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The Washington times., 1923-07-23
BABE RUTH IS IN
LINE FOR
HONOR
Yankee SIugger May Have
Weather Eye on Selection Of
Most Valued Player.
By HARRY NELLY,
COsSnOuoIitasD News Service.

CHICAGO, July 23.-With the
championship season Of 1923 a bit
more than half completed members
Of the American League trophy
commission. which annually selects
the player most valuable to his
club. are beginning to cast about
for candidates. The commission 10
composed Of a sports writer in each
city in the league.
Last season George Sisler was
chosen by big margin. His name
will be the first engraved on the
500, 900 shaft the American League
will construct in Washington. This
year, however, Sisler il out Of
competition through illness and the
commission rules forbid repetittons.
The plan caused no end Of dis
cussion among the ball players.
It was considered a high honor to
be mentioned as the most valuable
man on ones team. There was no
complaint last season relative to
the selection Of the estimable Sis
Ter. but this year Is something else
again.
It was a noticeable fact that
Babe Ruth did not get q tumble
last year. General department. In
addition to ball playing, ID taken
into consideration and the ''Babe"
wasn't exactly a good boy last
year. as athletic standards are
figured. Ruth set a notable record
for home runs but others in the
league were held In higher esteem.
This year Ruth has gone about
his work with q renewed spirit.
He Is playing the best bali Of his
career. He has shortened up his
swing and is driving In q multitude
Of runs with singles and doubles.
No longer is he an individual
player, but he is striving for the
welfare of the Yankees as q club.
Neither has he absented himself
from play. He Is there every day
These things have impressed them.
selves on the minds Of the members
Of the commission.
A person Just wonders IL Ruth
has not set out to prove bis worth.
ness with a weather eye cast on
the autumna1 voting. It must have
been very irl1some to a man OF his
baseball skill to be passed UP by
q commission Of newspaper men
from every city in the league.
Sculptors are working on plans
for the monument in Washington
and work OF construction win go
forward as soon as the art COM
mission Of the District Of Columbia
decides definitely on the proper site
and approves the original drafts.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
JOHNSON SETS
NEW MOUND
RECORD
Criffs Finish Western invasion
by Taking Odd Game
From Indians.
By FRANCIS J. POWERS.

CLEVELAND, July 23.-Donie
Bush has taken his Griffs to Boston
and. unless the past three days
mean nothing, trouble is due at the
Red Sox park. Bush has succeeded
In putting some Of his own pep and
ginger into his team and, II he can
keep his lads stepping, they are
sure to cause a lot OF pain for all
opponents. They sure did here,
winning the last three games after
dropping the first two. Yesterdays
3-to-1 victory for Walter johnson
gave the Griffs the odd games in
the series.
AS Bucky Harris is still lame and
Bluege has gone to Washington to
let the club physician take a look
at his twisted knee, the fiery little
Washington manager performed at
second base again yesterday. He
handled his seven fielding chances
without an error and got single in
three times at bat. His presence
in the lineup had a toxic effect
on the visiting team all the way.
Walter Johnson and Stan Cove
leSklo nOOKed up In a pltcnlng OueI
yesterday, the former having the
luck with him. Only six hits came
off the Polish hurler, four Of them
not counting in the scoring.
Sewell's bad throw put Leibold on
in the first, Bush sacrificing him
to second. On Brewers wild throw
to third after Goslin has persisted,
the midget scored.
Evans singled in the third, ad.
vanced on Johnson's sacrifice, and
scored when O'Neill, picking up
Leibold's bunt, tossed over Brower's
head, Evans came in.
Sam Rice's home run over the
screen in right gave the Griffs their
final tally in the seventh.
Johnson showed great headwork
on the hill, having a good change
of pace and deadly accuracy when
he had to come through with 1t.
He struck out five Indians, bring
ing his total up to 1904 for his
major league career. His closest
rival is Cy Young, who famed
2,S23, with Christy Mathewson run
ming third with 2,297.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
SIX COUNTRIES
!, CLASH At NET
THIS WEEK
Two Davis Cup Tennis Matches
Will Be Played on Ameri-
can Courts.

This is Davis Cup week in the
tennis world, with all six of the sur
viving nations in action against each
other. to determine the challenger OF
the United States team.
Two Of the matches viii be played
in the American zone, Australia
meeting Hawaii at the Orange Lawn
Tennis Club, beginning Friday. while
Japan will visit Canada on the
grounds Of the Montreal Club. The
third will be the finals Of the Eu-
ropean zone, between France and
Spain, and will be played at Deau-
Vile, July $3.50.
The Australian team will be COM
posed of two former contestants,
James o.. Anderson and J. B.
Hawkes., together with two promis-
ing young players, I. D. McInnes
and w. B. Schlesinger. They have
been practicing at Forest Hills, and
in action have shown some very ef-
fective play. The HawaiianS are
already at Orange, and their repre-
sentatives will be selected from Rich
ard Cooke, William N. Eklund,
Bowie Dietrich, and a newly added
member, J. A. Richards.
The Japanese team at Montreal
will consist of Masamosuke Fukuda,
Zenzo Shimizzu, and Seiichiro
Kashio, while the Canadian team
Will be headed by w. Leroy Rennie,
winner Of the Canadian title last
week, with the others. not yet an
nounced. 8
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
oRIoLE, SUSPENDED FOR
BLOW, SAYS HE'LL QUIT

READING, Pa, July 23.-Rube
Parnham, Oriole pitching ace, struck
Otis Lawry, Ieftfielder, following an
argument on the Baltimore bench
at the close OF the first inning of
yesterdays game with Reading. The
irate hurler, believing Lawry should
have caught a legitimate two-base
hit made by Miller. scolded him
numerically when they came in
from the field. Lawry demonstrated
and when he did so received q
glancing blow on the cheek.
Manager Jack Dunn quickly in
terceded. He was so angered be.
cause the big six-foot twirler struck
the small, game outfieIder that he
Immediately informed RUDE that he
was fined $3.50 and banished from
the ball game.
That fine goes, too" said Dunn
today, II have gone far enough
with him. He won't be permitted
to demoralize my ball club at q
time when we are fighting for q
fifth straight pennant."
It is understood that Rube told
several teammates that he intended
to quit the team Immediately.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
WILLARD D|DN' I
TRAIN, SAYS
SHELLY
Chief Of Workout Squad De-
cIares Spectators Were
Suckers.

YONKERS, N. Y, July 23.-"Sev-
enty-five thousands sucker fans, paid
their good money to see Jess Willard
take a soft flop in his fight with
Tirpo." said Jack Sicily today in
charging that the big Kansan did
not train properly for his bout and
that he was not knocked out and
could have continued.
Sicily who was in charge OF VIII
lard's training both for the F1rpo
fight and the Floyd Johnson match
which preceded ii declared that he
believed Willard never had an idea
he would get match with Dempsey
and that he went into the Firpo
match with the deliberate intention
q fading out OF the picture as soon
- the going got rough.
Il haven't said anything before.
maid Skelly. but you can iell EN-
did everything 1 could to make
Willard train and make him fight
when he stacked up against Firpo.
In the sixth round of the fight
when Willard was going all right
there was talk from Ray Archer,
Wizards manager. or having me
throw the towel into the ring. re-
fused TO fall for that and said:
what's the idea?'
Inen' Wnen big Jess went down
on his knees in the eighth it was
right near me. I yelled at him and
said You're all right, get up and
pleaded with him to rise but he just
looked at me az IL to sa go to
blazes.'
when he did get up after the
count I thought perhaps he was
hurt and rushed to him with the
smelling salts but he pushed me to
one side and then posed for the
photographer.
What got me Is that after the
fight he left flat and never came
near me. He never had a word of
thanks for any of us around here
who tried to help him.
The fans who paid their good
money to see that fight didn't get q
fair shake from Jess as l see It..
Their money put him on easy street
and he just bowed out gracefully as
II the~ were a bunch of suckers"
Sicily said that he never learned
until after the fight that Willard did
not put in the hours of training that
he had been told were part Of the
daily grind. He declared his shadow
boxing in his dressing room just be-
fore the bout was almost pathetic.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
EYE TROUBLE RUMOR GETS
CHALLENGES FOR CREB

Every one seems to want to fight
Harry Greb lately. Not so long ago
he was the most feared Of the men
Of his weight because his original
style of fighting was too confusing
for his opponents to solve. Now
even Mickey Walker wants to fight
him.
hTe reason for this sudden rush to
get into the ring with the Pitts
burgher probably is the rumor that
his eyesight Is failing. If Harry
comes back in his old time form,
the rush will cease as quickly as it
began.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
Agrees With McGraw.

WTHILE am not exactly a
" cantor tenor, / sing in the
W same key with Mr.. Nc
Graw when he observes that Jew
ish players never are mediocre.
If they can't be stars they quit
and go into some other business.
The same holds true with me and
my four pals. They never will
be just plain ball players.
For instance, Messrs. Altrock-
stein and Babe Ruthbere are
writer's. Kid Gleasonbaum is a
necktie salesman, specializing in
ropes for bonehead pitchers
necks. Tyrus Kalb is a profes-
sional bathhouse proprietor for
tired box artists, and Rogers
Hornblum is travelling salesman
for stationary engines.
l outlined my plan to DOME
Bush, manager of our Washing
ton club, and said:
eff this goes through, will YOU
give me release to McGraw?"
"Mr. Altrockstein," he replied,
"McGraw is one of my best
friends, but if you promise not to
tell him that l released YOU for
this purpose, you can have a re-
lease. But you don't have to 20
to so much trouble to get one.
If you don't get little bit fun
nier this week than you did last,
your troubles will be over. Some
day you are going too far with
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
TAGGING
ait Bases

The Griffmen. by taking the odd
game in Cleveland, brought their
average up to .333 since leaving
home. Seven Of their twenty-one
games have been victories. two
1n Chicago, one each in st. Louis
and Detroit and three in Cleveland.
They open a four-game series in
Boston tomorrow, returning Friday
night to hook up with the Detroit
Tigers.
Goose Goslin sIumped during the
Cleveland series. In the five games
he went to bat twenty-one times
and got one single. This gives
him an average of .04S and ex-
plains why his total record Is but
.282 today.
Johnny Bassler split q finger
in yesterdays game with the
Yankees and will be on the bench
for q week or so.
The Giants won a close decision
Philies, to 4, pulling a five-in-
ming game out of the shower.
The Dodgers and Braves split a
bargain bill, the first going to the
Braves ana Rube Marquard. IA
to 0; the second to the Robins,
to 5.
Commissioner Lands visited Red
land field for the first time and
the Reds celebrated by losing to
the Cardinals. 2 to 0.
Waite Hoyt won his fifth straight
and the Yankees made it three out
| of four beating Detroit, to 4.
The White Sox bomharded
Ehmke in the seventh and eighth
for eight runs and defeated the
Red Sox, 8 to 2.
Three Athletic pitchers could not
stop st. Louis batters and the
Mackmen lost, 9 to 4.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
POSITIVE
He LLFLATTEN
DUNDEE
Thursday Nights Fight Adds
to CoIorfuI Ring
Season.
By SID MERCER.

written for Cosmopolitan News Service)
NEW YORK, July 2S.-Ovsr-
Swallowed by the return match be-
tween Benny Leonard and Lew
Tender but nevertheless looming up
as one Of the most interesting
championship bouts Of this busy
summer season, Is the impending
encounter between Eugene Criqui,
worlds featherweIght champion. and
Johnny Dundee next Thursday night
at the Polo Grounds.
Criqui now talks like q champion.
He predicts that he will flatten Dun
dee within ten rounds. The little
Frenchman doesn't think that
Johnny will be strong at 126 pounds.
Even If he is, he won't be as strong
as Criqui, who is a little iron man.
The champion has no great regard
for Dundee's punch. He believes
his reconstructed jaw can abs orb
any blows that Dundee lands on it,
and that when Johnny tires he will
fall a victim to right hand punches.
Dundee isn't saying anything. He
seldom talks about his ring engage.
rnrnts either before or after he full
fills them.
Boxing fans can be sure Of one
thing, however. Johnny Dundee will
not be a push over" for Criqui,
as was Johnny Ktlbane, who sue.
cumbed to the first good punch.
Dundee has been baking for twelve
years and no riHgster has been
more industrious.
We have never heard anybody &C.
cuse Johnny Dundee Of participant
ing in a shady bout or guaranteeing
anybody anything except a good
fight. Johnny has fought feather
weights. lightweights and welter-
weights, and while he has lost some
decisions he was stopped only chce.
Willie Jackson turned The trick aev.
eraI years ago in Philadelphia, but
could not repeat
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
N
- BILLBOARD
TOday's Games.

Unlimited class-Section A, Gar
field vs.. American Legion, at Union
League Park. Sis p. M; Section
B, Brookland vs.. Dominican Ly-
ceum, at Seventh and Monroe
streets northeast. SIS p. m; Sec
ton C, Phils VS.. O'Donnell's, at
Randle Field, at SIS p. m.
Senior class-Section A, Lexing-
ton va. Plaza, at Hilltop Field, 5I5
p. M: Section B. Park VS.. Lin.
worth. at Washington Barracks,
SIS p. m. 3d..
Junior class-Section A, Thomp-
son VS.. Winton, at Rosedale, SIS
p. M; Section B, Park View VS..
Epiphany, at Handley Field, 5:15
o. M; Section c, Simpson We. Ire.
mont, Georgetown Hollow, 615
p. m.
Midget class-Section A, no game
scheduled; Section B, Southends vs..
Aztecs, at Union Station Plaza,
5:15 p. m.
TOmorrOw's Games.
Unlimited class-Section A, w.
F. Roberts VS.. Union Printers, Mt.
Rainier, SIS p. M; B, Mohawk VS..
Park View, Union Park, Sis p. m;
c, Comforter VS.. st. Joseph, Fiji.
tenth and c northeast, Sis D. M.
Senior class-Section A. st. Ter
esa VS.. Mohawk Props, Randle,
SIS p. M: B. Stanley VS.. Century,
Rosedale, SIS D. m.
Junior class-Section A, Elliott
VS.. Warwick A. c., Hilltop Field,
SIS p. M; B, Langdon Mardfeldts
VS.. Shamrock Juniors, at Langdon,
5:15 p. M; c. St Martin VS.. Mt.
Pleasant, at Seventh and Monroe
streets northeast, 5:15' p. m.
Midget class-Section A, Corin-
THAN VS.. Aurora, Union Station
plaza, SIS p. m.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
TWO RECORDS
WASHINGTON
Totals .2s 6 81 Q Totals IA

Totals .2s 627 81 Totals "a 8 81 II
"Batted for Coveleskie in eighth.
Washing TOM. o 10 O-3
CleVela nd ........ % 0 O o.
RunR-Liebold. Rice, Evans and Sum
ma. Errors-Brower. ONeill and SeweII.
Two-base hits-Wamby. Summa. Brewer
ca. Home run-Rice. Sacrifice hits
Bush, Johnson, Lutzke. Double plays
Wamby to J. Sewell to Brewer; ]. SewelI
to Wamby to Brewer; Summa to Brewer;
Coveleskie to Wamby to. Brewer. Left
on Decentralization, 1; Cleveland II.
First base balls-Off johnson, 4 off
Coveleskie, l. Htts-Off Coveleskie
in innings; off Edwards. in inning.
kie. /; by Edwards. l. Losing pitcher
Coveleskie. mpires-Hildebran and
Owens. Time of gams-I hour and ~
minuteAs
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
Three Rubber Chins
Block Champion
Dempsey's Path

All chins used to look the
same to Jack Dempsey, but
just at present there are three
lower jaws which the cham
pion has reason to believe are
reinforced with rubber. Demp-
sey has already tried out one
of them and found that his
glove bounded off it. It be-
longed to Tom Gibbons. The
other chins from which their
owners believe Dempsey's fists
will rebound harmlessly belong
to Firpo and Harry Wills.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23

midable with each succeeding
game.
The exact strength Of the Lee
giOn' will be determined this week.
The ex-Yanks face the seVerest
test any team likely will en-
counter in the series in one
week.
If they win tAeir games with
the Garfields, Petworths and
Printers in the next five days,
their advantage in the Section A
race would be overwhelming. Should
they lose all. the Legion's goose
would be cooked nicely brown.
Either is easily within possibility
Rain swept out. baseball in Ar
linRton county, but not until one
that were scheduled to open the
county championship series. Ar
lington had given the Brookmonts
a five-inning IL to licking when
the storm broke.
winning ball and the Arlingtons
were slamming Hardy when rain
came.
The Liberty club, which was un-
able to enter the city series, has
been successful in independent com,
petition. The Liberty team has
won nineteen games and lost eight,
the latest victim being the Wash
tngton Prep club. score. II to 9.
PetwOrth and Handley we're vic
tors In the inaugural games OF the
Suburban League, Petworth beat
Ing Brfghtwood. IL to 2, and Hand
ley. knocking off Takoma. 8 to 1.
JAZZ BY The washington Times and
The Washington Herald new sboys'
band aided in the entertainment
on Handley field.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23

The Legion is leading Section A
Of the unlimited class with three
victories and is the only team in the
section without a defeat. The near
est foe is the Garfield team, which
has won three games and lost one.
On Wednesday the Legion viii
play Petworth. It will be the third
meeting of these teams, each having
won a game in competition outside
the series. Petworth, in its last
series contest. defeated the crack
Garfields.
Only yesterday Petworth won
its opening game in the, new
Suburban League. The young
sters under Buck Grier are back
In the pace that made them . sen.
satiOnal team earlier In the season.
This BODIES no good for the Ameri-
can Legion.
Friday the Legionnaires will face
the Union Printers. Every sandlot
""m N Washington has a devout re-
spect Tor the Printers, although their
s~r:es 30 far has not
Oeen all that might have been ex.
| The typos have failed To
WIN q game, have lost one a I'D tied
| ~.
fhey may start winning at any
.Hme' and once started should be
mean 10 stop. The American lie.
ION counts It's game with the
1i n'ers as prospective struggle
all 10 have a team Of cracL NJ. ~
ers. They have PLAYED enoncb
games to be welded into a resI
! combination and become more Tor.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
Tender Weighs In
134H Pounds
Early Today

DELANCO, N. j., July ga
Lew Tender, who will fight
Benny Leonard, present cham
pion, for the lightweight crown
in New York tonight, weighed
in an 134a pounds at his train
ing quarters here today.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
NICK ANSWERS McGRAW

II oSTON July 23John McGraw, schoolmase Of the Giants
* a Jewish baseball player.
- points that Sammy Bohne, Of the Reds the
knows He recalls the King
and Bresnahan marvellous Jewish He he must have
a Jewish to make his club perfect
Well friends ready to sign with the Giants and take
and maybe four others Of will be satisfied with
piece "A piece did say! What do "a piece
is not
The Washington times., 1923-07-23

The challenger in last years bout
swept Leonard off his feet with his
@outhpaw tactics and had the cham
pion on the defensive for greater
part Of the bout. In the bout to-
night Tender believes he will prove
that Leonard's victory year ago
was a questionable one. He is
confident that Benny has not mas
tered his style of fighting and that
he win carry the light weight toga
70 Philadelphia.
The fight win be a grudge affair.
Fight fans expect to see plenty of
action.
Despite the great showing that
Tender made against Leonard q
year ago the champion has been
made a faVOrite in the betting on
tOnlEht's affair. Odds Of to 1
are offered on the champion and
5 to 8 that he will win by .
knockout.
The Tender money, which has
been scarce during the past week,
made It's appearance today when
hundreds of admirers of the Phila-
deiphia fighter came to town and
tore the wrapper from their bank
rolls.
Both lads are in the pink of con-
dltion. They will weigh in at 135
pounds at 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
The bout is expected to set a new
high mark for paid attendance.
Practically every seat in the Yankee
Stadium has been sold for the fight.
Over $4,000 persons are expected to
witness the contest.
The weather this morning was
cloudy and cool, wit hevery indica-
ton that the skies would clear before
the preliminaries begin tonight.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
Three Are Leaders,

The Cleveland Indians have three
out Of the, five leading batsmen In
the American League today, Jamie
son, Speaker and Sewell.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
TIGERS BUY YOUTHFUL
PITCHER FROM CAIRO

The Cairo Club of the KITTY
League has sold Pitcher OrviIle FL
10 81 Detroit Americans.
~ "F' . '-""nty years OF age and
this is his first year In Organized
baseball. He halls from Jasper,
Ind.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23

The way we will work it is
this: Myself and Ruth and Cobb
and Hornsby and Kid Gleason
will form an organization and
change our names at once. While
it is not generally known, the
writer's real name is Altrockstein,
and he will not have to change
his unless arrested quietly.
And he never was arrested,
especially quietly.
Babe Ruthberg, Kid Gleason
baum, Tyrus Kalb and Rogers
Hornblum! What an array of
stars there for McGraw. Yoi!
Hurrah! Yoi! And ALI our friends
will throw blintzes at the umpire
instead of pop bottles if the de-
cisions go against US.
And if anyone should be alb
sent-minded and put gelt under
our pillow we want to make it
clear that we are not gonoffs.
Schleper! Rosbonick!
The Biggest Insult.
" HE biggest insult any of us
five, who are out for the one
hundred grand, is for some
sapp to call US a ham sandwich
This thing happened to the writer
about last Yom Kippur, and he
almost lost his head for the mo-
ment. Such a loss might mean
little to the world, but it is the
best skull / have.
Now, if Shamus McGraw is on
the level, he will sit down and
write a check payable to the
writer and his pals. He had bet
ter not stop payment on the
check, either.
Some golems and nudicks,
which is our new way of refer
ring lightly to boneheads and
pests, may think this Is not a
smarter of an idea, but we could
buy lot of bagel herring with
that dough.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
Gain Half a Game.

The Yankees gained half a game
on the Indians last week, thanks
to the unexpected squirt by the
Griffs at Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23

the umpires and they will release
you to St. Peter"
Copyright, 1929 by The Christy Walsh
Syndicate.)
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
SM zyg=eE SM4=E and P@ EggEe
BY r. ID. THOMAS

Both expecting for tough battle the American
Garfield viii clash this afternoon Union Park
feature Of the the sandO championship
may Legion die this
happens the exYanks booked five
and each of the three is with a club.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
BENNY LEONARD CLAIMS
HE'LL KNOCK OUT
LEW TENDLER
BY MAX KASE.

NEW YORK. July 23-Lew Tender, Philadelphia battier w
have his second opportunity for the lightweight
when meets Benny Leonard the champion scheduled
round bout at the Yankee stadium.
Tender is confident of victory So Leonard inc cnnp'O
predicts will knockout settle
the question of Benny knows he must win decsey
tonight. The decision the reaze
that although he the popular decision from the nwboy fighter
had that bout been decision affair." the judges might have decided
a0oiuS
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
Report on Sepr. 10.

Curly Byrd will call out his Mary
land University football squad on
September 10.
The Washington times., 1923-07-23
LEADING MAJOR HTTTERs.
National League.
YESTERDAYS HOMERS.
National League.
ANOWB OCA VAOUs.
Leading SluggerS.

American Leagu