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Nationals Regulars Beat Wins From c.
SIX-CLUB VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
So Compact It Is Only 100 Miles
Around Circuit.

RICHMOND. Va. March ga
change has come in the base ball
situation in Virginia. and the erst-
while four-club league has developed
into a compact six-team organiZa
ton. Portsmouth has raised the
cash to back a team and was shortly
followed by Suffolk. No team Will
have to travel more than one hundred
miles in making the swing around
the circuit
The league will consist of Rich
mond. Petersburg. Suffolk. Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Newport News.
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Griffith to Play Golf.

Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock
"ncw time" is the hour set for the
match game Of golf between Manager
Grifiiih ard clyde Milan. Each claims
never to have played a round before,
and is confident he can prove his Su-
pcriority at the ancient Scottish pas
time. IL was suggested the match be
started at dawn TO permit Manager
Griffith to keep dinner engag cement
At O'Clock, but the pilot asserts the
contest viii not proceed farther than
twelve holes. as he will be so far up
on Zeb then that il Will be all over eX-
cept the formality of collecting the
size bet.
Advancing the clocks one hour is not
going to cause any change in the
periods of practice for the Griffmen.
They are going to do their work at
the same time. by the sun. as former
CONTINUED on Twenty third Page.)
Evening star., 1919-03-30
MISS BOYLE WINS TITLE.
Takes Woman's 1OO-Yard Swim
ming Championships.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2s.-Char-
lotte Boyle of New York won the
woman's national 100 yards indoor
swimming championship here tonight.
Her time was 1 minute s 3-5 seconds.
Bessie Ryan. Philadelphia, was sec
ond; Mabel Arklie. Philadelphia, third.
and Leanor Chl. Philadelphia, fourth.
Olga Dorfner, Philadelphia. who held
the championship. did not compete.
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Victory Shoot" for This City.

NEW YORK. March 29.--The Amer
lean TrapshoOting Association having
officially declared July 4 to be victory
shoot day is arranging many tour
naments for soldiers and sailors on
that day. The principal event in
which officers and men of the Army
and Navy will take part will be held
at Washington. d. c. The high guns
from each branch of the service will
be declared champions and trophies
emblematic of the title will be
awarded.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Bad Day for Game.

game, and especially for pitchers. 1t
was wonder that the game was
not much more ragged than it was.
and the hurlers deserve considerable
credit for getting the ball over the
plate at all. If they ever got warmed
up at any time during the contest il
was more than the shivering spec
tatorS did.
Caffrey made wonderful stop of
hot grounder by Bailey in the sev-
enth inning The bali was hit hard
almost directly over second. and he
went over and stabbed it with his
bare hand. He did not seem to have
chance for the ball when he started
for it. and. as it was. be got TO il
too late to get anybody. Molster
made two good catches in left field
in the last two innings and Aitcheson
fielded his position well. The score:
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That is one reason why, the steal
of second base is greatly desired, if
one or two men are out at the time.
If the runner gets to first with none
down, and the game is close, and a
run needed, then the sacrifice is in
variably resorted to as a safer play
than the steal. The team at bat is
willing to sacrifice an out and ad-
vance the runner to second. where he
looms up as likely scoring poSsi-
bility
To curtail the possibilities of
runner at first reaching second.
pitchers try to hold the runners close.
Many resort to moves that just get
by the umpire, while the catcher al
ways calls for pitch out, if he
thinks the runner on a certain ball
intends to make break for second
base.
Perhaps a dozen times during the
season situations arise that call for
a double steel with runners on first
and second. At such times the op-
position is usually aware of the op-
ponents' intention, but it is difficult
to thwart the scheme. If the runner
on second is a fast man, it is diff
cult proposition to get him at third.
the usual manner of making play
on the runner. because, knowing
how much is at stake. the runner at
second makes it point to get away
with a flying lead. In many attempts
the scheme is successful as far as the
double steal is concerned, although
the batsman who has it put up to
him to come through with hit fails
more often than the steal
Athletics Fool Tigers. =
Every time I see such a play tried
some years ago in which the play
was broken up in an unusual man
ner. 1t was the only time l ever saw
the play made by the team in the
field as it was that afternoon. Phila-
deIphia had Detroit beaten 2 to 1
when the Tigers started the last half
of the ninth. After two men had been
retired Detroit got two men on. Ty
Cobb on second. Sam Crawford on
first. Jim Delehan,y, good hitter.
and always dangerous in a pinch, was
next up. II there was a way to get
Cobb to third and Crawford to sec
ond base hit by Delehanty would
break up the game. With runners on
first and second. it meant two hits
were required to put over the neces-.
sary two runs. The double steal was
the solution. Mack was positive the
play would be attempted. He sent
John McInnis witt, some information
to Ira Thomas. who was catching. It
concerned the double steal he was
confident Detroit would try.
1t is customary to try to break up
the play by the catcher throwing the
runner out on third. 1t is admitted
the stealing of third is easier than
second. and. with Cobb on second, the
chances were in favor of him getting
away with it. The Philadelphia club
crossed up everybody. including my
self. by making the play backwards.
I was lucky to be in a position to
render a decision on the play In
stead of trying to get Cobb at third.
Ira Thomas made a throw to Eddie
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Cause Change in Play.

Undoubtedly conditions often change
the style of play. Some years ago
the Detroit club had four or five men
in the lineup who were regarded
as fast men. During those years the
Detroit club used steal of third
which usually worked to their advan-
tage. 1t was a theft of third, in which
the batsman lent his assistance to
the runner through fake bunt. The
play was often pulled at a time when
trying to steal third was looked upon
as bad base ball. In base ball. how
ever. team is largely judged by re-
suits, and, since the Tigers got away
with the play frequently, credit was
bestowed upon them for pulling the
unexpected.
With a runner on second and one
man out and run badly needed by
the team at bat, trying ito steal third
at such stage is not regarded as a
sane play. A runner is expected to
score from second on a base hit if he
has any speed. So. to steal third
means but little to him, while failure
to do so snuffs out an excellent
the runner on third it is possible for
him to score on fly to the outfield,
or cross the plate if one of the in
f1elders makes boot or a bad throw
He. can walk home on a wild pitch
and have fine chance to score on a
L
worked along those theories. and
played out the string contrary to ira
ditions.
II the first ball pitched was bad
one, the batsman by his actions would
convey the impression he had in
tended. to bunt the ball il it was over.
Such action set the team in the field
thinking. Perhaps, on the next ball
pitched. the runner on second set sail
for third. The batsman by his previ-
Gus action has the third sacker bit
in the air. and on the next ball the
third baseman probably starts in on
the pitch to be ready to handle a bunt
il the batter goes through. That is
the very thing desired, for It makes it
difficult for the third sacker to get
back into a good position to handle a
throw from the catcher. On this
pitch the batter, while going through
with the bunt motion, makes no at
tempt to hit the bali He simply does
so to confuse the catcher as much as
possible. Like all other plays in base
ball. it was great if you got away
with 1t, it was a pretty play for the
spectator. In the first game of the
1909 series with Pittsburgh. if I re-
member correctly Detroit pulled the
play and it failed. only to have the
batter come through with a base hit
on the next ball. that would have
given Detroit the first run Of the
series. Since it failed the play was
criticised.
Copyright. 1919. by W, G. Eyans)
Evening star., 1919-03-30
STEAL ING SECOND IS HARDER
THAN THEFT OF THIRD BASE
Pilfering of Middle Sack Is More Essen
tial to Run Getting, Making Steals
of Far Corner Rare.
BY BILLY EVANS.


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Totals. 35 10 o7 II Totals. .3s s -
sBatted for McMahon in sixth.

MARYLAND State - O o o 10
G. T. ......O 3 o o o 0 OF
Runs-Moster (2). Riggs (3l. knode i2l.
Keene, Aitcheson. Cafrey, Walsh. Sullivan.
Kenyon (2,, Hyman (2). Errors - Snyder.
Hartshorn ,2), Caffrey, Kenyon (2l. Two-bsse
dack. 5 in two innings; off Hyman. N seven
innings; off Keene. in three innings; OF
Aitcheson, in six innings. Sacrifice hits
Keene Knode. Stolen bases-Aitcheson. Riggs.
Snyder Kenyon, Sullivan. First base balls
OF Hyman, 4: off keene. 1. First base
errors-Georgetown. .. Hit by pitcher-By
Keene, / (Sull:van). Struck out-By Aitchc
son. 8; BY Kecae. 4; by Dudack, .; 10y Hy
man. z. Passed balis-Bsiley. =; kenyon. ..
Wild pitch-Ryman. Umpre-Mr. Belts. Time
of game-Two hours.
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South Atlantic Nav Reorpanize.

COLUMBIA, S. c.. March ga
meeting to discuss reorganization of
the South Atlantic League will be
held in Savannah next Wednesday,
Charleston, Savannah, Augusta, Jack
sonville, Columbia and possibly Char
lotte are expected to be represented
at the meeting. The South Atlantic
League disbanded in the summer of
1917, due to war conditions.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
DATES FOR GOLF TOURNAMENTS
In MIDDLE ATLANTIC SECTION

tourney for
sectiO
o
of oumbia at the Golf
try
of
Club
Annual individual championship of
IantcG Golf Associa ton al
Mt
the Washing ton and
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State Takes Lead Again.

That placed Georgetown three runs
to the good, with only three innings
to go. and the game did not look
very difficult. However, State started
to wait out Hyman, and the left
handler could not get the ball over
very well. He began the seventh by
walking Molster. and Riggs followed
with his second hit through second
Knode walked and the bases were
filled. and Keene proved equal to the
occasion for the Marylanders by
coming through with another hit.
That scored two runs, and an over
throw to the catcher counted an
other Bailey's hit through second
sent Keene over the pan. state did
not need the extra run that it added
in the ninth
Hyman was effective most of the
time for Georgetown. He had a fast
breaking curve, which the State play
ers could not connect with but he
lacked control in the closing innings.
Dudack was hit hard all the time
he was on the mound. Aitcheson
and Keene pitched good ball for state.
with very little difference in their
performances. Three runs were made
off Aitcheson in the second inning and
two in the fourth. when under or
dinary circumstances not man
would have crossed the plate. l.
Keene had covered first base to take
throw on a grounder that went for
an infield hit no runs would have
been registered against him, though
he was helped in the seventh and
eighth innings by some excellent
fielding.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
CUBS LOSE GAME.
National Leaguers Defeated by Los
Angeles Club.

LOS ANGELES. Cal, March 20
The Los Angeles team of the Pacific
Coast League defeated the Chicago
National League base ball team today,
3 to 2. in a fast game, the first in
which the Cubs participated since COM
ing to southern California for their
spring training. Nearly 1000 persons
attended. Score:
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Collins at second, who tagged out
the surprised Sam Crawford. The
play was such surprise to Sam he
didn't even slide. He had even slowed
up a trifie as he neared second, fig
uring the play would be made on
Cobb al third. Cobb was perhaps the
most surprised individual in the park
as he saw the Philadelphia club leav-
ing the field. He had hit the dirt at
top speed. knew he was safe, and
couldn't figure how it had all hap
pened. That play was backwards.
yet l have often wondered why it
wasn't tried more often when con-
ditions favored such action.
Evening star., 1919-03-30
Yannigans Score in Opener.

1He 1dHhisanS started with much
gusto by finding Adrian Lynch for a
brace of tallies in the opener. But it
was not Sims fault, as with Leonard
on second by reason of free ticket and
EHerbe's out Davis tried to use too
much speed in handling H. Nilan's rap.
Leonard counting and Horace making
second. from where he Tailed on Nc
Brides single. after Johnson had lifted
to center. This lead was shortlived,
however, for after getting by in the first
round and having two hands set down
In the second Ed Hovlik walked Davis
and singles by Picinich. Lynch and
Foster. together with Judges double
and muffed peg by Brown, let in three
runs. Hovlik got started right in the
third with his speed and sharp breaking
curve and set the Regulars down In. or
der. In the last half of this rouud
safeties by Ellerbe and Aiilan.g followed
by Johnson's slashing double to deep
left. gave the. Vans two runs and the
lead again and -signaized Lynch's retire.
ment.
In the fourth Shanks, Nhe first man to
face -Aftrock, who relieved Lynch,
wailoped the pill to center for three
sacks and registered on Davis sacrifice
ny. This knotted the count at four-a
and thereafter the Vans trailed. for Nick
was given an awful drubbing in the
NTH, wheDfa single. double. triple and
home run netted four markers. Shanks
Udu| 'ne circuit cfOut, drive over
Johnson's head. Walter slipped and
fell while backing for it, The double
was earned by Davis. his drive hitting
the bull sign in left on the fy-some
clout The Regulars got another runt at
Nick's expense in the sixth. obtained
one each in the seventh and eighth Off
Craft and victimiZed Molly for two more
in the ninth.
From the third until the eighth the
Vans were unable to break into the
run column. but in the last-nam ed
round they showed over two talIies on
Ed FIaherty. who took Mattys place
as boxman in the seventh. and by d
determined rally in the windup. in
which Altrock was the offensive hero.
got four men around to the scoring
station. leaving them three runs to
the bad. Nick's contribution was d
double down the right field foul line
that cleared the bases
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Martin Fails as Umpire.

Mike Martin acted as master of cere-
monies. He called balls and strikes
to the best of his ability, and the
players of both sides called Mike
everything they could think of-and
ball players wag wicked tongue. AS
an arbitrator Mike was in his usual
form. If you ever have seen Mike UNI
pire you know what that is. Miguel
refused to stand for any protracted
oratory. however. and, as a result of
his hustling the boys along. the agony
lasted but little more than an hour
and half. Considering the execution
done and the fact that it was the very
first clash of the year it must be con-
sidered that Mickey done noble
hirty-fve-year-old Ed Matteson.
who toiled for the regulars from the
fourth to the sixth inning. inclusive.
was the only pitcher of the half dozen
who were on review who performed in
a manner worthy of the term. The
other five bore striking resemblances
to a quintet of overseas doughboys
suddenly mustered out of the service.
During his tenure. but one hit was
registered and that was of the
scratchy variety, wallop from Char
riSy's bat that Foster knocked down,
but could not hold. Matty walked a
man and hit another in the ribs in ad-
dition to uncorking wild peg with a
force play at second in sight, but
none of the enemy got beyond the
Keystone sack and in the fifth stanza
he breezed through in one-two three
order.
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Dodgers Defeat Yankees. 8 to 6.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. March %
The Brooklyn Nationals defeated the
New York Americans here this after
noon, to 6.
X. II. +.
New York .............. 4 =
Ratteries--Pfefer. CadOre and Kruger.
Quinn. Brady. Schneider and Hannah Ruei
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Lyman Relieves Dudack.

Dudack left the game after the
second and his place was taken by
Hyman. The lefthander started like
a house afire." but allowed a run
in the fifth on a hit batsman, a stolen
base and an error.
Georgetown came through with
three runs in its half of the second.
Sullivan led off with high fly to
right center, which Snyder and
keene stopped on and let fan be-
tween them. Aitcheson famed Don
nellan and tossed out Kelley to first
on an easy roller, but Kenyon beat
out an infield hit to short. and Hy-
man lifted a drive to left field which
Molster misjudged, ran under and
allowed to go for two bases. Snyder
made an error on the relay home,
allowing two runs to count Walsh
then came through with a clean
single which counted another run.
Eiseman tossed out Mcmahon for the
third out. In the fourth. Georgetown
got two runs on a single, a base on
balls, stolen base and a strike-out
on which Bailey dropped the third
strike.
The Blue and Gray went out on
three successive and easy grounders
in the fifth. In the sixth. when
Keene went in to pitch the last half
Of the game, G. L. got two more
runs over. keene gave a base on
balls, hit batter and allowed an
infield hit when he failed to cover
first on fine stop by knode of n
hard grounder, and the two runs were
over the plate in a "jiffy"
Evening star., 1919-03-30
G. j. NINE LOSES
TO STATE TEAM
Drops Contest to Maryland
ers by Score of 7 to 9
After Holding Lead.
GREAT STOP BY CAFFREY
BY n. C. BYRD.

For the first time in it's history
Georgetown base ball team yesterday
went down to defeat before a nine
wearing the colors of Maryland State
The score was : to 9. the Hilltoppers
getting a good lead about the middle
of the game. after the Marylanders
had opened the first two innings with
a three-run advantage, only to lose
that lead again in the closing innings.
Dudack welt to the mound fo-
Georgetown at the opening of the
game. and his shoots did not prove
in the least puzzling to the visitors,
who started by clouting the ball hard
enough to get two counters across in
the initial period. In the second
inning. after two men were out. con-
secutive doubles by Aitcheson and
Snyder to the right field bleachers
produced the third run for the Mary
landers. In the first inning Snyder
popped a high fly TO short. Molster
beat out an infield nit to the same
position, Riggs got a safety between
first and second and stole. and Keene
came across with another single to
right which brought Molster and
Riggs across the plate.
Evening star., 1919-03-30

Copyright. 1919. by W. G. Evans.)
New Britain herald., 1919-08-04

vaSionS before centuries. Thousands of incidents of pOgrOmS and maSSa- cres marked the bloody trial of the Polish army. Thousands of innocent people were killed or injured, fifty Ukrainian churches were burned and five hundred others closed and thou sands of Ukrainian intellectuals were either massacred interned or thrown to prison.
 "The Polish authorities, seeing that they have gone too far in their con- quest and in their restoration of or der, that the wave of liberalism op- posed their treatment of West Uk- raine, applied an old policy of treach- cry. and, proclaimed an autonomy for West Ukraine.
 Such effrontery thrown to the face of U<rainian nation and to all the civilized world as well, should be stopped. We demand that the pO- litical prostitution of the Polish inn perialistic clique be put to an end. We demand a complete independence of East Galicia and Kholm. We demand that the principles of self-determina- tion of nations proclaimed by Presi- dent Wilson hold valid. We demand
New Britain herald., 1919-08-04

according to the Russian census con- and only an insignificant fraction of the Poles. As the Russian govern ment did not cajole the Poles of khOlm as did the Austrian govern ment in regard to the Poles of Gal icia, the Poles had never been able to make such inroads in the former country as they did in the latter. And thus, the merciless and cruel, the Czar's government was less destruc- tive in results than the Polish gov ernment, still more merciless, in the Ukrainian part of Galicia.
 Then having received arms and imaginary Bolsheviks the Poles treacherously turned against the Ukrainian peoples republic, for there were no Bolsheviks to be found. And having aroused the local population and caused disorder they appealed to the Paris peace conference and asked permission to annex the whole of West Ukraine under the pretext of suppressing those disorders but they failed to mention the fact that they themselves were the authors of those the population of the Ukrainian coun- try.
 Thus a grave tragedy took place on the fields of West Ukraine when the brutal Polish mercenaties invad- ed the peace loving country in a manner comparable to the Tartar in
New Britain herald., 1919-08-04
tents therein were the following:


 The part of Ukraine in question: being the subject of this petition is Eastern Galicia and Kholm, the two provinces called West Ukraine and comprising an overwhelming majori- tN, nearly 75 per cent, of the Ulkrain- ian population which in arrogant spite of all principles of justice and humanity has been by a brute force of arms conquered by the imperialist Polish army and forcefully and against the will of the population an- nexed to Poland.
 ''ThOse two territories kept for nearly six hundred years under a heel of severe Polish oppression, have nevertheless preserved their UI1rain- ian character up to the present time and now, when they seemed near to their liberation, may we not ask the question: Are the same prominent persons going to hurl them in the abyss of slavery and ruin, who, stand ing at the brim of the abyss, preach the lofty ideas of liberty to them?
 "The above named territories of East Galicia and Ukrain, Kholm, were conquered by the Polish king, Kasimir, in the wars of 1340-1380, the two largest Ukrainian cities, Lvv demberg) founded by the U1rainian prince, Leo, and Peremishl (the Poles and the Germans called it PrzemyseD founded by another Ukrainian prince, PeremySlav, were razed, and ever since that time the Polish mailed fist predominated physically but the Ukrain;an soul and culture morally, in those territo ries.
 May we not go back to those dis H.. times that our ancestors have suffered from the Polish oppressors. So let it be permitted to us to tell of the equal ly cruel Polish persecution of the lat est times nay, of the so-Called twen- tieth century, and to cite few eX- amples of the Polish rule in our na- tive land, the rule that would hardly suit the black races of Africa, and which flied our hearts with deep re- sentiment as it caused misery and pov- erty in our homes which we consc- Quenuy were obliged to abandon and go abroad leaving our relatives and properties at the mercy of cruel Po- fish officials.
 "The lawlessncss of the Polish rul- CTS found a strong supporter in the Austrian government as the latter needed their support in the parlia mcnt in passing their shameful laws. "Such was the gOvernm ent by the Poles, which Stilcd commerce and industry and pauperiZed the peasant try that the landlords might have cheaper labor, and which deprived us of our living income and then forced us out of the country.
 "When the inevitable happened and the Austrian monarchy broke up the Ikrainians by the mere strength of their overwhelming numerical supe- riority took the reins of the govern ment and proclaimed as independent the Ukrainian provinces of East Gal icia and <hoIm, the latter proVin Cc