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The sun., 1918-12-07
SPEAKER IN THE DARK.
Says He Has Not Yet Received Of
fer to Manage Indians.

BosroN. Dec. 6,-Tris Speaker may
not anage the Indians in 1919 IL hi
maintains his present frame of mind
The question was put sauarely up &c
him to-day at the Tech Aviation Schoo.
and he said
TITS news TO me. and 7 believe Mr.
| Dunn, the owner OF the club. would lei
me know about any such into"'i0n or
his p, VI hafc., y Was gwen out to the
papers. / have troubles enough Of my
own In centre field without undertaking
the management of a ball toRm. II
never has struck me that a fellow who
is playing the game ought to tackle
the managing of Il club"
Speaker goes 10 his Hubbard City
Tex, home early next week.
The sun., 1918-12-07
sCHooLBoYs TO PLAY HOCKEY.
Eight Teams to Form Long Island
League.

Brooklyn ~schoolboys are going 10 form
a hockey league similar to the one they
a last season. Delegates from eight
schools met yesterday afternoon and
made plans for the season. A commit
tee was appointed to wait on the man
agement Of the Brooklyn Ice Palace, with
the object OF obtaining permission to
hold the games there. as they did last
year.
The eight schools which made UP the
league are Erasmus Hall, Commercial.
Jamaica. Flushing, Poly Prep, Boys
High. Manual and New Utrecht.
Erasmus a fifty candidates eager
Tor the fray. Among them Is Robert
Hail. who formerly lived In Duluth. He
was declared eligible to play yesterday.
The sun., 1918-12-07
TO REVIVE CANADIAN HENLEY
Rowing Fixture Has Not Been
Held Since 1915,

TORONTO, Ont, Dec. S. Major o.
heron, president of the Canadian Asso-
citation Of Amateur Oarsmen. stated to-
day mat he was confident that the Ca
madam Henley regatta would be listed
the great sporting events Of next
season. 1t Ia the presidents intention
10 call a meeting OF the association some
tine after the new year and once more
get the rowing club in line for the big
regatta, which mas produced SO many
hne oarsmen and champion crews in the
past.
The sun., 1918-12-07
SOCCER A IN TIE.
Columbia and Pelham Score One
Goal Each.

Columbia and Pelham Bay Naval
Training station played a l to l tie on
South Field yesterday afternoon. The
high wind made il diticult to work the
ball but the defensive work on both
sides was espe tally strong and the wind
did not become An overwhelming advan-
taEe for the team having it at its back.
Pelham was the first 10 score, getting
a goal within five minutes Of play In the
FIRST half. when O'COnnell, inside left,
shot the ball past Edwards, the Column
bia goal, for the first point OF the game.
The sailors tried to increase their lead.
but without avail.
In the second half Columbia went
scoreless until within a few minutes of
the end OF the game, when Sibley on a
long run took the ball Town the field and
scored on a fine shot.
The sun., 1918-12-07
SHARKEY BEATS McG0vERN.
New York Boxer Has Better of
six Round Bout.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6.-Jack Shafkey,
the bantamweight champion OF New
York. won a six round verdict over
Young tHankl McGovern of this city
here tonight before the Cambria Ath-
letic Club. Sharkey had height, reach
and weight on McGovern. and these ad-
vantages enabled him to force the fight-
ing throughout.
McGovern often landed with n left
hand jab. but rarely got home his right
hand swing. Sharkey time n again
blocking this blow with a perfect de-
fence. At times the milling was rough
when they came To a clinch, the two
fighting with one arm free until torn
apart by the referee. Sharkey usually
had the better OF the inightng.
The sun., 1918-12-07
SNOW SENDS TEAM TO GYM.

BosroN. Dec. 6.-The Scott High
School football team OF Toledo, Ohio,
claimants of the middle West school
title. arrived in Boston during a diving
snowstorm to-day for Its contest with
the Marblehead High School eleven,
Essex county champions. at Marblehead
tomorrow. Because of the storm the
squad was unable to have Its workout on
Braves Field as planned. and the boys
went through their signals In the
gymnasium OF the Boston Athletic As
ISOLATION.
The sun., 1918-12-07
FRIEDLANDER CAPTAIN.

Murray Friedlander was elected can
tain OF the De witt Clinton High School
football team yesterday. He will sue
coed Roy Eisenberg. Friedlander was
one OF the best scholastic players In the
city this season. He played halfback for
Clinton two years. This season he
scored ten touchdowns for his team.
The sun., 1918-12-07
Dempsey Is offered Fight in Australia.

II lack Dempsey wants % go twenty rounds to a decision with Willie
he can have the opportunity. Snowy Baker, wv in San Fran
csco waiting fr a boat to take him home to Australia, plans to resume
boxing N a large scale in his sydney stadium. In n If the feature bouts
hr wants Dempsey and Meehan to clash. However. while Meehan would
lot be averset to any meeting that would promise him a good financial return
The whole country is clamorIng for Dempseys services and his activities
New Orleans offers Dempsey a twenty round fight with Billy Mske after
Ink Jsnmes of Carl Morris Philadelphia could Use Dempsey every week
offer him $4,000 for six rounds. Obviously it would have t. be a very
temptDg offer to get Dempsey ut If. the United States.
The sun., 1918-12-07
GAMES FoR EASTERN HIGH.

Eastern District High School will hold
It's annual games in the Forty-seventh
Regiment Armory. Williamsburg. this
afternoon. While the majority Of the
events are closed to students of the
school there are nve open races TO be
decided. To add To the many thrills
promised a basketball game Of the cham
pionship series Is also scheduled.
The sun., 1918-12-07
JOHNNY BELL RETURNS.

Johnny Bell. the distance runner of
the New York Athletic Club. returned to
this city from Camp Lee yesterday.
While IN the army he earned a commits
sion as Second Lieutenant. He will re-
sumo training Immediately. and will be
seen in competition within the next fort
might.
The sun., 1918-12-07
NEW v E ACCEPTED.
Ruben o. KS Instrument Invent
ed by Delaney.

CHICAGO. Dec. 6.-Martin Delaney,
physical instructor at the c. A. A.. has
received word from Fred Ruben, secre-
tary of the National A. A. L., that his
improved ~javelin has been accepted by
the governing body Of amateur athletics
Delaney's javelIn has a reinforced
head with strips Of steel running from
the head III the shaft, This reinforce
ment prevents the shaft from breaking.
The javelin viii be known as the De-
laney iayelln.
The sun., 1918-12-07
CRESCENT FIVE WINS.
Beat the 4. y. =. Amphitrite Team
by d 10 10.

The Crescent Athletic Club five last
night defeated the team OF the United
States steamship Amphitrite in a one
sided basketball match by 81 to 1G.
Calder. the right forward OF the Cres-
cents. scored I goals, and Stewart, right
guard. accounted for six goals.
The point gamers OF the sailor team
were Jewell and Barmkow, the guards.
who made Ave goals between them. Each
Ave gained G points from fouls,
The sun., 1918-12-07

Snow Stops Hunting in -Four States.
The first snow recalls the fact that in
-FOUR States-New Jersey, Delaware, Vir-
sinia and Maryland 1unting Is prohibited
when snow Is on the round,
so Pound Cod Taken at Cholera hanks.
Frank sa!ler of The Bronx. fishing from
the Madeline s. at the Cholera Banks,
early this week caught a cod Weighing so
pounds.
Fifty Daily Bag Limit on Sora.
WASHINGTON, D.. c.. Dec. BY
amendment to the migratory bird treaty
act regulations, a daily bag limit has been
placed ON sora OF fifty birds.
last Day for Massachusetts Deer.
BOSTON. Mass. Dec. s--The deer sea-
son closes throughout Massachusetts, to-
morrow.
Seeing Things in Cold River Country.
In noting the letter 81 -. =. s." which
as an outcome Of a fifteen lays' deer hunt
In the cold River country ~ the Adiron
dacks describes to-day in Rod ana Gun the
death by starving or freezing in fore-Novem.
Der In the limited woods locality hunted over
or twenty-One or more deer; the devastation
by flooding through tho activities Of beaver
OF n wide area OF yardins grounds, with
consequent starvation Of many deer and
the doinGs Of . quintet Of sassy panthers,
instead OF resort!ng to f,ippancy and spec
toted let us be charitable and assume
that the misguided brother has had a
spun last over Ilsl 80 NblUf ~ ivan Will O.
the wisp and tina! he has been seeing
things. TAMARACK.
New York, Dec. 5.
Death Breaks an Annual Custom.
F. Gray Griswold OF the Union Club OF
this city, friend for many years OF W. c.
BosChen, writes In n l"LIer to Ernest
Windle, editor Of 'hH catalina Islander"
that never again viii the good people Of
Avalon assemble %" ~" wharf 10 hid god
speed to MIR. Boso.e0 at 'he end Of his
seasons fishing" This was an annual
custom. a tribute Of friendship for the
record holde~ % trc = -;rSt Swnrdhsh.
Mr. Griswoll Td.s W G. Boschen was,
in my opinion, the strongest and most ex-
pert fisherman Of tho giant fish OF the
ocean that ever held I rod,
He was 4 modest man, the hest OF
sportsm"n and stuunrhsst ~ friends.
His loss is Il great one to tho Tuna
Club. for his place cannot be filled.
His last wish was that his ashes should
be placed on the waters Of Catalina Chan
mel. for he mad great love for the mystery
OF the houndless blue Pacific ocean.
II feel sure that tie urrud tribe ~
%iphias gladius viii forget uud scores aui
welcome tho spirit Of their most intrepid
and gallant antagonist
How Far Can n Snake Jump
In a recent Issue Of II Sun =. II sid
ney OF Wakefield. Mass. makes the asser.
tion that "a blacksnake will make a sprina
The sun., 1918-12-07
MULDAUR A VICTOR.
Beats Elm In Glass II Billiard
Tourney.

Mark Muldaur, the veteran amateur
balk line player. registered his tlrst VIC
tory last night in the Glass b IS
tournament under the auspices of the
American Amateur Billiard Association,
when he defeated NJ. Elm by ESQ to 222
in n well played contest, .MuldauI
showed the best form he has displayed
up to date, n made a c~reditable aver
age OF 4. The score:
Pts. H.R. Ave.
Muldaur' ''''.'''''''' sev it-es
Elm ....s.. EII &c SbSbb
The sun., 1918-12-07
VICTORY FOR ST. JOHNS.
Defeat Newtown mt Basketball b,
ia to -.

beACa NG -. ~
Ia to -.
st. Johns Prep School defeated New
town High School last night at basket
ball on ~St~John's court by a score OF
% to IA. It was a fast n keenly con-
tested game throughout. At the end
Of the first half the Brooklyn lads were
only one point ahead. the score being
St Johns, s; Newtown. Z.
In the second period ST. Johns boys
displayed better teamwork n their
lightninglike plays tended to bewilder
the Long Island City players.
Louis Damico of st. Johns was the
star OF the game. He made five field
goals and six fouls. Platow played best
for Newtown. The lineup:
st. Johns go. Newtown 40.
Harris. ...... Right forward Platow
Damico.. .... Left forward 49,. .Treu
Newman ....... Centre ........ Fulgonie
Mulholland... Right guard .......Alcoon
Edine. ........ Left guard 80. McGrattan
Field goals-St. Johns: Damico 3. Edine
8. LAWYER. conway; Newtown: Platow 2.
Treu Z. Fouls-St. Johns; Damico s;
Newtown: Platow 4. Substitutes-St.
Johns: Lawler for Harris. Conway for
Newman, Durney for Mulholland; New
town: Delehanty for Alcoon, steward for
Delehanty. Referee-Mr. OBrien. st.
Johns.
The sun., 1918-12-07
ROD AND GUN NEWS

HIGH WATER FOR LOCAL ANGLERS FOR THE WEEK END
SANDY Hook PRINCES Jamaka Day Governors Wres New
ps P%ss ,, $ss%1 S5 ;S" ~ n !" 81 \; t%ss: PIX Az se'? 81 y f' AZ e f'f f?s!:
The sun., 1918-12-07
Prices Doubled.

Despite the fact hat the prices were
COUPLED. another capacity crowd thronged
the building when the point bursts
opened last evening.
With nine laps to go in the evenings
frst point burst the field started jockey
ing for position. 1t was not till four
more laps had beer covered, however,
that Lawrence was forced out front to
make pace. He in turn gave way to
BRENDA. The final lap drive saw Ray
Eaton come from the outside and nose
out Grenda and Magin. Points-Eaton
y, Grenda 5, Magin 4. Madden 3, Law
renee ? and Coburn /.
Hi came out of the pack -four laps
from home in the second sprint and
made a runaway race of It. Back OF
MIN there was a hot fight for position.
with second place going to Hanley and
Third position to Thomas
Eddie Madden showed his teeth in the
tnlrd sprint, coming up from fifth posi-
Won and riding the legs of the field In
ne last lap squirt. Despite his lightning
uaSn Eddie finished the squirt sitting up
with no Dupuy TO bother him McNa-
mara came out and captured the fourth
sprint in a driving finish from Cory
and Hill.
Masin had things easy In the fifth
sprint, nosing out Madden in the rush
,or the line. Coburn was half a wheels
length behind.
Near the end OF the sixth Berlin
ourst and the riders were sweeping the
"uIih venue embankment Weber
rubbed wheels with Mcnamara, who
was leading, and the two were hurled TO
us bottom Of the saucer Grenda could
wy swing wide, n he too came o
supper. All three were badly Jared. as
we lTIo were hitting up a tornado clip
a. tie time, 1t was in this crash thai
"eDers nose was fractured.
SPIN Mars sprint.
Directly after the spill Bello and
pupuy seized the opportunity of trying
" regain their lost ground. Bello, how.
Net had little speed and could gain
houlhg' Dupuy was so worn and spent
W MS previous exertlons his attempts AT
'prIhung seemed h~alf-hearted.
me order In the sixth sprint wat
ssorry 8. Halstead 5. Hanley 4, Kopsky
lAomas ?. There was no sixth. Just
Te'ore the seventh point burst some one
~ the gallery hurled q pop bottle al
se riders. Fortunately II did not hi
ny one The glass sprinkled the track
HIT " ana tne cycNbto ndu 10 rue
"sh up on the saucer TO escape pune
The track.
'ust before the seventh point sprint
nLalled Dupuy returned to the track. Al
No conclusion Of the sprint he started
~ ~ narassing tactics again. Working
seeher with Bello. Marcel shot peri
ny ny spirits into the field for the re
@euiuer OF the evening. TWicA DupuN
-ued a third Of a lap only to hay,
The sun., 1918-12-07
WEBER AND EATON
OUT OF BIKE RACE
accident in Berlin Sprint
Causes Them to Quit in
Homestretch.
MARIAN LEADS
Far Ahead Of Opponents, but
Grenda and Hill Are Run
ming Strong.
~NcNAMARA-MAGIN LEADS
rvo O'CLOCK SCORE.
BY GEORGE Il. UNDERWOOD.

Leader, Hanley. Record, 1880 miles. ano
no laps. made by Lawson ana Drooach
"a. 1914
The sun., 1918-12-07
Demaree n Free Agent.

In view of the rather timely and
valuable work done by Al Demaree last
season the announcement that he had
been Internationally released by the
Giants came as a surprise to the base
ball fans OF the metropolis. 1t seems
that the pitcher received notice of re-
lease some weeks i'm advance OF the
compulsory closing OF the season and Is
now a free agent. Demaree is at pres
ent in the employ of a Jersey shipbuild-
ing yard.
In view Of the fact that McGraw has
seventeen hurlers and no catchers to
speak OF II Is said he would like TO
trade a few moundsmen for II good
catcher or so, Lew McCarty is about
the only dependable catcher on the
Giant payroll and he was in bad shape
all last season from a broken leg.
The ominous silence in the direction
OF Louisville. Ky, is taken to mean
that Brown OF that city has decided not
TO be a candidate for president OF the
National League at the coming session
or that he is abou 10 start a strategic
campaign.
Ever since Nick Young stepped out
OF the presidency Of the National League
Brow has been an annual candidate,
and his platform has always been an
nounced In advance. His silence at the
present time may lay some significance.
The sun., 1918-12-07

The first serious injury TO a rider in
IA. six day bicycle race this year DC
cured late last night on the last lap OF
the sixth sprint. Mcnamara tried to
got through to the front and crashed
MO Fred weber's wheel. Botl riders
we're pitched down the banked track, and
il was found that Weber had fractured
his nose so badly that he will not be
sbls TO continue in the race His part
rer. Ray Eaton, has until ) O'Clock this
morning to find another teammate.
Weber was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Mcnamara escaped with a few
scratches. He and his mate, ~Magin,
won four Of the sprints last night and
are leading the field with $50 points
scored in the sprints. Madden and
CORY have 301 and Grenda and Hill
are third with 231
With zero hour shortly before mid
niEht, tonight. most good Judges of six
dsy bike racing expect Reggie Nc
Namara and Jake Magin will have
captured the Garden Grind of 1918.
Such a competent expert as Joe
Foeler, winner Of five Garden six day
races, looks for the experience and gen
eralship OF the veterans Al Grenda and
Freddie Hin to bring home the bacon.
Other railbirds are pinning their faith
on Madden and Cory. They have
watched Eddie nurse himself carefully
throughout the week apd look for him
% spring a coup in We death sprints
this evening.
McNamar a and Mngin Strong.
Mcnamara and Magin. however, have
ridden of the field throughout the week
and appear as fresh as any other two
riders in the race. From all indications
they should handle the field in the wind
up bursts tonight just as mastery as
they have in the point spurts through
out the week.. Magin is saddle sore and
Mcnamara will have to do the bulk
OF the sprinting.
Should the Dupuy-Bello team regain
another of their lost laps and get VI
even with the leaders Dupuy will be an
exceedingly dangerous rider in the final
speed sprees. Through his cyclonic
riding OF the last twenty-four hours,
however. the French ash undoubtedly
has sapped much of his W stamina
and vitality. He has worried and har-
assed the field. II is true. but because OF
his having to do $ much more ridine
than have the separate members OF the
NcNanara-Magin, Madden-Corry and
AIll-Grenda teams Marcel has given
away more energy than he has taken
from the other riders.
We're Tom Bello able to carry al
equal share of the burden things would
have been different. The best Belle
could do, however. was just keep plug
ging along. All the "gaff shooting and
furnishing riding had to be done by Du-
puy. II he gets In the sprints tonight
he will have to carry all the burden
himself. Bello is slower than the pro.
verbal cart horse.
After wearing the field down with his
series OF speed bursts on Thursday night
Dupuy went out early yesterday morn.
ing and resained one OF the needed two
laps to place the Dupuy-Bello team or
even terms with the eaders. Early las,
evening he started furnishing the field
again.
The sun., 1918-12-07
Fight One Man Board.

1t is said that Ban will demand q vote
OF confidence from the American League
in the form Of a resolution pledging that
organization to insistence on the reten-
ton Of a three headed commission az at
present. II Is known hat Johnson will
fight to n finish to prevent the appoint
ment of a one nan commission. and he
first desires to line UP his own ~organiza-
ton In support OF his programme.
1t Is also a we'll known fact that
Johnson never has overlooked i~nsubordi-
nation on the part of any OF the mag
mates in his league and 1t is limited hat
he will arrange some form of discipline
for Frazee, who had the hardihood TO
suggest that a one man commission
would be a better thing for organized
baseball than the three headed commits
sion Of which body Mr.. Johnson is a
member.
Mr.. Frazee is busy getting data to-
gether to prove that a majority OF per-
sons interested in the subject approved
of the suggestion OF Judge Taft as a
Supreme Court of baseball. and it is
said the Boston owner will give Johnson
n his allies a hot fight in the meeting.
The only question is how many Of the
club owners Johnson can line up for his
plan of keeping the three headed COM
mission in existence and Of di~sciplining
FraZee.
The sun., 1918-12-07
JOHNSON HERE TO
MEND HIS FENCES
Eludes Interviewers, but Is
Reported to Have Conferred
With Magnates.

Ban johnson. president OF the Ameri-
can League n a member of the Ma
tional Commission, arrived in his city
last night, but eluded the vigilance OF
interviewers and betook himself to a
secluded nook for a conference with
other American League officials.
II Is understood that Connie Mack OF
Philadelphia, Clark Griffith of Washing
ton. and one other American League
club owner Joined the American League
chief and that they had an extended
conference regarding the meeting OF the
league next Thursday in Chicago.
II. H. Frazee. president OF the Boston
club, was notified of the conference but
would not attend, as he and Mr.. johnson
are not or particularly cordial terms
since the Boston magnate suggested that
the present National Commission be
abolished and Judge Taft be placed at
the head Of the affairs of the national
game.
While the coyness OF Johnson made II
impossible to get n declaration from him
as to his intentions, information from
Chicago Is to the effect that he Ia here
TO lay plans to combat his enemies next
week in the American League c~onclave.
The sun., 1918-12-07

$1,000 WILL take my 3 passenger 1915
sport model Hudson; In perfect condition.:
extra tires. spot light, &c.. no sdealers.
Phono Columbus s54s, Mrs. LILLIAN ".
knoSls after s;2o p. 81.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-31
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-31
PRIVATE MILLER WRITES
OF VARIED EXPERIENCES
Now Serving With Infantry In France
But Was In Merchant Marine Be-
fore u. s. Engaged In War

Private w. T. Miller, U. S. army,
with the American expeditionary
forces, has written his father, Mr.. A.
II. Miller, of West Annapolis.
Private Miller has had varied ex-
perience. Before the United States
entered into hositilities he was serv-
ing with the Merchant marine. and
sighted U-boat off Malta, being later
chased by a submarine. He is MEM
Der of the Annapolis Co. M. of the 10th
infantry, and has seen active service
of which he writes in the following
letter recently received by his father:
II am writing a few lines to let
you know am all right Well. the
censorship is not as particular as 1t
used to be so / can tell you where
am and where have been. We were
in the lines until the armistice was
signed. We we're at Verdun then. We
went over the top the day before and
were supposed to go over again that
morning but we were relieved for
wonder. 1t seemed as though we
would never get relieved from that
front. And it was the worst one we
we're ever on. We were in two drives
at Verdun. The first one was bear.
| never thought would come out alive
but here / am, well and feeling fine,
and hoping to get home soon. There
are all kinds of rumors about us going
home Some say we'll be home by
Christmas and some say we will be
here for a couple of months yet. l
wouldn't be surprised if they did keep
us over here for two or three months.
That would be just my luck. Well, /
will close for this time Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year"