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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-26

Gerald-Is this seat engaged?
GeraldinelI don't see any ring
on it.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
Chill AN BOXER
D|SAPPOINTS
IN B0UT
vicentini, Highly Touted, Loses
70 Johnny shugrue n
New York.

NEW YORK, Dec. is The cham
pionship aspirations Of Luis Vicen-
tint, Chilean boxer, who was being
groomed here IN the lightweight
ranks. were rgide1y shattered last
night In the ring at Madison Square
Garden where, before q crowd OF
about 5000, Johnny Ehugrue, the
Jersey city lightweight, battered
his way to victory over the South
American importation. The con-
test was twelve-rOuYd affair
Shugrue won because he forced
the fighting every moment Of the
twelve rounds. He never retreated,
and never relented In his aggressive
work, even when stung and giak-
en-, as he was several times during
the bout, under the weight Of Vicen.
'tini's terrific right hand blows TO
the Jaw.
The result was regarded as q big
upset. Shugrue was conceded an
outside chance by his most ardent
supporters, but none was so optlTn-
istic as to boldly declare In advance
of the bout that the Jersey. City
lad would batter his way to victory
mast the crushing blows Of Vicentini,
who had been made favortte In
the betting at odds OF 2 to I. But
the verdict, while q shock to those
who had backed the Chilean, was
nevertheless considered fatr one,
Judging by the demonstration the
decision produced in the crowd.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
Generals To Sponsor
State Tournament
In Basketball

LEXINGTON, Va, Dec. 15.-
Announcement has just been
made from the office of gradu-
ate manager Of athletics here
that Washington and Lee will on
March 6, z, and 8 entertain and
sponsor the first annual State
high and prep school basketball
tournament. The undertaking
marks a new departure in the
field Of interscholastic athletics
in the Old Dominion and the
announcement of the tourney
will be well received by all fol-
lowers of the indoor game the
State over.
Within the next few days in-
vitations will be sent out to all
teams in the State eligible for
competition in the tournament,
and it is expected the response
to these will be large. In the
meantime, those in charge are
completing preliminary arrange
ments and promise to treat Vir-
GINA fans to the greatest in-
door sporting event in the an
nails Of athletic engagements.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
VIRGINIA BOOKS
TWENTY-FIVE
CONTESTS

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Dec.
15.-Twenty-five games are on the
schedule of the University Of Vir-
ginia baseball team that Is being
arranged by G. C.. Valentine, man.
ager Of baseball. The team trip
Tor 1924 will be southwark as far
rs Atlanta, Ga.
Since every letter man Of last
seasons team is back in the uni
versity great things are expected
Of the nine next spring. Coach
Earle Neale, who last Fear built a
poor makeshift squad into a team
1eated Georgia, South Carolina,
Hampden-S Sidney, Davidson, Vir.
gtnia Polytechnic Institute. anu
Maryland in a row, will train the
bau team again next spring.
Robert Parrish, of Richmond, Is
70 be captain Of the nine for his
second season, and In addition to
the ten letter men who will be ready
Tor spring practice he will be able
10 draw on many good men from last
seasons first-year team, among
them Carter Diffey, freshman, cap.
tain; Farmer, Beard, Groseclose, Mus
tard, Wrenn, Totuseck. and Will
nc CShLdLIFS ScneQuIe follows:
march q, Amherst, Lambeth
field: 2s, Amherst, Lambeth field;
81, Roanoke. Lambeth field.
April l, Lynchburg. Lambeth
fieid; q, Cornell. Lambeth field: 8,
Cornell. Lambeth field; 10. Rich.
mond, Lambeth field; II, Washing.
ton and Lee. Richmond (pendingl:
T. Navy. Lambeth field (pending;
10, Syracuse, Lambeth field. 10
Lehigh, Lambeth field; 10. Virginia
Military Institute, Lambeth field:
u. Georgia, Lambeth field; 22'
Georgia. lambeth field; %, Mary.
land. Lambeth field: 26, North caro-.
lima. Lambeth field; %, GEORGIA
Tech, Lambeth field; 29. Georeia
Tech, Lambeth field.
May 2. North Carolina. Chanel
Hill. N. c.; 3, North caroIipe
Greensboro. N. c.: s, Georeia
Athens. Ga; 8. Georgia Tech. At.
lanta, Ga; 2. Georgia Tesh, Atlanta
Ga; 10, Virginia Polytechnic Insti.
tufe, Lambeth field.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
do You Remember

When Outfielder Bob Bescher
was traded by the Reds to the
Giants for Buck Herzog and
Grover Hartley?
When w Cameron Forbes
quit his job as governor of the
Philippines to become football
coach of the Harvard eleven ?
When Doc Reitz was traded
by Washington to Pittsburgh
for Stage, Padden and
O'Brien?
When clone WOLF, Asher
had one friend?
When '.Hogan's Alley'' was
wide open?
Jim Saffel, car of the press
box at the old ball park?
The Washington times., 1923-12-15

On Bills team at that time
were few souse pots who dallied
with the merry mucilage much
too often, to Bills disgust.
Having seen two of Bills team
in a cafe that morning licking
up some happy juice we informed
him of the fact and then asked
how the game came out that day.
1--WE won," said Bill with his
winning smile.
IT knew that big pitcher of
mine was half lit and with two
men on base in the seventh ]
had to send him up to bat. / was
hoping that he might get beaaed,
but he didn't. He hit the first
ball pitched for three-bagger.
"He must have seen three balls
coming up at him and swung at
the one in the middle"
Donovan was not only a great
ball player in his time but was
also pretty sweet with a cue in
q billiard parlor.
Some years ago at John DOyle's
we had a newspaper mems gol1
pool tournament and interest in
the game was great. The tour
ney finished and others around
Doyle's took up the game. Tod
Sloan, the great little jockey, was
champion Of the place and trim
med all Corners.
One day John Doyle rugged up
a player with a long gray ulster,
suede gloves, a trick hat and
false face.
John trotted his man out and
bet the eats for five that he could
beat any man in the place, bar
none.
A couple Of the wise ones took
The Washington times., 1923-12-15


Verne Booth, who won the inter.
collegiate cross-country champion
ship at Van Cortland Park, New
York, is not entered in today's
event. He has quit performing out
doors and is in training now for the
indoor season.
One Of his teammates, John
Gwinn, who ran second to Booth
in the University of Maryland Hop
kins dual run, is competing unat.
tached in today's race. He is the
only college athlete entered, barring
a few probable post-time entries
from Maryland.
The Emorywood Athletic Club, Of
Baltimore, also is expected to have
team Of five men ready at the
start.
Entries now in the hands of the
committee include the names of
Earl v. Hart. Edwin Schmidt, Hem
ny Haney, Dick Unsold and Victor
Frank, Cross Country Club; Rube
Chomet, Ted Lowenson, Louis
Levy. Fritz Miller and John Peter.
sam, Y M. H. A.; Dan Healy.
James Montague and Mike Lynch.
Aloysius Club; Frank Blum, Hub
A. A., and John Gwinn, unattached.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15

up Johns bet and got Tod Sloan.
The bet then included the players
in the feed.
Johns Man, "The Masked Mar
vel" beat Sloan by 20 points and
made q record of % for ID holes,
which still stands.
The masked marvel was Wild
Bill Donovan.
A Yarn About Frank p. Slavin.
M R. EUGENE CORR, the fa-
M nous English referee, tells
49, this story about the great
Slavin in a recent issue of the
Sydney Referee:
1.-THE death Of Klondyke Boyle
awakens many memories. This
remarkable soldier of fortune was
at one time manager Of Frank P.
Slavin, the Sydney cornstalk, as
he was called in those days. /
first met Boyle when he brought
Slavin to London to fix up the
preliminaries to the fight with
Peter Jackson. That, by the way,
remains the greatest heavyweight
fight / have ever seen.
"But since the name of Slavin
comes to the forefront, it will be
as well to relate the circumstances
of my last meeting with Paddy.
at was during the war that
Slavin came to see me at the club,
after an absence of goodness knows
how many years. He was wear
ing Canadian uniform, and his
hat seemed trifle too small for
his head, so that, as he had been
sampling the distilled waters Of
the Highlands, it looked for all the
world as if he was trying to bal
ance his little hat on his big head
without losing either.
"At any rate, Frank was still
thirsty, and I suggested a walk.
We went to the Eccentric Club,
and by this time we were both
thirsty. But it was between times.
and the restrictions were rieidlv
imposed in those days. However,
we found mutual friend, who had
private room at the club, and a
few private bottles, by the wav.
Slavin's thirst grew with the
bumper measures my friend was
handing out. But his generosity
had something behind It.
After a while this hospitable
friend said: Come on, you two, the
audience is waiting for YOU
"'What on earth for?' asked.
There's concert going on
downstairs for the wounded SOL
diers, and you two have to 90 on
with knuckle fight
II took it for a leg pull, but
Slavin just took it as a matter Of
course, and said, Certainly
though not so plainly as it is writ
ten.
"Leg-pull or otherwise, they had
got everything ready for us: pals.
sponges and towels, and on we had
to go. can tell you I blessed that
thirst of Slavin's because he
couldn't hit me and I was relieved.
A knuckle fight with Slavin is q
bit beyond a joke, you know. He
wanted to chuck me into the
orchestra, and he kept saying,
Stand up and have a fight!' but
was at last persuaded to give a
lecture on war instead, and, like
war, the lecture was
Still, Slavin was a great
fighter, and, in his way, a great
man."
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
BUcKY HARRIS PLAYING
PRO BASKETBALL GAMES

Ed Holly, the Boston Red Sox
scout, has organized his profes'
sional basketball team again this
winter, and win tour the country
with It.
The following are the players:
Hinkey Haines, of the Yankees;
Stanley Harris, of the Washington
Americans; r. Delghan, of the Phila-'
delphia League: Doud, Of the South
ern League; Hickey, Of the syria.
cuse International League; Stark
and Donovan, Of the Piedmont
League.
Nick Altrock and Al Schacht will
also travel with the team.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
CITY CLUB CUNT PLAYS
GOTHAM STARS MONDAY

The City Club quint will meet the
New York Nationals at the City Club
Monday night. AS preliminary the
Peck A. c. will play the Manhattan
A. c. The New York Nationals are
said to be indicated, and at the
present time are on six-gam tour
Of New England.
The Nationals have star players
from all over the United States and
Canada.
After the two games there will be
dancing until / q. m.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
CURB CAFE BOWLERS
TRIM CRACK KING-PINS

BY beating the strong King-Pin
qutnt, two games to one. the Curb
Cafe bowlers retained their lead in
the District League pennant race.
Every man on both teams is a
star bowler. The King-Pins won
the opener, 533 to 523 and lost the
next two. $40 to 500 and $50 to
533.
Red Megaw, Of the King-Pins. got
the high set, 354, and Joe Mulroe,
Of the Curb Cafe. high game, 136.
A large crowd saw the match at the
KinR-Pin.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
YANKEE STADIUM PLANS
TO STAGE BIG BATTLES

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Jacob
Rupert, owner of the New York
Yankees, will not close the Yankee
stadium to boxing, Ed Barrow. his
business manager, announced today
upon his return from the baseball
meetings at Chicago.
Despite the announcement of
President Ban johnson, of the
American League. that baseball
and boxing do not mix" in banning
fights in parks of his organization,
Barrow added, the Yankees will
compete with the New York Giant
management to hold boxing attrac.
tons next summer. However, Bar
row added, none but the biggest
fights will be sought.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
list pals thnned Sunday when Bill Donovan

~ pals Sunday when Bill Donovan
u D killed in a railroad wreck Buffalo.
~ to that he There
feeling friendship warmth Bills greeting that few other
m possess. Bill real.
They the he has made If that is
practically unknown, he had enemies
extremely but ne mad
laugh his
Years AGO. when running
writer with party Of friends
Bill had with the team for SERIES
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
Bow Wow Is Linnping.

Bow Wow Meyers, Mercury cen.
ter, has the black outlook of hav-
Ing to limp through a large part
OF the winter. One of Bow Vows
legs Is in bad shape, and has been
Tor weeks, though he never quit
playing.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
HOLD FOOTBALL GAME
UNDER ARTIFICIAL LIGHT

On November %. at Lynn, Mass
5000 persons watched what is said
to be the first game of football
played entirely under electric light.
IL was between the General Elec.
trio Company's engineers and Tufts
College. A's
The Washington times., 1923-12-15

between the Steel Plant and the
Little Falls. They run from pan
size to monsters and are considered
luxury by the housewife.
The carp is with us twelve
months out OF the year, but is
fished for by q small majority Of
anglers. The largest catches are
made In the Tidal Basin by night
fishermen. His flesh is coarse
and stringy.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
LOCAL ANGLERS ENJOY
YEAR-ROUND FISHING
BIZ X. A. ANGLER.

Local having such river the
Potomac The main body and its
nets excellent anglers the round
It would be pretty hard matter TO just when the fishing
another mhabit
throughout the entire twelve months,
catfish (chann Mssisspp caught the
but this fellow is at his best the first three months Of the
there nothing this fish in the winter months and the
il
fifteen twenty pounds.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
THREE ALOYSIUS MEN in
SOUTH ATLANTIC RUN

Three members the oysius club Dan Heay Jimmy Montague
contesng today in the South At
lant championship Baltimore Heay finished
Hopkins University distance
the modified recently staged Baltimore holding
himself He expected to give all rivals real gaop today
Park The field Of fifteen will travel six miles hill and
The Washington times., 1923-12-15

helped owing to inadequate facilities
FOR playing sandlot baseball, ana
they harp on them instead Of maxi
ing the most OF them. The boys are
given to understand frequently that
they are not getting q square deal.
They get away from the principles
0f sportsmanship.
This, however, does not apply 10
all men managers Of boys teams.
Far from 1t. Some OF them realize
the responsibility for good or eviI
that rests with them and strive for
the good. They teach the boys that
to play the game FOR the sport that's
II III and not to win at any cost. II
the big thing,
The spirit to win az any cost
Is the predominating sin Of the
sandlote.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
KLUGGE LEADS BOWLERS
IN LEGION LEAGUE

the W % Post be well started
way 20 the championship of the American Legion Bowling
eb e Ins King Pin with Of 1Os Nearly
quentin Roosevelt Post is figured be that
beaten for the pennant
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
LET BOY ALONE, URGES
PLAYGROUND LEADER
By Il. y. THOMAS.

Keep affairs and
ball teams and the boys will be good Padoxcaly this
comes straight from whose business handling the
est element OF athletes His Richard s. Tennyson and
JOB Is director Of boys activities Of Washington
Rhodes will tell anybody that Richard
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
Med onaId Victim OF
Hee-Bee-Jee-Bees:
S. Finn Opines

Word reaches The Times that
our eminent fellow townsman,
Cy Mcdonald, genial manager
of Spalding's, is confined to
his domicile with an ailing dog.
Skillet Finn gives it as his
opinion that Cyrus is suffering
from the hee-bee-j ee-bees, or
logoes on the bogoes. Finn
ought to know as he has a
kindred ailment. Whether they
got it at the same party is not
known.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
VIII Play Syracuse.

Frank Cavanaugf'e Boston coi.
lege Eagles will play Syracuse nert
fall
The Washington times., 1923-12-15

Few racing thoroughpreds rSldA1l
their prowess once they have reach
ed that age. Old Exterminator
was one. There have been others.
There viii be others.
But in those few instances where
q horse has continued IN the front
ranks after he had reached the
seven-year~oId mark it will invari-
ably be found that same thorough
bred had continued his racing,
without interruption, through his
four, five and six-year-old years.
It has now been over three years
since Man-o'-War set foot upon q
racing strip. Whether he could
regain that form which swept every
thing before him is nothing other
than q gamble. with the chances
higly against i'm.
Again We ask: What good would
come from M8n-O'.War being
brought backe True it Is that he
has been supplanted by Harry f.
Sinefafrss Zev as Americas great
est winning thoroughbred. But
I'm these days Of $780, 900 and $780,
600 purses, that means very little,
Il anything.
Zev il q great thoroughbred, but
his greatness win never reach that
Of Man o. Wars. Only the most
preiudiced would attempt to COM
pare him with Man o. War.
The Riddle horse Is per cent as
good as he was in his halycon days
could give Zev weight for age and
whip him with cons1Ynmate ease
over any distance OF ground.
Man o. War made world records
Tor varying distances. under any
and all conditions, with little or no
effort. Zev's best time for the
same routes Is seconds slower than
those Of Man o. War.
Zov ran few races 1t q mile
Or more In which he was not
ridden out to the very last ounce.
Man o. War was seldom, Ii ever,
fully extended. This In itself is
food for thought. It would APP
pear that Man o. War was still
greater than his performances
Indicated.
After 3 three years Iay-off it is
Questionable whether he could ever
be gotten into racing condition,
that Is, q condition where he would
flash that speed Of hoof which car
ried him to twenty victories in
twenty-one starts.
1t is hardly likely that Samuel
ID. Riddle win be so foolish as to
make the attempt to bring him
back. Guy Bedwell's foozIe in 1920
with Sir Barton should be q lesson.
Sir Barton. after he had made an
enviab1e record, was brought out
OF retirement to try conclusions
with Man o. War.
The result Of that race is well
known TO all. Sir Barton ran q
most miserable race-one that would
have been disgrace when he was
the champion of his division. And
% 1t might happen with Man o.
War.
Let Man o. War rest on the
laurels he has won.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15

To match ones skill against the
pike or jack he must first find his
haunts. Up into some creek, inlet
or cove, where the grass Is thick,
he viii find him at home always
ready to defend himself against
any intruder. The winter months
are the best time OF the year to
angle for this fighter. He Is sci.
dom fisIed for during the hot
summer season as his value as q
food fish IL below par, the meat
being strong and coarse.
Eels are caught the year through
and make a fine meat for the table,
their flesh being firm and free
from so many troublesome bones.
The majority of local fishermen
never wet their lines until the re-
port reaches them that the white
perch have started to run and that
is generally the last week in March.
From then on. until the middle OF
May the river is dotted with boats
from the Aqueduct to the Chain
bridge. Many fine catches are
made and it Is nothing unusual
to see fishing parties with large
numbers Of pound perch. There il
no fish that sWin1s in the Potomac
that is more eagerly sought for the
table in the spring than this early
The most ferOci0us fish for his
size. the yellow perch, has many
admirers among the fishing fra
ternity and they are Of the Opin-
ION that this finny tribe should be
cIassed with the game fish and
afforded the same protection
This sharp filmed fish is at his
best during the summer and fall
and Is considered on par with
the bass rs food value.
The crappie, although not attain
ing large proportions, will give the
angler q plucky fight when hooked
add deserves the class distinction
given him, that Of game fish. He
may be fshed ten months out Of
the year, but is given protection
during the spawning season, April
and May. Like the meat of all
game fish there is a twang that
just suits the palate.
The big mouth bass is always
ready to give the angler a fight to
a finish and in return should re-
ceive fair play. Return him to the
water IL he does not measure up
To the standard, nine inches, ana
stav away from his haunts during
April and May or you may have
to do a lot of explaining to the
court. His hunting grounds are
from the Little Falls down to
where the Potomac turns salt.
arrival. The meat Is sweet and
tender.
Mullets are caught in the early
suring, this being the only time
Of the year that the rOund-moutn
fellow takes the hook. he makes
a very tasty dish Tor the LenEen
season.
Now for the king OF kings, the
fighting small-mouth black pass'
known wherever the Engnsn IAN
guage is spoken for his gameness'
You will find him at ms pest II. the
broken waters OF the upper Eoto-
mac, that is to say, from the Little
Fails I'm to the head waters. If
Won have outwitted him with your
lure and have had a successful
landing you know all tnat mas
ever been written about this game:
ster has never been exaggerated
Rock fish (striped bass) arrive in
Nav or as the old timers nut It,
"the time to look for rock fish Is
when the poplar blossoms are in
bloom" They remain throughout
the summer and early fall. but are
at their best during the month OF
June. It is at this time Of year
that the big fellows are taken in
the swift waters Of the Potomac
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
Pop Warner Through
At Pitt After
Long Reign

Glenn (POp) Warner has
! passed ont of the University u
Pittsburgh after nine brilliant
years as coach 81 its football
eIevens. Dr.. d. b. Clock
Sutherland, olle-tinne star 81 i
Pitt eleven, will succeed him.
Warner goes to California
next year to coach the Leland
Stanford eleven for 3 period of
years.
The Washington times., 1923-12-15
MAN O. WAR TOO NEAR
SEVEN YEARS TO
COME BACK
Bv LEONARD w. COLLINS.

enthusiast an admirer OF
to the effect that
Man brought out OF retirement and again will be
colors
the who found himself written OUT
in
why should Man brought back the races? What
coud In
reached the
The Washington times., 1923-12-15

Listen to Dick. "A boy win ask
questions rather than argue. He
knows that he doesn't know all
about the game he is playing and
Is ever ready to learn. In fact,
that's his chief interest In raising
a question. He wants to learn.
sOnce informed, the boy. as :
rule, will do the proper thing, nc
cOrding to what he is told to be
the proper thing.
1t Is well to remark here that
much responsibility rests with the
playground director. il he is g
fair-minded person. the boys start
their athletic careers with code o.
conduct based on craftsmanship.
Having seen Tennyson IN action
not only as q playground director
but as voluntary umpire IN the
annual sandIot series, this member
Of the fourth estate will vOuch for
him. The playground department.
hardly could have found better
man for its needs.
vSome Of the baseball teams Of
the last few seasons have been
almost constantly engAged ~
arguments, continues Yennys0ns
ssbnt the players themselves have
not been responsible g Eules
Ii has been the grOWn'up man
ayers.
They see an Opportunity to kick
on matters that cant very well be
The Washington times., 1923-12-15

.'They see an opportunity to kick
on matters that cant very well be
The Washington times., 1923-12-15

Mullets are caught in the early
spring, this being the only time time
Of the year that the round-mouth
fellow takes the hook. He makes
a very tasty dish for the Lenten
season.