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Pick of 900 Players Striving
i for Honors in 4 Section Here
* This Week.
Rj BUY AN MOBSE.
Washington# biggest sandlot
Mricv in history will be in full swing
,tbia week. An independent schedule
..with eighteen teams playing is in
, progress. Another serie* of games
* with four league teams is battling at
the Union Station. Still another
aeries with three teams of league
players geta action in mid-week
' Tomorrow the juniors open their
"down and out" games on the Monument
lot. In point of numbers all rec?
oras have b??n broken. It is estimated
Jh^t fnore than nine hundred
f players are" Being drawn opon for
the series. In no other year in sandlot
baseball in the District has the
post season series been such an extensive
affair.
It required but a word of encouragement
from The Washington
Times two weeks ago to get the
teams going. Eighteen Independent
teams met, agreed upon a playing
field, selected umpires and arranged
a 4fhedule. The games were started
i last Monday and have been unusually
' Attractive,
The league Interests drawn from
the Government. Departmental, War "
Interbureau. and Terminal Railroad Y.
M. C. A. also arranged their series.
Representatives from the Knights of
Columbus. Navy Yard and Potomac 1
League, wh'ose schedules would not
allow them to compete with the four
others, arranged a three-cornered series
which starts Thursday.
In addition to all of these teams
the jMniors, twelve in number, met,
arranged for umpires, a playing Held .
on the Monument lot, and a schedule. '
and will start tomorrow. J
In . all there are representatives of j i
seven leagues, eighteen senior and ]
twelve Junior teams, thirty-seven r
teams in all, yith about 000 players. r
Here are the games for the week
In the independent series, with umpir? t
(assignments: August -3?R. P. An- c
drews Co. vs. Brook land A. C., Hughes.
August 24?Corinthian A. C. vs. Shamrock
A. C.. Jaesche. August 25? I
Rapid A. C. vs. Linworth A. g
Hughes. August 2ft?Gibraltar A. C. j
vs. Congressional A. C., Woodward. ,
August 27?G. P. O. vs. winner of
Marines-Metropolitan A. C. game, n
Woodward. August 28?Peerless A. f
C. vs. winner of Gibraltar A. C.-Congressional
A. C. game, Crooke.
Here are the games for the week,
with umpire assignments, in the j h
Union Station league series: August ^
23?Terminal vs. Departmental. Doyle .
and Woodward. August 24?Government
vs. War Department, Hughes 8
and Woodward. August 25?War Department
vs. Departmental, Wood- ?
ward and Doyle. August 20?Govern- a
ment vs. Terminal, Crooke ,and Nau.
August 27?Departmental vs. Government,
Doyle and Nau. August 28?
Departmental vs. Terminal, Jaesche
and Doyle. -s
The second league series starts 8
August 28 If the three teams are P
ready by that time. Navy Yard,
Knights of Columbus and Potomac C
league pennant winners are to be t
hooked up In a series. The last named t
team is the home team and the games e
will be played on the home team's 1
^ grounds. t
The schedule, with umpires and n
grounds for same, is as follows: t<
August 20?Navy Yard vs Potomac, ii
at Congress Heights, Dong and n
Jaesche. August 27.? K. of C. vs. Na\y
Yard, at Najfy Yard. Crooke and t
Jaesche. August 28-^-"Potomac vs. K. i
of C., at. Catholic University, Wood- p
ward and Nau. u
f
The junior section- upens up on the li
Monument I-iOt tomorrow. v
The following 1s the schedule for 0
the first week's play in the series: 2
August 23, Cavaliers vs. Renrocs; C
August 24. Hillstops vs. New Havens; n
August 25, Petworth vs. Auditors; t
August 26, Arrows vs. Parks; August
27, Rolands vs. Yankees; August 28,
.Maryland Juniors vs. Kastern.
The home team is named first. If t
fi game cannot be played on account I.
of wet grounds, the |wo teams ached- r>
vied "will play the day following, the p
schedule being set fdrward in each s
i.instance. Any team scheduled to play t
' and not having a team on the field c
thirty mlnutia after fe:li5 will forfeit
the game. _ c
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Walter Bcall, laie of Norfolk, a
.-pitching for the Metropolitan A. C. t
* team, won a 2 to 1 game from the Ma- P
rtnes yesterday at Union Park In the 1
^Vlndepandent series. The Mets had It I
' Sn for the Marino*, and encountering r
Singleton, staged'the best battle of
their career. 1
Beall, for the Mets, allowed two b
. liits. fanned ten, and hit two batters. z
He was well supported. Singleton al- s
lowed the Mets seven hits and fanned I1
twelve, but could not win out.
I ? * * h
In the league series at Union Station
the Shops nine found the War '
Interbureau representatives a tough
proposition after the first inning. r
Neldfelt. of the A. G. O. Main Build- *
ing team, was wobbly In the opener, b
and the shops men piled up six runs.
With Roche pitching for the War men
, It was a different matter, and Shops
players were lucfe- to get one run 0
later on. Shops won by 7 to 0, chiefly j
because Sam Brown, the slim left- q
bander, allowed four hits, two very g
cratchy, fanned thirteen, and walked (
none, although be hit two batters.
WILL STAGE MEET. n
The Navy Yard track meet will be ^
taged Saturday afternoon In the a
Central High School stadium, begin "
Hint at 3:30 p. m. "
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ANTWERP, Aug. 22.?Finland
;hrow, taking both first and secoi
he Olympic games here, with A. R
ngton, third. Zallhagen, of Swedi
Jartlett, University of Oregon, and
lamutl. Nicklander, of Finland, 1
nate, Taipale, was second.
The American 400-meter relay team
oday established a new world's recird
in that event. The winning
American team, composed of C. W.
'addock. of Kos Angles A. C.; J. V.
Icholz, University of Missouri; L,oren
lurchlson, of tiew York, and M. M.
ilrksey, Olympic Club. San Francisco,
nade the distance in 42 1-5 seconds,
'ranee was second, with Sweden, Engund.
Denmark, and Luxemburg tin i
?hing in the order named.
America finished second in the trial 1
oat of the 1600-meter relay. South
ifrica was first, with Schiller. Mereith,
Bretnart and Shea for America
econd, and Sweden third. Time, 3 12.
The other trial race went to Helium
in the same time, with Kngland
nd France second and third.
IXl'LK SAM WINNER.
The seventh Olympiad, as had been
xpected, has returned the United
tates victor by an overwhelming
core, but coaches are by no means
leased with several performances.
The marathon, always a classic of
lymplc competitions; the relay races,
he team race, the discus throw and
he cross-country race were the only
vents which remained unfinished,
'hese will be decided today. That
he United States athletes will add
lore points to their already great
otal is practically a certainty followng
showings made in several trials,
otably the 400-meter relay trial.
Twenty-six points were added to
otal for the United States, bringing
Is total for the meet so far to 183
ioints. Sweden, whose athletes are
nder direction of Krnest Hjertberg,
ormer coach at the New York Athetlc
Club, jumped into second place
rith 70 points, Kngland is tjilrd with
?. Finland 6(>, South Africa -4, Italy
1, France 19. Canada 10, Denmark
, New Zealand 5, Norway 3. Ksthoiio
3, Czecho-Slovakia 3. Twentywo
events have been decided.
NORWEGIAN IS WINNER.
Featured in yesterday's events was
he finish of the decathlon, Avon by
,oveland, the all-round champion of
forway, with a total of t>,774.35^
olnts. Brutus Hamilton, all-round
tar of the University of Missouri,
he American champion, finished a
lose second with (5,774.86 points.
So close was the result that the
nmmlttec ordered a recheck of the
ioints to make certain that Norway
nd not America had registered a vicory.
Norway, however, held its
olnts intact in the recount. Hamilton
ost the decathlon through lnabilty
to take second place In the 1,000
neter run.
Marathon day found Antwerp and
he stadium where the Olympics are
>elng held damp and cold. A drlz
ling rain greeted contestants and
pectators as they gathered to sec the
irincipal event of the entire track
erics here today.
At' 4 o'clock this afternoon the
ardy entrants from all over the
rorld will toe the line for their
wenty-six mile run over a course
ough and wet. Part of the long
rind will be run over gravel and
obblestones and the finish will be
cfore the big stadium.
HAVE OUTSIDE CHANCE.
Americans were considered to have
nly an outside chance to win. Coach
lyan today said he believed Joe
Irgan was the best of the American
quad, which Includes Arthur Both,
'nrl Kinder and Charles Mellor.
The Finns, with their four enrants,
claim they will capture the
rst four places. They arc not alone
n their boasting, however, as the
wedlsh entrants have no doubt they
rill be at the head of the list at
he finish.
The route ofv the racc today leads
hrough many srrtall villages, where
telglans have been lined along the
tract* alnce dawn, waiting the passng
of the International distance
ncn. The route is one of the prlnclal
Belgian roads leading from the
tadium, where the start Is to take
lace, to Boom, then to the Flemish
illage of AertseWir.
The runners then mimt leave the
lain highway and travel over byoad
and across country through
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today stood supreme in the discus
nd places in that classic event at
Pope, of the University of Wash- \
en, was fourth, followed by K. C.
Erickson, of Sweden, in the order
#as first at 44.68 1-2. His team
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troubles are not worth the J
time it takes to tell them.
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Rumpst. The runners then return j
to the Antwerp-Brussels highway and ^
thence toward Antwerp ,
Before reaching Antwerp, however,
they will turn and traverse the same ^
route bacfc to the stadium. 2
Soldiers will keep the course clear {
and officials will be placed along ^
the roads to check the runners. ^
SEEK OLYMPIC MARVELS |
FOR TIDAL BEACH SWIM j
Kfforts will be made by the commit- j
'tee In charge 'of the American Red ,
Cross life saving and swimming meet (
to be held at the Tidal Basin bathing j
beach. Saturday. September 11, to induce
several of the Olympic stars, i
now abroad, to compete in the events. 1
As the preparations, now being 1
made by the bureau of first aid. To- i
tomac division of the Red Cross, the 1
Independent I-ife Saving Corps and i
I W. Gordon Leech in charge of the I
Basin, are based on making the meet ?
the largest and greatest event of its
kind held on the Atlantic coast, this
summer, the leading swimmers, divers
and life savers of the pountry have
been invited to compete.
Invitations have been sent to the
foremost life saving corps and athletic.
swimming anif boat clubs in f
the Kast to send their prize winning c
members to Washington. J
JOCK HUTCHISON TAKES J
ASSOCIATION TOURNEY ,
CHICAGO. Aug.22.?Jock Hutchison, '
who recently won the Western cham- r
pionship and led the field a merry c
chase through the open national
tournament at Toledo a week ago. is c
today winner of the Professional Golf- p
ers' Association tournament concluded j
here yesterday.
Hutchison lyyumos the crown held i
by James Barnes, for ho defeated J. |
Oouglas Kdgar. the Atlantan, yesterday
one up in thirty-six holes. In the
national open Hutchison shot slxfynlne
twice, being the only player of
the HO entered to turn the trick. He y
tied for second place eventually in the j
affair, which was won by Ted Ray, the t
British pro. 1
All week Hutchison has forged t
along until yesterday he encountered t
Edgar. Yesterday Hutchison played t
an unusually good g^mc, coming from t
behind on Kdgar, who holds the
world's record, made last year in Can- t
ad a. r
DATE IS MIXED UP. '
Bethany College, of West Virginia, 1
scheduled a game with George Wash- j
ington for this city on October 10. This 1
date has been contracted for by the
Hatchetites with West Virginia Unlversity.
The Bethany men are trying '
to switch to October 30 to play George j
Washington here and if Marshall Col- j
lege agrefrs will come here on tha* 1
date.
REXMEN TO PLAY.
Rex Athlotlc Club players are meet- ^
ing the fast Knickerbockers In a re- ^
turn game today at Thirty-fifth and j
Wisconsin avenue northwest. The ^
game w ill start at 3 o'clock. j
STAGES REGATTA.
Washington Canoe Club paddlers I
have a comedy regatta scheduled for to
today at 3:30 p. m. at the boathouse In
Georgetown.
DOUBLE BILL ON.
The Georgetown Athletics and the t
Red Caps are pla>Mng a double bill at 1
Union Bark today, beginning at 3 ?
o'clock. '
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CHICAGO LEADING I
IN PENNANT RACE
White Sox, Trimming Griffs ?
While Indians Drop Pair, *
Reach First Place. t?
The Chicago White Sox are today ?
riding at the front of the American
League pennant procession, thank* to
their easy victory over the Griffmen,
5 to 2. while the dejected Cleveland n
Indians were being trimmed twice in ,s
one day at Boston. The champions
hope to take the remaining games a,
here, beginning with today's, when p
L'laude Williams, the crack little
southpaw, goes in against Olaf Erick- C
b
son. c
Zeb Milan will probably be (found in tj
left field today. His fractious tendon
has responded to rejt and care and I b
the veteran gardener is yearning for h
work. w
The GrifTs dropped the opening tr
game of the series to the White So*
because Jezebel Tecumseh Zachary
was anything but a puzzle, while the y
Uriffs Just could not do a thing with G|
Kddle Cicotte when a hit meant trou- b
bie for him. Zachary yielded nine a
hits in the five innings he officiated. a
All five runs came during those g
frames. a
Jose Acoata. the half-pint Cuban a
(linger, rushed to the rescue of the j|
big southpaw and for the final (our
frames gave Just one hit and no runs, gj
Acosta pitched impressively, but in K
vain. The game was over by that tl
time. a<
Chicago. AR H O At Wash AB H O A d
Strunk.lf.. 5 1 1 ft | Judge.lb. . 4 2 11 0
K Col'ni.Ib 3 2 3 2 i Roth.lf 4 13 0^
Weaver,is. 4 3 : 2 i Rice.cf. . .. 4 2 4 0
larkson.lf. 2 14 ftiBrower.rf. 3 0 3 0 ?
Felach.cf... 3 0 1 o I Harris. Jb.. 2 1 ft 1 a
J.('ol'ns,lb 4 1 11 ft Shanks.3b. 4 ft 3 2 IM'Mnl'n,3b
4 ft 1 0 O'Neill.ss. 4 2 1 3 a
Kchalk.c... 4 14 1 Gharrity.e. 4 12 1.
CMcotte.p.. 4 10 5 Zarhars ,p 1 ft ft 3
Milan 1 0 0 0 p
Acnsts.p.. 10 0 1
tEllerbc... 1 0 0 0 ,|
Totals. 33 10 27 10 Totals. 33 9 27 l! b
Batted for Zachary in fifth inning.
fBattcd tot Acosta In ninth Inning. O
Chicago 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0?5 f
Washington.. 00000002 0 2 w
Runs?Strunk, K. Collins, Wearer (3),
Judge and Roth Krror?Strunk. Twobase
hits Tackson. Rice, J Collins. K. Colllae
O'Neill. Three-base hit?Weaver, p
Sacrifice hits?E. Collins. Jackson <2), 1(
Kelsch. Harris. Double plays? Schalk to
J. Collins; Weaver to E. Collins to J. Col- ?
llns l.eft on bases-Chicago. ti; Washing- H
ion 8 Klrst base on balls -Off Cicotte. 3; f,
off Zachary, 1. Hits?Off Zachary, S In 5
Innings; off Acosta. 1 In 4 tunings. *><ruck
out?Bv Cicotte, 1; by Zachary, I Wild o
pitch?Zachary. 1-oclng pitcher?Zachary.
R1CKARD DENIES JESS :
HAS SIGNED EOR BOUT J
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.?Reports that a
jeP!, WiUard had signed a contract c
calling for a bout with Jack,Dempsey s
at Madison Square Garden here, were
denied today by Tex Rickard, pro- n
rooter who has the Garden under y
le^'lt' Is true that I have been In t
correspondence with Willard," said v
Tex. "and that Dempsey has agreed w
to light him if the match can be ar- a
ranged, but Jess has not signed, and
it does' not appear us If he will do p
so, although he may change his mind." II
standings" [j
american league.
W I.. Bet. W !>. Pet. j,
Chicago . 75 43.836 Boston.... 64 60 .474 ,
Cleveland' 72 43.S2* Wash'ton.. 4* 62 .41* V
New York. 78 46.613 Detroit... 44 70 .3*6 f'
^t I.ouls. 55 55 .500 I'hllsdel a. 36 78 .316 s
TESTERDAT'3 GAMES.
Chicago. 5; Washington, 2. .
Detroit, 10; New 1 ork, J.
Boston. 12; Cleveland, 0. a
Boston. 4; Cleveland, 0. t'
Philadelphia at Bt. Louli (rain). p
TODAY'S GAMES. ?
Chicago at Washington. .
Detroit at New York ti
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national league. a
w I., ret I W. I* Pet.
rinclnnstl. 63 47 .573 I Chicago... 57 80.487 n
Brooklyn. M 50 .561 St. I.ouls. 5? *o .469 .
New York 61 51 .545 | Bo,ton . . . 4 2 5 it .443 A
Pittsburgh 57 55 .509 I Phlladtl'a. 47*7.412 a
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
New Tork. ?; Chicago, I,
Brooklyn, 4; Cincinnati, <V
Philadelphia^ 3; Pittsburgh. 1.
Pittsburgh, 5; Philadelphia. 1
8t. I.ouls, 6, Boston. 4 ei
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Brooklyn at Cincinnati. .
Boston at St. T/oula >
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REX ATHLETIC MEN!
WILL PtAYTWELVE,
aridiron Team Expects to Get 1
First Practice September
19, and Plays Oct. 3.
Hex Athletic Club football players,
mho won the Independent gridiron i
harnpionahip of the District laat ^ j
ear, plan to play twelve frames this ,
irason, starting October 3. Thai Sun- j ;
lay football became an assured sue- | ^
:es last year can be laid to the door j
>f the Rexmen, who draw a large j
ollowlng from the first-class contests \
;taged at Union I'ark.
The Rexmen plan to open up Octo <
ier 3. and will play until December ' ,
.'0. Practically all of the games will j
>c played in this city at Union Park. (
vhlch is to be practically made over |
vithin two weeks.
Stands which will accommodate I ]
t.500 persons will "be erected shortly, i
danager James K. Wright hay been
jusy booking games with Pennsylvania,
Delaware, New Jersey, nnd i
ihio teams, and is expecting to an- \
lounce his schedule shortly.
It is the plan of the Rex manage- i
nent to book only first-class attracions.
The initial start of the Rexmen I
ast season, which culminated in the
>ig Navy Yard, Dreadnaught and All- |
Star Collegian battles proved suc:essful.
Manager Wright expects to
:ffer an even better list of games this
'all for Sundays.
The first practice of the Rexmen
will probably be held about September
19, which is just a month away.
Ir. the meantime, with the sandlot series
out of the way and the Rex base
:>all schedule over, the Rex manager :
jlans to have the playing field overhauled,
the fences put in first-class
<hapc and stands in place.
WILL ANNOUNCE BOXER
FACING CHAMP MONDAY
NKW YORK. Aug. 22.?Tex Rickard
xpects to announce Monday the name
if the lightweight who will get the
li.tnce to win the world's champion- (
illip in the lightweight class, when
Jenny Leonard defends his title next
nonth in Rickard's fii'st fight in
Jadison Square Garden here.
Some trouble in getting the man
rickard has in mind has been ex>erionced
for the boxer approached Is ,
o afraid ,Leonard will win that he
low is demanding the lightweight
ihampion make 135 pounds ringside.
Leonard has agreed to post a forfeit
if $20,000 to Itisyre his appearance
'ight hours before tho fight to weigh
n at 135.
PAUL HINES ENTERTAINS
SOME CHICAGO VISITORS
Seven members of the Chicago
Vhlte Sox toured the Agricultural
Department's farm yesterday under
he personal guidance of Secretary
idwjn T. Meredith and were enterained
by a former peerless Chicago
)\f(~ leaguer, Paul Hlnes, who made
he first unassisted triple play known
0 baseball.
Hines dropped his Governmental
luties as postmaster of the departnent
long enough to greet the present-day
stars and to stand with them
vhile several pictures were taken.
Che men took turns swinging the bat
jresented to Hlnes years ago for leadng
the National League in hitting.
Shortly after the Departmental
league was organized In the District
lines offered the bat as a trophy for
he winning team. The honor fell to
he Department of Agriculture, where
t reposes today in the trophy case.
nationals to play.
The Young Nationals, one of the
astest aggregations In the District
vlll meet with the Brookland nine
Puesday morning at 10 o'clock In
irookland. The National's lineup is
is follows: Frank Dangelo, c.: Phillip
>angelo, p ; Eugene Richards, lb.;
Villlam Leonard. 2b.; George Simon,
b.; William Bentlne, ss.; Jasper BenIne,
If.; Klmer Ardes, cf. and Glliert
Nichols, rf.
new star is dicovered.
LONDON, Aug. 22.?The discovery of
1 new star Is announced In a telegram
o the royal astronomer from Bristol,
ts position Is 2?0 degrees right ascenilon
and 63V4 degrees declination. The
liar's magnitude Js nearly a third.
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By HUGH 1
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Auk. 22.?Fc
len. With some 200 candidates for
Lobert W. Folwell expected in about
Hown. The first squad numbers mai
itions made with high school and a<
eing seen. Comdr. C. Q. Wright w
oach Folwell arrives, being assistec
t St. John's and now an athletic ins
The players now in uniform here^
re all of the new class, the older j
ion reporting Sept- 20. Only the j
ghtest kind of work Is being done,
le intention being to harden the
thletes to prepare them for the real
ractice to come later.
Tho opening game is against North
arolina State on October 2. On Octoer
9 the Midshipmen will have one
f their hardest games, Lafayette beig
their opponents. I
In fact, the schedule this year Is j
etter than any which the Naval team
as had in a decade. This is to rolell's
liking, as he favors playing as
lany hard games as possible.
THEY COMB OCT. I
Several of the regulars and some
aluable substitutes w ho are members
f the Olympic Bquad, most of them
elonging to the crow, will not b^
vallable until about October 1, and
re not likely to get in the first
ame. These men have been in
Imost continuous training for a year,
nd it is felt that a short vacation
i due them.
They are booked to arrive on this
Ide about September 20. and will be
iven leave for ten days. This, with
fie relaxation of the return trip
cross the Atlantic will obviate the
anger of overtraining.
The crew squad includes King ana
loore, stroke and No. 4, respectively;
anborn. substitute center, who rows
t No. 5, and Frawley, Bolles and
luntington, substitutes, all of whom
re valuable line men. and are promsing
candidates for the several line
ositions which will be open.
Frawley and Bolles were both in
ne for regular berths last season,
ut lost out through injuries. Huntngton
played a guard on the eleven
f St. Paul's School, and is a powcrul
and active youth with sufficient
.eight for cither guard or tackle.
INTEREST IW Wil.l.KIB.
Much Interest is taken in the protective
work of Willkie, the big feljw
who is now representing the Navy
t Antwerp as a heavyweight wrest?r.
His stamina is indicated bv the
act that he won one of the prelimlary
bouts after sixty-five minutes
f wrestling.
Willkie weighs 220 pounds and is
feet 5 inches in height. He has
ad two years of football, and made
very good showing In the games in
rhich he participated last season, beng
first substitute for both guard
nd tackle position. It is considered
Imost certain that he will be a first
hoice for a place during the coming
eason.
Willkie has been constantly, in the
lost active aort of training for a full
ear. Starting in at football last fall,
e played the whole season, and then
urned his attention to wrestling,
winning all seven of the bouts in
fhlch he represented the Academy
gainst strong college teams.
After wrestling, he took up lacrosse,
laying a defense position. He speedy
made the second twelve, and playd
with the first team in some of the
iter games. It was very noticeable
hat lacroBBee worked a decided imrovement
in his speed and activity.
At the close of this season, Willkie
egan to work almost Immediately for
he Olympic wrestling team, so It is
pit that the big fellow deserves a
hort rest before beginning another
prm of training.
Bob Folwell'# Job this year is to
ring Naval Academy football, to the
tandard of other sports at the Instintlon,
which during the past two seanns
has been very high. For the
Irst time In years, the schedule,
rhlch Includes such teams as Princ#sn,
West Point, Oeorgetown and
.afayette, Is such as to make possible
real test of the naval te,am.
The objective at the Naval Academy
ow is more than winning over the
,rmy, and includes the attainment
nd maintenance of a standing with
he Institution* of the highest rank.
THEY'LL TRAVEL A BIT.
ANTWRRP, Aug. 22?The Amerlnn
athletes who participated in the
lymplc games will vt?lt both Paris
nd London, arriving In the former
ugust 29th and the latter, Septemer
4th. I
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OUTLOOK
70R VICTORY
R RILEY.
>otball has started fot rhe Midshipthe
eleven due tomorrow and Coach
a week, great enthusiasm is being
ly well-built youngsters with repa:ademy
elevens, very few collegians
ill be in charge of the squad until
1 by John G. Wilson, former coach
tructor at the Naval Academy.
American League
to Meet Tuesday
President B. B. Johnson has
issued a call for a meeting of
his American League magnates
in Philadelphia Tuesday.
While it is thought some
action will be taken in the case
of Ray Chapman's untimely
death, nothing radical is expected.
Carl Mays will be absolved
of all blame and will
continue to officiate for the
New York club. The players on
many clubs are murmuring, but
President Johnson has the situation
wejl in hand, and the
whole affair will be permitted
to die away.
JOHNSTON AND GRIFFIN
AGAIN ANNEX DOUBLES
BOSTON, Aug:. 22.?William M.Johnston,
national singles champion,
and Clarence C. Griffin, former national
doubles champions, are again
at the top of the heap. The Californrans,
who have twice won the national
honor, again triumphed yesterday,
when they defeated Roland
Roberts and Willis Davis, Californians.
in straight sets in the final of
the doubles championship by 6?2,
0?2. 6?3.
Miss Marion Zinderstein won the
final of the women's singles from
Miss Elea/ior Tennant by ft?4, 6?3.
and in the mixed doubles Helen Raker
and Samuel Hardy defeated Miss
Zinderstein and Arnold W. Jones In
the final. The women's doubles went
to Miss Tennant and Miss Zinderstein,
who defeated Miss Phyllis
Walsh and Miss Edith Sigourney by
6?0. 1?6. 6?1.
WINS TWO EVENTS.
Florence Skadding won both events
for women in the weekly swim at the
Tidal Basin bathing beach yesterday,
taking the 100-yard event and th"
sixty-yard breast stroke. Hubert
King won the men's fancy diving
event, while Greenville Dickey took
the back stroke prize.
MAY NOT TOIL AGAIN.
It is doubtful If Walter Johnson
will toil again on the mound for the
Griffmen this season. * His sore arm
continues to bother him, and he is
giving it a complete rest. It Is pos
soble that Johnson will go to his
home in Kansas in a few weeks.
PLAYS NINE GAMES*
WEST POINT, N. Y., Aug. 22.?The
Army football eleven will play nine
games this season, closing with the
Navy at New York. November 27.
Notre Dame, playing here on October
.to, is the only other strong team on
the schedule.
MAKE TRIPLE PLAY.
The Pittsburgh Pirates pulled a
triple play against the Phillies yesterday
when, with the bases loaded.
Mack Wheat lined to Cooper. He
wheeled and peggfd to McKechnie,
? ho slammed it to Whitted and three
Phils died.
MIKE O'DOWD WINS.
LAWRENCE, Mass.. Aug. 22.?
Twelve thousand fight fans saw Mike
O'Dowd. of St. Paul, former middleweight
champion, defeat T?mmy Robson,
of Maiden, Mass, In a twelveround
bout yesterday.
GOOD GAME LISTED.
Shamrock A C. and Brookland A. C.
players will battle at the Hrokland
Oval this afternoon.
PEERLESS PLAYS.
Peerless A. C. players journey to
Laurel, Md., to play today.
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COBB DENIES TALE
CfflllOG MAYS
Insists He Never Gave Out Reported
"Interview" Sent
From Boston. :
Mr KAakk U. MKXKE.
N*few YORK, Auf. 2J.?Ty Cobb
flatly and convincingly denied thai
he ever uttered one word In Boston
concerning Kay Chapman a death
that wan a criticism of Carl Mays 01
hia pitching tactic*.
"Apparently the Boston and Detroit
teams have been used by cer- aril
tain Boston newspaper men to throw
mud upon Carl Mays," said Cobb. J
"They don't like Mays in Boston,
haven't like'd him tor a long time.
That's no secret. They have been
wanting to get him. it seems, bul
they didn't have a thing on Carl up
to the unfortunate Chapman incident
"When that happened they probably
figured the time had come to discredit
Mays, and probably drive him
out of baseball. They wanted some-*
body to stand for a story censuring
Mays. They couldn't get it honorably
because none of the Detroit or
Boston players would condemn Mayi
so they wrote and printed storie?
any way."
TELLI OK "INTBIIVIKW.*
Cobb, discussing; how he was Interviewed,
said. "I was called out ol
bed by the telephone very early Tuesday.
morning. The man at the other
end introduced himself. He Informed
me that Chapman was dead
and asked If 1 had anything to say.
I was shocked, and I told him go. 1 I
said it was a deplorable incident and i
the greatest baseball tragedy In my I
career. I
"Then the man told me that he understood
that the Boston players were ^
circulating a petition asking' that
May) be barred from baseball, be- )
cause of Chapman's death. He aske3
me what I knew about it.
"I told him I hadn't! h?-ard about II
and that I had nothing whatsoever to
say about the matter. I may add that
at the time I wondered whether th?
man was telling the truth, as It
seemed mighty strange to me thai
the Boston players would be up and
around at 7 o'clock in the morning
circulating petitions. 1
HAD NO OTHER TALK.
"That Conversation was absolutely
all I had with any newspaper man is
Boston, and every man on the Detroit
team insists that he didn't talk to any
reporter, yet it has been slated ir
the newspapers that we are going t?
blacklist Mays, which is an utter,
downright Ue-"
Cobb took the field at the Pole
grounds yesterday for the inaugural
Yank-Tiger duel amid a storm ol
hisses and boos unlike anything eyei
appeared on a ball field. The 30,000
people not knowing that Cobb waj
misquoted and that he had never mad?
denunciation of Mays. They hissed
him on every occasion.
But Cobb was unflustered. Ho
answered the cataracts of boos whtcli
were accorded to him as he came or
the field by doffing his cap and smiiIng
to the crowd with every othei j
outburst throughout the game.
"Cobb's statement is the absolutO
truth," Hughie Jennings told Tillinghast
Huston, part owner of the Yanlfa
"He never said a word against Maya
and not one man of my team made
any statement that we wouldn't plaj
against Mays. It seems to me that
the story was sent out by some person
or persons who wanted to pul
Mays in bad, and used our team and
the Bostons as the means."
"I believe you, and I beliers Cpbb,"
replied Huston. "It seems to me thai
a rank injustice has been done to
Cobb in particular, and you And tin
Boston team in general, by the distribution
country-wide of a false interview,
and I will do everything possible
to correct the false impression."
DREAD NAUGHTS ACTIVE.
The Dreadnaughts, of Alexandria
are entertaining a team composed ol
Washington All-Stars today.
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