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Evening star., 1919-09-20

Taking two fishes from the river
on single hook was a feat accom-
plished by well known sportsman
at Benedict on a week end outing.
I've got whopper this time,
shouted the excited angler as some-
thing tugged away at the end OF his
line and offered a stout resistance to
his efforts to make landing.
Presently he got a glimpse of a
toad fish and then he saw large
spot The toad had taken the bait
and run the hook through its gills.
the bait protfuding far enough to at
tract the attention of the spot 1t is
probable that the sportsman's story
of the catch would have been doubted
had it not been that there were three
witnesses to the catch.
Lake Smith, near Norfolk, Va. has
provided splendid sport for numerous
Washington anglers this season.
I.arge-mouth bass. jacks, yellow perch
and crapple are cought in large
numbers in the lake. and. as one
angler recently returned from there
remarked. it is only a question of
making the effort if along string of
Under the citys resuhtion. it is
stated. a limit Of twenty-five bass a
day is placed on anglers, while there
is no limit on other fish. Only bass
measuring thirteen inches or more in
length are permitted to be taken from
the water.
1t is not an unusual thing Tor an
angler to land bass weighing as much
as seven or eight pounds. according
to sportsmen who have visited the
lake. and occasionally a twelve
FOUNDER is landed.
A Chinese. his uniform indicating a
naval connection, visited local
sporting goods store a few days ago
ard asked the price of tloodworms.
'Twenty-one cents a Dozen" was
what the clerk told him.
For one dozen worms?" queried the
astonished angler.
I'll take one" said the Chinaman.
You mean one dozen?" suggested
the clerk.
mo" said the customer. 'T mean
one worm cents-I only want to
get one fish,
Walking the wall of the tidal basin
and casting artificial bait is sport
that many anglers are enjoying. The
water has been clear the past few
DAYS and numerous large catches
ITS the greatest sport in the
world was the remark Of an angler
who returned at midnight from a
trip to the basin.
"A big bass pulled from the water
on a moonlight night" he added,
presents a most attractive scene and
the fish appears much larger than it
really is.'
Many large trout are being caught
in salt water at resorts within
radius of seventy-ffve miles of the
city-distances easily covered by au-
tomobiles. 1t is reported that nu-
merous rockfish have been caught at
some places, chiefly Rock Point and
Benedict. and taiiors, large spots and
perch also are being taken.
Scores of anglers are anticipating
splendid sport at Chesapeake Beach
tomorrow on the occasion of an ex-
cursion that has been especially ar
ranged for Waltonites, Big catches
of trout and spots made of the shore
of chesapeake Beach have attracted
much attention to that part of the
bay the past few weeks.
small-mouth bass eportsmen have
Evening star., 1919-09-20
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of the act. When ono hits ball
sQuarely it seems rs if the clubhead
takes the contact with perfect Thy ythn,
going right on instead of stopping
when the objects met. In other
words. the force of the blow when
itself into d firm body passing di-
rectly through the object struck m
stead of being diverged, weakened
and evaporated. to various points or
its circumference
Perseverance in acquiring a good
stroke will surely result in a feeling
that the clubhead has been sent
through" IT is really a feeling OF
accuracy; whereas in the wrong sort
of stroke there is sense OF inenec-
tual weakness, borne out only 700
surely by results. Your strength has
been scattered.
Finds Diary Helpful.
The writing of diary each day
is a short resume of one days dis
couragementS and triumphs, men
ton of mistakes that led to undoins.
short cuts to achievement. ana
thoughts upon the daily practices.
and Improvement, or lack of IT. l ma
helpful hints in any sheet of my
journal | chance to pick up. and |
hope my readers may do likewise.
Every one of us has "A bad habit OF
falling into unwilling mistakes; our
game suddenly goes wrong and we
cannot discover the reason why.
Sometimes professional can set US
right but often we are forced to
work out our own salvation. In my
own case l have found on a glance
through the pages of my diary where
daily mistakes and their corrective
means have been set forth a very
| certain help in time of trouble.
For instance, j learn that on some
particular day my iron shots went
! wrong. and by repeated effort L was
able to right them. Those methods
| today NAV be the very thing / want.
| There is, of course. no absolutely
| sure preventive of bad days in golf.
! but I think the nearest thing to 1t is
a little truthful record of past mis-
| takes and successes 1t is always
| helpful to know why the good shot
came off. or why. after so much pains,
| tie particularly had one materialized.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
shaw's Aspirations Shattered.

Jim Shaw, who started the fracas
Yesterday with visions of collecting
some coal money for this winter in
the form of a bonus now due him for
every victory he attains, was thumped
for a paig of tallies right at the out
set. a walk to Chapman and singles
by Harris and Gardner netting one In
the opener, while Smiths double and
sacrifices by ONeill and Bagby. the
latter's of the aerial variety. account
ed for another in the second.
It can be said for Shaw that as long
as he remained in there it was a con-
test, for after he was withdrawn in
the fifth~for.a PINCH hitter who d1dn :,
was in this frame that the Griffs col
lected their first marker on singles
by Charity and Menosky,- Shanks
sacrifice and Judges infield b1ngle,
following Picinichs whiting act: Two
more were added in the final frame
when Menosky. Judge and Foster
manufactured singles and were al
lowed to run wild on the bases. but
the Tribe had an eleven-run lead al
this Juncture and no one took the
abortive rally seriously.
Harry Harper, who has enjoyed
long rest after the most disastrous
season he has experienced since en-
tering fast company. managed to
skate by unscathed in his first inning,
the sixth, but it was the old story.
only worse and more OF IL. IN the
seventh, when half dozen hlts, WIN
a pass and an error by. Judge. netted
ave runs. In the following frame,
against Tad Fischer. the Akron semi
pro. a duplication of this round was
staged by the Tribe, the result Pc
ing identical and only the miscue be-
ing missing from the factors that en-
tered ter into. It. The details of these two
sessions are too painful to relate.
Sufice it to say that every member memDer
of thu visiting cast except Gardner
got a blow for himself, while four OF
them-Speaker. Harris. Wood and
10 ebv-each collected pair
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Leonard Hops on a Heckler.

An event not on the program was
enacted in the seventh inning when
Joe Leonard climbed into the stand
back of the visitors peheh anu
1oouacious fan This spectator had
1ot 10 saw to and about Leonard dur
ing the course of the game HIS re
marks finally got under the players s
skin. and. with ms patishce TMta S,. U.s.,
ed. the athlete essayed 70 put MIN
out of the park. No blows were
struck. but the fan was hauled 10
his feet in an unceremonlous manner
and showed around considerapiy pe
fore Leonard was induced by the
other players to foreso the sel1-lm-
posed role of policeman ..
I,eonard's course in attempting 70
eject this heckler lays him open 70
critioism. II the fans remarks were
obiectionable to the point OF war
ranting his removal this could nave
been accomplished without the PLAYER
taking the matter into his own hahos:
In this instance it was case OF
Jaonard losing patience with a spec-
tator who had been. riding MIN
throughout the course of the game,
hut according to spectators seated III
the vicinity the remarks aimed az the
nIaver, while. Intended 10 ridicule and
belitt1e, were not profane in nature
Leonard's resentment of the abuse
heaped on him is only natural ms
mistake was in invading the stand
one :. of the time -honored pre-
rosatives of a base ball fan is to
express his approval or disapproval
of the work of a PLAYER, anu When
reasonable bounds no objection
property may be taken TO it. Some
spectators abuse this privilege. how
ever, and for the variety whlch SUP
Stitutes malicious riding" for root
ing ar emphatic reminder that ball
PLAYERS are human and have feelings
does not go amiss. The fortunately
few fans who. would not dare TO IN
suit q PLAYER except from position
of fancied security in the stands de-
serve, and receive little sympathy
from fair-minded persons when they
have, e. 1nuftier put on them.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Another Futurity Assured;
to Be Run Off in Maryland

Contrary to report, the plans
for a Maryland futurity of $780,
600, as announced during the
recent Saratoga meeting. have
been dropped. For n time 1t
was thought that owing to the
uncertainty of racing legisla-
ton the assOcia tiOns would not
obIigate themselves to the ex-
tent of 100000. Each of the
three associations Laurel,
Hayre de Grace and PimlicO-
have agreed to put up $2O,OO0
apiece each year and to take
turns at having the race de-
eided at their tracks. The
face will be a mile event. For
the fast running, which will
he next year, 1T will be possible
to nominate yearlings, and, for
the second weanings. and
thereafter the mares must be
nominated. just as in other
futuritieS.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
SENIOR. POLO TOURNEY 8.
FOR U. S. TITLE SFhnl!

Play in the polo tournament for ttH
senior championship of the UniteS
States was to start at the Philadef
phia Country Club today, the firS
game scheduled being between tt5
Meadowbrook four of westbury. Lonj
Island, and Rockaway. Members 4
both teams and their mounts haJ
played in international matches ant
close contest was expected. Tlr
line-ups were announced as followt
Meadow brook i. Stoddard. NJ
1: J. Watson Webb. No. 9: H. P Whit
ney, No. 3; Devereaux. Millburn, back
Rockaway-C. c. Rumsey. No. 1: :
W. Hopping, No. .; Malcolm SteveH-
son. No. 3; Thomas Hitchcock, id
Evening star., 1919-09-20
White Sox Near Goal.

Chicago won the first game of its
last series with the retiring world
champions at Boston yesterday. to
, Cicott, yielding seven hits. well
scattered Sensational plays by Ruth.
Risberg and E. Collins marked the
contest, Collins initiating two re-
markable double plays.
The White Sox punched four hits for
their first two runs and scored the
winning tally in the eighth. when
GandiI doubled went to third on Rls-
berg's fly and scored on Schalk's tap
single to left
Evening star., 1919-09-20

ing exercises than anything else. To
help along in the hardening process.
two sets of boxing gloves were pro-
duced. the members of the squad
paired off, and some lively bouts in
stituted. After the boxing the same
pairs engaged in wrestling until one
man Of each pair got two falls out of
three.
Two more games have been added
to the schedule for States freshman
eleven. November / Army and Navy
Prep School is to be played and No
vember 8 Technical High School will
be the opposing eleven.
Four more men reported for practice
at Georgetown yesterday-ZaZalH Jim
King and Cochran. The first mentioned
was a member of the s. A. T. c. team
last year. the second comes from Yon
kers High School and the latter from
Emory and Henry College. George
towns squad now numbers en- even forty
men.
War Risk, champion amateur nine of
the District. is at Richmond today for
the second double header of the inter
city base ball series. Manager Nelson
of the Washington title winners hopes
to beat the Taka-Kola outfit in both
contests and thus make sure Of the
irtercity championship
The Jap end who has been making a
.-ood record on the University of Penn
sylvania foot ball squad is out of the
game for the remainder of the season
with a broken arm.
One gridiron game scheduled next
week may develop more of real foot ball
than usually is seen early in the year.
The contest referred to is that to be
played between Villanova and Lehigh.
Both these institutions usually are rep
resented by heavy combinations which
are well drilled and exceptionally COM
petent as individuals. 1t is unusual for
two teams so we'll matched to meet on
such an early date.
Pennsylvania opens its season october
4 with Pennsylvania Military College
1t will be remembered that the Quakers
two years ago got the Chester lads up
to Philadelphia for what was expected
to be a light midweek practice contest,
which was anything but that The +.
NJ c. eleven gave Folwelfs crew all 1t
wanted and a little more besides.
One team that Pennsylvania should
desire to whip this fall is Swarthmore.
The latter has more than once, by being
in better condition early in the season,
nut one over on the Philadelphans. 1t
is doubtful # there Is a stronger eleven
In the east during tue first three weeks
of the s.ason than Swarthmore.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Youngsters Oppose Tribe Today.

1t matters not TO the Indians that
their chances for coping the fiaS
have faded to the palest of pale pinks.
They may be expected to hop into
the tandem tilt with the Nationals
today with the same spirit that char
aCteriZed their work yesterday. wren
they took "a 1913 fall out of Clark
,irifffth's- lowly aggregation. And if
the White Sox should attain the one
additional victory necessary to land
the bunting for Chicago. regardless of
wfat the Tribe accomphsheS. Speak
er's hirelings will be out there max
ing second place safe for the Sixth
city Ithis stili goes until the next
census), and. incidentally. fixing their
averag ges so they will look good IN
the base bail guide
To clinch the cut in the world series
melon that will accrue to the runners
up. the Indians need only two more
wins and they figure on registering
them this afternoon. thereby at the
same time playing safe in case the en-
tire Chicago team IS wiped out in
police strike riot in Boston or some
thing.
For obstacles today they will be
confronted by a pair of the small army
of recruits Griffith is trying out in the
spring training he has advanced six
months Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary
and William 'Catsup' Snyder are the
nominees for box work. The former,
of portSlde persuasion, Already mas
won his spurs with the Nationals. but
the latter has seen big league service
in a total of only one inning and has
yet to start battle under the big
tent.
Ii they don't offer any more opposi-
ton than the trio of slabsters Grif
trotted out for the opening battle of
the set yesterday. the visitors will
have smooth sailing. All Jim Bagby
had to do was go through the motions
to add a win to his string, the
Georgians offensive support proving
lusty enough to win three or four
ordinary games.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Hans Wagner to Enter
Motion Picture Game

Base hall fans were surprised
to hear that HOnus Wagner hRs
consented to go into the movies.
In signing n movie contract the
Dutchman has probably even
surprised himself. At the
height Of his fame, when gilt
tering theatrical Offers were
made to the ''Ercatest OF them
ALL" he steadily refused to nc
cept any Of them. At one time
Hans vas offered 81 900 a week
for forty weeks to appear i'm q
vaudeville sketch with Nap
LajOfe, but he turned it down.
That he II now to reap some
material benefit from the great
name he made on the diamond
is a source of qualification to
his millions OF admirers.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
MRS. WIGHTMAN ADDS
TO TENNIS LAURELS

BOSTON. September 20-Mrs George
W. Wightman national tennis cham
pion. won from Miss Marion Finder
stein yesterday in the final round in
the womens tennis tournament at
the Longwood Cricket Club in
straight sets. e., 6-S. Mrs. Wight
man defeated Miss Zinderstein for
the championship in Philadelphia
early in the season.
Miss Anna H. Fuller of Lancaster
defeated Miss Margaret Ferguson of
Philadelphia in the final round of the
Junior singles, SIS, Ga. SIS.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
ROD AND REEL

enjoyed splendid sport on the upper
Potomac the past month. Prior to
month ago there was not much clear
water to attract the anglers to the
upper river, but during the time the
water has been clear. it is reported,
many large catches have been made
Because of the sport that is being
enjoyed in the vicinity of Colonial
Beach that resort is remaining open
this season longer than heretofore.
Sportsmen who were there the past
few days reported splendid catches
of large trout, spots and perch and a
few tailors.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
May Makes a Quick Exit.

Hogg held st. Louis to five hits and
Philadelphia won the first game of
the series yesterday in the Mound
City, to l. The first three men to
face May scored all of Philadelphia $
the bases. and Tuero replaced May.
Meusels sacrifice fly sent in run
and Bancroft's double drove in two
more. Hornsby scored the locals lone
tally with a tremendous home-run
drive into the left-field bleachers.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Big Meet at Pershing Field.

NEW YORK. September 2o.-The
national all-around championship of
the Amateur Athletic Union at Per-
shine Field, Jersey City, today at
tracted many of the most prominent
a athletes of the country. Bernard
Idchtman, who won the national pen
tathlon title recently, will try to add
the ten-event championship to his
credit. Three mile, 1000 yards and
22O-yard races will be held in connec-
fion with the contest.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Bethlehem Soccers Win Another.

STOCKHOLM, Friday, September 10.
The Bethlehem Steel foot ball team
was victorious yesterday in the last
match it will play here, beating the
combined Stockholm team by score
of l to O. The Bethlehem team will
sail from Bergen for the United States
on September 27 on board the steam
er Stavangerfjord.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Joie Raw a Consistent Winner.

Joie Ray, the Illinois A. c. runner.
who reduced the A. A. U. mile record
to 4.14 2-5 in the recent championships
at Philadelphia, has won this event
four years in succession. Ray later the
same afternoon won the haf-mile race
in Sc. Ray won the junior five-mile
run in 1918 and the senior five-mlie run
in 1916
Evening star., 1919-09-20
White Sox Get Winn Noyes.

CHICAGO, September 20,-The Chi
cago Americans have obtained Pitcher
winn Noyes of the Athletics for the
waiver price. Although Noyes Will
not be eligible to participate IN tne
world series. he probably will get half
a share of the winners or losers end.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Giants Subdue Pirates.

Both Nehf nd Cooper pitched effec-
tively Yesterday at Pittsburgh. but
the Pirates wild pitch sent two runs
over the plate, and New York won. 4
to . F'letcher's error paved the way
for one of the locals runs, while
witteds double and two outs scored
the other.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Colored Champs Play for Title.

The Harlem Giants, colored. cham
pions of Delaware. will play double
header with the Teddy Bears, local
title holders, next Thursday at Amer
lean League Park. These games will
be for the championship Of the east.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

CANES TODAY. GAMES TOMORROW.
=, v,rl at Pittsb'gh Boston at Chicago.
Hoston at Chicago. brooklyn at cincinnati
brooklyn at Cincin'u. Phiia. at 81. LOUIS.
Phila at st. Louis.
RESULTS OF Yesterdays GAMES.
New York, 4; Pittsburgh. 2.
Chicago at Boston-Ran.
Philadelphia, 8; st. Louis, I
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Tiger Artillery Silenced.

The Yankees batted both Boland an
Cunningham hard and easily won.
to 0, at the Polo Grounds yesterdai
Mogridge puzzled the Tigers froH
start to finish. the heavy stickers d
the Detroits falling to get a hit.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Recruit Slams the Ball.

Wingo's hitting featured the fra
game of the series with st. Louis Il
Philadelphia yesterday. which Phil
adelphia won, to .. With the scorl
tied, to 1.-Wingo's fourth hit was il
triple in the eighth. !
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Oregon Varsity's New Grid Field.

University of Oregon will dedicate
sts new foot ball field November Is,
when the Oregon A c. will be played
The field located on the college
grounds. Eugene. Is one of tho finest
ea the Pacific coast
Evening star., 1919-09-20

Cleveland .,.... y o ! u-12
W asHingt0u. -.... y u ~ q u =
Two-ha>r hits Smith, Wood and Ragby.
Stolen ba>ts-Ricc, MenoSky ~. Judge. FoS
ter Sacrifice hit -Shank>. p'Neill. Harris
smith, Chapman Gardner. Sacrifice hy-Ba e
by. Doupr plays-Shanks, Charity to Leon
ard to ShnukS: Rice to Leonard. Left on bases
cleveland. 3: Washington, g. Bases on balls
on Raghy, |, of Shaw, 3; off Harper, >; on
Fischer. /. HitS-Of Shaw, 6 in ) innings: of
Harper, & in innings off Fischer in in
ningS. Struck ont-Ry Bagby, A; by Harper. 1:
by Fischer. |. Losing pitcher-Shaw. UmpireS
-Messr>. Hildebrand and Connolly. Time of
game hours
Evening star., 1919-09-20
GR|FF SEES AF|ND
IN PITCHER JORDAN
Expects Buffalo Recruit to
Make Good - Indians
Pound Out 1873 Win.
by DENMAN THOMPSON.

In Almond Jordan. a pill propeller
~ generous proportions just added to
the Nationals slab staff. Manager
Griffith believes he has found pitcher
who will prove of value to the team
next season. Jordan this season
toiled for the Buffalo club of the
International League. where he
pitched 800 per cent ball by WIN
ming fifteen of tie twenty-five games
he went to a decision in. He is
above the average height of ball
players. and includes in his pitching
repertoire an uuderhand ball and
splitter He is described as a seasoned
hurler. with gOn1l control on the
order of Al Schacht, but possessed
of more stuff than the Jersey city
acquisition. He Is about tWenty-SiH
Years old ana once had trial With
the White SoX. He is expected to re-
port today. and if he shows up in
good condition probably will be as
signed to start tomorrow in the final
game with the Cleveland club.
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Promising Attractive Schedules Arrange
A Page From My Diary, No. 2

Il went out yesterday to play the
course in the best of spirits. Started
out to play eighteen holes; got a very
poor start and felt very much dis
couraged but as | look back over the
golf of that round / remember one
thing-after starting poorly l said to
myself that l would forget the bad
holes and try to make up for them
on the ones to follow Even though
| had some more bad holes. l had this
thought in mind, and 10 and behold. I
was around in seventy-three with
three SKIES"
"One should never get sulky on a
golf course. but try all the time. The
worst of all things is to keep regret
ting a short putt missed on a previ-
Gus hole. The matches lost by permit
ting such a frame of mind could hard
ly be counted. The thing to remem
Der is to do ones best at all times"
About Iron Shots.
To-day learned in playing my full
long iron shots that if | gave a quick
blow when playing into the wind the
result was very satisfactory. BY a
quick blow I mean to snap the club
head through the ball sharply. With
this in mind try to think of a strong,
III III d11u SlE dISll VI NHS tluo
head. I found also that I was stand
ing little too close to the ball. and
! remembered the idea Of distance was
to be governed by the lie of the club
head, the left knee being braced in
the follow through remembered
particularly to keep my eye on the
baIl-a little thing that must never be
forgotten"
The most important thing I learn
ed in putting today was to keep my
eye on spot on the back of the ball.
Hit this spot crisply with the club
head. going through on an imaginary
line"
A friend asks what I mean by the
phrase "throwing the clubhead
through the ball. Perhaps the ex-
preston is golfing license of speech.
but it really seems to be descriptive
Evening star., 1919-09-20
Slated for Smith in sixth.
Totals

TRatted for shaw in NTH.
Slated for Harper in seventh.
Slated for Fischer in ninth
Evening star., 1919-09-20

Practice at State yesterday consist
ID more of conditioning and harden