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The Washington times., 1922-10-30
HEAT At
OYSTER ROAST
BIG D0|NGS"
G. Harry Ward and Mike Flynn
Finish Neck and Neck at
Bowie on Sunday.
BY LEONARD w. COLLINS

Yesterday was "at home" day at
Prince Georges Park. General Mana.
ger James +. O'Hara. ably assisted
by Racing Secretary Joseph Nc.
Lehman, Track Superintendent Rich.
ard Pending. James Dow, Big Bill"
LanCaste! and other officials Of the
Bowie course. played host to three
score or more of thoroughbred
owners. trainers and Baltimore and
Washington newspapermen.
The visit was punctuated by one
Of those old time oyster roasts which
were so popular in the B. V. d. Cbe-
fore Nolsteads day. period There
were oysters aplenty. In fact, there
were oysters there when the party
broke up. Yes. there was celery,
hot rye bread and other kinds Of
food, both solid and liquid.
Funny, hut you would have
thought that crowd was afflicted
with intestinal trouble and We're on
a liquid diet. Just about one out
OF every ten seemed able to take
solid nOurishment. or really cared to
take II. Then again, who ever
heard of bird holding up an oyster
on the half shell when the other
fellow said, 'Hcre's how"
BE that as it may. it was a happy
Washington delegation which alight.
ed from the train around about s
y. m. in the evening. In the party
was Harry Ward, who l. y. SIS for
a living; Mike Flynn. Sunday Editor
of the greatest newspaper in the
world-The Washington Times
I Harry y. Price. one of Edward
Beale MCLean's route performers;
! Jo" Skclly. the demon Handicapped:
"Op" Howard. who pastimes on a
/ Western Union wire and gets lot
! Of hum tips: a bird by the name OF
| klomp. Wards brother.in-law, and
your Observing Chronicler.
The Washington delegation made
great showing. Plenty Of speed
! and all that Harry Price cut out
a fast early pace, but in the drive
| through the stretch seemed just a
trifle short. Dick Pending was urg.
ing him. hut all TO no avail. Harry
not only stopped badly, but almost
abruptly
Price and Harry Ward were run
ming coupled in the betting. When
Price dropped out of the contention
Ward went out in front. Oh, boy,
how that baby did burn up the
track. AS we made our fourth and
finally successful attempt to GO
through that siX.foot gate leading
to the train we took one parting
look. Ward was running clear, but
Mike Flynn was closing stoutly.
Joe Skellv. after IL was over. an
nounced that all bets were off. Ward
and Flynn had run dead heat. The
Washington delegation then voted
Jim" O'Hara a prince OF good fel
lows. and Klemp broke up the
party by saying that he could no,
understand why seven Washing
tonians went all the way to Bowie
to get oysters when you can get
such good ones down at the Mu
nicipal wharf.
As Charlie Connors remarked
Grape Nuts"
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
WORK IS
BEzDEK ORDER
FOR SKATERS
Nittany Eleven Realizes It Has
Most Formidable Opponent
in Navy Combination.

STATE COLLEGE. Pa. Oct. 30
The game between Penn State and
the Navy next Friday will be the
sixteenth meeting on the gridiror'
and the Nittany Lions are firmly
decided to raise their end OF the total
score for this series OF encounters.
though they know full well that 1t
will be no easy task. The Middies'
points for the games with state now
number 1925. with the latter's reach
ing -. Eight games have gone to
the Navy. five TO Penn State, and
two ended in ties.
In preparation for the coming
struggle. tn" first of the three days
before the team leaves will be spent
IN q NChr practice session in which
'uCs' o: the 'trn" will be given over
to correcting the errors that had
shown up in Saturdays meetin g
with Syracuse.
Every man on the squad realizes
the quality Of the teams that ar"
10 he met between now and the end
Of the season, with the result that
they plunged into the practice 10
eliminate as quickly as possible the
flaws that Coach B"Zdck's critical
eye had caught in the tussle with
the Orange 2ridders.
With keen recollection Of the close
score in the game with the Midlies
last fall which ended l3 to in
states favor. IN" Nittany eleven has
added incentive for work. That vic
tory was the first since 1906. with
four games having been played In
the meantime. on" OF them netting a
sCoreless tie The other tie was
back in 1894 when the two teams
first met.
After that State lost three sue
CeSsive games. then came back with
three straight wins. The next two
went to tn" Navy, and the follow
ing one. that OF 1906 brought q
5.tO-0 wiz for state. Navy won ir
1907. State in 1908. and there was q
scoreless tie in 1911. The last on
counter previous 10 last year vas In
1913, when Navy won. 10 TO 0.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
LOYALTY WINS REWARD
FOR CLARK AT MILWAUKEE

Baseball would he much better off
If there were more owners of the
type of Otto BUrchert, owner of the
Milwaukee club.
The fans of the Wisconsin town
got ION" Harry Clark because the
Brewers did not finish in the first
division and many demanded that
a new man be engaged to pilot the
club in 1928 In reply to this Bor.
ebert said
Il don't care what anyone else
has to say about Clark. | know that
I am thoroughly satisfied with his
efforts. Clark did not win the pen.
nnnt. neither did his team finish in
the first division. But he trisd, SO
what else can one demand? He at
least was loyal, and that is why
am ready to re-engage clark Tor
next seq son"
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
ELEvENS
SCORE WINS IN
FAST CONTESTS
Washington Pros and Mo-
hawks Look Unusually Good
Against Opponents.

Four OF Washington's crack foot
ball elevens came through with i'm
pressive victories yesterday. The
Washington professional eleven
against the Chester, Pa. agyrega-
ton walked into a 33 to 0 victory.
The Mohawk A. c. eleven went
right after the Marine Barracks
Marines and registered a rs to 0
victory. The Quincy A. c. team
defeated the Navy Yard Marines by
IA to 6.
The Mercury lads jumped on the
Seamen Gunners for a 33 to o
count. All four engagements gave
the winners good workouts.
The Georgetown A. c. after list
ing the Virginia A. c., went in after
the Stantons and won a IL to 0
contest. Waverly defeated the
Circle A. c. by 18 to 0.
Roamers and St. Teresa played at
st. EliZabeth's and the game ended
in a sCoreless tie.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
LACK MILLER MAKES
GOOD OUT ON COAST

Among other first.ycar managers
~ho have made good, check up
lack DotS Miller, WHO handled
fhe San Francisco team this year.
Even when things locke | dark for
Miller's team it Is noted that fam
dom was strong for him. lie has
been immensely popular and the
s,oneral verdict II that he has got
g., oIIt of the Seals all that was in
.san1 He has been a real man
.ger of his own, too, Charley Gra-
-, offering no interference as 10
.he way he has handled the Seals
a. the long Coast League campaign.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
NEWARK CITIZENS WANT
TO PURCHASE BEARS

Two sets Of Newark citizens are
said 10 hc willing 10 take over the
Newark Club OF the international
provided 1t can be had for a reason
able price--a figure mat would pay
it's obligations. for instance. The
chamber Of commerce has interested
itself and there may be something
doing. There nre several things
blocking the deal. One is the lease
Of Harrison Field with which the
club is saddled, and another the tend.
enCy of the Baltimore men who own
the franchise to ask more than Is
considered fair. And there Is a lot
Of international League politics In
volved besides. morc's the pity.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
LEXINGTON GRID MEN
COME TO LIFE FOR WIN

Coming to the front in the second
half, the Lexington gridmen scored
three touChdowns and point. defeat.
ing the De Molay team by l9'to-O
score yesterday.
Tucci, Lexington's star end, and
Mattingly and Perkins, fast backfield
men OF the winners, made the touch.
downs. Capt Bus" Mulvaney
played a great game, as usual, and
gained much ground for Lexington.
Homan and Darling played the best
game for the losers.
Next Sunday. at 3 p. m. in Poto.
mac Park. the LeXinGtons will take
on the fast York A. G. This In eN.
pccted to he good game. The man.
ager OF the York A. &. is requested
to get IN touch with the Lexington
manager between and p. m. Lin.
coin S43.W.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
YALE To PICK,
S|XPOS|T|0NS
:|NFORTN|CHT
Eli Coaches Will Divide Period
Before Big Games in
Two Parts.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Oct. 30
Yale's football plans for the re.
mainder OF the season will be di'
vided into two parts. The next
fortnight will be devoted to develop.
ing and selecting players for N"
half dozen positions that are not
settled. No attention will II" GiN"n
to special preparation f"r tn" big
events.
The succeeding fortnight during
which 'hc Princeton and Harvard
matches VIII TAX" nlace will V"
given TO finishing anh l'"lishinG n"
eleven finally selected and :" 50"
Cial drilling in tn" CHrn"a'Gn tn"
coaches point Ou' rhd n" fnal
team is far from s"l"' ''d
At Ccn'cr for Instance N'OS'"w
Loveioy. Houston. lands wv -
Norris are on almost over '"r'nS
At wight GUARD. Phil "lNshurv Is
Crowding the vet"rpH I'H""" Gross
closely. For left 'acr'" hOn"rs ar" nj
most equal between Johnny Loss and
Ed Greene. At tight taCkl" I"s'"i
Miller and Jack Dill"r are havinG
neck and mock race DANNY
Deaver and TONY HUFFMAN are
hunched for RICH ord and Dick
Luman Is pushing Nike Eddy nj
LEFT cnd
No Vale Waiver was injured N
SATURDAYS gam" with W"st POINT
Henry Scott. who went out Of the
eame On tho first minute with p
humped head. was fully recovered
today. The coaches had MOI ex
pected 10 use RiIl Mallory because
Of n neck boil. hut sor' him into
Scots nosit'on ~ fu1lhack whor
hat vOunCstor OuIt da7nd Nal
! lorv viii h" kert from n" Brown
and MARYLAND games and SCOTT viii
he used in 'Nc p0s!tion fnr daily
praCtiCe and the two Cnncs
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
RALTlMOoF UNAR' G TO
OBTAIN JAW KIRKE

lack Drnn Of ~" P0ltimore
Orioles. IL said to have desired the
services NJ Ia" Eirk". Of Louisville.
10 succeed Jack Rentlev, and h" was
dissa ppointed when he learned Kirke
had boon traded nv I.OuiSVill" =" In.
dianarolis It is all settled that Bent
lev will h" cold to tn" New York
Giants. though tn" opinion still is
expressed that the New York club
buvs him for tranfer to Cincinnati.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30

johnson Is now on a hunting trip
with Phil Ball. owner Of the ST.
Louis Browns. and some other
friends. He is expected back soon.
but only for a short while. after
which he plans. to go on another
hunting expedition that may last a
month or more.
When he comes back he will he,
or expects to be. thoroughly rested
and in shape for one of the busiest
winters he has experienced in many
! years.
johnson does not purpose to
shoot at the National or minor
! leagues alone. He expects to do a
little shooting in his own organi
zation. There are some conditions
| in it he vows must be changed
| for the good of baseball and the
league.
Johnson according to Colonel
| Rupert, of the Yankees, is a
competent executive, and Ban has
! IL in mind to convince his owners
of this at the meeting of the league
in December. He said recently
that he has been gathering certain
material to explode in his bomb
mates in both leagues.
Boston has been a "sOre spot"
in the American League for sew.
eral years. and. while President
johnson has been reluctant to
discuss the situation, il is be-
lieved pressure will be brought to
bear TO cure il in some way.
Heretofore there has been talk Of
forcing Harry F'raZee out Of the
league. That cannot h" done.
Frazec owns the club and in his
way has been trying to make hase.
ball hoom in Boston. but without
success. He has offered 10 sell,
hut asks more than 100000 for
the outfit.
This enormous amount has not
been forthcoming, and it is more
than likely FraZee will continue
in the rank unless the league il.
self takes some measure to bring
about desired change.
Gambling at ball parks has not
escaped President Johnson. 1t Is
thought h" has gathered data re,
gardirg this which he plans to put
on the table at the winter meet
ings.
Most parks. il is thought, have
made vigorous efforts to wipe II
out. hut it still flourishes in Boston
at both parks.
Owners George Grant, of the
Braves, and Frazee. OF the Sox
probably have not had the heart
or nerve. under their adverse con
ditions, to keep the gamblers away
because they make up large part
of the daily attendance.
This, however, does not make a
hit with President Johnson. His
: ardent desire is to have the ma
. tional sport vacuum cleaned Of al
betting.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
Prosperity on Coast.

Reports from San Francisco are
that the Seals are to break all minor
league records for home patronage
this year. The Seals, 1t is stated,
will have drawn something ike
4OO, 900 paid admissions for the 1877
season. Los Angeles has held the
Coast League record for big year
with $40, 900 admissions.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
Ward Is Silent

FORT SMITH. Ark. Oct. 3O.-
Aaron Ward. the Yankees second
hasoman, has returned TO his home
here for the winter. He is silent on
all questions relating to friction
among the American League cham.
piuns. He SAYS the Giants won thc
world series because they played the
better ball
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
Fred Merkle Through.

business Manager Walter Hap
good, Of the Rochester club, has an
nounCed that the deal has been closed
bv which Jerry Belanger. who played
first base In the Eastern League
the past season. will be with
Rochester next year, succeeding
Fred Merklr, who, though he die
grandly for Rochester, Is considered
too passe to go further.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
CLEANER BASEBALL AIM
OF CAR BAN B. JOHNSON

CHICAGO oc 3o-Ban Johnson president OF the AmeGan @
declined disclose but judging
bomb
certain individuals in both major leagues.
thoroughly pleased with the things conducted
the this the best the
He does believe
the and he to
action that xillcle snort
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
Lost to Cardinals,

Austin MCHenry. who recently un.
derwent an operation for the re.
moval of tumor from his brain,
seems lost to the ct. Louis Cardinals
lie may never be able to play ball
again. The tumor was causing blind,
ness and paralysis and the opera.
ton came just In time.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
HUGGINS IS VICTIM OF
ALL STAR YANKEE CAST
By SID MERCER.

The storm about the head Of Miller
disgracefuly beaten the world
Yankee colone have their
in reengagng 10
Anne League champions again next season. H..
Higgins ong rest after eac
considering contract for the following ne had
intended following fall but received the official
mons within three days after world While
umo naming Hugs he signed
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
Donovan Will Stay.

Smiling Bill Donovan has decided
to stay with the New Haven club
next year. He won the 1929 pennant
in the Eastern League and now prac.
tlcally owns the New England clock
city,
The Washington times., 1922-10-30

Town of broken hearts and
bent Tenders has four big col
lcges within walking distance
of fve-cent fares-Columbia,
Fordham, City College of New
York, and New York University.
All good colleges. But they
don't seem to figure when Wal
ter Camp is borrowing some
suckers fountain pen to dope
out his All-American leg break
ers.
It's been plenty years since
Yale and Harvard refused to
play Columbia, because Morley
and Weeks were so rough that
their whiskers baffled Gillette.
Minor colleges now hook up
with Columbia just to try out
some of their new fumbles.
Fordham generally has large
fun with football, but they amt.
going nowhere this season and
their line Of march leads right
past prosperous razzberry or
chard.
New York University won
game Saturday, which makes
its record two games won and
one protest lost. City College
dropped to Hobart and its
future is rubles.
You've got to vote in small
towns to grab pretty football
New Haven, Princeton, West
Point, Philadelphia, and points
too important to mention. All
these towns snatch champion
teams, but New York has TO
fall back on its bootlegging
shooting for it's statistics.
Yale was stopped dead by
Army, Harvard tossed off Dart
mouth, and Princeton melded
double pinochle against Chi
cago. Astonishment of the
season was PENIS parade
against Navy. For many yeras
Quaker Oats and football teams
have been breakfast food.
Season is now steamed up
and you can look for many i'm
portant notices both from Wal
ter Camp and your landlord.
Incidentally, Babe Ruth amt
bounding into vaudeville this
winter. Babes best dramatic
proposition was offer to star
him as after dinner speaker in
Newark lunch wagon.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
Knicks Take X.

.n,,d Of their 13.to.0 defeat of the
pprook and A. c. eleven yesterday
The Washington times., 1922-10-30

This is the great problem that
confronts Huggins. He has been
unable to develop players because
New York constantly demands a
winner and has no time or patron
age for team Of youngsters who
may finish down in the ruck as
The Washington times., 1922-10-30

But when and where will the
vacancies occur " the Yankee
club continues to buy those
"ready made" stars from other
clubs every time a position Is
about to be vacated?
The Washington times., 1922-10-30


ever, Huggins won two pennants
with this motley crew and no man.
aGer cou.d do better except as
world series winners. He has been
victim OF system that cramps
his peculiar style
There were times when discipline
on the Yankees was so lax that a
declaration OF war by Huggins
would have wrecked the team.
Probably he would have been
wrecked with It. The owners knew
what was going on and they de-
clared they would back up Huggins
to the limit.
However. IL was a problem that
no other manager has ever had 10
solve. The time to have solved II
was when the trouble began. Later
the situation got out of hand TOT
Huggins, who is a theorlst rather
than a discip:inarian.
We believe that John j. McGraw
would have handled this situation
differently. for MCGraw has been
plagued with more than one er'
rattle performer. However. he has
! always been supreme commander
Of his teams and In a position 10
insist on the support OF the Club
owners in everything he underto ook.
There is no Iese majestic among
McGraw's players.
| The problem Of Ruth Is held ac
! Countable for most OF Higgins woes
! Here was player who occupied a
I position that made il extremely dif
! fiCult for any manager To control
+ him except by persuasion. KUN
/ broke rules and got away with II
! for q year. The effect on other play
ers increased the task of enforcing
discipline on the Yankee club.
II is all very well to say that ne
! player is bigger than the game Ol
his manager. but Huggins. neverthe
less, could not handle Ruth alonl
standard lines of discipline withou'
material loss to his employers.
The two methods of enforcing dis
C!pline are fines and suspensions
Valuable players have rarely beer
suspended for long periods, though
they have often been fined.
Huggins was confronted by thi:
problem: If he fined Ruth the Bab'
might quit the team: il he suspend
ed him the club lost a big attraction
at the gate.
Ruth cost the Yankees nearly
SI5O, 900 originally and he drew an
enormous salary. A fine Of a few
days pay ran into such figures
that he bitterly resented II. Offers
to play independent ball for big
money were constantly coming to
him. lie possessed a sort Of an
| arrogant independence,
A suspension would have hurt hi
pride more than a fine, but il Hug
gins suspended him the club woulC
be deprived of q considerable sourC
Of revenue.
Undoubtedly Ruth is the creates
individual attraction baseball eve
had. His value to the club wa
measured in dollars and cents NOR
than as team factor. lie mad
home runs that people wanted to Sc
and he also won many games.
An announcement of his susper
sion meant that thousands woul
stay away from the ball parks unit
he came back. Ruth knew this an
he played his cards accordingly.
That may give those persons VIII
have bitterly "panned" Huggins a,
iden OF what he has been up agains
in New York. Aside from Ruth, h
had many tPmperamental hig
price stars to deal with. How man
managers would have handled Rut
any differently unless they had Is
norpd their full duty to the owners
II Huggins had been six inchc
taller and about a hundred pound
heavier 1t might have been a dii
ferent story.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
SAYS "EUGS"
.Baer:
Are Football Fans Bin.
cere?-Red Noses Indi-
cate There Is Much
Hip-pocket-cy in
Stadium.

IF New York were represented
4 in football as il is in base
L ball, everything would be
sweeter than red beets.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30

Conditions in New York. how
ever. have forced Huggins to NrO-
Ceed along different lines than h"
had been accustomed to in ST.
Louis. whore he was obliged TO
practice the striCtest economy.
The Yankees had n fOrmidahl"
rival In the Giants. who We're not
onlvA directed by a smart baseball
leader. hut who were constantly
recruited hv ready stars.
Consaou"ntlv HuCGins had to work
along New York lines.
He was told that no money would
he spared in collecting talent and
h.. supervised the work of .'orps
~ scouts who combed IN" Coun.
trv each wear These scouts gath
erod abundant material.
Much NJ this material Is scat.
tered throrQh the minor leagues
and IL available to the Yankees as
soon as vacancies occur.
The Washington times., 1922-10-30
E|CHTEEN-GAME
W0RLDSER|ES
PLAN Of CRANE
Would Have at Least One Con-
= test in Every Major League
City, Suiting All Fans.
BY SAM CRANE.

There have been so few oppor-
tunities afforded baseball fans
throughout the National and Amer
lean circuits to witness world series
games played If the annual classic
is not played in their own cities, why
would it not be a first-rate idea for
the national advisory board OF or
ganized baseball to follow next year
the plan that once existed? This
was to have the two teams contest
Ing for the supreme honors Of base
ball to play one game in cities that
were not so fortunate as to have
pennant-winning teams.
1t would be a long drawn out
schedule Of course. but just take into
consideration how many thousands
Of lovers Of the national pastime
would be more than pleased by rhe
opportunity afforded to see the
champions in action for the grand
prize. Would not the result be well
worth the effort?
The Washington times., 1922-10-30

What rushes there would be ana
what intense sectional rivalry would
/ result. ,, ia
Every game, OF course. would De
nlaved under the charge Ot the au-
fisory board, as now. ENaCllg Ihc
80 me arrangements could be made
as was th. case at the Polo GrounuS
Tho last two years. The ticket ar
ran0ements could be easily made
satisfactorily. The financial plahs
"a between the clubs anu pIaHtiS
would naturally have 10 DE dlI'I
ant As for the CuntestlhS plaS'iS'
they would doubtless tumble over
themselves to get a Larger Whdt N
at the gate receipts, ana l'oS'I"lS ln'
cI,,h owners would be no less aero
batiC. ,.u, ..,,.
Now. for instance, we VIII say
thai series OF eighteen games he
scbeduled, The first four "t when
ha played in the cities where the
Ginning teams played on their
homa grounds, two in each.
THAT would leave fourteen more
Al he played, and there would u"
that number OF neutral PARK" 10 to
.tape the remainder. The OH
oi,ios could not be so far apart
.hat the teams could not iultilI
shair dates. Those cities where
sunday baseball is not permitted
,yn,Id have to take week days iof
,heir share OF the cEiSs.c-Dut me
sans in those towns would b" just us
.,siI satisfied and enthusiastic.
we think that with the vast
,,nnrtance fans attach to world
series. their scope is entitled 10
be brOadened.
,rbare would, of course, under
chic Man, be no best in nlne "l
kast in seven games to decide th'
i.,,or The victorious team woult
anassarilv be decided on he ma
ior,ty of games won, for tn "h'T'
Schadule would have to he gone
through with. according to prloI
.rrangement. No city OF the SIX
,aon could be neglected.
There has been so much talk o
.ha shorter service not being Ions
sno,ph to be convincing of the su
,nriority Of the winners. this lonEeI
s,ring OF games would surely elimi
.ate anv such alibis as breaks,
"hnrseshoc luck" and other eX
cuses. ,,,, l..
n,uch higher. but Just stop t'
,hink. as an offset to that, thu
added receipls.
II is not such an impOssihlitN, il
go Something to talk about any
NV Probably to knock. Go 20 it