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, 1922-08-18

familiar with the conduct of public
affairs In which he has taken interest
since hoyiood.
He stands high in his home coun-
try as he does elsewhere as he extends
his acquaintance.
Mr.. Crosby is a son Of Jesse w. eros.
by. former Republican state commit.
teeman. county chairman and mem
Der OF tho legislature from Big Horn
county. The father was one OF the
developers of the Big Horn country
and the son is following IN bis foot.
steps.
Mr.. Crosby is making substantial
progress In his our OF the state and
did himself 10 end of good on his
visit to Casper this week.
, 1922-08-18

II your tent is not water proof. then
be sur w TO touch II on the inside.
with your hand or with Anything,
while II is raining. as Il will generally
make the water drip through where
It IL touched. The canvas is soaked
IN the rain and touching It inside
disturbs the weave or mesh OF the
canvas and spreads the threads or
makes a little raised spot that causes
the water to drip through.
1t was only two nights after Ted aSS
learned his lesson and moved his tent
that a terrific thunderstorm came Up
and there was almost n ~cioudburst for
a while. II awakened both boys and
they set up and watched the lightning.
The trench was soon a miniaturs
river. carrying on the water and they
were nice and dry inside.
And there's no particular danger
from lightning" said Ned. because we
took Uncle Ben's advice and did not
make camp under a tree" MONDAY:
"Lightning.'D
Tomorrow-Nerrv Nfakipr
, 1922-08-18
Song

When I was a wandering butterfly
And you a o
I slipped your sweets, then flutteret
by
AS the soft wind blows.
For there are other roses"
I told your brimming eyes
"Ah. yes" you family murmured.
"And other butterflies"
New York Sun.
, 1922-08-18

THE Atlanta Constitution thinks that the chances
of the Democratic party in 1924 will be better If
the Republicans retain control of congress after the
election of 1922. So? Then all Democrats please
vote for Republican candidates for senate and house.
, 1922-08-18

next Tuesday and see that Judges BEuNE and KIN
FALL are given a large vote of confidence.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
DUNDEE TAKES
DECISION IN
RING CONTEST
Defeats Jack Sharkey in Fiji
teen Rounds at Ebbets Field
BY Wide Margin. ~

NEW YORK. July johnny
Dundee successfully defended his
130-pound worlds junior light
weight title last night against Jack
Sharkey at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn.
The fight went the scheduled fifteen
rounds.
The judges handed UP the slips
dutifully after the final bell, but
1t was clear to the crowd that Dun
dee had the thing clinched, and the
bawling of Dundee is the winner"
by the announcer was so much
wasted lung force. ..
Sharkey took three of the rounds,
a few were even, but most of them
were Dundee's. =
1t was Dundee's 566th battle, and
he Is still going strong. -
incidentally It was the first time
Dundee has defended his junior
title. created by the Army, Navy,
and Civilian Board of Boxing Con.
troll a year or 80 ago and adopted
by the New York State legislature
when the present boxing law went
through. -
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
Today's Contests In
SandI0t Series

Unlimited class-Section A, Sher-
wood VS.. Dominican Lyceum, at
Washington barracks, Sis D. M;
Section B, Gibraltar vs. Costello
Post, at Sixth and B streets north.
west, Sis p. m; Section c, Man.
haitian vs. Optometrist, at Rosedale,
SIS p. m.
Senior class-Section A. Mohawk
VS.. Roamer, at Union Park, SIS
p. m: Auburn VS.. st. Theresa, at
Congress Heights. Sis p. m; Sec
ton B, Silver Spring VS.. Ariel, at
Benning. 6:15 p. m.
Junior class-Section A, Crescent
VS.. Trinity, at Thirty-seventh and
r streets northwest, 5:15 p. m;
Atlantic VS.. Potomac. at Thirty
fifth street and Wisconsin avenue
northwest, Sis p. m: Section b,
Rainier Emblems vs.. Plaza, at
Union Station Plaza, Sis p. m.
Midget class-Linworth VS.. Mid
land, at Thirty-seventh ana r
streets northwest, 10 a. m.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
THREE HUNDRED
AND FIVE ENTER
NATIONAL OPEN
Ali Records Broken for Play
Starting at Skokie Monday
For Golfing Honor.

The final addition TO the list Of
golfers who will compete in the ma
tional open championship. which will
get under way at the SkOkie Coun-
try Club. Chicago ,on Monday,
brings the total up to 305. which
skaters all records for the event.
Previous to this year the record
was established at Inverness in 1920
when 265 started out in the quest
OF which Ted Ray, British star. won
the honors.
Among the added entries is that Of
Francis Ouimet. former national End
open champion. who has succeeded
in getting away from business for
the week. With the Bostonian IN
the hunt. the field now includes prac-
tically all OF the amateur stars as
well as the professions.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
PRESIDENT WHITE TELLS
WHY HIS LEAGUE STOPPED

Poor patronage at games and the
suspension of William II. Klepper
Of the Tacoma Club from active
participation in organized baseball
by Commissioner Lands, are rea-
sons given by President Deacon
White, of the Western International
Baseball League for the disbanding
of that organization. The league
was made UP of Vancouver, Ia
coma, Calgary and Edmonton.
In his statement announcing that
the league had voted to disband,
President White said that "the pat
ronage in the four cities represent.
ed in the league. even with high
class ball and a spectacular race,
has Unexpectedly fallen below the
mark of previous years, the receipts
being totally inadequate to meet ex.
penses,.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07

clearer than any of the rest that
flourish In the pugilistic grove.
1t goes back in an unbroken line
to the days of Jack McAuliffe, who
retired. undefeated, the crown au'
tomatically reverting to the bes,
man on the active list. Kid Lavigne
OF Lavigne's championship quail
tiles there Is no doubt. A pretender
arose in the person OF Jimmy Britt
Of California, during the days OF
Zoe Cans, Britt claiming the title
because Joe refused to make weight
but no one ever took Britt's claim
seriously. and Joe afterward beat
James with ease and aplomb.
From Cans to Nelson, on down
through Wolgast. Richie, Welsh to
Leonard, the title Is quite clear. On
back beyond McAuliffe It runs TO
'6S, when one Abe Hickman arose
as the first claimant Of the crown.
The featherweight title was con-
ceded to George Dixon i'm 1891.
Dixon defended II In number
OF battles, losing . fOur-rounder to
Billy Plimmer In New York In 1893.
1t was claimed that this was not q
title match.
In 1896. Dixon lost to Erne at lo2
pounds, but reversed the decision
In 1897. Later, in 1897, Solly Smith
beat Dixon in twenty rounds at San
Francisco at 120 pounds. Dixon
still claimed the title, holding that
the weight should be 11S pounds.
In 1898. Ben Jordan. Of England,
won a twenty five-round decision
over Dixon and claimed the title.
Eddie Santry, OF Chicago. stopped
Jordan in sixteen rounds in New
York, and filed on the crown, hut
later that same year Dixon beat San
try. On June %. 1900, Terry Nc
began a new regime.
McGovern was beaten by Young
Corbett in 1901. at 126 pounds, and
Corbett was always satisfied with
the thought that he was the man
who licked McGovern. He paid scant
attention to the featherweight title,
and in 1904 Abe Attell claimed II.
Abe was beaten in five rounds In
1904 by Brooklyn Tommy Sullivan.
but in 1908, Abraham stopped Tom
my in four rounds in San Francisco.
and from that time until his defeat
by Kilbane, the present champion.
Attell. was the undisputed King or
the feathers.
The bantam title. held by Johnny
Buff, has been tangled up at Vari-
Gus times, and the line OF succession
had followed twisting trails, but
Johns papers are clear.
He won II in competition. More
over. he seems to be worthy sue
cessor to the best Of those who
have gone before him.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
By BRYAN MORSE.

IHARLES R. EVANS, Jr., Of
Edgewater, Chicago, in win
~ ming the Western amateur
championship, takes the position Of
the outstanding amateur golfer OF
the United States. "Chick," by
virtue of his defeat Of George Won
Elan in the final Of the recent
Hillcrest tournament, has brought
his string of titles up to eleven,
just one more than the redoubtable
Jerry Travers, who, with Evans,
Walter J. Travis and H. Chandler
Egan, are looked upon as having
played most conspicuous parts In
United States golfinR history.
Evans has twice won the anna
teur championship Of the United
States. In 1916 against Robert
Gardner, over the Merton Cricket
Club course, Evans won his first
title. At the Engineers Club. Ross
lyn, L. l.. Evans defeated Francis
Ouimet for his second champion.
ship.
In 1916 Evans defeated Jock
Hutchinson at Minneapolis for the
national open title. Evans there
fore has been open and amateur
champion in one year and has been
twice amateur champion.
The Western amateur champion
ship has been taken seven times
by Evans. his last assault against
an unusually fine field resulted in
victory last Saturday. In add
ton Chick" has won the Western
open. In 1910 he won at Beverly.
Chicago, from George Simpson in
match play.
As has been often quoted in the
past few days Evans made a record
at Hillcrest when he shot a 81
for the qualifying round in six
under par. His steady play through
out the Western amateur showed
conclusively that he Is playing at
top form and is to be considered
tional open champion in the toVrna-
ment starting Monday at Skokie.
Evans n writing . special series
OF golf stories for The Washing
ton Times sport pages. They are
full Of real meat for the golfers
as well rs those who are rapidly
joining the g0lfing ranks here.
"Chick" II widely quoted, Is .
most popular person and In con-
sideration Of his brilliancy Ii one
Of the best bets at Skolkie.
Last summer at Columbia Evans
was third with a total of 302. just
behind Walter Hagen and Freddy
Mcleod.
"Chick" that he is playing the
best game OF his career" and for
this reason can be counted as one
of the best bets Of the national
open.
Teddy Mcleod. of Columbia, is in
Chicago today. Mcleod left Wash
ington with Guy NJ. Standifer and
wilfred Reid. He is chock full Of
confidence and declares he Is play
ing better golf than ever before.
Tabs kept on Mcleod during the
average for Columbia to be around
seventy-two. Four rounds at that
gait would give him 288. a figure
last summer when Barnes got in
nine strokes ahead Of the field with
2S9.
Mcleod declares he has been
putting well, which is an indication
that he is at the top Of his game.
On Monday at Skokie, Chick Evans
will be paired with Jim Barnes.
present national open champion.
The fact that the sterling players
will draw the largest gallery of the
0nanin0 dav IN nm arg1fmanf that
something exceptional can be looked
for.
Evans, incidentally. has led the
field of amateurs in every open
championship since 1915, having
taken a Jump out front after Fran.
cis ouimet made his famous de-
fense Of the national open title in the
play-off when he defeated Vardon
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
Dempsey And Willard
May Scrap On
Sept. u

NEW YORK, July lit was
indicated today by Tex Rickard
that II negotiations are closed for
a return meeting between Jack
Dempsey and Jess Willard the
bout will take place on Septem-
Der %. No site for the bout has
been selected, Rickard declared,
several are under con-
sideration.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
'Chick" Evans Covers
Open Tournament
For The Times

Charles "Chick" Evans. for
the seventh time holder of the
Western amateur golf cham
pionship, and a prominent play
er in the national open tourna-
ment at Skokie. will have his
own authorized stories of the
big tournament in The Wash
ington Times.
"Chick" Evans is the best
known amateur player in the
country. He is we'll known
here, having appeared here on
several occasions. notably in a
foursome with Freddy Mcleod,
Walter Hagen and Jim Barnes
during the war at the Colum-
bia Country Club.
Evans special articles are ap-
pearing regularly in the sports
pages of The Washington Times
and his accounts of next weeks
big tourney will be in addition.
Don't miss these stories by
"Chick" Evans, who is a fav-
orite with many to win it.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
Changes Are Coming.

Changes are said to be coming 10
Iris Speakers Cleveland Indians in
a very few weeks. President Barnsrd
will work shoulder to shoulder with
Speaker in building up another pen
nant-winner.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
SAYS BUGS"
Baer:
TENDLER Is
NO CLAY PIGEON
Lew Figures to Knit
Plenty of Socks for
Lightweight Champion.

4
r EONARD TENDLER busi-
4 ness will be battle of GEN.
- tury.
Carpentier-Dempsey fight was
also battle Of century.
So was Dempsey-Willard.
Levinsky- Carp stuff was no
century battle. 1t was only about
ten minutes.
They call 'em battles Of cen
tury because it takes century bill
to grab seat. Then you don't get
it. You've got to stand up while
some policeman preserves law
and order in your chair.
Looks like champion will have
to bounce around to prevent
Tender from beating his ribs
into plowshares. Tender is not
very popular fighter in New
York, but he can slam like bull
pen full Of army mules. Tender
is like high rent. Neither is
. popular here, but they both hurt.
Lew banged Barrett so proudly
that you could hear humping all
over Pennsylvania. His left ham,
mer sunk into Barrett's ribs like
Jack Horner's thumb into that
Xmas pie.
Leonard isn't listed on our box
ing commissions table d'hote rs
anybody's Xmas pie, but II he
detours into that south-handed
rib tattoo something is going to
break, and it won't be any ring
posts.
Battle of century figures to
snare about 10000 paid-up and
worcestershire customers. It looks
almost as gaudy as Dempsey and
Carp. II you haven't made your
plans for getting in, you had
better start economizing on your
bootleggers and save enough
money to start light housekeep-
ing in Boyle's Thirty Acres on
July 26.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07

and Ray at Brookline, and after
Jerry Travers stepped to the fore
the last time.
Incidentally the greatest field In
the history OF the open champion
ship will start Monday. Late fig
ures include such additions rs
A. A. Armour, Scotch champion;
Rudolph Knepper. Princeton star.
runner.up to Chick" Evans In the
Western amateur hunt last year;
Harrison p. Johnston. Of st. Paul,
one Of the strongest Of the West
ern amateurs: Eddie Held, OF st.
Louis; Willie Hunter, former Brit
ish amateur title holder: Fred
Wright, Of Los Angeles, the last
to stick In the British amateur
tournament q year ago, and l.. B.
Patton, q crack Boston player.
OF interest to Washington players
Is first.hand information received
from Tom Sheridan, former Wash
ington athlete. and now of Chicago,
to the effect that the Skokie course
is prime for the title tournament.
Sheridan was. a recent player at
Columbia with Albert r. Mackenzie,
George p. James, and II. King Corn.
well. He declares Skokie not com.
parable with Columbia, saying the
local course is stouter.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07


how not every titleholder could point
Ito his family tree, so to speak
winding up with Johnny Wilson.
we come now to another case in
point, the welterweight division.
We are willing to concede that Old
Boy Jack Bpitton is the best welter'
weight in the world. He has NO
greater admirer than the writer. But
Old Boys title is one of those carry
ing a number of flaws, when you get
right analytical.
Britton claimed the title In 1916
on the strength Of beating Ted
Kid Lewis, the Englishman, in q
twentyFOunder. Ted-kid got the
title in q back room from his man.
ager. James Joy Johnston.
Ted-Kid was one OF those 1j9.
pound lightweights. So was Brit,
ton. Ted-Kids manager happened
10 look in a book on a rainy day and
noted that nobody had said much
about being welterweight champion
for some years, so he claimed II with
loud, shrill cries of glee.
He got lot of publicity. observing
which Britton's manager, Dumb Dan
Morgan, grew envious and covetous.
They inveigled TedKid and his man.
ager away down South and twenty
rounded them right out of that title.
There were perhaps half a dozen
men in the country with as good a
claim to the title at that time as
either Lewis or Britton, but they
never thought of claiming, or at
least no one paid any attention to
their claim.
Lewis and BrittOn fought q reg
ular schedule for the title for
some years thereafter, Lewis win
ming it back once, and BrittOn
finally cinching II with q knock
out Of the Englishman.
1t Is a question who was the last
welter champion before Lewis man.
ager dug it up. Packy Mcfarland
could undoubtedly have claimed II
and held it when he was at his
best, but no one attached any value
to the title at that time.
Jimmy Clabby once claimed it in
gingerly fashion, and was recog.
nized by some. So did Ray Bron-
son. Back in 1908 Mike Twin Sulli.
van naQ q claim on II, and some
recognized Joe Cans as the holder
of both the light and welter titles
when he knocked out the Twin.
Cans never seriously claimed 1t,
nor offered to defend It.
Before Sullivan, Honey Melody
beat Joe Walcott in fifteen rounds,
and was generally acknowledged the
champion, perhaps the last real, un-
disputed welter king until Britton
came along.
The line of succession was un.
doubtedly jumbled up after the
passing of Melody. The Dixie Kid
beat Walcott in 1904 on a foul, and
some recognized the Kid for a spell.
Clabby's claim was based on a
newspaper decision over the Kid.
Walcott won 1t by beating
Rube Ferns. Ferns won Il from
Matthews, and Matthews got Il
on a foul from Mysterious Billy
Smith. Britton has established q
new dynasty Of welters, yet Brit
ton In the beginning horned in
as a sort Of pretender to the
throne.
Leonard's lightweight tree is
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
Hawk Juniors Booked.

The Mohawk Juniors are due to
play the Triangle A. c. Sunday at
Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast, at 2 p. m.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
BY CHARLES (CHICk) EVANS


it is where the shots look to be I
stance, around the green.
Away go the strokes when the
player. approaching. lands just off
the edge Of the green, say twenty
to thirty feet to one side.
Often 1 have seen three strokes
dropped right here; in fact, lost
a championship one year when
was in such a position and because
failed to make good golf out Of a
simple little run-up shot: I tried to
pitch to the pin with a mashie.
when simple golf called for a rum
up. pitched to the far side Of
the green and landed in a trap.
1 have always had the idea that
the way to play golf Is through
the air and have always disliked
to trust my shots to the ground.
This feeling may account for Q
weakness 1 have had In the in-
portant "run.up shot" from ten
10 thirty yards off the green.
A number of players have de-
veloped this shot to an exceedingly
high point of skill and to 1t many
of their low scores must be credited
Jerome Travers, / think, owes much
Of his success to his uncanny abil-
ity in landing fifteen or twenty
yards off the green and going down
in two with almost absolute GER
tainty.
Experience shows the great value
of this shot when you find yourself
off the green on your second and
your opponent Is nicely on.
1t is disconcerting to your oppo'
nent when you lay your shot up for
a half, for a man who Is on the
green while you are off is convinced
in his own mind that he has won
the hole, hence a half is disappoint.
ing, and the results are likely to
be reflected on the next hole.
No player can get on the green
every time and when he is ten or
fifteen yards off, the great little
run-up shot is a real friend.
Eastern players developed the
''run.up shots" where Western
men frequently used the masllie to
pitch over the rough fairgrecn.
think this was because on Eastern
greens q space Of 10 to 80 yards In
front Of the green Is kept In extra
fine condition, whereas In the
West this was not true.
The superiority of Eastern play
ers over Western, that used TO exist,
could largely be accounted for by
their use of the run-up shot.
II had played q low flight, run
up shot into the gently slopinB front
side Of the green on the daySI spoke
of, my ball would have run over near
the hole. And this suggests to me a
point l would like to make right
here: namely, that nothing bu; a
putter or straight-faced run-up iron
should be used to negotiate a hilly
green or a rise in front of you.
No one can play golf observinGly
for long without realizing that ali
shots Immediately around the green
deserve special practice. The main
thing about the ''run-up shot" is di.
rection. and in playing 1t give par.
ticular care to the imaginary lire
between the ball and the hole.
Then / let my club lie flat SO
that neither heel nor toe Is on the
ground. believe the thumb
should be straight down the shaft
for In that position the shot Is
steadier. use q practically
square stance with the feet close
together but the left toe pointing
out q little more than the right.
One should stand right over the
ball. The height Of the flight Of
the ball Is controlled by the follow
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
Sandlotters'
Salt and
Pepper
By r. ID. THOMAS.

By r. ID. THOMAS.
The wisest baseball heads In
America will decide whether or
not Umpire Jimmie Green wns right
In calling the Holy Name Warwick
game In tho city sandl0t series q
draw. Bill Dineen. one Of the old
est umpires In the major leagues,
was called on today by the series
management for D decision. lt
he had ever encountered, he said.
board consisting Of Billy Evans,
thrash 10 out. He has written to
ions and expects replies by Mon
accepted by the series manage
ment.
No rule In the book covers the
situation specifically, it was the
opinion Of Dineen.
Yesterdays scores in the series:
UNLIMITED CLASS.
Section A-Shamrocks. Q; Knick.
erbockers. s.
Section B-war Finance. 10;
Blacks A. c.. s.
SENIOR CLASS.
Section A-Aztecs. 4: St. Peters. o.
Section B-Holy Name. IS; Friead.
ship. I.
JUNIOR CLASS.
Section A-Epiphany. 7: Stan.
ton, 2.
Section B-Knickerbocker Juniors,
10; Linworth, 4.
MIDGET CLASS.
Liberty Cubs, IA; Cleveland Park,
II.
Two big games are or today for
southwest fans. The Gibraltars
will tackle Costello Post ut Sixth
and b streets and Dominican Ly.
ceum will battle the Sherwoods at
Washington barracks. Dominican
viii be trying for its second vic.
tory, having vanquished Junior
Order as q starter.
The Knickerbocker Juniors gained
sweet revenge on the Linworth
Juniors. Twice had the Linworths
triumphed in exhibition games with
the Knick lads, and the latter had
figured a victory in a champion
ship contest would take all the
sting from the two lickings.
Holy Name leaped on Friendship
in the first inning and scored nine
runs. In the face Of that, Friend.
ship kept trying but Il was no
use. Holy Name showed lots Of
class. Mccarthy pitched fine ball
for Holy Name and Bombast, who
relieved Murray. also did we'll
Lefty McIntire once more is going
strong with the Aztecs. Both st.
Peters and Aztecs slipped up on
shooting in a box score. but accord
ing to spectators only one clean hit
was made off McIntire.
Many fans thought War Finance
was not TO be considered as n
title possibility. but the laclng Bel.
taire's men gave Blacks A. C.. Is
likely to change some minds.
Reds Hager, Gibraltar's mainstav
catcher, hacked his thumb cutting
III "a put1hCp SHOp anu
geon took eight stitches in II. Reds
is a hardy youth. but won't be able
to play until the thumb heals.
The Shamrock's beat the Knick.
erbOckers, 98, before record
crowd. Spectators completely sur
rounded the field.
Denzendorf is credited with having
held the Stantons to two hits in a
nine-inning game. Epiphany winning.
1t was close until the seventh. when
Epiphany shot over five runs, win.
ming, 7-2.
The midgets are hot articles. IL
Is unique that they kick about
everything but umpires. George
Long and Dick TennysOn are han.
ding the kid games gratis and arc
making q fine job Of Il.
The champion Roamers. who
trimmed St. Teresa to open the
series, meets another tough foe to-
day in the Mohawk Juniors.
The Washington times., 1922-07-07
Fort Worth Leads,

Fort Worth is leading the Texas
League pennant race and looks Ger.
tain of hanging up another triumph.