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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
CHANGE SPORTS
To SATISFY
WARNINGS
Mclaughlin Takes Up Golf,
While ToIley Turns
to Tennis
By DAVIS j. WALSH
international News Service

NEW YORK, Aug. Lone Of
the strangest quirks in this CORFU
gated business of sport is the ''hoss-
and-hoss" trade Of activities in
dulged in by the two great cham
pions of other days-Maurice Nc
Laughlin and Cyril Tolley. The
former, almost ten years away from
the tennis courts, has turned to
golf and is said to be shooting
somewhere in the middle seventies.
The latter has made his turnover
a patriotic issue. He has turned
from golf to tennis in the hope
of giving England's Davis Cup
teams something beyond a repre-
sentative who can shake hands
gracefully-after the match.
Tolley means to concede two
years of his athletic life to this
ambition. A tremendous driver on
the links, he wants to apply this
power to tennis, which he played
with some little success before TAX
ing up golf. His failure seems al
most inevitable.
A heavy man and inclined to be
a bit ponderous in his movements,
he can hardly expect to step around
with the human gazelles that play
tennis nowadays. Furthermore, the
muscles Tolley developed as a golfer
will not be those he will attempt
to use in tennis.
Altogether, it would seem that a
sixteen-year-old who never handled
a. racquet is a better prospect than
the retired golfer, who reached and
passed his best five years ago.
MCLAUGHLIN has been out OF COM
petitive sport for almost twice that
length of time, yet his prospects
are to be preferred over those OF
Tolley. The Comet burned himself
out of the courts with his dynamic
methods of attack. but a golfer
needs no speed. He needs hitting
coordination, GOODNESS ana concen-
tration.
Mclaughlin has an or these In
marked degree or did have them
when he was playing tennis. They
were what made him a great COM
petitor and, If he goes in for tour
narnent golf, as -cvices from the
Coast would indicate, there Is every
likelihood of Mclaughlin proving
himself a good match player, even
If his medal scores are not OF the
best.
He has as a precedent the record
If Miss Mary Browne, fellow Cali
fornian. who last year reached the
semi.finals of the women's tennis
championship and the finals OF the
rolf title event within a space OF
months
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
EVANS HAS YET
To DIG Up HIS
EXCUSE
Got Caught Trying to Go to
Third With That Base
Occupied

ST. LOUIS, Aug. bill Dineen.
the umpire, recalls a good one
which occurred in New York some
years ago. Roger Bresnahan was
then manager of the Cardinals and
Steve Evans was a member of his
team.
It happened this day Steve was
On second base and neglected to
observe that there was a runner on
third. Anyway Evans got almost
to third before he discovered what
he was doing He tried to retrace
his steps and beat it back to sec
ond, but was thrown out mile.
He took his time getting back
to the bench. realizing that Bresh-
ahan would be furious. Before
Evans reached the dugout Roger
blurted out:
"And what's your alibi this
timer"
Evans, who had a hard time be-
ing serious, dropped his head
momentarily and then frankly
answered: 1--WE been trying TO
think Of one all the way in"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
BAN AND HIS MACNATES
TAKE BULL BY TAIL
BY r. d. THOMAS.

effort sandlot prevent
ton of league material boys days being given at all
American League parks.
At the suggestion Of Ban Johnson the kid ball players treated
performance of the big eaguers staged between
of youngsters managed for the day by the big time
pilots present. with Ban ohnsons umpres calling the plays
interesting all whangdnRng good time
kids hasn't American League chieftan
problem from the wrong end?
This question is asked by who trying aborousy but
enthusiastically life the sandlot affairs of this
Their difficult
competition and obtain money with which employ
capab
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
Fenway Park Alone
Sports Roof Over
Bull Pen

BOSTON, Aug. 1.-Fenway
Park is the only one in the
American League circuit where
they have a roof over the bull
pen. Pitchers expecting an
emergency call have a special
coop under the lee of the right
field pavilion covered from the
rays of the sun, where they
can rest between spurts of
warming up.
At the grandstand entrance
of Fenway Park another con-
venience is found, this time for
the benefit of the fans. Several
dozen wicker rocking chairs are
parked in the lobby" for the
use of spectators waiting for
friends.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01

George Sisler hung on longer
than any other 1925 performer, but
Bill Lamar hit harder in twenty
nine games than did George in
thirty-four. AS matter of fact
Bills average of 1872 puts him in
very classic company, for as a rule
when a streak spreads over a
considerable time its tendency Is
to flatten out rather thin. The
hero is content to make his single
hit day and feel that he has &C.
complished great deal.
Milton Stocks rampage didn't
last long, but in an even dozen
games the Brooklyn infielder hit
the Australian wool for an average
of Sal, and that figure has been
beaten but twice-once by Duffy
and once by Hornsby. Rogers
thirty-four base hits in fifty one
times at bat in 1924 produced an
average of 1857, and higher than
that nobody has ever gone in q
run Of ten games or more.
When Hugh Duffy had his
great year at bat in 1894 he set
a record for consistency that will
DE any SOIlCA dOlOIl w
beat. During the entire year he
went hitIess in but eighteen
games, and only three times dur
ing the year was he turned back
from the plate hitless in as many
as two consecutive games. Never
did he go hitless through three
consecutive games.
In the same year Bill Dahlen set
Y hat was then the worlds record
of forty-two consecutive games, and
when this string was broken he
Jumped into another string OF
twenty eight consecutive -produc-
ing games.
Twice in 1900 Hans Wagner had
consecutive batting streaks and so,
too, did Elmer Flick, but not one
Of these strings reached beyond
twenty-one games.
CLYDE Barnhart's batting this
wear has been one of the season s
outstanding features. Hitting bet
ter than ever before in his profess
sjonal career the Pirate outfielder
has been tremendously consistent.
His two strings of tWenty-three
and fourteen games were broken by
lust one hitless game, on May 26,
when Jones and Stueland, of the
Cubs. rendered his bat useless. But
for that matter Barnhart would
have gone thirty-eight games on his
basel hit accumulation, thus putting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01

viii be glad to furnish the names
of the miracle men.
Judge Wagaman, Of Hagerstown,
Md. handed down an opinion We'd
nesday In favor OF the State in the
injunction suit instituted by fishpot
owners in Washington county, 70
restrain State fish wardens from
dynaIniting fishpots In the Potomac
river.
the Maryland legislature OF 1874
cutIawing fishpots, was valid and
that mutual consent Of the States
of Virginia and West Virginia was
not necessary to give the act
validity.
FishpOt owners cOntended the
pact Of 1885 between Maryland
and Virginia relative TO- mutual
use Of Potomac river required con
sent Of Virginia and West Viz
gfnia before Maryland could act
An appeal will be taken 20 the
Maryland court Of appeals.
According to state Game Warden
e. Lee Compile all fishpots in the
vicinity Of Allegheny and Frederick
counties, bordering on the Potomac,
have been removed.
Silver trout in American Lake,
ten miles south OF Tacoma, Wash,
are dying by the thousands. Doctor
Hinton D. Jonez, county health off
Ger, has found the cause to be
PARASITE which attacks the glils OF
the gamey fish. No other species
have been affected.
Doctor Jonez reported seeing 1.UOO
dead trout floating in an area no
larger than 100 square feet.
Mysterious movements Of mack
crel schools, which for many years
have seriously troubled fishermen in
North Atlantic waters, have come
under the scrutiny of Commerce De
partment scientific agents now at
work off Woods Hole, Mass.
Mackerel uncertainties are many,
the fishery experts say, in that
areas where the fish is abundant
one season are found entirely barren
the next season. While the fish
generally migrate in a south to
north direction annually, their move
ments are so varied that fishermen
are unable to. outguess them cOns
sistent1y. Therefore, the Govern
ment agents win capture, tag and
recapture patches Of the mackerel
to determine their migratory habits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
GENARO " | n 5
FROM LEVINE
ON FOUL
Loser, Badly Beaten in Early
Rounds, Had Been Warn
ed of Tactics

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-Frankie
Genaro, induIging in a tune-up in
preparation for his impending de-
tense Of the American flyweight
title against Fidel La Barba. won
on a foul from Hilly Levine in the
eleventh round at the Rockaway
Beach Arena last night. Levine,
badly beaten in the preceding
rounds, had received several warn
ings for hitting low before Referee
Patsy Haley took final action.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01

On the committees decision hangs
the fate of the Davis cup. now in
possession of the United States. If
Tflden is found guilty Of willful yio-
Iation of the player-writer rule in
giving private interviews TO ms
syndicate during the course OF the
CLAW court championships, he VIII
be dropped from the Davis cup
SQUAD and might even be set down
for life. rua
IF the verdict says that Tilden
unwittingly transgressed the cooe'
he probably will be let OH with
warning and the demand that ne
drop all newspaper work Tor the
remainder of the season.
Much depends on the attitude OF
the champion himself. If ne IL
dIIIv humble and contrite, the com
rnittee. or its Eastern faction which
IL forcing the issue, viii deem 1tsen
to have been placated.
But the East is almost certain
20 find itself with a fachonal
fight on its hands, if the attl-
tTIde of the Western members
who arrived in town yesterday can
be accepted as face value.
a. Crummond Jones, of St
Louis. who conducted the tourna-
ment during which the alleged IN
fraction of the rules occurred, Is
strongly pro-Tilden. So is j. Q.
Stewart, of Chicago; Doctor sum-
ner Hardy. of California, and the
representatives of the Pacific
Northwest, the Inter Mountain and
Southwestern associations.
Their support win be augmented
by the votes coming from Tilden's
home section in the Middle States.
In a showdown, they would be
outyoted about twenty to ten,
but it is understood that peace
loving members in the East de-
sire no showdown.
This would smack too strongly
of the ever-present threat Of an
internal war to suit the peaceful
inclinations Of such as Dwight
Davis. donor of the cup. and
George w. Wightman, president Of
the association last term. They
plan to have the decision adjusted
to the amicable satisfaction OF all
concerned before the actual vote
Is taken.
A compromise. therefore, seems
altogether probable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
POTOMAC, WASHINGTON
CLUBS SEND RACERS

Paddlers and swimmers from the
Washington Canoe Club and the
Potomac Boat Club will take part
in the Maryland Swimming Club
regatta at Dundalk, Md, late TO-
day. The Capital Athletic Club is
also entered and is the lone group
of girls to represent the city in
the Women's events.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
WILLS TUNNEY
BOUT LAST
RUNOR
Richard, Tourney, and Gibson
Have Heads Together Over
Something

NEW YORK, August Reports.
growing out of a. conference be-
tween Billy Gibson and Frank
Flourney, matchmaker for Tex
Richard, were to the effect today
that the promoter was attempting
to match Harry Wills and Gene
Tuney in a heavyweight elirnina-
ton bout in September. Richard
partly confirmed the report to-
day, but said that nothing would
be done until he saw what action
the New York Commission takes
on the Dempsey situation at it's
meeting next Tuesday.
II the commission declares Demp.
sey's title. vacated, Rickard in
tirnated he would bill Wills and
Tunney as a heavyweight cham
pionship match.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
SECOND MATTHEWSoN
SENT UP BY NORFOLK

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 1.-"BilI'
Clarkson, sometimes caller Smoky
Bill" and wild Bill" pitcher on
the Norfolk team of the Virginia
League. has been sold to the New
York Giants, for $4,000. Clark
son has won sixteen games ana
lost six.
He uses a fast "smoke" hal
and has a delivery like Christy
aMtthewson, who also pitched for
Norfolk before he was sold to
the Giants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01

by their generosity, IL such it may
be called. Their purpose at the
bottom is business.
But it would cost the Washing
ton baseball club, and some Of the
others in the American League, a
sum Of money, perhaps couple
Of grand, q year, to pay for the
entI rprising and sound management
of sandlot baseball.
And the profit might be big.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
BASS SHOULD GET GOOD
START BY DOG DAYS
b. r. A. ANGLER

IF fish done can be upon them according e past
should hltCng the
the next couple OF few real hungry ngneers @
should ask any OF the odms Jug.
when expect sport to start they would more nah y ~ ~
Of the lower Potomac AFFORD ne pas ab Tass are
5an and few anglers understand the art q pass nsng
whether artificial live balters should return
hnuae the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
Collins Helps MostiI

Some critics are inclined to credit
Eddie Collins with the transforma-
ton of Johnny MostiI into star
outfielder this season. Mostil has
raised his batting average so points
or more. He is running bases like
a ghost and is fielding sensation
ally.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01

him in the Cobb Sisler .Dahlen-
Keeler class.
For persistency In hanging on,
however, the palm goes to George
SisIer. In two different years his
batting streaks have tOtaled IS
games, which beats even the COM.
bined record of Dahlen, Bills to-
tai being 20. And In batting aver
age, too, the st. Louis manager
ranks above the old-time short
stop. In IS games George batted
.42S; in 20 games Bill hit 400.
The figures show how the batting
streaks of 1925 compare with those
OF earlier years:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
STAR OARSMEN WILL ROW
IN NATIONAL REGATTA

PHILADELPHIA Aug college oarsmen Of former years will
figure largely the national championship to be held the
Schuylkill river, August and 8.
be by the New York Athletic Club Every
in Poughkepe Regatta several of them being
the victorious Wasngton and others in the Navy eight which
finished second.
Club Penn Athletic Club have former Penn
in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
Ex-Reds Pound Pill

Pat Duncan, former Cincinnati
Red, and who was the property Of
the Griffs last winter, is considered
the most dangerous hitter IN the
American Association, with Mime
apolis. Chief Fowler, another ex-
Red, is clouting the ball at a 81
clip
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01

Senior Fights will be entered by
Bachelor, Undine, Penn Barge aid
the Pennacs and all expect Undine
will have senior tours. These two
races probably will be the most
stubbornly contested events in the
regatta and they will bring to.
gether the best crews in the United
States and Canada.
In the senior singles and quarter
mile dash races the entries expect
ed include Walter Hoover, Undine;
W. e. Garrett Gilmore, Bachelor;
Paul Costello, Pennacs, and Gran.
vile GUIDE, Potomacs. Algernon
Fitzpatrick, of Malta, national
quarter-mile dash champion, will
defend his title.
The Bachelor Barge Club and
the Penn Athletic Club will have
entries in all Of the senior events.
Practically the same crews which
will row In Canada next week
will represent these clubs in the
national races, although some
changes viii be made.
Seven entries are planned by
Coach Bunth, of the Undine Barge
Club. Six of these are in sculling
races, the other being the senior
eight The scullers are Walter NJ.
Hoover, senior singles and quarter.
mile dash; q quad to be stroked by
Hoover; Nelson and Agnew, senior
doubles; Leonard and Hu1phries,
1A5.pound doubles; Nelson, 145.
pound singles, and Blessing, asso-
citation singles.
The Pennsylvania Barge Club ex-
poets a winning senior eight in
Schmidt, Galbraith, Bayer, Kilnarx,
Myers, Wilson, Miller. Karle,
stroke, and Armstrong, coxswain.
OF this crew the stern four will
row in the senior four-oared shell
race. There also will be senior
145-pound crew, seating Lindemuth,
Dolan, Gready, Baer, stroke, and
Jenkins, coxswain. A Junior eight
will be selected from fourteen can
didates.
The Crescent Boat Club is pre-.
pairing for the national races with
q new physical conditioner in
George Woodruff, who has had
Olympic training. John Campbell,
new captain OF the club, will row
In the senior quad and with Nc
Dowell in doubles.
The quad seats Brangan, Camp
bell, Mcdowell and Marshall. Ores.
cent also will have a senior 145-
pound four, containing w. McCur-
ley, Daily, HAWTHORN and Nonemaker.
These crews ard additional ones will
be entered in the Middle States Re-
'gatta in Baltimore.
Malta's entries in the nationals
will consist Of Tom Hagerty in asso.
citation singles, Algernon Fitzpatrick
and Ed Hagerty in senior doubles
and Fitzpatrick in the quarter-mile
dash.
Vesper has intermediate and junior
Fights training for the nationals.
The Intermediates are Walton, Con
nell, De Beck McGreal, Costro, Nc
Intyre, Merely, Buster, stroke, and
Durbrow, coxswain; juniors, Fretz,
Doharty, Sargent. Anderson, Gosh,
Kelly, Tryon, Weir, stroke. and
SPINNER, coxswain. Coach Frank
Muller also will enter AL Vogt in
association singles and Clinton and
Loeffler in 145-pound doubles.
Quaker City Barge Club has an
eight-oared-shell crew which only
averages 143 pounds, but will be
entered in junior and intermediate
races. Coach Louis Knecht has it
seated as follows: Heatlie, WohIge.
muth, Weller, Vaders, Butcher, Ly.
ford, Heints, Raffetto, stroke, and
Delaney, coxsWain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
BATTING STREAKS
FADE BY COMPARISON

half finished the big league campaigns Of
1925 have already produced consecutive batting sea than
staged distinct swag back 1884, and that
bigger than other in history but 1925 has
notable batting streakne each
George Sister, Lamar, Stanley Harris Al Simmons Milton
Stock And high record
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
Tigers Buy Hitters

Detroit Is buying right handed
hitters The Tigers have purchased
L. E. Spikes, an outfielder, and G.
II. Redfern, a shortstop, from
AsheviIle in the Sally League for
fall delivery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
Will Sell No Players

President Tom Turner Of Portland
says the club win sell no players to
the majors this season, though
Emmett Mccain, second baseman,
and Bill Hunnefield, outfielder,
might be eligible for advancement,
particularly Mccain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
Build Fine Clubhouse

A $4,000 clubhouse Will be oulit
for Harding Park, San francisco $
new public golf course.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01


Bass are moody. today they may
be feeding in deep water and on
the morrow they may be hunting
their food on the marshes in water
not more than a foot in depth. So
it only goes to show that you can
never figure out just where the
crafty tribe may be located.
/ remember on one occasion last
fall, after trying all Of my favorite
holes without success, was about
TO call it & day, when CHANGED 70
look up the creek, q bass had just
broken at d point where least
expected. Proceeding near to the
SPOT made a cast and immed1-
aIely got q strike. Before the sun
had disappeared / had landed twelve
gamesters measuring anywhere from
twelve to fifteen inches in length.
AS to which bait VIII get the
Iarge-mouthed fellow depends en-.
Iirely upon how he is feeling he
may be hungry, playful or angry.
He may charge and devour 9 live
srnelt like a gIutton, then again he
may approach the hooked bait give
it 4 push with his nose and be on
his way. That's the story OF the
live bait.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
SPLIT ON TENNIS BOARD
IS EXPECTED OVER
TILDEN CASE
By DAVIS ,. WALSH.
international News Service Sports Edit

NEW YORK Aug. 1Wl be the athletic gaows Tor william IMAM
Tden, indefinite period on the compettve rOc
The executive the United States Lawn Tennis
;stio will decide this question tonight the Hotel Vanderbilt ana
early indications were the board would split two ways on the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01
Cards Get \CoIIegian

Russell Miller, former Ohio state
University pitcher, has joined the
st. Louis Cards.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-01

To build an e11ect1V6 ORGANIZATION
requires hard work and the man
to fill the job without pay is a
rarity. Apparently he is not to be
found in Washington, judging by
the present state of affairs.
The reason men train themselves
to be umpires is to make money
and live by the principle Of no.
money-no-work. The kid ball games
now being played in Washington,
with championships at stake, are
being umpired by men selected
from the spectators, for the most
part, fsns who never have read
baseball rule book.
Their mistakes lead to wrangles
impossible to untangle and it is
upon the heads of the man direct
ing the makeshift organization that
eventually the trouble descends.
And eventually the question hits
him between the eyes: Why
should / slave that others may have
good time and my reward be only
criticism?
In general way, this condition
applies not only to the young
sters. Full-grown men, in the
sO-called unlimited class of sand
lot baseball, make work and
trouble for the executive, with
erratic umpiring usually as the
basis.
He is a generous-hearted soul
that applies himself diligently and
continuously as sandlot executive
serving without reward. But with
out such effort sandlot baseball in
Washington is to continue in its
present course, just stopping along,
getting nowhere in particular. with
interest in the competition, II any
thing, becoming less and less.
Every now and then a special
series is organized and there lis
a slight squirt of interest. But in
most cases the individual or In
dividuals responsible for the boom
have found sandlot baseball un-
profitable to them and have turned
to other pursuits.
It is not quite clear how the
bows days. are to make any
noticeable difference in sandlot
baseball. The average boy that
goes to the game next Tuesday be-
tween Detroit and Washington as
the guest of Clark Griffith will
be there because he can see a
big league ball game without pay
irg for it, and something for moth
| ing has ever been an inducement
accepted invariably and avidly by
others than ballplaying kids. The
/ erown-ups, for instance, viii accept
| the free services of a hard worker
/ to run their baseball affairs Tor
them.
The eighteen or slightly more
youngsters to take part in the
midget" game may Or/may not
add to their store Of baseball
knowledge. 1t is said that the
difference between a sandlot ball
player and a major Lacquer in
many cases is about one thou
sand ball games. BY this 1t is
to be judged that little is learned
in one game, even though major
league umpires umpire it and big
league managers manage it.
If Ban johnson and the Ameri.
can League club owners are sin
cere in their effort to improve
sandlot baseball and increase the
interest and ambition of players
they have chosen what seems to be
a piker scheme. They, too want
something for nothing.
1t will cost the Washington base.
hall club nothing to permit couple
of thousand kids to occupy seats
that would be empty without
them. And the Washington club
owners Will gain little, IL anyLhing