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The Washington times., 1920-09-13

was due directly to indifference on
the part of the committed as TO con-
diuons in competition. 1t is a wonder
that l did not leave my leg in the
ground over in Antwerp. In weight
work on this side, the circle is always
made of earth, but in Antwerp the
practice circle was laid out on grass.
and very uneven grass at that.
when i went to heave the weight
my foot and ankle caught in a con-.
cealed hole in the ground. That,
about finished me as ,far.as Olympic
competition goes. 1t was all the fault
of the committee for failing to inspect
the field of competition on behalf. OF
the athletes. We. were all out to do
our best. but without any cooperation
wonderful results are almost unbe,
1iyeable." ... =.
WANTS NEW COMMITTEES.
. Remer had some more TO say when
asked about future Olympic games, q
$50 far as l ap,, concerned, 1 will
never go to another one unless there
is a new American Olympic commit
tee, with more executives and less
politics. There was 500, 900 appro-
priated to take the team to Antwerp.
"We, the committee, attempted to
figure out where the" 'S200, 600 was
spent. The best we. could do was to,
account for approximately $4,000! We
wonder what happened to the other.
s125. 900. .r ..,
The spirits of the team fell low on
the other side. No one cared what
they did or what happened. The
tro oil 70 L snt1
the soft loan up to the, ankles. They
evidently just rolled a lot of loose
dirt and called it a track. - -., a.,
when Joe Ray and Sol Butler were
injured, the last bit of morale ebbed
out of the team. When the actual con-
tests came, the Americans did their
'darndest,' but otherwise there was
little spirit" .
Leo Giebel gave a good account OF
the return, trip.
"Oh it was not so bad. We leff
Antwerp and then tied up for three,
days at St. Nazaire, France. Now This
post Is used chiefly for, loading the
dead bodies of American soldiers that
are 10 be carried back to the United
States ... .-rs
while we lay in our hunks at, St.
Nazaire. all night long we could hear
the windlass creSking as they. low.
cred 1853 coffins into the hold, just one
deck directly under us. Ar j t:Ssst"
whether the committee thus placed.
us with the remainder of the dead
ones Intentionally or not, we will
never know, but such a return trip in
rot the cheeriest thing in the world"
Despite the rather pessimistic re-
port of most of the athletes. several.
bright performers were uncovered.
The team members were almost unan
nous in praise of Charles j. Dieges,
the veteran timer, who accompanied,
the team: Robert S. Weaver, a ma,
tional committeeman from Los An.
geles; John G. O'Brien, of the New
York A. c..stand John Hallahan.~ a
Boston newspsper man -, !, !
They said that, these fourmen were
the only anus afent providers yon the
whole trip; both going and coming.
One of the athletes said that Com
Weaver was worth all the
rest of the bunch put together. 4
The Washington times., 1920-09-13
DOBIE'S SQUAD OUT.

ITHACA, n. Y, Sept. 13.-Co-nell
varsity football squad will report TO-
day for it's first drill under the nov
coach Gilmour Dobie. last year at
the Naval Academy. Notices have
been sent out to 200 prospective cam
didates.
The Washington times., 1920-09-13
MAKE 1T SEVENTEEN.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 13.-The orioles,
defeating Reading, IL to =, yesterday,
have won seventeen straight victories
The Washington times., 1920-09-13
HERE'S SOME SCORE.

The Kenilworth A. c., defeated the.
Tiger Juniors by % to q yesterday.
Norris starred at bat and atield for
the winners.
The Washington times., 1920-09-13
WON TWO GAMES.

Mt. Raniet Yankees defeated the
day winning at to 0 and to o.
The Washington times., 1920-09-13
HERZL is WINNER.

Herzl A. C. won an to game
from the champion Park A. c. team
yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
EASTERN AND BUSINESS
PLAY Tie ENGAGEMENT

Eastern and Business students can
now start an argument which will
last until next fall when their teams
meet on the gridiron. The Central
stadium staged closely contested
scoreless tie between the Eastern and
Business teams yesterday which was
a first class engagement all the way
through.
Robustness goes the credit of COM
ing up from nothing this season.
Coach Kelly got a late start. The
eleven was pretty well disorganizcd.
His work in bringing the Stenog-
raphers to the point where they were
able to hold Eastern to a scorcless
tie Is considered one of the best bets
Of the scholastic season.
Prender, Myers and Herzog, OF
Eastern, starred, Taubersmith. Peter
son and Libby playHi well for the
Stenographers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
DONOVAN IS DONE
AS LOCAL CHAMP
frankie Murray Knocks Him Out
In Fourth Round at Ard
more Club.

Patsy Donovan is no longer fly
weight champion Of the District. He
failed TO make the grade against
frankie Murray. the Philadelphia
midget, at Ardmore last night. taking
the long count in the fourth round of
what was scheduled to be ten
round bout Donovan did not max"
a good showing after the first round.
The Philadelphia started in fast,
but his Washington rival held him
off easily in the first session, threat
Pning a sleepwallop all the time.
Murray seemed careful about thar
until he had gagged Donovan's style.
Then he opened up in fine style.
The second round found Murray
beating a rubadubdub against Dono
vans ribs and the visitor easil,
earned the honors in that session. He
increased il in the third, Donovan
covering as much as possible and try
ing for his sleep punch.
Donovan began hanging on with
the fourth round, but Murray swung
both hands to the head and face and
the local lad went to the mat to be
counted out.
Young Bowen boxed a draw with
Danny Grieves. of Philadelphia. in
the semi-final. Johnny Ray, handi-
capped with an injured hand, went to
another siX-round draw with George
Meyers. of Akron. o.
Johnny White hurt his hand in the
opening round of his bout with John
L. Smith and stopped. Billy Reagan
knocked out Kid Mount in one round.
Young Rienzi knocked out Frenchy
Lemott, the Fort Myer soldier. in two
rounds, and George SIRE, from New
Orleans. finished Frankie Collins in
one round.
1t was rather a large night at the
popular boxing club. One referee in
a preliminary bout, probably because
of the dullness of the show or some
thing, went sound asleep leaning
against the ropes, and Hip" Dugan
lost his pink silk purse and borrowed
car fare home from "One Eye" Con-
nelly. the globe trotter. =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
SAYS BUGS"
Baer::
All-American is Picked
for 1920-Mullens of
Food College Earns
a Place at Full
back-Voted for
Harding.
THE FULLBACK.

The football experts will start
working with handles to pick an
all-American football eleven. Great
strides have been made since the
Weejee Board was invented. For
merly the picking was haphazapd,
but the use of the Weejee plank
eliminates all the guesswork.
Mullens, of Food College, looks
like the candidate for fullback.
Mullens made a great record at
Food College this fall. He didn't
do anything.
The fact that Mullens didn't do
anything is what makes him the
logical bird for the ALA nerican.
They don't do anything, either.
Food College had two great sea-
sons in 191S-19l9, when all their
games were cancelled by Herbert
Hoover. They didn't lose can
Cancelled game. and closed the season
with great cancelled moral VIC
tory over their rivals, the Univer-
sity of Dyspepsia.
Mullens of Food College played
four years on the freshman foot
ball team and then passed his soph-
more exams. Nobody had anything
on him and nobody could prove how
he got by the questions as he i'm
medately sent his cuffs to the laundry.
After five minutes in his sophomore
year, he was sent back to the
freshman class for n postgraduate
course. He played four more years
on the first year eleven and then
again passed the sophs exams. He
didn't wear any cuffs this time.
which showed he was on the level.
Five minutes in the sophomore
class was enough and the profs sent
him back to the freshics with this
sign on his skull: Opened by
Mistake"
After seven more years on the
freshmen eleven, his father decided
that Mullens ought to go to college
and get a sheepskin emitting him
to practice law and chase ambu-
lances. lie was n very bright boy.
The United Cigar Stores gave him a
certificate with every package of
cigarettes. lie finally soaked a
label off Green River bottle and
framed that for a diploma with IA
revenue stamp as chaser.
The four-ycar- rule was then pass
ed. The four-year rule means that
no athlete can play college foot
ball more than four years without
changing his name. They made
Mullens manager OF the varsity
team and he Immediately arranged
games with Nassar, Bryn Mawr.
Barnard and Ladycliff Academy.
This schedule stimulated football
interest at Food College and every
student came out for the varsity
team. But the faculties of Bryn
Mawr, Nassar, Barnard and Lady
cliff Academy cancelled the games.
They must have been jealous.
Mullens. of Food College, Is n
great player and n more popular
man never tried to borrow n dollar
of classmatc. His kind of ability
Justly earns him n place on n myth
cal eleven that never played a game
and never will play n game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
CENTRAL AND TECH
TAKE FIELD TODAY
TituIar Battle on Tap at Ameri-
can League Park Field, With
Tech Favored.

Today is the day of days for high
school football followers At Ameri-
can League Park Central High
School. football champion for the
past four years. is meeting the Tech
High School eleven. For the first time
in Ave seasons the Central lads en-
ter the game on the short end of
the odds.
Techs showing in the title games
and the preliminaries is better than
that of Central The Manual Train
ers have had a better season than
the Centralites and on form should
win by a touchdown or two.
For the first time in several sea-
sons Central's back Is to the wall.
The big blue team suffered the hui
initiation of being beaten for the
first time in history in its own bail!-
wick this fall. Further sorrow was
heaped upon the Centralites when
Western played n scoreless tie in the
stadium.
Today's battle is being staged in
asked to play the game on grounds
other than those at the Central High
and the stipulation was agreeable to
Central.
For today's game Central as we'll as
Tech will send in the strongest line
up available. The Central players
expect to stage comeback. Tech
has made little boast Of what ii
would do to Central.
Quite the largest crowd in the his
Tory of scholastic battles is expected
on hand at game time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
PETE HERMAN WILL
FACE JIMMY WILDE
Worlds Greatest Midget Boxers
Will Meet Each Other
In London.

NEW YORK. Nov. 24.--Pete Her
man. worlds bantamweight cham
pion, will meet Jimmy Wilde, the
English hyweight, in a twenty-round
bout at Royal Albert Hall. London,
January II, according to an announce
ment made yesterday by Sam Gold
nan. the Crescent City boxers man
ager.
Goldman declared that he and Her
man would sail for England. Decem'
Der IL This would necessarily ia
ate that the negotiations for ban
amweight championship bout be-
seen Herman and the winner OF tn"
Jack Sharkey-Joe Lynch bout at
Madison Square Garden, december :,
had fallen through.
II was originally planned to have
Herman engage Lynch in title bat
tie December .. but promoter Tea
Richard preferred the Lynch-Sharkey
bout first. and later a meeting be-
tween the winner and Herman on
81. Manager Goldman OBJ.
jected TO this arrangement on behalf
Of Herman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
Here If Is
The Man Who Speaks Moth
ing But the Truth Never
Bothered Anybody by His
Loquacity.

day. and the bout has been closed and
the date set. Yes. | guess 1t will
take place in New York. l think Will
lard is entitled to a return match
with me. and I'm glad to give it to
him.
THERE'S NOTHING SURE.
"Of course. l expect to win both
these bouts" said Dempsey, smiling
little. Then in July I suppose l
will meet Carpenter. He's a nice
young fellow, but do not expect to
have much trouble with him. Still,
you know there's nothing sure about
a prize fight.
II feel very good indeed right now"
he continued. Il am practically at
my best weight, but 1 need a little
more work, especially in boxing. /
enjoy training in New York, and I
think l do even better here than l
would somewhere out in the country.
Look at me-"
Don't the noise bother you?" we
asked, jerking a thumb in the direc-
ton of Broadway.
.Noise?" said Dempsey. IT never
hear it,"
Then he went to bed.
Half an hour later as we were say
ing goodbye to Kearns. and Dough-
erty. and Smith, We passed Demp-
sey's door. A sound as of a man saw
ing wood within assailed our ears.
proving that the champion of the
world was right about the noise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
WASHINGTON ROVERS IN
THANKSGIVING CONTEST

The Washington Rovers and the
Georgetown soccer team arc TO, clash
tomorrow afternoon at 2:l5 on the
Monument grounds in the first game
of tho season. II is expected that
the Rovers, who number In their
ranks some of the best soccerites in
the District, will bring many teams
from Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York for games here during
the winter
The Rovers will have the follow
ing lineup: Conner. goal; Taggart,
right back; Longstrect. left hack !;
Boyd, right half: Blair, center half;
Maharry left half; Williams. outside
right: perres, inside right: Gardiner,
center forward: Blaser. inside left !;
ERASER, outside left.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
NAVY YARD TEAM PLAYS
STRONG EWING LINEUP

\ great game is expected when
Navy Yard tackles the crack Ewin"
A. G. team of Philadelphia ut Amer
can League Park on sunday. The
Philadelphia OUTFIT is well known to
he followers OF football Throughout
the East as one of the classiest
teams in the section, and as the
Quakers promise to bring the fastest
team that they have placed on the
gridiron this season, there should be
something doing. This is the last
game that the local boys Will have
with an out-of-town team this sea-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
TOMORROW'S CONTESTS.

Tomorrow's more Important football
games are:
George Washington VS.. Catholic
University, ut Central Stadium, at :
o'clock.
Maryland University at Johns Hop
kins.
North Carolina at Virginia.
West Virginia at w. and !.
Auburn at Georgia Tech.
Rutgers at Detroit.
Clemson at Georgia.
Cornell at Pennsylvania
Wake Forest at North Carolina
State.
Penn State at Pittsburgh
Sewance at Vanderbilt.
v. +. ]. Va. V. NJ. l., at Roanoke.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
REXMEN FIND SEVERAL
STARS OUT OF BATTLE

Carney. Mcclure. Nernstein and
Baldwin may be held out Of tomor-
rows clash with the Melrose a. c.
eleven. of Atlantic City. when the
ReXmen play at $50 p. III. at Union
Park. The crack Rex players were
pretty well bunged up in the engage
ment with the Quantico Marines sun
ray. but will have enough stun to
put up a spirited defense against
the visitors.
The Melrose team COMES here with
as exceptional record as that of the
Marines. which was broken Sunday
when Rex won by II to o. Melrose
players have won sixteen games in
the past two years without being
scored upon. The Rexmen appear to
have struck their true stride and can
be counted upon to give the visitors
all they have in the way of football.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
KNIGHTS START UP IN
BASKETBALL CAMPAIGN

The knights Of Columbus Basket
Ball League will inaugurate its first
season tonight at Carroll institute
with teams representing Carroll and
Kcane councils as opponents. Major
C. Eugene Edwards. president OF the
Athletic Association, will throw ou'
the first ball and John Nugent. reg
istered A. 4. u. official. will referee.
on account OF the intense rivalry
between the councils some interesting
games are looked for, and the ella 9
of the games is expected to be high,
as many ex-collcEe stars and promi-
rent local amateurs compose the
teams.
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Bed" WE repealed, wonderingly.
Bed at only 10 o'clock, and you right
here on Broadway
Well" said Dempsey, APOLOGIZE
cally I'm in training now, you
know. Good. hard training. I've got
TO cd out pounding that asphalt in
Central Park at o'clock in the
morning. But come inn
He ushered us into an deliberately
furnished apartment. Soft lights
glowed over thick. velvety carpets.
In the distance we could see the din
ing room, the sideboard laden with
cut glass and silver.
NOTICES BIG PIANO.
A big piano stood in one corner
of a huge living room. In another
corner was a tall photograph.
want to hear some music?' asked
Dempsey. i've got a lot Of new
records"
Outside the windows, Broadway
roared across Ninety-seventh street.
II was a strange setting for pugil-
stic camp. but the characters were
there. Jim Dougherty, the Philade1-
phia promoter, sat embedded in the
cushions of beautiful davenport,
Jack Kearns. manager of the cham
pion, slim, shirt-sleeved, leaned
against the piano.
A man with his arms barred to the
elbows, and looking very workman
like and efficient, came in.
Here's a fellow you knew oN
West" said Dempsey, bringing the
last arrival forward. This is Ben
Smith, my trainer. He used to han
die Charley White, the Chicago light
weight and he came on with me
from Benton Harbor after the Miske
fight"
FOUGHT AROUND DENVER
Vaguely we recalled Ben Smith.
His brother, RUDE Smith. was
fighter around Denver some years
ago. He was good enough to meet
such as Jimmy Gardner, Mike Twin
sullivan and Harry Lewis.
"Rube's now out in Los Angeles
doing one thing and another" ex-
planned Ben, after shaking hands.
Dempsey dashed into the dining
room and presently emerged Juggling
a basket of fruit and candy about
four feet tall.
Have some he said. wild Jno.
Kelley sent me this today,
Them
Come on and look the place over.
I want to show you my rubbing
room"
The rubbing room was hung with
drying underwear, thick and scratchy
looking, and was redolent with the
odor of liniment. A big padded rub
bling table stood in the center OF the
room. All this, mark you, at Ninety
seventh street and Broadway, in a
softly lighted, elegantly furnished
apartment.
LOOKS UPON BROADWAY.
~ sleep here" said Jack. opening
door and showing sa bedroom,
the window overlooking Broadway.
1t was the most plainly furnished
room in the apartment.
Here's Docs room, Contnueo
Jack, showing US u nifty looking
nook, with silver things on the
bureau and clothes scattered about.
We might have known IL was JACK
Kearn's place. Dempsey always
calls Kcarns "Doc."
IF am getting ready for Brennan on
the 14th," said Dempsey. I'm work
ing every day with Bill Tate. my col
ored sparring partner, and Al Reich,
the New York heavyweight, joins to-
morrow. Doc thinks Tate can lick
Wills, or any OF the other colored
lighters
Yes" put in kearns. and I've
got the best middleweight In the
world. Marty Farrell"
AFTER Brennan I meet willard in
q return match" Dempsey went OIL.
81 hear that Jess is training every
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
NAVY FIGHTS HARD TO KEEP
TEAM FROM 0VERCONFIDENCE
BY II. X. RILEY.

ANNAPOLIS, Nov 24-Overconfdence
game is the thing most feared the Naval Academy Time after
event. and recent the coaches ANNAPOLIS and West Point
all could impossible They
places have given rather doefu
the chances victory.
coaching Naval Academy
usually the with his predecessor Gil
Dob would that his had chance but neither
does he amount of confidence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
GEORGE WHITFIELD ASKS
RAISE FOR NEXT YEAR

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 2f.-George
Whitfield. utility star OF the Pitts
burgh Pirates, today demanded an
increase Of salary. His demand was
made. he said, because of the belief
that his career as a player has been
shortened by playing almost every
position but catcher and pitcher.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
Recommends SheelY.

Earl Shelly, first baseman with Salt
Lake in the Pacific league, may get a
trial with Detroit next spring. Ty
Cobb has recommended him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
Sothoron Still Tolls.

Allan Sothoron, the Browns finger,
IS still toiling on the mound. lie is
playing with Tsrpon Springs IN the
florida winter league
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24

wealth of substitute backs practically
equal to their principals, gives the
Navy team a power of attack which
will be difficult to offset, and upon
this more than anything else it re-
lies to win.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
Look Who's Here.

The Ecls tuSsers battle the Bonzi
quintet in their opening game OF the
season tomorrow night ~ the ingram
gym
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
SeWeH Is Coaching.

Joe Sewcll, the Cleveland Indians
shortstop, is assistant coach of the
University of Alabama football eleven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-24
JACK DEMPSEY IS CARING FOR
HIMSELF AS CLASH LOOMS UP
By DAMON RUNYON.

YORK, 24-The heavyweight champion the world
opened the door in person.
he bawled, a gesture of welcome "Come right
I getting ready bed"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-29
CHAPEL S. S.
GIVES TO NEAR EAST

las; night the annual Christmas en-
tertainnent MAS held a, Edwards
hapel Hall, near Parole. ~ the sum
day school and in tho absence OF the
usual treat for the children. the money
appropriated III past years for that
purpose MAS applied to the fund for
the Near Eas; and relief Of starving
children. The sum of $50 Was collect
cd and the SUNDAY School gave SO
making $50. which is a good showing
Tor he little SUNDAY School near
Parole
\ program Of songs and rotations
was given By the children aud short
address made by the pastor. Rev. j. T.
Jaeger, and by the superintendent Of
tho SUNDAY School Joseph O Fowler,
who has held the Office for more than
rs years. In recognition of his long
and faithful service as superintendent
Of the Sunday School. the school gave
him : present. and also gave the pas
TOR one
Among the numbers on the program
was solo sweetly sung by Miss Eva
Carr.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-12-29
THAT FULL MOON
CHRISTMAS NIGHT
RECALLS SUPERST|TIONS

The "fuil moon on Christmas night.
the 10Th. recalled among the fancies
md quaint ideas surrounding the holt
day season Christmas superstition
which has been handed down to ~
through the lapse Of tho ages.
IF Christmas comes during the
waning moon We shall have very
good year, and if nearer TO the full
moon the better" If this be SO, then
tho man in the moon will smilo on US
The next year.
ii Is surprising how many OF the
stories Of this "man iii the moon are
connected with the Christmastide.
The Frisians say that one Christmas
Eve an old man. thinking OF the next
DAYS dinner, climbed the fence and
stole his neighbours fine cabbages.
lust as he lifted his burden on his
back. however, the Christ Child rode
BY on Tits white horse carving gifts
FOR good children, and. Spying the
thief, said:
Because thou hast stolen on tla
holy eve, thou shalt stand in the moor
and be seen by every one. forever and
forever. So there he is, and on every
Christmas Eve he is permitted 70 urn
around once.