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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-06
PITTSTON
School Social and Entertainme

NORTH-The children of the
Roosevelt school No. 10 gave a very
successful entertainment and box
social. Friday night, June 20. They
Ibid great credit to themselves and
teacher, Mrs. Albert Putnam. The
proceeds are to go towards a victrola
for the schoolroom. The parents and
pupils both hope Mrs. Putnam will
return for the fall term. 1t has been
several years since they have been
fortunate enough to have a Normal
school graduate.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. clough and
daughter, Alice and Burton Moulton
mortored Sunday to New Harbor and
enjoyed q shore dinner.
Alpha Clough of Lewiston was
home over the week end.
Mrs. j. A. Moulton and children
were the guests Thursday Of Mrs.
Eva Peaslee of East Pittston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hathaway Of
Gardiner\were dinner guests Sunday
at Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gordon's.
Gwenola Magee has returned from
East Edgecomb, where she has been
teaching school.
Leslie Magee and Edward Larson
of Camp Devens are passing a few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. George Ma
gee.
Gertrude Webb passed the Fourth
with friends in Whitefeld.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Webb and
children motored to Kents Hill on
Wednesday.
A number from here attended the
ball game at Cooper's Nils.
EAST-Mr. and Mrs. James Lew
renee of Dresden were visitors, re.
Gently of Mrs. Stella Carter.
Arthur Choate and daughter, Dor
othy of Augusta, were Sunday guests
at the home Of Wallace Choate.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Bailey and son,
Ray Of South Gardiner were calling
Sunday on friends in this village.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. Hanly and ]. H.
Kealy took a party Of young folks
from the st. Dennis Sunday school to
Boothbay Harbor, where Rev. j. E.
McCabe. entertained the North
WHITEHEAD Sunday school on. the
Fourth.
There will be Strawberry Festi.
val at the academy in this village on
Saturday evening, July Z. The, pro.
ceeds are for the benefit Of the Meth.
edist church and it is hoped there
may be a large attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Z. Ward Of Card
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-06
hown at the Opera House beginning

shown at the Opera House beginning
today.
An analysis Of human nature to be
entertaining requires that the types
pictured be common ones, known to
everyone. The story of 1.-THE Mid
night Guest" presents, the three
world common characters of the OPP
timist, the cynic and the woman Of i'll
fortune, who is the cynic's easiest
victim.
Grace Darmond is playing the stel-
lar role.-adv.
Boxing Bouts at Opera House
A tough pug was invited to box
Reginald Denny, stan of "The Leather
Pushers', the Universal Jewel Col
liers specials now being shown at the
Opera House. He accepted and brag-
ged how be was going to fix this guy
with a monicker Of "Reggy". After he
came to-kut that's another story
adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-06
Funeral Of Francis Sturtevant

Funeral services for the late
Francis NJ. Sturtevant will be held
at the residence at Oakland Heights
this Friday afternoon at o'clock.
Rev. w. A. Smith of the Congrega-
tional church of Waterville will Of
ficiate and interment will be in the
family lot in the Upper cemetery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
CHENEY
WOULD STAGE
COMEBACK
Veteran Probably Would Be
Permitted to Use SpitbaII
in Either League.

Larry Cheney, the veterans right
handed spitball pitcher, believes he
is capable of staging a comeback
in the major leagues, and this year
hopes to receive an opportunity
to prove that he has not ouIllved
his usefulness as big Lacquer
The fact that Cheney thinks he
can return to the majors and win
ball games may be regarded by
some as a joke, but Larry is really
serious about staging comeback
and is now trying to convince some
major league managers that he
stir has a lot of good pitching left
in his right arm.
For several months Cheney has
been nursing along his desire to
return to fast company. but until
few days ago he was doubtful
If he would be allowed to come
back and use the spitball delivery
in the majors.
The tw1rler informed a friend Of
his desire to come back, but did
not know if he would be allowed
to throw a splitter. President John
Heydler, of the National, was asked
if Cheney will be allowed to use his
most effective delivery If he became
a member of National League
club.
Heydler said that in view of the
fact Cheney was q bona fide splitter
in the National League before that
delivery was placed under the ban
he would be allowed to use it again If
he returned to the league. 1t Is
believed that Cheney's splitter will
be tolerated in the American League
should be land a job with one of the
clubs in that organization.
Cheney passed out OF the big
leagues after the close of the 1919
campaign. A year later the two
major leagues decided to place a ban
on the spitball delivery and 1t was
decided that no new pitchers coming
into either major league would be
allowed to use the moist delivery.
Only the moist ball hurlers in the
big leagues when the rule was passed
have been allowed to employ that
kind of delivery while on the mound.
A list of the bona fide spitball
hurlers in the majors when the rule
was passed was complied, but as
Cheney, had passed out of the big
show his name was not placed on the
list.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
STIFF CANPA|G
!. ISMAPPEDFOR
] HURRICANES
Game With Veterans Bureau
Team Thursday Will Be First
of Long List.

: The Hurricane basketball club
has a strenuous campaign ahead.
according to the schedule issued
this morning by Manager w.
Charles QUAINT.
The first of the nineteen games
still to be played will take place
Thursday with the Veterans Bureau
sextet. A series with the Capital
Athletic Club will be played. The
Baltimore Y. w. girls will appear
here and series is being con-
sidered with the Goucher College
girls Of Baltimore.
In addition to the games listed
below a second contest will be
played with the Marjorie Webster,
Stroller. st. Mary's and Veterans
Bureau skies, while a series is also
planned with the Princesses on
dates to be announced later.
Dates definitely set are as follows
February s. Veterans Bureau, at
Central: "a, Capital, at Coliseum:
26, Indian Head, at Indian Head
2S, Wilson Normal. at Wilson Nor
NAL; March 3. Baltimore court Sc.
tected later; Is, Marjorie Webster,
al Central; 10, Business Night
School, at Business; %, Indian
Head court selected later; %, vii
son Normal court selected later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
kETONEN He RE
TODAY FOR
CONTEST
Promoter Freeman Concludes
Arrangements for Coliseum
Wrestling Show.

With the arrival here today Of
Waino Ketonen, the Massachusetts,
farmer, Joe Freeman will have
nothing to do but sell tickets for
tomorroW's big mat show at the
Coliseum. John KiIonis reached
1.-THE Capital Sunday night, report
ing himself in perfect fettle. Ke-
tonen has been wrestling in Chi
cago, and as he is always ready to
step upon the mat, he needs no
work to fit him especially for his
clash with Kilonis.
kilonis, whose friends in Wash
ington are numbered by the thou
sand, finishes his training today at
the ''Y'' gym. He attracted consid-
cradle attention there yesterday as
he worked out with Harry Nixon.
The Norfolk man says he is ready
to go the limit to defeat Ketonen.
Promoter Freeman has arranged
for three bouts in tomorroW's show
at the Coliseum. In the feature
contest. Waino ketonen and John
Kilonis, middleweights, will clash,
seeking to decide a draw after
three hours of tusSling which they
staged in Boston a couple Of Years
ago.
The semi-final will see Harry
Nixon. of Washington, graphing
with Young Brooks. the Alexandria
champion.
The opening bout will be between
AL Jones. who claims the colored
middleweight title, and Kid Reese
Tickets are going fast at Jimmy
Lakes Rochester Hotel and the
outlook is for a large crowd to see
the bouts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06

blame for his defeats last season.
Indeed, they are willing. to declare
all bets off so far as Pennock is
considered in 1922.
In his big league career, with
the Mackmen and the Red Sox,
Pennock has won three out of
three from the Red Sox, nine out
of sixteen from the White Sox,
fifteen out of twenty-five from
the Tigers, eight out of seventeen
from the Browns, fourteen out of
twenty from the Mackmen and
nine out of seventeen from the
Yankees.
The two clubs always able to
hammer Pennock have been the
Washington Griffmen and the
Cleveland. Indians. The Griffs
have won twelve out of. seventeen
games against him and the In
dams have taken thirteen out of
twenty-one. |
Pennock, as a matter of mere
prognosticatipn, should be effective
when backed by the murderous
Yankees. He is good five or
six inning hurler against any
team and, with the run-scoring
Yankees supporting him, he may
be lifted at the first sign of
crumbling, letting some other
pitcher finish the skirmi7E. Vic
tories are victories, no matter how
won, you know, and Miller Hug
gins may have this in mind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06

mere WnaC heener wrote for
his paper:
sf Pennock duplicates his rec
ord of 1922 in the coming pennant
race against the Browns, the
championship emblem may be
sewed to the Sportsman's Park
pole long before the stretch drive.
"The record on Pennock in
1922 in his games against the
Browns shows five games pitched
and five defeats. Of course, the
shift from the Red Sox to the
Yankees may change the COM
plexion of affairs, nevertheless
the dope is in the book, and Pen
mock did not shoot any battling
twisters against Lee Fohl's second
placerS year ago.
while in some quarters Pen
mock is regarded as an extraor-
binary pitcher, the following chart
offers considerable encourage
ment around the Browns camp:
"June 6-Beaten, 5 to 2, by
Shocker, allowing ten hits.
July Beaten, 10 to O, by
Shocker, allowing eight hits.
Gully 29-Beaten, a to I, by
Shocker, allowing six hits.
august 22-Beaten, 9 to 4,
by Shocker, allowing sixteen hits.
September 15-Beaten, z to
1, by Vangilder, allowing twelve
hits.
"The Browns were looking for
just such a pitcher on the Yam
KEGS staff last summer, but they
couldn't find him. The one game
deficit at the end of the season
resulted from the record of four
teen defeats and only eight vic
tories in the twenty-five games
the Browns played with the
Yankees"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
WIFI KANSAS
BOUT THIS
WEEK
LightWeights Will Battle Next
Friday for Crack at Leonard
and Title.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-The big
noise on this weeks busy boxing
program is the fifteen-round lam
between Charlie White, the Chicago
batterer, and Rocky Kansas, who
also knows something about the art
Of battering, which is booked for
Madison Square Garden on Friday
night. If White comes down in
front he will earn the right to be
Benny Leonard's next opponent
when the lightweight champ pulls
the old trunks and shoes out of the
grip and goes to work again.
With the chance of getting an
other crack at the title, White has
put more pep into his training than
he ever did before. Charley has
worked hard for the past two
weeks in a Chicago gym and re-
ports from the Windy City say that
he looks In better shape than ever.
He is due here tomorrow and will
put the finishing polish on ~his
training at the Garden gym. Both
boys have agreed to weigh in at 1876
pounds at 2 O'Clock on the day of
the battle.
Dan Rogers, who handles Rocky's
business affairs sent word to Tex
Richard his lad is ready and also
confident that he will deprive
White of the privilege of meeting
Leonard when the mix-up comes
off on Friday night. For all the
years they have been in the game
this will be the firA meeting be-
tween White and Kansas. Since
Rocky took on a new lease of life,
White has been chasing him for a
battle. 1t didn't require much
trouble to get the boys together.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
MORSELL IS RING VICTOR
IN FORT MYER FEATURE

Private Morsell, Troop F, Third
Cavalry. defeated Pvt. F. McCul-
Tough, of Pershing Stable No. /,
in the feature bout of Fort Myer's
boxing show. The bout was six
rounds.
In other scraps Private Martin
knocked out Private Tibbits. Pri-
vate Ptomey defeated Private
Hickey, Private Triplett knocked
out Private McDougall in the first
round, but was disqualified for hit
ting McDougall while the latter was
down. Privates Pabst and Everett
fought a four-round draw, Radioman
Mosher defeated Private WieczneslIi.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
CLAN 7 LASTED
TEN SECONDS
IN RING
Dick curley Tells How Fitz-
simmons BoWIed Over
Mountain.

Dick Curley, Sailor Freedman's
manager. was a boxer himself in
days gone by and once appeared in
a semi-Windup as an 11S-pounder
with Harry Foley at Buffalo. The
main bout was between Bob Fit2-
simmons and Ed Dunkhorst, known
as the Human Freight Car
"Dunkhorst was an enormously
big fellow" says Curley. "There
was show playing next door and
several of the actors attended the
bouts. AS soon as they saw Dunk
horst, who must have weighed over
400 pounds, they all said, Poor old
Bob and 'Good-by, Bob.
II talked with Fitzsimmons in
his dressing room early that night
and the question of Dunkhorst's
size came up. I remember how
tain. But I'd rather fight them
than the little chaps. When you
knock down a small boy, up he
bounces like a rubber ball. But the
big ones lie flat. The bigger they
are the harder they fall Which,
gentlemen, was the origin of that
saying which has since become a
classic.
when Dunkhorst entered the
ring they had to loosen the ropes
so he could climb through. 1 was
in my dressing room and suddenly
the whole building seemed to shake
We ran out, wondering if the struc-
ture was caving in.
"Dunkhorst was lying on the cam
vas. FitZ knocked him out after
ten seconds of fighting. And it
took several men to carry him
away. He was out nearly an
hour: that's how hard Bob crashed
him -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
WEST VIRGINIA CUNT
DEFEATS OLD DOMINION

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb.
6.-West Virginia's basket ball five
defeated Virginia here last night,
~ to IA, in close. rough contest
featured by excellent defensive
work on the part of both teams.
West Virginia Jagged at the start
but soon caught up to the home
team and was leading. 10 to 8,
WIN the call for time between
halves. The Moutnaineers main
tanned their lead all through the
second half
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
BOY SOCCER CHAMPS d
WILL FEAST TONIGHT

Winning the soccer champion.
ship of the graded schools was no
mean feat and the Monroe school
youngsters will be duly honortd
tonight with banquet and enter
tainment given for them by the
Columbia Heights Citizens Associa-
ton.
The grand time will be staged at
the st. Stephens Church. Mem
bers of Monroe's champion team
are Eddie and Donald Solkeld, AL
bert Giarroly, Earl Clark, Joe
Oliveri, Dick Wjngate, Eddie Trun-
mel, Joe Curtain, William High
field, William Wolf, Tom Clark,
Milton Fey, Music Fox, Milton
Smith, Carl GoelZinder, Shorty Har-
ris and Leon Wolf.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
Has Won Five Games.

0INCE coming into the Amer
- lean Leagde as a member of
~ the Philadelphia Athletics
Pennock has been charged with
twelve defeats by the Griffmen.
He has triumphed over them Just
exactly five times. usually he
has lost control in the concluding
innings, either being yanked or
being hammered from the hill.
Pennock Won ten games and lost
seventeen last season. Three of
his victories were over the Yam
KEGS themselves. Indeed, the
Yanks seemed helpless before him,
failing to beat him even once.
The White Sox lost three out of
five tussles with Pennock last
year. The Cleveland Indians beat
three times in four tries. The
Mackmen broke even in four
games and the Griffs took him
into camp two out of three.
The Yankees are said to have
wanted the veteran southpaw be-
cause of his ability against the
Browns, White Sox and Tigers,
three clubs expected to be in the
1923 hunt. The Tigers beat him
three times last year and the
Browns five times. The White
Sox beat him twice.
Out of the thirteen games he
pitched against those three West
ern clubs last season, just exactly
three times was he returned q
winner, all three against the
White Sox. He failed to turn
back either the Tigers or the
Browns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06

ficult or easy shot from the tee,
1t il ideal in that way because
those who prefer the difficult shot
may have it without the condition
being forced upon those who may
like the shot to be ed
observed how nicely this can
be brought about through this kind
OF q tee arrangement at a club
where have played a good deal.
On one of the short holes the player
could. from the regular tee, drop a
2O0-yHrd drive directly in front of
the green, and the ball would RON
on. He could be twenty to possibly
fifty yards short OF the green and
still get on-a fairly easy tee shot
But now from another tee just
built for this hole! 1t is well to
the left Of the first tee, and the
whole shot changes because Of
this slight shift on the tee. The
tee shot from this second position
must carry to the green or the
bah falls into . trap. Quite diff
ference!
It is not very costly for the club
to construct extra tees in this way
The material can be taken from
places on the ground where the ex-
cavation makes no difference, or
perhaps the excavation might inn
prove one place on the course while
the dirt could be used for addi-
tional tees, thus improving two
places at one time.
With extra tees ingeniously placed
it Is possible to have three golf
courses on one 1S-hole 1inksa
rather easy course and two others
more difficult.
Copyright. 1929. by John F. Ollie Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
Less HoIdout Talk
Among Diamond
Athletes

This has been an unusually
quiet winter for the baseball
players. Upto the present time
there have been fewer hold-outs
than usual, aid the players are
either satisfied or they are saw
ing up their protests to turn
them loose in Sne grand chorus
later on.
The chances are that the play
ers see an unusually prosperous
season ahead and have decided
for once in their careers to give
the impression that they are
satisfied, anyway.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
By CHARLES (CHICK) EVANS.

Some of these long tees are so
very long that they combine two,
and often three, different tees all
in one. The women's tee thus
would be at the forward end of the
tee ground az a whole, while the
regular tee would be in the center
and the full distance tee would be
at the extreme back end of the
ground.
Having all this ground for a tee
gives opportunity to shift the mark
ers frequently and thus keep the
tees in good condition. ButNa bet
ter plan, / think, is to have two or
three tees for each hole. of regu-
lation size, but not joined together.
One tee might be in the center OF
the direct line to the hole while
others could be forward, or to the
right Oh left, or both.
This gives the greenskeeper
plenty Of opportunity to preserve
the tees by closing one off alto
getIler fOf rest, and thus resting
all Of them at regular intervals.
This arrangement makes the
course more interesting because the
tee shot in this arrangement can
give the player his choice of diff
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06

1t would seem that the time
has arrived for Governor Smith
to declare himself. The boxing
commissions holdover from the
Miller administration-is func-
tioning with all the effrontery
of SNUG dictatorship. The chair
man has reversed himself so often
that his arbitrary rules no longer
command respect. Apparently
the new administration has not
indicated it's policies to him and
he is running wild.
The Walker law does not give
the boxing commission the powers
it has seized. The color line has
been drawn and the author of
the boxing bill, Senator James j.
Walker, has taken issue on-this
point with William yMuldoon. :.
The situation is deplorable to
the. real friends of boxing. It
calls for an. official ruling from
Albany. For political reasons
there was no attempt made to
force a showdown on this issue
previous to last falls elections.
The colored voter was thus APP
peased. The chairman of the
boxing commission: now declares
that Harry Wills cannot box Jack
Dempsey in New York. AS long
as he holds his commission his
word is law.
The Walker bill was passed dur
ing Governor Smiths first term.
Where does the Governor stand on
it now? T.. ~.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06

OENATOR Walker, declared
- yesterday that he would
~ not enter into any further
public discussion with Chairman
Muldoon. over the boxing situa-
ton. Under strong pressure last
Friday night at Madison Square
Garden the, Senator made a
strong statement. AS he was
leaving the garden newspaper men
corraled him and read Muldoon's
statement barring Wills as a
prospective opponent for Demp-
sey. 1t was then that Senator
Walker declared he favored a
repeal of his own pet law If such
discrimination could be practised
Muldoon's reply on Saturday
was an undignified and illogical
statement. The noble duke
would now have us believe. that
he. did not order Dempsey to
accept Wills challenge last sum-
mer and that he never really in
tended to permit the match. If
that is true he convicts himself
of political philandering on the
eve of an election.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06

boxers have seen fit to draw the
color line. Others make no ex-
ception. Jack Dempsey is willing
to box Harry Wills, a respected
colored citizen. There is moth
ing in the New York boxing laws
to prevent this match.
In many respects William Null
doom has been a bulwark to box
ing in New York. He is a man
of undoubted honesty and cour-
age. Nevertheless, if he is con-
tinued at the head of the boxing
commission with unlimited powers
there will soon be no legal profess
sional boxing in New York.
Perhaps that is just what the
present administration is aiming
at.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
LOOKING 'EM OVER
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER, Z.
HOW VALUABLE IS PENNOCK?

RB PEhaoCk was needed by the New York Yankees
ing TO the wise boys in New usually
it, the St. Louis Browns This
holds forth Sid of those young
Of baseball games for and
whole stack of his
printed his paper Somehow or other Sid had the
when stacked against the dug records
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
Boxing and Baseball.

(" HE attempt TO draw q
parallel between boxing
u and baseball is ridicu-
lous. The laws that permit base
ball do not bar white teams from
playing against colored teams
neither do they compel such
matches. Colored baseball teams
get plenty of action and there is
no record of mixed" games pro-
noting racial strife.
Ever since baseball became a
major sport it has been the Gus
tom to recruit only white players
in the leagues that are banded
together. There has never been
a race issue in baseball.
Professional boxers are not or
ganized. They have no league.
Promoters make the matches &C,
cording to public demand. Many
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
OXFORD'S RIVAL SHOULD
BE FOUND HERE

The the feature Georgetown indoor carnival
here the 2a twonle between
Pennsylvania and far toward settling
leading American contender this
April when the star Oxford team will to effort to
worlds
Oxford
seemed likely to stand for but
Britons
again and teams to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-06
WaverIy Lads Win.

The Waverly Junior 5bowlers
knocked off the Spark Plugs two
out of three games in a match on
the King Pin alleys. John Morris.
a member Of one of Wayerly's
champion ball teams, is also a crack
bowler. it appears. He shot 145 for
high game in the match, and also
achieved high set with 326.