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The Washington times., 1923-01-17
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Takes Early Morning Walk
Following Operation
Last Night.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.Babe
Ruth. famous slugger Of the New
York Yankees. was so far recovered
from the operation performed on
his left hand last night that he
went for an early morning walk to-
day, none the worse for the ordeal.
The big hitter entered st. Vincent's
Hospital yesterday to have a trou.
blesome boil Ianced. according to
Mrs. Ruth, who did the honors IN
the absence Of the former home.
run king.
Tt was nothing serious. : she de-
clared. Just q boil that was
troubling him. and we thought It
just as well to have 1t attended to,
particularly since Il was his throw
ing hand that was affected !"
The Ruths are staying at the An
sonia. but will return to their farm
at Sudbury, Mass. tonight.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
VIRGINIA. SIGNS
NEALE As
COACH
ErstwhiIe w. and ]. Grid
Teacher Will BE Director
Of Athletics.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Jan.
17.-Earle A. Greasy" Neale, for
the past three years successful
coach of the Washington and JET.
ferson football elexens, has signed
to handle football and baseball for
one year at the University OF Vir.
ginia. He will have two weeks Of
football practice this coming spring
and will not return again until
September 10, when gthe regular
1873 gridiron campaign win get
under way.
Neale will be general director Of
athletics at Virginia. He will en-.
deavor to awaken interest among
the undergraduates in all branches
Of athletics. Since the return to
the professional coaching system
was made by Virginia's athletic
authorities there has been an effort
made to have the athletic drill
master for football and baseball
on the ground for the entire sea-
son. lust as Pop" Lannigan spends
his full time coaching track and
basketball. In Neale the athletic
council of Virginia is sure the man
for the position has been fOund.l
Although Neale is to come for
only one year the terms Of his
agreement are such that Virginia
will have an option on his tinie
in case the arrangement il satisfac.
tory to both sides.
At Muskingum College In 1916
Neale began his career as a coach
after he had finished his playing
days on West Virginia Wesleyan.
Later at Wesleyan and at Marietta
College he began 20 show up as a
football director OF unusual skill
and when he guided the Washing,
ton and Jefferson eleven through
1921 without defeat his reputation
was. established.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
DR.. BALLOU AWAITING
! VISIT OF PRINCIPAL s

1t appear unlikely that DR.. Bal.
lou, superintendent of schools,
would take action today on the an.
peal of the high school principals
to reverse the decree that threw
twenty-four players out of the
scholastic championship basketball
series.
DR.. BalIou has just returned
from trip out OF town. A board
meeting was to be held this after.
noon. The committee named by
the principals to take up the has
ketball matter with DIR. Ballou had
not seen the superintendent late
this morning.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
BELIEVES ROBINS HAVE
GOOD SECOND BASEMAN

Spencer Abbot, who was manager
OF Memphis last year and who comes
up to Reading this season, is confis
dent that the Robins have q second
baseman Of the sort they have been
looking for in J. F. Stewart, obtained
from Birmingham. The Robins are
searching for a second basen1an to
take the place Of Ivy Olson.
Stewart received a trial with the
Pirates last spring, but was released
for weak hitting. He claims that
making MN change his style was
responsible for that and that he
will return to his old form with sue
cess this season.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
BANS NEWEST UMPIRE
GETS TRIAL AT TAMPA

CHICAGO. Jan. 17.-Emmett
RED" Ormsby, former Chicago
semi.pro pitcher, who has been UNI
piring in the Western League " -th
success for the past two years, has
been signed by Ban Johnson and will
get his trial at Tampa, Fla, official
ing in the games played by the
Washington Griffmen.
Clarence Rowland, former White
Sox manager, who is to umpire in
the American. League this year, has
been assigned to the Athletics at
Montgomery, Ala.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
ALEXANDRIA INFANTRY
HAS LOTS OF ACTION

The Alexandria Light Infantry
team has a tough time in store for
the remainder of this week. To.
night the Alexandria basketers will
tackle the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars at Alexandria; tomorrow
night they will meet Aloysius in the
Aloysius gym and Saturday night
the big American Legion team will
be encountered at Alexandria.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
BRITISH AMERICAN CUP
AT STAKE NEXT SUMMER

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE British.
American cup committee decided to-
day to accept the challenge of the
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club,
of Oyster Bay, l.. T., for series
of six races for the Seawanhaka
challenge cup to be held in the
solent this year.
The cup was captured from the
Manchester Yacht Club last summer
by the Cola III, sailing under the
colors of the Royal Northern Yacht
Club. The races were held in Mas
sachusetts. bay, off Manchester, and
the Seawanhaka Corinthian Club
subsequently proposed a return
series. .....
The committee favors holding the
races on August 1, 3, 4, s, 8 and 8.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17

Chris Hutchinson, Manhattan
manager, sent in his second team
against the Anacostia Eagles after
getting a 14-4 lead in the first half
and the Eagles. aided by couple
Of Washington Collegians soon were
even. With little time left, Hutchin.
son shot back his regulars but it
was too late. In the last fifteen
seconds the Eagles got goal and
won, 1915.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
UhIe Used Brush.

George Uhle, the tall young twirler
of the Cleveland Indians, hung up five
whitewash victories last season. Iris
Speaker is banking on this young
man TO succeed Coveleskie as the
Indians most dependable finger in
the future.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Mohawks Lose Watt.

Whether or not the Mohawks will
reorganize their championship base.
ball team next month is not def
nitely decided on. The Hawks will
lose Frank Watt, pitcher, who has
signed with Norfolk in the Virginia
League. Allie Watt, Franks
brother, is with Norfolk, too.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
BowIers Challenge.

The Waverly Juniors; averaging
eighteen years Of age, challenge
bowling teams Of their age class.
Doc O'Brien. the Waverly captain,
may be reached at the Waverly
Club, 721 / street northeast.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Westerns Play Two.

Two stiff games will be played
by the Western A. c. tonight in
the Peck gym. The Independent
A. c.. will be encountered at 1880
O'Clock and the Linworth team ten
minutes after the opener ends.
Both the Independents and Lin
should give the Western
A O. Dlenty to do.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
He's a CAPITAL Lad.

Kirby Gallagher, Braves rookie
inf !. lder, is a Washington product.
He was sold to the Braves and
played during the final stage Of
the last campaign. Gallagher was
a member of the knights of Column
bus League several seasons ago
and had. lots of class.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Roll Hot Race.

,Surguy, of the Auditors, and Scriv-
ener, of Law, are principals in a
red hot duckpin race in the South.
ern Railway Clerks League. When
Dave Fegan last compiled the aver
ages, Surguy was leading, 105-16
tn 1869.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
HIT ON BEAN BY BALL
BEALL MAY BE BALD
~ 4. D. THOMAS.

George Stalngs baseball think himself the
something phenomenal Bea sandlot
pitcher Washington, late month for early spring
Stags took long careful look at Bea when the
Greenvile,
semipro team last
The difficult
ties with organized baseball Washington
involved with baseball law by refusing to contract with Nor
folk and violating the clause. d { III
The Washington times., 1923-01-17

Stallings thought he was corrall--
ing a promising youngster. He
was. But when young Beall walks
into the Rochester clubs headquRr-
ters next month and removes his
hat, Mr.. Stallings may think he
has taken over q middle-aged gink
too far gone for fast baseball COM
pany.
Mr.. Beall may be as bald az an
egg.
Strange, indeed; are some Of
the causes that separate . man
from the hair on his head, but
Beall's Is one Of the Strangest
cases on record.
He was knocked nearly bald
headed BY . thrown ball.
1T happened toward the end Of
GreenyiIIe's last campaign. Beall
was ot.footing it for first base on
an infield blow. The third base
man OF the opposing team, In at
tempting a double play, tipped the
ball toward first with plenty Of
smoke on 1t.
It hit the speeding RealI on the
back Of the bean with aresounding
Whack.
Since that time Beall and his
hirsute covering have been parting
company. Today there are large
spots of shininess on Walters
dome.
when BeaIl first noticed the bald
spots, he went post.haste to a doc
whats the matter with my
hair?" asked the young man anx-
iously, barring his bean.
The physician closely examined
+ the spotted noodle, according to
Walter, and merely grunted.
Plainly, the medicO was puzzled.
BeaIl helped him by relating the
incident of the baseball collision.
| "Oh, yes" drawled the doc.
fhoughtfully, I'D forgotten, I
knew of similar case handled by
colleague of mine. The man in
that case lost all his hair"
did it ever come back?" asked
the young man, TREMENDOUSLY.
II never heard" replied the
medicine man and young Beall has
been living in dread and doubt
ever since.
|. Fortunately for Walter, the death
effect of the blow was confined to
the outside of his skull. Within,
ambitious thoughts of the future
stir.
In his annual ventures from
Washington, Beall has never
failed to make good. The last
two seasons found him pitching
fine bali with the GreenViIIe semi
pros. In the last campaign he
pitched thirty games and lost
six. Greenville won the cham
piOnship of its league.
They play fast Selni-pro ball in
the Carolinas, some of the teams
being composed largely of players
black-listed because of, trouble over
contracts with organized baseball.
In two seasons with Greenville,
BeaIl pitched three no,hi; games.
He is an iron man. He pitched a
doubleheader for Greenville last
season and won both games, the
first by 2 to 0 and the second by
3 to 2. The second, by the way,
went twelve innings.
He returned to Washington In
time to pull the Mohawks through
to the city championship by pitch.
ing every other day for a week.
Beall has been virtually invincible
on the sandlots. He has been a
sterling performer in semi.pro
ranks and was a star in the Vir.
ginih League before getting into
trouble with the Norfolk club.
1t Is believed here that he will
make good from the start with
Rochester, bald or not.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
viii Meet PhiIIies.

Before opening the season at the
Yankees new stadium, the Boston
Red Sox will play the Phillles IN
Philadelphia in an exhibition game
on April 10.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Barrett is III.

Bobby Barrett, the young Phila-
deIphia lightweight, is suffering
from influenza and rheumatism and
has been advised to rest for
couple of months from his ring
activities
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Seek 12O-Pound Foes.

Games with 120-pound teams are
desired by the Rovers. j. Parran,
manager may be called by phone
at Lincoln 1853 after $50 D. m. 1t
is desired that opponents have
gyms.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Liberty A. c. to Shine.

Liberty A. C.'s speedy young team
will play in the preliminary to the
Yankee-Canton game at the Coliseum
tomorrow night, opposing the crack
Epiphany Junior team.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Lanrdon Juniors Start.

The Langdon Juniors will get q
belated start tomorrow night when
they will open their season in a
game with the Epiphany Eagles.
Friday night the Langdon Juniors
will play the Good Shepherd team.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Four with Pirates.

{ The Boston Red Sox have booked
four exhibition games with tn
Pittsburgh Pirates at Hot Springs
on March "a, % and 80 and April l.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17

81 feel sure If all our names Were
put to q popular vote, mine would
be q long way from the tail end"
he says, and then with all due
modesty, land wouldn't be Bit
surprised If I led the list
AS to his qualifications, the Bat.
tier points to his intimate apparent.
" painless association with padded
gloves of all sizes, shapes and vary.
ing degrees Of hardness. and wants
to know who, IL any one. is better
suited to deal with any and all
situations of this kind. But he
makes honesty his main plea for
consideration, and points to incl
with Joe Cans and Aurelia Herrera
to bear him out.
Elm 1904, up in Butte, Mont,
when was to box Herrera" he
says, 81 had never seen 81, 200 Of
my own IA my life. Butte at
that time h You win reGnember,
was Wide open and plenty Of
money was In circulation there
then. Don't you think Il takes
. certain amount of backbone
for tWeuty-tW0-year-Old kid to
refuse an offer Of q cold 500
Ito throw flght?,'
Mind you, the purse was only
$500. pretty big at that time, to
- cut $2,100 to the winner and
Z - 400 to the loser
'sWel1, I am the fellow who did
e and inside Of twelve months I
earned over $50, 200 by being on
the level and haven't q single
blenish on my record up to date,
something am proud Of"
The Butte affair was not the only
one In which the Batter was tempt
ed, let him assure you. In all three
fights with Cans. 1t seems, he had
through malefactors Of great wealth
and oily, persuasive ways.
Another big point in my
career" he hastens to add, "oc-
CURED up In Goldfield, New, when
/ fought my only prize fight with
the greatest lightweight that ever
pulled on a glove, the, old master,
ST was offered fifty brand new
$1,000 bills just to give a certain
party my word that j would lose,
but I refused. knocked Cans out
In the forty-eecond round with my
favorite left half scissors hook on.
the liver, but the referee, George
eiler, called It foul"
An that we care to say 70 this
Is that we are not altogether sure
that we blame George. Anyone
who viii use q half scissors hook
On the liver On an opponent
seems to merit some kind OF .
Feprimand.
However, the Battler is by no
means through. He has much more
20 dilate upon, with particular
reference to the subsequent bouts
with Cans at Jim Coffroth's Mission
street arna, San Francisco.
pom the second of these occa-
efors, he spurned an offer OF $10,-
0ee to let Cans stay twenty rounds,
he declares. and then just to en-
barrass his. tempter, knocked Joe
for a set Of ebony dominoes in the
twenty.first.
Diogenes, douse your lamp You
are wasting your time.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Hold Time Trials.

Time trials for Georgetown's
medley relay team will be held to-
day. The team will run In the
Fordham games Saturday against
Columbia and Princeton.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17

When people get that thin with
out losing their ambition, the only
thing for the public to do is hui
NOR them along. Willard thinks
he wants to fight Dempsey, but
don't forget a kid thinks il can
eat the whole pie.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
BAT NELSON HAS EYE ON
JOB AS DICTATOR
OF SQUARED RING
By DAVIS J. WALSH.

NEW YORK. 1Oscar Battling Nelson who lightweight
champion of the world absorbed more stray gloves than
play Judge Lands to the padded fist The battler has learned
fistc writer go meeting of
the National Boxing Association of America and the dele
Afa noe&
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Faber Tough Nut.

Urban Faber, the White Sox vet
eran, took part in eight extra-inning
games last season.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17

> Iu6r67B o n "
one stouter man in the world
than the Bambino. and that's
Jess Willard. Jess admits 265
pounds more or less, but the ac-
cent. is on the former.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17

was so tat that
sometimes h is
shadow reached.
a block behind
him.
Babe is inven-
tor Of that ia
nous let ter.
which was writ
ten to DIR. Cope
land: MY dear
Doc. I am In
clined to be fat;
can YOU tell me
what Is q good
thing to eat be-
tween neals?"
The Washington times., 1923-01-17

For an old man, Willard Ger.
tainly has young ideas. If he
gets this last wish it's going to
cost twice as much to get him
back to Kansas as it did to bring
him thence.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17


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:: J ! :
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i ] within easy reach. These well
known dealers sell Sunoco, the scien-
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Automotive Supply Co,
21st st. and Penn. Ave. N. w.
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Tenth and Sts. II. ~.
Mount Pleasant Auto Supply Co,
Mt Pleasant and Lamont Streets
Fred Keller,
1910 New York Ave. N. w.
Fred Keller,
s3s Park Road
John Briggs,
11O9 21st st. N. w.
Barrett's, Garage,
20th and Sts. N w.
Twentieth Street Garage,
1915 10th ST. N. w.
L. M. Moore, Auto Supplies,
Cherrydales Va.
Barry Pate Motor Co.,
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Sterrett & Fleming,
ALAS Champlain 81. N. W.
Ford Auto Supply Co.,
TIA 18th St. N. w.
T. +. Motor Co.,.
2ol3 N St. N. w.
w. C. Mills & Son,
Herndon, Va
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The Washington times., 1923-01-17

When he took a self-imposed
sentence to Sudbury last fall he
The Washington times., 1923-01-17

He's only stumble this side of
the home for the dyed now. Why
didn't he stay out there in the
wheat fields and pick his teeth
instead of lettering around New
York hotels gobbling up all the
tooth quilts?
II he doesn't hurry up and drop
this Dempsey nonsense, Jack is
likely to forget he's a gentleman
and knock Willard back home
without his customary luggage.
Those hasty exits don't carry any
stop-over privileges, either.
Why should Dempsey scar up
his knuckles on an unpublished
piece of bric-a-brac? The very
first, crack and Willard would
bounce off Jacks glove like rub
Der ball away from trained seals
nose.
Jess is so fat and resilient he'd
never settle long enough in one
place for Jack to wham down on
him in the good oId-fashioned
way.
Thatd be the only thing which
would prevent Dempsey from
committing murder in the first
round. and second degree.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17

An that we care to say TO this
Is that we are not altogether sure
that we blame George. Anyone
who viii use q half scissors hook
On the liver On an opponent
seems to merit some kind OF q
RenimaRad.
The Washington times., 1923-01-17
Says SKILLET"
| Finn, Esq:
Dempsey Wont Meet VIII
lard Because Jack Doesn't
Want 10 Be Tried Before
Juvenile Court for
Striking Child.
Nv KIRK MILLER.

- ABE RUTH has at last
k warped his silhouette down
IL to the place where he isn't
afraid to look set of scales in
the molars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-17
Better Get on the Band Wagon
And Cro,o Up With Washington

and with the eyes of the universe
glued on our section nothin' short OF
earthquake can prevent what I'm
claimin'! As old Jim Mutrie used to
say of his Moo York Joints" 1--WE Are
The Peepul.''
Just Creepin' Vines.
If a creepin' vine got cold feet and
stopped to figure where it was spreadin' !,
the chances are it would shriveL get
dizzy and quit! And so 1t ds with some
pond-lillies who have habftated the Dis
trict all of their hves--they can't ap-
preciate just what has took place right
under their noses durin' the past quar-
teI-century, and what's more they don't
want to!
!Bein' a local product, 1 know
whereof 1 speak! Why, folks, if any
caterpillar" had suggested when l
was brat and my people used to
take me down to 9th and + streets
TO ketch the one-horse car for my
uncle'S in George town, kiss me
goodbye and make me promise to
write: that the day would come when
pedestrians would have to wait for
traffic, ] would have had him eN-
amined for softenin' of the suggester!
And so it is with all CROWN CEN
ters. What would little old Moo
York be today if thirty years ago
the majority of its citiZenry had
first time ] set foot in Charlie Muir
phys domain ] was kid and stop
ped at the old Hoffman House, across
from Madison Square,
Example in New York.
De Wolf HOPPER and Della Fox
We're settin' the town wild with
Wang" up to the Broadway Theay-
ter. near 41st street. and | was itchin,
to see 'em, That night when | asked
burlY porter the best way TO reach
the house the big Irishman, pokin'
his nose out the door. notin' the
pourin' rain and the horse cars jam
med to their dashboards, turned TO
me and said: Il wouldn't risk it to-
night, son: The Broadway is way,
way up TO the end of this street, the
last big buiidin' on this siden And
ask, for the love of Mike, where is
4lst street now?
neither the place nor is this the era
to he conversin' about bubbles:
We've got the start, we've got the
territory. we've got the makers and
can get the makin's, and even IL we
are q few chips shy in the matter OF
population we don't want TO let that
stand in the way, for, if the worse
Bladensburg, Hyattsville. Waldorf
and Alexandria as guests over week
ends until we fill out our quota!
Thurfore, hats and coats off, folks,
and go to your mutton. It's plumb
up to every man, woman and child
within our midst to leave no stone
unturned that will in time make your
pride of our people and the heart OF
our nation. but the envy of the
world! Let's go,
/ thank you. DOPEY DAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-17
8Y W. VI. CLAGETT.

Dear Folks
I've got Il friend in this old town.
a native Washingtonian, who's every
blessed thing Il real pal should be,
except that he's "a fourth-degree pes
simist, and nothin' causes his gloom
tank to overflow quicker than to have
some "grasshop2er" refer TO the
mammoth Improvement program now
bein' carried out in our fair city!
No matter the argument. this bird
can't possibly figure the tremendous
huildin. projects which are almost
daily gettin' under way in every sec
ton of the District, and every time
he sees one of them humanlike dirt
shovels hreakin' ground for another
hotel apartment house or private
dwellin or reads in the paper where
SIGH and SIGH a concern is pre- parin
to erect a new theayter or office struc-
rure, he throws eight different kinds
of kerniptiou fits and begins 10 chiT-p
about disaster!
They're overdoin' a good thing
he shouted aloud last night. after
readin' the plans and specifications
for another huge enterprise. The
bubbles bound to bust! 1t can't be
done, and before some of these
smartics know 1t a mess of them are
Eoin' hIucy' The old burg'S overbuilt
as IL is W mere re Inc people COMM
from? | ask, wherc'rc they comm
from?' and with bang on the table
he skunk down in his chair.
Advises "Switchin' Roun'."
Nov looka here. old toll-gate:"
says ] when he'd got bit quiet. IF
YOU don't rewrite that monologue
you're fcaturin' you'll ruin the show.
Soft-pcdal the bubble l-bust driyel
and inject a little boostin'! That old
lazy, keer-free. happy go- lucky, sum-
mer-opeTa, dOWn-the-r SiN-tick-
Cts-for- quarter Washington you've
enjoyed all your life played its last
engagement when we entered the
great war! Just cam yourself, &C
Cept the switch around. and If you
take kecr of your health, you'll not
only have the privilege of spendin'
the rest of your days in 4 real, homes
to-goodncss. big league community
but 1T the same time can have your
mail addressed keer of the greatest
capital city of the grandest. most
important world-power ever sweated
for my man
And take it from me, folks,
wasn't kiddin'! What I said to that
dropped mouth "geranium' goes for
any other skim-milk ''persimmon
who amt got the vision to see what 5
in store for our unmatchable com
monwealth! oh. I'm no expert real
tor, nor have I a picayune penny IN
any buildin' proposition now in OPP
Grafton, but l do know that all the
civic betterment organizations in the
durndest to spread the propaganda