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Evening star., 1919-04-19
|DAWS IS READY
WITH HIS FISTS
Diminutive Shortstop Mikes
With Fletcher in Game
Giants Win, 9 to T.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

If scrappy base ball is what the
fans want. those of the National
Capital should be emnently salts
fed with the exhibitions listed for
today and tomorrow between Griff-
men and Giants. Since the start of
the series last Monday at Newport
News rivalry between the players of
the contending clubs has increased
until yesterday it promised to exceed
the friendly stage, when Ike Davis
and Art Fletcher started to mix it
right in plain view of the valiant 500
Richmonders who braved foot ball
weather to see mighty punk exhibit
tion of the national pastime. The
Moo Yawkers copped, -.
Deleting the polite repartee by j..
McGraw and S. Rice preceding the
game, debating was general until
Fletch and Davis waltzed up stage
and grabbed the limelight for presen-
tation of duologue. Their speciality
had it's inception in the fourth in
ming. Arthur giving Ike the shoulder
in trying to regain second after being
caught between bases. The jolt
failed to dislodge the ball from
Davey's clutch, however. F'letch was
out.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Base Ball No Longer a Trust.

With all the ballyhooting that
cropped out Of the suit against or
ganized ball by the Baltimore Feds
about the grand old game being a
trust. Dave Fultz seems to have struck
the only original and new angle OF
the whole situation. Dave claims base
ball is no longer a trust. When the
majors and minors split and the bush
leagues decided to go merrily on their
way alone down the pathway, it dis
solved all the trust features. accord
ing to Dawes way of doping. and he
seems to have struck it right. trust
in the harmful sense of the word, to
our way of figuring. is an organiza
ton that controls or seeks to gain
absolute control of any field, and the
majors gave their smaller brothers a
free hand to do as they pleased, so
there you are.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
MARATHON GOLF RECORD
is HELD IN SCOTLAND

CHICAGO. April 1s.-Recent claims
OF a Philadelphia golf player to have
broken all known American records"
by playing 144 holes in one day. to-
oay brought statement from a
StatfStfclan here that the eastern
record had not come up to one made
here ten years ago.
George II. Lytton and Andrew Nc
Caughey of the Exmoor Country
Club, according to the statistician. to
test their endurance. started play at
4:3O am. and stopped at $50 pm.
making 1853 holes. nine holes more
than the Philadelphia player.
According to the same statistician
the world championship appears to
be held by II. r.. Lumsden. who in
June. 1910, played 2I6 holes over the
Aberdeen golf course. ir Scotland
starting at 2:3O am. and finishing at
pm 1t is estimated he walk ed
more than forty miles.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
FANS IN CHICAGO
GREET ALEXANDER
Big Crowd at Station When
Cubs Great Pitcher
Reaches There.

CHICAGO, April 19.-Three hundred
base ball fans were at the depot when
Grover Cleveland Alexander. late of the
American expeditionary' force. dropped
off the Twentieth Century from New
York. accompanied by Mrs. Alexander
and William Wrigley. jr. majority
stockho!der in the club. of which Alex is
the most valuable piece of diamond
bric-a -brac.
Alexander says he will be ready to
take his regular turn as Cub pitcher
within ten days after the season opens.
He says he can't make any. predictions
tons. because he doesn't know the line
ups. but the Cubs look mighty good to
him in the National League.
II played in five games in France.
said the great hurler ''The last game
pitched five innings. struck out six men,
and they only got one single off me.
My arm didn't show the slightest effect
of the Army work. I am in good shape
right now; in fact, never was better at
this time of the season. and ] think |
can be ready for regular work within
ten days from the start of the season.
There was a team in the south of
France which wrote our outfit that they
were the champions of the world. or
words to that effect. and wanted to play
us. Our major was our manager. and he
d
few young fellows who didn't know
much about the game. but if they had
the money TO put up. as they said they
had. we'd take chance.
''He said he had a youngster named
Noyes-you know he is one of Connie
Macll's stars; Ward and Mitchell. two
inexperienced kids-they belong to
Brooklyn: Lambeth, a Cleveland kid.
and a kid pitcher named Alexander. He
also added that he had few college
boys who could fill in. Pottsy Clark
of Illinois. Lewis of Missouri. Lind
say. University of Kansas star. but
that. of course. these college boys
weren't regulars. We never heard
from that outfit again.
Our crowd didn't lose game"
Alex had seven weeks Of active
service. and the worst experience he
had was with a dud.
Il didn't know what to do with
this dud." explained Alex. II suppose
ought to have fielded it, it landed
came at me like a regular bounder
didn't know what it might do on
every bounce. so ! let it go by me.
on it's way"
Evening star., 1919-04-19
GriM Neglect Chances

Those five runs in the opener were
due to hits by Judge. Foster. Shanks
and Janvrin. together with pass.
hit batsman and PiciDich's sacrifice
fy. Thereafter Bob Steele held the
Griffs safe. Barnes first act on re-
lievins him in the sixth was to walk
Janvrin, who took third on Davis
single and scored when Zim fumbled
Thompson's roller. Judges drive past
Heinie filled the bases. with one out. but
Chase started double play on Foster
that nipped the rally. The Griffs
made another bid in the ninth. After
walking. Judge was forced by Foster.
who. with. Milan out of the way, stole
second and third unmolested. Rice
was passed, and when Barnes erred
on Shanks Foster tailed. Janvrin
was wounded and. with the sacks
loaded, it was up to Davis. Ike
crashed to deep center, but the ball
travelled a mile high and Kauff got
under it.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Act S, the Big Scene

Scene >. in the following frame,
found FLETCHER on third McCarty on
in. Davis ferried Burns rap to the
plate ahead of Fletcher. In the en-
suing race up and down the line
Davis got the ball. sprinted after
Fletcher and plunked him in the
was solid blow that stung. Fletch
Immediately started after Davey,
who had squared away with his right
cooked. when the other players
dashed up and separated them. Ike
might have landed it with the aid of
stills. Davis is five feet five: Fletcher
six feet and then some.
The game was terrible analr
Staked to a five-run lead at the out
set Ayers could not stand prosperity
Forgetting the location of the plate.
with Smith up in the third. his at
tention was called to the fact by
Herman Schaefer. who ADVISED MS
teammates to throw their bats away
teen successive balls wide of the
mark. This tenanted all the corners
and Young proceeded to depopulate
them with crash to center for three
bases. scoring himself when Janvrins S
relay filtered through to the stand.
This was bad enough, especially in
view of the applause given the Hills
william by his fellow Virginians when
he made his initial appearance at
bat. but it was not marker to what
developed when Thompson was elect
ed goat by his teammates in the fifth.
Chase singled through short. Doyle
bounded to Judge who, with a made.
to-order double play in sight, threw
wide to Davis. When Foster dropped
Thompson's toss of Kauffs roller the
stage was set for Heinie Zimmerman,
who poled a double between Milan
oil rod o
advanced a notch on F1etcher's pop
fly back of Judge. watched Thompson
toss out Smith and ambled in when
Pinch Hitter McCarty lined out
two sacker that Rice could not quite
reach.
This ended the run getting that
round. as the Fletcher-Davis skit fol-
lowed, but another marker was add
ed in the sixth, when Kauff and Zim-
merman collaborated with safeties.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Tennis Boycott in Britain
Shows How the Wind Blows

An indication Of the difncult
task ahead Of the Olympic com.
mittee in it's attempt to prevent
the hatred engendered By the
war from spelling the sporting
spirit that has formerly pre-
vailed at the Olympiads fs seen
in the letter recently received
by George T. Adee. president of
the United States Lawn Tennis
Association. from H. Anthony
Sabelli. secretary of the British
Lawn Tennis Association.
The letter quotes the reguIa.
tions adopted at a meeting Of
the council Of the British body.
prohibiting members from par
tfcipatinE in any tournaments
In which German or Austrian
players may compete. 1t IL
understood that similar, action
has been taken by the French
tennis sOl0ns.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
MD. STATE PLAYS
NAVY TEAM TODAY
Both Mines Undefeated, and
a Hard Contest Is
Predicted.
BY n. C. BYRD.

! Two undefeated ball teams meet to-
day at Annapolis. when Maryland
State hooks UP with the Naval Acad-
envy, State has taken part IN hv"
contests. in all of which it has been
| won. all. The contest last year be
tween Navy and State resulted in
6 to victory for the former in thlr-
| teen innings
The contest at Annapolis ought TO be
well worth seeing. as both teams arr
stronger than usual Navy is said
| to possess a combination far better
| than its average and the Maryland
nine is not weak. States chances MAY
be lessened considerably by sprain-
! ed ankle sustained by Keene. who was
/ playing right field yesterday against
Penn State. keene slid into second
and twisted his ankle so much that h.
had to be removed from the game
He was booked to pitch against the
| Middies. II he is not in shape to hurl
! it is likely that Aitcheson will be sem
| back to hurl for the third time this
! week
Maryland State yesterday trounced
Penn State by Z to 1. The Pennsyl
vanians presented what seemed to he
the makings of a good nine. but II
was tnelr nrSt game ana bneS ndOt
misplays which later in the season
they would not be guilty of.
| Aitcheson pitched his second game
of the week and held the Pcnnsylva
mia nine to seven hits and struck out
eight With the exception of the sec
ond inning, when the visitors got
their one run, Aitcheson did not allow
more than one hit in any inning.
Hartshorn, States third baseman.
was out of the game with a sprained
ankle. Stewart Knode. who took his
place. put up good exhibition, espe
cialIy on the offense.
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute de-
feated Western and Tech yesterday I'm
practice triangular relay races in the
] Genital High School stadium. The
! Baltimoreans won the race between
varsity teams by about fifteen yards
and the race between second fouf by
about ten.
Catholic University is to play Penn
State this afternoon. The Brookland-
ers ought not to encounter great
deal of diff1culty with the visitors
| pitchers unless better form is shown
by them than was displayed against
Maryland State yesterday. Inability
to prevent the Marylanders hitting
the ball at times when hits were need
ed was the factor which caused de-
| feat at College Park. Catholic Univer-
sity probably will send Long in to
do its pitching.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
SOLDIERS SHOE SHINES
K. OF C.. CLUBS PLAN

Shoe shines for soldiers may
sound like a catch line. but Will
liam J. Mulligan. chairman of the
Knights of Columbus committee on
war activities. found the shines
necessary for soldiers and sailors
and marines sojourring in misty
London, the town where shine
doesn't last long.
AS professional shines cost money,
and as the war had. anyhow. re-
duced the number of professional
sinners SO that everybody couldn't
be waited on, Mulligan had shoe
shining apparatus installed in the
X of c. club in High Holborn. Lon
don. with the result that now the
boys emerge from the X. of c.
quarters with their handsome
countenances reflected in the toes
of their army shoes.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
FOWNES VICTOR AT GOLF.
Will Meet Morrison Today for Title
at Pinehurst.

PINEHURST n. c.. April 19.-H. c.
Fownes and Tom Morrison. fellow
members of the Oakmont Country
Club. meet in the final of the mid
April tournament at Pinehurst today.
f'ownes played against l.. D. Pierce of
Ekwanok in the semi final round yes
terda,y and won by l up. The Pitts
burgh golfer took .43 to go out, and
was down at the turn. He was still
1 down at the sixteenth, but won the
seventeenth after driving into trap,
and followed this up by taking the
eighteenth and the match.
Tom Morrison was l down to F. S.
Danforth of North Fork at the
eleventh. but made himself up by
the time the sixteenth was reached.
and maintained that advantage to the
end.
II. V. Seggerman of Englewood and
e. l.. Scofield of Woodway survived
in the consolation section. Seggerman
defeating c. B. Hudson Of North
Fork, 5 and 3. and Scofield winning
from c. l.. Becker by 3 and 2.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Harry HARPER Is Ailine,

Harry Harper is ailing. The south
paw is listed to work three or four
rounds. against the Giants today, but
il he does not feel fit VIII be excused
to make a visit to his home at Hack
ensack over Sunday. Jim Shaw will
see some box duty this afternoon
whether or not Harper works and
Walter Johnson will start against
the Giants in the final exhibition to-
morrow, which will get under way
at o'clock.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Colored Departmental Ready.

The Colored Departme nta1 Base Ball
League organized last Wednesday at
the residence of the president. Four
clubs were repre- resented. 1t is planned
to have six teams and there are res
eryations for two other clubs that
wish to join by applying to the pres
ident or coming to the meeting next
Wednesday night at O'Clock The fol-
lowing officers were elected: James L.
Hunt, president; Joel Jones. secre
tarv and William Davis, treasurer.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
WILL HOLD REHEARSAL.
Star Spangled Banner" Chorus
Hopes to Obtain 1000 Voices.

The National Star Spangled Ban
ner" Chorus will hold a rehearsal at
Calvary NJ. E. Church. Columbia road
between 18th and 18th streets north
west Monday evening, at s O'Clock.
George II. Miller will direct.
The chorus now has 200 voices. but
it is hoped to increase this number to
900. thus bringing to Washington
the honor of having the largest chorus
in the country.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
AMERICANS PRIME
FOR RACE ON SEINE
U. S. Crew Is Composed En-
tireIy of COL
Iegians.
BY Ripley.

PARIS, April 1s-The roster of the
the international regatta on the Seine,
April 27, reads like an aIl-American
selection, and college yells. more IA
miliar to Poughkeepsie than to Paris.
will startle the natives on racing day.
The crews are made up Of war vet
Grams.
The American crew is made up as
follows:
Bow, Sergt. Coils S. Cole, Yale;
2. Private Royal Bird, Cornell; 8. sergt.
Howard McHenry. Yale: 4, Capt
James Brinkerhoff, Cornell; s. Lieut..
Tommy Jefferies, Harvard; 6, Capt.
Royal Pu1len, University Of Washing
ton: Z. Capt. Harry Cabot, Harvard
Lieut.. Guy Gale. University of Cali
fornia, coxswain.
The crew, under the coaching of
Capt. c. D. Wiman. Yale. 1915, has
adopted a combination of the Yale
Harvard stroke, which is working ef-
ficiently.
The reason given for the withdrawal
of the English crew is that when they
came to the Seine for training they did
not like the French type of boat, which
is heavier than the English.
The Newfoundlanders are showing a
surprising amount of speed The
coach, however, said that his men were
handicapped because they were unac-
customed to sliding seats
The Australian and New Zealand
crews are training on the Thames at
present, but are expected in Paris on
Sunday. The Portuguese crews have
been on the water. since February, and
the French oarsmen are veterans who
have rowed together for years.
The dark horse of the race is Alsace-
Lorraine. The men representing these
provinces are training in secret on the
Rhine.
High French officials, including Pre-
mfer Clemenceau, and officers from all
the allied armies have expressed their
intention of being present
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Wins University of London Course

Lieut.. H. Janney Nichols. Son of
Henry Janney Nichols of this city
and Sa ndy Spring. Nd. has been Sc
lected for a course at the University
of London. Lieut.. Nichols was edu-
Gated in this city and was graduated
from the Western High School with
the class of 1914. He was student
at the George Washington University
and the Carnegie School of Technol-
ogy at Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Harrington With Dry Docks.

Bill Harrington. the lefthander TAX
on south with the Griffmen on Joe
casey's tion. and who was
eiven his unconditional release, has
landed a job with the Baltimore Dry
Dock and Shipbuilding Company. He
will do some pitching for Manager
sam Frocks team.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
lie Droit Tigers Defeat Alcos.

The LIE Droit Tigers played its first
nractice game of the season. having
as their opponents the Alcos. de-
feating them by score of to 4.
The feature of the game was the
fielding of Tibbs and West. and the
batting Of Baylor. together with the
catching of Lewis. The lie Droit Tigers
will accept games with any team
either in or out of the city. Address
Ali communications to Andrew L. AL
len. 234 w street northwest
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Wrestler, Injured in Bout, Dies.

RICHMOND. Va. April 19.-Richard
Paiser. known as the Rough House
Butcher Boy hailing from Chicago.
died in a hospital here Thursday night
as a result of injuries sustained in
wrestling bout with Young Caesar at
a local theater. Doctors say his neck
was broken.
Evening star., 1919-04-19

Bob Steele. southpaw, late of St.
Louis. Pittsburgh and New York.
seems to have had a touch of Cincin-
natl also on his way to Salt Lake, for
details of the deal indicate that the
Reds secured him from the Giants
and sent him to Salt Lake as part
payment for Morris Rath.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
New York Boxing Bill Fails.

ALBANY, N Y. April 1s-Failure
of the assembly rules committee last
night to report out either the Walker
or the Gibbs boxing bills indicated
that no legislation legalizing boxing
in this state would be adopted by this
session of the legislature.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Ertle Scores Over Daley.

BALTIMORE. Md. April 19.-Johnny
Ertle of St. Paul was given the de-
cision last night in twelve-round
bout here with Frank Daley of Staten
Island.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Held for Investigation.

The five occupants of the car were
held for Investigation, and Assistant
United States Attorney Ralph Given
will determine who will be prosecuted
for alleged violation of the bone-dry
law. While the Officers had the party
under arrest. they stated another
speeding booze" car passed them go
ing at about fifty miles an hour. Oc-
cupants Of that car were not captured.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
"Babe" Ruth Hits Four Homers.

BALTIMORE. Md, April 19.-y-"B Babe'
Ruth of the Boston Americans. who
played left field in yesterdays exhibi-
tion game with the Baltimore Inter
nationals, made four home runs in
six times at the bat. The other two
times he was given base on balls.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
germany ALLOWED.
TO FREE RUSSIANS.
Reparation Order by Marshal
Foch Hastens Departure of
American Mission.
VIEW OF GEN. HARRIES
By GORDON STILES.
CabIegrnm to The Evening Star and
IhicnGO DaiIy NewH. COPyright. 1919.

BERLIN. Germany April 14-An
order from Marshal Foch. which per-
mits Germany to repatriate the Rus
sian prisoners. has reached Berlin,
and il is expected that the task of
sending back 100000 soldiers of the
old Russian army will be begun at
once The receipt of the order was
:, signal for rejoicing among the
american officers in Germany. who are
ager to return to America it mea ms
that the work of the American mis-
sion in Germany is practically fin
ished and the length of time its MEM
hers remain here depcn only upon
the speed with which the Germans
can transport their erstwhile guests
TO the Russian frontier.
Evening star., 1919-04-19

The historic battle of Waterloo was
begun and finished in eight houps
Evening star., 1919-04-19

Copyright. 1919, by H. {. Fisher. Trade mark
registered @. s. Pat on
Evening star., 1919-04-19
BOOZE CAR CAPTURED
IN EARLY MORNING RAID
One of Five Colored Occupants of
Machine. an Overseas Soldier,
Tells of Wife's Sickness.

Ten cases of whisky, an assortment
were in so-called booze" car. which
was captured at 18th and H streets
northeast about 4:30 o'clock this
morning by Detective Bailey, Hack
Inspector Smith and Special Police
man Otis Angevine. Five colored oc-
cupants Of the car who were placed
under arrest registered as Oscar
Washington. twenty-eight years, %
F street; William Blagley. forty-six
2oI c street southwest: Roy Gordon.
thirty-hve. ~ d street southwest and
Mamie Brown and Naomi Hayes.
twenty-three and twenty-one, respec-
lively. 607 Pierce street. Baltimore.
Trio Trails Motor Car.
The detective and hack Inspector
learned that a booze" car was speed
ing over the Washington boulevard in
the direction of this city. and the
special policeman volunteered to take
them in his automobile to the District
line. The trio trailed the car to 15tl.
and H streets. where the hack in
spector. with a rife pointed at the
car. demanded that its occupants halt
Washington told the detectives he
was paid SIS to make the trip to Bal
timore and roadhouse beyond Elk
Ridge. saying the liquor was pur-
chased at the latter place.
Il wouldn't have taken the chance"
Washington stated. except for the
fact that my wife was sick. I served
in the army overseas. was discharged
short time ago without being paid,
and when ] returned home / was
without money"
iii stand responsible for the whole
thing" Gordon told the officers when
placed under arrest, but later he de-
clared he knew nothing about the
whisky.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
WASHINGTON HOTELS
HOTEL LOGAN
EUROPEAN PLAN
IOWA CIRCLE. Cor. 18th ST. NV.
WILLIAM CATO. Prepr;s,es

THE CAIRO HOTEL .
4(ue st. next to corner 10Th n. ". {:
zmodern history hreproof struc.
s 1ure; rooms with bath, $2.50
per day: rooms with running
hot and cold water. 500 per
day.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Statement by Gen. Harries.

$50 far as We are concerned, Ger
many can begin shipping the Rus
slams home within forty eight hours.
Cen. George II. Harries tod me this
afternoon. We shall have, nothing
10 do with the actual transportation.
oar part is TO see that the Russians
are fed up to the time they reach
their border. As | understand the
German plan. the prisoners will be
transported to such a point on the
frontier as lies nearest their homes
IT these several points will be large
ofantities of American stores. which
now are ready and waiting for ship
ment to the places designated. When
the trains bearing the Russians ar
rive each man will be loaded with
q II the food he can carry and turned
loose. This plan was not adopted
before because of the hardship which
would have fallen on the men during
the winter months. Warm weather
has come and 50 that difficulty is
eliminated.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Relief to German Government.

1t will be relief to the German
government also because the work
which has been performed by the
Russians will furnish employment for
thousands of returning German
prisoners. The government here is
pleased with the manner in which
the Americans have handled the
feeding and sanitation of the Russian
camps and I have heard no word of
criticism Huge quantities of stores
have been transported with extreme
difficulty but nowhere have the sup
plies run short. 1 expect that many
Russians will miss their steady and
wholesome diet.
Evening star., 1919-04-19
Men May Meet Trouble.

'Tt is true that the. prisoners may
get into all kinds OF trouble with
the bolshevists and that many of
them may join Lenin's forces. but it
appears to be the lesser of two evils.
Germany could not hold these men
after peace was signed. Even if this
was tried, they would break camp.
This would mean that the horde
would oyerrun this country. which
has enough trouble now. So there is
nc doubt that the best plan is to
send them on their way home well
clothed and with sufficient food for
their needs"