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The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
MIDSHIPMEN DEFEAT
FORDHAM TEAM

Annapolis. Md. April 23.-The An
napolis Midshipmen won fine up
hill fight from Fordham College on
the diamond here this afternoon by
a score of to s. Score by innings:
r. II. E.
Navy II o100 4ox-s IS 4
f. C.....1 1 1 90 0-6 s
Batteries-Bolton.L L. n. Haker. r.
n. Baker and Hartman: Mcnamara
Martin and Sweetland. Unpires,
Byers. of Baltimore. and Clark, of
st. Johns.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
DODGERS TAKE ONE
MORE FROM BRAVES

Boston. April 23.-The Dodgers
annexed another victory from the
Braves today when a ninth inning
rally resulted in five tallies, giving
the visitors a 6-to-1 victory. Fill
ingamand was hammered in this
session and Reagan took up his
duties. The score by innings:
B'klyn 20 1 90 o o o SIS 4
Boston % 900 o o o o Ii 4
r. H. r.
Batteries-Grimes and Miller; Fill
ingamand. Ragan and Wilson, Kle-
mande.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
DEMPSEY WILL SHOW
WILLARD HIS SPEED

Kansas City. Mo. April 23.-Jack
Dempsey may perform before Jess
Willard when he stages his athletic
carnival here Monday night.
II. w. Wakefield, local sportsman.
today invited willard here to see
his challenger in action in the wind
up Of the Dempsey tour which ends
here April 2S.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
CLERKS LEAGUE WILL :
HOLD FINAL MEETING

Representatives Of War Risk, Ord
nance. Treasury. Finance. Company
c, and Agriculture are requested 10.
be present at the Departmental
Baseball League meeting tonight at
7:30 o'clock at Frnch's store. The
treasurer will be present 20 collect ,
the forfeit fee which Is due on or
before April IS. --
The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
ELLERBE TO START
FOR BINGHAMTON NINE

Frank Ellerbe. the young South Car
olina tnfielder who was given a trial
with the Nationals during the spring
training trip. will start at the key
stone sack for Frank Schulte's Bing-
hamton club. of the International
League. Ellerbe's hitting during the
practice session in Binghamton has
been one OF the sensations of the
Schultz OUTFIT
The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
TAYLOR LEADS TRAP
SHOOTERS In TOURNEY

Pinehurst, N. C.. April 23.-Some
remarkably good shooting was done
in an amateur professional double
target tourney held at the Pine-'
hurst Gun Club today. p. w. Earle
amateur OF Anderson S. e. led the
big field with a total OF 43. missing
second barrel birds and 1 double
out of :5 pairs. The professionals
were led by J. r. Taylor. of Newark,
Ohio, at ~.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
Walter johnson Lands
13-Inning Game, l to O,
Some 'Firsf' In Opening.

Here are a few of the '-firsts".
of the opening of the 1919 major
league season here yesterday:
First strike-Johnson on Kopps
First ball--Johnson on Kopp.
First strike out-Johnson on
Burns
First base on balls-Johnson to
Kopp.
First hit-Burns on Johnson.
First run-Menosky.
First out-Miian of Shannoh's
bat
First assist-Johnson OF Roth's
bat.
First stolen base-Kopp.
First sacrifice-Milan.
First error-Shanks.
First double play-Johnson to
Judge
The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
Toxkelson Is Released.

Cleveland. Ohio. April 23.-Pitcher
Torkelson, of the Cleveland Indians.
was traded to the New Orleans Peli-
cans today for Tom Phillips, Pelican
hurler.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-24
Havr. Dc Grace Selections.

First Raoe--Bryan Held. Smart
Guy. Roisterer.
Second Race-Rhomb, Reddest
Early Light.
Third Racs-sweet Aiyssum.
Dottie vandiver. Miss 8ryn.
Fourth Race-Peter Combs. DR..
Hall. Amaze.
Fifth Race-Reaim. Fleeing
Sheik. Ophelia
Sixth Race-Giasstoi. Mono
moy. Belaria.
Seventh Race-Bar One. Thrift,
Polroma-
The Washington herald., 1919-04-24

Five pounds apprsntice Allowance elaine
tTen pounds Apprentices claimed.
The sun., 1919-09-19
AWAITS JOHNSON'S REPLY.
American League Directors Re-
main Inactive.

CHICAGO. Sept 1S.-Developments in
the fight against Byron Bancroft John
son. president OF the Americ League,
by the majority directors-Messrs,
Comiskey of Chicago, Rupert of New
York and Frazee of Boston-to-day
awaited Mr. Johnson's reply to derna nds
for a complete statement of the league
affairs. The president still was in the
East It was said here to-day and no
statement had been obtained from him
as to what his answer would be.
The joint committee from the Ameri-
can and National leagues appointed re-
Gently in New York to select a successor
to Garry Hermann. owner OF the Gin
cinnati Nationals, chairman Of the Ma
tional Commission,i had before them
names of four men. one of whom will
be named for the place, and the state
ment of Mr.. Hermann that he would
step out as soon as man to replace
him had been chosen.
The sun., 1919-09-19
BROOKLYN MISPLAYS|
HELPFUL TO REDS
Give Eller 2 to 0 Victory in
Duel With Cadore-Schrei-
Der Goes on Strike.
Special DsspascA 10 The Sun.

CINCINNATI. Sept. 1s.--Leon Galore
held the Reds to six hits, some OF them
scratches, here on Redland Field to-day,
while the Dodgers harvested seven hits
Off Eller, but two of Cincinnatrs raps,
one OF them a double, were punched
along with a stolen base and two Brook
lyn errors In the seventh for two runs
which gave Filler q 2 to o shutout. Eler
was effective in the pinches and received
stonewall support
Jimmy Johnston, who mas been play
ing wonderful ball for Brooklyn the last
two months, had a big day at the Dat,
niclxing Filler for a single, double and
triple. Brooklyn had n roseate chance
Of tying things up in the ninth, when
Myers led of with triple and ko-
netchy walked. Mitchell, who batted for
Baird. famed. Then as Kruger struck
out Hickman, who ran for Konetchy,
was doubled UP stealing.
1t was Heinie Groh day and the CAP
tain of the Cincinnati club was pre-
scented with hall clock, silver bowl
from his bowling team. wrist watch
and a diamond stick pin.
Schneider, the recruit who has been
playing third base while Groh Is out OF
the lineup with an injured finger. re-
fused to put on a uniform because he
was not allotted a full share of the
worlds series receipts.
At a meeting of the Cincinnati play
ers this morning II was voted that every
man on the team should receive a full
share except Duncan, Schneider and See,
who have been with the team only about
a month. These three were voted hall
a share each.
The duel between Galore and Eller
was hot one till the seventh. which
indeed proved lucky for the champions
With one down Duncan doubled to right
and registered on kopfs single to the
same pasture. Kcpf stole second and
continued to third on Krueger's bad
throw. What most of the fans consld-
cred a tumble by Johnston. but what the
official scorer credited as an infeld hit
gave Neale a life and permitted Kopf to
score. Nesle died stealing and Magee
popped to Baird. The score:
The sun., 1919-09-19
SIX ELEVENS LINE
UP AT YALE FIELD
Coach Sharpe Selects Big and
Fast Men for First
Team.
Special Despatch TO TIE Sun.

New HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 1s.--Dr.,lE
Sharpe. head coach of the Yale football
team this afternoon advanced his prlnci-
pals to their second lesson. Six full
elevens were lined up for signal drill and
had their first signal practice for the
year. The first team as It lined UP toe
day is a big and speedy bunch. In the
team were Rheinhardt, Allen, Hami1,
Kirkpatrick, Seidenberg, Gait, Capt,s
Callahan, Laroche, Lay and Neville -.
and Heffellnger.
The first half of the practice this af-Ips
ternoon was devoted to line charging byuos
the forwards and to kicking and tackling ebo
by the backs DR.. Sharpe Is giving the
fundamentals Just as they were taught"~
years ago at Yale. At both morningpns
and afternoon practice quick starting,nss
turning passing, punt catching and the IN
ssns.ed nc 49, So EsN
For the next ten days this style otedt
drill will be continued There were halhne
dozen new arrivals to-day, making tho en-
squad about 116. Jack Gates, end coach,
to-day picked out twenty candidates for
this position and took charge Of themsion
Dr. Bull had Aldrich of last years fresh- OK
man class in charge to-day and coached A.
him In punting
A new coach to be added to the list s1
lie Osborne, the former crack end rushsla
of the University Of Virginia. He is now, Z
! on the faculty of the Yale Divinity W
| School. He will assist in end coachingsuts
The sun., 1919-09-19
HARVARD FOOTBALL
MEN SHOW POWER
Coach Fisher to Reduce Squad
to Thirty-five Players
To-day.
special pe.patcA to Tnn SUI.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept. 1s.-To-day's
practice for the Harvard football players
was much more satisfactory to the
coaches than that Of yesterday The
players showed no tenderness after
their first days scrimmage and were
much more active and direct The four
rush lines on the FIRST squad and all the
backs took part in an hours scrimmag-
ing The coaches drove the players
hard the entire distance.
Although first downs were few, prob
ably because Of the manner in which
the most promising men have been scat
tered through the various teams, there
were some good holes opened and the
backs worked together much better than
on the first day.
Bob Fisher intends to cut the squad
to about thirty-hve players after to-
morrow's drill, and to-day the linemen
particularly were in the game for all
they were worth.
Hadley again showed his power In
the rush line. and Westherhead, one OF
the new wings. showed lot Of promise
Conlon, former Exeter star and last
years s. A. I. c.. quarter, did some
pretty open field running. There were
no scores made, but Ralph Horween
Harvard's veteran line breaker from the
1916 varsity. besides doing some fine
punting also narrowly missed a droI
kick field goal from the 35 yard line.
Lothrop wilmington, Harvard's 1916
captain. helped coach the linemen fol
the first time to-day. The scrubs started
scrimmaging this afternoon. but will moi
be sent in to play against the varsity
until Monday.
The sun., 1919-09-19
CHOOSES COLUMBIA TEAM.
Coach Dawson Puts Veterans on
Wing Positions.

Tentative selections for Columbia's
varsity football eleven were made yes
terday by Fred Dawson, head coach.
after the longest and hardest drill of
tlT week
Although IL was explained that none
OF the selections should be regarded as
fixtures Dawson placed two veterans in
charge of the wing positions. naming
jack Kennedy the 1918 captain-elect, for
left end and Weinstein for right. Both
were star players on the 1917 eleven.
Forsythe, one of last years ends. was
placed at left tackle, and Towers, the
1918 right tackle. held down his old po-
sition. Kinnenger. who played both
guard and centre on the s. A. T. C.
eleven, was at centre. while Canapery
another veteran, was Dawson's choice
for quarterback. Scovil at left guard
Herman at right tackle, Applebaum and
Moszenski at the halfback positions, and
Eccles at fullback are all newcomers, al
though Eccles was on the freshman
eleven two years ago.
The sun., 1919-09-19
8 VETERANS FOR N. Y. U. SQUAD
storey, A. +. l.. Veteran, Among
New Football Candidates.

New York University's football squad
was further strengthened by the appear
ance OF three more veterans of past
gridiron seasons yesterday afternoon.
A few other lesser lights also reported
for the first time, bringing up the squad
to sixty men.
The trio Of veterans who appeared
yesterday for the first time this sea-
son were Jim Storey. Hal Drafren and
Jack Wiltse. Jim Storey has Just re-
turned from twenty months service in
the American Expeditionary Force. He
is expected to fill in his old place at
tackle.
Coach Longwell put his charges
through a hard workout. He spent
most of the afternoon in teaching the
line charging tactics, both on the Of
fence and defence. The backfield men
were given long drill in running down
punts and forward passes.
Entries for the meet will close Sep
tember 20 with Paul Pilgrim.
The sun., 1919-09-19
PENN VARSITY SCORES TWICE.
Spirited Scrimmage for Quaker
Football Candidates.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 1S.-In his
nrst day Of scrimmage HOBBY Light, the
veteran Penn halfhack, shared honors
with Danny McNichol. HOBBY dashed
fifteen yards for a touchdown, and Nc
Nichol on a plunge off tackle found an
opening that carried him over the goal
line The varsity beat the second team
by two touchdowns in spirited fight.
McNichol was at fullback again and
showed his skill by picking the oppo-
nents' forward passes out of the air
Bruner and Light got the halfback as
s!gnments. and Captain Bert Bell called
the plays. Carl Thomas. the big oars
man, excelled at guard on the Varsity
Rex Wray was back on the second team
at quarterback. The Miller brothers
Heinie and Ray-were used at the var
sity ends. Hopper still is a cripple.
The sun., 1919-09-19
TRAINING TABLE FOR 81
SYRACUSE SQUAD
Thirty Football Candidates.
Chosen After Scrin1mage.
Special Despatch to THE Sun.

SYRACUSE, Sept. IS. - The longest y
scrimmage ever held by a Syracuse
University eleven so early in the season !
was held to-day by the Orange first
team against the second eleven. The
workout lasted an hour and a half. and
Coaches Meehan, Horn and Kallett. who
directed the team in Head Coach Buck
O'Neill's absence, were well satisfied
with the showing. After the drill the
coaches picked thirty men to sit at the
training table, which started tonight. b
Bill Erwig, former Fordham back
who was a star In the backheld for
Syracuse last year, was out in toys for .
the first time. He showed up brllliantly.n
He ripped holes through the line andT
sklrted the ends. Abbott, a former Ohioy
player, who was at school all summer, i
shone in the backfield with Erwig. He
is looked upon as q likely owner of one,
Of the halfback positions this season.
Steele, a former back, was tried out at I
quarterback. He may be an understudy,.
to Ackley. last years speedy field gen.
eral a
The sun., 1919-09-19
NEW YORK A. G. BACK IN RING.
VIII Stage Athlete Meet on Pre-.
War Basis at Travers Island.

For the first time since the club patri-
otically declared itself out of competitive
athletics for the period of the war the
New York A. C. is going to stage one
of its regular old fashioned athletic
meets at Travers Island, the historic
summer home of the Mercury Footers,
on Saturday, September 81. The regu-
lar fall games OF the club will be fea-
tured with the appearance Of the full
national Junior and national senior
championship New York A. C. teams
A special feature will be three-quAr-
ter mile handicap, in which Jole Ray,
the wonderful little distancer from Chi
cago, will attempt to smash the worlds
record of 3:O24-5, which the lamented
Tommy Conner made on the same Ira
vers Island track twenty-fur years ago
last month. The usual handsome New
York A c. trophies are attracting the
cream of the country's athletes.
The sun., 1919-09-19

Baseball To-day. s.so PM. NY. Americans
Detroit. Polo Grounds. Adm Soe,-1dV.
The sun., 1919-09-19
Baseball Briefs

No club in either league has collapsed
the way the St. Louis Browns have folded
up in tho last few weeks. Burke had
the club hghting most OF the way and for
quite a while Brown fans were 0guring
the club had a chance for the pennant
sox to sixth place and are going from bad
to worse The club has had lot Of mis-
fortune and its pitching stan 10 a shred
Of what It was at the start Of the season.
Brooklyn IL getting to be quite a Dor
ough for pitchers. Old Joe Lake was a
BROOKLYN lad, but recently quite a fock
league twiriing staffs. Among them are
Jimmy Ring Of the Reds. Leon Galore OF
the Dodgers and Waite Hoyt of the Red
sox. Now Harry Courtney, the Is-year-
old Brooklyn kid 10 making his mark
with the Washington club. Yesterday he
hits. Looks as though Grin" has picked
up a live wire.
A rather freak coincidence in the careers
of KID Gleason and Pat Moran, the rival
managers in this years worlds series is
that both started on their way to man
coach OF tho Phillies. Both served in
that role under Red DoolnN~ when he ran
the Quaker City club:
Babe Adams has no worlds series 10
pitch in this fall. but judging by his brill
liant work against the Giants yesterday
the slab against the American League
as well as in 1903 Since Adams won hil
three worlds series Victories from the
Tigers ten years Aeo the National Lsagas
has won only one ssFisA
The sun., 1919-09-19
PRACTICE GAME AT RUTGERS.
Two Fifteen Minute Halves Are
Played.
Special Despatch TO THr Sun.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Sept. 1s.-The
Rutgers eleven was put through its
PAGES to-day by Coach Sanford in the
first practice game of the season. Two
fifteen, minute halves were played with
the Scrubs" The varsity scored a
touchdown in each period.
Twenty-Five new candidates reported
for work this morning with the opening
of college. This marked the last Of the
all day practice sessions however.
Turk" Gardner, last years star half
back. was In the lineup to-day. He DEM
onstrated that he had lost none Of his
old ability. Bulge" Garrett, the In
dian. was on hand but was not In uni
form, as 1t Is not certain whether he
will return to college this year.
With nearly two weeks OF practice fin
ished. the team already is in excellent
condition and is looking forward to the
meeting with Ursinus on September ~.
The sun., 1919-09-19

Totals. 99l4T Il
'Batted for Welsh in the ninth inning
tBatted for Galloway in the ninth inning.
The sun., 1919-09-19
BRIEF WORKOUT FOR ARMY.
Academic Work Interferes With
GrIdirOn Work.
Special Despatch to THE Sun

WEST POINT, Sept. 1s-The Army
coaches were unable to stage more than
brief gridiron workout for the Cadets
this afternoon because OF academic duty
and military drills. During the early
session position drills. kicking and pass
ing were INDUCED in and the practice
wound up with light scrimmage
FumbHng marred the varsity play
throughout Undertake, a plebe who
comes from n generation OF army foot
ball stock, pleased with his end play to.
day. Swartz, guard. and Himmler, q
backfield candidate, also showed up we'll
Billow, who started the season at end
and had been shifted to the backfield.
was back again at one of the wing posi-
tons to-day. Gregory, George and
Wilhide alternated at quarters
The sun., 1919-09-19

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The sun., 1919-09-19
ANOTHER CORNELL COACH.
Eckley VIII Take Charge of Fresh
man Football Team.
specsaI DsspdtcA to THE Sun.

ITHACA, N. Y. Sept. 1s.--Another
coach was added to the Cornell football
coaching stafr to-day in the person of
Paul Eclsley, for two years an end on
the varsity team. Eckley. who left the
university for the war and served as
First Lieutenant in the S1sth Infantry
in the Meuse- Argonne operations. has
been engaged as assistant coach with
special duties to handle the freshman
football team. lie will begin his work
Monday. Four combinations of players
were put through the first signal
drill of the year to-day but no attempt
was made to pick a varsity team. Coach
Rush plans to hold first scrimmage of
the year on Saturday
The sun., 1919-09-19
BROWN PLAYERS BRUISED.
show Eject of Strenuous Foot
ball Practice.
Special Despafch 10 TnE suv.

PROVIDENCE, r, l., Sept. 1s.-Because
the Brown football practices have been
so strenuous during the last few days
several OF the players are considerably
bruised. tombstone. Nichols and Lathrop
are In the worst condition.
jm Sinclair, tackle on the 1917 eleven,
reported to-day. while Pete Herriott.
who just missed making his letter dur
ing that season, also put in an appear
ance To-day's workouts consisted Of the
Usual preliminary exercises. The morn
ing session was under the eye OF Coach
Whittemore, while Coach Robinson WAS
on hand for the afternoon practice.
Scrimmages do not commence until rext
We elk.
The sun., 1919-09-19
LEONARD MAY BOX TENDER.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sept. 1S.-Bennie
Leonard, the lightweight champion. is
willing 10 meet Lew Tender in a fifteen
or twenty round bout for the title nero,
according to a statement by Capt w. G.
Doherty. formerly Of the police force,
who 10 interested in boxing. Leonard
will tight at las pounds, the lightweight
limit. Capt Doherty has asked Phil
Glassman. for Tender. to agree to the
match
The sun., 1919-09-19
oUBANs BACK IN HARLEM.

Two games that are sure to pack the
capacity of Olympic Field. 1seth street
and Fifth avenue. are booked for this
Sunday. when tie Lincoln Giants and
the Cuban Stars of T'avana clash In the
NTH of their series of double headers,
To date the teams have an even break.
The Cubans are due to return shortly to
Havana. where they are entered in the
Cuban National Baseball League, hence
this Sundays game probably will be
their last In this city this season.
The sun., 1919-09-19
BOSTON a.

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The sun., 1919-09-19
SOL METZGER GETS BUSY.
Holds Morning and Afternoon
Practice at Union.
Special Despatch to TUE sUs.

SCHENECTADY, Sept. 1S.-The Union
College football squad numbering about
thirty men started its third day OF prac-
tice on the gridiron to-day. Coach Bol
Metzger had tho men out for both morn
ing and afternoon workouts. With the
beginning OF school sessions next Monday
practices will be held in the afternoon
only.
Eight Of Union's varsity men have al
ready donned their toys. Joe Manion.
Dave GARDENER, Robert Gregory. Dow
BeelSman and Harry Foster are among
them. The other varsity men who have
reported are Il. Law Comstock, Dawson
Speer, Sid Brown and Capt. Bill" Han
ley of last years team.
The sun., 1919-09-19
SENATORS MAKE A
SWEEP OF SERIES
Vanquish BroUns in Final
Games by 1873 and 10.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1S.-(American)
Washington made a clean sweep of
the series with st. Louis by taking both
ends of a double header heTe to-day by
scores of IL to and to o. Schacht,
who pitched for the locals in the first
game. was obtained recently from Jersey
City OF the International League. Eller-
be's work at bat and field was the fea-
ture of both games. The scores:
The sun., 1919-09-19
BOX FOR SOLDIERS AT DIX.

The Knights OF Columbus. under the
direction I of Jimmy Twyford. staged
seven fast five round boxing bouts for
the soldiers at Camp Dix last night and
also a wrestling bout. The following
boxers appeared: Packy O'Gatty, Tommy
Shea, Walter Brooks. Farmer Sullivan
Red Allen, Jim Montgomery. Fred Dyer
Sailor Volk. Sergeant Ray Smith and
others. Also Young Munday and Sailor
sanderson wrestled twenty minutes to a
draw.
The sun., 1919-09-19
EMPEY ARRANGEs SERIES.

Guy Employs Treat 'Em Roughs will
begin another series with the Bacharach
Giants Of Atlantic City, who were signed
for a number of games, the first of which
will be played Sunday. In their previous
games the fans who packed the stands
were treated to thrilling baseball and
It was at the request of the parks pa
irons that Empey reengaged the Jersey
ties. Pol Perritt, JEFF Tesreau and
Jimmy Clinton will pitch for the lcals
ana opposed to them will be Dick Red
ding and Wiclkware.
The sun., 1919-09-19
NO ST. LOUIS SERIES.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1s.--No fall series be-
tween the St Louis clubs OF the National
and American leagues VIII be held this
year as in previous seasons, II was off,
cially announced tonight. The reasons
given were poor gate receipts in former
years and the expiration OF players con-
tracts
The sun., 1919-09-19
BRAVES BEAT sEMI-PRos,

AS the Giants did not play on WednesdA
their averages remain unchanged.