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SUNDAY, APRIL 27
Baseball’s here, Grandma’s
dead, at least* that’s what the
small boy said.
FRED DEWITT, CHATTANOOGA TWIRLER,
WILL MANAGE THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS
Comes to Terms With Business Manager Croke and Announces
That He Has Engaged Several Good Men and Will Report
Monday.
Fred DeWitt. a Chattanooga twirler,
will report to F>usiness Manager Croke
Monday as manager of Augusta’s
1919 baseball team. Croke received the
following telegram from his Saturday
night:
Chattanooga, Tenn. April 26.
W. J. Croke.
Will b with you Monday morning.
Have several good men engaged.
FRED DEWITT.
DeWitt, who has pla>ed in the Ohio
State and Blu*' Grass leagues, is highlv
recommended for his all around ability
LANIER SWAMPS '
THE A. R. G. AGAIN
Maconites Win One-Sided Con
test by 12 to 1 Score.
The Academy of Richmond County nine
won for their opponents, Lanier High of
Macon, in the game here Saturday, b>-
ing crushed bv the sc ro of 12 to*l. The
local preps made tw-dve miscues. Gill
man gave up 12 safeties. Lanier made
twelve runs. That's the story, except
that the Maconites showed sp’cndid form,
making but two errors and giving Stone
excellent support ‘all the way.
The box score:
Lanier.
Club. AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Clement, cf 5 2 2 1 1 1
Harmon, rs 5 2 1 1 0 0
Stone, p 5 1 2 3 14 0
F. Hatcher, 2b 5 2 2 1 l 0
Ricks, lb 5 0 1 4 2 0
R. Hatcher, 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0
Demick, rs 5 0 l 0 0 0
Prentice, ss 5 2 1 2 2 0
Harris, c 2 5 1 15 2 1
Totals ...40 12 12 27 22 2
A. R. C.
Club. AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Holliday, 2b 4 t) 1 1 1 2
Carswell, lb 4 0 0 6 ft 1
Fell, c ..: 4 0 3 13 1 4
Gillman. p 4 1 0 1 ID ft
Reese, ss 4 0 1 1 1 1
Griffen, 3b 4 0 ft 4 3 3
Ripley, rs 3 ft ft ft 1 1
Owens, If 3 0 ft 0 ft ft
Kilpatrick, cf 2 0 ft 1 0 ft
Leighman, cf I 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 27 26 12
Score by innings: R H E
Lanier ft'»l 045 lift—l 212 2
A. R. C ftOO TOO ftOO— 1 5 12
Summary.
Struck o%it. bv Stone 14. by Gillman 10.
Walked by Stone 3, by Gillman 2. Two
base hits, Fell. F. Hatcher. Balk, Gill
man. Wild pitch, Gillman. Umpires,
Wolfe and Burke. Time, 2 hours.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
The Pelicans and
Galls Stage Tie
New Orleans. —The Pelicans and Gulls
played sixteen innings to a 2-to-2 tie.
the frame being 1 called on account of
darkness. II was the opening contest
of the season here, and nearly seven
thousand fans turned out to help win the
attendance trophy.
‘ Red” Day. the veteran hurler. work
ed the entire game for the Gulls, and
although he was in several tight places,
always was the boss in the pinches.
The Gulls apparently had the game
sewed up in the ninth, tlie score being
2 to 1. and two down, when Stansbury
doubled and s ored the tieing run on
Deberry's single.
The Pelicans came within an ace of
winning in the sixteenth, crowding the
sacks when Day purposely passed Sulli
van and Deberry, and then forced Dau
bort to pop up for the final out.
St*or : R.H.E.
Mobile 011 000 000 000 000 o—2 11 2
New Orleans —
0 —2 0 3
Day and Coleman; Lankenau, Weaver
and Kitchens. i
Nashville Shuts
Out Birmingham
Nashville.—A crowd of 2.500 Saturday
afternoon witness* d the second game
here between the Vols and Barons, in
which Jonnard of the Vols had much
the better of the pitching argument with
Sigman. Jonnard, up to the eighth in
ning. struck out sev«-n Barons and pitch
ed well-nigh airtight ball through the
majority of the frames.
Score by innings: R H E
Nashville 010 000 10*—2 10 2
Birmingham 000 000 000—0 G 0
Jon mud and Street; Sigman and Peters.
Memphis Defeats
Little Rock, 9 to 4
Memphis.—Memphis bunched hits off
Stone with errors, scoring five runs, a
lead which Little Hock was never ab’e to
overcome, and the locals won th« ir open
ing game ai home by the score of 9 to
4. Heveng< l relieved Stone but was
hit hard and received little support. Hugh
Canavan. a left-hander, pitched for Mem
phis and kept his hits well scattered.
Griffin of Memphis, formerly of Balti
more. secured a home run.
Score by inning* R H E
Little Roclc 010 100 110—4 8 4
Memphis 500 200 02*—9 11 2
Stone, Heveng**M and Brottem; Cana
van and Smith and Dehaney.
Crackers Make It
3 from Lookouts
Atlanta.—The AtlrMa Cracker* made
it stni ht vL torles when they
trimmed the Chattanooga Lookouts, 9 to
R. here Saturday afternoon b -fore a large
Memorial Day crowd. It was a free hit
ting contest
Score by innings: R TT K
Chattanooga 05S 000 000—8 0 3
Atlanta 200 4fto 003 9 11 G
Vines and Higgins; Thorborn and
Nlederkom.
CHICAGO, CORNELL
AND PENN VICTORS
' IN RELAY RACES
Philadelphia, Pa.—Chicago University,
Cornell and Ivrmsylvafila won ihe prin
cipal relay race honors at tl «• 26th an
nus! carnival of tr*« k and field sports
which end*d on Franklin Field Saturday.
The one-mile relay championship of Am*
er ca was captured by the I'niverslty of
Pennsylvania, with Nebraska second.
Cornell third, and Missouri fourth In a
field of e|fH itarters
The two-mile national relay title was
w n by Chicago bv eight yards In a
close race with Harvard and In which
the other teams did not .coaly figure.
Cornell finished first jn the four-mile
rclav rharafdonshlp
The Smith Atlanti on a-mile relay
championship was won b. Johns Hopkins
» u the Middle Atlantic by Rutgers
TODAY IN SPORTS
on the diamond, Including the handling
of men. The Augusta management con
sider that they have made a lucky strike
in getting him. Croke had been negoti
ating with him a day or so. and the deni
was consumnated Saturday afternoon,
when DeWitt sent word that he had ac
cepted the terms, and queried as to
whether he should proceed to engage
He was told to do so. Late
Saturday night came* the telegram quoted
above.
The names of the men engaged by De-
Witt will not be known until he reports
Monday.
JOHN MILLEDGE ANU
DAVIDSON WINNERS
IN GAMES SATURDAY
John Milledge Ne-Hi team took the
Monte Sano boys into camp by the. large
score of 24 to 5, Saturday. It was John
Milledge’s game from start to finish. John
Milledge opened the game by scoring six
runs after Crouch had fanned; they
scored in every inning, on hits, errors
and wild throws.
Aldrich had the Monte Sand hitters
at his mercy at all stages of the game,
lioldlfig the opposing batters to five hits.
Bannister was the only redeeming feat
ure of the Monte Sano team, getting a
single and two-base hit. He pitched a
fairly good game but his support was
rotten. Aldrich scored six runs and made
three hits for John Milledge.
Score by innings: R H E
John Milledge 24 12 S
Monte Sano 210 020 o—*s 5 15
Aldrich and Wheeler: Bannister and
Young; Umpire, E. T. White.
In a game that lasted two hours, the
Davidson Ne-Hi team defeated the Cen
tral Ne-Hi team by the score of 7 to 4.
The Davidson boys scored first blood by
scoring two runs in the first inning.
From then on the game was cinched by
the Davidsonians.
Carrol, the Davidson pitcher, had the
Central heavy hitters ejiting out of his
hand all through the ''game. Richards,
for Central team, did not have control
of the ball, walking nine men. The
feature of the game was the pitching of
Carrol, the hitting oLJ>avis and Hutson
for Davidson, and Richards for Central.
Score by innings: R H E
Davidson 222 lftO o—7 8 4
Central C ft3o 001 o—l 1 6
Carrol and Davis: Richards and John
son; Umpire, M. S. Bell.
BOUTS AT PARIS FOR
A. E. F. CHAMPIONSHIP
Many American Military, Naval
and Civilian Officials Assem
ble for Big Event.
Paris.—The greatest assemblage of
American military, naval and civilian
officials probably ever seen at a boxing
match gathered at the Cirque De Paris
tonight to witness the final bouts of the
American Expeditionary Force boxing
championships. The finals had been
postponed in order to permit General
Pershing to attend. In addition to the
commander in chief, Major-Gem ral Har
bord. Admiral Benson. Herbert C. Hoov
er. Henry White and Brigadier-Generals
Fiske. Brewster. McKinsler, O'Connor
and Duncan were present.
The program called for six 10-round
championship battles. In the bantam
weight division “Babe” Asher, of De
troit. was to meet. George Sclireiber. of
Philadelphia. John Fundy, of Pittsburgh
won the championship of the feather
weight class wintout a fight as the lure
of his Brooklyn home was too much for
his opponent. Tommy Gherity.
Gherity battled his way through all
the company, regimental, divisional and
army elimination bouts and qualified for
the finals last. Friday when be defeated
Joe Tierny after a hard battle. Gherity
was training hard for tonight’s affair
when he heard that his company was at
Brest to sail for home. The fighter elud
ed the military police and the railroad
officials and arrived at Brest in time to
join his company as it boarded the trans
port which Is now on the Atlantic.
The winners of the "Bushy” Gr-aham
rl-eo Patterson lightweight, fight and the
Fay Kaiser-Bob Martin heavyweight
clash, it is announced will contest for a
•5.000 purse at the Willard Dempsey
championship again at two opponents
who will be picked from the American
Expeditionary Forces by Colonel John
son. the athletic director, after elimina
tion bonis. Graham comes from Brook
lyn. Patterson from Joplin, Mo.. Kaiser
from Pittsburg and Martin from New
York.
The other bouts will be: Welter
weights: Johnny Summers of Brooklyn,
versus William Fleck, of New Orleans.
Light hoovv weights, Eugene Tunney
versus Ted Jamieson, of Milwaukee.
AT A GLANCE
Southern League.
Chattanooga, 8; Atlanta, 9.
Little Rock. 5: Memphis, 9.
Birmingham, 0; Nashville, 2.
Mobile, 2; New Orleans, 2. (16 innings;
called account darkness).
National League.
St. Louis, 1; Cincinnati, 5.
Pittsburg, 6: Chicago, 3.
New York-Philadelphia postponed, cold
weather.
Brooklyn-Boston, postponed, cold
weather.
American League.
Chicago. 3; Detroit. 1.
Chicago. 9; St. Louis, 4.
Boston-New York, postponed, cold
weather.
Philadelphia- Washington, postponed,
cold weather.
American League.
Cleveland. 3 Detroit, 1.
fThtcago, 9: St. Louis, 4
Boston-New York, postponed, cold
weather
Philadelphia-Washington, postponed,
cold weather.
American Association.
Indianapolis. 1: St. Paul, 8
Louisville, B; Milwaukee, 0,
Toledo. 2. Minneapolis. 10.
Columbus. 7; Kansas city, 4.
REOPEN RACING
IN FRANCE
By E. M. THIERRY
(N. E A. Bt?ff Correspondent.)
P.rl».—Rnolnit, the mn») popular
apor* Ip PYanre, la li> b remimert
for the Aral time Bine. I«*14 with a
meeting n* Bnlrt -ftoud. May a
Other meetlr** will b • held on the
roura ■« al Mi>l*on»-I.»ftH‘\ Jsmg
ebarpp. Aufeull an<l f,e Tr-ml.fay.
The '’■•ha n» Illy track waa ao badly
by It* iia» *« a military
ramp that no rarra ran br run thrr*
thla year Work of roatrrlnir oilier
tra'k* l* In proarrr.a The Ornnd
I*rlx <lr Par)*—Pranrr'a Kentucky
rt.-rhy" will b run at t,yng, bamp
Jun« 2*.
QPHRT WORDS BY TURBY 1*77
iJIUIV J MUSIC BY GROVE J
They’ve selected a seat for the League of Nations. Nqw lot Tex Rikard
pick out a pair of pants for the Willard-Dempsey fight.
And old sage once remarked that all the nuts were in the left field bleach
ers. But when Matt llinkel announced he didn’t want a cent for refereeing
the Willard-Dempsey sociable all the squirrels started north. But it’s all right,
bzrethren. Matt doesn’t need the money. He’s got nearly a million washers
in cold storage. And lie’s a darned good referee.
A fellow's mind has to loop the loop, take a tall spin and then stand on its
left ear before it can properly absorb an announcement that anyone connect-
with the fight game participates for the sheer joy of participating. But we're
looking for something new and Matt llinkel is It.
Dempsey is on the st age; Leonard Is training to the accompaniment of a jazz
orchestra. Who’ll shake the shimmy for us?
Duffy Lewis is busy trying to get his money’s worth before the styles 'f
his suits of clothes do a Brody.
Beginning May Ist the urlce of an Ice cream soda will be fattened by one
cent war tax. All of which will have no effect whatever on the sport game.
AMERICAN LEAGDE
White Sox Beat
Browns, 9 to 4
St. Louis.—A triple steal with Sisler
crossing the pan with the tying run in
the third inning featured Saturday’s vic
tory of the White Sox over the Browns.
The Sox crowded six runs into the sixth
inning and won, 9 to 4.
The box score:
Chicago.
Club. AB R. H. PO. A.E.
Lb bold, rs 4 2 2 1 ft 0
Weaver, 3b 3 t ft 2 2 0
Collins, 2b 4 12 12 0
Jackson, If 5 2 2 4 ft 0
Felscb, cf 4 1 1 ft 1 ft
Gandil. lb 5 1 4 6 2 *
Uisb?rg. ss 4 t ft 3 3 ft
Lynn, c 4 ft 2 9 ft 0
Shellenbach, p .... 1 ft ft ft ft ft
Faber, p 3 ft 0 1 0 ft
Totals 37 9 13 17 10 0
St. Louis.
Club. AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Tobin. If 1 2 1 2 0 ft
Gedeoiu 2b 4 ft 2 5 5 0
Sisler, lb 3 1 1 10 2 1
Williams, cf 4 1 2 1 1 ft
Demmltt. rs 4 ft ft ft ft ft
Bronkie, 3b 4 ft 1 1 ft ft
Gerber, ss 3 0 0 2 7 0
Billings, c 2 0 0 3 1 ft
Mayer, c 0 ft ft 1 ft 0
Davenport, p 2 ft 0 2 1 ft
Rogers, p 0 ft ft ft ft ft
Koob, p ft ft ft ft ft 0
Loudermilk, p ft ft ft ft ft 0
•Jacobson 1 ft ft ft ft 0
••Smith ft ft ft ft ft ft
tSevereid 1 0 0 0 0 0
iAustin 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 27 17 2
•Batted for Billings in 7th.
••Batted for 00b in 7th.
tßntted for Mayer in 9th
t Batted for Loudermilk in 9th.
Score by innings: R I! E
Chicago 30ft 006 ftOO—9 13 ft
St. Louis 103 000 000—4 8 2
Summary.
Two-base hits, T< bin, Gandil, Felsch,
Lynn, Williams. Double plays. Risberg
to Gandil; Rbbug to Collins; Gerl>* r to
Gedeon to Sisler. Stolen bases. Sisler,
Gedeon, Williams, Collins (2), Jackson.
Struck out, bv Davenport 2, by Louder
milk 2, bv Shellenbach 3-, by Faber 4.
Bases on bills, off Davenport 3. off Loud
ermilk 1, off Shellenbach 2: off Faber 2.
Umpires. Morarity and Hildebrand.
Jim Baghy Holds
Tigers to One Run
Detroit.—Cleveland evened up the se-
Hes by taking Saturday’s game from the
Tigers, 3 to 1. Bagby held the Tigers in
check throughout while the Indians drove
Roland from the mound In the seventh.
James relieved Boland and held Cleve
land down but the Tigers couldn’t score
on Bagby.
The box score:
Cleveland.
Club. AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Oraney, If 4 2 I 0 0
< ’hapman, ss 4 0 1 2 3 0
Speaker, cf 4 0 2 1 0 0
Smith, rs 4 0 0 1 0 ft
Gardner, 3b 3 0 1 0 3 0
Wamby, 2b 4 0 2 1 3 0
Johnson, lb 4 1 1 14 1 f.
Nunamaker, c ..... 4 1 1 3 0 0
Bagby, p 2 0 0 1 3 0
Totals 33 3 10 27 13 0
Detroit.
Club. AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Hush, hh 4 0 0 1 2 0
It Jones, 3b 3 1 0 4 3 0
Crbb. cf 4 0 2 4 0 0
Veach, If 4 % 0 2 0 0
Heilman, lb 4 0 2 12 0 0
Flagsted, rs 4 0 3 0 0 0
Young. 2b 4 0 0 0 4 0
Alnsmith, c 4 0 0 4 I 0
Boland, p 2 0 0 0 3 ft
James, p 0 0 0 0 2 0
•Shorten 1 0 0 0 0 o
Totals 34 1 7 27 15 0
•Batted for Boland in 7th.
Score by innings: RUE
Cleveland 001 001 100—3 10 o
Detroit 000 100 000—1 7 o
Summary.
Two-base hits. Speaker, Flagsted,
Wamby. C?bb, ll* llu ari Struck out, b/
llagby 2 by Boland 1 Bur s on balls,
off Bagby 2. off Boland 1, off James I.
Umpires, Chill and Evans ,
TROPHY CUP FOR
BEST ATTENDANCE
IN OPENING GAMES
Columbia, S. C.—The Columbia Record
will offer a silver trophy cup to the city
In the Month Atlantic Association of
Baseball Clubs having the hugest rttirn
b*r of paid admissions on the opening
day of the 1919 season, t was announe* *j
today. The cup will b awarded after
each city has had Its opening day. The
cities comprising the league ;»r* Augusta,
charleston. Columbia. Charlotte, Green
fill* and Spartanburg.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
At Charlottesville, Va. Georgia, 0;
Virginia. 3
At Macon, Oa.: Auburn, 3; Mercer, 0.
At Newport: Georgetown, 9; Naval
Training ftprt, 0
At Greenville. J 4. 8 Georgia Twh, 4-4.
Furman University. 3-2
(First game JO innings )
. At Spartanburg Prerbytetian Col
lege, 3. Wofford, 4.
At Raleigh, N. C : State, 6; David
son. 3
At Washington: Fordharn, 15; Catho
lic University, 4,
At A'innpolls, 6; Swurthmorc, 4 (II
innings).
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pirates Win Over
The Cubs, 6to 3
Chicago.—Stengel’s triple in the sixth
inning with two men on the bases gave
the Pirates a 6-to-3 victory over the rubs
here Saturday. Mollwitz scored the in
itial tally for the visitors by stealing
home. Bab< Adams was hit hard hut
kept the blows apart.
The box score:
Pittsburgh.
Club. AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Eaton, ss 2 1 ft 2\ 1 ft
Carey, cf 4 2 I 5 0 1
Stengel, rs 4 2 2 2 ft ft
South worth. If 2 0 ft 2 1 ft
Cutshaw, 3b 4 ft ] 2 3 ft
Boeekel, 3b 4 ft ft 3 1 2
Mollwitz, lb 3 1 1 X ft ft
Schmidt, c 4 0 ft 3 I (1
Adams, p 4 0 1 ft 3 ft
Totals 32 6 6 27 11 3
Chlcaqo.
Club. AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Flack, rs 5 ft 3 0 0 ft
Hollocher. ss 4 ft 1 3 4 ft
Mann, If 4 0 1 2 ft ft
Paskert, cf 5 ft I | ft ft
Merkle, lb 4 1 2 17 0 0
Pick, 2b 4 ft 1 ft 4 l
Kilduff. 2b 3 ft 1 0 2 0
McCabe, 3b 0 0 ft ft 1 ft
Killifer, c 3 I 1 4 1 0
Douglas, p 2 ft 0 ft 5 ft
Weaver, p 1 ft ft () ft 0
•Barber I l 1 0 0 ft
Tofals 3ft 3 12 27 17 1
•Batted for Douglas in sixth.
Score by innings: R H E
Pittsburgh ftftl 003 020—6 6 3
Chicago 000 102 000 - 3 12 1
Summary.
Three-bise hits. Stengel, Killifer Two
base hits, Merkle, Fla-k. Sacrifice hit.
Killifer. Stolen bases, Mollwitz (2). I’as
kert. McCabe, Stengel. Double play, Pick
|to Hollocher to Merkle*. Bases on balls,
off Adams 4. off Don lass 3, off Weaver
1. Struck out, by Adams 1, by Douglas
2. bv Weaver 2. Umpires, O’Day and
Quigley.
Reds Victorious
Over Cardnilas
Cincinnati.— The Red; made It four
straight by taking today’s game from the
Cardinals, 5 to 1. Two pusses by Doak
in the opening frame gave the Reds a
chance to put three runs over. St.
Louis used four pitchers.
The box score:
St. Louis.
Club. AB R. H. PO. A. E.
Shotten, If 5 0 1 2 1 0
Smith, rs 4 0 0 4 0 0
Heathrotr, cf 4 . 0 2 1 0 ft
Hornsby, ss 3 0 0 l 3 ft
Stock. 3b 4 0 0 1 3 0
Paulette, lb 3 1 1 12 ft ft
Schulz. 2b 4 ft 3 1 G l
Clemens, c 3 0 I 2 2 0
Doak, p 0 o ft o ft ft
•Cruse 1 ft I ft ft ft
Reinhart, p 0 0 ft ft ft o
Sherdell, p 1 ft 0 ft 3 o
t Snyder 1 0 ft ft o ft
Tuero, p ft ft ft 0 ft o
tMelicnry 1 0 0 o o o
Totals 24 1 9 24 13 1
•Halted for Doak in 3rd.
♦Batted for Sherdell in 7th.
IBatted for Tuero in 9th.
Cincinnati.
Club. AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Rath, 2b 2 Ift 3 2 ft
N rf 3 2 I 1 0 ft
Oroh. ,'b 3 0 I 2 1 |
Rousoh, cf 4 l 3 I ft ft
Magee, rs 4 ft - 2 2 ft ft
Daubert, lb 4 ft ft 9 i u
Kopf. ss 4 I 3 2 5 ft
Rarfden, c .. 3 ft | < (l (|
Luque, p ...... 2 0 0 l 2 „
Totals 29 5 8 27 15 1
Score by Innings: r if |,;
St. Louis ftOft ftoo |OO | 9 |
Clcclnnatl 310 010 oi* r, s 1
Summary.
Two-bas- bits. Mage*. Schultz (2)
Thr<*e-bane hits. Kopf Horne run Nal
D' 1 b<■ playjf, Kopf to Rath t<, Daub *rt
(2). Saerll.ce lilts, Luque Slru k out
by Luoue 4 Bar** on halls, off Limn
3. off Doak 2 Hit by pitched ball,
fbv Rhelnhart). Umpires. Harrison ami
Byron.
If lEI rom pijfis mn r.r
PITCHERS HF CAN CALL IN
HIS OUTFIELDERB.
Lee Fold, manager of t>,*- Cleve
land Indians, a team that lias been
spoken of frequently in connection
with tin* winning of the 1919 Am* r
lean league pennant, gave mit ;t
statement the otn *r day that he
needed another pitcher
Then why doesn’t h** turn around
and take a slant at his out 'I?
Did you know that of the five out
fielders every one, has been a n|t
yfilier?
Jack Oraney started with the In
dians MS a pitch*/ In 1908 but stuck
his throwing i»hw In front of a !mn|
batted ball ll** was shifted to the
outfield and made good.
Joe Woods for voars was the pre
mier pitch* f the Rerl ox.
Jamieson hrok* Into the Ameri
can f*eatrt|e as a Pitching recruit
for the B<riators He didn’t rmtku
good so was develop* into ari out
fielder
Tris Hpenker pitched a gum* for
the Red Box fiear the eyd of lh**
191 .♦ ****oti.
Kin- r Hr? Hh been pitching
grenades a* the It os the ; ;f > t * J(
«n?l when the Americans and lluna
weren’t on the field Klrnei pitch***
lor his company s team.
PLEITI SUBS
FOR PERSHING
. OLYMPIC MEET
By EDWARD M. THIERRY.
(N. E. A. Staff Correspondent)
Paris.—Even if more than a quarter
of the Yanks have gone home there will
be plenty left from which to pick star
athletes capable of carrying the Ameri
can colors to victory in the Inter-Allied
Olympic games in Paris June Ist.
With a little over a month remaining
athletics are on the boom at all camps.
Preliminary tests have been held and
shortly finals will determine America’s
representatives on track and field.
A sure competitor—unless tie’s called
to tin* States—will tie Tod Meredith, who
before entering the army became one
of the greatest runners the collegiate
world ever knew.
Among the 11 around athletes will be
Chaplain Fil’d C Thomson of the 143 d
Field Artillery, Fortieth Division. Three
times he was the all around national
amateur record holder of the United
States and now holds the world record.
In 1913 he scored a total of 7499 points,
beating the former records of Martin
Sheridan' and Jim Thorpe by a big mar
gin.
The champion’s brother, Harrison
Thomson, is said to be almost as good.
He is entered in all the track events.
Here are some of the other stars who I
will compete:
Paul I>s Jardies, all-round athlete,
University of Chicago.
Lieut. Alma H. Richards, formerly of
Cornell University, Olympic am! inter
collegiate high jump champion.
Lieut. Ralph L. Byrd, University of
Chicago, point winner *1 1912 Olympic
games in Stockholm.
Sergeant Howard Drew Olympic team
star and joint holder of world’s record
for the 100-yard dash.
Lieut. James Duncan, formerly of Irish-
A met lean A. C\, New York, point winner
in 1912 Olympic games at Stockholm
’and holder of world’s discuss throw -
ing record. y t
Sergeant William Siss in, Leland Stan
ford University, holder of western broad
jump championship.
I’rivate Alvin L. Lang, University of
Illinois, crack pole van Her.
Private Joseph Mlsback, former Irish-
American A. C. star
Lieut. F. L. Maker, University of Cali
fornia. high jumper.
Lieut. Marry Worthington. Dartmouth
and Exeter, broad jumper.
Cr. Douglas Murphy, Penn State College
hammer thrower.
Lieut. De Forrest, former New York A.
C. star sprinter
N. \V\ Davis. 35th Division, holder of
sprinting records.
Sergeant W. J. Kennedy, 23d engineers,
winner of several Marathon races.
Sergeant H. 11. Cotton. Penn State
College, middle distanct runner.
Corporal S. S. Thompson, 2ft7th mili
tary police, high jumper and hurdler.
Fred Zuna, former Marathon runner
for Irish-American A. C.
Lieut. i*. Carter, University of Wis
consin sprinter.
William Gray, well known college
sprinter and broad jumper.
Platt Adams is coach of the A. 10. F.
athletic team that will compete in the
Olympiad. Adams wan a star in two
j teams representing America at peace
time .Olympic games anil is holder of
world s records In standing and running
broad jumps.
Changes in Grand
American Handicap
Trapshoot Program
(•By Peter P. Carney.)
Editor National Sports Syndicate.
The Preliminary and Consolation
Handicaps have been dropped and other
alterations made to the program for the
Twentieth Grand American liuialhni
Trapshooting tournament that should
make the tournament the greatest trap
shoting carnival ever held.
The shoot will be held over the traps
of the South Shore Country Club, Chi
cago, 111., August 11 if* If*. Inclusive un
der Ihe auspices of till American Trap
shoot lug AsHociatlon.
The thought has prevailed for several
years that though the tournament wjas
originally one for handicaps, there were
too many handicap events; that, the
events were to long and cumbersome,
and that more and shorter events should
bo listed.
So tins 1919 program commit tet de
cided to "blue pencil” the handicap
events mentioned above, leaving only
one handicap shoot on the rpograrn
that one tin Grand American. 'Phis
event will • onclude the week’s shooting,
us it should 111 the place of the handi
caos dropped there will be a classifica
tion event, a team race between repre
sentative shooters of the East and file
West and an evnt fer men who were
01 are, in Hie service of the United
States or'Allied governments.
The South Shore Introductory of
other years will he known as the Ameri
can Amateur championship at 13 yards
and the even! known for years as the
Overture will be shot as the South Shore
Country club Special. The events, ton,
will i»< run off quite different from in
other years,
The Shoot Is On.
The South Shore Country Club special
will be tli*- opening event, tin- first shot
hei r. fired at Hi o’clock on the morning
es tin* 1 fti. Tills will be a “shoot f*#f
shooters,” Iftft targets, 0 yards fee*of
$25. The score:'- made In this event
will not be Included in the 1919 official
averages.
Shooting will begin at 9 o’elo k on
the morning of the 12th with the Ameri
can Amateur IH yards el# mplonshlp at
290 targets This event will In* followed
L v the professional championship run*,
also at 200 targets. 18 yards rise. The
winning “pro” shot will be rewarded
with a trophy emblematic of the Ameri
can I'rofti nlonal Trapshooting Cham
pionship.
The highest ten shooters from the
East are! the highest ten from the West
in the amateur championship at 18 yards
ill comprise the East and West teams
that will shoot on tin afternoon of the
14th, The members of the winning team
will each receive a trophy The divid
ing line will he Ihe western boundary
of Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Michigan and Indiana
A Day for Champion#.
The )3th will be knovqn as Champion
ship Day. being opened at Ift o’clock with
tin: An.cH an Amateur championship at
double targets. At 2 o’clock In the
afternoon the National Amateur Cham
p,unship at single targets, 18 yards rl-e,
will be shot, over four traps. This * vent
v,-ill In* at 200 targets. This race is open
0.-,ly to the winners of state ermmplon
shlps, or runner* UP. The Eastern and
Western dhtrbts of CiAiada ore regard
ed am separata states The state cham
pionship titular events are this vear be
ing shot ut 300 targets, which precludes
any fats'* alarms getting in the national
titular event
Tiie 14ili will be classification Day.
The event will at 100 targets. 18 yards
rl.*-. the shooter* being classed on their
known ability The American Trup
shooters Aswo- lallon will give SIOO In
i'll* 1 of tln* four classes, airs* a trophy
Tim classes will be A, 93 and over; H,
H 9 to 93 C, 85 to 89; D. under 86 Fol
lowing the class event the East vs. West
t«sitm ia»-i* and the event for service man
at ID- target t\ will be shot. The win
ning shooter will be presented with a
silver trophy.
The Grand American Handicap will
conclude tin* tournament on the 15th;
SSOO will t*«- added tp the purse Tbs
v Inner Is guarantetd $. r #ftft. second man.
t; 4 , fourth, $290. fifth, SIOO.
for this yant « I#m Ml
July 28 Host entries will be accepted on
August 12th.
The Columbus Cup.
The columhu* (Ha.) Gup, which was
originally shot for 4n the Koutheru Han
dicap, will be shot for This trophy Is
for high averages, and must in* won
♦»*r ••* time*' for permanent possession
To be eligible for the trophy a shooter
1 iust go to the mark in the Mouth Whore
Special, the Amateur Championship at
IS yards, the Amateur Championship at
Doubles, the Classification event and the
Grand American Handicap.
TRAPSHOOTERS PLAN
TO SEND TEAM TO
1920 OLYMPIC GAMES
(B> Peter P. Carney.)
Editor National Sports Syndicate.
With the selection of Antwerp, Bel
gium, as the place for the holding of tHe
Olympic games in 1920 the American
Trapshooting Association announced its
intention of sending a team of trap
shooters to represent the Uni toil States.
This team will be comprised of the
best amateur shooters in the United
States. The 10 highest in the official
1919 averages of 2,00 ft or more register
ed targets will be chosen. In case any
one in the first 10 cannot make tin* trip
to Belgium, the next shooter in the aver
ages w ill be placed on tin* team.
To defray the expenses of the Ameri
can trapshooting team to the Olympics,
the trapsbooters of the United Slate;
are asked to contribute tine-quarter rent
for every target shot in registered
trapshooting tournaments. Thus, if .1
shooter fires away at 400 clay targets
in registered competition his eonttihu
tion to the Olympic Trapshooting Trim
Fund would he sl. This is not com
pulsory. The trnpwhooters are asked to
pay this so as to have the United
States represented in this branch of
sport. ,
The American Trapshooting Associa
tion believes that this method is the
most equitable way to select a cam and
to pay Its expenses. Every tie, hooker
tn the United States has a chance to
make the team. All he or she has to
do is to shoot well enough to be among
the high Ift guns for 1919.
We whipt tin* redskins in order to g iin
this country, we whip! the redcoats in
order to gain our Independence tlnr'ln,
and we are not going to allow the K<>dH
to mar what we have gained Kansas
City Journal.
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/U3USTA TO HAVE
ANOTHER STRONG
AMATEUR OUTFIT
The "Evermovers,” Composed
of Best Amateur and Semi-
Pro Players in City, Will Soon
Be Ready to Meet Any Team
in This Section.
What promises to lie one of the strong
est amateur ae.eia cations that has ever
repr. ; mil d An i. l.i, has been organized
aud will be 1. . ly for the field by May
20 th.
The team, wlii- h will he known as the
’Evermovors' will l»e !: 'composed of the
I" 1 ; lat m* aml eemi-pro material 'n
the <Vit.\ The K';v. i movers” of former
years was one of the best amateur out
'l < vcr organized here, and as several
of the playoiH of the old line-up will ap
oear in tin* uniform of this year's team,
it was decided to I *t the new aggrega
tion lie known by the same name.
The outfit 'ter i\lav nth. will stand
ready to tackle any amateur o semi
pro organization in this sect ion of the
two males. The .-xecutive Staff of tllO
'Kvermovcrs” follows: Mile Kendrick,
in .*• i(h iit ; Himhio W alls, treasurer;
George Bargeman, secretary; A. Dwight
liras, mamup r. and Fmnk jlooplr, cap
tain Tea ;i tie: ii me, to sci*. mile games
with the ’Ey- rmoviT.' should communi
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