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on display on more than one occasion
yesterday. He made four putouts,
two on Groh, one on Gowdy and one
on Frisch. and had TO step but few
PAGES to get all of them. When
Groh batted, Ruth played close to
the foul line and short. Groh flied
| into his hands twice. He played
deep right center for Frisch and short
right center for Gowdy.
Joe Bush's victory yesterday was
his second in seven world series starts.
His first was won in 1913 against
the Giants when he was a 19-year-
old rookie.
Crippled Walter Pipp was aided
twice on difficult plays yesterday by
Bush. On two hard-hit grounders
Pipp did the fielding and then de-
pended on Joe to cover the bag. Joe
did, making both. putouts. Ordinarily
Pipp would have raced to the bag
and made the killings unaided.
Devotees of polo and horse racing
who came to the Yankee Stadium
Sunday were surfeited with their
favorite pleasures. Nick Altrock and
Al Schacht. the Bolivars of baseball,
furnished both. They amused the
early crowds with their wo-man-horse
polo game. played with all the dash
of Devereux Milburn, the information
ally famous back, prancing about on
a thoroughbred pony. Nick and Al
were their own ponies. They fitted
themselves into garments representing
hack horses on Broadway at 3 a. m,
and smashed a baseball around the
lot using their bats for mallets. Then
in the afternoon they galloped out
to a starting point on the running
track that furnishes a border for the
playing field and gave foretaste of
the International race to be held next
week between Zev. the American
three year-old. and Papyrus, the
champion English horse.
Another new record for attendance
was set Sunday for worlds series
when 62,S17 persons paid. This
number was 3S7 greater than the
former record. established Columbus
Day at the third game. 1t is certain
now that all records for receipts
and attendance for any other series
will be broken when the figures of
Mondays game are known. The
total attendance will be more than
100000 and the receipts more than
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
NORMAN AND PANCHO
WILL FIGHT IF RAIN
DOES NOT INTERFERE
Rico-Simpson Preliminary
Should Be Good-Two
Four-rounders.

Providing no heavy sain falls about
starting time, the boxing card sched-
uled for Monday night on the Soledad
roof, with Kid Pancho and Tony Nor
man as headliners, will be held. Pro-
moter Jack Shelton announced at noon.
Pancho and Norman are down for
twelve rounds. Norman. just in from
Pittsburg. his home town. where he is
considered some punkins." is a lean.
rangy little flyweight, built along Pan
cho's lines and looks as if he will give
the clever kid a scrap. Pancho, with
prospects of lucrative eastern tour
facing him. has been trying hard and
is reported in good condition.
The preliminary card remains as
originally arranged. Sam Rico will
attempt comeback against tough
Johnny Simpson. who recently knocked
him out. Their meeting, the semi
wind-up bout, will go eight rounds
or less. Two four-rounders are also
scheduled. Kid Williams and Jimmy
Bass, fcatherweights. and Windmill
Jimmy Barrere and Mickey Cromwell,
130-pounders.
The first bout will start at s 80.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
Series Sidelights

New York, Oct. 15.-The Yankees,
in the first five games OF this series,
played about twice as well as they
did in the five games last year when
they lost four to the Giants and
tied one. In 1922 they made 81 hits
and eleven runs and had batting
average of .203. This year in five
games they have made % hits, scored
81 runs, and batted .316. The Giants,
who made 80 hits and scored Is
runs last year and batted 300. have
made 81 hits and 13 runs and batted
.224 this year.
The Meusel brothers, Bob Of the
Yankees. and Emil of the Giants,
are having n little contest all their
own. SO far Bob has been at bat
% times and made six hits, while
Emil. at bat 81 times also has hit
six times. In BOb's six were a
double and two triples, while Emil
has one double, onq triple and one
homer.
Aaron Ward, the Yankee second
baseman, has collected more hits
Inun any OIHer payer Ill the series.
At bat 20 times, he has made nine
safeties, including homer. He
walked once, stole one base and
scored four runs. Wards batting
average is 400. On the defensive,
he has handled y chances without
an error, making eleven putouts and
twenty assists.
Colonel Jacob Rupert, owner of
the Yankees. was SO Overjoyed Sun
day night at the prospects of a
worlds championship that he couldn't
keep still. After the Giants had
their turn at bat in the seventh, he
left the stadium and went down town
to order, it was rumored, handsome
presents for the Yankee players.
1t is likely that Colonel Rupert
will heed the advice of his old part
ner, Colonel 4. i. Huston. who re-
marked Columbus Day that what
New York needs is larger ball park.
Colonel RUPERT said yesterday that
the seating capacity at the Stadium
easily could be increased TO $1,000.
Ert,:'s ability as an outfielder was
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
CHICAGO SERIES EVEN
SEeely's Home Run in Ninth Wins
Fourth Game for SOx.

Chicago, Oct. is. - Earl Shelly S
home run in the ninth inning with
Hooper on first base, having given
the White Sox n 5-to-3 victory over
the Cubs in the White Sox park here
Sunday. the local American and Ma
tional League representatives were
scheduled to play their fifth city series
game Monday in the Cubs bailiwick.
The Sox victory Sunday was the Sec
ond straight for the Gleason gang
and evened the series.
Alexander and Cvengros started
Sundays game before the largest
crowd that ever attended city series
game here. Alexander was raped
hard in the early innings and gave
way to a pinch-hitter, Kaufman fin
ishing. Cvengros went along in fine
style until the fifth, when the Cubs
suddenly rot to him for three runs,
tying the score. Thurston finished.
Sheely got a double and single be-
side his homer.
Cubs .OOp O3O OO0-S 3 >
White Sox POI 900 O02-5 IL
Batteries: Alexander, Kaufman
and Hartnett; Cvengros, Thurston
and Schalk.
Total paid attendance was Al, go.
The nearest to this figure was when
the White Sox drew 36,3SJ.
Receipts Sunday were S3G,16S.3l :
players pool. S1S,751.S4; each clubs
share. S6250.61; commissions share,
$5515.25.
This was the last game in which
the players share in the receipts, and
the total amount in the players pool
is S51,517.1S. This will be split go
per cent to the club winning the series
and 40 per cent to the losers.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
TEAMS CAN'T SCORE
Vote Field Blamed for Bulldog Kelly
Field Scoreless Tie.

Neither the Buckeve Bulldogs nor
the Tenth School Group of Kelly
Field were able TO score in their game
at the Camp Travis Stadium Sunday
afternoon during a slow drizzle which
made the field very slow.
Anktell. Hollowel AMI Wendt. backs
played well for the Filters. Others il
the Kelly Field lineup were Flesher
left end {: johnson. left tackle: Good
win. left guasd: Williams. center: ]
Il. Roy. right guard: Bordozen. right
tackle: Balm. right end, and Braun al
left half.
Boyer at quarter ran the Bulldog
in good style, Bliss and League co
starring with him in the backfield
Axel played left end for the Bull
dogs: Brown. left tackle: s. Roy. lef
guard: Farmer. center: Moore. RICH
guard: Ferris. right tackle: Erwin
right end, and Bauthers, left half.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
ZEV GOES DISTANCE
appears Weary at End Of Mile and a
Half Workout.

New York. Oct. 15.-Zev, Kentucky
Derby winner and Americas candi-
date in the 100000 international
match race with Papyrus next Satur-
day, was out on Belmont track bright
and early today and for the first time
since his training for the race began
he was sent around the full distance
of the coming contest. mile and a
half. He was clicked at ? 81 20,
showing a splendid burst OF speed at
the start, but trailing off on the last
furlOngs.
Papyrus, the English entry. did lit
tie more than a practice gallop, but
he showed none Of the lameness that
was apparent when he finished re-
cent workout. He appeared in good
condition.
Zev's time was about two seconds
faster than that of his rival on Sat
urday. but many in the crowd of 20t
persons. who were on hand despite the
early hour. declared he appeared more
tired at the end Of the run than did
the English derby winner.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
DAUPHIN in FIRST
HeaviIy-played Fayorite Wins Fea-
ture OF French Race Opening.

Paris. Oct. 15.-Running the last
100 metres of the 2400-metre race be.
tween two solid walls of multi-colored
velvet, with goodly splashes of win
ter furs visible, Capt. Jefferson d.
COINS colt, Dauphin, with the French
jockey. Votard. in the saddle. Mon
day won the Municipal Council Stakes
at Longchamps. The race ushered in
the winer racing season in France.
Through the withdrawal of a. X.
Macobber's Parth at post time. Dau-
phin was made an Overwhelming IA
vorite at 3 to /, over the field of %
starters. Every other spectator in
the crowd of 10000 apparently played
the favorite. The pari-mutuel booths
were swamned by betters. and after
wards by those cashing in on their
tickets:
Dauphin got away to a flying start
and won in canter by four lengths.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15

Ralph Nixon of Cloonan and Os-
born was the Individual star of the
week. rolling the high single game
of 236 for which he will receive a
special prize. He also totalled 500
pins which took the high series from
Pat Thomas. who had 63S. Other
good scores rolled were: Hill. 213-
$50; b. Naylor. 233-591: Art En-
gelke. 207-574: Evans. 1852: A.
Mitchell, 210-556; and L. Mitchell,
202-551.
Bowlers with an average of 40 or
better are: Thomas, 1875; X. Nixon,
1888; Meyer. 1S7; Evans. 1857; Art
Engelke. 1873: Hill. 1872; Ullrich,
1872; Sith, 1872: Long. 1S1: Wende-
berg. $50: Conway, III: Lee. 176 /;
A. Mitchell. 175: Kavanaugh. ia
Alderman, 173; Windrow, 173: Nc
Monagle. 172: b. Naylor, 10: An
dersOn. 40.
High single game was rolled by
Ralph Nixon with 236. -....
Pat Thomas holds the high individ-
ual average with 195.
Ralph Nixon holds the high in
dividual series with $50.
High team game went to the White
Swan Cafe with 900.
Cloonan and Osborn won the high
team series with 2749.
Monday the Gunter Hotel rolls
Joske Brothers; Tuesday, the South
crn Ice company meets the +. f.
Mueller Company: Wednesday
Orange Crush bowls the White Swan
Cafe; and Thursday. Cloonan and
Osborn meets Judd and Ormond.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
EMERSON HIGH WINS
LEGAL Junior High School Football
Teams i'm Hot Struggle.

The football team of the Ralph
Waldo Emerson Junior high school de-
feated the Nathaniel Hawthorne ju-
nior high eleven, Z to 0. in one of the
best games of the season thus far Sat-
urday. The only score of the game
came in the first quarter when Jor-
dan took Hawthorne punt and. with
good interferences, chased across the
goal-line for a touchdown. Tucker
kicked goal for the extra. point.
McGrath. Jordan. Mccall and
Tucker starred for the winners. while
Turner. Dinnie and Ricard played we'll
for Hawthorne High. The losers need
ed practice and conditioning and
little more speed in the backfield.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
Bush-Schang Victory
Observance of Their
Wedding Anniversaries

New York, Oct. 15.-Sunday's
worlds series game was something
more than a brilliant victory for
Joe Bush, star Yankee twirlcr,
and his Daitery-mate, Wa,ly
Schang-it was a celebration.
Sunday was the wedding ami
versary of both players, the ninth
for Bush and the eighth for
Schang. None in the vast crowd
ed stretches of the Yankee stadium
rooted harder nor was more en-
thusiastic over the Yankee victory
than their wives.
Bush and Scblng were married
when battery pals with Connie
Mack's old Philadelphia Athletics.
They have been together ever since,
going to Boston six years ago be-
fore coming to the Yankees.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
POSTPONE BALL GAME
I.-G. y. arH Tigers May Meet Next
Sunday for League Title.

Freeman's Tigers and the I.-G. y.
baseball team were not able to play
the deciding game for the Commercial
Lsngue championship Sunday morn
ing because of muddy diamond. The
game will be played next Sunday
morning at Breckenridge Park if the
weather permits.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
Injured Quarterback Better.

Minneapolis. Mimi. Oct. 15.-The
condition of Stewart Wilson. Univer.
sity Of Minnesota quarterback. who
was injured in Saturdays game with
the Haskell Institute Indians or
NOrthrop Field was reported improve,
in the university health service hos
pital Sunday night.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
A RECORD A DAY
Miss Ederle Engaged in Changing
Aquatic Record Book.

Honolulu, Oct. 15.-Miss Gertrude
Ederle, aquatic star of the New York
Women's Swimming Association. shat
tered another record here Sunday
when she stroked the 400-meter free
style event in > minutes, ~ % sec.
onds. in the A. 4. L. water meet.
Previously she had hung up new rec
ords for the 100-meter free style swim
and the 200-meter open water event.
The previous American record for
the 400-meier free style distance was
made by Miss Ederle in 1922. and was
six minutes. one-fifth of n second.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
xBatted for Barnes in eighth.

Two-base hit. L. Meusel; three-base
hits. L. Meusel. E. Meusel: home run
Dugan: stolen base. Ward; sacrifice,
Pipp: double plays. Bancroft to Frisch;
left on base. Giants 4. Yankees Q; base
Scott /: struck out, by Bentley
(Schang). by Bush ; (Barnes. O'Con-
nell. Bancrof). by Scott (Bush). by
Barnes (Ruth. Ward). by Jonnard l
(Pipp); hits. off Bentley In Is in
nings. off J. Scott in 2. off Barnes 4
in 3; winning pitcher. Bush; losing pitch
er. Bentley; umpires, Evans at plate.
O'Dsy at first. Nalln at second, Hart at
third; time of game. :53.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
Yorktown Beats Victoria.

Victoria, Tex. Oct. 15.-The York
town football eleven defeated the Patti
Welder High School OF Victoria Fri
day afternoon by a score of 20 to -.
1t was good game and Clearly play
cd. with Yorktown scoring all of her
points in the first half. During the
last half Victoria worked good sys-
tenn of forward passes which York
town was unable to solve. This is the
first defeat for the Patti Welder
eleven.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
BOWLING

The Gunter Hotel Bears lead the
City Handicap League by a game
over their nearest competitors, the
White Swans. at the end of the third
week OF bowling. Standings:
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15

S1,000,000. Sundays figures: At
tendance, 62,S17: receipts S201, 45y !;
advisory councils share, S30.21S.S5;
ach clubs share. SS5,620.07; (play-
ers share in first four games only.
Figures for five games: Attendance,
267 .25S; receipts, 1921, 563: advisory
council, $144, S64.45: each club. $685.
547.76.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-15
ENGINEER AND FRANK
TEAMS PLAY WITHOUT
A SCORE In THE MUD
Civilians Threaten Several
Times But Soldiers Eleu-
en- Holds.

The Second Engineers and the A. B.
Frank eleven played scorelcss tie at
Schwab Field Sunday afternoon in a
game which was slowed down badly
by muddy field.
Line bucks were employed most fire.
quently by both teams with few passes
attempted. The Franks had the bet
ter OF the contest most of the way
through the game, pushing the En-
ginSers back against their own goal
line several times, only to fail in at
tempts TO score.
The Frank backfield was crippled
by the absence of Fry. Doshinko and
other stars but Dutch" Heye was in
the game and MAJ, plenty Of gains.
Glib Perez made his initial appearance
in the Frank lineup at right end and
was one of the stars. Pfeiffer also
played a good game at right half.
Captain Wigs of the Engineers
starred, as did Cavanaugh at end
These two Engineer stars were the
outstanding men on their squad.
The line-ups:
Frank (O) Second Engineers (0)
The Colorado statesman., 1923-05-05
GENERAL

Emerson Hough, author, died in a
hospital in Evanston, ILL.,, few days
ago.
There are 2,S190OO miles of high
ways in the United States, of which
Texas has the greatest mileage, total
ing 1886, and Kansas is the next
largest with 124,143.
Hyman Bushel, counsel for Babe
Ruth, laid before Acting District At
torney Pecora, in New York, charges
of conspiracy and a request for the
Indictment of Dolores Dixon and 9TH
ers involved in the girls $4,000 suit
against the home-run king, which her
attorney withdrew.
Persistent reports that there Is to
be wholesale eXhumation of the
bodies of House of David followers at
st. Joseph, Mich, who have died were
strengthened when Homer S. Quay,
assistant attorney general, caused an
investigation to be made of the rec
ords of approximately forty deaths.
OF the forty who died six came to
their ends through causes unknown"
The American State Bank at Kan
sas City failed to open few days
ago. A notice announced it was in
the hands of the state finance COM
missioner.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Company announced that the organiza-
ton would be disbanded unless some
agreement Is reached on the wage
scale for the coming season. The mu-
sicians affiliated with the Chicago
Federation of Musicians, have demand
ed a SIS u week increase. The COM
pany claims revenues are not sufficient
to pay this increase to the 100 musi-
clans employed.
The Hippodrome, the home of big
spectacles and New York's greatest
playhouse, closed its doors for good
recently and no longer will its audi
ences, each representing half the states
in the Union, wonder where the diving
girls go when they disappear into the
huge tank and never are seen from the
front to reach the surface. About 4O,-
100000 persons are computed to have
entered the vast auditorium during the
eighteen years of its existence. The
Hippodrome was erected on the site
of the old Sixth Avenue car barn. The
great playhouse will make way for
business structure.
Albert l.. (Ted) Hollywood, alleged
| leader of the bandit gang that staged
the $20,5OO Frisco payroll robbery at
| Springfield, Mo-, last May, has been
arrested in Bellingham, Wash. Holly
wood is the last alleged member of the
bandit gang to be arrested. He is also
suspected of being connected with the
| Denver mint robbery.
william Z (PussyfooD Johnson, dry
leader, said that neither party Will
venture to make the modification OF
prohibition an ISSUE" adding that Con-
gress and the country would continue
| getting dryer.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-05-05
WASHINGTON

Representative j. Stanley Webster
of Washington was appointed by Pres
ident Harding to be United States
Judge for the eastern district of Wash
lngton.
A suggestion that the Senate may
propose some reservations Of its own
before it assents to "joining IL court
elected by the council and assembly of
the League of Nations" was advanced
by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
chairman of the foreign relations COM
mittee. and Senate floor leader of his
party.
Since prohibition became effective
in the United States exports of Scotch
and Irish whisky from Great Britain
to Mexico and various West Indian
islands off the American coast have in
creased 1000 per cent. The totals
we're: 1919, 70229 gallons; 1920, 321,-
500 gallons; 1921, 1874 ,615 gallons; 1922,
3O9, 500 gallons, according to figures
compiled by the Commerce Depart
ment.
President Harding has decided to
permit transportation to the United
States of the 500 Russian refugees
who recently landed in the Philippines
after stormy voyage in their own
ships from Vladivostok. Plans for
bringing the refugees to the United
States on an army transport We're
mapped out ut the conference of the
President, Secretary Weeks and John
Barton Payne, chairman of the Amer
lcan Red Cross.
A decision was handed down by the
supreme Court under which the Fed
.ral government will be permitted to
compel the Yuma County Water Users
Association to begin the payment of
nstallments to reimburse 1t for
money advanced in the lower Colo
ado irrigation work. The court
ound that water users located on the
Yuma project in Arizona could be
charged with cost of $75 per acre.
shich they resisted on the ground
hat the original contract with the
government contemplated charge Of
,nly S35 an acre.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-05-05
FOREIGN

James Larlin. the Irish labor agi-
as an undesirable alien, arrived re-
Gently at Klngstown. He was cheered
by crowd on the pier.
The autographed manuscript of the
diary Captain Cook kept during his
first voyage to the South Seas in 1850
has been sold at auction for $4,000 to
w. w. Ifould, librarian ut the public
library, Sydney, N. S. w.
Switzerland has repaid the United
States during the last year S10,000,O00
on account of loans floated there in
1919 and 1920, 1t has been officially
announced The national debt of the
country increased 90,000000 france last
year and now totals 2,110,000,000
francs.
The day of the handbook operator
is over in Canada as a result of the
anti-gambling act just passed In the
House of Commons. 1t prohibits
newspaper publication of betting in
formation or the circulation of such
information except at the race track
during the actual race meet.
A scientific expedition financed by
the government has solved u mystery
of fifty years standing by its discov-
cry in Kursk of magnetic iron ore
field. The ore was found at a depth
of 900 feet and in such quantities as
to arouse the hope that 1t may develop
into one of the worlds largest fields.
Mexico is spending this year $5O0000
ON its air service and 1t proposes to
spend next year $3,000,0OO or more.
The object is to make the air fleet the
eyes of the army wherever u revolution
threatens. 1t is believed that the in
crease in the air service will largely
decrease the costs of the army, which
are still heavy. Scores of Mevican air.
plane officers are in training in Mex
leo City, in the United States and
Europe.
Francisco Perez Rivera, matadOr of
Mexico City and Barcelona, Spain, was
gored badly by wild bull imported
from Sonora at a bull fight at Mexi-
cali Chagrined by his failure to de-
feat the animal, Rivera, it was said,
attempted to commit suicide in the
ring, according to reputed matador
custom, but was prevented by plea
dores. These diverted the attacks of
the bull from Rivera and rescued him
after he had been injured.
The people of Manitoba will be
asked to vote not only for the estab-
lishment of government liquor stores
to dispense liquor for beverage pur-
poses, but also on a petition put for
ward by the Beer and Wine League
for the sale of beer and wine with
meals in hotels. Separate referen-
dums will be taken, according to de-
cision reached by the Manitoba Legis-
lature. The referendum submitted by
the Moderate League of Manitoba,
calling for establishment of govern
ment liquor stores, will be voted on
June l, while the Der and wine ques-
ton will be settled by the electorate,
probably in September.