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The Washington times., 1922-02-18
YANKEES PLAY
st. ANDREWS IN
COLISEUM GAME
BaItimore's Crack Basketball
Team Visits Here for Sunday
Matinee Engagement.

One OF the fastest basketball
teams in the East will arrive here
tomorrow to meet the Yankees at
the Coliseum. Manager Arthur
Shaffer announces that for the Sun
day afternoon matinee the St. An
drews Episcopal five, Baltimore's
best floor bet, will be on hand for
the engagement.
Some four weeks ago the Yankees
lost to the Baltimore men by a
39-to-35 count in game which
tested out the ability OF both teams.
1t was one of the few reverses Of
the year for the Yankees who later
came through with a brilliant win
over the Keyser Collegians.
The Yankees and St. Andrews
teams will probably attract record
crowd. Both quints are going at
top speed and each furnish brilliant
play. st. Andrews has lost but
three games in three years, while
the Yankees have been bumped off
about that number of times this
season.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
COBB CHANGES
PLAN FOR LATE
TRA|N|NGSTART
Detroit Manager Orders Pitch
ers and catchers to Report
At Augusta March 4.

DETROIT. Feb. 1S.-Offlcial
orders were issued from the offices
OF the Tigers here today calling upon
the pitchers and catchers Of the
Bengal Cats to report at Augusta,
Ga. on March l. Manager Ty Cobb
announced early this year that he
would shorten the training season
by at least two weeks, but his pres
ent order indicates that this will not
go for all.
Cobb has a string of thirteen hurl-
ers this year, whereas he went into
camp at San Antonio last year with
but eight, including his rookie bat
talon. and 1t was poor pitching that
kept his smuggling Tigers down in
the race. But Ty has gathered a
likely looking bunch of moundsmen
for the 1922 campaign and he in
tends to give them plenty of time to
get into condition.
In the corps Of pitchers to report
on the first day of March will be
George Dauss. Howard Ehmke and
Carl Holling, veteran right handlers;
Bert Colt, Hub Leonard. Red Old.
ham and Walter Stewart, south
paws with the team in 1921: Arthur
Olsen, l.. f. Stoner, Sylvester John
son. Herman Pillette and Alfred
kroog, recruit right handlers, and A.
F. Johns. a young portsider.
The veteran catchers, John Bass.
Ter, Clyde Manion and Larry Wood
all, with r. II. Spencer, a recruit,
will make up the staff of receivers.
In fielders who will try to break
into the inner defense OF the Tigers
machine will be Sammy Barnes,
Fred Haney. Floyd Herman, John
Mann. Herman Merritt and Emery
Rigney. The sole outfielder will be
Bob Fothergill, who was with De
troit on the training trip last spring
and then was sent to Rochester for
seasoning.
With Manager Cobb there will be
twenty-six players in camp on the
first day of training, which leaves
Bobbie Jones, Pep Young, Lew Blue.
George Cutshaw, Bob Veach, Harry
Heilmann and Ira F1agstead to re.
port at the start Of the second week.
The date announced by Charles
Navin was a mild surprise to some
who had figured that, owing to
Cohb's personal aversion to long
raining seasons, the Georgian would
not start practice until the second
week in March at the earliest.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
WORK
F0RPLACES0N
SELECT TEAM
Washington cIubmen Practice
Today for Washington's
Birthday Shoot.

Twenty sportsmen are competing
today at Bethesda, Nd, for places
on the Washington Gun Club tesm
which will compete in a special
match Washington's Birthday with
the Oriole Gun Club in Baltimore.
The holiday match will be a special
100 target affair and after today's
selection the ten high guns will be
taken over for the Baltimore engage
ment.
On Washington's Birthway the
Washington gunners will leave on
the w. b. and A. arriving at the
Oriole grounds at 1:15 D. m.
F. p. Williams, secretary, an
nounces a series Of registered club
shoots, starting on March 4, and
running on alternate Saturdays until
September 2, 1922, just preceding
the annual Grand American Handi-
cap Tournament, which this year is
to be held in Atlantic City about the
middle Of September. These club
shoots are registered with the Amer
lean Trap Shooting Association, and
the scores are q part OF the official
record. Participation in these con-
tests assures the club members a
record OF their scores made, and IL
the basis for determining the handi-
caps Of all contestants in handicap
matches given under the auspices OF
the American Trapshooting Associa-
ton.
DR.. J. c. wynkoop, president Of
the Washington Gun Club, has been
appointed the official representative
Of the American Trapshooting As
sociation, and will represent Sec
rotary Manager Stoney McLinn ut
all registered club shoots.
Work Is progressing on the
grounds of the local club. and it 10 ex-
peCted that two new traps will be
ready for use by the end Of March.
A third trap will be installed, and
kept ready for the use of members
who wish to shoot double targets:
that is, two thrown at one time, at
divergent angles.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
HURLER BOUGHT.
OFF WHITE SOX
BY NEW HAVEN
Dominick MuIrennan Made
Fine Record Before in
Eastern League.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 1s.-
Dominick Mulrennan. a pitcher. has
been bought outright from the Chi
cago Americans by the New Haven
Eastern League club. it was an
nounced today. Mulrennan pitched
last season for Chicago. He was
with Providence three years ago,
when sold 10 Columbus, from which
team he was bought by Chicago.
When with Providence Mulren-
man led the Eastern League pitch
ers. with Garry Fortune. of Pitts
field. His home is in Woburn,
Mass.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
Applebys Entered in
Ivory Tourney Are
LAWYERS

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 49,
Edgar 7. and Frances S. Apple
by, the two New Workers. who
are entered in the international
amateur billiard tournament at
the Philadelphia Manufacturers
Club, are lawyers in New
York. Both are graduates of
Columbia University. Edgar
won the national amateur bill
lard title by beating his brother
last week.
They were among the first to
answer the call in the world war
and go abroad. Edgar is also
clever tennis player, and played
on the varsity team while at
Columbia. They have been
playing billiards for the last
ten years.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
ROANOKE DUCKPINNERS
5-TO-4 FAVORITES TO
DEFEAT ROYALS TODAY
By r. D. THOMAS.

ROANOKE Va Feb 1S.Bent upon scoring decisive victory
Washington arrived here shortly before today and
day scheduled five and five to be rolled in Washington
sheman March hinges the world championship both teams
will decide the winner and purse of $500 is the prize
supplied by Horace official
District league the Royals the strongest lineup that
ntercity match Harry nationally
duckpin and tenPn bowler the low with
Despite that he will shoot the anchor
position and probably will face Kid Brown youth who has yet to
the East The Palace rollers undecided
performer
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
He Went Away.

IN HAT was the only game in
which Tucker played at
u Tampa. Sam Rice may have
been worrying about his job or
something for he was out there in
centerfieid the next morning and
the "milk-fed boy" was done. He
went away just before the camp
broke I'D. Griff sent him sore e.
where up in the Sally League. He
slipped out of that circuit in a few
weeks and, when the Yankee scout
saw him, was playing with some
class XYZ outfit in the wilds Of
Georgia. -,
Now Ollie, touted as another
Babe Ruth" comes back to the
majors, this time to the champions
of the American League. He will
be a teammate for a while with
Babe Ruth himself. Not many
Young lads can do that. And the
only reason for this happening is
that Ollie can hit.
Built pretty much like a square
rigger in the India trade, Tucker
Ia almost hopeless as a big league
prospect. 1t should be amusing to
see Miller Higgins get his first
view Of the young Virginian. Hug
gins has a rasping tongue when
he wishes. ~.
The "milk-fed boy" may have
given up his farmlike habits. In
that case, he may succeed in taking
off a little weight. But last spring
ut Tampa, reporting many pounds
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
LOOKING 'EM OVER
By LOUIS. A. BOUCHER
A MILK-FED PLAYER.
A MoNG those coming marvels sending in signed c

MONG those coming marve sending in signed the
New York Yankees is Tucker Lamping that
brought memories of last years training Gmen
at Tampa and that o. Tucker for responsible for
probably Bobby Gk discovered
Immediately grabbe him. To make al reported
he had found another Babe Ruth" lad
fences So the Yankees having plenty and
Ruth purchased d. Tucker from that club the lands
Georgia He will shortly burst New
member o The York club-at NevO
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

There used to be machine
operator on the Washington Times
who set up all those major league
averages weekly. He was a nut
on the national pastime, as are
most printers. He is the guy who
first told me about o. d. Tucker.
He told me so much and SO fire.
quently that, in self-defense. l
put it up to Clark Griffith.
In came Tucker from his home
down in Virginia. He looked to be
a decent sort of youngster Of
the milk fed variety. He admit
ted that his full name was Oliver
Dinwiddie Tucker and that he
wanted to hit home runs in the
big league. He said he was a
good pitcher, but didn't want to
hurt his arm pitching. That
would keep him from making long
throws from the outfield. Well,
anyway. Griff signed him up.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

KNICKERBOCKER CLUBMEN
START WORK ON BIG PARK
By r. D. THOMAS.

Undauned by their playing field in the
Georgetown hollow north
finished
park laid of land off Conduit
road Georgetown. The project calls for baseball field
grdron field each off to itself with mile track
all of these and the whole fenced in There will be club
house the Enclosure.
Knickebocke accomplish the project this
the evng of the baseball field and the partial complete
Members the club working daily the
ready easily time for the Of baseball this
old diamond expected will be built the
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

face far away across the track
and lay there for fully five min
utes. Then he walked soberly in
to the showers Amused smiles
were on very face, but he chung
doggedly to his work. : He was
no gutter. g. =. 80 O.,
At last, in the daily games
staged at Plant Field, the milk
fed boy" got his chance. Sam
Rice, trim as a greyhound, pulled
up lame and the only extra out
fielder in the squad was Ollie
Tucker, He was right there,
pounding his way to center field
for the regulars. How he would
show 'em, the laughers.
And the joke Of it was that
Tucker came up in a pinch. Two
regulars were on the paths and
a couple Of runs to make to win
along about the eighth inning,
with a regular pitcher on the
mound for the yannigans. And
he delivered.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
Tech Meets Plebes,

Tech High basketers are down at
Annapolis, Md, today playing the
Navy Plebes In a game which will
be staged just after the varsity en-
gagement with the Washington and
Jefferson team
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
He Gets His Chance.

TRUCKER worked out every
day, winding up with an
elephantine gallop around
the big horse track. One hot
noon day, so fatigued was he
from toting all that superfiuous
weight he fell sprawling ON bis
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
Ollie Was There.

DY the time landed at Tampa
II last spring Ollie was right
~ there in uniform. 1t was q
white one, though, the mark of
the rookie not likely to remain
long with the squad. Maybe he
didn't know it, that being his first
trial with a major league ball club,
Ollie had been termed the milk
fed baby" by his mates by that
time, so I inquired the reason.
why, that Teller drinks any
where from one to seven quarts OF
milk every day." was our informs-
ton from an old pitcher. "Says
he needs it to keep up his strength.
Says he always drank that much at
home"
And there was Mike Martin, the
trainer, working his head
off to make Tucker lose some
weight. 1t couldn't be done, that's
all.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

Supplee leads the DlStrlCt League
with 1875 for twenty-seven strings.
On the law of averages the big fellow
,s due for a big set. His last few
have not been so good. Supplee was
the bowling sensation of the Capital
Tor a time this season and until
things began to break poorly had an
average of 11S.
AL Works, the fifth member of the
team, is making a determined effort
to win the individual championship
of the District League and there are
many who believe he will succeed.
In the last few sets Work has in
creased his average from ITO to liz,
knocking down 1,211 naples in the
last ten games. That's an average
Of 121.
The figures on these five pinspillers
would be enough to scare any ordi-
nary team out of a match with them,
but not so the Palace Stars. In fact
there seems to be little il any differ
ence in the strength of the teams
when compared man for man, for all
of the Roanoke representative are
shooting around 10 in league compe-
tition and on alleys which appear TO
be not 80 true as those in Washing
ton.
Brown, Stonebreaker, McLane,
Gather and Harris will oppose the
Royals. 1t was this combination
that trimmed Washington in the in
tercity battle of last year and in
another before that.
Harry Krauss alone remains OF
the first Royal team that shot
against Roanoke five years ago.
Pop HALEY is still captain Of the
intercity quint and Henry ROdier
the business manager, hut neither
is active as one Of its sharpshOOt.
ers. Should substitute be needed
to-day, HALEY will fill in.
Before leaving Washington the
Royals finished training for the big
match by knocking off the John
Blick Ice Company quint in post
poned District League set. 1t was
not until 3 o'clock this morning that
the train pulled out and few mem
beers of the large party accompany
ing the team turned in before that
time. There was much spilling of
bowling yarns, some of which il
would be difficult to authenticate.
Somebody wanted to know IL four
doctors in the party had been brought
along for the use OF their wrists.
But later. while getting acquainted
down here, It was discovered that
doctors wrists were entirely un.
necessary for the purpose suggested.
The entire party, including about
twenty, are stopping at the Roanoke
Hotel. There tonight they will be
the guests of the Roanoke bowlerS
at a banquet after which they will
board q late train for homo
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

1t is a pretentious plan, but Of
ficials of the club said today they had
fun confidence that it would be work.
ed out. The club has strong support,
including financial. in Georgetown.
and among the organizations backing
the Knickerbockers in all they under
take is the Georgetown Citizens AS
ISOLATION.
The KniCkerbockers intend to make
the park partially pay for itself even
in the making. This will be done. 1t
is planned, by charging admission to
this seasons baseball games and to
the football games next fail. The
Knickerbockers have been strong
drawing cards in sandlot sports ever
since their organization, in Novem-
Der, 1919.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
He Smites the Pill.

NLLIE, the "milk-fed boy"
II leaned on that pill with
~ those ponderous shoulders
and away 1t went, high and far
out beyond Bing Miller, who was
playing center field.
The two runners raced for the
plate. Ollie Numbered around
after them. The scribes grinned
and encouraged him. The extra
players pulled for him to "beat
the throw" making him believe
Miller had retrieved the ball.
Down from third base, putting
and blowing, red-faced and sweat.
ing, came Ollie, the "milk-fed
boy" He was all in and never
thought about hitting the dirt.
He just crossed the plate, pulled
up, staggered over to where the
scribes were and collapsed.
"Guess I can't hit that ball"
was all he said, but his grin was
contagious.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

above the mark, he worked his mead
Of for five weeks and departed
with A GAIN OF SEVEN
POUNDS,
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

II is considered just the sport
needed to keep the athletes outdoors
during the time between the ending
Of football and the beginning of base
ball.
Soccer made some Roadway this
winter, but was started too late to
advance far. A number of the
clubs aim TO put out soccer teams
next season and it is predicted the
games growth among the sand
letters will he rapid.
While the Knickerbocke nre
busy in Georgetown, the Mohawk
Athletic Club, on the opposite side
of town, is laying plans also for
big things. For several years the
Indians have cast longing eyes on
the broad piece of land around
seventeenth and d streets south
east with the hope of converting
it into an athletic park. Nothing
definite has been\ done about. 1t,
though.
The Indians have tentative
agreement with +. Lawrence Phil
lips for the use of Union Park, at
Fifteenth and II streets northeast,
for both football and baseball. 1t is
understood, and seem willing to
wait for more prosperity before
launching a park project Of their
own.
The big lay-off at the navy
yard made many Of the Mohawks
jObless, hut this is not expected
10 interfere seriously with the
clubs participation in sports.
The Mohawks recently took over
n large dance hall in Eighth street
southeast and made OF II basket
ball court. Clubrooms. etc, and the
club is picking up rapidly in Nom.
bership. Mercury A. c., of south.
west, also is progressing. This
southwest club, in fact. is keeping
up with the Mohawks and Knick.
srbockers in the matter OF gainins
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

new members and some hot stuff
Is looked forward to In the way Of
competition among the three In
baseball and football, especially
football. They were the big three
on the local sandlot gridiron last
year,
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
Anybody Could Stand
Few Minutes of
This Agony

When Mile. Lenglen remarks
that america is truly cruel for
French athletes" she surely had
no reference to the 100000
Carpenter collected for less
than quarter of an hours box
ing i'm Jersey City.
II that is cruelty. there are a
number Of athletes in this coun-
try who crave to suffer.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

Andrew Goddard. pride Of the
Washington navy yard, has an aver
tge of only three pins better than
krauss'. His mark is 1927 for fifty
,ne strings but Andy is especially
KILLED when under heavy fire and
very likely will shoot above that
speed.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

The Knickerbockers are looking
well into the future. Sandlot sports
had a record year in 1921, and moth
ing, with the possible exception of
unfortunate conditions at the navy
yard. has appeared TO indicate a
lessening of pep in the coming out
door season. Especially is sandlot
football expected TO prosper.
Athletes with an eye for business
saw wonderful prospects last year in
an athletic park, and with a grow
ing scarcity of places to stage base.
ball and football games the Knick-
erbockers may well hope for the sue.
cess of their scheme. Even at this
early stage they plan to rent the
park to other clubs and also to car.
nivals when not using it themselves.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

The club has grown rapidly in
membership and today has close to
three hundred members I'm good
standing. This probably is the
largest membership to be boosted
Of by any sandlOt club i'm the city.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

Another example Of the Knick-
erboCkers' foresight is the provision
made for soccer in plans for the flu.
ture. This game, authorities agree,
sooner or later is sure TO take u
strong hold here.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1922.

Louis A. Dougher, Sid Mercer. TaS.
Sam Crane, Damon Runyon, Eve Of che
foremost baseball writer's Of the com.
try, contribute TO The Times snort
pages. Read their stories Of the game.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18

Glenn WolstenhOlme and Harold
Supplee are the teams high aver
age men. WOlstenhOlme, a star
bowler almost from the time he
first grasped a. duckpin ball, is hav-
ing a great season and tops the Ma
sonic League with mark Of lib
for fifty one games.
The Washington times., 1922-02-18
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1922.

Bowling Is the Capitals leading
winter sport. r. ID. Thomas, of The
Times staff Is giving the pin spiders
the best accounts of their game to
be found in any local newspaper.
The New York herald., 1922-12-19
COMMUTES DAILY
FROM PHILADELPHIA
David M. Shirk Has Made
Round Trip to New York
Seventeen Years.
TRAVELLED 100000 MILES
Up at 5 AS Every Morning and
Home Again Just at
Bedtime.
100000 MILES

Ne commuters who grumble and
groan and growl at the rnonotonous in
convenience OF travelling twice daily be-
tween New York and points on Long
Island. in Westchester county, or even
in that foreign land of New Jersey. gaze
closely. at the record OF q new candidate
for the worlds committing champion
ship. illuminate long on the. following
facts and wish yourself merry Christ
mas:
For seventeen years he las connuted
every week day from his home m Phila-
delphia. TO his Office at Broadway and
Twenty-third street-a round trip dis
tance of about $50 miles. He has
Travelled a total OF more than $4,000
miles between the two cities, and has
spent two and half years OF the seven
teen riding on railroad trains. fguring
by the schedule time OF two hours each
way. Often II Is longer.
The cornmuter Is David NJ. Silirk Of
SS3 South Medley street. Philadelphia,
manager OF the New York advertising
office OF the Philadelphia Inquire. He
arises at :45 every morning. catches a
train at Z, and Is in his office soon after
8 o'clock. in the afternoon he takes a
train between and 9 o'clock and
arrives home a couple OF hours later IN
time TO go 10 bed 10 get good night 8
sleep before catching the train next
morning.
And what does he think about those
four hours a day. 3lS days a year!
What does he do with the time? As
aspirants for committing honors have
put forth their claims in the past two
weeks--one man who had rounded out
total of 100000 miles between Cape
May. n. j.. and Philadelphia. In twenty
two years another who claims to have
covered more than i.350.000 miles be-
tween New York and Beverly. n. j., in
thirty years--newspapers all over the
country and their readers have been
asking how the commuters used the
time. Mr.. Shirk was asked yesterday.
The two hours in the morning are EN-
ployed in reading the newspapers. He
goes over all the Philadelphia papers
and then some of the New YORK dailies
He, counts the year and a quarter nc
has used up doing this as that mucn
time devoted TO his business II saves
him reading the papers after ne reaches
the office.
But the two hours returning are oc'
cupied differently. He said:
1T am just about fed UP on newsT@t-
pers. So ] take a nap or look out OF
the window pride myself on being q
close observer. but there Is somethils
new to see each time. On every Trip
see a barn. or clunp OF trees. or g
h!ll. or something else that had MOI
noticed before. And even after seven
teen years / don't know all the cross
! ties by their first name yet.
| Mr. Shirk was asked IL he Gid no'
become tired of committing at times
His reply vas a vigorous negative
Catching a train at certain time esct
day aids him In keeping more resuia
hours than most business men VINO de
not commute. he said. some msht'
when he misses his train and goes 10 Q
hotel, he. said, he finds he does not Sc
TO bed at the regular hour. and has
never yet reached the office on time
| tho next morning.