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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

NEW YORK. February 1.-The
American Henley will be rowed this
year over the Schuylkiu course, Phil
adelphia, on Saturday. May 81. This
was decided tonight at meeting OF
the stewards of the American Rowing
Association held at the Columbia Uni
yersity Club, at which Thomas Reath
of philadelphia presidN4 The others
present were Commander J. r. Nor
rison. Annapolis: Charles H Mapes
and F. S Bangs, Columbia: Charles
Lund, Union Boat Club. Boston; Lee
Williamson. Baltimore; Dean McClena-
han, Princeton. and John A Brown.
Pennsylvania.
officers of the association were elect
ed as follows: Or. Hugh Cabot, Bos-
ton, chairman: Julian Curtis, Yale,
vice chairman; Russell Johnson, Union
Barge Club, Philadelphia, treasurer
and John a. Brown. Pennsylvania,
secretary.
At the Henley regatta there will be
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DEMPSEY DOUBLE-CROSSED
ME in A FAkE.."-FULTON

SAN FRANCISCO February fired Fulton authorized the
fight with Jack Dempsey Harrison Park ~ b.
Jul, 1918 pearranged affair the extent that he ana
exhibition" and that Demp
W n the irstr by double crossing" him.
Fulton fight the winner of the pro-
posed Willard Dempsey match.
Il the hingon the fake, if wish to call II
ahe did what told
Now, Willard wanting fight and with Dempsey
him. do not propose
to keep still longer.
- know whip either Dempsey Willard Perhaps
won't get the chance Willard
making of the played in that Etar
the public will forgive and grant
privilege the world championship the snow"
Richard then with the who the
fight"
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NEW WORKERS NOW OWN
SIX BIG LEAGUE CLUBS

New York men are now. financially
interested in six of the major league
base ball clubs.
Charles A. Stoneham John McGraw
and Judge" McQuade own the Giants,
while Col. Rupert and Lieut.. Col. Hu
ston direct the affairs of the Yankees.
SQUIRE Ebbets and Charles and Ed Nc
Keeyer boss the Brooklyn players.
William f. Baker, president OF the
Philiies, is a New Yorker ana at one
time was the police commissioner of
this city. The two Boston CLUBS the
Red Sox and Braves, are now IN con-
troll of New Workers. The Red Sox
are owned by Harry FraZee. the the
atrical man. The Braves nave been
sold to George Washington Hiaht' the
movie man of this city.
James E. Gaffney Of Ne" YORK owns
Braves Field in Boston.
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LIEUT.. RANNELS' KLMER
wins military FEATURE
Camp Shelby Officers Mount, Quot
ed at 2 to l, Takes New Or
leans Handicap Race.

NEW ORLEANS, February Lieut..
j. Rannels OF Camp Shelby, riding Kill
mer, won the military handicap at the
fair grounds track this afternoon
Lieut. Claude Smith of Camp Shelby.
riding Fountain Fay, was second, and
Lieut. John c. Grout of Camp Beaure-
gard. on SIumberer, was third.
Kiimer was to 1 in the betting,
Fountain Fay was to 3 TO place and
Siumberer to 10 TO show
Lieut.. Rannels won an easy victory,
his horse running forwardly through
out. The race was one mile, with S4o0
as the winners share.
The handicap was witnessed py Brig
Cen. Iearns and other staff officers
of the 18th Division from Camp
Beauregard and by number from
Camp Shelby.
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GREAT COMEBACK IS PREDICTED
FOR TENNIS IN D. C.. THIS YEAR
Fully 1000 Washingtonians Each Day
During Season on the More Than
300 Courts Available.

clubs, which played through sched-
ule in 1917, but which was not opeT-
alive last season. has about twenty
courts In all likelihood the league
will resume activities this year, Then
too. there are fully thirty-fve courts
at the various schools-high, prepare
tory and girls Central High. with six.
has the largest number. More than
ten are located at the colleges.
Georgetown having four. 1t is safe to
add fifty for the various clubs not in
leagues and a like number for courts
privately owned
An approximate list OF courts dis
tributes them as follows: Country
clubs. 55; clubs in leagues. so. clubs
not in leagues. so; privately owned
so; Fairgrounds. %; municipal. "a. in
Guiding the ten to be built; schools,
30. and colleges. 10. This gives Si3,
probably well under the real total.
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JACK DEMPSEY CONFIDENT.
Challenger for Heavyweight Title
Thinks He Can Whip Willard.

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. February
LESS Willard is a big man, and he
is a good fighter, but I think | can
whip him." said Jack Dempsey, op-
ponent of Willard, on his arrival in
Salt Lake City for a visit with his
mother. II can get ready to fight al
most any time. 1t is up to my mana
ger. Whenever he signs articles Tor
me to fight can begin to get ready
Dempsey came to Salt Lake city TO
rest from hard work which he says
he has encountered recently Win a
road show In which he had been meet
ing all corners. Dempsey hurt his
hand slightly. be said. Wnen ne
knocked out Kid Henry at Easton. "a,
recently. He expects to leave nefs Tor
Pittsburgh early next week.
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TERMINAL LEADER
IN Dl)CKP|h LEAGUE
Tops Other Clubs by Small
Margin in Post Of
flee Circuit.

Terminal is the top club in the
Post Office Duckpin League, having
won twenty-five games and lost eight
against eighteen victories and nine de-
feats for the miscellaneous five, rum
ner-up. Postmasters stand third, just
one full game back of Miscellaneous.
Stocking has rolled the highest set
registe by the individuals, having
knocked down a49 pins. Fredericks
tops the high-game column. and
Werfitz and Spiher the spares and
strikes. Several of the players have
averages of more than 100. and the
bowling. as whole, has been excep-
donally good for closed leagu
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BY w. n. HOTEL.

That there will be more tennis play
ers than there are courts 10 accommo-
date them in the rush hours" of the
evening is the only fear expressed by
the racketers of the District in dis
GUESSING the comet back" Of the game
this season, following the slump that
naturally took place here and else
where during the war
There are more than 500 courts in
Washington and directly adjacent ter
ritorv that are used by local players.
although quite number of them are
located al the country clubs, only two
of which-the Town and Country and
Kirkside-are wholly within the Dis
friCT
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WILL ROW AMERICAN HENLEY
OVER THE SCHUYLKILL COURSE
Varsity, Junior Varsity and Freshman
Races Listed for May 3l-Club Fights
Also Eligible to Compete.

three races. each at SIC miles for
varsity, Junior varsity and freshman
first cights, but not essentially con-
fined to college crews, as outside clubs
will be invited Entries from the
Union Boat Club OF Philadelphia,
Princeton, Columbia. Pennsylvania
and Annapolis have been assured and
invitations have been extended for
Harvard. Yale and Cornell to take
part An all-day program will be pre-
pared md it is expected that thisEwill
be one of the best regattas ever Held
at Philadelphia.
Penn Crew to Be Busy.
Pennsylvania has made arrange
meuts to row five times within seven
W eekS this sea son. One of these will
be over the Henley distance against
the Navy varsity. junior varsity and
freshmen Fights at Annapolis on Sav
urday, April II.
The Childs cup race will be rowed
this year at Princeton early in May,
but the date has not been definitely
fixed
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TWO CUNTS TIED
IN INGRAM LEAGUE
Karos and Imperials Even Up
for Lead in Duckpin
Circuit.

Two clubs are tied for the. lead IN
the Ingram Church Duckpin League
Karos and Imperials standing on
even terms. with twenty-four games
won and twelve lost Besldes oelhs
tied for top place, Imperials have
scored high set and high game
Grace of the Karos team is the best
player as far as averages are con-
cerned. His mark is i00.55, be-
ing lust little bit higher than
Green of Imperiais. Grace and
Green are the only players in the
league with averages of more than
100.
Standing of teams and averages:
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COMMISSION 0. ks PLAYERS.
Caldwell and Baird Restored to
Good Standing in Base Ball.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, February l.
PLAYERS r. B. Caldwell of the New
York American League club and
Douglas c. Baird of the st. Louis Ma
tionaI League club were declared to
be in good standing in organized base
ball by the national base ball commits
sion here today.
Caldwell left his club to obtain es-
sentiai employment last year, while
Baird's application for reinstatement
had the Endorsement of the president
of the ST. Louis National League club.
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BILLY SMITH TO PILOT.
Will Manage Shreveport Club of
Texas League This Year.

ATLANTA. Ga. February r-Wil-
liam A Smith, former secretary and
for several years manager of the At
lanta Southern Association base ball
club, announced here tonight that he
had accepted terms of the Shreveport
club of the Texas League to manage
that team during the coming season.
Smith. prior to coming TO Atlanta in
1906, had served manager of the
Lynchburg, Virginia League. and Macon,
South Atlantic League, teams. He later
led the Buffalo and Richmond teams
in the International League.
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How to Work Pitchers.

It has always seemed to me that
around the pitching staff centers the
success or failure of a manager.
have seen many managers do the very
things the scribes charge them with
in their handling of their pitchers. In
the desire to win 1 have seen some
managers work this or that pitcher 10
death. Many think only Of the game
at hand: they don't look into the fu-
ture and try to read what it may have
in store for them. There is no denying
that the handling of pitchers is a SUI
preme art. A manager must be a
tactician who can get the limit of
work out of his men, and do it in such
a way that he won't work a hardship
on any particular pitcher, OF create
ill-feeiing.
I have always had the greatest ad-
m irat ton for Connie Mack on that
score Several incidents that nave
come under my observation have
ca used me to marvel at the methods
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BLACKBURNE rs TRADED.
Manager Moran Sends Infelder to
Braves and Obtains Rehg.

- CINCINNATI, February Pat Mo-
ran announced the trade of Russell
BIackburne, inhelder. to Boston for
Walter Rehg, outfielder. his first
dicker since becoming manager of the
Reds. Blackbnrne played only one
season with the Reds. although he had
had previous major league experience
when Cincinnati purchased him from
Toronto last winter
Rehg recently was discharged from
the Navy.
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Cleveland After War Hero.

ALTOONA, Pa, February fred
erick M Davis is wanted by the cleye-
land american League ciub. Davis
was one of the mainstays IN the box
for State College the last te" Years.
After graduation last spring lie en-
listed and is now in France WIN the
320th Infantry. He was wouhoed and
gassed September 20. Cleve!ana has
rendered him a contract for THIS sea-
son.
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Aged 72 Years, Bowls 275.

SCRANTON. Pa, February l.
Though he is over the three-score-
and-ten mark, Col. George Sanderson
continues to rank as one of the lead
ing bowlers in Scranton. Only yester-
day ne established a score of 2f5 in a
match played on the Green Ridge club
alleys. Mr.. Sanderson is past seventy
two years OF age. Hardly day passes
that he doesn't figure in several
games
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Drives Auto 1876 Miles an Hour.

DAYTONA, Fla. February 1.-Driv-
ing an automobile equipped with an
airplane motor. Ralph de Palma made
135 miles an hour on Daytona Beach
speedway. De Palma was testing a
machine with which he will undertake
to break the record of 142 miles an
hour set by Bob Burman in 1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

OF Mac@. recall one game in sea
son where Mack was battiiue for the
pennant Bender. Prank aud Coombs
had been dom : a lot of hard York. DO
ing II willingly and WEB. They seem
ed TO BE- stirring 20 show the effects Of
the strain. Two DAYS prevlou- Bender
haa worked an extra inning contest;
the dag previous Plank and COON 6s
had ken part in a double header. ty
Morgan WAS pitching lnr Mack in the
game III question. holding . slight
lead up unti late III The game. whom
he wavered- The substitution Of
rank. Bender or Coombs would have
probably won The game. but Mack sent
IL a second string man 10 reIieYe Nor
gan. and the Athletics lost The next
day | spoke OF the incident 10 Ccunl Z
and MS reply was characteristic:
Yes, suppose any of the old boys
might have Won that ga nae Tor ire, bat
none of them was really in shape to
go in after their nard y ork OF the day
previous. l expect them 10 win a lot
more games before the close OF the
season. and ! decided / would rather
lose that game than take a chance IN
lnJuring them"
Mack was simply looking into the
future as ne does in al! things
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GOOD DUCKPN MATCH.
Mack and Hollidge Defeat George
and Watson by 1913 Pins.

on the Recreation alleys. total pins to
count, Mack and Hollidge defeated
George and Watson by the score of
LISP to 1908. The winners both to-
tailed 566 pins. Hollidge rolled best
game of 1874 A big crowd witnessed
the sport. The scores
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High team game-Terminal. SCI
High team set--Bus. Carriers ,49S
Greatest number strikes-Spiker, 10
Greatest number spares--Werntz ~.
High individual game-Freiericks, 1919.
High individual set-Stocking, 349.
High fiat game-Brenner, 81
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Two Clubs Get Coast Berths.

SAN FRANCISCO. February l.
Portland and Seattle were admitted
to membership In the Pacific Coast
League OF Base Ball Clubs today ati
the annual meeting.
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Boston Tennis Players Win.

BOSTON. February boston ten
mis- players defeated New YORK ex-
perts today, three matches to one, in
an inter-city mixed doubles exhibition
on the covered foslrtz Of the Len&weed
Cricket Club.
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Harvard Hockey Captain.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, February L.
Robert Gross of Newton was elected
captain of the Harvard varsity hockey
team today.
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Estimate Is Conservative.

Putting the number of courts at 500,
and that is = very conservative esti-
mate. fully 900 persons will play the
game here each day this season that
weather and ground conditions per
nit. This is allowing only slightly
more than a match a day to a court.
figuring that equal number of sim
giles and doubles will be played.
a greater portion OF Washington's
tennis is played after office hours. but
many matches are contested in the
ca rlier portions of the day. especially
among women. boys and girls, who
have taken to the game with vim
here Incidentally. it may be men
toned that the clubs here are en-
couraging junior memberships and
helping the youngsters in every way
that they can. This augurs we'll for
the future of the game in the District.
There will be a shortage of munich
pal courts in particular. Thirty-eight
were torn up during the construction
Of buildings during the war. twenty
three along street between 18th and
10Th and fifteen a. eth and 4. All were
exec ptionally fine courts. This leaves
only fourteen now under the super
vision of the superintendent of public
buildings and grounds. Some VIII be
built this spring on the old bathing
beach grounds. near nth and Il. but
not more than ten, ]. A. Bethune, head
of the recreation department, said. as
no additional money has been pro-
Vided for construction.
Location of Public Courts.
Ten of the so-called municipal
courts are located near the new bath
ing beach, on the south side of the
basin; three are in montrose Park, in
Georgetown, and the other in Garfield
Park in the southeast. There also
are twenty-nine public courts under
the supervision of the District play
grounds department. They are located
in the various recreation parks of the
city.
There are more than fifty courts at
the country clubs. Chevy Chase and
Columbia leading with eighteen and
twelve, respectively, the former hav
ing two of concrete and the latter
one All of the other country clubs
have two or more of the clay variety.
OF the strictly tennis clubs. Dunbar
ton. leads with seven. Princeton Club
and Bureau of Standards. of the Sub
urban League. are next in line, with
six each. and that circuit. which last
year contained seven clubs. has about
twenty-five IN all Princeton's courts
were used by the Departmental
League last year. as well as for its own
circuit matches.
a majority of the Woman's Tennis
League matches are played on courts
of the clubs in other circuits or at
the country clubs. However. two
mem bers of the league-Mount Pleas
ant and the Y. ". G. A.-have their
own courts. the latter having five ex-
ceIlent ones at its summer home, on
Wisconsin avenue.
Schools Swell the List.
The city and suburban circuit ofsix
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02
FiANDLI ING PITCHERS PROPERLY
GREAT TASK FOR MANAGERS
Manipulation of Hurlers Is One of Hard
est of Many Propositions Confront
ing Pilots of Base Ball Teams.
by BILLY EVANS.

mere IS much the life
q ma e hiss 4
million
put base bail
day OF j.. j
% give TO-
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High team game-Imperinls, o4s.
High team set-lInperials, 1850.
High individual game-Goebei lImperialsl.
Hiyh individual set-Adans Hmperials), GAG.
High individual average-Grace tharost.
Io0.5a. .
High strikes-Green impcsialSl. Il
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OVER THE NET.

Doug Hillyer. one of the leading
racketers OF the District. who was in
the naval aviation corps. has re-
turned to civil life. He doubtless will
again help to keep Dumbarton club to
the fore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

improvements in the lower section
of the clubhouse are nearing compile
ton at the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club. New partitions are being
bailt, and the grillroom entrance is
being altered.
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turned to civil life. He doubtless will
again help to keep Dumbarton club to
the fore.
Lieut. George NJ. Church. who
ranked No. 3 on the national list i'll
1916, has decided to give up serious
tennis competition. Church. who en-
listed in the Army aviation service.
has had a couple bad falls, which may
have crippled him a little, but it is
said that belief that hts game is too
Unsound to send him to the top is his
real reason for giving UP the title
hunt. He made a determined but flu
tile effort to land the national honors
in 1916. Connie Doyle beat him that
year in the semi-fnals of the national
clay court tourney.
William r. Tilden. who shared the
national doubles title with Vincent
Richards and ranked Jointly with
Lindley r. Murray. the national cham
pion. at No. ! in 1918. is out of the
service and back at his home in Phil
adelphia. He was in the Radio Corps.
Richards, the seventeen-year-o old
tennis wonder, has a chance to be-
come the most youthful national
champion who ever held the title. Q.
S. Campbell. who won his title when
he was nineteen years and six months
old. was the youngest of the Amer
lean champions. Richards is only Aye
feet five inches tall and weighs but
us pounds He also is a star at base
ball, basket ball and foot ball.
Tennis experts declare that R. Nor
.ris Williams. I'd, and William III.
Johnston. former national champions.
will have no trouble in regaining
their championship form when they
get out of the service. They are held
to have the best roundabout and
soundest games of any American
players. and neither is more than
twenty-five years old. Williams is in
the Army in France. where he gained
a decoration for bravery on the field
of battle Johnston is in the Navy.
Reports of a recent tournament in
Paris bring back lot of names of
players of Davis cup fame. Colbert of
France won the singles, defeating
Decugis, another Frenchman, in the
finals. In the finals of the doubles
Heath and Lycett. Australians, de-
feated Colbert and Ayme. Jones and
Jenckin, another Australian pair, took
part. Lisely, who played in the in
ternationa1 matches of 1893, competed
in the singles. Parker, the noted
English player. also is known to have
survived the war.
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Managers Come and Go.

During In3- service in the American n.
League l have seen many managers
come and go. The shifting of leaders
IN the National League has been about
on the same par. There have been
scores of changes a<nong the sixteen
major league clubs during the past
flfteen years. Whenever major
league manager was deposed l have
read with interest the comment on the
Dali authorities of the papers. I'm
pires always have their opinions of
managers just as managers have
their opinions of umpires. In practi-
caliy every case where a manager was
reviewed from service the Severest
criticism offered pertained to his
handling of pitchers.
In practically every case plenty of
evidence could be offered to show that
in making his selection of pitchers
and his method of working them, the
used. 1t was possible to show, in
many cases. where this or that star
was put out of commission through
oVerwork. where some very reliable
pitcher, not capable of working more
than every fourth day, was shot to
pieces because he was often pressed
into service as relief pitcher. In many
cases the manager was criticised be
cause he derricked his pitchers too
quickly, yanking them on the slight
est provocation, thereby depriving the
entire staff of much of it's confidence
To the contrary, some managers were
taken to task because they left the
pitchers in too long: that many
game was thrown away, due to the
failure to use good judgment III send
ing in a substitute pitcher.
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The Washington Golf and Country
Club is perhaps the truest real sHbur-
ban golf; club of any Of the six clubs
about the city. II has had Tor the
past four years a waiting list OF
paeDSerS, - 81 seosAs Ter ths san-
Mery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

Possibility of a series of interna-
tional golf matches. with the best
players from each country travelling
across the Atlantic in a competition
similar to the tennis contests for the
Davis cup, is considered not remote
by observing golfers. Conditions still
are chaotic in Great Britain. France,
too. has suffered ravages which will
take many years to repair, but her
golfers of championship caliber have
not been stricken, and she will be pre-
pared to put a team in the field. The
United States has not suffered to any
extent in the loss of it's foremost golf
ers, and should have an advantage if
such proposed scheme is carried
through.