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The Washington times., 1922-12-27
DUCK DINNER FOR
GUN CLUB LADS TONIGHT

Members of the Washington gun
club will stage their annual wild
duck dinner tonight at the City
Club. George A. Emmons Is chair
man Of the committee In charge Of
the annual get.together. Following
the dinner the annual meeting. will
bs held. The past year has been
most successful, but the gun rclub
members are out TO make 1923 even
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
GIANTS PITCHERS ARE
TO BEGIN ON HOLIDAY

NEW YORY, Dec. 27.-About
sixteen of the Giants pitchers. both
veterans and youngsters, are to
begin training on Washington
Birthday at Marlin, Tex, boiling
out in the springs before going to
San Antonio. Cosy Dolan, who
shares coaching duties with Hugn' .
Jennings, will be in charge OF this
first squad and there will be two
in the party.
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
MElHORN TO GIVE AWAY
TO MANNING AS PRO

SHREVEPORT, La, Dec. 27.--
William Melhorn. of Chicago, one
OF those who finished close to the
top I'm the national open at Skokie
last Summer and professional at
the Shreveport Country Club, will
leave that post on April 4. His
place as professional will be taken
BY c. Z. Manning, former assistant
pro to Tommy Kerrigan at the
Siwanoy Country Club. In Bronx.
vile, ". Y, ....,"
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
MOHAWK CLUB PLAYS
SANTA TO YOUNGSTERS

Sports give the Mohawk Athletic
Club plenty to think about, but the
Indians have thought or two left
always for something else.
Take for instance a grand party
to be- given for the kids tonight at
the club house at 516 Eighth street
southeast,
Old Santa Claus himself will be
there to hand out toys and good
things to eat.
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
Meusel and Falk.
THE passing of Bob Meusel has

"HE passing Of Bob MeuseI has
not provoked any mournful
u walls in New York. Folks feel
that Meusel has talent, but has not
developed it much since he became
a Yankee. Anyhow, they are
cheered by the news that Bob Falk
is to come here. Falk doesn't hit a
ball as hard as Meusel can hit one,
nor as far, but he hits it OFTENER
in the pinches.
Falk is one of the best outfield-
ers to come into the American
League in yeafs. He is a better
all-around man than Meusel and
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
PRESENT STARS SHOULD
STOP OLD TIMERS
By TOM KENT.

At the close of each Walter Camp, the Amer
football, generally regarded games able
authority chooses from the players various
To be chosen member of
football player attain Camp has dozen capable assistants
various of the assist him
that the final choice usually the
cation of players possible grdron
for that
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
QG{oSE:GGfR3. {!R SERGfS}
BAN A, TRAGIC FIGURE

DAN JOHNSON figure baseball nowtragc because
II he cng his sembance without realizing
procession has him. No takes Ban
moreeast of all his Therefore, the baseball
writer's of New York should be
Johnson's diatribes against them
Bans crude eysve to the charge that he had falsifed
queruous old He did make for him.
and devoted most of his statement that did
into the
The Washington times., 1922-12-27

ing itself when he had tarried
h~fore dizzy outlay of syn
thetic substitutes, waving his ell
bows in the alcoholic bedlam, and
offering toasts to everybody in
general.
Suddenly he seemed to settle
into sanity which momentarily
threatened complete normalcy.
He seemed to be searching his
mind for lost thought until
even his host looked askance.
The next gulp was a choking
sob. In a trice he had con
verted gay revelry into the
crowdins gloom Of an impending
disaster.
Tears were actually tumbling
out Of his blood-shot eyes when
sympathetic hands lead him to
seclusion where he might mourn
unseen.
What in the name of st.
Swithin are you blubbering about,
you old soak?"
"Hic, hic, hic, It's Christmas
Eve and I haven't bought my
wife any present" he sniveled.
why, that's, nothing to cry
about. Just give her money. she'll
appreciate it just as much" they
consoled him.
Good he sobbed in ecstacy,
HAS anybody got change for five
dollars?"
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
StOcky Was Empty"


1OUSIN EGBERT BARROW
opened up the Yankee rest
~ parlors early Monday morn
ing. Like all other good boys,
Cousin Egbert hung up his stock
ing on Sunday night and left a
note on the mantelpiece for Santa
Claus.
Dear Santa" he wrote, "please
leave Eddie Collins or jake May,
or both"
Alas, the stocking was empty.
When Barrow inspected his holi-
day mail he found no CHEEKY
greeting there from either Kid
Gleason, the grump who manages
the White Sox, nor from "Vine-
Vernon club and auctioneer of
Vernon clug and auctioneer of
jake May.
1t is feared that "Vinegar Bill''
has turned even more sour than his
name and the May deal is in pickle.
A week ago Miller Huggins de-
parted for Cincinnati with high
hopes. A few days later the Vernon
folks spoiled Hugs Christmas by
making a new proposition. They
want a half dozen American League
athletes for May, and probably not
half of them could be extracted
from the big league by the waiver
process.
No wonder Higgins and Barrow
now believe there is no Santa Claus.
The grim Mr.. Gleason is stand
ing pat on his demand that Waite
Hoyt be included in the Collins deal.
1t begins to look as if Hoyt will
go, too. Such a deal would be
greatly regretted in New York, as
Hoyt is one of the few "native
sons" who have made good in the
big leagues. Furthermore, though
he is now classed as a veteran, )"
he is, as a matter of fact, only
twenty-five years old, and should
be great pitcher for at least seven
more years.
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
CHARLIE HALL STARTLES
WORLD WITH DRIVES
By CHARLES "CHICK'' EVANS.

All the world Joe Kirkwood the Australian trick
shot maker, but who has heard of Charlie Hall?
Charlie Hall the fine golf OF the
select tptop American professionals in he could
at time give golf exhibition that would thrill spectators as
perhaps Kkwood thrilled Hall could do it
his speciality Roy Cohen
would golfer is Of
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
Says SKILLET"
Finn, Esq:
No Matter How Drunk q
Man Gets on Christmas
Eve, He Never Forgets
His Faithful Storm
and Strife.
BY KIRK MILLER.
By KIRK MILLER.

TT WAS Christmas Eve. Hic-
cups were as plentiful as feet
L in your shoes. He had been
doing a little personally conduct
ed tipping, visiting at random
and sampling indiscriminately.
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
CHICAGO BASEBALL POOL
HEADS FACE TOUGH
, .,
...-.. SEASON
SEASON
By HARRY NELLY.

CHICAGO Dec 2Make of baseball pools and about Chicago
wondering going happen business next
From that well informed word that the chief
tickets making guarded inquiries IL 1t will be
safe to in this form Of lottery next year
firm which the slips
biggest pools Chicago had interviews with postal
officials
ths
the the purpose ascertanng the
warning xash hein1 haeded
The Washington times., 1922-12-27

1t Is no concern to baseball
writer's and scorers whether or
not johnson prevails in his effort
to keep this false record in the
baseball guides. They have made
their protest and the affair is
ended SO far as they are con-
cerned. Hereafter they will put
these records in the Joe Miller
class.
johnson has antagonized every
element in baseball now. For
merly he confined his feuds with
newspaper men to individual
quarrels. Now he has a quarrel
with an organization. His asso-
ciates cannot hold him up much
longer. Sooner or later, Ban
johnson must be dropped for the
good of baseball. He was a good
man in his day. Now he is just
a quarrelsome old man, who not
so long ago was ready to wreck
baseball to satisfy his own pride.
The Washington times., 1922-12-27
Didn't Steal Many.

Sam Rice, supposed dlthe speed
lest of all the 1922 Griffmen. stole
only twenty bases in ls4 games,
The Washington times., 1922-12-27

He was wishing everybody
Merry Christmas from the statues
in the park TO the revolving
The Washington times., 1922-12-27

barber poles
The spirit OF
Yuletide W a =
on his breath.
He had Stun
bled up and
down the steps
of half the
apartments in
[ o W n a n d
pushed eleva-
tor buttons OF
the other fifty
per cent all
evening long.
1t was near
ing l o'clock
ON fha nn0rr.
The Washington times., 1922-12-27

Charlie Hall, Of the Country Club.
Of Birmingham. Ala. Is the longest
driver in golf!
80. man; II I could only do that"
] hear you say. II wouldn't give
rap what else I did,
And that is exactly the way nine
out Of ten other golfers feel about
IL. which is the reason that Charlie
Hall is an outstanding figure in
this sport.
Hall drives from 800 to $50
yards from every tee-or 1 should
say he can drive that far II the
green Is far enough away to per-
NIT him to let loose his full swing.
He sends out q ball that climbs
far up into the air, with q whir
that Is almost q scream, then lit
orally hangs there while It floats
onward and onward down the
fairway.
first met Hall in a tournament
which was held some years ago
at Nashville. observed his very
long drives at that time-in fact
observed some of them with a feel
ing OF near amazement because
did not think, until / saw him in
action. that a golf ball really could
be driven, with any regularity, the
tremendous distances that he sent
It. ! had not heard much about
Hall, until recently a friend told me
that he is now thriving in Bir-
mingham.
I have learned with pleasure that
Hall holds the record for the diff
cult Roebuck course, of Birming-
ham. with 81, and this indicates
that his short game has come up
to something approximating his
driving ability.
Hall is to take part In this
years professional championships,
understand, and II ne does let
me give those who make up the
golf galleries q tip right now to
trail in with Hall and behold
some Of the most marvellous driv.
ing the game has ever developed.
Hall Is built about like Walter
Hagen. is perhaps a little heavier.
He does not bring his clubhead
away back. as Guilford does, but
stops it at point where it is
horizontal across his shoulders, ex.
actly as Abe Mitchell drives.
He has a perfect rhythm and
those who may expect to see him
slug the ball will be surprised at
the physical east and grace Of his
stroke. There is no noticeable ex.
crtion about il. He has a tremen-
dous follow.through sweep. which
proves that II is the follow.through
that makes the ball go far.
Hall is the Babe Ruth of golf.
He represents something in golf
that the sports technicians should
know more about. The game would
be helped il Birmingham sends him
forth so that the rest of the coun-
try may see more of his playing.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Coz
The Washington times., 1922-12-27

Or course, there is no way Of
suppressing the cooperative pools,
run on the mutual plan In offices
and factories. nor are they q men,
ace to baseball. but when big
money Is Involved some "fixer"
always Is likely to approach some
weak ball player who might fall.
Judge Lands also has expressed
his astonishment at the fact that
the big pools filch hundreds of
thousands Of dollars from their Gus
toners by dishonest arrangement
of tickets and failure to pay off
This was brought out clearly by
tho investigators employed by 3.
B. Johnson and he hired one OF the
most reliable detective agencies In
the United States and its best
operatives were employed on the
work.
Some idea of the amounts of
money involved may be CLEANED
from pool fostered by Kansas
City and Omaha men. II Is said on
good authority this pool has clean.
ed up $3.50. 900 for it's owners.
1t is recalled that some of the
persons mentioned prominently in
1.-The BLACK Sox" scandal do busi.
hess in Omaha and that Kansas
City men were involved In a North
Side game when pitcher not now
with the club was removed just
before a game on telegraphic ad.
vices from Detroit that something
crooked was about to happen.
Judge Lands is aroused thorough
~ concerning the dangers Of this
eutburst OF gambling on baseball
and after digesting the reports OF
the agency which conducted the
recent investigation. he Is likely
TO take action to do away with the
big pools-if such thing Is pos
sible.
In any event, n man CLOSELY iden
titled with the seven big Chicag &c
pools has been waking guarded in
quiries about the advisability ol
getting out from under.
The Washington times., 1922-12-27

&c In other words, the proprietors
are not willing to take down the
percentage which runs for the
heuse'-in most instances about
storty-but they doctor the tickets
IN such manner that the house wins
much more.
Z. A few years ago when Congress.
man Mann of Illinois was the Re.
publican leader in Congress. an Of.
Tort was made to interest the ma
iional government in passing laws
shaking baseball pools illegal and
providing means for enforcing the
contemplated statute.
SHe stated at that time this was
A. matter for State authorities to
handle and few States did pass
the legislation requested by the
club owners, but the movement
gradually flattenad and not much
good was accomplished
AT the present time Judge Lands
has charged the club owners
major and minor-with the neces-
sity OF taking concerted action lest
y new scandal break out in baseball.
st'e considers the pools a real men.
ace and an evil that should not be
tolerated.
The Washington times., 1922-12-27

q, The little pools are honest, but
nose who have investigated DE-.
Sisro that Tn many instances, the
n9 money ones often fail to pay
II the sums they should.
The Washington times., 1922-12-27

Hall Ii to take part In this
years professional championships,
understand, and II ne does let
me give those who make up the
golf galleries q tip right now to
trail In with Hall and behold
some Of the most marvellous driv.
ing the game has ever developed.
The Washington times., 1922-12-27

"A complete investigation Of the
baseball pool selling business was
conducted by agents Of B. B. John
son last summer, and upon the in.
formation obtained johnson based
his speech at the joint meeting Of
the major leagues at New York
recently.
Judge X. NJ. Lands, who Is
known to be a diligent uprooter Of
evil and terror to evildoers has
entered the scheme to suppress
baseball pools il possible and is
armed with complete report of
the Chicago investigation. He
threatens to make pool selling
rather dangerous occupation.
o. A man on the inside-One not
connected with basebalI-tells of
- funny incident that occurred last
osummer. It seems q fly.by.night
pool was started in Aurora. II
was promoted by q sort Of mon.
enion" gambler. He collected a
considerable amount Of money.
blew the suburb, and neglected to
: pay off.
- There was CONSERVATION amongst
Ine regulars" They feared the en-.
tire business would. get in bad and
'shat the authorities would close
oewn on them. According to our
nornant, the regulars got to.
eether. paid off the obligations of
the departed outlaw" and after
that all was serene.
The holders Of winning tickets got
l9o cents on the dollar. the squawk
uosided. and the so-called "legiti.
mate" sellers took up the Aurora
territory without suffering any in
c0nvenience save what they threw
INTO the pot to square things.
Ihere are a great many baseball
pools operating In Chicago, from the
nsutual affairs got up amongst EN-.
ployes of an office or factory to the
Dig ones promoted by a strong CLIQUE
anat Is backed up by many thousa nds
0f dollars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05
These Pictures
Are Headed for
Capital Screens
ROSEMARY THEBY, in
SHAME" is the next
attraction at Moore's Rialto.
"Stardust," a Cosmopolitan
production, comes to the
Metropolitan next week.
House Peters. in "The Man
From Lost River" is the
next offering at Crandall's.
From Architect
to Stage Success

TAMES WATTS has been a
III star OF American musical
comedy for so long that the
fact he earned his major fame
as a public entertainer in Europe
will probably be overlooked.
Watts is making his first tour
of the vaudeville houses and his
appearance at the Belasco this
week is his first in Washing
ton two a-day house.
His success is one OF the out
standing sensations of the cur
rent season. Almost unknown he
came to New York from London
a few years ago. With his ad-
vent in the Greenwich Village
Follies his artistic horoscope was
readjusted, for he was an in
Simultaneous hit. 1t was immedi-
ately evident that it was no hap
hazard travesty or burlesque of
which Watts had been a student.
but a careful one of dancing
opera.
His imitation of Pavlowa, his
reproduction of all her charming
mannerisms his hilarious bur
lesque on the prima donna, even
TO the facial expressions, all the
little tricks Of the well schooled
soloist were recognized at once,
and bought Watts a storm Of ap.
proval.
Watts was intended to follow in
his fathers footsteps, or pencil
marks, for the elder Watts was
a well.known architect In Mel
bourne, Australia. True to this
wish James studied the profession
and followed 1t for a long time.
Then the oblique theatrical angle
came and he was fouirl one ngiht
singing tenor roles with the ]. G.
Williamson Royal Comic Opera
Company.
He entered the musical conser-
vatory in Melbourne and studied
dancing and took a course in
operate roles with Nine. Emma
Nevada. 1t was this technical
foundation which led to his career
as a character impersonator and
satirist.
He was brought to this coun.
try b. the MGssis. Shubert. His
success was obvious and he now
enters Shubert Vaudeville after
his lengthy engagement in the
Greenwich Follies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05
She Was Loaned
For One Picture

Mr. AIRY BRANDON. the girl
N who wins the 'bashful
sutton" in Triart's dramatiza-
ton OF Josef Israel's art marter-
piece, THE Bashful Suitor," which
is the extra added attraction on the
double feature bill offered at
Moore's Rjslto Thester all week,
beginning today, is a popular stage
actress, loaned to the cinema to
portray a difficult character role.
Although having done minor roles
in various features, such as Peter
Ibbetson." Mary Brandon is best
known for her type portrayals,
notably in Welcome Stranger" in
which she won exceptional praise.
Mary Brandon is now in Louis
Mann's Natures Nobleman" at
the Apollo Theater, in the role of
Rose Brand. Triart's effort to
make the characters of its produc-
tons fit the picture, rather than
make the picture fit the star, had
led the producers in long
search to find just the type of star
that would give an accurate char.
acterization of the girl in the mas.
terpiece Of Israel.
It required more than beauty
and mere acting ability: the person
chosen had TO live up to the tone
Iof the painting, and the excep.
tional type of personality and
ability found in Mary Brandon
were agreed upon by the art. SITS
sponsoring the production as true
to IsraeIs type.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05
Clean Burlesque
Is Netv Objective

IN EN- years ago II anyone had
told you that a time would
come when the burlesque
20 theater would be a place where
you could take any Of your
family, including the ladies', the
chances are that the majority
OF you who had ever been TO a
burlesque show in those days,
would have replied: you're
crazy" Nevertheless, the day has
arrived when this is possible, and
with it a new era has dawned
in the burlesque field.
Those largely responsible for
the change are the heads Of the
Columbia Amusement Company.
More than a decade ago q small
group of producers decided that
better things were in store for
the burlesque shows and thea
tiers IL suggestive lines and wig
Cling "cooch" dancers were elimi-
mated.
They had the strength OF their
convictions and broke from their
associates who deemed what they
had in mind impossible. The Co
lumbia Circuit was first started
with a few shows and houses
but 1t has since grown until now
1t is the biggest circuit Of burl-
esque theaters in the land. II
all came about through cleaning
up the shows, making the burI-
esque theater a place of a6use-
ment for all of the family instead
of for stage audiences alone, and
bringing clean wholesome fun to
thousands throughout the land.
With the advent of the new era
in the burlesque producing field
there also came a new school
of performers Suggestiveness
could not be replaced with a
finely pointed speech and expect
the then typical burlesque audi
ence to appreciate it. So a
period Of education had to be
started.
OF the new schol of burlesque
comcdians-Joe Freed and Harry
Coleman, who are to appear this
afternoon at the Gayety Theater
with the Sugar Plums,' are
splendid examples and the enter
tainment itself is one Of the new
err types of burlesque shows.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05
LOEW'S COLUMBIA
saturday Night'

NCATURDAY NIGHT" Cecil B.
DeMille's latest and undoubt-
eddy his greatest and most sump-
tuous Of all "silken" cinema pro-
auctions, will be presented at
Loew's Columbia Theater this az
ternoon for an extended engage
ment. The story has been per-
sonally directed by Mr.. DeMille
from thee"seript by Jeanne McPher-
son and to the Interpretation Of
the picture he has brought a splen-
did and notable cast that includes
Leatrice Joy. Conrad Nagel, Edith
Roberts, Jack Mower. Julia Faye,
Edythe Chapman, Theodore Rob
erts, Sylvia Ashton, and many
others.
Saturday Night" is a powerful,
vivid and opIlent study Of the
problem Of modern marriage and
the influence upon II Of social en-
vironment. It reveals a quartet
Of characters, two Of high degree
and two Of mental calling who, by
force Of psychology, become at
tracted to each other and mate out
of their respective spheres.
Mr.. DeMille reveals the fashion
in which the two mixed married
couples, temperamentally and psy-
chologically at odds to begin with,
find their greatest variance on
Saturday night, when each at
tempts to put into practice the So
cial habits to which each has been
accustomed.
Leatrice Joy and Conrad Nagel
are the two who are presented
first In the characters of society
folk desultorily engaged. The girl,
however, becomes infatuated with
her chauffeur and the man, a mil
lionaire, with his laundress. Mar
riages result on both sides and the
forces Of breeding and environment
begin to act.
This paves the way for some Of
the most gripping and dynamic ac-
ton that DeMille has ever given
the silversheet, in the course Of
which 1t Ia shown that oil and
water will not mix and that in the
end the plebeians are drawn to
each other as are the two aristo-
Gratis.
The production will be given &
lavish program background at the
Columbia today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-05
CRANDALL'S
"Way Down East
GRIFFITH'S

n. w. GRIFFITH's superb
filmization OF the famous
stage favorite. way Down East"
In which the principal roles are
played by Lillian Gish and Rich
ard Barthlemess, will be the at
traction throughout the current
week at Crandalls Theater. be-
ginning at 8 O'Clock this after
noon.
The development Of this story,
familiar to all theatersoers, Is
pursued with an attention to de-
tail that lends It added impress
siveness. The climax depicting
the ice-pack on the river. and one
OF the most thrilling rescues ever
enacted before the camera, is one
Of the most nerve.tingling bits
Of cinamatography ever recorded.
The work Of Lillian Gish and
Richard Bsrthelmess, who, since
this picture was made, has be-
come q star in his own right,
Is the finest either has done. The
members of the supporting cast
contribute characterizations that
are no less distinguished. The
photography is Of a quality that
transcends in clearness and pic
torial beauty anything that even
Griffith has contributed to the
present high estate Of this branch
OF photoplay production.
The bill for the week at Gran.
dall's will include, in addition to
Way Down East" contributory
features Of careful selection and
pipe organ accompaniment of tho
major features. 1t is announced
that the presentation Of this sterl-
ing attraction will not be con-
tinued longer than the current
seven-day period.