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The Washington times., 1922-09-12
MUST
CONCENTRATE
ON RUSH LINE
One Hundred Candidates x
pected to Try for Foot
ball Team.

. CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Sept IA
Harvard starts preparation for an
other football campaign today on
Soldiers Field. This is the fourth
year for Robert T. Fisher as Har-
wards head coach.
More than 100 candidates are ex-
pected TO report the opening day.
with others to come during the next
week. Captain Charles c. Buell. and
Manager Edwin S. Webster have
spent the last week in Cambridge
making ready for the initial session
as well as the early program.
Harvard's rush line loses heavily
by graduation, while the baCkfield 10
practically untouched. n. w. "Esky"
Clark at center and Charley Hub
bard at right guard are the only
regular linemen who will return to
college. or the twenty-four players
who took part in the Yale game. half
that number are through as under
graduates. The loss OF Al Ladd, the
crew captain, first string substitute
for Captain Kane, of last years
eleven, and Dan Holder, who occupied
the same position to Clark in the Yale
game, who are on probation, leaves
only II. S. "Tubby" Grew, guard.
and Joe Hartley, end, as relics of
the Crimson rushline in its annual
battle with Yale.
Captain Buell. at quarterback,
George Owen, Roscoe Fits and Phil
Coburn, who started the melee
against the Blue, are all available
this fall Pitts figured that being a
benedick might cause him to drop
out of college, but has decided to
join Clark, the other husband on the
squad.
Vinton Chaplin and Winnie Church,
i'll, who made their letters as subs
will be ready for business again
Mitch Gratwick, Fred Hovey, Don
Angler, Jewett Johnson and Arthur
J. "Jacko" Conlon are the Crimson
backs who have left the gridiron
for the business world.
Coach Fisher must deal with mex
perlenced material for his rush line
and there isn't much weight in the
squad, although three or four Of the
men are built heavy enough to meet
the Crimson's needs in the line. Al
center and on the wings real prob
lens are presented. Tackle, too
should give the big mentor consid
cradle bother until the candidates
there gather the necessary expert
enCe.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
HATcHETITES START IN
REGULAR WORK TOMORROW

George Washington University
football candidates will start their
regular work beginning tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. While a
dozen candidates reported to Coach
Bill Quigley yesterday a delay was
encountered In locating for the sea.
sons campaign at the Tidal Basin
bathing beach.
BY the end Of the week the. SQUAD
is expected to be recruited up 10
twenty-five or more men. Connolly,
feak, Shaw, Manson and several
veterans are expected out after the
middle OF the month.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
MARYLANDERS OPEN UP
FOR SEASONS START

Maryland University football play
crs, headed by Capt. Andy Nesbit.
ran into a deal of hot weather at
College Park in their first workout
yesterday. Twenty-Five candidates
made up of last years regulars and
graduates Of the freshman eleven re.
rorted to Coach Byrd and Eppley and
Morris.
Among the veterans were Young.
Branner EndslOw, Lewis, ends; Cap
tain Nesbit, Burger, Luckey, Hough,
Beers. Nihiser, Packles, Moore, j.
Smith, Newland, Borsett, Bromley.
guards; Pollock, Bartlett, Centers;
Semler, Groves, Wardwell, quarter
backs; Pugh, PEBBLES, Bosley, Besl"y
w. Smith, Faber, halfbaCk% Nc
Quade and .Heine. fullbacks.
Bailey, center, Latham, guard, and
possibly a few others will be out
tomorrow or the next day.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
ELOOMS
AS GRID STAR
At LAFAYETTE
Irish Prendergast Appears
Ready to Step in and
Play on Varsity.

EASTON, Pa. Sept. 12.-Lee
Irish" Prendergast, an Eastonian,
has all eyes focused upon his
brawny person today.
Prendergast is a member OF the
incoming Lafayette College :resh-
man class and Is that rare thing
a first-year man virtually ready to
step in and play varsity football, and
play IL with success.
PrendergAst twice attended the La
fayette preliminary training camps,
and under the training of DR.. Jack"
Sutherland and Fred "Pud" Seidel
soon learned the Pitt system Of line
play. ,
Last fall Prendergast had expected
to matriculate at Lafayette. but at
the last minute, after attending the
training camp, he decided to spend
one year at Kiski. He was one Of
the sensations OF the season and at
the close of the year was selected
for Kiskis famous hall Of fame,
where Tom Davies, Stan Keck, Hol-
loran and others had been honored
in years gone by.
Now Prendergast is back at Lafay-
cite, and, from all appearances, Is a
favorite to fill the gap at tackle left
by the departure of Joe Williams.
the big boy who last fall was men,
toned frequently for mythical all
American honors.
The form displayed by Predergast
has lifted a great load from Coach
Sutherlands shoulders. With the
veteran, Capt. Dutch" Schwab, a
guard; Art Deible, a tackle, and
Charley Berry and Milt ~O'Connell,
ends, again in hand, the line rapidly
is being nodded together. Then
there are, in addition, Mittinger and
Hummel, two letter substitute
tackles.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Therefore. Quinn wishes TO i'm
press upon the fans that during the
preliminary stages Of the ticket ap-
plications the fans refrain from for.
warding checks, money orders or
cash.
The task of handling the heavy
work OF world series in st. Louis
falls upon the shoulders Of Bob
Quinn. 1t is an assignment which
no one should welcome. In the first
place, should the Browns win, 1t will
be the first world series in st. Louis
which means what-nothing less
than 10000 furious fans eager to
crush through the gates Of Sports
mans Park.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
Kauff Takes Advice.

NEW YORK, Sept. I2.--Benny
Kauff taking some wise advice,
has withdrawn his application for
a restraining injunction against
Judge Landis' order barring him
from professional baseball. Judge
Whitaker recently refused his ap-
plication.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
AMERICAN.
NATIONAL.

closed for additional seats. This ar.
rangement probably will be delayed
until the end OF the series with the
New York Yankees, which will be a
week from next Monday. BY that
time the Browns will know just
what Is what with their pennant
boom and should they hold a com
ma nding lead finishing with that
series there will be two weeks time
in which to have the saws buzz and
convert sportsman's Park into a
world series stadium.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
LEW TENDLER coNoUERS
EVER HAMMER WITH EASE

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12.-Lew
Tender easily defeated Ever Ham,
mer, the Chicago lightweight, in
their eight.round bout at the Phil
lies ball park last night. The
Philly southpaw made n punching
bag OF the blond from tho West.
George CLANCY, the Baltimore
southpaw, knocked out Billy An
gelo. OF New York. In the sixth
round.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Saturday the Griffmen will be
in Detroit for the first of three
tussels with the Tigers.
Next Tuesday will find the. Griffs
at st. Louis for three last slaught.
ers at the hands and feet and
brains Of the on-rushing Brownies.
The .Griffs close their Western
tour In Chicago. September 22, .23
and "a.
Beginning on September 2s the
Griffs have six games to play I'm
three days with the Mackmen at
Shibe Park. Lefty Yarmouth, the
Little Rock pitcher, may be with
the team by that time, thus add.
ing to the pitching staff. but It Is
not a safe bet that Uncle Nick
Altrock won't have to finish one
of those games.
Yesterdays victory over the
Red Sox closed their campaign
against each other for the sea.
son. The Griffs have won twelve
out Of twenty-five games played.
oply against the Chicago White
Sox have, the Griffs looked better
this year. Fourteen victories have
been won against five defeats.
The Griffs have failed misera bly,
against the Yankees, winning but
six out Of twenty-one games from
the champions. At least twice did
Milan's team tumble an excellent
chance to curb the Yanks They
have dropped their last five
straight at the Polo Grounds. thus
permitting the Yanks to hold their
lead over the Browns.
The final game with the Red Sox
was played before some 400 fans
1t lacked features. aside from the
heavy hitting OF the Griffmen
They had an enjoyable afternoon
nummeling Bill Piercy and Benny
Karr.
All semblance Of competition ex
ntred with the first frame in which
three passes. singles by Sam Rice
and Goose Goslin and a timelv
two-baGger by Val Picinich brought
five Washington runs over the pan,
Kid BrilIheart opened on the hiIl
for the Griffs. He lacked his
usual control and, though not hit
much. exploded badly in the fifth.
| Walter johnson relieved him and
held the SOx to one hit in five In.
| nings.
Piercy had as little control as
| Rrillheart and far less effectiveness.
He gave signals OF distress in that
very first inning but Hughey Duffy
insisted on keeping him in there
until two were down in the fifth be.
fore giving, him a rest. BY that
time the game was decided in favor
OF the Griffs.
I Blackie O'Rourke had another
good day. His first appearance 81
the plate brought a two.bagger down
into the corner in right field. He
slapped clean single ITO left on
his second time up. That gave him
mark OF 500 for the day. He
handled three fielding chances, but
they were of the simple sort.
Goose Goslin came out Of his
lethargy with a snort and a rumble
Five times he approached tn" pan
and five times he was rewarded with
bingle. He had some luck in the
second inning, beating out a slow
bounce to Mitchell. but the other
drives Were sizzlers.
Bobby LaMotte earned the ap
| DIouse ~ the small crowd with ais
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
SOUTHERN A. C. HOLDS
GRID PRACTICE TODAr

Southern A. c.. expecting to place
a crack football team nthe sandlots
this year, will hold it's first work out
today at $50 o'clock p. m, on the
Hoover playground.
Reds Litkus is the coach. He will
also play. All candidates are asked
to report for practice.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
Schwartz Is Winner.

BALTIMORE. Sept. 12.-Benny
Schwartz defeated AL Moore, of
Philadelphia, at the Fourth Regi.
ment Armory last night, the ref.
cree stopping the bout in the sev.
enth when the Philadelphian was
seen to be outclassed.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
BROWNS MAKE READY FOR
STAGING WORLD SERIES
By SID G. KEENER.

ST. LOUIS, Sept 12Bob QUINN business Of the
Browns preparing possible handling the 1922 world
arranging advance Of the definite info
commissions council receiving the appca
he will the without the usual procedure of
cash
In the clubs preparing participate in the world series
waited headquarters
ticket prices To food of however, Quinn
the reservations before the price the Sports
man Parkh been announced from the commission.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
Will Delay Opening.

1t has practically been decided
to set back the big league oren-
ings next spring at least week.
Open dates in this years schedule
will be used and the closing dates
will be the same.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
And remember that the present
seating capacity Of SpOrtsman's
Park does not reach 1900.

or course. there will be an in
crease. but judging from the present
available open space it will be i'm
possible to increase the seating ar
rangement at Sportsman's Park be-
yOnd 26,000.
Thus. you can see what Bob
Quinn is going to have to contend
with. There should be at least 50,.
600 applications. There probably
will be 26,O00 seats.
Quinn's greatest anxiety is to halt
the ticket scalpers. No world series
has been without this little ditty, but
I do believe that Bob is going to in.
terrupt the wholesale raids on the
part Of the scalpers.
For instance: In Qpinn's desk at
present are the names Of all fans
who have patronized the reserved
seat section at Sportsman's Park
regularly this season and in the
past. They are. the ones who will
receive the preference in applying
for the world series tickets.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
WEAK WORK WITH BAT
AND PUNK PITCHING REAL
TALE-OF GRIFF FAILURE
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

The Washington with the Capital for the
1922 To be they are scheduled for single sunday
and purposes they ended their home for this
admitted that Washington fans generally glad
riots Georgia Zeb Milan s
outfit compelled perform here daily to the dropping of the
curtain.
Washington FANS tipped off last spring by careful Judges
Quite taking their breath came the awfs aounderng
at the Once the team managed to get
hump upon itself into third place For weeks
staggered sixth place drop back into seventh
the final is played.
the disappointment of the fans justified and most
of those also justified
don't whether the Gr
with the Yankees October l.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
Gain or

OF the regulars Goose Gosiin
has made the greatest batting i'm
proyement, gaining fifty-two
noints up to last Thursday over
his total for the 1921 season.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Manager Milan has faced quite in
surmountable obstacles this year.
He has done what was possible. The
impossible has eluded him, just as 1t
did Connie Mack for seven long, lean
years.
If the Washington ball club Is to
he improved, Zeb Milan may yet sue
ceed as a manager II it isn't. he
has no chance whatever.
II the Washington ball club Is to
be improved, the fans may retain
some interest in 1t. II 1t isn't, they
may be expected to take up other
lines of interest for next season.
But 1t is not fair for the fans to
pick Zeb Milan to be the goat Tor
the failure of the highly touted Griff-
men of 1922. He Is entirely blame.
less and the victim of cruel circum.
stance outlined in the dope found
in these columns.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
Quinn believes that the fans who
have supported the Browns rs
pennant contender and as n sec.
ond division club are entitled to
the first consideration for the 0cto-
Der classic.

st. Louis fans will get the first
call. This move may sting the out
ot.town applicants, those of Fexas,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas,
Oklahoma and other neighboring
States who are planning to sweep
into st. Louis for the big tussle.
However. such a step had to be
taken in order to play fair with the
home populace.
Following the first bulletin, which
will be issued tomorrow. will be n
series of instructions to the ians.
The second one probably will deal
with the prices. So far Quinn has
rot received any information regard
ing the scale Of admission, but he is
going along the theory that the
prices in st. Louis will be the came
as those OF the past.
The usual line presents a price OF
$3.50 for the front row box Jnats,
with $3.50 for the remaining box
seats. The unreserved grand stand
section usually goes for $3.50, with
$2.20 for the pavilion seats and $1.1O
ia the bleachers.
Several weeks ago President p.
Dec. Ball, of the Browns, was ad.
yised TO confer with the city Off.
cials and ask to have the block Of
Sullivan avenue between Grand
boulevard and Spring avenue
marked off so ~ to permit the
construction Of bleacher seits
along Sullivan avenue.
During the 1919 world series at
Cincinnati such n move was made
and thousands OF bleacher seats
were erected on a street which was
closed.
saying that he would not make such
a move, believing that enough seats
could be erected without having Sui
Ivan avenue closed
so far no definite plans have been
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
Quite a Surprise.

Totals. 20 ?41 1ol Totals. .37 IT 81 lS
Boston. ...... 1000 . 0 90 o.
WashinEton...... 511o2 2x-l7
Runs-Collins. O'Rourke, Ruel. Judse
l9: g. Harris Rice. Goslin. Brewer.
Peckinpaugh C). La Motto t). Error
-Goslin. Two-base hits-Burns, Pi-
ctnich. O'Rourke,. La Motto. 8. Harris.
Three-b base hits-Judge, La Motto.
Stolen base-S. Harris Sacrifice hits
Piercy. Picinich. Rice. johnson. Double
play-Peckinpau to S. Harris to
ington. 10. First base on baIIs-Off
Piercy. S: off Karr, l; off Brilliant. .
Struck out-By Brilliant, .; by johnson,
2; by Karr, !. Hits-Off Plercy, ~ In
2-3 innings; Off Karr, IN 3l-3
innings: off Brilliant. Z in 4 innings; off
johnson. l In s innings. Hit by pitci ed
ban-By Brilliant (MitchelD. Wild
pitch-Piercy. Winning pitcher-BrilI-
hart. Losing pitcherAPiercy. Umpires
-Messrs. Nalli3 and Connolly. Time OF
game hour Il minutes
double and triple. The two-bagger
was flukey, a Texas Lacquer to left
played poorly by Johnny Mitchell,
but his triple in the eighth was a
hard drive down the third base line
wellnigh to the left field corner
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Gleason and Courtney never
even got started. Neither did
Ralph Miller, of whom much was
expected. All five are now buried
In the bushes, from which they are
never likely to escape.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

The Griffs have tossed away an
entire pitching staff. At Tampa it
was confidently believed that the
spring would see Mogridge, Phil
lips, Woodward, Erickson, Gleason,
and Courtney pitching good ball until
the warmer weather set in.
1t was thought that the coming Of
warm weather would see Johnson
and Zachary added to the string,
thus relieving Mogridge Of some of
the strain and allowing Erickson to
pick his soft spots.
Johnson was Handicapped in his
training by events beyond his con-
troll. Then he was sick for some
weeks, delaying his start once more.
The season was half done before ne
could take his turn on the hill.
Mogridge has been sick from ton
silitis and from a wrenched back,
greatly interfering with his work all
year.
Zachary has tendon loose in his
pitching arm, and is a wonder TO
have pitched any winning ball at all
this year.
Woodward never got started. Phil.
lips pitched one good game against
the Yankees in New York and then
showed himself a minor Lacquer and
nothing more.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
GRIFFS OPEN LAST SERIES q
WITH CLEVELAND TOMORROW
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

the Gmen are due open their final swing around
series at Cleveland with iris Speakers Indians There falling
that first series will eventuate Speaker trying out
players the finding
20 he
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Always, when a team falls down
badly, folks search for a goat. Zeb
Milan, managing for his first year In
the big show, has been made the
goat by a large number of Washing
ton fans. He has been razzed conttn.
uously from the stands. 1t is fair,
however, to state that we noted the
extreme youth of most of the raz'
zers. 1t Is doubtful II some OF the
razzers really know much about
baseball as 1t Is played in the majors.
Managers, unless they handle the
dollars, do not make teams, Teams
make the managers.
The manager cannot bat and tleld
and run the bases for his players.
That's what they are paid to do.
The manager cannot pitch airught
ball in the pinch from his seat on
the bench. That's what his pitchers
are paid to do.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Just what Zeb Milan can do with
q strong ball club remains to be
seen. He has not been provided
with a strong team this season. In
deed, it has fallen off in most de-
partments since 1921.
While the principal weakness or
the poor Griffs of 1922 has been In
the box, nevertheless there Is mucn
to be said Of the batting. The Grifts
are the weakest hitting club in either
major league. Their figure of .263
is three points lower than both Bos-
ton clubs.
In 1921 the Griffs' team batting
average was .277, giving them sixth
place in the American League end
bringing them within one point be-
hind the weakest hitting team IN
the National League.
1t is we'll to make some compari-
.oos of the individual hitting Of the
0riffs for last year and this. Here
10 the dope:
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Turkey Brewer has boosted his
batting average twenty-nine points:
4. Bob LaMotte, after rusting on the
be nch for more than half the season,
has showed his average up fifty,nine
.noints in the short time he has been
playing third base, yet ne Is some nn
distance behind the mark Of 1902,
made by Hank Shanks in 1921:
:: Both catchers, Charity and Pic
inich, have floundered badly, Patsy
milling off a. matter of sixty-o1e
points and Picinich sixty-five. TO
make matters worse. Gharrity's In
disposition has compelled Manager
milan to make greater use ot the
light hitting Picinic CHI. ,
( Sam Rice. who has been retained
IN the lineup every day without
;tb ought Of being benched; is now hit
ting for a loss of forty-one points
since he closed the 1921 campaign.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

While Roger Peclinpaugh's .93S
: mark with the Yanks last year
has dwindled to .251, nevertheless
: he Is hitting better than did Blacltie
: O'Rourke, who played 122 games
: there last year and hit for .234.
Summing up all this dope. It is
seen that Rice alone has failed to
maintain his batting among the out.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Zeb Milan could not win a pen.
nant with the material given him
. this year. Neither could Miller
Huggins or Lee FOhl or Muggsy
McGraw or Pat Moran. The team
wasn't there, that's all.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12
Copyright. 1922. by Cosmopolitan News
Service)

feeders. Goslin's .312 mark is much
better than the .2SS hung up by
Bing Miller last year. Miller's in.
creased hitting has gone to bolster
up Connie Mack's team. not Milan's.
Turkey Brewer is twenty.nine points
ahead of his record for 1921.
Between them the two catchcrs
have lost 1875 points with the bat.
Joe Judge is holding his own with
a drop of merely three points, which
he may make up before the season
ends.
Harris has tumbled to the extent
of thirty-one points.
LaMotte's .254 is much below the
.2S6 made by Frank Ellerbe or the
1902 of Hank Shanks at third base
last year.
Shanks and Bush have both played
third base this year, the former
losing eighteen points and Bush
twenty-nine.
All along the line the Griffs have
failed with the willow.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Yet howls are heard against the
retention Of Zeb Milan as the 1923
manager. Last winter IL was the
united demand Of the fans that
Milan be named. Now IL should
be the united demand that Milan
be given a fair trial.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

'esp'r,sAt i'''s ss.s,,...s =, 1.ss'rn.s,sa.i Now
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Kid BrilIheart opened on the hiIl
for the Grfffs. He lacked his
usual control and, though not hit
much. exploded badly in the fifth.
Walter johnson relieved him and
held the SOx to one hit in five in.
nings.
The Washington times., 1922-09-12

Yesterdays victory over the
Red Sox closed their campaign
against each other for the sea.
son. The Griffs have won twelve
out Of twenty-five games played.
The Washington herald., 1922-01-02
Will Not Name Successor
To PenrOSe in Hurry

HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. Am
appointment to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator
Boise Penrose may not be expected
in a hurry, Gov. W. s. Sproul said
today.
unfortunately it is only three
months ago that ! was called upon
to name a successor to Senator
Knox. This means that in one
year there have gone from service
of the State two men whose loss is
irreparable.
"It would be impossible, of
course, to find a man to replace
Senator Penrose, with his vast
knowledge of the affairs of govern
ment. his deep insight into prob
lens of finance and taxation, and
his general political ability. / shall
make the appointment as soon as
possible, naturally. But II is not
an enviable task.
Senator Penrose was the out
standing political figure of his
generation. ! wouldn't be sur
prised il he were the last of his
race. No other man can reach his
dominating place in the politics OF
State as great as this.
"I intend to go to the funeral in
Philadelphia, which l understand
will be held Tuesday"
Pennsylvania, through the deaths
of Senators Knox and Penrose, will
elect two Senators as well as the
governor at the next regular cleo
tion in 1929.