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The Washington times., 1923-07-04


OF course, we all made the point
that pitchers don't play as often
as the rest of us and on that ac-
count don't get as much batting
practice but this doesn't altogether
cover the fact that they can't
smack the old apple. There are a
lot Of good hitters who started out
as pitchers and hit SO well that
hey gave up pitching as a regular
job.
I'm almost as proud of my pitch
ing record of twenty-nine consecu-
tive scoreless innings in world Sc.
ries games as / am of my home
run record. / remember that with
the score tied in the ninth inning
I filled the bases with none out
while / was pitching for the Red
Soy against Detroit and struck out
Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford and Bobby
Veach in succession. I'll always
remember that.
But I'm mot the only pitcher
who turned to hitting and gave
IN pitching. Iris Speaker, Harry
Hooper and Duffy Lewis, OF the
Red SOx outfieId, of q few years
ago. all started out as pitchers.
So did doc Wood.
cy Seymour was fair pitcher
and once led the National League
in hitting. Eddie Roush, now with
Cincinnati, broke in as a pitcher.
fractured his right arm, learned
how to throw left-handed, and Is
now a great hitter. Miller Hugg1ns.
Yankee manager, says he's one OF
the greatest defensive outfielders
that ever lived.
George Sisler came out of college
and Joined the st. Louis Browns as
a pitcher. Sammy Rice, or the
Washington outfield. was originally
a pitcher and Charley Jameson, one
or the steadiest and most valuable
outfielders in the game, was a
pitcher with Connie Mack when he
first came up. Frank BrOwer, of
Cleveland, was another who started
out in the box.
Bob Meusel. Of the Yanks. who
has. 1 think, the best throwing arm
there ever was in baseball, was a
pitcher when he first took up base
ball. but hit batter so hard with
a pitched ball that he decided to
do his throwing from the outfield.
He, too, is a great batter who hits
IN unusually hard ball through the
infield.
Raw Caldwell, one Of the best
pitchers in the American League
in his day, was good hitter, and
n Kid Gleason and Jimmy Callahan,
both former managers of the
White SOx, were pitchers first
and wound up In other positions
on account of their hitting.
Reb Russell, of Pittsburgh. also
came up as a pitcher, failed to
make the grade, went back to the
minors. took NJ hitting and is
now a hard-hitting outfielder. Jesse
Burkett and Won Haltren. two old
timers, started as pitchers.
All these players prove that some
pitchers turn out to be great hit
ters, but on the other hand, pitchers
as a rule are the worst hitters. No
one but a pitcher gets by without
being able to hit.
l don't want to hand anybody a
raspberry, but maybe the crown
for the poorest hitting ought to go to
good old Andy Ccakley, once of the
Athletics, now the popular baseball
coach at Columbia University. lie
was before my time, but they tell
me he certainly could wave his club
at the ball and hit nothing but the
air. Leon Ames. of the old Giants,
from what 1 hear, ran him a good
second.
Why are so many good pitchers
weak batters? / can't figure it out.
Copyright. 1923. by The Christy Walsh
Syndicate.)
The Washington times., 1923-07-04
RUTH Is PUZZLED OVER
PITCHERS BATTING
Rv BABE RUTH.

YORK. July 4One peculiar things about baseball
that pitchers hitters 4
Of the Yankees club house the other day couldn't
hit good that really explained the peculary
You would think that pitcher would be able to follow
better other
The worst htters baseball today the pitchers
The Washington times., 1923-07-04
Says SKILLET"
Finn, Esq:
XENOPICUS ALBOLAR.
VATUS Doesn Mind
Taking a Chance on Q
Sure Thing Like the
Dempsey Gibbons
Carnival.
n HHYnW ARYR nm

A ROUSED from his stupor by
IN dime messenger boy,
IA Xenopicus Albolarvaeus, the
Greek bar fly, remained alert
long enough to translate his ver-
sion of today's Dempsey Gibbons
barbecue, without gravy.
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

Although my fingerprints are
on record in every language, in.
cluding the deaf and dumb, /
accurately as you are listening
to 1t now.
Dempsey will wear Gibbons
down like kid nlbbling ice cream
cones.
Ford las a better chance of
being President than / have of
being wrong. The last fight /
prognosticate6 was a draw. That
was the only thing which kept
me from being right.
"It isn't Gibbons who is taking
all the chances in this push-over;
it's Mrs. Gibbons and the ex-
emptions. That's a praye little
family alright.
They think as much Of their
father as a landlord does Of his
tenant.
w HIlc dIII ClIHcly uIIUldSGu
by my personal opinion, / am
prone to give myself the benefi;
of a doubt. If there was any
Z question in my mind about the
outcome would be less influ-
enced by my predictions.
You don't need to consult a
claicvoYant about sure thing
like this. Put rabbit and u
bulldog in the same aquarium
and see which one lives the
soonest The law Of gravitation
alone will decide this fight.
Further than this, I don't like
to go on record lest some wise
banana think / am overconfidenr.
Yet, in justice to my ancestors
from whom inherit my open
conscience, can't deny that ac.
cidents do happen--even in a
prize ring"
The Washington times., 1923-07-04
Once a Sawbones.

Bob Quinn, new president Of the
Red Sox. was once a physician.
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

NEW YORK July heavyweight championship DoW IN many
coplacency in New YORK nan
Jack Dempsey and Tom GIBBONS at
Shelby, Mont. c,,h., +oo f.r
for this apathy Sheioy zoo
thing local. IN
questioned comedies Gibbons chance
about the city have yet to encounter any
New York boxing enthusiast making the TRIP
a There few OF the poys
Shelby
probably the of Dempseys boxing gloves
concerned though
course speculation how long Gibbons
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

Dempsey will wear Gibbons
down like kid nlbbling ice cream
cones.
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

Yesterdays NOsUIIB.
New York 4; Philadelphia. 2.
Pittsburgh, 4; st. Louis, 2.
Cincinnati. 6; Chicago, s.
Boston BrookIyn-Rain.
TOday'S Games.
Boston 1T Brooklyn.
New York at Philadelphia
Cincinnati at Chicago.
st. Louis at Pittsburgh
Tomorrow Games.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Boston 1t BrooklyA.
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

Roughly speaking" he eaid be.
tween cat maps, 81 think 1t will
be a tough afternoon in July
when Gibbons walks into the same
den with Dempsey.
The Washington times., 1923-07-04
Where Enemy Is.

" HE biggest enemy of profess
sional boxing-and rightly
SOS the man in the street.
We are told that Jack DENIM
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

when they carry Tom out he
won't be fit for cat meat. They
The Washington times., 1923-07-04
BASEBALL G
. SUMMARIZED


New York. Q: Washington, (15 inn's)
Detroit, 12: Cleveland. s. 90 inn's)
Chicago, 4; st. Louis, 3.
Philade elphia -Boston-Rain.
TOday's Games.
Washington at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
Chicago at st. Louis.
Detroit at Cleveland
Tomorrow Games.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Chicago at ST. Louis.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Clubs.
w. l.. Pct. w. L. Pet
n. r. A6 % .667k Chicago 36 36 5OT
Pittsb'h ~ Is .621 st. Louis 33 81 All
Cincin.. 80 81 .691 Boston. 21 as ais
Brook. - 81 ,523l Phila... 90 ~ .2S0
The Washington times., 1923-07-04
Who viii Win
The Big Scrap?.
Opinions from the Sport World
on the Dempsey Gibbons Go.
(Copyright, 1929. by Cosm opolitan
News SerVicel

John Reilly, Casper (Wyo.)
Rodeo Association, Casper
Wyo.: "The champion will stop
Tom Gibbons in seven periods"
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

But I'm not the only pitcher
who turned to hitting and gave
up pitching. Iris Speaker, Harry
Hooper and Duffy Lewis, OF the
Red SOx outfieId, of . few years
ago, all started out as pitchers.
So did Joe Wood.
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

"It isn't Gibbons who is taking
all the chances in this push-over;
it's Mrs. Gibbons and the ex-
emptions. That's a brave little
family alright.
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

Ray Caldwell, one Of the best
pitchers I'm the American League
in his day., was q good hitter, and
I Kid Gleason and Jimmy Callahan,
both former managers OF the
White SOx, were pitchers first
and wound up In other positions
on account of their hitting.
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

Six weeks ago we heard Of
many special trains. One by one
they were cancelled. Then it be-
came a question of getting enough
fans together here to fill a Pull
man. That, too, was abandoned.
and at last accounts there is no
record Of single New Yorker
making the long trip to put down
his money and see the scrap.
The Washington times., 1923-07-04

II have consulted with the
managers Of Criqui, Dundee, VIII
son, Greb, and Villa, and many
others, who agree that guarantees
and high prices should co." de-
clared O'ROurke. thereafter
boxers will be worth just as much
rs they can draw at the gate and
no more. The directors Of the Polo
Grounds Club, therefore, have
voted to make $40 the highest
price for tickets"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
"PITTSBURCH PLUS"
OPPOSED in INDIANA

Indianapolis. - Resolutions urging
national legislation to abolish "Pitts-
burgh plus" in the fixing of steel
prices has been passed by the Indiana
legislature
Pittsburgh plus" means that steel
mills located near the raw material
are forced to add to their price the
freight charge on this steel from
Pittsburgh to their mills, though the
steel or the raw material has never
been near Pittsburgh Under this sys-
TEN the trusts mills in Pittsburgh and
vicinity are not subjected to the com
petition of mills near the iron ore
beds, though the public must pay this
added cost that totals millions of dol
lars annually.
In urging the state legislature to
oppose Pittsburgh plus" speakers
said that if this was abolished Indi-
ana would become one of the leading
steel-producing states.
A feature of this fight against
pittsburgh plus" is the attitude of
those who demand workers produce
more while they ignore the steel
trusts gouging to defeat competition.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
SELLING EMPTY EGG SHELLS
How Chinese Boys Make Money When
the Fish Are Known to Be In
the Matching Season.

Earning pocket-money by selling
empty eggshells Is how many Chinese
boys add to their savings during the
tish-hatchlng season.
Fish Matching in China Is often CON
Quoted with the aid of hen First, the
fish spawn Is collected from the wa
ter. A quantity Is placed In each egg
shell, the open end of which Ia sealed
with a special kind of wax This done
the eggs are placed under sitting hens
After the third or fourth day each
egg is tested If the Matching ls com-
plete the shells are broken and the
spawn Is emptied into water and
placed in the suns powerful rays.
Soon the little fish are strong
enough to be moved. Their next home
is in water a few degrees colder, and
this lowering of temperature goes on
until they can stand the cold water Of
the lakes and streams.
The Chinese boy, by ceiling empty
eggshells, earns more money during
the Matching season than at any other
time of the year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
SHOCKED ENFORCER OF LAW
Flancee In Theater Brought
Instantly to Book

Love In picture theater In Newark
is not a bed of roses as Peter Cate
nacci, twenty-five years old, found the
other night when he put his arm over
the shoulder of his fiancee at the
show in movie theater.
John j. Hickey, special officer in the
theater suddenly saw the young couple
in that affectionate position, and was
Mortified.
Take your arm off that girl y he
shouted so loudly that everyone In
the house turned from the screen to
the loving young couple.
This girl is my fiancee, and / have
my arm around her, because / love
her" replied the unabashed Catenacci.
80 long as she doesn't object | don't
see what business 1t Is of yours"
at Is against the law to make love
in a theater," declared the special Off
Ger.
I'm not making love to you," was
Catenacct's rejoinder. $50 why should
you objectY
This piece Of logic so infuriated the
conscientious preserver of law and or
der in the theater that he arrested the
young man. Acting Police Judge
Guthrie freed Catenacci, declaring he
felt incompetent to decide OF what
making love" consists. From q New
York Letter In the Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
Fable Without Moral.

Once upon a time distressed farm
er went TO workingman In the VII
lage and said
Il am looking for an industrious
corn husker-3 cents a bushel and
board
Then you are not looking for me,
old top" said the workingman, with
his thumb on his nose. Il can make
three iron men in eight hours with
the street gang, or 35 cents an hour
as carpenters helper Now why
should do your shucking?"
But my corn is yet in the field, and
the snow fiieth," said the distressed
farmer. What shall do?"
Don't ask me, old top" said the
workingman, as he grinned and passed
on down the street
And the distressed farmer went back
home to think it over.-Farm Life.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
Eat Less. Live Longer.

The great majority Of human Ills
arise from overeating and lack OF ex-
ercise and fresh air, according to Jack
Taylor, the scholar gypsy" who
reached New York on his way to south
ern California by way of the Atlantic
coast states, Florida, Louisiana Texas
and Arizona, walking and camping all
the way.
Mr.. Taylor, who is sixty-nine years
old, said that ten years ago he was
commercial traveller whom the physi-
clans had given only few months to
live He determined to rsvolutionize
his habits, gathered together a camp
ing outfit, and since that time has con
fined himself to diet Of raw eggs and
corn meal, chocolate, raigins, rye bread
and molassas. Since he began his new
life he has walked 5000 miles. lying
In the open and camping under the
stars. The average human being. he
says, eats far more than he should.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
Adopt Gold Teeth Fad.

While most people prefer to con-
ceal the fact that they have artificial
teeth almost as much as man dis
likes to wear wig, the display of
gold teeth has become a fad among
the nouveaux riches in Paris, or at
least a front tooth inlaid with little
gold plate. At first to indulge this
fad it was necessary to have a tooth
extracted and an artificial one of
gold fitted in its place
But now, thanks to the invention of
an imitation false gold TOOTH the
painful extraction is avoided The
invention consists of kind of adjust
ed gold covering which Immediately
adaptS itself to any healthy tooth and
entirely covers It, A few judiciously
placed imitation gold teeth impart to
the smile a gorgeous effect not other
wise attainable-From the Paris
Correspondence in the New York
Tribune.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

An Emporia mother stacked up the
dinner dishes and went to a bridge
party recently. When she came home
she found puddles of water on the
kitchen floor and pile of broken
glassware in the kitchen sink.
Mother isn't going to scold a bit.
sonny boy" she called to her twelve
year-old hopeful, hiding behind his
history In an adjoining room. az ap-
preclate your effort to try to surprise
me by washing the dishes. But you
must not pour hot water over glasses"
Il wasn't trying to wash the
dishes, confessed Young Hopeful. "I
was trying that stunt the Jap did In
the Lauler show, pulling cloth out
from under five tumblers Of water
without spilling the water. / can do
1t now ma" he added proudly "only
there amt no more glasses. En-
pora Gazette.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
New Cure for Sciatica.

Slightly stretching the sciatic nerve
is reported by a German surgeon to
have proved an infallible cure for
troublesome sciatica Tried in IL
cases, it was effective, reliable and
harmless. The sciatica disappears at
ence after the operation but a numb
ness remains for certain time.
employment is INCREASING anu wages
are decreasing in the United States,
the Department of Labor announced
from a survey of 1853 industrial es-
Establishments. This indicates, the de-
partment said, a flourishing and
healthy condition on the part of in
dustry generally
Eighteen building crafts have been
granted increased wages by the Mas
ter Builders association in Cincin-
natl. The increase was based on what
is called the "step-up" plan, the ulti-
mate increase amounting to 10 cents
an hour.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
CONVICTS ARE FLOG-
GED

Columbia, S. C.-Prisoners in the
South Carolina state prison are fog
ged without limit, according to joint
legislative committee which reports
unbelievable practices at this peniten-
tiary. 1t is stated that the prison riot
in May, last year, was caused by un-
necessarily harsh punishments. The
committee said the following forms
of punishment are used:
"Flogging, claiming around the
neck or other part of the body to a
bolt in the cell wall, iron manacles
on legs or arms or both, stocks
Handwriting to cell door,, solitary
confinement on bread and water, wear
ing striped uniforms, and loss OF
privileges"
The committee recommends the abo-
lition of all forms of corporal punish
ment. 1t was declared that "there is
no limit, as far as we can find, to
any of these punishments."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
Easolsta Of a Century Ann.

A forerunner of the Fascista was
the Carbonari, a society which -four
ished in Italy about a hundred years
ago. 1t was extremely nationalistic
in aim and did much to bring about
Italian unity.
Clear the forest of wolves" was a
secret phrase of theirs by which they
meant that they were trying to drive
out the Neapolitan Bourbons The
initiated were styled good cousins"
and the uninitiated were called
heathen.
The various societies do not seem
to have possessed a common center
or to have been properly organized
for concerted action The society,
soon after it came into existence,
numbered 10000 adherents.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
Gave His Son Hard Jobs.

p D. Armour, founder of Armour q
Co, liked to pose as a rich man, 1t is
said He liked the feel Of money and
to give 1t away. He had 100 81 bills
put on his desk each morning, and
before nightfall he usually managed
to get rid OF them.
His son, ]. Ogden Armour, has said
that he had no more choice In becom-
ing the head of Armour & Go. than
the prince of Wales In becoming the
king of England
'To get the right kind Of men we
begin early" J. Ogden Armour said
recently. "We are more particular
about hiring office boys than about
anything else connected with the bust
ness. For the Office boys Of today
will become our department managers
tomorrow"
His father having sntipathy for
soft young men, put 81. o." in every
hard Job. he has served in every de-
partment both at the stock yards and
in the Office.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
RETAIL CLERKS
Getting Set For the Big
Benefit at The RialtO

Retail Clerks Local Union No. 119
met in special session Monday night
to further plans for the big benefit
which will be held at the Rialto the
ater two nights, Friday and Saturday,
April 6 and T. Tickets which have
been placed in the hands of all mem
bers were reported at the meeting as
going fast mad many members asked
for an additional supply. President
Ray Wunderlich, who has charge of
the souvenir program to be issued in
connection with the show, reports all
advertising space nearly sold. The
advertisers are responding generous
ly. Additional advertising in the way
of cards and hangers were authorized
at Mondays meeting, and the clerks
propose to make this the biggest of
the kind ever conducted in the city.
Trades Council has indorsed the pro-
ject, and calls on all organizations to
assist the clerks to build up their
treasury.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16
MAKE ODD FINDS"
Grain Handlers Run Across All
Kinds of Queer Things.
Even the Discovery of Human Dead
Body Comes as Merely Light
Shock to Workers.

The last place in the world one
would expect to select for u unique
treasure hunt is a great grain eleva-
tor. Yet every year during the three
autumn months from September to
November when the wonderful wheat
rush" takes place in western Canada,
there occurs q queer treasure hunt in
the huge terminal elevators at the
lake port of Fort William, Ontario
where tens of millions of bushels pour
in for transshipment across the Great
Lakes. From all parts of the vast
Canadian west tens of thousands Of
heavily laden freight cars go hurry
ing to Fort William, each to have
its load dumped into the vast NAV of
the elevators in a few moments or
time. At the elevators the men In
charge watch the golden wheat as 1t
pours through the "cleansers," to see
what strange treasure each car load
will bring to light The most com
mon articles that sift out on the
cleansers from the incoming grain
are knives. This is easy to under
stand, as all harvest hands have them
to use In cutting binder twine. A
great many are laid aside and find
their way into the grain. Hundreds
are annually cleaned In the treasure
hunt at Fort William. Bottles full of
liquor and empty ones are another
common form of treasure" the
sound Of the breaking glass as they
bump off the cleansers to the cement
floor being an almost hourly noise.
Paper bundles containing leftover
food scraps are also common. A
unique and particularly uneXplainable
parcel was ten pounds of good bacon.
Saws, hammers and other tools form
quite good total Now and then
cheap watch bobs up. and at rarer
intervals good one. Two rings have
been found in the last year, and keys
are more common. Letters, bank
books and checks make their appear
ance In one case the owner was
finally located whose uncashed
checks had got into the wheat and
travelled over thousand miles.
A dead prairie chicken in a fair
state of preservation was one of the
most unique finds in recent years
Ranking with it was live cat so
weak it could hardly stand, which
came tumbllng out with the golden
grain, nearly suffocated yet clinging
to life.
Stranger still was the arrival of a
human corpse, that Of a middle aged
man Investigation brought to light
ii had been loaded into a grain car
at a lonely point as the quickest
means of getting it to the city. But
word of the fact had somehow gotten
mislaid.
one of the grain officials relates
further that in his time he has found
Iady's pair of shoes with the silk
stockings neatly tucked in them; a
cash register, empty; and a bundle
Of love letters.
How all these varied things get in
grain cars is a mystery. What ro-
nance no doubt lies around the get
ting in such a place of say, for In
stance, the lady's shoes the cash reg
lister and the gold watch Truly if a
person could follow up all the things
found yearly at the terminal elevators
he would have some wonderfully In
tereSting stories to tell
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-03-16

He was nine and I eight when he
first told me of his amorous feelings
and | believed him. One evening his
little kitten wandered over to my house
and, as 1t was late, planned to return
Il the next day Early the following
morning | arose to feed the little lost
creature As was pouring out
saucerful of cream, Roger, himself,
came in Upon seeing my apparent en-
ioyment in the task, he Immediately
picked up his kitten and ran from the
house, calling me thief, thief CHI
cago Journal.