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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
STARS OF WRESTLING WORLD .S.;i
BECOMING GREAT SPECIALISTS
Stecher Zbyszko and Lewis Each Has
One Hold on Which He Relies
Almost Exclusively.

severe one he has managed to win
all of his engagements. His opponents
in these matches. however. have been
of only mediocre caltber. and il is GER
tain that when he meets SteCher. Cad
dock or Zbyszko he viii insist upon
the head Jock being permitted, FOR
without it he is not al his best.
Following the lead of the big fellows
many of the lesser lights of the gam"
have become specialists in the various
holds A majority OF them essay the
use of the head lock, but their efforts
to apply it are laughable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

Three teams in the National Capital
League have been making brilliant
record during the second half of the
season. Maroons. Palace and Grand
Centrals have set n clip in the last two
months that cause them to stand out
among the other clubs. While the In
glesides. earlier in the year. looked as
if they were going to come through
with n championship, splendid rolling
by the three CUNTS before mentioned
has pulled them out of first place on
two occasions. MaroonS have won
twelve of their last sixteen games Pal
ace has captured twenty-four of the
last JWenty-eight rolled by it and
Grand Centrals have COPIED twenty
two out of thirty. Maroons and Palace
are right in the running with Ingle-
sides ard National Capitals for tire pen
naut. and Grand Centrais have an out
side chance to cop the bunting.
Acmes are leading the Washington City
Tenpn League, having won AZ games and
lost IS. Interior is second. just one full
game back Of the leaders. Several players
in the league have attained averages
higher than $50. Harry Krauss, Chaplin,
Ryerson, Miller. McKnew, Thomas, Barber,
Lutkahaus. Allison and Bowsher are the
men with figures above that mark Krauss
is top player with 1892
Standing of the teams and averages:
WASHINGTON CITY TENPIN LEAGUE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
BY BILLY EVANS.

Some years ago, when Christy Mathew
son was in his prime, friend of mine
saw him pitch game at the Polo
Grounds, in New York It was the first
time he had ever seen Mathewson in &C
ton. For years he had been reading
about the star of the Giants. and his many
marvellous feats of pitching. That after
noon Matty pitched one of the sort OF
games that were peculiar to him. He
allowed the opposition nine hits, but SCOT
ed shut-out over Chicago, to o.
That evening my friend dropped asound
to my hotel l was umpiring at the
Yankee park, the two clubs having sew
eral conflicting dates. l knew my friend
had gone to see Mathewson and was rath-
er eager to hear his impressions of the
New York star also knew Matty would
have to do a lot of wonderful work to
satisfy Since New York scored shut
out, it would be logical to suppose
Mathewson came up to expectations, but
such was far from being the case
well, / suppose you are satisfied. now
that you have seen Mathewson in action.
remarked HE must have been at his
best. | see the Giants beat the CUBS
to o. Some pitcher. that fellow.
II didn't have much chance to en-
thuse" was the reply. He scored d
shut-out, true enough. but can't say he
gave very remarkable exhibition OF
pitching Seemed TO me he was awful
lucky The Cubs made nine hits, and
those Giant outfielders covered lot of
ground in taking care OF about dozen
fly balls between them. Two or three
times the bases were filed, and on half
dozen occasions a base hit would have
put the Cubs in the running, but some
how when they needed a base hit there
was nothing doing. A weak roller to the
infield or pop fly was invariably the re-
suit
Unknowingly, my friend has summed
up the reason for MathewSon's great
ness in the last sentence: When the
Cubs needed a base hit there was MOTH
ing doing
In the pinch Mathewson was the mas
ter He cared not how many base hits
the opposition made. if these base hits
had no direct bearing on the result.
Mathewson pitched to win. Unlike
many pitchers. he preferred to win a
game to s, in which the opposition
made fifteen hits Off his delivery, than
lose a game 2 to l in which he allowed
only five hits. The question of score or
hits never gave Mathewson any concern
in the final result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Yale Swimmers Win Title.

PRINCETON, n. j, March 1s.-Yafe's
swimming team won the Intercol-
legiate League championship here to-
day by defeating Princeton 80 to tc3.
The New Haven swimmers also defeat
ed Princeton at water polo. 16 to s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

Specialization. which has extended TO
SO many of the professions, the arts
and the sciences. finally has crept into
wrestling, with the result that three
of the four leading opponents of the
mat game at the present time are
strictly one-hold grapplers. Joe Stecher
relies exclusively on the body scissors,
Wledek Zbyszko on the toe hold. Stran-
sler Lewis on the head lock. Earl Cad
dock alone is equally proficient in many
holds. and though he shows a marked
preference for the head scissors ac
complishes not a few victories with
other grips. He is the nearest APP
proach to the old masters of the sport
who had their favorite holds but who
were not solely dependent upon those
holds to bring about the submission of
their opponents.
Stecher was the first to spring into
prominence as a specialist on the mat.
His scissors hold was a distinct novelty
when he first introduced it. and he was
very successful in his application of it
for the reason that no adequate defense
for it was known to the men he met.
The Nebraska farm boy has marvel
Gus pair of legs. the power in them, it
IS said, being sufficient to crush pack
ing boxes and similar articles of sturdy
construction. For a time he seemed to
be invincible. but his rivals. at least
those in the front rank of the Crap
ping brigade. have devised an assort-
ment of defenses for the scissors, and
Joe now finds it extremely difficult to
entwine his sinewy legs about the
forms of the other coptenders for the
title. Lewis in two matches with
Stecher prevented Joe from fastening
the scissors on him by the simple ex-
pedlent of forcing the Nebraskan's legs
apart with a quick arm movement In
the Garden ring recently Zbyszky dou-
bled his legs tightly under his body
ing it virtually Impossible for Stecher
TO work his knees into the Poles sides.
whenever Joe seemed in a fair way to
apply the hold Zbyszky struggled to his
Ieet and Stecher toppled backward to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

Frank Dubbs of Shamokin, Pa, who ac-
companied the Giants to the training camp
at Marlin, was at one time a pitcher in
the old Pennsylvania League and later
was an umpire in the Atlantic League.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

Horace Milan of the Washington team
now is taking a course of instruction at
the naval aviation station at Charles
ton, 5. C. He has not been in the air
as yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17


Here are the rules which governed the
classifications last year and the fees, from
which there is not likely to be any great
deviation this season:
"Any bowler not a member of duckpin
team who wishes to get into the fold can
do so by paying so cents per year dues
to the City Association. An Individual
must be associated the same as club
in order to enjoy the privileges Of the
tournament. He can then place his entry
for singles. or doubles, with any other
bowler who is registered (either indi-
vidually or by club. Several of the ten
pin bowlers contemplate this as we'll as
those duckpin bowlers who are not COM
peting in league
Regularly organized tenpin teams or
any congenial five not already affiliated
with a duckpin league can compete in
the tournament by paying the required
dues (S2).
Class A will be their dividing line for
all events. Such teams will be given due
consideration, however, by the board OF
governors.
classification for all teams will be
made from the five high men on entry
blank Should a club have roster of
eight men they will be allowed to pick
fill the desired quota of the No. team.
their individual averages making the
team average. A three-man league will
be granted the same privilege. Such
teams however, will be passed upon by
the committee The additional 81 dues
will be required in both cases.
"All clubs must be affiliated with the
association in order to compete in this
coming tournament The dues are 81
per club per year. If any club has
roster of ten more men and desires
to bowl their team as No. / and No.
it will cost the No. 2 team 81 also. If
not, they can bowl the best five ttwo
Substitutes being allowed), and enter
all of its members in the doubles and
singles under the one registration CD
Here is the schedule in the Improved
Order of Odd Fellows League for the
remainder of the season:
Metropolis IS. Harmony. Monday, March is.
Beacon ~. Eastern. Tuesday. March 10.
Amity vs.. Central. Wednesday. March 20.
Metropolis IS. Eastern, Monday. March %.
Amity vs. Beacon. Wednesday. March 81.
Harmony IS; Amity, Monday, April l..
Metropolis Heacon. Wednesday. April 3,
Harmony Eastern, Monday. April s.
Central IS. Beacon. Tuesday. April 8.
Metropolis Amity. Wednesday. April 10.
Beacon VS.. Harmony. Tuesday April 16.
Metropolis vs. Central. Wednesday, April II.
Eastern vs.. BEACON, Tuesday. April os
Central IS. Anty, Wednesday, April 20.
skinny" Carroll led the Navy. No. ..
Commissioners Friday night in the De-
partmental League, topping 107, 40 and
l "5 pins for Il set of 352. Scores of the
match:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

Harry Wolter, who did not sign the con-
tract sent to him by the Cubs is working
in the oil fields near Bakersfield, Cal The
contract that the Cubs sent him called for
reduction of $1,000. Wolter says that he
VIII stay out on the coast this summer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
BASE BALL BRIEFS.

Harry Frazee, owner of the Red Sox.
will retain the veteran Billy Murray. He
will be engaged as the clubs scout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

1t may be a case Of "Magee singled and
scored Magee" in the reports of games
played by the Reds next summer. Matty
now has Lee Magee and Sherwood Magee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Hailed With Enthusiasm.

The plan was hailed with enthusiasm
when it was posted on the club bulie-
tin board, and there was a rush to enter
the tournament. Just watch me now
was the burden of every conversation
at the nineteenth hole and elsewhere;
IF l can take all my bum drives over
again without losing stroke I'll win
this old medal in walk, and so on,
and so on indefinitely Even the MEM
hers of the committee got worked up
and began to wonder what sort of freak
scores would be turned in.
But. strange as it may seem. the
scores were not appreciably affected.
There was so much latitude for choice
that the same old human element that
made the large majority of these men
high handicap golfers kept them from
utilizing their privilege of taking a
poor stroke over again to the best ad-
vantage.
The very lack of judgment or ability
to control their nerves which prevented
them from being star golfers stepped
in a critical moments and made them
play many a stroke over when it turned
out to be to their disadvantage to do so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

The White Sox may start the season
with Weaver at short and McMullin on
third. Charley Risberg will lie carried as
a pinch hitter and utility infielder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

Howard Ehmke. the Tigers twirler who
enlisted at Los Angeles, has been assigned
to a submarine base Ehmke is so long
that a special hammock had to be made
for him so that he can recline comfortably
at night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
CONSERVATION Is THE SECRET
OF MATIEWSONS BIG SUCCESS
Christy Usually Easy to Hit With No One
On, AS He Saved His Good Stuff
for the Pinches.

shown him some new stuff. something the
Coast League pitchers had never IN
corked.
Mathewson had world of stuff when
at his best. He had master brain to
use his natural ability to its greatest ad-
vantage. For sixteen years he was the
mainstay of the New York Giants pitch
heard Johnny Evers say of Mathewson:
That fellow makes you earn your way
to first base. He is one pitcher | seldom
tried to wait out His control was too
good. Any time you tried to get him in
the hole he usually turned the trick on
you l made it a point to pick out the
good one and trust to luck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

Pitcher Jim Bagby of the Indians is a
holdout. Last season Bagby was the
leading slab artist of the team
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17
Save Money on Your
Safety Razor Blades.

Don't throw your dull ones away.
Bring them in to US. We sharpen
them with an electric machine, Civ
ing them new. lasting edges. Charges
very low.
RUDOLPH & WEST CO.,
1882 N. Y. Ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

It's hard enough for a lot of
teams that carry dead wood in {
their line-ups, but the Stenog-
raphers are winning despite the
fact that they are anchortng with
a Livingstone.
The Dolores star., 1918-11-29

Within ten minutes after an appf,
cation of DanderIne you can not find
single trace Of dandrufr or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch. but what
will please you most will be after few
weeks use, when you see new hair. fine
and downy at first-yes-but really
new hair-growing all over the scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou.
bles the beauty OF your hair. No diff.
ference how dull, faded. brittle and
scraggy. just moisten a cloth with DaL
derine and carefully draw it through
your hair. taking one small strand at
time. The effect Is amaZing-your haii
will be light. fluffy and wavy. and have
an appearance Of abundance; an In
comparable lustre. softness and luxu-
rance.
Get a small bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine for few cents at any drug
store or toilet counter. ana prove that
your hair is as pretty and soft as any
that 1t has been neglected or injured
by careless treatment-that's all-you
surely can have beautiful hair and lots
of 1t If you will Just try little Dan
derine.-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1918-11-29

objective lay east of the head Of the
Mas proper, where amid a wild tangle
of mountains and mountain torrents
three turbulent rivers, the Stikine, the
Skeena and the Mas, took their rise.
A God-forsaken region, he told her,
where few white men had penetrated.
The peaks fllrted with the clouds, and
their sides were Scared with glaciers.
A lonesome. brooding land, the home
of vast and seldom-broken silence.
But there's all kinds of game and
fur in there" Bill remarked thought
fully. "And gold. Still, it's fierce
country for man to take his best girl
into. I don't know whether I ought
to tackle It,"
1--WE couldn't be more isolated than
we are here" Hazel argued, "lf we
We're in the Arctic. Look at that poor
woman at Pelt House. Three babies
born since she saw doctor or another
woman Of her own color! What's q
winter by ourselves compared to that.
And she didn't think 1t so great
hardship. Don't you worry about me,
Mr.. Bill. I think It will be fun. I'm
real pioneer at heart. The wild
places look good to me-when you're
along"
She received her due reward for
that, and then, the long twilight hav-
Ing brought the hour to lateness that
The Dolores star., 1918-11-29
CHAPTER x.
En- Route.

Long since Hazel had become aware
that whatsoever her husband set about
doing he did swiftly and with inf,ex-
ible purpose. There was no malinger-
ing or doubtful hesitation. Once his
mind was made up. he acted. Thus.
upon the third day from the land stalk
ing, they bore away eastward from the
clearing, across trackless area, trav-
cling by the sun and Bill's knowledge
Of the country.
"Some day there'll be trails blazed
through here by pa:ernal govern
ment," he laughed over his shoulder,
"for the benefit Of the public. But we
don't need 'em. thank goodness"
The buckskin pony Hazel had
bought for the trip in with Limping
George ambled sedately under a pack
containing bedding. clothes and light
shelter tent The black horse. Niger.
he Of the cooked ear and the rolling
The Dolores star., 1918-11-29

most natural thing in the world. And
when we so out to mix with our fellow
humans we want to meet them on
terms Of worldly equality. Which is
to say with good clothes on. and fat
bank roll in our pocket. And last, but
not least, old girl, while love to loaf,
can only loaf about so long in con-
tentment. Sabe? I've got to be doing
something; whether 1t was profitable
was action"
"I sabe, as you call It," Hazel smiled.
"Of course I do. Only lazy people like
to loaf all the time. love this place.
and we might stay here for years and
be satisfied. But"
"But we'd be better satisfied to stay
II we knew that we could leave 1t
whenever we wanted to-" he inter
rupted. That's the psychology OF the
human animal, all right. We don't like
to be coerced, even by circumstances"
"If you made lot Of money mining,
we could travel-One could do lots Of
things" she reflected. II don't think
L u Ntlit W liNC Ill q Sily uSufA- oot
it would be nice to 60 there, some
times"
Yes, dear girl. 1t would" Bill
agreed. "With chum to help you en-
joy things. We can do things together
that couldn't do alone, and you
couldn't do alone. Remains only to get
the wherewithal. And since I know
how to manage that with a minimum
amount Of effort, I'd like to be about
1t before somebody else gets ahead of
me. Though there's small chance of
that"
EVEN be partners" said she. "How
will we divide the profits, Blllumr"
"Well split even,' he declared.
'That Is, I'll make the money, and
you'll spend it."
They chuckled over this conceit, and
as the dusk closed in slowly they fell
to planning the details. Hazel lit the
lamp, and in Its yellow glow pored
over maps while Bill idly sketched
their route on a sheet Of paper. His
The Dolores star., 1918-11-29

eye, carried in a pair of kyaks six
weeks supply of food. Bill led the
way. seconded by Hazel on easy-gaited
Silk. Behind her trailed the pack
horses like dogs well broken to heel.
patient under their heavy burdens. on
in the east the sun was barely clear
Of the towering Rockies, and the
woods were still cool and shadowy.
full Of aromatic odors from plant and
tree.
There was no monotony in the pass
ing days. Rivers barred their way.
These they forded or swan, or ferried
makeshift raft of logs. as seemed
most fit. Haps and mishaps alike they
accepted with an eQuable spirit and
the true philosophy Of the trail-to
take things as they come. When rain
deluged them. there vas always shell
ter to be found and fire to warm them.
II the flies assailed too f1ercely,
smudge brought easement of that Ill.
The Dolores star., 1918-11-29
SPANISH INFLUENZA
Do Not Fear When Fighting
aGerman or a Germ!
By DIR. M. COOK.
BY DIR. NJ. COOK.

The cool fighter always wins ard 50
there is no need to become panic
stricken. Avoid fear and crowds. Ex-
ercise in the fresh air and practice the
three c's: A Clean Mouth. Clean
Skin and Clean Bowels. To carry on
the poisons that accumulate within tho
body and to ward of an attack Of the
Influenza bacillus. take a good liver
regulator to move the bowels. Such :
one Is made up of May-apple. leaves OF
aloe. root Of jalap, and is to be had
at any drug store, and called "Pleasam
Purgatlve Pellets"
If a bad cold develops. 60 to bed. wrap
up well. drink freely of hot Lemonade
and take a hot mustard foot-batn'
Have the bedroom warm but well ven
tilated. Obtain at the nearest drug
store "Anuric Tablets" to flush tho
kidneys and control the pains anu
aches. Take an "Anuric" tablet ever
two hours, together with copious drinu
Of lemonade. II true case Of innu'
enza. the food should be simple. such 81
broths, milk. buttermilk and ice-cream;
but 1t is important that food be gi'n
regularly In order to keep up patien.s
strength and vitality. After the acu!'
attack has passed, which is generaiv
from three to seven days, the systsm
should be built up by the use Of sooo
Iron tonic, such as "Irontic" tablets y
be obtained at some drug stores 9
that well known blood-maker ~
herbal tonic made from roots and DeID
Of forest trees-sold everywhere as'1
pisrce's Golden Medical Discovsry.
The Dolores star., 1918-11-29

Each day was something more than
mere toll Of so many miles traversed.
The unexpected. for which both were
eager-eyed, lurked on the shoulder Of
each mountain, In the hollow Of every
cool canyon, or met them boldly in
the open, naked and unafraid.
Bearing up to where the Nachaco
debouches from Fraser lake, with a
Hudson's bay fur post and an Indian
mission on its eastern fringe, they
came upon blazed line in the scrub
timber. Roaring Bill pulled up. and
squinted away down the narrow lane
fresh with az marks.
SWELL" said he. II wonder what's
coming of now? That looks like q
survey line Of some sort. It isn't a
trail-too wide. Let's follow 1t a
while.
"Ill bet a nickel" he asserted next,
''that's railroad survey"
Half an hour Of easy jogging set the
seal Of truth on his assertion. They
came upon a man squirting through
brass instrument set on three legs,
directing, with alternate wavings of
his outspread hands. certain activi-
ties Of other men ahead Of him.
"Well, I'll be" he bit OFF the SEN
tence, and stared a moment in frank
astonishment ut Hazel. Then he took
of his hat and bowed. "Good morn
Ing" he greeted politely.
Sure" Bill grinned. 1--WE have
mornings like this around here all the
Ame. What all are you fellows doing
In the wilderness. anyway RailroadT
"Cross-section work for the G. T.
P," the surveyor replied.
"Huh." Bill grunted. "Is it dead
cInch. or is 1t something that may pos
sibly come to pass In the misty fu-
tureT
"As near cinch as anything ever
is," the surveyor answered. "Construc-
ton has begun-at both ends. I
thought the few white folks in this
country kept tab on anything as i'm
portant as a new railroad"
"We've heard lot, but none Of 'em
has transpired yet; not in my time.
anyway" Bill replied dryly. "How-
ever, the world keeps on moving. I've
heard more or less talk of this, but
didn't know 1t had got past the talking
stage. What's their Pacific terminal?"
"Prince Rupert-new town on n ne.
ninsula north of the mouth of the
Skeena," said the surveyor. "It's a
rush job all the way through, believe.
Three years to spike up the last rail.
And that's going some for transcon.
tinental road. Both the Dominion and
B. O. governments have guaranteed
the company's bonds away up into mil
lions"
"Be great thing for this country
say. where does 1t cross the Rockies?
what's the general route7 Bill
asked abruptly.
"Goes over the range through Vel
lowhead pass. From here It follows
the Nachaco to Fort George, then up
the Fraser by Tete Juan Cache,
through the pass, then down the Ath-
abasca till 1t switches over to strike
Edmonton"
"Uh.huh," Bill nodded. zone Of the
modern lnbors OF Hercules. Well,
we've got to peg. So long"
"Our camps about I'VE miles ahead.
Better stop In and noon," the surveyor
invited. "if it's on your road"
'"Thanks. Maybe we wii,." Bin 70
turned.
The surveyor n'tsd his hat. with
The Dolores star., 1918-11-29
LURE OF HIDDEN GOLD CALLS "R0ARING BILL" AND
HAZEL INTO THE WILDERNESS

snopss-Mss Hazel Weir Granville
Ontario Is placed under cloud by which
entirely bne To from the grounds gossip that
her position schooeache
wild of British Columbia. There
Roaring Bill" Wagstaf
her
She wanders until night when reaches Roaring
In woods promises
Is compelled the night
woods all taking
the cabin that hope
spring. During
tells
him. but she
for Granville but
and decided to him. Roaring Bill" overjoyed
sether they travel Hudson bay
The Dolores star., 1918-11-29
Have 4 Clear Skin.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet soap and assist 1t now and then
by touches of Cuticura Ointment to
soften. soothe and heal. For free
samples address "Cuticura. Dept. x,
Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap 25, Ointment rs AVID D~Adv.