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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
AMERICA AGAIN
HOLDS OWN On
COURTS
Davis Cup Victory and Defeat
Of British Women Among
Features.

The year in lawn tennis Jaw
America come into its era Of great
est prosperity, successful defense
Of the Davis Cup and the over
whelming defeat Of the invading
British women being noteworthy.
In the challenge round of the Davis
Cup the American team Of William
T. Tilden, I'd, William M. Johnston
and r. Norris Williams, disposed Of
the Australians four matches to
one. The lone American defeat was
Johnston in the opening match OF
the round.
Little Helen Wills, Of San Fran
cisco, Just seventeen, and gifted far
beyond her years, stepped out to the
national women's championship in
singles. ending the long reign OF
Mrs. Molla Mallory. The coast, child
won in straight sets to an acclaim
almost unprecedented, coming Is It
did from an Eastern gallery 70 o
Western girl.
Helen established her status with
definite finality by beating Miss
Kitty McKane, champion Of Eng
land IN the same tourney. Helen
also defeated Miss McKane in the
international matches, which wit
messed a 7-to-O victory for America
William T. Tilden not only won
two singles and elaborated with
Williams in taking the doubles In
the Davis Cup matches, but re-
tanned his national title by beating
Bill Johnston in straight sets In the
final round.
Tilden carried his nomination fur
Their by winning the national dou-
bles in company with b. I. G. Nor
ton, Of South Africa, and the mixed
doubles, paired with Mrs. Mallory.
He likewise annexed the clay court
singles championship, the doubles
title falling to the brothers Kinsey,
Robert and Howard.
In view of these activities, the
tennis world was somewhat startled
recently when Harold H. Hackett,
member of the Davis Cup commit
tee, took Tilden to task for his play
in the cup doubles following a
printed criticism of the committee
by Tilden. The latter had the final
word by threatening to withdraw
from future Davis Cup competition.
Other titles Of moment went to
Carl Fischer, College Of Osteopathy,
intercollegiate singles; White and
Thulheimer, University Of Texas,
intercollegiate doubles; Miss Kitty
McKane and Mrs Nancy Covel1,
Great Britain, national wOFnen's
doubles, and Miss Wayne Mcdonald,
Seattle, national women's clay court
championship.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
Gertrudd
BODY
MAKESPUBL|C
MEET DATES

National championship awards In
track and field. walking. Cross
country running. boxing, wrestling.
handball and other events have
been announced by the A. A. u.
as follows.
Junior and senior outdoor track
and field decathlon and relay races,
Newark A. c., on a date in August
which will permit the appearance
Of members of the American Olym-
pic team in competition.
Junior indoor field and track
championships, Niagara Amateur
Athletic Union. at Buffalo, Feb
Junior cross-country, at Van
Cortlandt Park in May.
Senior cross-country run, at Van
Cortlandt Park, June 10. This race
will serve as the final Olympic
tryout.
Seven-nile walk and ten-mile
run. at Tonawanda. N. Y. To be
held in May and serve as q final
Olympic tryout.
Boxing for seniors at Boston in
May.
Wrestling, at New York in May.
Gymnastics, at New York in
May.
Handball -four wallb senior singles
and doubles, Southern Pacific AS.
ISOLATION. at Los Angeles on dates
to be announced in February.
Handball -four walD, junior singles
and doubles. Allegheny Mountain
Amateur Athletic Union, at Pitts
burgh. Dates not yet selected.
Handball zone walD, at New York
on dates to be announced later.
Handball (hard balD, at Brooklyn.
Dates not yet selected.
Volley ball (seniors), Allegheny
Mountain Amateur Athletic Union,
at Pittsburgh. Dates not yet
selected.
Volley ball Juniors, Southern
Pacific Amateur Athletic Union, at
Los Angeles. Dates not yet selected.
Weight lifting. Southern Pacific
Amateur Athletic Association. at
Los Angeles.
Tug of war, Michigan Amateur
Athletic Union, at Detroit. Dates
not vet selected.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
HOPPE Defends
TITLEFRQ|N
INVADERS
Holds Professional HonoEs,
While AppIeby Is Again
Amateur King.

Willie Hopes supremacy IN the
field Of rolling worries was again
threatened during the current sea
son; this time by Welker Cochran.
Of California. The pair finished In
IA dead heat in the international
championship tournament at lS.2
baIk line necessitatins q pIay.off
match Of 1900 points, which Hoppe
won by a big margin. The rest OF
the field included Jake achafer,
former champion; Edouard Hore-
mans, of Belgium; Roger Cont, Of
France, and Erich HagenIacher, Of
Germany. 1
Edward +. Appleby again asserted
his right to the title OF international
amateur champion at 1873 baIk-Iine
billiards.; Ralph Greenfield retained
his national championship at pocket
billiards among the professionals;
Tiff" Denton stepped into the
three-cushion hampionship; Edward
Reynolds became amateur champion
at pocket billiards and William
Downs at smoker pool.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
NEW SWIMMING
RECORDSARE
/ ESTABLISHED

Those amphibious Individuals
Johnny Weissmuller, Duke Kahana.
moku, Gertrude Ederle, and Sybn
Bauer-churned their way to a
series OF new records In swimming
sport that counts that season
lost which does not see many new
records offered for old. Weiss.
muller clearly established his right
to the individual championship
from so yards to 500, although
the duke stepped out with a new
mark Of % 3-5 for so yards over the
short course.
Weissmuller, however, replied
with new records at 90 yards, 100
yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, and
500 yards over the 20.yard courses
and at 100 meters, 440 yards, 500
yards, and 300 meters over the
short courses. The most note
worthy Of these were his world S
record OF 81 AS seconds for 100
yards, SO 1-5 for 100 meters, 2:14
for 22O yards, and 5:42 for 500
yards.
Miss Ederle's free.style suprem.
acy among the women was chal.
lenged by Miss e. Leckie, Illinois
A. G., who swan 100 yards in
los 2-5 over the 20-yard course, and
by Miss M. Wenselau, Outrigger
Club. Honolulu, who covered the
distance in 1903 over short course,
the fastest time ever made by a
woman. She, however, was beaten
by Miss Ederle in Honolulu, and
the latter deserved front ranking
on the run of her performances
over the season. Her records in
clude the following:
One hundred and fifty yards,
1:47 2'5 (2O-yard course); 22O yards.
2:51 2-5 (2O-yard course}; $50 yards,
1:48 rs (short course); 226 yards,
2:46 AS (short course); 100 meters,
1:12 Is; 200 meters, 2:45 rs; 220
yards, 2:49; 400 meters. 5:542.5; $50
yards. 1919. The ayes seem to
have it.
Sybil Bauer, Illinois A. c., again
headed the field in the backstroke,
establishing records at 100 wards,
100 meters, and $50 yards. Miss
d. Waters, of Honolulu, was the
best of the breaststrolze con-
tingent.
G. G. Fletcher, OF Stanford Uni
versity, and r. Shelton, Illinois A.
c., were the best of that division
among the men. while honors for
the backstroke were divided be.
tween the demon Weissmuller and
Warren healoha, of Honolulu.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
BATTLING SKI TAKES
SLAMMING FROM TAYLOR

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 2s.7JacIE
Taylor, Of Omaha, negro heavy
weight, won the decision over
Battling Sikh, the Senegalese, in a
ten-round bout yesterday.
Sikh, apparently not in the best
of condition, forced the fighting in
the first five rounds and there
were numerous stiff mix-ups In
which wicked puches were ex.
changed. Then Skis lack Of con.
dition began to tell, and he was
forced to hold frequently during the
rest Of the contest. q
When Sikh started to slow up
Taylor took the offensive. hitting
the Senegalese hard and often. At
the end OF the bout one Of Skis
eyes was closed and blood, was
flowing from his mouth and nose.
Taylor weighed 1870 pounds and
Sikh 177h.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
HORNSBY AGAIN
LEADS H|TTERS.
IN NATIONAL

For the fourth consecutive year
Rogers Hornsby, the Cardinals
great second sacker, has led the
National League in batting. Horns
by finished the season with a mark
Of 1884 for 107 games, and as a
result ties Hans Wagner's record
Of topping all hitters in the circuit
for four straight years.
In all, forty-seven batters were
credited with averages of 800 or
better. Williams, of the PhilS,
spread-eagled the field in number
Of home runs, he making forty
one.
The veteran Max Carey, Of the
Pirates, again topped the base pur.
loiners, with a total Of fifty-one.
The Giants led in club batting, their
mark being 1858, while the Pirates
were close up with .2945
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26


He favors some slight changes
in favor Of the pitcher, but he
does not favor the. return to the
trick pitching which baffled the
batsmen in the days before the
resin and shine ball were used. The
ball, of course, is nvelier than 1t
was in Matty's day, but he is not
in favor Of any change. Ny
Remarkable pitching records were
made in the days when one base
ball was kept in play until the
cover was roughened and the white
leather had become badly discolored.
The pitcher could control the
used baseballs better than the
new ones which are thrown into
the game so often nowadays. The
pitchers object to the practice of
having to use q brand-noW ball
so often. 1t is difficult to get
a purchase with the fingers on
the smooth surface.
1t isn't until q ball has been
batted a few times and rolled over
the infield and bounded about the
outfield that the cover becomes
rough enough for the pitcher to
control 1t perfectly.
Matty's contention Is that the
hitting last season was too prolific
to warrant giving the pitchers more
leeWay. With many other base.
ball men, Mathewson deplores the
decline of curve-ball pitching. Too
much stress has been given to
speed and not enough to deception.
The lively ball and the free swing
ing Of the batsman of today are
deadly to speed.
There is sure to be an effort
next season to encourage curve
ball pitching. The modern pitcher
has been inclined to give more
attention to the mere physical ef.
fort of throwing the ball than to
studying his batsmen. Brains and
control still remain among the
best assets q pitcher may possess.
The training camps will find the
coaches giving more time to the
pitchers. and the pitchers will be
asked to give more time and prac-
tice to perfecting their curves than
in tire past few seasons.
Pitchers who have been looking
for a change for their benefit will
have to realize that the only way
that the batting can be curbed Is
by an improvement in their own
work. They will have to work
harder. The practice of using three
or four pitchers in every game. as
was the practice with many clubs
last season, was more of reflec-
ton on the decline OF pitching
than the improvement Of batting,
according to experts like Mathew.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
WASHINGTON ELEVEN
RESUMES GRID PRACTICE

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 26.-The
University Of Washington football
team, after day lay-off. today
resumed training for the Washing
ton-Navy game New Year day al
Pasadena.
Most Of the players spent Christ
mas at their homes.
Recent workouts have not been
entirely pleasing to Coach Bag
shaw. Using the Nays pet plays
the super-varsity backfield has been
able to go through the varsity
string time and again for touch
downs from the and 10-yard lines.
Short passes straight over the cen.
ter Of the line Melted the "Supers''
gains several times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
FAMOUS CUB STARS
WIFE PASSES AWAY

ORLANDO, Fla, Dec. 26.-Mrs.
Joe Tinker, wife of famous Chicago
Cub shortstop of former years, died
here suddenly yesterday.
She had been ill several weeks
following a nervous breakdown, but
was said to have been improving
until last week when she received
the news of the wreck Of the Tampa
Special at Altamonta Springs, her
husband having been a passenger
on the train.
She was believed to have re-
covered from this shock and death
came unexpectedly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
AD STONE WHIPS o'DoWD
WHEN TOWEL IS TOSSED

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 26.-Ad
Stone, the ex-marine who is being
groomed as a challenger for Dsmp-
soy. defeated Dan O'Dowd, the
Boston veteran, at the Arena yes
to-day. In the eighth round Eddie
Mead. handling O'Dowd, tossed In
tho towel In Toxic n Of surrender.
ODowd didn't like that and took a
punch at his manager.
Stone failed to display a real
knockout wallop but his storm OF
blows to the body had O'Dowd
waVering more than once and 1t Is
possible that the Boston man might
have been stopped but for the APP
pearanoo Of the towel,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
GREB DEFEATS LOUGHRAN
IN CHRISTMAS DAY BOUT

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 28.-Harry
Greb, middleweight champion Of
the world, won the judges decision
in a ten-round bout with Tommy
boughran OF Philadelphia at Motor
Square Garden yesterday afternoon.
1t was a typical Greb fight and the
Pittsburgher had little trouble win
ming. During the last two rounds
he made the Philadelphia look bad
by burst of speed that permitted
him to dance around his adversary
and hit him at will.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
Soccer Attains Its
Greatest Success
This Year

Soccer was played TO huge
crowds throughout the 1929
season, coming into the flush of
its greatest success. The Pater-
son Field Club, Of Paterson,
N. j., established it's right to the
national title after q strenuous
campaign, and intercollegiate
honors went to the University
Of Pennsylvania, which flashed a
squirt late in the season and de-
throned Princeton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
DO You ,Rememb ar

When Ed Roche was doing
business at Fourteenth and Ohio
avenue?
When the Queen Anne and
Samuel J. Pentz were making
daily trips down the river?
When Joe Boswell was doing
the beat in Chinatown?
When Austin Savage conduct
ed an aquarium at Ninth and
E strets northwest?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
MATHEWSON HAS GOOD
EFFECT ON GAME

Cy MathesOn club president in baseball
councils going to have good effect on the part
arrived in the joint meeting at Chicago
Judge Lands remarked a is privilege to have real
baseball sit in meetings."
gave the National sound advice
pitching for the Giants the former New York idol
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
He Got EN- Awav.

Walter Rehg. when with the Bos-
ton Red Sox was always supposed to
have weak throwing arm. How
ever. In lb4 games with Indiana.
polls In the American Association
he was credited with thirty-four
assists.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
Gibbons to Meet Fulton,

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Dec. 2e.-Tom
Gibbons IL ready to meet Fred Full
ton in teh-round bout here some
time in February. The bout will be
the first Gibbons has been in since
his memorable meeting with Jack
Dempsey at Shelby.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
Indians Scalp OIympics,

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.-In the
first football game played in this
city for more than ten years. the
Haskell Indiana, Of Lawrence, Kan,
won from the San Francisco Olym-
PICS an all-star collegiate eleven
to 8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
Schupp Did Well.

Ferdie Schupp, once with the
Giants in the National League ana
the White Sox In the American
League, won nineteen and lost ten
games for Kansas City in the
American Association last SsaSon,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
He Got Into Three.

Billy Terry got into three gnmes
with the Now York Giants late last
season. He IL said to be George
Kelly's ultimate successor with Mo
GraW's team,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
HAS MONSTER YEAR

The harvest shone clear and golden major
baseball during the of 1928 Closing
other worlds between the clubs
broke into the class when
prodgous through the Office
required conclude
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
Lavan Fell Down.

Johnny Lavan. who played short
with the Griffs one year, hit for q
bare 1913 with the Cardinals last
season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
FATHER TIME THUMBS
!, OVER SPORT EVENTS
J OF EBBINC YEAR

international News Service Sports Ddlof. =. -
26-Father Time turned the
another and sits back with dreamy speculative
back through the chapters of the greatest ever writ
ten in history and this is what he
modern the greatest
single round fought under modern rules Zev and
thoroughbred champions of nations laundering down the
100000 international match with Zev the
lead; the tabled mondOllar gate
attendance well above
four million semi -manacs saw the game played - !,
He of the immediate past and the host
pen surrounding the masterpieces He content
The old has been for notable sport years IN the past
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
Langford Returns.

Sam Langford writes that he il
Teturnfng from Mexico. Probably
too much fighting down there for
the veteran Boston batter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
Same Old Eric.

Olaf Erickson. formerly with the
Griffs, has always been q hard
worker in the box and last year
with Minneapolis he figured in
forty-three games. thus maintaining
his old average,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26

AIuOTLcA ln6aLlaD Ole appetite LOT
baseball, the enlargement Of rhe
Polo Grounds to a seating capa city
of $4,000, and the opening of the
new Yankee Stadium. seating some
1884, influenced the golden flood
Of dollars. It was the beginning or
another new era Of high and fur
ried finance in professional baseball.
The Yanks. after. losing two years
in succession, finally turned on the
Giants and won. four games to two,
the collapse Of McGraw's pitching
staff running the Giants after they
seemed to have the series well in
hand.
Second only to this achievement
was the effort Of Rogers HOrnsby
In leading the National League In
hitting for the fourth straight
season, equalling the record Of
Wagner, the great HOnus,
H0Fnsby.s winning percentage was
1884, and his collective average
Tor the four years was .389, well
beyond Wagner's fOur-year mark
of .346. However, those were not
"jachrabbit" days I'm baseball, aaId
pitchers we're more astute, not to
say deceltful.
Adolfo Luque, the self-heating
person from Cincinnati, was the
best pitcher of the year, leading
the National League field both
ways. He turned in the low earned
run average with 1873 per game,
and topped the league in percentage
with 81 games won and lost.
Coveleskie, Of the Indians, had the
best earned run average in the
American League, 2.76, and Pen
centage, 100, with q. record Of 10
won and 6 lost.
Ruth and Cy Williams ran
dead heat for interleague honors in
home-run hitting, each bagging Al,
and Max Carey, the Iarcenous
young man from Pittsburgh, led
both leagues in stolen bases, with
81. Eddie Collins, times most
active fugitive. stepped well out be.
yond the field In thievery. az far
as the American League was con.
cerned. Another octogenarian, iris
tram Speaker, batted above $50.
and obliged with the most two-base
hits.
Babe Ruth, perforce, was pleased
to Gull the most total bases and
the most runs, heading both leagues
in these respects.
However. to Harry HeiImann
fell what was perhaps the most
noteworthy effort. In leading the
American League hitters with an
average Of .4O3, ne was the only
man In major league baseball to
hit 400 or better for the season.
And at the end of the season
Everett Endurance Scott was still
going. The Yankee shortfielder
finished the complete schedule of
154 games without a break either of
record or bone. and ran UP the
amazing total Of LAO successive
games in which he has appeared
since 1915. Boy, please hand Mr..
Scott the chaise Tongue
Among the small timers, Balti.
more won the International League
pennant for the fifth straight year.
but finished second to Kansas City.
American Association champions, in
the little world series" Hartford
was the winner in the Eastern
League and San Francisco in the
Pacific Coast circuit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26
Terry Is Leader.

Bill Terry, purchased from Toledo
by the New York Giants, led all
American Association firstsackers
in the field. In 107 games he made
but seven errors and his average
was .993.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26


The year was epic in affairs OF
the fist: every champion. with the
exception of Joe Lynch and Mickey
walker, stepping out at least once
In defense of his title. Titles were
worth a dime a dozen, champion
ship crowns being waited from
brow to brow as the wind watts the
chaff.
Out of it all, however, Jack
Dempsey, the well-known heavy.
weight, emerged supreme, a greater
champion than ever.
He was the hero Of the Greatest
Round In the History OF Boxing, !"
the opening three minutes Of the
hectec affair with Luis Angel Firpo,
q bereerlx citizen who came up
from rags to riches in the short
space OF twelve months. Leaving
his native Argentina, Firpo was a
senai.pauper. A year later he had
dubbed his way to the threshold OF
the heavyweight championship. AID
in that first round had the title
within the shadow Of his hand as
Dempsey reclined on his shoulder
blades outside the ring.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26

An told, Dempsey went down
three times and FirpO seven be-
fore the bell PEAKED its welcome.
message. Two more knOckdOWns
after fifty-seVen seconds Of fight
ing I'm the Second round ended
Ffrpo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-12-26

An Gibbons got out Of the
transaction was the exercise and
the satisfaction Of knowing that
he was the only man to go the
Limit with Dempsey since he be-
came champion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-14
Hopeless Love
Drove Uncle and
Niece to Death Pact

New York, May 13-Love for his
niece. Anna Riedle, 81. led William
Drummer AZ, to asphyxiate her with
illuminating gas and fire bullet in
his head in their basement apart
ment in the Bronx today Their
bodies were found when neighbors.
attracted by the shot, broke in the
door.
A letter signed by both declared
they had decided to die because OF
their persecution. Court records
showing that Drummer had been ar
rested on a warrant charging ADAM
Comment of his wife, whom he mar
ried two years ago. also were found.
He had been released from the Ho-
boken jail week ago. '~
The girl, Burners niece, came
from Germany a year ago and lived
with the couple until March when
both she and Drummer disappeared.
Police declared Drummer had
turned on a gas jet above the girls,
bed and when she became uncon-
scious shot himself.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-14
Somerville Man
Kills Brothers Wife
Then Shoots Self

Somerville, Mass. May 13.-As
Joseph Ferreira was returning 10 ms
home today after having been out
for about two hours he heard -FOUR
shots ring out. and rushing into the
house he found that his brother
Manuel had shot and killed Mrs;
Ferreira, Joseph's wife. and then had
shot himself to death. The three year
old adopted daughter of. of the tneot Fer
Joseph told the police that his wife
had been in ill health for some time
and that he had asked his brother
on that account to find lodgings else
where. He said that since that time
Manuel had been acting strangely;
According to the police Manuel ,it
followed Mrs. Ferreira TO the MI
chen when she arose this morning
and fired one shot at the woman
which resulted in almost instant
death. Returning to his room ne re.
loaded his revolver and then wen,
hack to the kitchen where he nred
three shots into his breast.