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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10

McGovern is dead. We saw Young
Corbett the other night on Broadway
bit stoutish, but scarcely looking
as if nineteen years have passed over
his head since the Thanksgiving Day
he startled the fistic world by beat
ing the redoubtable Brooklyn Terror.
SNICKERED At NEWS.
That day we We're sitting in a
grand stand at n Thanksgiving Day
race meet Of some sort in Pueblo, the
homo OF jim Flynn, then unheraldod
and unsung. We were pretty young
that day, but like all the kids in
Colorado we knew of Young Corbctt,
the same as all the kids In New York
probably knew of McGovern.
a man came dashing into the stand
pabbling: 10
~ "Corbett knocked out McGovcrn in
The second round"
The men around snickered. No ono
believed what the fellow said. They
thought he was springing some sort
of joke. In fact, few persons in our
Town had taken any interest IN the
fight, feeling that McGovcrh was a
sure winner.
Corbett was we'll known around
"a ueblo, but was not regarded as a
great fighter before he met Meow
/ ern. He had fought there n number
,of times with varying success, and
chad many acauaintances N the town.
HE WAS KNOCKED OUT.
= He was knocked out by an old
i timer named Jack Dempsey, from
Y whom n brother of the heavyweight
! champion took n ring name, passing
at onto thc'presont ring king when
,ithe latter took up fighting. Corbett
tslso once fought terrific battle ~
tJ,ueblo with n little Denver fighter
named "Roddy". Coogan. who was
later shot and killed in a saloon fight.
On his way to Hartford to meet
gNcGovcrn. Corhctt and his manager,
johnny Corbett, stopped over in
Pueblo. and attended street fair.
1eople laughed when word was pass
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
CALIFORNIA FAvoRITT:.

= California rules n fayorite on the
coast for its big game ut Pasadena
ON January 1 against the Ohio Stat G
eleven; Western Conference champion.
Andy Smith, in his day n successful
une-plunging fullbacll with the Penn
sylvania Quarkers, is coach OF the
Coast eleven. He says he cannot see
any reason why California can't wipe
up the. ground with Ohio State SO
that settles ii. A lot OF folks out
that way figured the same thing when
Harvard went to Pasadena last year.
Vanderbilt has several relations
with Virginia and Auburn. Thus at
one fell stroke the Commodores get
rid of two strong opponents. That 1t
means nothing to either of the
dropped institutions may be gathe red
from Firginia's signing with Prince
ton and Auburn's booking Centre col
lege of Kentucky for clash at Birm-
ingham. Indeed, Vanderbilt has been
steadily falling in calibcr since those
days when the Commodores were good
enough to give Michigan 4 fight
There is universal satisfac ton
among the graduates of both insti-
tutions that Yale will again visit the
plains on the Hudson and meet the
Army on the gridiron. We have seen
several of those ancient cont csts, and
they were contests, right from the
start down to the very end.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
TIMES BOWLERS MAKE IT
TWO OF THREE Off STAR

Times bowlcrs made Il two out OF
three last night in meeting the
Evening Star duckpin team in tho
Newspaper Bowling League. The Times
men went TO the front in the first
and second games but dropped the
third and IA chance for a clean sweep
and the league leadership.
The 'simes men took the first game
by 4ps 10 Az. the second by 400 to
4s2, bit lost tho thirdsin getting 474
to 400 for the star men. Tho Times,
star. aid Herald are now tide for
flrst h-nors
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10


severed
following the Hilltop
giving the
Washington
that realizing
Virginia elevens held in Washington
While rule recurring all its opponents to play on
grounds Washngton home grounds will be the
ball here The Buff and Blue has other location Tor
believed the
objection appearing this account
parting OF
this section have gieved not much because
Of Washington
Virginia November to battle the George
certainty old
Virginia from ckbeds TO the game
TO be muh
stronger the itself will be worth seeing
the University OF Georgia and may
Hachetes sad surprise upon the Char
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
FIGHTING ABOUT
TAXES

There's an interesting con-
troversy going on just now in
Seattle concerning whether or
not Uncle Sam is overchafg-
ing the golfers on green fees.
Players pay 10 per cent war
tax for every eighteen holes
on the municipal course. Will
liam T. Beess, the deputy col
lector Of customs, claiming the
tax is a legitimate charge.
Members of the park board de-
clared that the Federal Gov
eminent cannot collect a war
tax from a municipality owned
golf course.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10

II Virginia does come here and
defeats George Washington. the VIC
tory will be the first in tho Capital
for the Orange and Blue since 1t
triumphed over the Hiiltoppers In
November. 1909, by score OF II
to o. Harry Costello, destined to DO
virginia's evil genius. was with the
Georgetown eleven of 1910. He was
with the Hiltoppers for four years
and the record of the games shows
the strength of his jinx-like quail
fties.
In 1910 Georgetown defeated the
Orange and Blue, Is to 0. The next
year Costello kicked three field
goals. defeating Virginia, to O.
in 1912 it was Costello's field goal
That gave the victory to, George
TOWN l6 to 10. The final appear
;,nce of the Charlottesville contin-
ssent was on a muddy fiefd and I'M
der a steady drizzle. Virginia was
leading, to G. when the Hilltoppers
forced an opposing halfbacil to make
"A safety and again: Georgetown had
won, to I. That night athletic
relations were severed between thu
two universities.
WOULD he WELCOMED.
But all Southerners in Washing
Npn-and there are thousands-have
erieved that Virginia came no more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
WALTER Assay TO TACKLE
FREELAND IN TOURNEY

Walter Assay and Danny Freeland
will furnish the cue work tonight at
the Grand Central Palace" in the Dis
,trict pocket billiard championship
tourna.nen a first-class match is in
progress.
George wheatley, District title
holder, met and defeated John Tolson
last night in a match which drew out
the banner crowd OF the tournament
Wheatley drew Ahead with runs Of
80 aud IS and won out by 100 TO SO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Hapq0od a M0uuI.

George T. Stallings and Walter T..
Ilapgood, until recently manager and
business manager, respectively. OF the
Boston Braves, have purchased the
Rochester International League fran.
chise. Hapgood used TO be a sporting
editor In Bostcn before going to the
Braves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Penn Is Hopeful.

Forgetting four straight defeats for
the varsity and recalling only that
great victory over Cornell on Turkey
Day, the. Pennsylvania Gazette the
undergraduate weekly at Penn, says
that'"an excellent foundation has occn
laid for future success" Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
az Play Here---Service Teams in Clash Tomorrow
Beckett AND moran
BATTLE m LONDON
Georges Carpenter Favors
Britisher Because He Is
.,.-l Younger Man. "ysc

LONDON. Dec. Io-JossBeckett and
Frank Moran meet here topjght in a
fifteen-round bout. Both mem are full
OF oonfidenoeand and Ia good condition.
though Beckett, declares he expects
beating Moran Will be- a tough job.
Georges. Carpenter, :, European
heavyweight champion. fayors Beck
EFT because he is younger. faster and
q better boxer" The Daily News tips
Moran 10 win. Other newspapers are
nou-committal. = 49,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Stein Is Captain.

Russell r. stein, OF Niles, Ohio. has
been chosen captain OF the W. and J
eleven for 1921. ltc has been playing
tackle for three years and ranks with
tho best In the East. Hts brother.
Herbert Stein. was captain and CEN
ter of the Pittsburgh eleven this fall
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10

| cd around about the Denver boys
Eastern mission. They had heard
much about McGovern out there, and
they didn't believe that anybody
| could leat him.
Or they figured that IL anybody did
beat him, 1t wouldn't be n home boy.
You know how the old home is about
the home boy.
IT'S true" the man persisted.
"Corbett licked that feIler."
But nobody believed it until they
went downtown and saw in the eve-
ming papers. Then there was much
juhilation around the saloons that
night, and many folks got well spif-
fiicated telling each other how they
always Knew Corbctt would be q
champion, Mt that.
Tho old-timcrs have told me time
and again how the result was re-
ceived at the ringside in Hartford,
and in New York. For n time the
Eastern fistic followers were. almost
as skoptical as the folks out home
Denver, which was Corbett's home
town, and where his family. the
Rothwclls, are well known and high
- respected people, cut loose and
held quite n celebration. Denver al
ways thought pretty Well of Corbett's
ilstic ability, but few believed he
was good enough to beat Terry.
HE HAD CONFIDENCE.
Corbett himself. and Corbett's man
aEer, Johnny Corbett, had plenty of
confidence. Johnny Corbett, who
came East wearing muskrat skin
vest, always claimed that "rhe' Kid"
as he called Corbctt, could whip any
man, who would carry the fight to
Kim. Johnny Corbett is still around
Denver, and the last we heard of him
he was in the employ OF the city.
When the Eastern sports came to
analy2e Young Corbett's record, nine
teen years ago, they were surprised
that they had given him such small
consideration. lie had whipped such
as Eddie Santry, Benny Yanger. Joe
Bernstein and Kid Broad, ono after
the other, and a fighter who could
do that was bound to have more than
average ability. ~''
Tho late Charley white. N"old
Eagle Eye" who was the referee OF
the famous bout. often told us how
the boys talked to each other the
moment they came together. He
said they skipped around him like n
couple of terriers so rapidly that ne
could scarcely follow them. and he
heard McGovern remark:
"oh. you've got a pretty good left
hand, haven't your"
Yea" Corbett replied, "and a
pretty good right, too
Nineteen years ago!
II doesn't seem but yesterday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Will Lose Urban.

Louis Urban, captain and star end,
will graduate from Boston College ia
June. lie is being chosen generally
for all-American honors this season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10

and Blue winning. 10 to 0, from the
weak Yale team OF 1915. The other
two victories went to the Ellis. II
was thought that Virginia would win
from Harvard in 1915. but Eddie Ma
hams team won, Is TO o. Tho Vir-
ginians visited Cambridge In 1916
1919 and 1920. losing each time. Now
they are going back 10 Princeton 70
resume the series halted back TO
1898.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
will Have Shooters.

George Washington University will
have a ride team this winter. The
team will be In charge CT
w. r. Stokes. who is a member OF the
q. w. ". law school.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
They Seek Trouble.

Tho Roamer a C., the newest and
fastest OF the lighter basketball
teams, desires games with teams av-
oraging 1870 pounds. Address Mana
ger o'Rcilly, IA Second street north.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
HilIeTand Is Better.

Arthur "Doc" ulllebrand, all.
American tackle for three yoars when
at Princeton In tho late SOS, Is re-
covering from an operation for ap,
pcndlc!tls "a Baltimore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Puoh Will Lead.

Nd Pugh. who captured the Tech
High football team this fall, has been
elected to lead the Manual Trainers
for next year. .N o.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
SiIentS milne.

The silent Five wants games witt
out OF town and District basketball
teams. Gerald ]. Ferguson is man
ager and can be reached at 7l2 Il
street northeast. 49, E...
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Was at Tulane.

Lc Gendre, Princeton's star football
end, played basketball at Tulane be-
fore entering the New Jersey institu-
ton, and he is now 4 candidate for
the Tigers quintet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Cadets Go Back.

The Plying Cadets" the V. NJ. /.
eleven, will go back to Phpadclph' a
Tor another crack at Heisman's
Quakers next season. AS fow stars
will be missing, tho Jexlngtonians be-
lieve they will win their second clash
there
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Central Lads Swim.

Central High swimmers will core-
pete with tho stanton Military Acad-
envy lads Saturday at Staunton, Va,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Here 1t Is

Opportunity is always wait
ing at the door for the
right man., even if he is a
mob.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
DENVER FANS SNICKERED WHEN
TOLD THAT CORBETT HAD WON
By DAMON RUNYON.

1OThanksgiving Day nineteen years pro-
duced an memorable in fstc history as,
November. and that
Hartford with the OF seeing
pugistc upstart from Denver
Cal cnlIoL Nounm CorIaf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Advisers to Meet.

High school athletic advisers will
meet Tuesday to arrange details for
the basketball season
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-12-10
Force Is Beaten.

Force School basketers were de
teated by to by the Boys Y. NJ. G
A! team in the "Y'' gym yesterday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
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r1anbis Theatre Change Of bill twic:
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S1pss Thesars-Chapgs, Of bill twice
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
Six Acts With
Joe Laurie, Jr.
Palace Feature

The Palace management offers
six acts Of i0rpheum vaudeville
starting Sunday matinee, featuring
Joe Laurie, Jr. When is a mono
logist not a monolegist? When he
is Joe Laurie. Why? You will see
Joe Laurie for the answer. Laurie
as most everybody who goes to
vaudeville knows, is a pure COM
edian. He has involved something
new in laughing service. and you
will have to be served to find out
what the something now is. A the
atrical manager once said that
every laugh in a play was worth
500. Accepting these figures as a
fact. Mr.. Laurie has quite fortune
within himself. Laurie describes
himself as "The Pint Size Coined
ian" and calls his: vehicle WHAT
care" ts''3~rt.
Earl and Sunshine in To-day and
Yesterday offer a unique little
contrast in characters. One is a
girl Of today, the other, one who
was young yesterday. Underneath
the comedy is delightful strain Of
sentiment while the dialogue dis
closes the fact that girls will be
girls regardless Of the date In
| which they live.
The only universal language &C
far is music, and to everyone, ex.
cept q few faddists, music is ex.
pressive enough to answer every
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
Edythe Sterling
Features in Real
Story of Plains

The Colonial bill tomorrow and
Monday offers a decided novelty in
photoplays with. The Girl Who
Dared" a new western drama, as
The featured attraction. Western
photoplays with the. usual amount
OF thrills. romance, villainy, horse
manship and gunplay do not exact
ly belong in a class with things
novel, but when the nucleus around
which all such adventures are
builded happens to be a young,
pretty. yivaciohs woman, then that
is something different.
Such is the case with THE Girl
Who Dared" in which the .featur-
ed performer is lovely Edythe Ster-
ling. around whom all the action
takes place In this fast-moving ro-
nance of the plains.
The. star is cast as Barbara
Hampson, a daughter OF the west
who. because Of her rare horse
manship and unflinching courage
dares undertake the capture of 9
wild Pinto stallion. This done
Barbara is so much in the favor Of
the townspeople that she is over.
whelmingly elected to the ONCE Of
county sheriff. She then finds tina,
between the discharge Of her on,
cial duties and her efforts to keey
pace with the iromahcs that ha.
beset her, she Is indeed the busies
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
Colored Musical :
Comedy Sensation
to Give Matinee

What promises to be. the sensa-
ton of the local theatrical season
is the appearance of the big col
ored musical comedy Hello
Jazzbo" at the Illinois theatre to-
morrow matinee and night.
This company numbers 40 peo-
pie. the pick Of the colored profess
sion, and a singing and dancing
chorus of creole beauties that one
critic declares to be THE sweetest
singing and daintiest dancing
chorus that ever appeared in must
cal comedy"
The company carries their own
Jazzonian orchestra and il the re-
ception accorded these clever per-
formers in other cities is any criter.
ion the theatre should be packed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16

need. At least this is SO when the
music is rendered by musicians
The Vaiente Brothers are music
ians. They are generally conceded
to be among the foremost accord
eonists, and these two boys make
their instruments laugh and CT.
and sing and sob. Beethoven ant
Berlin, Mendelssohn or Meyers
Schubert or Snyder, they all form
a little family party as far as the
music of the Valente Brothers is
concerned.
Other acts on the bill are thre'
De'yOns, novelty aeria!ists an
eQuilibrists; Burke and Burke i,
"a Western Union Romance; Rog
ers and West, classy entertainers
and the usual late Kilograms an,
topics of the day.
Manager Scharnberg's classy bill
for three days starting Thursda
matinee featuring Elsie Picler an.
Dudley Douglas in smart songs
/ dances, sayings and gowns, plu,
five other Orpheum acts of unusua
merit. s-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
VAUDEVILLE.
(DsvenpUrt
'GR Leading Stars
sof Film Billed at
Majestic Theatre

T1Rn Majestic IL presenting for the
co&XAg week four OF the leading
stars Of photoplaydom. They are
nonosother than Tom Mix, Marjorie
Raihheau. Alice Brady and Pearl
sWK3lH Mix comes to the Majestic
tonNght In THE Untamed." one OF
the biggest western hits ever
scfnoned. There is hard riding,
fgfS3ng. tough work on saddle and
fooE-in this fine photoplay and
thcDH who miss It are going to re-
grGkshaving cone so.
NSf10rie Rambeau Is seen in 1.-THE
Fortune Teller" at the heighth OF
her Extraordinary powers Of dra-
matte acting. She is in fact now
1t the pinnacle Of her fame as a
state actress and for her to be Sc
cured as a film star is big scoop
for :1iIe Robertson Cole people who
got her to sign contract for the
treGendous superspecial. Her
scrtxA appearance immortalizes the
exqutsite dramatic art which has
gained for her the unanimous
praises OF tho worlds leading crit
les md other students OF the drama.
Mir Rambeau's historic stage tri-
umphs 10 not equaled but surpassed
In tn screen version Of "The For
tune Teller" Deprived Of the use
Of speech as a medium for her ex-
L precision OF emotional shading, she
registers even more forcibly through
her technically perfect utilization
OF her remarkable features.
N In adcition to "The Fortune Tell
er. there will be q Fatty Arbuckle
4 comedy. the hefty comedian appear
ing IN Camping Out"
How does he spend his leisure!
= That Is a real test of mans char
acter as, well as Of his tastes. Does
he spend it playing golf or Kelly
pool; reading Thackeray or the Pc.
lice Gazette; spading UP a garden
plot In the back yard. or fishing
loafng or studying? What he does
during his working hours doesn't
count seriously. for he may bt
working at An uncongenial tasl
that he never in the world would
have chosen voluntarily for his lifs
work. But what he does during his
I leisure Is what he chooses, usually
and what he chooses shows wha
kind q man he really Is. lazy Of
industrious. morbid or wholesome
good or bad. The hero OF "A Darl
Lantern" was q ve.y peculiar kline
Of man. Nobody really knew hin
vefy-intimately. He was silent. in
scrutahle, brusQue. yet high in hi!
prof644ion and in popular favor
How~iid he spend his leisure!
! regular Or. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde
kind Of an enigma was DR.. Gartl
Vincent. Don't miss seeing James
Crane IN this fascinating yet sin
lister role. "A Dark Lantern" star
ring Alice Brady. is one Of tn,
strongest emotional dramas Of tn,
picture year. It comes to the Ma
5estic theatre on Tuesday ant
Wednesday.
Doubtless . host Of motion pic
ture followers who have wofshippe,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-16
New Array Songs
and Dances at the
Columbia Theatre

With q new array Of songs,
dances, sayings and q number Of
stunning sartorial creations, Elsie
Pilcer and Dudley Douglas are
again bidding for popular favor Of
variety audiences. There 10 An as
sortment Of theatrical goods which,
when properly presented is entitled
to attention and consideration and
II is fully expected that audiences
at the Columbia starting Sunday
will find the act as highly-enter-
tanning as other audiences over the
country have discovered 1t to be.
Miss Pilcer and Mr.. Douglas are
headlining the new bill at the CO.
lumbia and look like winners, il
favorable press notices gathered all
over the country, are to be believed.
The exceptionally capable exhibit
ton offered by Hanlon and Clifton
is said to be classy affair and has
been named THE Unexpected"
Handsomely set, the athletic stunts
provided by this team are said to
JIG CASCA
Eddie Hume & Co. are down for
a sketch "Oh Hector" by name. 1t
is the latest vaudeville compost
ton by Will M. Hough, author Of
many musical comedy successes.
Hume plays the leading role and
| will best be remembered for his
comedy creations in George Dam
erals acts. In fact, Mr.. Dameral
is producer Of "Oh Hector" and has
provided Mr.. Hume with we'll
fitting role. Among the characters
is q vampire, militant wife and
others and the dialogue and situa-
lions are brisk and well acted. This
act is not scheduled to appear al
the Columbia until the latter part
Of the week.
T! Other acts starting on Sunday
! will include Kalaluhi's Hawaiians
Durham and Williams and Other
acts.
An interesting fact in connection
with the show starting Sunday is
that Miss Pilcer of the team Of
/; Elsie Pilcer and Dudley Douglas, il
a sister of Harry Pilcer, the famous
partner Of the late Gaby Deslys.
!. Singers midgets appear at tn,
!. Columbia the week Of Oct. 81
Three performances will be givel
daily.