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Evening star., 1919-04-07
COLLEGES TO PLAY
SIX BALL GAMES
All Local Teams Have Con.
tests This Week, State
Leading With Three.
BY n. c. BYRD.

College base ball gets under way
this week in reality. local teams
being booked to take part in six
contests. Wednesday Catholic Uni
versity goes to Quantico to meet the
Marines. the aggregation that trim
med Georgetown Saturday. and Mary
land State comes in to hook up with
Gallaudet's nine, which received a
setback in its opener at the hands
of Catholic University. Friday Mary
land State entertains Delaware Col
lege. Saturday Georgetown meets
Delaware College, Catholic University
| plays st. Johns of Annapolis and
Maryland State goes to Baltimore for
setto with its greatest rival, Hop
kins.
Plenty of base ball is certain for
/ both colleges and schools from now
! until the end of May. Five or six
games are listed every week for the
colleges, and the schools from now on
will be taking part in even more
contests than that
Maryland STATE is playing the
| longest schedule i, has ever attempt
! ed in base ball. Usually the Mary
! landers schedule eighteen or twenty
games, but this spring have booked
| Georgetown-has been played The
remainder of the games in April are
April ., Gallaudet at washington;
II, Delaware College at College Park
-, Hopkins at Baltimore; Is. Catho-
| lie University at Washington; II
Penn State at College Park; 10, Navy
at Annapolis: %. Virginia at Char
l.lottesville; "a. Virginia Polytechnic
! Institute at Blacksburg; %, Virginia
| Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg
Is. Virginia Military Institute at
Lexington: IS, Washington and Lee
| at Lexington
Games scheduled for May are: May
i ]. North Carolina State at College
| Park; 2. Lehigh at College Park: ;
St. Johns at Annapolis: a. st. Johns
at College Park: II. Western Mary
land at College Park; 16, Washington
College at chestertown; II. Catholic
| University at College Park; 81, Gal
! laudet at College Park; "a Camp
jackson at College Park; es. Virginia
| Polytechnic Institute at College
Evening star., 1919-04-07

In George Sisier of the st. Louis
Browns. and Babe Ruth of the Boston
Red Sox. the American League boasts
of two of the most versatile players
in base ball. Players who can do what
Sisler and Ruth have done are ex-
ceptions.
Sisler came to the American League
as a pitcher He had done other things
as a college ball player. but at pitch
ing he starred. He made his major
league debut as a pitcher, and soon
was, acknowledged success. lie IS
now playing first base.
Babe Ruth came to Boston as
pitcher. Almost over night Ruth de-
veloped into a great hitter. and at
the same time discovered he could
play both the outfield and hrst base
about as well. The question is: w mere
will Ruth play this season and is a
star pitcher as valuable as S1ar IN
some other position?
Sisler. had he continued to pitch,
would today be rated as one OF the
greatest southpaws. He proved that
before he was shifted to first base.
full hitting ability. and his remark
able agility around first. caused the
ST. Louis club to decide Sisler could
be of more value as a first baseman
than a pitcher. At first base the
club would get the benefit of his tall
ents each day, while as pitcher once
every fourth day would be about the
ratio. 1 think Sisler is the nearest ap-
proach to Hal Chase as a fielder that
the game has ever produced.
When the season of 1918 started I
doubt if Manager Barrow had any
intention of using Ruth other than a
pitcher. His worth as southpaw
was well known. but as hitter he
was regarded as a fellow who hit the
ball a mile or struck out. Right off
the reel Ruth demonstrated he had
lost none of his cunning a pitcher,
and he began to let it be known that
he was also some hitter. winning
game after game by some murderous
clout. Injuries and illness caused
Manager Barrow to use Ruth in left
field and at first base, and he contin-
ued to clout the ball. His hitting be-
came so valuable that when he wasn't
pitching he was being used in some
other position or as pinch hitter.
Sisler was discovered and coached
Evening star., 1919-04-07
BARRY GOING TO FRANCE.
Former Red Sox Player to Promote
Armv Base Ball for Z, of C.

Jack Barry, former manager and sec
ond baseman of the Boston Red Sox. is
going to France for the Knights of Co.
lumbus and will supervise the base ball
activities in the A. E. F. Barry, with
several other players. left the Red Sox
at the end Of the 1917 season and went
into the Navy. 1t caused some surprise
when the player announced that he
would not join the Red Sox again this
season.
Barry will take up the same kind of
work in France that was started by
Johnny Evers He expects to sail in a
week or two and will get in France just
when the base ball season gets into full
swing among the soldiers.
Evening star., 1919-04-07

Park: 2s. Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute at College Park.
Considerable interest has been
shown by foot ball men over the
probable kind of showing the foot
ball players who return to college
next fall will make after having
been out of the game for two years.
Yale and Harvard, Yale especially
will have to depend almost entirely
return after service in the Army. The
Dark Blue cannot use freshmen on
the varsity eleven and it did not
have foot ball last fall and conse-
quently did not develop anybody for
the 1919 eleven. 1t has been held
out of the game for two years is
useless for further intercollegiate
competition. the opinion being based
on the fact that player is inclined
to get away from the game and TO
dread its hardships. if hardships may
be applied to the strenuous training
necessary to turn out frst-class
collegiate com animation.
Business High is scheduled to meet
the st. Johns of Washington nine to-
morrow.
Corwin, who held down the back
stop s DOSlllOn IOT SdlHOlc I
during the last three innings of the
game with Gallaudet last week. seem ms
to be q conner. His handling of the
ball and general appearance back OF
the plate stamped him as catcher OF
exceptional possibilities for college
ball.
1t is not often that small college
gets an athlete Is versatile as Downes
of Gallaudet. He is good halfba OK
! in foot ball, was one of the stars OF
the section in basket ball. and ap-
pears to be a pitcher Of conside ra BILE
ability. And after watching him run
! to first base two or three time one
| is inclined to the opinion that he also
| would be mighty good quarter
miller if given an opportunity to train
| for that event.
| lie Gendre. Georgetown's best bet il
| track and field sports. is said to be
quite a tackle in foot ball. The for.
! mer Hebron Academy man starred il
; the indoor meet recently in Baltimore
| and is expected to do brilliant worl
! in the outdoor meets this spring.
Evening star., 1919-04-07
BASE BALL ON THE INSIDE
BY BILLY EVANS.

by Branch Hickey at the University
Of Michigan. He came TO the st.
Louis club from college. Rickey did
much to develop him into star, al
though, with his remarkable ability,
Sisler would have reached stardom
without any coaching to speak OF:
Recently / read where Hickey SAID
the st. Louis club was not making
proper use of SO great a star as Sis
Ter. He expressed an opinion that
Sisler ought to be pitched in his reg
ular turn and at other times play
first base. He claimed such system
would advertise him better and get
more money at the gate.
There is serious question in my
mind whether player can be SO
used and show to advantage for any
length of time. / believe that sooner
or later his pitching or batting will
suffer as a result. Ruth has ex-
pressed a preference for doing one
thing this year. pitching. playing
first or the outfield. He insists he
cannot play all three at various times
and do himself the justice that he
could il he had only one position to
care for. OF course there is consid
cradle difference between Ruth and
Sisler as batters. Ruth is the slam
panS type, Wh1le sister Is SclentlHt
hitter, who lays 'em down. pulls them
down the lines. or tries his best to
place them just out of the reach OF
the fielders.
I see Business Manager Bobby
Quinn of st. Louis has taken excep-
tions to Rickey's theory of exploit
ing Sisler. Quinn. with his great ex'
perience. knows whereof he speaks
He takes the following view regard
ing the status of Sisler: Il woul6
consider it an injustice to Sisler tc
ask him to pitch and play first base
too. 1t would shorten his base bal
career. He should have ten more
years before him at first base. II
asked to play several positions, five
years would probably close his career
The best advertisement for a bal
club is to be up in the race. and Sis
Ter at first will do more for st. Louis
! than Sisler playing several posi-
tions."
There is much logic in the senti.
ments of Bobby Quinn. 1t would
seem that a star, in some position
other than a pitcher. is regarded as
the more valuable
Evening star., 1919-04-07
MUST NOT KID RECRUITS.

Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Cubs
will issue an order to his regulars
that all forms of hazing designed for
recruits who accompany the team on
the training trip will be under the
ban. Mitchell declares recruits who
are in constant fear of being the butt
of some joke cannot give up their
Il believe many promising ball
players are lost through the medium
Of foolishness perpetrated by the
regulars and as recruits usually cost
plenty of money we intend to give all
Of them every chance in the world to
make good" said the club boss.
Evening star., 1919-04-07
ANNOUNCES GOLF DATES.
Atlantic City Club to Hold Tour.
ney May 8, 8 and 10.

The Country Club of Atlantic City
has arranged to hold its anual spring
tournament on May 8, and 10, over
the course at Mortified. n. j.. it was
announced yesterday by Frederick C.
Robbins. secretary of the club. Ar
rangements are being made to make
this an unusually attractive golf gath
ering. The program which is now be-
ing arranged will be announced soon
The club has tentatively selected
April "a. 25 and 26 as the dates for
the tournament However, the Lake
wood Country Club has announced
these dates for it's annual spring
tournament. and the Atlantic City
Club has chosen later dates in order
to avoid a conflict.
Evening star., 1919-04-07
Fitzpatrick, Veteran Referee, Dead.

NEW ORLEANS. April John
Fitzpatrick. who refereed the fight
in Mississippi City in which John L.
Sullivan won the world championship
from Paddy Ryan. and the seventy
five-round fight between Sullivan and
Jake Kilrain at Richburg. Miss.
died at his home here today, aged
seventy-five. At the time of his
death he was state tax collector. He
was for many years democratic
leader and was delegate to several
national conventions. He was mayor
OF New Orleans from 1892 to 1886.
Evening star., 1919-04-07
INGENIOUS SOLDIER
INVENTS BASE BALL

You cannot cheat an American SOL
dier out of his base ball even If he
has to make his own supplies.
A company of soldiers now on Ger
man soil suddenly discovered that
their supply of base balls had run
out. For a while it appeared as if
there would be no base ball until a
new supply arrived.
However. one ingenious soldier got
! a cork from a wine bottle. unwound
the worSted from one of his socks,
Evening star., 1919-04-07
Dodgers May Suspend Kopf.

Charley Ebbets has delivered his
ultimatum to Larry Kopf. 1t is re
port at camp by midnight Friday or
be shot at sunrise by a suspension at
the hands Of the national commits
sion" Ebbets says no matter how
the Kopf matter turns out, ii will
not affect the Daubert trade The
agreement calls for Moran to deliver
an fnhelder the eqna1 Of Kopf in case
Larry does not put his John Hancock
to . BROOKLYN contract
Evening star., 1919-04-07
Knock for Joe Schultz.

Joe Schultz. the former Dodger, has
been purchased from Kansas City by
the ST Louis Nationals. Unless Joe's
arm is better than it was when he was
with Brooklyn, it is said. he will set no
woods afire for the Cardinals.
Evening star., 1919-04-07

twisted the worsted around the cork
and then cut n cover from an officers
old glove. The harness maker com
pleted the job by sewing the cover on.
Evening star., 1919-04-07

Quite q number OF games were
played before the homemade ball be-
came physically UNIT for further sc-
| tive service.
Evening star., 1919-04-07
AMERICAN LEAGUE HAS SHADE
OVER RIVAL IN PLAYER LIMIT

National League to get around the
player limit by camouflaging coaches
as scouts" and Mitch declared his
intention of so Disgusting Otto knabe
during the impending campaign. By
signing Otto to a scout contract,
Mitch thinks Knabe will be exempt
from enumeration as coach OF
player, and thus the pudgy veteran
can perform his usual services and
still permit of the carrying of twen-
ty-one performers.
Favor MitcheIl's Scheme.
Mitch's scheme no doubt will be
adopted by other National Leaguers.
including John McGraw. Wilbert Rob-
inson, George Stallings and leaders
who habitually divide the tasks of
management. BY Initiating the Cub
president and manager. these leaders
will virtually abrogate the old in
depreciation of the rule. But at the
same time scout" has slightly diff
ferent duties from q coach and as
sistant manager and even the camou>
f1age will not give the assistant as
much leeway as is needed to insure
a club getting the full benefit of the
coach'S services.
At any rate, Bans ruling of today
gives the American League a distinct
advantage over the National, which
will be particularly effective in q
world series.
Evening star., 1919-04-07
No Patients in Hospital.

The clinic conducted by Trainer Mike
Martin has been called upon to hold but
few sessions this spring and at the
present time the hospital wing of the
of the command on the casualty list are
Matteson, Harper and Ellerbe. and their
ailments are of such a minor character
il is not necessary to excuse them from
duty. Matty has repulled charley
horse in his leg that developed his first
week here, Harpers left lower limb still
is sore from being hit by a line drive
from the bat Of Joe Judge. and Ell
lerbe'S throwing arm has not yet en-
tirely recovered from being chilled by
the high wind which prevailed a week
ago.
contests will be staged. one today and
another Wednesday. The trip the
Yannigans expected to take to Green
wood s. c., Tuesday to play the
Erskine College nine has been called
off, as no grounds were available.
No game will be possible Thursday,
the last day here, owing to the fact
that some seven or eight of the play
ers will have to take an early train
for Charlotte, it being impossible to
obtain accommodation for the entire
Washington party on the night train.
In order to obtain an even break with
the Regulars the Yannigans must get
the verdict in both of the remaining
contests, the count for the seven
games played to date being four wins
for the Regulars against two for the
Yanns. one of the skirmishes having
resulted in a tie.
The Regulars will be given their
usual two sessions of practice here
tomorrow under the direction of Man
ager Griffith.
Evening star., 1919-04-07
Gri6 Again Colts Well.

Manager Griffith again demonstrat-.
ed prowess as a golfer yesterday,
when he won in easy fashion handi-
cap match from an opponent having
the advantage of years of expert
ence at the royal and ancient game.
Given an allowance of IS strokes
on six holes by his veteran rival.
Griff. but for some hard luck in driv-
ing into the woods on one occasion
when it required five strokes for
him to get out, would have halved
the match. AS it was, he took only
four more strokes for the six holes
than his antagonist, finishing nine
strokes ahead of the number he had
to make in order to COLLECT the bet
made on the match.
Janvrin was among those who
watched the contest and did the best
playing of any in the party in the
impromptu match that followed. max
ing one 307-yard hole, par four. in
three strokes. Hal proved to be an
exceptionally long driver.
Evening star., 1919-04-07
NERV NATIONALS
ARE I'm THE PINK"
End Preparatory Training in
Four Days to Begin Series
With PhiIs and Giants.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

AUGUSTA. Ga, April 6.-With but
four days remaining for specialized
practice before the spring camp is
abandoned for interleague exhibitions
with the Philles and Giants, the Ma
tionals may be said to have all but at
tanned that perfection of physical con-
dition which is the primary reason for
the annual preseason journey south.
With the exception of Janvrin! whose
illness prevented him from getting into
a uniform before Saturday. nearly every
member of the squad is as far advanced
as he is expected to be three weeks
prior to the opening of. actual hostil
ties. and barring the possibility that bad
weather may interfere, the nine clashes
listed in various North Carolina and
Virginia towns, and on the home lot
are calculated to furnish just the proper
amount of opposition to put the team on
edge for the initial combat with the
Athletics at the Georgia avenue plant
on Wednesday, April %.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24

ten" All ministers were ordered TO
say certain prayers on DAYS set apart
for this purpose. The annual Thanks
giving was set for Nav 26th. but It
gradually fell into dtspse.
Dutch Reverence
The Dutch settlers brought he
thanksgiving customs with them from
Holland and on August 3oth. 1915 fine
Indian chiefs gathered outside Of
Fort New Amst erdau and signed
treaty with the settlers and on the fol-
lowing day the hts Thanh giving
proclamation We fird N De-" history Of
Nc'V York vas issued II read as fol-
lows.
Whereas II hath pleased Almighty
God in Ills unhounded clemeucy and
mercy in addition 20 many previous
blessings 10 suffer ua 20 reach i Ions
wl~he. for peace with the Indians.
Therefore, y IS deemed necessary
10 proclaim line fac, 10 all those Of
Ne& Ncthtr,aud to thc enj hat in all
r3aGes WITHIN the aforesaid country
where Dutch and EH@iish churches
are established, God Almighty may be
specially thanked, praised and blessed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24

lengthy and tiresome discourse at the
church.
These people had spent their first
year in the new land on the oceans
edge and with haunting fears as to
what might come. Friendly relations
had been established with the Indians
and they had taught the settlers how
to cultivate corn. The first winter Ind
been bitter cold and many had died
but when the spring came and the
corn began to grow and the Indians
taught them the haunts of the deer
and bear, whose meat was good for,
food, they began to feel that time
for THANKSGIVING was at hand. The
Indian Chief Massoait was their friend
and when Governor Bradford issued
the proclamation of Thanksgiving he
sent his warriors ont to hunt tor food
for the day. Later another Indian
Chief paid one of the Puritan women
shilling for making a shirt for his
child. This she gave as thank offer
Ing at the church.
It seems that the first Thanksgiving
Day was graced With beautiful wealth
er and the dinner was held in the open
and that Pricllla, the Puritan maiden,
who was courted by Miles Standish
/ for another. was one of the cooks.
| They sat down with the Indians, a
/ noble, inspiring picture of piety and
! of human brotherhood, and gave
! thanks to God for the plentiful crops
/ and for His goodness in helping them
/ out of their despair. It must have
been wonderful sight--this first
/ Thanksgiving in our country when all,
| even the Indians were at peace.
Origin OF Pumpkin Pics
| After this each year n day was Sc;
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24

labor, Is at present taboo. for berries
SO harvested have doubtful keeping
qualities. At present most of the har-
vesting Is done with scoops. The scoops
are made of wood, are about sixteen
inches wide with fingers about ten
inches long. placed a quarter of an
inch apart. While many berries are
picked by hand today, most of them
are scooped. The vines are cultivated
kept short and untangled SO that
the berries are easily scooped without
injuring the vines. The best crAnber-
ries are harvested dry and are then
stored in we'll ventilated storehouses
from few days to several months
They are sorted, cleaned and packed
Immediately before they are shipped.
Sorted BY Machinery
Sorting machines with fan attach
ment remove all dried grass, dried ber-
ries and other like refuse, by 'blowine
it away. Bounce" machines which
tested the berries by their elasticity
have been replaced by later inventions
which cause less harnf to the berries,
Instead OF bouncing the berries. the
latest D1dCnlItSS test tflclE StdSLtiAS ny
tapping with hammers on selecting
plates where the berries have been
conveyed by@machinery. The sound
berries respond to the gentle tapping
under the sounding boards by jumping
off the plates on to an endless belt
that conveys them to the table where
women remove any defective berries
that have escaped the sorting ma
chimes.
Cranbcrries are shipped In carload
lots to the large cities of the United
States and from them distributed to
the surrounding districts,
Drying And Canning
Cranbcrries can bo dried most sue
cessfully and producs better sauce
than that obtained from other dried
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-24

the States and territories and askes
them to set the last Thursday in No
vember in order to give the day
national character. Failing the frs
two or three times she never los
hope and continued 10 write to them
year after year and finally few yield
ed to her request. but Thanksgiving
Day was not very we'll observed excer
In New England, where the descend
ants of men like Governor Bradford
and Captain Miles Standish still chung
to the old custom,
For a long time the ceiehratto Oh
Thanksgiving in the South was conf
sidered a relic of Puritan bigotry and
II was not until 1851 that the dan
began TO be celebrated there.
During the Civil War the custonl
Jagged but Mrs. Hale did not slloss|
1t to DO forgotten and she continued
to write to high officials and keep thd
matter before the public, and afte1
the Battle or Gettysburg she wrote I'd
President Lincoln and suggested thai
he appoint day OF thanks" Thia
he did and ever since each President
| has set apart the last Thursday ID
November. Each President writas 4
different proclamation, in which he in
| corporates the things We are 10 bs
especially thankful for. and each veal
| the day takes on more of festival
| occasion. quite different from the ole
| DAYS when our people had much les
comfort yet stuck TO their prayers witt
a firm determination and mads fol
/ rrlir-ar+s ~ ga Govern rlgnt a
| the people. by tho people and for TN
| people"
Life was not easy on ThanksgiVin.
| in the olden days yet the peopli
/ prayed and prayed in thaukfulnes
| for the blessings God had given then
and tasted as we'll when We now feas
! and have many more blessings thai
they for which we should he grateful