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The Washington times., 1922-06-24

There are really nine young men
to each Of the long lean boats called
racing shells. shell being a good
name because they are as fragile as
the hun Of q pecan nut. but one
Of the nine IL not naked. He wears
some clothes. He has q megaphone
strapped TO his face, and he sits
In the stern of the boat.
The hullaballoo mentioned came
from the steam whistles Of scores Of
Yachts riding at anchor along the
curse ike white water fow! Of
varying size. Two trains, one on
each bank Of the river, and packed
with male and female constituents Of
The naked young men fairly pslrl.
tated on their respective rights Of
way under the vocal carsoss.
Yale ives In front most Of the way
from the start under the railroad
bridge across the wide stretch OF
water they call after England hig
river, only pronounced differently.
They say 1t as II 1t rhymcd with
James.
On an observation train which
chugs along the banks Of the river
abreast the boats, you do not see
a great deal Of the actual race, but
whenever we saw II todoy, Yale WAS
undoubtedly in front.
The nose Of Harvard's shell
pushed out from under tho bfidge
first. giving the Harvnrdians
aboard the train which was walt
ing on the bridge to see the start,
occasion for plenty Of noise.
Then the besk OF the Yale boat I
began crawling UP and went ahead
Just as q lumber yard 10, between
us and the river.
The eight naked young men In he
Yale shell were p. b. Russell, OF
White Plains, N. T.; r.. Sheffield, OF
New York. d. H. Bige,~w, Of An
dover, Mass; ], 8. Rockefeller. Of
Greenwich. Conn: r. Spencer, Of
Chicago: A, G, McHenry. OF Dayton.
Ohio; T. r. Hainee, Of New York;
8. r.. wing, Of Yonkers, and the
coxswain, c. w, Chase. ~ Cleveland.
The rowing experts always re-
Ter 20 them as number so-and-so
IL seems 90 us this b much too
distant and informed. It n 10 DIS
tsnt ne the observations from the
race course. Charles Dana Gtb-
sons son. Lsnghorn Glbson, b
captain Of the Yale crew.
Before the boiler factory blurred
our view, we" had another glimpse
of Yale In front and going away.
A paint show came along. then
Some old half-sunken ,hulks Of On.
Client whaiers. rotftpg IN the river.
hut when they passed there was
Yale stili ahead.
The banks Of the long avenue Of
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TormsntIng Dsnforth.

81. Louis writer's charge Amer'
can Iea cue umpires with tormentin,,
Dave is,rtorth IN de-NanS'ag 'o So.
the ban when opn~s'n~ n'--~~,
scent sJn.e foreign substance on n.
The Washington times., 1922-06-24
Pick Breaks Leg.

Charlie Pick. manager Of thu
Sacramento club Of the Pacific
5past Deague, Is out Of the gamt
~1fh a broken left leg. Some four
years aRo he broke HE right Lex
and that took him out Of the big
leaeues. Pick once played third
base with the Washington club.
The Washington times., 1922-06-24
DARTMOUTH PLAYER HAS
REPORTED TO RED Sox

BOSTON, June 2t.--Leroy Z.
MAYNARD Of Miller's Falls, captain
and shortstop Of this years Dart.
mouth College nine. reported to the
Boston Red Sox here today.
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Goes to Pirates.

Tom Mcnamara. exiied captatn
of the Princeton nine. has signe.'
with. tho Pittsburgh Pirates. not
the Boston Braves, as the first In
formation had II. McNamara 's
aid 10 be one college outfieidcr
The Washington times., 1922-06-24
Hes An Old Bird.

Y lack Britton, who defends his title
AZ welterweight champion ag,inst
Benny Leonard next Monday night
IN New York. VIII be thirty-sisnt
years old In October.
The Washington times., 1922-06-24
'GT'S THE CREW THAT LICKED
HARVARD, /" SAY YALE MEN
By DAMON RUNYON.

LONDON June 2swhen Mr. Young Corbett sPlattered
Mr. Terry MGovsrn right here this mans state quite some
champion complied with certain
6ss with reference to weight. ,,, :,
ais sof said Mr. Young corbst with deep interest We'll
This observation reflects OF speaking
feeling with reference to boat which took place YESTERDAY
The Washington times., 1922-06-24
Sandlotters'
Salt and
Pepper
NJ r. D. THOMAS.

Ralph ohsrlins. capable manager
Of Blacks 4. c., prominent IN the
unlimited clase. may Be careful here
after In booking senior teams, The
Roamers bumped Oft the Biaciss. ~.
ana 0herlins had laughed when
warned Il might happen.
Unlimited class teams have been
prone 10 underestimate the strength
Of these senior clubs. In boxinE par
lance. they ale the Mght heavy,
weights Of sandlct baseball. Almost
anyone Of them 10 liable 10 come
through with q winning punch
against big team.
Vic Riston 70 the rangy first,
sacker Of Mercury a. Q, and also its
manager. He fills both Jobs with
oonsummsts skill.
Vincent sinclair. the younsstsr
who performed sensattonaliy on the
Navy swimming team. 10 Q member
Of the Knickerhocker Club. The
sandlot clubs boast % many crack
swimmers. The Washington Times 10
planning . meet for them.
at Union PARK soSss % wSsn % tie LAD @
srty a. G, and Holy Name juniors
ret together. The younsstsrs have
been planning for weeks 70 make II
q rsd.hct affair and have cold 1000
tickets. A brass band 10 announced
a IN addsd attraction.
Gibraltar A, c.. champion unliun.
ited class team In 1881, was given q
raw deal by the umpire when they
lost 70 the ehsmrocis. according to
Alec MeinberE. the Gibraltar mana
ger. and Q number Of fans who saw
the gatne.
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Pickering q Manager.

ollie Pickering. now fifty-two
years cid. is managing the Paducali
club In the Kitty league and play.
ing the outfield. The other day he
got all pepped up and stole second.
Pickering played with Washington
In the days OF Joe Cantillon.
The Washington times., 1922-06-24

But Wneh ne ooes tinhiy sWins
into conversation on his profession.
Hornsby Is mighty interesting.
For. like most leaders Of anything,
he has brains and an Intelligence
and has studied the job which Is
his.
Prefacing his remarks with the
stipulation that II be made clear
that he wasn't setting himself up
as any oracle or "know-it,ali," but
merely offering the personal opin-
Ions of Rogers Hornsby. he sub
mitted to questioning.
Naturally enough. the subject OF
hitting was the first broached. And
Hornsby's answers were clear and
well thought out.
ITO my mind" he began, "suc-
cess In hitting means just simply
the right sort of confidence In
yourself and the ability to pick
out good balls. OF course, the
natural ability must be there,
also, but 10 make tho most Of
that o man must not be nervous
.up there at the plate and he
must have the eye to pick out
good ones. s.H ,-..
Bad ball hitting Is what makes
easy flies and grounders. No. It
Is seldom that I try placing my
hits, My main idea at the plate
is connecting with q good ball. OF
course, there are times when i
think I see some infieldsr out OF
position or "a chance to outguess
the infield, hitting II out when .
hunt In expected or something OF
the sort when try placing . hit.
"Then. Of course. there is the
place hitting which Is connected
with, q hit-and-run play. That play
always calls for an attempt at
punching the ball behind the run
ner.
pitcher that was harder for me 70
hit than any other, BY that, ]
don't mean that no pitcher IL good
enough to stop me. but Just simply
that. az long as ! pick out baIs
over the plate. It doesn't make
much difference who puts them
tl,ere, understand rr
"There are Tires when you 90
up an can't hit the worst pitcher
times when you can connect Tor
base hits from the hest 0f them.
Yes, batting 70 me means simply
the ability 70 pick out good halls
and keep myself from biting st
bad ones.
"There Ia more to fielding than
simply standing out there on your
toes and waiting for the ball to be
hit. The natural requisites of q
fielder are speed and, of course, the
ability to use his hands and throw.
To these I believe Il necessary to
add a knowledge OF the opposing
batsmen and what kind Of balls
they are supposed to, hit.
'Tt 10 common knowledge that an
outfieider plays for certain batters
In different spots In the outfield.
Well, Just that 10 also done In the
infieid. Where yards count In the
outfieid, feet count In the infield.
ITO this II added the kind Of ball
which 10 being pitched 10 the bat
ter As an aid to this you watch
the catcher and his signals. All
this comes into consideration, also.
when second has 20 be covered on
base steaier. II decides whether
the shortstop or second basemsn
covers the bag. r
Base stealing I don't figure much
on. am not much Of a believer
In stealing for the mere sake Of Il.
II there 10 time when one run
looms up big. that's q different
proposition. when q stolen base
10 needed, all right. But there h
too much risk involved.
Running wild on the bases means
The Washington times., 1922-06-24

that you are risking bad legs. .
broken ankle, or q twisted knee.
I think it's better sense not to take
that chance unless It's necessary.
Bad legs take away your profession
from yourself and your services
from your ball club. 90 nobody n
benefited. Base stealing is q mat
ter Of the break the start. alto
gcther. I think" s# T.
The Washington times., 1922-06-24

Some years ago, when Jack slip
ped back to Philadelphia 70 spend
a Sunday ct home after meeting
several tons Of heavyweights In -
month, he was asked question BY
the writer:
"Arsnt you picking a lot Of thin
Ice for your fancy skating In mest.
ing % many big, whackiug mugs
and you only 170 younds." &
mot q BIT Of t." responded Phiia.
deiphia Jack. who knew his sport as
= Pierpont Morgan knew Wall
'Do you know that I prefer
meeting broad d-shouldered giants to
perf,sps i've pounds lighters
teal you why. In the first
place. 70 bigger they are the
any trsuble dancing away from
them after peclxing their beezGrs
with my iefthand jab.
"I step 90 fast and DO 80 much
feinting and in-and-out work that
the 225-pounder never gets set. He
stands In the ring like q dub with
me racing al around him.
'rhe GROVE, thinks I am handing
him an unmerciful licking. although
I might not hit him a. much ns 1t
thinks. But take care not to get
hit myself. and unvaryingly get the
referees decision and the approval
Of the crowd.
Moreover. there's the psychology
Of It. Do you know that when'a big
man and q little man enter the ring
that the sympathy Of the crowd Is
always with the smaller man. II
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cheers every time he scores and pays
no attention when the big man hits.
sIt misses the Mr.. Jumbo every
time there h o clinch and makes
II appear that he b using foul tac-
ties, even N he has been doing the
eleanest kind Of scrapping.
'sI can make the crowd believe
that the cleanest Kind Of fighter Ii
roughing me. All this makes big
impression on the referee and helps
the smaller man when the decision
is TO be made. Should I lose. the
spectators will say, Well, IL took O.
bigger man to do IT, ~
"It is different with the chap who
Is my own size. That means IN the
first place that he Is faster than
a big opponent. and ! can't take the
same chances. II the man Of my Gwn
size is good I have to be wary at
AL times.
Then the crowd win give me
no especial consideration. ] don't
get that sympathetic break ! de
when I face q giant. IT'S all equal
and ! have to fight my head OH
tN WIN.
Philadelphia Jacks logic Is borne
out by his record. Hugo Kelly.
Tommy Burns, Stanley Ketchel and
Sam Langford. men his own size,
decisively defeated him. He out
pointed, knocked out or drew with
the giants.
There could be no better illustra-
ton of 0'Brfen's reasoning than
this:
On May 10. 1909. Philadelphia
Jack met Jack johnson. then IN his
prime, and outpointed this 225-pound
leviathan In six rounds at the Ma
tional A. c., in this city.
Less than one month later, oBrlen
fought Stanley Ketchel, who was q
few pounds lighter than he snd
Ketchei stopped Jack in three
rounds. .a-.
Now It looks as IL Carpenter las
adopted the Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien system. Anyway. he fears
Greb, the most formidable man in
the world his own size. ..-
The Washington times., 1922-06-24
Holks Has Measles.

walter Holke. the Braves first
sacker, res an attack Of measles.
caught from his children al az
whom are III.
The Washington times., 1922-06-24
JACK O'BRIEN'S PLUMBER
STOLEN BY FRENCH IDOL
BY JAMES C. ISAIlINCER.

Gsorgss cap:ntisr styled the light heavyweight ehsmDion Of The
champion Of America though promoters offer him
In Dempsey Carpenter met bigger and kicker scrspper
Greb and unu Of French francs but Georges
50 4 .3 y d
Wonder Carpentier Philadelphia. Jack oBen did
when fought with cyclic regularity Of Walter c. Kelly
Whiting and Burt playing the Keith circuit? .fs
The Washington times., 1922-06-24


The Yale varsity crew hadn't won
Q race all season and sage looking
gentlemen with an aquatic flavor to
their speech were mumblins that It
was the punkest crew that ever
kicked up water. =
That's all right" Yale can say.
I'VE may not have a good crew.
but its the crew that licked Har.
ward"
And Yale, or anybody who Is even
neishbor TO . Yale man. knows this
is the important thing.
When the eight naked young
men with the blue tipped oars,
their baclSs arched Ike excited
cats, clawed their way up the
Thames river ahead Of the eight
naked young men with the Grim
son tipped paddles there was
quite hullaballoo about the
matter.\
The Washington times., 1922-06-24

cheers every time he scores and pays
no attention when the big man hits.
The Washington times., 1922-06-24

'sIt misses the Mr.. Jumbo every
time there h clinch and makes
H appear that he is' using foul tac-
ties, even N he has been doing the
eleanest kind Of scrapping.
The Washington times., 1922-06-24

ITO my mind" he began, "suc-
the right sort OF confidence in
yourself and the ability to pick
natural ability must be there,
also, but 10 make tho most OF
that q man must not be nervous
up there at the plate and he
must have the eye to pick out
good ones. s.a
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
MYSTERY ABOUT THIS PAVING.

There seems TO be a great deal of mystery concerning
The paving of that part of the Lincoln Highway between Me
iuchen and Highland Park which is a part of Route No. 4 OF
the State Highway system. For some time past the State
Highway Commission has been trying to get the Board of
Freeholders to pave this stretch of six miles of highway
under the reimbursement plan. The idea is to have tbs
county issue bonds and pay for the work now and the state
will refund the money thus spent two or three years hence.
This reimbursement plan is one of the tricks of the
patent pavement interests. With the various Boards OF
Freeholders in different parts of the state awarding con
tracts for all this paving work, responsibility is scattered.
There is not so much public attention attracted to the bid
ding when done by counties as when done by the state
board. The patent pavements are more easily put over.
The road between Metuehen and Highland Park is
showing the signs of wear, but it is not in as bad condition
as a great many other roads that are supposed to be i'm
proved. The main trouble is that it is too narrow. The fact
is, however, that the State Highway Commission is deter
mined to have it paved this year.
Although the Board of Freeholders have not yet signi-
fled their Willingness to build this road under the REIN
bursement plan and in spite of the fact that the State High
way Commission insist that they have not the funds available
to go ahead with the work themselves this year, the property
owners along the highway have been notified to make such
connections as are necessary and preparations are being
made just the same as if the paving of the road this year was
an assured fact.
The f~reeholders profess ignorance of what is going on
and the State Highway Commission is mum. 1t will be in
teresting to watch developments.
In the meantime, it is interesting TO recall the fact that
this Metuchen- Highland Park road has been built but five
or six years and the bonds issued to pay for this road must
have many years yet to run. In other words, before the
present road is half paid for it is proposed to rip it up and
issue more bonds to pave it all over again. The taxpayersI
would then be paying taxes on two pavements for the sane
road. And then we wonder why the tax rate is high.
This road paving game is the greatest burden the peo-I
Pile have to carry. 1t is particularly expensive when costly
pavements are built and then neglected and allowed to go to
ruin so that they have TO be rebuilt before the original pave
ment is anywhere near paid for.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
CHILDREN IN THE STREETS

With a record of fifteen children injured in the streets
of this city during the month of April and the first week in
May it would seem as if something should be done to remedy
The situation. True, the Fairgrounds will soon be in oper-
alton, but, at best, they will provide for only a few young
sters. The appropriation is wholly inadequate. Incidentally,
Fairgrounds opened the first of July do not help prevent &C
cidents in April, May and June.
The men of today who are in charge of public affairs
do not seem to realize that conditions are vastly different
now from what they were when these men were boys. In
the first place, there were no paved streets; houses were
built further apart and there were yards to play in. Opea
fields were only a short distance away.
Then, again, the traffic in the street was not only not
nearly so great, but it moved much more slowly than the
present day traffic.
But modern needs have been provided for as the city
has grown excepting where the children are concerned.
They have been gradually robbed of their natural play
grounds and nothing has been done to provide e substitute.
What is the answer?
Fifteen boys and girls within the short SPACE of five
weeks are rushed off to the hospital for treatment, many of
them possibly MANNED for life.
Isn't it about time to include the children when laying
out the program for the years work in municipal develop
ment? a.-..
The boys and girls of today are the men and women of
tomorrow. 1t is the first duty of the city to see that they
have every advantage and receive the proper care and pro-
lection.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
1T KILLED THE CAT, BUT

New York is installing fire alarm boxes without glass
doors. This will increase the number of false alarms rung in
by mlschlef-makers who obey that impulse
The Paul Prys will find it hard to resist a fire alarm handle
dangling free outside the red box, just as they cannot resist
touching wet paint with their fingers to see if it's dry, or
poking an umbrella tip in a freshly laid concrete sidewalk.
Shrewd psychologists a long time ago realized that the
Paul Pry instinct could best be kept in bounds by making if
necessary to break a pane of glass before ringing gor the fire
engines.
Behold little Willie, embryonic Paul Pry, marveline at
spring, Fostering pa with questions about what makes the grass
grow, why the days are getting longer, where the wind goes
to when it stops blowing.
Later on, little Willie will be testing dryness Of fresh
paint, taking his watch apart to see if he can get it. together
again, trying to eat everything that looks as if his jaws could
master 1t. Children try to taste their way 70 knowledge.
Be thankful for this. Curiosity is the force that has pro-
duced all comforts, all knowledge, all civilization.
All forms Of animal life constantly are trying to improve
themselves. The desire is manifested by their curiosity.
Go into the woods. Start ~chopping. In half an hour, if
you look about, you'll see an army of eyes among the trees
curious squirrels, focking to see what it's all about.
Trapper, laid up with a broken leg in a trail cabin of the
Animals will see the rag ~flapping in the wind and, steered by
curiosity, will come from miles away to investigate. That
gets them within range of the hunters rifle.
Animal trainers differ as to whether menagerie monkeys
or human spectators get the most fun from watching each
other.
The instinct Of curiosity is so powerfully developed in
man that anything dangerous has to be made foolproof.
Put "Danger-Stay Out" sign on a shed containing dy-
Mantle. Nearly every one that passes will either force the
door with a club or peer through cracks and knotholes to
learn what's inside.
Wisdom, handed down from the experience of the past.
IS Observation-Disclosures the average persons curiosity i'm
pels him to find out for himself. Thus youth has its fling the
bootlegger constantly has a new crop of customers-and. in
general, man learns very little from experience.
. The motive force or life is the Paul Pry instinct.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12

A. At the present time about 3y,-
100000 gallons of such whiskey is
stored in warehouses throughout
the United Staten as compared with
oo,OO0,00O gallons eighteen months
ago.
Q. Is there any artist by the name
OF Charles Chaplin? I do not re-
fer to the movie actor.-G. r. L.
A. Charles Chaplin, a painter and
engraver, of English parentage, was
born June s, 1925, at Les Andelys,
Eure-France. He became q natural
lied citizen Of France and died in
Paris in 1891. One of his best pic
lures Souvenirs" is in the Lux.
embourg, and another "Haides" ID
in the Metropolitan Museum, New
York city.
Q. Does the government. own mail
cars?-H. B.
A. The P~ostofice Department
says that the railroads own the
mail cars. The hauling of the mails
is paid on . space basis, and accord
ing to the frequency of the service
and mileage.
Q. Can you give the names of two
men whose friendship rivals that
of Damon and Pythias?-P. T.
A. 1t would be hard TO And a
more beautiful story of friendship
than that related of David and jon
athan. In LIST Samuel, 18th Chap
ter, LIST verse, It is stated THAT the
<oul of Jonathan was knit with the
, ou1 of David. and Jonathan loved
him as his W SOUL"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
MATAWAN

At the preliminary meeting Of 90
friends of Ann May Memorial Hos
opathic Hospital. of Spring Laky3
held in Odd Fellows Hail. Wednes-
day afternoon. a permanent organic
cation Woman's Auxiliary was form
ed, the following officers being elect
ed: Mrs. Tunis r. Schenck. pres
ident; Mrs. C. L. Green. vice pres
.ident; Mrs. f. S. Cottrell. secretary;
Mary Conover, Mrs. Lillian Walling
Mrs. l.. E. Davies, treasurer; Mrs.
Mary Conover, Mrs. Lillian Nalling
and Mrs. Clara Brown. committee
on bylaws.
The auxiliary starts with a nice
membership which will be consider
ably enlarged in the near future. The
next meeting will be held at the
call of the president. the latter part
of the month.
Mrs. i. e. Davies, wife of School
Physician. DIR. l.. Z. Davies. was op-
Grated on yesterday in the Ann May
Memorial Homeopathic Hospital al
Spring Lake for gall stones and
other conditions that were found
during the operation. In considera-
ton of the seriousness of the oper-
alton. Mrs. Davies is doing well as
can be expected. Mrs. Davies is
treasurer of the Ann May Memorial
Hospital auxiliary recently formed in
this borough.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-12
TIME TO "coME ACROSS"

A pledge once given ought to be considered good until
ii is fulfilled. The Young Mems Hebrew Association and
affiliated organizations conducted a campaign a few years
ago for funds with which to erect a building. The pledges
amounted to over 100000. 1t seems, however, that only
about $4,000 of that amount was ever paid in. Recently
il has been decided to proceed with the building. The funds
are needed to proceed with the work. Since the excavation
was started about $4,000 more has come in. But there is
sill about 500, 900 outstanding. Naturally, the leaders in
the Young Mems Hebrew Association took those who pledged
certain amounts seriously and on the basis of those pledges
they have felt justified in going on with the work. Now is
The time TO scome across" 1t is something that is owed
10 the y. M. H. A; it is something that is owed to the city ana
ii is something that those who have made pledges owe -
themselves. A drive has been started to get this money in.
There ought to be no hi1iculty about collecting it.