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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
EDWARDS HAS GRIFFMEN
AS GUESTS AT GARRICK

Walter Johnson. Clark Griffith and
the entire Washington baseball team
will be the guests of Manager Ed
wards, of the Shubert-Garrick The
alter tonight at the premier perform
ance Of Nothing But the Truth" by
the Garrick players.
The invitation came about in a pc
culiar way. Manager Edwards was
the guest of Griffith at one of the ST.
Louis games where the smoke ball'
king twirled. In the grandstand was
one ardent rooter who made consid-
cradle noise.
some rooter," Johnson remark ed
to Griff. III say so; that's Earl Fox
OF the Garrick players" the manager
replied. "If he can act like he can
root, he's some actor" retorted Wal
ter.
Manager Edwards tncn invited
Johnson and Griffith to see haw he
can act. ana the demonstrating will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
BE FRANK WINS FEATURE
AT LATONIA; ETERNAL FAILS

IATONIA. Ky, June S.-Distancing
4 field OF eight starters. Be Frank.
with e. Hummer up, came home d
winner in the annual Latonia Derby
here.
Given hardly a chance to win in
he betting Be Frank was priced at
S224O in the mutuels. paying those
who bet on him slightly more than
10 to l. Be Franks victory brought
his owner approximately 100000. the
value of the winners purse. His time
was 2:37 SIS. OmOnd, ridden by
Thurber, came in behind Be Frank
while Regalo, with Murphy up, fin
ished third.
The surprise of the meet was the
poor showing OF Eternal, the favOrite
in the betting. Eternal ran last in
the field of eight, finishing behind
~ steureau. Claremont. NulCanite. a nd
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
GRIFFS VICTORIOUS In
FOUR OF SEVEN PLAYED
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

The Gmen winning of the played during the
week. greatly betd their execrab performance of dropping all
played previous
clubs which already begun knock holes
aspirations fronersmen touring the Atlantic eaboar The
game Yankees Sunday,
pitching beautiful They of the
gobed the three the St.
who series today.
be for the Grifmen
Tuesday the wild and
Following Detroit Tigers climbing
first place. will make their
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
TH|NKSCHAMP
HAS DELAYED
OVER LIMIT
Shows Fifteen Rounds
Is the Average

September z. 1S92-ames J.
Corbett stopped John L. Sulh-
van, q rounds.
January %, 1S94-Corbett beat
Charlie Mitchell, s rounds.
March Il, 1897-Fitzsimmons
knocked out Corbett. IA rounds.
January 9, 1899-James J.
Jeffries beat Fitzsimmons, IL
rounds.
May II, 1900-Jeffries knocked
out Corbett, % rounds.
July %, 1902-Jeffries defeat
ed Fitzsimmons, rounds.
August Ii, 1903 Jeffries
stopped Corbett. 10 rounds.
February %, 1906-Tommy
Burns won from Marvin Hart,
20 rounds.
December 26, 19O8-Johnson
knocked out Burns, IA rounds.
July 4, 1910-Johnson beat Jim
Jeffries, Is rounds.
April ), 1915-Jess Willard
knocked out Johnson 26 rounds.
Average duration of bouts, Is
rounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
SHIPPING BOARD PLAYERS.
MEET BRENTWOOD CLUBMEN

Shipping Board baseball players
representing the Division Of Opera
tions meet the fast Brentwood \. e.
team today at Thirty-fourth ana
Rhode Island avenue northeast
Yesterday Otto Won Herbulis
pitched for the Shipping Board team
and landed a 10 to : game from the
Silver Spring baseball team at Sill
YER Spring. The Shipping Board
men got away out front at the start.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
CORN TASSEL Is WINNER
OF BELMONT'S SUBURBAN

BELMONT PARK. n. y, June S.
J. X. Wilson's four year-old gelding
Corn Tassel. at ; TO I. captured the
rich Suburban HaRdicap here by a
short head from w. Il. Goes Sweep
On. Commander J. X. l.. Ross Boni-
face was third. The winner ran the
one and one-qusrter miles in the fast
time OF POP Is. Buddy Fnsor rode
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
TEAMS END IN TIE.

Naval Airstation baseball players
and the Congress Heights men quit
in the ninth inning OF yesterdays
game with the score one all Both
teams tailed in the third but could
not count thereafter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
MOORE IS CAPTAIN.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, June WI
lam Moore. OF Gloucester, was re-
elected captain OF the Harvard trace
team. Moore, who is a sprinter, il
now on his way abroad as a represent
.ative Of the United States in the inter
allied track games.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08

TOLEDO, June 8.-Jess Willard,
worlds heavyweight champion, has
taree weeks and a half in which to
it himself for the defense of his
championship in a twelve-round con-
test with Jack Dempsey, of Utah.
Close followers Of fstics, all good
Judges of athletic condition, do not
hesitate in saying today that Willard
has waited too long before beginning
his hardest work, that of actual box
ing against rushing sparring part
ners. This does not mean that
Dempsey will win. The shortness of
the contest enters into the equation
here. But that Willard will not De
at his best is their belief.
III willard is now as fast as he
will be July f." says one sharp,
Dempsey will beat him TO eight
punches out OF ten and it'll be good
night for Jess inside OF three rounds.
He simply must speed up in his box
ing, and working with a bunch OF
hams like Monohan and HempeI will
never turn the. trick.
Compared with Willard. Dempsey
is chain lightning. He is wonderfully
last on his feet for a heavyweight.
With his speed and IeintIng quail
ties, he should have no trouble get
ing inside OF Wizards famous long
left
willard a Big Freight.
willard is & big freight train. He
is far stronger than the challenger,
taller. heavier and UNNECESSARILY
slower He is also older, which may
explain somewhat his sIowness. Will
ard today could not whip Dempsey
in twelve rounds or forty rounds.
Whether ne will on July remains 10
be seen.
Dempsey viii get out Of wraps this
q. eek. His rest has made him nerv-
-sgs. but Jimmy De Forest insists that
is rest WAS vitality necessary. and
that the nervousness will wear off
with a resumption Of work. Dempsey
hates at insction, but he will work
=, or against his sparring partners
rniS week.
Feel great" he Erinned today. as
o emerged from Lake Eric after a
hort plunge IF / felt better. I'd
imp over the moon. July isn't yvo--
wing me any ] wish it were tonor-
ow. Guess the real worries are in
The other camp"
Thatcher Gets Cots.
Adj Thatcher, president Of the To-
ledo A. g. has engaged $4,000 cots
rom Camp Custer for use OF the ring
ans. who are already pouring into
'ewH. Armed soldiers Of the Ohio Ma
iional Guard. all OF whom have seen
service overseas. viii patrol the sec
lions where the cots arc being rented.
TOledo IS ovcrcTowGed right now. and
the situation is becoming worse daily.
Whatever Willard money is being
.Gered here - without ODDS. The
Dempsey folks are waiting for odds.
rCHeving that the champion should be
= favoTite- Jimmy DouEherIy. Of
.ciperville. Pa, who Is bringing d Spe-
sial train from Philadelphia with
.'ennsylvanls miIhonaires, saws his
Uarty will back Dempsey To the extent
100000. but he is looking for odds.
~ OF penny OF it has been put up yet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08

Matches scheduled for Saturday ara
as follows: Holmead vs.. Home Club:
Bureau Of Standards VS.. Racquet. AMI
Euclid VS.. Argyle Matches next Sat-
urday are to start at . p. m. accord
ing TO a recent league ruling.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
SH0CKER BLANKS GRIFFS.
AS BROWNS TALLY EIGHT

-. Louis. o Is
Washington. 0 0 %
Runs-Bronk.e. Sisler 90. Jacobson
W Demmitt 90. Gerber Errors-Nur-
Phy' = Shanks Three-base hits-Sisier
Iwo-baSe hIts-JacObson. >: Demmitt
Stolen haSes-Bronkie. Tobin, Sister, Ger
per. double play-Thompson to Mcbride
20 Juose Innings pitchcd-Harper ,
Inone out IN third: Thompson. : Struck
1ut-Hsrper, .; Thompson, /: ShocAer, :
bases on baliS-Harper. ]: Thompson [.
Snocker. J. Hits-Oh Harper. s: of
Thompson. Umpires-Messrs Connolly
and Nallin. Time-l:5G.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
OSWALD KIRBY CLINCHES
GRIP ON METROPOLITAN CUP

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, June Sos
valid Kirkby successfully defended
his title Of Metropolitan golf cham
pion when he defeated A. l. Walker,
Staten Island, ? up and ] to play.
Kirkby's win gives him three
straight wins and permanent posses
sion OF the cup.
AfterUOOn ards.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08

The Chicago White ~Sox, at present
the league leaders, will close the in
vasion Of Washington by the West
ern clubs, arriving on June is for a
four-day stay. One contest with the
Philadelphia Athletics on June % and
the Griffs will again risk murder and
bloodshed by going away from here.
Kid Gleason has told New York
baseball writers that he expects no
trouble in washington Or Philadel-
phia-" Well. he may be right Then
again, he may be wrong. One never
can tell much about this little old
baseball game
Pitching Is IH-and-Out.
The Griffmen are just now suffer
ing from in-and-out pitching. John
son and Shaw alone arc holding their
own, thus making Shaw's injury most
serious for his team. Doc Ayers look
ed good against St. Louis, but that
may have been a mistake. Thomp-
son. Craft and Robertson look like
minor league twirlers.
Harry Harper, who gave every
promise OF being a marvel when at
Augusta, has been a fizzle ever since
the, season got under way. He was
hammered out Of the box yesterday by
the Brownies, though his support
caved in behind him. making things
look worse Near-beer is killing
Hoxie; be careful.
Just because il was Saturday and
the 3l2th Machine Gun Battalion was
present. the Griffs had to 90 and give
one Of their most wretched eKhibi-
tons in the third game with Inc ST.
Louis Browns. The Burkesheyiki ran
away With The victory. < 10 o.
The boys OF Washing tons Own
marched upon the field. accomps MED
by Brownie" their mascot. Capt.
Tim Jordan drew them up for a piano.
ramic photograph. and then, after a
wild rush for the stand. The slaugh-
ter began.
Murphy Makes n tumble.
Jacobson, the mammoth outfieIder.
opened the second inning with a dou-
bic 10 left. "Spud'' Murphy. after z
bit of a run. made a rank tumble Of
Demmitt's easy fly. Harper filed the
bases with a free ticket to Gerber.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
NATIONAL.
YESTERDAYS GAMES.

New York. .: Pittsburgh. :"
Cincinnati J.. Brooklyn. -.
s.. Louis. S. Philadelphia. :.
Chicago, >, Boston,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
DOYLE MAY BATTLE
FOR TENNIS HONOR

Connie Doyle. Washingtons lead
ling racqueter. may so up to the ma
tionaI championship singles tourna-
ment this season. While Doyle is I'M
certain as to his entry, il is almost
foregone conclusion that he will
make another try for the title, If he
can find time to go.
Connie Doyle, with Fred H. Harris,
winner in the Middle Atlantic sec
tional doubles tournament recently,
will probably go to Boston in mid
August TO try for the national dou-
bles championship. The winning OF
the event here over Dudley Morgan
and Ballard Moore, the Chevy Chase
pair put Doyle and Harris in line for
the national doubles trials.
From now until late in August
Doyle will have an opportunity TO
prepare for the tournaments in re-
spect to the competition if he can
find time to play.
Had No Competition.
In past years Doyle has had no
competition here in tennis. With due
respect to other players in the city
none. save Henry e. Breck, have been
able to give him a run for moro than
set or two. This year Fred Ear-
ris appears TO nc able to make Doyle
90 tho limit for win.
In addition Doyle has had two first
class enEa ECments with National Sim
giles Champion L. Lindley Murray
After their last setto at Chevy Chase
Murray said he would be back this
way again later in the summer at
HIGH time he would surely play
Doyle.
Tnose who have followed the for
tunes of the popular local players
have always declared that If he had
the right kind of tOpnotch competi-
ton he would be a winner. Often
Doyle has gone to the titular events
but has failed simply because he ha.
not been properly schOoled before tho
engagements.
Played Exceptional Game.
Last summer. against William r
Tilden, Doyle played an exceptional
match. Tilden was at the top Of his
game, and is practically unbeatable
Doyle, however, was unfamiliar with
turf court play just enough to throw
him off. Doyle's play here is con-
fined 10 clay court competition.
AS there is vast difference be-
tween turf and clay, Doyle is at
big disadvantage when playing
a
of tournaments on turf in preparation
for play at Forest Hills.
Handled Services.
Those who watched Doyle and Muir
ray battle 10 a standstiIl at Chevy
Chase last Sunday. were struck with
the ease with which Doyle handled
Murray's terrific services.
Time and again tho WASHINGTON
eli u, rT,, -
smashes for clean placements
There was little 10 choose between
Doyle and Murray in point Of passing
overhead play or court generalship.
Those who have watched Doyle's play
for many years came to the conclu-
sion again that If Doyle had much
competition Of the kind that Murray
offers, he would be right at the top
of tennis players in this country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
LEAGUE STANDINGS
Yesterdays GAMES.

St Louis. s; Washington o.
New York. 5; Chicago.
Cleveland. :: Philadelphia. :"
Detroit, To- Boston q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
ORTNER CORNELL COACH.

ITHACA, n. Y, June Howard E.
Ortner. Of Buffalo, who csptained the
Cornell basketball team last season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
TOpAY.S CANES.

Boston a ChicaSp.
BroOhlyu al Cincinnati
Philadelphia at 81. Louis
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08
TODAYS GAMES.

ST. Louis a. Washington
Chicago at New York
Philadelphia at Cleveland
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-06-08

Critics Think Jess Willard Has
| Wasted His Time In Training
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

A mans ego is in pretty good working order when he won't pay anybody be- cause he feels that he owes so much to himself
 If some men ever stayed home in the evening. their wives would worry until the doctor came and found out what was the matter with friend husband.
 A woman hopes that she will never get so old and careless that she will wear pair of shoes that fit her comfor tably when she could wAr pair that are too small for her.
 A married woman never believes all that man tells her-unless the man happens to be fortune teller.
 When they are sitting in the front room and he turns the light out, it is sign that Her hair is going to get tangled up in His coat buttons.
 A man win bet you million dollars on any old thing. But he'll be very eau tious before he'll bet you dollar. It isn't nice thing to say. But 1t is fact that $l0o will buy you more care and attention when you are laid up than 100 friends will give you. And the reason why man gets home from banquet at a. m. is because the banquet wasn't over until Il p. m. Common sense is a good thing to ust
 unless you happen to be writing a love
 letter.
 1 The best thing the Huns can do righl | now is to forget all about Kultur ant
 devote all their time to AgrikT.tur | A married man often gets away with ; ilot of selfishness by calling it absent mindedness. l By the time a wonhn makes up he mind what to do it is too late, so sh, turns around and does something else
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29

pared with data on epilepsy in their respective states and will actively sup port campaign to alleviate the situa- tion of such unfortunates, whose af- fliction until recent years has been lit tie understood.
 The almost universal practice of confining epileptics who are not insane in asylums and almhouses is not hu- mane and manifestly does not conduce to the improvement of their condi- tion. It is rather discouraging to realize that epileptics are regarded today much as they were in the dark ages, when ignorance and superstition were prevalent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
SOLDIER VOTE IN SEVENTH rom the Huntsville Telegram.

From the Huntsville Telegram
 The voters of the Seventh district'>wfIl soon be given an opportunity to elect a successor to Congressman John L. Bur nett, who recently died after serving 10 terms in Congress and among the aspir- ants for the honor is MaJ Harwell G. Davis, veteran of the world war. Major Davis is a lawyer of ability and has an honorable record in the campaigns in France. having been severely wounded in the Argonne. He is as well prepared -,or Congress as any of the other aspirants.
 It is claimed that Major Davis will be the first candidate in the county to go before the people as the representative of the political power of the returned sol- dier. There are hundreds of men back from the war in the Seventh and it is a foregone conclusion that great majority of them will cast their votes for the
 war veteran. This will be the first try out of their power and the major appears
 to be the favorite in the field.
 The political power of the war veterans is certain to be dominant in elections of the early future and it is to be tried out first in an Alabama district. In the years to come they will run elections ..s did the G. A. R. and U. c. V. If Major Davis is elected he will be the first rep resentative of the veterans of the world war to reach Congress after doing his hit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
APPROPRIATE

From the Clnclnnatl Enquiref
 In little town in Kansas last week
 the regular organist in the moving
 picture show house was called out of
 town suddenly and the management asked a demure, straight-laced woman
 who played the organ in one of the
 local Sunday schools to fill the vacancy
 for few days. She consented. but ad-
 mitted that she did not know anything
 about movie show work. The manager
 told her to play any selection that was
 appropriate as the screen action pro-
 gressed and everything would be all
 right. The show opened with a slap stick comedy. An automobile was
 dashing down a street and the driver
 was taking all sorts of chances. So the organist played. "I Want to Be an An gel" The driver ran out of gasoline and stopped and took off his two front tires and went into a pawn shop and hooked them. While the car stood in front of the pawn shop the organist played Jerusalem the Golden" The driver proceeded to the street and back i oned to pretty girl to get in and taka a ride. And the organist played Yield Not to Temptation" A fireman wal I flushing the street with hose and thu
 auto driver was so busy making love tt l the girl that he drove in front of tht hose and got good ducking. And thu
 organist played Are You Washed 1T the Blood of the Lambr' The drivel l lad I Is tpf fA ~ir -na ra d a | smashing the bear cage. The beal l jumped out of.the cage and the drivel jumped out of the auto and ran dcwl l the street pursued by the bear. And th'
 organist played God Be With You Til ! We Meet Again"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
WORLDS WORST HOTEL

WORLDS WORST HOTEL Irwin s. Cobb. in the Saturday Evening
 Post
 If you want to know about hotels. seq me. To be sure. am still a bit vague regarding some of the lesser aspects of our hotel life. Why the very wors. hotels should have the most stylish names remains to me a puzzle, and I still wonder sometimes whether the originator of the pink sauce in which the breaded veal outlet of the American deiuged before being served was house painter or a chemist by trade ere he began dahbling in ostensible food stuffs
 When I gaze upon this compound I think he must have been the former. but when taste it am sure he was a chemist I know, though, who selects the pictures that hang on the walls of guest rooms in American hotels. It is the same man who picks out the hats worn by the queen of England. The worst notel for it's size in this country or any other is one that over looks the railroad yards in . smallisn city on the edge of the Allegheny coal nelds not very far from Pittsbure. 1t has hot and running cockroachess on every floor and all night switch en- zine service It is also haunted. The ghost of red cabbage. which was iragically boiled to death some s5 years 1 ago, about the time the present car pets in the guest room were last cleaned. stalks through the corridors in the still watches of the night and snifrs s at the keyhoies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-29
One Private Believes , His Country Is Grateful

WITH a name that suggests the w piping times of peace, Private Irving Warsoff returned to New York the other day. Thousands of other heroes have returned to New York, including that bold mountaineer, AL win c. York, but Private Warsoff's reception was unique.
 It is hardly necessary to say that Warsoff's war record is "way above par," but it may explain some of the things that happened to him when he went back to resume his old job in a sample card factory. The place was decorated in his honor. One hundred girl employees were lined up with their lips pursed to kiss him. Not one was sighted. In the record breaking time of 10 minutes, Warsoff kissed them all.
 It was then the boss's turn to show his appreciation. He announced that Warsoff's salary had been raised SIG a week and presented the soldier with . s10O watch.
 The main feature of Warsoff's re. ception was the fact that he promptly got his job back, and at increased pay. Not every soldier expects te be kissed by 100 maidens and receive a $10O watch, but he is certainly jus t;fied in thinking his former employer will give him his job again. A grea1 many employers do. Others do not and it is their unpatriotic, as we'll al ungrateful, attitude that has made i necessary to carry on an extensive campaign to get work for discharge; soldiers.