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The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
High School League Standing.

A heavy week is facing the Cen
trail squad, following their defeat
at the hands of Baltimore City Col
lege. Friday. Coach Metzler is ex-
tending every effort to get his four
giant linemen, who were out of the
City College game because of in
juries, back for duty. Dufrey, INLAY,
King and Lapel are the regulars on
the hospital list.
Dope from the Shenandoah camp
says the visitors will put a beety
lineup on the field Saturday. There
men weighing over 200 pounds are
in their line. The Blue and White
are confident. however. the spell Of
lislessness which overcame the team
Friday will be cast aside in time to
show local fans the real value Of
their outfit
Techs overwhelming defeat of
Business High in the initial league
contest gives Western the edge for
their game Friday. Coach Green re-
ported his men in good shape fol-
lowing the hard fought Eastern
game and the Red and White are
expected to live up to the speed they
displayed against Eastern.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
WESTERNEXPECTS WIN OVER
BUSINESS IN FRIDAYS CLASH

High school football advances in
to the third week with a crucial"
contest still in the offing, as far as
the outcome of Washingtou's league
series is concerned.
Coach Green's husky Western ag-
gregation mixes Friday with Busi-
ness High in the scrap of the week.
Dope points to the Westerners as
winners. although Business has
shown much improvement since the
Tech massacre.
Central and Tech. apparent best
bets for. the title in the league,
hook up with outside opposition in
games which will send both squads
through spre-enough tests. Tech
meets Episcopal High at AleSan-
dria and Central clashes with Shen-
andoah Valley in the stadium Sat-
urday. Eastern has a rest this
week, no games being scheduled.
The ch-Episcopal battle Will
give dopesters a line on the local
league outcome, and Coach Apple
is grooming his proteges for stin
contest 1t was the Alexandra
eleven which bowled over Western
to a tune of IS to, 0 early in the
season. Western. however, has
picked up and appears to have hit
its stride, but the victory of the
Episcopalians over Rands1ph-Ma-
con. of Front Royal, Va, Saturday.
50 to o, shows their Eastern victory
was no f1uke. Tech came through
the terrific Staunton Academy con-
test Saturday in good shape. Coach
Apples men lost in a stubbornly
fought game, to. 0, although hav-
ing the edge during three quarters
OF the gamA.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18

piled, but it is estimated that about
10000 players worked out on the
courts during these months.
Permits issued by the park and
ground officials totaled approxi-
mately 1900 for the six months. In
June, 1887 were issued; 1874 in
July; 1920 in August, and 1,166 in
September. About 1000 were is
sued during April and May.
Monument Lots Popular.
The ten courts at the Monument
lot proved greatest in drawing
power, a good majority of the
players using these grounds. Ten
courts were also maintained at Po-
tomac Park, three at Montrose
Park, one at Garfield Park and four
in the White House Lot.
Eight men were employed by the
District to handle the courts and
keep the grounds in playing con-
dition at an estimated cost of $50 a
month.
Plans for next season. which is
expected to see renewal of inter-
est in the net game are now being
outlined by the park and grounds
officials. F. F. Gifien, superintend-
ent of parks and grounds, stated
yesterday he believed tennis would
be one of the most popular sports
in the city again next season and
indicated the District would leave
nothing undone to provide the best
of facilities In promoting the net
game.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
K. OF c. BASKET
CARD Is DRAWN

The schedule for the X Of c. bas-
ket-ball league was drawn up last
night, play opening November II.
Four teams will play in the card
OF thirty games. Saturday night
games will be played in the X. OF
c. hall on E street and the old Car
roll Institute gymnasium on Tenth
street will be used for the Wednes-
day night games. Teams will be
picked within the next two weeks.
The schedule follows:
November-17, Keane VS.. Wash
"a, CAROLS VS.. Keane; %. Wash
ington VS.. Spalding.
December-1, Potomac VS.. Car
roll; (. Keane VS.. Spslding; 8. Wash
ington VS.. Potomac; IL, Spslding VS..
Carroll: Is, Potomac VS.. KeSne; Is.
Carroll VS.. Washington: %, Spald-
ing VS.. Keane; %. Potomac VS..
Washington.
january, Carroll VS. SpaldinE;
IS, Keane VS.. Potomac; IL. Washing
ton VS.. Carroll; Is, Spalding VS.. Po-
tomac; Is, Keane va Washington:
%, Potomac VS.. Carroll; 26. Wash
ington VS.. Spalding; 2s. Carroll VS..
Keane.
February. Potomac VS.. Carroll:
S, Keane VS.. Spslding: 2, Washing
ton VS.. Potomac; u, Carroll vs..
Keane; .16. Spaldihg VS.. Washing
ton; ls, Potomac VS.. Keane: %,
Carroll VS.. Spalding; 26, Keane vs..
Washington.
March,, Spalding VS.. Potomac;
5, Washington VS.. Carroll.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
.PANTHERSFEAR
GEORGIA TECH
Warner Printing Pitt Stars
For Golden Tornado
Clash Saturday.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE next
home attraction of the University of
Pittsburgh football team is the
Golden Tornado" of Georgia Tech,
the Southerners being due to appear
here for the third successive year
Saturday at Forbes Field. Although
Tech is not coached by Johnny
Heisman, who has transferred his
ale egiance to the University of Penn
sylvania, it is reported that they are
even stronger than ever, and Warner
is looking for an unusually hard
game.
The Pitt team this year looks IS
per cent better than last year and
Warner is hopeful OF keeping a
clean slate against Tech. In Hol-
leran. Davies, Hewitt and Nc
Cracker the Panthers have a back
field that is hard to beat. Tom
ner. Holleran is a great running
mate for Davies and furnishes the
necessary drive in the backfield.
Herb McCracken, senior, has
come into his own as varsity
back. Last year he played end, but
his natural position is in the back
field. Hewitt, the 20S-pound full
back, looks like a second George
McLaren, and Warner is sure to
develop him into one of the greatest
plunging backs in the country. He
is a youngster from Williamsburg
High School, a Pittsburgh suburb,
and was only a mediocre player un-
til entering Pitt.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
FRENCH
CHAMP SIGNED
Rickard to Promote Car.
pentier-Dempsey Match
Soon, Belief.

New York, Oct. 17:-Upon the
heels of the announcement of
Georges Carpenters intention to re-
turn Immediately to France comes
the rumor that Tex Rickard has
matched Carpenter and Dempsey
for a bout early in the winter.
Carpenters fight with the champ,
however, is said to depend on his
showing in three proposed bouts to
be staged in the near future with
a trio of light heavy weights and
heavies yet to be selected. 1t is
also understood that the title scrap
will be staged in the open. Will
lam Brady will act as partner
with Rickard in the venture.
Carpenter and his manager,
Francois DeschamPs, have had ex-
tended conferences recently with
Rickard, and it is said that the
final articles were signed yester-
day.
Tom Gibbons, 5of st. Paul, who
recently beat Harry Greb for the
middle-weight crown. is reported to
be the first opponent for Carpen-
tier.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
REDS COULDDOWN
NDIANS"- "-HERRMANN

Cincinnati, Oct. 17.--Absolutely,~
was the answer made by August
Hermann, president Of the Reds,
when asked whether the Reds could
have defeated the present world
champions.
The Reds could have won hands
down, as they are a better team"
he said. Another thing, the Reds
always did have something on any
Cleveland team, as shown in sew
eral State series"
Hermann said that the Reds have
been wonderfully strengthened by
the acquisition of Bubbles" Har-
grave, catcher OF the st. Paul team,
but that no other deals were pend
ing.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
TELLS
OF CHASE BRIBE
Jimmie Ring, Red Star, Says
First Baseman Tried to
Throw Many Games.

Chicago, Oct 17.-Many versions
of Hal Chase's attempt to corrupt
Pitcher James J. Ring, of the Gin
cinnat team have been published,
but the affidavit of Ring, setting
forth the exact circumstances of
the alleged ''bribe" has never been
made public by the National League,
although IL was made before Charles
A Minten, a notary public, in Gin
natl on August ls, 1918.
The affidavit was as follows:
Il am a resident Of Brooklyn,
n. Y, and am at present a pitcher
on the Cipcinau National League
baseball club, and was a pitcher on
said club during part of the season
of 1917, and that during a trip of
the Cincinnati club in Brooklyn, on
August "a. was called in to pitch,
relieving Pitcher Regan.
When ! went into the box to
warm up, Chase came walking up
to me, and laughingly said: If you
lose this game today I'll give you
$50, as / have a couple of hundred
bet on the game for US to lose /
stopped warming up for a moment,
looked at Chase. and said, I'm a
young man in the game and have
a reputation to make and then
went on with my warming up.
The game was finally lost by
the Reds When the game was over
and / was walking across the field
Chase approached me and said Tn
sorry I told you about the money
that l offered you, but I'm going
to give it to you, anyway ! made
nc reply to this, but went to the
dressing room and then to the no.
tel, and after dinner / was sitting
in the lobby OF the Majestic Hotel
in Philadelphia, when Chase passed
me and threw down the money and
said, Here's the money and kept
on going. / looked at IL and found
IL was $50. l said nothing at the
time, for the reason that I thought
ii would be well for me again on
proposition of this kind, and ]
would try TO have a witness pres
ent to bear out my story.
Although Chase said nothing to
me this year in the way of making
a proposition to lose a ball game,
yet his playing in the games that
pitched in Brooklyn and in New
York on our last Eastern trip,
which games the Reds lost, con-
WINGED me that he was not trying
to do his best, and was very sus-
picious of the honesty of his play
ing"
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
RIVAL D. c. BOAT CLUBS
TOCLASH ON GRIDIRON

Although not rivals on the waters
of the Potomac, the Potomac Boat
Club and the Washington Canoe
Club are the only representatives
of the city in canoe and boat racing.
These two clubs have no other
chance of getting at each other so
the Canoe Club has challenged the
Potomacs TO a football game which
is to be played at Union Park, No
vember Is. This will be a real game,
too, for numbered among both clubs
are lads who have made names for
themselves either at college or high
school.
The clubs each have about twenty
candidates out and have already
started training for the game. BY
the time the 18th OF November comes
around they should be in splendid
condition
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
DREADNAUGHTS COP
EASY CONTEST, 51-O

The Dreadnaught A. c. football
team easily defeated Camp Hum
phreys Engineering School, 81 to
0, yesterday. tong runs by Hayden.
Hasson, 'Wengel and Swan featured
the play. all scoring touchdowns.
Crouch was big man for the win
ners on defense. Lewis starred for
the losers.
Fort Myer will be the Big d"
opponents in a game scheduled for
next Sunday at Alexandria, Va. The
Fort Myer Band is expected to fol-
low their team and inject some
pep" into the scrap.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
Ale9 of 49,
* @dHcide See
GXsBy q GRANT, AND Rice

Ranking the leading amateurs this
season is an assignment almost be-
yond the vision OF any ordinary hu-
man follower of the ancient sport.
The game has developed too swift
ly in too many quarters and in the
new order there have been entirely
too many upsets for anyone to go
beyond the first three or four names
on the list.
Chick Evans, of course, has clearly
established his place at the top, and
that by a wide margin.
In addition to his decisive victory
in the amateur championship he also
led all amateurs in the open and
added the Western amateur to his
year s/collection.
His place upon the peak is unchal-
lenged. He stands beyond all ques.
tion as the greatest amateur in the
world
Second Place.
There is no question about the
next two! They are Francis Ouimet
and Bobby Jcnes; or Bobby Jones
and Francis ouimet.
The question here is matter Of
who shall be placed second and who
third.
Ouimet beat Bobby Jones decisive
ly their one meeting at the Bngi-
neers' Club, and upon this basis
alone would be given second place.
But If the entire seasons record Is
to be counted, quite an argument de-
velops.
Here are the rival records:
Ouimet.
Won the North and South at Pine
hurst; reached the finaI round in the
amateur championship.
Jones.
Won the Southern>amateur cham
pionship; was beaten down by
Evans in semi-fnal of the Western:
reached semi-final in the amateur
finished second
among amateurs in the open and fin,
ished second to Edgar in Southern
open.
As Jones played in many more
tournaments, he unquestionabIy
turned in a greater list of achieve
ments. His 2ss at Toledo and his
feat in leading such golfers as Jim
Barnes, Jock Hutchison and Leo
Diegel in the Southern open lift him
well up.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
REX VICTORS
IN CLOSE TILT
Speed and Superior Ofense
Trim Delaware Aggre-
CATION, 1910. .

The Rex. A. c. football eleven
showed a reversal of form yester-
day over their playing of the pre-
vious Sunday and romped home with
a comparatively easy victory over
the Chesbrook A. c., from Whining
ton, Delaware, by the score of 1S
to o. Coach Lee Martins Northeast
men went through the game, ex-
hibiting superior speed and a bet
ter offense than their opponents.
Perry Dowrick, playing only in
the second quarter, starred, with
spectacular end runs which netted
gains between 10 and IS yards
every time. Quarter Back
Donahue did good work for the
visitors in punting and forward
passing. In the last part of the
battle the Wilmington men stiffened
on the defense and held Rex for
downs on three occasions. They
threatened to score also, by plung-
ing through the line and around
the ends for steady gains, but the
game ended as a score seemed near.
Lineup and summary:
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
HOOKSTADT LEADING
CLUB TOURNAMENT


Low score in the qualification
round of Bannockburn's Club cham
pionship was won by Carl Hookstadt
yesterday with SO. The Greens were
very fast and scores high in conse-
quence, one s5 making the last place
in the first 16. The first round
matches will be completed by Sun
day night.
The pairings follow: e. ]. Doyle
VS.. Miles Taylor; DR.. T. ]. w. Brown
VS.. II. Stonier; Tom Moore VS.. Carl
Hookstadt; L. L. Steele VS.. DR.. B. L.
Taylor; Lynn Haines VS.. w. E.
Baker; G. T. Cunningham VS.. DR.. J.
X. DeFarges; ]. A. White, jr., VS.. C.
E. FELTON,; NJ. C. Woodard VS.. Led
Crandall. jr.
Good golf was played in an anna
teur-professional four-ball match
at Bannockburn yesterday in which
g. T. Cunningham and While
Mackie,- of Asheville, defeated LYNN
Haines and Richard Beattie, the
Bannockburn professional, / up in is
holes. On the second round the best
ball score was 81 and included four
brides. Beattie had the best indi-
vidual score, a rs.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
O'NEILL HOLDS OWN
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE

Jimmy O'NeilTs condition was re-
ported unchanged by Georgetown
University Hospital physicians last
night. The Washington shortstop
is fighting a brave battle against his
severe attack of pneumonia and is.
expected to pull through although
his condition is said to be very Sc.
rious yet. 1t was decided not to
perform any surgical operation fol-
lowing a consultation by physicians
last night.
Steve ONeill, brother,and member
of the world championship Cleve-
land team, Is remaining here with
Jimmy along with other members
of the family.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
Much FEARED START own OF GAME TODAY
Baseball Heads Amiue
In Windy City to Attend
"Clean-ub" Conference

Chicago Ill., Oct I7-Basebas spotlight the wild
of the roofing thousands to the less
noisy but powerful of Countys grand jury and
session of majority of of the here
tomorrow.
1t is within the of possibility Chicago may be the
the week of the greatest in the national
pastime since its birth
The plan of the other than putting under
proposition leading toward the cleaning up" baseball once and
for all and establishing largely in the dark
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
Yale Already Ioppled;
Centre Hopes to Turn
Trick Against Harvard
By JACK NYE.

Yale, the mighty and unconquerabe roller of the
gdron the of the big Three" bow defeat
Of the socared minor this
When Boston College rounced Old Eli decisvely Saturday by
of the second time that
this smaller aggregation had oupyd their New Haven
Also the second history that has beaten
Yale successive Washington and Jefferson turned the
trick and
Tad Jones downcast however have after
Saturday. when the Harvard dele
CATION from Danylle, KY, in the Cambridge stadium
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
hasnntes Already on Scene.

Aaxnates Already on Scene.
Practically all OF the host who
will attend the conclave arrived
here today. II includes practically
all of the National League bosses.
and Harry Frazee, Of Boston: Col.
Rupert and Col Houston, Of the
Yankees. are expected TO arrive in
the morning. Few II any OF the
other American League magnates
are looked for here. Clark GrfrSth.
Washington, pilot has issued an
ultimatum TO the effect he would
not attend the session or any other
meeting at this time, pending the
complete investigation Of the scan
dsl which has been shown in part
by the Chicago grand jury.
A. d. Lasker's proposed Superior
Tribunal" providing for a board OF
commissioners OF three men Of ma
uonaI prominence TO supplant the
present National Commission. will
get support OF the conference, It is
believed.
Upon this proposition a split has
been sprung. Said split has all the
possibilities OF widening with seri-
Gus results bound to follow. Ban
johnson, with his faithful I'VE" is
holding out Of the conclave becaus.
Of it. John Heydler. National
League prexy, with all but one
and possibly all OF his bosses. I.
backing the proposal TO the limit.
The men who are anxious for the
reform are in earnest. They hav.
with them the owners OF the four
wealthiest clubs in America-tha
New York Yankees, the New York
Giants, the Chicago White Sox. and
the Chicago Cubs.
johnson Against Conference.
johnson has come out openly
against the conference. II he stands
firm and his five leaders stick with
MIN baseball war which NAV
snake the national pastime to its
foundations is likely to result.
johnson Is 'stalling. for time
said a prominent National League
owner yesterday. Hes depending
on the publie's proneness to forget.
He wants to hold his $4,000 job
He is scheming to get Judge Charles
A Mcdonald, who presided in .he
court when the Cook County grand
jury which began the investigation
began its labors. named as head Of
the National Commission. Judge
Mcdonald is a high-class man but
he depends on johnson for his base
ball knowledge and the commission
would be a Johnson commission
with him heading it
We want to do better than that
We feel that we must do better
know that there are owners Of
clubs in both leagues who will sell
out IL the johnson influence con-
tinues. The National League men
coufd do nothing in the Mays fight
last year, for that was a matter
that concerned only the American
League This business Of the crooks
in the game, however, is one that
concerns all OF US, National OF
American, and we feel that the re-
form must be sweeping so that the
public, the real owners Of the sport,
will know that we are in earnest
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
VIRGINIA PRIMINC
. FOR CLASH WITH YALE

Morgantown, W. Va, Oct. IL
West Virginia is going to be in tip
top physical condition for Yale NEXT
Saturday, as the team came out of
the easy George Washington vic
tory with only bruises.
Quinlan and Martin, who did not
play Saturday, were pronounced fit
today by Trainer Cartmen and will
start the Yale game at. tackle and
full back respectively.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18

Ouimet might have done even
better IL he had entered more
tournaments. But he was unable
to get way, and so can only be
judged by the complete record.
Inasmuch as Jones did more than
Ouimet through the season, and as
Ouimet defeated Jones in their one
meeting. the fairest ranking for
these two would be tie for second
place.
Both ouimet and Jones are bril-
liant golfers. capable Of breaking
course records when at their best.
When at their best neither is liReIy
to be beaten by anybody, amateur
or professional. But neither is at
his best quite as often as Evans
is; or, at least, as Evans was all
the year.
Jones broke course records in
qualifing rounds at both the South
ern and Western. and then tied
for the low medal with Fred Wright
in the amateur.
Ouimet had brilliant 6S at
Merton in his one Lesley Cup round.
But Ouimet will hardly be able to
regain his old place at the top un-
til he finds time for more tourna-
ment golf.
Fourth Place.
Fourth place finds no one out
standing figure. Bob Gardner and
Bill Fownes would be two of the
leading contestants. Dave Heron,
despite his defeat in the amateur,
played high class golf. at every
meeting. Fred Wright and Jess
Sweetser both averaged well, each
beating the other and each winning
more than one important event
Fownes played good golf in the
open and it took an Evans to beat
him at the Engineers after he had
beaten Bob Gardner.
But, after all, when one looks
down the list, there are too many
who did quite bit but who didn't
do quite enough to stand out be-
yond the many contenders. Fownes,
Gardner, Heron, Platt. Sweetser,
Wright-the old days when one
could pick sixteen in order and
establish some basis for his claim
are gone.
In a one-day, S6-hole test at
either match or medal play, Fownes
would be the main choice, but the
veteran finds 1t harder
now to go the full route.
Copyright, 1890, New York Tribune, Inc)
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
MONK FRASER STARS
IN QUENTIN A. c. WIN

fought their heavier opponents, the
Seamen Gunners from the navy yard
yesterday afternoon and won a close
game, Is to Z.
featured the contest, his 75-yard run
for a touchdown winning the game
for the Quentin club.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
BOTH KNICKERBOCKER
TEAMS GET VICTORIES

The two Knickerbocker teams
opened their gridiron season yes
terday, both elevens registering
victories. The junior eleven
trounced the Western Buds, Is to o,
and the senior squad counted a 26-
too victory over the Washington
A. c. Heavy-line plunging on the
part of the winners featured the
games.
Next Sunday the juniors will
meet the Olympia A. c. at 1890
am. and the seniors will oppose
the Truxton A. C. at D. m. on the
knicks field, Wisconsin avenue and
Thirty-fifth street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
NAVY YARD GRIDDERS
WALLOP CHESTER, 12-O

Navy Yard grid players copped
a 12-to-0 victory over the Chester
Pa, aggregation in a stubbornly
fought game at the American League
Park yesterday afternoon before a
crowd of about 1000.
The locals took advantage of a
weak spot in the visitors line early
In the game and pounded over both
touchdowns before the Chester
crowd got together. Both scores
were made in the first half. The
visitors frightened in the final period
and played the Navy squad to a
standstill.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
ON WATCH ENTERED
IN $4,000 RACE

Max Hirsch, who trains the horses
owned by G.. w. Loft, has made ar
rangements to ship On Watch, the
star of his 3-year- -olds, to Kentucky,
where the colt will start in the
$50, 900 Latonia championship to be
run October %. This son Of Colin
is at the top of his, form just now,
and, IL he trains well for the test,
promises to be a strong factor. 1t
is quite likely that he will have
to meet H. P. Whitney's John P.
Grier
The Washington herald., 1920-10-18
rruxtoas Win from Emanon A. C..

The Truxton A c. football team
defeated the Emanon A. C. to o, in
q game on the Monument Grounds
yesterday afternoon, warm weather
showing the play notieeably. Fles-
ter scored the only marker, Sullivan
Kicking the goal. The Emanons
were able to negotiate only three
6rBt dovna.