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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-17
SILVER SPRING VICTOR
Kelly Wins Over Warthen of
Brockway A. c. in Duel in In
dependent Series, 2 to O.
TOday's Game.

TOday's Game.
Aloysius Club VS.. Winston Athletic
Club at Union League Park, 18th and
II streets northeast, SIS. Umpire
Hughes.
Yesterdays Result.
Silver Spring, 2; Brockway Athletic
Club, 0 (eight innings).
Finney Kelly. backed by four men,
bers OF the team that earned the Gov
eminent League championship for
Navy and a quartet of Montgomery
county. Md, stars, welded a white
wash brush most effectively yester-
day in the opening game of the elm
ination series for the championship
among the Districts independent
mines. Silver Spring. for which club
the slabbing bike cop was perform
ing, emerged from the argument at
Union League Park with a 2-to-0 de-.
cision over the Brockway Athletic
Club to his credit.
Three hits were all the Rrockwavs
could get off Kelly, who famed six
batters and walked only one. War
then, Kelly's mound opponent, also
did an artistic bit of f1inging. Silver
Spring connected for only four hits
and these were made by the PLAYERS
drafted from the Navy nine. Purdv,s
single and Lynch's double gave the
winners a tally in the opening frame.
Newton's single, following two errors
and a pass. brought the other marker
in the fifth.
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has 49, and is second to the Ameri-
cans.
American fencers defeated Denmark
by bouts to Z. but lost to France IA
to 2. Italy took first place in the
foils by defeating France, to I,
France thus winning second place.
Maj F. w. Honeycutt. Capt r. Sears,
Capt. H. M. Rayner. Arthur S. Lyon
and H. Breckenridge made up the
American team which fenced Monday.
In the Greco Roman wrestling pre-
liminaries Swigart of the United
States Navy threw Rangire, Italian,
with a double arm bar after three
minutes of wrestling. ]. Gallery, United
States Navy. outpointed Maaren of
Holland. and John K. Worries. Chicago
Greek A. c.. pinned Dialects of Greece
to the mat in eighteen minutes. Dia-
let's lives in New York,
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Bone and Gleason will report to the
Nationals at the close Of the Texas
League season, September IL, and
will be carried by the Griffmen for
the remainder of the American
League campaign in order that a line
may be obtained on their prowess.
Chapman's Death MOurned,
News of the death today of Ray Chap
man. following an injury in a game with
the Yankees at the Polo Grounds yes
terday. was received with sincere regret
by all who knew the manly qualities of
the Cleveland shortstop. Chapman was
a fine fellow, on and off the field, and
was credit to the game he played sue
cessfully for more than decade
Loss of Chapman will prove a most
serious blow to the pennant aspira lions
OF the Cleveland club. on which he was
a tower of strength at short and great
factor in the success of the team on the
offensive. In Lunte the club has a ca
pable substitute for the position, and II
has recalled Shortstop Sewell of the
New Orleans team, who has made an
enviabl record in the Southern Asso-
citation this year, but neither can be ex-
pected to prove of as great value as
Chapman. whose long association with
the other members of the infield made
for a machnelke quality of play i'm
possible of achievement with a new
conner in the position. The demoraIiz-
Ing eHect OF chapman death on his
fellow players also may be expected to
prove a serious handicap to the success
OF the team in competition.
Mays Noted for bean Balls"
Carl Mays, who threw the ball that
resulted in the fatal injury to Chap
man, has had an eventful career in
base ball 1t was over this player
that the disruption of the American
League was threatened following his
desertion of the Boston club last sea-
son, and subsequent sale to the Yam
KEGS.
Mays uses an underhand delivery.
and. while regarded as having better
than an average amount of control.
probably has hit more batsmen than
any other hurler in the league, the
frequency with which he has wing
ed opponents causing him to be
known as 'bean-b BALI pitcher
On more than one occasion Mays
has been accused by players of de-
liberately trying to hit them with
the ball when facing them at the
plate, and several times hitters have
thrown their hats at the pitcher when
he 'Iow-bridged" them. An instance
Of this occurred at American League
Park here two years ago, when Mays
is alleged to have announced his in
tention to dust off" George Mcbride.
He made good his threat. too, and
struck Mcbride, who was unable to
dodge quickly enough TO AVOID be-
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MAY ASK PUNISHMENT
OF MAYS FROM ORGANIZED GAME

session. August 17-PiaySrs Of
the Detroit a Boston clubs Of the
American League today prepared to
draw up pstitien askins tor the
banishmsnt fssna esfaaised base ball
Of Carl Mays Of the New Yerk Amsfi-
caAt. whose pitched ball fractured the
skull Of Ray Chapman, CLEVELAND
shAststop. IN yesterdays game. Prob
ability that the msMssfs 81 both
teams vAvlA refuse to play In any
game in whtsh Mays was the pitcher
was expressed by some OF the play
ert.
fhe Red sox team held = meeting
In the clubhouse yesteflay wheh
wefd was received Of ChApfn4n's ia
jury. 1t was agreed. according to
Outaelfer, Menosky that all would
sign . petition to President Jshnsen
Of the leayue to have Mays ruled
out Of the game. " Chaplain should
die. ana that the players weu'd net
90 to hat against his pitching again.
with news Of his death this morning
the players expressed their sorrow
and then discussed the carrying out
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Of the plan for a petition.
"Stuffy" Mc1nnis, Red Sex first base
Mah, hurried from his seaside home, at
Manchester. to be at the clubhouse
early today to call . meeting Of the
players.
Members Of the Boston club who
were TEAMMATES Of Mays until the lat
ter deserted the club prior to his sale
to New York last year. said they felt
certain the Detroit players would Join
in such action as might be decided on.
"Ty" Cobb. the Detroit star. asserted
that summary measures should be
taken against Mays Immediately Os-
car Stanage. veteran catcher Of the
Tigers. said the players already had
discussed action.
Mays has been a storm center of
base ball controversy for years, first
because Of his close pitching. as a re-
suit Of which players frequently COM
planned that he had tried to dust
them Off," and later when the deal be-
tween the Boston and New York clubs,
BY which he was transferred after he
deserted the Red Sox, precipitated a
fsetional fight among club owners and
President Johnson. which threatened to
disrupt the league.
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Wins At NETS
Pairs With Mahan When Richards
Does Not Appear for National
Title Doubles,

BOSTON. Mass, August 17.-Arthur
Yencken of the British embassy staff of
Washington. paired with Lyle E. Mahan
of New York, won his match in the
opening round of the national cham
pionship doubles yesterday. They de-
feated L. Rice and Irving Wright, a
formidable New England pair. in four
sets. Yencken originally was paired
with Vincent Richards and Mahan with
Alrick Man. but when the last two
named were unable to be present the
committee permitted the new arrange
ment.
OF the favorite teams w. T. Tilden
and Charles Garland, r. N. Williams, I'd,
and Richard Harte and N. w. Niles and
A. S. Dabney had no difficulty in run
ming out in straight sets. W. M. John
ston and c. j. Griffin did not play.
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TWO OLYMPIC FINALS
BEING DECIDED TODAY

ANTWERP. August 17.-Today's
Olympic events included the first and
second series in the 10000 meter walk
and elimination events in the broad
jump and the shet-put. the first series
in the 110-meter hurdles, the final in the
broad jump and the final in the 5000
meter run.
gather henors in the second day of
competition yesterday. They out
classed their rivals. but were not
strong enough to win all the first
place honers.
The Americans performances yes
terday netted them a total of 43 points
in the track and field events. Fin
land. by the 10 points won in the jave-
lin throw and 10 In the pentathlon,
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lie GENDRE DOES WELL
His Tying for Third Place in Pen
tathlon Is Creditable, Con-
sidering Injury.

Robert LIE Gendre of GEORGETOWN
University did exceptionally well yes
terday in the ancient pentathlon of
the Olympiad at Antwerp, despite the
injured leg that curtailed his train
ing. He finished fifth in the board
jump. eleventh in the 'javelin, among
the four tied for first place in the
200 meters, fourth in the discus and
fifth in the 1900 meters. His point
total was 20.
E. Lehtonen of Finland won, with
Everett Bradley, University of Kansas.
second. LIE Gendre. Brutus X. Hamil-
ton. University of Missouri. and Lor-
tenen of Finland led for third place.
Looland of Sweden was sixth and
Ohlsson of Sweden seventh
Lehtonen was among four who tied
for first place in the 200 meters,
second in the broad jump, javelin
and 1900 meters and seventh in the
discus. for total of IA points.
Bradley was third in the broad
jump, eighth in the javelin, among
four tied for first place in the 200
meters, sixth in the discus, seventh in
the $500 meters. Total, rs points.
Hamilton was first in the broad
jump. tenth in the javelin, fourth in
the 200 meters. fifth in the discus,
sixth in the $500 meters. Total, 26
points.
Lortenen of Finland was fourth in
the br Dad jump. third in the javelin,
fifth in the 200 meters, thirteenth in
the discus and first in the 1900
meters. Total, 20 points.
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WATCH THE NAVY CREW

ANTWERP. August 17.-The crew
Of the United States Naval Academy.
Americas entry in the Olympics.
continues practice morning and after
to attract the interest of Belgians,
vhe group alont the canal critically
Watching the oatsmtn, rowing being
one sptrt with which the townspeopi1
have been long familiar.
The vigor ana snap Of the young
nees sarsmin eeaefeiiy being older
men. The rnia1les throw the ehtipe
veirht 81 their bedieA into the stroke
ana ret q trenaeaAeus leg drive
whIsh naakes the she'll fairly leap
Ansthsr surpri:ine AMERICA innovs-
shiSrasn in rushins their she'll dewn
10 tie water aAd running back to the
boatheuss fer their oars. Belgian
crews h1vs their ears brought to the
landing stage BY woman attendants
The Americana eeMblAih that the
% Sut snev .a the they Nave raced ovfr
than they made at Worcester. where
they Won the Olympic tryout On July
"a. Dozens Of 1slkiAns are daily
holdint stop-watchts on the Amer.
WA i.;;. tn: middis' can do in their
swedish oarsnaen hsve arrived and
are CHARTERED next door to the An
nap6tiS crew. The Swedish outdt con-
sists Of one fouf.csf shell, one two.
oar aad one siheie seuli bo.t The rss
passnsly srs Setssss tvesty-nvs and
fhifty.tve years OF ere. Other Euro.
pean ssrsmss aSs eve htfe nest week.
They Are It prsttSf 81 Lyon. France.
whore they att tssASAtiAS.
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REDS AND PIRATES WIN
World Champions Get Within Half
Game of Leading Dodgers,
Who Do Not Play.

First division teams won the two
games played yesterday in the Ma
tional League, the Reds mauling the
Cubs, while the Pirates forced the
Cards to walk the plank. The victory
put the Reds we'll within a half game
of the leading Dodgers and two full
games in front of the rejuvenated
Giants. The Pirates, in fourth place
are six games below the pace setting
Brooklyn club.
The world champions routed two
pitchers while beating the Cubs 9 to
/. facing Hendrix, Bailey and Jones.
Fisher never was in trouble. Duncan
and Groh each made four hits in five
times at bat.
Cutshaw's double that scored Whit
ted, who had singled. in the sixth in
ming gave the Pirates the run needed
to down the Cards to 2. The win
ners had slammed Haines for a pair
of TALES in the first inning. After
the second session the Cards could do
nothing with Adams.
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WITH INDEPENDENT MINES

Carlton Behrens pitched his way into
the no-hit class yesterday while per-
forming for the Ross School Graduates
He famed seven Harvard Street bat
tiers and won his game, 8 to 0. Only
twenty-seven men faced Behrens. But
one of the losers reached first base,
when a Ross player committed an error
This runner was quickly shared off the
bag by Behrens.
Rapid Athletic Club fell before the
Clinton Bank Athletic Club at Clinton,
Md. in an s-to-O game. Carrico held
the losers to two hits.
Fast fielding enabled Peerless Athletic
Club to take 2-to-1 game from Keane
Council Of the Knights Of Columbus
League. Mills, Altman and Mccormick
played well for the victors.
Petworth Athletic Club showed the
way to Iroquois Athletic Club in a 3-to-2
battle. Dey's timely hitting had much
to do with the Petworth victory.
Premier Athletic Club handed an s-to-7
defeat to the Maryland Juniors. The
winners scored all their runs in the first
inning.
The Marine Midgets beat the All-star
Juniors. to 0. in a seven-inning game.
Portner did some heady pitching for
the winners.
The r. P. Andrews Red Sox scored a
double win. beating the Washington
Black Sox, to 4, and the Bureau. 6 to O.
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president OF the National League. said
that as far as he could remember
Chapman was the first player to lose
his life in big league base ball
through any kind of accident.
Recalls Similar Accidents.
The most recent accident of the kind
occurred in the south last spring. when,
during the training games of the Su-
peeoas and Yankees. a ball thrown by
struck Chick Fewster on the head. Few
stsr was in the hospital for several
weeks and had to undergo an operation
for = fractured skull. Pfeffer was off
form fer several weeks, but improved
when il became apparent that Fewster
would recover.
Another widely known case in which a
player was knocked out by a pitched
ball was that Of Hugh Jennings, now
manager Of the Detroit Americans. but
then a member of the championship Bal
timofe team, who was unconscious for
some time after having been hit by a
ball pitched by Amos Rusie Of the New
York Nationals.
Another accident was that which
befell Roy Corhan of the White Sox
in this city in 1911. Corhan, then
recruit shortstop from the coast; was
former Yankee star spitballer. For
three days Corhan was unconscious,
lowering between life and death. and.
although he recovered from the in
jury, his career in the big leagues
was cut short and he fell back to
fected by the nishap that he could
not sleep while Corhan was uncen-
scious. and later had to be sent to
Atlantic City for two weeks to pull
himself together.
The district attorneys ONCE indi-
to investigate yesterdays accident.
A formal police Investigation. how
ever, was started when a detective
was sent. to interview Pitcher Mays.
Yank Owners Voice Sorrow.
Mays barred himself even to his
friends today. SO inconsolable was he
because of the accident. Efforts of
even his most intimate teammates to
comfort him failed to a1lay his grief.
The death of Ray Chapman is the
worst TRAGEDY the game has ever
known" said Col. Tillinghast Huston,
one Of the Yankee owners. Coming
at q time when the pennant fight Is
hottest, the game has been robbed Of
the man who. next to his manager.
was the handspring Of his team, and
who was doing more than can be es-
timated to keep Cleveland in the
pennant contest
II am especially Erieved that the
fatal accident should have occurred
in New York and that a New York
player. though innocent in his intent,
should have been the cause of his
death. Chapman had the admiration
Of every fan here"
"ChapmaTi's death is not q loss to
Cleveland alone. nor to the American
League, but to the game of base ball."
said Col: Jacob Rupert, second owner
Of the Yankees. "There isn't a fan
In Cleveland or anywhere who can
feel more regret over his death than
I. or the fans of New York as a whole.
His loss 10 immeasurable. particularly
at this stage Of the pennant race, and
the fact that he will never. come back
is too tragic fer words. We would
give our last chance to win If we
could bring him back to life"
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Umpires-Messrs. Crook and Woodward
YESTERDAY RESULT.
Terminal S: Departmental. 9 (seven innings,
Navy, champion of the Government
League, and Main Building, War De-
partment 1nterbureau League leader,
will make their bows today at Union
Station field in the series for the anna
teur base ball league championship of
the District. The Sailors will put a
sturdy team on the field, while the
strength of the War entry is unknown
Today's victor, however, will have to
put up a good brand of ball to equal
that offered by Shops of the Terminal
League in it's to win over Treasury.
departmental League winner, yester-
day.
Hilton was the hero of the Shops
triumph. But for streak of wild
ness in the opening inning he would
nave scored Shutout. as Treas ury was
able to CLEAN only one hit off his de
livery. This was made by Griffith,
Treasury second baseman, in the first
session. after an error and walk had
put two runners on. Both men tailed
Shops punched hits off Pfiel in the
fourth. fifth and seventh innings for
seven runs. One had been made in
the first on clean hitting. Moran and
Limeric led the Shops assault. the
FORMER getting a triple. double and
single in four times up. Limeric made
hve brilliant catches in left field
Driver and Hudson are ready to toe
the slab for Navy today with Kelley
in line for relief duty Either Miller
or Gill will do the catching Others
in the lineup will be Beard. Newton,
Purdy and Clark, infielders, and
Harnsberger. Lynch and Houlihar.
outfie1ders. President Blumenthal of
the War League will start Main
Building as that circuits representa-
tive. although no flag has been won
in the field. Manager Garrett an
nounced early today that he would
likely send Hill. his best right-hand
pitcher. to the mound. LOOMS will do
the receiving. Hartman, Peake. Te-
tuault and Lucas are booked for the
Unfolding jobs with Pitts. Brownell
and Sommers in the gardens.
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LOSS OF INDIANS STAR
MAY COST TEAM FLAG
Shortstop Fails to Survive Operation Following
Blow on Head by Carl Mays i'm
Game With Yankees.

n EW YORK, August H-Raymond Chapman shorop the
Cleveland ball who hit the head by
Bal, thrown Carl Mays yesterdays with the
died the St Lawrence Hospital 4o o'clock
regsned after which
shortly after midnight when portion OF his
who hoped against hope that
he might
Shortly before decided to operate Manager IRIS Speaker
telephoned
Chspman wife in Cleveland who Immediately started tor New
members OF both and
world general Carl Mays with grief when
the told to him.
Chapmans death. todys between Cleveland
NrwY orkh beeno
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IN AMATEUR LEAGUES

Naval Air Station boosted it's lead
in the race for the Potomac League
championship yesterday, when it van
quiShed the Steel Plant nine in
4-to-0 game. Mundy allowed the
losers only one hit, while his team
mates pounded Stevens for two-run
lead in the first inning and continued
their clouting the remainder of the
enga cement.
Humphreys steady pitching after
the second inning helped Zone to
take d 6-to-4 game from Zone in
ing three times in the second frame
Zone / garnered but one hit off the
winning pitcher in the remaining in
ningS.
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Dies Result Fractured Skull Due Being Hit BY Pitched Ball
VICTIM OF FATAL ACCIDENT
WITH INDIANS NINE YEARS

Raymond Chap
man, victim Of a
fatal accident at the
Polo Grounds yes
terday. was born In
McHenry, KY. jan
uary Is, 1891. He
had been a member
of the Cleveland
American League
team since August
80. 1912. and was
considered one of
the best shortstops
and most popular
players in the game.
Chapman played
in 1909 with Mou t
Vernon. III. In
1910 he went to
Springfield. ILL.,, and
from there to Dav-
export. Iowa. in the
Three-I League.
Cleveland first OBJ
tanned c h a p m a n
from Davenport in
1911. and sold him
to Toledo, in the
American Associa-
ton, on option. He
was recalled to
Cleveland in 1912
and had played in
than 1000
games in an indian
uniform.
Chapman was one
of the fastest men
in base ball. On
September 81. 1917.
Tim Murnane day
at Boston, he won
a loving cup for the
ia stest time in cir
cling the bases, do
ing it in fourteen
seconds.
In 1917 he broke
all major league
sacrifice hit records
with a total Of 81,
and also led the
American League in
sacrihces in the fol-
lowing two years.
He was married
last year to Cath
arine Daily Of Geve=
land. daughter Of
M. B. DAILY, presi-
dent of the East
Ohio Gas Company.
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GRIFFMEN OBTAIN TWO
SHREVEPORT PITCHERS
Gleason and Bono to Report at Close of Texas
League Season-Chapman's Death May
DemOralize Indians.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

LARK GRFFITHS efforts complete the recruiting
talent to build up his team for centered
acquisition pitchers, bearing fruit dispatch
Shreveport received today that
Bono members of the staff of the Shreveport
been sold the Nationals Griffith
these hurers and said he made definite yesterday
received notification that had
Both Gleason and Bono ghhanders the former being six
while the tall, although a
both weighing about 100 pounds The local
the
have the unqualified Billy
who believes they
League this