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The Washington times., 1921-02-10
. SAYS BUGS
| B.AER:
Silence Ruins Game of
Golf - Players Should
Talk More to Each
NOther About Them
selves.

The golf seasEn is opening up
like a hippo yaiAning. This has
been a beaitifuI winter for every
pooy except the oal man.
instead or the solarium tourna-
mehts. the golfer IDS have been uti-
izlhs the great r esources OF nature
ana playing -.v Sdoor.. In the anti
septic sunshine.t
The good wea, her put the damp
ers on cellar goh.-which is pIayed
with the brassie shovel and the
niblick poker. You tee off at the
home bin and try TO make IN.
furnace hazard in one lump.
Parlor golf also drew a setback
Parlor golf is played or a Persian.
rug links with hoater that can
be easily retrieved from. n e window
aquarium. You get ,Lour clubs out
of the umbrella strnjl
It's a bum game, as every day is
Ladies Day.
Buffet golf prospered i'm the hack
room, indicating that the inte rnaI
revenue agents money pIckets are
synchronized with the consl,u,a,.s'
hip pockets The back room i,I a n
right in its place which, of ,-.urse
Is in the back.
But there is no golf like the out
door brand, with the cleansina ar
blue skies, the healthy swings ana
monthly dues. You get so that you
make good scores after you get
over your first impression that the
cup is a trap, and the green a
hazard.
Some golfers are naturally cav
tious, and would use a fioater il me,
Sahara Desert. /Modesty is eFeas
asset in golf.
The best golfer we ever met,
didn't know 1t. The worst one We
ever met, didn't know it, either.
Self-consciousnes has gummed
many a golfer. Get over thinking
about yourself and try to play an
honest game
This spring-like weather can't
last for ever. Winter is sure toI
play return date soon, so get cuE
in the open and miss as many
swings as you can. The Iu3{n
trouble with golfers is taciturulty
Don't be silent about your game
Take your friends into your con-
fidence. Cheer a bad player UP By
telling him how good you are.
Soothe away your wife's worries
about the rent, groceries and a new
dress by confiding to her how you
made that pond in one after having
borrowed the ball from fellow
club member.
Comradeship is what makes
foursome the great game it is. Es-r
pecially after the other three guys
have left with crouch on.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
LEO FLYNN GETS REPLY
FROM THIS RING FAN

4 Some one in the posto>nce evidently
lis fi-ht fan with a sense of humor.
Bill Erennan's manager has been
sending out broadcast a postal card
with Bill's picture in fighting pose and
these questions printed in large type
with red ink: TX. o. Bill Brennan. the
man who gave Jack Dempsey the fight
of his life for twelve rounds, lasting
longer than Jess Willard. Fred Fulton.
Gunboat Smith Battling Levinsky,
and Billy Miske all put together. Now
open for engagements. What terms
can we get What opponents do you
want uS to boX?'
The postoffice humorist had PEN
cilled On the card sent to this office:
I'VE recommend Harry Wills"
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
INCOME TEAM IS LEADING
INTERNAL REVENUE LEAGUE

Brilliant individual rolling has characterized the dukpn
competition the Internal Revenue League according official averages
compiled james A Redmond VINO
ceded A. H. Cross as official
O individual record
35S High individual Frdley, with 13S $500
Income melght with high team set
while Deputy Collectors distinguished themselves by rolling the
leading the league present. Income
also the second
send their to the
building The complete records of
the league at the end of the second series follow
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
Nuke NESTER TO MEET
CHARLES METROPOLOUS

The stage is all set for the big
wrestling match at the Folly Theatcr
tonight. when Charles Metropolous.,
the Greek champion will meet Mike
Nester, the Polish champion. Both
Mctropolous and Nester are expected
to put up game fight and the con-
test Will no doubt he one where the
opponents are evenly matched.
Both men are in the i65-pound
class and considered among experts
to be the best in their class. Met
ropolous is the wrestler who tusscled
for moro chan three hours last Thurs
day night with Joe Turner, the match
ending i'm "a draw. The first bout will
start promptly at $40 y. m.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
COCHRAN POSITION MAY
BE DETERMINED TO-DAY

NEW YORK, Feb, lo.-Whcther or
rot Charles ". Cochran will remain
,;i partnership with Tex RiClSard in
aho promotion. Of the Dempsey Car
rontior nSht may bc definitely settled
.odsry. Richard and Jack Ecarns.
f}chpscys manager, expect TO coprcr
with local attorney who represents
Cochran and Brady. regarding The a.
titule Of his clients, toward going
ahead with the promotion OF thc
match.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
PRESS B0WLERS BEGIN
ELIMINATION TOURNEY

VITA twenty entries competing on
tho four alleys reserved at +. the
Recreation Health Center for the
newspaper individual elimination
tournament, the matches will get un-
der way at ;h3O o'clock.
The total entry for this duckpin
classic will probably exceed 100
bowlcrs, all of whom are employees on
the newspapers of this city
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
HuuuinS Knows Il.

"The New York Nanks will fight it
out with the world champion Clcvc
land Indians for the 1927 American
League title" declares Miller Hug
gins. The lattcr says his club will be
Infinitely improved tho youngsters
will be more seasoned aud there will
be greater speed on the bases.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
ROBINS WILL START WITH
TEAM WHICH WON TITLE

81" NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-The champ
ion Brooklyn Robins will take the
field for the 1921 campaign with the
lineup that finished the 1920 season.
Wilbert Robinson. manager of the
Dodgers, said today he is contem-
plating no radical changes and eX-
pressed confidence in the ability
of his team to win another pennant.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
CAPITAL LAD
| BRIGHT STAR
Angus Sinclair Proving Record
Breaker in Tank al
Naval Academy.
ONLY ONE REALLY
TALKS

There is nothing surprising
in the protest of Spanish Ian
guago professors against the
use of English terms in sport
College professors have pro
tested against some OF the
language heard at games here,
but the expressions still remain
in the language.
AS q matter of fact, there
is only one expression which
can be used when a player
fumbles the ball at a critical
moment in a football game.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
ROBINSON IS STANDING PAT
ON PENNANF-WINNING ROBINS

start for the training camp in New
away, IT now seems apparent that
the National League, are going to
mpions Of the American circuit, in
ltlon TO start a new race with. One
en- sent the eccentric Rube Marquard
Dee y the only switch in the make-u,
Ok. gn its claim TO fame last year.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
Auditors Stop Freiqht.

At the Terminal Il. r. Y. NJ c. A.
gymnasium last night, Auditors de-
feated Freight. 90 to 10. The game
was well fought Throughout, Rich
ardson, Black and Nnvisser starring
for tho winners, ~hilo the playing
OF Pinkstaff. Hoyt and Bray for the
losers, stood out we'll.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
Total....................
Dist,
Total. ...-................... q

iolai. . . . . . .
The Senator was pressing some
what with his iron shots, and when
asked whether a gallery bothered
him, replied. mot bit; it helps
II did seem to help, for most of
the gallery gathered for the incom-
ing nine holes. and that proved a
better nine for Mr.. Harding than the
other. though It is longer and harder.
He slammed two tee shots good
900 yards each and was straight.
Senator Cumming had predicted that
he wouldn't go out In 81, wouldn't
come in in 80 and wouldn't do as well
as 1Ot for the total, so was wrong
on all three counts.
When the Presidcnt-clcct handed
his caddy couple of bills at the
finish OF the round the latter was
doubly delighted.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
MARYLAND TO HAVE
g DAYS FOR RACES
Bowie Starts the BangtaiIs
Away for the Season on
April 2 Next.

Washington race lovers have
ninety-two days for their sport TINS
season, eight less than the Maryland
law permits and eighteen less than
they enjoyed a year ago. The Mary
land Racing Commission has ap-
proved OF the following schedule
SPRING.
Days
Bowie-April 2-1J .............. j.
Havre de Grace-April l6-3O... 10
Pimlico-May 3-16. 6............. IL
Total ............'. '....'.-'' %
FALL.
Havre de Grace-Sept. II to
Oct. ..-'-..'' ~
Laurel-Oct. 4-29 ............. %
Pimlico-Nov. LIP ............. ~
Bowie-Nov. 1926 ............ IL
Total ...............- %
Grand aggregate ............'.. "
Hayre de Grace has lost seven
days. Bowie five and Laurel ana
Pimlico three each from last year
schedule.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
Draws With Lynch.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1O.-Jabez White.
OF Albany, N Y, fought an eight
round draw with Joe Lynch. worlds
bantam champion, here last night.
IL was the champions first bout
since taking the title from Pete
Herman, December 22.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
Will Take on McCann.

Morland and Cory will meet in
tho semi-finals OF the Fort Myer box
ing climinations on Saturday night.
The winner OF this go viii take on
shorty" McCann.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
FOUR NEW MEN WILL TACKLE
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL JOBS
BY BRYAN MORSE.

before the schoolboy baseball
before the and dis
held important changes be noted
in schools honors VI
the five who handled the baseball but
Wilbur Apple the Tech mentor who ploted
his team to q tWoY
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
GaIlaudet Girls Win.

Gullaudet College Girls basket
ball team won easily from the
Colonial Glrls school team by 30
to i6 at the Kendall Green gymna-
stun.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
MANY PLAYERS LEFT.

According to the count there are
many players left for this years
teams. Western. Tech, Business, Cen
tral. and Eastern are expected to have
4 wealth of material.
Western will train as usual over in
the Hollow" on the Knickerbocker
Club diamond. Tech and Business, as
usual, will go down to the Monument
Lot although the Business lads may
select diamond on the Patterson
tract. Central will practice in the
stadium, which is close at hand, but
will play its games elsewhere. East
crn will get action on the Rosedale
Fairgrounds as usual.
Games are now being arranged by
the high schools with District. Mary
land. and Virginia teams. Central and
Tech will probably have trips through
Virginia.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
Georgetown Preps Win.

The Gcoggetown Props OF Garret
Park Md, won from Western High
School seconds yesterday by 2S TO
IL,
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
Inuram Meets Epiphany.

Ingram and Epiphany Comets will
hook up In. n game at the tormers =
gymnasium tomorrow night at S:l5
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
TA|N'T 50, SKINNAY
SAYSOF PIN SCORE
Navy Yard Bowler BIames 298
Game on Rubber r-Banded
DuckpinS.
By I,IitiS MILLER.

"Skinnay' Carroll, who lives down
By the gas works, grabbed a copy Of
The Times last evening and after.
readins Jean Eliots society chatter.
perused the sports section for bowl
ing bits "Skinnay" is bowler by,
profess ios, but as recreation he works
at the navy yard.
His eagle eye fell upon a score of
eos rolled by a Cumberland gent
1T can't be done!
"'Tain't so!
40? . damn!
They're using rubber-bellied'p pins"
Thoac are some of the things which
Charlie Dawes forgot to say that
"Skinnay' dido't.
BLAMED ON RUBBER PINS.
This simple prelude about sums up
the comment which Washington
bowlers made on the phenomenal
score of 29S credited to James ID.
House of Cumberland. He Is report
ed to have had boxes as follows: 80,
90, 90, 120. 100. $50, 2l0, 240, 27O. and
POS.
And "Skinnay" ought to know. He
has been on the maplewood runways
longer than Old Man Brunswick him
self "Skinnay" has overslid the foul
lines with the best of 'em and when
we quote him, we do so with an air
of authority and finality.
To quote "Skinnay's" navy yard
verbage:
"'rhem guys up there in the coal
mines shoot with guttdpercha. stom-
achs. Anybody can fiirt up around
800 with them kind Of pins. That's
a stall game they're playin'. I'll
bring those birds down to Washing
ton ard roll 'em regular pins with
both hands tied behind me. and blind
folded, too"
DISCOVERY At BROCKTON.
"Skinnay." be il remembered is
Washington's only and original bowl
ing sleuth. He is the lad who dis
covered that Brockton had US rolling
on grooved alleys.
When the mob went TO Brockton
with Pop" HALEY in the van, "Skin-
nay trailed along with a magnifying
glass and did the Sherlock Holmes
and DOC" Watson act. He ran that
old lens up. and down the alleys like
a massaging machine. He told Harry
Krauss about il, and Harry. think
| ing he was doing a charitable act,
| locked "Skinnay' up in the hotel
until after the match was lost.
! ~ Tommy George was another wit
| the Cumbe rland score. Tommy only
shifted his quid to the left side OF
his jowl and surmised:
Jaw, that's just one of them news
paper yarns"
The Washington times., 1921-02-10


Heretofore, the Highlander fans
have been rowing freely about the
upper Manhattan terrain. They've
been going in and out the Polo
Grounds communicating the Giant
addicts. Complaint was made to
the public health commissioner and
Rupert and Huston were warned
to keep their victims isolated from
the rational residents Of Manhat-
tan, if any.
The demented Yankee subjects will be
The Giants boudoir IL all well enough. but
the Yankees would be wearing their well
come out in eight or ten years.
We say dcmented Yankee fans, yet
they may be only crc-stc de nicnted!
According to the doctors, the
new Yank coliseum is to be
equipped with a. m. L.. which
means all modern inconvenience.
The playing field is to have
everything except roof and it'd
have that If they weren't afraid
Babe Ruth would use it for a
sieve.
The dmDhithcdtcr icH cost more than
the allies Ore America. Don't tCdnt TO
discourage the inbound administration,
but zoe hope to see the neto Yankee
bungdloio before zoe erpect to see the
big debt cancelled.
What else will the Yankee casino
have in architectural shortcomings?
The grandstands and bleachers are
to be built with a view to lots Of
ventilation. 1t is estimated by the
designers of the shack that it will
have air circulation second only to
the Saturday Evening Post.
No apartment house in the United
States or Baltimore will have IA worse
heating arrangement than TINT to be
Installed in the Yankees home. The
only cooler place than there In July
will be tho same place In February.
Exposed plumbing will cover the park
like, it was a prima donna's shoulder
blades. Open-work foundations will be
patterned after the silk hosiery advertise
ments. The facade Will look Nike the exit
of Sing Sing to guy who has just served
a life -sentence
An elastic center field fence
will adorn the background. When
the home team is at the bat the
fence will be warped until it is
just back of second base. When
the visitors are Swapping at the
ball like a bird at an early worm,
the fence will be let out farther
than kloor's balloon. -.
8hOlCer bath is to BE- drdped i'm
medidtely orcr the pitchers bor. When
a manager 1rdntS to dDtpntdtc q pitcher
he ,ciH Just puH the string and the
dufer tUW knolC he is a dufer Connie
Mack has busted both thumbs pulling
young pitchers of the soap bor, and
Nelo York trdnts TO safeguard all the
idle thumbs for crap shooting.
Outside of that the new Yankee
kennel'is going to be a dump. 1t will
be the worst hovel in the works. Sill
yer filigree rain spouts, stationary
tdrnstiles, collapsible ceilings and in
visible rain checks! Automobiles will
enter at the 161st street gate and
aeroplanes will be shooed off the
roof like pigeons and foul balls.
Tiled floors to match the umpires!
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
HAD FINE TEAM.

Business had fine baseball team
last season. 1t is true "Dutch" Held
and Hall Williams, the battery men,
are not back. but there are plenty OF
first-class players returned for the
1921 team.
The Stenographers, while they did
not win the title last year, ended UP
in three-cornered tie. They were
beaten by Central, which in turn was
defeated by Western. Business scored
win over Western, which was what
no other school team in the District
was able to do.
"Gabby" Newman, who coached
Eastern, has been replaced by Charles
Guyon, the Indian mentor. If Guyon
Is able to do as much with the base
ball team as he has with the football
and basketball the other schools had
best begin sitting up to take notice.
or the five men who handled base
ball in the high schools last season
three have left, while another has
given over the duties to others. 1t
appears as though the title games
would be well contested.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10

The walls OF the Yankees new
aquarium are To he padded with con-
crete 40 as not Ia inJure the crnnt"ms
OF the inmates. Now when concrete
meets concrete somethtng's got To
break, and II probably won't be the
stadium.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
Angus Sinclair Starring Naval Academyncome Team Is OH

NEW YORK. Feb. l0.-With tn e
Orleans only an approximate month
the Brooklyn Robins, champions OF
emulate the Cleveland Indians, eh
standing on their last years confbln
trade. the player for player swap VIII
to Cincinnati for Dutch Reuther, has
Of the combination that brought Br
The Washington times., 1921-02-10

Perfectly duH6 aud proper that me
YGHks sh0ad hare a noio asylum. Isn't
the club OcHed 5y couple OF nuts
CoIoneIs RrppCFt aud Huston haze been
iodntinO TO do something Humanitarian
all their HtcS
The Washington times., 1921-02-10
THE OTHER
ANGLE
Hen Coop De Luxe.
vu,,y KIRK M,LLERu

.tmmsrualHauBy KIRK M'LLEftsHhalHmuaAs
The New York Yankees are to
have 2 new sanitarium. 1t will seat
10000 patients, whether they are
standing or lying out in rows like
corpgcs.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10

Ia building free toard tor oil Of
NeW YorkS baseball bugs. they are
erecting a monument not only 10 them
solUes. but 10 The announcement Of medi-
cal science.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10

The demented Yankee subjects will be
really glad to have c-cp of their own.
The Giants boudoir is all well enough. but
the Yankees would be wearing their well
come out in eight or ten years.
The Washington times., 1921-02-10

b A 8hOUer bath is to BE- drdped i'm
M edidtely oUcr the pitchers Dor. When
a manager 1rants to dn,putdtc q pitcher
he lCiH Just pun the string and the
dufer tUW knO,C he is a duUer. Connie
Mack has busted both thumbs pulling
young pitchers of the soap bor, and
Neto York trdnts to safeguard all the
idle thumbs for crap shooting.
Evening journal., 1921-10-07

lad TO worse in the last year.
The nation has bern hodnderins
about in economic distress, hoping
better times were just around the
corner. but without an evident effort
Of any one to provide relief should
the worst come
II Congress ever thought il pos
sible that a. period Of extreme bust
ness depression. with its Subsequent.
black days OF widespread unemploy-
ment. would follow the fourishing
DAYS Of war its thoughts. endeavors,
and attainments during the last two
sessions do not record II.
Unwilling 10 Quiet Down
Congress alone is not TO blame,
however. All of us. with the firing
Of the last shot three years ago. few
orish with the wars excitement and
swelled with our accomplishments.
found ourselves ali too unwilling
then to resume the quiet ways Of
peace
Our minds too long occupied with
dcVislng ways and means OF destruc-
tion. did not Immediately swing back
TO methods Of construction. our
young men. uprooted from farm and
town. from Office and factory had
been tossed indhcriminately into a
cauldron of turmoil: they emerged in
blaze of glory and found the farm
and the town. the office and the fac
tory strange and tame and back to
work irksome
We didn't settle down because II
wasn't human that we should settle
down after a period OF such intense
action.
Add TO this war hysterla and rest
Evening journal., 1921-10-07
Wonderful Savings Can Be Made
on Muslin Underwear

Envelope Chemise. in round and
V-necks, strap shoulders also hand
embroidered. in pink and white
batiste. Special Event Price, 45c.
Ladies Night Gowns, in pink and
white bstiste. Special Event Price,
45c.
Evening journal., 1921-10-07

that high wages are holding back
business and making expansion inn
possible-contentio until the reason
totters with no one to lead the way
10 a solution
There Il Hope
Relief measures must be imme-
date and effective. There Is hope for
an ultimate working out Of the gem
eral problem. The coming conference
OF Secretary Hoover's Committee on
Unemployment. as much as its ne
cessity and probable usefulness may
be doubted at this late stage Of the
game. when one considers the wide
powers OF the chief executive alone.
at least shows a disposition TO recog-
rnize the gravity OF the situation.
II around the secretary's table
capital and labor will join to sub-
ordinate their individual claims, dis
play perfect willingness to make
Just sacrifices for the good OF all
America, a victory comparable to
that Of 1918 will have been won and
danger as serious as that which
threatened our country in 1917 will
have been offset.
Evening journal., 1921-10-07
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH US, ANYWAY?
Boles Adutant American Legion, Nation
Was Unprepsred for Peace

lessness a world burdened with debt
and torn with war until its buying
power almost was negligible; high
prices if wood and steel and all
building material; high prices Of food
and commodities and necessities;
high salaries and wages and the
prohteer and those who did not
profit
Capital contends that with i'm
mense taxes, money has not been
earning a fair rate of interest, with
money therefore tied up instead Of
keeping factories in operation and
ships on the sea. Labor contends
that it must retain its high wage to
offset the shrinkage in buying power
of that wage The employer contends
Evening journal., 1921-10-07

These Middies are just what ALL
the girls are wearing for school, and
we offer them for that event at a
very special price soc. A standard
regulation model made OF Lonsdale
Jean, in several styles. Sizes to IA
and 16 to 22. All white and white
with colored collars and cuffs. Guar
anteed fast colors. Purchase your
needs for school and sport wear.
First Floor, Rear.
Evening journal., 1921-10-07
Don't Neglect Ysur Eyes
Whatever You Do!

Neglect causes bad eyes bad teeth life
less hair. Some people show an these
signs Of neglect, others only a few, but
more have poor eyes than any Of the
others-a stltcment. proved by the large
plumber Of people who wear glasses.
Why do 10 many people neglect their
ewes when sight Is the most precious Of
All the senses and when strong eyes anil
clear, perfect vision mean so much TO
happiness and succcssf
The Bon-Opto system Of caring for the
eyes is used by a million people Ask
your druggist about 10 or ask your doc.
tor; then get a Home Treatment Outht
and follow directions IN the results do
not surprise you and satisfy You Your
druggist viii refund the purchase price
n-Opto Is sold under a guarantee Of
satisfaction.
NOTE. Bon-Opto is not secret rem
edy. The formula IL printed on every
package. Bon-Opto Is harmless to the
most sensitive eyes and may be used
Freely. Ask any one Of the million who
Use IT
Evening journal., 1921-10-07

the " ar found
America as hope
lcssly unprepared
for peace as IL
had been for war
As surely as IA
tigue follows eX-
ertion. this slump
was b o u n d to
come.
The leaders of
our nation should
have known IL; IL
indeed the possi-
bility YER oc-
Cured to them
they have blithe-
iy disregarded It
while conditions
have rnne from