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SPORTS
PART V
PAGES 1?4
WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1915.
Georgetown Wins Point Trophy in Indoor Track Meet-Nielsen to Coach C. U
GEORGETOWN WINS
OWN TRACK MEET
Takes Both Intercollegiate and
South Atlantic Trophies
at Indoor Games.
LOSES FEATURE RELAY
TO LEHIGH, HOWEVER
Princeton Beats Yale in Hotly Con
tested Two-Mile Eace?Western
High Gets Scholastic Honors.
| ?
i How the Points Were
Divided by the Teams
COLLEGES:
? irorpetown 30
, Hopkinn 14
Washington and Lee fl
Lebanon Valley 5 |
(icopue Washington 4
I.ehigh 3 !
Catholic Iniversity 1
SCHOLASTIC:
Western High 11
Tome School 10
Wood berry Forest 4
Tech 3
Episcopal 3
S. A. INTERCOLLEGIATES:
Georgetown 24
Hopklnii IB !
George Washington 6 j
Washington and Lee 2
CLlUSt
Baltimore Y. M. C. A* 12
Baltimore C. C. C 5
Meadow brook Club 5
Columbia A. C 4
BY H. C. BYBD.
The Georgetown University
track squad featured the indoor
track and field gam~s held under
the auspices of that institution at
Convention Hall last night by
winning the intercollegiate point
trophy and by getting sufficient
counts in the South Atlantic Inter
collegiate Association contests to
give it the prize for the total
of those indoor competitions.
Georgetown got 24 points in the
S. A. Intercollegiate A. A. and 30
in the open contests.
Blue and Gray men scored
heavily in many of the events. So
far did they outclass the other col
lege competitors that the nearest
institution to it, Hopkins, got
only 14. Washington and Lee was
next with 6. Johns Hopkins
scored well in the intercollegiate,
though, getting 16 against
Georgetown's 24 points.
Western High Is Victor.
"Western High was a victor among
the scholastic combinations, though its
margin was the smallest possible. It
registered eleven points, against ten
for Tome Institute. No other scholas
tic stjuads were in the running with
tliese two. The Baltimore Central j
Y. M. C. A. again took the trophy.
Georgetown, while it won the tro- j
I 1 ?hies, lost what was carded as the I
feature relay?that with Lehigh. Right j
Bi I he start Georgetown was favored,
! though it lost the pole on the toss, j
Morrisey, first man for the Pennsyi- I
van ans, was set back two yards for I
K false start, but he held his own and
| beat Nubby Jones of Georgetown to the
'ape by a yard. Weisser ran second
for Georgetown and at one time sprint -
I ed up by McGrath of Lehigh. He was
unable to hold it, though, and Young
was started five yards behind the third
Lehigh runner.
Young ran a splendid race, made up
that distance and got Kddie Stebbins
of Georgetown off only three yards be
hind Hurke of Lehigh. Burke proved a
splendid performer and was five yards
* head of Stebbins at the finish. That
means a lot. too, because Stebbins is
the best quarter-miler in the south.
The two-mile race between Yale and
Princeton was a race well worth see
ing. The first relay found Yale fifteen
yards to the bad and the Blue runners
ended the second and third relays
nout that distance behind. The last
Eii runner moved up until he wan run
ning right behind the Orange and
Ulack, but he was never able to get up
ppefcri enough to pass out in front, and
r?-i the final lap the Princeton man had
the better burst of speed.
The Potomac Boat Club won the first
Important relay race of the evening,
** hen TJickman, the last runner, caught
Knight just before the last yard had
been covered. Knight started with a
good lead, but did not have the stamina
t >r stay in front the entire distance.
Jr v. as Dickman's splendid work which
gave the Potomacs the victory, as they
x* ere behind on every relay until he
v ent to the front at the end of his
quarter.
Couis Connor of George Washington
started out at too fast a pace on the
first three laps of the next South At-j
Iwntic Intercollegiate contest, the $80,
and lost out within the last thirty
yards, when Hall of Johns Hopkins j
uut by him on a fine sprint. Hall rani
excedingly well, using exceptional
judgment. He trailed Connor, and was '
lu second position until the time al-|
ready mentioned. Johns Hopkins!
scored again in this event, Uhler tin-i
ishing third. |
Western High got its, first winner
? cross, when Peyton cleaned up the
6u0-yard novice in handy fashion. The
I Led and White youngster took the lead
right at the start and ran brilliantly
nntil the end. He was never headed,
*nd his judgment in pace was one of
the main factors in his victory. Ketner
Df the Columbia Athletic Club, another
local boy, was second in this contest.
Baltimore Polys "Win.
The Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
second team proved too strong: for the
Central High 110-pound team, the East
ern High fourth quartet and the Briar
ly Hall aggregation. The event was
Close and Central might have figured
?s a winner had not its first runner
fallen In the push for the pole on the
flrst turn.
Troop 32 was the winner of the relay
race for Boy Scouts. Edmund Hemp
(Continued OB Second Page.)
NATIONALS' CATCHING STAFF, AS NOW CONSTITUTED,
HAS BEEN INTACT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS
HENRY.
JACK JOHNSON DUCKED MEXICO
BECAUSE COIN WAS DOUBTFUL
Colored Champion Not Sure He Could. Get!
Away With Purse After Fight Sched
uled With Willard at Juarez.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
EL PASO, Tex., February 27.?Ar !
entirely different angle was put on
Jack Johnson's present attitude regard
ing the Havana-Juarez-ElPaso con
troversy by a private letter received
from the black champion today.
Johnson never at any time was wor
ried about the arrangements made for
getting him into Mexico and through
the rebellion cursed country to Juarez.
What he was chiefly concerned in?and
this he regarded as the most important
item of all?was how he was to get
out of Mexico and safely away with
his $30,000 after the fight with Jess
Willard.
The champion is a long way from
being a fool, and while he was in a
mad que3t for that car load of pesos, he
was not blind to all of the details.
He felt satisfied, he said, in his let
ter, which was dated at Barbados,
that he could get into Mexico without
anything but the loss of a lot of
time.
But it appears a lot of people have
told him a lot of things about the
strenuous and terribly disturbed con
ditions in the northern section of the
republic This got him to think ng.
He figured that If he was paid off on
the Mexican side he would either have
to send the money into America with
some trusted friend or else reform his
LORD MAY BE A FED
Disgruntled Third Baseman
Fails to Answer Wires.
VISITED CHASE IN BUFFALO
Relations With Chicago Club Are
Pleasant, But Is Silent as
to Intentions
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PORTLAND, Me., February 27.?
Though Harry Lord, the recalcitrant
third baseman of the Chicago White
Sox, declares that he does not know
what he will do this summer, it is be
lieved he will be playing with a Fed
eral League team. For three days the
first of the week Lord was a guest of
Hal Chase in Buffalo, N. Y., and the
firm friendship between Lord and
Chase has led to a ready belief that
there is a significant meaning to his
visit, Chase being manager of the Buf
falo Federals and a power in the out
law organization.
Another thing which strengthens the
belief that the clever third sacker plans
to jump organized base ball is the fact
that he has received, one after an
other, three telegrams from Comiskey
of the White Sox, wired from the Pa
; cific coast, ordering Lord to report and
that to these telegrams Lord has an
swered nothing.
Comiskey has said he wanted Lord
back, Lord admits that his relations
with Chicago are now friendly, and
yet, with the chance to go back, he is
sitting tight at his home at Cape Eliza
beth, near here, excepting for his
aforementioned visit with Chase of the
Federals. No intimation has yet been
given of what team he would be with
in the Federal circuit, should he de
cide to jump, but-nt is certain that he
would be a welcome adjunct to the
outlaw outfit.
Yale Fencers Beat Harvard.
NEW HAVEN*, February 27.?Tale lie
feated Harvard in the dual fencing
meet here tonight, Ave bouts to four.
The matches were closely contested.
"avalcade and try to escape out of
Iexico with the money, probably go
ng back the way he came.
Why He Avoided Juarez.
It was a tough proposition and John
on could not settle it. That is why
ie did not come to Juarez and battle
Willard. At least this is the Intima
tion in his letter?one of the mighty
few that the champion writes.
It is the belief of those close to Jack
Curley that he will, by the time he
gets to Havana, have some good news
to tell Johnson?something that will
almost force the big black to make the
trip to Juarez. Just wWat this is to be
is not mentioned.
El Paso slowly is giving up the idea
of a championship battle across the
river. It looks more and more every
day as if the contest would be switch
ed to Havana?at least that is the im
pression here. There is nothing on
which to base this supposition but the
fact that Curley has gone over there.
There was another hitch today in
the proposed Gunboat Smith-Jim
Flynn encounter scheduled for Juarez
next Saturday. The affair probably
will be abandoned altogether. The
latest hitch was Fynn's demand for a
guaranty, which the promoters are
unwilling to give him. t
, Willard continues hopeful that John
son will be persuaded to come here.
NOT TO SELL BAKER
"Not for a Roomful of Money,"
Says Connie Mack.
YANKEES WILLING TO BUY
Owner Shibe and Harry Davis Both
Think Frank 'Will Play
With Athletics.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 27.?Tliat J.
Franklin Baker will play with no other
club than the Athletics seems certain
according to an interview with John
Shibe and Capt. Davis, published today.
"Will you sell the release of Frank
Baker if the Yanks want him?" Shibe |
was asked just before the Apache left;
for Florida.
"You'll have to talk with Connie
Mack," he replied. "But personally I
think Baker will be j*eady to play with
our team as soon as the regular cham
pionship season begins. He is opposed
to these southern t'-ips, you know, and
prefers to spend the time on his farm."
"Connie Mack told me yesterday he
wouldn't sell Baker for a room filled
with money," said Harry Davis. "Ho
said that Baker would be held to his
two-year contract with the Athletics.
Mack is sure that Frank will come back
to us in April. So am I."
Ruppert Would Buy Him.
Later in the day Col. Ruppert was
asked if he favored a deal for Baker
"We are willing to pay a big price for
Baker," replied the Yankee magnate
"for we believe that he \?4>uld make our
team a first division factor. Baker in a j
New York uniform would mean some |
remarkable attendance figures at the i
Polo grounds this year. But there's a I
limit to all things, and we are not go
ing to give up more money than Baker i
is worth."
Donovan spent the day in Philadel- i
phia packing his-trunk. It is generally 1
believed he had an interview with
Mack the nature of which cannot be
learned. Whfcn President Johnson of
the American League arrives here next
week he may try to swing the deal.
Meanwhile Philadelphia fans are begin- j
ning to realize that New York wants j
Baker. Hence a storm of protests
against the sale of the home-run king. !
WILLIAMS.
WALTER JOHNSON NOT TO HURRY
HIS TRAINING WORK THIS SPRING
Believes He Erred in Getting Into Condition
Last Season?Russell of A. and M. Col
lege Is Latest Pitching Recruit.
By J. ED GRILLO.
Walter Johnson plans to change his system of training this
spring. In his recent letter to Manager Griffith he said he would
report early and go to Charlottesville to work, because he believed
he had hurried himself too much last year, which affected his work
to such an extent that he finished as low as third in the pitching
records.
Johnson has never suffered with a lame arm. Though he has
done a lot of-work since joining the Nationals, on several occasions
leading in the matter of games won, Johnson's pitching arm has
never given him a pain, which is remarkable indeed.
Though he really pitched brilliantly last season his record fell
far below his mark of 1913. Yet he won more games than any other
pitcher in the league and led them all in strike-outs.- But it was not
as sensational a performance as was expected of him, and there
were those who were disappointed.
But there is nothing: wrong with
Johnson, and he aims to prove it the
coming: year.
He will take things easy for the six
weeks or so that will precede the open
ing of the season and so prepare him
self to cut loose with all the old speed
about the time the season opens. This
is his own plan. Walter was far from
satisfied with his work last season, de
spite the fact that it was of the best
so far as pitching in the majors goes.
He thinks he erred in hurrying himself
in condition, and he proposes to take
more time to do it this spring.
Another new pitcher has been added
to the Griff men's staff. His name is
O. V. Russell. During the early part
of Inst season he pitched for the A. and
M. College team of Raleigh, N. C. He
was a sensational performer and at
tracted considerable attention. Griffith,
after the college season closed, made
numerous efforts to get into commu
nication with the youngster, but could
notv learn where he was located. Just
a week or so ago he got the tip that
Russell lives at Troy, N. C., and, fur
thermore, that he had graduated from
college and was willing- to play pro
fessionally Griffith wrote him, and a
day or so ago received a reply from
Rus-5.>11 saying that he would report at
Charlottesville and take the once over
before he signed.
Griffith has heard a lot of very com
plimentary things about Russell, and
a good judge who saw him in many
games has predicted that the college
youth has the making of a great
pitcher. Russell is a big fellow and Is a
righthander.
Just how many members of Griffith's
pitching staff will be at the station this
morning in time for the 10:15 train to
Charlottesville is a bit doubtful. Har
per. Bentley, Engel and Thormahlen are
sure to be here in time for this train,
and it is more than likely that Joe
Boehllng also will join the forces from
here this morning. John Henry and
Ainsmith will make up the catching
staff, and Clarke, the young man re
cently signed by Griffith, also is to be
on hand. The other pitchers, including
Ayers, Gallia and Hopper, will go direct
to Charlottesville from their homes.
Ray Morgan will start training with the
first squad at Charlottesville Monday
ir.crn'ng, though he will not leave with
the players on the morning train.
Morgan telephoned Manager Griffith
yesterday afternoon from Riltimore to
the effect tha' his brother was to be
married last nitxit and that he would not
be able to get here for the 10:15 train.
He asked permission to lake a train later
in the afternoon, wli'ch was granted,
Griffith insisting, however, that Morgan
be oki hand to start real work Monday
morning.
Roy Mitchell, who while a member of
the St. Louis Brmvns often hn<* the dis
tinction of stopping the Nationals and
Athletics, is not go>ng to be carried hy
the St. Louis club the coming season. In
fact, he has been given his unconditional
release.
Were it not for the fact that Griffith is
limited tb the number of players he can
carry he would pick up Mitchell and
carry him along just as an emergency
pitcher. When a ball club has a lot of
youngsters who are apt to blow up dur
ing the closing innings of a game there
is nothing so valuable as a well seasoned,
wise veteran to stick in and stop the
opposition's rally. Griffith believes
Mitchell would fill the roll admirably, but
conditions are such that he cannot afford
to carry him.
There is a story going the rounds anent
f Continued on Second Pa??
1ST ? a*- ?' ' -S* J;. Ji'S ~i3
AINSMITH.
AMERICAN THOROUGHBREDS
TO BE GIVEN A BIG BOOST
Great Breeding Plant to Be Established in
This Country by Association With
$100,000 Capital.
LEXINGTON, Ky., February 27.?A
movement was started here this after
noon to organize the American Thorough
bred Association with a capital stock of
$100,000. The organization will be com
pleted at another meeting to be held
here May 4, during the spring race meet
ing, when breeders and owners from all
over the country will be here.
j The scope of the movement is co-ex
| tensive with the North American eonti
| nent, and Canada and Mexico are to have I
representation. As soon as the perma- j
nent organization is effected representa- )
tives will be sent to England to import |
the best sires, mares and fillies of the j
SOX ARE KEPT BUSY
Manager Rowland Inaugu
rates New Training System.
NEWS OF TRAINING CAMPS
American League Teams Are Start
ing to Prepare for Com
ing Campaign. 1
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PASO ROBLES, Cal., February 27.?
Another day of walking was on the
program of the White Sox today, with
a light work-out interspersed between
hikes to prevent the players from go
ing stale. Manager Rowland delayed
his regular morning talkfest today,
owing to the dance and reception giv
en the Sox last night by the Paso
Robles Chamber of Commerce; The
rising hour was changed to 8 a.m.. In
stead of 7 a.m., and the breakfast hour
also was switched.
E*rly to bed and early to rise,
plenty of fresh hair, lots of mud'1 in
the baths, heart-to-heart talks in the
morning, no smoking in training and
long walks mingled with leap frog
and other forms of amusement consti
tute the Rowland program, which
gives the major leaguers an entirely
new bill of fare for their spring train
ing diet.
Several Mijior Mishaps.
Several minor mishaps were report
ed this morning. Hi Jasper wrenched
his back hitting fungoes yesterday
and was painfully reminded of the
fact this morning.
"How will that affect your chances'
of working in the championship sea
son?" was asked of Jasper this morn
ing.
"Well, unless Ruck or Ronesetter
Reese Axes me up I'm afraid I can't
sit as straight on the bench next sea
son," replied Jasper.
"Do you think there will be many
fellows sitting on the bench next
year?" inquired Dr. Sawyer, who has
become a Sox fan.
"From the" latest reports from the
front there won't be any bench warm
ers on the Sox at all." replied Jasper.
"We will all have to go to work."
There are no. charley horses on the
Sox team this spring, so far as is
known, which is .really remarkable.
Last season at this time several acute
cases were reported. Their scarcity
is attributable to the lack of sliding
pits?a reform instituted by Manager
Rowland.
MACK CLAIMS PENNANT.
Says His Team Will Repeat?Leav
ing for South.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, February 27.?"I'
vJOTitfnuPfl on TI^tI Pnir*? "i
purest thoroughbred blood in that coun
try, which will be brought here, where
a great breeding plant wPl be established.
Another will be placed in the west, but
in what state has not been determined.
Garrett D. Wilson, former member of
the state racing commission, was elected
chairman today, with Fred Forsythe sec
retary. The meeting was attended by i
prominent turfmen from all over Ken- i
tucky, while men In other states sent let
ters offering co-operation.
It was set forth that the suspension of
the English derby and stakes for two
years would mean reduction of numerous j
establishments in England, and this
would throw some of the best horses in '
that country on the market. Representa- j
tives of great breeding plants in the !
south were present at today's meeting.
FEDS ARE CONFIDENT
Expect to Beat Injunction and
Play in Newark.
BROWN IS SWITCHED
Brooklyn Lets Him Go to Either
Buffalo or Chicago?New
Contract Suggested.
BUFFALO, N. Y., February 27.?The
| Federal Base Ball League adjourned Its
! two-day session late today and will meet
in Pittsburgh March 13. By that time
it was expected that the court obstacle
preventing the transfer of the Kansas
City franchise to Newark would be re
' moved and the season's playing schedule
could be adopted.
No official announcement as to the
schedule was forthcoming.
Two sessions of the board of directors
were held today. The Kansas City
Newark dispute occupied most of the
time of the opening session and the legal
side of Ihe proposition was discussed,
with the result that the officials left the
meeting positive in their conviction that
the transfer was within the law and that
the court would allow it to stand. Presi
dent Gil more made positive the state
ment that Newark would have a Fed
eral League team this year and charac
terized the legal controversy as "ill ad
vised and unjust."
Suggests New Contract.
E. E. Gates, the league's attorney,
following suggestions received from
players and club owners, presented a
new contract, .which will be submit
ted to the owners by the usual thirty
day mail vote. Mr. Gates said the
contract was an equitable one and he
considered it "court proof," binding
alike on player and club.
William Brennan, chief of umpires,
announced the following umpires for
the season: James Johnstone. Newark;
Fred Westervelt, Richmond; William
Finneran, Erie; Harry - Howell, Brook
lyn; Lewis Fyfe, Chicago; Barry Mc
Cormick, Chicago; W. P. Shannon,
Minneapolis. The ninth umpire will be
either Hank O'Pay or Jack Egan. The
umpires will meet for spring training
at West Baden, Ind;, March 31.
President Ward of the Brooklyn club
today released Mo.rdetJdi .Brown to the
league and he will be added to the
pitching staff of either the Buffalo or
the Chicago club.
Tonight the league officials and man
agers were the guests of the Buffalo
club at a banquet.
Fenn Swimmers Trim Yale.
PHILADELPHIA. February 27.?The
University of Pennsylvania defeated
Yale in a swimming match her* to
nj?v)it Uv n ?"iirp r?* ?.* to ?1.
NIELSEN TO COACH
CATHOLIC ELEVEN
Former Georgetown Coach to
Undertake Development of
Brookland Squacl.
HAS HELPED TO REBUILD
OTHER COLLEGE TEAMS
Determined Efforts Made by C. TI. to
Land His Services Appear
Successful.
BY H. C. BYRD.
Fred K. Nielsen will coach the
Catholic University foot hall
team next fall. Xo announcement
to this effect has as yet been
made, but very reliable informa
tion indicates that the Brook
landers are counting on Mr. Niel
sen to help thc-m develop a win
ning eleven for the first time in
their history.
Announcement was made in
these columns a month ago that
Catholic University was making
determined efforts to avail itself
of the services of Mr. Nielsen in
connection with foot ball, but he
demurred for a long time. It was
i not his desire to resume that kind
of work, but it seems that per
sistent entreaties on the part of
those in charge of sports at the
Brookland institution finally
caused them to succeed in their
endeavor.
Has Aided Other Schools.
Mr. Nielsen's chief recreation for a
number of years consisted of helping
the students of local colleges and uni
versities in rehabilitating: their foot
ball systems, after a number of dis
astrous seasons. His last connection
with the sport v.*as in the fall of 1911.
when he turned out the greatest eleven
that ever represented Georgetown Uni
versity. Mr. Nielsen went out in 1903
and 1906 and developed the first win
ning: teams the Maryland Agricultura
College ever had. The following tvo
seasons he was in charge of the elevens
at George Washington University; it is
familiar in the minds of all who follow
the sport how lie roun-Jed an elev*..
out of almost nothing, which liel.'
Georgetown 0-0, the only lime in th?
history of the Hatchetites when the
Blue and Gray had not defeated then
The following season, under Mr. Niel
sen's guidance, George Washington was
represented by what many claim to
have been the most powerful eleven
the south has ever produced. In th?
fall of 1910 he went to Georgetown
and his team defeated Virginia for th<
[first time in nine years; and the nexr
fall he repeated the trick, besides hold
ing the Army 0 to 0.
As far as coaching is concerned, there
probably is no man who hr.s been con
nected with the sport in the south who
can point to such a splendid recoril.
And it must be borne in mind that M-.
; Nielsen has not been identified with'*'
I the sport in a professional capacity, in
! the ordinary sense. It has been a mat -
iter of recreation and love for the game
more than anything else -which lias
i caused him to take up the teaching
end of it.
Coaches for Becreatioa.
' The question of salary probably did
not enter into any discussion he has
had with the authorities at Catholic
University. He was asked some time
ago if he would consider a proposition
to coach, a big western university b? -
(ing in the market for his services, but
! he answered that if he took up foot
ball coaching again it would be more
as a matter of recreation than for,s::.i
ary consideration, and would neces
sarily have to be with a local insti
tution. , . , _...
Mr. Nielsen's coaching methods diner
from those of nearly all others. in
stead of driving men he leads them,
land he teaches foot ball in much the
I same manner that a law professor i ?
structs his pupils in the intricacies or
pleading. ,
I Fred K. Nielsen is a graduate of tee
University of Nebraska in law. He h1?-o
holds a post-graduate degree in law
from Georgetown.
? ? ? ??
TITLE FOE C. C. PELL.
Defeats Lawrence Waterbury for na
tional Amateur Championship.
NEW YORK, February L'7.?Clarence
C. Pell of the Tuxedo won the national
amateur racquets championship here
today by defeating Lawrence Water*
bury, who won the title
three games to one in the fln.il rirayc!
of the tournament at the RaCtiUttC .31**1
Tennis Club.
The victory of the new champion was
not unlooked for, as he has been plac
ing in great form this season.
weeks ago he won the gold ractiuejT
championship singles at Tuxedo, dtipli? !
eating his success of the previous ye**V
and a few days later with Stanley (a'a
Mortimer of this city as partner <*ar?
ried off the doubles honors at Philj^?
delphia. Following are the scores of
today's match; 13?13, 9?13, 13?1 an4-*
15?7. >'?
I
Racing Bill Passes
Arkansas State Senate
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., February
27.?By a vote of 17 to 16, the
Mtnte senate today paxned the
Sawyer racing; bill providing for
a commission of three members
and licensing; pari-uuituel bet- j
tins machine*. ?
Because the senate added an
amendment exempting thirty-Ave ,
counties from the proviwions. of
the hill the measure will be re
turned to the house for concur
rence.
The measure has been subject- -"j
ed to a bitter flgrht In the senate,
but It waa predicted that final
action would be taken todny.