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Evening star., 1920-02-09
ARGENTINA HAS LEAGUE
Championship Base Ball Series in
Buenos Aires Runs From
December to March.

Incomprehensible cries of Alta
boy" Slide. you boob" and Kill the
umpire" curious hurlings of leather
sphere. efforts to hit it with big
stick. and the dancing about OF
oueerly attired persons in the midst
of a diamond shaped field meant to
Argentines that the base ball season
had begun in Buenos Aires last
Christmastide.
To the 5000 members of the Amer
lean colony there it was the opening
game in preparation for the annua
series in the Buenos Aires Base Ball
League. the winners of which always
claim the championship of South
America.
The Buenos Aires League consists
of teams. composed of employees OF
three of the North American cold
storage plants there, teani
of employees of the branch OF New
York bank, and local team PICK :
ed from the American colony Inc
..pennant" is big silver cup. ior
which the teams have been competing
for several years. permanent posses
sion going to the champion or !nree
seasons There are a number OF ex
college stars and some one-uihe p!o
fessionals on the teams, All OIL which
MT forward claims of ability 10 de
feat any North American team tnat
will 90 down and play them. me sea :, .
con which opened on December .
vii, close March 20, the games peihs
n,aved on Saturday and Sunday after
Moons.
Evening star., 1920-02-09

In my home city wintry air is full
of 1920 golf and already the courses
for the championships have been
selected
The western amateur goes to Mem
phis in July. which sounds rather hot,
but there is something which makes
a smaller town ideal for the enter
tainment of guests. and Memphis is a
most hospitable place. Their course
is hardly bunkered enough for a
championship. but if the Bermuda
grass is trained to good form at the
time of the event there will be very
pleasant playing. 1t will give the
young southern players good chance
at the title. AS rule they have to
travel far for all the big tournaments.
sThe western open goes to the
Olympia Fields Club at Chicago. Chi
cago hasn't had a western amateur
since 1912. The next pendulum should
swing this way next year or so.
The national amateur this year is on
Long Island, at Roslyn. a course that
I have never played, and the national
open is at Iverness. Toledo, wheye l
am happy to have an honorary mSm-
bership and have enjoyed such abun-
dant hospitality. Just today / re-
ceived a letter from NJ. S. P. Jermain.
leading spirit of the club. who says
that every effort possible will be put
forth to get the big British players
to this side of the Atlantic during the
approaching season.
l have also had a letter from Law
Evening star., 1920-02-09
MATH|ESEN wins TITLE
Norwegian Skater Defeats Mclean
in Three Out of Four
Races,

CHRISTIANIA. February S.-Oscar
Mathiesen of Christianis has won the
world ice skating championship from
Robert Mclean Of Chicago. The final
races of the series were held yester-
day, and Mathiesen captured both of
them-the l 500 meters and the 10000
meters.
On Saturday the American took the
5.00O-meter event. while Mathiesen de-
feated him in the 500-meter sprint.
The contests were held in cloudy
weather, but the ice was in good
condition. There was enough wind,
however, to prevent new world rec
ords for the distances. The royal
family, with the American minister
and his wife. were in the royal box.
In the 1.5OO-meter event Mclean
started out like whirlwind. making
the first 500 meters in 40 $40 seconds
This outclassed Mathiesen's world rec
ord of Saturday. which was 43 $40
seconds. But the American apparent
ly overstrained himself in this burst
Of speed. and Mathiesen succeeded In
passing him and winning by frac-
tion of a second.
In the last contest of the series. the
10 900 meters. Mclean was badly beat
an He said he was Handicapped in
this event by the air being too light.
which interfered with his breathing.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
.SPORTSMEN0 Of ENGLAND
AT ODDS AS TOI|PTON
Some Believe Syndicate Should
Finance the Challenging
Yacht.

Much is being said and written rela-
Upton as the man who finances and
stands behind the British challenging
yacht and has done so for so long.
There are various ideas expressed as
to the opinion of British yachtsmen
on this question, and it is said that
many Of the conservative regard it as
much more advisable if a syndicate of
British yachtsmen took this matter up
rather than that Upton should be
obliged to do it as an individual.
There is one phase that has not been
considered in this discussion, however.
and that is the tenacity and long
memory of British sportsmen and the
strong feeling which was created at
the time of the Dunraven incidents.
At the time of contemplation of the
last race rather an astonishing state
ment from Gosport, England. relative
to the cup races was to the effect that
the majority Of British yachtsmen
were watching the Upton prepara-
tions with cold and critical eye.
The ason why a syndicate does not
there is here stated to be that a large
part of the circle of Great Britains
yachtsmen have deep distrust
caused by this old unpleasantness.
Another writer is quoted as saying
that he could name at leastfone per-
manent yachting club that at the
time of the Dunraven trouble passed
resolution that in future no encour-
agement would be given to any Eng
lish yachtSman to make similar
attempt.
1t would certainly seem that this
old quarrel might pass into oblivion.
and surely such feelings do not indi-
cate the large proportion of British
SportSmen.
Evening star., 1920-02-09

Carpenter Is Heralded
As Ty Cobb of the Ring

There have been many descrIp-
tiOns Of GeorEes Carpenter. but,
to viaunlize him Immediately
for American fans. let II be
stated that he greatly resem-
blea Tyrus Cobb. He Il the
Cobb Of the ring. and Cobb IL
the Carpenter Of the diamond.
They are Of about the same
height. weight ind figure: they
have the same kind OF deter
mined. stcady eyes. Their work
il done along similar lines:
com binatiOn Of quick thinking
and lightning physical speed.
Cobb centers HIS thoughts upon
the pitched ball exactly as Car
pentier concentrates upon nm
ndversary. and the quick drive
OF CObb's hat matches the sud
den rnap OF Cnrpentier'r RlOved
hand. Cobb. dOdxinE along the
bases and evnding ihe indeld-
ers. matches CarpentIer's fast
defenae. Had Cobb BEEN n fight
er. he would have boxed ns the
Frenchman does; had Carpenter
taken to bnse ball. he would
have been = Cobb among French
ball players.
Evening star., 1920-02-09

plate. took the throw and touched
him out in a clever manner do
not believe Cullop really knows to
this day how he turned the trick. but
fielder would have. The play was
very close. Connolly called Barry
out. and there was the usual kick.
AS Eddie Plank started the tenth
inning he was a bit peeved because
Barry had not scored and ended the
when Eddie threw to catch him ne
used a motion that did not quite
please Tommy. who cautioned the
veteran pitcher.
stick to umpiring. I'll do the
pitching" said Plank.
From the way you are pitching
you'd better start umpiring." replied
Connolly.
Eddie stepped out of the box and
turned his back to Connolly while he
enjoyed a little laugh The remark
appealed to me also as being worth
laughing at, for Eddie was surely
having a bad day.
Guess there is some truth in what
Tommy said." remarked Eddie to me.
"Of late. as a pitcher, I appear to
be better umpire"
Earlier Tommy had silenced sew
eral players on the Cleveland bench.
Shortly after one of the players was
sent up to bat in pinch. He struck
out. the third one being called. Nat
urally the batter was peeved. In the
next inning Plank by a snap throw
to first caught a Cleveland runner
mapping.
"Plank is baking" yelled the
peeved Clevelander from the bench.
How do you know what he is do
ing?" asked Connolly From the
way you acted at the plate ! doubt
if you can see that far" The argu-
ment subsided
Evening star., 1920-02-09

The retort courteous or sarcastic.
as you will have It, is a valuable
asset for an umpire to help smooth
out his troubles. Daily. for six
months during the base ball cam
players
Tommy Connolly, famous American
League umpire, has a fund of good
Irish humor and sarcasm that never
fails him when verbal bullets fly
thickest, and he is seldom bested.
Several seasons back. when I was in
Washington. 1 received a wire from
President johnson to jump to Phila-
delphia for Wednesday game. and
LEAVE that, city Wednesday evening
for Boston. This peculiar shift was
the means of my working with Con-
molly for the first time in six years.
Members of the Philadelphia club
were much concerned about their
pennant chances Instead of striking
a big winning streak at home and
predicted. the club was scarcely
breaking even. The Athletics were
naturally a bit peevish because "f
the tough break in luck they we, e
getting. as we'll as the inferior brand
Of ball they were playing. In suGn zen
the goat" Philadelphia won from
Cleveland that afternoon in one of
the weirdest games ] ever saw. some-
thing like IL to II. or possibly worse
1t was a tough game to umpire.
The pitchers were wild hitting was
INDUCED in freely. there were al
ways runners on the bases. and close
decisions were constantly coming
up In the ninth inning Jack Barry
attempted to score from second on
wild pitch: but was out at the plate
by an eyelash, when Pitcher Cullop.
then with Cleveland. covered the
Evening star., 1920-02-09
WILDE-MASON CONTEST
IS CARDED FOR TOLEDO

TOLEDO. Ohio. February 9-The
world championship boxing bout be-
tween Jimmy Wilde and Frankie Ma
son. f1yweights, Will be staged in the
Coliseum here the first or second week
of March, it was announced by Ad
Thacher. promoter. on his return from
Milwaukee. where he signed Wilde to
contract.
The exact time will hinge upon an
open date in the Coliseums bookings.
Thacher said. Both the Armory and
Terminal Auditorium have been given
up as unsatisfactory. The Coliseum
seats 5000. Thacher also announced
that the first three rows of seats will
be priced at SIS. others going on the
market at $40. 81, IS and s3.
Chicago sportsmen offered to pur-
chase 1000 seats, but Thacher refused
to sell while in that city. he said. The
permit for the bout has been issued
verbally, and the promoter will begin
advertising Immediately he learns
when the Coliseum will be availa BILE.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
NOW IT'S THE UMPIRE'S TURN.
GUESSERS TO HAVE PAY RAISED

1t is tough job. umpiring in the
major leagues: so tough that they are
going to get a raise in pay. Two years
ago the umpires suffered a cut i'll
salary during the war days. and last
year their pay was short because of
the short seasV. This year they
want more money and are going to
get it.
Cmpires are scarce and peculiar. a
good base ball official cannot be pick ed
OF every bush. There are plenty of
men who sit in the grandstand who
think they are good unpires. but they
lack the courage to go out and try it.
Last year at the world series the UNI
pires. who were offered $1,000 a game,
protested and demanded more money.
They didn't get all they demanded. but
there was compromise and they got
considerably more than $1,000 each.
The major league officials have to
handle umpires with kid gloves. Their
demand for more money was prompt
ly met this year because. when the
thought of an empires strike. loomed
up front of the base ball officials.
they turned pil-. The spirit Of unrest
:. hich has cone over the land has
Evening star., 1920-02-09

renee Ayton. who is to be the new
professional at Evanston, and he as
sures- me that his eyes. too. are turn
know of his game he will make a fine
showing there.
The engineers course at Roslyn.
Long Island. which will be the scene
of the national amateur, is said to
be a fine course. 1t is near Garden
City, where we battled in 1913, the
last time the event was in the New
York district Who will come out of
the heap. l wonder?
Will Davidson Heron win again or
is this Bobby Jones year? Or how
about the old crowd? Or maybe a
newcomer? 1t is easy to dream about
them sitting before the fire one has
reached by long journey through
snow -drifted street.
I can see many of my friends now,
playing their rounds under California
suns. Joe McDutfie. formerly of Bev-
erly and now of Alton Beach. Fla. has
been trying to tempt me thither, and
George Rotan. Texas champion, has
sent me a most attractive invitation
to the annual Houston invitation tour
nament. an event that / have much
enjoyed. Many of my friends are
playing against the canvases. but /.
like the average business man, am
just drifting along waiting until out
door weather in my home climate
wakens me to the call of the greens.
The time is growing short now.
(Copyrighk National Newspaper Service. CHI
Evening star., 1920-02-09

reached the umpires. If they went
out on strike and an attempt was
made to fill their places with out
siders, who can tell what might hap
pen? Green. newly picked umpires
have always been joy for ball
players and with the present crop it
is only the respect which youngsters
have for old age which prevents
trouble on many occasions 1t would
probably be impossible to find enough
new umpires to fill out the first month
Of the championship season.
So when umpires ask for an increase
in salary they usually get a prompt
answer. There is no taking the sub
ject under consideration. or referring
it to the next meeting of the league.
The cases of the hold-ou, ball
player and the umpire are entirely
different. When the star hitsmith of
the club asks for more salary the
owner holds up his hands and says he
is being forced into BANKRUPTCY Not
so when the umpire asks for more
money. When any of the old eagle
eyes notify the powers that they are
after more money there is rush for
the nearest telegraph Office and the
umpire is sent short. polite answer
of one Word-"Yes."
Evening star., 1920-02-09
LATEST SWIMMING STAR
Margaret Woodbridge of Detroit
Steps Into Ranks of Record
breakers,

Miss Margaret Woodbridge, seven
teen-year-old high school girl from
Detroit. is the latest sensation in the
field of swimming. She has just step
ped into the ranks of the worlds
record breakers, after less than one
year of experience in competition. and
stamped herself one Of the most prom
Using all-around fair natators ever de-
veloped in this country. -.
Recently. racing in the seventy five
foot pool OF the Detroit Athletic Club.
she swan fifty yards with the back
stroke in SO 1-5 seconds and wiped
off the board the woman's internation-
al standard of 3S 4-5 seconds. set by
Miss Ethelda Bleibtrey last March
In free-style swimming she has been
covering the century close to l min
ute 10 seconds, time that only a few
members of the sex have touched
so far.
At longer distances She has shown
exceptional speed in both styles Of
swimming. Her most recent per-
formances. in fact. leave no doubt that
she will prove a dangerous bidder for
national championship laurels this
season: then a strong candidate for
the girls swimming team it is pro-
posed to send to the Olympic games at
Antwerp next summer.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
Bill James Has Claim
to BeinR Chamnion E1x

Sone magnates are hard-boil-
ed. but they never won a tour
na0ent from the ball players.
Jim Ga6ney, who once owned
the Boaton Braves. claims that
Bill Jamea. former BOstOn
pitcher. still retains the brown
derby.
James was q member of the
world champion Braves In 1914.
He hung the club up for q big
salary IN 1913. but was amicted
with a sOre arm and didn't pitch
an inning. In midsummer Man.
aGer Stallln6s decided that
James would not improve and
advised Ga1ney to send the
pitcher back to his home in
California. with instructions to
give his arm . rest until 1919.
So GaRney paid James in full
for the season Of 1918 and pre-
scented him with railroad and
Pullman aecomm0Aa atiOna for
hfmself and wife from BostOn
to San Francisco. A few days
later he received q wire. which
reads
"rrain six hours late arriving
Frisco. You owe me - for ex-
ira meals."
Evening star., 1920-02-09
TWO-MAN DAVIS CUP
TEAM IS A POSSIBILITY

NEW YORK. February 9.-There
never has been a two-man Davis cup
team, and there is little likelihood of
one in the near future. yet there are a
good many tennis enthusiasts who be-
lieve that America could do much
worse than ask William NJ. Johnston
and William T. Tilden, I'd, to shoulder
the entire burden in the next inter-
national event. This belief is proba-
bly, based on the fact that Tilden and
Johnston, playing together for the
first time. were the only pair in
America to defeat Norman f. Brookes
and Gerald Patterson. the Australian
champions. during their sojourn here
last season.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
STAR CATCHER O'NEILL
is REPORTED HOLD-OUT

CLEVELAND, Ohio. February g.
Steve O'Neill. star catcher Of the
Cleveland base ball club. and con-
sidered one of the best in the Ameri-
can League. is said to be a hoid-out.
Advices received here from Wilkes
Barre. Pa, his home, state that he has
refused the salary offered and has re-
turned his contract unsigned.
1t is also reported that Ed klepfer.
leading American League pitcher in
1917. will retire from base ball this
wear.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
Five Brothers Team Up
A. Basket Ball Tossers

basket ball team compose
Of Ave brothers was tntrod1cee
to the Reading, Pa. cage 1 ~.
at the armOry recently. ~ VII
he known as the Trvpp nss'
:. naae NJ OF bFothers OF that
..-e Nyinx In the n0rthwestern
section Of the city.
Here Is the way the ''family
team" will line ups Daniel anA
RaIvh, forward, James. center
and Ray and Leroy, guaras. IN
case Il IL necessary to make 2
"syyitch" in the lineup "Snit1"
snyder. q brOthef.in-law Of the
Trupps, will he ready to hop In
to help the family out.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
Contests Between Coast Colleges.

The Stanford Vs. California base ball
| series will be played April II. April "a
and May /. The first and final game. if
necessary. will be played at Berkeley.
The dual track meet between these
great Pacific coast rivals will be held
May /. while the Pacific Coast Confer
enoe track meet will be staged al Stan
ford May Is.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
Johnston Selected for 0lympics.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. February y
Wii,;am NJ. Johnston of San FRAN
cisco national singles tennis cham5 am
apccented the invitation of the Uniteo q
States Lawn Tennis Assoc.a''on l on,rt tS g
represent this country on 'he
at the Olympic games.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
and Cardinals Hook Up.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, February 9-The
Philadelphia Americans will play the
81. Louis Nationals sixteen exhibition
games on their spring training trip. it
was announced here today. All will
be played in March and with the ex-
ception of one game in Oklahoma all
will be played in Texas.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
New Basket Ball Team.

The account division of the internal
revenue bureau. has organized bas-
ket bal! team and games are desired
with other clubs of the District. Man
aRer Graves can be reached between
4:3O and s. on the telephone-Frank-
lin3125.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
ingram vs.. Boiling Field.

The Ingram basket ball team is
scheduled to meet the Boiling Field
quint tomorrow night at the Ingram
gymna sium. The contest is to begin
at 8 o'clock.
Evening star., 1920-02-09

Griffith is due be disappointed during his
the hoped gather the fold Eddie
The notified
with OF influenza and unb leave his home
Beo Wis Griffith has heard nothing from Bobby Ro
Sam Rice but visit from each and confident
little difficulty will be experienced salary with
them.
The Washington pilot thoroughly convinced that Rube
the pitcher He will dispose of him club
claim otherwise will resell him Minneapolis but low
the Milers exchange
Ed Hovlik. the of Ike
Molly Washington will keep the latter and
University
Bob Murphy become the
Mime however result
nth held Cantion
will
before the OF the
1t looks Johnny Lavan the former nhelder of
Browns had with the Gfmen and
player. Branch Hickey has asked for
that the fashy
diamond for good himself
medicine. Barney Dreyus could make
Pirate but unwilling hand large of the he
Hickey furthermore the Pittsburgh chetan
unwilling to play anywhere St Louis In other words
bought would
looking for an oea'e IN the exhibition between the
The arbe he
job
with the world champions in Tampa month.
Evening star., 1920-02-09
BASE BALL MAGNAKS
FACE HARD PROBLEMS
AT CHICAGO MEETING
Some of the Most Momentous Matters in
Years Confront Meeting Which
Gets Under Way Today.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.


BY pENmAN THOMPSON.
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Settlement of the actonal war now gripping the America"
Selection national commission to e,. sue
the
~ s s majors
f: ss.s.
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jont Conference Conference oi ith the majors and minors
ALL BUSINESS UNLIKELY BE FINISHED.
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make adjustment anything but Heuean task Besides
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itself Clique oppose favored
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day. This gathering called for the OF short dis
be the meeting today occupied than four
hours
INFELD FLY RULE Is TO BE. CLARIFIED.
ICED sy la the ns ay rule BY
pitcher sS.5ssa the
ef 5 M wihs h hafn % his s Ss M
pitch 1t also agreed with bats
notch 1t unanimously agreed
likelihood and heavy will be
stipulated for the first ofense.
The OF giang the intentional Of existence
walking OF pinch unportsmanike and should be
nowhere
The contend would
be almost impossible them determine instances,
whether pitcher good control pupose walk
a should inflicted
adjudged guilty OF Intentionally walking also found the
bers greatly odds.
Today addition the formal the rules
President Heyder Magnate and Dreu
National President Johnson and Managers Griffith and
Mack the League ODay and and three
the American scheduled to
battle of the schedule which calls for 6S
held What will before the body
Griffith. and Ball has beer dvuged but
OF Cleveland the soaed loyaists"
that
York. Chicago clubs will dis
CHARITY UNABLE MEET GRIFF.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-08

WANTED TO BUY-Two CT three good dogs. Must be cheap. h.
 quire at Terminal.
The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-08

WANTED-Position by woman as
 office
The Nenana daily news., 1920-03-08
TRAINING NURSES.

A campaign to recruit 30,OOO young women in training schools for nurses and a prize of $500 for the best three-act play by an American author based upon incidents in the life of Florence Nightingale, will be among the features of thes celebra- tion commemorating the tooth an- niversary of the birth of the woman whose work among the sick and wounded in the Crimean war laid the foundation for modern nursing.
 Pageants, public meetings and for nal ceremonies will be held on the anniversary date. May 12, it is an. nounced here by the Nightingale Centennial Committee of the Ma tional Organization for Public Health Nursing. Nursing organizations, Women's clubs and colleges will take part.
 The prize for the play was offered by the Illinois Council for Nursing Edication to stimulate interest in the nursing profession, in which there is low rata of anlistmanr tat present. Incidentally it is hoped ito encourage aspiring playwrights in colleges. Manuscripts must be sub mitted before August 1.
 There are far too few nurses in the United States to meet the need; ,of normal times, it was said at the headquarters of the National Organ ization for Public Health Nursing, in New York, and the shortage dur ing the influenza epidemic has been acute. There, are not more than 5000 public health nurses in the country, whereas at least 50,000 lare required by federal and state legislation either passed or pending.