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SANDLOTTERS CHALLENGE

Owings Athletic Club of Owings,
Md, is hot on the trail of the Knick-
erbockers and Dreadnaughts. The
management declares it is ready at
any time to enter into negotiations
for games with these prominent
Washington and Virginia mines. Man
ager c. c. Buckler can be reached by
letter or telephone at Owings, Md
Owings defeated Linworths last Sat
urday, 8 to 2.
Sioux Athletic Club. aspiring to the
District championship in the four
teen-year-old division. is ready to
meet all in it's class. Telephone chal-
lenges to w. NJ. McCathran, Lincoln
5473-J.
Teams wanting engagements with
the All-Star Juniors should communi-
cate with Martin Shefferman at 1923
9Th street or North 1892.
The Marathon Juniors desire games
with teams averaging fifteen years.
Address William S. Magruder, 1852
Neal street northeast or Lincoln 4461.
Newton Athletic Club is prepared to
meet any District nine in the sixteen
year-old class. Challenges will be re-
ceived by H. C. Rand, 1895 Newton
street, Columbia 1S44-W.
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WEAVER'S FOOT BALL
TACTICS WIN OPENER

Buck Weaver's well known ability
to use his head and. upon occasion.
his shoulder, enabled the SoX to get
away to a two-run lead at the outset
of the initial encounter. Following
fine play on Leibold's grounder. by
O'Neill, Eddie Collins walked and adj
vanced a notch on Weaver's single.
Harris took Jackson's rap and effect
ed a clever force of Weaver at second.
O'Neill was in the act of tossing to
complete a double play when Weaver
lurched into him. resulting in a wild
throw by o'Neill. which permitted
Collins to score and placed Jackson on
second, from where he Tailed on
Felsch's single.
Weaver also figured in registration
Of the Sox third tally in round 8. al
though Billy Evans was a prominent
factor. Shanks' spectacular retire
ment of Leibold was followed by a pass
to E. Collins, who galloped to third
on Weaver's second safety. Jackson
raised fly to Milan, whose peg beat
had him completely blocked off. Col
Inns never got-within foot of the
pan. but the umpire ruled him safe.
Grin's Strategy Works.
Griffs strategy in ordering Shaw
purposely to pass Joe Jackson to get
at Felsch proved successful in the
fifth. Leibold had walked to start
ana Win Il. collins away weaver
lifted a Texas Lacquer that fell safely
between Harris and Rice for two
bases. The ranking of Jackson filled
the bases and a double play ensued
when Felsch bounded to Shaw.
For four innings the Griffs were re-
tired in order and Ellerbe died at
second. Following his single in the
fifth. But Charity finally completed
the circuit in the sixth. Pat walked
and advanced on Shaw's safety
through Risburg. Judge laid down a
tbunt to Cicotte. which even the partl-
san Sox fans thought he beat out, al
though Hildebrand ruled otherwise.
Charity Tailed. while E. Collins was
retiring Milan and Rice left Shaw on
third. when he popped to Cicotte.
Milan made a mighty bid for VIC
tory in the eighth following Gharrl-
tvs safety, which netted him Two
bases by alert sprinting, and walk
to Judge. Zeb's clout travelled nearly
Ito the bleachers in right center, Lei
bold getting under it only by a sharp
sprint. With two down in the ninth
Harris got life on Viewers error
and scored, after Shanks walked on
O'Neilrs single to center. Then, WIN
the tieing and winning tall1es on sec
ond and first, respectively, GharrltS
popped a foul to Schalk.
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SEVEN MINES IN SERIES

Two sections, one of four teams
and another of three, will conduct
series to nominate contestants for
the District amateur base ball league
championship. according to plans
formulated last night at a meeting of
the representatives of the sandlot
circuits
The first section will include the
pennant teams of the Government,
Departmental, Terminal and War
Leagues, and will begin play. next
Monday. Champion teams of the
knights of Columbus, Potomac and
Navy Yard circuits will swing into
action a week later. All games will
be played on the Union station dia-
mond, starting at Sis o'clock
In the first section three of the
leagues already have decided pennant
eminent League, Main Building. the
War League and Shops the Terminal
League. Treasury and Finance are
fighting for top honors in the De-
partmental League, but a champion
w.I be determined before the end of
this week. The three circuits in the
second section will rearrange the re-
mainder of their schedules in order to
wind up their seasons next week.
A list of players eligible to repre-
sent their leagues in the series must
be turned in Friday night to the COM
mittee in charge of the contests. No
team may certify more than twenty
one players, but a league pennant
winner may be bolstered by drafting
not more than three players from
other members of the league. In the
post-season series players will be re-
stricted to the team with which they
first appear.
Bryan Morse, athletic director of
George Washington University; w. c.
Winslow, secretary of the Terminal
Railroad Y. M. c. A., and William
Belts will have charge of the series
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WHITE SOX GO SECOND
Move Above Yankees Despite New
York Teams Victory Over
Leading Indians.

With the White Sox going ahead at
full speed and the Yankees showing
signs of emerging from the slump
which started with their western
tour, the Indians can i'll afford to
lose games. Yesterdays loss to the
Yankees left the Tribe with only "a
three and one-half game lead, none
too much in the mad scramble for the
American League championship. De-
spite their victory, the YankS dropped
back to third place. Their two wins
Sox the runner-up position by
couple of points. The Red Sox neared
the top of the second division by
thrashing the Browns, while the IL
gers sent the Macks deeper in the
cellar.
Babe Ruth didn't get any hits off
Guy Morton, but he received three
passes and two of these became runs
that helped the Yanks defeat the In
dams to 3. Errors were also cosby
to the Tribe. The New Workers started
well, scoring four times in the nrst
inning.
Three successive doubles enabled the
Red Sox to tie the score in the ninth
and in the eleventh Myers single
brought Witt home from second with
the tally that downed the Browns,
to H. Foster, pinch-hitting in the
ninth, made one of the Red Sox
doubles.
Naylor, Athletic pitcher, was easy
for Tiger batters They fell upon the
Mack hurler in the seventh for trio
of markers and finished the game
with a to decision over Comics
men, The losers scores were made
after two were out in the ninth.
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'SEE-SAW GAME GOES
: WRONG WAY FINALLY

Judge led off in the closing battle
with a double down the line in right
and was sacrificed to third by Milan,
but Rice fouled to Weaver and RiS-
berg cut off the run with a sparkling
pickup back of the box to retire Ell
lerbe.
Courtney was not threatened until
the third and then the Sox chased
over the initial tally of the ARRAY.
Schalk started with a liner that
struck the fagpole at the end of the
foul line in left for two bases and
walked. Harris all but effected
smart double play when he grabbed
E. Collins roller close to second and
fired the ball to Judge. His effort to
toe the middle cushion before throw
ing failed and Schalk scored.
Howard Shanks' clout for the cir
cult was the principal factor in the
brace of TALES registered to put the
Nationals a run in the van in the
fourth. Rice started by beating out a
tap to E. Collins. After Ellerbe sac
rificed and Harris famed, Shanks
picked out one to his liking and belt
ed 1T up against the bleachers in right
center. beating E. Collins relay to the
plate by inches.
Breaks Allow SOx to Tie.
With the aid of a couple of breaks
the Sox tied it up in their half. Jack
son shot a liner to right which netted
three bases when Shanks' effort to
trap it failed. The general was held
at third while ONeill tossed out
Felsch and J. Collins. but he tailed
on rap by Risberg.
Courtney was instrumental in the
Griffs again assuming the lead in the
fifth. After Picinich had whitfield the
lanky left-hander connected for his
second safety, this one drive to left
center for three bases. Judge scored
him with bingle to right and stole
after Milan popped. only to be left
by Rice.
Again the advantage was but mo-
mentary. Schalk polling the ball into
the left-feld bleachers for the round
run had Slapped his stamina, for the
next three Sox connected heartily,
although none got the ball safe.
The Nationals forged to the front
once more in the sixth, Harris count
ing through the medium of being hit
O'Neilfs single to left. ONeill made
second on the throw to the plate. but
Picinich left him there.
SOx Battery in Lfmelight.
This time the lead held good for
an entire inning. but it faded in the
seventh when Williams successfully
undertook to emulate the hitting pro-
clivities evinced by his hurting rival.
Schalk had walked, when Williams
belted the pill between Rice and
Shanks for three bases, cashing the
catcher and scoring himself moment
later on Leibold's long fly to Rice.
This proved enough to win. for an
uprising started by the Griffs in the
ninth fell short of scoring. Shanks
on his reserve material. Roth. nomi-
mated to bat in place of O'Neill, lined
a safety to left and by outwitting
Jackson stretched it to two bases.
Hitting for Picinich, Charity moved
Roth up with a crack that only fast
work by Risberg prevented going
safely over second. Elmer Bowman
appeared in place of Courtney and
drew pass, after waiting out the full
string. Thomas was put on to run
for Bowman, but the rally ended when
E. Collins shared Judges bid for hit
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ROBINS LEAD BY POINT
Defeat Cubs, But Reds Take Pair
From Braves-Giants Shut
Out Pirates.

Scoring two victories over the Braves.
the Reds yesterday emphasized the fact
that they are still in the struggle for the
pennant in the National League. The
first place Dodgers downed the Cubs, but
the double win of the worlds champions
put them within point Of the leaders.
Right on the heels Of the Reds are the
Giants, who drew first blood in their
important series with the Pirates. The
Cards worked overtime to beat the
Pills.
The Dodgers held their lead by chas-
ing the Alexander jinx with an eighth
inning rally that nosed out the Cubs. s
to S. Alex had won three straight from
Brooklyn, but he was nicked for four
runs in the home clubs last turn at bat
when a pass paved the way.
New York drubbed Pittsburgh, to 0.
Six Of the runs were made in the eighth
off Blake, who replaced Cooper when the
latter was withdrawn in favor Of pinch
batter. Up to that time the game had
been a pitching duel between Nehf and
Cooper.
The Reds fattened their batting aver
ages in beating the Braves 10 to and 8
to 2. They made fourteen hits in each
game and clustered their blows SO well
in the second engagement that but one
of their runners was left on the paths.
The Card-Philly encounter was a
tough one for the official scorer. Each
club rushed seventeen players into the
battle that ended after eleven innings
with the Cards on the better end of a
~ to 10 count. North. the tenth pitcher
to crash into the lineup, singled the
winning run home.
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Only routine work was carried on.
All appear to be satisfied with the
school quarters which have been as
signed to the Americans. The meals,
are especially pleasing the Americans
All members of the team are al
lowed an hours leave to see the sights
in the town after dinner. They must
report back at $50. They are car.
ried to and fro in Army lorries. and
sing. yell and cheer, much to the as
tonishment of the Antwerp popula-
ton.
Walter Knox. American coach of
the Canadian athletes. told the Asso'
ciated Press today that several Of,
his men have excellent chances to,
win Olympic honors. He mentioned
among these Earl Thomson Of Sas-.
katchewan in the hurdles, Thomas
Towns for the 5,000-meter run and,
Archie McDiarmid for the fifty-six-
pound weight and hammer.
He expressed preference for
Charles Mellor of Chicago for the
Marathon.
The Canadian swimmers, George
Vernot and George r. Hodgson. are.
expected to arrive here during the,
present week and are likely to win.
places in the mile and 1,500-meter
events, according to Knox. :
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tenders, Harry Vardon and Edward
There was much attention paid to the
play of the amateurs, among whom were
Chick Evans, former champion, and
Bobby Jones of Atlanta, southern cham>
pion. Evans played with George Sar-
gent of Columbus, also a former cham
pion, while Jones was paired with Var
don. Walter Hagen of Detroit. defend
ing his title, played the round with T.
D. Armour, a Scotch amateur. and
James Barnes, former western open
champion, started with John Bowling.
Fred Mcleod of Washington, was paired
with Lee of Detroit, an amateur.
Wide Range Of Entrants.
The entrants range from such youths
as Jones and Greavy to veterans like
Alex Smith, who has taken part in
twenty-five championships, missing only
one of the twenty-three held.
1t was a race against time. With the
first pair started at o'clock, and a new
couple sent away from the first tee
every four minutes. it will take until
nearly 5 o'clock to check out all the
players.
A heavy rain during the night fresh
ened the fairway and made the putting
greens even more, capable than they
had been of holding pitched approach.
Such approaches are essential on most
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Nay.
of the green's, as they are trapped on all
sides, precluding pitch and run shot.
There have been scores as good as
60, made Sunday by William Creavy of
Kansas City. and 20. recorded by Gil
Nichols of New York, and c. H. Haff-
ner of Philadelphia, yesterday. These
records for the reconstructed course bet
tered the par II of the links.
Vardon and Ray Play Well.
Much interest was shown yesterday
by spectators in the play of Vardon
and Ray. Vardon shot Is and Ray, u.
and Vardon played his usual steady
and rhythmic game, while Ray was
long from the tee, somewhat wild at
times with the irons, and on at least
two occasions missed his first attempt
to get out of a bunker on the edge of
a green.
Another invader, George Ayton of
Regina, Sask, indicated his intentions
to carry the cup across the Canadian
border. Barnes went out in par 35 and
came home in 81. despite the fact that
he rimn1d four cups during the round.
The distances of the holes follow:
Out-3S5; 392; 1876; 430; 438; $50;
800; 208; 492-3,16O; par, IS.
In-346; 359; 522; $50; All; 443; 40;
43O; 332-3,409; par, 36.
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Olympic Games Sought
By Barcelona for 1924

MADRID. August lO.-A team
Of fourteen Spanish athletes
have left Madrid for Antwerp
to participate in the Olympic
games. A delegate form the
Barcelona Olympic committee
accompanied the team to Ant
werp, where he will propose
that the next Olympic games
be held in Barcelona in con-
nectfOn with the International
electric exposition. which will
be held in that city in 1924.
Should the games be held In
Barcelona the city council will
Vote an appropriation of B.
SGG, COO peSetas to nssist In car.
ryfng out the program.
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The cycling events have SO far
failed to draw a large attendance.
The semi-final and finals in the re-
lay bicycling races were run today.
followed by the great velodrom race
of SO kilometers. Entrants in Thurs
days road race except slow time be-
cause a large part Of the route is
over rough cobblestones. The high
ways to be covered by the riders
pass through innumerable small viii
'lages, where the highways are very
poor.
European Bikemen Score.
European bicyclists captured the
honors in the first bicycle events of
the Olympiad yesterday. In the relay
race the Americans were eliminated
in the preliminary heats. while
Peters of Holland took the 1000
meter race, with Englishmen finishing
in second and third positions.
The relay race was at 1000 meters,
and the Americans lowered their col
ors to the Belgian team and the
Canadians to the South Africans.
Peters, who is the Dutch cycling
champion, took the 1000 meters IN
the slow time of l minute 20 sec.
onds. johnson and Ryan, both OF
England. were, respectively, second
and third. These three were the only
riders in the final.
The 1,000-meter race required num-
erous heats, the track not permitting
more than three riders to compete at
one time. Fred Taylor of Newark was
the only American to reach the semi
finals, the others having been elimi-
mated in the preliminaries. No Cana
dams got into the semi-finals.
Many Heats Are Farces.
Many of the heats proved to be
farces, the riders being almost motion
Inc- inok
with the leader looking back to watch
his opponents as they prepared to
sprint Several protests were made
during the heats, but the judges did
not allow them. Anthony Yung of
| Newark protested Emperor of Bel
Bounsall of Toronto made complaint
against the French riders. charging
| team work, while Fred Taylor of Ne
| wark lodged a complaint against Hal
pin of Australia of cutting him down.
| In the final Johnson of England,
| the winner, for riding him up the
bank.
The foreign riders agree that the
| track is impossible. The fiat riding
| space is about five feet wide. while the
banking. used for motorcycles, is from
forty to seventy degrees.
! Pick Swimmers for Relay.
| Trials held to select the personnel
of the American relay team for the
swimming competition resulted in the
| naming of six entrants, the final four
to be chosen the day of the race
| Those Selected today were Norman
Ross. Illinois A. c.; w. w. Harris. jr.
Honolulu; Perry McGillivray. Illi-
nois A. c.: D. P. Kahanomoku, Homo
! lulu: Kealoha, Honolulu, and F. *
kahele, U. S. N.
The racing and diving practice OF
the American swimmers of both sexes
| in the natatorium was watched with
keen interest by the Australian ant
Belgian entrants. Ross of the Ameri'
can team expressed an opinion today
that every race record would be
broken during the coming contests.
| u. s. Track Team Practices.
Practice was held by the American
track team at the stadium yesterday
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Many Olympic Events
Are Carded This Month

All but four of the events OF
the seventh Clympiad will be
completed during August. and
two of that four will begin this
month and be continued into
the first week of September.
The program, in addition to the
cycling now under way, follows:
0-12-Cycling.
14-ORcial opening of the
Stadium.
15-23-Track and field.
15-23-Ancient pentathlOn.
15-23-Decathl0n.
15-23-LaHn tennis.
15-28-BOxfng.
15-26-GraecO-RO wrestling.
15-2-FencinE.
22-29-SwfmminE.
22-28-Gymnastic
23-2S-WeiEht lifting.
24-27-Modern pentathlOn.
27-20-Rowing.
27-31-Catch aS catch . a n
wrestling.
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Plan to Put on Bout Tonight.

BALTIMORE. August 10.-Effort
will be made tonight to stage the
fight between Kid Williams of this
city, former bantam champion, and
Johnny Ertle of ST. Paul at Oriole
Park. Rain last night caused a sec
ond postponement of the bout. The
articles call for a twelve-round de-
cision engagement
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Americas Olympians.-No. Is.

America is sending the greatest collection
of high jumpers that the world has ever seem AT
the Boston tryouts less than seven men cleared
feet 2 inches better.
Is it any wonder that foreign high jumpers are
trembling in their boots?
This jumping contest won by John Muir
ply of Notre Dame University and the Multnomah
Athletic Club of Portland, Ore Johnny cleared the
bar at the remarkable height of 6 feet Az inches.
The contest probably the greatest jumping
struggle in the annals of sport Back of Murphy came
Miller. feet 31a inches; Whalen, feet SA inches:
Landon, feet Y inches and Erickson, Krogness and
Corey, each s feet inches.
The Olympic record is feet 8 9S-100 inches, made
by Alva Richards of Utah in 1912
Murphy is one of the best pinch" athletes in the
game. A jumper who always is at his best when the
occasion type which rises gorously to
meet emergency AS of his friends puts it,
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NOTES OF NATIONALS

CHICAGO, August 10.-ONein flag
ged Leibold and ]. Collins in the
arst and fourth rounds of the opener,
respectively. after clever stops of
hard-hit balls back of the midway.
Jim had busy day of it.
Shanks' catch of Leibolds long
vallop in the third was as pretty a
piece of work as any Washington
gardener has performed in a long
time. Hank had long run to take
the ball over his shoulder few feet
from the bleachers in right. 1t is
doubtful il Roth would have gotten
near it.
Jackson robbed Ellerbe of an extra
base bingie in the seventh with a
forward running catch that fairly
scintillated. Joe grabbed the ball
with one hand about ankle high. He
took another hit from the governor
in the ninth. when he ran over into
center to snare his liner.
Milan rivaled Shanks' earlier field
ling feat in the sixth inning of the
final affair, when he chased to within
the shadow of the left field bleach
ers and speared Weaver's wallop by
leaping high in the air.
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Altrock to Umpire Today.

Nick Altrock, comedian Of the Ma
tionals, will do the umpiring at
American League Park this after
noon. when the whiskered scions OF
the Israelite House of David take
the field at 4:30 in an attempt to
even up with the Washington
Giants. Rain ended yesterdays en-
gagement at the close of the sew
enth inning after the colored nine
had gained a 3-to-2 decision. The
game was a pitching duel between
Adams of the Giants and Hughes.
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Runs batted in-Shanks (2). Judge, O'Neill
L. Collins. Risberg. Schalk. Williams. Leibold
Two-base hits-Judge, Schalk, Jackson. Roth.
Three base hits-Jackson. Courtney, Williams.
Home runs-Shanks, Schalk. Stolen base
Judge. Sacrifice hits-Williams. ElIerbe,
Milan, Leibold. Left on bases-Washington
q; Chicago, 3. Bases baIls-A0f Courtney,
=: of Williams, /. Hit by pitcher-By Court
ney (weaver); by Williams tHarris). Struck
brand and Evans Time Of sameIi hour and
AZ minutes.
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SAYS SEVERAL PLAYERS
lNVOL WE'D IN GAMBLING

President William H. Mccarthy of the
Pacific Coast League declares that play
ers of the Salt Lake. Vernon, Portland
and Seattle teams were involved in base
ball gambling scandals. Several sus-
pensions and releases may be expected,
he said.
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Athletes Olympic Heats Today
AMERICAN BICYCLISTS
LOSE IN OPENING RACES

Associated PressAmercan track
athletes the Olympic stadium today the
American the 100
meter DASH the 4oomeer hurdles and the men who
As the opening day OF tn eOymP the stadium
today US have applied
and boat to this brings
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LASKER AND CAPABLANCA
IN CHESS TITLE MATCH,

THE HAGUE. August 10.-Dr.r
Emanuel Lasker, holder of the world
chess championship for twenty-six,,,
years, and Jose r. Capablanca. the"
Cuban chess champion. have conclud-"
ed an agreement to play match Off
twenty-four games for the world, .
chess championship. The match ID to,s
take place in Havana in January, 1921.
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AUTO MARK SET ON MAIL
TRIP ACROSS CONTINENT

NEW YORK, August 10-Announce-
ment was made today that a record
for transcontinental automobile
trip was established when a five-pas
senger touring car carrying United
States mail from San Francisco to
New York arrived here late yesterday
after a run of days, IA hours and 4S
minutes.