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The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
NEW ORLEANS RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-Bunga Buck. lis
(ButwelD, to 5. l to 3. out: Tut. 10
(Murphy), to .. even: Frank Moody.
even. Time-.5 AS. Trompeur. Char
lotte c, Freddie. Matte B. Kent, Joe
Esh and Sunny Ways also ran.
SECOND RACE-Bobby Allen. los
(Buxton). 6 to 5. to 3. to s; Peccant,
10S (McDermotO, 3 to l. to 5: Keep.
94 tRichcreek). 2 TO !. Time-I:14
Challenger. Swirl. Lonely. Sister He
lene. Bounding Through. Hackamore
BARLEY Water and The Pirate also
ran.
THIRD RACE-Assume. 119 CStackl,
2 to ]. I to 10. to 4: Trusty. liz
tWida). to 10, l to 4: Bringhurst. ll2
(Thurber), 2 to 5. Time-1:13 2-5. BY
Heck. American Eagle. Bonstelle,
Dundrearv and Orenzo also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Marie Miller. 112
Kelsey, to ]. I to 5. to S; Tailor
Maid, lc7 CWida). Alto l. 7 to S; Ballet
Dancer H. 1o7 CButwelD, 4 to s. Time
1:40 2-5. Duchess Lace. Madge F. Ny
Dear and Rainbow Girl also ran.
FIFTH RACE-Buigneur, 1o4 Cwida)
3 to /. even. to .; Rancher. 1oe will
isl, 2 to ). / to 8: Marchesa II, lo2
OBoyle). to 5. Time-1:S. Piedra.
Nepperhan, The Belgian and Young
Adam also ran.
SIXTH RACE - Antoinette, lo2
CWida). to ]. S to .. even: Jack
Reeves. III CPjercc). to 1, even; Bal
azet, los CErickson). to /. Time-2:oS.
Tanlac. Bubbling Louder. Brian oBru,
Puts and Calls, Toddler. and ornery
also ran
SEVENTH RACE-Doily, s3 Cwida),
10 to l, to ], 2 to /: Frank Monroe
ia (Ericksonl. to 10. 1 to 3: >Philis-
tine. 40 (StacEl. 4 to 5. Time-1:f7 is.
p. G. King. Prophesy. Indian Spring
Dr. Creicler. Loan Shark. Fairy
Prince, Caraway, Pinder, Nashotah,
Al Buja and Thunderbird also ran.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
SCHOLASTIC SPORTS
With JOHN Il. GoETZ.

The Navy Plebes have cancelled
the game with the business High
School five to be played today. The
Plebes have scheduled 10 play an
other team. but Business will make
the trip sometime later in the sea-
son.
Central High basketers will jour-
ney to Port Deposit Nd. today. to
play the fast Tome quints. A good
game is expected as both Quints are
evenly matched.
This afternoon, in the boys ""
gym, Tech, the present scholastic
basket ball champions, will engage
the A. n. preps' team. The army
lads have a win over the Stenog-
raphers. in their last start. and will
probably break the winning streak
of the high school quint
Episcopal High School and the
woodberry Forest Academy basket
ball Quints will meet this afternoon
at Alexandria, to decide the Nir-
ginia State Prep school champion
ship.
Pat" o'Conner, of the Capitol
Hill school. will be lost to the var
sity team, as he failed in his studies.
The officials of the scholastic b2s-
ket ball league decided to play the
double headers on TUESDAY instead
Of Fridays. Tuesday Central and
Tech meet in the first game
while Western and Eastern meet in
the closing battle.
Meany. of the Business basket
ball team. played a wonderful game
yesterday against the Eastern Qulnt.
Western will be represented in the
indoor track classic games to be
staged by the Catholic University on
March IS. Coach Morse is working
his track squad indoors in order to
get them in shape for this affair.
Tech swimmers under the leader
ship of Capt. Leohler, is getting
along fine, and are out to win the
scholastic swimming championship
this season.
Lemon, of Central. is still leading
in points scoring. but is very close
ly followed by Hutchinson. of Tech.
Joe Colburn last season scored more
points than any other player in the
league, getting a total of s points.
This will be a record for the high
school players to follow.
Altemus, of Western, will be out
of the game for the rest of the
season. He again sprsined his ankle
in game against Georgetown
Props yesterday. This will be a hard
blow to the Red and White Quint
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07

CIhis is the final instaIiment of the dis
eosery of Jake Stencil BY The HeraId's
statsticisn, George L. Moreland).
After playing with Pittsburg from
1922 until the fall of 1886 he was
sold to Baltimore. where he remain
ed. with that famous team until the
summer of 1898. when he was traded
TO st. Louis National League. He
nnished that season and part of an
other when he was shipped to his
home city to finish his major league
career with the team he loved SO
much.
He rejoined one of his old Pitts
burg players, Elmer Smith, while
he also found among his team
mates, sam "Wahoo" Crawford, Al
Selbach, who once played in Wash
ington; Ralph Seybold. who aft
erwards was a slugger with Connie
Mack in Philadelphia. James Bar
rett. the old Boston player. was also
In the outer garden.
That was the finish of Stencil as
a player in fast company.
He opened a cafe directly across
from the Reds grounds where he
soon became wealthy.
Stencil. died January s. 1919. aged
90 years, at his home in Cincinnati
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
WITH THE
eveeses RsEs
EE&lzg$8@=

ra. 113; Champagne, 113: Handsel II.
100; White Star. l09: Aunt Beda, 100:
BE Sure. 1oe; Lucy Kate. IoG; Ioch
Leven. lOS; Blache Mac. lV. &C. E.
Bryan entry.
SECOND RACE-sSOo; Pelican Purse
3-year olds; one mile GD Simpleton.
ll2; Bone Dry. 107: Captain Hershler.
l0; Dolph, 100; Breadman. l07; Saint
German. l07; Arrowhead, lO4; Jim
Hastings, To-: General Glenn, lo2; Bal
ly Bell. 80; Grand Slam, 81.
THIRD RACE-S7Co: Hyde Park
Purse: } year olds and up; furlongs:
Pickwick. 122; George Starr. la:
American Ace. liz: Mahony. 112: IA
cola. los; Charlie Leydecker. los; Fort
Bliss. lo4; Applejack II. To-; Ma
roeuvre. l02: Toe the Mark. 10e; Os-
good. l02; Bucklaide. IS.
FOURTH RACE-Purse 500 added.
Martin y. Herman cup; 3-year olds
and up: 2 miles I'D. Bolster. 40; Pic
tor. lls; Omond. l14; Sailor. 11@; Wads-
worth's last, Il2: Tantalus, lc9: Plon-
ty. lC3: War Club. l0c: Glass Toi, l0l;
Pit. 90: Amino. &C.
FIFTH RACE-Purse 500: Edward
NJ. Maginn Memorial Purse: 3-year
olds and up: one mile: Slippery Elm.
ll0' liner, III iOuudSe. Ol' SSThidS,
1O1; Sands of Pleasure. 105; War Mask.
l03: w. w. Hastings. l03: Damask. 81.
SIXTH RACE-Purse 800; claiming
4-year olds and up: one mile and a
sixteenth: C9 Prospector. us: Gran
dee. 107: Comme Ci. l0I; Warsaw. lH;
xSun God. IJ7; xFranklin, 1I0: xMer-
chant, lOi: XEulogy, lo2; xMountain
Rose II. 101.
SEVENTH RACE - Purse 500:
claiming 4-year olds and up: mile
and an eighth "a and A.: Jack *. III;
Lottery. ia: Waterproof. 1l0: Chick
Barkley. 10; xGrumpy. log; xCaptain
Hodge. 1oS: BroCkland, 105: xContestor.
lC5; xAthena, l05; Doctor Crigler, 105;
xGold Crest Boy, los; xLucius. 1G5:
XRookery. 100; XIndian Springs. 9s:
Also eligible: Caballo. los; Aldebaran.
10; L.orena Moss, l0I; xWilligan. SS.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
GALLAUDET WILL
PLAY G. w. u. FIVE
ON Y. M. e. A. COURT

One of the best basketball clashes
OF the season is carded for tonight at
the Y NJ. Z. A. gymnasium, when the
George Washington tossers meet the
Gallaudet College quint. The Hatchet-
ties were handed a setback last Sat-
urday night. when the Hilltop team
doubled the score against them, but
Coach Almon's quint has improved
with the hard scrimmage practices
held during the past five days, and
will be ready to give the Kendall
Greeners tough battle.
With Downs back in the game, the
Buff and Blue tossers will be ready to
put their full strength against the
Down-towners. The Kendall Greeners
is one of the hardest teams in the
vicinity to beat when Downs is in
shape. Coach Haas tribe Is conf
dent of landing the verdict. The crack
Y. NJ. c. a. Yankees are playing the
Gallaudet Reserves in the preliminary
game. which will start promptly at
I:45 p. m.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
ny JOHN f. GOETZ.

Business High School basketball
quint won the high school classic for
the cellar championship in the High
School League yesterday at Cath
olic University gym by defeating the
Eastern High tossers in a great game.
8 to s. The shooting of both teams
was not up to the standard of scholas-
tic basketball. as Meaney. of Busi-
ness, Gagged the only two from floor
registered by the Stenographers, while
both Myers and Briggs, in the guard
positions for the Capitol Hill team.
managed to ring one each.
Eastern's five out-passed the Grip
pied Business team. but inability or
its forwards to cage the ball proved
their downfall. The Business team
showed little in the passing depart
ment of the game. Charlie Meaney.
the only veteran in their lineup, ar-
tempted many shots from all over the
floor, but he was away off. He man
aged to squeeze five out of fourteen
through the net from the fifteen-foot
mark while Faber, of Eastern, was
obtaining four out of nine and Nc
Closkey was missing two.
The first period ended to in favor
of Eastern, while Eastern held one
point lead of an S-to-7 score at inter
mission. A free toss by Meaney tied
the count in the third period at all
The Light Blue and White teams
failed to register a point during the
entire second half. Meaney's toss
from the fifteen-foot mark in the final
period gave Business the victory. The
II
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
ASAY AND PARSONS
TIED In TOURNEY

The pocket billiard tournament
just completed at the Academy of
Billiards ended in a dead heat"
with Walter Asay and William Par
sons enjoying six games won and
only one defeat.
The play-off will be some night
next week as Parsons is confined to
his room unfortunately with a slight
attack of "f1u."
Jordan Tolson. the dark horse"
of the tournament and added start
err" captures the third prize. Toe
fourth prize was split three ways,
as George wheatley. Benny Marks
and Wallace KimbaIl were tied with
three games won and four lost.
Wheatley, who was playing the
field as handicap striker" namely
130 to loo. had the high run of
the tournament-27 balls.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Sport Anniversaries.

In a four heat trotting race over
half mile course on ice at
Minneapolis. MINI. in 1872, King
Arion won three out of the four
heats, time, lea S-4. los Ia; i04 "a
and Los IL. Distance one-half
mile.
Miss Thornway won a pacing
race on ice at Minneapolis. MINI.
In 1915 In three straight heats, time
I.02 1-2. 1:o2 and l:02 1-2. Distance
one-hslf mile.
The Giants and Sox arrived at
Naples. Italy. to play a game OF
baseball, 1914
In a running backwards high
jump on skates. S. III. Leweck at
Chicago. ILL.,, cleared the bars at
q height of feet i-2 inches.
John L. Sullivan knocked out
Paddy Ryan for the championship
n 9 rounds, at Mississippi City.
1852
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
LANDS GAME FROM HOPKINS-BJSINESS DEFEATS EASTERN
TURF GOSSIP AND SELECTIONS
ON ENTRIES FOR TODAY

given q chance to be second, with
George Starr and Osgood lighting
IT out at the end for the peep.
money That's a little too much
weight for Pickwick.
One best bet of the day-Omond
Best take-a-chance bet-Chief.
Best parley = White Star, Capt.
Hershler.
Franklin to show.
With snug handling and clear
sailing Chief will roll down to the
wire on the front end of the process
sion in the fifth. Is cherry ripe and
will have a good boy in the coop.
Damask, of course. will be heavily
backed at the track. Comme u, a.
juicy odds, has a chance to cop the
kale in the sixth with indian Spring
the logical winner of the last. That's
all.
New Orleans Selections.
First Race C. e. bryan entry,
white Star. Champagne.
Second Rnce-Bone Dry, Capt.
Hershlcr, Breadmnn.
Third Race American Acc,
Charlie Lcydecker, George Starr.
Fourth Race-Omond- Sailor.
Bolster.
Fifth Race - Chief, Troitss,
Dnmask.
Sixth Race-Comme CT Frank
lin. Prospector.
seventh Race-Indian Spring,
Lucius, Chief BarkIey.
Havana Selections.
First Race Avion. Nepc,
Enos.
second Race-Magic Mirror,
Naomi Walton. Our Maid.
Third r. - Ambassador,
Legacy, Rey Ennis.
Fourth Race YorkvfI1c,
Walter Mack, Allah.
Fifth II n e-Fort Churchill,
Cleaning Up, Lady Sweep.
Sixth Rnce-BuncknaiI, Circu-
late. John w. Klein.
seventh Race Biermaa.
Prince Direct. Zodiac.
Best Bet-Fort Churchill.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
HAVANA RESULTS.

FIRST RACE: 3-year-olds and up,
furlongs-Assumpti l02 GA
tori. to l. 6 to and to 5. Gal
way, 105 (JarrelD. 1 to l and to /.
May Maulsby. 100 (Tryon), 1 to 2.
Time. 1:14. Shoddy. Old Eylers.
Unar, Applejack, Rameau and Lady
Ivan also ran.
SECOND RACE: 3-year-olds, 6
furlongs-Hush. 8? (Barnes), to l..
even and to .. Perfect Lady. 1O2
(Carmody). s to and 4 to S. Hello
Pardner. l04 (Tryon). to 10. Time.
1913 3-5. Queen Gaffney. Mineral.
Aerial. Miss Larue. Major Bradley
and Spectacular Girl also ran.
THIRD RACE: Purse 5000, claim
ing. 3-year-olds and up, furlongs-
John Jr., ia &C. Howard). S to 5.
to and / to 3. Ed Garrison, lO4
(Carmody). 3 to . and to 5. As
sign, 1lO (Finlay). 3 to 5. Time,
1913 3-5. Little One. Keymar. Count
Boris and Peaceful Star also ran.
FOURTH RACE: 4-year-olds and
up. claiming. mile and a sixteenth
-Salvatelle, los CWeiner). to 5.
3 to ) and to 3: Candle Light,
100 CBarnes), to and to 8.
Solid Rock. 9S (Tryon). even. Time.
l:461-5. The Talker. Pretty Baby.
Great Gull and Wood Thrush also
ran.
FIFTH RACE: 3-year- r-olds and
up. "laiming, mile and 20 yards
Miss Sweep. l1O (Pickens). 3 to ..
; to and l to 3. Sayeth. lO4
(Franklin). 10 to l and to l. Stel-
cliff. 1l2 (Kederis). to 5. Time.
1:43 2-5. slippery Silver. Lamp Post.
Yenghee. Baby Rasch and Royalty
also ran.
SIXTH RACE: Purse 5000. claim
ing. 4-year-olds and up, mile and
so yards-Wynnewoo los (CoreyD.
7 to ). to 10 and to 3. Hands
Off. ia CTaylor), 3 to 1 and s to 5.
Plantarede. 104 CCarmodyD. to 10.
Time, lis 1-5. Ralph S. Little Cote.
Half and Half. Fairly and Rhymer
also ran.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
THOMAS RYAN NEW
PROFESSIONAL AT
TOWN AND COUNTRY

The Town and Nountry Club is plan
ming a very successful season in golf
this year. The green committee. head
ed by Morris Simon. has appointed
Thomas Ryan, professional. In place
OF Jimmie" Spencer. who resigned
last season
Ryan is not well known as a play
er. but puts up a very good game. and,
In addition. is a good all-around man
to have on hard because OF his lnowl-
edge of grasses and the general up
keep of a course.
Several changes in the course are
planned for the near future. which will
include more trapping of the fifth
green, a changing of the fourth "a
step green being contemplated herel.
and a new bunker guarding number
eight. In addition. a number OF minor
changes and improvements have been
planned.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
ny BERT e. CoLLYER.)
(Ah rights reserved by Collyer's
News Bureau.)

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News Bureau)
Omond--Out of the old pickle vat
viii be terked this pickIer today.
Pat Dunno, than whom no wiser
man ever threw a bride on a thor
oughbred. has given Omond a mill
Ion dollar prep for the two mile
Bohrman handicap, and II the bird
only runs half as well as his clever
trainer expects him to, thereII be
daylight between him and the bal
ance OF the field when the pay-off
staten is reached.
/ one word more: Don't let the
price scare you off, / know some-
thing.
Sailor has also been saved up for
thiS one race. Will be levelled
with' but ] doubt very much wheth-
er ne can trim Omond when both
are shooting. Pictor is the best
on the balance.
: The wild and woolly Westerners
are down hook. line and sinker on
the I. u. Bryan entry in the days
opener. It's a pretty strong pair.
at that, to draw to. White Star is
the one to beat. Smart people
think the latter is of stake horse
quality. Champagne holds the
others safe.
The second-on paper at any
rate-is a two-horse affair between
Zone Dry and Capt. Hershler a
| limb play On either would come
pretty close to connecting with
the mazuma.
| freedman will be knocking at
the door. All over but the shout
ing in the third. This is the spot
the clockers turn loose that Dia-
mond special. It's American Ace.
Now. too much chatter has been
known to spoil the price. so i
won't say any more than that Ace"
will surely have his running clothes
on today. Charlie Leydecker. in
| his present good form must be
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Swimmers Invited to Canada.

New York. Feb. b.-An lnVItl-
tion to American swimmers to COM
pete in the Canadian amateur
has been received
by the Amateur Athletic Union.
The Canadian Amateur Swimming
Association stated that the events.
which will be at free style" are
as follows: February 20. fifty
yards for men. fifty yards for
women: February 81. 22O yards for
men. 100 yards for women.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
OLDEST BALL PLAYER
CLAIMED BY DEATH
By Herald Leased wIrc.

Waterbury. Conn, Feb. G.
Charles c. Commerford. Whc
claimed to be the oldest base bal
player in the United States anc
the orig nator Of the box score
system. died at his home here t..
day. aged s6. He was postmastei
under Grover Cleveland in ISet
and during his first year in thu
office spent most Of his salary buy.
ing fixtures and furniture Tor tho
Office, as he said the government
was too poor to put 1t in condi.
tion-
Mr.. Commerford was born IL
Utica, y. Y. in 1884 and was
member OF the Old Gotham ane
Eagle Baseball clubs. which rep
resented New York City before tn,
day of organized baseball.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
GEORGE WHEATLEY
WINS CUE TITLE

George wheatley last night won the
District pocket-billiard championship
when he defeated Charles Bartelmes
the former title holder at the Grand
Central Academy by 100 10 "a. The
high runs of the night were Wheatley
"a. 10 and II while Bartelmes gathered
IA, Is and 10.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
EUROPEAN CHAMPS
HERE WITH GEORGES

Paris. Feb. 6.-GeorEes Carpen.
tier. champion heavyweight Of Eu.
rope will be accompanied by thrc,
prominent fighters when he salt
next month for America.
NJ. Descamps. manager OF the
challenger for the worlds title. an
nounced today that he would brin-
Charles LedouN. bantam chsmTl"E
OF Europe: papin. a French light
weight. and Lenoir. former heavy
weight champion Of Belgium. with
him on a quest for bouts VIII
Americans. The party is to sal
from Havre on the Touraine be-
tween March and 10.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Record of Jacob r. sten.eI.
751 2ss4 6ss loes .sis


Stencil played his last game with Gin
cinnati July -, 1880. going to bat for
other player and getting on. be scored the
winning run in the tenth inning. That Was
his final game.
Stencil. after playing at Wheeling in
1881 and lssS. went TO Springfield. Ohio,
where he played in 1883. and the next sea-
son he went to Galveston. Of the Texas
League. where he was paired with John
Luby; this battery team made a great repu-
tation during the early part OF the season.
On June IL. that year. he and SteZel were
sold to Chicago. National League. where
they proved 4 good investment. Stencil was
hurt in July. after playing eleven games
behind the bat and was out Of the game
nearly all season. lie was sent to Portland
Ore. where he remained until the fall Of
that year. when he went to Sacrament
where ! found him. Luby proved good
enough to establish a record Of seventeen
winning games for the Cubs.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Mcneil Makes Kick.

Baltimore. Feb. 6.-The day after
he received his contract for 1920
from the Boston American League
Club, Catcher Mcneil, who played
part Of last season with the Bal
timore Dry Docks and Shipbuild-
ing Company. read in the papers
that he had been sold to the To-
ledo Club. OF the American Assocta-
tion. Mcneil. who is employed at
the Baltimore Dry Docks, says he
will never wear q Toledo uniform
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
DALLAS TO REFEREE
JOHNS HOPKINS MEET

Baltimore. Md, Feb. 6-Samuel Dali
las. president OF the Amateur Ath-
letic Union. has accepted the invita-
tion to referee the joint indoor ath-
letic meet and relay carnival to be
held February IS in the Fifth Regi-
ment Armory under the auspices of
the Fifth Regiment Athletic Associa-
ton and Johns Hopkins University
Association.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Georgetown Beats Hopkins
In Rough Floor Battle
Jacob Beckley's Career.

Starting tomorrow the Herald
will begin a story by George L.
Moreland of the great player,
Jacob Beckley. who in his 20 years
as a National League player fin
ished his career with a batting
average of 500. This is another of
the great players discovered by the
Herald's Baseball Statistician.
Don't fail to read this series.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
ELI IN FAVOR OF
MID WEEK FOOTBALL

New Haven, Conn. Feb. "a
unique scheme for expanding foot
ball games is under consideration
at Yale. Professor Clarence W.
Mendell. chairman of the Athletic
Board OF Control. is in favor of
scheduling mid-week matches be-
tween the second team ard some of
Yale's rivals among the smaller col
leges. Both he and DR.. Al Share.
the new athletic director. feel that
the plan has two advantages
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07

who witnessed the affair well
agreed that he made no attempt
to get out of the way of the Hill
top star. This was the first time
in Weinard's career that he has
been put out of a game.
There is no question that the
game did not get beyond the con-
troll of Referee Schlosser and il is
only to be pitied that Georgetown
did not have two men working the
game. SchlOsser called thirty nine
fouls during the game. nineteen on
Hopkins and twenty on George
town, twenty-nine of which were
personal fouls.
Fees brilliant work of shooting
sixteen out of nineteen goals from
the fifteen-foot mark and the all
round floor work of Cuneo, of Hop
kinS stood out as the features
above the battle royal The line
I'M and summary
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
JACK JOHNSON BOOKS
PASSAGE TO GOTHAM

Mexico City. Feb. SACK John
son. former champion heavy-weiEht
pugilist of the world. said yeSter-
day he had engaged passage on the
teamship Monterey and would a.
rive in New York the first week in
March.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
EPIPHANY FIVE WIN;
AVIATORS ALSO LAND

Epiphany basketball tossers de-
feated the Peck Stars five yester-
day in the Epiphany gym by so
to % in an exciting contest which
was not settled until the final few
minutes Of play.
Boiling Field aviators defeated
the Loan and Currency team in the
nightcap 81 to %. The line-ups
and summaries.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
To Train al Goldsboro.

Baltimore. Md. Feb. s-Goldshoro.
y. c. has been selected as the train.
ing camp of the orioles. This an
nounccment was made by Jack Dunn,
jr.. who is LOOKING after the NAL al
Oriole Park in the absence OF ms
father. who is cunning in South Car
olina.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for Crilly: Weuzel
for Crouch; Davis for Peyton. Goals from
fOor-Driefus t3). Beeton t3), Roberts C2).
Haynes. Davis. Goals from fouls-Beetou
20 out of ~. Alexander q out Of I2l Cock
roll II out Of u. Referee-Jimmy Hughes
Scorer Kelly. Time Of halves Twenty
minutes.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Collins Signs Contract.

Pittsfield, Mass. Feb. 6.-John
"Shano" Collins received his con-
tract from the Chicago Americans
In this mornings mail and was so
pleased with the terms offered by
Charles Comiskey that he signed
the document and sent 1t hack t.
Chicago. Collins said Comiskey
treated him literally.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Dreadnaughts Win Again.

Alexandria, Va. Feb. 6.-The Dread
nauGhts kept up their lead in the City
Basketball League tonight by defeat
ing the Virginia Athletic Club in a
ripping contest. % to 12 The line-up
and summary:
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07
Restore Player Limit.

There'n probably be baseball leris.
lation in Chicago next week restorinr
the big league player limit 10 THIRTY.
five. During war time and after the
minor leagues decided 10 90 il alone
the lid was taken off the player limit
but the lifting never was intended tt
be more than temporary. but now thu
undesirable condition Of forrneI
years-that If. some clubs loacing VI
with an inordinate number OF play.
ers-has returned. Certain clubs a.
abusing a privilege. hence quick ac
tion to curb them.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07

Goals from hoOr-Scott 49,. Daniel o'Nsiu
az. McAuley i2l. Bromley. Degnsn 49,.
Royd (4D. CruickshSnks. lavish. Goals from
fouls-Scott ,3l, McAuley go. Degnsn 90.
Referee-Lieut. Smith. Time Of periods
Ten minute quarters.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-07

Substitutions -Nelliver for Altemus. Goals
from fOOr-Coyne 90. O'I.one tL). Butler
t6l. Murphy, Jeneries 49,. Burke I2D. Grove
I2D. Altemus Conard t2l. Goals from
foul-COyne a ont Of ~. Burke C3 out nf o..
Referee-Mr. Metzler tSpringfeld Y. NJ. c.
A.. Time Of quarters-Eight minutes each.