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Evening star., 1923-04-17
CUBS OPEN NEW PARK
WITH $1,000 CAPACITY

CHICAGO. April 17.--The National
League base ball season officially
will get under way here this after
loon, when the Chicago Cubs dedi-
cate their new park. with the Pitts
burgh Pirates as opponents The
topcoating of soil was applied to the
diamond only late yesterday and
workmen were busy right up to the
time the gates were thrown open
at / pm. The new stands offer a
seating capacity of $1,000.
owner Wrigley had as hOnOred
guests John A. Heydler, president
Of the National League: William e.
of Chicago. and a host of state and
city officials.
Charley Hollocher, the regular
shortstop and team captain. is i'll at
st. Louis and probably will not be
available to the Cubs before May l,
Kelleher will take his place.
Newly installed plumbing a. the
remodeled park has been wrecked,
it became known today, supposedly
as result of labor troubles. The
damage was estimated at thousands
Of dollars.
Evening star., 1923-04-17

The addition of this pitcher is the
only important change in the per-
sonnel of the Yankees. Failing in
his efforts to consummate a trade for
Eddie Collins, Huggins decided to
stand pat on his infield and outfield
cruits has shown such superlative
skill as to cause the Yankee pilot
TO change his mind in this respect.
Therefore. he expects to open the
srd a, seeond rpp seoat rs
at short, If his twisted ankle has re-
covered; Joe Dugan at third. Bobbie
Meusel, Whitley Witt and Babe Ruth
the plate and Carl Mays. waite Hoyt.
and Herbie Pennock available for
service on the mound, Mike MCNally
again will be on hand for utility in
ila asId wesk .,Eh Elmer Smith YIN remaIa 1faIa
and Ri Pineh oohtinn aod 1o as
second-string catcher.
Excepting Herbie Pennock. all Of
these players were with the Yanks
last year. Under ordinary circum-
stances this would seem to indicate
ment they would be neither stronger
nor weaker this year than they were
in 1922.
A Lesson Well Earned.
But the Yankees are not an ordi-
nary club, and the ordinary rules do
not apply where they are concerned.
During the greater part of the sea-
son of 1922 they looked upon the
pennant pursuit as a sort of romp
and conducted themselves according
ly. They did not always behave
as we'll as professional
athletes should; they weren't amen
able to discipline, and in divers and
sundry other ways they failed to
play the game. They managed to
win a pennant. nevertheless, but suf-
fered a humiliating defeat in the
world series, and have suffered with
remorse ever since.
George Herman Ruth. deprived of
his home run crown. set his fellow
players a compelling example by es
chewing vice in all Its forms and has
been a model citizen ever since.
other bad actors also have seen
the light, and the natural consequence
Is that the Yankees, with an almost
Identical personnel and a far different
club from the staggering crew that
slugged its way to pennant last
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Two Pitchers May Stick.

Oscar RoettEer. George PipEras. Ell
bert Johnson and Fred Spates proved
to be the best of the younger pitching
set, and two, or possibly three, of
them will survive the "cut" Of June
is. when the twenty five player limit
rule becomes effective. Roettger and
Pipgras seem to have a slight edge
on Johnson and Spates, and the indi-
cations are that they will be selected
to remain with the club. Both have
plenty of stuff. but lack control, and
it is doubtful if they can be of any
real service to the Yanks this year.
Only one other rookie-Catcher
Bernine Bengough has made the grade
with the Yanks this year. The little
pepper pot from the Buffalo club of
the International League isn't quite
the catching genius that he was sup
posed to be, but seems to be a good
receiver and thrower. and has had
two years of experience in a fast mi
nor circuit. He came to the Yankees
labeled as second Ray Schalk," and
it may be that Huggins and his as
sistants expected too much of him
Evening star., 1923-04-17
UMPlRES ARE ASSIGNED
FOR A. L. OPENING GAMES

CHICAGO, April 27.-Due to an at
tack of influenza, President Ban John
son of the American League will be
unable to attend the dedication Of the
new Yankee stadium in New York to-
morrow.
The assignments of umpires for the
opening battles tomorrow follow:
New Yofk-Evans and Helmes.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Nnllin.
80 St. LOuis-Dineen md OPlnsby.
Cleveland-Hudebra MOriarty
and Rowland.
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YANKEES START SEASON
WITH BUT ONE ADDITION
Southpaw Pennock Expected to Fill Long-Felt Want
Rest of Team Is as 1t Was in 1922, But the
Morale Is Vastly Improved.
BY HARRY SCHUMACHER,
of the Stnff Of the New York Globe.

llH Yankees
Wv paign against the Red Sox
OF l92l The nheld will be
won their second
main unchanged unless Manager uggn Whitley
Bobb Meu who heretofore
tvs Wa schang again will bear the brunt Of the catching
who handled
year are to the
handed pitching For the first time since the
the tall and stately of He5be Pennoe formerly of the
twenty Twenty-Five gaines for the Ynk prove especially
the clubs Of
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only the very best Of them have
played against the Robins.
Infielder Johnny Wight, who played
with the New Orleans and Chatta-
nooga clubs of the Southern Associa-
tion last season. will remain with the
club temporarily, but needs additional
seasoning in the minors and probably
will be released as soon as Manager
Huggins can acquire by purchase or
trade a more experienced man to act
utility infielder. Outfelder Hinkey
Haines, former Penn State foot ball
star; Haryel Hendricks. from the GAL
weston club of the Texas League, and
o. D. Tucker. from the New Orleans
club of the Southern Association, also
have shown great promise, and two of
them may be retained for utility pur-
poses throughout the entire season.
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JOHNSON LIKELY TO FACE
THE MACKMEN TOMORROW
Mogridge and Zachary Are Alternates for Inaugural
in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Playing G. U.
Today-Naional League Starts.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

HlLE the Bushmen doing battle the Uni
Wv American Park this
for the opening of the championship
the league base ball lid will be off
National League wentfou hours earlier than the
Ban Johnson's
Except pitchers the players Bush
ORe coegans this
field Shbe
play will until
October T.
This lineup will include Joey Evans in field Dick
WADE finally concluded
the exndan obtained Turkey
this time than the rookie from Minneapolis
Evening star., 1923-04-17
RUTH REPLIES TO SUIT,
DENYING GIRLS CHARGES

NEW YORK, April 17.-George Her
man (Babe) Ruth. stellar hone-run
hitter of the New York Yankees. filed
a formal answer today to the $4,000
damage suit brought against him by
Dolores Dixon. in which she charged
that Ruth was the father of her un-
born child.
Ruth entered general denial to
each allegation in her complaint
Evening star., 1923-04-17
LEONARD TO GO ON TOUR.

CLEVELAND. April 17.-Benr
Leonard, lightweight champion Of Il
world, will engage in 'no-decisiol
boxing contests in Chicago, Loui
vile and Detroit, prior to meeil
Mickey Walker, welterweight it'll
holder. and Lew Tender, lightweig|
challenger at New York this sumnd
Leonard. here on private business,
announced.
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TWO DIE AT BOXING BOUTS,

BUENOS AIRES, April 1.-Two
spectators at a boxing match in Cor
doba died of heart disease yesterday
as they watched a fight which was
not unusually exciting. The deaths
occurred almost simultaneously at
the end of the second round of the
bout. The victims were a chauffeur
and a bricklayer.
Evening star., 1923-04-17
GENARO, TITLEH0LDER,
SHADED BY WOLGAS

PHILADELPHIA, April 17-Bobl
Wolgast, Philadelphia, outpointI
frankie Genaro. f1yweight champid
in a fast eight-round bout last niga
In the first round the champi,
knocked Wolgast down for the cou
of eight, but the Philadelphia car
back strong and had Genaro groge
at the end of the fight.
Evening star., 1923-04-17

WELLS WHIPS MALONE
IN TEN-ROUND BATTLE

ST. PAUL. MINI. April 17.-Billy
Wells, welterweight champion of
England. easily outpointed Jock Ma
lone of St. Paul. recognized as mid
dleweight champion in a number of
states, in a ten-round no-decision
bout here last night
Evening star., 1923-04-17
REFEREE WARNING TELLS.

DETROIT, Mich. April 17.-After
being warned in the fifth round by
Referee AL Day to either show some
aggressiveness or stop altogether,
Phil O'Dowd, Columbus, Ohio, bantam,
waded into Johnny Sheppard of Bos-
ton and won the decision in their
ten-round bout last night.
Evening star., 1923-04-17
ROLLER SKATE 1856 MILES.

NANCY, France, April ia new
mark to tempt American indoor ath-
letes was made today at Pont- "a Nous
son, when NJ. Rosco and Nine. Amalfi
completed a nonstop 185-mile roller
skating performance in "a hours, z
minutes.
The couple said their stunt made a
world record
Evening star., 1923-04-17
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
CARDINALS WEAKENED.

ST. LOUIS. April 17-Manager
Branch Hickey OF the st. Louis Ma
tionals has announced the Cardinals
would be compelled to start the sea-
son without the services of Outfield-
ers Flack and Myers, who are suf-
fering leg injuries.
Evening star., 1923-04-17

strength. 'o
Ruth is lighter in weight this spring
than at any other time since he
is down around 200 pounds. where he
used to weigh in at 225 or 230, and is
or should be correspondence better
PAL player this year. Carl Mays. a
when he weighed about 220 is down
below the 200 mark this spring, and
is Ssh showing greatly improved pitching
another disappointment last year,
also is in better condition than he
was at a. much later date in 1922 and
Is apparently poised for a sensa-
years ago
A Different Ball Club
Lanky Bob Meusel, the California
c1outer. is another who apparently
has learned from bitter experience
According to Miller Huggins and
others. Meusel can be just as good a
player as he wants to be. but here
tofore has never extended himself.
He seems to be taking his base ball
seriously this spring. and If he con-
tinues to do so will doubtless bios
som out as one of the bright par
ticular stars of the game.
Thus. while Higgins has the same
players this spring, he has a different
sort of a ball club. Its spirit and mo-
raR are vastly different, and If they
remain so the Yankees will be far
more formidable this year than they
ever were before.
OF all the recruits who went south
with the Yanks only few will sur
vive Some of them have shown a lot
of promise, but taken as a squad they
haven't been impressive. They might
have shown to better advantage IL
they had played more games, but the
weather at New Orleans wasn't con-
ducive to frequent practice games and
Evening star., 1923-04-17
,DAUBERT JOINS REDS,

CINCINNATI, Ohio. April 17.-Jake
Daubert, veteran first baseman of the
Cincinnati. Nationals, VINO has been
i'll, has: arrived here to. start practice
with the Reds He said he would be
ready to start playing ball within
week. .'--'.- - :
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ON COLLEGE DIAMONDS.

At Chapel Hill, n. C.-Lynchburg
g; North Carolina, 4.
At Observation-Disclosures of Gin
cinnnti, ~ Michigan. 3.
At Newark, Del-Williams, 1, Della
ware, D.
Evening star., 1923-04-17
ONE AMERICAN ON LIST.

American ring titles are held as fol-
lows: Three by Italians, three by
Irish h-Americans. one by Hebrew
ana one by a man of American par
Evening star., 1923-04-17
BARS FREAK PITCHING.

CHICAGO, April 17.-All freak
pitching deliveries the shine ball,
emery ball and spit ball-wili be pro-
htbited In the American Association
this season, President Hickey has an
nounced. :, 80
Evening star., 1923-04-17
NASHVILLE GETS SHORTEN.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 17.-Chick
Shorten outfielder Of the st. Louis
Browns, who was purchased by the
Cincinnati Nationals last winter for
'use in the Rube. Benton deal with st.
Paul, has been sold to Nashville. =
Evening star., 1923-04-17

Every aspirunt for The heavy
weight title is tried out against Fred
Fulton sooner or later.
Evening star., 1923-04-17
DODGERS TRIM YANKEES.

: NEW. YORK, April 17.-The Brook
lyn Nationals won the final game of
their exhibition series with the YAM
KEGS yesterday, to g. Hungling,
Brooklyn catcher. tripled with the
bases full In the sixth and made a
home run in the eighth.
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New York tA.) ............. 8
Brooklyn (So. ......-....-.........7 IL .
Batteries-Iones, Pennock and Hoffman,;
Shriver. Smith, Mamaux and Deberry Taylor
and Hungling.
Evening star., 1923-04-17
HOPES ARM VALUABLE,

The right arm of Willie Hoppe is
insured for $4,000, and he Ii or
dered' not to do any handshakifig.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-05
DE Voc
IS REELECTED
BY SpotsWood Board of Trade
Act on Electric Service
and New School

SPOTSWOOD, Dec. 5:--George De
Voc was reelected president of the
Board of Trade at the annual meet
ing of that body held yesterday.
MI. De Voc was credited with being
responsible for the success of the
organization since its formation. The
other officers are: William Wood
borough, first vice-president; j.
Randolph Appleby, ST., second vice.
president; e. d. Underhill, third
vice-president; Robert Hazlehurst,
secretary and p. NJ. Bovine treas
urer.
The session last night was the
largest this year. Twenty-six men,
bers of the board being present.
The question of electric current re-
ceived considerable discussion, fol-
lowing which a committee of three
sswas appointed to meet with officials
LII the Public Service Electric Com
pany and the East Brunswick Town
ship committee to determine wheth-
or the electric lines could not be ex-
tended into Spotswood, the progress
of which town has been hampered
because of lack of electric current.
A report of the conference will be
submitted at the next meeting OF
the board.
The board of trade is also back
ing the school addition project
which will be voted upon at a spec
ial election tomorrow in the school.
The voters of the borough are asked
to vote on two questions, namely
whether the Board of Education is
authorized to erect a one-story brick
addition of non-fireproof construc-
ton to the public school containing
two classrooms. The cost OF the
addition will not exceed S16,OOO.
The second referendum asked the
voters to authorize the Board o.
Education to borrow money needed
for that purpose.
The matter was brought to the
attention of the taxpayers last year
but failed, because the people be-
lieved that the sum of $22 600 to be
expended was high. This year the
school commissioners have brought
down the construction price some
$4,000 and with the backing OF the
Board of Trade, enthusiastically pc
lieve that it will be put through
without hesitation. Wa
It is pointed out by Mr.. De voc
that lack of room of the schoolnouse
forced the commissioner TO use liz
parish house for a classroom. Every
effort is being made to secure a Iay-
orable vote, so that the badly neeuo
ed addition for the school may De
erected at a short time. 20
The members of the Boaro OIL
Trade following their business sesI
sion adjourned to whitney n .aa
where they were the guests OIL s
Woman's Club. A Pc
gram of muEc and recltatlohs r wI
eiven. Refreshments were seiS
eoyen football players at the Uni
versity of California recenrlS . ot1aHU
a powerful 49,
n Snshing it back for d loss
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-05

SOUTH AMBOY

Traffic officer Bilder, of st. Mary's
school patrol, spent the Thanksgiv-
ing holidays in Brooklyn and among
the i~ncidentals he took with him
was his brightly shined police
badge. The youthful officer had nc
thoughts of making 1t work as a
pass in New York state. His ambi-
ton was to show some Of his old
acquaintance how they do things in
Jersey. "Well," said one of the ad-
mirers. "you can buy almost any
thing nowadays i'm the 5 and 10 cent
stores"
The first two performances of
Loyal Lives" the picture featur-
ing Mary Carr, will be given tonight
al the local theatre. The first show
starts at 1880 o'clock.
The regular meeting of Luke A.
Lovely Post, No. 62, American Lee
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-05

gion. will be held tomorrow night.
Most of the business hanging fire
o several weeks will be brought to
a showdown at this meeting.
Lawrence Reyes with a party of
friends motored TO Long Island yes
terday.
The Meinzer property at the cor
ner of Broadway and Bordentown
avenue is undergoing extensive i'm
proVements.
Louise and William Weber, chill
dren of DR.. and Mrs. J. F. Weber,
are i'll at their home on Main
street.
Thomas Kennedy spent last even
ing with friends in Perth Amboy.
Mrs. John Hanlon is spending e v
eral days with relatives at Freehold.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-05

Daniel Bunting Is spending sew
eral days with friends in New Bed
ford, Mass.
Plans for the outing of the direc-
tors OF the Investors and Owners
Building Loan Association r pro-
crossing at this time.
The dollar dinner to be held at the
club rooms of the American Legion
on the night of election of officers
will be one of the biggest things
along these lines ever attempted by
the post. Cards announcing the din
ner will be circulated within a
short time, and the members will
be asked to signify their intentions
Of attending. Prominent speakers
and guests will be in South Amboy
on this date.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-05
AND son BANQUET
PLANNED AT SOUTH AMBOY

SOUTH AMBOY, Dec. 5-A fine
program has been arranged for the
father and son banquet to be held at
the Methodist Episcopal church on
John street Thursday, December 13,
at which time DIR. Roland Raver and
Assemblyman Harold G.. Hoffman
will be the principal speakers. There
will also be other prominent speak
Prs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-05

Seven football players at thu UNI,
.onsitv of California recently buckeo
seainst a powerful tractor, actually
9s,shing it back for a loss.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-05

wouldn't "she" like one of
these silver plated bread trays
for Christmas. In oval pattern
with grooved handles. This will
make a pretty gift and is bound
to please the housewife ......a
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Footnotes of the Famous

THE recent anniversaries Of Lin
coin and Washington have In.
spired vast number of contribu.
tors to send in anecdotes dealing
with their recollections of the
great and the near great. A few
of the worst are reprinted here
with:
TT was on q cold. dismal night
In Scotland that / first met Alex
ander the Great. He was not In
uniform, but wore a heavy gabar-
dine that covered his manly
Visage, and ! did not recognize
him. This was, not remarkable,
inasmuch as 1 had never seen him
before. He came into my bakery
at ,Rostov1 on-the-Don and asked
for a platter Of kartoffelpfanku-
chen, with which 1 made haste to
supply him. 1 thought this anec-
dote would be of interest as illus
trating the simple tastes of one of
the foremost men IN history
ISIDORE DETWEILERSAMP-
SON. Anacestia.
"Once while touring in the Pyre-
nees I saw the present King of
England, George V, pass in his
automobile. A group Of school
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By O. O. MCINTYRE

with cries, You'd better be good"
but with a certain pathetic manner,
they continued until perhaps forced
to flee from overripe oranges and
apples, which the gallery carried
for amateur night"
Memories awaken the old desires.
Perhaps visit to the few remain
ing plays of this sort would burst
the illusion. Youth is far away.
Still, I believe that many of us
are tired of many of the weepy.
serious theatrical presentations.
We laugh at the man on the street
chasing his hat. That was the
idea back of the old-time burlesque
Laughing at misfortune.
Analysed, most Of our dramas
today are glorified versions of
Edna, the Pretty Typewriter"
The old den under Brooklyn
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Bridge. with Mol, the has, Groom
ing of murder and theft, is still
with us in various DISCUSSES.
Our favorite melodrama of the
old days was Human Hearts" At
the end of the performance the
performers, in costume. walked
across the stage one at time to
receive the accolade of cheers or
jeers.
Even today hate that sauve
villain with the black moustache,
the riding boots which he con-
stantly flicked with his whip. and
the supercilious smart he affected
when conversing with the soul
suffering heroine, Beth.
No other villain has inspired the
hiss and no hero has so wrung the
heart.
(copyright. 1913. by The MoNaught
Syndicate. Inc.)
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children nearby waved their hands
in glee as the monarch approached,
and shouted loud 'Banzais! The
king, overcome with this evidence
of loyalty, responded by waving
his handkerchief-a striking sym
boil of democracy in one of the
worlds foremost figures of today"
JOHN SMITH, jamestown, Va.
Some years ago, while COM
pieting my studies in Sing Sing,
where was an honor man, I
encountered a modest youth who
had just matriculated. In those
days it was customary to 'razZ'
the freshmen. but there was
something about this youth that
aroused my interest, and / went
over to ask him if l could assist
him in getting acclimated.
Thanks very much said he.
1T is very kind of you. And in
cidently, here is your watch
handing over to me q timepiece
which he had deftly distracted
from my pocket. We both laughed
heartily at the manner in which
he had turned the tables on me
though. at that the joke was on
him, for it was not my watch.
bat the warden's. BILL SYKES.
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The naval lieutenant in white
flannels and gold-braided cap
walking briskly. He wonders
where the girls are. ~And he no
sooner gives voice to his wonder
and here they come. Some chew
ing gum, many in tights, led by
IZZy Bloated, the rich Wall
Street broker Izzy with a
heavy paunch and bald.
IZZY HAS A PARTY.
1t appears that Icy Is giving
the girls a party at the Riviera.
He has eIuded his wife and here
they all are. They sing: THAT
Looney, Spooney. Riviera Moon"
and, as IzZy is under a prop
palm tree with Lolita Vampire in
his arms, there is a screech off
stage. Mrs. IzZy has arrived on
the private yacht. You can hear
the waves splash.
The next scene shows Icy dis
guised as a waiter at a Paris
cafe. Into the cafe comes Mrs.
Icy and the handsome naval
lieutenant. You know the buff
foonery that follows. The ancient
gags, the venerable wheeze and
the smack Of the puffed bladder
over IZZy's pate by the proprie-
= tor. But Izzy has to serve them,
and o! how he hates the pretty
naval officer.
Between the first and second
acts-the illustrated song. "In
My Old Texas Home Tonight
Not a soul left his seat. Some
eyes were moistened at the taw-
dry lyrics. You saw the prisoner
in his cell and then the dream
pictures of the wide open spaces
of Texas-and the little cabin hut
with mother putting the light in
the window for her wandering
boy.
Perhaps you were not affected.
I'll tell the world was up In
the balcony shedding honest tears.
wrote home before l went to
he'd,
There was even romance in the
scrofulous SCARED curtains. Ads
OF rs cent dinner places, chewing