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The Delta independent., 1923-11-09

Mrs. Arthur King was in Delta Mon,
day.
Fred Miller. from Hotchkiss. spent
last Thursday with Mr and Mrs. w
l.. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. w f. Steele visited
Roy Steele and family OF Paonia last
Thursday.
Bldon Waterman is here from Gun.
nison. visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. M. o. Waterman.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Bliss left for
California Tuesday where they ex-
pect to spend the winter
Francis Vela came In from the
Blue Mesa Friday of last week.
where he has been working with the
surveyors.
The Delta independent., 1923-11-09
BOXING TOURNAMENT
HELD BY ECKERT SCHOOL

Friday evening. Nov. End, fistfc fans
were pleased by boxing tournament
given by the members OF the boxing
class Of the Eckert High school.
Seven snappy, clean hard-hitting
bouts were put on and a battle royal
OF the Go and Get Them type closed
the entertainment OF the athletic card.
Each member OF the class has been
given the name of some noted pugi-
list (disregarding class as TO weight)
Pancho Villa and John l.. Sullivan
mixed first for three-round bout
Battling Sikh and Bob Fftzsimmons
went 2 rounds. and although Sikh was
bleeding from ear to ear he was given
the decision.
Johnny Kilbane and Eugene Criqui
went up and down, round and round.
in three--ound mixed bout which was
called a draw although Criqui soaked
terrific rights to Kflbanes jaw and
had points down on the mat when
they went to the mat
Jack johnson played ping pong"
with Charles Luschay at a distance,
ouN AahcU 10 get the decision the
bout being called draw.
Jim Lobo and Red wop mixed and
exchanged blows for three rounds in
which Red Wop walloped Lobo so
severely that the referee called halt
and gave the decision to Red wop.
Carpenter and Cowboy Padgett
went three fast rounds for a draw.
Last but not least came the five
nound go between Jack Dempsey and
firpo. Three times Firpo knocked
Dempsey through the ropes-three
times Jack came back for more. Fir.
po was hoored twice but came back
and "srapped 1t OUT to such an ex-
tent that the go was called a draw.
Bingi Bangi oul Ouchl About
eight crys from eight bantam weights
slashing. banging. from all sides and
angles. One down. one a bloody nose
finally only two left. Tommy Gibbons
and Battling Newman after ten min.
utes and Battling Nelson. After ten
minutes struggle between these fel.
lows the referee called 1t a draw.
Coach Patton plans to coach the
boys on wrestling and boxing and
will give another athletic card in De
cember.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
ANzACS MAKE
READY FOR
OLYMPIC
Z. w. Carr Establishes New
= Mark for Commonwealth
for 1oo-yard Dash.

Australia is again seeking a place
IN the athletic sun. Evidence that
THE AnZacs are preparing to fight
for places in the Olympic games at
Paris next August, when the track
and field contests will be decided
can be found in reports from the
various sections of the antipodes,
and the latest of these shows a
sprinter who raced 100 yards in
900 $40, which is considerable
sprinting.
The runner is E. w. Carr. and de-
spite his smashing performance ne
1s still inexperienced, 50 that there
Is much to he hoped for in The
youngster. Carr raced against foul
men and won handily. The mark
10 a new Australian record and
equals the Australasian record OF
long standing
Carr. it is said. will be sent 10 the
Olympics, but in the case of Boy
Charlton, the swimming marvel
there is some doubt as to whether
this youth will compete at Paris
He. will be under seventeen, and his
father is of the belief that he is too
young TO make the long Journey.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
.NYER N|AULERS
TOG|VE SHOW
TOMORROW
Third Corps Area Mittmen En-
counter Husky Lads at
Fort.

The Fort. Myer battlers win In
troduce their specialties in slams and
hooks; to a varied band of service
boxing experts from the third corps
area tomorrow night, and it is ex-
pected that the biggest crowd of he
season will attend the session at the
riding hall. This will be the next
to the last show to be given at the
riding hall this season.
The events follow:
Feature boulevard fort Myer)
vs. Howard F'ort Howardl, eight
rounds.
Vincent Carbon tFort Myer) Va.
Tommy Pagan Camp Meade), six
rounds; semi-final.
Shorty O'Connell (Fort Myer) vs..
Patsy Mozier Naval Air Stationl,
six rounds.
Cannon Ball (Fort Myer) VS.. Mike
De Carlo Fort Myer), six rounds.
DaVy Jones (Fort Myer) VS. Slam
Bang Rogers {Efort Howard), six
rounds.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
Real India Prince is
Candidate For
Mat Honors

NEW YORK, April TO-
Prince Babugohogohar, of India,
will make his debut here against
Renato Gardini, April 90. Of
Prince Babugohogohar, it's de-
clared that he is a genuine In
dian prince and was until re-
Gently a student at Oxford.
While at that university he was
the amateur wrestling cham
pion of Great Britain.
He has been wrestling in this
country. He pinned the shout
ders Of Stranger Ed Lewis to
the floor for one fall out Of
three in a bout at Los Angeles.
Valdez Zbyszko, who meets
Earst SeigfriedF for the Greco
Roman title on the same night,
has seen the prince in action
and thinks he will make a fine
impression.
"The prince says Zbyszko,
sis the youngest of the heavy
weight wrestlers, being only
twenty-five years old. He stands
six feet two inches in his stock
ing feet and is a fine figure of
a man."
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
QUINTANA, CUBAN FLASH,
WILL STAY WITH .YANKS

Senior Rafael Quintana. the Cuban
flash of the Yankee inf ED, will
remain with the team for a while.
Ira Thomas. manager Of the Shreve-
port Gassers, tried to make a deal
for the little Cuban, but Higgins
turned q deaf ear to the bargain
ing. He told Thomas that he had
decided TO retain Quintana for O
while al least
He declared the Cuban to be the
flash est young fielder he had seen
in many day and made the state
ment that if Quintana can hit .225
he will he sensation. Since the
boy is only eighteen years Of age
he has a great chance.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
MARYLAND TEAM BEATS
VERMONT IN CLOSE GAME

Maryland University defeated the
University of Vermont baseball
team In a hard-fought game at Col
iege Park yesterday, s tot. Schrider
pltched steady game for the
Maryland team. He allowed Yer.
mont twelve safeties, but braced in
the pinches. Tn the ninth. with one
rua in and Vermont only one run
to- the bad the bases damned and
but one out he forced Clarity 10
pop torseconds and struck Carney
Besley, the College Park short.
stop got three singles aud q double.
Burns and Durgin aid the pitching
for the Granite 6tAters.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
Poor, Of Kansas u,
Is Marvel at
High jump

"a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet" applies
not only to horticulture but to
sports, as is evidenced every
day. 1t was shown recently at
the indoor championships of the
Missouri Conference Colleges,
when Poor, of the University of
Kansas, jumped 6 feet 3M
inches and just failed to clear
6 feet 6 inches in an attempt aC
the worlds indoor high jump
record.
Poor has been jumping con-
sistently over 6 feet all winter,
but at the above meet he made
his best performance. After
winning at the height named he
came very nearly getting over .
feet 6 inches. Poor is entered
in the high jump at the Penn
sylvania relay carnival on April
81 and %.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
Post Card Cost Marks
Babes Rise or Fall
In Popularity

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla,
April 10.-A young man from
New York has been following
the Yanks from town to town
selling pictures of Babe Ruth
and score cards.
The pictures cost Is cents
when yesterdays game started,
but after Babe famed twice
the price fell to 10 cents.
Ruth hit a homer in the
eighth, whereupon the enter
prising youth stationed himself
at the main exit, raised the
ante to Is cents again and sold
out his stock.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
FRANK ZUNA, OF NEWARK,
SEEKS MARATHON TITLE

Frank Iuna. Of Newark, who won
the Irish American A. c. marathon
at Detroit last Saturday. should be
in fine condition for the Boston
marathon, which will take place on
the 18th of this month. A victory
at Boston would mean much for the
Newark plumber
He has twice won this race, which
carries with ii the mythical Ameri-
can championship. and appears to
be the only outstanding contender
we will have for the OlYmpics.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
ALEXA STIRLING JOINS
ECONOMICAL GOLF CLUB
GRAHAM LOWDEN.

The Coldstream Club-which is
one Of the pioneers in the move
ment Of economical golf-announccs
that Miss Alexa Stirling has be-
come a member
In joining the organization the
metropolitan champion stated that
the Coldstream Club was one of the
few clubs which she felt she could
really afford TO belong to. The fee
for women in the Coldstream Is $50
a season. for men $50.
The club is appealing especially
to actors, writer's and others of this
class
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
YORK AND SAVOY CLASH
IN cRANDALL LEAGUE

Nat Glasser's York team will
meet Robert Etris' Savoy nine to-
day at 4:3O p. m. on the field at
Seventeenth street and Park avenue
southeast In the Crandau baseball
league, comprised of teams repre.
senting the Crandall neighborhod
theaters. The last time these teams
clashed Crandall's emerged victor
ious ~ the long end OF an ls-to-1 6
count -. Savoy lads promise to
even the &C .oday.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
CATHOLIC u. PLAYERS
TRAVEL TO PHILADELPHIA

Coach Charley Moran of Catholic
University took fifteen baseball
players with him to philadelphia
this morning for the game with
Pennsylvania. The Brooklanders
left at 8 O'clock and will return
after the game. Curran. utility
catcher, was left behind. suffering
with a split finger which will keep
him out fthe lineup for a month,
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
MoIines Win.

A double by Mendelsohn with the
bases loaded proved by the winning
punch for the Molines, who defeated
the Premier A. c., 8 to 8. Bern
stein, Moline pitcher, famed ski
and Ogus hurled we'll for the Pre-
miers. Buggy Jacobs was the all,
round star OF the PremierS.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10

It is the poorer player who SUI.
fers oftener, however. in this re-
spect, for, Of course, the good play
er can never fail to get a., game,
and the poor player frequently finds
himself out of it.
preston land how l have hated to
hear it,.
''Oh, 1 don't want TO play with
him. he plays 50 badly"
The frequency of this remark
makes it all the worse. If the re.
luctant golfer had said that ne did
not want to play with a man who
threw his clubs around, swore like
a trooper and acted in other ways
| in utter disregard of other players,
there would be reason in his re-
mark.
Season in and season out, / think
! ! have played more games with the
100 and more class of players than
with those in rs.
do not say that ! had more
pleasure with one class than the
other, Stroke by stroke. NAV
have had more fun with the great
err players, but frequently there
was more solid enjoyment with
the man Of lesser skill.
Only the other day a man who
has been very successful in his
chosen line of work thanked me to
the point of enibarra ssment for the
game had had with him. Yet
why should he have done that? |
have enjoyed the game and consid-
cred it privilege TO be able to
play with him.
When the choice is mine l never
take companion on the links on
account of his skill
l prefer the agreeable man, for
j do not think that all tho joy Of
the game should be thrown away
In q fit Of temper. Neither do /
care to play with a man. who con.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
DICK FEARY HURLING
STAR FOR LlNWORThS

Young Dick Feary was in mid
season form when he faced the
kanawha Midgets for the champion
Linworth Midgets, and the cham
pions triumphed in an exciting
game by to 5.
Feary slammed two triples. He
struck out fifteen Kanawhas and
allowed six hits.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
FRANK MORAN REGRETS
LOST STAMINA

Bitter must be the thoughts of Frank Moran
E as he reflects upon what might have been for him
aeH At last accounts Moran in Paris where he
by Marcel Miles who is sad affair." but the
neaVyWeght champion
defeat in Beckett British
champion whom Moran had knocked Deem
Der 10, 1920. = 80 $500 - s
Doxers nave usually gone but not old compared with
the IRON men OF the and there man destined
9 nature to pc an iron man in the ring it Had
trial 70 s Moa pc Just the man today to give
yonnson the rather immature Iowa heavyweight
jess Willard the Yankee stadium Nav - for the Mil Eund
or to Henry McAuffe the Detroit heavyweight who viii
meet Flrpo IN the indup to the WIardJ bout
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
DUFFER IS SOMETIMES
BEST GOLF PARTNER
By CHARLES CHICK EVANS, Jr.

another
their This hesancy usually
to but convinced it
attitude.
almost all conditions have learned
greatest pleasure lies the personality of the who
fine felt
that the penalties of being considered good player
apial ndIv
The Washington times., 1923-04-10

and slow to hold. up his end with
even a fast American amateur His
purses IN England and France after
all deductions We're made, were
small, and, as far as boxing goes,
his prospects are fliI-because he
threw away natures gifts, prefer
ring the epheineraIi pleasures OF
dissipation to an old age OF as
sured comfort or even luxury.
Moran 3 remarkable cl1arac-
ter. He. Is q pIaybOy. Charles
Lever, the Irish novelist. would
have loved him. for IN Moran ne
would have found q "CllarTes
O'Malley" or Harry LOrrequeF
ready to hand.
What distinguishes Moran from
the ordinary run OF professional box
ers who have dissipated their health
and money, as did Terry McGovern,
Young Corbett, John r. Sullivan,
George Dixon and host of others,
is his mentality and his joyousness.
He is. a swashbucklin Irishman OF
the stage, of song and story. in flesh
and blood. Although his educational
opportunities IN youth were few,
and his education, while 1t may have
been improved during his service in
the United States navy, was not de-
veloped along aesthetic lines, he has
become a man OF the world, and 9
Well-polished man Of the world. That
is his trouble and his weakness.
He has let tho months and years
60 by, content to Mlingle and spend
with men Of the world, instead Of
looking forward TO the time when
he would be merely an ex-pug, II
he did not have money to keep the
pace.
AS a sailor and AZ a boxer, the red
haired Irishman, who was born in
Cleveland, Ohio, has travelled far,
seen much. met every class and has
learned something from all places
and all men, except self-restrafnt.
Moran can talk interestingly and
with more than q superficial knowI-
edge on many topics. He is q charn1-
ing conveFsationa1ist when WITH
either men or women, or both, has an
unlimited fund OF apropos anecdotes.
interpreted with shrewd observa-
tions, but he is not a bore or a man
who tries to monopolize the CONVEX
sation. He is what the SpaRiards
call 'simpatica," a word for which
English has no exact equivalent, in
any surroundings.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10


the & arc o n
d'hotel made
some Gu ly
crack about
the McTigue
festival which
b e g a n a n d.
ended on st.
Patrick's day
in Dublin.
1t s e e m s
tina t M o n s.
Sikh r o 8 e
( r o m his
heavily mort
gagged c h al r
a n d slapped
the h a s h
singer on his
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
siders himself the solitary Occu-
pant of a course and acts accord
ingIy.

Personally l would rather be con
sidered good fellow than a good
golfer, and if it were necessary for
me to choose between the two for
a game | would take the good fel
low every time. 1t always is n mat,
ter of regret to me when l am not
able to play with any pleasant per.
son who asks me.
Young or inexperienced players
have the idea they can learn more
by playing with good golfers. You
learn by study, not by aping some
one.
Copyright, 1923, John r. Ollie Coz
The Washington times., 1923-04-10


Golf it is; and to the sandlot ball
player and fan the burning interest
of these two youngsters in the an
cient game now sweeping, the land
like, flu epidemic should bear I'M
Bort Of hard meaning.
IT is, perhaps, the first spark
that will fire the sandlOt clan with
golf enthusiasm, gripping malady,
and DOssibIy within q few years
the baseball star will dim in the
brilliance of the young satellite OF
the links. The dyed-in-the-wO0t
ball player and fan may see their
beloved game take back place.
(. This thought is born OF the rap
idly diminishing number OF baseball
fields in Washington and the in
crease of golf courses. Today there
are nearly as many goIf courses RS
there are diamonds.
The sandlot ball player is being
crowded out. Soon only the Gov
ernment-ovned fields will be avail
able to him, unless he lives far out
in a suburb, and If the truth be told
shout the Government diamonds
they have little appeal to the aver
age sandlotter.
No coin collection. is allowed on
Uncle Sans land and the collection
A. of vital importance to the young
ball player His game is expensive.
Z; The Warwick club is the first
sandlot outfit to venture into golf,
being represented on. the links by
Maurice Fitzgerald and Ralph
Bonnie. But many a yOungster
/. Is taking up. the game. The East
Potomac Park course has many
boy customers.
rvThe .sandlotters' growing interest
In the. game was shown convinc-
4nsiy when the Warwicks' first.
challenge was snapped up by the
Talmondss a. new club. Fitzgerald
and Bonnie promptly knocked off
the FaImond linkmen and were chal-
lenged Immediately by the Epiph-
Though barely sixteen years old,
both F'itzgeial and Bonnie are
nDIendiEi' . golfers. Fitzgerald has
done the East Potomac Park nine
holss seufsein AZ and Beanie has
played IT in y.
. however. the "dEW1Gh S&uOa -
not burning up with golf fever, as
yet.
Under the. leadership of Harvey
Bleam. who, has handed the
northeast Washington club for
three years, the Warwick young
sters are getting ready to do big
things in baseball. In the last
campaign they won more than
forty games and lost only few,
losing out i'm the Junior indepen-
dent championship series in a
bitter struggle with Holy Name,
now WaVerIy.
BIeam is the president this time.
Hicks Baldwin is acting manager
and probably will be elected to the
job. Hicks was manager of the
champion Eastern High School bas-
ketball team.
Virtually all regulars of last
season. are back with Warwick and
several promising newcomers are
trying for the team.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
GOLFBUG NICKS SANDLOT
ATHLETES AND GETS
QUICK RESULTS
By r. D. THOMAS.

young baseball pitcher OF the Warwick
Athletic Club to Maurice Fitzgerald ve going
pretty good lately"
undergraduates whats best score?
Strong Ralph nineteen games last year ana %
replies: Foyseven but before the season over THINK
will get down around AZ Boy you certainly can OuSt en-
the nose"
sandoters
talking in golf they chatter
The Washington times., 1923-04-10

that-should-be with any one Of
those men would mean a share of
the purse that, invested at 6 per
cent, would keep Moran in clover
for the remainder of his life. He
will not get such an engagement
because he is regarded as too heavy
The Washington times., 1923-04-10

At the time of the alleged libel
Sikh was sitting quietly among
; himself. slipping his cafe noir out
of a saucer. His mind was at
ease in its customary normal
state and he was not thinking
of impending insults.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
Thus: Bah! Bah! BAH"

The waiter was furious. He
Immediately parted with a few
additional "Bahs"' and a BLACK
Sheep The panic was on. Soup
tureens hurtled through the air
with common acclaim and chande-
liers weren't worth their insur-
ance.
Accommodating gendar1nes swept
up the debris and the ambulance
made O hurried run TO the hos
pitai.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10
By KIRK MILLER.

Although cable reports are
rather. staggering, they indicate
The Washington times., 1923-04-10

undiplomatic chin, thereby check.
mating any further chance Of
additional Islander for the immedi-
ate present.
Affidavits are now being taken
in hospital installments which,
when pieced together. are eX.
pected to prove that Sikh had a
perfect right to defend his
hmoge-weight title whether his
napkin was tucked under his
chin Or still unfoIded. -
The Washington times., 1923-04-10

Suddenly the waiter seems to
have jostled Skis elbow just as
the ternperamental bimbo was
lifting his chinaware to his ruby
lips. This enraged Sikh so much
that he said BAH right through
a splutter Of warm coffee.
The waiter retaliated with two
''Bahsv
Bah! Bahr' just like that.
The other diners in the mob
were Mortified.
BY this time the Senga1ese
was thoroughly incensed and on
his feet, going his antagonist one
better with three "Bahs!T all in
a row.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10

Golf it is, and to the sandlot bal
player: and fan the burning interest,"
OF these two youngsters in the an
cient game now sweeping, the land
like, FLU epidemic should bear I'M
BORT of. hard meaning.
The Washington times., 1923-04-10

Though barely sixteen years old.
both Fitzgerald and Bonnie are
nDINAdiFi' golfers. Fitzgerald has
done the East Potomac Park nine
; However, the Warwick Club is
not burning up with golf fever, as
Evening star., 1923-02-13
THOs. J. OWEN & son, AUCTToNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE FRANZ
BUNGALOW, NO. 2Jo1 RHODE ISI4ANI
AVE Ne.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE FRAME
BTSGALe"' NO. e'ol RHODE ISLAND
By virtue Of q certain deed of trust duly
recorded in Liber No. 4235. folio 437 et seq.
of the land records of the District Of Colum-
bia. and at the request of the party secured
thereby. the undersigned trustee will sell At
WEDNESDAY, THE TwENTY-FiRsT DAY
OF FEBRUARY. AID. 1923. AT FIVE
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land
lumbia and designated as and being part of
lot IL in Henry A. yeth's unrecorded subdi-
vision OF lot in Kibbey's subdivision of
CRANKY" as per plat Of said kibbey's sub
in Liber J. A. $. 81. at folio 81, OF the land
records of the District OF Columbia, and de-
scribed as follows: Beginning for the same at
ming thence north I2 degrees II min. east s. SO
feet TO the southerly line Of Rhode Island
avenue, condemned in District Court Cause
trict OF Columbia; thence along said avenue
" IS degrees % min. +. s9 SO feet; thence
s. 81 degrees 3s min. z. 60 feet TO Brent
wood road, and thence along said Brentwood
the beginning said property being known for
purposes OF assessment and taxation as parcel
1878.
Terms Of sale: Sold subject to I prior deed
March ), 1873. and 81. 500 due March g. 1925
Amount over said trust to he paid in cash
500 deposit required upon acceptance of bid
Conveyancng, recording and revenue stamps
piled with within 80 days from day of rale
otherwise the trustee reserves the right to
resell such property Mt the risk and cost of
the defaulting purchaser after five days ad-
vertisement Of such resale In some news
pa per published in Washington. d. C.
THB WARRINGTON LOAN AND, TRUST
. By THOMAS BRADLEY.