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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22
Autumn.

And now comes Autumni
AS one tottering to old age
Decks herself with crimson and
gold
To hide her decreptitude;
So the year, now past her prime,
Tries a boastful interlude--
Paints herself for one sublime
Tryst with Fate-then shudders
with cold,
AS Time. scribbling on his page.
Writes: -Winter-Death!"
H. B. r.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22
Hard Campaigning.

Madge-I never thought you'd have
bad luck with your summer engage
ments when you're such good little
sniper
Marjorie-But with such weather as
we've been having it's Just out of the
question for poor girl to keep her
powder dry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22
Needless Advice,

Blackstone-We are told to econonize
on coal this winter.
Webster don't see how we can do
anything else at the price they're asking
for q ton
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22
Regular Dilemma.

What seems to be the hitch in the
Jones-Smith divorce suit?
They can't seem to decide whether
Mrs. Smith ought to go to Paris to get
it or Mr.. Smith ought to go to Reno.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22
over Thin Ice.

Crabshaw-What's Penfield doing
now?
Best Seller-TIe's trying to write a
book that viii be Censored and vet
won't be bad enough to be scrapped
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22
Taking a Chance.

Flubb-Don't you think jerks plunged
rather recklessly in that stock?
Dubb-Yes, considering that he never
met the bootlegger before
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22
bright Prospects.

Il suppose vel; have the usual world
series ticket scandal this year"
Il doubt it. 4 lot of those spectators
have gone into the bootlegging business"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22

are open. with her fan
resting on the left hand;
that is the hour dial. All,
las tres! Again she opens
up her fan to thirty
sticks, this time resting
the fan on the back of
right hand. All, las tres
u media! He has it!
Three thirty, the hour OF
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22
A Flutter Of Fans

1 \ I'D fans give birth to game cards
4 did the hand of cards evolve itself
into the fan? Their constructive mmovable on
principles are the same. Spread out comparatively
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22

vespers; he will meet her in the
Church of San Sebastian on the
following Friday afternoon.
Naturally the joUer1 has been
sending rapturous retuTn replies.
AS the accompaniment of his
straight cut style Of trousers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22

lance, and are used therefore nrrz,-
for messages of lesser impor- BkEss z;
lance. The right hand is the ~ z y.
covering plate and represents
also the minutes dial. III
The fan itself is the f.; -,
counter, or marker, for one lt>-~
might style it the gavel that A%Er>[Y
dots and dashes off the sug- T-:ZzF.sFs, =
gested words by its taps, the f-$ !
adding machine in this busy 80
business of making conversa-
ton by wind signs and sig y NJ.
mails. The signaling fan when : PE,,
properly made is composed of xSI
thirty sticks, or ribs, includ- NSSl
ing the two outside sticks. NM 4
The fan in addition to tick. IIlIEtI
ing off the code is used for q WI H..E
figuring up sums. For eX- TEF -.
ample: when asked as to nm ~
what your losses may have IT-511H
been at bridge you simply hi!ifiAl
open up and close your fan VIII IJIzl-
at the number of sticks re- (<S<saSS
uuired to tell the sad tally: if - II
5000 pesetas, you just flop -,
your fan open at thirty, then g
ten and then another ten.
No elaborate maqati1aariG
could do the job quicker or
better, but the maquiniSta
should be expert and discreet,
as is the Spanish womans
way, or i'll may befall.
So it is that if the beautiful, flashil
black eyed 8enoritG with the white ma
tilla and talcum whitened face who 5
across the bullring on the Son1brG si
with the Gnlante who is nearest to
momentary goal of her affections a f
tiers of seats away, wishes, Spanish sty
to make an appointment to see him fol-
few rare minutes of real talk she d.
it after this fashion: On her left pa
she taps out the place of their tryst, viii
is to be, say, within the shadowy e11tro
OF the Iglesia San Sebastian of a Frid
the great majority of these lovers me
ings being within the church as til
invariably so to morning mass, the 10y
being privileged to two sorts of vows.
This being the important part of
/ communication, she spells it out in CA
on her left hand and then proceeds
say that she will have as d1CenG AL
Pillar, sending out this second item
news in lolCer case from her right ha
as being the hand of lesser informati
seldom used for "stop press" news.
The astute receiver of her mesa
learns by this that Aunt Pillar is ne
ligible quantity as a dUend, as in additI
to being very devout she is near-sight
and very deaf, thus tacitly evoking an |
rivaled occasion for billing and cooling.
Thirdly, the senorita gives the time
the meeting The joUen, or young m;
sees that three ribs of the serOrltd's t
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22

The fan alpha
bet is S h o w n
here, and the
messages are sent
by tapping the
different parts OF
the fingers and
the hand. Whole
sentences are dis
patched by code
Aourishes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-22

~ ORIS ANIsFELD, Russian impress
sionistic artist who made the design
for the costumes and settings of The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
jim D CONNELL
STARTSWELL
IN TEXAS
Giants $4,000 Beauty Hits
Ball With Snappy
Wrist Motion.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March g.
Jim O'ConnelPs arrival at the train
ing camp was a big feature of the
Giants spring training season. The
small fortune he cost the New York
National League club to secure his
services made the Californian the
most talked of baseball player at
that time in the country.
O'Connells practice debut result
ed sensationally. With "CoZy" Do
Ian pitching to him, Jim slashed
out singing drives and also made
a fierce smash against the canvas
screen on top of the fence in deep
est right center. 1t was a regular
Babe" Ruth.
Dolan is not a pitcher and doubt
less showed the pellet up to the
plate to be hit. Still In the after
noon period of batting practice
when the regular and rookie pitch
ers who have been training at Mar
lin were on the mound and using
a good deal of Smoke" O'ConneH
stung the ball fully as hard as
during the morning.
O'Connell is a wrist snap hitter,
similar to the style of Larry La
joie, although the latter was a right
handed batter, and Dan Brouthers.
There was another older old-timer
than that pair of sluggers. Lip"
Pike, Of 70's. also snapped with a
wrist movement and could make
the ball siZzle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
QUICK
SCHEMES GOT
5JEFFR|ES
Sharpers Said to Have Lured
Half-MiIIion from Former
Champion.

SAN FRANCISCO. March O.
James ]. Jeffries, former heavy
weight champion and oil promoter,
who filed bankruptcy petition
here last week in the United States
District Court, according to friends,
was a victim of the get-rich-qulcK
boys" who, it is said have enticed
a goodly part of the reported half
million dollar fortune which the
former titleholder earned in the
ring.
Tt is the belief of sporting men
here that the big fellow who went
I'm for evangelistic work about a
year ago will now resume this
practice with more, enthusiasm than
ever before. now that he is broke. "
Friends of the champion were
wondering today if this hero OF the
roped arena, believed himself when
a year ago, in his first evangelistic
sermon, he said:
LET your conscience be your
guide. It's nobody's business II l
want TO swear, smoke and drink
so long as my heart is right"
"Obsessed with the millionaire
bug" that is the way one OF Jeff's
henchmen explained today. Re
suit of coquetting with the Tickle
Lady Luck. who instead of bunch
of roses, slipped the big fellow a
clean solar plexus punch"
big Jess Willard struck OIL" ex-
planned another follower. jeff
tried to strike it. but landed right
hook on a flock of phoney stock
while the go-get-'em boys counted
ten"
And while Jeff's friends and fol-
lowers are trying to figure it all
out the big question is, Can he
come back?" What's he going to
do?
Jeffries made picturesque figure
in the pulpit, shirt of bright stripes
adding atmosphere as he deftly
flicked a cigarette into corner
and rested with one arm atop the
piano, the loud checked cap in his
other hand.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06

Bob. what's become of that fellow
Wright you had around here several
years ago."
Wright was with the Louisville
Colonies when Foil as6ed that 0ues
ton. He was a member of the pitch.
ing staff which consisted of Ernie
Koob, Nick Cullop, Indian lineup,
Tommy Long, and Estell, and won
the American Association pennant.
On FOhFs recommendation,
Quinn engineered deal with the
Colonies for Wright.
The knuckle ball is the chief prize
Wright carries to the hill. FIe has
not advanced to the stage of joining
the regulars and working every
fourth day, but he pitched several
excellent games for the Browns last
summer. Foil handled Wright SINH
lar to Kolp, using Wayne against
the clubs without left-handed fence
busters in the lineup.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
c CLUB To HOLD
ENDOWMENT
MEETING
WaIdron Outlines Policy OF
NewIy-Formed Letter
Organization.

Georgetown University Club
members will meet at the Universe
ty Club today to talk over plans
for aiding Georgetown University
in their endowment drive, and in.
cidentally to discuss affiliating
other clubs in other cities, and to
formulate policy in regard to
athletics at the Hilltop.
The G Club is composed of former
Georgetown students, who won
their letters in any branch of ath-
letics.
Ronayne M. Waldron, president
of the club, declares the organiza-
ton will branch out in Richmond,
New York, Chicago, Buffalo, Pitts
burgh, st. Louis and Boston.
The G Club has been promised a
voice in the athletic council of the
college, and is planning to bend its
efforts to bringing one big football
game a year to Washington.
While not generally known, 1t is
a fact that the G Club is largely
responsible for the steps taken to
heal the long-existing breach be-
tween the University of Virginia
and the Blue and Gray.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
PADDOCK TRIES
UTAT HIGH
JUMP
Los Angeles Splinter Practic'
ing Every Evening-ciears
Bar at 5 Feet, Standing.

LOS ANGELES, March g.
Charles Paddock. worlu's cham
pion sprinter, has broken so many
cinderpath records that it has be-
come general opinion that there
isn't anything else the champion
can put over track fans. But there
is. Paddock has gone in for the
standing high jump and is more in
terested in this, new hobby of his
than in all the sprint records he
has ever broken. Sir Charles may
be seen every evening spending an
hour around the high jumping
standards and fifteen minutes on
the 1OO-yard straightway.
The Trojan track star claims to
have cleared the bar above five
feet, which is quite some mark,
considering the fact that Paddock
measures five feet seven. The cham
plon has a good spring and is
improving with practice.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
FIX GOLF DATES
FOR DISTRICT
LINKS
Shriners May Play on Any
Course During Caravan
Week.

Seven major golfing operations
| were decided upon at a clinic of the
| leading specialists of Washington
when the District Golf Association
foregathered at the Willard Hotel
This number is exclusive of the ma
tional public championships at POto-
mac Park on June 26 and the week
following or the Middle Atlantic event
of June Ia, Is and 16.
On May 3, 4, and the women's
invitation tournament at the Indian
Spring Golf Club is to be played,
May 8, 8, 10 and IL, the Star Cup
competition for women has been set
for the Town and Country Club. May
8, 10, IL and IL an Invitation tourna-
ment is to be held at the Indian
Spring Club, while May is, IL and IS
an invitation tournament is. SEIZED
uled at the Chevy Chase Club for
the Taft and Sherman Cups. The Co
lumbia Country Club comes along
with it's invitation tournament for
the Wardman trophy on May %, "a,
% and 26, which will be followed by
the women's District championships
at Indian Spring on October 5. The
mems District title play is scheduled
for October IL and IL at Chevy Chase.
Arrangements were made by the
District Golf Association to extend
the hospitality of the member clubs
to the visiting Shriners, who will be
allowed to play on any of the courses
by the payment of the usual green
fees. The Albert r. Mackenzie Cup
for the junior District championship
was accepted and date for the tour
nament will be named after cum-
mittee confers with the donor.
Officers. elected follow: President.
Morven Thompson, Chevy Chase;
first vice president, A. d. v. Burr,
Indian Spring; second vice president,
Herbert T. Shannon, Columbia Coun-
try Club; treasurer, DIR. j. T. Nc
Clenahan, Washington Golf and
Country Club, and secretary, DR.. w.
c. Barr, Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
FORT MYER SOLDIERS TO
STAGE BOUTS TONIGHT

Two six-round and fourround
boxing bouts are on the card at
Fort Myer tonight with Fort Myer
soldiers and other service men as
the principals. These boxing affairs
have been gaining popularity of
late, and big crowds from Washing
ton have been crossing the bridge
to witness the affairs.
The soldiers battle like collegians
for their alma mater, and while
there is considerable skill displayed
by the top-notchers, anything lack
ing in ring craft is usually made
up by the battlers' willingness to
mix.
Tonight's card is particularly
strong, and, despite the snow, the
soldiers are preparing for a big
crowd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06

They also look for Stubby Mack,
Homer Blankenship, and Cyril Duff
to exhibit. marked improvement.
Red Faber, while not as spry as he
was q few years ago, still is a
whale of u slab artist and being Il
clean liver believes he will with
stand another successful grind on
the peak,
With the old redhead as nucleus,
and Walsh, Gleason and Schalk to
work as instructors, these young
bloods certainly should improve
with leaps and bounds.
us it a fact that the pitching in
the American League has gone
back?"' Gleason was asked as he
reposed on a rubbing board in the
bath. NO" answered the veteran
bluntly. 1T has gone forward.
There may not be as many great
stars in the league as formerly, but
each club has a better brand to Of
fer you when you come to town.
You see, in the old days, nearly
every club had an outstanding star
for one day and then after he
shut you out you had easy picking
the rest of the series.
Nov, you get stiff and high
class box opposition every day.
What / mean is, there are more
good pitchers and perhaps not so
many great ones"
Consider this pearl of wisdom
from one of the keenest and craft
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06

Anu Wright LOOK advantage OF
this information. He was not a
physical giant, but he knew that it
was harder to hit ball that WAS
away from the strike territory than
one which split the pan.
From the big 10" to the Ameri-
can League, however, was another
story. Against Cobb, Speaker, Col.
Inns, Hooper, Elmer Smith, Baker.
Pipp, Veach, Heilmann and others
Wayne did not get many curves
past the batters.
Then came the game against the
Indians. Jimmy Burke, exhausted
for pitchers, sent Wright to the
hill and Wayne came through with
this 30 victory by getting Speaker
on strikes in the eighth inning with
three on and Elmer Smith, the
next batter, on a tap to the hill,
Although Foil had stepped
out of the American League he
had never forgotten that stunt
Of striking out Speaker with
three on and one down.
Had Wright famed Ruth, Bob
Meusel or fellows of that type Foil
would not have become excited. II
is a trick not mastered by many
pitchers-stril1ing out Speaker at any
time and with three on and only an
outfield fly needed to tie the score
well, no wonder Fohl said: Hey
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06

eSt pilots the game has ever known.
A pitcher must be smart to win.
Just having the curves and speed
won't get him anything nowadays.
Trouble is these husky kids try to
throw the ball by the batter, in
stead of studying him and trying
to outguess him.
The Kid, while a master second
sacker for years, was also at one
time a marvel on the slab for the
PhillieS.
Back in 1890 Gleason won
thIrty-seyen out Of fifty games,
an astonishing record.
The South Slider tactician thinks
highly of Ty Cobb's outfit and
ranks them as good as the best in
the Junior circuit. He declares
Bush will come back again this
year.
why not?" he queries. HE has
mastered the slow ball" Shocker,
OF the Browns, will also be as good
as-eVer this season
The brush of the old fox is turn.
ing from gray to white now, and
his strong face, deeply lined with
the tan of forty summers on the
ball field, is changing to a leather
hue. He is the hardest man in
the game to get to talk about him
self and the things he has done. He
evades leading questions and an.
swers indirect ones in monosylla.
bles.
Ask the Kid how he does it while
winning. and he'll hem and haw.
Finally, when pressed time and
again, he'll make one response:
II work with the players early
and late" he'll confide. Man by
man, ] give them individual atten.
ton. ! work with them all of the
time. If I have succeeded with my
ball club, it is because have
worked harder than ordinary. You
want the real reason. Well, here it
is-hard work.
You see, get along with my
players" continued the war horse.
Il get on with them. I'll play with
them or fight with them, either one
they want to do"
Kid Gleason never picked fight,
never refused a fight and never lost
one. ''.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
THIRD CORPS TEAM WILL
MEET WEST POINT ELEVEN

The announcement that the Third
Corps eleven will meet West Point
on the gridiron next fail is one that
should bring a smile of satisfaction
to the faces of those interested in
army athletics.
For some time negotiations have
been under way for the game, and
yesterday the official announcement
was made-hy the local headquarters
that the tilt had been booked for
September %.
Although the contest is somewhat
early in the season, both elevens
should be in good shape by that
time, since the call for candidates
win be issued a month or so before
the opening struggle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
All-Around Athlete
Rare, Figures
Show

That a small group of all
around athletes do most of the
representing of universities in
intercollegiate competition, an
opinion occasionally heard,
seems to be something of a
myth in the light of figures
just compiled at Ohio State
University. Since 1886 a total
of 1858 varsity letters have
been awarded 919 different men
at the Buckeye institution. Au-
thorities estimate that S02, or
81 per cent, of the letter-win-
ming athletes participated in
but one sport; $50, or SO per
cent, earning but one letter in
their particular sport.
Of the 919 Ohio State letter
men only eighty-four won let
tiers in two sports, twenty-one
attained honors in three sports,
while "Chic" Harley, football
immortal, stands out as one
athlete in Buckeye history to
win letters in four major
sports.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
MANHATTANS TO BID FOR
SECOND PLACE IN LEAGUE

The Manhattans will make tn cir
Did for second honors in the Wash
.ngton Amateur Basketball League
1t game tonight with the Dom
nican Lyceum team in the latter $
gym.
The Manhattans scored a victory
IN their last visit to the Lyceum
A victory tonight will more firmly
entrench them in second place in
the league, a position on which
they have a precarious hold at
present
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
ELIZABETH RYAN WINS
IN MENTONE TOURNEY

MENTONE, March s. - Miss
Elizabeth Ryan, of California, sue
cessfully passed the first round of
the local tennis tournament by
defeating Mrs. Redlich, 7-5 and
50,
The American girl was forced to
her best at times, but asserted her
supremacy when hard pressed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
Loses Tough Match.

Although he rolled every game
over 200, Mort Lindsey was beaten
by Jimmy Smith in a tenpin match
at Stamford, Conn. Both are ten
Primers of national fame. In ten
games Smith totaled 2,256 against
Lindsey's 2,2O1.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
HEAVYWEIGHT MATMEN
GRAPPLE TONIGHT

Wladez Zbyszko whom heavyweigh wrestling fans
Stranger Lewis and Ivan Mickaof
the human also prominent the ranks of the
opponents Coliseum tonight three falls finish
bout that should have direct effect future wrestling history
detail affair arranged except the choice of
The Cossa howed loud and long when Pat
the Ivan doesn't know Pat, and
perhaps the whom he
declared English modified
v1hateva theuta kon the Russian
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
Spike Webb Happy.

One of the happiest men in
America when frankie Genaro
whipped Pancho VILLA and won the
flyweight title was Spike Webb
the Naval Academy boxing coach
Spike coached the little Italian FOR
the last Olympic games.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-06
SandIotters Kick,

Sandlotters Of Pennsylvania are
raising a hue and cry against a
bill introduced in the legislature
TO make standard Eastern time
obligatory all the year round, thus
cutting out the daylight saving
that makes twilight ball a biz
success throughout the State.