THE WASHINGTON TIMES. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1915. 18 --ua: amaaanswaaaaaaai manm .aaaaaaa.....aaaaaaaaaaa.aBaaaaBaBBaaMisBB.saa. Official Confirmation Lacking in McBride Managerial Rumor from Cleveland NO CONFIRMATION OARSMEN BATTLE Saw Little Big League Amateur Leagues. FINALS DECIDED IN GAMES TODAY. Potomac League Machinists vs. Ball Until He Played Drlllery. ON HENLEY COURS E Congress Heights League Steel CHEVY CHASE TENNIS OBTAINABLE AS TO Plant vs. Congress Heights. Departmental League War vs. Douglass Neff, George McBride's Understudy,' Had Seen But Treasury. Harvard, Syracuse, Rosedale League-- St Paul vs. Conrad B. Doyle Princeton, Two Professional Games Before He Was Signed Holy Name. Wins Army McBRIDE CHANGING and Penn Crews in Junior With a Major E, Washington S. S. League Advent Cup After Eight Years of Club. vs. Reformation. Eight Struggle. R. R. Y. M. C. A. League No game Competition. scheduled. By LOUIS A. Northwest S. B. League Whitney DOUGHER. vs. Immanuel. may reg- Manager PHILADELPHIA, May 21 Eaatern CLEVELAND, May 22. Before gain for him a place In the Government League Commerce vs. Men's doubles, mixed doubles, and Clark line-u- p Griffith Denies College and club oarsmen are battling he signed to play with the Grlffmen, ular before the year Is out. Foresters. women's doubles will occupy the at- upper Schuylkill this Washington know much on the afternoon Douglass Ncflf, tho understudy for fans don't War Interburcau League No game tention of tho Saturday gallery at In the annual American negatta. about this quiet Virginian, but he the Chevy Chase tennis courts to- never scheduled. semi-fina- All races aro over tho Henley course George McBride, had seen but bids fair to become a favorite, once he day, ls In each of di- That He Would Let .Home City League No game those Outright of ono mile and 550 yards straightaway. two ball games played by teams in Is known. Seldom does he have any- visions being scheduled to begin thing to say, though on field scheduled. at Harvard, Syracuse and Princeton organized leagues. This record is the his 2:30 o'clock. Immediately following yesterday and all took cheery calls to his pitcher show that Colored Departmental League Navy ciews arrived probably unequaled in tho big Bhow. he Is awako to every angle of the sit- these the finals will be decided and Go practice Bpins in spite of the rain and uation, whatever it may be. He isn't Yard vs. 'Agriculture. by tomorrow new champions In Shortstop Over unpleasant weather. Penn, tho other Once he witnessed a clash in Wash- quite Morgan, Southern Railway League Law vs. was as big as "Cutle" but Chevy Chase tennis affairs will havo unlveislty to have entries, also on ington and, while on a trip with tho ho Is just as fast on his feet and has Mail Room. been the water, but Coach Nlckalls did not a wonderful throwing arm. He can declared. keeD his men out long. Virginia University team, of which After eight, years of competition, collegiate race, always the ball across to first base at YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. loving cup to Indians. The Junior ho was captain and star shortstop, Ightnlng speed from places on the the attt active Oliver, one of the features of the regatta, will grass behind third base. He does this Potomac League St. Teresa, 4; known as the Army Cup, ha been be between Syracuse, Harvard, Prince- he Baw the Giants play at the Polo right along In fielding on 0. upon ton and Penn. Tho Harvard oarsmen the workouts Fairlawn, settled Conrad B. Doyle, Wash- arrived here early yesterday morning Grounds in Now York. tne roaa. Congress Heights League No game ington's tennis pillar. By defeating One of Neff's hobbles is the Ameri- I In charge of Samuel Felton. Coach Jim "I've talked with lots of players can small boy. Mornings, when he has scheduled. Wallace Johnson, of Philadelphia, By LOUIS A. DOUGHER. Wray Is at Ithaca with the Crimson - Departmental Doyle won the club championship for varsity which races Cornell on Lake since coming to the Washington club, nothing to do, he likes to visit play- League Wet grounds. CLEVELAND, May 22. While Charlie Somers merely Captain E. W. rounds and watch boys play baseball, RoFodalc League Rosedale, 6; Co- the third consecutive season and smiles and Cayuga this afternoon. and I have yet to find one with just ?le frequently umpires these gamos thereby carried off the distinguished Soucy was also left at Cambridge. He lumbia, 0. cup which been cynosure Clark Griffith denies it absolutely, it is well within the realm of possi- 111. al- Just for tho fun of it. He always has the of haa been my experience," says Neff. "I boys E. Washington S. S. League Keller, all tennis play6rs In this sectiorf for bility George dandy captain be- makes friends with the bat that McBride, the of the Griffmon, will ways lived in Charlottesville, Va., around the league. He chats with 3; St. Agnes. 1. years, Doyle s scores acalnst John come them, gets viewpoints on the son were 6 3, 9 7. and 6 3, manager of the Cleveland Indians. The details of the deal have White Sox Down Red you know, and they don't have any their R. R. Y. M. C. A. League Auditors, Johnson gave way in straight sets, national game and. If they wish, shows 9-- yet to be made, but it is expected that they will be put through before ball games there, except college tnem how to pitch curves, rvaturany. 2; General Office. 0. 7, 3. but It was ono of the best In Seventeen Innings boys Northwest S. S League Immamuel, matches witnessed here in recent years. the close of the 1915 campaign'. Strong in support of McBride is Jimmy games. Perhaps that's why every- all the bat In the American Doyle proved entirely too and League are strong for Doug Neff. They 14; Whitney, 2 nccurt McAleer, who CHICAGO. May 22. Sending a hit to gooa. speedy for the visiting exponent of tho was closeted with Somers for three hours yesterday, thing seemed so strange to me last are pumng ror mm to maxe Government League Navy, 9; Li- slow chop stroke, the local man's over right field in tho seventeenth Inning when Neff will get his chance hammering home his arguments in favor of the Griffmen's crack short- year when I joined the Griffmon. I Just brary, 6. head game being of .a telling variety. with tho score 2 even and the bases In the American League cannot be jonnson, nowever, played good tennis, stop and field leader. full, Daly scored Weaver, winning for seemed out of my clement. Bur I'm Bald now. Oeorge McBrlde's experi War Interburcau League Quarter- but never seriously threatened. exceDt longest games enced fielding la a constant bar to master, 11; Adjutants, 10. In "No chance," said Manager Griffith, when confronted with the rumor the White Sox onef the getting used to things now, travel- a shakcup the second set, when he ran the In tho history of the American League. Neff's advancement, but Southern Railway League Trans- score from 3 against him to 6 In his that McBride might be allowed to come to the Indians as manager. score in the sev- ing around the country, playing ball must come to the Qrlffmen some day favor. Doyle, however, rallied and took "I Boston had tied the and It will And Neff sitting right on portation, 7; Bookkeepers, 2. wouldn't sell George any enth. before big grandstands and living in the three necessary games and had the for sum of money." Weaver opened the seventeenth with the job, watting to go In. Colored Departmental League match well In'hand thereafter. by hotels. The newness is wearing off Meanwhile, the Virginian Is studying Bureau, 9; Navy, 6. Today's pairings: "Would you consider a deal for Ray Chapman, the Indians' short-eto- p, a doubl. Quintan was hit a pitched War and ball, and Schalk bunted, filling the and I'm beginning to feel almost like baseball as played In the big leagues. Men's doubles semifinal round to let George manage the Cleveland club?" he was asked. bases. There were no outs when Daly, He admits that he has learned a lot 2:80. Moore and Gordon vs. Bundy hitting for Faber, went to bat. a veteran." sitting on the bench, but adds that ho and Wright; winners to play Doylo WOULD NOT STAND IN Red pitched from the eighth Neff has not received many chances would learn more. If he could got Into and Doyle In final at 4 o'clock. McBRIDE'S WAY. Faber p. Inning. Tho win is his seventh straight the line-u- He Is looking forward to National League Pitchers Mixed doubles, semifinal round "I most certainly would not. I to show his class this season, but he time when Manager Griffith re- Miss Baker and H E. Doyle vs. Miss conierence wim unarilo Bomers. For victory. The score: K.H K. to hopes that wouldn't stand In McBrlde's way, three hours yesterday McAleer, Somers OK) (KH 100 (XV) mo 15 2 continues live In of getting wards his devotion to duty by putting Records Morrison and C. 1. Bull. Miss Du Boston... 002 p. (XX) :j In regular line-u- Bose Spencor H. though." hastily added the Old Fox. and Griffith were together, and, whllo Chicago . 0J) 000 000 (00 01 12 1 into more contests as tho campaign him the and Gordon vs.