forth and shown
exactly the position on which he stands
and in no uncertain terms. Pop shows
his attitude In this way:
II hardly think 1t would be feasible
for representative teams OF certain
leagues or for three teams out of any
one league to get together to play for
the city championship. That would not
only injure the races in the leagues.
but would hurt the city championship
tournament next spring. There Is a
about such a series Of matches. but
nothing actually has been done or is
being done. Therefore. In order to give
captains OF other quints chance to come
resenting the Stansbury quint of the
Masonic Bowling Association herewith
issue challenge to any team or teams
to play a match or series of matches
for the District duckpin Championship.
each Of the teams accepting the chal-
lenge to put up 500. the total amount
Of such purse to be used to buy suit
able prizes for the winning team and
ltS players. Here IS certified check
for our 500.
"Stansbury stands eighteenth in the
Masonic Bowling Association. herewith
twenty teams In tho organization. How
ever, believe that We have at least an
even chance against the best Of the
way 20 much that you have our chal-
lenge. Tho probable lineup of the
Stansbury team in such a match. OF
matches, provided our challenge is ac-
oepted. Will be Gist Lewis, Stanford,
Krauss and myself. II anybody figures
his team has stronger lineup, then we
are ready to meet him to arrange the
place and time. That is our say. now
turn"
No moro comment is necessary. Pop
has struck the nail on the head so hard
and in the right place that 1t will take
only a little more to drive the nail into
the plank so hard that one Of the most
interesting matches of the year in duck
pins will be staged. Johnny Vaeth,
Charley Wright and Roy Whitford, take
notice. 1t is not necessary to remind
anybody of Pops address, and if his ad
dress has slipped the memory of the
that communication of acceptance
oral or written, reaches the proper
hands.
Washington Centennial is leading the
Masonic Bowling Association so far in
the standing of teams. having one game
in the won and one in the lost column
on Mount Pleasant. King David, Naval
and Potomac are close up and well
within striking distance of the top
berth.
Standing of the teams and records of
Evening star., 1918-01-13

nails as coach and utility man. do
not know whether he will remain with
the Cardnals or go with higgins
to New York. since Huggins is to man
age the New York Americans,
able to play with the Pittsburxh team
again next year5
J. @. DAYkIN.
l doubt II Wagner will play actively
any more in the majors. Father Time
mas peen cutting up capers with Honus
the iast rev years, and base ball is
getting to be something of an effort In.
stead OF mere play for the famous yete-
ran. His career has been a remarkabIe
one ieW men playing the infield have
uniformly remarkable ball
DO umpfres in the majors levy fines
on the players as they do In the minors.
A MINOR Lacquer.
Major league umpires never levy a
me. They may tell a PLAYER he will
| PROBABLY get set back ten. twenty-five
or h1ty. for something he has done, but
the levying must come from the league
president Major league umpires simply
put the man out of the game and then
send report to the president for his
guidance. often the umpire offers a sue-
sestlon as to what would be a suitable
| penalty.
Runner on third, squeeze play il at-
tempted. The bnIl In close and inside.
j the batter bunts at the ball. but misxe.
H. the Dali touching the person of the
hatsman as 1t speeds by. Catcher holds
the ball and touches out runner from
third ns he slides into the pInte What
was the proper ruIingf PLAYER,
The umpire should have ruled the de-
iiVer a strike and sent the runner back
I hl r,tlf
! the batsman hits at ball misses the
same and it comes into contact with
the person of the batsman. no bases
shall be run.
Runner ON third. two men out. BATS
bat comes into contact with the
cntcher's glove. The ball rolls fair, the
runner on third scores ON the pIuy.
while the bntsman is apparently
thrown out at frstf Umpire granted
bntsman first base and also allowed the
run to score. J. 4. BORTON.
| Umpire was right in allowing the
batsman first base, because of the in
! reference. but he should not have al
lowed the runner on third to score
He should have been sent back to that
| base. On such play no base runner
can advance unless forced.
| Why didn't McGraw use Tesreau more
last seasons j. ID. c.
Probably McGraw could answer that
| question better than any one else, If
you could get him to express an opinion.
| Tesreau has always been a spitball
pitcher pure and simple. When that type
| of pitchers go bad, it usually can be
traced to arm trouble, caused by the
| excessive use of the spitball. Ed Walsh
| loSt MS effectiveness almost over night
| For three years Walsh has -nursed his
once great arm in every possible way,
with hope of doing a comeback, but
with little success.
Evening star., 1918-01-13
STANSBURY OF MASONIC LEAGUE
CHALLENGES FOR DUCKPIN TITLE
Pop HALEY Comes to Front With Open
and Shut Proposition to Play Any
Quint That Wants to Accept Def.

the
of
offered the stansury of the Masonic
in
District duckpin title
Of
Evening star., 1918-01-13
White Sox Most Accused,

The Chicago club was most accused
last season Not so much because the
Chicago club alone used the delivery,
was setting the pace. Practically every
club had a pitcher or two who was
trying to master the shine ball. Some
had fair success. others were just so-so
With the Chicago club 1t was different
several Of the Sox staff had the Shin
er" down to science. The pitchers and
the club proflted thereby and deserved
ly SO. The Sox had developed the
stunt to a greater degree than the
other clubs; all had equal rights to the
mysterious delivery.
Last season the many new-fangled
deliveries were a source of much dis
pute in the American League. Games
were constantly delayed while squads
Of players went into conference over
just what had happened to the ball in
play. The spectators don't like such
tactics. and the spectators deserve
some consideration. However, the
shine ball is destined to continue to
shine. unless the jors put the ban
on the source of all evil. the spit ball,
Such action would tend to help batting,
which Is desired: would place pitchers
who depend upon strength and skill on
an equality, and would improve field
ing. because infelders will tell you
their task is far more difficult when
spit ball pitcher Is working. The action
Of the American Association 1 believe
will soon be generally adopted
Copyright, 1918, by W. C. Evans.)
Evening star., 1918-01-13
BILLY EVANS THINKS ALL FREAK
DELIVERIES SHOULD BE BARRED
Umpires at Present Powerless to Stop
Pitchers From Using the "UnnaturaY'
Methods Would Kill Spit Ball First

self to me:
The shine ball is without doubt an
Illegal delivery" said Connie, but 1t
| is no more than the spit ball. and
we regard it as a legal form Of pitch
ing. What we need, first Of ALL is the
abolition of the spit ball. Do away
with the splitter and the elimination
easy matter. Permit the splitter and
we are going to have constant trouble
with the new-fangled styles of pitch
ing. The spit ball should have never
| It should have been nipped in the bud:
| l really only know of two spit ball
pitchers who l would regard as great
twirlers,players of unusual value to
Jack Chesbro of New York. Most spit
ball pitchers have had a hard time
| splitting fifty-fifty in the majors: few
| of those who have been on my teams
have been able to do that.
Just consider few of the great
johnson. Alexander. coomss. Bender.
Mathewson, Plank. Brown and a host
vestigation that not one of them re-
sorted to the freak deliveries. They de-
pended upon speed, curves, a change
| of pace. control and pitching brains.
They used nothing mysterious to out
tangled style of pitching it is entirely
different: the odds are all against the
batsman. 1t has been my observation
that the shine ball reaches its greatest
effectiveness when the ball is slightly
discolored in spots. Such discolorations
are brought about by the use of licorice
or other foreign substances. These
substances more readily take the shine
than pure saliva. In addition they
bring about an optical Illusion, which
lis exceedingly detrimental to the bats
man. First he sees the dark spot on
it rotates through the air. 1t is hard
enough to hit the ball when it appears
to be coming on a direct line, but
when it seems to be fitting hither and
thither. which is the case you fol-
low. or. perhaps better. attempt to fol-
low, the course of the black-and-Whit
ball il is worse.
Aside from the disconcerting fea-
ture of the shine ball. due to the dis
coloration, it has other difficulties that
must be overcome. Tie doctor:ng of
the ball and the manner of delivering
1t to the batsman causes the ball to
take a peculiar rise, not unlike that of
the emery ball. AS a matter of fact
the shine ball is just about a full
brother to the emery ball. In one case
the break to the ball is brought about
by a rough spot on the cover, while
with the shine ball the use of spot
that is smoother than any other por-
tion of the ball makes possible the de-
sired result. If we can Just get rid of
the spit ball Bill. all the worry will be
over" concluded Connie, as I made
ready to start for the plate to begin
hostilities.