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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-19

Other bidders: Koss Construction
Company. $183.290; National Concrete
Companqy, s186.17S; Todd & Reed,
1901, ,750 Grant-Bolton Company, $780,
942. The first two companies bid
S163. 500 and $176, 626, respectively, on
Luten specifications, a standardized
set Of plans.
The accepted bid was on plans for
bridges to fit special conditions at
Delaware st.
POstpOnement Move Is Fought
Commissioners said at first thereon
tract would not be let until the city
contracted for construction of the
Kentucky Ave. bridge over White
River. County and city had agreed to
build a bridge.
John Elliott. city engineer who is
working on plans for the Kentucky
Ave. bridge, told commissioners post
Tonement Of the Delaware St. bridge
would be unwarranted since the city
was advancing as fast as possible
with the completion of an assessment
roll from which money is to be OBJ
tanned to build the White River
fridge
He said the roll would be completed
Jan. 1.
HOOsier Motor Club, Backer
The Hoosier Motor Club started
agitation for the Delaware ST. bridge
several months ago. eliminating two
months ago in a mass meeting In
which several hundred citizens
supported the demand for a bridge.
The agreement, including erection
of the Kentucky Ave. bridge, was
reached short time later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-19
Congress Today

SENATE
Resumes balloting for chairman
ship Of Interstate Commerce Com
mittee.
Public lands committee resumes in
vestigauon of Teapot Dome lease.
HOUSE
Not in session.
Ways and Means Committee begins
consideration Of tax bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-19
BODY FOUND IN LAKE
Grief Over Children Causes Woman
to Take Life, Police Say,

BIZ United Press
SOUTH BEND, Dec. 19.-Grief over
mishaps to two Of her six children
caused Mrs. John Goso, A, to COM
NIT suicide here. police said today,
following recovery of the woman s
body from lake last night.
Police had dragged the lake for
two days.
One of the children was killed in
an automobile accident and another
was sent to the reform school.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-19
BRIDGE ORDERED
ON DELAWARE ST.
AT S172,336 COST
Contract Let by County Commissioners Today After Move
for Delay Is Protested by City Officials, Who
Cite Agreement or Improvement.

Contract for construction the Delaware ST. bridge Fall
Greek let today by county commissioners NJ White
Chicago, for $172336.
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Penalty

If John T. Shaw is convicted
of the murder in the first degree
the jury must recommend either
electrocution or life impr1son-
ment.
Conviction of second degree
murder means life imprisonment
and of manslaughter, two to
twenty.cne years IN prison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-12-19
ELEVEN STILL MISSING
IN HOUSTON HOTEL FIRE
Three Bodies Recovered From Ruins
of Smoking Debris.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
HOUSTON, Texas. Dec. 19.-Eleven
persons were still missing today fol
lowing the fire which destroyed the
Capitol Hotel, Tuesday. That mum
Der. registered at the hotel have been
unaccounted for. Three bodies have
been recovered.
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Forecast

d AIN predicted for this vicin-
In ity, probably tonight and
Thursday, with continued mild
temperature.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
PERKINS D 0 { 5
not WANT TO
ALTERNATE
Iron Mans Ambition Is Cause
For Myatt Going to
Cleveland.
By LANES G. IsAMINGER.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. LIN a
baseball discussion the other night.
one man ventured to say that
Connie Mack made a serious blum
der when. he let Glenn Wyatt go to
Milwaukee last year.
He based this assertion on Myatt's
feat last season in winning the bat.
ling championship of the American
Association, an achievement that
caused his sale at big money to
Cleveland.
Nobody had to tell Mack. that he
was letting most promising player
go when he sent Wyatt to Mil
waukee. The deal never would
have been made had not Connie
Ralph Perkins.
The Gloucester catcher is an iron
man and does not care to- alternate
behind the bat with any other. He
says he has to catch nearly every
day to do exceptionally good work.
Mack wanted Joe Hauser to
strengthen a. weak place on the
team. Milwaukee insisted that
Wyatt had to be turned in part
payment for Joe. q. )
The tall tutor was not weak be-
hind the bat and he finally let
Myatt go on the theory that it was
better to have one star catcher and
one ard-hitting first baseman than
two star catchers.
Very often a. manager, has to do
exactly what Connie did, and he is
foolish if he. doesn't, even if the
unthinking attempt to make out
that he had no idea of {, the skill
of, the player he sacrificed. There
should be no criticism leveled at
Connie, because no matter what
future there is for Wyatt, the deal
helped the Athletics. >
Joe Hauser did make good last
season. Wyatt has yet to make
good. Today Connie has top.
notch catcher and a star first base
man as a result of that last winters
transaction.
Had he not made the trade, he
would have a star catcher and a
second catcher not rated better than
promising. -"
Baseball followers should always
study the peculiar conditions pre.
vailing on team before denouncing
a manager for making a trade.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
KIBANE Still
FEATHER KING
Of RING
MuIdoon VIII Be Back Number
II Gene criqui
Comes.

The promoters endeavoring to
work up bout between Johnny
Kilbane, of Cleveland. and Eugene
Criqui, of France, for the feather.
weight championship of the world
are paying little attention to Chair
man Muldoon of the New York
State boxing commission
Signs point to an early retire
ment of the boxing chief of New
York, and If he does go. so will
some of the silly rulings he has
handed down.
Muldoon and his commission de-
anywhere around when the time
ted by Kilbane and then placed the
crown on the brow Of Johnny Dun
dee, who did nothing to merit it.
The offer from Criqui to box Kill
bane was received with enthusiasm
but Muldoon Immediately tried to
put the damper on the fire. He is
sued statement saying that such
a bout would not be tolerated in
New York.
But Muldoon probably will not be-
clared the featherweight title Vaca-
comes for such a battle
And despite all he and his com
mission may say, Kilbane is still
champion of the featherweights and
Johnny Wilson is still champion Of
the n1iddleWeights.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
GOLF FALLS OFF A BIT
AT BIG BOSTON CLUB

One of the few clubs in this coun-
try which keeps a statistical record
of the number of golfers to play
over it's course is the Brae Burn
Club, outside of Boston.
For years this organization has
kept tabs on playing attendance, and
the figures for this year show that
to the end of November the total
was 24,753.
That total is approximately 1000
behind the corresponding period for
1921, but the difference is more than
accounted for in the almost COM
plete cessation of play the first two
months of the year. the unfavorable
conditions in March, and in, fact all
through the first six months of the
year. -.s
The best month there was May,
when 1884 golfers teed up, while the
worst period was in January, when
only eighteen players put in an ap-
pearance, as against 352 for 1921.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01

players injured, and by unfavorahle
weather on his most important
days. His luck may change next
year.
Still, it does not seem as if he
will have a team in 1928 that will
be a contender for the pennant. II
looks like the second division for
the Braves.
The Giants, of course, are the
team that will be touted the most
to win the National League cham
pionship next year. And. although
no club has won three world series
in succession. they will have the
call on the speculation made to win
another II they are one OF the con-
tenders next October.
It will be Manager McGraW's
seneralship that will figure largely
in making his team favorite, both
for the National League pennant
and the world series.
There seems to be no. question
of his team for the coming season
being fully up to it's strength OF
1922. 1t Is very probable that It
may be stronger.
There will be several additions to
his team that promises to fortlfy
it in several departments and there
is no question at all that "Heinie"
Groh will have a much better year
than the one just closed.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
FLYING
CHIPS /
By r. d. THOMAS.

Today the Mohawk Athletic
Club is resolved to be something
more than a sports organization.
1t has been for some time, but a
new spirit has entered the club.
1t desires to be useful to the COM
,munity.
The Indians got off to flying
Christmas time they put on rare
party for the little ones of south.
east. Between 600 and 700 young
sters were handed toys and good
things to eat and a large Christ
mas tree was put up for them.
In the. last football season the
MOhawks earned respectable
amount of coin performing ut
Union Park. The ,.cIub prides it.
self on conducting it's football
teams on strictly amateur
basis. Those who would question
where the Mohawk money goes
may be interested to know that
the Indians shelIed out more than
$500 from the club treasury to
help pay for the kiddieS' party
and to this sum was added much
i'm individual contributions from
the club members.
The Indians own Yuletide cele-
bration, in honor of the football
team, cost pretty penny, too.
The only way a Mohawk football
player may draw on the club
treasury is to break a bone or be
injured on the gridiron otherwise
sufficiently to acquire a hospital
bill To be a member Of the foot
bali team Is an honor coveted
enough to recompense for the eff
fort put forth.
Such Is the Mohawk spirit. which
is doing much to raise the standard
of sandlot football.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01

greater in this glorious infant
You can wipe out the failures
of 1922 and inscribe your slate
with some strange new bankrupt
cies that would tax the bifocais
of a certified public accountant.
Never be satisfied with what
you have accomplished. II you
have wrecked your resources into
an unacceptable, twisted mass
of plugged nickels and counter
felt coppers, don't stop until you
are hunch-backed, eroSs-eyed,
stoop- shouldered, pigeon toed,
Ae~-legged, knock-kneed, and
cunny-thumbed.
Be a mani, If you are goins
to sink, sink right to the bottom
and do a good Job of it. Don't
ever come up. Not even for air.
Thoroughness like this has
started nations and it has stopped
'em. Right in their tracks. 1t
is never too late to turn over to
the next page and read your own
obituary The year Is young
Get your orders in early.
Pick out the best set of resolu-
tions available In any family cook
book. Scramble well. Bake un,
til brittle. set out to cool and for
get.
When the wash is thoroughly
dry, pull in the clothes line with
out disturbing the laundry, call
the ambulance and you will have
started the new year correctly.
All of our resolutions are guar
anteed to bend at the least prov.
ocaticn.s Completes directions for
With each package.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
PEPPER" MARTIN GETS
CLASH WITH BERNSTEIN

NEW YORK. Jan. IA feather
weight bout will be the principal at
traction at the boxing show to be
held in Madison Square Garden next
Friday night. The principals will
be Vincent Pepper) Martin, Brook
lyn's hard hitting boxer, ard Jack
Bernstein, sturdy Yonkers lad. They
have been matched for twelve rounds
at 100 pounds, weigh in at 2 o'clock
on the day of the battle. Another
tWelve.round bout, two six-round
contests and four-round encounter
complete the card.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01

The total outlay for six Of the
greatest ball players the game ever
has known could not be stretched
beyond $4,000 il the money were
made out Of elastic sleeve garters. .
That being the case, what, may
we expect from Willie KamTn. for
whom the White Sox are alleged to
have handed over 500. 900 and four
players, and Jimmy O'ConnelI, who
either cost the Giants SIS, 900 or
John McGraw Is trifling with the
decimal system.
Reckoned on quoted values,
Kanm and O,Connell should be the
respective batting leaders OF the
American and National Leagues In
1923 by q matter of fifty points.
sss 81
This possibility, however, II 90
vague s Is be almost beyond /
recognition. III either OF both hit
beyond $50 something more than
, mild sensation would be the
result.
In the first place, the $175, coo
said to have been paid for this pair
would probably sell for less than
800 900 in. any American bank. At
least so per cent of 1T was the we'll
known lettuce usually flashed by
the leering villain in the second act.
In the second place, Kamn1 and
O'ConnelI must clear q mental hur,
die their first year out. They Will
be- expected ITO live up to the III.
flated values placed upon them.
and their slightest misstep viii be
/ the occasion Of much comment.
They win be marked men and an
overdose Of attention from fans
ana critics has cramped the style
OF many others who came to the
major leagues under similar cir
cunnstances,
There was Rube Marquard, for
instance-he cost the Giants the
then amazing sum Of $4,000, and
It took the left-handed young man
almost three seasons to live down
the .unWelcome notoriety achieved
by the transact ion.
Lefty Russell once was tbs
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
English King Gives
Famous Race is
Name

Ed Cunningham, Of Boston,
makes the observation that one
day IN the distant past an Eng
lish king wore b brown hat to
the races and his horse won.
Since that day England's great
est racing event has been known
as the Derby.
means 81 separating Connie Mack
FROM $4,000, which comes pref
Lefty never made the biz time
grade.
The late Larry Chapnelle w.aa
another. The White S0x claimed
they paid $4,000 for. his release.
He never: hit lick IN. the majors.
and moved around the out1ield Ike
: man burdened with 8 ball ana
chain.
Marty OsToole VS. another nonu-
mental bloOlner, he Is said to have
cost the Pirates $22. 500, hut so Tar
as return on the investment was
concerned he was worth about So.
Mexican.
Inflated purchases cf this kind
discouraged some OF the naagnakes,
but the system has been revived
somewhat since the draft was killed,
and be II noted In all fairness that
recent purchases have been more
satisfactory.
The Reds did not regret having
handed over more than $4,000, 80
called. for PinelH and CavenIfey:
nor did the Tigers enter any Iafa-
season objections to the deal that
brought them PiIIette ana johnson
and brought Portland the alleged
sum of $40, 900. IN
McGraW, however, did not ret
$50. 900 worth out Of Ralph Shin
ners, and certainly the Browns are
big losers on the Danforth bust
ness.
In short. the thing IS just q gam
bleIlo more. no less.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
PICKERING TO MANAGE
YANKEES NEW STADIUM

MayHn ]. Pickerine, former grad.
uate manager of athletics at the
University of Pennsylvania, will be
manager of the New York Yankees
new stadium. Barring baseball. he
will handle all sports arranged for
the new field, the largest in the
metropolis. He is now working on
q schedule of track and field games,
boxing matches and football games
for the coming season,
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
FOUR NATION AL LEA CUE
TEAM CONTENDERS
Rv SAN CRANE.

NEW YORK, JAM 1.-The outlook the NaOnal League next
is that the four teams that fought 80 closely
pennant will representatives OF their
cities leaders in the They the
New York Giants Cincinnati Reds ST. Louis Cardinals and Pitts
burgh Pirates. ....s.s
The Brooklyn Dodgers Chicago Cubs climb into the
first division but it extremely doubtful EDbes
squad OF youngsters with what veterans he will have left INTO
That he has such in suggested by his asking
waivers his willingness to make
deals in which several Of his old players
The Washington times., 1923-01-01

II young players are used bv the
washington club this coming sea.
son, may Of their Weaknesses viii,
De overlooked merely because Of
tneT youth. their greenness and
their general air of irving
veterans. playing at their hest
IN laultless style, seldom seem ia
pc trying, which probably explains
why veteran aggregations do not
excite the fans.
washington fans well recau the
DAYS when Joe Gedeon. a raw mn.
polsneo player, but fighter from
way back. was trying to show him.
SELF an infielder with the Grfffs Toe
was always trying, so Joe became \
prime faVorite. 1t is probable that
he had quite as many weII.wisbers
in Washington as he had in ST Louis
when he finally made good with the
Browns.
There are other Gedeons. There
are chances galore in big league hasa.
ball for the young, active, fighting
type of player. Rough and raw az
he may be in the beginning, IL he
will but stick to it, he has an ex.
cellent chance of becoming regular.
This will be true of the 1923 Griffs
ANYWAY. DOME Bush, aggressive
with never a thought of surrender,
will noturalIy be biased in favor of
the scrapper. If the young PLAYERS
have brains enough to appreciate
this. they will fare well. IF they
haven't, they won't, that's all, Civ
ing way TO others with the required
characteristics.
But 1t Is apparent that the young
player is coming into his own in the
larger leagues. IT won't be long now
when the veterans will have passed
from the scene, and new names will
be flashed on the scoreboards and in
the baseball columns. The new rule
will but hasten this.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
He May Fill Out.

The Louisville Colonies have
southpaw pitcher named Frank
Semands, who is seventeen years old,
stands feet II inches and weighs
147 pounds; sort of tall and rangy, as
1t were.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
BOBBY M'LEAN.

The former worlds pro-
fessional ice-skating cham
pion plans Going abroad for
a race or series Of races
with Oscar MafhiesOn, in
which he hopes to regain.
his championship Iaurels.
It was MathiesOn who de-
feated Mclean in Christi
ania two years ago. The.
Norwegian retired after that
conquest, but Is now ready
to re-enter competition. A
series Of races for the
worlds title in Stockholm,
il is estimated, would at
tract 25, 900 spectators daily.
1t is said Mclean earned
close to $4,000 for his two
days races in Christiania.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
Tucker Slapped Pill.

Ollie Tucker, once at Tampa with
the Griffs, slapped the pill for 1881 AS
member of the New Orleans Peli-
cans last season. Tucker belongs to
the New York Yankees, but his slow.
ness keeps him from rising into fast
company.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
Two Fine Beatings.

The Griffs took two beautiful
pastings last year. one the worst in
the league. On April Is the Mack.
men trounced them, IT to 2, the
worst defeat Of the year, and on Au.
gust ] the Cleveland Indians slammed
them, II to 3.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
He Likes Conroy.

Clark Griffith seems to like Billy
Conroy' the third sacker he has OBJ
he will make a great fight for a regu.
lar berth at the hot corner.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
Club Is for Sale.

The Spartanburg club in the Sally
League is for sale. A manager,
twenty reserved players and a fran
ciise Is the property.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
Cleveland Is After
Hard-hitting
Fielder

i Cleveland is trying to get Paul
! Strand, former Red Sox pitcher,
now q hard-hitting outfielder
with Salt Lake. Duffy Lewis
want players in exchange in adj
dition to cash for the man. The
Indians are eager for q right
handed outfielder to replace Joe
Wood, who goes to Yale as COACH
The Washington times., 1923-01-01

StiIl, that is not direct evidences
that the Squire win adopt the
scheme. The request for waivers
may have been q blind just to see
how much in demand Ibis. veterans
might be with other club owners
and managers.
When the Cincinnati club refused
to grant waivers. on any. Of the
seventeen players, 1t rather stumped
the Squire" and he Withdrew the
request for waivers without more
ado.
Ebbets, as usual, seems to be
having trouble in signing up, his
men for next year. He left re-
Gently on an European trip. His
arrival in England in good health
was cabled over only a few days
ago.
Before he left EbbetS announced
that the proposed players union
was for the purpose Of raising
salaries and afforded the evil
dence that even the young
players, whom he asked to sign
contracts, refused to write their
names on the dotted line for less
than $4,000. per-.
That may be- the reason for the
"Squire's" sudden decision to take
a voyage across the briney. He
has surely given the precocious
youngsters time enough to take an
other think on the salary question.
The Dodgers made occasional
Spurts last season, mostly at home,
but on the road they were not SO
good. If any manager can pull
them through next season Wilbert
Robinson can, but he will have a
hard row to hoe unless Ebbets does
his share to help out. q
The Cubs do not appear just now
as II they would be much improved
over last season. They made
many flashes last year, and at one
time gave visions to their. sup
porters Of championship possibili-
ties, but they petered out toward
sthe, end of the race. -,
The Phillies, under the manage
ment. of Arthur Fletcher, will have
more spirit and color than since
Pat Moran had charge of them:
but Fletcher will not be assisted
very much by President Baker in
providing high-class talent.
! The Quaker magnate apparent
" appreciates that with a low
Salaried team he can rely or the
Saturday and Sunday games his
team will be scheduled to play on
the Polo Grounds and Ebbets
Field and will enable him to be
ahead of the game financially,
anyhow.
George Washington Grant, owner
Of the Boston Braves, is another
magnate who trusts to New York
and Brooklyn to take proper care
of him, even with a mediocre team,
tor he has decided that he cannot
be any worse off by having a
bunch of rockies to fill the places
of his high-salaried veterans. and
will therefore take chances on dc.
veloping a team, that may, in the
future, produce winning results,
both artistically and financially.
There is no doubt that Owner
Grant had the toughest kind of
luck last season in having his best
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
Is After Four1nier.

jacques Fourier, scheduled to he
president of the players association.
10 wanted by the Columbus club in
the American Association.
The Washington times., 1923-01-01

WGEB bulSd
q hostile
u n gle and
s u b st flutes
flowed freq
than Euro
pean prom
Uses
New Year
is here with
brand new
taxes, COM
plete change
of calendars.
and inherent
privilege OF
working or
starving
No matter
w h at your
losses may
have been
last year you
are comfort
ed with the
h q p p y
thought they
~au 10 nu6n
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
KA.NIM AND O'CONNE L
FACE BIG HAZARD
~ E1zkHfSI It.1ALL.Sl1.

NEW YORK Jan up the semhlance Ct
bayhoo; beyond Texas
limits until flashing the Red Sox oued Sisler
railroad ticket Horns
purchase ed with the petty cash account
and Col
Inns Philadelphia and Connie Mack At the regular day
The Washington times., 1923-01-01
BIG LEAGUES PLANNING
TO DEVELOP YOUNG
6. PERFORMERS
.Ry LOUIS a. DOUGHER.

If the major adopt the suggested sales
trades be arranged clubs of the
after June 49, then stride
toward the development of players
reaching their
that the rule will through without
leagues hold their schedule meetings in February.
Without such rule interest the major
endangered The New York
greater wealth have command several weaker
the Yankees the of the Phes
Where powerful aggregaons formed metropolis,
creating added interest the fans
influx of dollars in Boston Philadelphia
ebb right indeed there
away from both major LEAGUES