FAILURE TO HIT THE BALLHAS BAD EFFECT ON PLAYER

Prolonged Batting Slumps Cause Even tkeBig Stars of Game to Fall Off Greatly

in Their Work in General.BY BILLY EVANS.

in base ball the batsman thrives and(rows happy on base hits. Nothing

gives the batterquite so much sat¬

isfaction as gettingthe ball safe. A

puny Intield hit thathe manages to beatout appeals to him

just about aa

Etrongljr as a driveto the fence. The

fluke hits boost the

average just as much as the terrifl^drives and it is the batting average

the fans scan to reach conclusions-Ability to keep the batsman rom

getting the ball into safe territo^ i8

a feat much desired by cvery t' ^ (TSuccess in keeping the opposition off

the bases minimize* the chances o

runs, and greatly increases the chancesOf winning the game. and. after a 1.It is results that count in base ball.A pitcher' ? work for the season is

largely based on his percentage of

games won. Every ball game thenearly results in a battle between the

batsmen and pitchers.Tt is really surprising the effect a

slump in batting has on the generalplav of a diamond star. There are

mlrhtv few players who continue to

P1-.V a gnnrl game if they are off .n?heir hitting. The effect a batting

to 'be Pla-er d-ends

ir,::*":' .r *?"« HEle-d'nc- hitters, suffer most when they

civile ? , ~rt the

^,.,-1- "TTe i» n SO w cent b»Herplayer

.v,~ Inability to hit seems to dis-ot r*yr th^ '..?ter.

¦'1 r>r*ft plav fn11^ off aa-i* of «1'imrt i" hatting. "f>er"

'fcoep who hav* nlavAri.....I, vn,,,. vn'^r^aT»«l why¦, f~ h't W»11 shovM rffort th.|n* the *>Tave~ in *hft fieM ami

.v. Tt i«* ne-hansr explained»'. o t*<at tb^ mr»c{ sat»sfvinEC

Vopra hr*1' i" hitting *h« hall. *.,«.* o c- ?v.r- o-rt1*'*"

. r\f cni^n out of a lonjr. ae-j To »*>;» b00'"1 * S

t». %. o* V - *"hotvpr niavpd base ball. The base

«.'!- ?h"' -m of tw o.fn ,rpt o->p'<j fhA

. ~on*it«on of th«» nln^r whi"beffects every other dena^tment

.. . ni?v»r 1«* in a br»tt*n" «durm>*»ut« onitp so ripen1v al¬

to bis to Mt T'"n* "c"

.V>«nt on which PVP-V p'^V.nv t?OT* fnr b«tt:n?r t^ nl

.... -t-n >--- ''*0

"thv pronrnent American L#eacmer... >n tv-n^T'- 'acs he h*t. th* he fri»d.

?*« a ^e *Mn*t to».«? -«v nM kird nitoh nsr Oth*-

O* t*"*» t'P-n not rr»"fl-*Pdn»n »v St-on- w?t*i tbf» bn* w-re

fi'Woii'tv r»«tcV.in*rth^' v»nt h'-" -T-'T'ert fai'U'e ofIk. -ft- to h't wa« hav'n- » ba-1 er-

tve erti^« ten'" 1* being re-the tn« nf -aiv a "-am"

.l~ht ha"e otu«-''Vl<ie he»^ won.r>«" -lav n*te>- the batter had "truckn,.t wit*. tlve bases filled, when a hitrniM ha»" nnt Ms team i-n the run-p»nr» o^ thclub a tal¬low notp^ h'« "n-casm. could noIn""'1'- contain hims°l*.Tur> nlav^T- \r o'ict'on wr n l^ft-

barrin* b»tt^ Th- r"»i> s-'ou 'yCOPtM^n-r the pii»-cua«A o^ a «outn-Oaw the mino-« w*o had n\\ tA r^nntition and Trn«= ^ ne h*1* ofTfo- a hi- nHcA th- nlaver retu-neto th«» hAr»c>» to paHnk» of a drink ofwat*r w^ieh is t^e cu«»t vnn*y act aft«rone has struck out the manageropened up.

Uanas-er Comments Sar-astically.'Tluess you need a rest." remarked

the manager, "and I believe 1 willsend vou on a scouting trip. T want

yo. to look over that left-hand»dpitcher we are thinking of purchasingI want vou to put on a uniform andhat a<ra'nst him. If you happen tomake a foul in ten p tches. call offthe deal" I have since heard the play-er'sav that the volley handed him byth . ^n .er was the ""kindest cut ofall. Tt hurt, because it reflected onh*«; br^tinjr ability.¦( a.vt summer 1 heard a wellvv.tionol league ump're give the in-

..t0rv of a peculiar ruling hei^st summer, which caused the

.l,v,r ruled acainst to render a stren-k Ck T'-e player opened the in-

.,r. witv, a hard drive to left Held,lo^k'"1 "no'1 for at b'-a^t a

double. Through some fast sprintingt:- batter was able te reach thirdbase, being declared safe on a closedecision, mainly because he had elud¬ed the touch of the inflelder throughhis deceptive slide. It was good baseball from every artgle except one. Theplaver in rounding first base had somade his str de that he missed the bag.bout o foot. It would have been allright had no one noticed the error, butboth the first baseman and the umpirewere aware of the fact that the bashad been missed.

Loss of Base Hit Hurts.The player was much pleased when

he realized the umpire had declaredhim safe at third It was a very closedecision, and might have been render¬ed either way. The smile that spreadover the player's face as he got to hisfeet and dusted off 1.1s uniform, showedconclusively that he v as pleased withthe rallnr. A moment later the ball-was thrown to the first baseman, whowith It In his possession touched thebag. The umpire was then seen towave the player to the bench. Insteadof going, the player hastened to con¬verse with the umpire. No doubt thefan* present wondered what he wassaying. Here Is what happened, ac¬cording to the official who was forcedto listen to the conversation."How many decisions do you Intend

to make on me?" asked the player."Any number until 1 happen to strike

the right one," answered the official.""Well, t* von're only guessing at

what happens, why didn't you call meout when I slid into third baser"Because you were safe, replied the

umpire.Schaefer's Pond Memory.

"Well, you knew you was going tocall me out If the ball was thrownbtck to first, so why didn't you makethat ruling at third? If you did. Iwould have been credited with a two-. ^ise hit at least: now that wallopounts for nothing." Which simplyvows how much the player looks into

How About Those DullSafety Razor Blades?

ai« juu «mh to Uuo* litem awaj Ido II. Brlux ttaem lu to u». W* anarpet

urtn with as electric oiacfcine. flilox ibetu k««a,««tiu| edgM. Charge- very low.

Rl.IK»LPB St WKST CO.. 1332 N I. ««*>.he future, when the be e hit is thething. |Ask the average player to tell you of

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the Incident that has impressed himmost during his diamond career, andunless he happens to be a pitcher itwill surely have a base hit that wona prame mixed up in the details. Iknow a number of pitchers who read¬ily forget many of their great pitcn-ing feats when they recall some remotebase hit that decided an extra inning:eame. Herman Schaefer, for years oneof the most interesting1 characters inbase ball, has had an endless numberof experiences. One day last summer Iasked Herman what one feat of hiscareer was freshest in his memory. Al¬most before I had finished my questionhe fired back:"A home run into the left-field

bleachers at Chicago off Doc White,while acting as a pinch hitter. It wasin the ninth inning, we were a runbehind and Charley O'Leary was onfirst base. I had no idea of being used:in fact, had taken off my shoes andpui on my slippers, as I never wasable to hit White very well. The gamehad to be delayed slightly while Iput on the spiked shoes. No words cant how I felt when it was positivelycertain that the ball was going intothe bleachers."

(Copyright, 1915, bv W. G. Ernn.O

Great Chess Player to GiveExhibition at W. C. and W.

Club Rooms.

TITLEt TOURNEY APPEARSASSURED FOR DISTRICT

Championship Matches Now SeemCertain to Take

Place.

Jose R. Capablanca, the young Cu¬ban, whose dazzling exploits in the fieldof international master chess haveearned him a place in popular regardsecond only to that occupied by PaulMorphy, will, tomorrow evening, givelocal chess lovers an opportunity totake part in or witness one of his mar¬velous exhibitions of simultaneous play.This event will be held under the aus-p ces of the Washington Chess andWhist Club, and those desiring to takea board against Mr. Capablanca willconfer a favor by reporting promptlyat 7:30 o'clock, room 619 Itiggs build¬ing. Extra floor space, tables andboards have been obtained by the club,so that there will be ample accommo-1dations l'or all who wish to play or|witness the exhibition.

The first annual chess championshiptournament of the District of Columbianow seems assured. At a meeting heldlast Wednesday evening representativesof the leading local clubs formallyadopted regulations to govern piay in

tins event, and the first round is sched¬uled lor Marcn b, at the Capital cityChess ciuo. Tnis happy consummationis particularly due to the kindly tactand uipioiuacy oi Truxton Beaie of theMetropolitan Ciuo, chairman of thecommittee in charge of tne tournament.

This assuredly is a record year forchess in the United States. Never be-lore has interest in the royal pastimeoeen so keen and it is safe to say matnever before in any time or in anycountry have such crowds attendedsimultaneous exhibitions. Capablancaoreaks a v%orld record with sixty-rivenames in Brooklyn, and eleven dayslater comes tne astonishing news thati- rank Marshall has played the un-LhinKable number of ninety-two simul¬taneous games, in Portland, Ore. Ofthis number the United States cham¬pion won 78, drew 10 and lost 4.iruly a stupendous feat, though itmust be borne in mind that he waspitted against no such array of talentas laced the Cuban expert.A. Kupchik has again shown his

class by capturing first honors in theannual New lork state tourney. Hiswin over Edward Lasker in the finalround was somewhat in the nature ofa gift, as the end game was a legiti¬mate draw, lost by the London cham¬pion on a palpable oversight. How¬ever, carefulness and stamina are asmuch a part of chess as soundness andbrilliancy. The score of the game inquestion follows, likewise the score ofa beautiful game won by the collegestars H. E. Leede and E. F. Korkus,Columbia, in consultation againstCapablanca, during the recent Brook¬lyn simultaneous exhibition:

Kupchik.White.1 I'-K42 Kt- KB33 B.KtS4 B-H45 Castles6 R-K7 B.Kt38P-QR*9 P-BT.10 P-Q*11 KtPxP12 B.K313 R.B214 B.BIf. P-KR316QxB17 Ki-R318 KtxKt1«> QK -kt20 Kit -Q21 Q-QB22 Rxlt23 P.B424 Kt.K42f> P-B5211 PxP27 HxB

.28 Kt.B6

BUYUfk«-r.Black.P.K4Kt.QB3P-QK.1Kt.B3B-K2P.QKt4P.Q3P.Kt5CastlesKtPxPB.Kt5Kt-QR4Kt.B5Kt.Q2BxKtB.Kt4BxBB.Kt4B.153B-KtKxltQ-BB.QKt-BPxPK.KtQxRQ.Kt7

LOPEZ.Kuin-hik.White.

29 K.11230P-K531 P-K632 PxP33 Q.Kt334 B.Kt335 KxQ30 K.Kt437 K.B538 K.K439 Kt.Kt440 K.Q541 KtxP42 K-K443 K.K3,44 B.Q45 P-KR4.46 B.B247 PxP48 B-B5{41* B.Kt4150 Kt.KtS51 Ivt--Q752 K.Q353 PxPch54 KtxB.55 P.B5156 B-Q7ch

Lasker..Black.Q-B8B.Kt4PxPQ.R5chKtxP

23SB-K2P-Kt3chK-B3Kt.Kt4chKt.K3P.B3chP.Q4chB^-Q3K-K2P-R3P.Kt4PxPKt.Kt2B-RBK.Q3Kt-KP.B4BxPKxKtK-Kt4Resigns

Capablanca.White.

1 P.Q42 P.QB43 Kt.QB34 Kt.B35 B.KtS6 BPxP7 PxP8 IJ-K39 B.K210 C*>tlet>11 R-B12 QKt-Kt513 QKt-Q414 QxKt15 R- B2IB KR-B17 Q-K 114IS Q Kt.319 BxKt20 R.Q221 Kt-Q422 Kt.KtS23 RxR24 Q-B325 B.11820 B.B27 Q-K22H QxQ2» Kt.Q430 PxP31 Kt.K232 P.B333 R.B234 R.B35 It.B8ch36 K.B2

QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED.Allies.Black.P-Q4P-K3Kt.KB3P-B4B.K2KPxl*CastlesQ.It4QxBPKt.B3Q-Q3

B.K3P.QKt3B.QB4B.K2B.KB4BxBQ.K2Q.Ktr»QR-BKxltB- K3R.B8chIt.Kt8Q.B5PxQP.B6B-IJ5K- BBxttPB.QBB.Q7K-K2B.KSch

<fepa!»lanca.White.

37 K.Kt38 R.B7ch39 R.BSch40 It-It41 R-Q42 K-R43 RxR44 Kt-KtS45 KtxB46 P-KtB47 K.Kt248 K.B249 K.K250 K-Q51 K.B252 K-Kt53 Kt.K354 Kt.B555 Kt.QB56 I'.B457 P.Kt458 KtxP59 Kl .QB:: KxP61 Kt.KS62 P-R463 P.R564 P.KtS65 KtxP66 K.Kt367 K-B468 K.Q5«!) K.B470 P.Kt671 P.IiS

Resigns

AlliesBlack.R.Kt7K-KK-Q2B.Q7BxPchR.Q7BxRBxBB.B5B.B8K.B3K.B4K.Kt5B.Kt7K-K6P-QK14B-B3P.KtSP .QR4P-R3K.R5P.Kt6PxPchK .KtSB.Q5K.B4K-B3K.Q2BxKtK-B3K.Kt3P.R5K.R4

t2

With a clean score of 3 to 0, N. T.Whitaker of this city sewed up theeighteenth annual tournament of thePennsylvania State Chess Association,February 22, at the Franklin ChessClub, Philadelphia. 8. T. Sharp and J.

1 W. Toung, with scores of 2 to 0 each,have an unfinished game to be adjudl-

UPSETS AT THE OUTSET DON'T COUNT. .By Ripley.

ABE ATTE.LL' WAS STOPPEDTwice be-Fore he became champion

JACK JOHNSONWAS K.O'D IN H15 FIRST PROFESSIONAL fiSHT

BY ROBERT L. RIPLEY.Don't be discouraged, young boxer.

Upsets at the outsets don't.count. Thisis as true in the ring as it is In life.Many a promising lad has been ruinedby a reversal at the start of his career.A knock-out wallop has blasted manyambitions. A youngster, hopeful ofbecoming a champion shouldn't despairif he meets with a K. O. You will besurprised at the number of championsand topnotcliers who have tasted thatbitter form of defeat at the outset oftheir ring careers. A glance at therecords would seem to prove that aknock-out Is a test that all successfulfighters must undergo.Have a hope, and a look:

Jack Johnson knocked out by JoeChoynski in three rounds in his firstprofessional battle.Bob Fitzsimmons stopped in four

rounds by Jim Hall in Australia beforeBob came to this country. (Fitz claim¬ed that the light was a fake.)George Dixon had not been in the

game a year before he was put out ina round by George Wright.Kid McCoy went along for a year

and a half before Billy Steffers crown¬ed him in one round.Young Corbett hadn't been fightiner

much lonprer before he was K. O.'dtwice, once in two rounds and againin four rounds.Jimmy Clabby met disaster a few

months after he started. Jack O'Learycopped him on the chin in the*fourthstanza.Joe Walcott got his in the third bat¬

tle. Teddy Kelly put over the sleepproducer in four rounds.Joe Choynski met the same fate in

about the same time. Joe went out in thefirst round.Jack Britton hadn't been boxing a year

before Steve Kinney put him away In around.l,each Cross got off very badly. He

was knocked out twice in his firstthree battles.Gunboat Smith was dropped twice in

101ft. Jim Barry and Jack Geyer didthe trick in nine rounds each.Tommy Murphy as a boy was foolish

enough to tackle Terry McGovern.Tommy got it in the first round.Charley Le Doux got dropped for the

long count during his first year. Itonly took Billy Ladbury four rounds.Battling Nelson, though not knocked

out, was floored seventeen times In six

rounds by Joe Hedmark in 1900.Carpentier, the wonderful French¬

man, made a most discouraging start.He was knocked out three times thefirst two years. Mazoir, Salmon andGloria were his opponents.Abe Attell suffered two knock-outs

before he became champion. BennyYanger accomplished the feat in nine¬teen rounds in the year 1902 andBrooklyn Tommy Sullivan did it infive rounds In 1904.Joe Gans was knocked cold by George

(Elbows) McFadden before he ownedany title. Gans hit the canvas in thetwenty-third round.And we havn't time to tell you about

Joe Mandot, George Chip, Frank leNeil, Younjy Ahearn; Kid Lewis, WillieLewis, Johnny Summers, Sam McVey,Sam Langford, Matty Baldwin andmany more.

cated. Should this same be declared awin for either player, a tie with Mr.Whitaker for first honors will result.Following is the score of one of thegames won by the local master in thisevent:

FOCR KNIGHTS OPENING.F.Mitchell. Whitaker.White. Black.

1 P-K4 P-K42 Kt.KB3 Kt.QR33 Kt.B3 Kt.B34 B.Kt55 P.Q36 B. Kt57 P.-QB48 P.QR39 PxB10 BxKt(K3) BzB11 P.R3 P.Q412 KtxP

B-KtGo-oKt.Q5I*.Q3BxKtebKt.K3

13 P-Q4I B.IM14 L ...

15 RxKt ,

t« Kt.Kt4 Q.KKt417 Q.Q2 It.Kt2

PxPP-KR3Q-Q4PxB

F.MItcnellWhite.

IS K-QKt10 Kt.KG,20 P.Kt421 P.OB422 K-K223 QR.Kt24 Q-B325 K-K2»i P.Q527 PxQP28 Kt.Q29 QxQ

Whitaker.Blmrk.

P.Kt3QR-QK-R2P.B3R-KKtQ.K5Q.B6chP-KB4PxQPP-B5RxQPPxQ

30 Kt.Kt2 KR-O31 Kt.Q3 RxKt32 PxR

ResignsRxP

The following problems are from thecelebrated collections of W. Lewis pub¬lished in London. 1827:

BY PONZIANI.BLACK.

p a m

n i_

m ,iiii m sih mmm

white.White to play and mate Id five morei

1 R.K8oh Kt.B2 RxKtrh KxR3 R.R8ch Kt.Kt4 P.B6ch K-Q5 RxKt mate

BY DAMIANO.BLACK.

mm ii m m

m v.

mwnrra I

White to play and mate with the paxm in «ix

1 R-O*2 R.QKchKt-Ktfich

} R-Q3R.R3»*hP mates

movK KtK.R2K-R3K.R4K.Kt5

Inquisitive Fans.Sporting Editor Star:A claims that In one contest that Jess

Willard took part in his opponent wasseriously injured and later collapsed.Will you state who the opponent was?

FAN.The bout to which you refer was against

Bull Young, in Vernon, CaL, August 22,1913. Willard knocked out Young in theeleventh round, and he never recovered.

Sporting Editor Star:A claims that a batter is out on an

Infield fly with a man on first and noneout. B says he is not. What is the rule?

M. K.The infield fly rule is not operative

In this case. There must be a runneron first and second or first, second andthird, with less than two out, for theInfield fly rule to be in vogue. Referyou to rule 51, section 8.

Sporting Editor Star: ,is it true that George Dixon was the

lightweight champion of the world inhis day, v. hile it is held that he wasthe featherweight champion? Will youinform us in your column as to thisand how long Dixon held the title? |

|* J. H.Dixon was recognized as the bantam

land feather weight champion from 18P0until June 23. 1900. when he lost to

j Terry McGovern in eight rounds.

Sporting Editor Star:Kindly publish in your next Sunday's

sporting sheet the height of ClydeMilan ;nd Howard Shanks. Did Mi anever play with the New York Na¬tionals? Have Milan and Shanks bat¬ted 300 for the 1914 season? T. B.Milan is five feet eight inches tall.

Shanks five feet nine and one-halfinches. Milan's only major league ex¬perience has been with the Nationals.Milan hit .295 and Shanks .224 in 1914.

A Philadelphia paper, welcomingLajole, says: "No face will be morewelcome than his." A paragrapher ina rival city makes the pertinent com¬ment: "How about G. Washington'sphi* on a yellowbackT'

WILLIE RITCHIE IS ANXIOUSTO REGAIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP

Seeks Another Go With Freddy Welsh,Holder of the World Lightweight

Title.Boxing Gossip.BY T. S. ANDREWS.

MILWAUKEE Wis.,light-Willie Ritchie, the ex-ehampl.on^weight, is very anjlooa^to g^ retry at the championship an

gtire for all time from the, riw^was sincere when 1'

nd said",ter the other day in Chicago"The boxing game tas b.^ ^rtzt p. .h. :

that is past, and wh^t 1^ ^a chance to get It Back. |

ss stji »'-v'f/r -r.have been well paid, too, butnot and he got nothijig.

..I have offered to guarantee him,15.000 for his end and » »!». ;bet if he will arrange a champions! pbout with me for next July at Denver. |\0::£ bnteifctbat'woiw£

any"" decfsiv^Terdlet "

in our ten-round

-.rinn1^soY°w!nrngXt,r|veA Charlie

mKewhichhTCstin°huM" or 1 will fltfrthim' ten rounds "pV!" 't Retire forAfter this season 1 hope to retire

good."Battling Terry, the Newt^tStlhe(^faslightweight, announces that he nats

been on the trail of Champion Freddy |Welsh for some time, and that h

so as to get a correct line on Freddy.Tvrrv ..as been disguised eacn time

so that no one would oe wise tothefact, but *®a,pg'rry even whisperedto8 Harry ?o ok manager of Welsh

*.in<L '^{"the weak points in Freddys,make-up and at the same time learnm e

,, from the srood ones.Vis no? state. what disguise TerryK«it ?t is a cinch he did not makewore- ?L Welting The Battling One

has "a fond Recollection of Joseph^ Butnas <*¦Tor-v ran farn a weeK-lvidsalaVSby following Freddy around

as sparring partner and cut out thedisguises. .

Frank Moran, who fought JackJohnson in Paris u^e 'white* heavy-tising l»mi>elt >

world, over mweight champioiWells, who,England and I^ombardi^ V>

^ ,p

prlSOnhCoratnsmuThnad "been recognizedXf^t«e'junbott in London on a foul, which

gives hln\^erCe7urn 'to the states soon,°raLt ?.sg Wiliard or som? of the

Morris, whom UilU.^ buni.h; Hil!y isnow

^nngin-r Carl. and has improved

jiis style of tightj too that JimU. m18the lr sh giant. must be con-'"offey. the 'jim defeated Jack

snUWan in six rounds, the old-Twin) Sullivan iii =

youth andtimer gome dot for Cofteya;rtrhneBexpense of ajood old-timer.

^ .. K'llhane the featherweightJohnnyWiliams, bantam-champion, and *unable to agreeweight ^^ '"eVn Til'ane rei ,.ses toon weight-at least ^ ^ bantmake .1--although two clubsweight title 1 ^ $10,000 for thePhiladelphia for a six-

round contest, but the fighters seem toforget that .^arwniirig to give awayWilliam* 18 w'l J ^ rh,sslde hesome weight, bu

UIlder Kilbane. It Iwould not be mhnny ja finding itlooks as PHrt make the weight, andmighty hard to m

Williams findsIt alsol°®k" ®ke the bantam limit ofit hard to^ j which he refuses116 pounds rlng.^n Ertle tfce gt p^uito make f°r, tter the match, but'SSSSS. flngB.de weighing.

Another bantam coming to the frontis Arthur Simons of New Orleans, whorecently lost a decision In twentyrounds to Frankie Burns, another con¬tender for the crown. Simons is highlytouted, and he must be a clever kid toliold bis own against a veteran per¬former like Burns. Why not matchErtle and Simons, the winner to meetBurns, and the winner of this to meetWilliams? It would bring out a realbantam contender for Williams' title.

Two New York boys were given asurprise the past week.Harry Stone,the welterweight, and Joe Shugrue,contender for the lightweight crown.Both met tartars.At Buffalo Harry Stone fought ten

rounds with Jimmy Duffy, the Lock-port boy, and, according to accountsfrom the B son city, Jimmy had allthe best of the contest. Duffy, whenhe is right, is a hard man to beat, as

he demonstrated when he foughtJohnny Dundee in Milwaukee sometime ago.At Akron, Ohio, Johnny Griffith, ac¬

cording to the reports sent out, had

the shade on Shugrue, which is goingsome for the Ohio lad. Griffith has awonderful left hand, and Shugrue couldnot beat him to it. After the^contestboth managers claimed a victory, butthe A. P. stuck to the Griffith end.From the various accounts it is evi¬

dent that Griffith kept Shugrue mightybusy, which means that Joe will haveto meet Johnny again if he wants tosettle the question of superiority.

Matty McCue, the Racine lightweight,who looked very good less than twoyears ago and whom Tom Jones took inhand as the probable successor to AdWolerast, has trone back considerably.Matty fought Sammy Trott, the Colum¬bus boy, the other night in Milwaukee,and while he won, he failed to impressthe fans the way he formerly did.Trott proved himself a game little

kid, and after being put down for thenine count in the fourth round cameback strong and finished in good shape.McCue is only a youngster, however,and should be able to overcome hispresent shortcomings.Tommy Burns, ex-heavyweight cham¬

pion, who is promoting boxing showsat New Orleans, has offered FreddyWelsh a guarantee of $4,000, with a

privilege of 40 per cent of th* gro« .

for a twenty-round battle with JackBritton, but it has been turned down.The chances are that Welsh will be

matched with Joe Mandot before Dpmi-nick Tortorich's club some time inApril, as the latter has made a sub¬stantial offer for the match and bothWelsh and his manager, Harry Pollock,are inclined to accept it.Welsh Intends to sail for Cuba after

bis match with Willie Ritchie in NfwYork and meet some lightweight be¬fore the club operating in Havana.Then he will return via New Orleansand be ready for the Mandot bout or

any other that may be arranged.

INTERESTING GOLF NOTES FROM THELOCAL CLUBS.

The first indoor tournament ever

played in Washington was started dur-

ing the past week over the Brawner

indoor course, when teams of eightmen from the Columbia and ChevyChase clubs faced each other. The first

round was practically completed lastweek and play in the second round andin the first round of the consolationswill be gotten out of the way duringthe coming one, leaving the semi-finalsand finals for the week following. So

much interest has been taken in theevent that four handsome loving cupshave been purchased instead of two,and these will be given as follows: Tothe winner, to the runner-up, to thewinner of the consolations and to theplayer making the lowest gross score

in the first round. In connection withthe last mentioned prize those in

charge intend this to take the placeof the one ordinarily given i:i the qual¬ification round. Sam Daizell and JohnBrawner of Chevy Chase and Columbia,respectively, are tied for it at present,with low marks of 59, but it is notbelieved that this will win, as neitherW. S. Key burn of Chevy Chase, whoholds the course mark with 52, norJohn Davidson, who is also one of thebest, has played, and it is generallyconceded that both of these playerscan better 59. of the matches played,Orinsby McCainmon of Chevy Chaseaim Floyd Wa^gaman ot' Columbia fur-*!nished the nioai interesting, th« formerwinning 1 up. At the thirteenth Mc-('amnion was 4 up, and it looked as ifit was all over but the shouting, butWagganian suddenly rallied and tookthe next four, squaring the match onthe seventeenth, only to lose out whenhis opponent made a pretty o on num-ber IS. One of the big surpriseshanded out was the defeat of Walterit. Tuckerman at the hanus of GeorgeH. Chasmar. The Chevy Cha?e crackwas beaten rather badly, Chasmar win¬ning by 4 up and 3. The summaries of jthe week's play follow:First round.Ormsby McCammon, Chevy

Chase, defeated Flody P. Waggaman. Co¬lumbia, by 1 up; Daniel K. Jackson, Co¬lumbia. defeated Albert W. Howard, Ban-nockburn, by 2 up and 1; George H. Chas¬mar, Columbia, defeated Walter ft.Tuckerman, Chevy Ch:jse, 4 up and 3;Sam Daizell, Chevy Chase, defeatedGen. K. M. Weaver, 5 up and 4; JohnVV. Brawner, Columbia, defeated Mor-v i Thompson, Chevy Chase, by 5 upand 4.

President John L. Warren of.Ban-nockburn is receiving congratulationsfrom all sides on the completion of allplumbing and ^sewerage ». ork at thenew Cabin John Bridge clubhouse.Early in the season President Warrenmade the "threat'' that he would havethis work done by February 20, andat the time no one thought this pos¬sible, but he lived up to his agreementby getting it completed several daysahead of time, although in doing so hewas forced to use an extra shift ofmen.

This week will be a particularly busyone for the administrative body of localgolfers, as the two most importantmeetings of the year will be held. To¬morrow night at 8 o'clock at the Com¬mercial Club the District of ColumbiaGolf Association will hold its secondannual meeting, while Thursday at the

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New Willard the Middle Atlantic GolfAssociation will hold sway at the samehour. Both of these meetings will beof great importance. At the first-named, otncers will be elected, thequestion whether the 1915 event willbe at match or medal play will be de¬cided and the event will be awarded toone of the local clubs. As previouslystated in The Star, it is almost an as¬sured fact that this year's event willbe at match play and that it will beassigned to Chevy Chase. The programfor the Middle Atlantic meeting will 110doubt be along the lines followed atprevious meetings and will include theelection of officers, the awarding ofthe Middle Atlantic championshiptournament and of the "home andhome" matches.

Loren Johnson of the WashingtonCountry Club has been ill in the hos¬pital for some time, but is now outagain and on the rapid road to re¬covery. He is now making plans fora bowling match with the Chevy Chaseteam, the match to be preceded by adinner. He expects to set a date withinthe next day or so and will at thesame time name his team. The ChevyChase team is already picked and isnow practicing regularly. It will con¬sist of Ormsbv McCammoii, Sam Dal-zell, George C. Minnigerode, William S.Reyburn, G. Y. Wheeler, MorvenThompson and John W. Calvert.

George Sargent reports that the newindoor golf school of which he will bein charge was unable to open duringthe past week as planned, owing to thenon-delivery of the curtain, nett'nganil other necessary pharaphernalia. Thisis expected any time and immediatelyupon its arrival it will be installedand the school and course open forbusiness.

John Davidson of Columbia returnedfrom a trip to Hampton roads overWashington's brithday and reports thathe had a great time golfing over thelocal course there. He played one in¬teresting round with Jack McMinaminof the home club, end'ng up all-even.The course was a nine-hole one andthe two rounds were played almost ex¬actly alike, Davidson on both occasionsgoing to the sand pit and losing thefirst two holes, but later gaining whathe lost. MacMinamin won the six¬teenth by holing a twenty-foot puttand when he halved the seventeenthhe was dormie, Davidson squaring thematch by taking the home hole in apretty par 4.

Delegates to th* coif meet'ng to beheld this week have been designed bypractically all of the local clubs. ForChevy Chase, Morven Thompson willlook after its affairs at both meetings,while Dr. Thomas J. W. Brown willdo the same for Bannockburn. AlpheusWinter will represent Columbia at theDistrict meeting, and Lee Harban willlikety represent it Thursday, when theM ddle Atlantic Association meetsWashington Country Club has not yetappointed its representative, but it isexpected that either .Jaines T. McClen!-han, A. Colt Yates or George E.Truett will be chosen.

President Wilson celebrated Wash¬ington's birthday by visiting the newBannockburn course and playing around with Dr. Grayson and one or twoothers. The President played In verygood form and was much pleased withhis score.

George P. James, captain of the Co¬lumbia Country Club golf team, was

HARRY SALLEE STAR PITCHERWITH ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

Southpaw Has Been Prominent in NationalLeague Almost From the First Day

He Entered the Big Show.BY JOHN H. GRUBER.

Harry Sallee, the left-handed pitcherof the St. Louis Cardinals, has beena prominent figure in the NationalLeague almost from the first day heentered the big show. To the averagefan, who never gives a thought to!details, he appears a veteran. Yet heis only thirty years old and has beenin the major league but seven years,entering it with only three years* ex¬

perience in the minors. It was nothis fault that he was not given anearlier chance in (he majors. The NewYork American League team, with theastute Clark Griffith at its head, hadhim good and fast, but deliberately lethim get away, and then added insultto injury by selecting another pitcherin his stead from the minor leagueteam to which he had been assigned.Only for this display of poor judgmentSallee would have entered the majorleague one year earlier than he did.Sallee has much in common with

other acknowledged great pitchers,who could not win their full shar*' ofgames because of their connectionswith losing teams. Winnie Mercer isprobably the first name to come tomind. He lingered with Washingtonfor years, honored and respected, buthis figures in the won-and-lost col¬umn did not compare with the best,though he was of the best. But onceSallee got a foothold in fast companyhe never retreated, and is today placedamong the best left-handers in thecountry."Slim" Sallee was born in Hagens-

port, Ohio, July 1*. 1KST». There is norecord of him doing extraordinary, oreven ordinary, work in his nativestate. His first professional engage¬ment was with the Meridan (Miss.)team, in 1905. and a note informed thereader that the team was proud forhaving obtained a "Nashville boy." In1906 he was with the Birminghamteam of the Southern League, and fromthis team the New York Americansdrafted him for 1907.

Oversupply of Slabmen.The Yankees were then under the

management of Clark Griffith, who hada countless number of pitchers beforethe race of 1907 began. Of the oldhands there were Griffith himself. JackChesbro, A1 Orth, William Hogg. JoeDoyle, Eros (Cy) Barger and EustaceNewton. Then there were LouisBrockett ("King" they called him),from Buffalo: Bob Keefe, from Mon¬treal; Roy Castleton, from Youngs-town, and Earl Moore, from Cleveland.There was no room for Sallee, and sohe was sent to Williamsport, subject torecall if the Yankees found no pitchermore favorable in their eyes.Williamsport was a member of the

Tri-State League, which that yearemerged from outlawry, where it hadnestled for three years, and re-enteredorganized base ball. The team hadlittle trouble in winning the cham¬pionship, principally on account of thefine work of its pitchers. The success¬ful pitchers were Sallee, who won 22game3 and lost 5; Harry (Rube) Vick-ers, who won 25 and lost 9. and WalterManning, who won lti and lost 9. Inplace of recalling Sallee the New YorkAmericans selected Manning, and thenthe St. Louis National League club,John J. McCloskey manager, pur¬chased Sallee's release, while Vickerswas recalled by the Athletics.Sallee is the only one of the trio still

in fast company. Vickers pitched fineball for the Athletics until the middleof the season of 19<>9. when he was re¬leased to Toledo. Manning joined theYairtkees before the close of the seasonof 1907 and remained with them untilJuly, 1910. Then he was sent to Roch¬ester. Neither re-entered the bigshow.

Southpaw Sole Survivor.When Sallee struck St. Louis at the be¬

ginning of the season of 1908 he was the

forced to withdraw his name from thndoor tournament now being playedat Brawner's course and Daniel KJackson took his place. James is goingto St. Augustine, Fla., Tuesday on busness, which will keep him until abouthe m.ddle of April. He is going ttake his clubs with him and hopes toget in some good golf while away.

Bruce L. Taylor, vice chairman of thetournament committee at Ban nock-burn and a member of the club's team,has just returned from an importantdental association meeting at Philadel¬phia. The Quaker city clubs gave theassociation all privileges and as manygolfers attended the meeting thedoctor managed to get in severalrounds on the various courses.

Judge A. J. Wliitaker and Dayton S.Ward, two Bannockburn players, recent¬ly visited distant links on combined busi¬ness and pleasure trips, the one go ng toFlorida, and the other to Rochester.Both report having bad a splend d timeand gotten in some good work with theirclubs.

Last Saturday night's moving pictureshow at Columbia, showing the Brit sh'golf championships and other sportingevents, was the first of a series of en¬

tertainments being pianned by the club.At a recent meeting it was decided thatthe club was not being used enough dur¬ing the off season and that a ser es ofen ertainments would be held to drawthe members' interest. The second ofthese was heh: Thursday night, whenan "entertainment de luxe" was -j re¬

nounced. and another enjoyable eveningwas had.

Among the interest ng holiday matchesplayed February 22 was one between Mrs.J. R. I)e Farges and Miss Elsie Patterson,two well known Bannockburn golfers. Itwas played over the new course nearCabin John bridge, Mrs. De Farges be¬ing in exceptionally good form and be¬ing up the entire round.

W. C. Worthington of Bannockburn isorganizing a club bowling team and ex¬

pects to challenge teams from ChevyChase and the Washington Country Club,the matches to be played during thestormy March weather.

?Tennis Notes of InterestAbout Local Clubs and Players

*. .>The organization of the Depart¬

mental Tennis League during the pastweek was the all-absorbing topic of

conversation among the followers ofthe net game in this city. The officialsselected are a guarantee that the

league will be a big success and at thesame time a great stimulus to thesport. It is the general belief that thecommittee framing the by-laws willinsist upon each department utilizingits own playing material in the matterof forming teamk This rule would bea good one, as the weaker playerswould have a chance to develop andin time bring about a shifting of thechampionship. At the present time.]three and perhaps four of the depart-ments "have it on" the others in thematter of good players, but the weakerteams will have to go through theprocess of developing, and this, ofcourse, will add interest to the contestsfor position play in the pennant race..It is expected that the sporting goodsstores will come forward with hand¬some trophies, as they always havebeen liberal in this respect.

It is more than likely that the Mu¬nicipal courts will catch a greater por-tion of the departmental players on

account of their accessibility. Thegreat popularity of the Bachelors* Clubwas due to its splendkl location whendown town, and it is a known fact thatofficials of that organization are on thelookout for grounds more convenientlylocated than those at Woodley lane.

only new pitcher in sight Within threeyears ho was the only old one left. Infact, at present he is the only represen-tative of the 190S Cardinals still a mem¬ber of the team. Theie are really butthree other Cardinals of that year sti!in fast company They are Jack Murrayand Arthu Fromine. with the Giants, andBobby Hvrne. with the Phillies.The pitching staff, when Salloe was

added to it in 19»>^. consisted of EddieKarger, Arthur <Bugs> Raymond. \v-thur Frornme Grartt tStonev) McGlynn.Fred Beebe, Johnny Lush, I. C. Hlggtn-botham and Charles Rhodes. This wasquite an array of talent, but Bailee sawevery one of them depart from the Cardi¬nals.In 1909 the St. Louis club engaged in

several trades, by which it gave up threepitchers and got none in return. Firstof all. Fromine and Karsrer were given to

'Cincinnati in exchange for Catcherj George Schlei. and S« hlei was immedi¬ately traded, with Raymond and JackMurray, to New York for Roger Bresnn-ban. Roger was made manager of thejteam. succeeding the veteran McClosk-.->,who went to Milwaukee, where he inj turn supplanted Barry McCormlck. a!>a veteran. Barry shone as an inflelderin the days of the twelve-club league an;later with Louisville. Chicago National*.1st. lxntis Americans and Washington In1'J0."> he went to Milwaukee from Wash-ington, where, in 190S, he was placed atthe head .«f the Brewers, succeeding|l*oylef who l ad followed Joe Cantillon in1907.In 1909 Pitcher Roy Evans went to »Sv| Louis from New York, and may have c\:'j a figure in the Bresnahan deal, but ther*is no record of this. Later in the seasonHigginbotham went to the Chicago Cubsby the waiver route, and Rhodes wI sent to Trenton. This left only SalW.Beebe and Lush of the 1908 pitchers, t, .{the club made a ten-strike by securingBob Harmon from the Shreveport te.m .I paying 12.500 for his release. He for thefirst time pitched for the Cardinals nJune 23, but worked In only one inningof a game won by the Pirates. 3 toIt was not until July 14, 1909. that BobI won his first game in the NationalLeague. It was at Philadelphia. f»nd took

j eleven innings to decide. the Cardinalswinning. »~> to 4. Earl Moore pitched forthe Phillies.

Beebe's Transfer to Reds.In 1910 only Sallee and Lush remained

of the 190s gang of twirlers. Karl*- inthat year Beebe was traded to Cincin¬nati, with Alan Storke, for Miliei Hug-j gins. Rebel Oak* s and Pitcher FrankCorridon. Probably Bresnahan wasnot aware that by this trade he hadsecured a man who a little later wouldsucceed him as manager. Beebe didnoble work at Cincinnati, and a yearlater (1911) figured in another trade,which took him to Philadelphia. Storke.however, never played a game for theReds. He died at Boston a little lessthan a month before the season opened.To the pitching staff of 1911 wasadded Rube Geyer, for whose releaseSt. Louis is said to have paid the Co¬lumbus club $4,500. Vic Willis alsothat year joined the Cardinals, beingpurchased from Pittsburgh. Later inthe season William Steel was securedfrom Altoona, to say nothing of BunnieHearne, who came from the Wilsonteam of the East Carolina League andis now among the Feds.WThen the season of 1911 opened Sal¬

lee was the only one left of the staffof 1908, Lush having been released tothe Toronto club. The Cardinals didnot get a pitcher to fill his place whoat all measured up to Johnny's stand¬ard when in his prime. In 1912 DanJ Griner, Polly Perritt and C. SanfortlBurk were added to the list.So pitchers came and went, but Sal¬

lee remained, the oldest man on theteam in point of service. He never-entered the hall of famous pitcherswho shut out a team without a hit.but for everyday hard work he hasfew equals. He pitched his first fullgame May 23, 1908, and shut out theGiants, 2 to 0, pitching against GeorgeWiltse.

The Baohelors lost many membersvhen its courts were moved to the sub-.rbs, as the players figured they mights well join country clubs if they wereoing out that far to play.If the committee of the Departmental-**Hgue should decide that the weakerteams can go outside to strengthen,there will be a great rush for HarveyBundy. who :s employed at the Capitol.Mr. Bundy classes up with the front rankplovers of the District and he assured.:-would add at least 30 per cent to theplaying strength of any team.

"Lou'* Doyle and Horace Barber feltlike uttering prayers of thankfulness af'erthe Departmental League ship waslaunched, as t .is pair has been woikin.on the organization idea for the past liveyears. It was a case of urging and argu¬ing all the time and when their etf visbore fruit no happier tennis enthusiastscould be found anywhere.

Ballard Moore, who cu* quite a swath'in local tennis circles last season, prom¬ises to do even better this yea.,a- h nasdecided to change his style of play,eliminat tig his chop stroke, which would{strengthen his effectiveness considerably.Mr. Moore's work was watched veryj closely by the experts last season and ifis more than I kely that he will attract

| still more attention this year.

The coming season at the ColumbiaCountry Ciub promises to be one of un¬usual 'Merest. The tennis committee,headed by Mr. Leech, met yesterdayafternoon and outlined plans.

| Connie Doyle will be at home this suin-mer and can take care of the singles.while coupled w th his brother "Lou."the doubles always will be a shining

j mark for other pairs to shoot at.

Miss Baker, the champ'on of the Dis-«trict, has enjoyed good health this win-ter and figures on taking an active part

Ithe coming season in all local tennisevents.

I M'ss Bryan is another brilliant tennisplayer who expects to play a great dealthis season and her friends are buildingJon her regaining the title she lost toBaker last year.

The twelve courts at the Columbia Clubundoubtedly are as fine as any one cou'dw'sh. but if the comnr'ttee can discover

J anything needed in the way of improve¬ments they will be speedily made.

! LAURELS ARE READY.

Ball Team Elects Officers for theComing: Season.

Special Diftpatcli to The Star.

LAUREL. Md., February 27.^-TheLaurel b;jse ball club organized lastevening for the coming season and ti"'following officers were elected: Thorn:-

(M. Baldwin, manager, and Harr> *».

Phelps, secretary and official scorer.Baldwin managed the club three sea¬

sons ago and when the club had oneof the fastest teams in this part of thestate. About twenty candidates willbe tried out from which to select theteam, all from Laurel and viciiiTty, asit is intended that the club shall be a

representative one. No selections havebeen made, but the prospective infieldis the strongest ever presented.New uniforms will be purchased and

the season will open about May 1.Buster Souder, Harry Warner u.d

Vogts, who have had considerable ex¬perience on the firing line, the first twohaving turned down numerous offersin minor leagues, are expected to servethem up for the club this season. Symonew material also will be tried out.

Hugh Fullerton has predicted thatthe Boston Brave* will not lancf betterthan third in their race this year. Thismay account for the general rush tobet on Stallings* men to land anotherpennant.