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The Washington times., 1923-09-07
Tigers Pay $4,000
For Player Cast
Off By Yanks

The year that the Yankees
first headed for q pennant In
the American League they had
Albert Wingo with them in
their training camp as a rookie
outfieIder. And "Red," the
brother Of Ivy, could certainly
hit. He won that year the brief
burst Of glory which goes each
spring to the first man in the
training camp to knock the ball
,over the fence. The Yanks
brought him North with them
that year. and Higgins said
that, he was q very likely look
ing project. But in time he
wandered on to Atlanta, and
the Yanks and their followers
forgot about him.
Now Detroit purchases him
from Toronto for the reported
pr1ce Of $50, 900. Maybe the
Yanks will live to rue their mis-
take and maybe the Detroit
management will.
The Washington times., 1923-09-07
HILLToPPERS TO TRAIN
ON GARRETT PARK FIELD

Instead of doing preliminary
work at Leonardtown, Md, the
Georgetown varsity football squad
will get into shape for its early
games at the Georgetown Prep
School, Garrett Park, Nd. Accom-
modations at the prep school are
said to surpass those at Leonard
town.
Coach Jackie Maloney and Physi-
cal Director John d. O'Reilly ex-
pect to take forty or more athletes
to Garrett Park tomorrow. Captain
Paul Florence will be delayed at his
home in Chicago by the illness Of
his father.
The Washington times., 1923-09-07
FANS SURE TO BREAK UP
OLD STRAW HATS WHEN
CAT ESCAPES BAG

One day and cat will be out Of the bag
at time wide wide world will know BABE
Ruth's all-Amercan selection for 1928
And the
they guests Washington Times at the New York
games Of the world series
Between eight thousand Of circulation will receive
they their doesn't
the of winners.
But vanishing will be absorbed the joy in the
hearts will New York month with
Skillet Finn Esq., the shaft the two
championship teams IN action.
For feetng there will be lowering of spirits by the
win, but WON'T then they will
themselves the thought that all of couldn't grabo
these after trying
TO read the mind of Babe Ruth weeks in advance.
The Washington times., 1923-09-07
BALTIMORE RING FAN
NAMED ON COMMISSION

BALTIMORE. Sept. Jacob H.
F'reeburger, 10 North East avenue.
Yesterday was appointed by Gov
ernor Richie as minority member
Of the State Athletic Commission, in
place of William H. Flynn, de-
ceased.
Freeburger is president of the
Service Transfer Company. He is
Interested in boxing and has fol-
lowed the sport fer years.
The Washington times., 1923-09-07

1t was said that Mr.. Williams
had a bat in which cork or piece
Of wood was inserted. What with
the shortage of the right kind Of
bottles, who can blame a man for
putting corks in bats?
Heine Groh uses bat that looks
like a bottle! He has that kind Of
a mace just to get the fans in the
various cities so thirsty they can't
razz him without strangling.
A cork would go good in bat
like Heine's, only some Of the UNI
-pires would stop the game and try
to drink themselves to death. All
they would get out of the wood
would be wood alcohol.
The Washington times., 1923-09-07

NCbIAIS DoIh " A>dIIS AAAAoi-N''"'
he took his gang of sluggers to
and cleaned up the cham
pion Richmond team with no ef-
fort at all.
Lem Owen climbed the mound
minus his rabbit foot and looked APP.
prehensiye. The rabbit foot had
pulled Lem through many tigh:
spot. He'd lost it. Considering his
in not having about him
his protector against hard luck,
Lem did admirably.
In fact. he stopped Richmond
cold. Jerry NOps, now trying a
comeback with the DOminicans,
pitched the second game OF the
dOubIeheader that day and won
by a shutOut.
So it came about that the Agri-
culture ballplayers were happy.
They were happy far into the night;
in the wee morning hours they were
rapturous.
But like a bolt from the clear,
somebody discovered Larry Eidsness
was gone. The thought occurred
simultaneously that Larry had al
the fat Wad of dough taken at the
gate.
He went out" it was john
AIoysius Dugan talk ng, land he
said he'd be back long before this.
Maybe he was bumped off for the
money"
The Washington times., 1923-09-07
SAy9=eE SAT- and P@Egg Ea
OLD TIMER RETURNS.
BY X. D. THOMAS

Larry Edsness, MANAGER of the Mohawk grdders!
O memory-then 1t per-
Agriculture sandot
ball championship of Washington
made his griddr and balplayer
Georgetown University; Silver Spring
Printers Frazer, with Mohawks and Silver
Spring; with A. o. Lem Owen perfect
Frank the fastest
that played ball Washington sandots Larry N0Ps
others-hey the city championship the lead
ership of Larry Edsness and it sandot
The Washington times., 1923-09-07
FRYE is a Scribe.

Timothy Frye. staunch member
OF the Mercury A. c., is coming
along in great shane as sporting
editor of The Southwest News Item.
AS a writer Tim is yet an amateur
hut his latest work shows fine
promise rhetorically and sound
reasoning.
The Washington times., 1923-09-07
NICK DISCUSSES TRICK BATS.

By Mel

DOSTON Sept 7-Goocby sid trick ba That's the
X president Johnson the other
- said that Of the boys using bats with four
together So Babe Ruth concerned
did bat something like that but ne hasn't got one now
and to be able to get along without assistance
Ruth could hit lima bean with broom straw and the straw
park gentleman who said to have been affected the
Williams, who has homers
III Prince of Wales has dinner dates
The Washington times., 1923-09-07
Fraser Makes Good,

Zeb Fraser. recognized az one Of
Washington most capable ball
players, is making good as field
captain of the champion MohawkS.
The Washington times., 1923-09-07
Mailing the Ball.

nRESIDENT JOHNSON'S at
tention was called to a
practice of some players who
put a few short nails in their bats.
Some years back Sisler tried this
stunt. That's where we get the
expression of mailing the ball"
After each game, if there was
dirty work to do, player using
bat with nails in it would have to
The Washington times., 1923-09-07
When They Began.

u in and asks the writer:
- do you believe in trick
bats? And if they are bats in the
belfry, do you get suspension for
using them?"
People that send for advice
through the mails to this writer
need expect no mercy. The days
of trick bats began when the
saloons closed. Nowadays when
you see some friend, or likely an
enemy, you wonder when he acts
peculiar how he got such a trick
bat. So you usually ask him and
get one yourself.
But so far as boys like Mr.. Ruth
is concerned, they ought to make
him use trick bats instead of dis
couraging him. And the kind of
trick bat they should give him is
a rubber one while he wears hand
cuffs and is tied with a chain to
the players bench.
Get it through you right that
trick bats or no trick bats, that
baby Babe is natural-born
smacker, and he could take a golf
club and knock a soda cracker
from the factory right into the
family milk bowl, which would
save all that expense Of freight.
copyright, 1928, by The Chrsty Walsh
Syndicate.)
The Washington times., 1923-09-07

Almost the same number agree
with the Bambino on half mis- iIi-
field.
But as to the other half-holy
smoke-the other half looks like an
unabridged edition Of the combined
directory Of the National and Amer
lean leagues.
AS can plainly be seen by the
selections published from day to
day, Luque, the peppery little
Cuban hurler of the Cincinnati Reds
is a lO0-to-1 shot for one of the
pitching berths.
He was practically a unanimous
choice.
The other mound post was gen.
orally assigned to Pennock or Unle.
with Sam Jones runner-up and
Ryan, Alexander, Shocker and
Adams also prominently mentioned.
The catchers ran the gauntlet
Of both leagues. with our own
Muddy Ruel giving the gang a
hard race and Hargrave and Perk-
ins being selected as often as any
outside the domestic fold.
That, briefly, is as near to the
real existing situation as skillet
can tell you today, but tomorrow
he Is going to make a clean
breast Of everything, tell every
thong he knows, and, after Q
fashion, do what you might call
turn States evidence.
The suspense has been awful.
No more 50 for the scores and
scores OF prospective winners than
for Skillet Finn. ESQ. himself,
who is a hardened old baseball fan
who appreciates the fine points Of
baseball but seldom raves or tears
his hair or throws his nat into the
air.
But the monkey department Of
this newspaper wagers a guess that
when some of the fans read the
all-American choice of Mr.. Ruth,
they will go into "A rags and prob
ably break their straw hats into
very fine atoms.
For, as usual. Ruth has sprung
O surprise.
It liz no violation of confidence
The Washington times., 1923-09-07

Inc contest has resolved itself to
q mere matter Of hitting upon the
combination of 1923 players that
best appeals to the appetite of
Ruth. The majority of fans, of
course, selected the teams they
thought were the best. They
couldn't very well do otherwise
Many, however, tried to read
Babes mind and went against their
own personal Judgment in naming
q team to match Babes. Some of
these were right and some were
further wrong than If they had
picked their own personal choice.
With the task of checking over
the hundreds and hundreds of
lists and reading the 150-wOrd
statements just about completed,
"Skillet" observed today that all
Of Washington agrees with Ruth
on his Outfield. Fully ninety
five per cent of the entrants Sc
lect the same Outfield as does
Ruth.
The Washington times., 1923-09-07

go to a barber shop and get the
nails manicured.
AS for trick bats, / don't take
much stock in them. But from
recent results, with the Giants a
bit wobbly, it would seem that
McGraw's. men had the kind of
trick bats that have big, wide holes
in them. Sometimes it seems those
boys is batting with rope ladders.
You don't remember Delehanty,
unless you are willing to admit
you are old enough to be chloro-
formed. But he had a trick bat.
He loaded it with dynamite.
, 1923-08-15
III AL TAUQUA IS
PREPARED R
CASPER OPENING
Tent Raised at Second
And Center; First Big
Program Thursday.

Interest IN the Ellison-white chau.
tauqua which will be held here start.
ing tomorrow and lasting until Tues
day OF next week was keyed to its
highest pitch today when the great
tent that Will house the entertainment
went up at Eighth and Center streets.
Season tickets for the ~chautauuua
have been placed in the hands of diff.
ferent church committees and are also
on sale at nj, the drug stores. A sub.
stantial saving can be made by Sc.
curing such tickets in advance.
The members of committees who
have charge of tickets are the follow.
ing: r. S. Webb. 54s South Center
street: Clarence Coaltrain, Mills Con.
Ohio OIL company; l.. A. Reed. Mid.
west building; Mrs. A. B. Polling. 41s
South Lincoln: l.. r. Bundy, Standard
refinery; Edwin NJ. Bean. postmaster:
d. F. Gadbury. postoffice: A. ]. Haz.
lit. Consolidated Royalty building; j.
II. Gibbs. Midwest Refining company:
C. e. Hoffhine, Mills company; s. e.
Bailey. Casper Gas Appliance com
pany; Mrs. j. t. Richards, s22 North
jefferson street.
The first days program includes
two entertainments by the Patton
Brothers. n trio of accomplished vocal
artists. and the Junior chautauqua-
The Patton Brothers are futuristic
artists and their performance is one
OF the most difficult and unusual ever
attempted in this line.
Their entertainment In the after
noon will be in h way of a prelude
as n special event. the Chlldren's
Magic Lunar circus Will be given.
This Is included in the Junior chautau-
qua In the evening the Patton
Brothers will give their regular pro
grom in q prologue. six episodes. and
an epilogue-
, 1923-08-15
HIGHWAYS OF
STATE SUFFER
FROM STORMS

Highways both west and east of
Casper again suffered damage last
night from cloudbursts. according to
numerous reports received hero to-
day.
Teapot bridge on the Yellowstone
highway west OF Shoshoni was entire
ly dismantled by the storm floods of
last night. Repairs to this road will
be completed within q day OF two.
A severe downpour in eastern wyo-
ming tool as Its toll three bridges
between Lost Springs and Shawnee
Wyo.. says the state highway depart
ment. East OF the Lost Springs sta.
ton another bridge was swept away,
INT all bridges north and south of
this connecting stretch of road were
lost. The highway through this dis.
trict is said to be impossible.
Reports that one of the railroads
lost a bridge and considerable track.
age near Lucerne. wyo.. could not be
confirmed at division offices hero Of
the Chicago & Northwestern or Bur
lington systems. neither Of which had
heard the report.
, 1923-08-15
MEEkER VISITS
HISTORIC SPOT
ON OLD TRAIL
Trip to Woods Crossing
Turns Back History
Pages for Pioneer.

m an hour,s time yesterday Ezra
Meeker. s~s-year-old pioneer, was
transplanted from the Henning hotel
to q point on the old Oregon Trail
below Glenrock known in history as
the Woods crossing over the Platte
river. This same comparatively short
distance would probably have required
a full days travel when Meeker, his
wife and six-weeks-oid baby. nrst
passed over the route with OK teams
In 1921 years ago.
In company with Charles B. Stat
ford secretary of Casper's Chamber
OF Commerce. the venerable champion
Of western history as based on actual
happenings and scenes, started on O
tour OF ~re-dlscovery. At Glenrocl,
John Higgins. who himself has beer
in that region since 1856. was added
to the expedition as guide.
Woods crossing. the objective OF tn,
trip. was made memorable by w. p
Woods who in June of 1s49 made hi
way with dozens of other westboun,
emigrants over the Platte river at
point ear the mouth of Deer creek
A copy of Woods diary was present
ed to the Tribune n short while bach
by Mr.. Meeker and excerpts describ
ing the happenings of the day wher
Continued on PAGE EightJ
, 1923-08-15

per they n taking a grave chance.
providing they fail to look both
ways before stepping from the curb.
II this precaution is taken. there Is
relatively little danger. and the
pedestrian is in the clear legally in
ease of accident.
The Tribune in conjunction with
the automobile dealers and promi-
nent merchants OF the city. has un.
dertaken to bring about a reform.
Drive right week begins August Is
and will continue until August rs.
II 10 hoped that q week Of coneen-
trated effort on tho part Of every
body. will in . large measure help to
form the safety habit In the future.
Tho Tribune wants the support of
the people When an idea strikes
you, 1ot It down and mail Il at onca
to Spark Plug at the Tribune Of
fices. SO that your fellow Casperites
may read and know. Watch the
Tribune carefully each evening dur
ing tho drive for opinions Of promi.
nent business men upon the enforce
ment of tho law and the Importance
OF the campaign
, 1923-08-15

Railway transportation. seriously
hampered by washouts. was nearing
normal today and communication had
been completed TO most points which
were Isolated during the foods. Wire
communication systems also were be-
ing repaired rapidly.
Highways between Salt Lake and
Ogden and Setween Willard and Og.
den were impossible today. hundreds
OF uprooted trees and huge boulders.
rolled along from the mountains in
the mad rush of the waters through
rocky canyons. obstructing the roads.
Governor Mabsv last night issued
a proclamation calling on the people
Of the state to give their aid TO the
hundreds OF homeless in the flooded
aren- The chief executive. with Ad.
jutant General Williams. went to Wi.
lard yesterday to take charge of the
critical situation there.
Authorities who had surveyed the
, 1923-08-15

stricken area today. declared they be-
heved some of the missing persons
may v be found. expressing the
belief that some lost their lives and
probably were buried under the great
bulks OF debris. Observers were
watching the great Salt Lake today
into which many OF the mountain
streams flow. believing some bodies
may be swept into IT.
Rescue workers at Willard were
spurred on today following reports
from farmers in the vicinity that sew.
eral automobiles last seen on noun
tain highways had been swept away
by the torrents.
One farmers told the story of hear
ing the o a OF the on-rushing thirty
foot wall of water near Willard and
then of seeing an automobile loaded
with persons, engulfed in the water
and carried swiftly away to what
seemed inevitable doom.
Three boys who late Monday went
to Pennington canyon from where
tho out-pour OF the flood waters was
tho greatest. had not been heard from
today. They are believed { o have been
drowned somewhere in tho canyon
Two men also were reported to have
been swept away by tho waters at
Willard but their bodies have not been
recovered.
The bodies OF victims so far recov.
cred were mangled. one body being
decapitated-
Near Moab. Utah. where the floods
were not 30 severe. roads were flood.
ed and MANI bridges were washed
away. In Salt Lake City streets in
tho northern section wero flooded to
n depth Of several feet but today only
the loan was left ms evidence Of the
storm. Damage. however. to tele-
phone and telegraph wires was esti-
mated at nearly SIS 5000.
The flood was the greatest in the
history Of Utah. according TO author.
tiles. Not since 1903. when the local
weather bureau started to record pre-.
Continued on Page Eighty
, 1923-08-15
JAILED TODAY
Curb the Speeding
Drive right walk Rightr'

Drive right Walk Right"
Give a thought to the life and
safety OF the other fellow. Stop and
reflect a moment before you bear
down on the throttle. Pause a mo-
ment and look before you pass
heedlessly into the busy street
Tho reckless driving problem has
always been a black spot upon the
good name Of Casper. Perhaps It 10
the laudabls desire to get some
where in q hurry, which prompts
these bursts Of speed. but than
likely. It Is the outErowth of q ma
tural love Of speed which Is always
outstanding In some automobile
drivers. 1t IL 3 fever. a mania
which can end in only one way.
Certain people are naturally caro-
less. They must be taught to con
centrate. and to realize that in
crossing a downtown street in Cas-
, 1923-08-15

we would be married. I had planned
in my own mind-never with Mr..
Tayior-that as soon as I had made
enough money so that mother and
sister could be assured OF n comfort.
able income for the rest of their lives.
that perhaps we would be married.
But we were not engaged in the sense
OF wearing a ring. OF of telling ones
friends OF an Intention to marry or
OF telling my mother. Marrying Mr..
Taylor was Just my dream-a dream
which. voiced TO him. always met
, 1923-08-15

ENNIS " C1AhE,
IRELAND, Aug. 15.-(By
The Associated Press).-
cannon DeValera, the Repub-
lican leader, was arrested by
Free State troops here today
on his appearance to address, a re.
, publican meeting in the election cam
|Seign.
hne arrest was mace under sensa.
tional circumstances. De Valera was
addressing a meeting of electors in the
Market Square when Free State
troops came on the scene and fired
several volleys over the heads of the
crowd.
A stampede occurred n several
arrests were made. The troops then
surrounded the platform and took the
republican leader into custody.
When De Valera appeared on the
scene there were many thousands of
people around the platform and he
was given a tumultuous welcome
Then n voice was heard shouting:
The soldiers are coming" And
Immediately a large body of military
men with armored cars surrounded
the platform.
The crowd stampeded IN an dfrec-
TONS The soldiers fired volley after
volley over tho platform n over the
heads of the crowd.
The great gathering became more
panic stricken as the shots were fired.
Women shr.eked and tainted and some
Of Mem were seriously injured in the
cohfusion. It was reported Q num-
49, -~o--- --.-l
De Valera was taken to county jail.
At the first volley Devaiera was
seen to fall on the platform and his
collapse added to the excitement. He
was unhurt, however. and his fall
was ascrfbed by those nearby to his
lodging with tho sound OF the shots
but the people Of the outslirts Of the
crowd believed him to be wounded.
Devalera at the outset was surround
ed on the platform by men and wo-
men supporters but soo after the
first voiley tho square. which had
contained thousands OF men, women
and children. vas almost deserted
Additional shots were fired. however.
and the few civilians who still lin
sered were turned way at the point
Of the bayonet.
After a p OF ton minutes
Devalera was brought down from
the platform and found to be unin-
jured. He was promptly surrounded
by the military and armed plain
clothes men. Hundreds of persons
who had fed at the firing rushed out
of houses along O'Connell street
pressed through the ranks Of h sol
diers and shook hands with the cap
tured leader. 1t was with difficulty
thc, troops made their way to the
barracks with their captive. who was
wildly cheered %enroute.
, 1923-08-15

1nfOuB uOut tuo nOufu VI dhL hhosos
Is arc lights shed q paIlid fluminar
ton over . weeping. srief-stricken
throng al the portal of the mine. res
cue workers brought forth the blast
charred bodies of tho victims. who
sufficated and died as they sought
sofety from poisonous gases
Thirtyzix Of approximately 1874
miners who were entombed by the
blast have emerged from the mine
alive. OF these. one lies in a hospital
hero. in n serious condition as a result
of the inhalation OF smoke and gas
fumes. He will recover. It 10 be.
lieved.>
The exact u of the blast wa,
not clear early today. although off
Gals of tho Kemmerer Coal company
in a statement issued late yesterday
declared a blown-out shot was re
%sponsible for the detonation. An
other theory is that a careeninr
"trip" EAR. jumping from the tract
on the 100 foot level. where the ex
plosion occurred. caused a sparl
which ignited a cloud of lust or gas
General opinion is thai the cause wa
n black damp explosion
Disastrous a was the loss of life
the interior of the mine was oni,
slightly wrecked by the explosion ant
, 1923-08-15
Story Of Love for Slain
Director Told BY Actress

LOS ANGELES. Aug. 15.-Mary
Miles Nrinter. milton picture actress.
was not formally engaged to marry
William Desmond Taylor. film dlrec-
tor who was shot to death in his
apartments here February /, 1922.
but hoped some day they might
marry. according to n signed story
from her. published in the Los An.
gees Times today.
I'VE were not engaged in the sense
that he had asked me e marry him
and I had promised the story stated.
II had always hoped that some time