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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1919-12-28

Yamsda, Sutton and slosson. Cochran finished
second
November S-Ralph Greenleaf, in pocket bill
lard exhibition set world record high run Of
80 at Danbury. Conn
December l3-Ralph Greenleaf won the ma
tioual pocket billiard championship in a tour
nament at Philadelphia lasting two weeks he
won nine straight games. beating Allen, Ralph,
Fink. Krieder, Mature. Coucannou, Keogh,
seabsck and Layton
ROWING.
AIril le-Nayy freshmen beat Penn BY 80 II.
at Annapolis; Navy eight beat Penn, and Penn.
second eight beat Navy
April H-New Zealand won final. NJ r.,.tt,
on Seine for Rowing Club Of France trophy !;
America second. Time was % for about / IL
miles France won first heat with Newfound-
land second and Portugal third New zealand
won second heat. with America second and AL
saceLorraine third.
May S-Yale beat Princeton at Derby Cam
in lo:ls IS Princeton freshmen beat Yale in
l03I
May S-Nayy beat Syracuse in Emile nc, at
Annapolis In 2.A. Navy plebes beat Syracuse
freshmen in l3Il
Nay IT-Penn won childs cup race at Prince
ton. Lie miles, in rs: Princeton secopd and
Columbia third. Princeton won freshman race
In s52; Penn second and Columbia third
May 2tConen beat Princeton at Ithac, In
l6;T. Cornell freshmen beat Princeton in Io.t7
May a-Harvard junior eight beat YALE AZ
New Haven. / mile so yards. BY ten lengths,
in T50
Nay a-Resuits in American Rowing Associa-
ton regatta at Philadelphia: First eieht-oared
race. ] mile so yards. won By Navy in $50;
Penn second. lOpound eisht-oared crews 1
mile SO yards. won By Navy in 7N2 IS; Penn
second. Junior collegiate eight-oared, / mile
so yards. won BY Navy in SIS; Princeton sec.
ond, Syracuse third and Penn fourth Freshman
dsht-oared. l mile 80 yards. won By Syracuse
in $50; Yah second and Penn third
June 0-Yale varsity eight beat Harvard at
New London, COun-, By half q length over 4
mile course in q IS Is Harvard won h,njor
vastly Emile race in 1910 and freshman race
In 10
July 81 eander ROwiug Club beat American
inst ersg 10 k.A. Tor Leander Gun At HsuI.y.
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TWO MISTAKES
IN AVERAGES
American League Statisti-
clan Pulls Bone on O'Neil
And Nunamaker.

The official averages released by the
president of the American League
show the fielding Of every man who
has taken part in fifteen or more
games.
There is one glaring error among
the figures as they show o'Neil, the
Cleveland catcher, down next to last
among the receivers with an average
of .955. while his percentage accord
ing to the figures as furnished by
the Official statistician figure up to
81. placing him among the leaders
in this department instead Of at the
bottom. Then the figures Of Nuna-
maker should be 1903 instead of 1924.
l have not taken the time to go over
any more as was afraid that would
have to change every one. II the two
1 had figured were wrong you can
do your own guessing as to the
others.
have gone to the trouble to figure
up the chances each player had as
they were missing among the official
figures. 1t gives one a better idea of
what each man did.
The figures show some queer hap
penings. Read them carefully and
you will find that our own Jim Shaw
took part in more games on the
rubber than any other twirler while,
excepting the pitchers who played in
but a few games, Walter johnson
leads in percentage of chances ac-
cepted as he had but one misplay
charged against him. Dauss and Mays
were the only pitchers to have &C.
cepted more than 100 chances. have
divided Mays games showing what
he did in both Boston and New York
as well as the entire seasons work
with both clubs.
AS valuable player to his team,
We find that Ruth. like he did among
the hitters and run getters, did equal
ly well in the outfield, for he led that
department with an average OF 1872
having but two errors in 25S chances.
This player certainly can be rated as
among the marvels of ball players for
at least the past season. The Balti-
more lad deserves lot of credit
and should be acknowledged as a sta
when 1t comes to placing the names
OF great players in the hall of fame
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fact about one-half of the games he
pitched were decided by single
score. The detailed score sheets of
Johnson's work last season doesn't
show that he is slipping; he hasn't
struck out as many batsmen, and
that is about the only difference
noticeable in his work from other
years.
Here Is the great hurler's COM
plete- record. His wonderful work
of holding the opposing batsmen to
a batting average of .212 for the
thirteen seasons he has pitched ball
in the American League is unsur-
passed in the history of the game.
Mathewson's record in this re-
spect is .225, and Grover Alexander,
.21s; Ed Walsh, .217; "Rube' wad-
dell, $40. OF the old-timers, Tim
Keefe. with .223, and John G. Clark
son with .232 are the best.
Besides putting the strike-out rec
ord higher than 1t has ever been,
with 2,60S batters famed in twelve
years, Walter also set a new world
record in shut-outs.
The old record was held by Ma
thewson. with eighty made while
pitching for the New York Giants
The season of 1918 found johnson
with a record of seventy-five no.
run games to his credit. but the
seven he made last year showed
him past Matty by two. so that his
eighty-two shut-out games gives
him a record never before made by
any pitcher.
The records speak for themselves.
and we print them just to brighten
the memories of We old time flames
who many no doubt recall the bril-
liant work done by Walter during
these two consecutive years. -
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Cincinnati.
SCHEDULE OF GAMES
Washington.

Harvard.
Saturday, March Saturday. April Saturday. April
Sunday March 2S Sunday, April Sunday, April
The above is the schedule of arranged between Cincinnati
and Washington Saturdays Sundays
spring training between these We
The Washington and Cincinnati Instead
playing Cincinnati and then coming Washington,
have been shifted that the Nationals will Wash
ngton with the Saturday. April s. play
day. Then the following Saturday and Sunday will be
played in Cincinnati
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Tic WORLD MAS FEATURED WITH RECORDS AND MANY UPsETS
Walter Johnson Is Easily
Star of American League
By GEORGE L. MoRELAND.

e conclusion OF the stories Of the records of the American
League would be complete without of Walter Johnson
Here that would command $4,000 today he
he market by Manager Griffith 1t has repeatedly that
Walter this that price by Nationals
The truth Of the is that he exactly railroad fare
d Blankenhp Idaho Johnson
10 Washington
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Be Frank, IL Ensor. Ns0, g. %, out; DSter-
minator. second; Legal, third. Time, al.
BOWLING.
January a-Champion Spark Plugs set record
in league co.npeaition a Toledo. Ohio. with
ISL scoFe.
/, January i3-willism Ewert. Of rase Dairy
team sot 2F>scpc IN match game at Toledo.
1t vas his eisitth perfect score In seven years.
FsorlArg N-Kafosa and Iohma's Great Lakes
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The only thing to be settled definite
menis can be made to reach Key
West from Miami In time to get the
boat from Tampa TO Cuba that
touches Key West then the two teams
will play in Havana Saturday and
Sunday.
From there the two teams will de-
part for Washington TO play the fol-
lowing Saturday and Sunday. Three
games will be played en- route and
the cities thai will secure the games
Will be announced as soon as they
answer a wire sent them yesterday.
After the two games have been
played in this city the clubs will play
a week of one-night stands getting to
Cincinnati late Friday night and play
the first game Of the season at that
city Saturday. April 10 and the next
day.
On Monday both teams will play an
exhibition game at Akron. Ohio. This
will complete the training trip as both
teams will open the season on We'd
nesday. Tuesday will be taken up In
making the jump and reaching home
in time for the boys to get located.
and their uniforms n'everything
ready for the morrow.
The hustling little president has
about decided that IL will be neces-
sary 20 have all his players report at
once SO that ne will have them all in
shape for the opening games with the
Reds which, IL present plans 20
through, will be March 5 or a.
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team won 6'e-msn title In interstate tourney at
Aurora. H.. with 2,&e
February little winners In interstate tour.
ney al Aurora. Ill: Two men. Sundeiar and
LeTp1ul. CiIicaso. lis; nns'es, B. Reiaeic,
Chieasp, SO; all events. W. Hcrmas. CHICAGO.
l.sT. -
April ilesults in A. r. C. tourney At To.
cokTINuED ON PAGE Ten.
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POCKET BILLIARD
TOURNEY TO START

The District pocket billiard cham
pionship will open Monday night at
the Grand Central with George
Wheatley meeting Walter Wallace.
The other entries for the tournament
are Charles Bartelmus. Ralph n.
Henshaw. George Kelchner. Stickney
and Dick Tip.
Charles Bartelmus won the tourna-
ment last year and is the present Dis
trict champion but will be in competi-
ton with the others for the title
again this year. 1t is expected this
will be the best match that has been
staged in the District as the players
have been practicing every night for
the coming tournament and will be at
the top Of their stroke when play Is
started on Monday night
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Corkrun Lands HonOrs.

In the sectional, championship event
for Middle Atlantic honors, played at
Columbia. d. Clark Corkran. of Balti-
more. won the first flight. defeating
Walter r. Tuckerman, of Chevy Chase
in the finals.
Marshall Whitelatch won the Dis
trict title which was played over the
Chevy Chase Clubs course at seventy
two holes. medal play. He had an ex-
ceptional score and won by a margin
OF several strokes.
Mrs. e. L. Frailey. OF Chevy Chase.
captured the womens title event.
PLAYED over the EirksIde Golf Clubs
course. while the Star Cup" event
WAS won by Airs. Louisa Piece. OF
the Washington Golf and Country
Club.
Important closed events were held
at both Chevy Chase and BannOck-
burn. At the former. Franklin Ellis
won the Presidents Cup. while DIR.
w. b. Mason captured the Liberty
Cup. At Bannockburn. George 81.
Ivory won the club championship. he
and Carl Hookstadt won the men :
doubles for the team championship.
while Basil II. Manley won a leg IN
the putting championship for the
1907 Cup" In all three of these
events which were played practically
simultaneously, Edward }. Doyle was
runner-up.
With the opening OF the new munich
pal golf course. scheduled Or 1870
and the plans already being made by
the various clubs. indications are that
the coming year will be the best
local golfdom has ever had.
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sHUTOUT RECORD.

~ Relieved EnEe in seventh inning with
one out.
t9 Relieved Ensle in the end Of the seventh
inning and pitched the last Eve innings Of q
L inning game.
81 st. Louis scored in the fourth after one
was out. thus giving him three and one-third
innings Of the last game when the first run was
scored
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Makes New Record.

fhe same year that he did the
|shut-Out stunt he was making a
record in the American League sec
ond only to that OF the late waddell.
during the season famed
bl3 batters. One was for IA, four
FOR IL, one for IL and three for 10
men.
His best string was August %, 81
and 81, when in three games he
struck out IS men. Again on Sep
kember IS and % he famed 20 men
n two games, getting 10 in each
against st. Louis and Chicago.
l Walter also holds a modern baseball
record Of having pitched three shut
put games in three playing days in
procession On September 4. 5 and Z,
sos. the 6th being a Sunday, Johnson
|olanked the New York Yankees for
kwenty-seven consecutive innings.
The season of 1919 was Walter
ohnson's thirteenth as a big league
pitcher and it has been far from be-
ng an ur4lucky one. although the
great hurler has had better ones.
The thirteenth season proved I'M
lucky for Tim Keefe. Charlie Rad
kagrne. Amos Rusie and Charles
RKlS) Nichols of the old school, and
I'Re waddell. Mordecai Brown.
BACK Coombs, DIR. White and Ed
Ruelbach of more recent years.
These great hurIers took the count
bt the end of their thirteenth sea
bon. The hurlers who slipped by
the unlucky season and continued
pm were very few in numbers. 'Cy''
Young. Christy Mathewson, Ed
Plank. Chief Bender. Tony Mullane,
Bin Terry. Bill Donovan and Leon
tRed) Ames are about the only ones
Rrho pitched fourteen or more con-
secutive seasons in the big leagues.
walter johnson looks good to last
many seasons.
Is Not Slipping.
Walter johnson held the swats-
men of the American League last
teason to a batting average of .224.
The big hurler had his usual quota
BIZ games decided by one run-in
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Stars Under Grin.

In Is12, the first year of Grifhth's
arrangement. Walter did his best
york. winning 16 games in success
eion, beginning July and ending
august %.
1t is a peculiar fact that during
eil those games he never pitched
fgainst either Boston or the Ath-
feties. He did pitch two and two
|Ehird innings against the former on
The drst day he started his wonder
Full record, relieving Engle in the
kseventh inning with one out But
fhat was the last time he worked
against the Red ,Sox in that time.
! In his shut-out record of SIS in
|bings he met both of the above men,
Eioned clubs, Boston went down be-
fore Walter in seven and two-thirds
innings while the Athletics fell vic
ms to his twirling in one of the
amAs
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Official American League
Fielding Records, Season 1919
Compiled By IRWIN N. HOWE. Chicago.


catcher. SEVERED. St. Loui. IS IS;
outfielder, Ruth. Boston SO.
Pitcher-Johnson, Washington .ss;
lover 80 Games)
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UPSET OF DOPE
REAL FEATURE
OF 1919 YEAR
CONTINUED FROM PAGE EIGHT.


teams were evenly matched and all
scholastic series contests were played
cleveriy. showing that II was not lack
OF coaching ability but due to the
individual player.
Local Golf.
After quite q slump caused by war
conditions. the royal and ancient
game" surely came back into its own
and the game locally had a wonder
fully successful year, more people
playing II and more tournaments be-
ing held than ever before.
As usual. the Washington Golf and
Country Club opened the season with
its annual tournament which was
won by a home player. A. Colt Yates
defeating John II. Clapp. OF Chevy
Chase. In the finals for hrst-flight
honors.
Cameron Buxton. OF Philadelphia,
captured top honors In the annual
Chevy Chase Classic. turning in the
low medal score in the qualifying
round and then winning out in the
first sixteen match play honors when
he beat Albert r. Mackenzie. Column
bia. in the finals.
The Columbia event went to s. II.
Newton, Country Club Of Virginia,
who beat Marshall Whitelatch. OF the
home club. in the finals, @. II. Chas-
mar, also of Columbia. being low
medalist.
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SteIIwnEen Take. Honor..

T.. J. Stellwagen won the District
event. John Temple Graves. Jr., be-
ing runner-up. Jack Dudley and
Howard Hixson won the mems
doubles. the women's siuSIrS not be-
ing held on account OF Insufficient en-
tries being received.
The boys and junior title were won
by Fred Haas and Jack Edwards.
respectively. while the girls title went
to Marion King.
In the elimination even between pen
nant winning teams OF the various
leagues to decide which local team
would represent Washington in the an-
nual inter-city clash with the BaIti-
more champions, War Department. OF
the Departmental League. won but
was beaten in the inter-city match in
a closely fought contest. to 4.
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Georgetown Track.

Georgetown was greatly handicap
ped in the line of athletics due to the
war. But few track meets were held In
this vicinity. The only outdoor meet
that attracted any attention was the
duel affair of Johns HOPKINS and
Georgetown, held in Baltimore.
The Georgetown track men carried
home the bacon, as they scored
seventy-nine points to Johns Hopkins
thirty-one. which gave the Washing
ton lads the South Atlantic Champion
ship. La Grande. a youngster at
Georgetown, won the Pentathlon meet
that was held in the University OF
Pennsylvania stadium, winning the
honor from the largest field that was
ever entered in this meet
The prospects for the coming year
are very good for this college as they
have D. Griffith, a South Atlantic
champion, in the 10o-yard and 70
yard dash. Georgetown has entered
its men in the largest track games to
be held this year. The activities will
start January II. when they will en-
ter the Buffalo meet and continue
through the intercollegiate games
held May 81. Coach O'Reily, of
Georgetown. will put out one of the
fastest relay teams in the country.
especially in the mile and two miles,
as every man can run a half in less
than two minutes.
Georgetown will not have an indoor
meet this year as they are una bic 10
obtain the Convention Hall, and there
is no other place large enough 20
stage this affair.
The local COLLEGE will place their
athletes in the Hopkins indoor mec,
at the Fifth Regiment Armory in
Baltimore this season, but real track
activities are not expected to set
sta rted until the outdoor season this
spring.
Scholastic Track.
All scholastic track meets and its
teams enjoyed one of its brightest
seasons. Although Central Hiya pre-.
dominated. Tech and Western were
close contenders.
Central easily copped the honors
with Tech second and Western third.
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Local Tennis.

While as national pro, osition. the
net game apparently fully recovered
from the setback handed Il by the
war and attained its prc-war stand
ing. locally this was not the case. tits
true that the various leagues flourish
ed. but tournament play was conspic-
uouS by its absence as compar rcd to
previous seasons. This was due no
doubt, largely to the fact that courts
here were at a premium as not only
practically all of the municipal courts
but many private ones had to be torn
up on account of necessary building
operations. Then again. a large
mai ority of local players are drawn
from the government departments and
the termination of the war did not
lesson to any great degree the work
to be done so that many were unable
TO get away from their duties for SUI
ficient time TO practice and get into
shape again.
But two regular tournaments were
held during the year. Columbia stag
ing the Middle Atlantic champion
ships in which Conrad l.. Doyle and
Fred Harris captured high honors.
while the annual District titular clash
was held by the Dumhaiton club.
In the Middle Atlantic event. Doyle
won the singles with Harris as rum
ner-up. while the two as a team cap
tured the doubles title Miss Margaret
Noes. of Chevy Chase. won out in
the womens event
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Six transforming Dates
Arranged for Nationals

Harvard.
Saturday, March ~
Sunday, March 2S
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Diamonds In Rough.

Thus diamonds in the rough are
|often passed along because some
one does not see the glitter of that
'1iamond-such as Johnon turned
put to be as soon as he was polished.
In looking at the wonderful work
- this brilliant player, one can see
4 w Valuable he has been, not only
20 NE Nationals, but also to the
EatA.
Although Johnson holds but one
record in the baseball game. that of
pitching the greatest number of
|scoreless innings. his Is consecutive
wins in 1912 and his strike-out
record of 1913 are two of which
my pitcher may feel proud.
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Nine Bones for Walt.
know this for a fact. The Pitts
burg club could have secured him
Tor exactly nine dollars. Think
,f that! A player like Walter
Johnson being secured for that
akice. But it is a fact. Had Man
ger Fred Clarke played the tip +
gay him and sent for the big fell
low Who was then pitching for an
Independent team in Weiser. Idaho,
and who was tipped OF to me by
gentleman who umpired in all the
important games that johnson had
pitched in the Pirates and not
washington would have had Wal
Ter.
But Clarke stated when / tipped
pr the new wonder that as the stay
it Hot Springs was to last but three
days longer that II would be impossible
for him to have the time to look at
pohnson's work. but that he would
write to a friend of his at Wichita.
Kansas. who would know about the
pig fellow. Instead of doing so he
forgot all about the tip. consequent
~ johnson was lost. All 1t would
pave cost the -Pittsburg team was
he fare from Weiser to Hot
Springs. That amounted to nine
Dollars and that would have been
The entire cost of this player.
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a trifie late in the season for any
lengthy activities.
Three pocket billiard tournaments
were held here last winter. The cham
pionship staged at the Grand Central
Academy brought out a field of ten
players. with the District honors 60
ing to Charles Bartelmus. who played
through the tournament with only one
defeat being registered against him.
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CONTINUED ON FACE TEN
Evening journal., 1919-11-29
CLUBS

Continued from Page SlXteen.)
Eleanor Montgomery, Helen Merritt,
Kathleen Anderson, katharine Kurtz.
Louise Baldwin, Carrie Dunbar, sara
Goulick Clara Mcguire. Lillian Dun.
Elizabeth Garlen, Ethel Shaw, Alice
Hcndee. Helen Weisbaur, Mildred Maine
Mary Mahaffy. Marion Deyine, Ellen Da-
wilson. Margaret Finch. Lillian Bunt-
Ing. Harry Walls. Harry White. Russell
White. Dudley Grey, NJ. Lafferiy, j.
Hayes. Clarence Blair. p. stetser, Glenn
ent Alexander. Harry Baylis. NJ. Car
ter. Ralph Dursten, Harold Denny. H.
Green. Noble Grubb. l.. Hopes, Charles
Airtoth. R.Johnson, Morris Jorde. Louis
Jones. Joseph Kelly. Harry Malone, AT
/ thur Moore. James Murphy Misses
Marian Craig. Freda kurlz Dorothy
/ Wordel. Grace Layileld. Gertrude Mel
choir. GLADYS Moody, Marian IruaX
Helen simon, Marie simon. Mary NC
/ Call. Dorothy Arnold. Margcry hoDin'
SON. Virginia Springer Esther Picker
ling. Lillian Cross, Bud Mills, Howard
Mills. NJ. Poole, Ralph Parvls, carI
stauner Ralph Shaw. Roy schllly ana
/ Patrick Skelly.
Evening journal., 1919-11-29
CHILLY" WRITE GIVEN
2 FINE MOUTH ORGANS

How wish could set good har-
monlcsr r. such has been the wish FOR
months past OF william p. White,
former city auditor and leader or
community sings. whose ability as
PLAYER Of the mouth organ has won
him name throughout the State.
Ever since the world war began the
supply Of harmonicas from Germany
has been severed. Moreover, mouth or
gan performers insist that German In
struments have never been equalled by
those Of any other nation, although
Japan has put out some pretty fair
ones. So BILLY White, as no r. called
familiarly. has been lamentlng the lack
OF a good organ.
one day recently A. r. saylor, some
times called the Mayor OF shipley
street." was IN New York Passing
along Broadway he came across con-
slgnment OF first class harmonlcas,
Just arrived. lie bought one and had
20 sent % Mr.. White. on the same day
another friend OF Mr.. White sent him
a fine organ from Baltimore. The two
instruments arrived IN the same mail.
whereat the illustrious artist OF the
harmonica Is said 20 have sighed:
20 that J had only been provided
with two mouths"