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Evening star., 1920-02-01
PUBLIC LINKS IN POTOMAC PARK
READY FOR GOLFERS m SPRING

Local golfers are to be able to play
over one greatly improved course and
one entirely new course within the
next four months.
The course which has been materi-
aIly changed and which VIII De IN
better condition than ever before dur
ing the wear 1920 is that OF the Co
lumbia Country Club. even before the
changes one Of the best courses south
of New York. III, ~
tha most beneficial to the greatest
number of persons. is the new pubn"
conrse in lower Potomac Park. now
ready to be opened in the spring. no
date for the opening of the new puo-
lie course has yet been en-. announcGu, y ,sIS hs
ready for play in May. when the froet IS
ft,lIy out OF the low ground on wnicn tne
course is b',i't.
A. Columbia the biggest changes
are in the fourth and fifth holes Tne
new fourth hole is completed and can
he niayed on. but the changes at the
f,ftf, are still under way and VIII
make the hole one Of the best three-
shoffers in this section OF the coun-
trv At the forrth, formerly a long
two-shot hole under good condltlons;
The Green also moved forward max
ing hole to average 2l0 yards IN
iang,h The green is Of sloping char-
acter and the hole Will pc py no
means an easy one on which TO oD-
tain the par Of three. The new nIth
'.s;II he obtained by moving the tee
Far back in the woods. lengthenrns
the The hole to one Of 566 yards. The
1reen will be left as 1t Is at presen!.
These two changes. together WIN
the new green at the ninth noie. tne
probable new connsuration Q. .ne IN the
eleventh, win make the course an
even more excellent one. 49,.
Rni1t nv Robert White. formerly pro
at the Chevy Chase Club, under .he
superyision Of Walter J. travis, tne
new public course In lower Potomac
pa~l vii rive the palm to no public
course in the country for excellence
II has length, diversion and interest,"
mo difficulties, three qualities whlcn
90 to make UP the ideal course. W
account Of the relatively H'teo
space available. there mas ,a,es nm
ninp east and west. and most oI tne
hn1e. therefore run north ana south'
q GOOD feature when the sun - e""-
sidered. :. IN M. .dr,,-
rable technical rauai. aoan.'aT ana Win prove
= dif4cult one for expert and ouo
alike.
A decision in the matter of niiing
the vacant professional posi- az 'ae in
Che,v Chase Club Is expected IN
shouf two weeks, following a meet
ing Of the beard Of governors OF IT. the
nI,,h ohS - he held shortly. Cyril Walker:
formerly of shaekamaxon Is one one Oh
the newest applicants for the post
Fred Mcleod, pro at the Colunabia
Country Club, loft Washington Friday
night for . week IN the south Nc
Leod announced NJ VIII not play golf
while in the south. While he Wa
Speeding southwark the party OF
Evening star., 1920-02-01

Nick Altrock. as ball player. has
a keen sense of humor His panto-
mime work on the diamond is OF gen.
uine merit. They tell me Nick is
thinking of going on the stage this
winter and doing an act similar to
the one that the late ''Slivers" used
to get a million laughs year with.
If Nick, when on the stage, can just
transplant himself back on the ball
field, and simply act natural. he will
be big hit. However. it remains to
be seen whether the footlights and
of his punch.
Since Nick has been with the Wash
ington club as coach to the pitchers
and chief coach on the lines I have
seen him pull lot of funny stuff.
He can always get a laugh out of
on some particular thing it seems to
be even funnier than ever. His
pantomime Of mimicking the UNI
pires is one of his best bets. Usually
the umpires move around and give
Nick plenty to do. However no mat
to shift to a similar position almost
instantly. They do say the only time
last year that he was caught mapping
was when Tommy Connolly pulled q
handkerchief from his hip pocket and
used it. The nearest Nick could do
his package Of tobacco and do .
make-believe.
In the final game Of the year at
Washington Nick showed to great
and those at that game
no doubt are still getting laugh.
In his day Altrock was one Of the
best left-handers in the business.
Somehow great pitchers always have
a hard time deciding they are
through. Nick still has the impress
sion that he is as good a pitcher as
some Of the southpaws in the Ameri-
can League. Perhaps he is.
Evening star., 1920-02-01

In the final game Of the season Man
ager Griffith decided to give him a
chance to prove that as a pitcher ne
was still the games greatest coach.
He was sent in against Boston late in
the game. Now Nick is a big favorite
everywhere, but 1 will wager every
one in the park was hoping he would
be hit hard, as they figured it would
produce a situation worth while. They
were not disappointed 1t just rained
base hits, and before Nick could get
his breath, something like Ave runs
were over the plate, a couple of men
on the bases and only one man out.
Nick created the impression that he
was arguing with some one, in an
effort no doubt to prove that he was
getting along all right. Then just as
it seemed as if he was getting the bet
ter of the argument, he suddenly
reached up. grabbed himself by the
shirt, and made it appear as if. some
one was dragging him off the field.
land doing it hurriedly. For I never
I saw Nick run so fast in his life. The
crowd howled as he disappeared under
moments later. the crowd again broke
into an uproar. Finally Nick got ST.
lence and in his best voice shouted.
II may not be a good pitcher. but
you can't deny that knew enough to
take myself out before something
serious happened"
At the game were a number of SOL
diers from the Walter Reed Hospital.
All had seen months of service in
France and each had one or more
wound chevrons. While Nick was
pitching three or four balls were hit
directly back at him. He had to do
some fast stepping to escape. His
speech to the soldiers that day on how
many wound chevrons he narrowly
missed getting did those fellows more
good, I will wager, than a gallon Of
medicine.
Evening star., 1920-02-01
WOMEN URGE NEW
TENNIS TITLE DATE
Want Time of National Tour
ney Changed From June
to September.
BY w. H. HOTEL.

In the excitement of proposed
changes in the tennis rules, scoring
and handicapping particularly, the
fact that the " oman PLAYERS are go
ing to make a fight at the meeting of
the national association in New York
next Friday to have their national
championship tourney shifted from
June to September seems to have been
overlooked. Nevertheless, this is one
of the many matters the governing
organization will have to conjure
with at a session that promises to be
about the liveliest in it's history.
Mrs. George w. Wightman, national
singles champion. and head of the
women's advisory committee, appoint
ed by the national association so that
{ the feminine sex might have more
control over their tennis affairs, is
emphatic in urging that the change
in time of competing for the title be
made from early to late summer.
Given Wide Powers.
The women's advisory committee
was assigned wide powers by the
United States Lawn Tennis AsSocia-
ton, among them being supervision
of their own affairs. to make sugges-
tions to the parent organization look
ing to the improvement in the man
agement of women's Journeys. rear
ranging the schedule to better ad
vantage. power to change the rank
ings if held unsatisfactory and other
details.
Mrs. Wightman in a. circular letter
to the prominent feminine tennis
players of the country asked opinion
concerning the moving forward of The
national event from June to Septem-
ber. She has found only one oDpo-
nent to the plan. the others replying
posal. which is to have the title play
start the Monday following Labor day
two weeks after the date Of the men :
national.
Mrs. Wightman's Views.
Mrs. Wightman, in support of the
change, says:
ment against the change and many
for it. AS in the case of the mems
national, it would give the women
a sufficient opportunity to practice
for the championship. which is not
true with the championship held at
The fair contenders would be in
much better physical condition; it
will give them something to work
for during tn summer. thus stimu-
lating their interest in the game and
making them keener all round. This
in turn will make more playing dur
ing the summer and prevent the ex-
listing summer-long anti-climax. 1t
also will give to the western women.
and possibly women from England
and France, a better chance to par
ticipate."
Other recommendations of the wom-
ems committee are to the effect that
the age limit for playing in the girls
championship remain at eighteen
years; that the girls national tour
ney be an open affair; that the girls
tournament be held in connection
with women's events, whether sec
tional. district, club or invitation,
and that the girls should not be per-
mitted to play in more than three
classes at the women's national event.
The committee goes on record as
neys open, rather than invitation, as
being calculated to do the most good
for the net game in; the long run.
Evening star., 1920-02-01
OFF THE RACKET

| Philadelphia has ranked its tennis
players. William T Tilden, No. 2 on
the national list, of course. is placed
at the top. Wallace, No in the U. s.
rating is second in line; C. S. Rogers
| is third, with Craig Biddle. whom he
| beat in the state championship play,
| fourth. Biddle was placed at No. IL
in the U. S. L. T. A. ranking.
| Cornell has arranged tennis matches
for the spring with Yale, Harvard
Pennsylvania, Princeton, Columbia
and Wesleyan and is dickering with
/ Colgate. Among CornelIs players is
Kird Reid, 1919. finalist. against.
against Charles Garland of Yale. who
won the collegiate title.
Miss Helen Rice winner for the past
two seasons of the girls metropolitan
championship, is regarded as one OF
the greatest prospects among the
feminine racketers of the country.
Carl Fischer is rated as 7hiladel-
phia's best junior tennis player with
Charles Watson, at No. 2. Both ng-
ured prominently in the junior ma
tional championship play in 1918.
Harvard has refused to make tennis
a major sport. though the vote OF the
student council was very close. Har-
ward awards the H" only to winners
of intercollegiate titles, as does yale
and Princeton. Harvard was much
disappointed over the failure of the
plan to form a league; wnlcn snn aaso
, penn. and Cornell. Harvard is to en-
nlov professional coach for its rack
| eters.
The West Side Tennis Club. now that
| II ia assured the national champion
ships for 1920, will enlarge its cluo-
house at Forest Hills, Long !siano.
The work will be done early IN tne
spring. A number of squash tennIs
courts will be provided so that the
members will be able to indulge In
exercise in the winter.
A certain faction in England Is
counseling the removal OF the Enehsn
chamnionship from historic Wimbledon.
| II is argued that Wimbledon has faiien
behind the times in general handling
| Of the tourney. Another and bigger
| faction takes the middle road, asking
| that the Wimbledon officials takes steps
to remedy the defects.
Rrooklyn claims a coming tennis
| ''phenor - in the person OF Miss Lillian
Scherman, a school girl. Such experts
as Julian s. Myrick. vice president OF
the national association, ana Mrs.
| Molla Bjurstedt Mallory are LAVISH IN
the praise of her play as shown In
doors. They say her forehand drive 10
! the fastest and hardest hit they nave
| ever seen.
| In addition to Australia the title
! holder, France. Belgium, Japan, Eng
| land, United States and other countries.
! possibly Chile. are expected to enter the
| Davis cup matches this year. All chai-
| lenges must be filed before March l.
England has begun to realize that it
must develop junior racketers. 1t saw
Mime. Suzanne Lengien, the French girl,
and Gerald Patterson. the young Anti
| podean, carry off the singles honors at
Wimbledon last summer and then had
| its Davis cup representatives travel to
| Australia to win one match in five IN
| challenging for the international trophy.
England has been aroused from her
| slumbers by these happenings.
Evening star., 1920-02-01
NAW'S ATHLETES
TO Be KEPT BUSY
Have Many Contests Booked
Ahead for Month of
February.

! ANNAPOLIS, January 81. The
| schedule of Naval Academy sports for
, the month of February gives strong
! support to the claim that that insti-
tuition offers more athletic contests OF
! a high grade at its own home than
any other institution. This is possible
! because the Naval Academy is repre-
Sented in almost every sport which IS
| in vogue in any of the colleges. and
/ practically all of it's contests are at
I home.
| The basket ball season comes to an
end early in the month. The first con-
test of the month is the basket ball
game with West Virginia Wesleyan.
February issthe first of the big SAT-.
urdays in sports, all of which during
the month have from three to six
| events in as many different lines. The
program for the day includes basket
cally a West Point alumni team;
swimming against Columbia and the
opening event of the wrestling sea-
son, match v-.,h Lehigh. On We'd
/ nesday. February II, the basket ball
! cam plays it's final game. its oppon eut
being the University of North Caro-
lima. Saturday. February H. is another
big day in sports, with wrestling and
gymnastics against the University of
| Pennsylvania. and swimming against
| he University of Pittsburgh. The
| winter athletic season reaches its
| climax on the following Saturday. tn
! 2lst with boxing against Pennsy;
vania State, wrestling against Prince
ton, gymnastics and fencing agains,
! Harvard and swimming and water
polo as,ai nst City College Of New Fork
| In two Of these sports, boxing and Wa
| ter polo, the midshipn,en engage ir
| competition with an outside team for
| the first time.
with gymnastics and fencing agains
Yale. wrestling against Columbia, box
! ing against the University of Pennsyl
vania and a swimming meet witt
| Massae husetts Tech as a program the
i last Saturday in the month should
prove sufficiently interesting. For the
early Saturdays in March there are
programs of equal interest.
Evening star., 1920-02-01

when Ruth was converted into an
outfielder. However, his remarkabie
liJting power may have 1ustlheo
such action.
Will Draw Many n Pass.
Summing up Ruth's assets, l would
say his hitting will add muc.
strength to the club. While not a
fashy fielder, Ruth can go and get
them in his own peculiar way. ON
the bases he will add no speed to
the club. If played in the outfield,
no help need be expected from him
as a pitcher. No human being can
do two or three important things
and do all of them equally well. II
Ruth is to shine as a pitcher, he can
not be expected to play the outfeid.
He will add much color to the New
York club. and is bound to be btg
card in that city, but it is asking
too much of him, 1 believe, to say
his presence insures the pennant. In
addition, there is the old evil--the
intentional pass. Ruth will get many
of them this year. That is one sure
way of keeping him from hitting.
Copyright. 1919. by W. C. Evans.)
Evening star., 1920-02-01
10000 May Witness Title
Skating Races in Norway

AdyiceS from Chris tiania,
Norway, indicate that upward
ga ~ .,JJ ~ 4, G. wit, see isos,by
Mclean and Oscar NathieSon In
a series of ice skating races for
the world championship ON
February 3 and :. People are
going frcm XII parts of Europe
to see the American champion
defend his title against Mathie-
sOn.
All seats at the traRnes tracks
quoted nj from - to SO each
have been sold ou: for each day.
The 500 and 5000 meter events
will be sLatcd February ., with
the I.50G and 10000 meter races
Oh the following day. In the
event of each man winning two
contests. a I,O<tO-bese er race Will
decide the championship. Feb
ruary =.
Evening star., 1920-02-01
MARINE PREPS BEATEN
Lose to Aloysius Club in Snappy
Basket Ball Game by
~ to 81 Score.

The Marine Props basket ball team,
was not accurate enough in shooting
to give the Aloysius quint real close
game last night in the GonZaga gym
nasium and lost by 2T to 81. The
Aloysius players made the best of their
opportunities for goals while the
Marines tossed away several rather
easy chances. The passing of the
losers was good. Ham, center for the
losing five, and O'Lone of the winner.
were the best players.
Lineup and summary:
A1oysius Positions. Marine Preps
O'Lope Right forward. .Fo.
Atherton Left forward. 80. Wingfs
McNaney. Center. ....... ....... Han
FoIliard d..-........ Right guard. ....... .THylo
Frank Left guard. ....... Fridinge
Substftutions: Aloysius-Byrne for Ather
ton. Goals from 1oor-o'L Lone t3). Athert'
t5) McNaney (l0), Frank. Byrnes (5l. For
(3), Wingf1eld "a, Ham (2). Referee-Mr
Fitzgerald.
Evening star., 1920-02-01

golfers from the Columbia Country
and Town and Country culbs, who
have spent the past two weeks at
augusta, were on their way north.
They arrived in Washington last
night
James Barnes, holder Of the cham
pionship Of the Professional Golfers
Association. will sail for England
next May, to compete in the British
championships. The Sunset Hill Club
of ST. Louis is sending him to Eng
land.
! Changes in the course of the Wash
ington Golf and Country Club appear
to be not fully decided on by the
club. Progressive club members main
tain the club should go ahead and
secure a course of standard length
and that as soon as possible, while
others oppose the spending of so
much money on the course.
Evening star., 1920-02-01
ACQUISITION OF BABE RUTH
DOES NOT ASSURE PENNANT'
His Hitting Will Not Make Huggins Nine
Speedier on the Bases-Doubtful If He
Sets Ne.u Home Run Mark
BY BILLY EVANS.

Hown will Babe
sal o
of the
Ruth's
will
a
Evening star., 1920-02-01
Monarch Not Cched Flag for Nw York Yankee9
Pictor Wins S., 600 Race.

NEW ORLEANS. January S1.-
Pictor is to in the betting and rid
den by Jockey Stack. won the Cres-
cent City handicap. the $1,000 Iea-
thre OF today's program. at the Fai'
Grounds track
Evening star., 1920-02-01

High team set-Comptrollers, 1855.
High team game-Mac chine Shop, 541.
High individual game-Walker. 142.
High individual set-Welsh. $40.
Highest number of strikes-Daw. II.
Highest number of sIares-J. 4. Elliott, 56.
ISDIVIDUAI. AVERAGES
Evening star., 1920-02-01
Michigan to Reward Winners.

Michigan Agricultural College viii
distribute life passes to all past and
future winners of monograms. They
will admit to all games in which the
"Aggies" compete.
Evening star., 1920-02-01


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Evening star., 1920-02-01

In addition to Australia, the title
holder, France. Belgium, japan, Eng
land. United States and other countries.
possibly Chile are expected to enter the
Davis cup matches this year. All chai-
lenges must be filed before March l.
Evening star., 1920-02-01

certain faction in England Is
co,,nseIing the removal of the English
championship from historic Wimbledon.
It is argued that Wimbledon has 1aiien
behind the times in generai nAnunlls
of the tourney. Another and bigger
faction takes the middle road. asking
that the Wimbledon officials takes steps
to remedy the defects.
Evening star., 1920-02-01

Fred Mcleod, pro at the Col1nhta
Country Club, left Washington Friday
night for . week IN the soufh Nc.
Leod announce0 NJ viii not play golf
while in the south. WhiIe he wse
Speeding southwark the party OF
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-08-06
BARN IS PREY OF FIRE
Valuable Property of N. e. Full
Ter, Near Amboy, Was
Destroyed

Fire destroyed the barn, corn crib,
silo, and machine shed belonging to
N. e. Fuller, whose farm is two miles
southwest of Amboy, last evening at
seven o'clock. An employee was op-
Grating milking machine which was
run by gasoline engine and It is
suspected that in some manner a
spark from the engine set fire to the
farm. The fire spread quickly to- the
other buildings. Mr.. Fuller and the
neighbors managed to get the cattle
out Of the barn. The barn was 100
feet by 40 feet. The total loss
to $4,000. Mr.. Fuller car
ried $3.50 insurance. He was intend
ing to- sell his farm and move to Cal
ifornia, and that is tn ereason he had
not increased the amount of the insur-
ance. Forty tons of hay were des-
troyed by the fire.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-08-06
MANY TRUCKS ARE USED
Motor Vehicles Are Fast Taxi ing
Place of Horse-DraWn
Vehicles

There are many. motor trucks in
operation in Mankato, and it is in
teresting to know that Minnesota
ranks eleventh in the United States,
with total of $4,000 trucks. This
speaks well for the progressiveness
or local and state business men and
farmers. The farm Is regarded by
manufacturers as the large field for
the future sale Of trucks.
Just few ago pessimists asserted
there would never be million auto
mobiles in use throughout the coun.
try. They said the auto craze"
would soon die out and those who
had purchased cars would be glad
to return to horses. How far wrong
these pessimists were is shown by
the fact that today there are nearly
million motor trucks in use exclu-
sive Of all passenger cars.
Complications recently made for
@. H. Smith of the B. F. Goodrich
Rubber company from reports of
secretaries of state and estimates
Of its own statisticians, show there
were 953,093 trucks in use at the end
Of the year 1919, as compared with
100000 for the preceding year. This
is gain of 81 per cent, 16 per cent
greater than the increase by passen-
New York state leads the list with
94,716 trucks, Illinois second with
$1,000 and Ohio third with $4,000.
Nevada ends the list with only 700.
The fact that trucks showed a
larger increase than passenger cars
opens the way to some interesting
surmising. II trucks continue to in
crease at the same rate in the future
there will be as many in use by 1925
as there are passenger cars at pres
ent.
Recent local truck sales have been
made by the International Harvester
branch to the Standard Lumber
company and Byrnes & Nachbar.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-08-06
BOY IS SERIOUSLY HURT
YOUNG OSCAR CAMPBELL Is
INJURED IN RUNAWAY
Number of People Arrested At
Wells For Violating Traffic
Ordinance
Especial to The Free Press

Wells, Mimi, August Oscar, the
six-year- son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rush Campbell, who live three
miles east Of Wells, was seriously
hurt in a runaway at 1880 yester-
day morning. Mr.. Campbell was
driving the hay rack to Wells, ac-
companied by the boy when passing
car frightened the team and caused
them to run away. The rack was
tipped, and the boy clinging to the
seat was dragged several hundred
feet. He sustained head bruises and
his left arm was broken.
Several dozen arrests were made
in Wells the last two days because
of traffic law violations. Officials
are cleaning up because of several
accidents which resulted because Of
failure to burn red lights in back Of
cars. Speeding. caused several of the
accidents.
First offenders were given small
fines or sentence in some cases was
suspended. All those who break the
traffic laws in the future are prom
ised straight Jail sentence II brought
to the court second time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-08-06
DROWN SELF IS THREAT
WINONA MAN MADE REMARK
TO CHILDREN
Left Home With Bible and SIS
Bill; Bad Fire At
Chatfield

Winona, Mimi, August 3.-Tak-
ing Bible and five dollars, Frank
Kaehler, thirty, Of Wnona, disap-
peared Saturday afternoon from his
home, stating to children who were
playing in the yard that he was going
to drown himself. Mrs. Kaehler ex-
presses the belief that he went to st.
Paul for medical treatment, as he has
been i'll the past two years.
Fire destroyed an, old landmark in
Chatfield recently, the livery stable
belonging to Frank Henry. The loss
amounted to $4,000, of which $1,000
was covered by insurance.
A funeral procession in Winona
was interrupted recently when a car
driven by a woman colided with the
automobile hearse. Both cars were
slightly damaged.