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The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-19
FAIRBANKS ] BOY is ''
 AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP

Clifford Smith, Fairbanks High School senior, has been recommended for the Colorado School of Mines award for this year, according to an announcement made by Commosstoner of Education L. D. Henderson. His application was the only one made for the scholarship.
 The Fairbanks boy has a very fine record for the entire High School course, said Mr Henderson, and his school record as whole is excellent. He is the son of Murray Smith, prom inent Fairbanks business man and long time resident of that commun- ity. He will enter the Colorado school at Golden, next fall
 This is the second scholarship to be awarded by that institution. The first was made last year and was given to William Niemi, formerly of Douglas, but a student in the Anchor age High School at the time of the award. Niemi has won high praise from his instructors at Golden for his work Tn a letter just received by Commissioner Henderson from Presi- dent Victor c. Anderson, of the Colo rado school, the latter said: "Niemi had made very creditable record with us. I think well of him and hope any future students you send us may do as we'll"
 The scholarship is awarded annual. ly. It is good for a four-year course and is valued at $1,000.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-19
ALASKA MUSEUM TO
 GET CURI0 COLLECTION

The Territorial Historical Museum has been presented with number ( curios of Alaska by Thomas Riggs, former Governor of Alaska, and who is now in Washington, D, c. The curios are a collection made by Mir. Riggs when he was with the Alaska Canadian boundary survey, 1906 and 1912.
 The curios collected in the Terri tory in 1906 are basket teapot, Nusha- gak village; halibut hook, Disenchant ment bay; child's rattle, wooden dish pan, hair pin, face marker, Italio river, near Yakutat.
 The curios collected in 1912 are: Iron axe, bone hide scraper, Firth riV- CT, on boundary. The Firth river is ir the Far North and flows into the Arc tic Ocean Model of toboggan, Ram part House, Y. T.; copper nugget, head of White river; section of man. moth tusk, Old Crow river; boundary marker, from Chilkat river These markers were placed on the provision al boundary as established under the "Modus Vivendi" and were later re- moved to make place for the aluminium bronze boundary monuments.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-05-19
SWAPPING KINGS. IN A CLOUT DUEL. ON THE DIAMOND

NEW YORK, May 19. - Tomorrow afternoon at the Polo Grounds prom ises to be a very ponderous occasion, indeed with cash customers as num- erous as flies in restaurant kitchen.
 First off, it is the day when the eminent B. Ruth is released from the official displeasure of Judge Landis. Official attendance figures at the Polo Grounds to date have been right fair indication of Ruths popularity.
 But if the event needs any further recommendation, consider the freak of schedule-iugglery which brings the St. Louis Browns to New York on the day of Ruth's return. The Browns are not only one of the leading pen nant contenders but they happen to have right and title to Kenneth Will jams, and Ken is the young man who has been Ruthing them over the fences since the season started.
 Ruth versus Williams. The king meeting what may be the heir ap- parent in a man to man duel. That ought to pack them in.
 In fact, the reserved sections at the Polo Grounds are sold out in advance this being not only testimonial to Ruth, but recognition of the fact that Williams, as a .slugger, is no tempor- ary institution. He is coming to his best just as was Ruth the first year he broke the record, and the time may not be far distant when compari- sons will be taken for granted
 WILLIAMS IS THE SMALLER
 Of course, Williams does not hit the ball as hard as Ruth does, or did, he hasn't the physique. For another, he probably lacks the Babes co-ordi- nation of eye and muscle. For third, the ball has been made less lively, and perforce the pitching is becoming bet ter.
 Yet Williams, staked to a five weeks start, might very easily head off Ruth for the home run honors this year and, hitting them as he has been, would possibly top the Babe even up.
 Even if he seriously challenged Ruths supremacy it would be a great thing for baseball attendances. They would want to compare the two st rs in action, and we can think of no types more dissimilar in style and ar pearance.
 Everyone is familiar with Ruth'7 man-in-the-moon countenance. his barrel of a chest and pipestem legs. He and Williams have about as much in common there as Mrs. ,Asquith ard Eva Tanguay.
 The St. Louis outfielder is ? lean, sun-bitten individual of doUr, lugu- brious expression and few words, at least as far as the ballfield is con cerned. He would make an excellent undertaken.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
GOOD ELEVEN
FOR COLONELS,
MORAN THINKS

"Bo" Mcmillan, famous All.Ameri'
can back from Center College. and
several Of his equally noted team
mates have left the college Of the
'Prayin' Coionels." but they're 60.
ing to have another good team
down thar in Kaintuck," accord,
ing to Charley Moran. coach of the
team.
Uncle Charley" who spends his
summers umpiring in the National
League, says he is going to build
his 1922 eleven around Red Roberts
all.American end and captaln-slect
of the team.
We are getting plenty Of good
freshman material since little
Centre started to step out. and
there Is no reason why we should
go b y to oblivion because we
lose stars.
I'VE are getting good assistant
coaches, and the future looks just
as bright as the past two years
have been" he said.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13

al believe Willard is sincere in
his intention to get himself In the
best possible condition, and he
should be given every opportunity
to prove this sincerity.
Every ex-champion is entitled
to a return match. and Jack
Dempsey should not deny him this
privilege.
81 am not boosting another
match between Jack Dempsey and
Jess Willard, or any other pair
Of fighters. But any judge OF
physical training who looks Will
lard over will agree that he can
train himself into good enough
condition to fight Dempsey or any
other man.
"The most surprising thing Is
the healthy condition of Jess at
this time. I, will not admit a
fighting condition, but a condi-
ton that makes it possible for
him, if he trains as he should, to
be as good as he ever was in his
life physically.
"This talk Of q mans not be-
ing able to get into a fine phys
ical condition at \Willard's age is
all wrong. It can be and has been
done many times.
"He appeared to me to be as
speedy as / have ever seen him.
His Judgment of distance was re-
markably good. He was also fast,
and worked neatly on his feet.
"As It looks to me, I can see
a great opportunity for Jess to
come back, provided he does not
take his entire training into his
own hands, as he did in the first
match with Dempsey"
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
Premium on Losing.

Premium on Losing.
A ND so the match was made
n under terms which carried
"A premium on the loss of
the title. Lynch. actually paid
Buff an extra $4,000 for the
crown. The money consideration
was secondary with Lynch. He
wanted the title. His manager,
Eddie Mead, gambled on the gate
receipts when he guaranteed to
pay Buff $4,000 if the cham
pion won, $4,000 if the bout was
a draw and $35, 900 if Buff lost.
Buff could not have dictated
such a contract if he had taken
a chance with any other chal.
lenger, because Lynch is far and
away the best drawing caro-
around New York when he shoots
for a title.
Bluffs pitiful effort in no way
detracts from the honors. that gC
to Lynch. Joe was in great shape,
fought one of his good battles and
probably would have won ever
from the. real Buff. He is a pop.
ular champion with a tremendous
local following. Monday nigh,
the Lynch paraders chartered
more than a hundred taxicabs anc
some big buses and attended the
fight in a body.
Buff was beaten, but not dis
! raced. 1t is doubtful whether
le will ever be a top-notchel
again, as he is past the age foi
natural Improvement. and he is
undergoing a long siege of bat
iealth. Johnny had laid up ap,
preximately 100000 since ht
grabbed the title from Pete Her,
man last fall, and the boys viii
never have to give any benefit.
for him. The title treated hin
well and he treated it well. He
was always on the cup and up
and gave the best he had at al
times. The good, wishes of box.
ing fans follow him.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13

Johnny was a sick man when
he agreed to give Lynch a sh Il
at the title and only a shell of
his championship self when he
crawled through the ropes Monday
night. His appearance, in con-
trast to the keen-eyed West Slider,
who had come fresh from the
country traind to the minute, was
remarked at once by those close
to the ring. john" %as sallow
dull-eyed and ap:thetic.
Experienced observers comment
ed on Johnny's lack of form as
he plodded through the early
rounds, utterly unable to devise
defense against Lynch's jabs,
and hopelessly swinging his right
at the shifting target that joey
presented. Lynch was in rare
form, but Buff made him look
better than he really was. The
"nlookers ascribed Bluffs dismal
failure to his long absence from
the ring. but in reality the thirty
three-yera-old midget was fight
ing as well as he ever may fight
again.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
HARVARD EVEN LOSES
- STAR FORWARD IN LADD

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, July Ia
Alexander Ladd, who had been re.
garded as certain to hold the posi-.
don of tackle on the Harvard foot.
ball team next fall. will not report
Tor the team 1t became known yes.
terday. Ladd. who was elected cap.
tain OF the varsity crew, will devote
his entire time to rowing,
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
TURKEY BROWER KILLS
PILL FOR FAT AVERAGE
!. DURING STAY AT HOME
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Turkey Brewer killing the ball for the Grffs His batting
the first swing around the
which
tall Vrgnian daily lineup It couting
especially with Grfmen Further
aanore Turkey way hammering bnges
bases which toward explaining his popularity with
Georgia
Playing every becoming pretty fair
an outfed No. he's Ty Cobb iris Speaker but he is
catching everything his making many
boots ground balls, usually oufelder
has enough speed to all the ground in this park
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
It's an Old Story.

It's an old story for Jim, Thorpe.
the Indian athlete, to get into trou.
BILE. He climbed into the stand at
New. Haven 10 beat up a fan and
was fined both by the Hartford club
and by the Eastern League presi.
dent. Thorpe used to be hard TO
handle when with the Carlisle foot.
ball eleven In the old days.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
No Match for Lynch.

DUFF made his match with
n Lynch knowing that he was
giving away weight and
reach and vitality which he never
regained after the ILLNESS that
forced him to lay off for seven
months. He knew, furthermore,
that any good bantam might
take him" unless he could land
a right hawaker in an early
round.
According to, well-posted ring
men, Bluffs handlers decided that
under the circumstances it would
be risky to send Johnny out to
get a couple of fights under
his belt" After the removal of
the infected gland that sapped
his strength for weeks, Buff
could not come back to his old
form, and it is doubtful if he
ever does. So he did what any
one would have done under the
circumstances when he sought the
match that offered the best fl
nancial inducement.
Johnny had no desire to stall
with his title, as certain other
champions are doing. Had he
made a match with any one of
half dozen first-class bantams,
he might have been knocked off
and received only few thousand
dollars for relinquishing his title.
He felt that Lynch was entitled
to whatever glory and advantage
that might accrue from defeating
him because Joe, when he first
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
Here's the Low Down.

You often hear Of the huge gal:
,.rtesr watching championship golf
nIa wing. The real low down comes
~ Stokie where an admission charge
- e. n beinr made. For the first
a.. NAV exactly 1898 was paid TO
ace Lock Hutchison perform.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
LOOKING 'EM OVER
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER
SPEAKING OF THIN SKIN.

RE modern baseball players eommins too thin,sknhsd St
and there uters at what he sees
Judge Lands handled tough situation without
called spades because he failed TO De
especially concrete constrained rebuke him.
bringing big laugh with his official statement concerning the
purity player One bird New York said
the Griffmen pure" they were simple ana
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
cUBA'S NATIONAL GAME
viii BE SEEN SATURDAY

NEW YORK. July 1s.-Cuba's g
national game. JaI alai, will be
given Its first American exposition
on Saturday afternoon on the new
handball courts of the Brighi on
Beach Baths. II will be demon
strated by Senor Emilio Equilu,
the worlds champion at this game,
and Senor Arnedillio Menor, the
runner-up for the title.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
Faber Too Slick

Totals. sSlo Isl Totals. 20 I7ll
Chicago ........c oloo1 90 -
Washington .. 90 o o-1
Runs-Mostii. 3: Fsk and Peek
Errors-Sheely and Peck. Tvo-base hits
--Yaryan, MostiL sheeiy. Three-base
hits-Collins. Mostii. Sacrifices-Shanks
Falk, Sheely. Double piays-Mulligan to
Collins to Sheely; Collins to Johnson
Left on bases-Chicago, 81 Washington.
g. Bases on baiis-Om Faber, .. Struck
out-By Faber. Q; By Franeis, .. wild
pitch - Francis. Umpires - Walsh and
Dineen Time Of Eame-i hour and ~
minutes
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
Batting average. .423,

Batting average, .423.
Careful fans will note that only
three times did Turkey fail to get at
least one safe whack per game. II
:, naattered little whether southpaws or
.e orthodox fingers performed against
him. He had to be reckoned with
that's all there was to 1t.
- Against Red Faber, who pitched
beautifully in setting back the Griffs
n. to !. Brewer walked the first time
up. and beat out a roller that Eddie
i, Collins just barely knocked down on
. lis way to right field. He failed to
hit, after that, rolling to johnson and
TO Collins. But his one hit gave him
: Ap average Of 1913 for the day.
Ray Francis, who usually draws
: tough, rivals on the hill, pitched a
! fancy article Of ball, but his support
!: Ing cast gave him but four safe hits
: and one run, so the Seattle lad lost
the honors to Faber. the White So,
veteran.
Johnny Mostil was the whole
cheese. He singled in the second
reached third on Falk's blow TO right
and scored on an infield out. He
doubled in the seventh. took third or
a sacrifice and Tailed on a wild pitch
SHe tripled in the ninth. scoring or
.Eheeiy's long ny to Brewer.
: In the garden Mostn also starred.
He robbed Joe Judge Of triple
with . fine running catch well out
: % where the old jury box used to
be. He came In like a wolf OH the
r fold to snag Donie's Bush's fast.
dropping looper In the fifth. Each
of these catches sparkled.
:.-s The other White Sox run, strange
: 70 say, came over without anything
:, by Mostil. Falk opened the fifth with
!, q single to center and scored wher
y Yaryan poied a double to right. This
Yaryan Is seldom seen in action. sc
lsfficient Is the wonderful Ray Schalk
but he looked like a tine catcher yes
--ferday. And he was waived out oi
Fkoth big leagues only a few weeks
ago. Baseball magnates certainly DC
wondrous things.
The lone White Sox error aided the
Gritfs in making their one run of
Faber. Peck led off in the sixth with
Ia roller to Mulligan. Sheely juggled
fthe throw and finally dropped the
ball, giving Peck a life.
Eddie Collins came through with a
remarkable stop, getting Rice by a
hair, and Peck was on second Joe
Judge delivered the needed single u
center. and over came Peck. From
then to the end of the skirmfsh not q
Griffman saw first base, so deadly
was the .flinging of the White SoH
spitbail singer.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13

allowing for exceptions, the ball
player in the major leagues today
Is a milksop when compared with
those ancient doughty warriors
such as Jack Doyle, Jimmy Nc
Aleer, Jesse Burkett, Hughey
Jennings, Mike Kelly, Pat Te-
beau, "Chippy" McGarr, Muggsy
McGraw and Jack o'Connor.
This very fact is borne IN upon
the oldtimer merely 70 know that
no longer is the scrappy vice
president and manager Of the
New York Giants known as Mugg-
sy, but as Mr.. John ]. McGraw.
Is Baseball Better?
rs baseball any the better for
the passing of those old
= rough times1 Financially
yes. The clubs and the play
ers make far more money
now than did those ancient fire
eaters. They own farms, houses,
motor cars and diamonds. No
longer do they sling suds in the
winter for q bare living. No
longer do they look forward to
lending their names to saloons
or pool rooms when their days
end on the diamond.
II the baseball offered the fans
any better for the change? No
oldtimer will admit for one single
moment that there is anything
new these days. They point to
play after play that Comiskey
used in the sos or that cid CAP
Anson taught his teams.
It is doubtful if the players OF
today, always with exceptions,
spend so much time in thinking
baseball as did the ancients. They
have too many outside attrac'
tions. Their conversation in:
cludes many subjects undreamed
of bS the old boys.
The modern major leaguerel
is q business man. II you ge'
the full meaning Of that, YOU
need no more here. From club
owner down to the youngest
rookie, everybody in baseball to-
day is in the amusement business
that's all there is to it.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
BUFF HAD ONLY HIS HEART.

THERE touch of pathos the Johnny Bluffs
surrender of the bantamweight world championship
- Lynch Few Of the 10000 the New York
Veodrome rngde Monday night realized the hopeessn of
odds under which the little Jete baed The champions
efforts to stand off strong and confident opponent bent
creased tenfod if the spectators had known Buff
ring equipped with little than a heart
The Washington times., 1922-07-13

Not the least remarkable feature
of Hornsby's success as a home-run
hitter this season Is the fact that
he is not deliberately trying to
establish a record as a long-dis-
lance swatter. He does not try for
.homers unless conditions are abso-
.utely right and the attempt and
the pitch is all to his liking.
On all other occasions he is salts
fled merely to meet the ball and,
as a consequence, he is the most
prolific as well as the hardest and
longest hitter in the Nationa.
League.
/ have been trying that system
to some extent myself. Of late, and
find that II pays. For several
weeks / acted on the theory that
every ball pitched TO me was
potential home run and the result
was a slump that yielded only three
hits-two singles and a homer-in
nine consecutive games.
Then began to realize that
wasn't timing my swing properly
and set about correcting this fault
by shortening my swing.
noticed an immediate improve
ment and soon was making hits,
including a fair proportion OF hom.
ers, with some regularity. Only
recently made six homers in seven
consecutive games and since then
have boosted my batting average
over the 300 mark for the first
time this season by grinding out a
flock Of singles.
This should not be taken TO mean
that ! have lost any Of my old.time
enthusiasm for homers. but merely
that have quit trying to hit every
bail pitched out Of the lot.
After experimenting along this line
for the better part Of three weeks,
am convinced that by following this
system I can make just as many
homers as could by swinging wndly
at everything the pitchers cut zoos,
and can enhance my value to the
Yanks by doubling my output OF sin
rles. am always set to take the
big swing, but am also prepared TO
lust meet the ball in. case this seems
advisable.
Lank Bob Meusel also Is choking
his bat TO some extent and is hitting
to better advantage than ever before
in consequence. He has such power
full wrists and forearms and hits the
ball so hard when he does connect
that he could hit between 1915 and
400 in any league in the world II he
were satisfied Just to slam the ball
through the infield.
CCopyright, 1921. by christy walsh
Syndicate)
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
BAMBINO ADMITS HORNSBY
IS ONE HE MUST DEFEAT
By BABE RUTH.

13-It looks and the Cardinal
grind homers though Rogers Horny
home-run
% smashes already his credit
Hornsby than 35 waops be-
Kenneth Williams
Browns Te of the Athletics approach this
The Washington times., 1922-07-13

had the championship, was always
willing to defend his title against
the most worthy opponents.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13


Hornsby's great advantage over
Williams lies in the fact that his
home-run activities are not confined
almost exclusively to the st. Louis
field with its easily vulnerable right.
field wall. Unlike Williams. who
does practically all of his home-run
hitting at home. Hornsby can sock
'em anywhere. and not only can but
does. II he were a left-handed hit.
ter and pulled his ponderous wallops
to right field he would come very
close to making fifty home.i uns
this year.
Hornsby does hit well to all fields
but his longest wallops are driven
to left or center fields, as a rule. and
the fences enclosing these sectors
usually are farther from the plate
than the average run OF right-neld
walls. This means. Of course, that
IL is harder for him 10 hit home runs
out of the park than 1t is for either
Williams or myself because he has
to hit 'em farther.
Nevertheless, I look for him to
lead the Brown slugger on the sea
sons output and expect to expert
ence no little trouble In beating
him myself. am hitting better
now than at any other time all
season, and expect to improve as
the race progresses, but ] am not
for one minute underestimating
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
Bassler ls Hurt.

Johnny Bassler. the Tigers first
string catcher. is out Of the game
with q split finger.
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
WILLARD JOINS THE BARKIS CLt

MR. WILLARD former proprietor of the hsayywsigh @ en %
y1 to do les Mr. Willard in Los Angeles soak
up the things about Karns and Demp
sey and their q. ..- II 4,
De Witt Court boxing instructor OF the
San Francisco Olympic Club resides the City OF
Angels saw other day He that although Jess
Van Court adds:
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
Canada Calls Cheerful Chirps.

THE mariner likes the light
houses that keep him from
- the rocks; actor hates the
light houses because they keep
the rocks from him.
H. A. B.-Yes, Babe Ruth's
favorite author is Homer; iris
Speakers is Fielding.
aged Golfer Hopes to Play on
His Tooth Birthday" g.
II he hasn't reached the final
hole before that time, Of course.
"The choir sang Work, for the
Night Is Coming at church yes
terday.'
"Yes?"
"And a man sitting beside me
said he'd be satisfied IL the plants
would only start up on the day
shift"
The Washington times., 1922-07-13

=
= are always in evidence. He cannot
approach the plate without being
Appiauded. He can hardly complain
Of lack OF support from the cash Gus.
One and all, they are for
1. him. first. last, and always. Maybe
= It's because Turkey can clout that
rlrlit'l oil apple. They all like the
- hitters. 49,. ..''
Browcr, has played sixteen games
,c,,. since. coming home from Chicago.
He has boon TO bat 50 times, lie
has hammered out Is safe swats,
=. totsling 81 buses, This entities
him 70 an average Of ,423. ,-
That Brewer seldom wastes an en-.
tire afternoon may be seen by the
following figures. which show the
regularity with which he collects his
EIhits:> ''
The Washington times., 1922-07-13
Please Omit Flowers.

THE following note was taken
from a Western exchange
"San Diego, Cal.-Local po-
lice today believed they had solved
the mystery of the theft here
June 7 of fifty gallons of whiskey
and twenty'six cases of cham
pagne from the garage of James
w. Coffroth, prominent turfman.
Warrants in connection with the
burglary were sworn ont against
three men, and four other men
are being held for Investigation
following the capture by the po-
lice of one Of the men with fif-
teen bottles Of Coffroth's cham
pagne in his car.