The Washington times., 1923-08-01
WORLD SERIES
TRIPS GIVEN
BY TIMES
Baseball Fans From D. c. Co.
ing as Free Guests in
Big Contest.
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of matching your baseball Judg-
ment against that of the greatest
player in the land.
Should your selection correspond
in every detail with that of the
King Babe you will have the dis
tinction of achieving tremendous
task against overwhelming odds
as Bame Ruth has played against 80
per cent OF the big league perform
ers in championship and exhibition
games and has personally observed
the playing Of practically all Of
them at one time or another.
You must have some ideas on
what combination of big league
past timers would make a rare and
effective playing organization If
cast on one team.
If you are even the mildest kind
Of a baseball fan, 1t must have, at
one time or another, entered your
mind that team made UP of Cobbs,
Johnsons, Speakers, Ruths, Shock
ers, Williams, SCOTS and HornSbys.
or any Of the famous individual
stars Of the shadowy past, would
make trouble If brought together on
the playing field all wearing the
same uniform.
That Is what this contest IL for,
only 1t Is confined to the big
timers OF the 1923 season.
Matter of Opinion.
Every year, the world waits with
breathless anticipation the all
American utterances of Babe Ruth.
whose personal popularity and base
ball Judgment is admitted to carry
overwhelming weight wherever base
ball Is discussed.
After all, Babes mythical nine is
only a matter Of opinion, and if your
opinion corresponds with his in
every detail and your reasons are
among the best TWO submitted.
you are sitting pretty for a free
trip to the series in New York
with Skillet" Finn, who knows
something about entertaining base
ball fans, as your chaperon and
The Washington Times as your
host.
Now, Of course, you want to
know who is going to judge the
value Of your statement of facts,
why your players deserve the re.
spective positions with which you
identify them. Do not worry about
this-for your reasons will be
analysed by none other than Louis
A Dougher, veteran baseball writer
and sporting editor of The Wash.
ington Times, in collaboration with
the managing editor and Skillet"
Finn, Esq.
Now just a word about your
statements and selections.
You have been limited to $50
words, not because the judges care
whether you are a dozen words
above that limit, but because you
should be able to give your reasons
within these bounds.
You are to write on one side OF
the letter paper only and should
be able to get both your selection
and statement, together with your
name and address, on one sheet OF
ordinary writing paper, thereby
eliminating the possibility Of them
getting separated.
You Can Try Often.
Do not let this request for your
reasons scare you out of a trip to
New York for the world series, be-
cause you do not feel yourself O
master at composition. They will
not be judged according to literary
ability as revealed in your re-
sponses. but according to baseball
fact, and the more simple and sue
cient you are and the closer you
couple the rules Of brevity with
your baseball judgment, the better
Address your answers to Skillet"
Finn, ESQ, Sporting Department.
The. Washington Times. You may
submit as many selections as you
wish, but each must be accom-
panied on the same sheet of paper
with your explanation of team merit
and your name and address.
Now it is up to Washington q
baseball family as to who will earn
trip to the series. The rules are
few, uninvolved and fair Pull your
thinking caps down around your
ears and take a trip for yourself
to Americas biggest sporting event.