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The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Picinich's Bat a Factor
In Victory Over Chicago
Walls Timely Stick Work
Enables Grifmen to Beat
White Sox in Opening
Game, II to |.

Chicago. July 16.-Griff's bunch
simply smothered the White Sox by
their rushing tactics here this after
noon Grover Lowdermilk. elongat-
ed Sox hurler, was driven to the
clubhouse under a rain of base wall
lops in the nth and Danforth. his
successor. Jared worse. Eric Erick-
son went the rout for Griff. The
final count favored the Griffs. IL
to 1.
Val Picinich was the batting star
of the day for Washington. Val
whaled out safety the first four
jaunts to the pan. Even Erickson
was hammering out the pill, getting
two singles and double.
The Sox were the first to score.
LeiboId strolled and Collins was
safe on Shanks' tumble. Weaver
sorced Memo and when Jackson
poled a single to right. Collins
scored Erickson singled in the
third, advanced on Collins boot and
an Interference play and scored the
tying run when Schalk muffed
Felsch's throw at the plate.
The bombardment of the Sox by
Griff's artillery was started by Pici-
to center. Shanks sacrificed and when
Janvrin smashed double to left,
Picinich scored. Judge poled a single
to right. sending Janvrin home.
With one gone in the fifth Menosky
beat out a hit of Collins glove. Muir
phys line single to right sent Mike
home and Bob moved up on the heave
home. Picinich's safety to left scored
-sAurphy.
Another bombardment and the most
deCimatinE of all followed in the sixth
With Danforth and Lynn in the points
for Chicago. Erickson started the
fireworks for the Nationals with a
double over Leibold's head. Judge
tripled, Foster singled, Rice singled.
Murphy strolled. and Picinich and
Shanks followed with safeties to CEN
ter, five runs scoring.
Rice drew a pass in the eighth in
ming. Shanks singled, sending Sam to
third. Rice scored when Picinich hit
into a double play.
Altrock furnished much fun for the
crowd by initiating McMullin's post
ures at third mimieking the umpire.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Pershing and Doughboys
To See Pal Moore Battle

London. July 1s.-American box
ing prestige will receive its test
against British skill tomorrow
night when Pal Moore. Memphis
wizard. will clash for twenty
rounds with Jimmy Wilde, fly
weight champion.
1t was announced the Prince of
Wales and Prince Albert would at
tend and probably would sit in the
same box with Gen. PershinG The
match will begin at $50 o'clock
American doughboys in large
numbers are expected to be pres
Cnt. Scores of them. mostly from
Chicago. visited Moore today. As
encouragement to Wilde, a choir
accompanied him here from his
training camp in Wales and plans
to sing at intervals during the
bout
The advance sale for the Moore
Wilde bout indicates that the Olym-
plan Coliseum. which holds 20,OO0,
will be jammed. There is a big de-
mand for seats ranging in price
from SIS to $50
A great amount of discussion has
been raised by sporting writers over
the announcement of Wilde's back
ers, mostly Welshmen, that they in
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
DULUTH OARSMEN
IN EVERY RACE

Worcester. Mass. July 16.-Fourteen
races arranged by the National Asso-
citation of Amateur Oarsmen and five
additional events added by the local
regatta committee are scheduled for
the national regatta to be rowed over
the Lake Quinsigamond course here
on August ] and .
Entries for the fourteen races on the
national card, which close July -,
will be more numerous than in any
previous regatta according to James
Pilkington, president of the national
association.
The Duluth Boat Club has signified
its intention of making an entry in
every race, and will bring twelve
shells and fifty oarsmen and scullers
TO Worcester.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
TWO JACKS IN
BIG MONEY POT
Harvest Time Here for
Kearns and Dempsey. but
Champ Is Castor Oil Kid.
by RAzZ BERRY.

Berry picking days are here for
Jaques Dempsey. hero OF the Toledo
abattoiT scene. The berries are vul-
carly called iron men. or beans. by
hoi p'loi. Jack calls them his golden
apples. and has bought the other
Jack-Msnager Kesrns-a rake TO
gather them IN.
Said harvest will last until some
other apple knocker comes along and
drives Jack away. Our well-known
ritizen. Jess Willard. Esq. now Of
Lawrence. Kans.. formerly was sole
custodian Of the apple tree He had
a fence around for five years.
Dempsey Is like small bow taking
castor oil. Kearns holds the spoon
and instead Of castor OIL II contains
a precious substance known world
over as gold. The champ knows it's
good for him. but he doesn't like to
take IT for the reason that the taking
involves the footlishts and circus
Dempsey likes 10 fight. but he doesn't
like to pose before his admirers. He
likes money, but he doesn't like the
way his manager has chosen to
get IL
A vacation to him is free life in
the open-away from the footIights.
away from admirers. away from news
paper men and PHOTOGRAPHERS
He's a peculiar boy. He never had
enough money TO know what il really
is like. but his manager knows ana
when kearns talks in tens of thou
sands. Dempsey bushes and accepts
the nomination.
Yes, it's a terrible thing to make a
man take a fortune when he'd rather
go fishing, wot?
They're at it tooth and nail. mostly
toe nail, in the American League.
The winner hopes TO have enough
teeth-edge left to bite into the worlds
series melon. There isn't so much
hope for the toe nails. however
Three managers calling for more
hitting and better pitching They al
ways do. The time TO do the world
series shopping is in the spring. No
Dick or Frank Merriwells in the on
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
MASON WILL BATTLE
WINNER OF BIG BOUT

Baltimore. July 1s.-When frankie
Mason. the Fort Wayne fyweight.
stacks up against frankie Daley. of
Staten Island. in fifteen-round de-
cision bout next Monday night before
the American Athletic Association at
Oriole Park, the probability is that it
will be his last contest in this coun-
try for quite a while. He has re-
ceived the offer of a very good sized
purse to meet the winner Of the
Jimmy Wilde-Pal Moore battle, which
is carded to take place in London to-
morrow night, and Manager George
Biemer. when he was here last week.
said that he saw no reason why he
should not accept the proposition on
behalf of his little battler
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Notes of the Game.

Clyde Milan was taken i'll and
was hurried to the Mercy Hospital
here this morning. Zeb will prob
ably be out for the rest of the trip.
With men on first and third and
two out in the first inning. Weaver
tried strategy. Buck was chased
down but tried to hug Erickson and
then rob him of the ball but Umpire
owens was looking and called Buck
out
Griff announced before the game
that Washington would win four
straight from Chicago. Maybe he's
right.
The Washington players and
scribes were lamenting the switch
ing of hotels. Some of the boys
brought their bathing suits for some
aquatic stunts at the Chicago Beach
Hotel.
Erickson showed he can hit by
starting a rally in the sixth inning.
Nick Altrock continued to bat
heavily in the entertainment league.
The fans here like Nick's comedy.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17

ing. Fohl. Higgins. Grit and Gleason
will have to find one In their own
camps Life would be merry. the
sun would shine bright, " 900 hitter
would spring up overnight. Dull cares
would vanish, smiles wreaIhe each
face. with another good pitcher 40
throw at first place.
But with none OF these phenomena
celebrities about. there's nothing 20
do but just scrap II out.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
STRONG BALTIMORE
TEAM PLAYS REX A. G..

The Eastern Athletic Association
baseball nine will be the opponents
OF the Rex Athletic Club at UniC =,
League Park. Fifteenth and II
streets northeast. Sunday at )
o'clock. Manager Krebs, of the
Easterns. promises to bring first
class semipro aggregation here for
this game.
His club has been going at a
fast clip this season, having split
even in double headers with the St
Andrews, st. Martins and the
Hampdens. recognized to be among
the best in the Monumental City,
and having defeated the Varsity A.
c., the Foster A. c., the st. Patrick,
the Omars and the Monford A. c.
Vernstein or Owen and Fitzgerald
will be the battery for the local
nine.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
JIMMY BARNES STILL
LEADS In TOURNEY

Shawnee. Pa. July 16.-James
Barnes. st. Louis. was the only re-
naming amateur in the annual
Shawnee golf tournament here this
afternoon. He started out with
two strokes advantage over
Michael Brady. Boston. The race
seemed to be entirely between
them. with chances favoring the
Western champion. who had rs
against 2l9 for his Eastern rival.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
WAR CLERKS TO
STAGE BENEFIT

A benefit ball game will be played
Friday between War Department ana
Camp Meade teams for the soldiers at
Walter Reed Hospital and on the fol-
lowing day a double-header will be
staged.
In the first game Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing will meet the team
from Walter Reed. while the night
cap will find War Department battling
the War Risk club. The opening fray
will begin at 2:so p m. while the final
contest will start Immediately after
the finish of the first battle.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Mays to Rejoin Club.

Boston. July ls-Carl Mays, dis
oouraSed over the way the Red Sox
have been losing recently. has lefl
the team and is in Boston today
While Mays himself declared he Is
discouraged and that he is through
with the Red SoX. there are many
who believed that the pitcher vii
rejoin Ed BaTrows family after
thinking the matter over.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
FRED SCHUPP NOW
MEMBER OF CARDS

New York. July 16.-Fred Schupp.
former star of the Giant pitching
stan. was traded today for Catcher
Frank Snyder. Of the Cardinals. The
deal was announced following an
carly morning conference between
Manager McC;raw. of the Giants. and
President-MGHager Hickey. Of the
Cardinals.
This is the second recent deal be-
tween the two clubs. each of which
has contributed a star catcher to
the New York club. Gonzales was the
first.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
PAUL E;USSER GOES
TO BOSTON RED SOX

Des Moines, Iowa. July l6-Paul
Musser. ace of the Des Moines West
ern League clubs pitching staff, has
been sold to the Boston Red Sox He
will depart tonight for Cleveland to
Join the team. Southpaw Winn. of
the Boston club. will come to Des
Moines. A cash consideration also
was involved
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Owings Club Beaten.

The Owings Athletic Club los,
their first game last Saturday to
the Aloysius Club. They had TO
start the game with no pitcher, US
ing one of their inf1elders that had
never pitched a game before Seig-
ert, their regular pitcher. came N
the NTH. and after that inning the
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Indians Trim Red Sox.

Cleveland. Ohio. July 16.-The In
dams drew first blood from the
Red Sox in the four-game series
starting today. 3 to 1. 1t was the
Indians eighth clash with the
world champs this season and their
eighth victory. Myers outpitched
PennOck all the way. The score:
Rrstor All n q A D. tuevsl9pd An n a. 4 81
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Hold Regular Benefit.

The Clarendon Athletic Association
has arranged for a series of Thurs
day evening dances at Clarendon on
their new pavilion, and invite all the
fans and fanettes to attend.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Phillies Obtain New Catcher.

Philadelphia. July 16.-Walter Ira
gesser. a catcher, was obtained today
by the Philadelphia National League
club. He came from the Boston Ma
tionals through the waiver process.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Texas Wants Boxing Bill.

Houston, Texas. July ia bill pro-
posing to legalize 2O-round boxing
contests in Texas will be introduced
in the State legislature at the pres
ent session. Gov. W. P. Hobby has
approved submission of the measure.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17


'Batted for Shawkey in the ninth
score BY innings:
81 LOuis. ......-....... o Z
Runs - Sisler ~. Smith Gerber shocker
Earned r1ns-St Louis. 5 Two-base hits-sisler
SeIereid. Three-hase hit-Smith Sacrifice hits
Shawkey. Williams. Double plsys-Severeid to
Gerner; Bodie to Hannah; Pratt to Peckinpaugh
TO Pip. Base balls-Off Shawkev 4. of
shooter. !. Struck out-By ShOcker 6: by
ShaEkey, Left on bases-St. Louis. 7; New
York, T. UmDires-Muriadty and Hildebrand
Time OF gameI59
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Overtime Game for Tigers.

Detroit. Mich. July 16.-Fourteen
innings were played by Detroit and
the Athletics today. the Tigers f1n-
ally winning by a 5-to-4 score. on
punched hits. Perry, who started
in the ninth inning did an iron
man act as he had pitched a com
plete game yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17

Hits-Of LOwdeTrnilk, in innings; Oh
Danforth. s in innings. Three-base hit
Judge. Twohase hits-Enckson. Janvrn, Nc
Mullin. Sacrifice hit-ShAnks. Stolen bases
Foster. Rice. Picnich. MURPHY. Struck out
By Erickson. 2; By Danforth. 3; by Lowder'
milk, l. Base on balls-Of Erickson 4; oh
Danforth, 4; of Lowdcrmilk. . Double play
McAiulIn to Collins To Gandil. Umpires-
Owens and Connolly. Time Of gamc-2:3o.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterdays R~sait-.
All games postponed; rain.
Nhrr' Ir.", rtu. Today.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at New York
Chicago AT Brooklyn.
Pittsburgh at Boston.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17

Major League Statistics
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Hesterds Va aesaltk. {

Washington, IL; Chicago. !,
Cleveland, 8; Boston, 1,
81 Louis, 8; New York, o.
Detroit. 8; Athletics, 4,
where They play To-day.
Washington at Chicago.
Boston mt Cleveland.
Athletics at Detroit.
New York at 81 Louis.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Yankees Handed Zeros.

st Louis. Mo, July 16.-TicEt
pitching by Urban Shocker gave the
Browns 80 victory over the
Yankees today. Up to the ninth only
"ne batter saw second base. The
score:
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17

Totals = = Il Toaals 90 z II 0
Bsttcd tor ~hedn IN ninth
RATED for PeHnock IN ninth
;Iiaa for Roth in ninth.
Bc=-tG-- ..---.--.-....-. q 90 I o.
ClcTeiand ..-----.----.-.-. 9 Q oO0lI LIS
Rms-Nitt. GTa4ey. Chapman WAmby Two
base ht-JhapTn4- Sacrifice hits-Pennock
IohrStcn. DouSe p4ys-Vitt Shean and Nc
lnnis- Len On baseS-BOstpn. 9; Cleveland. s,
BASES On halls-Oh Peunock. 2: Myers. ; Hit
hy pitcher BY Myers Walters. struck out-Bv
Peu1nck. .. UmDires-EYans ard NalIin
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
Mays Dog in Race.

Andrew j. May has entered his dog
in the races that are to be held al
Cabin John shortly.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.

Baltimore. 3; Birghamton, 10.
Baltimore. .: Binghamton, s.
Reading. .; Rochester, 6.
Reading, 0: Rochester. l.
Newark. 4: Buffalo, 5.
Newark. 1; Buffalo. Q.
Jersey City. 3: Toronto, 6.
Jersey City. 3; Toronto. Z.
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Detroit. 900 3OlO 10000 Is
AfhIetics . o o 20 Oe -

Runs-Young OOhb. veach t2l. Ainsmith.
Thomas, Walker. Strlnk. Dugan. Hits-Oh
Johnson in 5 innings: of Perry, I in o in
nings TNwo-base hits Walker. Shorten. Felch.
Burns. Cobb Witt. Tuee-base hit-Thomas.
Struck out-By EhmEe 4: Perm, . Bases On
'.J.ls-Of johnson. o: ElnIHke. 4. Double plays
DUgan. Wit and Burns: Buns 30 Dugan to
Burns Witt, Dugan and Burns; Young. Bush
and He;lmann: Walker and Dugan. Sacrifice
hits-Bush. Heilnann Witt. Stolen bases-Heil-
man ~, Walker Strlnk. First base on CrroTs
Detroit, = Left on bases-Detroit. 10; Ath-
letics 10 Umrires-Messrs. Chill and Dineen.
Time IL game-2 hours 81 minutes
The Washington herald., 1919-07-17

Totals "a IL Y Is Totals. g l. Al 2
'Battsd for McAyery IN the ninth inning.
''Batted for johnson in the ninth inniS-
-..Ran for Kinney IN the ninth inning.
Evening star., 1919-03-23

ures. And there It chung, untouched
until the following Sunday.
On Sunday morning East 43d street
Dears no moro resemblance to the
weekday 43d than does stiffiy
starched and subdued Sabbath school
scholar to his Monday morning self.
strangely quiet 1t Is. and unfrequent-
ed. Josie Fifer scurrying along in
the unwonted stiffness, was prompted
to throw a furtive glance over her
shoulder now and then, as though
afraid Of being caught at some GRIM
lnal act. She ran up the little flight
OF steps with rush. unlocked the
door with trembling fingers, and let
herself into the cool, dark gloom of
the storehouse hall. The metal door
or the elevator stared inquiringly aft
err her. She fed past it to the stair
way. Every step OF that ancient struc-
ture squeaked and groaned. First
day hum of the sewing machine was
absent. The room seemed to be hold
ing its breath. Josie, q tense, wide
eyed, frightened little figure, ste cd in
the center of the vast room. listening
to she knew not what Then, re-
ana reaching up, unpinned her hat.
She threw II on nearby table and
disappeared into the wardrobe room
'-Miputes passed-an hour She did
not come back. From the room beyond
came strange sounds--a >~woman's
voice; the thrill of a song; cries. the
anguish of tears; laughter, harsh and
high, as desperate and deceived
woman laughs-afl this following in
such. rapid succession that Sid Hahn.
pulling laboriously up ths four flights
of stairs leading sto the wardrobe
floor, entered the main room unheard.
Unknown to any one, he was int.ulg-
ing in one of his unsuspected visits
to the old wareroom that housed the
evidence of past and gone successes
successes that had brought him for
tune and fame, but no real happiness,
perhaps.
At the doorway he paused now.
startled. He was listening with every
nerve of his taut body. What? Who?
He tiptoed across the room with, a
step incredibly light for one so stout.
peered cautiously around the side Of
the doorway, and leaned up against
it weakly. Josie Fifer. in the black
velvet and mock pearls of ''Splen-
dour." her gray-streaked blonde hair
hidden under the romantic scallops of
Evening star., 1919-03-23

9 black wig. was giving the big scene
from the third aot. And though it
9ounded like burlesQus of that
famous passage. and though she limp
90 more than ever as she reeled to an
imaginary shrine In the corner. and
though the black wig was slightly
askew by now, and the velvet hung
with bunchy awkwardness about her
skinny lttle body. there was nothing
of the mfrth in Sid Hahns face as he
gazed. He shrank back now.
She was coming to the big speech at
the close Of the act-the big renunci-
alton speech that was the curtain. Sid
Hahn turned and tiptoed painfully.
breathlessly. magniflcently. out of the
big front room, into the hallway.
down the creaking stairs, and SO to
the sunshine of 43d street, with it's un
And he was smiling that rare and
melting smile of his-the smile that
was said to make him look something
like kewpie, and something like a
cupid, and a bit like an imp, and
very much like an angel. There was
little of the first now; very much
of the last.
why, the poor little kid" said he
the poor, lonely, stifed little Grip
pled-up kid"
And here it must be revealed to you
that Sid Hahn did not marry the en-
derella Of the storage warehouse. He
did not marry anybody, and neither
did Josie. And yet there is a bit more
to this story-ten years more. If you
must know-ten years, the end of
which found Josie sparse. spectacled,
and agile little cripple, as alert and
caustic as ever. 1T found Sid Hahn
the most famous theatrical man of his
day. II found Sarah Haddon at the
fag-end of career that had blazed
with triumph and adulation. She had
never had a success like "Splendour,"
Indeed. there were those who said
that all the plays that followed had
been failures carried to semisuccess
on the strength of that plays glorious
past.
And then. in mistaken moment.
they planned a revival of "Spiendour."
Sarah Haddon would again play the
part that had become a classic. Faith
ers had told their children of it-of
her beauty. her golden voice, the ex-
Quisite grace Of her, the charm, the
tenderness, the pathos.
So they revived "Splendour." And
men and women brought their sons
Evening star., 1919-03-23

Gd. Pew to the stairway. THE voices
Y THO men came up to her. She
Esaned far over tho railing. NC
sYeh1 What do you wantT'
.IEhS black velvet dressl fhe black
fhSi got . bug about that hat; dress. so1TM and
Sno says she wants to take 1t to Lon
GYn with her. to use on the opening
plghF She says IL she wears a new
SnS tnat hrst night the play'll be a
s!nce she's got to be a starr
Josie stood clutching the railing of
{ne stairway: Her disappointment was
70 oitter that she could not weep. She
feit cheated. outraged. "she might
nave let me have It," she said aloud
shes got everything else in the
that..aa that's She might have let me have
Then she went back into the big,
prlgnt sewing-room. "Splendour" ran
three years In London.
Sld Hahn only three or four times. He
spent mach of his time abroad When
ever opportunity presented itself she
would say: is 'Splendour' still playing
in London?'
UStill playing"
AZ the end OF three years Sarah Had
don returned to New York with an
English accent slight embonpoint
and g. little foreign habit of rushing
rp to her man friends with a delighted
exclamation (preferably French) and
kissing them on both cheeks.
Vhe scenery, props and costumes of
the London production of "Splendour"
were slow in coming back. But finally
they did come. Josie received them
with the calmneSs that comes of hone
deferred 1t had been three years
since she last saw the play. She told
herself, chidingly, that she had been
sort Of foolish over that play and
this costume. Her recent glimpses of
Haddon had been somewhat disillus-
ioning. But now, when she finally held
the gown itself in her hand-the origi-
nal "Splendour" second-act gown, a
limp. soft black mass: just few
yards Of worn and shabby velvet-she
found her hands shaking: She folded
the dress over her arm and carried it
to the wardrobe room. There she
hung 1t away in an empty closet, quite
apart from the other historic treas
Evening star., 1919-03-23

and steel products are to be sold
abroad h. q cooperative American
combination. Copper also. Other In
dustries. in their units. are working
are to be pools In soft and hard lum-
ber. cotton and woolen goods, office
furniture, zinc, linoleum. brass manu-
features, and so on.
Such pools, however. cannot do
business as pools In the United States.
Here there must be competition. The
law says SO. Hereafter. 1T is to be
disposed Of at cost. or less than cost,
in foreign markets. Sales will mean
profits to capital and work and wages
to labor.
But after the goods are sold they
must be paid for. How is Europe.
deep in debt. desperate in debt, al
most, to meet the bills for the goods
is of great Importance to every In
habitant of the United States--every
inhabitant, male or female, young or
old.
Unless goods are paid for. they had
better not have been made in the first
place. A standing tree is a liquid
asset. 1t becomes total loss. how
ever. II, when cut into lumber. it
brings no return to it's owner.
The debts Of nations at first glance
are almost appalling. Great Britain's
debt Is a. per cent of its estimated
national wealth. For every dollars
worth OF property that the people of
Great Britain own, they owe A cents.
The debt Of France is SO per cent Of
ito national wealth: of Italy. As per
cent: of Russia, SO per cent OF its ma
tional wealth: Hungary Is bankrupt.
.tsermany's debts are forty billion dol
lars; Germany's assets eighty billion;