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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-09
GRID BATTLES OVERSEAS
Title Series Started to Decide
Championship of Army of
Occupation.

COBLENZ. Thursday, February T.
Foot ball teams representing the 4th
Corps and the I'd and 4th Divisions won
the first series of games TO decide the
championship OF the army of occu-
patton. The final game in the series
will be played in Paris some time next
next spring. The 4th Corps defeated
the Sd Division, the 4th Division took
the 42d Division into camp and the
I'd Division beat the 1st all the
scores being the same, to 0.
The 4th Division team is made up
of officers. many of whom were forme r
college stars. On the teams roster
were Maj. Prickett, Lieut.. Col.
Sibert, Maj Coffin and Maj. Little
john of West Point. Capt. Hamilton
Fish and Lieut.. Thatcher Of Harvard.
Lieut.. Allen of Yale, Lieut.. BeIden of
North Carolina A. and NJ, Maj. Ten
ney of Brown and Capt. Henning of
the Michigan Aggies and Lieut.
Moriarty of Georgetown, as well as
two enlisted men. Sergt Ward of
Georgetown and Sergt. Dunn OF
Bethany College, W. Va.
Capt. Brooks of Colgate was coach
for the I'd Division team, which was
made up largely of enlisted men.
Capt. Luth of Annapolis, Md, play
ing with the 4th Corps, suffered a
broken leg. This was the only cas-
ua1ty OF the day.
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oovELEsKIE's CONSECUTIVE WINNING RECORD.

Sixteen American League pitchers
compiled eighteen winning streaks of
FIVE or more games, Sam Jones with
seven game streak, and also one of
five, with Jim Shaw of the Nationals.
who had two winning streaks of five
games each. being the only hurlers
having two winning streaks.
Sam Jones defeated every club in
the circuit while running up his first
string of wins. He began winning on
June rs by defeating the Yankees.
and his streak was stopped on July
rs, when he made a second effort to
down the White Sox. Jones jumped
away upon another winning streak on
August IA, this one being halted by
the schedule bringing the season to a
close.
Shaw's first began July &c and was
ended on August Ii by the Tigers.
But four days later Jim came right
back and started another streak
which had gone five games when the
season. stopped him.
Herbert ThormahIen of the Yam
KEGS, Harry Harper of the Nationals
and Sam Jones of the Red Sox were
runners up" to Coleleskie. each win
ming seven straight. The showing of
Thormahlen was a trifie superior, in
asmuch as he worked in 81, innings.
while Harper figured in 50 and Jones
in only 81.
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NEW OWNER OF BRAVES
AT ONE TIME A NEWSBOY

George Washington Grant. who was
game enough to buy the Boston
Braves, may be dubbed the Dick
Wilmington of base ball. He will not
take the same place in history as the
famous lord mayor of London, but his
rise in the world has been no less
spectacular. From newsboy in Gin
cinnati to the owner of a chain of
moving picture houses in London and
National League base ball franchise
is far cry. One never tires of hear
ing about the men who pull them
selves up by their own bootstraps.
Success is not always measured by
the length and breadth of a bank ac-
count, but here is a man who ran a
few pennies into affluence with a base
ball club as a plaything, and by the
very power of his far-sightedness and
enterprise.
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NOTES OF GOLF AND GOLFERS.

Bobby Jones and Perry Adair-will be
greatly enhanced il he discovers any
youngsters at his new job with the
ST. Louis Country Club like the trio
named Maiden is given. by golfers
generally. the greatest credit for the
development of the we'll rounded
games of these three wonderful young
players and probably will be the mos,
sought-after pro in America, if. with
In the next two or three years, he I'M
covers some youthful phenom equal to
any of the three southern kid" play
erS
Washington's first real snowstorm OF
the present winter yesterday failed to
keep golfers off the local courses. Out
at Chevy Chase there were two dozen
players out, heartened by the early
morning sun that had almost COM
pletely melted the snow, and at CO.
lLmbia there were as many out. Al
the Washington Golf and Country
Club more than thirty players were
out, and although the going was a
little muddy, particularly on the well
trampled winter tees, the golf on the
whole was not unsatisfactory.
Louis Teller, French pro golfer, one
of the smallest pros in the country
win hold the professional job at the
Brae Burn Country Club, where the
open championship will be played this
year.
Tender by the Fox Hills Club to the
Professional Golfers Association OF
America for the open championship of
the association has been announced.
The tournament probably will be held
late In August.
Baltimore golf officials are planning
a concerted agitation for the award
OF the national amateur championship
to the Baltimore Country Club next
year. Another bid was received from
Sterling Edmunds of st. Louis. AL
though the Baltimore Country Club is
a good one and the tournament should
be held in the south at some time in
the near future. Washington golfers
during the past few years were in
clined to scout the theory that the U.
S. G. A. will award the championship
to club possessing a course of such
comparative mediocrity. The Balti-
more Country Club course is an inter-
esting and a difficult one for the or
binary player, but is not thought to be
fitted to provide rigorous tests of
championship players.
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OLD CREW OF COACHES
TO STICK TO CORNELL

With the reorganization of the
Cornell crew coaching system, Charles
e. Courtney becomes head coach of
the Navy; John Heyle. the veteran
boat builder and up to 1916 the
assistant of the old man, returns.
and John Collyer remains as associate
coach, with the understanding that he
will help out in the month before the
racing season.
Upward of rs men have so far regis
tered for the varsity eight. while
more than 100 freshmen have signi-
fed their intention of trying for the
first year crew. Registration VIII
continue until all undergraduates
who want to row, either in inter
collegiate or competition, have been
accommodated and can be assigned to
regular practice schedule.
The athletic association hopes 10
schedule two races for the varsity
eight this spring, one to be rowed on
Cayuga Lake on spring day. in May,
the other to take place on the same
course on the third Saturday in June,
Negotiations to secure opponents TOT
these two races are now under way;
Princeton, Yale. Columbia, Penn ana
Harvard are among the crews Cornei
men would like to meet.
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Jinx Stopped Harper.

Harry Harper undoubtedly would
have equaled the Jones showing and
probably would have eclipsed the per-
Torrance of Coveleskie If he hadn't
encountered an unrelenting jinx when
making two assaults upon the "strea k
busting" Browns
After whipping the Indians. Tigers.
White Sox, Yankees, Athletics once
each and the Red Sox twice, Harper
tackled the Browns. He was hopefui
of making it eight in a row and gar
nering complete collection of
scalps by adding that of the Brownies
to his string And then the jinx got
busy.
Harper went after the Browns on
July 6-for his eighth straight. The
Nationals piled up a flock of runs be-
hind him in the first two innings and
the score in the third was to 8 in
favor of Harper's crew. Clark Grif-
nth. figuring the game was ION ice.''
sent Harper to the bench for a rest
and chased a relief pitcher to the
mound And the Browns pounded
him SO successfully that they nosed
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DENNIS MURPHY DEAD.
Famous Fight Fan Once Was Back
or of John L. Sullivan.

BOSTON. February s.-Dennis Muir
ply, known to practically every old
time" boxing man in the country and
famous as the hacker of John L. Sui
livan a quarter of century ago, is
dead at the Soldiers Home, Chelsea.
Murphy was hacker also for a number
of other famous fighting men, num-
bering among them George Dixon.
Dick o'Brien and Mike Ears. For the
past twenty years he was one OF the
expert timekeepers. His iast ACTIVITY
IN the game, which ended number OF
years ago, was in timing matches at
leading local clubs.
Murphy, popularity known as Little
Dennie" because of his mooest stature.
enlisted in the Navy when the clvii
war broke out and served on the u.S.S
Powhatan. Neptune and saratoga
After the war he engaged In the nquor
business In the north end. Where he
was born. He was nearly eighty years
old He belonged to the Eagles. the
Elks and many other organizations.
He leaves q wife and 9 son. faui
Murphy, who has been in the Navy
and is now on his way home from Key
Vest. ~, =
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Extension of the course of the
Washington Golf and Country Club by
the lengthening of two of the holes
is being contemplated by club officials.
It is understood that negotiations are
now under way by the club to acquire
ia strip OF property adjacent to the
clubhouse which probably will be
used. for the present at any rate, in
iengthening one of the holes near the
end of the present course.
Play on the new eleventh green
spring of 1920. although the greens
committee is making every effort to
have the new green fit for play by
the middle of next summer The new
eleventh green. by the way, will be
one of the justly famous Taylor
greens, modelled after plans success
fully developed by Taylor of Philadel-
phia and modified for present purposes
by Dr. James T. McClenahan, chair
man of the greens committee, and
Profs Piper and Oakley of the De-
pa rtment of Agriculture. whose adj
vice has been valuable to all greens
committees in and about the District
as to manner of building greens, dis
tributing seed and planting.
DIR. McClenahan believes that the
new eleventh hole, when finished, will
be one of the finest two-shot holes
about the city. The plan as at pres
ent contemplated is to partially fill in
the gully in which the present green
is located and to enable the player
whose second shot is short to pitch UP
to the elevated green. That the hole
will be a hard one for the par of
is the opinion of nearly all players OF
the club, who believe that the present
eleventh is a long hole and difficult
one. For the long hitter, the present
hole is quite easy, however, as his
pitch shot cannot miss the green II
hit hard enough, but the short driver
must be very accurate to get a half
with the long player.
The prestige gained by Stewart
Maiden, the diminutiye Scot in charge
of the course of the Atlanta Athletic
Club. who discovered and developed
the games of three Of Americas great
est golf prodigies-Alexa Stirling.
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BLUE RIDGE WILL START
Club Owners of Mountain League
Are Reported Ready to Re-
sumo Playing.

HAGERSTOWN, Md, February s.
First steps toward launching the Blue
Ridge League for the coming season
were taken here when local base bal
moguls gathered in conference and
discussed plans for putting win
ming team in Hagerstown. At the
close of the conference it was an
nounced that the Hagerstown Base
Ball Association has a good balance
in bank and sufficient to give the
club a good start.
The local magnates now are busy
seeking an acting head for the or
ganiZation Col. J. c. Roulette, who
for several years piloted the club in
the capacity of president, will be
unable to be at the helm this year,
due to i'll health His successor win
be announced in a few days.
Along with the announcement that
Hagerstown has started plans for
professional base ball in 1919 comes
word that Chambersburg will fall in
line and join Hagerstown, Frederick
and Martinsburg in forming the, cir
cult Base ball men in the Pennsyl-
vania city have started the ball roll
ing, and there is every indication that
the Maroons will be represented when
the time comes to open the season.
Frederick should be represented on
the base ball map this summer. The
war is over and now is the time to
open up sporting activities. Thus
spoke Mayor Lewis H. F'raley of Fred
erick in discussing the outlook for
base ball in 1919. Martinsburg has
announced it's readiness to join the
proposed circuit and now is waiting
for some official action on the part
of the league officials.
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Handles Billiard Champion
to Train Disabled Soldiers

George Sutton, Chicago. vet
cram "handIess" billiard ehnm-
piop, is TO volunteer his services
to the government as an in
strucfor in hospitals of dfsablrd
soldiers. sutton, referred to ms
the "miracle man. OF the bill
lard world, is preparing his
personal affairs TO undertake
the work.
sutton, who lost both hands In
n sawmilI accident when eight
years old, In pointed to as a
clear illustration of what can
be accomplished by seIf-deter-
minatfon, sutton dresses him
self, plays championships bill
lizards, drives his motor car,
plays goifs and In able to write.
81 am confident that I can be
OF aid to soldiers who have lost
their hands, sutton said.
t'Those men need mental advice
~ well as Instruction, have
been through the mill and can
teach them TO again become
rs-sil cisi-ers."
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VIRGINIA LEAGUE MAY START
WITH A FOUR-CLUB CIRCUIT

| RICHMOND, Va, February s.
Within the last few days, with the
advent of more or less open weather,
there has been a revival of base ball
talk in this city, and now it is an
nounced that a meeting of the owners
of franchises in Newport News, Ports
mouth and Norfolk, in addition to
Richmond, will confer here the COM
ing week relative to operating a
four-club league. The salary limit
proposed is $1,000, and if the circuit
is arranged as indicated travel will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-09
OUIMET AND GARDNER
In BIG GOLF JOURNEYS

Lieut.. Francis Ouimet, the former
open golf champion, and Lieut.. Rob-
ert Gardner. the national amateur
champion of 1909 and 1915, have been
mustered out of service and will COM
pete in the big golf tournaments that
will be staged this year. Ouimet re-
ceiyed his discharge the other day.
Gardner, was mustered out at Camp
Dodge.
Gardner has seen active service on
the other side. His regiment. the
3osth Field Artillery, trained at Camp
Dodge and sailed for France early
last summer Gardner will probably
represent the Oakland Country Club
III the future.
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BASE BALL ON THE INSIDE
n WITH BILLY EVANS
Being His Opinions on Interesting Features and
SdeEghts of the National Game.
WITH BILLY EVANS

They say in base ball that one star
player won't make a ball club. but it
IS surprising what one brilliant per-
former means TO club. A year ago
Cleveland was held up as an exam
pie The coming of Speaker was cited.
He made a good ball club strong
pennant contender. 1 think the sea
son Of 1918 offered an even greater
evidence of the truth that one sure
enough star Is a wonderful asset.
I refer to Babe Ruth of the Boston
Americans. Prior to the opening of
the 1918 season Ruth was regarded as
p great southpaw pitcher, who could
nected. American League pitchers
didn't pay any particular attention to
Ruth when he came to bat He WAS
not placed in the Cobb. Speaker. Col
Inns class of hitters- No pitcher re-
sorted to strategy when Ruth was up.
They made no attempt to pitch to his
weakness They didn't figure he would
do much damage unless he got a ball
10 his liking. Most of them rather ex-
peCted Butn would take three heatthy
swings and retire rather than come
through with base hit
When the Boston Americans took the
field in 1918 the club was considerably
shot Larry Gardner. veteran third
baseman, had been sent to Phiiadel-
phia in a trade. AT third was Nc
1nnis. one of the greatest first bass-
men in the game. but a player with nc
particular liking for third. Jack Barry
was missing from second, as was his
understudy, Janvrin. Duffy Lewis was
no longer in left field. The pitchinp
staff was minus Leonard and Shore
while the others missing were Substi-
tute Inflelder McNally and Outfielders
" aish and Shorten.
Their along came Ruth. He die
everything expected of him as a pitch
or, and i:sany more things Early In
the season he displayed a propensit,
for making home runs and bfeakine
Up bail games. II il wasn't a homt
riin. 1t was double or triple usually
= Il couple OF men on the buses
S.-e.ss were the exception with hiln
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* Potent Factor in Base -Coueeskie COPS Honors
Plan Tablet for Braves
Who Have Served in War

BOSTON, February S.-A
bronze tablet bearing the names
OF the fourteen players of the
Boston National League base
ball club who served In the
Army or Navy during the war
will be erected at Braves Field,
according 10 GEORGE w. Grant.
the new owner of the club. The
name of Henry fHankb GOwdy,
the first major league player TO
enlist in the Army, will lead the
list.
The Boston players who serv-
ed are Fred Bailey. +. ID. Com
way. III. Il. Caravan, Dan Fill
iingim, Hank Gowdy, Bill
James, Joe Kelly, W. j. McGraw,
Walter NaranvilIe, Roy Powell,
Walter RebE, III. Schneider, Wal
ter Tragresser.
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STANLEY COVELESKIE LEADER
IN CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES
Indian Scored Eight Pitching Triumphs
in Row in 19l8-Harper Got Seven
and Shaw Five Twice.


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Hans Wagner Now Physical
Instructor at Carnegie Tech

PITTSBURGH, February s.
John (Honus) Wagner, consid-
cred the greatest all-round
player In base ball, has been ap-
pointed physical Instructor at
Carnegie Institute of Technol-
ogy. Wagner will take up his
new duties at once.
Wagner retired from base ball
Mt the close of the season Of
1917, after twenty years of con-
tinual service with the Louis-
vile and Pittsburgh clubs. Tn
til his final season Honus played
at sh0rtstOp.
According to statistics COM
piled by Al MunrOe Elias, Wag-
ner WIS a demon slugger of
modern base hail, having a
grand batting average Of .320
Tor twenty seasons. He batted
500 or better for seventeen cons
secut6ye sensOns. Wagner ID
f0rty-Hve years old.
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be reduced to a minimum The only
jump would be from either of the
three places to this city. a distance OF
about 100 miles. The Remainder Of
the circuit is closely punched.
owner w. B. Bradley of this city is
hoping to have George Stinson. for
mer big Lacquer, head the team in
TINS city as manager. He was man.
ager Tor the abbreviated season last
year.
1t was previously announced that
there would be no team in this city
this season, and that Davy Robertson.
formerly of the Giants. would have a
semi -professtonal team to take OF,
Whatever cubs might come this way.
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PSYCHOLOGY IS GREAT FACTOR
IN GAMES PLAYED BY MAJORS
Teams Often Get Impression That
Weaker Clubs Can Beat Them, and
the Thought Results in Defeat.
BY BILLY EVANS.

a
10 of no
oil
Says Mr. Webster Psychology the and
c1assf and analyst
field o
hey wende in VIII inning he wlIw
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Walters 81 Runless Innings.

While annexing his five-g game strea
Walter Johnson pitched thirty-se
runless innings. which was the be-
performance of its kind in 1918. Aft@
blanking the Red Sox in the mint
inning on May 3. Johnson shut on
washed the White Sox in eighties
innings and then held the TigeH|
scoreiess for nine frames. Thormah{
len was second to Johnson in runleu1
pitching. He held the opposition fol
thirty-five innings before he yielded
tally.
These sixteen pitchers turned in q
total of 100 victories during their
various streaks. of which the Yankees
and White Sox contributed fifteen
games each, while the lowiy Tigers
was the toughest club for hurlers to-
trim while in the throes Of winning
streaks
| Bert Thormahlen. practically a first
year with the Yanks during his seven
game streak. has thirty-five runless
innings from the second inning Of the
game against the Athletics on May.
3 till the fifth inning against the In
dams on May 81. A big feature Of
this run was that famous shut-out
] to the White Sox, when Thormahleu
bested that Yankee hoodoo, Cicotte.
after fourteen innings, to o.
Jim Shaw had two streaks OF I'VE
games each, his defeat August IA by
the Tigers being the only defeat suf-
fered by Shaw of the last eleven
games he got credit for, Jim winning
ten of them against the one defeat.
He had the Tigers whipped, 3 to /.
but blew up in the ninth and lost the
| contest.
| Old Jack Quinn. who was dug up by
the White Sox, lost his first game.
| then wound up his return to the
majors by coping the next five in =
row.
Scott Perry, the muchly discussed
hurler, won six straight for the Mack
, men. After his fourth win. Perry
hurled ten-inning, 1-to-1 tie against
Dave Davenport and the Brownies.
The records of the American League
Ringers who won five or more games
in row during 1918 follow.
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Tourney to Mark Opening of Alleys

Formal opening of the Recreation
bowling alleys has been set for Tues
day night. February IS, when a two
man duckpin tourney will be held
Three games will be rolled. total pins
to count. Gold fobs to the number of
twenty will be given for the ten best
scores. No entrance fee will be
charged. and the pairs intending to
participate should get their names i'm
as early as possible. so that assignment
of alleys can be made.
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BILLIARD STARS COMING.
Cochran and Schaefer to Play Exhl'
hilton Games at Sherman's.

weIker Cochran and Jake Schaefer
will be in Washington this week and
will play three exhibition games OF
1872 balkline billiards at Shermans.
The games will be at o'clock Thurs-
day. Friday and Saturday nights. Ar
rangements have also been MADE Tor
an afternoon game on Friday at 8,
to which ladies will be invited ana
made comfortable.
Cochran and Schaefer are touring
the country, visiting the big cities and
playing from two to four Gays IN
game, and each hopes some day to
take the championship from the Ia
nous Willie Hoppe, who Is known as
nipsS OF Billiards :.
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New York May Legalize
Sunday Ball and Fishing

ALBANY, February s.-As-
semblyman John G. Malone of
Albany has introduced bill
providing for Sunday bnse ball
In localities of New York state
that want the sport ON the Sab
bath and also permitting fish
ing ON Sunday. Malone pointed
out that many persons take
their families and go fishing
Sundays. thereby getting food
for the next day or two, ii they
are lucky.
Senator Walker of New York,
who introduced the local option
base bali bill in the Senate, will
amend his bill to permit Sunday
fishing, and then every effort
will be made to get the as
sembly and senate to pass the
measure. The bill will be called
the WaIker-Malone bill.