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Evening star., 1919-04-09

Grifmen up to within two days OF
the opening of the season. When the
curtain is raised for the inaugural
or at least within two weeks from
the time the initial battle is held a
| couple of others will be disposed of
to keep within the player limit OF
twenty-one. but who they will be has
not yet been determined.
III. Milan started at midday yester,,
DAY 1or Houston. Tex: where he Will
American Association Club now
working out there. Manager Griffith
announced the deal was a straight
sale. as under the agreement entered
conference in New York in January
optional releases are barred. AL
though he has no legal strings on
Milan it is assumed Griff has gem
lon. the former Washington helms
man. who still is running the Mil
lers." sfor first bid on Milan in the
event he is placed on the marx ket
Ellel by, who has been sold to Frank
Schultz. but Flaherty will be the out
and-out property of the Bingham
ton club il, as expected, he signs the
contract submitted to him. Joe
Brown was given his unconditional
release and the same procedure is to
be followed in regard to Harrington.
who Will start today for his home at
Wax efieid. Mass. unless he succeeds
in the attempt he is making to land
q base ball job somewhere in the
minors.
With his squad cut. to such proper
tons that there will be an insufficient
number of twirlers to work in bat
ting practice and play game. too,
Manager Griffith has decided there
will be no contest tomorrow-get-
away day. The clash today will
therefore be the final club practice
Skirmisf. and it promises to be the
most hard-fGught of the series. the
4-to-3 victory OF the Yannigans yes
ter6ay bringing them up on even
terms with the Regulars in the eight
games which have gone to a decision.
How the pitchers will be assigned for
the rubber contest this afternoon is
unknown. but it is likely the relative
form they display today will determine
10 great extent who VIII be nominated
for slab duty for the first two games
with the Phillies Friday
Doc Ayers yesterday was notified of
i serious illness in his family. If it
should prove necessary for him to &c.
home he will rejoin the squad in Nor
folk; otherwise the players who will
go TO Charlotte will include, in addi-
ton TO Coach Altrock. Pitchers John
son, Shaw, Harper, Ayers, Hovlik
Matteson, Thompson. Craft and Lynch
Catchers Agnew, Picinich and Char
rity: OutGelderS Milan, Rice. Shanks
and Shannon, and Infielders Mcbride,
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BASE BALL ON THE INSIDE
BY BILLY EVANS.

to get him hit him in the back /
walked down to the pitchers box to
inform Russell he had just made
about the worst balk I had ever seen.
n,ant What h: t do do you you call that move
What would you call it?" I in
quired of Cobb.
"A balk, if there ever was one
made" he answered.
Correct" 1 replied. but since you
couldn't have gone farther than sec
ond even had l called the balk, it
doesn't matter what ruling I made. y
/ asked Russell where he had dug UP
the move.
That is my own invention" he re-
piled. Il used it for years in Texas,
and not an umpire said a word about
it. 1 thought it would be just the
thing to fool the boys up here"
Don't ever apply for a patent on
your invention" l answered. Just ex-
press it back to Texas"
1T doesn't look good to you, then 30
said Russell.
1T looks all right" I answered,
but if you continue to use it you will
have all the umpires in the league
hoarse from calling 'Balk.'
This big league stuff is new to
me-" said Russell. Give me a chance
and you umpires won't have to do any
fusSing about me-"
During the rest of the game 1 gave
Russell several chances. and today
he has a pretty fair movement to first
that keeps the runners close to the
bag. and yet is declared legal by the
umpires.
The balk move is one of the big
evils of base ball. 1t is difficult to fig-
ure a system that will improve hit
ting. but it is easy to help, base run
ming. All that is needed is a strict
Interpretation of the rule Most
pitchers when they come to the majors
have a movement that a blind man
could detect as illegal. There is no
chance for them to get by with it.
Immediately they are instructed in a
! move that is perhaps as Illegal but
far more smooth.
Evening star., 1919-04-09
EXPECTS SUCCESS
IN AMATEUR BALL
Secretary WinsIoW of District
Association Speaks Opti-
mistica|Iy of Season.

! Six and possibly seven leagues are
expected to operate this season under
i the jurisdiction of the Amateur Base
Ball Association of the District of
| Columbia according to G. H. Wins
| low, secretary of the organization.
Last night Secretary Winslow spoke
! optimistically about the outlook for
/ the sport. and said that he looked
for at least six leagues to affiliate
with the amateur organization and
expected a successful year.
"Everywhere you co. says Mr.
Winslow," you hear talk about ANA
teur base ball Certainly there has
not been to my knowledge a spring
in four years when indications point
ed toward such a probably success
! full season. l have understood that
the Navy Yard may. operate under
the jurisdiction of the association
: a closed organization. The Railroad
Y. M. c. A. League is reorganized and
will play under the association. as it
| has since it's formation in 1908. 1t is
just little early yet to tell def
nitely. but if we do not have an ex-
ceptionally good year in amateur
base ball then I shall be much mis-
taken. Personally, l want to see a
big turnout tonight at the meeting of
the association; and the officers of
the association feel that there will
be big crowd present to air views
relative to constructive work for the
sport during the coming summer
Catholic Universitys nine goes to
Quantico today to meet the marines.
strong aggregation and should con-
slider themselves lucky if they get
away with a winning count. In all
probability Coach Charley Moran will
send Long in to do the pitching.
Long did some clever work against
Gallaudet last week.
Georgetown ought to win from ST.
Johns of Annapolis today without
troutk. The Hilltoppers are Tot
going at their top speed as yet.
having had q number Of setbacks.
Maryland State comes in town for
a game at Gallaudet. Aitchesoii ana
Keen probably will divide the hu-lins
for the Marylanders. with either
Ferguson or Downes on the SLAB for
the Kendall Green nine.
While Maryland States varsity is
playing Gallaudet here. the State
freshmen will meet Central High
School in a second game at College
Park. Central beat the State
youngsters in the first contest by
to 2.
Other games scheduled today are
Tech at Alexandria High School.
Virginia freshmen at Army and Navy
Prep School and Western High at
Episcopal High School.
Harry Harris, former Business High
School and West Virginia foot ball
star. is spending a few days with
his family in Washington. Harris is
located at Newport News in the
Naval Aviation Corps. He expects to
be out of the Navy some time this
spring.
Evening star., 1919-04-09

Judge. Leonard. Davis. Foster and
Janvrin. Shanks is listed as a gar
dener. as he was shifted to the outer
works in the game yesterday, and
prObab bly, will be stationed there for
a while. His capabilities as an In
| fielder are we'll known. while Leonard
is just learning the intricacies of sec
ond base play. and has been given
| that position with the regulars in
order that he may get all the expert
ence possible at guarding the key
stone sack.
Although outhit nearly two to one
yesterday, the Yanns obtained their bin
| giles when they would do the most dam
age and eked out a victory over the
veteran array. Craft. who started Tor
the lannS, allowed only three hits ana
no runs in the five rounds he performed
| Molly displayed a lot of speed ana
nice breaking curve and had better con-
troll than usual. Jim Shaw got off to a
poor start. pass and n brace of errors
Charity. netting three taliies in the
first inning. Lynch, who succeeded him
and pitched the last four rounds. was
nicked for but one hit. scratchy affair
that did not figure in the one run OBJ
tanned off him. which was chargeabIe
to base on balls and errors by Leonard
and Foster. Lynch's showing was graft
| flying in view of the fact his arm seems
to have a kink in it.
The first run obtained off MatteSon.
who followed Craft in pitching against
the Regulars in the sixth inning. was
traceable to a two-base wild peg by
Charity. who played third 70" the
Yanns. A wild pitch helped the runner
along. and after the next two men had
been retired Leonard's single manufac-
tured the tally. The two runs scored
by the Regulars in the ninth and which
brought them to within one of tying
hn hn1
tickets issued by Matty to Davis and
Lynch. With two gone. hits by Foster
and Milan produced the counters. but
with the tying and winning runs on the
bases Matty compelled Sam Rice TO lift
little fly the pitcher himself tool,
care of.
Griff spent considerable time COACH
ing the hurlerS to improve. their
pitching motions with runners on the
sacks. He also tried to get Lynch
to stand up at the plate without pull
ing away on each delivery.
Foster added to his already healthy
total of hits for the series by getting
two more. as did also Judge, whose
Eddie's. as he walked on one occa-
sion and varied the monotony of play
by pulling a delayed steal of third
at Agnews expense.
Davis showed that he keeps his eyes
open when in the sixth, with Picinich
and Judge both chasing bad peg by
Leonard, he raced in to cover the un-
protected plate and prevented John
son from scoring from third.
Manager Griffith yesterday attended
a meeting called for the purpose of
organizing new league in which
AnpnSta NAV he raDYeSpnte0
Nick Altrock has turned down an
offer to manage the Augusta team in
the proposed circuit.
Evening star., 1919-04-09
Lew Shaw, Billiard Expert, Dead.

CHICAGO. April 9.-Lew Shaw for
years famous as an exhibition bill
lard player. died yesterday in a hos
pital here of influenza He was born
in Elgin, Ill, sixty three years ago.
and in his early years as an expert
billiard player competed in matches,
the most notable being his defeat of
Jake Schaefer in Washington. D. c..
in 1876, winning by 500 to SAT, at the
regular three-ball game. AS fancy
shot billiardist he toured the country,
and also appeared before King Ed
ward in London.
Evening star., 1919-04-09
JEAN DUBUC MAY PITCH
FOR NEW YORK GIANTS

GAINESVILLE, Fla, April 9.-jean
Dubuc, the famous old Detroit pitcher.
who is here with the Red Sox, may
become a member of the Giants pitch
ing staff.
Jean finished last season with the
Sox, but he is the property of the
Salt Lake City Club. Barrow would
like to hold him. but demurs at the
purchase price asked by Walter Nc
Creedie. and with his consent Nc
Graw opened negotiations with the
western manager. Something may
come of it.
Dubuc showed last fall and this
spring that he still has lot of pitch
ing in him. He is a good batsrnan.
having been used as pinch hitter by
Jennings when he was with Detroit
Evening star., 1919-04-09
CAPT. WASHBURN WINS
IN FIVE-SET MATCH

LONDON, April Capt. Watson NJ.
Washburn, of the American Army,
won his match in the first round of
the covered courts tennis champion
ship at the Queens Club. He defeat
ed Lieut.. H. J. Gilbert by 3-6. 3-6,
60, g., 6-3.
In the dodbles Maj. Dean Mathey
and Capt w. NJ. Washburn of the
American Army We're beaten by the
Australians. Stanley n. Doust and
Aubrey b. Jones. 6-3. 60. 6-1.
Capt. Washburn is in charge of
tennis activities in the A. +. f He
has been a ranking player in the
United States for number of years.
Evening star., 1919-04-09
TWOGR|FFS GONE;
THREE TO FOLLOW
H. Milan and Brown Exit;
Harrington, EIIerby and
FIaherty to Go.
YANNS BEAT REGS, a TO 3
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

AUGUSTA. Ga, April with
Horace Milan and Joe Brown already
gone. Bill Harrington due to leave
today, and Frank Ellerby and Ed
Flaherty scheduled to hike out in
the morning. only twenty-three of
the twenty-eight athletes which origi-
nally comprised the squad Will en-
train tomorrow for Charlotte. " c.
where the Philadelphia Nationals Will
be played in the first of a series OF
nine exhibitions. which will carry the
Evening star., 1919-04-09
Dodgers Release Catcher Snyder.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. April g.
Manager Wilbert Robinson of the
Brooklyn Nationals announces that
Jack Snyder. catcher. has been re-
leased to Toronto of the international
League. The remainder of the
Dodgers squad will in all proba-
bility be retained until the team
reaches BROOKLYN
Evening star., 1919-04-09

Legislative action is pending in
Ontario to pc-C,i. farmers wives -
ee elected to Sciool boards.
Evening star., 1919-04-09

Other games scheduled today are
Tech at Alexandria High School.
Virginia freshmen at Army and Navy
Prep School and Western High at
Episcopal High School.
Evening star., 1919-04-09

Harry Harris, former Business High
School and West Virginia foot ball
star. is spending a few days with
his family in Washington. Harris is
located at Newport News in the
Naval Aviation Corps. He expects to
be out of the Navy some time this
spring.
Evening star., 1919-04-09

Davis showed that he keeps his eyes
open when in the sixth, with Picinich
and Judge both chasing a bad peg by
Leonard. he raced in to cover the un-
protected plate and prevented John
son from scoring from third.
Evening star., 1919-04-09

Foster added to his already healthy
total of hits for the series by getting
two more, Is did also Judge, whose
record for the day was better than
Eddie's. as he walked on one occa-
sion and varied the monotony of play
by pulling a delayed steal of third
at Agnews expense.
Evening star., 1919-04-09

Manager Griffith yesterday attended
meeting called for the purpose of
organizing new league in which
Augusta may be represented.
Evening star., 1919-04-09

While Maryland States varsity is
playing Gallaudet here. the State
freshmen will meet Central High
School in a second game at College
Park. Central beat the State
youngsters in the first contest by
to 2.
Evening star., 1919-04-09

Nick Altrock has turned down an
offer to manage the Augusta team in
the proposed circuit.
Evening star., 1919-04-09

Griff spent considerable time COACH
ing the hurlers to improve their
pitching motions with runners on the
sacks. He also tried to get Lynch
to stand up at the plate without pull
ing away on each delivery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York. Sept. 12.-Thp foreign
exchange market opened steady for
sterling, and unchanged from the pre-
liminary quotations.
On the other hand, French exchange
was slightly better than the forecast
at $50 for cables and s.5lh for
checks. Italian exchange was under
the preliminary figures at o.75 for ca
bles and 9.761A for checks. a loss Of .
points from yesterdays finals.
Neutral exchanges were steady as
follows:
Swiss cables $50, checks 5.62: gull .
der cables 81 5-16, checks 37h peseta,
cables 1915. checks 1910; Stockholm
cables 24.5O. checks 24.35; Christianis
cables 23.1O, checks %. a5; Copenhagen
cables 22.25, checks 40: Belgian
cables $50, checks s.53h marks
nominal, at 3.90@3.95 ruble notes, en-
tirely nominal, at AN.
shortly after midday, sterling be
came irmer being quoted at Attn 10
cables. The Accent quotation on mark
Is being shaded. Otherwise, the nh
ket showed little or no feature.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
BRIEF, BUT INTERESTING
ASPHALT PYROTECHNTCS
Striking Stories in Bank Pdrlors Concerning Holdings OF Promi
nent Interests-Elecrc Storage at Years Topnotch L.

these interests sold into a bag and
did not realize the real purport OF the
movement until too late.
How much Of this stock has been
r%egained Is a matter of conjecture.
This much, however, is evident, that
in every attempt to acquire any con-
siderable line of stock the price is Wig
o~rously bid up. This would suggest that
whoever the new interests are. they
seem to have an astonishing knowledge
of the location of the principal holdings.
As most of the stock acquired during
the last six months has not been trans
ferrcd the identity of the buyers still
remains a mystery.
The revived buoyancy Of the two
bove-named favorites, while having a
strengthening influence upon the gen
oral local market, failed to inject activ.
ity in the trading, which altogether ron
tinued Of the same desultory character.
producing only fractional shaving or
elevation in prices.
Philadelphia Electric continued to be
well taken at 25A, an overnight gain
Of ". American Ship retrieved all the
ground lost in the early slump yester-
day, advancing to 1917. although it
later yielded some of the Improvement.
nitcd Gas Improvement, Philadelphia
Traction and Tonopah Belmont were
unchanged. Philadelphia Rapid Tran.
sit was p higher. but American Gas,
on a sale Of five shares, lost 5 points
OF yesterdays bulge.
Disappointment in the failure of the
management to give more detailed in
formation concerning the committees
plan for settlement of the claim of the
subsidiary railroad bondholders' claim,
found reflection in a fractional shading
of Lake Superior Corporation to 21L
Philadelphia Company cumulative pre-
ferred was fractionally lower on small
offerings.
The only strong spot in the bond di-
vision was American Gas and Electric
Us, which were up 2A per cent. On
the other hand. Pennsylvania Company
consolidated 412s were off IA. and the
Reading general As l per cent. Phila =
d"lnhia Electric Us and Lehigh Valley
Us each shaded 4 per cent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
MARKET AWAITING
FRESH INCENTIVE
Steel Confident Harmonious
Relations Will Be Restored Be-
tween Capital and Labor
DIMINISHING DEALINGS

New York, Sept. 12.-The New York
Evening Suns closing financial review
today says:
Today's stock market session was
important only in so far as the sta
bility of prices served to indicate the
confidence of investors and spccula.
tors that harmonious relations will br
restored between capital and labor with
out the occurrence of violent disturb
anCC.
1t is the labor uphcaval which has
been initiating against quoted values
for some weeks and while this consider
alton is still ono of the main forces
overhanging the market the street was
moro hopeful on this score today than
it has been for some time.
In fact, it is possible to find business
leaders who will welcome the calling
of II strike of steel employees. so sure
are they that the unions cannot sue
coed in this instance and that their
defeat will check further agitation.
While the trading element was in a
fairly cheerful frame of mind today
respecting the market outlook. there
~" nevertheless. n noticeable Contrac-
ton in the volume of business done. and
pa, g, ~r.r not movcd far in either
direction.
The market did little more than mark
time most of the session and for this
reason was a rather unintcresting affair.
There was little news of general bear
ing on securities and just at present
traders arc awaiting day-to-day de-
velopmcntS for a cue. aggressive opera
tons were lacking.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

A brief but exciting pyrotechnic dis
play in the General Asphalt shares,
lifting the common 4 points to SO and
the preferred s points to 1871, with the
uplifting Of Electric Storage Battery to
the years top price, 100, furnished the
principal events Of today's local mar
ket.
Both demonstrations were of moro
than passing interest, in that it was
another vivid illumination of ever pos
sible startling price changes where the
floating supply Of stock has been re-
duced to n minimum.
1t has long been an open secret that
in both issues there has been what may
be termed as a systematic, II not scien.
tifc absorption Of the stocks of both
concerns. In either instance the identity
of the purchasers has been c~leverly
concealed, although there is ample testi.
mony indicating that a bulk of the
stock has gone to New York. This is
particularly true as TO the Asphalt is
sues.
The consensus of opinion in broker.
age circles is that the remarkable for
ward movement in the Asphalt shares
is controlled and engineered by an in.
1urntial New York clique. This may
b" correct, and the movement after all
may be nothing but a speculative cam.
paign pure and simple.
Signs, however, are not lacking to
indicate there is something of far more
reaching Importance behind the big rise
in these shares than a mere stock ex.
change coup. AS a matter of fact, in
banking parlors there are some mighty
interesting stories aaoat concerning the
change of ownership of the Asphalt
shares.
If crcdence is to be placed in some
Of thos" stories, the controlling in
t"r">' ~ General Asphalt hangs on an
extremely narrow balance. In truth, il
d'pr.I, very largely upon the ability
Of certain prominent local interests to
regain or maintain holdings which they
were tempted to part with during the
swift rise in the stocks and which
they felt could be easily rebought when
tho speculative boom in the stock col
lapscd. The story goes on to say that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12
BUSINESS ON CURB
WITHOUT FEATURE
Fluctuations Confined to Mar
row limits-Chandler Motors
New Stock in Demand
MARCoNI OF AMERICA FIRM

New York. Sept. 12.-Business on
the Broad street Curb moved along to
day in q quiet manner. there being no
special feature Of importance, and nuc.
tnations in the large majority Of stocks
were confined within narrow limits.
Stock Of the new Union Oil Com
pany was traded in for the first time,
about 5000 shares selling during the
forenoon at 4Ok to 1914. compared with
its subscription price of 40. Chandler
Motors new stock attracted attention .
because Of n good increase in demand
advancing from 96l2 TO 9S. General
Asphalt vas ono Of the strongest fea
lures, advancing from S5 to IS. In.
dustrial Alcohol Rights were traded in
at SO to 90.
There was a large business in United
Retail Candy at "a to 2319. Marconi Of
America was firm. about 10000 shares
being traded in at 6I2 to 6a,. Colum-
bia G~rnphophone ranged from Il to 46.
Indian Packing was a weak feature.
ia ling from 2Sat to -. Allied Packing
sold at ~ to -. Aetna Explosives was
steady with sales at II to 10%.
There was a display Of strength for
a time in Submarine Boat, which ranged
from 15I2 to 16. Tobacco Products Ex-
ports was heavy, falling from 3Tl2 to
@6%. Cosden d Co. sold at 111s and
Il. Merritt Oil sold at 23A and 23A.
Coca Cola sold at 3SB to 1885,.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-12

MARKET BECALMED AFTER
YESTERDAYS EXCITEMENT
Prices Drifted Back and Forth as Professionals Shifted Posi-
tionS-Oils Features of Strength

differences. As stated before in this
column, responsible Wall street has
never taken the steel labor situation
seriously, because it Is generally known
that the steel unions have enrolled on
their membership only a small minority
If the men. The stand is taken that
even II a strike is actually called II
would fzzlp out very quickly. anG thelr
defeat would have a salutary encct
urop the whole labor world.
Changes at the opening Indicated a
division Of sentiment in speculative cir
clcs. In the main, however, the tend
cncv was toward materially higher
prices. especially among equipments
stpels. oils. shippings and feathers
American Locomotive, Crucible steel
Mexican and California PrtroIeums'
American International and Atlantic
Gulf made early gains Of , to ) points
BALDWIN Locomotive came forward later
with Studebakpr and General Motors,
also Texas Company and several OF
the high grade tobaccos, notably Lori
lard. United States Steel hello withln
fractional bounds on moderat" pres
sure.
Additional recoveries from the uncer'
tain opening occurred in the first hour
I. S. Steel being the only important
stock TO fall behind. Oils became moro
conspicuous. Mexican Petroleum ex-
tending it's gain TO almost 6 points
Texas Company and Royal Dutch gain
ing slightly over 3 points each.
Rails were neglected. but the strength
Of railway equipments. the motor group
Worthington Pump and Savage Arms
reflected favorable trade conditions.
Reactions Of ! to 2 points later re-
suited from the increased heaviness of
L. s. Steel, but prices hardened again
at noon.