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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24

The other day Ruth was play
ing left field for the Yankees in
Chicago. Yes, he plays right
field here for the same reason he
plays left field in Chicago-to
get out of the sun and, therefore,
help his hitting. Now read what
Bill Hanna, veteran sports writer,
dug out Of his portable for the
New York Tribune:
"The contest proceeded with
great informality, like a picnic
game. A small brindle dog Of
uncertified pedigree ran out on
the field betimes and was removed
by the umpires and others. But
the dog came back. He was look
ing for Ruth and found him in The
ninth inning. The Babe and the
dog were romping and the Babe
had SHE'D his glove at the dog
when a fly ball was hit out to
him. He caught it barehanded.
The fans, especially the kids,
yelled in delight, and the mutt
nearly wagged his tail off,"
There's a lightning flash of the
Busting Bambino, showing him
the big boy he is down at the
bottom
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
SYRACUSE NOW SEEKING
BOXING FOR BIG PARK

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Aug. "a. -
That Syracuse fistic fans may see
boxing in the new coliseum at the
State fair grounds and that an eff
fort is being made to organize a
club here for the purpose of stag
ing fistic shows in the new State
auditorium, became known today
when Nicholas g. Valentine promi-
nent Syracuse confectioner. an
nounced that plans already are
under way here in support of such
q venture.
After several conferences in New
York. Valentine announced that he
would go to Saratoga for a talk
with Champion Jack Dmpsey and
his manager, Jack Kearns. eve
have hopes Of bringing Dempsey
here for a bout" said Valentine
and recently circumstances have
shaped themselves so that such an
attraction is not at all beyond the
bounds Of possibility"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
BOUMI WALLoPS ALMAS
IN ANNUAL BALL GAME

BALTIMORE, Aug. 24-There was
q literal rain Of base hits out
Oriole Park way yesterday when
the Boumi Temple bludgeon swing
ers trounced the Alma Shriners OF
Washington in their annual dia
mond struggle.
Walloping the offerings of a pair
Of Senator moundsmen, the local
swatsmiths collected a total of
twenty safeties and hung up a 15.
to-12 victory.
The Almas team, too, was m a
batting mood and nicked Stahl and
Bell, who labored on the hillock for
Boumi. for fifteen bingles, the ma.
jority of which were gathered in
the closing sessions
Mayor Howard w. Jackson start.
ed the hostilities by tossing out the
first ball Other notables present
were j. Goldman Boyd, president
OF the park board, and Ned Hanlon
another member of that august
body.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24

| into pieces, was Of the hardness
tof cement.
j; Firpo insists that soft ban
dages will be used at the Polo
Grounds on September Ii.
Though he knows something OF
bandaging himself, he insists that
a committee Of men skilled in
ring affairs examine Dempsey's
hands in the ring before the first
bell sounds. The challenger in
sists that both he and Dempsey
have their hands bandaged with
soft bandages in the ring, not
in the dressing room.
Much has been told and writ
ten of the champions terrific
punch. Some little has been
written of the bandages with
which Dempsey beat and pun
meled Jess Willard at Toledo.
Dempsey may have the punch
credited to him. Firpo has heard
about that punch. But the Ar
gentinian intends. making no mis-
take. If Dempsey can outpunch
him when both wear soft ban
dages, well and good, but he
doesn't intend to put a soft cover
on his dynamite right and let
Dempsey put cement on those
two fists Of his, not if he can
prevent it. And it looks as if he
would.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
HARRY VARDON WRITES
SOME TALL GOLF TALES

Harry Vardon considered the
Greatest Roman of them all
says that the difference between the
crack and the ordinary dub is that
the star practices. He tells in his
book, THE Gist of Golf" of the
actor. Fred Kerr, who drove six
balls into the lake at Ranelagh,
then hove his bag in, with the re-
mark, 'Old pond, have these rs
Well and went home. There is an.
other tale of n youth who put four
balls in the river. threw his driver
after them and when his caddie
laughed, threw the lad over also
He also tells of the disguised
caddie who said to his player. Did
hear. you say you came from
Australian"
Yes, I'm from down under"
was the answer.
Well" said the boy. "if you GO
ON like this you'll soon be home"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
SURRATTsVILLE GIVES
LIST OF ELlGlBLES

The eligibility list OF the Clinton
A. c., Of Surratsville, for the Prince
Georges county, Nd, sandlot series,
Is as follows: NJ. Carrico, H. Car.
rico, A. Carrico, A. Burroughs,
Wormsley. Schultz, pitchers; e. c..
Burroughs, j. c. Burroughs, Gardi-
ner. Stephenson, Miller, F. Dent
(manager), Padgett and Sellner.
The Surratsville players are open
to protest until tomorrow midnight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
Jack Is Another.

ACK DEMPSEY, heavyweight
champion Of the world, is an
- other big overgrown boy.
Back in the days when he was
training for his battle with Jess
Willard, Dempsey trained out
along the shore of Lake Msunee.
1t was some distance from Toledo.
TIVE or three days before
Dempsey was to enter the ring
and batter the daylights out Of
the Kansas giant, a veteran
sports writer arrived in Toledo
and, all by himself, went out to
find the lowly challenger. Did
he find him playing cards with
his trainer? Or beating the
punching bag? Or sleeping? Or
palling around with his partners ?
Nothing like that.
Half mile or so away from
the challenger's training quar-
tiers, the veteran scribe saw
three little shavers, two boys and
girl, each wearing paper hats,
marching along behind a grown
man who was playing a tune on
a comb.
Yes, that big, overgrown boy
playing the comb was Jack Demp-
sey, romping with his little
friends few days before he was
to be described as the "Man-
Killer of the Maumee."
Only one man saw Dempsey's
inner self that day. Some 5000
saw Babe Ruth's that day in
Chicago, but the views were iden-
tical.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
JACK JOHNSON IS PAID
$1,000 FOR NAWTHlN'

NEW YORK. Aug. 24.-Sobody
cares TO meet Jack Johnson in the
ring. The Broad A. C. paid the
former world champion $1,000 for
an option on his services. which
expires September 10. Ermino
Spalla, Tom Gibbons. Jack Renault,
Harry Wills and Billy Miske are
among those not eager to meet
Lii Arthur. It appears now as it
Johnson is going to earn $1,000
without working for it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
|SandIot Salt
And
Pepper
By r. ID. THOMAS.

The Warwicks, having sewed up
Section A of the junior class, mark
time awaiting final games OF the
other sections. At last the War
wicks achieve marked success. They
have been near the title of their
class before. This time, Harvey
Bleam announces, the Warwicks
will triumph in a big way. Bleam,
incidentally, has been a thoroughly
capable leader of the Warwick club
which is backed by the parents Of
the youngsters.
Two umpiIes will handle the
Mt. Rainier Maryland A. C.. game
Sunday at Mt. Rainier. The last
. time these wild foes battled, the
Jump was struck by an excited
fan. This fan has written q let
ter Of apology to the umpire and
also to the Mt. Rainier team,
which was the host to the Mary
land A. C..
Andrew Baldwin, ST., and Harrs
Newman. manager and business
manager, respectively. Of the Mt
Rainier team. courteously request
the fans to cooperate in running
off the contest. Last Sunday the
crowd disregarded ropes, pleas and
prayers of the ball players and UNI
pire to keep back. 1t was a record
crowd for Mt. Rainier, but next
Sundays attendance IL expected to
be larger.
Glib Fitzberger, Maryland A. G.
pitcher. thinks he is done for the
season. Fitzbergec broke a bone
in his pitching hand. Roberts,
Maryland center fielder, is out of
luck with a sprained wrist. He fell
while chasing q fly.
Walter Haight, Washington
Herald scribe. is getting ready
to start an insect series. The
insects are smaller than midgets.
It's q bit late, but the tiny fellows
are strong for 1t.
Dick Tenyson, unprecedented o.
The midget series, Is much in de-
mand. The playground leader, out
of kindness, referees, umpires ii.
reefs and assists in all sorts of
contests and athletic meets that d.
not come under the supervision OF
the playground department The
individual efforts Of Tennyson and
he general cooperation of the play
ground department under Mrs.
Susie Root Rhodes in the develop
ment of clean sport among young
sters is thoroughly appreciated
This is an opinion formed from
hearing many kind remarks Of late
concerning the playground depart
ment.
incidentally, tile Union Station
Plaza, controlled by the depart
ment, has been nut i'm first class
shape for bali Eames. Glad It'd.
ings for the sandlOtters!
Dominican Lycaum is saying lit
tie, but the feeling grows that the
southwest club Is more determine ed
than ever TO win the sandl0t cham
pionship Of Washington. The Do
miniCars have fought long and
hard. Their record in the present
seres is comMendablc one In
every way.
In order that there he no arRu.
n2ent over the result, rho Petworth
club and American Legion NAV
play their big series game Monday
at American League Park, with two
umpires on the job.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
Believe 1t Or Not,
You'll Admit It's
Good Story

The "tallest" golf story at
present is Of two players on a
course. Brown sliced a tee
shot over a road through a
window, the ball upsetting a
lighted candle and setting the
house on fire. With admirable
discretion, Jones sliced over the
road also, SCATTERING the glass
of a fire-alarm box, which sum-
moned the fire brigade!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24

AhC AAA6ASy ~uCo1OSu uSBEOS
Cans, in the hands Of Shylocks,
was still the masterman Of the
day. Weakened by training to
make the weight limit, then
forced to make that limit in his
fighting toys, he faced the in
domitable and stohd Dane for
forty-two blood-smearing rounds.
A scientific boxer was Cans, one
Of the greatest that ever lived.
He nearly made life uncomfortable
for the Durable Dane" The
bronze ghost that was Cans SEEM
ed to have the spark of eternal
life in him. There are those who
say that at last, knowing that
Cans just had to lose, the fight
was stopped by Siler and given
to Nelson on a foul. Cans died
Of consumption in his Baltimore
home some time later. The dis
ease was fastened by the rigor
of the contest, which he did not
lose. Not even consumption and
Battling Nelson could whip Joe
Cans"
Oh, Jim! how could you? That's
wrong again, Jim, ALL WRONG.
Cans was given the decision
THAT DAY on a foul. Later on
Nelson knocked Cans out twice.
You had a good dish Of scandal,
Jim, and a good referee to dirty
up a bit and a good fight to
write about, but it's ALL
WRONG.
You ought to review a REC
ORD BOOK OF BOXERS occa-
sionally.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
OANDLOT n
. BILLBOARD
TOday'g Games.

TOday'B Games.
Unlimited Class-Section C, Philla
vs.. st. Joseph, Fifteenth and G
streets northeast, 5:15 b. IN,
Junior Class-Section B, Waverly
VS.. Langdon, Rosedale,. .5:16 D. M.
Section C, st. Martin VS.. Warwick
Props, Union Station plazA, 5:15 p: m.
Yesterdays Games.
Uni limited Class - Section A,
Legion, 4; Garfield, L. Section A,
Printers, 8; W. F.. Roberts, tsix
innings). Section b, Dominican
Lyceum, IA; Boiling Field, 0. Section
c, Mariners, 6; st. Joseph, 3.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
/ LOOKING FEM OVER
. BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER
HERE'S THE REAL BABE RUTH

madly when Babe Ruth succeeds
lifting the ball and the garden wall have met the
big fellow. They all their information about him from
and these well keep his
either him the field, they hang
around the ball park gate until he out in taxi That's
him. Sometimes 500 fans
bud around the door used by the players leaving the
Busting Bambino view Of him he looks street clothes
Getting for brief flash he needs to work his to the
waiting satisfied Yet here better closeup
Pvfh %hanf that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
Dresser Hits 81.

Charlie Dresser, who failed to
make good at first base with the
Detroit Tigers some years ago, is
Shaping the onion to the tune OF
.317 with ST. Paul in the American
Association now, specializing in
home runs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24

drink. A cake of ice fell on his
head.
Dear Tad-Perhaps you will
consider this funny enough to
print:
A Scotchman, newly arrived
in this country, wanted to know
all about baseball. He read the
reports daily, but had difficulty
in ascertaining what teams were
meant when the papers referred
to the White Sox, Browns, Red
Sox, etc. A shor thine ago a
heading in the paper read: "Hom-
ers beat Yanks." So he asked his
friend: "Whaur does that team
come fraeW {Homers). Yours
very truly, J. T. r.
The Jerseyite stood on the street
corner,
And loudly did he cuss.
"Then you missed the trolleys,
perhaps?" 1 inquired
No." he answered, "I've missed
the bus"
1t was said after the Dempsey
Gibbons fight at Shelby that Glib
bons never got a cent for stand
ing fifteen rounds with the cham
pion. And as Tom says himself,
he didn't have a mark on him at
the finish, the statement may be
true. A mark, you may recollect,
is now worth only the twenty
thousandth part of a cent.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPON-
DENTS.
Rhode Island "Red" writes: 81
keep twelve hens, but I get only
one or two eggs a day. How can
l make each hen lay every day."
Get some physical culture in
structor to look after your hens
and he may get them doing their
daily dozen.
Leary Luke asks: "What die
tary rules does Dead Pan Luie,
the pugilist, follow to keep him
self fit?"
He is said just now to be sub
sisting mostly on pop-overs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
Firpo IL No Eiah.

MERELY because he speaks no
English, it does not argue
that Luis Angel Firpo is a fish.
We Americans have a grand and
lofty air toward those unable to
chatter in English, which must
amuse many educated gentlemen
who speak little or no English
whatever.
Firpo has been told, among
much, that Dempsey has a trick
of bandaging his hands with hard
tame, that the tape on the hand
W hich broke Willard well-nigh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
AUSTRALIA IS GROOMING
NEW SWIMMING CRACK

printing Andrew Charlton, discovery
eight months for the Olympic
He has shown unusually rapid and only recently
viii be able ct the rate Of he revealed during the
Borg star last week set
worlds records the international games GOteborg
Sweden, covering 1000 meters in 414 41Os
236 51O when they the worlds championship
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24

Jack Dunn, owner and manager
Of the Baltimore Orioles. is out
with a boost for Clayton Sheedy
former captain and first sacker
with the Georgetown varsity team
He says Sheedy is certain to be.
come a star in the professional
ranks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
Mapee Lands a Job.

The veteran outfielder, Sherwood
Magee, has landed a job with Mil
waukee. He was dropped uncondi-
tiopally by Minneapolis last winter.
though hitting 1853 for 106 games.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24

Both Charlton and Borg have dis
played their best form over the
long distances, while the Illinois A.
C. waterman has up to the present
time specialized IN the shorter
swims. William Bachrach, the tri-
color club coach, has not permitted
| Johnny to swim the longer distance,
but there IL no question about him.
being able to swim a fast mile.
With this prospective contest be-
ing discussed so far In advance, it
is only natural that the swimming
fans should like to know some
thing about this fifteen-year-old
Australian who is hailed as mar
vel in the far-off continent.
First, it is interesting to note
that some Of his remarkable sue.
| he has been coached I'm American
methods. According to Harry
| Hay, captain of the Manly, Aus
has shown most Of his improve
ment since adopting the American
style.
"He used to bury his head" says
Hay, 'and had very wide kick.
Now he has converted 1t into q mar
row kick. Hen keeps his head
straighter, consequently the poise
of the bod- is more on the surface.
There is less resistance to the water.
reckon that with these alterations
he has made five seconds improve.
ment at 100 yards this season. He
has something yet to learn In water
| craft. When he comes into his full
strength have not the remotest
doubt that he will be world
beaten"
+ The boy il said to be "a truly
magnificent specimen OF young
Australian manhood" Long legs
and long arms help him in his
swimming, but the real strength il
that wonderfully developed chest, .
which, with the lungs expanded.
measures thirty-eight inches. He
does not look the least bit like q
lad whose head viii be turned by
success"
| He is declared to be . for.
eigner to fatigue and seems to
be able TO swim 1t one clip all
day long. His style IS unOrtho-
dor, according to one swimming
authority, DIR. s. Dudley Helm.
rick, Of Sydney.
He swings his arms in recov-
ory,'s says Helmrick, and. finishes
his stroke almost at the knee. His
I legs work in more b trudgeon than
the crawl. It Is q four-beat action,
very wide major scissors, with q
balance beat between.
| The astonishing feature of his
swimming. however, is the fact that
he possesses smooth, nonstop,
gliding progress. The strength of
his wonderful arm drive seems to
discount any negative movement
incurred by his leg drive"
Charlton's ascendancy caused a
great revival Of swimming in Aus
| tralia. A flock OF young hopes are
appearing in his wake and it looks
as though the island continent may
regain the position it held in world
swimming circles when the Aus
! tralian crawl was the speedieat
stroke known
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
Are the Referees Human.

NKR. HORACE J. TAYLOR
M writes in to say that in his
Ava opinion the New York ref
erees are from the Butchers
Union.
He can't understand why it was
that Tommy Noble, with both
eyes closed, was allowed to be
slaughtered by Kid Kaplan re-
Gently while the referee looked on
instead of stopping the fight in
the second round.
He can't understand why Jim
my Wilde was allowed to fight
on against Pancho Villa when his
eyes were closed and he hadn't
chance on earth.
Johnny Mouse says: Hey, Tad,
l know man who died of hard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
DO YOu Remember

Murray and Mack?
When . halt pint cost but
two bits?
When Buck Shedd and the
Radcliffs played at Second and
Florida avenue?
When John (Beef) Field was
playing the backfield for East
ern High?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24

Quite q while ago, 1t Will be re-
membered, Tex Richard announced
that he had signed Dempsey and
Firpo, the Argentine American
dancing team, to do their act at
the Polo Grounds, September IA.
Certain questions were asked of
the parties concerned and 1t was
discovered and printed - that
neither Dempsey nor Firpo had
been signed. but that verbal
agreement only had been reached.
Thereupon. Frank Coultry. bat
ting for Richard, drove out a
scorcher. the substance of which
was that both Dempsey and Firpo
were signed, and the articles sent
on to the boxing commission. Will
liam J. Mccormack, chairman Of
the license committee of the boxing
commission, then found occasion to
remark that If the articles had been
sent to the commission they had
never arrived.
There was no comeback from
the Garden about this, and the
matter rested until FirpO arrived
here Monday from q tour among
the set-ups. After q pOw-wOW
with Richard, IL was announced
that Fip0 had signed his articles
for the Dempsey match. Bear In
mind, IL you will, that the Gar
den had insisted quite q long
time ago that these articles were
then signed.
Yesterday J. Leo Kearns drifted
in from Saratoga, probably to get
away from the ponies for a time.
T.
those signed articles for the fight
and stop all the stories that all
may not be well with the Dempsey
Ffrpo shown" was the question put
to Kearns at the corner OF Forty
second and Broadway, about 11:45
yesterday morning.
How can he?" countered Kearns.
II haven't signed yet"
Please be reminded once again,
that the Garden, so long ago, in
sisted that the articles were even
then signed.
Some time, today, perhaps, the
announcement will be made once
more that everything il "all right"
for the Dempsey-Firpo match, that
both men have been signed, the
eickets are on sale, the correct num-
Der Of splinters for each foot of
lumber In the new bleacher Sec
lions has been estimated, and-ee-
peat it-"everything's all right"
Today, perhaps, Richard, or
Frank F1OurnOy, or COulfry or
julius the elevator man, or Ralph
the guardian Of the outer gate ut
the Garden will appear before the
Boxing Commission with all the
articles, contracts, agreements,
and 30 On. Today, perhaps. the
Boxing Commission In it's wis
dom, win sanction the Dethpsey-
Efpo match. grant licenses to
the matter for once and for all.
When the Boxing Commission
does this, then this writer VIII
feel more confident that every
thing is all right" than he does
ut this writing. After several
weeks training in Montana, and
particularly at Shelby, where
everything was all right" when
everything was all wrong, we
must be pardoned for preferring
to wait until word Is given by
the Boxing Commission, the one
group Of persons in the State who
can say that everything il all
right" and not find themselves
contradicted the next day.
In the meantime Dempsey and
Firpo are going merrily about
their training and coin collecting,
whether "everything's all right"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24

VA hate to keep on guys tail this but Jim Tuy the
w boxing authority of the Literary Dgess book
muffed two in a row and we're on him again
We didn't have enough the other follow
wild swing again today.
You remember his first wild
Nolan a willy, hook-nosed gent"
Well in his he GansNesOn fight which
took place at Goldfield, Nev
Al the money on the inside bet Nelson The referee
6nne and he was said to have rhed his hair with first
house in Godfied would have closed its doors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
EVERYTHING ISALLRIGH
FOR FIGHT EXCEPT
WHAT IS WRONG
Ry WARREN w. BROWN.

NEW YORK Aug 2-Th current production OF The BayaoG
Cou Frank Flournoy Danye McKetrk Dempsey and
the ArgentineAmercan dancing team boxing
Paddy
showing need of further rehearsals
of finding
possible the heavyweight situation, far
this encountered
missed signals crossed, and what not
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
They're Laughing Yet.

American League players are
laughing yet over the narrow es.
cape Waite Hoyt had when he
attempted to assault Brick owens.
The arbiter could whip three like
Hoyt at one and the same time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
He's Lone Portuguese.

So far as known Louis Fonseca
Of the Cincinnati Reds. is the only
Portuguese player in organized base.
ball.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-24
Here's a Tough Guy for You.

Here's a Tough Guy for You.
NK R. R L. ROBERTS, of
W New York city, who is
Ava fifty-four years of age,
wants to fight anyone near that
mark and is willing to spot MIN
fifteen pounds.
He says that he fought over
in England in 1902 and later on
at Paterson, N. J.
He fought in the semi-finals
at the Psssaic A. C. the night
that Charley Seiger, the Iron
Man, made his first start.
That's going back a bit, isn't
it?
Remember Charley Seiger t?
Billy Roache used to manage him
and while in training Bill used
to feed him raw hamburger
steaks.