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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
Little Pokerface'' L
Name They Give
Helen Wills

There comes a story, since
Helen Wills won the champion
ship of the woman's tennis divi-
sion in this country, from her
native Berkeley, in California.
It looks as though it might be
the work of some inventive chap
seeking to take advantage of the
effete East, for there are prob
ably no Indians around Berkeley
outside the movie lots.
The story has the Indians
there naming the new champion
Little Pokerface'A because of
the inscrutable manner in which
she plays, win or lose. And it
isn't bad thought at that, for
the girl who toppled Mrs. NAL
lory never changes her express
sion from start to finish.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
ON ROAD.
BEFORE SEVEN
D CLOCK
Follows Up With Bag Punch
ing and Shadow
Boxing.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Aug.
2s.-Planning to put in another
hard days training, Luis Angel
Firpo was out trotting on the board
walk in the lower Chelsea Beach
before I o'clock this morning. Later
in. the morning he repaired to the
garage back OF his cottage in the
exclusive Chelsea residential section
where a gymnasium has been fitted
up, and punched the bag. skipped
the. rope and did some shadow box
ing.
The challenger's hours Of actual
work are being gradually extended
and by the end of the week Firpo
will be following schedule which
Is designed to bring him to the
acme of physical perfection for his
clash with Jack Dempsey on Sep
TENDER IL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
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 "a September s, together
with the BEST statement of
reasons, earn the trips to the
world series as guests of this
newspaper.
Babe Ruth will not pick him
self.
George Sisler is not eligible,
as the players will be selected
on the basis of their 1928 play
ing.
Contest closes at midnight,
August 81. ),
There will be THIRTEEN
consolation prizes in addition to
the TWO trips they being
twelve autographed basebalIs
from Babe Ruth and Louis
vile sluggcr bat of the type
the Bambino uses. Winners of
the FIFTEEN awards will be
"Skillet's" guests al the Griff-
men Yankee game at the Clark
Griffith stadium, Sunday, Sep
TENDER 80, when Rutl, will pre-
sent the awards at the home
plate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
MAJORITY OF YALE GRID
CUBS ARE DISQUALIFIED

NEW HAVEN. Conn.,, Aug. 2S.--
More than half the members of the
Yale freshmen football eleven of
last fall have been disqualified for
the coming season and win not be
varsity material, as expected. Three
of the regulars were dropped for
low scholarship, while eight were
found guilty of instigating the
freshman riot last spring and have
been barred from Yale athletics for
one year. The loss of the fresh.
men will be a severe blow to var.
sity prospects because Of the I'M
usually large graduation of var
sity players last June. One of
the most promising players dis
qualified is Captain Dan Allen,
half-back and former Andover star
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
Vie For Free Series Trips

This happy-faced group Of
baseball fans Isl a very small
percentage Of the big family of
bugs which has submitted all
American selections of 1928
players in hopes of earning the
TWO trips to the world series
as guests of The Washington
Times.
No newspaper contest ever
staged in Washington has Gre
ated the genuine interest Incl
dent to skillet" Firms, ESD,
bid for predictions of Babe
Ruth's coming aIl-American ag-
gregatiOn which will be re-
vealed in these columns on Sat-
urday, September s. Fans
everywhere are Chewing the
fat" over the Babes selection
and the TWO readers most
likely to profit by their own
baseball wisdom.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
RoAMERs GET READY
FOR GRID CAMPAIGN

The Roamer A C. gridironers
will meet Thursday night at 7:30
o'clock at 726 Maryland avenue
northeast to elect a. captain and
manager. All members of last
years squad are asked to report,
including Sweeney, sDevlin, Cud-
more. Montyka, Gulick, Gingell,
HaywoodI Richardson, Moran, Shaw,
Meany, Williams, Kalstron, Altman,
Taylor Darling Butler. Nicholson.
Other candidates whose attend.
ancef is desired are: Pike, Evans,
Prender, J. Witzell, e. WHEEL.
Watt, Allen, Murphy, and others
who wish to try for the team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
.SandLot Salt
And
Pepper
BY r. d. THOMAS.

Sunday baseball apparently j u
the only solution to sandlot kicks
caused by games called on ac-
count of darkness. This is Der
coming more apparent with each
season and it is not unlikely that
steps will be taken to organize
next years sandlot series partly
on the basis of Sunday games.
The unlimited teams could start
play in the spring and contest all
their games on Sunday. This
would be advantageous to the
series in several respects. 1t not
only would eliminate all argu-
ments in the unlimited division
over games called because of
darkness, but would relieve con-
gestion. The younger classes
would have fields aplenty during
the week.
Petworth is in with the latest
kick on a game terminated before
the regulation nine innings because
Of the fading light Exercising the
power vested only in the umpire,
Umpires Daniels and Carr called
the game in the eighth. At the
IiAtO L CbWOALA was IS1Alu6S Jul (IA~
score reverted back to the seventh
and the Legion won, toll.
1t was the Legion's eighth victory
in the series. The former Yanks
have yet to be beaten.
You can't keep q good man
down." is an axiom that applies
to ball teams, too, particularly
the Union Printers. The Printers
have fallen, apparently. in the
Independent series. but they are
determined to land somewhere
near the top i'm sandlOt baseball
this year.
Failing in the independent series,
they have taken a big lead in the
fight for the leagues championship
and are considered one Of the teams
that must be licked in the end by
whatever team wins the title, pro-
vided the Printers don't. In their
latest effort, the typos smothered
Southern Railway, 10 to 3, and lead
their section in the leagues play
off with three straight victories.
Western Union tackles General
Accounting Office in today's league
series game, on the Terminal field
ing at SIS p. m.
ST. Martin hung a bee on the
Tremonts in Section c of the
Junior Glass in the independent
series, score 6 to /.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28

tomley, first base: Hornsby, second
base; Sewell, shortstop; Dugan,
third base; Hargrave, catcher;
Luque and Pennock, pitchers.
By Paul Parent.
3217 Twelfth Street Northeast.
Speaker, center field; Jameson,
left field; Heilmann, right field;
Pipp, first base; Hornsby, second
base; Traynor, third base;. Sewell,
shortstop; Ruel, catcher; Luque and
Ehmke, pitchers.
By James ID. Campbell.
229 Thirteenth Street Southeast.
Tobin, right field; Jameson, left
field; Speaker, center field; Traynor,
third base; Collins, second base;
Scott, shortstop; Grimm, first base;
Schalk. catcher; Luque and Dono-
hue, pitchers.
BY Robert A. SissOn,
Catholic University.
Jameson, left field; Hornsby, Sec
Wheat, right field; Bottomley, first
base; Traynor, third base; Ruel
catcher; Peck, shortstop; Luque and
Pennock, pitchers.
By Henry Brown.
ShOreham Hotel.
Heilmann, right field; Speaker,
center field; Jameson, left field;
Hornsby, second base; RueI, catch
er; Peck, shortstop; Kamm. third
base; Pipp, first base; Luque and
Pennock, pitchers.
By Gilbert Nichols,
ShOreham Hotel.
Heilmann, right field; Jameson,
left field; Speaker, center field;
Hornsby, second base; SewelI, short.
stop: Judge, first base; Bancroft,
third base; Ruel, catcher: Luque
and Pennock, pitchers.
By q. II. Knott,
1888 Il Street Southeast.
Jameson. left field; Sewell, short.
stop; Speaker, center field; Hornsby
second base; Frisch, third base
Rousch, right field; Pipp, first base.
Perkins. catcher; Luque and Pen
mock. pitchers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
OUT OF GEAR.
WASHINGTON
Ar no

Totals "a IL "a III Totals 80 IL "a 10
Stated for Zahniser in the ninth.
+Batted fer Leibold in the ninth.
Washington. O-S
Runs-LeiboId, Peck, Goslin. Rice
Judge Zahniser Blue (2), Jones (2).
Cobb, Manush ca, Haney and Bassler.
t,rrors-Xahniser and Rigney. Two-base
bits-Ruel Rice co. Three-base hits
pIns Manush Sacrifice htS-Rigney,
Harris, Dauss. Peckinpaugh. Bassler
Charity. Manush. Double plays-Bsss-
go IN base-Wa shngton, 6; Detroit. g.
First base on balls--Off Zahniser, 7;
of Dauss. l. Struck outDBy Dsuss
IN = innings; off Cole, in innings
Passed bali-Ruel. winning pitcher
Dauss. mpires-Moriarty apd Dineen
Time of Kame-1 hour and 81 minutes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
Will Face Loughran.

Mike Collins and Mike Gibbons,
who are now handling the affairs of
Jimmy Delaney the St. Paul light
heavyweight, have signed up De.
laney to meet Tommy Loughran Of
in a ten.round bout at
Oklahoma City, on September IA.
Delaney is improving.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
Betting Is Light.

NEW. YORK, Aug. 2S-Very little
betting is being made on the Johnny
Wilson-Harry Greb contest for the
middleweight title. Wilson has
been out of the ring too long to
enable the fans to get line on
him and Greb is such an inland.
take a chance with their money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
.QANDLOT II
. BILLBOARD
Today's Games.

IOUayS UdHncS.
Unlimited class-Section A, Junior
Order VS.. American Legion, Union
League Park, SIS p. m. Section c.,
Comforters VS. Mariners, Rosedale,
Sis p. m.
Junior class-Section C, Simpson
VS.. Mt. Pleasant, Union Station
plaza, 5:15 p. m.
Yesterdays Games.
Unlimited class-Section A, Legion,
2; Petworth, J.. Section B, 'Domi-
nican Lyceum- Shamrocks post
poned).
JUNIOR class-Section &c, ST. Mar
tins, s.; Tremonts, l.
Midget class-Section A, Aurora,
8; Park View, 0 Forfeit).
TOmOTrOw's Games.
Unlimited class-Section A, w. T..
Roberts VS.. Garfield, Washington
Barracks Section B, Shamrocks VS..
Boiling Field, Union Park.
Midget Observation-Disclosures VS.. Au-
rora, Union Station plaza.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
Sylvester's Turn.

Herman Pillette was the hurting
star with the Detroit Tigers last
year. This year he is not doing
so well, but Sylvester Johnson. his
companion from. the Pacific Coast
League, is doing the brilliant stuff
Tor the Tigers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
WOMEN BIDDING HIGH
FOR FREE TRIP TO
WORLD SERIES

to the fore in flnn
Esq which The Washington Times VIII
readers New York next October witness the an
nual autumna baseball classic.
Having "Skes in last Fridays edition OF this
East Melrose street. CHEVY
Chase Nd has voluntarily Joined the community Of real raO @
daily correspondence with
submitted team OF major league players wnicn
particulars with the Babe Ruth Will
pick which be the basis of judging for the purpose OF this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
Leading Hitters.
National League.
American League.
YESTERDAYS HOME RUN
HITTERS.

Note. Cy Williams, Philadelphia
National outfielder. Is now one
home-run ahead Of Babe Ruth. vii,
liams leads with thirty-three nome
Rms
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
Sand Cannot Hit.

Heinie Sand may be brilliant
shortstop with the Phillies, but that
he can't hit is shown by his .233
batting average.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
BAT TEE
HARD T0LA|VD
CONTEST
DOME Bush's Gang Loses
Chances to Take Series
From Tigers.
BY H. @. SALSINGER.

DETROIT, Aug. 2S.--Donie Busl's
cracking Griffs cannot take l1Onors
in this series. They have dropped
three In q row. yesterdays defeat
coming by the score of to 8 IN
the regulation nine innings. In
deed, with Walter johnson gone
home to washington and certain
DO be on the shelf for q couple Of
weeks, and the rest Of the hurting
corps being overworked or without
requisite class. the visiting clan is
in had way II 1t would win even
one game at Navin Field on this
visit here. A week ago the Crit
men seemed destined to pass the
Tigers and gain a place in the first
division. Today they are but
game and half ahead Of the
White Sox and are In danger Of
landing in the Capital In sixth
place.
PAUL Zahniser, who used to pas
time with Memphis in the South
ern Association before DOMINIC big
league spangles, tried to do his
stuff. It was without a great sue
cess. PAUL lacked direction and
also power. He had difficulty In
finding the exact location Of the
plate, in the opinion Of Umpire
Moriarty, and when he did hap
pen to discover 1t, he lacked GER
tain required amount of stuff with
which to puzzle the home hitters.
Bases on balls and sound Wall0ps
spell a grievous combination f7r
81. $500 IIoorv na,,ss the
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S. - - ssa.d I,s.,,s.,f Esn,.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28

Sam Rice cracked Cole Tor q
fwObagger to right and over came
LeibOld and Peck in q hurry.
Judge popped to Haney and
Charity, coming up for RueI.
hOisted along ny to Cobb. scOr.
ing GosIin with the Griffs' final
run Of the day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Clubs.

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Standing of the Clubs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-28

Her selection ranks with those
Of Miss Zorro ny Lewis, Miss
AdeIiiIe :; sI;l1u!es, and Miss Mary
r. Jeffries, three o.her prominent
contes.an-s CT the fair fans who
don't mind proving to the wide,
wide world they are devoted stu
dents to the game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-11
COMPANION
STICKS UPFOR
CASHIER
Protests Arrest of Slaughter,
and Says He Can Prove
His Innocence.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, April liz
Enola Landrey, pretty twenty-one.
year-old New Orleans girl com.
panion of C. s. Slaughter, ex.
cashier, held here in $4,000 bail
for extradition to answer charges
Of embezzlement of funds of The
Mercantile National Bank, of Pu-
eblo, today expressed her implicit
faith in Slaughter's ability to prove
his innocence.
Her protestations OF fidelity are
made in the face of news that
Slaughter has a wife and two chill.
drep in Pueblo, whom he il alleged
to have deserted when he fled from
there in 1915.
Slaughter believes that by this
time his wife has divorced him.. At
the, time of his arrest in Spring City,
Pa, he and the girl in the case were
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-11
ARMY RE VIE "
i'm HONOR Of
\ GEN. ALLEN
Az Troops in Washington Dis
trict Will Parade Tomorrow
on Monument Grounds.

"a review of all the troops within
the military of Washington will be
held tomorrow evening on the mon
uTnent grounds in honor of Maj.
Gen. Henry T. Allen, who recentlv
returned from garrison duty with
the American troops on the Rhine.
arrangements have been COM
pleted by Brig. Gen. FL H. Band.
ho1tz, commander of the District.
The review will be the first Of a
series of spring exhibitions to be
given bv WASHINGTON troops The
exhibition will Start at 4:30 tonor-
row evening. Honor guests will be
members % the American Legion.
national guard and organized re-
serves
AT the sound of attention" nv
bugle the troons will line up and
fare the monument and the infan-
try battalion will be the first to
pass in review. the arnv band fur
nishino the music. The artillery
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-11
Two Cabinet Members
Are Observing
Birthdays

A double Cabinet birthday
was celebrated today.
Secretary of State Charles
Evans Highes is sixty-one. Sec
rotary of War John Wingate
Weeks is sixty-three.
With the exception of the
slight disparity in their ages,
the lives of these men curiousiy
have run a very close parallel.
Both graduated from college on
the same day-Hughes from
Brown and Weeks from Annap-
oils. Hughes was nominated
for the mayor of New York in
1905 on the same day Weeks
was elected to Congress. In
1916 both were candidates for
the Presidential nomination on
the Republican ticket. Both are
now closely associated in the
Cabinet.
Today, likewise, is the birth
day of Congressman Samuel
E. Winslow of Massachusetts,
1t has been the custom of these
three to get together for some
sort of celebration on their
mutual birthday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-11
NEW RADIO WAVE
LENGTHS SOON
IN EFFECT
System Adopted by National
Conference to Be Applied /
About May 49,
BY ROBERT s. THORNBUHGH,
international News Service Staff
Correspondent.

Use Of new radio wave lengths,
adopted by the National radio con-
ference, will start soon after May
Is. it was learned at the Department
of Commerce today.
Within, a few weeks the chief
radio inspectors office will furnish
division inspectors with the allo-
cations for their territories, so that
the broadcasting stations through
out the country, may make the
wave shift simultaneously.
I'm order to avoid confusion 1t is
expected a zero transfer hour" will
be designated and that at the mo-
ment the shift is to be made an Of
fetal announcement from Secretary
of Commerce Hoover will be broad
.casted from the giant naval sta
ton at Arlington.
Information received from divis-
ion inspectors and from broadcast
ing stations from the Atlantic to
the Pacofic, show radio people are
making a strong effort to cooperate
with the Government in the volun-
tary radio regulation program. Lat
tie confusion is anticipated Owhen
the new wave lengths are enforced.
Broadcasters will be given a rea-
sonable length of time after adop.
ton of the wave lengths, to, alter
their stations to. meet new require
ments. A heavy increase in the
number of receiving stations is an
ticipated, since elimination of In
reference will greatly improve the
service.
Broadcasting stations are already
increasing, twenty-four new licenses
having been granted in February
and thirty in March. A number Of
stations returned their licenses.
Secretary Hoover has granted an
experimental license to a Washing
ton firm for the broadcasting of
photographs. Picture transmission
interferes to a considerable extent
with ordinary messages, and pic
lures are often caught" by receiv.
ing stations. A few dots, dashes and
a buzz is the way a receiving sta
ton interprets a photograph.
Radio authorities have already
started a campaign for adequate
control legislation to be proposed at
the Sixty-eighth Congress in De-
cember. Officials do not expect a
drafting of the bill, however, until
Congress opens. They pointed out
radical changes are being made daily
in the radio art and provisions may
be necessary in the bill that are
not yet contemplated.
Such matters as wireless power
transmission and Photographic broad
casting may come within the scope
of the bill. Government officials,
however, think power transmission
is uneconomic. They pointed out
transmission of power over long dis
tances is not practical, the loss of
energy being great.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-11
EASTERN HIGH ALUMNI
TO VISIT NEW SCHOOL

A reunion in the new building at
Eighteenth and East Capitol streets
will be held tonight by the alumni
association of Eastern High School
Invited guests, including former
principals Of the school, and ap.
proximately thousand alumni are
expected to attend.
The address of welcome will be
given by Charles Hart, of the
class of 1894, principal of the
school. Bertram G. Foster. '94,
president OF the association. will in
troduce the speakers. Musical Sc
lections will be given by the school
orchestra, under the direction of
Mrs. Frank Byram Cornet solos
will be given by Otto Lehnert. Miss
Mary Murray Is in charge of ar
rangementS. After tour OF in
spection of the new structure re-
freshments will be served, and will
be followed by dance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-11
FIELD SETTLES WIFE'S
CLAIMS FOR ST, 900. 900

CHICAGO, April 11.-Stanley Field
is free today to dispose of his mil
lions as he chooses.
For this privilege he paid his di.
vorced wife. Mrs. Sara Carroll
Brown Field, one of the famous
Brown sisters of Baltimore, 81 ,O00,-
600, according to terms of settle
ment just made public. She releases
all claims to an interest in the
Field estate.
Their minor child. Joseph, aged
twelve, will divide his time between
the parents, the father paying for
his education. The youngest daugh.
ter. Daphne. and her mother are
in Palm Beach They are said to
be planning an European tour.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-11
BR|T|SH BACKED
FREE RHINE,
He SAYS
Or. Dorten, Secession Leader,
Says They Offered Him
Financial Aid.
by FRANK e. MASON,
international News Service.

PARIS, April 11.-Dr. Hans Dor.
ten, leader of the German seces.
sionists in the Rhineland, who is in
Paris, declared today that at the
time of the Kapp uprising in Der.
lin in March, 1920, the British Of
tered him financial aid to create
an independent Rhineland state but
the separatists rejected it. consid-
eridg the time inopportune.
Nationalist newspapers are urging
government officials to receive DIR.
Dorten officially, but so far they
have refused TO do so. 1t was
pointed out in official circles that
ii official recognition were given
to the visit of the RhineIand leader
Berlin would be furnished with ma.
terial for propaganda and would be
in position to allege that Ruhr
occupation really had for its object
the detachment of the Rhineland
and Ruhr from Germany.
Despite the attitude of the gov.
eminent number of important
politicians and military leaders are
holding conferences with Dorten.
The German secessionists in an
interview with the Matin appealed
to France to guarantee Rhineland
separatist leaders from Prussian re-
prisals. 1t is believed in some
quarters that this was the real rea.
son for his visit.
General Spears. a British mill.
tary leader, was quoted by the
Petit Partisan, as urging neutrali-
zation of the Rhineland and Ruhr
under control of the League of Ma
tons, with league supervision. The
railway would be handed TO an in.
ternational corporation and the dis.
trict would be policed by allied con-
stabulary under the direction of
the league.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-11

and cavalry. respectively. will be
next and the gathering of the
horses hoofs and field pieces will
be to the music of the famous
mounted band of Fort Myer. Fol,
lowing the review the mounted
troops will again pass the reviewing
stand at a trot.
General Bandho!tZ said today
that it is. his intention to have GER
tain organizations as guests of non
or at each exhibition. The exhibit
tions are open to the public ana
the general said he is confident that
there will be large attendance,
considering that the large majority
of Government employees cease work
at 4:3O O'Clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-11
DUPONT GIVES 100000
TO BUILD A HOSPITAL

WILMINGTON, Del, AprilO H.
In order to express his appreciation
of the services of Lewis A. Mason
chauffeur who died of influenza
five years ago. Pierre S. dupont
has annoN need a gift of $500, 900 for
the erection of the Lewis A. Mason
Memorial Hospital at West Chester,
Pa.
Plans are being drawn for the
hospital. and in order that it may
be up to date in its equipment. rep
resentatives of Mr.. du Pont are in
specting hospitals elsewhere.