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The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
WAGON TONGUES
FOR WARCLUBS
Old-Timers Still Have Ches-
ter Parks of Warren, Pa,
Make Baseball Bats.

Warren, Pa, Feb. 1.-Hans Wagner.
Diamond Harry Smith and Rube
Vickery, who in 1895 starred with the
Warren team in the old Iron and Oil
League, are accountable for a very
thriving present-day industry in War
rem. During the good old days OF
the Iron and Oil League all three
were among the heavy swatsmeh of
the league and their lusty wallops
hammered out many a victory for
Warren.
The great difficulty lay in getting
good bats. Finally they hit upon the
expsdient of having Chester Parks. an
aged wagon maker of the town, turn
them some bats. using their favorite
models as a pattern. Good seasoned
timber for the purpose was hard to
get and Harry Parks, son OF Ches-
ter Parks, bethought himself Of some
old broken wagon tongues piled in
the attic of the story and one-ha1f
shop. These were brought out and
soon were swatting the ball.
As the pile of wagon tongues III
minished the moonlight nights were
taken advantage of and '%Toots" Bar
rett and Hans Wagner toured the
country with a good saw. When a
farmers wagon was spotted Off came
the tongue and many a farmer who
never rooted at a ball game in his life
yet lent his tongue to a ninth inning
rally.
The players drifted away and still
they sent to "Old Man Parks" for
their bats. From all of the big league
teams broken bats were expressed in
that they might be used for modeIs
in the making of new ones. The busi-
ness grew and today the battle cry
of Honus Wagner ''Bingo" when he
wanted hit is used as a name for
q bat.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
HAVANA ENTRIES.
Fnp TTRSnAv

FIRST RACE-Three furlongs. Maiden
2-year-olds. Purse, $500. a-wishing. 1O7;
a-Dorothy. Ill; Anna Magnetic. Ill; Spugs,
III; Disturbance, Ill; Vic Munuz, ia;
Painter. ia: General Agrumente, ia. a-D.
Spence Thraves entry.
SECOND RACE-Fiye and one-half fur
longs. Three -year-olds. Claiming. Purse.
5000 xQueen Gaffney, 9OS xPunctualr 90;
xSentry, lO3; Leenrack, 1O4: Orleans Girl
lO4: Northern Belle. 104; Diomed, los.
THIRD RACE-Six furlongs. Three-year-
olds and up. Claiming. Purse, 5000.
xRlanche Donation, 95; xArthur Middleton,
a7: xArplejack, 100; xskyman. 100; xHelen
Atkin, 10l; Manganese, los; xYorkville. 100.
FOURTH RACE-Six furlengs. Three
year-olds and up. Claiming. Handicap.
Purse Ss00. a-Scrub Lady. 100: a-Nolawn,
1o1; Skeerface. 101: Poacher, lo3; SurpIice.
lO4; Currency. Ill; Marse John, ia, al. J..
Maher entry. ...-,
FIFTH RACE-one mile and sixteenth.
-Four -yesr odds aud up. Claiming. Purse.
5000. Bally Connell, 108; xParable, log:
Daymon. lOS; xHalf and Half, Ill: Duke of
shelby. Ill: Lady Rasch. 113; st. Cliff, 1I3.
SIXTH RACE-one mile and fifty yards.
Four-year -olds and up. Claiming. Purse,
800. xBiI Hunley. OF; xJohn W. Klein.
90: xcorydOu, 1ol; Thorn5loOm, los; HOcnir,
lO6. ...-
x-Apprentice allowance claimed.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
Los Angeles Y. w. c. A.
Claim Best Super,Domen

to build splendid bodies as instru-
menls for high purposes. and, true TO
the best traditions of the Y. w. c. A.
caste and social distinctions are not
permitted to intrude.
In boomers and bathing suits, there
is nothing TO distinguish the girls OF
one set from those Of another. and
the number OF diamonds one can flash
doesn't necessarily win a swimming
race or a basketball match.
That is to say. the size Of her bank
roll hasn't anything to do with a
girls striving for super-woman nhood
in this democratic institution.
The picture herewith shown is the
first ever taken by a man photogra-
phef in this Adamless Eden-and IL
was permitted only after a camera
man had secured a majority vote Of
all the girls.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
ny JERRY LYNCH.
Herald Correspondent.

Los Angeles. Feb. lone thousand
women OF Los AIIeIes. young and
still younger, have an ambition to be
super-girls and super-mothers of su-
perior children.
They form the athletic classes of the
Y. w. c. A, said to be The largest or
ganiZation of its kind west of the
Rockies. and daily they put their am
less Eden.
Already these fair seekers OF su-
periority are making the modest claim
that they have developed the largest
aggregation OF perfectly formed and
vigorous young women in the West
In the perfectly equipped gym and
the big swimming pool there is but
one consideration and one standard
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
EIGHTEEN RED SOX
PLAYERS HOLDOUTS

Boston. Feb. L-Eighteen players on
the Boston Red Sox list for 1870 have
not signed contracts yet. The club
has the signatures OF thirteen players
at the bottom OF contracts that are
tucked away in the safe, and most OF
the regular team is in line.
Among the players who have not yet
signed are Witt, Pennock, Foster. Nc
Nally. Dumont, Walters, Lamar. Nc
Neill and Winn Of last seasons cara
Ivansary. while on the assured list
stand the names of such fellows as
Scott. Schang. McInnis. Hooper, Jones
and Bush.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
No Raise in Price.

One OF the magnates who will stand
firmly against any raise in prices at
baseball parks this spring is Charles
A. Comiskey. The 'Old Roman" is
in Miami, but has let it be known thst
at the big baseball meetings in Chi
caro week after next he will tHke
up the cudgels for the poor ultimate
consumer IL any attempt at a gem
eral increase is planned. Unless the
league DEGREES otherwise. the White
SoX owner says the "two-bitter' will
be as welcome in his park in 1870 as
heretofore.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
Trinity Football Schedule

Hartford. Conn, Feb. 1--Carl Holm.
football manager of Trinity, tonight
announced the following schedule for
next season:
September q. Connecticut Aggies at
Hartford: october 1, Columbia at New
York; October .. Wesleyan at Mid,
dletown; October l6. Bowdoin at
Brunswick; October .. Williams at
Williamstown: November 2. New York
University at New York; November g.,
Springfield at Hartford; November la,
Amherst at Hartford. ~ -
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
LEXINGTON GENERALS
CALL OFF BIG GAME

Washington and Lee basket ball
management has cancelled its game
with Georgetown for tonight to be
played in Richmond, Va. No details
were given, but it is said the Lexing-
ton authorities are afraid Of the
FLU" This means the biggest sec
tional game of the year will go by
the board.
Georgetown has two other games
listed for this week in Ryan gym.
Tuesday night the West Virginia
Wesleyan quint will be on hand. while
on Friday night the Johns Hopkins
team will be the opponents of the Hill
toppers on the home floor.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
JACOB STENZEL
SOME ESWATTER
Hammers Horsehide for
Mark Of 400 First Year
In National League.

1. (rhls is the hrst instaIlment Of the history
Of Jacob Stencil as told by George L. More
land. The Herald's Baseball statisticianJ.
How would you like to own a ball
club and have a young payer Join
your club and in the first season
after he did, lead your league with an
average of 400?
Well. picked UP a player back in
that very thing.
1888 for the Pittsburg club that did
The player was Jacob Stencil, who
afterwards proved one Of the hardest
hitters that had broken into baseball
for long time.
/ first knew Jake when he played
in Wheeling in 1887 with such notables
as Ed Delehanty and Jesse Burkett,
both of whom made great regulations
afterwards. This Stencil then was a
catcher, but on account of his hard
hitting and the fact that the clubs
then carried but twelve men, each
player had to work in every game.
as Burkett and Stencil were battery
men. but both hard hitters, they
never were permitted to loaf.
Buckenberger Pilot.
Al. Buckenberger. who in later
years, managed the Pittsburg and
Boston National League clubs, was
manager of Pittsburg in 1888 and the
club needed a hard hitter for the
outfield.
Among the players who were then
outfielders on the team may be men
toned: Edward Swartwood and Pop"
Corkhill, both of whom were about
ready to get out OF the game. Then
they had Elmer <. Smith, a hard hit
10 ~ a
during the American Association
days IN that city, and who went to
Kansas City where he was played in
the outfield for his hitting.
The club also had George Van
Haltern, the ex-Chicago pitcher,
and Patrick Donovan, who was just
breaking in as a major league player.
So you see, all the outfielders were
either old ones or youngsters who
were just starting.
Go to New Orleans.
That year Manager Buckenberger
decided to take his team to New Or
leans to do its spring training. The
owner of the team objected to the
extra heavy expense as he had always
had the players do their work un-
der the grandstand and on the local
grounds.
But Buck" proved to the owner
that he could make money by TAX
ing his team South. and l may say
that at that time it was a rarity for
any club to train anywhere except on
its own grounds. But the trip was
made and when the Pittsburg club
got back home they had in the club
treasury over 5000 above the ex-
penses of the trip. Pittsburg has
never trained at home since.
ITO be continuedJ
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
OUIGLEY MAY RESIGN
AS NATIONAL UMPIRE

st. Marys, Kans.. Feb. 1.-Ernest
C. Quigley, National League UNI
pire and widely known in Missouri
Valley collegiate circles as a foot
ball and basketball official, may
pass up baseball, devoting his Of
basketball.
Quigley Is running a thriving
motor car business here. Recently
he placed an order for $50. 900 worth
of trucks with a St. Louis concern.
II he gets full delivery on this
order "Quigg" has passed out the
information with a positiveness that
is final that he will resign as a
National League umpire.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES.

FIRST RAcE-Three furiongs. No Fool.
ing, Ill; Alcatraz. III; Keymar. Ill; Joe
Ill: Hunters Point, lI6. = -
SECOND RACE = Six furiongs. Bethel
Hill, 1O7; Charming. 107: Jean K. lo7; LADY
Ward. 107: landslide. lo7: Mabel TrasE.
los; Rappahannock Sd, los; Sentimental,
Goose. 1l5; Arch Plotter. ii6. Also elirihIe:
DR.. Levy, 112; Huron 3D.. 1o5; Marrery, i02
THIRD RACE-six. furlongs. Puiiux, III:
Rainbow Girl. 1o7; Luke,s Pet. 10s; Day OF
Peace, los: Tingaling. lo2; Blaise, 102;
Lorena Moss. 1o1; Trusty, 100; satsna. o.;
Keep. 92. ss
FOURTH RAcE-ons mile. rppo sahib,
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
WITH THE

los Douglas S. lO6: woodstone. lo6: Jihy.
1O3: Game Cock. 1893, Romeo, 9s; Eulogy. sc.
FIFTH RACE - One and sixteenth
miles Arbitrator, ll3; l Win l Win, lO5;
BRYAN BorI. lIO; Mistake, lOj; Contestant,
lOj: Al Pierce. l05.
SINTu RACE-one and one-eighth miles.
Bombast. ITO; Luther. 10; Sasin. no;
Prunes 100; Amino, 1O2; CabalIo, l1O; Rook-
cry. 81.
SEVENTH RACE-Gumpy. l13; Paul Con-
nelly. 113; Lucious, 10: Waterproof. ITO:
]. c. Stone. 10; CounterbaIanCe, lO6; FL
Rey, lUJ; SKY Pilot. 1u2
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
INDEPENDENT BASKET BALL TOSSERS HOLD FOX
Independent Basketball
Quints Will Get Action
New Major Leaguers.

CLYDE JENNINGS MANIoN
Catcher, Detroit. Tigers. Born.
st. Louis, October 80. 1897. Bats
and throws. right-handed. Height,
feet II inches: weight IT'S pounds.
First engagement. Topeka, Kans..
Western League. 1918; Tulsa Okla.
1919.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
Wilde to Get $4,000.

Toledo. Ohio. Feb. 1.-When Ad
Thatcher returns from Milwaukee he
will begin immediate preparations for
the twenty-round worlds 1fly-weight
championship bout between Jimmy
Wilde and frankie Mason. It Is un-
derstood that Wilde's share of the
purse will be $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
Ruth TwentY-six Saturday.

George Babe Ruth. the worlds
greatest slugger and the highest
priced ballplayer of all time. will
celebrate his 26th birthday next
Saturday. The Yankees latest ac-
QUESTION first saw the light OF day
on February Z, 1894, in Baltimore, Md.
Ruth today stands feet 2 inches and
weighs 1ss pounds.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
Players to Report.

The following members Of the Loans
and Currency Basketball team are
expected to report for today's game
with Peck Memorial. Twenty eighth
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
p. m: Solomon, Wingfleld. McCIay,
Mccasslin, o'Connor, Cook. woiden-
berg. Wilkinson, Peterson. McKinnon,
Overbee, Goodman. -.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
Belmonts After Game.

The Belmont A. c. would like to
arrange game for Thursday night
on their gym. Communicate with
Charles A. streeks. manager. AZ Eye
street northwest
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
Has Oldtimers.

With Sherwood Magee on first base
and Terry Turner at shortstop, Joe
Tinker's Columbus American Associa-
ton team will have two OF the Oldest
players in harness when the season
opens. And yet they're both good.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

display their knowledge Of the ru-
diments OF the game when they
meet Gallaudet College, Saturday
night This does not mean that
Coach Almon has not done his best
with the team. but the material ID
not there.
Girls viii Play.
The Ingram Church Gymnasium
will not hold the vast crowd that
is going to turn out to witness the
game tonight between the Ingram
young ladies and the girls that hand
out the insurance for the War Risk
Bureau. Those who are acquainted
with the two sextettes are anxious
ly waiting for the first tap OF the
gong. Ingram is considered to have
the edge as their team has been
playing championship basketball
together for the past four years.
The War Riskers are not one bit
scared and will go into the contest
with the determination to break the
winning streak of a team that has
not been set back for the past four
years. II you want to witness this
contest you will have to come early
as the space for spectators is lin
tied.
High school Tossers.
The second half of the High
School series will get started to-
morrow afternoon after not being
allowed to finish the first half last
week when the floor at Catholic
University was put temporarily out
of commission. The four topnotchers
will get together again in a double
matinee bill, Tech going against
Business and Central stacking up
against Western.
All the quints are in fine fettIe
and there will be no excuse to offer
by the two teams that meet defeat.
In the first half of the series Tech
did not lose a contest and may be
expected to repeat in the final. You
can't sometimes always tell. though.
for Business. Western and Central
have fives that are not to be sneezed
at. and it bechoves the Carpenters
and Caoinet-makers to keep a close
watch on that Central bunch who
have been going at a fast clip in
their last few contests.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02

the scorer to use his Judgment in
awarding a hit or stolen base instead
OF an error on plays in which the um-
pire is compelled 70 reverse his de-
cision when a ball is dropped
For instance, IL often happens that
an inhelder will make a phenomenal
stop Of a grounder that looked like a
sure hit then in a frantic effort 70 nail
his man at first. may have to hurry
his throw or perhaps make a rather
wild throw. The first boseman NAV
stab the ball and the umpire call tho
man out but because OF the hurried
play which was Necessary, the ball il
dropped and the umpire has to change
his decision and call the man safe.
Protect Fielder and Batter.
In such cases. the scorer usually
gives either the man who threw the
ball or the first basemzn an error.
thus depriving the batter Of a most
deserving hit. and the only reason for
the error is that the umpire frsL
called the man out. Such cases put
a penalty on the fielder for taking a
desperate chance and il IL desperate
chances that make the thrills in the
game
: All in all. the baseball people will be
glad when the end OF the week arrives.
Then they will all hustle back home to
get ready for the coming season.
Orders same Uniform.
President Grifith has decided 10
have the same style Of uniforms for
the home and abroad games the COM
ing season that he has had for the
past several seasons The uniforms
have been selected and when the
boys all reach Tampa. "Cy" Nc
Donals, Spalding's sentative. will
get his annual trip South 70 take
the measure Of all the players.
The Brooklyn club has decided TO
travel South to Jacksonville by boat.
leaving New York on Tuesday. the
24th. and reaching their training camp
on Sunday morning.
Vanguard 20 Go.
Trainer Mike Martin. Comedian
Nick Altrock and the groundkeepyr
will depart from Baltimore by boat
for the training camp on wednesda,.
the 18th inst. Time is fast approach
ing when the fans viii be reading all
the scandal from the training grounds
The following week there viii be a
bunch Of pitchers and catchers owe
and on March 5 all the regulars will
depart As the FIRST games will be
played March l. with 0ikelyl the
Brook!yns. there will not be much
time left for the players after they
arrive TO shape UP.
Connie Mack has announced that he
will take thirty-five players South
with him. The first bunch will leave
for Lake Charles. La. on the 9th
inst One week later. or February 2.
all the other players and officials will
be on their way. Mack will divide
players Up into three clubs, one the
regulars, he will handle: the second
and third teams will be under Coaches
Davis and Murphy and they will play
different cities Connie is going to
make up for lost time. for il is re-
membered that he trained at home
last year.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
c. W. Must Improve.

George Washington will have to
.isclose some better basket ball
han they disclosed against George
own or they will not stand a ghost
r a show against their opponents
n the good old State of PennsyIva-
tis, when they take their extended
SoTtheTn trip. They show lots of
'ep, but outside of Gilman. the rest
t the team does not appear to be
UNITS.
They will have a good chance to
The Washington herald., 1920-02-02
Rules Committee Meet.

1t has been suggested that a rule
be made depriving a base runner OF
a stolen base when he is allowed to
run to second or third unmolested as
often happens near the end Of
game when that base runners run
would make no difference in The hnal
result.
President Veeck is in favor OF form
ing some sort Of rule that will cause
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-11

ton is the undoubted fact that good many
ied-haired people have played up some Of
the traditions themselves, for one purpose
or another, and have banked n good deal
ON the possession OF red hair by some char.
acterS famous for their personalities and
gifts.
Paris. the lover of Helen, is alleged to
have had red hair. Cleopatra Peter the
Great, Eric the Red (discoverer of Amer.
ica); William Rufus. the second Norman
King OF England; i}arbarossa. the great
hero OF the East; Frederick the Great OF
Germany, John Bunyan, James Russell
Lowell, Swinburnc, William the Silent.
Savonarola, Thomas Hobbies and Queen
Elizabeth possessed hair that was more or
less red.
Artists have with great frequency repre-
scented the Saviour as red-haired, though
the little we know about the physical
traits o. Jesus are summed w in the re-
mark of Saint Clement of Alexandria that
Jesus had no beauty Of face; His person
had no physical attractions; He only pos
sessed beauty of soul which is the true
beauty" and in that OF Saint Irenaeus, 4
disciple of Saint Polycarp, who was Il dis
ciple OF Saint John, TO the effect that his
master had often heard the beloved disci-
pie say that the hair OF Jesus had already
turned white when He began His mission
study of the available chronological
data justilies the conclusion that the most
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persons. meaning literally beautiful red.
haired spirit"
cross-section OF a hair shows. from
witnln outward, the medulla, or pith, then
iniddie hDrous portion, or corteX, making
up the bulk OF the hair, and Il thin external
layer composed Of epithelial cells called
the cuticle. The flbrous portion OF tho
mar smart Is the seat OF its celebration.
davenport, working under the auspices
Oh the Carnegie Institution u9O9). con.
ciudeu that there are two main types OF
pigment In human hair-a reddish yellow.
Whlch mas its intcnsest development i'm
oright red, and a sepia brown whose i'm.
tensity varies from light yellow to dark
brown and black. The shades of hair dc.
pend upon the relative intensity of these
pigments. which are derived from the color.
ing matter OF the blood.
In dark hair the reddish yellow pigment
Is overpowered by the scpia tone. Tho
cortical cells even of black hair contain
THIS reddish yellow pigment The hair OF
me negro contains the same reddish yellow
pigment as his white brothers.: Leonard
says quite as much
Our hair proves that we are brothers all
and that our notions and prejudices re
garding coloration are provincial. irrationo,
and supcrstitious
There are no scientific foundations for
the legends concerning red hair The idea
that redhaired people are frmer in their
convictions. more patriotic more religions
and more moral, when their hair is fine and
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SOFT than other people, and more brutal
anu SenSuai when II is coarse and harsh is
exactly on par with the notion started
ny the missionaries who followed Caesar
INTO britain that red-haredness connected
savage paganism, with all its primitive
psychologist traits Organism is paganjsm
whether 1T be red-haired or black-haireA)
ne red-haired Teutonic barbarians spoken
OF by Iactus Clist. lib. ivO were nor bar
parlana because OF the color OF their hair
any more than the followers of Geupbis
hhan were barbarians because their hair
was Monaghan black.
" is only when the rcGhaired person is
encountered and regarded apart from whnt
hiiShl ne called his natural ethnic enyiren-
ment that uncommon traits are ascrtbed 10
ninl ny ignorance. malice or envy. This ia
'he key TO the question: The red-haired
person In an uncommon environment is
not like other people in IL conspicuous re-.
spec'' ana cXcites psychologist reaction In
me minds OF commonplace folk The sam,
'hlng would be true OF black.haired indiyid.
uals IN similar circumstances
democracy stupidity demands that we he
all OF one hue OF hair Alkeness is tho
chlef consequence and aim OF democracy
IL is. indeed, the character by which we
identity democracy. There are tremendous
sociai forces working necessarily 10 make
men alike, but they cannot prevent red.
haircdness. Through red hair Nature oc.
casionally reminds us that mankind can.
not De ievelled and standardized.