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-m " 12 THE WASHINGTON TIMES. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1917. Griff men Should Be in Huntlsemann Leads BowlersCentral Takes Field JX. GRIFFMEN SHOULD BE IN FLAG HUNT Georgetown. Now Leading i For S. A. I. A. A. Honors OLD RIVALS MEET IN MANY CONTESTS "' i53pirK BOB THAYER'S GOSSIP ON SPORTING MATTERS Instead of annually bickering about months to the age limit may go far the Amateur Athletic Union offlclala, toward putting the sailors on an handlcapper Included, would It not equality with the soldiers at West nrst be wise for Washington colleges. Point when It comes to building up schools, and clubs to get Into the or- football elevens. For years the Army ganfzatlon and have miiha .n.r rt a ha h.n.flt.H tv ! e TIGERS' TWIRLING REMAINS PROBLEM Have Just as Good a Chance as Any Other Club in Ameri can League. MUCH DEPENDS ON DUMONT t Infield Make-up Is Puzzle, With ' No Position Certain Before Season Opens. By LOUIS A. DOUGHER. tA pennant race, running through x months, 1. a jumbled affair. That's Why no one can pici. me aiumaw Winner In February. That's why one cannot say where the Grlffmen will dnlsh next October. Judging from what happened In the American League In 1916. and seeking to argue what may happen this year. the Grlffmen will have Just as good a chance to win the 1917 gonfalon as any other club In the circuit. Be yond that, however, one cannot gp. So much beside mere baseball enters Into a pennant race. ?Who can say what luck will be met Jar. Bryd kept Brewer out of the cen- Meremh. Eby ran hi. race from ' ington and Lee. will make a b.tU SJgjj' "fi' Ph"- -?ork The pendulum will swing hlch he did appearT Wioo Sam prob by Griffith'. tLnr ,Who can say .that S S , ?M "LS" -c? i.? ? ! """ '0""e,- 1 2P-eT ffx.TT ba'c'k Tveu.. "just New?o1I " "-Ugh. acertammucn-neeaeapayerw,re. T, Ji wlJ tL., ?o Sn'sfhowglmel'rbeZ? for want of a hit, or btn egregious peg' Aho can say anything BaLTiflll I nHMPnHJ II. about baseball I lias Some Experiments. ! Manager Griffith has several experi ments to make with his ball club Jhis jjprlng. He did not have them last year. , At first base there will be round either Judge or Shanks. Neither may finish the season there. Judge was a lamentable failure as a batsman last season. Shanks' light hitting Is too vuunu ,v t.usaw ,w.uwa .. Judge may improve enough to fill the bill, but the fans will have to be shown. If he falls, and Shanks' field- lng Is good enougn, toe tans win pre- i fer to see the Monacan on the sack. If only for his life, dash, and aggres siveness. Every other position on the Infield Will be an experiment for the Old Fox; too. Second Is a Pozxle. ' Second base will bo a puzslo for weeks. There ls no saying that Ed die Foster or Ray Morgan will be considered the regular, even If Joe Leonard does make good at third. Morgan hit for .267 last year. Foster was down at the .252 mark. In field ing at second Foster's .900 average was but three points better than Mor gan's. Apparently, hitting must de cide between them. Foster had. a poor year in 1916, for some strange reason. Morgan was doing well until Injured In New York. Each will be given a thorough trial, but he would be a wizard to -hjosc between them as second base men. Crane a Newcomer. Manager Griffith says he will try out Sam Crane at shortstop, but that means nothing to us. McBrlde was the second best fielding shortstop In the league last year, and hit for .227. Crane was second best in the Inter national League, but his hitting acaln't minor league pitching was orily .222. Crane may be chosen by the Old Fox to open the season at short, but McBrlde may yet force him to the bench It takes brains to be a major league shortstop, and McBrlde ls con sidered one of the brainiest players in any major league Infield. The youngster from Baltimore will have td prove himself a far better bats man than McBrlde to oust the vet eran. Moran is not figured to have much of a chance to earn a place for him self this year, though he may fool Uie wisest war correspondent. :joe Leonard, the wee third sacker, may shine at the hot corner, but he has yet to prove It. He hit for .271 In forty-five American League games last year, and .2G3 in ninety-nine American Association contents. These figures are encouraging, and, if his fielding and running is good, he may remain at third for the Grlffmen. If le tumbles, Foster will be placed on bis old job once more. ' The most promising part of the Washington club at this writing is its outfleld. Milan will hardly Improve, but Rice and Smith look to be good batsmen, something the team needs more than anything else. Slim! Have Walloper, To be a contender In 1917 the Griff rnen must have a walloper, and Elmer Emitti seems to bfe that young man. He ls a slugger. If he doesn't con. neot. he fans. But ir he does meet the pill. It sails. He is sure to be a regular Sam Rice's timely hitting la.t sea son pave him the highest average on the club. 299. and he I. sure to start. In addition to his hitting, Rlc is very fast on his feet. With coaching he may develop into a capable baerun ner. Mike. Menoskcy Is the best looking of the other outflelie recruit., and may manage to hang on for a while after the season opens, if not through out. Dumont May Succeed. If he reports In good health, as he didn't last spring, George Dumont may succeed. Ills pitching may make or break the chances of the Grlffmen to win the flag, or at least finish Ijlgh. Johnson, Harper, Gallia, and Aycrs, likely to pitch many games, are well known. They need no knocks or boosts. If Dumont delivers the goods, the team should be a winner, so far ss mound work Is to be considered. The catching staff Is the same, with chances that Alnsmlth and Gharrity may be worked oftener than they Were last year. From our viewpoint, at least four clubs are sure to be In the pennant chase from the beginning, the Red Sox. Yankees, Tigers, and White Sox. It Is also possible that the other four clubs may upset 11 calculations. (JTWhere will the Grjffs finish? Will you, bet the ran will shine tomorrow! Gates, Griffith, Auray Johns Hopkins Meet at Baltimore, Putting Blue and Gray On Top. Georgetown la In the Tan today by one point for the Indoor South At- lantlc Intercollegiate Athletic Assocla. ne" the century. G. O. Lynch, of UonrpThy- r r ess hssYe,r vss sey Griffith, Hector Auray and John- ond. Juat how Lynch can compete ny Conolly proved themselves sprint- with the schoolboys while represent ers of no mean ability by walking ing a college Is a mystery. The mat off with the relay race from Vlr-i ter will probably be looked Into, ginla, Hopkins, and Maryland State Central 'Wins Race. In last night's meet In Baltimore. Central's seventeen-year-old . relay In addition to winning- the feature . - v - ,,', orgeYo aSets Hashed to "Hie event of the mt. th ml!, till- - fore . otner events. Hector Auray for the veteran Episcopal High annexed the century, with Renoe In School quintet, which defeted Tome fourth place. Gates took second In. -here iajt week. Latta's quarter was i 'h8 "ntu!7 J1"11?" ,nd Nugent a heady race, and be nosed out Knapp Jwm ?,,? rH?..wtVh Vn by two " Central wUI eo to the "JJ Jk,t5,,ItnfGhr!ft,th t0UTOi'1 n,Penn relays this spring following Lne lu"ons "u0 event. iKBt night's meritorious performance. fjonaiaerabie Jockeying. There was considerable jockeying , -...,. rvn.m t .!. .,. - - " v.ss( awuus.bavu . Byrd In last nights meet. Intent upon winning out in the feature re- have won the,1" "-""- - 22 had he been less Intent upon, Carroll Triumphs. 1?""- f Ylr ,D Carrol. Institute triumphed In the "brewer wu almost sure winner' three-m,!e SpeC'al r ld i . the century and ran his first the Baltimore C. C. C. Downey anl . .. a. furlong in the quarter in the relay Blumer showed the way to the Baltl in almost record time. He spent Kis more men and were closely followed energy, however, and was forced to by other team mates. drop back giving way to Virginia. I Catholic University handily defeat Gate. Perfoma Well. ed st- John's, G. W. U and State , seconds In the relays. The Hartford Bill Gates got a chance to dieting- c. youngsters remain undefeated. ,!. T.tma.lf TTa va. th aa hi.nl- i... wa. ..COnd In the South Atlantic hurdles and second In the 220 South Atlantic, besides running a great race n the relay. ntuuiQKiuuo Btuouiouy aioicirs swamped those of Episcopal High School. Baltimore Poly, and Baltimore, city College. Monroe Sheehan, run- ICOMIE-MACKWILL LEAVE ON TUESDAY Will Not Take Unsigned Players to Training Camp, De spite Results. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25. Connie Mack and his first squad of players, mostly pitchers, will leave Tuesday for Fort Pierce, Fla., to prepare for the grind later to be taken up at Jacksonville. Manager Mack will take with him Horn, Russell, Johnson, and Adams, all pitchers. At Fort Pierce Ellis Johnson, Rube Schauer, Hill, Anderson, and "Liz" Smith, pitchers, will be found, as well as Haley and Meyer, catchers. This squad will be drilled by Man ager Mack until March 10, when they will report at the regular training camp of. the Mackmen at Jacksonville. Fla. When the camp at Jacksonville ls complete Mack's squad will be made up of thirteen pitchers, threo catchers, six lnflelders and five out fielders. Last to Sim Up. The last to accept terms are Grover, an Inflelder who finished the season with the Athletics last year, and' Noyes, who was drafted from the Portland club of the Pacific Coast League. Waivers have been received on these men, as Manager Mack had made up his mind not to bother any longer with the players who refused to sign, but telegrams were received from both Grover and Noyes yester day that terms had been accepted. The infield has been practically made up to consist -of Mclnnis, first base; Otis Lawry or Grover, second base: Witt, shortstop, and Ray Bates, third base. The refusal to sign of Amos Strunk, Wally Schang, and Joe Bush does not seem to be bothering Connie much. He is said to have received several of fers for Bush, but will not part with any one of the trio. If they do nut sign, they will not be taken to Jack sonville. Tbraaher ot In Line. It is known that Thrasher, the slug ger from the Southern League, has refused to sign at the terms offered. He will be treated just like the vet eran trio. Bush, Strunk, and Schang. Ping Bodle, so far. is the only out fielder signed for 1917. He ls an ex perienced player, and Is sure of a place In the outfleld, but beside him may be found rookies. William Johnson, a Chicago semi pro star, comes with the best o'f refer ences, and there are also Fred Ley, a Colorado semi-pro, and King, from Massachusetts Aggies. BEGIN TRAINING Coach Hecox Believes Ice Will Bs Gone for Potomac Lads. Coach Clarence Hecox will call out his Potomac oarsmen Thursday, pro vided the river Is sufficiently free from Ice. Unusual Interest ls being shown among the members, and a large squad of candidates ls expected to report. Potomac opens its rowing season April 11, the senior eight tackling the middles at Annapolis. The club will later be represented In the American Henley at Philadelphia In May, the Southern Rowing Association's re gatta at Baltimore In June, and the People's Regatta In Philadelphia In July. In the national championships, booked for Philadelphia In August, and the Middle States championships on Labor Day, the Potomac Club will be well represented. and Connolly Star in nlng from scratch, won the half mile' while McNamara, his tern mate, an- """ "'PU" " v-nor, juckjh, Nash, and Latta. literally cleaned up in me open events .ario oy, or the Chicago A. A won the quarter and half. Eby's running was the -... '. Um V.lf avaw Bakata- In tM. aa. I vitl, TJeiHment. nnt .Trimrln.- lh rZZf 3 ft r T.-1.I. T ..... ..... c.l... ...a c-.u.tJ. winning a heady race from the crack of the ,guiu Bob Maxam, former, Western High School track captain, representing Tenn freshmen, won the open uuDurcu ttou wu occunu in in O I open furlong. Maxam would have won had he gotten up In the field on the back stretch Instead of waiting. ImTTTnT. nnim tttttt 1H11UJ IMI& MILL BE DECIDED SOON Friends Select Team Hands Bal timore Quakers Defeat on Own Floor. Friends Select School will meet the Baltimore Friends basketball team on a date to be decided this week, hav ing won the second game of the series In Baltimore yesterday by a score of 21 to 16. It was the first defeat reg istered against the Baltimore team this season, the Monumental City lads having won the opening engagement here two weeks ago. The Washington Friends sent three teams over yesterday, and were In tent upon winning the first game. King, Harrison, Brown. Roberts, and Bullard, of the local team, performed up to standard, checking the efforts of the Baltimore men at all times. The third game of the series will be played on a neutral floor some time during the week. Coach Junklns' team Is deserving of great credit for the comeback staged yesterday. MARTIN ARRIVES Grlffmen's Trainer, With Flock of Trunks, at Augusta. AUGUSTA, Ga., Feb. 23. The first sign of spring appeared here today when Mike Martin, trainer of the Washington baseball club, accompan ied by a flock of trunks, arrived. Mar tin went at once to the Hotel Albion, which will be the big leaguers' head quarters. Later in the day he Intend ed looking over the ground. Tomor row he will proceed to make every thing comfortable for the players, who will begin coming here Thursday. Local fans are convinced that the Washington club will have excellent weather during their training period. The winter rains have about gone and sort, balmy winds show that the play ers win nor. iacK ror comfortable days. JAC0BY IS WINNER Conqueror of Travers Wins Hous- ton'a Golf Tourney. HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 25. Louis Ja coby, of New Orleans, who elimina ted Jerome Travers, former amateur champion, 1 up. In the third round, es tablished himself champion yesterday by defeating George Aldredge, of Wallas, 2 up and 1 to go In thlrty-slx holes. Jacoby's performance sets an ex tremely high mark for Southern. His playing was almost flawless from the very beginning of the tourney. In the final yesterday he made the last eight boles In thirty-two strokes. PURCHASES JOE WOOD. NEW YORK, Feb. 25. Robert Mc Roy, acting for Jim Dunn, has paid Harry H. Frazee $15,000 for Joe Wood, once the American League's star pitcher. Wood plans to leave here tomorrow for Cleveland, where he will sign a contract for 1017 and' go to New Orleans with tho first squad of Indians. ADOPTS ITS SCHEDULE. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Feb. 25. The 1917 schedule of the Southern Baseball Association, adopted yesterday, pro vides for 152 games, with the season opening on April 12 and closing Sep- lemDer in, a posi-season series be tween the championship team and a nine plcned from the other seven clubs was arranged for, seven games to be played. George Washington and Hill toppers in Every Event Friday Night. George Washington and George town will face each other in every event started at the annual Buff and Blue meet, staged Friday night at Convention Hall. Rivalry between these two local Institutions conUnues to become hotter and hotter over since they began meetings In basket ball, track and football, and Friday night's rooting should make a record. Five colleges will make every ef fort to win the point trophy, George Washington, Georgetown. Virginia, Johns Hopkins and Lafayette. Johns Hopkins won the Georgetown meet this year, but the Balttmoreans will have their work cut out for them to repeat. Two Title Events. Two South Atlantic championships will be decided at the Buff and Blue meet, the 440-yards and the two-mle. A classy field Is found In the 440 yards. Sullivan, of Johns Hopkins and formerly of Catholic University; Atirav and fiatea K S". n"S mT.'S of Georgetown, reJohnrHonkln,"." wtt already, Johns Hopkins hopes to wlr) Se ntophTshrforceTrVf- 1- compelled to numbers. However, Georgetown has in.riy-one emr.es, many capaoie am- - .. li . Small. Hot Powerful. Wajhlntlon d Lea' (ouad of t,n,rut":'nwe, me ou-cent seats will i v . . --. " . be decreased In number, two-bits. Is smau but most powerful and the more being tacked on to many of Lexlngtonlans are sure to be up among the winners, Lafayette makes its bow to Wash' Innn nrlth n tmntr .mtnrl nt Inilnn.l athletes. Georgetown prep will enter many lads In the scholastic events. Relay Races Many. As usual, there will be many relay races, always popular with the throng. George Washington faces Carlisle. Catholic University will run Richmond College and Georgetown will tackle Lehigh. Virginia's freshman relay will meet Mercersburg, the most consistent win ner tn America, of the national schol astic title. Mike Thompson, who refereed the Georgetown meet, will act In the same capacity Friday night, with Pete Carney, of Philadelphia, 'official tarter. MAY. BUY GIANTS Sinclair and Ward Reported to Be Negotiating for the Club. NEW YORK. Feb. 25. A report was current yesterday that negotia tions for the sale of the New York club of the National League to Harry Sinclair and George S. Ward, backers of the Federal League, were being carried on. Efforts to get either de nial or confirmation of the story were unavailing. It became known that John McGraw wan not, as reported, on his way to Petersburg, V, to see Davy Robert son, the outfielder who refused to sign, a contract. It was reported from Petersburg that Robertson and his father had left for this city to con fer with Harry Hempstead. McGraw'a delaying his departure for Marlln lent some color to the story of the sale of the Giants. PELL TRIUMPHANT Vanquishes Mortimer, In National Racquets Event. NEW YORK, Feb. 25. Seldom, has the final round of a national racquets championship In singles been won more decisively, more brilliantly, than yesterday's closing match of this year's tournament at the Racquet and Tennis Club, which .saw the triumph of Clarence C. Pell, of Tuxedo, over Stanley G. Mortimer, the tltleholder. also of Tuxedo. These two rivals have met In many previous battles in the slate-walled courts, but It Is doubt ful If Mortimer was ever forced to capitulate before such a one-sided score. Where a bitter struggle had been expected, Pell won In straight games, and the record of his triumph rcadB 1511, 15-1, 10-3. Mortimer was overwhelmed by the remarkable racquet work of his oppo nent. It was this rather than any lack of accustomed skill on his part that decided the issue. It may truth fully be said that Pell transcended the heights of the game, and to have had anything like an even chance Mortimer would have been forced to play super-racquets. HERZOG UP IN AIR Giants' Inflelder Wants to Become Star Aviator. Word came from St. Petersburg, Fla., where the Phils will again train this year, that Charles Lincoln Herzog, the peppery inflelder of the Giants, Is busily enraged In learning the aviation game. Herzog Is a pupil of Jack McGee, who files a new model Curtiss flying boat Every day McGee and Herzog ascend and fly around Tampa bay, the ball player often handling the craft alone. Herzog Intends to take ten more les sons before going to Marlln. Tex., and joining the Giants' training ramp. He has proved n most apt and gritty pupil. The baseball star will at nnco apply for an aviator's license and Intends to buy a flying boat of his own and My around his home In Maryland. If America Is Involved In the European war, Hcrzpg win at once offer nis services to tho Government. ST. ALBANS WIN. St. Albans School closed Its basket ball season yesterday by defeating the Maraton School team of Baltimore by 3S to 0. The Washington team outclassed the Baltimore quint In Its own gymnasium In Baltjmore. Morse and Schroers starred for the St. Al bans Ave. sayT These many years Washington limit. This has permitted former col has maintained discrimination by lege stars entering the academy on Baltimore against the athletes here. the Hudson and making records In the Those who are now In the throes annual service contests. The Navy. or anomer A. A- U. tailahhl. rffla-ti gei on me inside by paying down a small sum and gaining admission to the union, where they will have the right to be heard and th i-irh in hve disposition of the troubles wfcich seem to be recurring with fre quency. There are more Washington ath letes in competition In h -.,,1... LA. A. U. meets than from Tt.lfimr, in nuailion. the. WaaMno-tn.. I.J. have shown themselves to be better. stronger competitors than those from th. xr.. ... .. . " uutuuu my. as rar as or ganization and execuUve ability In A. A. U. matters, Baltimore men have i i rmf B! on tne,r Washington rivals. The chance to d!nn. r .m. of these weighty matters will h. forlhenrntno if tka ttr..ui a get In line In the A. A. U. and take a voice In the proceedings. Grover Cleveland Alexander will draw $11,500 a year for playing wUh the Fhlll es. This Is at l2i?8iriS mnrsk than TJo.lJ.t -nZ i .. ... . ' ve him, when the Impose w.w .,. oniuoui iMiKer WB.m win- ra8 ,n. "t . - " that I iicaiuou. OiK.Brm uaric now hatl President Baker's park now has 8500 Quarter ..... b', . Tr" -- the curtain rolls up on the proceed- j Ings there will be only 2.500 of them 1 Furthermore, the S0-cent seats will them. It Isn't only potatoes and cabbage that Is high these days. .. Now all the Washington Kannel Club wants Is the entry of Conejo i Wycollar Boy for the April bench I show here. Increasing the number of 'midship men at Annapolis and adding eight DIAMOND PLAYERS CALLED TOMORROW Coach Metzler, of Central, Gets Jump on Other School Teams. Central will ret the jump on the other scholastic baseball teams tomorrow, when Coach C A. Metzler calls out bat tery candidates for the team. The as piring pitchers and catchers will be put to work In the Central gymnasium. Two promising pitchers from last year will be on hand for the workouts. Sam Gottlieb, a veteran of the past two years, and "Reds" Shafer. a lefthander, are ex pected to make the running this season. Gould Menefee, who coached the team last season. left a wealth of material for this year's nine. "Zeke" Bailey, who caught last year, will probably be on the job behind the bat again. Ross White, at first, seems to be a fixture. CapL Jake Macdonald returned to school before the Christmas holidays, and can be used either In the infield or outfield. Edwin Strohecker, Forrest Daly, Buddy Dawson, and Paul Cooke, outfielders, are ready to play. Central's success In last nlcht's track meet in Baltimore means that the relay team will be sent to the Penn Relay games. Stein. Swain. Latta, Morgan, Connor, Tabor, and Exnlclos performed creditably nhen Bill Foley took them to Baltimore last night. ' DODGERS SIGNING UP Charlie Ebbets Now Has Enough Players to Begin Work. NEW YOltK. Feb. 23. President Charles II. Ebbets of the Brooklyn club last night announced that twenty-one of the Brooklyn players had signed contracts and that one other, George Cutshaw, had wired from his winter home in Florida that he was ready to sign. Six of the twenty-one signed play ers Daubert, Marquard Cheney, Johns ton, Coombs and Merkle are wont ing under unexpired contracts. Those who have signed new con tracts are Ditchers Appleton, Cadore, Dell Durnlng, and Malls; catchers Miller Myers and Snyder; lnflelders Adams, Fabrique, Getz. Malone, and Smyth, and outfielders Hy Myers and Hickman. Among the Superba regulars who have not signed are pitchers Pfeffer and Smith; lnflelders Mike Mowrey, Ollle O'Mara and Ivan Olson and out fielders Wheat and Stengel. MAULBETSCH A COACH. TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 25. John Maul betsch, former captain of the Uni versity of Michigan football team, has been engaged as coach of the Walte High School football team of Toledo, according to announcement made last night by directors of the board of edu cation. Announcement also was made that Maulbetsch had been appointed Instructor In elementary mathematics. CUBS IN PASADENA. PASADENA, Cal., Feb. 25. The Chi cago Cubs, w ho will train here for the approaching baseball season, arrived yesterday, and tomorrow the athletes will begin their work. The Cubs will remain in California a month. FOSTER A SPEAKER. Eddie Foster, the Grlffmen's wee In flelder, today addressed the men's class at the Second Baptist Church, Fourth street and Virginia avenue. GALLAUDET LOSES. Gallaudet closed its Northern trip In Philadelphia last night by losing a 20-to-24 game to Temple College. Wllman and Wenger were the star players for the Gallaudet team. halrt rinwn fn a 1av.p atrm. limit, hftjl seldom been able to get any of these athletes leaving 'colleges. But If the Navy, can get one or two good men with rnllaira fnnthall tralnlncr. that annual clash with the Army may be far closer than ever before. With Mike Martin arriving In Au-ir," ." " . -""""""'- '" gusta today and many pitchers pack- fub at has local dopesters guess ing to come to town, the baseball sea- u,'t .... .nn n fhm. rnlt1 h.rln. t naflr tin Come to think of It, It's only seven weeks to the opening of big league hoa UHtles. n.wi.. , m jti- u -kt. r.ii ci.t. .... T.t... .. .. ... n..1 motera have themselves to blame. Commissioner Wenck Is charged with -- ....i.. ... t.. .M.H. , present law, which may be true. But I back of It all Is the tale of greed and throat-cutUng among the promoters In ' the D'r town by the East river. The law has been broken In New Torlc city on, an average of three times a week fnp thft Tt avM rfm aatisw " " -. - ...- --w... S.W t,UQ V J 1UC.C tlUUH, But boxing will not perish from the I. willing to let It .lld.,bell.v.ng that1 nnTTZ l""' Obtaining "Pep" Jlorn.by may prove I a erreat stroke for the 'Cubs, but what will the fans of St. Louis say? Horns- by ls about the only star with the " " Mm" "" oniy iut wiin int Cardinals. If he goes, the team might as well made arrangements to play all Its games this season on the road. St. Louis ls tired of the way the Cards have been handled. No money Is spent. The stands are old and almost falling down. The manager is seldom given any players worth while. With the Browns forging to the front In popularity. It. behooves the National League to get busy and see that the cardinals pass into uie hands of some- body willing to make a big league club out of the proposition. ISEMANN LEADER OF DUCKPIMERS Elected President of District Association Prominent Bowling Booster. George L. Isemann, whose activity In the organization of bowlers and the staging of Intercity matches has given him a high place among the prominent, of (he local duckpln world, was elected president of the District Association at a meeting this morn ing at the Palace alleys. He succeeds Harry F. Krauss. Other officers elected were John Williams, first vice president; Harvey T. Rogers, second vice president; Moe Goldberg, secretary, and Harrys. Hai ley, treasurer. The board oX dlreors was chosen as follows: Harry Armlger. W. S. Stamper. H. T. Rodler, Nick Chaconas. John T. Mc Cann, Thomas D. George, W. H. Mulr, R. K. Helphenstlne, Jr.. Harry Stan ford, T. F. Keane, Edward- S. Mc Knew, Andrew Goddard, C. L Crlssey. Edward Crowler and W. Whalen. Entries for the tournament will close midnight of April 21 and "will be started on the night of April 30 at the Grand Central alleys. Morris Ca fritz, proprietor of the Grand Central Alleys, donated 550 to the tournament. YALE WINS ONE Takes Wrestling Honors, But Navy Grabs Other Two Events. ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 25. Yale man aged to win from the navy wrestling team yesterday, but the middles van quished their opponents in gymnas tics and fencing. For the first time since the war scare, feminine friends of the middles were allowed on the reservation, and they packed the hall. The Navy gymnasts won by a score of 33 to 21. In fencing they led, 5 to 4. with the foils, and took all four contests with the sabers.. Baldrldge, Yale's big football star, decided the wrestling honors when he overcame the Navy lead of one point by throwing Malchle In the unlimited class. CALDWELL ABSENT Yankees' Erratic Hurler Falls to Start for Dixieland. When the New York Yankees' van guard reached Washington last night, Ray Caldwell was not In the party and neither Captain Huston nor Manager Bill Donovan knew aught of his whereabouts. They had an ldeae that he might b lurking In the Capital, probably searching for a "leak." George Mogrldge and Alex Fergu son left New York In the party, while Allan Russell and Fritz Malsel Joined It at Baltimore. Bob McGraw. a col lege pitcher. Joined the party here. PHILLIPS-EXETER WINS. BOSTON, Feb. 25. Phllllps-Exeter Academy athletes again proved them selves best among the high and pre paratory schools of New England yesterday by winning the twenty- eighth annual Indoor schoolboy meet of the Boaiton Athletic Association. Exe ter's 33 5-12 points was a third of the total points awarded, the rest being scattered among seventeen schools. LOUDEN WON'T SIGN. CINCINNATI. Feb. 25. Bill Louden. the Reds' second baae'man, has refused to sign a contract for 1917. Manager Mathewson says that Louden will have to sign before accompanying the team to the training camp. If Jennings' Men Deliver Goods, Detroit Should Be in Pen nant Hunt. TWI'UnTT w.k -c.. i mi diction la mstlflerf thm nin.ii m th a?,,! . s? "V? "w strongest team this year that has represented It In American . League race since the old champion- ship days. There Is, nevertheless,, an A airaospnere of uncertainty about the D OUUOOK Is bnCTht. BUt thera la M. faUm,t'r hunch prevalent On form, tne- '" should be exactly as strong on attack a It was In 1915 and again in jwio. in addition there should be. i ao improved nltchlnsr staff. Five outfielders will ba taltan tn !? training camp at Waxahachle. T.ex " thV Cobb and Veach will pl7 TttZUltiTlr. , Whethar Crawford W"J ln. Pfr In right la a ques- - Understudying him wlllba Harper and Nicholson, newcomers to "' S 7 Ti.i??"A ."t77 " ma .?". n"d:bUtJnr "r,t b"eman, ! PPeved to sdTantage early last "CiMUll, Crawford couldn't pUy .hilt !. .1 . n - . - ". - "" I-fleld G Ev. The old Infield of Burns, Young, Dush and Vltt Is expected to be as good as ever. Re-enforclng the In field will be rookies Dyer. Ellison, and Jones, all good batsmen. It I planned to carry them, tbrotfghought yiauucu iu tarry uiiin. lamuioQuim the sesson as pinch hitters and emerg- eney men. They will be developed to take regular berths two or three sea sons hence. Stanage and MTubw Spencer will do the catching. Spencer cams back to the majors last fall, and was able to break Into a score or more games. Ha demonstrated that he could maul major learue Ditching. His average was .371 and his backstop-' ping was of the highest order. Sec- ond string catchers will be McKee and Telle, the latter a recruit from the International League. There ls ho good reason to expect HI of this array of talent. It has the class. There is a weakness In right field, but It was there last' sea son and wasn't disastrous.. ' Plteklng Big Problem. The pitching as usual for the Tig ers, will prove a big problem. Harry ' C eleskle always wins his twenty games or more, and will be anchor man. Dubuc la gone, his place hav ing been taken by Howard Ehmke, a young right bander who made a great record In the. New York. State League and then show'edi class in the majors during the closing weeks of the season.- He ls ranked as a -find. Bill James win get Into shape this year or go hungry. He has a lot of ability. Willie Mnehell did some fine hurling last fall, after he had been transferred from Cleveland. Boland has lived out of doors " all winter playing jockey to a mall truck, and ls In better shape than he ever was. Cunningham, ls a. youngster who ls developing nicely. Dauss had a horrible season In 1910. No one ' knows what he will do this year. They look good for the coming sea son, but as usual the Detrlot critics are leary of the fllngers. Some new slab talent will be tried out. Chief among these recruits will be Couch, from Frisco; Watson, a southpaw; Jennings has been farm ing out for development, and Jones, from the Central Association. PROS WILL PLAY April 3 Probable Date for Golf Tourney at Columbia Club. Washington Is to have a profes sional golf tourney at Columbia April 3,- with many of the country's best players taking part. The date is not definitely settled, but the month has been fixed. Walter Hagen. Western, and open champion: Jim Barnes, of Philadelphia, champion of the Professional Golfers' Association; Alex. Smith, of Wykagyl, thrice open champion; Gilbert Nich ols, of Great Neck; Wilfred Reld, of Wilmington; Tom MacNamara, of Boston, former metropolitan champion and runner-up In the open champion ship of 1913; Mike Brady, of Oakley, and Jock Hutchinson, of Pittsburgh, have signified their Intention of enter ing the tournament. Alpheus Winter, member of the greens committee at Columbia, has sounded many Influential members of his club and has found them delighted with the Idea of opening the 1917 sea son with a professional tourney. G..W. U. ON TOUR Team Takes Basketball Trip North During the Week. George Washington University will finish its basketball season away, go ing on tour during the latter part of the week to play Lehigh. Penn Mili tary Academy, and Brooklyn Poly technic Institute. The Hatchetites meet Lehigh Wed nesday, Penn Military College on Thursday, and Brooklyn Poly on Fri day. The team has had an unusually successful season under Coach George Colllflower. Last night the final home game of the season was stased.a The atrnnir University of Tennessee, victor over the University of Virginia, the night before, was beaten to a standstill by :s to 19 score. MAGEE SIGNS AT LAST. PHILADELPHLV, Feb. 25. Sher wood R. Magee, the heavy-hitting outfielder, announced late last night that he had signed a contract to play with the Braves next season. Magee was displeased with his first contract, but a new document arrived yester day afternoon that was entirely satis factory. Magee put hi. signature to It and mailed It back to Boston. This will be Magee's third sesson with the Braves.