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The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
FIVE-DAY MEETING .
MAY Be HELD AT
BENNHNG COURSE
Washingtonians Back of
Movement to Revive
Racing Here.
By HAWTHORNE.

Thoroughbred racing may be re-
vived In the District Of Columbia
Rumor has It that the famous old
Benning track. just across the
Eastern Branch and on, the KenII-
worth road is to be the scene Of
fve-day meeting next fall
The report, which gained circu-
lation among horsemen at Bowie
last Saturday, was in substance
that several Washingtonians,
prominent In the turf world, were
contemplating the staging of a
fve-day meet at the course of the
former Washington Jockey Club.
1t was stated that the tentative
dates as set by the Maryland State
Racing Commission for the fall
meets Of the four Maryland tracks,
called for a fve-dsy intermission
between the PImlfco and Bowie
meetings. And il was during this
lull that the program at Benning
is proposed
Law Fsrbids waEerins.
Owing to existing statutes. which
forbid the placing or acceptance
OF wagers in the District. IL was
pOlulCo OuI ludt the HtcNlhks u
held. would have to- be along the
exclusive racing associations In
New York State, and elsewhere.
Purses would be offered. but way
erins in any form would OF neces-
sity be taboo.
Horsemen state that very little
effort would be required to again
place the Benning course in first
class condition, making II as fast
as ever, and that only temporary
stands would be necessary until
such time as IL was ascertained
that other meets would be a sue
cess
Tsdsy's Bowie Program.
Racing Secretary Joseph McBen.
! nan has arranged another sttrsc.
tive card for Bowie patrons who
visit the Prince Georges course thi.
afternoon.
As the stellar attraction. McLen.
nan has featured the card with ar
event for t-year-olds and upward
at one mile. styled the Terminal
Purse. Overnight nominations In
clude such well-kpown czmpaigner,
as Master Jack, Smsrty. Natural
Financial Rooster, Midnight Sun
Trickster I'd, and Bribed Voter.
IN addition 20 the feature. tn,
| Advance Purse, at four furlongs
four claiming events-for var;ou
ages and varying distances-and 1
Sl.2e0 purse for maiden S-year-old
at nve and one-hal: furlongs ar,
down for decision
MilIer's Coed Work.
One OF the features OF Saturday
opening was the perfect aiignmen
in which Starter George Miller dis
patched the seven helds to face IN,
barrier.
| In only one instance was q star
marred that coming in the secon
race when Rustler wheeled at tn
| break. Try as he would. locke.
Coney was unable TO get his noun
in position at the same time as tn
| remainder of the neld
Another display OF frsctiousnes
by Rustler. and Starter Miller prob
ably will order the unruly thor
ouEhbred placed upon the schooling
list
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
Record List of Entries
For Penn Relay CarniUdl

PHILADELPHIA, April 2.-The
closing OF team entries for Pennsyl-
van as classic relay carnival yester-
day found the record breaking num-
Der Of 125 colleges and schools on
the list. As many of the schools
and colleges will be represented In
more than one championship event.
there will no doubt be close to 500
teams competing on the two days OF
the carnival.
The final groupings Of the various
leans must be made at once, but a
preliminary survey shows that there
will be fifteen high school class relay
races. six preparatory school class
races seven college class races, ten
grammar school races and four pa
rochial school contests. In addition.
there will be eleven college relay
championships, five high school
championships, three preparatory
school championships. and in addi-
ton the pentathlon or all-around
championship, and all the special
events. Last year there were in all.
not counting heats. eighty events
listed for the TWO days OF the carni-
val.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
ERIFFMEN HIT TRAIL NORTHWARD WITH SQUAD OF 35 PLA
Tourney Draws
Golfers to D. c.
Pres Arriving to Co mpete
Over Columbia Country
Club Course.

From the balny Southland. and
led by Freddy Mcleod. Of Columbia,
the following celebrities in the
realm of brassie and niblick ar
rived in town yesterday for the
T2-hole medal play at Columbia
Country Club, which starts tomor-
row; Gil Nichols. of Providence; ;
Gene sarazen. Highlands; Clarence
Hackney. Atlantic City; Bob Nc
Donald. Bob oLink; and Harry
Hampton, Brooklands. -. ...
Those other pros who are ex-
pected to compete probably will
arrive this morning. and will have
an opportunity to timber up before
the play starts tomorrow.
The contingent arriving yester-
day although a tribe weary from the
long rail journey from Pinehurst.
promptly donned golhng togs, and
turned In the full eighteen holes
before sundown. While no scores
were kept. all played the round
close to par.
The fairways and the greens are
in better condition than on the oc-
cRsion Of the national open. last
year.
Freddy Mcleod announced that
the following players will positively
tee of tomorrow morning: Barnes.
Hutchison, Kirkwod, MacNamara.
Hagen. the Kerrigan brothers, and
Alex. Smith.
The cash prizes aggregate $3.50.
to be divided as follows: First. $500;
second, $500; third, $3.50; fourth,
5000; fifth. 800; sixth, SIS; seventh,
s65; and eighth, $50.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
[lLAN WILL TEST
KID PITCHERS ON
TRIP TO CAPITAL
Phillips and .McGrew Will
x Get Chance Against
Braves Today.
By RAY HELGEsEN.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. April a.
eesrty-fivC Nationals we're in the
party which arrived here tonight
rem Tampa en- route to Charles
on 8 c, where the eighth game
the training season will be
prayed with the Boston Braves to-
nqrrow Afternoon. '.- ..-
ksylszebel Teeumseh Zachary. Tom
phnltps. and Dangerous Dan" Nc
rew are to work against the
BEsVes- Manager Mitchell Is ex-
pected to start Oeschger or Miller
n -an attempt to stop the .Griffs'
winning streak, which has now
reSched four straight games
Dana Ftllingim is another possibil-
3hr5. Dana is one of the best spit
haH pitchers in the old organiza-
At7n when. he Is right.
80 Tom Phillips chances Of staying
RHh the Griffmen through the
season are expected to hinge on
What he shows against the Braves
ts'S week. Phillips Is just round
lng into shape. Up to this time he
hasn't had much chance to show
his wares as Milan has been de-
pending on tMoEridge and Erickson
! 70 shoulder the biggest part of the
2prden- However. from now on
Ieo intends to give the youngster
/ more real work. ".
a. 'heGrew Needs Seasoning.
-rtJhere is little likelihood that
McGrew will be able to stick with
the Nationals this year. Slim Is
still much too green for big league
company. 4 year in the minors
where he would get plenty OF work
'weuld do him 100 per cent more
good than the same amount Of
time spent shining his pants on the
|, bench.
'.1 .1HAfilan is pleased with the condi-
-, tfon of the squad and says that the
Geam will be on edge when the sea-
son opens a week from Wednesday.
The fact that IL will take johnson at
least three weeks and probably
nUnth to round to form is Zeb's
most serious problem. Barney will
l-~sive in WashiA g ton. tomorrow and
will start working out at the
GeOrgia avenue park Tuesday morn
ing. Mrs. Johnson has recovered
sufticiently from her recent opera
! lion to return to Washington.
g., Braves shot to Pieces.
1. The Griffmen have now won 1--WE
hut OF seven starts against the
{ roEaNCS. III u an even
4 break on the series the Braves will
'hsve to win FIVE Of the remaining
. seven games. 1t is hardly likely
. that they will be able to do this.
ln the first place their pitching stain
rs shot to pieces, and in the second
place the entire squad is over
trained.
y Mitchell has been working them
. out twice a day and the players now
claim that they would be 50 per cent
further advanced IL they had only
~ single practice daily. The soft
field at the park in ST Petersburg
has put three or four Of the Boston
players on the aillng list and has
slowed practically the entire squad.
outfield is as soft as recently
,IhOwed ground and the gardeners
iesrtiCulsrly are complaining of
Soreness in their leg muscles.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
Metros Gusts Turner
As Capitol Wrestler

Charlie Metros, the sturdy Greek
wrestler who defeated Joe Turner al
the Capitol Theater last Thursday
night in one fall OF 35 minutes. has
been signed by Manager Jack Garri-
son for next Thursdays contest At
that time Metros will meet Pete
Gardner. brother OF "Pinkey'. Gard
ner. and one OF the most promising
young wrestlezs OF the East.
Turner took Metros on last Thurs
day after ne had disposed of Joe
Bengetti in tive minutes OF wrestling.
From the first it was evident that
Turner had bitten of a ,man-sized
chew and after a little over a half
hours work he found his shoulders
pinned to the mat. Metros had not
only won the fall but also the op-
portunity to represent the house In
next thursdays match.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
Erterminator to Start
In HaUre de Grace Meet

.HAVRE DE GRACE. Md. April =
Gallant old Exterminator, winner
4 a Kentucky Derby back in 1918.
q Latonia Cup. three Saratoga Cups
and an equal number of Pimlico
Cups. two Autumn Gold Cups and
above $4,000. will be a headliner
n the spring meeting Of the Har-
ford Agricultural Association
spring race meeting which will be-
Eih on April Is. to continue through
the 29th.
There is a possibility that Tx
gterminator may be a starter In
the Hartford Handicap renewal on
the opening day of the Havre dN
Grace meeting. Notwithstanding his
forte is distance running and the
Hartford is siN-furlong sprint
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03

The brand of weather served the
District sandlotters yesterday was
bit too chilly for baseball, but
It failed to keep many of the
teams idle. The amateurs and
semipros were scheduled to go and
they did not allow the weather
man to cut into their program.
Friendship 4. c. handed 4 neat
trimming to the team representing
the PHILIPPINE Club, the final score
reaching the mammoth proportions
of 10 TO 6, Friendship. walked
away with the Islanders who never
had a chance. In a last desperate
stand, the Filipinos obtained the
services of .'Skin" Kuehnert the
dazzling young HEAVIER Of the
former Quinton team toward the
end Of the game. but the onrush
was not to be stopped. Friend
ship is desirous of securing a game
for Sunday next. Phone Main
s0s7 during the day and at Lincoln
2242 in the evening.
A long standing baseball grudge.
dating back to the 1919 season was
fought out on, Diamond No. 8.
Monument Lot between rivals Of
the Southwest when the Linworth
Midgets outclsssed the Park A. c.
342to Z. 1t was a battle between
the champions Of 1919 and the
monarchs of their class of the
1921 season. The Linworths. who
won forty-six straight last season.
had little trouble in walloping the
"old timers" Bob McCartee. twice
loaded. Floyd Batlin and Babcock
also made circuit drives.
The Anacostia Eagles yesterday
defeated the Cornell A. A. in an ex-
citing game. The Eagles want
games in the 15-16-year-old class.
Phone Manager c. Hopkins. Lin
coin 1852.
BY the score OF Is to the War
wick A. c. hammered the Langdon
Cubs. Bennie pitched in mid-season
form. allowing only hits. Score
by innings:
RHE
Langdon Cubs. leo 900 900 IA
warwicks. .401 500 50x-15 Is 2
Batteries: Bennie. Zier and Sha-
piro: Clements. Thompson and Ed.
munds.
Timely hitting. coupled with
Danny Finnegan's pitching, gave
the Orioles an 8-to-5 victory over
OTIS A. C. on sixteenth and Oak dia-
mond yesterday. Finnegan made
is of the orioles hitters Whit the
air. Sensational catches by Jack
Nichols were the fielding features.
A rally in the ninth inning which
netted four runs enabled the Inde-
pendent Juniors team to win a
practice game from he st. Teresa
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
CENTRAL NINE SHAPES Up
WELL.

= ENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL will
- take considerable beating on
the diamond this season. as evil
denced by its showing against its
older and more experienced oppon-
ents. Dartmouth College. in last
Fridays practice tilt at the Sta
dunn. The Mount Pleasant young
sters played real baseball all the
way. and never once during the
game were they stage struck. as
might have been expected of a
schoolboy nine meeting one of the
leading contenders for the Eastern
collegiate title. The showing made
by the Blue and White team was a
tribute to the coaching of DOC"
White, and the gameness OF these
lads BODIES trouble for. the teams
on its schedule.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
Sox Trim Chattanooga.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. April =
The White Sox trimmed the local
Southern Association team today g.
to-. Leverett, a recruit. worked the
hrst hve innings and held the locals
httless. McWeeny. who followed on
the slab did not fare so well
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
Heinie Groh Injured as
Giants Beat Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 2.-In the
game here today with the Memphis
club Of the Southern Association
Manager McGraw OF the Giants.
demonstrated that he has his pitch
ers ready; for the opening season
within a few weeks. when he al
lowed Virgil Barnes to go the fun
route to a 9-to-1 victory. Heinie
Gron sustained a painful injury to
bis hand when he vas struck by a
pitched ball. He was forced to re-
tire. '.~
The score:
Giants 80 OlO OO-9 i'll
Memphis 0 90 OO1 0OO-1 IS
V. Barnes and CASTOR. Snyder;
Vines. Lohman and II. Smith.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
Cr0I1d of 10000 Dallas
Fans Sees Yankees Win

DALLAS. April 2.-More than 1o.-
oeQ persons saw the Yankees defeat
the Dallas club OF the Texas League
today S-to-3. An overflow ;crord
which completely encircled the out
field necessitated ground ,rules and
enabled Wallie Pipp to get four
doubles in as many times at hat The
local park seemed made to order. for
Babe Ruth. but he made only one
nit in five times at bat That was q
single.
The score: .
Yankees 2 90 $40 90 O-6 Ia .
Dallas % o 00z OIL O-3l2 0
Shawkey, Jolley and Deyormer;
Hill. Swartz and standing.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
SIZZLING HOT SANDLOT TILTS
FOUGHT IN CHILLY WEATHER

Props on the RosedaIe field. I to g..
Brehgle. pitching for the Indepen-
dents: had 16' strike-outs. MacDon-
aid. who pitched for the st. Teresa
nine. famed ten batters.
The Potomac 4. c. Regulars de:
feated the Yannigans in practice
game yesterday, s to, s. Ferris
showed good form for the visitors
The Aztec A. c will meet at the
Mercury Club tomorrow night at s
p. m. All members are requested to
be present.
Trinity made IT two straight by
defeating. st. Stephens. Is to Il, in
heaVy-hitting game yesterday.
Rex Club will practice today or
tomorrow. Their season will open
Sunday, April. %. in Clarendon. "A
trip, to York, Pa, will be made
May 6 and q. =,
The Libertys swamped the Riggs
Athletic Club by l2-to-O score on
the Monument lot yesterday. Riggs
used three pitchers. but could not
stem the batting Of the. heavy hit
ting Libertys.
Summary: .
,Libertys.. OS1012 90 O-12
Riggs. .\.... o. 90 900 0 o D
3, The Union Printers will practice
today at 4 p. m. on the south dia-
mond of the Ellipse. p, 49,: go =
The Barrett A. C. opened its
season yesterday by winning a
double header, defeating the Old
Dutch Market in the morning and
winning a matinee tilt from. the
Diamond A. c. Is to 2. After pitch
ing the morning game Trites came
back in fine style for the Barretts,
holding the Diamonds to one hit
and tanning twelve batters.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
Knicks Swamp Brookmont.

A crowd estimated at 5000 saw the
KnickeTbockeT A. Z: open its sea
eon yesterday afternoon by outclsss-
ne the Brookmont A. c. 81 to IL.
,The Knicks used their reserves after
he regulars ;Ied up 10 the game as
he opposition was not OF the variety
10 cause any danger. Delaney al
} owed only two hits in the four in
nings he, pitched. The pitching OF
Delaney. the hitting Of CAN'T and
ronrc snappy fielding by Smithson
were the features.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
WILLIAMS WINNER
OF TARGET MATCH
Smashes AZ Out of so Clay
Pigeons Against Stiff
Wind.

p r. williams. secretary Of the
Washington Gun Club, won the
weekly shoot held over the traps at
Bethesda, Nd. by smashing 81 out
OF 90 clay targets. A Stift wind
hs ndi iOspped the msTksmen
DR.. w. ID. Monroe captured the
high scratch trophy for the month
of Mach by defeating DIR. Parsons
In the shoot with a score of I3
out of a possible so. Scores:
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
SOCCER WINDS Up SEASON.

b ASEBAIL crowded soccer Off the
D Monument lot. yesterday. The
space. reserved during the winter
months for the English game was
reclaimed by baseball.
The loss of a playing field put an
abrupt end to the National Capital
Soccer League, season. Owing to
unfavorable weather the league
crowded only.a few games into its
first seasons race However, the
officials of the league are not a
bit discouraged. over the failure to
play more games. They are satis-
fed that the few games that were
played gave soccer a good toe hold
in the District and are preparing
to blossom forth next year with a
much larger circuit.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03

Totals. ~ 81 Il Al Totals 81 II l3 4
Two baS~ hits -Oertei. Poore, HOman,
hSntheru, Davis, Carney. Three base hits
,urrteI, POore, Mansfield. Double plays-B.
n'ayne to 7. Payne; smfthsOn to HOman.
Rase on baIls-oH Hardy. 3; OF sotherp. /.
Strurk Out-By Delaney. e.: by Hardy. 3.
Avid pitch-DeIaney. Hit by pitched ball
'.autt. Coz. sothern. Umpire Mr. Hughes.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
ID. c. Umps Meet Tonight.

A special meeting OF the District
Baseball Umpires Association has
been called for tonight at s o'clock
at Spaldins's. All of the jumps are
requested to be on hand.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
Quincy Wins Opener.

. Air tight pitching by Hughes and
Gooding. coupled with three double
Hays gave the Quincy A. c. 5-to-3
kctory over the Mt. Rainier. formerly
he Brentwood A. c. on the latters'
diamond yesterday. It was the
puincy's first game.
Iha score.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
Calling EN- Right
In D. G. Sportdom
By KEEN GAUGER.

branch OF sport that rourishes in
the District.
To accomplish their aims the
Hsrlems must gather a bundle Of
cash together during the summer
months to add to their growing
treasury. They are planning to
hold a dance on April IS in Our
Lady Victory Hall TO increase their
bank roll.
The Hariems owe much OF their
success to these officers: Presl.
dent. Jesse Burton: Joseph Beymer,
vice president: James ]. Sullivan.
secretary: Paul ]. Dean. treasurer;
Ernest King. sergeant-at-srms.
SURGEONS AFTER sATBER.
MATE SACBER. OF the Yankees.
~ viii submit to an operation
hope OF lengthening his basketball
career. Toward the close OF last
season Ssuber dislocated his left
shoulder blade in a game. Since
that time he has dislocated the
shoulder four times. Last week he
was afflicted with the same ailment
and was compelled to go to a hos
pital to have the shoulder blade
reset.
According to specialists the fire.
1uent 'disloCations have torn the
ligaments and an operation will he
necessary to sew them together;
II the operation is successful Sau-
he- will he back at his old stand
next season.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
NEW SCHEME OF roUL TOSSING

I 7 is rather late to be tanning"
1 basketball, but a request has
been received e. to the outcome OF
the test in Philadelphia OF the new
scheme of foul tossing. Under a
plan advocated by a Quaker City
official the man committing the Of
fense tosses for the goal. If the
goal is made 1t counts a point for
the opposing team. Here's what a
Philadelphia sport writer thinks
Of it:
THE scheme in the initial tryout
proved a big success. and the fans
thought it a great stunt. Before
the game an announcement was
made regarding the innovation. it
being explained il the man tossing
for the goal missed it counted a
point for the opposite side.
'1n the first few tosses the man
making the throw aimed al his own
basket. but Phil Lewis halted the
game long enough to explain that
he should throw at his opponents
basket and explained why.
Many persons have ridiculed the
new. scheme and yet the topmost
authorities in basketball have given
it their approval. 1t proved beyond
a doubt that the cleaner team will
win every time and II will also
have a tendency to reduce fouling
and rough work. This was plainly
evident to all present.
But the new plan should be
given a further test and it would
be a fine idea IL several OF the
larger clubs would adopt the
method for a test. In the first half
Columbus missed seven out OF nine
tosses and fve out OF eleven in the
hnal half. The Parkway boys
missed eight out of thiDteen in both
halves. They won by the score OF
16 to - because they. played n
clean game and did not make
fouls"
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03

- The Dominican Lyceum easily
defeated the ,Washington Barracks
hine in a practice game yesterday
by a score OF to /. The feature
lvas the wonderful team work of
; the Dominican's infield composed
: III Hooper. Fisher. Hardy and Da-
: Ais. Kennedy. Gerard. Riston and
1ardin showed up well in the
outerworf
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
,HARLEMs. NEED BANK ROLL.

MEMBERS of the Harlem Ath-
lVl letic Club are elated over the
showing of their soccerites during
the past season. They. had planned
to banquet their winning eleven,
but later changed their minds and
decided to reward the soccer ath-
letes with a more hitting testi-
monih in the shape of gold soccer
balls.
The Harlems. by the way, have
a growing athletic club. 1t is COM
posed of close to $50 young fell
lows living about haH a mile be-
yond Georgetown along the Conduit
road. They are! without a club
house but have hopes OF raising
enough funds to erect quarters be-
fore cold weather sets in.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
HILLTOP-PENN STATE TRACK
DATE CHANGED.

THE date OF the Georgetown
H. University Penn State dual
track meet has again been
.changed. Originally set for April
II. the Hilltop authorities moved
the date to the l1th in order that
the meet might not conflict with
the opening Of the American
League season here.
At the request of the Penn
Staters the date has been moved
back TO the 12Ch. The reason for
this Is that. the. Penn State faculty
has decreed that the track men
could not be released from scho-
lastic work on the 11th.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
To FIRE GUN At
LEGION TRACK MEET.

JIMMY MULLlGAN. former star
) track athlete at Georgetown,
and now rated as one OF the best
starters in the country, has sc-
cepted an invitation to handle the
gun at the American Legion meet
at Central Stadium Saturday. May
s. Mulhgan has been starting
meets for the past few years. and
the athletes are assured OF getting
away together when he fires the
gun. He. returned to Washington
yesterday after handling the North
Carolina University games. He will
officiate at the Virginia meet next
Saturday.
cy Mscdp,ald. who is handling
the meet Headquarters at Spald-
ing's. reports a great deal of in
terest among local teams. and as
serts that practically every local
club Of any size. will be represent
ed in the various events. Entry
blanks will be available tomorrow.
Entries will close April 80.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03

Officers Of the club are also look
ing for a site in their neighbor-
hood to fay out an athletic field for
baseball, football. soccer. track and
other sports. The club expects 10
be represented ip almost every
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03

. Runs Ouineye- Postner- Barrett, Hughes,
FizEersld. Bowers: Cht. Rainierl L. Loom
l.. Stephenson, Newman, Errors Quincyl
DoGGherty, Cor! INT RsinierD A. BaIdwin,
n: Noyes, .
The Washington herald., 1922-04-03
BENDER HAS CONFIDENCE IN
- - DISTRICT PITCHER.

uE LSE" HUGHES. a graduate OF
l. District ssndlot basebari,
looks like the most promising
pitcher in the International League.
according to Chief Bender, who is
managing Reading this year.
Hughes Joined Reading at the flag
end OF the 1920 season when Silent
John Hummel was bossing the
club. The District boy showed
enough stuff to warrant further
trial and was taken South last
spring Though tied up with a
rank tail ehder,. Hughes pitched
fairly good ball
Hughes was ranked as one
Of the best nSe pitchers In the
: District several years ago
when he was tossing 'em up
for the Truxtens. His brother
walter Is uphoidinE the fam
lily standard In the hurting line
here. He IL pitching for the
Qalncys." -: