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Evening star., 1920-03-04
Balks;; Hitting Umpire.
Fourth Of Series Of Articles the New Rules Governing
Base Ball Interpreted for You
BY BILLY EVANS.

cut of the winning run. The umpire
then Is working back Of the infield. 40
as not to get in line with the vision
OF any infielder and interfere with the
play. Under the old code, II a batter
mt the ball with such speed that there
was no chance for any inflelder to
make play and the umpire was hit
oy the ball. It would Immediately be-
come dead. The batsman would be en-
titled to first base, but no runners
could advance unless forced That al
ways seemed unjust. and it has been
,.t win oy the rules committee,
VINO nave decreed on such Occasions
tne Dali is In play and every one on
the oases can advance at their neril
Likewise. II tho base umpire. stand
ing IN foul territory back Of first or
third thnt s base: Is hit by a batted BAH.
*. VIII say: has caromed OF
% me nrSt or third bag, the bali Ia in
play. This is a radical chanra rron, ~
the old code. Such a play was nnt
qennitely covered under the old rules
IN an American League game isst
year q eft-handed hitter poled -
oa.n stn Gown the first base line that
struck ssna the bag. making it fair, and
then bounded into foul TERRITORY De-.
spite his efforts, the base un,nira
standing In his usual position in foni
territory back of first, was unable ~
&c. s,r,cS out of OF the course of the bail. It
'..H. ~ dClIcAlly stopping the
course OF the ball. The first bass.
man recovered the ball and came
Wunln inches OF retiring the runner
at hrst. The umpire in charge rnIad
the oatsman entitled to first base and
that he would not have allowed the
out. had 1t been made. He held ~
mace no difference whether the UNI
pire was hit in fair or foul TERRITORY
the ball became dead. The rule was
not specific, in fact, was rather con-
Trajectory, as it stated the batsman
was entitled to first base, IL the UNI
pire was hit by a fair batted ball
while standing in fair territory. It
made no reference to foul territory.
There was reason. because when
such rule was made. only one UNI
pfre was in charge and there was
no chance for him to be hit by a
batted ball while in foul territory.
The umpire in reaching such a de-
cision simply applied what he be-
lieved was common sense. The rules
committee has covered this technical
point. in case it ever happens again.
that they have taken the viewpoint
that the ball should be considered in
play. The new rule that covers this
play. as we'll as the play in which the
umpire while working back Of the in
field is hit by batted ball reads:
Provided, that If a fair hit ball
hits the umpire after having pass
ed a fielder. or having been touch
ed by a fielder, the ball shall be
considered in play. Also. II a fair
hit ball strikes the umpire on foul
ground. the ball shall be in play.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
LARRY KOPF WILL PLAY
WITH CINCINNATI REDS

CINCINNATI. March 4.-Shortstop
Larry Kopf. the former Oriole. late
yesterday affixed his signature to a
contract to play with the 1920 Gin
cinnati National League base ball
club. the world champions. The con-
tract was signed following a confer
ence with Manager Pat Moran, who
arrived in Cincinnati from the east
to take the players to Miami. Fla.
tomorrow for spring training.
Moran also conferred with 1nfielder
Heinie Groh and expressed the hope
that Pitcher Hod Eller and Eddie
Roush. the other players unsigned.
would appear in Cincinnati to see
him before the Reds leave for the
south.
Moran said the new rules regard
ing freak" delivery would not prove
a handicap to any Of his pitchers.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
c. B. DOYLE T0QU|T
TOURNAMENT PLAY;
BRECK G0|NCA AWAY
D. c. Will Be Left Without
T0p-Notch Racketer to Up
hold National Prestige.
BY W. u. HOTTr.L.

Unless Conrad Il. Doyle recedcs from
ment tennis. Washington will he with
out Il top-notch racketcr on local. sec
tional and national events this season.
Connie yesterday declared that he
had decided to abandon serious tennis
competition. and that he was confident
that nothing would arise to make him
change his mind. He made one eXcep-
tion-the possibility that he IN! snt COM
pete in the middle Atlantic tourney
singles this year. as he has two legs on
the championship trophy which must be
won three times for possession.
Breck to Leave This Month.
Coincident with the declaration OF
''Connie's' decision to quit tournament
competition il was learned from Henry
&. Breck. who earned plac" next to
that Of the Districts premier player
here prior to the. war. that he WAS to
leave Washington the latter part Of The
month. going either to New York or
Europe. Ereck, who served as an Off
Ger in France during the war. has been
in Washington since last fall. and il
was hoped that he would he numbered
among the local tennis colony this sea-
son. Doylc's decision to retire from
tourney play and Breck's leaving will
De a Diow TO washington tennis fans.
Connie" who ii is generally agreed,
might have been national champion had
he had the time and money to have per-
mitted him to have fully developed
his latent ability. has concluded
that his personal interests demand that
he relinquish tournament play. especial
1y that which would take him away
from Washington.
He will continue to take part in
matches at Columbia Country Club OF
which he is a member. and possibly may
play for that team in the Washington
Tennis Association.
Supreme for IL Years.
He has been supreme in local and
southern tennis for seventeen years.
He won his first tournament in 1903 and
has not been beaten by a District or
southern player since. Probably no city
of any size in the country has SO de-
pended upon one individual TO keep it
in the limelight in tennis or in any
other sport. Doyle has brought more
prominence to Washington athletically
than any other person since the DAYS OF
the sprint champions. Arthur Duffy and
Bernie Wefers. about twenty years
back. But Duffy and Wefers were not
residents of Washington, being here as
students at Georgetown University
Evening star., 1920-03-04
Two Players Are Traded
For a Dozen Base Balls

Once upon n base ball time q
player was traded for a pointer
dog, or at least the veracfOus
chrOniclerA of the time no
stated, and their story was ac-
cepted as the truth. somewhat
vanished perhaps, but still in
substance the truth. Now Bill
Hannah comes to bat with
two players being trnded for a
dozen base balls, which. ii the
pointer dog was my good mt all,
makes those two players bring
a less price in the trading mart
that did the first one.
Harry WOlter, the Outfielder.
who was with the Yhnks and
Cubs some time back. and Brick
Eldred, another coast Outfielder,
were sold by the manager Of an
oil company team Of Sacramento
to another club in the same
league for the twelve base balls.
The league referred to fn n
winter organization, where
values are not the same MS In
organized hall, for it is stated
that the value OF Messrs. Wolter
and Eldred in the Pacific Coast
League has not deprecated.
Moreover. 1t takes leather to
make base balls, and judging by
the price of shoes a dozen base
halls might represent wealth
beyond the dreams of whatever
1T fs wealth II beyond the
dreams Of.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
TIME HAS ALTERED
| RULES OF SCORING
Changes in Values of Grid
irons Efforts Recognize
Touchdown's Importance.
BY WALTER CAMP.

No point in the rules of foot ball
has been more regularly discussed
than the kicking of goal after a
touchdown. Something of it's history
is well worth while. therefore, at this
time. for it will surely come up at
the meeting of the rules committee
next month. In the fall of 1876 Har-
ward and Yale, after a ludicrous at
tempt the preceding year to play a
game under compromise between the
old American game played at Yale
and the Canadian Rugby. played by
Harvard. decided to adopt the rules
of the British Rugby Union exactly
as they stood. These rules provided
that goals only should count and
touchdown, called try" counted
nothing unless converted into a goal.
It merely gave the team making it
free attempt as now. to bring the ball
out and kick at goal. A punt-put. as
now, was permitted II the side so
desired. Yale won the game by a
single field goal kicked by Thompson.
although Harvard secured some three
tries, falling. however. to convert any
one of these into a goal. Then grad
ually came the appreciation of the
value Of touchdown or TRY" AS a
mark Of the ability Of the team and
we fnd steadily increasing recogni-
ton of this. But 1t was not until
some years later that numerical
goals and safeties.
And think Of the fact that in the
eighties, the following were the rel
ative values. Touchdown. 4 points:
conversion Of touchdown into goal,
points; field goal. points, and a
other words. team making a single
field goal would defeat team scoring
touchdown. Today. a team making
one touchdown would tie a team
making two field goals. We have in
creased the value of the touchdown
goal enormously as a means OF WIN
ming games.
We have just halved the value Of
kicking goal after touchdown since
ratios came in. AS the
gives the privilege OF a
the majority Of cases converted, the
side making the touchdown will
usually defeat the side making two
field goals by a score of to 6. II
they fail to kick a goal they at least
tie. Beginning about decade ago:
heard that kicking the goal after
should be done away with
Then in the following
years various plans were proposed
that involved the making Of this kick
in some way more q team maneuver.
for the protected and
practically uninterfered with place
kick a drop kick from scrimmage.
Opposition Against Touchdown Goals
Within the last few years the dis
with the present conver-
sion method has grown to very con-
siderable proportions. Those who are
against the present method advance
the following arguments:
That 1t is not a team" play and
that foot ball is not a one-man game.
while those who oppose any change
argue that it involves much more
than one man.especially If preceded
by a punt-out, and that 1t Is matter
Of considerable skill and corporation
between the placer and the kicker
rendered still further difncult In case
Evening star., 1920-03-04
TERRY KELLER TACKLES
DEMPSEY FOUR ROUNDS

LOS ANGELES. March 4.-Jack
Dempsey will enter the ring here to-
morrow night for the first time since
he won the heavyw eight champion
ship at Toledo, July 4, last. to box a
four-round exhibition with Terry Kel-
Ter of New York.
Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager.
in making the announcement last
night said Keller several years ago
boxed to draw with Dempsey. Kel-
Ter also claims to have won a decision
over Joe Beckett. English heavy
weight. when the latter was fighting
under another name.
Dempsey has been training daily
for several weeks with Bill Tate, his
negro sparring partner
Evening star., 1920-03-04

Bad Year for Captains
In Colleeiate Athletics

It's been n rough year on coll
1ekiate athletic captains.
Bench managers have become
the custom in base ball. hut It's
n novelty to have the field gem
eral of college team ON the
side lines.
George. captain OF the Army
eleven last fall. was beaten out
for the team and sat on the
bench during the whole season.
In the middle west Illinois has
gone West Point one better by
developing two bench captains
In consecutive seasons.
Capt. william X. kopp. Chi
cnEO. played fullback on the
Illinois eleven until he met with
n minor miahap. jack Crnngic,
n sophomore, went in and put
mp such game that he landed
the regular berth.
Tug Wilson. captain Of the
varsity basket ball team, has
been sitting on the side lines
while Larry Wnlquist Of foot
ball fame is running around the
hOor. EnrnerinG fame In the DO.
sition that Tug shoud have.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
NATIONALS GET DOWN
TO REAL PRACTICE AS
MERCURY CLIMBS HIGH
Griffith Takes Active Charge of Workouts at
Tampa, Under Almost Ideal Weather Con-
ditions, and Sore Muscles Result.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

TAMPA Fla. 4Begins look the Tampa boosters
the after ALL The showers that
Sunday and the zephyrs of
prevailed the first couple of days the
the plettos and bany beezes
fertile imagination of the resort
publicity agent But it's different The almost perfect
skeptc
Florida have been whit overdrw and any
dped by the saubrous conditions
vailng today.
the
probably heavies" will be regarded
doubling lhomases
the
of the wind bother them the athletes
morning they sproued aching muscles and crea
Joints of the squad here of
age nothing bother them the of limb
will disappeared within day but
from stiff backs and blsered hands wheS
during the cold
of the who thus far
put Courtney the big southpaw hue who
was one OF hs h1st TO arrive ana mas & @ cold and
practice yesterday after being
DR.. Miguel Martin Courtney
result of Miguers
q hef etallrio .
Evening star., 1920-03-04

The southern trapshooting handicap
and % Notification that the event
had been awarded to the Washington
Trapshooting Club was received yes
terday by DR.. Thomas f. Neill. secre-
tary of the local organization, from
the National Trapshooting Associa-
ton.
1t is believed that the holding of an
event of this kind in Washington will
be of great aid to local trapshooters
in their efforts to bring the sport back
to the position Of prominence it held
in the District some years ago. The
southern handicap should bring to
Washington some of the best shoot
Evening star., 1920-03-04
BY ONE POINT
Catholic U. Basketers Lose Contest
to Washington and Lee
by 10 to 10.

Catholic University basket ball
players were defeated last night in
Richmond by a margin of only one
point. 1s to 19. The Brooklanders
made an unexpectedly good showing.
as they had the score in their favor
by one point with only thirty seconds
to play. In that time, though, Bryant,
Washington and Lee guard, shot a
difficult goal from the floor and won
for his team.
The game probably was the best
that Catholic University has put up.
It's defensive play was especially good
as it kept the fast Washington and
Lee forwards at bay all during the
contest.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
T1TULAR TRAPSHOOTING EVENT
WILL BE HELD HERE IN MAY

ers in the United States and ought to
be a sufficient stimulus to bring about
a revival Of interest among the older
followers of the sport and to arouse
interest among many of those that
have not yet taken it up.
Some of the most prominent men in
the public and private life Of Wash
ington take interest in trapshooting.
and there is every reason for believ-
ing that the sport will again be-
come popular. One of the great draw
backs to its development has been
the lack of facilities. but now that
the Washington Gun Club has over
come this difficulty it is thought that
return of the favorable conditions
which existed years ago under the
regime of the old Analostan Gun Club
is almost assured.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
BASE BALL TOO ROUGH
FOR FRENCH SOLDIERS

PARIS, March 4.-Because Of nu-
merous broken fingers among Frances
coming army officers the general stafe
has forbidden playing Of base ball at
the military camps Of st. Cyr. Frances
West Point
The general staff order declares
base ball is too rough for French Of
fcers. It was explained that the
French youths, not having been train
ed in the game from boyhood, invari-
ably break their fingers in trying to
catch the ball. The game has become
tremendously popular throughout
France since it was introduced by
American soldiers.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
Steve 0'Neill Signs With Indians.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. March 4.-Steve
O'Neill. first-string catcher of tho
Cleveland American League team.
who has been holdout, has signed
his contract. following a conference
with President James c.. Dunn. and
will leave for tho training camp with
in . few days. Joe Harris, first base
man. also a holdout. is here for O
meeting with President Dunn.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
HARPER WILL JOIN SOX.
Changes His Mind and Will Con
tinue in the Game.

HACKENSACK. N. J.. March A.
Harry Harper, who was traded by the
Washington club to the Boston Red
Sox. leaves for Hot Springs, Ark, to
day to join his new club. 1t was said
that Harper was a holdout, but as a
matter Of fact he had made up his
mind to quit the Griffs and devote his
time to his trucking business here.
His transfer to Boston following
Ruth's transfer to the Yankees caused
Harper to change his mind and SO ar
range his business as to continue as
a ball player.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
Boat Makes Worlds Record.

MIAMI. Fla, March I'm making
an average speed Of 2s.7 miles an
hour over the 113-mile Miami -Bimini
power cruiser course February a.
the Hoosier v established a world
record. Charles v. Chapman. score
tary Of the American Power Boat
Association, announced last night
The former record was 274 miles
per hour, made by the Countess in
1916.
Hoosier " Is owned by II. B. Duck
well, Indianapolis.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
Gore Wins and Loses in Florida.

Capt. A. ]. Gore of Washington and
John Marcus Of New York won and
lost in the doubles Of the Florida
championship tennis tourney at Palm
Beach yesterday. They defeated r.
L. James and r. L. Baggs. 3-6, Ga, 6-1.
but lost to Craig Biddle and Beals
Wright, ST. SO. 6-1. Craig Biddle
and Ichiga kumagae reached the
fnal in tho singles. Biddle defeated
Baggs, 6-1, 6-3. and Kumagae put out
Seiichiro Kashio. his fellow Japanese
As SO 60
Evening star., 1920-03-04
War Risk Girls Victors.

War Risk girls basket ball team
won another game yesterday when it
beat the Eastman sextet, 38 to 6. in
the Epiphany gym. The government
team showed some brilliant play and
especially displayed fine teamwork.
Evening star., 1920-03-04

his which calls for
the first to be played with the Tampa club one week
the weather. and took charge OF the
afternoon following morning spent hob
nobbg the officials Getting running shortly after
breakfast Washngton base ball led off with visit
poted by Darlington, former Wahngtonian
had all of the federal we'll
municipal officers local captains industry
dinners fishing foray golf hunting expeditions and card
he them all Gf will be buster than the poverba
paperhang He feels keenl the lack Of social
tay spang for the first Gri
youngsters long Unfolding drill the afternoon The
pilot showed loss of skill placing the ball just where it would
be hardest for the players He bated the ball around for
this exercise ready call Atrock
for the drill in which Harris. ONeil Elebe and
while Mayer held forth the initial while
Washburn Watt and Grub cavorted
ALLIE WATT SEEMS BE SHOWING UP WELL
considerable trepidao that question of
1919 approached It be forth here
Allie Watt in6der of the champion War
Ike fielding proficiency youngr
remarkable aptitude Judging the of ground ball. has
exceedingly sturdy for of his and
ground like rabbit No predictions being made for Watt His
undetermined but with the
he should be able to obtain worthwhile place the
fession.
All fingers except put
pitching the bater hitting yesterday and the usual
preliminary followed by spell Of fielding
field Crockett made his initial
batting avoid being beaned The youthful Okahoman
Mathewson Big promises
when he finally about
short of that anything else at the present time
Erickson atysa a.s & ny s%s sssss' % n
little upeuo1
Evening star., 1920-03-04

Listing of games with Tommy.
Leach's Tampa team on Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday of
next week gives the Nationals
a total OF twenty-eight pre-sea-
son exhibitions over a stretch
OF thirty-two days. Half
dozen are to be played here
with the Cuban Stars of Ha-
vana, one with the Brooklyn
Dodgers and eighteen with the
Cincinnati Reds.
Evening star., 1920-03-04

. Catsup Snyder has developed
into a strong contender for
top honors in the refectory.
The capacity of the athletes for
food has kept pace with the in
creasing amount of work being
done daily. The entrants were
pretty we'll punched until noon
yesterday, when Snyder OBJ
tanned a substantial lead by
slowing away four orders of
strawberry shortcake.
Evening star., 1920-03-04
BOWLING BATTLES.

BANKERS LEAGUE
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
Mrs. Mae Slocum Seeks
Property of Husband

Mrs. Mae Slocum, of 3099 Broadway.
widow Of Frederick Slocum, we'll
known turfman, and Mrs. Annabelle
'Slocum, of 215 West Eighty-eighth
Street, in whose apartment Mr.. Slocum
died last December, faced each other
'in the Surrogates' Court yesterday in
Ia proceeding brought by the widow to
ascertain the whereabouts Of certain
property that belonged to her husband.
Mrs. Annabelle Slocum, who also
iclaimed the affection Of the dead turf
man, sometimes posed as his wife, it is
alleged Mrs. Mae Slocum, who came
to court with her ten-year-old daugh-
ter as Administrative of her husbands
estate, had the other woman summoned
to tell about some Long Island prop
erty valued at $4,000, some money in
bank and jewelry that belonged to Mr..
Slocum, and which his wife said her
rival had in her possession and would
not give up.
Mrs. Annabelle Slocum said she had
possession Of Tiffany stop watch
that belonged to Mr. Slocum She
claimed ownership of diamond ring
valued at $3.50 and diamond scarf pin
which she said she had lent Mr.. Slo-
cum. AS to the furniture in her
apartment, the witness said it was
purchased by her and that she held a
receipt for it.
The examination was adjourned to a
later date to enable the widow to
check up on the testimony of the wom-
an who also bore her husban's name.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-07
DIR. Peter Lawrence Schenck.
Civil War Veeran, Is Dead

DR.. Peter Lawrence Schenck, seven
ty-six, Civil War veteran and promi-
nent physician of Brooklyn for many
years, died yesterday after long i'll
ness at his residence, 95 Sixth Avenue,
Brooklyn. He obtained his preliminary
education in Brooklyn and was grad
uated from the University of the City
of New York in 1862. Later he took
his masters degree, and in 1865 was
graduated from the College of Physi-
clans. He served year as assistant
physician of the Kings County Hos
pital and then enlisted for the Civil
War, serving as surgeon in charge of
an army hospital until the close Of the
war. In 1865 he became assistant sur
geon of the Cholera Hospital in South
Brooklyn, serving from its opening un-
til it was closed. He then was assist
ant surgeon of the Kings County Hos
pital until 1872, and later its medical
superintendent until 1881, when he re-
signed to engage in private practice.
DR.. Schenck was member of the
Kings County, Medical Society, the
Pathological Society, and was for sew
eral years surgeon for the Brooklyn
Jockey Club and attendant physician
Of the Kings County Penten tiary. x ?