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The Washington times., 1922-11-29
coNoANpioN Will PLAY
y GEORGE KELLY TONIGHT

Joseph Concannon, Of New York.
who trimmed G. Becker, 100 to 80,
In q pocket billiard match last night,
viii take on George Kelly. tonight In
q 100-point match at the Palace,
11fS fennsyivania avenue north.
In defeating Becker. Concannon
had q high run Of forty-one.. Fol.
lowing the match John Purcell. of
New York. gave AN exhibition Of
trick shots.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
SEE THESE ODDS.
AND HOLD To
Y0URCO|N
Davis Walsh Names Winners
for Tomorrow, but Not
ConvincingIy.
BY DAVIS j. WALSH.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-The' book
on the gridiron handicap "Opens to.
day and closes tomorrow for the last
time during the 1922 season. Ac.
cordingly we herewith post our odds
and commend our luck to whatever
a kindly fate may have in store.
We pay only on the nose. Place
and show may be close. but close
doesn't count.
Here goes, as the fellow said as
he seated himself on a keg Of gun
powder and reached for his pipe
and match safe:
g to 2 on Cornell to beat Pennsyl-
vania and place all the short end
money you can get down.
Even money on Pittsburgh and
Penn State.
9 to on Notre Dame to outscore
Nebraska.
2 to 1 on Vanderbilt to make 1t
unanimous by beating the Univer-
sity Of the South. ~
2 to / on Centre College to defeat
South Carolina.
Even money on Detroit and Ver-
mont.
Q to 1 on Colgate to beat Column
Even money on Georgia Tech and
Alabama Poly.
to 8 on Virginia over North
Carolina. go
8 to s on Washington and Lee
over Johns Hopkins.
Z to on West Virginia over
w. and j.
S to on Tennessee over Ken.
lucky. ,.
! to 2 on Kansas over Missouri.
Even money on Tulane and Louisi.
ana State.
2 to 1 on Alabama to beat Missis.
sippi Aggies.
No. odds quoted on games between
Washington and Oregon, and Wash.
ington University and Oklahoma.
owing to. lack Of advice. ~
or tho above Penn Is tho best
shOrt-end bet In tho world against
Cornell. IL always Is. Not only
has tho Red and Blue good
fighting team this season, but
k has had by far the better
training In its preliminary session.
With the exception of Colgate
outfit, Cornell has yet 20 face q
first class team this season and II
may find that running wild against
papier-mache opposition has it's es-
sential differences with the proposi.
ton of running wild against a
stonewall.
In addition the morgue of Penn.
sylvania football is filled with dead
bodies Of Cornell teams that thought
they were good and discovered they
were not. 4 a,'
II anything, we lean slightly to.
ward Pitt over Penn State, but not
enough to give odds. They are, In
fact. quite a toss-up IL you care to
overlook the fact that Pitt seems
to have the greater. punch on at
tack. ~
Notre Dame having besten
CARNEGIE Tech without Cashier,
figures to repeat over NebrsslSs
With Castner In the backsield,
particularly on what the Corn
husl<0rs showed OF failed TO show
s-asainst Syracuse. \
Likewise should West viraffia
dispose Of w. q. j., Vanderbilt
should beat the University OF the
South and Centre College should
down South Carolina.
Detroit and Vermont, we figure
to be even because their respective
records show d marked similarity.
although II IL barely possible that
Detroit has come on rapidly during
recent weeks. The result OF the
Georgia Tech-Alabama Poly game
is another elusive. gaxelle with Poly,
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
Treat on Two Teams
That Are Not ,.
Beaten

Treat, the Princeton tackle,
has had the unusual experience
of playing with two great col
lege teams that went through
their seasons. without a defeat.
This fall he was one Of the
mainstays of the Tigers great
machine. In 1920 he played with
the invincible Boston College
eleven that cleaned up Yale. =, !,
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

Almost any wnlte puglliSt OF
Skis build would have been down
and out half a dozen times from the
punches that Carpenter got home.
but they did not worry the black for
a moment. 80
When he took a count of seven he
was calmly resting himself on one
knee. bolt upright from hip to shoul-
der. just amusing himself. His in
fighting did not seem to be much
more effective than Carpenters;
that Is. II was not effective at all.
Dempsey, should say, would kill
him et that game. The decisive
blows were all whole-arm ones.
StH has all the negro qualities
as . pugifffst-t0ughnoss about tjse
head, trickiness and speed ON MS !,
feet (much cleverer and quicker
here than Caxpentier) and the char
acteristic negro combination Of r0-
mantle pluck and good humor.s
He was at no disadvantage, with
the Frenchman in the matter Of, mo.
has also given his Impressions of
take him much more seriously.
"The finish twas perfectly fair.
Skis leg was between Carpenters
legs, and the film does not show
where Skis right landed. I sup.
pose It was on Carpenters back
but there was no question of a wrest
ling trip.
''But never mind. Civilization will
survive the downfall Of the white
man In this fight. America pulled
through the crisis. and Africa re-
mained tranquil when. johnson beat
Jeffries."
Jeffery Farnol. famous author,
has also given hhis impressions OF
the fight.
Carpenter. as usual" he says
started in too soon and, with his
usual airy tactics. apparently de
spised his opponent. He gave q
scandalous opening In the third
round. OF which Sikh took advan
tage. and Carpenter was never the
same man afterward.
'T think that not only was he
shaken BY this blow, but that he
was utterly confused by tho other
mans mentality. He seemed TO
be up Against . new expcrienco."
= .
"As to the general question
whether the white man should fight
the black. one should discriminat,
between the boxer and the fighter
two entirely distinct classes o
men. But a white champion puei
list mNst necessarily fight al
comers. The moment he begins Il
draw the color line he ceases L
be world champion.
so long az there are champion
ship battles, white will fight blacl
and black white. but seeing tina
the temperament Of the white mar
II generally more acute than tha
|of the negro, the white must neces
sarily fight. in greater or less de
gree at q DISADVANTAGES.
"Since antaRonism we shall al
ways have, clean fighting IN one o.
the best civilixing agencies In tn,
vorld II IL teaches fair play."
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

many seasons work. than II is to
pay huge sums for veteran, wfb
at best has but q few seasOnss to
20. and not all OF them at his best
speed? am talking now about
minor leaguers who are able TO,
After the season is' under way.
and II Is discovered that O'Connell
and kamm are all that the clubs
that bought them thought they
were at the time, you'll find q
drive on for other players. These
two will prove that the big prices
paid for them were really corkins
good investments. -. :,
The absence of the draft-and
II will always be absent from our
leAgue-enables us to hold our
players until We get our price for
them.
THE new record amount may not
be paid to our. club. But sooner or
later it will be paid some one. The
major leagues need new players,
and young players. To get them
they must turn to the minor
leagues. When they do they'll find
us waiting to talk business"
Wen say that DR.. Strub and his
associates, who have obtained over
100000 in cash for players O'Con-
nell, Kamm, Couch and Caveriey in
less than two years, make plenty OF
noise when they do talk business.
Accompanying DR.. ',strub are
William II. Mccarthy. president. of
the Pacific Coast League, aud
George A. Putnam. secretary OF the
San Francisco club. but of more
Importance here as the discoverer
Of O'Connell. the newest Of the
Giants. rt ..- In
Putnam saw o'Connelf playing on
the lots at Sacramento and traiied
him later to Santa Clara College,
where he finally succeeded in sign
ing the youngster. - -
Putnam, who might be expected
to lose interest in the player after
collecting the $4,000 for him. isn't
that way at all. He wanted to
talk to McGraw yesterday about
nothing but Jimmy. r.... -
Greatest outfielder in the league"
he chirped. Cant throw much,,
but that's all he can't do. Great
hitter. fine fielder now. great base
runner. Smart. Never missed :. Q
signal in his life. Always has his.
head up. You'll go daffy over him."
etc. a.,
He was reminded then that what
he really came here to talk. about
was getting the Giants to train out
| West,
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
FOREIGN WAR VETERANS
PRACTICE BASKETBALL |

The Veterans Of Foreign Wars
basketball team will practice tonight
in the National Guard armory. The
following players are asked to re-
port: w. c. Mckay. w. p. Cavanauglf;
c. d. Donovan. c. e. Coanshook,
w. L. Lawrence. 8. sNash,. r. L.
Beard, NJ Schultz, J. Hide. J. Hen
retty. - ...s =
Frank R.. Heise. Of 81 # street
northeast. phone Lincoln 6e12, is
booking the Veterans games.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
POSTPONE Bowling.

All matches scheduled. at the
Recreation for tomorrow night have
been postponed to allow the bowlers
to compete for gallons and gallons
Of fee cream presented by the
management. ''''
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
Wasn't. a. Row.

There was no serious argursent in
the Navajo Yosemite game, 40 was,
reported. The Navajo players .conh-
plimented the winning : Yosemite
team after the contest on splendid
performance.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
This L Not alot One.

"A chap named Freeze 10 a rnem.
ber Of the Hendlet Creamery Com.
,pAny team Of Baltimore, now en-
gaged In q series Of matches with
the. Carry Ice Cream bowiers Of
WaniIiuYton - 49, - as-i.~- =. E. -s-s
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

$$==E::$i:= WASHINGTON TIMES SPORTS f.
WILL PASS RECORD. PRICE
FOR MINOR LEAGUE
By WARREN w. BROWN.

NEW YORK. 29-H you had ball players off the
ando developed them sold major league club $aS
months and sold the other 100000,
believe your limit had been reached7
Dr. Charles H. Strub president of the San Francisco club here
induce the Giants train his city
spring the league
think he has reached limit all
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
TiGer ouint WIN.

The Immaculate Conception Tigers
trimmed the Thomas Circle quint IN
an interesting game, 30 to ~. Fred
tossing sby LaiIy gave the Tigers
their winning points . '''''".'"'
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
sharksy Is Eligible.

Jack sharkey. the bantam. hes
been declared eligible. once moro
by the New York boxing commits
sion. ,.-A-s--.-..-------
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
Perry A. @. Cancels.

Perry A. c. has cancelled its bame
Friday with the Wilson Normal
Juniors.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
q. a. c. Hoide Practice.

Practice VIII be held by the
iGeorgetown 9 A. G. tonight at 7.3o
l. O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

"O'Connell is twenty-one and
Kamm twenty-five. Isn't 1t a bet
ter gamble for a big league club
to pay a record sum for young
PLAYERS. out Of whom they can get
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

Wheat. II he is traded. will prob
ably land with q Western team.
The Pirates and Cardinals have
often made efforts to land the
athlete, but what they offered for
him was not wanted by Uncle
Robbie. ~.
. When the magnates assemble hero
next month Managers Hickey and
McKechnie, Of the Cards and Pirates,
respectively. will probably whisper
many things in Uncle Robbie's ear.
The pilot Of the Brooklyns may be
depended upon to listen attentively
to anything that might result In a
deal involving his best batter.
Robbie knows he must inject new
blood into the Flatbush team. The
fans want to see new faces. and
the rotund manager Is going to
try to supply them. But II Robbie
cannot get what he wants for Wheat (
the slugger viii stay on Squire
Ebbets' payroll.
The names Of several players
have boon mentioned In . trade
for Wheat. IL 10 reported that
the Cards arc willing to hand over
Jack Smith, Fournicr and ono or
two others to the Robins for
Wheat.
Manager Robbie is an admirer of
Smith, but It is not probable that
the Brooklyn leader will be willing
to add .cFournier to the Robins
roster. s.... ...s. -. ,...
Either Walter Schmidt, the RI.
rates capable backstop, or Carson
Bigbee. the teams hard hitting left
fielder. would help the Robins. A
deal that would send Wheat to
Pittsburgh in exchange for either
Schmidt or Bigbee would prove
popular with the Brooklyn fans.
The Robins made, several offers to
the Pirates last season for Schmidt's
service, but each proposition was
spurned by Barney Dreyfuss.
In the event that Wheat IL not
traded by the Brooklyns he may
be counted upon to be among those
missing from the spring training
workouts. :. Zack. knows what. Ebl
bets expects him to play for nett
year and the player, has made UP
his mind to hold out once more
I, After playing the last game Of
the. recent season Wheat said that
he did not want to. sign the. 1928
contract offered him and added that
he would not attach his signature
unless the salary was made more
attractive. s~ ..,..-S t.E
wheat also said that he gave
into his boss's demands evSry
year he held ont, but dh not
intend to do 20 again.
Wheat IL now on his farm III
Polo, Mo-. and when the magnates
are In session here Zack win no
doubt stop work on the farm and
hope that a trade. sending him
away from the Brooslyns. win be
Not that, wheat IL tired Of the
Brooklyn fans nor dislikes them.
To the contrary Zaclxv II Z. not tired
Of performing before Brooklyn fAps
and he Appreciates their kindly feSl.
Ing toward him. "A /.
But Wheat wants to BE- traded
because he believes. and Justly %,
that a change Of scenery VIII put
new life into hts system and lengthtu
his career In the big show.
Daubert was traded to the Reds
four years ago, Wheat watchAd
how Jake took on q new lease Of
life after leaving the Robins ard
10 sure that he too would improve.
-~
T16Ar nsinx VIie.a !, 4,
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
Will Keep But Four.

Only four of the 1899 ,Atianti
Crackers viii be retained for next
year. Two are pitchers, one an
outfielder and one an infielder.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
! Live Wires Cop.

The Live Wires class of the Metro.
over the Boys Club. II to Z.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
,Rabbitlfoot Fails.,

After it's captain, Greer. was pre-.
sented with rabbits. foot. the
Carry Ice Cream bowling, team. lost
two games to Peoples Drug Store.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29
Title at Stake.

Football honors for Arlington,
County, Va. will be at stake In
the Cherrydale- Clarendon game TO-
morrow. at Cherrydale. tg;N.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

"It is the Judgment Of every Of
ficial and unofficial scout Of every
major league club that looked al
the two players. Every club ir
both big leagues wanted these two
because they're great ball. players
and because they are young and
have their future all before them
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

It'll tell you why the limit has
not been reached In the price for
minor league stars. kammN and
O'COnnell, ! am convinced, will
star In the big leagues from the
first day they break In. This Is
not my opinion alone.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

The nsrnes Of several players
have boon mentioned In . trade
for Wheat. IL 10 reported that
the Cards sre willing to hand over
Jack Smith, Fournlcr and ono or
two others 70 the Robins for
Wheat.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

I don't see why the record price
of 100000 we received from the
White Sox for, third baseman Willie
Kamm will not be passed some
time," said DR.. Strub at the Bel
mont Hotel today.
when we sold Jimmy O'Connell
to the Giants for $4,000 they said
that price was ridiculous. and no
one would ever pay such a price
again. The White Sox did, and
5000 more. to obtain karnm.
And they. had to. or lose out In
the bidding.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

Jim Thorpe, the great Amer
scan Indian. is an example Of the
sort OF players that Warner has
given the game. Jimmy De Hart,
Andy Hastings, Herb Stein, Tom
Davies, Peck, Warner and many
other All-American players could
be listed.
Many experts contend that
Warner has done moro for the
betterment Of football In the
Eastern section Of the country
than any ono else connected
with the game. He developed
combinations at the Carlisle In
dian School. Cornell and Pitts
burgh.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

The absence Of the draft-and
II will always be absent from our
leAgue-enables us to hold our
players until We get our price for
them.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

: wheat also said that he gave
into his boss demands every
year he held ont, but dh not
intend to do 20 again.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

Bezdek accomplished wonders
with his material ~ Penn State.
He gave the keystone Staters
some Of their best teams. He
sprUng the surprise Of the 1919
seasOn by defeating Pop War
ner's highly touted Panther ma
chine BY, the score Of 20 to 0.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

Pittsburgh meets Stanford ut
Palo Alto on December 80. Penn
State has been selected ~ the
Eastern. representative for tho
Tournament Of the Roses contest
at Pasadena on New Years Day.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

or tho above Penn Is tho best
short-end bet In tho world against
Cornell. 1t always Is. Not only
has the Red and Blue . good
fighting team this season, but
lt has had by far the better
training In its preliminary session.
The Washington times., 1922-11-29

Penn State lost many Of its
stars by graduation. Killinger's
lose was . sod blow to Besdels. He
has not been able to. develop .
man - take his place. For this
reapen Penn State has failed In
Some Of its big games. Syracuse
he'll the Keystone Staters to .
scOfeless tie.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-18
Daugherty Will Not Dismiss
Case Against Raisin Growers

the purpose of modifying its terms
if at any time in the future the same
are found to be inappropriate or in
adequate or that the company is guilty
of violation thereof"
Special provisions of the proposed
agreement give the growers of raisins
the option to cancel their contracts
with the company at stated periods;
prohibit coercion of growers and en-
join unfair competition by means OF
fixed resale prices, rebates, sales at
firm and opening prices, guarantees
against decline, withholding from the
market or restricting the supply Of
raisins or raisin grapes.
A civil bill was filed against the
company under the Sherman act. a
decree on this bill will be entered in
a Los Angeles court tomorrow morn
ing and it is expected any sentence
will be suspended pending action on
Daugherty's decree.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-18
REIMBURSEMENT
OF WAGES ASKED
United Press Leased Wire.

SHAMOKIN, Pa, Jan. .18-Calline
for an adequate upward readjustnelt
of wages, uniform schedules and uni.
form working hours, John L. Lewis
president of the United Mine Workers
today made the keynote address al
the tri-district convention of. the An,
thracite field.
1t seems probable one of the para.
mount issue of the convention will be
a plan to suspend work March 81 un,
less wage negotiations are satisfac-
torily completed by that time. Wage
increase demands will approximate q
per cent.
Lewis denounced breaking of con-
tracts and denied reports that miners
are responsible for high prices of
coal. He condemned the "insubordi-
nate" local unions of Kansas and T.
inois, but said order is being restore"
in those regions and that the unions
will emerge stronger than ever
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-18
FRESH VICTORY FOR
AMERICAN PROGRAM
Hughes Resolution On The Open Door. Adopted BY Nine
Nations of the Far Eastern Committee
TO Accept the American Point of View
STATES SUPPORTS THE CHINESE CLAIM
Chinese Manifest Nervousness Lest the Main Issues So Far
They Are Concerned May Have Been Sidetracked
By the New Agreement

olution, sponsored by Secret ary
Hughes, as the first step in some
sort of international control of China
by the powers.
Wang said he feared final adop-
ton of the resolution as it stood and
the creation of the board of refer
ence provided by it might result il!
vital Chinese questions facing th1
conference being relegated to rel;t
lively unimportant body having No
authority.
The Far Eastern committee meet;
today to hear the views of the small
er nations on the resolution. The
Chinese delegation at the meeting
today may announce it's stand on the
resolution.
| TIE Hughes resolution m s
wider the policy of "open door"
through an international reference
board, to which questions over
| spheres of influence and existing
concession in China could be refer
red.
| French objection was hampering
today fruition of the American hon.
to some extent
The purpose of the latest Ameri-
can move is threefold. 1t aims at the
! following:
l. Provision to cancel by implica-
ton many of Japan's 81 demands.
=. Abolition of spheres of influ-
ence and review by the international
5oard of existing concessions.
3. Keeping the open door open by
means of an international board of
review whose decisions would throw
the light of day on any disputes.
The French manifested in the corr
ference session fear chat the res
olution would be dangerous to ex-
isting interests, though they say
Hughes tried to sweep aside their OBJ
jections.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-18
HOSTILITIES
IN SIGHT IN
IRELAND
NoW HOUeUer Irish Are Fight
ing irish And NeC Cor
Germ Is Felt
United Press Leased Wire

DUBLIN, Jan. 1S.-iArmed raids
in the south of Ireland today were
feared to be the first signs of repub-
lican opposition to thu Irish Free
State.
The police station at Charlestown,
in county Mayo, was attacked by
armed men, who seized quantities of
arms and ammunition and kidnapped
three policemen.
Fwo visitors to the Cork Jail sud-
denly produced revolvers and forced
he wardens to release republican
soldier under arrest for shooting Il
constable. The men escaped after ef-
fecting the rescue.
Coming on the eve Of wholesale
evacuation by British troops, these
disturbances were causing grave con-
celn in Ireland.
It was feared an effort was on foot
to embarrass the provisional govern
ment.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-18
HITCH IN DEFENSE OF
0BENCHAIN
United Press Leased Wire

LOS ANGELES, Jan 18.--A hitch
in defense plans of Madalynne Oben-
chain, accused OF plotting the death
of John Be ton Kennedy, was reported
to have developed today when her eX-
husband, Ralph Obenchain visited her
at the county Jail
Obenchain is said TO have remon-
strated with her for hct statement
that she would tell everything" when
she goes on trial February 6.
Such a statement coming from you
implies that you have not told the
truth before" Obenchain S reported
to have told her. You should never
have made such an assertion TO lews-
paper men"
In reply to her husbands criticism,
Mrs. Obenchain is said to have smiled
indulgently told Ralph she knew what
was best and sent him out on an cr-
rand
Imperial Valley press., 1922-01-18

gent to take the chair during the
further discussion &C the object of
the meeting.
Mr., SARGENT is membership chair
man both of the organizatiC~' 5
Standing committee and of the Spe-
cial committee that will undertake
to secure more memberships. Ross
Z. Hickcox, J. I. Jones and w. II.
Lavayea spoke to the question, all
believing that the organization must
be better financed and have larger
membership if it is TO so forward to
90 its best for town and Valley
Special committees will be appointed
to carry out the program of the
Membership committee. The dinner
was success and all present felt
the inspiration of it.