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Evening star., 1921-05-19
STRUGGLE FOR P. 0. NINE
Beats Printers in Departmental
League Game-Decisive Run
Scored in Seventh,

Post Office and Printers went
through a gruelling struggle in the
Departmental League yesterday. with
the former emerging a to victor.
The Mail Clerks piled up five runs
in the first three innings by punching
hits off Burris, but the Printers kept
peckinG at Lansdate and before the
fifth inning ended tied the score. Post
Office made the winning run off Bray
in the seventh
.;eard of the victors got double
a!l single in three times at bat and
Ford of the Printers got three safeties
in five trials.
Ordnance made all of it's hits count
to gain an 11-to-3 win over Quarter
master General in the War League:
Westfall kept the losers clouts well
scattered.
Judd & DetweiIcr pointed the way
to Barber & Ross in the 6-to-4 Com :
mercial League contest Two runs
sent across in the sixth INNING de-
cided the issue. Wednesdays Com
mercial League 9-to-S game was won
by Carroll Electric and not X. +. An
drews.
4 four-run ralIy in the eighth in
ming gave Navy Yard 7-to-5 win in
it's Government League game with
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
buSSluS Oh tne loSeTS Iidoe ho''oi'
Annex 40. l. annexed victory IN
the Treasury League. beating the W ar
Auditors. s to 5. Krucoff of the win
ners and Nordstrom of the Auditors
hit for the circuit.
Odd Fellows vanquished Woodmen
of the World in Il to Fraternai
League engagement. Williams held
the losers for five safeties.
Cenxus overwhelmed Interstate Com
merce Commission. II to in the
colorcd Departmental League: The
winners made sixteen hits on Frank :
lin and Adams.
Evening star., 1921-05-19

In Charles Evans. jr.: Francis Quiz
met and Robert Jones it is recognized
that the United States has three golf
ers of exceptional ability, and British
critics freely admit that there is no
outstanding group of players to OPP
pose them.
Impress in Practice.
The style and performance of the
Americans in practice at Hoylake has
Every golfer of standing knows that
"Chick" Evans has style. is a fine
driver and plays his irons in the best
possible manner The critics wonder
if he is to be conquered through his
occasional proneneSs to serious mis-
takes and how his putting may be al
fected by the rule which bars the put
ter be used in the American amateur
championship.
Francis Ouimets form in practice
has attracted much notice, and 1t Is
generally admitted that he is an artis-
tic and finished player. Every day
Bobby Jones has been driving down
the course with the accuracy OF a
French rs. but he finds it extremely
difficult to stop the pail on the green.
Herein probably lies the greatest dam
ger of American failure. American
players must be at least little handi-
capped when playing over English
seaside courses, because the distances
are so much more difficult to judge.
and nowhere more SO than at Hoy
lake.
Course IL Not Beautiful.
It is not in the least a beautiful
place and it is admittedly not every
Body's course. AT the majority of the
holes there are no definite landmarks
and the slightest change of wind is
sufficient to put the player at sea. 1t
fs possible to stop few drives without
Getting into trouble, but the one thing
Evening star., 1921-05-19
BUNTS AND BINGLES

Detroit and Cleveland are furnishing
the high lights in the American
League batting. Ruth furnishes the
jazz and the ground keepers the
scenery.
If Dutch Leonard were really the
pitcher that he was when at ms
prime in Boston. Ty Cobb might upset
every managerial plan in the Amerl-
can League.
Pittsburgh w:.. 90 know where
New York would be but for Boston.
and New York might rejoin where
would Pittsburgh be but for Cincin-
natl.
The Athletics rocked more like a
ball team than in three years when
they played in the east this spring.
l Chicago is as much better than the
Athletics as four straight victories
for the White Sox, would imply. 1t
looks as if the Windy city bunch Will
make a dent in the east. IT nothing
more.
Chief Bender not only is pitching EN-
to victory, but hitting 'em to victory
on the New Haven trail.
Did Fred Mitchell Outwit Evers on
their first clash just to show Chicago
that possibly some one had made
mistake?
Evening star., 1921-05-19

Since there was not much interest
in fighting Mike decided 1t would pay
better to grow fat running a corre-
spondence boxing school than to grow
thin fighting selling platers.
But the fashion OF high purses set
by our leading promoters in the hstic
haute monde filled Mike with ambi-
tions to regain his pristine punch and
his wasted waist line. He began to
train in secret and finally offered him.
self as a candidate for membership In
Mike Collins st. Paul fightinG stable.
The manager looked Mike over and
liked what he saw. He sent for his
best bet. Jock Malone. a l5o-pounder.
and told him to put on the gloves with
the phantom.
Well. Jock put the gloves on his
hands-and that was tho only place
ne did put them on. He never put
them on Michael at all. So Collins
signed up with Gibbons and has been
hrerzing him through some trial bouts
which will lead up. TO fight with
Johnny Wilson for the middleweight
cha ampiOnShip.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
ENGLISH MAY PROPOSE
CUT IN OLYMPIC EVENTS

NEW YORK, Moy discrimination
from the Olympic games program of
walking. tug-of-war. cycling. fencing.
shooting. rowing, tennis and foot ball
is being considered by the British
Olympic Association committee for
at the international
congress at Lausanne, Switzerland,
May % and %.
The committee has elected three
delegates to represent the British
Isles at the Lausanne meeting They
are F.. Percy Low of the National Cy-
cling Union. J.. ]. Baker. Amateur
Athletic Association. and r. Feorn of
Evening star., 1921-05-19
HILLTOP NINE IN FINAL
HOME GAME TOMORROW

Georgetown University's nine will
make its last home stand tomorrow
afternoon. when 1t encounters the
Lebanon Valley team on Hilltop Field
Play will start at $3.50 o'clock In
land defeated its ancient rival. St.
Johns. to 1. at Annapolis. while
Gallaudet was defeated. to- o. by
Johns Hopkins. at Baltimore
The Marylanders pounded Roberts
for twelve safeties while Nisbet held
st. Johns to four. Gallaudet never
lad chance to score against the
Black and Blue.
Evening star., 1921-05-19


The absence of British players.
however. has made it difficult to CLEAN
any clear indication of the form which
the home entrants are likely to show
when the tournament begins.
The golf expert of the London Times
has pointed out that the unusually
|easy conditions under which golf is
being played here at present have.
|"slightly exaggerated opinion of the
true value and the capabilities of the
American golfers"
Mfnimizes Low Scores.
Until recently the course suffered
from heavy rains and reports that
they were flooded were in circulation.
but since the downpour ceased there
has been a remarkable drought. The
result is that the grass is almost over
luxurious. while at the bottom of the
turf is stratum as hard as cement.
1T is small wonder says the
Times expert. that under these con-
|ditions many players have been max
ling the course in six strokes less than
they could reasonably expect to
achieve il. With a little more rain
and more wind, We shall, no doubt.
hear a different story"
The writer declares he is not in the
qualities Of E. W. E. Holderness and
Harry Braid with those of the best
American golfers here. He asserts 1T
will be "stout-hearted and very pro-
|fcient player who will shake of Cyril
|Tolley." British amateur champion.
next week.
General opinion is that weather con-
|ditions will largely control the event
that il wind and rain are absent and
the present summer-like weather con-
|tinues the Americans will win. but that
liz Hoylake's characteristic squally and
rainy conditions prevail Great Britain
|will have the better chance.
Team Match Il Topic Now.
The main topic of interest of the mo-
nient is what will be the outcome Of the
match which is to be played Saturday
lat Hoylake between teams representing
the United States and the United King
dom. Experts agreed that Great Brit
ain will have to put forward her strong
lest contingent of golfers to form a team
worthy of meeting the visitors. The
teams will be made up of eight men on
each side.
1t is generally assumed that places on
the home eight will be given to the
amateur champion. Cyril Tolley. and
E. W. f. Holderness. the latter Of whom
is one of the favorites for the coming
championship, and NJ. w. Seymour, who
recently won the Golf Illustrated gold
vase.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
i. S. POLO TEAM AHEAD
Defeats Mixed Four in Practice for
international Match by II
Goals to 5.
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON. May l9-The American
polo players who are in training to
meet an English team for the Inter-
national cup next month. defeated the
Strawbridse team. IL goals to s.
The American players were Thomas
Hitchcock. jr.: J. Watson Webb. c. c.
Rumsey and Devereaux Milburn.
Ine Strawbridge team consisted of
L. r. Stoddard and Earl w. Hopping
Americans. and Il. T.. Strawbridge and
Lieut.. G.. d. Miller.
England's proba BILE team for the in
ternational match completely out
played Ranelgh club four, 10 goals te.
D.. The probable team was made un Of
Lieut.. Col. H. A. Tominkinson, Maj.
F. w. Barrett. Lord Wodeshouse and
Maj. Vivian Lockett.
Lieut.. Col. Melville. Capt Farmer
Lieut.. Col. Ritson and Col. Hunter
comprised the Ranelgh team.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
Young Passes Up a Chance
to Pull Triple Play Alone

DETROIT, May 19.-"Pep'
Young. Detroit second bnseman.
chose between the dfsttnctton q.
making a triple play unnssiSteo
and the possibility of missing
the third out, in ycxterda!S
Bo~ton-DetrOit game here.
Young took ScOtt's liner ana
Tagged McInnis on the line he
tween first and second and had
fair chance to beat Hendrix
in n race to second to complete
the unasxixted play. hut decided
to play 1T xafe and tossed the
ball to Bush for the out.
Only three One-mnn triple
plays have been recorded in the
history of major league base
ball. They were by Neal Ball and
Bill WambsEanSS Of Cleveland
md Paul Hines Of the old PrOHi-
dence club
Evening star., 1921-05-19

needful is ability to get the ball into
the air and stop it.
The sand hills. generally speaking.
do not enter into the scheme of the
but the proof of it's difficulties is in
the holding. For instance. Hilton.
who was bred on the course. says he
has never felt quite certain that he
could judge accurately the distance
for the second shot TO the twelfth
green-uSually about 100 yards over
absolutely fiat ground and a bad trap
beyond it. 1t is very delicate mat
ter this judging of distances: it is a
thing of inspiration and it is the in
dispensable mark of a great golfer.
Out OF Hounds a Menace.
Another serious danger to the
player is the menace of out of
bounds. which may occur not at one.
but at many points. The putting
and after many feet have trampled
around the holes take on CLASSY look
that makes putting tickliSh business.
There is not where friendly hum
mock can convert a bad shot into
good one. but as old Tom Morris said:
In the United States. where the
greens are watered. it is comparative
ly easy to toss the ball up and stop
it: at Hoylake it is extremely diff
cult.
Then there remains the wind. the
most ubiquitous of all hazards to de-
feat the most confident prophets. The
chief foes of American victory are
the course. the wind and the judging
of distances. and the greatest Of these
is the last mentioned. Shot for shot.
they have not much to fear from the
British golfer. but he is naturally
more familiar with these dangerous
forces.
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1921-05-19
Horse, Killed in Race,
Once Outrun by q Dog

NEW YORK. May l0.-I.iola.
the horSe which was killed In .
xpiIl in the third race at Jn-
maiCa yestrrtlay, had the nm
enviable record Of being the
only thoroughbred to ever have
been beaten to thr finish line by
n dog. In n mile event two
years ago Lola EOt bad start
and trnilcd the feld by ten
lengths. Before she crossed the
lfr. n mOnErel pup ran out an
the trNck just in front Of Lola
and heat her home by q good
margin.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
TWO ARE DISQUALIFIED
IN SAME BOXING SHOW

NEW YORK, May 1?.-Billy de Foe
of st. Paul and Lieut.. Earl Baird OF
Seattle were disqualified in their
boxing contests last night on cha arEes
of fouling. The referee disqualified
de Foe in the seventh round In a
match with Freddie Jacks of EnEla nd
and stopped the bout between Baird
and Johnny Murray OF New York in
the twelfth round.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
BOWLS UP TO ITS NAME
Market Cafe No. Quint Now
First Among Class A Teams
in Duckpin Tourney.
Leaders in Each Class

Market Cafe No. l bowling team
lived up to its name last night in the
cit" duckpin championship tourna-
ment on the Grand Central drives.
The Meal Hounds toppled the pins for
a count of 1884 and took the lead
among the Glass A combinations.
Leaders in the other divisions were
not disturbed. but some high scores
were achieved in Glass B doubles and
singles. Scores:
Evening star., 1921-05-19
Gibbons to Fight Sommers.

SPOKANE, Wash. May 19.-Articles
of agreement were signed today for
Il middleweight match between Mike
Gibbons of ST. Paul and AL Sommers
of Spokane, for a $4,000 purse. to he
held at the race track at Alan. Idaho.
July 4. The weight Will be 1Sl pounds
and the bout is set for fifteen rounds
Evening star., 1921-05-19
DEMPSEY PROGRESSING
Doing Little More Work Each Day
and Will Be Ready to Box
Saturday.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. May 10
Jack Dempsey. heavyweight champion.
who is here preparing to defend his
title against Georges Carpenter at Jer-
sey City on July 2. is doing a little more
work each day. He will be ready
to meet his sparring partners Saturday.
partners in his camp. Frank Britton
of Philadelphia and big Jack" Clifford
Of Brooklyn being the latest additions.
MANHASSET. n. Y. May 19.-Georges
Carpenter spent most of yesterday re-
cuperating from the effects of his sea
voyage. He will not begin strenuous
training until next week.
CHICAGO. May ia message Of
good wishes has been wired to Georges
Carpenter. The message was in French
and addressed as "A former comrade
in arms"
Evening star., 1921-05-19

Alumni and students will compete
in games at Central High Schools
frst annual field day in the Mount
Pleasant stadium tomorrow after
noon. The program. which will be
featured by a base ball game be-
tween veteran and regular teams, will
get under way at I o'clock
Evening star., 1921-05-19
Balls Mayn't Be Livelier,
But Evidence Is Agin EN-

Although league oiiicfaIs. along
with the manufacturerS. MAIN
tain that base balls OF this year
are no lfvelier than those of
Dnst seasons. the belief fA prev
alent that there must be more
rubber in the sphere than for
merly.
The following comparison OF
the batting of the leading hit
ters OF the Griffmen with that
of last year Mt this time sup
ports this opinion.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
MIKE GIBBONS is FIT
FOR FIGHT WITH CANS
BY FAlRPLAY.

EW YORK May 9Mke Gibbons the ST. Paul fash looks to be
his bout Italian Joe
Brooklyn night If he able make lSS
he isn't nowthen de-
Mike he putting weight
:he battle take on
Evening star., 1921-05-19

T0night'a Schedule.
SINGLES: 7:3O - Norman r. Tucker (RI.
Henry A Nelson (R). c. Kellogg tC). Earl
Meany OBJ. Augie Noack lAl. Alonzo Krauss
(A}, II. =. Stanford tA). II. u. Oehler CAV.
TEAMS: 500 - Rathskeller, No. 1 tA);
Rathskeller. No. 9 (A): District (A). Royals
(A). Rex Athletic Club (A). Casinos (A). Ma
tionals (A). Goodfcllows (A).
DOUBLES: 1O:OO-McCormick and McDon.
ough (B), Rosenberg and Campbell (A), Hill
and Surguy (B). Street and Gutenberg (C).
(B,. scharR and Yeweli OBJ, scharn and
Eclhardt (A).
SINGLES: 1l:00-John Baum (A). Ray Cha
pin (A). II. F. Krauss (A), H. r. HALEY tA).
J. b. Carroll (A). Andy Goddard az, Earl
Lewis (A), J. Joiliffe (A).
Evening star., 1921-05-19
YANKEES FACE PUZZLE
IN COURSE AT HOYLAKE
BY EDWARD PRICE BELL.
Chicago Daily News).

ONDON 18The tremendous
country American
-
perhaps the British players genuinely doubt about
their available being
carchnp Of fheart
Evening star., 1921-05-19
LONDON TINES EXPERT
IS NOT MUCH WORRIED

Byf
OY1AKE England, May l9Serous practice for the impending
golf championship be said to
when number of American and British
the American golf entered the
the form they which
Evening star., 1921-05-19
Wolfe Outpoints Williams.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 1s.-Jack
Wolfe of Cleveland was given the
judges decision over Kid Williams OF
baltimore. former bantamweight
champion. in n twelve-round bout last
night.
Evening star., 1921-05-19

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,, May 1s.-Yale
defeated Michigan at tennis yester-
day. four matches to two.
Evening star., 1921-05-19
Edgren MAY Referee.

LOS ANGELES. May 19.-Rohert W
Edgren. official stakeholder for the
Dempsey Carpenter match. today was
on his way to New York. He said that
In the articles Of agreement he stood
No l as referee for the bout.
Evening star., 1921-05-19

NASHVILLE. Tenn. May 1s.-Ed
"Strangler" Lewis. former world
cha mpion wrestler. threw Yussin Has
sen Of Armenia last night in straight
falls
Evening star., 1921-05-19

DULUTH Mimi. May 19.-Sta MIS-
laus Zhyszko. world heavyweight
wrestling champion. has been match
ed for finish bout for the title with
John FrcberG of Chicago late next
month.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-10-26
HUGH RUDDY BUYS
MER RCHANTS HOTEL
e. w. Bmdick Sell, Merchant,
Hotel In Deal Closed :
:. Saturday

Hugh Ruddy of this city is the new
proprietor of the Merchants Hotel at
Fourth 81. and Pacific avenue. The
deal was made befW cen C. W. Bur-
dick and Mr.. Ruddy on Saturday
when the final touches were placed
on the papers. Mr.. Burdick has been
proprietor of the Merchants Hotel for
the past five years having purchased
same from Ralph Bryant. Mr.. Bur-
dick came from Minneapolis where
he conducted a hotel and also the
atre. = * ~
Mr. Ruddy is man seasoned in the
hotel business, having owned and
operated such business houses at
Sanburn, Sleepy Eye, Worthington
and Willmar whore he put the Eating
House at the railroad station on its
feet
The consideration involved was
$1,000 Mr. Ruddy in the transac-
ton has turned over to Mr. Burdlck a
1CO acre farm valued at $25,0OO To-
Gated in the township of Lake Lillian.
Mr.. Burdick has real estate interest
in the states of Texas and Missouri.
The deal involves the Hotel build
ing and the adjoining Cafe building
and the sites on which the buildings
stand.
b. Mr. Ruddy will take possession ON
Tuesday. He will make some i'm
proyaments Immediately. -.-.a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-10-26
YOUNG MAN OF q
: COMMITS SUICIDE
Raymond D. Oestreich of Pennoel
Takes Own Life October
24th

Monday morning when Mr.. H. C.
Oestreich came out of the house on
his place located two and one half
miles west and one mile north of Pen
mock, he found his son, Raymond D.
Oestreich, lying ON the ground face
down, at the end Of the porch.
The shot gun that he had used in
committing this act was lying be-
hind the dying man. He was carried
in the house by his father but passed
away few minutes later. THE rea-
son for the gruesome act is unknown.
Raymond had been, ill for the past
two years. He was also sick in bed
last winter. This summer he was
we'll enough so he worked out in the
fields and was feeling fine.
1t appears that he was demented be-
fore committing such an act.
Raymond leaves to mourn. Mr..
and Mrs. H. c.. Oesterich, his parents,
Lola, his sister, and Albert, his bro
ther.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-10-26
THUG ATTACKED
ROAD POLICEMAN
John Botnen Sandbagged In the
Railroad Yards Saturday
:vening

John Botnen, Great Northern pol
iceman., while walking his beat along
the tracks in the center of the north
railroad yards was suddenly attacked
by thug Saturday evening between
$3.50 and 8:45 o'clock and struck un-
conscious. Botnen stated that the
assailant stepped out either from two
box cars on one side or leaped from
the open door of car and struck him
on the head three times with a sand
bag Due to the darkness Botnen
could not ascertain the features or
exact physical build of the man. AT
ter brief wrestling Botnen was again
struck with the sandbag. He drew his
gun but before he was able to use it
was again struck and shot fired at
him by the thug. He was struck un-
conscious and >regained his senses
about twenty minutes later when
found by a. switch crew. Upon exam
ination the assailant;s bullet was
found to. have penetrated his heavy
overcoat, his suit coat and lodged
against a memorandum book which
he carried in the upper pocket on the
left side The shot was from a 81
calibre revolver. After firing, the
ho!dup man fed without attempting
any theft of the watch, the revolver
and some ten dollars in" currency
which Botnen carried on his person.
Botnen was taken to the Union Clinic
after which he was taken to his rooms
in the Youngberg Sisters building on
Benson Avenue.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-10-26
FRIENDS" FAILED IL
TO ROB THEIR PAL
Harvest Hands Plot- Hold-up Of
Comrade. Intended Victim Es-
c.ped With $l75.OO

Wednesday evening, near the Fair
view Cemetery, two harvest hands
fresh from the fields of North Dakota
attempted a hold-up and robbery OF
the earnings of a third one in the
party but failed to get the cash The
trio had been ushered into town on
a freight some time during Wednes:
day and two of Them plotted between
themselves to "get" the third one by
name of George tMilch In the even
ing they proposed jaunt out to the
Fairview Cemetery and Mich ap.
parently suspected nothing and went
along. Arriving near the cemetery
one Of the man pulled out small
sack Of rocks and hit iMilch on the
head. He was thrown to the ground
and beaten but resisted so vigorously
that he falled one of his friends,
got to his feet and fed from the place.
He arrived in the city and was treat
ed by DR.. Hodapp at the Willmar Gin.
ic. An examination showed that ne
had sustained bruises on the head
and shoulders and scratched hands.
Mich was flushed" with 917s
worth Of travellers checks and few
dollars in currency. He stated thai
his home was in the state Of Wash:
ington and that he was on his way 20
Rochester for, medical advice at the
Mayo Hospital. Mich left Willmal
on Thursday morning. -. 80. S
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1921-10-26
TRANSPORTED LIQUOR
Harry Watson Of Minneapolis
Bound Over to Action Of
"a l.Y IL: ~

+ Harry Watson of Minneapolis was
arraigned in Municipal Court, Satur-
day, Oct. 18th, at ten o'clock A. M,
before Judge Muller on the charge OF
transporting liquor into the city. He
was arrested that morning by Sheriff
Bonde. $ -. III. .S.s5s =, 3 8.
Watson has been violating the Iiq-
ucr laws for. some time by shipping
moonshine from Minneapolis to var
ious points in the state and this was
his fourth time to WnMnar with a
cargo. Other times he has come in a
Dodge car but on this occasion he
used a Harley Dawson motorcycle
and side car. The machine was tenn
,porarily confiscated to await the out
come of the Grand Jury action in
March. Bail was fixed at 500 which
the man paid.