The Washington Post from Washington, District of Columbia • Page 4

im wm mu tmjy TirtJV iipm DEATH TOLL IS LARGE lanytpiiletiGross GreaMyiaeini9ili SEYERAII 13AIL TIMERS DIE Unify IJobison monePillars of the National iGamef Who Answered Last Calf of I Great1 UmpirentbQbiie pairing Claimed a Toll of Nearly a Dozen Deaths BIG LOSS TO BASEBALL S8 1 4 fe TOIMANAGEa01IJBENCH tajvl Many prominent figures in the world of iTjBport andathletics answered the last call Ijibf the Great Umpire during the pastsea pen The baseball diamond particularly that ipbrtlon ofit controlled by the National Saue was a heavy sufferer haying Bt Stanley Jtoblson owner of the St Cardinals William Hepburn Rus president and chief owner of the jton club and Frank Elliott vice bsldent of the Philadelphia club lie active players who died during the Included Addle Joss the well known ther of the Cleveland Americans rgfc Lefty Craig pitcher of the ipolis club ofthe American Asso Bon Napoleon Pop Lessard pitch the Columbus American Association i Michael Smalllng first baseman of lAOcaster Tristate club Simon polls shortstop and captain of the Eastern League club Herman second baseman of the Utica Of the New tork State League Brown first baseman of the Al team of the New Tork State ana Harry Hammond who had I with various teams of the Southern and American Association ajoon to tne active prayers many of the diamond and others figured promInently in thena ln da gone by died during i Famous Pitcher Dies lieae were Robert Carruthers a pitcher for the St Louis the eighties and later ah iim American and minor leagues ad Clarke at one time a star Itfce New York Nationals Jack pwas one of the 1886 big four etinott team John Radcliffe with the old Athletics of Charles Brown at one time on the Brotherhood team of nd later with the Lynn team of England League Bert Briggs pitcher for the Chicago Cubs iNeyJvingj a famous hitter and tneeariyaays or tne Nationai aur Clarkson who had played Iw York St Louis Baltimore and other clubs Dr John I Who organized the famous Red in Cincinnati in the sixties Smith who was known as the Of organized haseball in Connecti aray Vigneaux an old time Pa tplayer and Herman Van who was secretary of the Balti Jnt when it was three times pen of the National League were no ring fatalities among tonal pugilists during the year ler were any deaths recorded among of prominence Louis Long of Cal was the only fighter of note to die Several old tlmers away among them Charlie Mc i at one time one of the best of lelphla lightweights and Hank Hhb well known colored heavy ilSBt ijBM axji nj ri A1U UKlUaiO VUUUICU UUl 7tl taown to the followers of pugilism rerrWaJachl Hogan the Chicago referee adjportmg writer Eddie Smith the San aciaco referee Emil Pop Coulon ither and manager of Bantamweight tlmpion Johnny Coulon John Cu fcx of Brooklyn who was John Sulli es backer and William A Pearce of on who had managed Jack Johnson rjp Wafcott George Dixon Marvin Hart jUMjQtner notea ngnters The losses of thf VMP in tho turf wnrlrl I Included August tJlhlein of Milwaukee fiwrierb The Harvester and other famous litrotters David Johnson who achieved HthJs JLWJdest prominence as the owner of Koseben Otis Bort of Flushing 3fwJforidrove the famous Flora Temple in fthffli early seventies OBrJen of tmni fcuil in a wen Known trainer or trotting horses Martin Wallls of Co hirnbus Ohio for many years a Grand Circuit judge Alpa McDonald a well luiown horseman of Albany Fred Ulaffec of Providence well known as a trainer on Grand Circuit tracks Myron 13 McHeiiry of Genesee 111 a veteran tprfman and famous driver David FUnaldo of Saratoga a famous breeder faJid owner and Abercombie of Chicago turf editor and one of Americas authorities on the harness horse Automobile Collects Toll Automobile racing claimed a toll of nearly a dozen deaths during the vpar Mil The noted racers killed included Ned Crane killed at Kansas City April 34 Marcel Basle killed at Chicago June iLbuis Strung killed at La Crosse July 0 Ralph Ireland killed at Elgin III August 2 Dave Buck killed at Elgin August 26 Billy Pearce killed at Sioux City October 19 Ray McNay killed at Savannah November 20 Walter Donnelly killed at Milwaukee June 22 and Robert WiBeanikiUed at Denver May 27 Several Famous trap shooters and wing shots wero Included among the dead of ithe yeari among them being A Bo gardus for years the worlds champioiv riflo shot Capt Fred Wheal of Cleveland at qne time champion wing shot of the United States and John Parker of Detroit and William Hayes of Newark hpth of whom had national reputations as marksmen witMu jigurcs in otner branches of sport claimed by death during the year were Jafit Charles Barr ono of the vorlds most famous yacht masters John Graham for a number of years the traih er in charge of the Harvard University track ana field teams Paddy Kellv one of Canadas best known lacrosse plavers Fred Allen of Lticaiong identified With curing in the United states and tCanada Wijliam Rotch Wister of Phila acipnia Known as the father of American cricket Merrit Giffen fnrmr na tlpnal Cljampion discus thrower Alfred Lo Quqspe a member of jhe Cleveland bowling jteam which brokoitho worlds Record sat the Buffatf International tour naVaeht last year Jack Smith a fatribus lacrosse and hockey player of Ottawa William 51 Catton of Chicago who for nearly SO years had beena prominent figure In tiie billiard world Dr John II Miskey of Philadelphia formerly na tlonal squash racket chainplon Francis GfordonBrown fet one time a celebrated football jilayer at Yale and Arjio Lerum a formestar football player of the Unk yerslty tof iWlscohsuiand AU Western and All Amplcan guard AU8tEAIIA XIKES TENNIS Figures That HeHas Been Actively En Jgaged in Game XCrigtnough While Opportunity to Go in Business and Hatjfed of Murphy Drives Three Fin gefecv Pitcher Into Retirement New York Jan 20 Voluntary retire ment while yet at the zenith of their careers will cause two of the greatest and most popular figures that ever graced a diamond to be missing frpnxth flaying lists when the beginning of Hthe 3912 season rolls around They are Fred Clarke of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Mordecai Brown of the Chicago Cubs both National LeagjuejarT -Clarke who ever since he joined the forces of the National League has been considered one of the foremost managers as vell as one of its leading outfielders will stilj be seen by the fans In the role of manager but he will direct his team from the bench atnd the coachiijg lines as does Johnny McGraw of the Giants Brown who has ranked with the worlds premier pitchers is quitting the game en tirely lor two reasons he has an opportunity to enter another business where he says he can make more money and he i3 sore on Charles Murphy president of the Cubs who he says has given him a rough deal Both Will Be Sadly Missed It is a certainty that both mens services on the field will he sadly missed by their clubs BrownTprobably more than Clarke Not that he Is greater as a pltch er than Clarke is as a fielder for he is not but because Clarke has in young Vincent Campbell of St Louis a cracker Jack man to take his place whereas there never Is anybody to fiil the shoes of a reliable pitcher a team cannot possess too many winning twhiers Clarke has keen tvi the game much longer than Brown Excepting Cy Young who has been pitching more than 20years the Pirate leader has been playing big league ball as long as any man in the game Clarke has completed 17 years in fast company concluding with the season of 1911 the same length of time that Bobby Wallace manager shortstop of the St Louis Browns has been playing But ho other outfielder has cavorted about a major organization diamond anything like that length of time Those who know him have more faith in Fred Clarkes love for the game than in his ability to stick to his announcement of retiring and accordingly have wagered suits of clothes with him that he will play in at least one game during the coming season It iswellknown that Clarke delights in nothing more than getting out in the hay under a bright sun and chasing flies but just the same he is coppering all these bets that are offered so it can be accepted as a sure thing that he will stay out of the fray Clarke Bats 300 for Sixteen Years During his sixteen years as a big leaguer Clarke batted above the 300 mark eleven times and once in 1897 he exceeded 400 swatting the sphere for an ayerage of 408 After falling from the charmed circle for four consecutive seasons he came back last year with a percentage of 324 He also fielded at the rate of 970 which shows he has not become ahas been As a manager Carke was as great a success If not greater than he was as an outfielder The first pennant ever won by Pittsburgh came after he took charge of the team in 1900 In the following year he piloted the cluh into the championship and repeated the two following years Then in 1909 his ag gregatlon copped another flag and also defeated Detroit for the worlds supremacy Clarkes brains are his greatest asset He is known as one of the leading inside experts of all time Several of the plays now used generally by all teams to advance runners toward the plate were of his invention but his greatest success in this line was achieved in his development of the double steal Scrappy but Gentlemanly Player Clarke has always been a scrappy player but withal can be called a gentleman player He is noted for his success in getting results from discussions with the umpires which he seldom allowed to degenerate into arguments Clarke unlike most major league stars began playing hall in the position where he later attained his greatest success left field Mordecai Brown however followed the usual rule of beginning In a different station from that where he later became a star despite the handicap of having only three fingers on his throwing hand His debut was as a third baseman He per formed at that position on an amateur team while still working as a coal miner jn Indiana One day when they were meeting a professional team from Terre Haute thvhpme team pitcher was laid up and Brown was sent in to Pitch He won that game and the Terre Haute team immediately signed him up to become a regular member of its twirlinc staff He knocked around the country playing on minor teams for two years and in 1903 Ire wasgi abbed by thp St Louis Cardinals A year later he was traded to Chicago and immediately jumped into prominence as one of the most effective fluigers of them all In 1906 1907 and 4908 he was one of the chief factors in the winning the National League pennants 1 A mmem fiu It 5 fesT tfihrf BALLPLAYERS CLAIM JOSE MENDEZ 55 fiar tM I Has Defeated the Best of Our Largeri league fleams ons the Island HIS TERRIFIC SPEED TERROR TO BATSMAN Ball Flayers From the States Declare That There Is Not a Pitcher in Baseball Today Barring Walter Johnson Who Has as Much Smoke Known in Havana as Modest andWellrBehaved Gentleman Would Be Star in Majors BasebalJ fans throughout the United States in trying todig up ananswerthat will explain away the walloplngs that have been handed our big league ball teams by the Cubans during the annual winter pilgrimages to the sunny isle1 have probably attributed the succeW of the Cuban players In a great measure to the change of climate the fact that ourplay ers are out of training and belngvunder no strict discipline take little cae of themselves and accept the games as merely a side Issue to a joy trip and other causes irrelevant to the playing of the Cubans themselves While you can work in this stuff and probably get away with It If yoju happen to be conversing with some guy who has never wandered south of Oshkosh Miph If you happen to stack up against some venturesome fellow who has taken his life in his hands by living at one of those Cuban hotels for a spell and who between the times when he was resting his wishbone on the dashboard of the stair casing and trying to telescope his duodenum into his esophagus has taken a slant at these international contests he will likely backyou up into a corner and tell you that you are conversing through your bonnet or words to that effect Lack of Condition Hurts While change pf climate and lack of condition no doubt affect our players to some extentin the first few games played on the Island during the winter time those who have witnessed the games down there and those players who ha participated in tliemwlll tell you thatjhe Cubans success against the class of our big leagues is due in a large measure to their admirable defense 1 These Cubans arent such an exclusne excitement with the bludgeon They pre ably couldnt hit a dirigible balloon with a bass fiddle If It was hog tied to a fence stake and curve pitching gets them swinging like a beer sign in a March gale But when it comes to putting up a stonewall defense theyve got that little bundi of patriots who performed at Bun ker Hill looking like a flock of cross 1 country runners Good pitching and sen sational fielding is the big bulk of the answer Cubans Strong Defense There are a few individual exceptions to this weak hitting of the Cuban teams notably Marsans and Almeida who are now with the Cincinnati National League team but these exceptions are as widely scattered as facts In a political speech But take these Cuban teams from the subpltcher to thev gatekeeper and they are the most sensational performers in the field wearing spikes today Fast as bullets possessing unerring judgment on batted balls tliey have the most wonderful whips of any ball player on earth Nobody ever saw a Cuban ball player who couldnt line a ball to the mark even if It was from the next province to the home plate and nobody ever saw a Cuban ball player with a sore arm Outside of this they arent much on defense either It is this strong defense that has hceri the stumbling block to our teams cleaning up in Cuba and the higgest individual obstacle In their path down there has been Jose Mendez star pitcher of the Almendares team known in Cuba as The Black Mathewson Is Only a Youngster Mendez although he has been playing ball but fohr years has proved a most consistent winner against our big league teams and he has won his games with very little hitting behind him always holding our heavy hitters down to a small number of hits and beating them solely on the defensive The Black Mathewson had the pleasure of beating the great white Mathewson during trie Giants recent trip to Cuba going in and relieving Pedrosa bis teammate after the Giants had touched him for four runs and holding the Giants scoreless and giving them but two hits in the final four innings of the game Here is what the white Mathewson has to say concerning the Black Mathewson This fellow Mendez Is a great pitcher Its too bad he Is a negro as his color bars him from the big leagues up in the States If Tie was a white man or an Indian hed be the star of the leagues up therein no time Honus Lobert who managed the Phillies during their recentt6ur of Cuba said 3 SurprisingIyrStrong WV R4V i im uerense CiiBansiWeaEVtHitters biit 6 1 i Wf Th ST 5r vVvvUr GREATEST JHgOWERS KNOWNTOJBASEBALL Fastis Bullets They Possess Unerring Judgment on featted Ballsycand One NeyerHears of ThemHaYJngSore Ami Gonzales MendexsSBattery Partner Wonderful CatchervSays Lo bertofthe Phillies yfj Mendez Is a wonder and so Is his catcher Gonzales If we could give those two coonsa gbod coat of white paint and ring them in with thp Phillies next sunv mer wed win the pennant on the chin strap Here Is the record Mended has made against our hi league teams that have played in Cuba In Npveniber 1908 on the occasion of the first opportunity that had been granted the Cuban tearntoJ measure their efficiency against our major leaguers through the first visit of the Cincinnati National League team to Cuba and during Mendezs first season in baseball he vas chosen to pitch the opening game against the Cincinnati team and the first game that any Cuban team had played against oyr Dig leaguers in recent years Mendez not only showed his ability as a pitcher1 but his nerve and absolute immunity from stage fright by going in and shutting out the Cincin nati team in this game with but one little hit and that one wajs a ittlescratch affair made by Miller Jlugglns in the ninth Inning Mendez fanned nine of the Beds in this game and as his own team could get him but one run to wiriVith you will see that he had to go some to win even with that great pitching 47 Innings Without Score Following this game JVIendez again sljut out Cincinnati in nine innings on December 3 1008 and pitched 47 consecutive innings without allowing his opponents a run eighteen of those being in the two games against Cincinnatiand the balance against Key West and Havana making five consecutive shutout victories and two additional innings pitched against Havana before aN run was scorea against nim Trnars tne Kina of defense our fellows have to beat when they stack up against the Black Mathewson In November 1910 Mendez pitched against Summers in a game with Detroit during the Tigers tour of Cuba and held Detroit to three hits in ten innings the game ending a 2 to 2 tie In this game Iendezf showed his great ability as a eight asslstst He followed this up in December of the same year when the Philadelphia Athletics who had just won the worlds championship by Blammlng the Chicago Cubs pitchers all over the lot went on their tour of Cuba by beat ing the worlds champions with Plank in the box by the score of 5 to 2 holding the slugging Athletics to ive hits In this game Mendez had five assists from thev pitchers bpxt and struck out live men Beats the Phillies Twice In November 1911 Mentfez pltcld against the Philadelphia NatfonalLeague team and shut them out 4toiO letting out eight men and repeated a week later against the Phillies by beaung them agaht StOul arid giving ihem five hits striking but six men The Phillies how ever haYefhe honor of handing Mednez the worsA beating he has ever taken from a ball team when they got to him for thirteen hfs on the occasion of his third appearance against them after a rainstorm had Interrupted the game iif the fourthihnlng and madejthe ball so Slippery that Mendez could not control his great speed orwork his fast curve Then came the chance for tho black Mathewson to measure his effectiveness against the white Mathewson when the Giants appeared in Cuba Mathewsons fadeaway dron had the Cubans at his mercy ilhcy never having seen anything like it before so that Mendez with all his great pitching had little show to win unless he held the Giants absolute ly runless Mendez got one victory over his white rival however when he wnt in to relieve Pedrosa whom the Giants had touched for three runs in the first inning after the Cubans had got to Mat ty or enJugh runs to tie the score and Mendez held tho Giants scoreless and al lowed them but two hits In the four in nings lib pitched beating them out by the score of 7 to i Has Made Great Record Mendezs complete record since 1908 his first season In baseball Is as follows In 1908 his first season Mendez pitched seven ganics in the regular Cuban leauc season arid jvonthem all pitched three games against he Brooklyn Royal Giants in the United States and won all three Pitched tWoagalrist the Cincinnati National League team and shut them out In both games and pitched two against Key West botlf of whljh he won giving Monaez a ciean siaie xornis nrst season 1908 of fourteen games won and none lost an average of L000 and two of thcie games were against a team of our big leaguers and three otters were against one of our strongest seipiprp teams In 1909 Mendez won eighteen and lost eight one of his victories being over the Detroit American League team ono from the All Star team of National and Amer ican League players and one front the Indianapolis American Association team In 1910 he did all his pitching against lteam3 from tho States winning three and losing none to tne Leiand Giants Winning two and losing none against the Philadelphia Athletics and losing two and tying one agafnst Detroit In 1311 ho won thirteen and dost three two of his victories being over the Philadelphia Nationals Mendezs chief asset In a pitching way is terrific speed with a fast breaking jump to the ball which he mixes with a them down wlth four hits and striking i fast breaking cane and excellent conl Jl FIFTH QUIHT IH LEAD Holds Safe Margin in Interdfc nominational Leape siXTH JSrDT SECOND PLACE 4 Riston Keeps in Front in Individual Averages With 105 Quality of Bowl ing of AUXlubs Has Greatly Improved Scores Recently Have Been Good and Interest Is Increaslng trol and fine Judgmentln working the batsman Ball players from jthe States who have batted against Mendez or tried to rather assert that therels pitcher In baseball today barring possibly Walter Johnson who has as much smoke as this blaxk Mathewson of Cuba Ths thing that canses most wondermentwonderment among our players Who have played In Cuba however is the wonderful ability of Mendez Jn fielding his position He is remarkably fast on his feetand a Hui oxai ici lids UXUU4 uiiu aiiu cai ci lent judgment and can throw from any position like a rifle shot Mendez plays the whole infield position when her is pitching and it Is almost impossible to lay down a safe bunt against him or even a sacrifice as he will invariably get Uhe ball in time to nail the advance man His infield plavs to this wonderful fielding ability of Mendez when heHs pitch ing too by spreading closer to the foul lines and leaving Mendez to plug up the holes the center of the infield so you will at once see how difficult It is to get base hits on the ground the day Mendez happens to be working Jose Mendez Is a Cuban negnvand was born in Cardenas a city tenhours dls tant from Havana on March 19 1SS7 He worked as a clearmaker until he andl others discovered that he had something that Cuban ball players couldn hit with any great degree of success when tbe Almendares team of the Cuban League grabbed him and he pitched his first real game of baseball for that team in Feb ruary 1908 Its was taken on a tour of the United States with the All Cuban team in the summer of 1908 and he performed so well against the strong semlprof essional teams here that when the Cincinnati National League team Inaugurated these annual winter invasions of Cuba in the fall of 190J Mendez was selected to pitch the first game What he did to the Reds in this game and also In the next one has already been told and Mendez soon won fame on the Island and came to be called the black Mathewson Cubans will bo their heads off now any time Mendez opposes one of our big league teams and they haveal ways got a run for thelrvmoney Is Not Big Fellow Mendez is 5 feet 10 inchesihiieight and weighs but 152 pounds The wonder is where he gets his terrific speed but he has an easy delivery and pitches from his heels up and hasnever been known to have a sore arm Owing to his marvelous fielding ablllty he works twice as hard as the average pitcher even under ine turning rays oirairopicaL sun wnac a corking hot weather pitcher lie would make up here if he could only be whitewashed One of Mendezs best assets Is keeping his head under fire and while having his bad days the same as everyV other pitcher has he minimizes the effect of these bad dajs through his wonderful fielding ability and always keeping his head and knowing what to do with the ball when ho gets it He has never been the author of a bone headed play Mendez is known in Havana as a modest and well behaved gentleman at all times both on the field of play and off as he seems to apparently realize that his color bars him from many ofthe privileges accorded to the White baseball hero While pitching he is constantly smiling showing his teeth in a broad grin their whiteness forming a vivid contrast with his black skin Every cent Meridez earns through his baseball playing goes to the support of his mother whom he can now afford to give every pleasure of the wealthy class of Cubans Baseball affairs in Cuba are operated on the cooperative basis the jplayers dividing among themselves and the management the receipts of the gamesr the batteries getting a Ealf share more than the other1 players Mendezs share in thes receipts for the month of November of last year was J5S1 as every time Mendez works down there they play to capacity the fans In Havana white as well as colored Idolizing their black Mathewson much in the same way as New Yorkers idolizethelr white one It is one of the pathetic instances of life to see this Cuban negro possessing all tho characteristics of a gentleman and an ability that would make him one of the great figures In a great pastime qualities that would bring him worldwide fame and popularity and wealth barred from reaping the full benefits of these qualifications through the misfortune of birth Jose Mendez wlllalways have to be content just ta be Cubas black i Mathewson Fifth Baplisthaswhatjappears to be a winnlmTjlead Jn theInterdenomlnatlon al League belngflve full games in front of their nearest rival Sixth Presbyterian Jhe1 latter team has an advantage also of five games over Westminster When thesaverages were last published Sixth was la the fight with a vengeance and as they wereV supposed to have a veritable ijlnx on Fifth Baptist It was expected thattheoutcome or we set between the twa teams would about even the raceTbe unexpected happened and Sixth lost all three games practically putting ithem out if the running for chamnionshtnrhonorsri SfThe improvement slnot only In the quality of bowlingsbyvthe clubs at tne bottom but in that of all the pin knights otthe league has made the weekly matches of much greater Interest and the scores of the games recently have all been good Riston retains his lead in individual averages with 105 although Richards who has rolled only sir games tops him a points FvGeorge of Kendall has ntgn game 141 high setls the honor held byWoltzwiUu367 McKillen Of Westminster being second Un thisjclass with 563 Kendall has high team game 551 andfl Westminster high set 1662 The averages follow STANDING OP TEAMS Gimes Won Loit Pet Fifth Btntist 27 Sixth Presbyterian 5 itj Wstmuuter Presbjta IS 17 11 Kendall Baptist 36 IS Betbany Presbyterian SS 14 St Marks Lutheran 36 13 St Sp TP HC HS ATe Sixth 38 43 24S 17445 E3 1513 4S5 Httn 38 48 239 17413 628 1501 484 Bettany 36 53 204 168055201608 470 Westminster 36 44 216 16887 538 16 ssu St Marks jTS 42204 18748 MS 1411 485 Kendall 36 44 201 18600 El 1447 461 Westminster rolled one Bet vita four menft Thompson Hall Will yisit very T0vra of Importance between Windy uuy ana 103 Angeles xjeipree turning Still PrediCtThatjlO Teams Will Take Part iu Big Event 1 750 811 4i 4417 1 389 Richards Wyne Parker Beavers Ellett Windsor LCummlngs Macdonala McQuinn Purks Riston Litchfield Copeland Riston WolU Fish Doyle Blnntx Herbert FIFTH BAPTIST St Sp TP HG HS Aye 6 3 10 635 131324 106 5 27 IS 35 2722 132 S32 100 22 27 7 39 2694 118 31 S9 Z1 6 56 3350 117 327 98 18 34 7 38 2782 124 S0J 35 27 531 2338 103 296 93 13 5 28 2373 US 283 91 7 1 0 1 90 90v 90 4 2 1 355 9i2718S I 1 0 0 74 74j 74 sixth presbyterian i 20 10 59 3141 135 349 104 21 452693 123 331 S9 32 10 45 3112 136 t3S 97 i4 0 5 376 101 23194 27 1 31 2531 134 867 93 20 i26 7 27 2436 105236 93 18 31 6 31 2835 HI 304 93 12 A 0 1 9 89 S9 2 2 172 90 86 SH BOWLIMC SCOUTS WJT i i Chicago UsesJhlslWethod to vBbostA BfC Journey TNQWEXQFF ONIONG JAUNT j9l NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THELbCAL PIN KNIGHTS JjtcqulreMere Than 400 Matcheslto De xie Championsnip iIburneyv A report ot the Australasian tennis championship held at Melbourne in con JmnUonl with the Victorlachamplonshp Mourneyj Jurnlshed surprising Jnforma jtlon This joint tournament was finished onvIecember 2 Vhen the finals1 of slx teen different events were contested Tsgtateanatlonal championship tournament fe conseQuence theAmerican authorities are ft worried tm account of Its unwieldlncss and a ro6vement Is now onfool tolimlt the number of competitors Jiut in W10 tfto Auytrala3ian championship required 1 o7TnatcJies and last season the number seceded 4C0 This shows the tremendous Wd tftftgama has on the sportloving The duekpui tournament which closed last night at the Palace alleys was one of the most successful of Jts kind ever held in Washington Interest was mani fested from the initial announcement of the proposed events To thes victors belongbelong tho praise of all the lovers of small pin rollers in this cjty for it required a lotof sand to stand the strain and finish In thomoney To those who were elinilna ted before entering the money squad a great deal of commendation is due especially tp the four meivwhQ survived to tho third night when only Email margins separated those1 who qualified for finals and those who years His averages and his performance at all times in matches has prcivea this In a match set with any roller In this town Harry would have virtually the unanimous backing of the citys bowlers And It would be more Tthan ah oral backing attbat War slipped at ganiein iOh the Aggies aiding the Nav tO getrinto first placei Holmead leaders initheiArcade iLeague i took twrv from Argvles the ruhnersrUD Kirig with 1S8 had the Best setof1 the evchipg Managers tpothe set from Payrhas i Rlckettsall were in the fight tothelast and a bit of good breaks might have sent bheor possibly twoof these into the last xupds faiiecU Hawksworth Lewis CarxlUahaJeW MdJare again within ione game of The Palace alley rnahagement is to be congraiuiaieaupon tne smootnmanner Which theaffalr wrun pffrnot dine objection being entered at any stage iAnd Carroll is through with duckplns forever Well Its better to be a has been than a never was for Carroll when coupled up with Doc Lejnmon forms a two man team ery hard to beat A match between ThyeT of the Casinos land Buck Harley of the Palace team was oroacnea xnursaay nighf at theroll off and should they meet a warm match shquld result Thye while not a flashy roller is there and can hold his own with the best of them Speaking of people who are tfyere it is apropos to mention the fact that Harry Krauss notwithstanding that a few disgruntled tenpln artists will not give him the title is the best big pin TiVrfrht The nextmeetlngT between these Mwoiteams should JJde he5winner in the soutnern iague EveriuigtarPd4Vashingtpn each took straights ijast week retaining their relativejposHlonsinith Commercial Leagued jCapfcEssexad iliigh gajne 12S while iTomiHughea had the best set RodrickSj score pf i in tournament shouldnot bidkeri too seriously He was notrnaklns a strenuou3effort In4the last game being then down and out without hope of resurrection Three fiercely contested games wereon tap In the GarrisonGoodfellowssetand every tone was close Garrisons won the first CDS to502V and took the nerteven thought XJoodfellowslTturned1 in lE31Vthe winners total being JflchaudsJLeam 509 to 506 Goodmans 133 game was high VhlleShades hadv His scores were hWitha 521 score in thelfirst and 513 in jhe last Fatima3cWoathe rubberouton their opponents Pa Mlchaudtwas there witha S39 sethis4127 gataealso being hlghf Genoas took the odd game from tho Ninas McLoughlins 234set standing ou 1 ac tW Wrto riV4tM1nJ1io liVimtt11 ua iiiuiMLou ivuiuutiiaurliiAlLtgtuiivi The Controllers ran fiitoa string of hard luck1 in their isetvithjiHechariicaJ losing the firstgamehj3lpntsandth set byl StrletenoltebVanother good set i and helped retrieve hls average whlch was silghtly damaged Ywo weeKs ogoJ when he rolled three games ih thosi Heot a 313 set Dave McCartyofthc Mounr Vernon teanv fell bythewaysidein thetourna ment Tuesday InightTrandv his captaiiC Baunvprobabjy feeling JonesomesnQout him got a passQUt checRvthefjiext night Two other Macs McClurevanoMcKnew alsofelttheenectsjOf the strainon the seconQ nisntano stooa romunaerv Jollff declares jhe ineyer liked rthe four tlmeanyhowjHe got hlsTuesdayi Efcineyvmiaratiann team can aiwasoe countedon tpfurnlshtsonieecifeiqepjt whenjthey areontlfcaTleysicInthejset with Tolmari Laundry lasf weelc itwo games wound upJnatfeTand eachteani woV one on therollpfftThefirstame was about the closest anaVmost excitlnr OI tne jear xneajijju score ras omau 43 to 43 TheHahnTteamwonout 41 to 40 Npt content with this excitement they tlednp thesecnndtr44eachbiitlostout on the roll off 4Tto 36 Cates polled IK nnfl fllfirrnSriTi thlast rami a nil Wall 1 tfie excellent set of 3S6 wnn pasllv Tct IostbydefaulCElthertheyshould DUt 116 12Cid mXifr i 5 r4 five men on theall6Vs Iosethelrfran iiiiiisti xi yiiriuvJVUiviyAuuvu auu uut inentrifbeihestblcatSanie andJIcKnew came within six pins of pulling him out ofthe fight Carroll doca not think there are enough bowling al leys lii town andisgQlng to start one of nisowmitis rumorea As ananchorman Bradcn of the Seml noles1wascnotvex strong averaging 80 However Msxteam took all three games sohe Is forgiven A Clark hadatgether 325 setihis scores being 1105 and 125 By taking the set from theCommisslon 7vMurphy wlth334and jCarney withLers the Navy lands 6neven terms with the Farmery again Brosnafti with 233 Bousher 225 and Crist ICSrtllcdbest 6C0TCS 330 twereitherstarsi of Hhe heehvs RalDh BetRiesdiytiie lattertteam winning two games iiTherecofd sTiowedthe high score fon the Sheehysr525 their opponents roll 1 imronlvOl althouehMurtihv hart atlS I rcram Sir ThaUShoemakers have something on Englneeraintenplns wat least was demonstrated Intthe Patent Examiners league Tuesday nighr Wnon the ormer jf inin Miyijun ec encatwiLnout once toucn inglhefOftlTnarkirnoepke had theibest of i anoot lotof scores tv Cf Jff jiapi wooasep uptncin gooa worKMn tlie ATcade Leaguq4 takingthree straight fromTthf Arcadeljarketeateamrwhls I majies1 eisnifwns outroi tieir last nine games Labor tes hreonlyne game aheadJ oftMaplewob4fprt third place liougers ii a iniga game iZi ana uunn high set ll rinthe Buffalo Indian match Freight lostvthe last game fosAuditors itertqroppingtnejnrstgame the Jndlam 1458 to451after came back strong easily taking the next Easterns fprfeitediHo the Crescents Omabingtwjsetsinsuccession tliis team chisel Eyerv year in almost all tthe leagues interest beginsvto lagKTnorer I iestne teams which appear out pi tne forfeit games entirely too frequently League officials should not only enforce their rules relating to forfeitures but notice should be taken of the offending parties It will be possible through attention to this matter now to geta good line on the stickers and nonstickers when nest years team selections are made Now you forfeiting teams get to 4 11 A 4 s4i Smarting under theStmgiof the defeat handed out to themlastweeK Saenger bunds wrestethe thlgli game honor fromsthe carrpus Tuesday nignti ironing the excellent score jof 1040 sin thesccond ganierFour of theflvemen turned in scores better than 200 August 213fBur Qine224 JShaffer 203 and jftjller216 LwhUe Eckstein got 184 Although his team lost all three games Oehler of the Nationals 4jirned In high scoreforhe evening 233 His team rnate Dremer got a216 score Mr Kessler with SOVoad the best set the Adders ResaJs matchHis team nools three games wHA takingthejfirsttwQ easi ly Uoiteof the Auditors reached the 100 marKiin any ox xne viree sames wnne of the three that rolled inthe hundreds forFrelght Trlpletfjrtth 110 Truanwjth 111 andParkinson wfth 118 the latter was nearest to a 300 sethIstotal being 299 i Cfiapln Sacka took allhree games irom Boston Bakingr ltelnhartT of the losers westmiksteb presbytkrian McKHlon S6 13 E3 3612 12S 363 100 12 Jasper 36 9 62 3 695 121 327 99 31 Holmes 32 4 27 3016 108 311 94 8 Davis 27 8 26 2523 126 391 93 12 RolO 8 3 7 743 115H72 93 7 McKerlcher 33 5 29 2971 109 294 S0 1 Ciurch 3 2 0 263 93 263 87 2 Trotted i 2 0 2 164 it 83 KENIAlJiBAPTlST a Georgs 3S 11 49 3513 123 331397 27 Renrff 3S IB 46 3431 141 32295 11 Leash 36 9 43 3344 130 324 92r34l Carroll 24 1 28 2231 113 808 92 3 Reei 38 4 22 242S4120S279 86 18 Reed 17 4 IS 422 114 586 83 11 Walters 10 0 76 76 7 Coulter 2 0 0 151 SO 75 1 BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN Smith S3 62 3301 122323 100 1 A Hartslall 36 14 43 3461 121 315 S6 6 Travem 35 13 39 3284 129 322 93 29 Hartstall 36 11 37 3363 116 30383 l5 Acton 19 0 21 1702 113 313 89 11 Moyer 17 2 11 145 79 85 7 Crow 4 11 342 90 255 85 2 ST MARKS LUTHERAN Howard 30 10 32 2SG8 U4 297 95 8 Fellinger 34 3 45 3 225 119 311 94 29 Frladrlchs 35 9 40 3316 135 351 94 26 Klugo 33 11 44 8122 110 299 94 24 Kluge Groff Koogle Clark Woltz Strobel 4 14 1248 109 286 89 2 4 18 1948 111 283 88 12 1 8 788 94 275 85 72 87 5 86 85 72 MEN WITH 9S AVERAGE AND OVER Richards 6 Riston 30 Wyne 27 McKillen 36 Smith 33 Jaspr 36 Parker 27 Ave 106 105 101 100 100 160 100 TJICbftBld Beavers George Copeland Ellett A HarUtall 0 Ave XI 32 97 29 36 96 this week on Alleys DISTRICT DUCKPIN LEAOCE Monday Belmonta vs Royals at GarrlsoiTalley Tuesday Rcsolules Carrlsraa at Royal Alleys vL WedJiesdayr tioooieuowa ys auroAM ThuredaT Hummers vs Acmes at Royal alleys Jrldai Tolodoa vs Arllngtons at Speedway alleys COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Monday Eventnjr Star a team to take ths place of Auth Co Tuesday wlllUm Haha Covs Judd Det Wednesday Boston Baking Co vsooavwarafi ljoinrop Thursday Chapin Sacts Havepner Baking Co Friday Washington Tobacco vs Tolmaa Laundry SOUTHERN RAILWAY LEAGUE Monday Tie and Timber vs Comptroller at Casino alleys TnesdayManagers ts Car Record i Wednesday Mechanical is Auditors Thursday Paymastera vs Bookkeepers Friday Prplgit vs TraOc NORTHEASTERN LEAGUE Monday Bosedales V8t Kasterns atKortheart alleys Vi Tuesday Lincoln Laundry vs Capitol Hills Wednesday HHItops vs Bills Thursday Crescent vs AJ Bennett A Co lTIday FatlmaSjVS AUantlcs INTERDENOMINATIONAL LEAGUE a Tuesday Sixth fTS Kendall Bt Marks vl Bethany and Westminster vs 511th at Palace alleys vF NATIONAL CAPITOL LEAGUE Monday Bureaus vs Mt Vernons at Fat Mens Club i Tuesday Welsbach vs Fat Men at Palace alleys i Wednesday Casinos vs Immaculates at Casino alley if 1 Thursday Potomacs vs jr AtlatPotomac alters Ffiday Palace vs Nationals at Palace alleys xl COLONIAL LEAOUlil jiMonday Knickerbockers vs Continentals at Palace alleya Tuesday jVirginlans vffIroqUDll Thursday Pioneers vs i Manhattans Saturday Pilgrims vs Puritan -Ac INGRAM MEMORIAL LISAGUE MondafyBooatera vsiEsperosr at Church alleys Special to The Washington Post Chicago Jan 20 Chicago backed up Jts success in inducing the Chalmers Bowlin Club to make a trlD to California in the interests of the twelfth annuat tourna ment Of the American Bowling Congcesa by sending out tno additional iscobts who will vtslt every large city west of the Mississippi Riyer in the Interests of the locals company promoting Jhemeet before teDruair i tneflay the entry list closes in Chicago The twpadvanceagents of tbe bowling i tournament are Thomnson Drobablv the best known man to the bowling jsame in the word and Andy Hair the only man who ever won the Illinois championship more than once Tlie two men will vlsitevery town of Importance before their return Thomp sdn taking in St Loulsr Kansas pity Omaha Denver Salt Lake City Seattle Portland Tacoma Vancouver San Fran cisco with Los Angeles as his final desti nation HalL will start from SfwPauV making Loa Angeles in time Jto meet Thompson therejindtake In theWestemj Bowling Congress The totir ot 4herttvo men is the greatest evenplanned to boost a bowling tournament and it is hopd that several hundred men will make the trtpfrdmltbe central and far West as a result of their Visit 4 Indiana Comes toFront Entry blanks started to come back to Secretary Abe Langtry this week al ihough most of the answers so far have been in the nature of requests for special nights Indiana is starting to allv to the support of the A in splendid shape South Bend asking for a1 special night eight cfubsthat It promises Peu Jnd has entered a tcanv Terrs Haute will send on either five ob six while Hammond Gary and other nearby clttes are all certain of sending big delegations President Bob Bryson wUl handle the Indianapolis delegation himseV and the local promoters are figuring on between 15 and from the State capital According to present plans of the local promoters the first weekf thetourha mentwlll be given over entlrelyto Chicago clubs the first open night of tbe meet ifor outside team3 being Friday March SfBecretary Tlenner is asking outside clubs to choose dates from March 8 to 21 although thetocal clubs wfll withdraw in their favor The banquet1 to delegates and alternates will be held on March 8 at midnight according toJudge wowara presejrttpians aiuiouBnyiae ae tails jstlll havetoJe arranged Sure 710 Teams Will Enter Predictions as to the size of the tournament still stick at the 710 mark if anything outlook being even more encouraging than that in the past Chicago is certain of entering 300 clubs which leaves it up4o the outside to send on 410 clubs only qic about the same number that Tiavn attended the nast three na tional imeetsi There is little question that banner delegations4 wlllcomo on here from every city In the country while a friendly fight has started between Milwaukee and St Iiouls over whowill furnish the largest number of entrants from points outside of this city Tho Mound City has guaranteed 40 clubs but Milwaukee ought to beat that owing toUs being only 3 miles away and the home of the national secretary Efforts are being made by the two big athletic clubs of this city the Illinois Athletic Club and the Chicago Athletic Association to secure anentry from jev i ery clubln the country that maintains a bowling department Committees representing the two club3 have under advisement a proposal to hang up a handsome silver trophy emblematic of the athletic club championship of the country tobe awarded to tire club making the highest score in the American Bowling Congress tournament and entered from an athletic club The Elks annually Tiang up a trophy making it a tournament within a tournament Will Give Away 4000 Medals jA contract for 4000 anedalato be given visiting contestants during the tournament was let by Ihcf Chicago Bowlfnq Tournament Company the past week Tho medals have a gold finish and are enameled in three colors and will be tho handsomest medal eyer given away by a tournament xompany The championship medfllselgh in number probably will be modeled on tbe lines of those given away by the Pittsburgh1 promotes Pittsburgh holds the record tor having presented tho best medals ever offered at a national meet Eight thousand additional entryblanks have been mailed by Secretary Flenner from his office 9 WestjiMonroe street Chicago and returns areijust beginning to come in Secretary Abe Langtry is receiving entriesat bis Milwaukee office 175 Second street tip to 1ebruary after which his headquarters ft ill be at fhe Grcatorthern Hotel Chicago 3Ss ml iff I Wednesday SejalnolefiV Eau Claires ARCADDUCKPIN LEAGUE Monday MohaV vs Argyle Tuesday ArcadeVMarket vs Immanuet Thursday ML VernonvsfLaborites Friday Maplewood vs Laborites wASHINaTONBAILWAY LEAGUE Mnnrlv Sniifhrn TTastrni aj Wednesday Track and Railway Columbia Frtday Lighting Co vsj Northeastern PATENT EXAMINERS LEAGUE Tuesday Farmers vs Engineers Wednesday Chemiata vs Shoemakers Thursday Interference vs Mechanic Monday Beuce9ysAces at Palace alleys Wednraday Fours vs Treys Thursday Fourtva Aeef ESCni Frldaj Deuces jrs Treys VV CARROLL COUNaL LEAGUE Monday Genoas vsjConnnbia at Bathskeller alleys Wednesday Santa Marias Salvadors Thursday Palnlis v7 JJloaa St DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE Tuesday Navf vs Census at Palace alleys Tluirsdayr Coiamissipners vs War4 Friday Agriculture vs Bureau English Olympic Trials on May 18 AThe Engljsh Amateur Athletic Association irtal races for HheOlymbie games inciudin the marathon racer nave DeeniUxea iaiaje piaceaT ciani ford bridge onMayr 18 The general champldnshipsdr England wll behId onJtine22ThejOlmpic coramitteo of pc6 lftthat countrj jV Cs il roller in town and has beenfor sevcral the NortheasJ allcyETtheHilltPps MrisTflentrwbeihesotctobnastgametruaj and totaling a Sit set His 132 game was high TWO GOOD MAHATH0iT MEN Kolehmainen and Bourn Likelyjto Press Americans at Olympics Wlliiamt Kolehmainen winner offiha Edinburgh Powder hall marathon run had noJgreatsucces3urlng hU vlsitjto America a year ago Ills brothers Hannes and Tatu aroamateurs while William is a professional 4Hannes Kolelimalnen ls one of the greatest distance runners developed in years With Jearr Bouin of Franco Hanne is likely to make soma of the United States runners hustle at Stockholm Hannes won A 4 mlle championship at Stamford Bridge ESigland last July in 20 minutes 3 3 5scconds He holds all the fnnisfl records from 800 meters toBfiOO meters At thelasi Finnish track andfleld cHampIonshlps Hannes pn both thft 500Q and 100Wmeter eventshla brotlier JTatu fllnlshinc second in both races Tatu is the oldest of the brothers hyjBusn Is flaying Indoor Baseball Ownte Bushsis playing Indoor hascball in Indianapolis The Palace theroyal 1324 Nev York Ave J8 BILUTAIID TABIiKS IS 4 BOWLISTG ALLtlVS 4 GiTcat Britain ha3 523toa to 4ake the National capl athletes to the Stockholm events aitti CASINO BOWLING ALLEYS jfrb HOWARD Manager SIX CP TOiDATEAIiLUYS Home lit the Commercial and Southern RalhMi Lagncs and Casiio aid Immaculale teams ot thf National Capital League 3 Attrartlve rUesAVetUri tf 3i ti 1 TApjffife 5.