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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-17
GLEN ECHO PARK
AmuSementS.

All lovers of music enjoyed the
delightful concert given Sunday
afternoon and evening by Sol Min
ster's Big Military Band, which
gave four concerts at Glen Echo
Park. The program included both
classic and jazz numbers. The
Scooter, Glen Echo's newest
amusement feature, again proved
its popularity by the great num-
Der Of amusement seekers who
patronized this afternoon. Last
night the dancers were out in
full force" crowding the popular
dancing pavilion to it's capacity,
sWaying to the jazz tunes of G!er
Echo's famous orchestra under the
direction Of A. f. Oehlmann.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-17
DANCING HITS
TOP KEITH
BILL
Gilfoyle Finds It Soft for
Comedy Act and Makes
Jokes Count

Finding q midsummer audience
satiated with dancing talent, En-
met Gilfoyle and Elsie LANCE
stepped forth in soft spot at
Keith's last night and gave the
throng eager for a full grown
laugh, knockout in the fun
solar-pleXus.
Gilfoyle's comedy, of the rug
ged kind, blends admirably with
the more subdued offerings or
his attractive partner. She reveals
q million dollars worth of clothes,
draped around graceful form
and altogether is pleasing eye
full.
The sixteen prancing beauties
trained in the Tiller school at
London, ring up the same solid
hit they registered when first
flashed across the amusement no
rizon as features OF Good Morn
ing Dearie." Harland Dixon in
troduced them and also a tiny
bunch of pep in Marie Callahan
who helps him annex the dane
ing hit of the evening.
Charles Olcott has a sophisti-
Gated line of chatter to mix in
with Mary AIMS warbling of his
original melodies. Mary Ann has
an excellent voice and much as
surance as a comedy foil and
the combination bowed off after
q well earned encore.
Irving Fisher ranks with the
best of vaudeville's singing juve-
niles. His repertoire is well
chosen and he sings with a feel
ing that emphasizes numbers
rich in melody and clever lyrics.
George Herman calls his offer
ing THE Mysterious Masquera-
der" and presents a little sketch
to introduce some of the best
-acrobatic and rubber-boned terp-
sichore possible with a human
frame.
The flyman got his cues mixed
last night and gave Pearl Magley
a crack on the coiffured head
with the drop curtain, but never
theless the nifty dance offering
scored solidly, though the merry
go-round encore was not at
tempted.
Lover of music appreciated
the cello and violin program of
Fritz and Lucy Bruch, finished
musicians. Homer Romaine has
the stage all to himself to open
the show and what he does on the
Roman rings just naturally COM
pels attention.
The screen features complete a
bill that assays we'll for all round
entertainment value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-17
AS Related by
AVERY HOLLYWOOD to

ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM.
Another premiere! This
makes the twenty-second!
And how many more shall the i'm
penetrable future bring forth?
An unanswerable riddle.
Like How old is Ann?"
First nights! 9. Nat
Goodwin likened them to horse
races prolonged over a duration
OF two hours Canny old
Nat! He had the right
First nights and untoward in
cidents =. Untoward incidents
invariably happen on first nights!
Like the time the mamma
cat stalked across the stage at
the opening performance of why
Men Leave Home" Or when
the rat frightened more emotional
work out of Janet Beecher than
all the authors lines put to-
gether. -. Or when the bat
fitted through the theater and
put the ladies in sudden panic!
First nights must be
linked
"A hoodoo, possibly! Or the
soul OF some departed thesptan,
thwarted in his own attempts at
creating a new role, jealousy
causing confusion out of the vim
dictiVeness of his nature
What else could account for John
Cumberland terrible faux pas
Or the falling reflector in
1.-THE Return?"
First impressions are lasting
First night impressions
more so! Pity the poor
author! Sitting in a bath OF
cold and clammy perspiration az
the curtain rises Every
thing seems different from what
he expected! The terrifying
thought that the newborn play
may prove a frost, The
sudden awakening to the fact that
most of the audience is arriving
late-right at the psychological
moment Of the first act. The
overpowering desire to be able to
tell the newcomers just what
they've missed, so that they'll
understand what is to follow
The ushers who make too much
noise The man who abso.
lutely refuses to laugh at the fun
niest lines in the show The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-17
A0e,y, Opening I'D, Tells
Premiere Heart THUMBS
As He Stalks Lobby Hopwood Reveals He Likens First
Night To Two-hoM Horse Race-Wants To
Tell Latecomers What They've Missed

silly ass who laughs at every
thing, including the leading mans
big dramatic scene!
Curtain speeches The
logical thing on first nights!
The time the author was hit by
descending curtain The
time he almost fell into the
prompter's cavern The time
he nearly fell into the clothes
hamper in 1.-The Bat
First nights in Europe :.
Demonstrative English audiences
d. Tremendous salvos of APP
plause. Cries of Bravo"
And the opposite extreme
Kisses Catcalls
Boo's!
Back to staid American play
goers again What a relief!
First nights! And still
more first nights!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-17
GRATITUDE FOR RECOVERY
LEADS MAN TO GIVE BL GOD

NEW YORK. July IT, Gratitude
to Cod for his recovery from brain
inflammation, prompted Frederick Elm.
feldt, aged fifty-five, to give a half
pint OF blood in an effort to save the
life OF Theodore Sugarrnan. twelve.
who or two months had been unable
to sleep because OF the disease.
The TRANSMISSION has resulted in i'm.
proveTnent in the boy, and 1t Is hoped
his life will be saved. DIR. William
Lintz, who performed the transfu.
sion. believed that only blood from
a former victim of the disease would
give resistance to the boy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-17
CHEVY CHASE LAKE
Novelty Night.

Two vaudeville acts comprise the
current special offering for the reg
ular Wednesday novelty night" at
Chevy Chase Lake.
Miss Kate" Smith. soprano, will
MARBLE the latest Broadway songs
and also give the lake fans a sam
pie of her own notable brand of
comedy. Eccentric soft shoe dancing
is the forte of Jimmy Mulroe, who
appears in conjunction with Miss
Smith. Both performers will hold
forth, in turn, on the upper and
lower pavilions between 10 and II
d. m.
On Friday night the Kenneth
Nash Post Of the local American
Legion will dance to Meyer Davis
snappy jazz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-17
EAST ORANGE PEOPLE
STUDYING ETIQUETTE
EAST nRANGE. N. n. .Iml,

EAST ORANGE. N. j., July II.
Books on etiquette are in greatest
demand at the Free Public Library
here, statistics indicate, although
the authorities are at a loss to
understand the reason for the
popularity of these volumes.
East Orange, a city of $4,000
population, is a residential COM
munity of the better class, thou.
sands of the inhabitants committing
daily to New York City, where they
are in the professions and business.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-07-17
RETURN WAR
BIT SANS
KICK
Hopwood Play at Balasco Has
Laughs But Not So
Much Story

George Marshall, in associa-
ton with A. H. Woods, presents
at the Belasco Theater "The
Return" by Avery Hopwood,
adapted from the French of
Robert Deflers and Francis
Decroisset.
Evening star., 1923-02-20
|:MY THIRTY YEARS IN BASE BALL"
BY JOHN J. McGRAW,
-klanaeer Giants Times World Chan,pions--
.merican Newspaper Alliance.)

, time. He had an uncanny knack OF
getting the jump on the pitchers. NO
player ever studied a rival pitchers
delivery closer and was SO quick to
take advantage of the slightest false
| move. AS a thrower Buck excelied
He got the ball away from him with
| a quick round arm snap. no time be-
ing wasted. Buck threw what is
that dropped in the baseman's hand
| like a lump of lead. Ewing had so
much confidence in his throwing that
| / have seen him deliberately roll the
| ball away from him just to tempt the
base runner into steal. He was a
hard hitter as well as scientific
| place hitter.
Bresnahnn Close Second
| Roger Bresnahan was a close second
TO Ewing in all that goes to make a
great catcher. Already I have gone
into the details OF his greatness. As
you all know 1 developed Bresnahan
into a catcher from a pitcher. One day,
when we were shy OF catchers and try
| ing to get one, he came to me and said,
You don't have to get another catcher.
! will go behind the bat myself He did
and his subsequent career Is baseball
! history.
Bresnahan Is perhaps the only catcher
l
| batting order. Also he could play any
position on a ball club and play 1t well.
| Bresnahan was possessed OF as much
| catching brains as any man l ever saw.
not excepting my old pal Wilbert Robin
son. Roger seemed to do everything
right by intuition. 1t was never neces-
sary to tell him anything twice.
1t will be remembered that in the
! world series of 1906 I put Roger behind
the bat in every one of the five games.
We beat the Athletics four of the five.
That is what l thought of his ability as
a catcher and Of his headwork.
Sialer . Real Marvel.
There is no doubt in my mind as to
George Sisler being the greatest first
baseman Of all time. He has so many
good qualities that 1t Is difficult to CEN
ter attention on his hitting, his fielding
or his base running. 1t should be re-
membered also that Sisler is an excel
lent pitcher.
Sisler Is q small man as compared
with many of the great first basemen
Evening star., 1923-02-20

Despite the fact that the Yankees
this year, for the first time since
Sunday baseball was instituted in the
east. will have their own park instead
Of being compelled to share the Polo
Grounds with the Giants. Washing
toms quote Of Sunday games con-
tinues to be the largest in the circuit,
baseball is not permissible in Phila-
delphia and Boston. Washington has
Seventeen SUNDAYS at home, as
for na aaes hesesn or a sar Los Nsm
and Chicago. OF the efrst-day-of-the
week games here Philadelphia draws
FIVE. Boston three New York, st.
Louis. Chicago and Cleveland two
apiece and Detroit one.
Thirty-Two saCh0icen Dates.
OF the seventy-flve contests carded
for Georgia avenue. thirty.tWo may
| Saturdays. Sundays or holidays, and
| in addition there will be a stretch OF
more than a week when new hlgn
marks for attendance may be ex-
| during and Immediately following the
Shrine conclave, June s, and z. In
| the week preceding the Yankees Will
| be here and following them the Ath-
| letics, Yankees again, Tigers and
Browns will appear In order. Another
| day on which the csriffmen may be in
! spfred to great deeds by what is like
\ ly to prove tho largest crowd that
20. 1t will be the first Sunday con-
test played by the Yankees in their
| new $4,000, 900 stadium in the Bronx.
! If the spacious structure erected by
! Coils. Rupert and huston Wltnstanos
| the assaults launched by bugs" eager
| to see the rehabilita1ed Babe Ruth do
( his stuff that day any further inspec-
! tion of it's serength will be unneces-
| sary.
|. First Western Invasion May g
After four games each in Philadel-
phia and New York the Grins come
home to entertain the Mackmen and
Yankees for eight days and then play
host to the Boston Red Sox in three
games before hiking for their first
swing through the west. opening al
Detroit May s. The starting dates OF
their other inNasions OF the sunse'
section are July s and August Is. The
Griffs are scheduled to play almos,
the entire month of September a,
home and wind up the season here
with the Red Sox on Sunday, Octobe,
H.
One Of these famous st. Louis tc
Boston jumps. the longest possible fr
the circuit. is scheduled for the Ma
tionals in May, with but one day in
tervening between games to make II
| One last minute change was made
in the schedule, with the mutual con-
sent of the clubs involved. 1t consist
ed Of New York being listed to appear
here instead of Philadelphia on June
4, the Athletics being compensated
with the Sunday, September 80 date,
originally allotted to New York. The
| purpose of the change was to assure
the presence of Babe Ruth and his
| supporting cast in the capital or
Monday Of the week the Shriners will
be here.
A direct result OF the working OF
the draft clause in the agreement
between the majors and those OF the
minor leagues which decline to sub
nit to the old process of selection
by which worthy ball players were
enabled to advance in their profes.
Evening star., 1923-02-20

mindful Of the discussions that will
probably arise and l wish could
hear them.
This, 1 think, would make about the
best ball club In the world:
The All-Amerfcan Team.
Catchers-Buck Ewing and Roger
Bresnahan.
Mcmahon, John Clnrkson, Amos Ru-
sie, Walter johnson, Addie Joss, Rube
wnddell.
First base-George SisIer.
second base-Eddie Collins.
ShOrtstOp-HOnus Wagner.
Third base-Jimmy Collins.
Substitute nnelder-Napoleon La
joie.
Left held-Hueh Duny.
Center held-Ty Cobb.
RiEht neld-Wiilie keeler.
Substitute outfielder-Joe Kelly.
In making these selections / have
taken into careful consideration
| smartness, which includes quickness
| cal and mental caliber. Also I have
made aggressiveness a necessary
qualification. Very likely there will
| be surprise at some Of the famous
tion of that may come out in succeed
| ing chapters.
I will now give my reasons for Sc
| lecting each member of this great
| team.
Ewing Greatest Catcher.
Buck Ewing for general all around
excellence as a backstop never had
an equal. He was smart and aggres-
sive. He came as near to being a
catcher without a single weakness
| as the game has ever known. In fact.
Buck Ewing was a Ty Cobb behind
! the bat. He had a mental capasity
equal to his playing ability. Ewing
/ could handle a team perfectly. He
| was compelled to do that with the old
time Giants, because Jim Mutrie. the
nominal manager. was more Of a busi-
| ness man than a team director Mutrie
| frequently sat on the players bench
and always wore a plug hat That
in itself was indicative of his mental
attitude as a field director or leader
| Of men.
While Ewing was not a speed mar
I vel on the bases he was one OF the
most successful base stealers Of his
Evening star., 1923-02-20
GRIFF LINES UP McGREW,
RUSSELL AND LA MOTTE

Washington's list of unsigned
players hns been reduced to a
mere handful by the receipt Of the
signed contract of Bob La Motto,
mailed from Tampa, where the I'm
fielder has been wintering, and the
acceptance of terms by Pitchers
Allan Russell and Slim McGrew.
Writing from his home I'm Balti-
more, Russell assured GrifY he
was pleased over his transfer from
the Red SOx md proposed to dem
0nstrnte there fs a lot of service
left in his ol' soupb0ne.
McGrew allowed as how he
would stick I'm the big show for n
certainty this trip, his second TO
the majors. Sims letter bore the
post mark of n little town In Tex
as called Y0kum. This means "big
smoker In the Indian language
rather an appropriate place for
Slim to hail from.
Evening star., 1923-02-20

sion without having to be purchased
at an exorbitant figure, Is seen In
the case of Jimmy ONeill. The for
mer shortstop of the Nationals. who
has been out of the game for two
seasons following a severe illness al
the close of the 1920 campaign. was
sold to Reading this past winter but
the International League club own
ers, being unable to meet O'Neilrs
demands in the way of salary. have
notified Washington that. because the
player is in poor health. they will
not go through with their agreement,
by which they were to give up a Ger.
tain sum at a given date in the COM
ing season, provided O'Neill's physical
condition was found to be good
ONeill has assured Clark Griffith that
he never has been in better shape than
right now, having fully recovered from
the effects of his siege of pneumonia.
and that the only reason for the stand
Reading has taken is that it refused to
meet his salary demands.
With O'Neill turned back on him and
no opening available ON the Washing
ton club. which is loaded up with infield
prospects Griff has notified Jimmy to
report at Tampa for spring training and
in the meantime will lay his case before
Commissioner Lands and endeavor to
either have Reading compelled to go
through with its transaction or arrange
to place the Minooka, Pa, lad on the
Pacific coast, where he wants to play.
The Pacific Coast League also is
non-conformist with regard to the draft.
but in view of the fact that the ONeill
deal was consummated before the rule
prohibiting the sale of a player to any
laegue not recognizing the draft be-
came effective Griff is confident he will
not be left in the position of holding
the bag"
Pirates Own Glenn Wright.
The report that the Nationals are
bidding against the Red Sox for Shrot-
stop Glenn Wright of the Kansas City
club is erroneous, according to Griffith,
! who asserts that Wright already is the
property of the Pittsburgh Nationals.
Griff admits that he made a very gener-
| Gus offer some time ago for Wright
whom he regards as a most promising
prospect, but that the Pirates had gotten
| in on the ground floor and obtained
title to the youngSter
Evening star., 1923-02-20

The coming American League race
Is apt to be one of those races In
which some particular team, show
ing aptitude to cut in on another
team and to win a. greater share OF
games than so per cent, will elimi,
nate that team from the race and
perhaps turn the tide of success to
another. That is the kind or cham-
pionship race that is the hardest 70
win, the most exciting to watcn anu
the one in which it is most difhcuit
of any to predict propahle "inhei'
Sox Will Keep Collins.
The question as to whether Eddle
Collins might become member OF
tha Yanks apparently is definitely
settled today. Harry Grabiner. sec
retarv of the White Sox, told the
writer in very plain Engiisn tnae
Chicago is well pleased win the
team as it now stanos anu 'na nnnsti.
expected the team as now cohs'i-
tuted would start the season; ;. i,
I'VE have good ball club salu
Grabiner. collins is as good tor
us as for New York. Not only IS ne
a good ball player for 1923. but doa
wears. He is the best second base.
man in the league. Why snoulo We
LEI him go? We have the most prom, ,r >,
ising third sacker in kamm. snst
have EOou SiloI lStop -. I, O
baseman who is better each year ne ne
niays for us Would it be sane 70
change a combination ike that
with il we have a splendid chdhce
10 anish in the first division the COM
ing season. oa +eap, vim
,irp by weakening its playing
strength. Nothing has arisen 10 IN
duce us to make IA change anu SUM
statements accredited to me aioIs :
that line are not true. Inc amer
caa League race will be 2 oltter
nt-urpie and a historic one. Ihe Snl
raro Americans have been graouaiiy
huilt up from what was lett a1teI
The disEraceful episode OF lsls anu q
we are out to win. not get Setoa'h'
Innovations Frowned On.
The question of numbering players
IN the American League was freely
discussed at the meetings here, but
without much enthusiasm. Arrange
nents have gone too far TO make II
an easy matter with score card print
ing. etc Much of this work is done
long in advance and great deal OF
II already has been done this year.
The idea of zoning homeruns was
abandoned simply because 1t Is a
plan which would need more concur
renee than the league found manifest
here The National League froWned
on 1t and the minors are not overly
enthusiastic about it. as their STANDS
and grounds are not all OF them
adapted to rules which might be best
in the major leagues.
T., Eddie Collins was present at the
Evening star., 1923-02-20
DRAFT MATTER BEFORE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

CHICAGO, February 20.-Club own
ers Of the American Association here
today to adopt a schedule for the 1923
season. unexpectedly were confronted
with the draft question, with Roger
Bresnahan. president of the Toledo
club. and President William Smith Of
the Indianapolis club back Of move
TO have the draft restored.
Bresnahan and Smith sought to win
the support of G. T. Burns of the Co.
lumbus club in a conference before the
club owners went into session. The
association. as a body, voted in oppo-
Bition to the draft at the annual meet
Ing in Louisville in December. Presi-
dent Hickey said a two-thirds vote
would be necessary to restore it, add
ing that a majority was opposed to
the draft.
Two schedules. calling for 1853
games, were submitted to the club
owners for consideration. The season
will open either April Is or 19. a week
later than usual, and close October Z.
The schedule favored by a majority
bf the club owners will be adopted.
Evening star., 1923-02-20

Inspector Headey, of the Police Traffic
Bureau, promises vigorous drive against
trucks failing to observe the Rear View Mirror
Law Do not violate the law! Equip your
truck and your pleasure car with Rear View
Mirrors
Evening star., 1923-02-20

Overcoming that lack of stature is in
itself a mark of great ability. Most
Of the other famous first basemen were
big men-managers selected them that
way-such as Dan Brouthers, Roger
Conner, Cap Anson, Charley Comiskey.
Sisler has proved that the old idea Of
big men being necessary was a fallacy.
Think Of 1.-THE shortest man who ever
played the bag tops them all as a fielier
and as a batter! George Sisler is one OF
the marvels Of baseball. II he has a
weakness nobody, 50 far as l know. has
ever located it.
In the next chapter / will discuss the
other great infielders of all time and ex-
plain why have selected them, and
then proceed with the outfelders.
copyright, 1923. U. s. and Canatia. by Christy
Walsh syndicate.)
Evening star., 1923-02-20
engue Due for G1eatRace Nationals Fauored Playing Schedule
CHOICE DATES ARE GIVEN
THEM In COMING SEASON
List Includes IL Sundays, ii Saturdays and Me-
mortal Day-O'Nein Wants Berth ON Coast.
Criff Not After Shortstop Glenn Wright.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

LTHOUGI the Nationals this will from
home spend the first eight of campaign foreign
fields they Jared we usual of dates
codg the Official American schedule released publication
Gfme will Athletics Shibe
April
of
will the capital the compliment pryng off the lid
Thursday, April o.
good
be in New Yorka Ro
Evening star., 1923-02-20
PHILLIES GET CATCHER,

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. February 90
Jimmy Wilson. catcher on the New
Haven club for the past two years
has been sold to the Philadelphia
Nationals. In addition to a cash con-
siderat&on. Catcher Frank WitheroW
Of Philadelphia, will come to New
Haven.
Evening star., 1923-02-20

) 0reaseless, stainless Hair Groom"
dose not show on the hair because
1t Is absorbed by the scalp, there
fore your hair remains so soft and
pliabls and 80 natural that no one
can possibly tell you used it.
Evening star., 1923-02-20

meetings and at the luncheon, to
which the Athletics invited all old
ball players. writers and owners. Like
everything else done by the Athletics
1t was a capitally arranged affair, and
the lobby of the. Bellevue-S -Stratford
was filled with a crowd of what rep
resents the best In base ball. Phila-
delphia is one Of the oldest cities of
the east in it's base ball enthusiasm.
Frank Chance had a grand time re-
newing acQuaintanceS, his return to
the fold making him one of the con-
spicuous figures at the meetings here.
Copyright. 1921