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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
RAY IS AIMING
H|CH|N TRACK
MEET
Own and Other Good Records
Will Be AssaiIed Tomorrow
by Joie.

When Joie Ray sets out to es-
tablish a new mark at the Millrose
A. A. meet tomorrow night at
Madison Square Garden, New York.
he will have to beat first his own
record of minutes Al 3-5 seconds,
made in Brooklyn on February Is OF
last year.
The outdoor record is minutes
28k seconds, established by Paayo
Nurmi, at Abo, Finland, August
81, 1922.
J. lander holds a record of
minutes 35 7-16 seconds, made out
doors at Stockholm, Sweden, on
July 10, 1917, which was approved
by the International Amateur
Athletic Federation. at it's meeting
in Lausanne, Switzerland, in May.
1921.
When Ray goes after the one-mile
record he will shoot at the minutes
IL 3-5 seconds, amateur, made by
Norman S. Tabor at Cambridge,
Mass, on July 16, 1915. There is
also the professional record of 4
minutes 12A seconds made by w. G..
George, in a match with w.
Cummings at Lille Bridge, London,
August %, 1886. The best Ameri-
Gall DEOLSSSlOIldI ID
minutes Is is seconds, made by
G. B. Tincler at Worcester, Mass,
on August 81, 1897. Tincler. by the
way, was an Englishman, if we re-
member correctly.
When Abel Kiviat comes back, or
tries to, after his retirement in
1915, and shoots at the half-mile
record, he will have to beat the
minute So Is seconds, amateur.
established by J. f. Meredith at
Cambridge, Mass, on May 10, 1916.
The professional record is 1
minute 5315 seconds, made by
F. Hewitt, of Millwall, England, at
Lyttleton, Australia, on September
81, 1871. Hewitt set the mark in
a match in which he was to beat
/ minute ssh seconds. He was
twenty-seven years old at the time,
and was feet 81 inches tall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
MAY.
COMPETE IN
LONDON
Yale and Harvard May Take
Them to Face English
Track Stars.

Freshman athletes will probably
be permitted to compete in the
joint international track and field
games between Harvard and Yale
and Oxford and Cambridge at Lon
don next July. This suggestion
comes from the English uniyeESities
who have expressed wish Nhat
both the yearling and senior per-
formers of both countries compete.
Yale permitted freshmen to com
pete against the English collegians
when they were here two years
ago, but Harvard at that time
feared that the question OF eligibility
might arise later and barred the
freshmen from competing.
The Oxford track team is being
coached by AL Shrubb, and his
long distance runners easily beat
Cambridge, five Of the first SIX
men to finish being Shrubs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
FLORES AND DUNDEE IN
CONTEST FRIDAY NIGHT

NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-The
second championship contest of the
week will be held Friday night
at the Garden. when Johnny
Dundee defends his 130-pound
laurels against Elmo Flores. the
crack Filipino. They were matched
Saturday by Matchmaker Frank
F1ournoy TO box fifteen rounds.
Dundee is in hard training for
this bout and will be in the best of
condition when he faces the in,
vader. The Italians last fight was
with Pepper Martin in Boston,
whom he beat in ten hard rounds.
Flores is a great attraction wher.
ever he shows. In his last two
fights in the Garden he stirred the
spectators by his wonderful uphill
battling. He fought Jack Bernstein
TO a draw and battled Johnny
Shugrue TO A standstill on the eve
ming when Charley White stopped
Richie Mitchell.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
PADDOCK MUST
HAVE STICK
Of WOOD
Coast Flash Slightly Super
stitious As His Actions
Show.

All track and field athletes are
superstitious to certain degree.
Like baseball players, most Of the
trackmen believe that washing suit
takes the luck out of it.
Charlie Paddock is probably the
most weird believer in signs Of them
all, however.
Before Paddock will toe the mark
in any, sprint he goes hunting fever
ishly for stick of wood. No matter
how long he delays a sprint he won't
run until he finds one. When he does
find it he criss-crosses his hands be-
fore it and mutters some mysterious
words. !,
The rest of the runners joke him
about it, but he invariably lands in
front, so there must be something to
his stunt at that.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
BARNEY WANTS
To ALWAYS
PLAY HERE
Laughs at Report Next Sea.
son Will Be Last in
Baseball.

RENO, New, Jan. 30.-When
Walter Johnson winds up for the
last time, he's going to settle down
in Reno.
So says E. e. Roberts, father
inlaw of the kansas cyclone and
former Congressman from Nevada,
with whom the worlds speed-baIl
artist has been spending the
winter.
Walter corroborated the state
ment of his wife's father, but
smiles about all the talk that the
year 1928 will be his last with the
Griffmen.
I'm admit I've been in the game
long Time he said. This will
be the seventeenth season. Yes,
I'm going back again. 1 haven't
signed contract yet, but the boss
wrote me a letter the other day
and wanted to know what l
needed in the way of an outfit.
Guess that means that I'm wanted.
And Walter smiled in the same
old way.
They've treated me pretty fine
at Washington and I'm going to
he continued. Come to think, I've
been with Washington a long time.
The club has been sold several
times and the players have changed
dozen times over. Still there g
Ty Cobb and Eddie Collins and q
few more who have been in the
big leagues longer than I have and
still going strong. After living in
Washington SO long, I've come to
look at life like the political MS.
I'll hang on as long as they'll
have me-
Johnson sticks to Mother Nature
to keep him in trim. The days
he isn't shooting ducks at Roberts
famous duck pond near Reno, he's
shooting pheasants at Yerington
geese at Washoe Lake, or chasing
deer over nearby mountain ranges
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
ONE ROUND SUFFICIENT
FOR KAYO CHANEY'S KICK

BALTIMORE, Jan. 30.-George
Kayo CLANCY needed but one round
In which to hang his tremendous
southpaw kick under frankie Rice's
chin. That brought the end OF n
mediocre ring show that packed tho
Fourth Regiment Armory from cell
lar to ceiling.
Brief preliminary sparring, one or
two half Clinches. then came Cha.
ney's sturdy left to the stomach.
Like lightning 1t went up into The
deadly uppercut. landing flush on
Rtce's chin. The long-dlscussed
battle was over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1923.
Boxing Fans Most
Gullible OF All
Classes

Boxing has the most gullible
following of any sport in the
world. They will believe any
thing. All boxers, and especially
their managers, are gifted with
the gift Of exaggeration. They
think and talk in terms of SUI
perlatives. They all talk in
terms Of dollars and cents.
When the sport Of boxing is
mentioned, it is as a secondary
matter to the purse. Financially
the sport has grown out Of all
proportion and the feverish
pugilistic market will have to
be readjusted sooner or later,
probably before that even.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
WILLIAM APPLEGARTH Is
SPEEDY SOCCER PLAYER

The speediest player in soccer is
probably William Applegarth. of the
Brooklyn Wanderers, who made his
football debut in this country a week
ago. Applegarth was regarded as
the leading professional sprinter in
England. AS an amateur he took
third place in the 200 meters at
Stockholm in 1912, the first and Sec
ond places going to Ralph Craig and
Don Lippincott.
Later Applegarth turned profess
sional to race Jack Donaldson. He
defeated Donaldson and has covered
the century distance several times
in 3-5 seconds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
REFEREE SAVES LAWLER
IN BOUT WITH TENDLER

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3O.-Jack
Lawler, Of Omaha, subbing for
Charley Pitts, Of Australia. who
failed to appear for his eight-round
bout with Lew Tender, of this CITY,
lasted until near the end of the
fifth round, when Referee Pop
O'Brien stopped the one-sided affair
Lawler fought well for two
rounds, but body punches weak
ened him in the third and from
then on he was helpless before
Tender
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
NORTHWESTERN PUTS GOLF
ON REGULAR SPORT LIST

Dana NJ. Evans, athletic director
OF Northwestern University, an
nounces that by unanimous vote
the athletic committee of the uni
versity has placed golf among the
regularly recognized college sports.
AT the close of the season the "N''
will be awarded in golf, the same
as in baseball, basketball and other
games.
]. 3. Sloane. the golf professional,
has been engaged to teach North
western men and women students
the fine points of the royal and an
Gent game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
Penn Relays Taking
international
Flavor

The Penn relays next April
will have decided international
flavor. College athletes from
Hawaii, Canada, Oxford, Cam
bridge, and Havana have been
invited. This event is making
a wider appeal every year and
has been such a remarkable
success that the idea has been.
taken up abroad.
If the weather happens to be
wet, just watch the Hawaiians
splash out to the front.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
CENTRAL GRIDIRONERS
GIVEN GOLD FOOTBALLS

Although technically Central's
football championship was taken
away because Of the Plumpton case,
the Mt. Pleasant schoolboy grid
ironers have been given gold foot
balls emblematic of their prowess.
Those receiving them are Rauber,
Casey. Lewis, Hall. Childress, Wor-
ley, Brinkman, Day, Birthright, Joe
Crawford, Rand. Benser. Bergstrom,
Alden Johnson. Albert johnson and
William Crawford, the last named,
manager.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
HERZOG CASE CLOSED,
ASSERTS JOHN HEYDLER

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-ClaiminR
that the player has already been
given a clean bill Of health and that
the National League has no quar-.
rel with him." John A. Heydler de-
clared today that he would refuse
to reopen the case of Charley
Herzog, whose name became In.
volved in an alleged baseball scandal
several years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
TWO GAMES TONIGHT
At BROOKLAND GYM

Western High School and Catholir
University Freshmen will play a.
preliminary basketball game in the
Brookland gymnasium tonight be-
fore the regularly scheduled game
between Catholic University and
Boiling Field,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
CENTRAL AND BUSINESS
DUE FOR STIFF GAME

Eastern high
vanquih Tech stiff battle loomed
Business the teams battle this afternoon
weekly double Of the championship Coliseum
victory for Eastern would put the Capitol Hill team further
with defeats
have and lost Tech has lost and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
Friends Girls Play.

The little Friends girls Of Alex.
andria will meet tho Veterans'
Bureau Sextet tonight at the Arcade
in the preli~"'~". Of tho American
acknowledgements Light Infantry
contest. The Friends lassie are yet
to be defeated this season, having
won eleven games and tied onM.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30

charges. The Americans will find
several of their own countrymen
competing against them in the in
legians will have Stevenson, the
former Princeton runner, and HUM,
who ran the hurdles at Princeton.
Eddie Egan, the former Yale boxer,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30

At the beginning of the season
the Army, with all but one of the
players who composed the team
which defeated the Navy last year.
and much new material, was re-
garded as the favorite. Unexpected
strength on the part of the Navy,
however, together with the possible
loss Of Roosma, the star forward
Of the Army, have made the out
come of the game very doubtful.
The Navy lost Auit, center. and
Blue, guard, by graduation. Later,
1t lost Parr, captain and guard,
through illness. and Harris, for
ward, who fractured a bone in his
arm. The loss of four of the regu-
lars Of last year was a body blow,
but 1t has been more than offset
by the splendid work Of several
new men. Indeed, the recruits
from the new fourth class exceeded
In value what any new class has
yielded in the history of the game
ahere, and augurs well for the team
TOR the next few years.
Mckee, the one veteran Of the
team, has been acting captain
during the season, and has been
playing a wonderful individual
game. Not only is he attempting
and performing shots which he
never even tried last year, but
his shooting from the foul line
has greatly augmented his teams
score i'm every game. During the
last three games he has shot
fOrty-twO goals from the line In
fOrty-eight chances.
Do nd lie 4.
Gutes for some years, have greatly
improved in their work and it looks
as if they will find regular jobs,
the former at guard and the latter
at forward Barnes is a very high
grade player and understands the
team play of the Navy perfectly,
but he is rather uncertain
shooter, and the coaches are aiming
at a. five-man scoring machine.
Mills is a hard and speedy player
and shows improvement with every
game, but he has not yet developed
into a notable scorer.
Next to Mckee, the heavy scorer
of recent games has been Walshe, a
tall lad from the new class who seems
to have the edge over Day at center.
Walshe is playing a, surprising game
for his first year. of college basket
Georgetown. Four of these were in
the last ten minutes of the game,
and were chief factors in overcoming
the lead which that team had during
nearly all of the contest.
Shapley is another plebe who is a
practical certainty in his place,
guard Weighing IT'S pounds and
standing six feet in height, he is ex-
tremely fast and active, and has
made good in football, track and
other sports, besides basketball.
Shapley is playing slashing game
in every department. Parrish and
Signer, members of the new class,
are excellent. change players at for
ward, while Jones and Metteuci are
the best of the substitute guards.
The navy team has some good
games before meeting the army.
Owing to- examinations, it will have
no Wednesday game this week, but
will meet. Bucknell on Saturday. The
other games are: February Z, Uni
versity of West Virginia; February
10, Fordham; February IA, Delaware;
February II. Washington and Jeffer-
son; February 81. Catholic Univer-
gity.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
IinWorths Back.

The Linworth juniors have reor.
ganized their basketball team. Paul
Graves, star center, is back. George
Dagelish. stellar guard, has recov-
cred from the grip. The Linworths
think they can cop honors in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
They Want Games.

Teams In the 125-pound class de-
string contests with the Linworth
juniors should phone Manager Me.
Cartee, at Franklin 9903, The Lin
worths have no gym of their own,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
Connolly Meets Raw.

Jimmy Connolly and Joie Ray will
meet in the mile-and-a- half special
of the Millrose indoor carnival to.
morrow in New York. George
towns star and the famous Raw
should run a stiff race.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
VIC OFT LEADS
bOWLERSAT
K|NGP|N
Youngster Shoots for Total of
1861 in Ten High Games
at Duckpins.

Little Vic OFT Is shooting in the
van of contestants in the qualify
ing round of the elimination duck
pin tournament at the Kingpin with
a total Of / ,261 for ten high games
Here are the leaders:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
No Champions Now.

Under the new rules of the Amer
lean Kennel Club, there are no more
''best dogs in the show" No more
competition between classes is per-
mitted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
Girl Teams PLAY.

The Veterans Bureau and Princess
girls will clash tonight at 1870 o'clock
in tho Epiphany gym. Both naHe
apeedy 6axtetas
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30

If policy OF numbering players
Is logic, then President Harding
has valid excuse to ask members
OF cabinet to attend next meeting
with numerals engraved in neat
but not gaudy floral designs upon
Prince Albert backs.
Divorced gentleman also has
reason to request back issue Of
wives to embroider chronological
dates of marriage and divorce on
kimonos so he can determine de-
gree Of relatively when he meets
'em in public.
Prison alternates. asylum dele
gates, dogs, cats and Jockeys all
wear porous plasters of fancy
and assorted figures between
shoulderblades, why not baseball
players who are dumb animals
too?
To that overwhelming majority
Of humanity which doesn't rec
ognize Babe Ruth when they see
him trot out in the moving pic
lures, 1t would be big help to
have the figures $4,000 sewed to
his red flannel BVD's.
Ball players pictures don't have
to be embossed on postage stamps
In order for the works to know
'em.
Baseball fan who pays his dol
lars and fractions thereof to SEQ
Ty Cobb come to town, doesn't
need. blueprint to locate him in
green background either!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30

I"o C1tCuIIS anu
one more de-
bate W o n t
make argument
seem any more
sour.
Prop osition
sounds like eff
fort to revive
issue that isn't
only dead but
positively petri-
fie d. Sunday
patrons of Zoo
animal house
don't need sign
over porte CO.
Chere to tell
them w h e re
they are, do
they?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30

Western is still in the running
with one game won and two lost.
Easily the more important Of to.
days contests is that between Cen
trail and Business. The outcome of
their game may decide the fate OF
either.
1t seems to be a general Opin-
Ion that even this early the
championship race has settled into
. three-cOrnered affair embracing
Eastern. Central and Business
with Western having an outside
chance.
However. the first round is barely
completed and the second may bring
forth many surprises. All of East
ern's victories have been won by
close scores, indicating that it has
anything but a soft proposition
despite its record clear of defeat.
Eastern is being warned by it's
friends against over-confidence.
Having fought fiercely and neces-
sarily so for all it has gained, 1t is
considered unlikely. though, that
the leading schoolboys will develop
an exaggerated opinion OF their
ability.
Despite Eastern's healthy lead,
none of the other teams shows
any sign Of a let-up in its quest
for championship hOnOrs. All
realize that one licking for the
southeast Washington entry may
change the entire situation.
Those who have followed the series
closely believe it will develop into
a bitterly fought one and that the
second round will bring forth sitter
battles than those already contested.
Eastern has managed to win by
dint of determined spirit and has
shown only slight edge over other
teams in the matter of plain basket
ball skill.
Next Friday Central will clash
with Western and Business and
Tech will meet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30

Tho Olympia A. G, trimmed the
ArRyles. "a 70 0. and thu Licking
ton jun1orav 20 TO- 20
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
Says SKILLET
Finn, Esq:
IF It's Reasonable to Num-
Der Ball Players, Then
It's Rational to Letter
Members of Cabinet.
BY KIRK MILLER.

~HOULD baseball convicts wear
laundry mark on back of
~ costumes so that near-sighted
subscribers can ten them from
umpires?
Epidemic of answers to invert-
ed question has spread all around
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30
ARMY TO TRY TO EVEN
BASKETBALL SCORE
WITH NAVY
By HUGH K. RILEY.

ANNAPOLIS Naval taking direct
interest Military Academy, be
played February It will game played between
the schools this the stands to
favor Of the Navy
Contests between service teams always excite widespread interest
whether they rank high as purely athletic events not this
aggregatons
The Army has played well all through the the
well with the
and makes it dangerous opponent % team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30

When Nick Altrock limps down
to first-base foul line and begins
to juggle megaphones, baseballs,
fielders' mits and conversation,
who in the grandstands asks an
nouncer for name of rotund
rookie?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-30

When Eddie
Foy stammers out on the stage
followed by ghosts of six wives
you don't have to consult pro-
gram to identify his red hair!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-04-04
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Paul L. Grove, Minister.

Easter has come and gone, and left
in it's wake many beautiful memories,
extending through the impressive
services of Passion Week. We are
sure Friday night will remain a me-
morable time in the lives of many of
our people who consecrated them
selves, some anew, and some for the
first time. s +t"
The throngs on Easter surpassed all
expectation, and it was a mystery
to the Pastor how so many people
could be crowded into the church.
The evening audience was also large.
Along with the spiritual memories OF
Easter that shall be treasured up for
another year is the remarkable col
lection that was taken, for $450.2l
was laid on the plates on Easter Sun
day.
The services rendered by our splen-
did Choir during these commemora-
tive days was so significant as 10
elicit wholesale comments of approba-
ton. We are proud of our Choir.
On Tuesday night at 7:30 will oc-.
cur the open meeting of the Min
terian Church. All the church folks
in town are invited.
On Wednesday night the motion
picture, "Over the Hill will be shown
Our Methodist White List says of
this picture, at is Qualification of
motherhood, respondent with thrills,
pathos and human Interest," very
superior picture" We urge our
Methodist constituency to see this
picture.
On Tuesday night the first of our
series of cottage prayer meetings will
be carried on in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hubbard. We hope to
make these prayer meetings in the
homes, times of neighborhood fellow
ship, and of closer Christian intima-
cy.
The topic next Sunday morning will
be "Fishermen's Luck" and. in the
evening the regular church services
will not be held. Instead we shall
join in a union farewell service to
Brother Ellsworth in the church
across the way. However, the Jun
Tor League, which organized last Sun
day in a beautiful and impressive
way, will meet at 6:45, and the Sem
Tor League will also meet at its won't
ed hour. On this night the Pastor
will address the Senior League for a
brief period on the coming Summer
Institute at Fairmont, MINI. There
are rousing things to be said at this
time, and we trust all League men,
bers will be present.