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22 GAMES S First Encounter Takes Place in Jackson, Tenn., Today—Nationals Are Lucky to Defeat Chattanooga by 5 to 4. BY DENMAN SPORTS. HOULD PROVIDE |(0BB 10 CARRY 25 REAL TESTS FOR TEAMS wu ». THE THOMPSON. ACKSON, Tenn., April 4—The big scrap is on, or, rather series of scraps, the first of seven games with the New York club of the J National League being schedu! known burg in _western Tennessee. travel 300 miles in a car which repre Mr. Pullman’s inventive genius, and due to perform tomorrow, it will be necessary to retrace this territory and proceed even farther eastward, before boarding the train following But what matter little things like this when the opportunity is pre- Bented of staging a game in a town which never before has seen two major league clubs perform. This is the reason for the booking advanced by Secretary O'Brien of the Giants, Wwho arranged for the date in the ex- Ppectation of making a killing at the Eate. With good weather a tremen- dous crowd may be expected, pos- sibly as many as one thousand. Should Be Real Battles. But whether in hick towns or on cow pasture diamonds the games be- tween the clans of the two Macs., McBride and McGraw, should be real battles in every sense of the term. Those who saw the tilts be- tween the Giants and Griffmen w! en route north a couple of years ago will attest to that. That spring the Griffs came off victorious on one lone occasion out of a full week of games and thanks to the efforts of Bill Brennan. The private umpire toted around by McGraw, they had a lot of trouble doing that. Brennan still is with the Giants, despite the pro- test of Clark Griffith and his threat to call off the series if this arbitrator is employed to run the game, but it is a far different and much stronger gang of performers who are repre- senting Washington this year and the Capt’s hirelings are confident they will cop a majority of the set in handy fashion. Eric George Erickson and Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary are due to divide the hurling burden this afternoon and they will be supported by the strongest line-up the Griffs can pre- sent. Giants May Be Handicapped. The Giants also can be relied on to play on the fleld their most for- midable array, although three of their s” recently have been idle for a period through accident and ill- ness. Frank Frisch, the Fordham flash, who has succeeded the veteran Larty Doyle at second base, only re- cently recovered from a sprained ankle incurred at the training camp at San Antonio. Geldie Rapp, the high priced and sensational recruit from the American Association, whose acquisition caused Frisch to be trans- ferred from third base, now is re- cuperating_from an attack of influ- enza, and Dave Bancroft, the former Phil, who has been inserted in the st at short, long and capably filled Art Fletcher, has just recovered ~‘from an operation for the removal of his tonsils. ‘The New York pitchers, as a whole, are reported to be in excellent condi- tion. If the Griffmen can take the measure of the Giants, regarded as cer- tain to be in the money in the National Ieague race and picked by many au- thorities as favorites for the pen- mant, the riffith-McBride machine ‘will firmly establish its claim to seri- ous consideration as a contender for top bonors in Ban Johnson's circuit. Griffmen Are Hard Pressed. For the first time since they started playing exhibitions this spring the Griffmen yesterday were hard press- ed, nosing out a 5-4 victory over Chat- tanooga, although outbatted, outpitch- ed and generally outplayed. They put up a ragged exhibition in the fleld, O'Rouke being the worst offender, with Foss, Rice and Mogridge also penalized for misplays. Confronted with pitching of a higher order than most of them have been called upon to face, they failed to maintain their record for double figures in the hit column and but for the fact that both of the errors charged against the opponents came at critical junctures they would have suff the humiliation of a defea:. for the earned run count was 3—1 in favor of the Southern Leaguers. Due to a hearty pasting Georwe Mogridge was subjected to in the first inning Chattanooga got away to a three-run lead, which was mainta.ned until the fifth. In this session the score was tied by the tourists, who ‘went into the van in the seventh, only to have the home crowd kiot it up in and make necessary the manu- faoture of another tally in the eighth to get the decision. Contest Is Interesting. Notwithstanding sloppy defensive ‘work on both sides, the contest w.. interesting one to watch and held th close attention of noisy crowd of about 2,000 from start to finish. It ‘was further enlivened by a near clash in the fifth between the umpire and one of McBride's athletes. Miller had just produced the bingle that evened the score when he essayed to steal and was waved out. Judge took led for this afternoon in this little To get here the Griffmen had to sents one of the earliest examples of to reach Knoxville, where they are with barely time enough for a meal the game. and if the two defendants fail to ap- ear to defend the cases against them udgment will be taken by default. TRAINING TRIP GAMES R. H. .4 6 14 First Time That Detroit Club Has Retained Limit of Players. DETROIT, Mich., April 4—Manager Ty Cobb of the Detroit Americans has decided to carry twenty-five players during the coming season. It will be the first time the Tigers have ever carried the league limit. The club will include ten pitchers, six right-handers and four left- handers. Nine recruits, it was said, were assured of a place with the club. These include Lew Blue, who has been assignéd regularly to first base, and four pitchers. Seek Aid for Robinson. BOSTON, April 4.—Tom McCarthy, base ball coach of Boston College, has been offered a contract with the Brooklyn Nationals to become assist- ant to Wilburt Robinson, team man- A age: was protesting when Gharrity shoved — him out of the way and roughly col- lared the umpire, who raised his Masis as if to strike. Pat was sensible enough to control his temper and McEride, by grabbing the arbitrator's S nrmT from the rear, prevented any Fro wielding. kv rybody promised w be 13 Sood ana maacun > U . Umpire Asks $500 Damages From Brottem caught his first full gam and demonstrated he needs a lot of Dolan and Kelly as Result work to obtain control in throwing to o bases. His sights were high when of Mobile Fight. Bluehawk stole on him in the secon and wide when he pegged a moment| MOBILE Ala. April 3.—Cozy Do- later in an unsuccessful effort to nip |1an, coach of the New York Glants, Bim oft. Tony flagked four men at|and George Kelly, first baseman, the keystone sack, but clever handling of the ball by O'Rourke made it pos- | Were made defendants in a damage sible on two of these occasions, the|Suit asking $500 from each of them throws being anything but accurate|flled by Umpire Ed Lauzon as the and none too strong. result of a fight at the ball park Brottem produced a bingle in the|Friday afternoon during the play- seventh that helped his general av-|ing of a e between the Giants erage for the day, however. It was a|and Philadelphia Athletics. roller past short with the infield| Dolan was fined $25 in recorder’s drawn in_that scored Foss. Deebe|court Saturday on a charge of had rolled to the pitcher on his two |disorderly conduct in connection with previous appearances, but on_this oc-(the affair, while the umpire was dis- casion whaled a double to left cemerlmlssed. This was followed by the and got into position to tally through | filling of the suits againSt both Dolan O'Rourke’s infleld death. Foss also|and Kelly, the umpire charging in his cracked a vicious single to left in the|bill of complaint that both men as- ninth to rezister a .c00 average for |saulted him. the day. The trial will be set down for hear- Misiiiae Cetn Ml Pampe. ing in the circuit court next month Mogridge was bountirully bumped | Tight off the reel. Lluehawk started |} with a single to rignt, moved up on the pitchers bad peg to_catch him napping and scored when Shay dupli- cat the ow. The latter took sec- ond on Miller'ss inaccurate peg to the Plays 'I‘]lat Puzzle piate and died at third when Miogridge lerried Sloan's attempted sacrifice to Fose Osborne walloped 2 triple to SS====BY BILLY EVANS=—==x right center, sending Sloan home, and| What are t| scored himself on Stephen’s double 10|t third pescr 1o o Lo, Of the coacher left. All these cracks were hard and ase? If a batter should hit clean cut. Mogridge tossed out the|® ball over the fence, and the coacher next man and then settled down, al-|patted him on the back as he rounded lowing only two hits in the next three | thira how should % rounds, one a swinging bunt 1o Foss|if g b, shoula the umpite rule? o & awlugiag bun It & batter hit a ball to the outfield Acosta took up the going in the fifth | {no [REses (hree bases on it beating inning and showed good form. Two of | ang whil & musigtnec: base, the four hits made off him were|pod “hile he was standing on_the scratchy infleld affairs, but they were [p®%, 77t the felder standing close bunched right behind a two-base wild | J. aoany (N6 ball in his possession, heave by Foss, and gave the Lookouts | ¢f “02cher left the lines of his posi- their fourth and final marker. off the uniform T orm of the player, what = fno..ern-u“ Griffa. should the umpire do? = or four innings a tall right-hander . . named Boone, obtained froin Atlanta,| mys ruje oriiny 10y Flkures. held the Nationals practically helpless, | i F'¢ Tule Telating to the coacher at a pair of unsupported triples by Rice | yifd touching a runner was made being the extent of the damage done|™Ith intent to cover plays in which to his offerings. In the fifth Daniel (his [ S93CN€T physically assists a runner in monicker must be Daniel) tired a bit, |FCtUrning to or leaving third base. 2nd when his support caved on him |There was no desire to have it in e the Griffs chased three runs over.|[€Ct Where no play was made. In the O'Rourke walked with one out_and|first Play cited, where the batter hit went to third while Brottem took sec- | °Ver the fence, the umpire should ond when the alien shortstop heaved | 'aVe paid no attention to the act of wildly past first. Mogridge having |th€ coacher in patting the player on completed his tour of duty, Gharrity |the back as he rounded third. His batted for him, and scored both his|action had no bearing on the play. mates with a aingle to left, moving|In the second case the umpire should to second on the throw-im, taking|have paid mo attention to the coacher third on Judge's demise and counting |brushing off the uniform of the play- when Miller beat out a rap to short. ~ |er standing on third while the flelder Foss and Brottem collaborated to|Stood nearby with the ball. There produce a tally in the seventh, as re- | Was no chance of a play,~and the lated, and in the following round the[actions of the coacher should have deciding tally was compiled in this|been unnoticed. fashion: Miller was safe on an error. Rice picked out a ball over his head to bunt at and popped to the first baseman. Lewis stung a _single through the third-sacker, and when he was forced by Harris, Miller went to third. Harris dashed for second| At Fort Worth, Tex.— with the pitcher holding the ball, and | Fort Worth (Texas) . 1 finally was run down, but not before | Chicago Americans z 1 ler scored, thanks to the stupidit; Batteries—Wachtel, ittake - of Chief Bluehawk, who made no ef. | wortn: McWeens and Scoalk s Yoryaws % fort to throw to the plate. At Houston, Tex.— Paulette to Play in Ohio. CANTON. Ohio, April 3.—Gene Paul- ette, former first baseman with the Cleveland America; Houston (Texus) Batteries—Coveleskie and O'Ni Plerrotti and Griffith; Gilbam. St. Louis and Philadelphla teams of the National League and recently | petot bocrmes PRy g-;red[:'o‘;l; ornnizl:d base \v;ll'by Dallas (Texas) <1 7,8 udge Landis on a charge of offering! 5 1o co-operate with gamblers, will con- | Masion Sware. G i ot mrand Bisler: tinue as a member of the Massilion, — Ohio, semi-professional club. At Vieksburg, Mins.— R. H.E. New York Americans (20d team).. 7 8 0 Vicksburg (semi-pros.) 0 3 4 Braves Release Outfielder. Batteries—Barnes and Henlipe; Baggett, GALV:;;\ST‘O V. oTex Aplril ":i—o'flla Embey and Romaso Boston Nationals have relea ut- fielder McDonald to the local club. | puladeionls’ Ansiicans . . Moblle (Southern) . b S Batteries—Moore, Harris and Walker; Ellis, Swimming Record Is Set. Fulton and Ponds. violent objection to the ruling and WHAT GRIFFS HAVE DONE IN EXHIBITION GAMES Below are given the figures o hayve played in t i1 Players who have been “cut loose averages. The dope: g BATTING AVERAGES. DETROIT, Mich. April 4—Robert 5 Skelton of the Hlinois Athletic Club, | 5 At New Orleans— R R Chicago. ‘won the national A. A- U.|Rew'Yor Kmericai i 440-yard breast stroke swimming % champlonship and established & new | pioar i firmiy, |WR40x and Miller; Hoyt, American record, 6.372-5. Norman =y Ross finished second in the trials, but! At Camp Jackson, 8. C.— R. H. E. did not enter the final. Philadelphia Nationals 812 0 Rochester Internationals o 7.0 Batteries—Meadows, Betts, Welnert and Peters, Bruggy; Bonifay, Whitaker aud Russ. Pittsburgh Nations Wichita Falls (Texas) . Batterles—Hamilton, Zinn and Skiff; Ruth, Hudspeth and Bischof?. [ At Memphis, Ten: E Yem Yorkc Nationals i n the Nationals in the games they|¥*™P Sauthe > Batteries—Toney, Sallee and Gaston; Zahn- he south, excepting that at Chattanooga yesterday. i r Nemits and Hunglia, Dowie: i in the individual e are not included in t idual e Pl e - Little Rock_(Southern) R. H. 5 8 12 Pittsburgh Natlonals (2nd 202 TEAM BATTING AVERAGE. 2 = 2 . AB. R._ BH BA Batteries—Jonnard, Fields and Land; Tice, AR PR E % %5 T s G Mangrum and Lee. 18 TEAM FIELDING AVERAGE. Kiand, Calif—(Moral R H. L. G. PO. A B. TC. CA. A'vfi cnff..?n'suw;m- % v 8 7 'i 15 10 287 &7 2 36 34 Oakland (Pacific) ..... 41 3 1 LONG HITS AND TOTAL BASES. Batteries—Hanson, Balley and Daly; Sei- = BH. 2B 3B UE. TP | boid, Winn, Kersten'and Mitse. Foss .. 19 4 23| At San_Francisco—(Afternoon)— B. H. E. H Todns - %3 3 % 2|chicago Nationais 0 16 4 8 Khanks 18 3 0 0 2z, 8an Francisco (Pacific 858703 13 1 13 1 1 1 21| Batteries—Alexander. Weaver and O'Farrell; 2 4 14 5 0 0 19(Crompler, Flaberty and Agnew. s 13 12 3 o 1 18 T 3 13 0 0 o 13| At Galveston, Tex— R H E 3 & 11 0 1 0 13 Boston Nationals . -3 706 o1z 12 0 0 0 12|Galveston (Texas) o 5 1 7o § 2 1 0 12| pytreries — Watson, McQuillan and O'Nelll, 2 '3 5 3 3 9 IiGibson; Lee, Knights and Wiley. o 2 : g o ‘I’ 10 a 4 L] o 8 s § 1 0 o algAEUR QU T2 5 % 3§ &cincinnati Nationais 1 4 1 0 o 5|_Batteries— Williama, La: 0 3 1 0 0 4Brock; Rizey, Fisher and W o o 2 0 0.0 2| atMuskogee, Okia—Columbus (4. A.), 19; 2 o o o 2| Muskogee (Southwestern), 1. ¥ ERAGES. 1 0 0 0 1| At Bureveport, La.—Shreveport (Texas), 6; . T.C.C.A. Av, 1 0 0 0 1|NewOr (Bouthern), 4. Lot 2 © 0 0 o0 0| At Beimont, Tex.—Eeaumont (Texas), 3; H e © 0 o0 o0 ofAtlanta (Southern), o 17 17 1o S5 B 7 e | oALGurport, Mise=itwackee (A. 4., 115 ‘Totals 2 | Gul rt (semi-pros.), 0. 201 MI00| Qs Nits Fos (3), Mogridee, Erickeon. | o AC Pensscols, Fla—Louisville (4. A), 5; 22 }fi :g}u“'fl 5"3::" Picinich, Gharrity, Milan, Lewis, | Pensacola Independents, 0. 8 o 8 810007 le 3 2 Stolen bases—Rice (5), Harris (3), Miller, 3 < 200 2 2100 pint” Gosbel, Shanka, Judge, O'Rovike. Huggins Is Improving. 21 R KT 9RE NEIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 4 7 131 38 973 anager er Huggins of the Tz o o Yachtmen to Gather. Yankees, who suffered a slight attack 2 1 & 31 54| CLEVELAND. Ohio, April 3.—Dele-|of appendicitis, is able to direct play 1,1 1 15 o mates and officers of the Interlake|from the bench. The Yankees and 4 3 s Yachting Association will gather here | Dodgers play here today. 11 April 1 for the annual Spring meeting. — 41 Yachtsmen belonging to the twenty-| ANN ARBOR, Mich, April 4—The 13 3 six clubs of the association In Lake |athletic board of control of the Uni- " 3 Erie and Detroit river ports will at-|versity of Michigan has failed to HA tend. reach a decision on the request of - e e, Derril Pratt, base ball coach, that he - e releas: m his contract to re- are Naval Academy riflemen will be|turn to report to the Boston Ameri- s 000 | host to a team from the Washington|cans. Opinion, it was said, is divided = High School Cadet Corps April 30 and £ abrogating the 8T 22 396 374 National may be reached |another from the Guard May Z on the MVIIAMH%: contract. A decis! EW YORK, April 4—Just when the sporting fraternity had got of Derby day,—May 30—Tex Rickard stuck a pin into the little balloon days before the date of their July battle, and since Georges is now in EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, APRIL 4 1921 'Griffs Play Giants Today in First of Seven Games : Scholastic Series Opens Tomorrow NENNO CARPENTIER-MORAN _|LEAGLE TS 75 GANES| CENTRAL War and Treasury Teams Will Open Departmental Circuit Season April 25. War and Treasury teams will be opponents April 25, in the opening game of the Departmental Base Ball League, according to the schedul Just released. Seventy-five games will be played by the circuit, which also in- cludes nines representing State and Post Office departments, Naval Hospital and Government Printing Office. One of the thoroughly excited over the report that Georges Carpentier and when he announced in his gentle manner that since Carpentier and Algiers, it is altogether unlikel BY FAIRPLAY. N Frank Moran had signed articles for a fight in London the eve Dempsey have signed an agreement to indulge in no fight within sixty match has been made. Mclnnis Visits Frazee and Now Hopes to Play MANCHESTER, Mass., April 4. —Stafly Mcinnis, first bascman, who has absented himself from spring training with the Boston Amerioans because of salary differences, suid .oday th.. ae expected to join the team at Baltimore Friday or Saturday. He had made a proposition to Preaident H. H. Frazee of the Boston club at Larchmont, N. Y., yesterday, he wai.. toat te Red Sox owner took under consider- ation with a promise to notify MelInnis of hix answer by Wednesday. McInnis was con- fident they would agree. NEW IN SERIES SCANDAL Evens, Arrested in St. Louis, Not Mentioned Before—Chicago Officials Reticent. CHICAGO April 3.—Officials ,of the state’s attorney office have refused to comment on the arrest in St. Louis Friday of Nate Evens alleged New York gambler, who is believed to have inside knowledge of the 1919 world series base ball scandal. Evens, Hy- man, Cohen and Elias Fink were ar- rested on charges of being fugitives from justice. Evens' name never has been pub- licly connected with the base ball scandal in any official statement from the state’s attorney and today no offi- cial would say whether the St. Louis police had been requested to take him xmol custody. Neither would they de- ny it. High officials connected with the first investigation of the alleged throwing of the 1919 world series said they had no recollection of any testi- mony implicating Evens in the con- spiracy. _— CUE STARS TO CLASH IN BENEFIT CONTESTS Charles Bartelmes and John B. Klein, former pocket billiard cham- pions of the District and Maryland. respectively, will be opponents to- night in a pocket billiard match at the Royal Academy, on H street. Play will start at £:15 o’clock. Tomorrow night Frank Wurton will meet Wil- liam E. Glasscock of Baltimore in a three-cushion billiard contest. The matches will be played as a benefit for Walter Wallace, a veteran District cueman, now IIL CHESSPLAY ADGURNED Lasker and Capablanca to Resume Eighth Game Tomorrow—Big Tourney Planned. HAVANA, April £—The eighth game in the championship chess match be- tween Dr. Emanuel Lasker of Ger- many and Jose R. Capablanca, the Cuban expert, was adjourned early this morning after thirty moves had been made. Play will be resumed Tuesday night. Lasker played the whites and chose a queen's gambit, which Capablanca declined. Both men played exceed- ingly carefully. At the time of ad- journment neither could be considered to have advantage. Capablanca won the fifth game. All of the others have drawn. Plans are.being made for an inter- national tournament here next De- cember and January. Lasker and Capablanca have signified their de. sire to participate. Invitations recently were extended to some of Europe’s best known chess masters to take part in the match, among them Boris Kostich, the Ser- bian champion; A. K. Rubenstein and A. A. Alechine, the Russian experts; Julius Breyer and Geza Maroczy of Hungary, Richard Heti of Czecho- slovakia, Dr. 8. Tarrasch of Nurem- burg and Richard Teichman and M. Vidmar. A reply has been received from C. Kagan of Berlin, through whom the invitations were extended, as fol- lows: “Have invited the masters. you heartily for the in will be accepted by all.” GROUP COLLEGE RELAYS Local Teams Are Included in List for Penn Carnival on - April 29 and 30. PHILADELPHIA, April 4.—Final grouping for the college class relay races the Pennsylvania carnival April 29 and 30 has been announced. Thank vitation which 3| Teams entering the national cham- pionship college races have until April 10 to decide which events they will enter. Grouping for college class races or minor championships are as follows: Middle Atlantic states relay cham- plonship—Delaware, Dickinson, Le- high, Franklin and Marshall, Haver- ford, Lafayette, Muhlenberg, New York .University, Rutgers, Stevens. Swarthmore and Washington and Jefterson. South Atlantic relay champlonship —Catholic University, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Maryland, Virginia, Virginia_Polytechnic Institute and George Washington University. Class 1—University of the South, West Virginia, Colgate, Fordham, Holy Cross, Maine, Northeastern, Michigan Agricultural and Cornell College (Towa). Class 2—Carnegie Institiite of Tech, Tufts, Rochester, Hobart, Vermont, Bowdoin, Howard and Hamline. Class 3—Franklin _and Marshall, Gettysburg, Bucknell, Muhlenberg, Washington and Jefferson, the Cath- olic University, Manhattan and Colby. Class 4—Alleghany, Geneva, College City of New York, Temple, Delaware, Clemson, Florida and Maryland. Class 5—Drexel, LaSalle, St. Josephs, New York Law, Brooklyn Poly and New York College of Dental and Oral Surgery. Class 6—Gallaudet, Goorge Wash- ington, Juniata, St. Stephens, Cheyney Training and Lincoln University. French Runners to Sail. PARIS, April 4—Four runners who will take part in the international relay races at the University of Pennsylvania meet will sail for the United States Saturday on the steam- er La France. They are Delvart, Goullleux, Seurin and Fery. —_— Baltimore City College lacrosse team hss scheduled » game with the University of Maryland twelve, to be y, in fact out of question, that any such Worry Abont Dempsey. Some fight fans are worrying over Jack Denmipsey's period of association with the film and with the vaudeville circult. They cannot see how a fighter can keep himself fit under such condi- tions. “A lot of people seem to be worrying about Jack,” Kearns, his manager, said. “I'm not. He always trains no matter what he is doing. Even today if you should drop in on him you'd find he is taking his morning runs and keeping himseif up to the mark. He will start to train on May ]—hard training, that is—and two months is a long enough time for any fighter to get himself in shape. Fighters Make Money. Caruso may get $3,000 a night for singing in grand opera, Charlie Chaplin or Doug Fairbanks may make a million out of one film, a guy may corner the market in Wall street and turn up a king’s ransom—and nobody says any- thing. But when a fighter horns in on the big money the roars that go up can be heard from Hohokus to Hakodate. In the old days—not so very old, either—when Stanley Ketchel was the middleweight champion, $5,000 looked good to him for any fight. Johnny Wilson, the present champion, got $42,500 for mixing it up with Mike o . 1 Benny Leon- ard hasn't got $200.000 in the old sock he hasn’t got a cent. Jack Britton has piled up at least $250,000 in his many Years of fighting and has saved most of it. Johnny Dundee would still be operating a fish wagon ff he hadn't become a fighter. His fortune is said to be over $208,000. Over in Philadel- phia a few years ago Lew Tendler was selling newspapers. If Lew isn't worth ‘well over $100,000 now, then the dope is all wrong. Some More Plutocrats. Then there is Kilbane. Johnny made 80 much money that ngw he can af- ford to hold onto his featherweight title without fighting. Richie Mitchell owns a mansion on the Lake drive in Milwaukee and could cash in for $150,000 at least. Pete Herman cer: tainiy is in the $100,000 class. Jos Lynch, the bantam champlon, is roll ing up money as a boy rolls'a snow- ball in a January thaw. Well, the answer is, don't raise your boy to be a lawyer or a professor or a shoe clerk—make a fighter out of him. _On the other hand, there is a lot of fighters who have to borrow a quarter from their managers to get a square meal at a cheap bean joint. Guess the fight game is like any other—fine if you're up at the top. FRHT CARD S CHANEED Promoter Bateman Balks on Local Boys’ Prices for Bouts at Silver Spring. Several changes have been made in the fight card to be offered by Joe Bateman tomorrow night in the armory at Silver Spring, Md. The ten-round decision feature between Steve Muchic, former middleweight champion of the Atlantic fleet, and Harry Albright of Norfolk will be preceded by four bouts that will bring into action several Pennsylvania fist flingers. Some local boxers originally matched for the entertainment were ousted by the veteran District pro- moter when they placed too high a v:}‘!;‘u on their services. e eight-round semi-windu will be between Billy McDaniels of Chenter and Battling Burns of Philadelphia. They are 140-pounders. Another pair of battlers of the same weight who will clash in a six-round affair are Ralph Raymond of Chester and Bobby Hughes of Wilmington. Lightniny S‘Dlrk!, the Fort Myer fighter, and George Myers, Kid Sullivan's’ 123- pound protege, also will t the six-round Toute, jianetore: ateman went to Philadelphia toda; to obtain an opponent for Ballimol'z Dundee in a six-round mill for 118- pounders. Bob Morris, who handled the last show at Silver Spring, again will referee. The first mat v started at 8 o'c]ncl:.s Hatciiwillibe WOULD TOP ALL BIDDERS FOR HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT SPOKANE, Wash, April 4—J. L. Sexsmith, wealthy Spokane lumber- man, owner of the Alan track, near Coeur d'Alene, in northern Idaho, has telegraphed Tex Rickard, offer- ing to outbid by $50.000 any other offer that may be reccived for the Dempsey - Carpentier heavywelght championship match. Herman to Fight Solzberg. NEW YORK, Aprii 4—Pete Her- man of New Orleans, former ban- tamweight champion, will mect Johnny Solzberg of New York in a twelve-round bout tonight l Lewis to Wrestle Pesek. NEW YORK, April 4—Ed (Strangler) Lewis, world heavyweight catch-as- catch-can wrestling champion, will defend his title here tonight against John Pesek of Nebraska. Lewls said today he will retire if defeated. MASONS T0 ROLL MAY ¢ : Annual League Tourney Opens on Same Day as City Duckpin Championships. Masonic bowlers will start thelr an- nual league tournament on the Royal | alleys Monday, May 9, the date set for the opening of the yearly city duckpin champlonships. This was de- cided yesterday at a meeting of the Masonic Bowling Association tourna- ment committee, consisting of Chair- man H B. Halley, Secretary C. M. Mark and Oliver, Alonzo and Harry Krauss. The handicap system will govern the tourney bowling, duckpinners averaging 100 or more for the season to be scratch contestants ‘Those whose scores were below the 100 mark will receive handicaps, averages to count as of March 26. The tourna- ment will be open to any master Mason of the District, but bowlers without Masonic League averages will roll as scratch. ‘The entrance fee will be $1 per man for each event, including cost of games. Entries will close April 30. Many prizes will be at stake. Harry Krauss, manager of the Royal alleys, and Henry Rodler of the Bulletin have donated $50 each to the prize lists. Bowlers in Medal Match. Jimmy Boyd of the Times and Bill Clouser of the Herald will take the Recreation drives tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in a bowling match to determine the winner of the high game score gold medal in the news- paper individual duckpin champion- ship tournament. Each rolled a count of 133 duxin gihe touraay. e ] diamonds on the Ellipse will be used for the engagements. The schedule follows: 26, State ve War vs. . | directing 1 9, Printers vs. 15, P. 0. vs. 19, State va. vs. N. H. al Hospitai; P. 0.—Post Office; H Treas.—Treasury. BOAT CLUB WILL ELECT Potomacs Also to Discuss Plans for Season at Gathering Wed- nesday Night. Potomac Boat Club will meet Wed- nesday night to elect officers and plan its campaign for the ensuing season. Secretary J. S. Abbott ex- pects all the members to be at the clubhouse at 7:30 o'clock, for the Red and White oarsmen will have much to discuss. The crews pro- bably will be sent into a number of regattas this spring and summer and the co-operation of the entire mem- bership will be necessary to make the campaign a success. Several of the boats were on the river yesterday. Capt. Bob. Dun- can, champion single sculler, was out for the first time, accompanied by Dorsett, Ransom and Thompson. Dor- sett and Hutterly, the double team. are considered the best in their class in this section. They have been hard at work every afternoon since the mild weather came. Two junior eights and an intermediate eight also were practicing. Coach Hecox is being assisted by John McKinney, Jimmy Abbott and Capt. Duncan in training the oars- men. The Central High School crew, members of which also belong to Potomac Boat Club, is being tutored by this staff. Two boats are receiv- ing instruction. but no definite selec- tion of a crew has been made for for the interscholastic regatta to be held on the Harlem May 30. PADDLERS 10 BE. BUSY Brilliant Lot of Regattas and Swims Ahead of Washington Canoe Club Athletes. Paddling regattas and swimming | soventh. meets comprise the attractive pro- gram arranged by the aquatic commit- tee of the Washington Canoe Club for the watermen of that organization this spring and summer. The canoe- ists will begin their campaign with e closed regatta April 21 and take in local and out-of-town events th will continue their competitive season through Labor day. Following their closed meet, the Washington athletes will be tested in the annual regatta of the Inter-Club Canoe Association at Sycamore Island May 30. On July 4 3 senlor crew will be sent to the champlonships at St. Georges Island, Y., and a junior crew to the People’s regatta in Phila- delphia. An open club regatta will be held here July 30 and the annual water circus August 21. The club will have entries in the an- nual championships of the Chesapeake and Delaware division of the Ameri- can Canoe Association at the Red Dragon Canoe Club in Philadelphia on Labor day, September 5. Should the Algoquin Ganoe Club of Trenton, N. J.. hold a regatta, the local paddlers will attend and a team may compete in the annual camp contests of the American Canoe Association at Sugar Island in the St. Lawrence in August. The aquatic committee has planned to revive thc upper Potomac swim- ming races that were so popular sev- eral years ago An open meet will be held on June 11 and o August 15, the three-and-a-quarter miles race from Cliain bridge to Aqueduct bridge will be conducted. Seeks New Athletic Field. HAMPTON, Va, April 3.—Hampton Institute's former students are con- ducting a campaign to raise $30,000 for a moderr athletic field. Every garment made by our own experts and fully guaranteed. Tailor-made suits as- sur e individuality. You have them as you want them — not as they are. ;|and two of them are ready for to- . : Edelin are not likely to face any high vs. | able to give u the | helping tneir {much for Lafayetté Athletic Club in at | times at bat. | Open Delly Umtil 8 P. M. At the Sigm of the Moon. = SPORTS. AND BUSINESS IN INAUGURAL CONTEST BY JOHN B. KELLER. T ness, on the new field in Cent: HE annual high school base ball championship race is scheduled to get under way tomorrow afternoon, with Central opposing Busi- ral stadium. Play is to begin at 3 o'clock. Jimmy Hughes and Bill Handiboe, members of the recently or- ganized District Umpires’ Association, will oficiate. Both of the teams are getting their final drills this afterroon. Cen- tral, though somewhat battered last week during its Virginia tour, which brought but two victories in six starts, apparently is better fortified for Poor flelding accounted for most of‘ :|Central's defeats during the Easter holidays, bx:; Gould Menefee, who is e team, believes his charges will go much better at home. He has a lot of pitchers for the series | mOrTow's engagement. Brinkman and Jermane. probably will start. Walker Has Sore Arm. Walker, another hurler, may be out of action for some time, as he de- veloped a sore arm during the trip and ithe affected member is not rapidly responding to treatment. Kitchen and y _are The former school teams until late in the series. Of the two catchers available, Love may get the call over Cummings for the opening battle. One of these boys will play in left fleld. Buckley, first string catcher hurt in the game with Augusta, has a.mhld ankle. He was p his crut but needs more rest. o Y osterday, Others likely to start for Central in the opening game are Dey, third base; first base; Rauber, shortstop: Davis, second base; Roberts, center fleld, and Dunlap, right field. Cummings may go to bat after Lemon, and the bat- tery will follow Dunlap. Business did not show much flelding ability in its 12-to-2 defeat at the hands of Episcopal High School last Friday, but Barrett pitched well enough to de- serve a better fate. Should Peterson falter on the mound tomorrow he will be sent into left fleld and Barrett given another chance to prove his worth. Beck, a new player, will do the catching. Business Has Few Players. The Stenographers have but six more players considered worth while, and all will be on duty against Central. Fol- lowing Barrett at bat will be Watt, sec- ond base; Somerville, third base: Dono- van, center field; Meany, first base: Craven, shortstop; Ferber, right fleld; Beck and Peterson. { the clash than Business. Coach Kelley, at the latter school, has a squad just about large enough to enable him to put a nine on the field. Tech and Eastern also have ergage- ments tomorrow. The Manval Trainers will clash with the nine at St Albans, while the Capitol Hill boys are to jour- ney to Alexandria for the firat of their two contests with the George Mason High School team. NEW GEORGETOWN NINE IS PLAYING DARTMOUTH John O'Reilly, coach of the nine at Georgetown University, was expected to make several shifts in the Hilltop line-up before sending the team against Dartmouth, on the university field, this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The Hilltoppers have been weak at bat and in the field, depending entire- 1y upon their pitchers to carry them through. The hurlers did weil last week, both on the mound and at the plate, but with the entire staff in the game Saturday Georgetown was un- able to grab a victory. Dartmouth probably will be a wor- thy foe. The Green took the measure of Jchns Hopkins in Baltimore last Saturday. Several of its players are said to be slated for big league trials at the close of the college season. Billiard Champion Beaten. DETROIT, Mich., April 4—Gus Cop- ulos, Detroit, defeatediJohnny La: ton, three-cushion billitird champion. in an exhibition match concluded here, 300 to 245 points. Layton won but one of the six blocks. Bike Grind to Egg and Seres. PARIS. April Egg and Seres won the six-day bicycle race e. They covered 3,735 kilometers 75 meters. Aertz and Spiessens finished second and Dupuy and Miquel third. Spears and Brocco were eighth. WITH SANDLOT NINES HREE District sandlot nines of T the first rank opened their seasons yesterday, playing to nearly six thousand fans. The Knickerbock- ers of Georgetown and the Elks of the Fraternal League had Olympia Hollow thronged with followers of the sport, while Gibraltar Athletic Club and the Cardinals of Alexandria performed before a size- able gathering on the Monument lot. ‘The Knicks surprised even theh-‘ most_ardent supporters by trouncing the Elks, 6 to 3. Lem Owen, Paul| Bryant and Slim Patterson, pitchers | slammed for thirteen safeties, totaling | twenty-one bases. Wise and Homan | Fisher of the Knicks yielded but three | ts. ‘turning back the Alexandria | Cardinals, the Gibs indulged in a bat- ting spree. Neidfeldt was the vleumi twelve clouts and a 12-to-3 victory for locals. While his mates were held the Alexandrians to a brace of | singles. | used by the Fraternal Leaguers, were | led the assault with two blows each. i | of the savage attack that netted hitting' averages, McCoy Paul Messink’s pitching was too its game with the Rockfords yester- day. The hurler fanned fourteen bat- ters while his team hammered the Lafayette moundsmen for a 3-to-1 win. Each team scored in the first inning, but Spalding’s_single and Perkins' triple sent the Rockfords ahead in the Vincent Costello Post took the meas- ure of the Engineers in a 9-to-1 game at the Washington cks. Snow Ppitched well for the winners. Toomey, Gleason and Fitzgerald of the Costello team made three hits in three Linworth Midgets scored their first victory of the season at the expense of the Tennleytown youngsters in a 29-to-7 encounter. Schnieder held the losers to ten hits. Perry Athletic Club won a double- header, downing Royal Athletic Club 6 to 3, and Indian Athletic Club, 9 to 0. Winston Athletie Club finished in front in two engagements on the Rosedale nds, trouncing the la oul Benning Athletie Club. 12 to 8 and the Langdon Athletic Club, 13 to 3. Serrin hurled a strong game for the Shamrocks when they encountered the Independent Athletic Club and the former team won, 5 to 0. The Big Green nine did some timely hitting. Palace Ranch club nosed out the Eastern Athletic Club in a 14-to-12 ame. Wintermeyer of the winners fanned twelve batters and granted only four hits. Circle Athletic Club rolled up a reg- ular_foot ball score in its game with the Peck Midgets, winning, 35 to 0. Roy Beall, pitehing for Quincy Ath- letic Club, had the Quentin_ RQatters baffled and won his game, 14 to 0. Beall struck out eleven men. Miami Athletic Club pointed the way to the Yankees in a 12-to-5 engage- ment. National Athletic Club registered its third straight victory when it van- cl]‘\n(uhe‘d the Park View Athletic Club, o 7y “By their clotll, Spring en judge men” Suits Tailored to order, the ‘way you want them, by Omohundro’s expert designers and master Union Tailors on the premises. 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