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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
MUNY PLAYERS
IN T|TULAR
MATCH

Maurice O'Neill, the Districts
champion municipal racquet wielder,
is in quest Of further laurels. This
afternoon, at 4:45 o'clock, with G. D.
Rock as a partner. he will meet DR..
w. H. Davis and c. S. Cragoe, In
the final round Of the doubles.
The titular matcn will be played
on the Monument grounds courts,
Seventeenth and B streets, with Col.
Waite C.. johnson and Louis I.
Doyle officiating.
1t had been hoped to have Assist
ant Secretary Of War Dwight f.
Davis, who also is president Of the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa.
ton, present to award The Wash.
ington Times trophies and the prizes
to the runners-up in both events.
Up until an early hour this morn
ing Mr.. Davis had not returned to
the city from an urgent call which
took him from Washington the
early part Of last week. Should he
return during the day, he will be
on hand.
O'Neill will receive the loving
cup, the donation Of The Washing.
ton Times to the winner Of the sin.
giles, and the winners Of the doubles
also will be awarded trophies. A. G..
Spalding & Bro. and Otto Glucker
have donated racquets to the run.
ners-up in each event.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
Rules For Free Trips
To World Series
With Skillet

Pick ten men, including two
pitchers, from the two major
leagues.
Give your reasons in a state
ment as close to $50 words as
possible.
The TWO selections nearest
to Babe Ruth's selections to be
announced in The Washington
Times on September 8, together
with the BEST statement of
reasonS,. earn the trips to the
world series as guests Of this
newspaper.
Babe Ruth himself will Judge
your reasons and compare your
choice with his.
Babe Ruth win not pick him
self.
George Sisler is not eligible,
as the players will be selected
on the basis Of their 1923 play
ing.
Contest closes at midnight,
August 81.
Announcement of the two
readers who earn the trips will
be made in The Washington
Times on Saturday, Septem ;
ber 8.
The world series will probably
be played in its entirety in
New York starting about
Wednesday, October 10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
SERVICE BOXERS SCRAP
IN SPORTLAND'S RING

Two service boxers, Bobby Garcia.
Of Camp Holabird, and Honey Boy
Finnegan, of the Navy, stationed at
Annapolis, feature the ring show
at Sportland tonight in a twelve
round contest. They are feather
weights. Nothing much is known
here Of Finnegan. but Garcia has ap-
peared several times in Baltimore
within the past year and once at
Sportland against Johnny Reno, who
easily outpointed him.
Four other bouts complete the
card, the first scrap being due to
start at 8 o'clock.
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once more start forward, posing
his dynamite ready for q blast.
Then The End.


TOR the third time, or possibly
n the fourth or fifth, one of them
will go down. If Dempsey, it
will because that terrible right
hand of the Argentinian has landed
once or thrice or nine times on the
head and neck and face. If Firpo,
it will because Dempsey has caved
in his body with right or left jolt
or has lifted him clear from the
floor with one of his uppercuts
with either hand.
Then the referee will be merely
wasting his time counting the re-
quired ten for the beaten boxer
won't know what it is all about for
many minutes, not seconds.
If Dempsey is defeated, the su-
perstitutious will say, didn't we
say the champion was linked ?"
The rest Of them will say, "Didn'.
we say that Firpo had to land only
once on the right place ?"
If Firpo is counted out, it will be
said by hackers of the champion, "A
good pair of hands can always
beat merely one good one. Jack
has forgotten more than the wop
will ever learn about boxing"
And, if defeated, Firpo will sail
away to that dear Buenos Aires, his
pockets jingling many, many pesos,
there to take up the idle life of
the very, very rich, now and then
smiling at the ease with which he
came into affluence.
Also, if victorious, Firpo will do
the same thing.
No one knows now which man
will win, but this much is absolute
ly true, it won't be long either way
before one or the other goes down
In defeat.
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It Won't Be Long.

PRACTICALLY all who know
anything about the ring game
u of today are agreed that the
Dempsey-Firpo thing won't last
long, no matter which man wins.
Some say that, with both boxers
rushers from gong to gong, there
will be a head-on collision, bling,
bang, and one will hit the canvas.
It may be Firpo. 1t may be Demr-
sey.
The fallen man will take the
count to eight or nine, rise and
head right in to another collision.
If Dempsey goes down, he will
wade in with both hands. If Fir
po, he will leap toward his foe
swinging that ponderous right
hand.
Again one Of them will hit the
floor. He will be slower getting
up again. If Dempsey, he will i'm
mediately go into a half clinch,
shooting jolts and hooks and up.
percuts with both hands to the
heart and jaw. If Firpo, he will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
The Dempsey Side.

IN the other hand, the followers
Of the champion say that Jess
~ Willard was even bigger than
Firpo,. yet he was beaten almost to
death in one round. They say that
Dempsey will have an advantage
in meeting a bigger man.
Dempsey folks believe that the
champion, knowing he fought HIM
self from the bottom to the too,
will have superior confidence.
Dempsey folks say that the right
hand is all Firpo has, while Jack
has two of equal merit.
Dempsey folks, looking with
scorn at the superstitution Of those
banking on Dempsey to lose merely
because he is champion, say that
such a slow boxer as Firpo will
never, never land that right hand
where it will count most. So there
you are.
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Here's the way things look to q
Firpo man
The challenger will have any
where from twenty-four pounds to
thirty-five advantage. He will
stand a couple of inches higher in
the air. He will have the knowl-
edge Of having nothing to lose and
all the wide, wide world to gain.
He will have as his principal wea-
pom a right hand wallop which has
flattened every opponent he has
faced, only one Of whom, Homer
Smith, succeeded in lasting out the
limited distance.
Firpo admirers, probably a bit
superstitious, say that Benny Leon
ard is the only champion who has
not lost his title in the Polo
Grounds this season. They point
to Wilde, to Kilbane, to Criqui.
Now they say that Dempsey Is due
to be shorn Of his ring honors.
Firpo enthusiasts, and there are
hundreds Of thousands of them all
around the country, point to their
hero's terrific right hand wallop.
"Let him land that once, just once,
and he will be champion of the
world" that's their tune.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
LOOKING 'EM OVER
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER
1T WON'T BE LONG, ANYWAY.

us ANGEL EIRPo is due for contest with Jack Dempsey
Grounds He last three rounds He also likely to hear
brides sing inside Of the first three minutes He succeed
landing that powerful right hand wop his Dempsy and
the clash holder the worlds heavyweight Then
will be back that Aires with jngng
his pocket than owned by but those old birds IN
Horsemen the bokes their
where guachos roamed the cleaning and
deds Of scattered kids cried Papa give
thing like that It will be all hunky the Wild Bull
Pampas, If only he drop hand Jacks
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
FANS CAN'T RESIST LURE
OF WORLD SERIES TRIP

H. Ke Guard Service with headquar
in the Treasury Department. who lives at s019 Flag place
"Sket" Esqs in his
succumbed the lure free the world
SERIES
theatrical and baseball
that "once a a deadhead he Is always a deadhead"
being bonafde of Skillet opening of
local last April has caught the fever easily detected in
circles bidding string along with
Skillet the world series scramble in New York
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16

not overlooked Gerber, the peppery
little Brown shortstop.
Frisch is described by Mr.. Kee as
a wonder on ground halls and a
fast, fine, heady player.
Perkins grabs the catching job
because he is considered the best in
either league, a tough hitter and
can play the infield If necessary.
LuQue and Pennock are two of
the principal factors in their re-
spective leagues and on their re-
spective teams, both using their
heads for something besides a
hatrack.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16

Totals 81 Z "a Ill Totals ..29 10 ~ 16
"Ran for Peckinpaugh in ninth.
Washington 90 o o 0 o o 0 SIS
Chicago. ......1 % u o 2 x-A
Runs--Goslin. Rice. Russell. Hooper.
Mostil Collins and Shelly. ErrorB-Zah
niser and Kamm. Two-base hit--Falk.
Stolen bases-Hooper. Mostil. Collins.
Sacrifice hits-Peckinpaugh, Shelly. 2;
Falk. Double plays--Faber to Shelly:
Faber to Collins to Sheely: Mcclellan to
Collins to sheely (s). Lett on bases
Washington. s: Chicago. Is. First base
on balls-Off Zahniser. 10; off Marberry.
/; off Faber, 2. Struck out-By Zah-
niser, 2: by Faber, /. Hits-Off Zah-
niser. 7 in innings; off Marberry; in
/ inning. Hit by pitched DaH-By
Faber (Zahniser). Losing pitcher-Zah-
niser Umpires Owens and Nallin
Wild pitch-Zahniser. Time OF game
hours and Is minutes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16

the NF1nSS the CH6SCs GnO StUHlMcHS
the back-FirpO doesn't care par.
ticularly where he lands, so long
as he lands. Eventually his man
goes to the floor.
willard sank to his knees In utter
collapse. Brennan went down the
same way. So, too, did Weinert.
And so, we have no doubt, would
Homer Smith have conc to the floor
for the seventeenth time, had the
bout gone that far.
The difference between the seven
teenth trip and the sixteen that had
gone before, would have been SIM
ply this: from 1t there would have
been no rising. not just then, at
least.
There are many strange things
about Luis Firpo--this Is no re-
Election on the cabinet" that trails
him about the country-but the
strangest Of all is that "Firpo
finish"
A knocker out, as complete and
satisfactory a performer in that line
as any fight fan could desire, and
yet one who defies description.
Just a wild wave of wallops, a
sagging to the canvas, and it's all
over. That's the "Firpo finish"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
FIRPO'S LEFT FIST FAST
FINDING ITSELF AS
USEFUL WEAPON
BY WARREN w. BROWN.

NEW YORK Aug 16There some indication MONDAY hd ms
Powerful right swing rumpled head of hair and dead PAN
discovery properly applied to the chin and
back OF the neck of just valuable aid IN putting
right that earned
his publicity and all his dough- FpO HAS left hand Dan
Jack Kearns will do well to tip the champion off to that fact
sor Dempsey the night Of the 4th OF
September figuring had watch the Firpo right
complications in that will be unpleasant to the least
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
Do You Remember

The war?
When Johnny Beall, he Of the
massive frame, was q member
Of Techs track squad?
That afternoon Denton (Cy)
Young carcmed fast one off
Dave Altizer's Grecian nose?
When Billy Fowler used to
ride herd on dilatory members
Of the Washington baseball
team?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
BILL BARRETT ON WAY
TO JOIN CHICAGO SOX

READING, Pa, Aug. 16.-Out-
fielder Bill Barrett Of the Reading
Internationals left to join the Chi
cago White Sox today. The former
Athletic pitcher having been sold
to Charles Comiskey for $4,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16


Very little of the artistic could be
noted about the Firpo left hand as
1t was displayed curing the few
minutes of action before Weinert
folded up. For the first round Luis
used the gloved paw to swing up
and down in front Of him, crossing
It over his right, which also swung
up and down.
This strange movement Of the
arms, coupled with a leaning back,
was Firpo's defense throughout the
first three minutes Of fighting, and
1t wasn't a half bad defense, either,
though Weinert was able to get
through with an occasional left that
did little damage.
1t was only in the last few Sec
onds Of the rounds that Luis decided
he had strutted his defensive stuff
long enough and went out to get the
show over. He did not have time in
that round, though any one of the
right swings he started would have
put Weinert away had they come
even close to landing on the but
ton."
Frpo, In that second round,
went back to first principles. He
forgot all about his defense and
walked out Of his corner with
only one idea in mind. That was
TO knock his man over,
If Firpo had learned anything
about boxing from Professor Jimmy
De Forrest it was forgotten in the
wild moments that followed. All
F1rpo knew then was to get those
~ er 1T n
Sooner or later one Of them would
find a mark, he know.
Curiously enough, 1t was the
clumsy left that thudded first
against the Weinert chin. Down
went the Newark heavyweight, and
UP he scrambled. But Firpo. who
Ia as thorough. If not as workman
Ike finisher as the ring owns to-
day. was right on the job, and It
wasn't a half minute later that
Weinert was through for the
evening.
Considerable can be said about
Firpo's way Of winding. up the
show. He does not stop his man
with a single punch. And in the
last two bouts here in the East,
those with Willard and with Vein
ert, 1t has been next to impossible
to describe the punches that finally
put his man down, where they
landed, or how they were delivered.
Though Firpo's style Of finish.
ing up his man ID not pretty to
gaze upon, and lacks practically
all the elements that go to make
what In termed q "clean" knock.
out, there Ii no denying that there
IL little room for argument about
the final result.
There is a certain sameness about
the Firpo finishing touches, how
ever, especially was this noticeable
In the Willard and Weinert fights.
One stiff punch that hurts his man,
and then the furry of rights and
lefts, some landing, some missing
hurled forward with very little re-
gard for accuracy of aim, but all for
the one purpose-the finish.
There is certain fury about
Dempsey's work when he has his
man going and he tears in to stop
him. But Dempsey, for all the
to measure his man and vancouver
him around for one "shot" that will
get II all over.
There is none Of that measuring
about Ffrpo. When he has his man
in a bad way he starts swinging.
That's all Luis has in mind, swing
ing. He keeps driving forward,
both hands working as fast as he
can wave them in and out and up
and down and back and forth.
On the jaw, on the top Of the
head, on the back Of the neck, on
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
CONNIE MACK PURCHASES
TWO BIG LEAGUE HURLERS

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-THE
Athletics have purchased two pitch
ers from the Gastonia club of the
Sally league. They are Boy Meeker,
a southpaw, and Howard Kelly,
right handler. Meeker has been
bought outright. but Kelly must
show promise or be turned back to
EaRtonia
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16

Warrington. o o 0 o o 0 1 o o o 0 IS
Chicago. ..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o.
Runs Liebold, Goslin, Charity,
Bluege, MogridEe and Hooper. Error
Schalk. Two-baSe hits-Gosln, Hooper,
Charity. Stolen bases-Collins, Judge,
Hooper. Leibold, Mogridge. Sacrifice
hits - Peckinpaugh, Mostil, Collins.
Double plays-McClellan to Collins, Lei
bold to Bluege to Mogridge to Charity.
Left on DISQUALIFICATION. 8; Chicago.
S. First base on balls-Off Robertson,
4; off MOgridge, 1. Struck out-By
Mogrtdge, 4; by Robertson, 1. Hits
OFF Robertson. 10 in IL 2-8 innings; Sff
Thurston in Ia inning. Hit by pitched
ball-By Robertson (Judge). Wild pitch
Robertson. Losing pitcher-Robertson
UmpireB-Owens and Nallin. Time Of
game hours 10 minutea
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16

Skillet" doesn't know anybody
n Washington he'd rather have so
with him than Mr.. Kee, for, II nenl-
Dry serves him right, Oscar behaved
himself az q thorough sport that
opening day; ate his peanuts with
out crunching and drank his soda
pop without spilling any on his
vest.
With such record for public be-
havior, Skillet" Is rather inclined
to think that Oscar would make
days Of October, when the days arc
warm and comfortable and the
nights cool and full Of temptation.
In view Of which, Mr.. Kee has
submitted an all-Amerlcan base.
bah medley which il somewhat
unusual, 10 he is including I'm his
Ar1tAngeHne11t Of the players some
very strong material which hasn't
been getting much Of q tumble
from the regular run Of this base
ball discussion.
How near Babe Ruth will agree
with Mr.. Kee remains to be Seen,
but If originality and strength are
factors to be combined with proven
ability. Oscar deserves all Of the
nOtority Skillet" IL herewith and
hereat directing at his corporal
being.
The fact that his selection hasn't
been duplicated or nearly duplicated
doesn't retract one iota from HIS
chances. His team IL good and his
arguments stand up like the Airing.
ton radio raasts. Here's his vote:
Tobin, right field, Browns.
Speaker, center field, Indians.
Wheat left field, Dodgers.
Blue, First base, Tigers.
HOrnsby, second base, Cardinals.
Frisch, third base, Giants.
Perkins catcher, Athletics.
Luque, pitcher, Reds.
PennOck, pitcher. Yankees.
Key considers Tobin q real lead
off man, a fast and excellent fielder
with q good hitting eye and throw
Ing arm.
He furthermore believes Speakers
brains ana experience are essential
to any all-American selection; that
he IL q sure fielder, wonderful hit
ter, fast and accurate.
Wheat, according to Mr.. KEGS
deposition. belongs because he is
30O.hitter, speedy and one of the
brainiest feeders in the game.
Blues ability to bat either right or
left, together with his consistent
hitting and able fielding wins KEGS
appreciation as q first baseman.
He picks Hornsby much for the
same reason that everybody else
has; because he Is q good fielder,
quick on the bases and a veritable
asset at the bat.
Kee is one of the few who have
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16

THURSDAY, AUGUST is, 1923.
LEONARD w. COLLINS, golf analyst,
has his ear to every links, public and
semi-private, in and around WASHING
TON. He doesn't miss the slightest pull
sation in the tennis world, either, and
you can't afford to miss his articles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
NEVER TOO LATE
WASHINGTON
An " n
CHICAGO

Totals AZ 10 SO 81 Totals 80 s SO l6
Warrington. o o 0 o o. 90 IS
Chicago. 0 0 0 0 O O O-1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16

Though Firpo's style Of finish.
ing up his man IL not pretty to
gaze upon, and lacks practically
all the elements that 60 to make
what 10 termed q "clean" knock.
out. there Is no denying that there
Is little room for argument about
the final result.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-16
YES, IT WAS
WASHINGTON

Totals 81 ram Totals 40 10 81 !
Evening star., 1923-12-20
FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL
IN NEW ENGLAND

From Current History Magazine
The first public school in Nv Eng
land was launched at Newport, r. L.,
2SS years ago, when. the frcemen of
Rhode Island voted to support such an
institution TO be conducted by the
Rev. Robert Lenthal, a Church of
England clergyman. In the colonial
days IN America little thought was
given to the education of the children
of the common" people, and among
the well to do the opinion generally
prevailed that such people were bet
ter off without any education. The
Rhode Islanders did not share this
view, however, and when the Rev.
Lenthal proposed to keep a public
school for the learning of youth" he
found ready support for his project.
He was granted 100 acres of land to
be laid forth and appropriated for a
school, for encouragement of the
poorer sort. to tarin up their youth
in learning"
Evening star., 1923-12-20
WOOL PROVES PUZZLE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, December 2O.sWith prices
hack practically to the level prevail
ing at the first of the year. the local
raw wool trade today was endeavor-
ing to calculate what the future of
the wool market will he. At the
moment wool is being sold faster
than it is being produced. according
to a survey made by the FIRST Mer-
that domestic stocks at country
points are low, and manufac turer RS
are anticipating their requirements.
These facts and the rising tendency
abroad are counted on at least to
maintain existing prices. Receipts
Wednesday We're 1889 bags OF domes-
tic wool
Evening star., 1923-12-20
TODAY.s CHICAGO PRICES.

CHICAGO. December 20. Wheat
underwent a moderate setback in
price today soon after the opening.
Demand was of only a scattered sort
and there was division of opinion as
to how the government crop report
should be construed Besides, con-
tinued favorable weather for the har-
vest in Argentina was reported. The
opening. which ranged from Il off to
a shade advance, May 1.0S5s to l.0S&4
and July 1.06% was followed by
general decline
An increase of commission house
offerings weakened the corn market.
After opening unchanged to Is high
err May "A. prices showed slight
losses all around.
Oats were easier with corn, start
ing unchanged to Il up, May, 455s to
Asa but later sagged.
Lower quotations on hogs pulled
RI
Evening star., 1923-12-20
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, December 90 UNITED
States Department of Agricultural
Hoes-Receipts, 81, 900 head; slow:
early sales to shippers and traders.
to 10 lower; packers holding back;
good and choice 240 to 900 pound
butchers, 7.O0a7.10: top. 40; $50 to
225 pound averages, 6.75a6.s5; $50 to
10 pound averages. 6.55; packing
sows. 6.S0a6.50; strong weight pigs,
590a6.15.
CattIe-Receipts, 1900 head; un-
even; killing quality generally plain:
weighty steers unevenly higher; top
matured steers, 1880; lower grades
beef steers dull; other classes about
steady: bulls steady to 10 higher;
vealers, strong; bologna bulls 400
a4. 40; veal calves, 800 to 9.25 for
handyweight; stockers and feeders
scarce; better grades steady; others
slow.
Sheep-Receipts. 10000 head; slow;
fat lambs steady to weak; sheep
steady to around 25 lower; no early
sales feeding lambs; fat wooled
lambs, 12.75a12.90; medium to good
slaughter ewes, 600.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
DRY GOODS QUIET.
Very Little Buying Reported i'll
Today's Market.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 20.-Busi-
ness was dull in the cotton goods
markets today, with few sales of
more than 1000 pieces reported. job
bers, ignoring the threat of a cur
tailed supply. We're buying only on a
hand to-mouth basis.
Print cloths were steady at l cents
for 64 by 60 and 1212 cents for 6S by
70 Light trading also was reported
in the raw silk market, where prices
were unchanged
Evening star., 1923-12-20
NEW YORK EGG PRICES.

NEW YORK, December 20.-Eggs-
Steady; receipts, 8,053 cases. New
Jersey hennery whites. closely select
ed extras, 5sa6O: nearby hennery
whites, closely selected extras, 5Sa6O;
state, nearby and nearby western
hennery whites, first to extras, 5Oa5S;
Pacific coast whites, extras. 56a5S;
Pacific coast whites, firsts to extra
firsts, 50a55.
Evening star., 1923-12-20
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE, December 20 (Spe-
ciaD Live poultry-Turkeys. pound.
2Oa34; young chickens, II %; leg
horns, 14a20; old hens. 1Sa22; leg
horns, 16a1S; old roosters, l3a14:
ducks, 16a24; geese. 20a25: pigeons,
pair, 25a3O; guinea fowl. each, 35a70.
Dressed poultry-Turkeys 21a35;
chickens, 22a24; old roosters, 15a16;
ducks, 20a25; geese, 20a2S.
Eggs-Loss off, native and nearby
firsts, dozen, As; southern. 4S.
Butter-Creamery good to fancy,
pound, 50a55: prints, 55a57; nearby
creamery, 42a46; ladies, 34a35; rolls,
2Sa32; store packed, %; dairy prints,
2Sa32; process butter, SO.