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THE EVENING SUN, BALTIMORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1918. OFF DAY FOR BIRDS Sportsmen Now May Study Jim Opening Race Card For Marlboro. HE'S IN ON TEAM AND TRACK Timonium Next Course To Open And Then Ponies Will Go To Havre De Grace. ROAMER WILL TRY FOR WORLD'S RECORD Andrew Miller, at Saratoga this afternoon, will send Roamer after Salvator's mile record of 1.35½, made at Monmouth Park, N. -1890.

Roamer will run the first halfmile alone, but will be joined, four furlongs from home, by a speed merchant. Sun Briar holds the record at Spa, with 1.36 1-5. Tombolo covered the distance yesterday two-fifths of a second nd slower. If Roamer lowers mark, matched With" Sun Briar before the meet is over the last of the month, The loss of three straight games to the Newark Bears took most of the wind out of the Orioles' sails and also out of the fans, so as this is an off-day, Baltimoreans, no doubt, will devote their time and attention to the racecard which will be staged tomorrow at Marlboro. This will be the opening race meet of the fall campaign and Jack Dunn will have opposition during the remaining days of the week.

However, the races will not hurt the bank roll of Jim O'Hara, for he is not only heavily interested in the Orioles, but in the Marlboro track as well. While the Birds now are out of the pennant fight, it will be interesting to watch their actions, for they still have several games to play with Binghamton, now leader of the New International League. The Cobblers have been soundly whipped both here and on their own grounds by the Dunnmen, and the knowledge of that fact is going to worry the Shoemakers as they sprint down the homestretch closely pursued by the Leafs. Baltimoreans who go to Marlboro will have to leave at noon over the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis and complete the trip from the District of Columbia line over the Chesapeake Beach railroad. The Pennsylvania, which has carried the race crowd in the past, will not have a train.

Race patrons have been hungry for the ponies' return and probably will turn out in big numbers for the Southern Maryland meet, for the Marlboro track is about the most picturesque small oval in the State. Washingtonians also will be liberal patrons, for their trip to Marlboro will be short and many will motor there. Of course, it will be the big event of the season for the farmers of Prince George's county. Seven races will be run daily and practically all the horses seen on the twice-around ovals last spring will be on hand to earn their share of the oats. The same officials as in the past will be on the job, and it looks as if Marlboro is in for a big time.

Then, after a lay-off of a week, the bangtails will get started the first week in September at the Timonium Fair. This will be the last opportunity of the year for half-milers, and every owner will be there for the spoils. An intermission of a day, Monday, September 9, will be in order before the big circuit will start at Havre de Grace. Even with opposition in New York, the Harford county track will not want for horses or but the absence of players with big bank rolls may be noticed. Jimmy Schaller, who used to ride at Pimlico a number of years ago, passed through Baltimore yesterday on his way to Gettysburg to join the tank squad.

He had been riding in South America for several years, but he just couldn't stay out of the war. He Las been wearing a uniform for nire months and is an expert automobile mechanic, which may enable bim to run a tank into Berfin. He is 26 years old, a native of Chicago and hopes to return to Maryland after the Kaiser has been defeated. to pilot some of George Sherman's leppers. Guy Bedwell always has been rerarded as an astute horseman.

Some say that what he doesn't know about horses bardly is worth knowing. He has a man, Commander J. K. L. Ross, back of him with plenty of money, and money is no object when an exceptional thoroughbred bobs up.

The latest purchase Bedwell put over for his employer was when he induced Polson to part with Billy Kelly, a 2-yearold, for $27,500. Kelly has won two straight races for Ross, and his biggest victory was scored in the Grab Bag handicap yesterday at Saratoga. Kelly was handed a package of 135 pounds, which was 11 to 35 more than some of the other youngsters toted. Kelly covered the distance in 1.11 2-5. and, of course, headed the procession.

This was some feat, for seldom in recent years have babies been asked to carry so much weight. The beauty about Kelly is that he is at home in all sorts of going. He will be seen in Maryland in the fall. After the close of last season Bedwell went into Kentucky and bought Cudgel from Schorr for a reported price of $30.000. Bedwell probably wanted a horse that he thought was the equal or superior of Oma: Khayyam, and so far he has the best 4-year-old out this son, because Hourless has been retired and Omar has not been to the races.

Cudgel is reported to have cost Ross $30,000, and while in the Blue Grass State Bedwell was instructed to get Marathon, who was to head Ross' farm in Canada. This horse, who is the daddy of Jack Hare, cost Ross, it is said, $30,000 more. So, for three pieces of horseflesh, within a period of less than a year, Ross has turned over nearly $90,000, which shows that the Canadian millionaire has faith in racing. Young Wins Game For Lansdowne. In what proved to be one of the fastest and most interesting games played in the Baltimore Amateur League this season, the Lansdowne C.

C. defeated the St. James team, 4 to 3. The feature of the game was the playing of Young, who stole third and then stole home in the ninth inning, thereby winning for his teammates. Rinehardt played an exceptionally fine game at first.

The pitching was good on both sides, Hoffman having 8 and Smith 14 strike outs LANSDOWNE C. C. ST. JAMES. Ah.

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ener.3b.... Schmidt Barton 0 Steurch, 34 4 8 27 11 34 3 6 27 St. Two-base hit -Kurtz. Rinehardt Three-base (2), hit Hoffman, -Smith. Stolen -Young (2), Kurtz (2), Achienemans (2), Lesner (2).

Sacrifice hits McLeod, Double plays -Smith to Steurch to Left on bases Lansdowne, 9: St. James, First base of errors- -Lesner Base on bails Of Smith. 6. Struck pitcher, out -By Hoffman. Hoffman, Losing 8: by Smith, Winning Smith.

Tris Speaker Will Enlist. Boston, Aug. Speakor, before he left for Washington with the Cleveland club last night, stated that after September 1 he expected to enter the Around aviation school at the Massaebusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. He intends to make arrangements for BRINGING UP FATHER (Copyright, 1315, by the U. 8.

Internattonal Patent Office.) News Service.) Jiggs May Learn In Time FOR GOODNESS SAKE- NO -MY WIFE ASKED HAVE YOU BEEN ME IF I STILL LOVED FIGHTING: HER AN' I DIDN'T ANSWER QUICK ENOUGH? OP 921 NO CAMOUFLAGE THERE Copper League Stars, Says Harry Kane, Do Hard Work. BALL PLAYING IS SECONDARY All The Men Have To Hold Down Real Jobs And No Fancy Salaries Are Paid. Harry Kane, former major league pitcher and later an umpire in the minors, now holding an official position with the Chino Copper Company at Santa Rita, N. comes to bat with an interesting communication on "copper league" baseball and reiterates the claims of the managers of this industrial league that it is not to be classed with newcomers like the steel mills and ship vards in methods. No prima donna salaries are being paid to ball players to camouflage as workmen by the copper concerns, says Kane, but it does offer positions at good pay to men who can do real work and gives them a chance to make neat money on the side playing ball in the Copper League or copper leagues, for there seem to be more than one of them.

Kane writes with special reference to the league with which he is connected. It is composed of four clubs, one representing Santa Rita, one Hurley, one Tyrone and the other, Fort Bayard, an Army camp, this team being composed of soldiers. Jobs Are Not Soft Ones. Hall, pitcher. Dope On Three Baseball Races NEW INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Schedule For Today.

City Binghamton. at Toronto. Rochester at Buffalo. (Other clubs not scheduled.) games. Schedule For Tomorrow.

Jersey City at Baltimore. Rochester at Toronto. Hamilton at Buffalo. (Other clubs not scheduled.) Scores Of Yesterday. Newark, 84; Baltimore, 4-1.

Binghamton, 3-10; Jersey City, Toronto, Hamilton, 2. Rochester, Buffalo, 0. Standing Of The Clubs. P.C. .670 .667 Baltimore.

.596 .582 .482 Buffalo. .308 Jersey .240 AMERICAN LEAGUE Schedule For Today And Tomorrow. Cleveland at Washington, Chicago at Philadelphia, Detroit York. St. Louis at Boston.

Scores Of Yesterday. Cleveland, 8: Boston, 4. (Other clubs not scheduled.) Standing Of The Clubs. Cleveland. Washington.

Chicago. .491 Se. New Detroit. E8838 NATIONAL LEAGUE Schedule For Today And Tomorrow. Boston at Pittsburgh.

Philadelphia at Cincinnati. New York Chicago. at St. Brookin Louis. Scores Of Yesterday.

Pittaburgh, 10; New Fork. 2. Brookien, 2: Cincinnati, 1. Philadelphia, St. Louis, 0.

Chicago, Brooklyn, 6. Standing Of The Clubs. Chicago. New Pittsburgh. Cincinnati.

Brooklyn. Boston At. As an argument that players in this league really work Kane cites the jobs held by players of the Santa Rita team and he says none is a soft one and that seven or eight hours a day is the regular working stunt, except on Saturdays and Sundays. Here's the Santa Rita list and among it will be found names familiar to baseball fans in many sections Tommy Smith, manager, driller. Bobby Robertson, captain and catcher, powderman.

Ray Bernsen, first baseman, machine shop. Larry Pezold, second baseman, powderman. Jack Sheehan, shortstop, machine shop. Leslie Tullos, third baseman, carpenter. Bill Conroy, right fielder, machine shop.

Ray Jansen, center fielder, machine shop. Ben Bristow, catcher, steam shovel runner. Bob Keefe, pitcher, driller. Clarence Smith, pitcher, driller. Karl Black, pitcher, driller.

The following players are on the Hurley team: Bert Graham, manager and first base. Wallace Smith, first base. Jack Roche, catcher. French, second base. Hoffman, shortstop.

Duddy, third base. Baerwald, left field. Kane, center field. Donovan, right field and pitcher. Bluejacket.

pitcher. Whittaker, pitcher. The following players are on the Tyrone team: Carrish, manager and catcher. Gibson, catcher. McDonald, first base.

Guerst, second base. MeArde, shortstop. Haley, third base. Bayless, left field. Malone, center field.

Melver, right field, Burns, pitcher. Sims. pitcher. Toney, pitcher. PENNY ANTE (Copsright, 1918, by the S.

International Patent News Service.) The Collector WHO SAID ANY WHAT ABOUT THAT THING ABOUT Two SIx BITs THE LAST TIME. FROM THE LAST I'M SETTLING UP SEND A TIME DID JA HEY EDDIE, IT WITH YA FOR THIS BILL ON NOTHING FORGET ABOUT TIME. THE HOPING THIS FIRST of FOR ME, OR 'ONLY THAT I wiLL? D'YE WANT GA' CENTS THE HONEST EIGHTY MONTH HIRE OR DON'T CHA? A COLLECTOR 1 BUY A THRIFT STAMP EVERY DAY SHAMROCKS HAVE HOPE St. Andrew's Expects To Battle. To The Last Ditch For Coveted Semi-Pro Pennant.

TO PLAY HIGHLANDS SUNDAY Double Victory For Dr. Cook's Team Will Put Saints Within Half Game Of The Top. Standing Of The Clubs. W. P.C.

St. Andrew's .676 Hoof .758 Dry 16 .471 14 19 .424 With two and a half games separating them, the Highlands and St. Andrew's will clash Sunday in the Semi-Pro League at Shamrock Park. These games are expected to decide the winner of the race, as a double win will put St. Andrew's within half a game of the leaders and give them a chance to tie the knot in the final contests on September 1.

In the other games Sunday the Shipbuilders and Irvington will clash at Irvington. President T. Bayard Williams of the league announced this morning that the weekly meeting would be held tomorrow instead of this St. Andrew's double victory over the Shipbuilders has encouraged followers of the champions into the belief that Dr. Cook's men will make an eleventh-hour rush to the pennant.

Tom Brown, who pitched both games against the Dry Docks last Sunday, will work the first tilt against the Highlands. Johnny Bates is cutting off many hits in the outfield for the Shipbuilders. Don Brown is another member of the Shipbuilders who is a bear at catching fly balls. When the league season closes Bill Hummell expects to keep his Irvington club together and play a number of games at Irvington. He is counting on getting Fritz Maisel to play for him when the American League shuts up shop.

Doc Kerr, former Terrapin and Oriole, is catching finely for the Shamrocks and also getting his hits. Bob Maul is on a hitting rampage for Irvington. He also has emulated Archie McDermott on the bases. INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR LEAGUE Standing Off The Clubs. Won.

Lost. P.C. Pimlico Athletic 13 Albrecht Athletic 13 Overlea Country 12 .750 Oliver Athletic .571 Melrose Athletic .138 Payson Athletic .375 Maplewood Athletic .375 Hampstead Hill A. .357 Results. Pimlico, Overlen, 0 (first game).

Overlea, Pimlico, 2 (protest). Payson 6: Maplewood, 1. Albrecht, Melrose, Olivers-Hampstead Hill, postponed. With Huckelberry Finn, their big right-hander, on the firing line, the Pimlico Athletic Club whitewashed the Overlea Country Club in the opener of their twin bill at the Gentlemen's Driving Park, 8 to 0. The Overlea tossers came back and grabbed the nightcap.

3 to 2, although the contest has been protested to President Ike Ruth. The Albrecht Athletic Association beat the Melrose aggregation at Albrecht Oval. 14 to 8, and the race for the pennant in the International is tighter now than ever, as the Hill Top squad has only half a game lead over the Triple A club, while the Overlea team is a game behind the runner-up club. Payson Athletic Club, as predicted. came up out of the cellar at the expense of the Maplewoods, defeating them at Howard Park, 6 to 1, and are now tied with Maplewood for sixth place in the circuit.

The Oliver-Hampstead Hill contest was postponed by agreement. The features of the Pimlico-Overlen contest was the pitching of Finn and the base running of McDermott, while Dittmar played his usual good game for Overlen, The Albrecht-Melrose contest was featured by the pitching of Chief Bender, who struck out 12 batters, while the three consecutive drives by Steinert, B. Pfarr and Dieter constituted the batting feature of the league. Schiefer and Swingler were the batting stars for the Metrose team. Faith was responsible for the Payson's victory over Maplewood.

CUTS BOARD'S POWER U. S. Railroad Control Takes Rate Regulation From Service Commission. YELLOTT RULES ON PASSES Resignation Of People's Counsel To Take Effect After End Of Gas Case. People's Counsel Osborne I.

Yellott has received a letter from Chief Counsel Bruce, of the Publie Service Commission, accepting his resignation, to take effect as soon as the application of the Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Power Company for permission to increase its gas rates has been disposed of. Mr. Bruce is now out of the city on his vacation. It is, therefore, not known whom he may have in mind for Mr. Yellott's position.

The assumption is that he will name a new Assistant General Counsel before Mr. Yellott retires, 80 that the person appointed may be prepared to assume his duties as soon as the position becomes vacant. Chairman Towers Returns. Chairman Towers, of the commission, who has been taking a vacation, returned to his office this morning. He had not expected to come back until the last of the week, but as the gas case will be taken up on Monday he wishes to familjarize himself before the hearings begin with certain matters that will have to be dealt with in detail later on.

This morning Mr. Yellott, acting for Mr. Bruce, handed down several decisions of more or less public interest. In one he held that the jurisdiction of the commission to regulate the rates charged by railroad companies for storing baggage and parcels has been suspended by the proclamation of the President placing the railroads under Government control. In another decision Mr.

Yellott held that the commission has no jurisdiction over a ferry operated by a Board of County Commissioners as a part of a county roads system. The query Mr. Yellott answered came from someone wanting to know what power the commission has to regulate the ferry connecting the road from Camp Parole with Taylorsville, on the south side of South river. Again Mr. Yellott, quoting an opinion given by Attorney-General Ritchie when he was Assistant General Counsel to the Public Service Commission, ruled that the law forbidding common carriers from giving passes, free transportation may be given State officials when traveling on State business only, Question For Carrier.

The Anti-pass law expressly provides that state and Government officials, when traveling on state or Government business, may be transported free of charge or at reduced rates. Mr. Ritchie, in his opinion, with which Mr. Yellott fully agrees, held that the mere fact that a person is a state or Government official does not entitled him to free transportation or reduced transportation unless he is traveling upon state or Government business, under such circumstances as would entitled him to charge his traveling expenses to the state or Government. It then becomes merely a question for the carrier to determine for itself.

There is nothing in the law requiring carriers to make any concessions to state or Government employes. This question came before Mr. Yellott upon an inquiry from one of the officials of the State Department of Health who wished to know if the commission has jurisdiction over the toll bridge across the Pocomoke river and whether or not the company operating the bridge can permit state officials to cross it free of charge. Jurisdiction over toll bridges was given the commission by the Legislature several years ago, GERMANS ARE USING WOMEN IN ARMY Private W. E.

Smith, Former Baltimorean, Writes That Four Were Captured. That Germany is using women in its army is the statement of Private William E. Smith, now in France with the American Expeditionary Forces, contained in letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C.

Smith, 2547 Madison avenue. Smith is in an infantry regiment that has been in action near Chateau Thierry as a reserve force. He says that not a man has been lost from his company. "Four German women soldiers were taken prisoners the other day," he said. "so you can judge for yourself the power of the German Army today.

It won't be long now before the war will be over and will be home again. "It is beginning to get hot here, and while it is hard marching, nevertheless it is better than the rain, which followed us for almost two weeks. "I might say that our company ured in that famous Chateau Soissons drive and as a reserve force did not lose a man, and had only two slight injuries. Have been under shrapnel fire several times and, as we dig in quickly, the Germans have had a hard time findus. They are on the run, and from latest dope the Austrians quit cold." Smith also gives unstinted praise to the Overseas SUN, which, he says, all Baltimore boys enjoy.

"Please notify the Sunpaper about my change of address." he says. "I have not received any issue later than June 24, but no doubt it is en route and will arrive shortly. I hope to get it in the next mail. It is wonderful little paper and all the Baltimore boys enjoy reading it." STOLE 31 SUNPAPERS Frank Corkran, 14 years 620 South Decker avenue, was fined $1 and costs, amounting to $2.45, by Judge liams, in the Juvenile Court, today for stealing a bundle of 31 copies of THE SUN this morning. The bundle was left in a doorway at Elwood and Eastern avenues for a carrier, Patrolman William F.

Spiller, who was in hiding to watch the papers, told Judge Williams that he saw Corkran take them and put them under a strap around his shoulders. Then the officer arrested the boy. The charge was disorderly conduct. Patrolman Spillner said it was the fourth morning the papers had been taken. Corkran is a newsboy and gets up at 4 o'clock to secure his papers, it was testified.

Judge Williams recommended that Corkran be sent to the country until the schools reopen. A desirable home was offered him on West river, but the boy refused to go. MADE LOAN CHAIRMAN Ex-Gov. Goldsborough Appointed Today By G. J.

Seay, Federal Reserve Board Governor. SUCCEEDS HENRY B. WILCOX Immediately Calls Meeting Of Workers For Tomorrow Afteronon To Plan Fourth Drive. Following his unanimous nomination yesterday, former Governor Philips Lee Goldsborough, president of the National Union Bank, was today appointed chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee of Maryland by George J. Seay, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

to succeed H. B. Wilcox, resigned. The telegram announcing the selection of Mr. Goldsborough was received this morning from Richmond.

The new chairman immediately wired his acceptance. "I am advised." wired Governor Seay. "that you are the unanimous choice of the Clearing House and Liberty Loan Committee representatives for chairman of the Maryland Liberty Loan Committee to succeed H. B. Wilcox.

resigned. It gives me sincere pleasure to appoint you chairman for the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign and to call upon you for this patriotic service which no man may refuse when it is possible to serve. Offer my best wishes and anticipating your acceptance, I express the hope and expectation that Maryland will, in the coming campaign her own splendid record in previous campaigns." Goldsborough Replies. In accepting the appointment AS chairman, Mr. Goldsborough sent Governor Seay the following message: "Acknowledgement is made of your wire August 31 appointing me chairman of the Liberty loan committee of Mary: land for the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, upon the unanimous recommendation of the Baltimore Clearing House and Liberty loan representatives, vice Henry B.

Wilcox, resigned. "I cheerfully accept, knowing that will be supported by and having the hearty co-operation of that splendid corps of officers and workers in Maryland who achieved such splendid cess in the past three Liberty loans. Please be assured that this city and State will do their full part towards maintaining and surpassing, if that be possible, the splendid record achieved in previous campaigns in the Fifth Federal Reserve district under your able leadership." Calls Meetings. One of the first official acts to be performed by the new chairman was to issue a call for a meeting of the Liberty Loan Committee for tomorrow afternoon. Mr.

Goldsborough is anxious to get the campaign organization in working order, and preliminary steps will be taken tomorrow to map out the hundred and one details of the approaching drive. The selection of Mr. Goldsborough leaves a vacancy in the chairmanship in the speakers' committee. No intimation is given as to who will be selected for this responsible position. This is a matter which may be discussed tomorrow.

SPARKS FROM ARES HAMMER BY Gibbs. It is said that there aint' gonna be no trouble securing exemption for th' players of th' Cubs an' Red Sox teams from th' "work-or-fight" order, so that a world's series can be played. This is perfectly fair to th' rest of th' players in th' two leagues, providing thatcha are able to see it that way. Most everybody will be glad if nothing happens to prevent th' holding of a world's series, because th' games will help out th' struggling magnuts in a financial way. Of course, they are not thinking of that phase of th' matter an' th' fack that they will be helped is all th' more pleasing on that account.

Reports has it that th' Huns are required t' do considerable training on cinder paths before they are sent into th' front lines. CHASE CHASED. Thinking everything over, yuh gotta admit that suspending Hal Chase for th' rest of th' season sure was a drastic measure. A expert says that it was something like throwing a guy from off of a sinking ship. It is something like it, only a guy chucked from a sinking ship has got t' swim away right quick t' keep from being dragged down with th' boat.

Hal c'n set tight an' watch th' old hulk disappear from sight without doing no particular worrying a'tall. Th' offensive leveled at th' Ban Johnson salient seems t' have developed into another strategic retreat. Showing 88 it does that th' Hun plan of campaign has its admirers. Speaking of "nonessentials," th' ra es start their offensive in a few days. ALL SETTLED.

Jack Dempsey claims that he was NOT supposed fight Levinsky at th' recent benefit scraps in N'York. Th' directors, or whatever yuh call th' ginks what was running th' affair, claim that he was. Thank goodness, this uncertainty is settled up. At that we e'n sympathize with th' gang of fans what was on hand, for we here have been disappointed onest or twicest by stars advertised not showing up. Yuh just can't keep Eddie Collins out of world's series stuff.

He has now joined th' marines. WILL TEST DRY DOCKS Camp Holabird Nine Wih Stack Up Against Shipbuilders At Oriole Park Today, The soldier team representing Camp Holabird and the shipbuilding nine representing the Baltimore Dry Docks and Shipbuilding Company will clash in a double-hender at Oriole Park this afternoon. Both teams are among the best in this section, the Dry Docks having in their line-up seven men from the New International League and the soldiers having a number of former college players. In view of the fact that Camp Holabird downed Sparrows Point last week, 5 to 3, the Dry Docks are especially anxious to beat the Soldiers. When the Pointers beat the Dry Docks about a month ago Business Manager Jack Wade says he had a joke team on the field.

He says his present club, with Sam Frock as manager, is 100 per cent. stronger and fully able to cope with the Pointers, who have been going like a house afire in the Steel League. The line-up for today: Shipbuilders- Bates, c.f.: Zimmerman, Har ris, r.f.; Gosker, Citrano, 2b. Brown, Haddock, Frock, Devinney or Settan, Soldiers Short. r.f.: Fowler, 2b.

Atkinson, HIll, 1h. Hoffman, Briggs, Gentil, C. Walsh, c.f.: Strothers or Crowhurst, pa First game will be called at 2 P. M. Will Stage Twin Bill Saturday.

The Truxton Midgets will cross bats with the Hillman All-Stars in a twin bill at 2 P. M. Saturday at Clifton Park. This contest is expected to be close, for both have good record. Gus McCubbing will be on the firing line for the Midgets, bat.

while J. Colantony will be behind the The Midgets would like to arrange games with 14-year-old class teams, Address Gus McCubbins, 517 East Madison street. The line-up: Ben Schnitzer, I.f.; Rich Ellwood, r.f.: John Colantony, Gus MeCubbins, Al Schnitzer, Guy Capone, Jim Caskey, 8.8.: Tom Reynolds, Frank Colantony, c.f.; Tim Shannahan, e.f. The Midgets would like to sign an allaround player about 13 or 14 years old. Saints Will Tackle Suburbans.

An interesting game is expected to be played Sunday, when St. Martin's Cadets line up against the Suburban Club, at the latter's grounds. This is the second meeting of the teams this season, and as the verdict of the first game went to the Suburban lads. the cadets will put forth every endeavor to even things up. Holtman probably will twirl for the cadets with Lerian re cel ing.

Wheeler or Frank will be on the firing line 'for the Suburbans, with Howard or McDermott doing the catching. RENT HOGS CHECKED Council Of Defense Committee Has Curbed Evil In This City. AVOIDED "PITILESS PUBLICITY" Found Evidence Of Profiteering, But Obtained Results By Using Diplomacy. The committee on rent profiteering of the Maryland Council of Defense has effectively checked rent profiteering. This is the reason why the committee has held no landlord up to "pitiless publicity" and why it not recommended prosecutions by State or Federal authorities, according to W.

H. DeCourcy Wright, the chairman. Four weeks have passed since the committee was appointed and a. great many people have been talking about its failure to. take any action.

The committee had said that it had found evidence of profiteering, although it did not believe the evil to be widespread. It had said that at least one alleged profiteer had defied it, but it did not out its threat to expose him. "And carry so people naturally were asking what the matter with the Defense Counwas cil's committee on rent profiteering? Profiteering At Minimum. Explaining the committee's committee course, Mr. Wright says that the feels that it results actually and has that accomplished material duced profiteering to a minimum, but that it so probably forcibly has because not it impressed "has not the public gone about the work in a sensational manner." Quietly, cautiously, tactfully the the committee probed complaints, chairman asserts, realizing that it worked under legal otherwise than as it did just as serious handicaps and that by proceeding an injustice might have been worked among certain landlords as they certain were alleged to be working among tenants.

What the committee sought was not a fight with the property owners, but justice for their tenants, and it felt that it could obtain that justice better by diplomacy than by force. Only One Objected. In the list of landlords who have been called to account by the committee only one failed to respond to moral suasion, 50 far as Mr. Wright is aware, Menand women--who had raised rents to an unjustifiable degree lowered them, and speculators who had bought large numbers of small houses and ordered the tenants to buy or move withdrew their notices to vacate in the case of tenants who would not agree to buy. The man who defied the committee is probably the best-known apartment house owner and real estate operator in Baltimore.

Complaints from some of his tenants indicated that the increase in his apartment rentals-10 per cent. the in committee Baltimore -ranged from 15 to 33 1-8 thought should be the per cent. The man protested that he was not profiteering and flatly refused to submit his books to certified public accountants to be employed by the Council of Defense. As final resort the committee employed an agent to canvass his apartment houses With the exception of one house, to which the agent was refused admission by the janitor, a fair representation of the tenants was interviewed. This investigation disclosed an average in crease in rentals of something less than 10 per and in the cases where the percentage was higher there apparently were extenuating circumstances.

Ten Per Cent. Fair Increase. Much in Baltimore, Mr. property Wright says, was carried either without a reasonable profit or actually at a loss before the war conditions brought about shortage in housing facilities. There is no reason, therefore, in the committee's opinion, why the increased rentals should necessarily be in proportion to rentals charged before the war.

On the cent. is a fair rate of increase, but it whore, the committee thinks that 10 per recognizes instances in which a much higher rate in quite defensible. By no means the least important achievement of the committee, Mr. Wright feels, is what it has prevented. He is of the opinion that profiteering would be much more widespread had it not been for the fact that a rent teeing committee was in existence and that the newspapers were willing to support it.

OIL WORKERS READY TO QUIT MEXICO Skilled Laborers Declare Lives Are In Danger, Washington Is Told. AMATEUR LEAGUE BALTIMORE Standing Of The Clubs. W. P.C. Lansdowne C.

12 .857 .750 Fernwood A. Mount Washington C. .733 St. Andrew's ,643 Mercury A. .600 Y.

P. A. of 00 Elm Boys' St. James' A. St.

Gerard's Montford A. .077 Results. Lansdowne, 4: St. James, 3. Fernwoods, Elm Boys' Club, 5.

Mercury, Y. P. A. of Brooklyn, (13 innings). Mount Washington, Montfords, 2.

St. Andrews, St. Gerard's Yanigans, 0. When Cy Young, of the Lansdowne Country Club, stole home in the ninth inning with the winning run he ended one of the fastest contests played in the Baltimore Amateur League this season, Lansdowne beating the St. James' Athletic Club, 4 to 3.

The features of this contest were the playing of Young, who not only stole home with the winning run, but stole third and played a brilliant defensive game for his teammates. Reinhardt also played an exceptionally good game at first for the Country Club team, while the pitching was good for both clubs, although Smith, of the St. James' team, had the advantage over Hoffman. Hoffman had eight strikeouts to his credit, while Smith forced 14 of the Lansdowne hitters to fan the atmosphere. Smith's work was the outstanding feature for St.

James', The Fernwoods, who are right on the heels of the league leaders for the pennant, defeated the Elm Boys' Club at West Park in a close game, 6 to 5. The contest was a thriller until the seventh inning, when rain broke up the contest. The Mount Washington Country Club kept in the running for the flag by defeating Montford Athletic Club at Mount Washington, 9 to 2. The Montford aggregation put up a good game against Mount Washington in the early stages, but weakened toward the end of the contest and the Hilltoppers piled up a good lead. The Mercury Athletic Club the Young People's Association of Brooklyn established a league record at East Brooklyn by staging a 13-inning contest.

Mercury won, 5 to 4. The contest was hotly contested throughout, Frank First, the Mercury's star man, after fanning 20 of the Young his People's Association stickers, won own game by hitting a long sacrifice fly to right, scoring Freeburger. Fred Savieks, of St. Andrew's Club, handed the St. Gerard Yanigans a 4-to-0 defeat at St.

Andrew's Oval. By defeating St. Gerard's the St. Andrew's tossers went into fourth place in the circuit. There are some important contests carded for Sunday and the followers of the Baltimore amateur ciregit are ly awaiting the results of the games.

Washington, Aug. American and British workmen in Mexican oil fields are threatening leave, alleging their lives are unsafe, representato, tives of private oil interests today declared. State Department officials had heard nothing of such a step recently, although for many months skilled workers have been dissatisfied with their protection, it is said. Would Be Blow To Navies. It is obvious that these men would hold up the oil supply to the navies of England and the United States and would be a serious blow to war plans.

Bandits have recently robbed and murdered several white men in the Tampico district and a number of payroll robberies have occurred, oil men here say. Following latest reported outrages last month, it is said, a protest was sent to American officials asking for protection. Foreigners are not permitted to carry arms for self-defense. Whether Carranza will go through with the nationalization of the oil lands in Mexico is not known here, although oil men say that he will. State Department officials are not convinced of it.

Oil Men Step Toward Seizure. The Carranza government, under the Constitution now in effect, is empowered to seize all mineral and oil lands. Oil representatives here assert that the latest Carranza decree stipulating the new oil excises implies Government ownership of the oil wells and in effect demands "rental" instead of "taxes." They charge that Carranza has made no offer of compensation in case he should take over the oil. Ambassador Fletcher, representing the United States, induced the Mexican Government to postpone operation of its decree several months, but has been anable to get further postponement. N.

M. SMITH DEAD Nicholas M. Smith, a retired business man, died Monday night at his residence, 123 West Mount Royal avenue. He WAS born in Baltimore in 1841. He was connected with the Franklin Bank until about 1868, when he went into the brick business, later forming the partnership of Smith Schwartz, retiring when this firm was taken over by the Baltimore Brick Company in 1902.

Mr. Smith spent the last 10 years of his life in travel in America, Europe, Egypt and Australia. He is survived by two sons, John R. and Samuel R. Smith, both of Baltimore; three daughters, Mrs.

Richard H. Diggs, Baltimore: Mrs. George W. Ebaugh, Greenville. S.

Mrs. David Taylor, of Madison, N. and one brother, Edward E. Smith, of Baltimore. MARLBORO RUNNING RACES Races Each Day AUGUST 22, 93 AND 24.

Special train service, W. B. leaves Pratt Eutaw at 19 noon. Admission, 450. War Tax, Sc..