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The Washington times., 1921-11-10
ADAMS WOULD
LEAVE PIRATES
To Be EMANAGER
Veteran Pitching Star Lured
BY Job With Pacific
Coast Club.

It Is reported from the Coast that
Babe Adams, veteran twirllng star
of the Pirates, has asked Barney Drey-
fuss for his release SO that he might
be able to accept a managerial Job
on the Coast.
The arms of these old.timers also
last a few more years in the salu-
brious climate Of California than they
do In the more rugged East, with Its
wintry, changeable springs. Frequent
ly 1t takes until June before the arms
of these oldtimers thaw out.
Adams was of little use to Plttr-
burg last season until the campaign
was over a month old, when he started
in on his great winning streak. To-
ward the end of his major league
career, Bill Donovan did his real
pitch ng in NJune July and August.
1t Is understood that Barney Drey-
fuss has coaxed Adams to stick with
the Pirate craft for another season.
Despite the fact that Adams is in his
late thirties. he won twelve games
at one stretch for the Pirates. lib
son discovered that the proper method
to use Adams was once a week, which
O. nt veteran a long rest between
games.
Dreyfuss cannot be blamed for want
ing to hold on to Adams for another
year. A pitcher capable of winning
fourteen games a year is a handy as
set.
However. IL Adams decides to return
next year. the 1922 season will see he
las he famous finger. Adams
will be thirty.nine next spring. and II
will not be long before Pittsburs 9
famous Babe will travel down the ro.,d
travelled by Young. Plank. Mathewson
and former knights Of the twirlips
slah
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
ROLLS NEARLY
PERFECT FLAT
DUCKP|N SCORE
Harry Bernstein Shoots 90 With
Alpine Team in Hebrew
Inter-club League.

Harry L. Bernstein, a member OF
the Alpine team in the Hebrew Inter.
Club League. claims to have rolled
the best flat game of the season 10
date in league competition. He left
only two pins standing in a string
rolled against the Young Friends
team in a match at the Recreation.
The records show only one perfect
flat score achieved on local alleys in
regular competition.
Leutbecher's 131 middle game stood
out sharply among scores of the match
between Second National and Ameri.
can National. in the Bankers League
Leutbecher's team, American, win
ming, to l.
Kesler and Ainsberry, with 1877 and
l29, had a close race for individual
honors on the Numbering Division
team in the Bureau League.
Richard, of Alpha, and Barnes, of
anchor honors in the Capitol Hill
League. Richard winning out 363 TO
357. Richard had high game. LAG.
Morell, Leadoff, and Yeatman,
anchor, were the stars when Tobacco
and Miscellany walloped s. o. c. In
the Internal Revenue League, Morell
having a set of 31S and Yeatman
knocking off 535.
Nick Chaconas came through in
fine style for King Solomon Lodge
against Mt. Pleasant with a total OF
326. Nick used to be ono OF the city's
most prominent duckpinners but has
done little this season.
The Times team. using several
second-string men, easily bumped off
the Who's Who quint in a match at
the Recreation,
The Washington times., 1921-11-10

simultaneously with the Mohawks
and knickerbockers' rather unex-
pected rundown Of The professionals
offer OF an opportunity to step above
sandiot recognition came In mild
but entirely justified protest from
the Mercury A. c.. OF southwest. over
recognition as championship conten-
ders given the Mohawk and Knicker-
booker elevens to the complete ex-
clusion OF the Mercury eleven.
Mercury Is Right.
Little has been said about the
Mercury club. which is newly organ.
, lied. but the southwest gridironers In
Q short time have established them
selves as worthy rivals of the
Mohawks and Knickerbockers and
have every right to be heard in the
argument over the sandlot champion
: ship.
Since then both have moulded into
powerful, woodworking football
machines, and In regularly contested
games only one touchdown has been
scored on each. Mercury defeated
the Arlington A. c., which held the
Knickerbockers to a tie, to 0;
Hyattsvile. IS to Z; Seaman Gunners,
2 to 0, and Naval Hospital. 16 to o.
Comparative scores show the south
west team to be just as strong II not
more powerful than either the Knick.
erbockers and Mohawks. and II is /.
cinch that competition for the city
eand,ot championship will extend be.
yond next Sundays game.
VIII Play Both.
Mercury will receive it's first real
shot at title honors the following Sun
day when the Knickerbockers will be
played and the Sunday after that will
find the southwest clubmen battling
the MohawkS. After Ihusy Two games
there can be little doubt as to Wash.
ington's best sandlot combination.
While the Mohawks and knicker.
bockers are fighting 1t out the coming
SABBATH, Mercury will be engaging the
Virginia A. C..
In the meantime interest in the
Knickerbocke er Mohawk contest grows
apace. The teams powwowed for L
considerable time last night over the
eligibility of certain players and finally
approved each others ist.
Johnny Greer, former varsity star
ref r@e; Ernest Harmon, Bethany,
umpire; and Jack Nugent, Holy Cross,
head linesman with Bill Cusack,
GcOr rEetown, and George Green,
Western High School coach as alter
mats. John A. Dugan was selected
Chairman with authority TO act on any
protest involving agreements made by
the COntesting clubs.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
BROWN ELEVEN TO MEET
PRINCETON NEXT SEASON

PROVIDENCE. r. l.. Nov. TO-
Brown may play the Princeton grid.
iron team at Princeton next year.
Coach Robinson. who conferred with
w. w. Roper. the Tiger coach, after
the Harvard-Princeton game last
Saturday. today discussed the chances
OF a game, and. while he would no,
make a definite statement, Il In un
derstood that Princeton sentiment
favors placing Brown on the sched
ule for the third or fourth game OF
the season. Should the contest be
schedules, Brown will play all Of the
Big Three.
Brown last played Princeton about
twenty years ago, after which ar
rangements made by the Big Three
forced the Tigers to call off the con
test
The Washington times., 1921-11-10

players Abe gets>rts dis'ance largely
from his remarkable pivoting.
The unwinding movement must not
be too sudden. AT the top of the
swing, your whole left side should
face the bail. At the finish of the
shot IL is almost exactly the reverse.
Your right side should be facing the
spot where the bah was teed.
There IN one important thing to
watch and that is the coordination
between the pivot, the hands. and
the club-head. The timing Of the
shot is everything. as without IL all
is lost. The BODY at the moment Of
the impact should be almost exactly
in the same position as at the ad-
dress. The left heel should touch
the ground as the club-head hits tie
ball. Then comes a Transferring of
the weight to the left leg, the follow
through. and the finishs rx
1t is not so easy TO master the
pivot in a day Or a month. Even
when acquired, one is likely to lose
it at times unless his attention Is
called to the fact that he is not
turning properly. Golfers imagine
that they turn much; more lthan they
do.
Copyright 1921 by the Bell Syndicate, IncJ
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Worm. Turns Now and
Then When Teams
Meet

The worm is doing lot Of turn
ing this football season. Last Sat
urday Princeton and Ohio State
were outplayed by Harvard and
Chicago, respectively, right up to
the last quarter. Yet each of them
came through to a thrilling victory.
The same thing happened in the
Lehigh-Muhlenberg contest. The
latter college was never given a
look-in by the dopesters, and the
events Of the first three periods
justified the opinions of the we'll
versed g.ntlemen. With only eight
minutes to play the Allentown
Dutchmen opened up a forward
pass attack that turned the score
from 13 to 0 in Lehigh's favor to
a 14-to-13 triumph for themselves.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10

doctor and trained nurse on hand
for every delegate authorized TO
vote. Ambulances were to the town
of Tombstone what taxicabs are to
a civilized municipality.
Every whambus on the club went
into each game with a loaded gun
on his thigh and Allah help the um.
pire who made a frosty decision.
That was the toughest Job Tomb
stone ever had to face. finding
man brave enough to undertake the
Job of arbiter at set OF baseball
obsequies.
Withdrew Policy on
Life Of Umpire.
The minute a life insurance COM
pany heard Of a man agreeing TO
umpure q game. II withdrew his pol
icy and refunded his premium with
six Der cent interest. Then II turn
ed around and started giving odds
that he would come out OF the game
a corpse.
Whenever such a daredevil could
be found, a game would be dug up
between Tombstone and some an
tagonistic hell hole on the outskirts.
But the playing Of baseball In that
turbulent little resort depended en-
tirely on finding an umpire VINO
didn't care what. when nor why.
Before a swank would leave home
to officiate at a Tombstone game he
would make his will, kiss his wife
and children good-by and select an
administrator for his estate. II he
lasted full inning without getting
used for a target II didn't mean
anything. Both sides had eight
more cracks at his carcass. over
on the s,delines the odds would go
up and down on his chances to es'
cape intact, but sooner or later he
was carried off the field a human
sieve.
Umpire Every Inning
Is Tombstone's Record.
Back in the tall sos gent by
the name of Cupid O'Boyle. as tough
an Irishman as ever put plug or
tobacco in his mouth whole, UNI
pired eight and a fraction innings OF
baseball and survived. That Is the
Tombstone record for one-man rule
CT one.woman. either.
Cupid suffered through a heavy
hitting game. when a couple of the
balls were knocked SO far they for
got to come back. His decisions
weren't so good, and they weren't so
bad: somehow or other he didn't
get killed as soon as expected. He
knew " the players didn't shoot him
during the game, they would GER
tainly do 1t afterward. SO he be-
gan plans among himself to keep
his health.
Eight innings of alternating cuss.
ing and baseball had been torn off
when Cupid decided that he'd better
start doing something for himself
which he did as soon as the first
man squawked out in the ninth
frame-up. A lean, rangy blacksmith
popped a bunt to the next county,
which cleaned the bases and tied the
score. Cupid pretended to be run
ming to find out where the ball
landed, but in reality he was evap-
Grating away from that landscape.
He didn't want to be no umpire
In Tombstone with no game tied in
no ninth inning.
Not Cupid!
The Washington times., 1921-11-10

boasted Of a full
ID as Q ba IL nine
which was a
good boast at
that. The play
ers were 30 heal.
thy they never
X n o C X 9 d any
thing ex e y {
home-run taps.
They all wore
mustaches and
boards but for
occasions of ball
playing. did 'em
up In braids and
strapped 'em to
their u n d g r.
shirts. IL any.
Each gam Q
was as peace
able as a min
ers' election and
there was a
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
PhilIies to Move.

Kaiser wilhelm, remembering Bill
Donovan's troubles last spring, will
not have the Phillies train at Gaines.
Vile, Fla, next year. The diamond
there In hard as concrete, while the
outfield In heavy sand
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Soy Will Shift.

The Chicago White Sox will not
train at Waxahachie, Tex, next year.
but they will do their work somewhere
in Texas. Secretary Harry Grabiner
will shortly tour the Lone Star state
and make q selection Of n suitable
place.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Will Shorten List.

The South Atlantic League is plan
ming a shorter schedule for 1929 as a
means OF saving money. Play will
start April IL and close September q.
This is starting a week earlier than
last year and closing three weeks
earlier, thus cutting off two weeks.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
TIGERS ELECT MCKNIGHT
CROSS-COUNTRY HEAD

PRINCETON, n. j., Nov. lO.-At
meeting of the Princeton cross
country team this afternoon f. II.
Mcknight, of Sewicltley, Pa, = mem
ber of the senior class, was 'lected
captain Of the team to replace Alan
Swede, who resigned yesterday on
account of an injury TO his hiT.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Langdons Play Terminals.

The Langdon A. G. eleven will
oppose the Terminals Sunday at 2:30
on Langdon Field. The Langdon
basketball team will open It's season
with a game with the Yosemite Five
I'm the Immaculate Conception gym
at o'clock Friday night.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
St. Paul's A. c. Opens Season.

st. Paul's Athletic Club opens It's
basketball season tonight at 8 o'clock
at their gym, 917 Twenty-third street
northwest. The opponents will be the
fast Manhattan A. G. Of this city.
other teams wishing to schedule
games call Gordon Fletcher, Main
S024, between S:30 and s.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Forms NeMIeague.

Joe Carr, of Columbus. Ohio. is
forming n new circuit to be known as
the Ohio State League. Dayton
are expected to have berths I'm Il.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Manhattans to PIav.

Manhattan A. c.. which has won
two basketball games played thus far,
will play the st. Paul quint tonight.
at s o'clock, In the st. Paul gym.
Teams desiring games with the Man.
hattans should communicate with G.
T. Hutchinson, at 1905 Rosedale street
northeaet
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
Baseball So Rough In Tomb.
stone That Umpire
Couldn't Buy Life
Insurance.
BY KIRK MILLER.

II ASEBALL is a mans play
n thing. but II was never played
30 rough as II was In the town
of Tombstone where all the tough
habits In the world originated.
The joint got Its name from the
fact that II had a pan of tombsones
for every inhabitant, which is right
smart recommendation for q place
where everybody grows up to be
tall and raw and mean.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
KNICKS AND MOHAWKS
SHUN PRO CHALLENGE,
MERCURY A. C.. ADVANCES
BY X. ID. THOMAS.

Emphatic refusal play until
today the Mohawk and
challenge flung yesterday by the
Sundays between the prominent
Joseph wst Of the Knckerbocker eleven and Ralph
Coh Mohawk leader, declared their be firm in the
ton to fulfill all obligations to ndOt already booked before
proposed by Capt Tim Jordan president Of the
sando mish but both the Mohws and
schedued Sundays following.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Nav Have Lost Park.

The recent hurricane in Florida is
thought to have spoiled all chance
for st. Petersburg to entertain n big
league club. The park was close to
the bay, and is thought to have been
blown away.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Declines Florida Game.

LEWISTON, Me, Nov. 10.--An in.
vitation from Rollins College, Winter
Park, Fla. for a football game with
Bates College at Winter Park was de-
clined today. The Bates authorities
refused TO sanction the trip.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Turner Eliminated.

Joe Turner. Of Washington. was
defeated in tho national middle
weight wrestling tournament, now
/, under way at Atlantic City, by
Pinky Gardner. A cradle hold turned
the trick In ~ minutes and sec.
onds. This eliminates Turner from
ell hope OF the championship
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Naval Air Ready.

Naval Air Station football team.
averaging 135 and l40 pounds. has
several Sunday dates open. For In.
formation as TO games. call Lincoln
49s3 and ask for J. J. Malone. man.
ager.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Freshmen to PLAY.

Maryland University Freshmen will
play the Tech High School eleven on
Saturday afternoon as preliminary
to the G. U..Maryland football game at
American League Park.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
lightweiQhts Play.

The Isb.pound pisskin chasers
representing Western and Technical
High schools are slated to play in
Central stadium this afternoon At .
O'Clock. Yank Robbins win referee.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
they're on the Block.

Every player of the Des Molnes club
is on the block, according to President
t. II. Fairweather. Two of them are
former Griffmen. Danny Moeller, and
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 40. tsa'
DECLARES PIVOTING SECRET /
OF PLAYING CORRECT GOLF
By JOCK HUTCHIsON.

In
Who the robbed Of the Bris title
whole
secret Of golf nothing really nated the
have got for Duncsns opinion about gaf
sderng with him about the importance Of the pivot
far
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
KiIbane Finds Puzzle
In Conferring
His Crown /

Featherweight Champion John
ny Kilbane seems to be in NO
hurry TO enter the ring again
although he has received several
larpe offers. Kilbane has an
ambition to become a manager,
and il he could arrange to con-
fer his title upon one of his own
men, be would gladly do so. At
present Kilbane has in bis stable
Alex Hart, a livhtwei"ht. and AL
Ziemer. featherweieht. &
The latter is the man he would
like to see champion in his place,
but how to make the change Is
something he cannot fivure out.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Midgets Want Game.

The Warwick Midgets want a
game with the Premier Midgets. The
manager OF the Warwicks can be
reached at Lincoln 500.
The Washington times., 1921-11-10
Want Return Game.

Stanton Juniors. who were beaten
by the Pathfinder eleven want a re.
turn game. Frank Lerch. phone Limo.
Ss7s, II the Stanton manager.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-04
HoId-up ON Road to Claremont.
Jessie Curtis.
District Secretary

Mr.. B. r. China, a we'll known
young man of the city. came back to
Sumter Wednesday night and reported
he had been held up on the public
highway and robbed. Young China
was driving Studebaker sedan and
was on his way to Claremont for a
suit case. He stated that he wa:
signed down on the road by someone
swinging red lantern. Upon stop
ping the car he was confronted by 9
negro and a white man, both armed
with drawn pistols. who ordered hin
to get out of the car. He was ther
searched and all the money on hie
person taken. The am1unt happen
ed to be only one dollar. The bandits
then looked in the car and stole the
watch which was on the dash. Chine
was then ordered to get back int
the car and "bawl the jack" Chin:
states that this order was carried on
to the letter. No clue was lett h
which the ROBBERS might be identified
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-04
Lawyers Boosting
County Court
Jennings, Clifton and Epps Ap-
pointed to Arrange Campaign
in County If Necessary

At a specially called meeting Of the
Sumter Bar Association. which was
held on yesterday afternoon in the
court house. all bar members pres
ent expressed themselves as being in
favor Of establishing the county court
and pledged themselves to do all with
in their power to aid and assist in it's
establishment in Sumter county.
Messrs. L. D. Jennings, j. II. Clifton
and r. D. Epps We're appointed as
special committee to make what plans
they deemed advisable and to make
campaign tour of the county in behalf
of the court if such action was nee
essary or found to be for the best in
terest. The meeting was we'll attend
ed. all members of the association
being present, with only a very few
exceptions.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-04
Party for Miss Esther Clarke.

s Mrs. Leland Moore honored Miss
Clarke and her friends Wednes-
day afternoon at $50. The guests
were asked into the dining room
where places were set for: Miss
Esther Clarke. Mrs. Hal Clarke. Misses
Minnie DeLorme. Margaret DeLorme.
Frances Smith. Pauline Haynsworth
Theresa Chandler. Sidney Kinsman.
Mesdames Phil Booth. Earle Rowland.
Fred Lawson. Edward Wright. Henry
Hardy and Leland Moore. The place
cards being dainty little spsngled
fans. The center piece was bas-
ket of white daisies and phlox tied
with white tulle. White candles
burned at each corner. Tiny kewpies
dressed in white tuile with flowers in
their hair held baskets Of almonds
at each place The brides cake was
cut by Miss Clarke. the ring being
drawn by Miss Chandler. the wish
bone and button by Miss Hayns-
worth, the thimhle 10y Mrs. Wright.
Wishes were made by all and ac-
eording to the Chinese way OF think
ing fortunes were told by Mrs. Moore.
An organdie collar and cuff set was
presented to Miss Clarke.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-04
The Effects Of Prohibition.

The Boston Transcript which OPP
,os4d the prohibition law testifies as
ollows to It's excellent results:
'"The Boston police department.
which presumably is not violently
artisan on the side Of prohibition.
eported 3.c37 fewer arrests in BoG-
on for all causeS IN 1920 than from
drunkenness alon" in 1919. For the
tate Of Ma&sachusett: II large. the
lrre.ts for drunkenness for the year
,rdinc October /. 1870. wore g. s.
80 as against 49, in 1919. Fro
hhition appears to haze decreased
,verr t>pe Of crime in Boston except
breaking and entering (Which. i'll
spite Of the apparent iucrcas" of bur
.lar:es remains tie sam" according
. recorded fgUres) and gaming and
violation Of the drug Laws. which
'oave increased Ia a email extent. Al
h" sam" time. nttcnScs hE children
md relating to children have dc1rcaS-
cd In 1920 there wa a dccr"ase
IN RoStnn of fifteen per ccnt from
1919 in the cases OF children neglect
.d rftv per cont in the cases of ga.
Nard children. and 23 per cont in the
sase& OF d"Iinfueu' Children !h"f"
has a, the saln"#t t!I:c been i drop II!
rhe population OF the state Farm o:
Massachusetts, from l.4I9 ia 1916 te
2a3 in 1920 Practically no one Is
now kept at the state farm but the
old FOUNDERS who have failed 10 re-
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-04
Mr.. Wannamaker urged expansion

Mr. Wannamaker urged expansion
of American cotton mills
Every pound Of American cotton
woven into The finished f; brio in this
country. multiplies the value Of the
raw staple from four to six times"
he said 1t is therefore an economic
| loss to ship SO large a proportion
Of the American cotton crop abroad
in the raw form.
The speaker declared that the cot
ton area Of this nation was extern
sivc enough to supply the worlds
needs, provided the price paid for
the staple justifjes its increased pro-
duction by the growers.
Not only can the present cotton
tarea he I'D. "be multiplied many
fold but under intensive Ind scien-
tific culture the yield Of @int cotton
per acre can be doubled aad trebled.
However. we don't have t. have ex-
changes to sell cotton any more than
We have to have exchanges to sell
mules.
Let US regulate the exchanges
further if We can. But. if not. let
Us PIT the axe to the tree. They
ought to have been closed last fall.
Como of the people in Washington
Who have been in favor Of regula-
Ton. are coming around to think it.
better to close them. :.
Let those who are feasting take
warning We tell these bear specu
iators to get their house in order.
Congress passed grain exchange
tiil in a jffy and southerners sup
ported it.
The price of cotton VIII go up
asain. We Will survive it. Let us
% our people never to 20 back to
pre-war prices Cotton can not be
produced at IL or IA cents pound
under present conditions.
Senator Hefin favored amending
the federal reserve law so that the
federal reserve board would be
compelled to recognize staple cotton
President Harding be petitioned to
call upon the board to reduce the re-
discount rate to Az per cent.
Senator Hefiin said he would pre-
fer law providing grades of cotton
We're not sold as better grades.
billions of bales have been sold
fictitiously. he declared and the
prices fixed by the spec .ative ex-
changes to the injury of ae grower.
his law. he said. shoul =, limit the
title on bale of cotto to only.
enc person at time. as 81 TIE case
Of piece Of real esta-fa under a
recorded deed. Z