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The Washington times., 1923-11-01
ROCKNINSTER'G
TRACK RECORD
IN DANGER

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. L.
With My Own quartered today at
Latonia and Zev and Rialto on the
way here, interest in Saturdays
great one-and- hree-quarter-mile La
tonia championship stake is increas-
ing hourly. Barring mishap to any
Of the leading candidates. and with
fast track prevailing, Rocl1nain-
ster's track record for the distance
-2:55 3-5-znade in 1922, may be
shattered.
The race closed with seventy-six
nominations, but the appearance Of
Zev, My Own and Rialto has caused
withdrawal OF many Western horses
which would otherwise have con-
tested for the $4,000 prize.
In Memoriam, the Vests main
reliance in the race. had a good
workout yesterday. and is reported
in fine trim.
Increased sale of reserved seats
at Latonia was reported following
arrival Of My Own.
The track, which has been heavy
for the past few days, is rapidly
drying, and indications point to it
being fast by Saturday.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
MABBUTT'S JOB
RECRUITING
ATHLETES
Camp Eustis Gridiron Star
Will Seek Material for
Army Teams.

Capt. Charles j. Mabbutt, the
huge man of Uncle Sam who thun-
dered across the field last Saturday
to replace Third Corps Area
guard in the struggle against
Georgetown at the Clark Griffith
Stadium, has a new job. He will
be transferred from his post as
athletic officer at Camp Eustis to
the recruiting service Immediately
after the football season. He will
recruit athletes for the army, not
mere soldiers.
Captain Mabbutt, who played var;
sity football at Idaho University,
win tour the. Third Corps Area,
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vir.
ginia, hunting for athletic material.
He will seek to enlist young fel-
lows just out of high schools and
colleges, painting to them delight
full pictures of athletic life In the
army.
:. The Third Corps Area, whose
crack football eleven defeated
Georgetown. last Saturday and is
coming again to Washington to bat
tie the Quantico Marines on De.
cember /, plans comprehensive
athletic program. It will have box
ing, basketball and track teams,
with baseball teams next spring.
Captain Mabbutt's job will be to
gather In the athletes.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
BACKBONE INJURY PUTS
OVERHOLT OUT FOR YEAR

CHESTER, Pa, Nov. 1.-Frac.
ture of the spinal process bone" OF
one Of the lower vertebrate of the
spinal column win put Wesley Over
holt, Pennsylvania Military College
left halfback, out of football for the
remainder Of the season.
The nature Of Overholt's injuries
was ascertained today when an
X-ray examination was made Of the
back by DR.. William Evans, of
Chester. The .X-ray also revealed
that muscles and igaments grouped
about the young footballer's spine
were badly torn and wrenched out
Of place. Overholt will be put in
a plaster cast tomorrow and will be
obliged to wear that rigid medical
garment for several months. The
boy wept when informed that there
would be no more football for him
this year.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
isl
At Y. N.
SMELLS
Probably Half Dozen New
Faces viii Be Seen Next
Saturday.

LEXINGTON. Va, Nov. lAl-
though v. M. !. came out az the
N. G. State game with the big end
OF the score, the battle with the
Wolfpack resulted In the swelling
OF the local hospital list to alarm
ing proportions. Besides Ferguson
and Denton, neither OF whom was
able to play Saturday. Wyndy
White is now on the sidelines Tor
an indefinite stay on account Of In
juries that forced him out Of the
State game st tf1a beginning 0e the
second half. Ryder ana Hamn0ndl
are bothered by old injuries that
were anything but improved by par
ticipation in Saturdays struggle.
1t is probable that all Of w. 81.
rs regulars will be in condition to
face North Carolina In Richmond
November 10, but perhaps half d
dozen new faces viii be seen on the
Varsity when the Flying Squadron
entertains Emory and Henry on
Alumni Field Saturday. This game
will be called early and played izf
10-minute quarters in order that
both teams may attend the Win
ginia-W. and L. affair.
Fortunately the reserves who got
into action against N G. State
proved that they are fully Capable
of filling the shoes OF the regulars
whom they replaced, ana the
coaches are optimistic about the
strength Of the revised eleven. A
week of hard training with the
emphasis on signal drills and scriin- /
images with the freshmen should
do q great deal toward fitting new
cogs in the machine.
Clements. at tackle, is one OF
the reserves whose all-around x-
cellence of play against State p5ftm
him In line for a regular berth, and
Attwell and Kellogg gave exhIbi-
tons Of broken field running thar
kept the crowd on its feet through-
report from Buffalo and OsweGo,
out the last quarter.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
JOHNSON SAYS SHOCKER
CASE NOT FOR LANDS

ST. LOUIS. Nov. ban John
son, president of the American
League, who was in st, Louis TO-
day, expressed the opinion that the
difference between Urban Shocker,
star pitcher, and officials Of the
American League club here, was IA
matter between club and player.
explaining that ne did not be-
lleve 1t was an issue that called
for adjudication by Commissioners
Lands,
Shooker has appealed to lands
to declare him a free agent as n
result of his suspension for violat-
ing q club regulation.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
Dempsey Passes Odd
Test For Quick
!. Eyesight

It has been the proud boast
Of the gentlemen touring the
summer resorts with their bag
Of ! tricks that the hand is
quicker than the eye, but it
appears that there is one in
stance, anyway, Owhere they age
wrong. Jack Dempsey, mon
arch of all he surveys in a
pugilistic sense, is the gentle
man who has put aside this
axiom of the magicians.
Not long ago Dempsey passed
a test which proved his eye to
have almost the speed Of a
camera shutter. An ordinary
photograph record was put on
a machine and started. At full
speed Dempsey read the title
and the other things finely
printed in the center. Any
one thinking this at all simple
might just try his hand at it.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
Syracuse Is Facing
Chance For Big
Rating

SYRACUSE, Nov. l.
One of the greatest oppor-
tunities for Syracuse to achieve
first rating for the eastern
championship awaits the Or
ange next Saturday when Hugo
Bezdeck brings his undefeated
Penn State team to Archbold
Stadium. "Chick" Meehan's
eleven has also not tasted
defeat this year-rolling up
big scores in the early season
practice games and setting
back both Alabama and Pitts
burgh in the two big clashes
of this years schedule to date.
Now comes the third real
test and on it's outcome will
depend the final rating of both
teams-for the Nittany Lions
outplayed and tied the much
heralded West Virginia team
last Saturday in New York
and are coming to Syracuse
expecting to win from the Or
ange.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
ANCIENT GRID HEROES
WILL RECEIVE LETTERS

NEW YORK, Nov. VARSITY
letters, won fifty years ago, but
never awarded, will be presented to
gray-haired group of veterans
during the approaching Princeton.
Yale game at Yale Bowl, according
to plans outlined by Princeton attn.
letic authorities.
This years Bulldog.Tiger battle
will mark the fiftieth anniversary
Of their gridiron relations, the first
game having been played at New
Haven, November Is, 1873, with
Yale the victor 3 to 0. One point
then was credited for a field goal.
Yale scoring three.
In those days it was not custom
airy to give varsity athletic letters.
Princeton, however. plans to award
the varsity ''P" to the eight sur
viving members OF the 1873 Tiger
team. Yale may take similar &c.
ton In regard to the surviving
members Of the Ell array Of that
year.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
PAUL FLORENCE
WON'T START
SATURDAY
HiIItoppers Without Captain
When Whistle Sends Them
Into Action.

Capt. Paul Florence will not start
for Georgetown against Boston Col.
lege on Saturday in Boston. The big
HilItopper is almost ready TO resume
his activities at left end, but Coach
Jackie Maloney prefers to keep him
on the sidelines unless absolutely
needed.
Pug" DuFour, who has been
shifted from the backfield because
of his continued fumbling, will start
at end in his captains place ana Is
expected to hold his own. DuFour
is e. good player in all but clinging
to the leather. His work in practice
this week has entitled him to place
Saturday.
Coach Maloney announces his Sc
lections for this weeks big game to
be DuFour and King, ends; Thomp-
son and Sheehan, tackles; Butler and
Kimball, guards; Minihan, center;
Adams, quarterback; Byrne and
Hagarty, hRlfbacks; DeGassis, full
back.
Dan OConnor, Georgetown's bril-
liant tackle and 1916 captain, was on
the field yesterday, taking charge of
the squad in its scrimmage with the
freshmen. He instilled plenty of pen
into the lads and they tore things
wide open.
The Hilltop squad, numbering
twenty-six, leaves for Boston tonight
on the Federal express and will work
out tomorrow afternoon at Braves
Field, where Saturdays game will be
played.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
HOPES CONQUERER
FACES GERMAN TO-DAY

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-welker
Cochran, author of the surprising
defeat Of Willie Hoppe last night,
will have slight chance to rest on
his laurels, in the international 1872
balk line billiard championship. He
will be asked to appear in the first
Of three matches on today's SEIZED
ule, facing Erich HagenlaCher,
champion of Germany. The match
will begin shortly after noon.
The others will involve Jake
Schaeffer and Roger Cont. the
french champion, and Hoppe and
Edouard Horemans. of Belgium.
The latter affair will be conducted
tonight.
Cochran and Schaeffer are the
only undefeated entries the former
having won two matches and the
latter ono.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
cARRlGAN'S SYNDICATE I
SEEKS TO BUY BRAVE.

BOSTON, Nov. bib Carrigan.
former winning manager OF the Red
Sox, is heading q syndicate seeking
to purchase the Braves from rs
present owners, according to Marty
McTIale, former Red Sox pitcher
and close friend of Carrigan's.
Associated with Carrigan, accord
ing to McHale, is Packey McFarlaHd.
boxer. Mcfarland has the backing
of q, wealthy Western steel magnafe.
Stockholders of the Braves are to
be canvassed regarding the sale. IND
syndicate wants to do business 6k
the price the present owners are
said to have paid.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
Skillet Finn, Junior
Makes Debut AS
Cheer Leader

The sporting department tele-
phone rang briskly at 9:1k this
. morning.
Hello, this is Skillet Finn
Esq" said an excited voice.
"Send q copy boy right up %
George Washington HospitHl
with a city directory.
What do you want with 8
city directory /" inquired the
party Of the second part.
Il want to select suitable
name for Skillet Finn, irs
who is going to be b cheer
leader when he grows up.
He arrived this morning
nine pounds at 8 o'clock
Father and son are doing
well
The Washington times., 1923-11-01

Swamp region and the inIets along
the Virginia and North Carolina
coasts. Mallard ducks and Canada
geese are in especially good condi-
ton this fall. 1t Is said.
Hunting lodges belonging to clubs
and individuals have been prepared
for the duck shooting season, and
trains to the marshes today were
filled with hunters and guides. Ellis
ii. Corey and James A. Stillman are
among the many well-known men
that are expected to arrive within
few days.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
do You Remember

When James Creek was the
dead line between southwest
and southeast?
When Tom Bodley wasN the
colored sensation among local
amateur baseball ranks?
When Ralph LeMat and Dick
Woodward were the Districts
leading ice skate performers?
When "Wild Bill'' Clark was
receiving the smoke from Pat
ten, Cronin and Townsend?
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
DUCK SEASON OPENS
WITH PREY PLENTIFUL

NORFOLK, Va, Nov. 1.-Sports-
men from far and near were flock
ing to the Curr1tuck and Back Bay
marshes today with the opening of
the wild duck season, and prospects
for this years shooting are better
than for the. past ten years, reports
from those sections indicate.
A cold north wind last night drove
thousands Of wild ducks and geese
to the marshes and the Dismal
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
Every Game Crucia.
On Notre Dame
Schedule

Coaching methods have changed.
Little Knute Roekne, out at
Notre Dame, has proved the fall
lacy of the old pointing argu-
ment. There is no zone game"
on the Notre Dame schedule.
Every game is a big game:
every Saturday is the crucial
Saturday, and working on this
theory Rockne led his men to
victory against Army, Prince
ton and Georgia Tech in sue
cessive Saturdays.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
CINCINNATI WILL SEE
SPEAKERS BALL CLUB

CLEVELAND, Nov. 1.-The
Cleveland American League team
will play the Cincinnati Nationals
at Cincinnati the Saturday and
Sunday before the opening OF the
1924 major league season. =. 5.
Barnard president of the Indians,
announced today. The games will
be in addition to training-trip games
to be scheduled between the In
dams in Florida.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
Mackins Meet Trinity.

Coach Dolan will take his Mackin
gridironers to Georgetown Sunday
to play the fast Trinity Junior
team on the field at Thirty-seventh
and r street northwest. All Mackin
players are requested to be present
tonight at the MacLins Clubhouse
for signal drill. To date the
Mackins have tied the Park A. C.
and beaten the Georgetown Prep
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
INTERIOR TEAM PLAYS
HUMPHREYS DOUGHBOYS

The Interior Department eleven
will take on the Fort Humphreys
soldiers Sunday on the gridiron at
Silver Spring. Although it's record
for the season Is not clear Of de-
feat, the soldiers team is making
good and is expected to give In
terror q real contest.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
Zev Ready to Go.

NEW YORK, Nov, lev, win
ner of the Kentucky Derby and con-
queror of Papyrus, the English
champion, was to he placed aboard
a special train today and shipped
to Latonia, where, on Saturday, he
will race a great field for the $780,
600 Latonia championship,
The Washington times., 1923-11-01

AS an expression OF whole-heafted
support the University alumni in
Charlottesville have given the Vir-
ginia squad and coaches a supper
at the Stumble Inn. This after
noon the student body will hold
cheering practice on Lambeth
Field during the final scrimmage.
While Ellis Brown, graduate
manager, Craig Ruffin, student
manager, and the corps of assist
ants are making ready for the trip
Coaches Neale and Kellison have
been working the men overtime on
the field for the hard fight ahead
Saturday.
Reports brought back from
Lynchburg show that the Gen.
erals have an unusually strong
team this year, but there is y
feeling about the University that
Virginia's Cavaliers have a fight
ing chance to win.
Benny Arnold, Carter Diffey. Sam
Maphis, Matt Wilson, Paul VAIN.
Henry Foster. Mike Hubbard and
the other Orange and Blue back.
field men are being given hard
drills with signals and harder
scrimmages against the strong first
year eleven.
In an effort to plug the holes in
the line Coach Neale is giving his
centers, guards, tackles, and ends
overtime practice in charging and
| blocking.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
VIRGINIA IS PRIMED TO
INVADE LEXINGTON

,d Va Nov Virginia is making ready to
INVADE Lexington Saturday with full the first
played the Orange Blue and the Blue and White
the nome field Of Washington and special will
virginia Students and supporters from Charlottesville and will
student band is going to leadth The
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
BOUT
STARTS "BUILD-UP"
BY DAVIS J. WALSH.

NEW YORK, Nov 1.-The business building
for what be greatest money year heavyweight
fist will begin at Madison Garden
Floyd johnson and Jack Renaut for fifteen
Neither is first class contender but the scoring
out would become one automatically, if not actually.
The
be hailed this pr0mscu
that affairs fist
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
YALE TACKLES MANS JOB
in ARMY ENCOUNTER
ON SATURDAY
BY TOM THORP.

The YaleArmy encounter in is going
result
Tad Jones has developed squad foobaers
Ell seat OF learning this fall The they ridden rough
shod all their beyond possibility
doubt that they fit ready any
in the country
In tacklng Capt. John J. McEwan's Army the big
blue OUTFIT is taking mans size job Vest Point has
one OF the most interesting combas the year.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
Circles Practice,

The Circles will practice tonight
at z o'clock on the field at Chan
ming street reservoir in preparation
Tor hard game Sunday with the
fleet NaVajos.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
LUIS FIRPO Is VIRTUALLY
EATING HIS HEAD OFF

Luis Fo who became hero by being knocked
out by Jack Dempsey isn't doing any boxing these but ne IS
doing of prolific
the history ring He has right and the
kind of Luis outeat the heavy
is szeable
The Washington times., 1923-11-01
BIG THREE MAY CHANGE
PERIOD OF PRACTICE

CAMBRIDGE Mass Nov 1.-The football agreement between the
o. Harvard Yale and Princeton likely to have one clause
stricken out OF 1t before long, This that practice
ar season must not be started until week before college
mouth defeat well for the early showing placed
rule, effect the Princeton
with its Noe Dame defeat Navy score may
is unfair
The Washington times., 1923-11-01

Yale has been travelling along
smoothly and with only its big
games in sight may not be willing
to make fight for q revision, bur
there are other seasons in sight,
and Tad Jones, q shrewd coach by
the way, may help the move for q
change In the agreement.
Harvard started the season Sep
TENDER IL, one week before col
lege opened. The customary
starting time heretofore has been
between the day after Labor Day
and the 18th Of the month. The
first game this year was played
less than three weeks after prac.
tice had started. Rhode Island
which opened the season proved an
easy victim. The score was SIS.
too.
The next Saturday Middlebury
sprung q surprise BY FINISHING
with tie score and for the first
time the veteran Harvard team
showed signs Of not living MP to
preseason forecasts.
Then Holy Cross played the Grim.
son to q standstill, the score be.
ing 6-to-0, but the visitors lost q
number of easy chances to win or
tie the game through Harvard
fumbleS. Holy Cross, however,
hadn't the offensive strength and
lacked even q fair kicker to make
this a reality.
Did Harvard men know Dart
mouth was to be the victor Satur-
day. There isn't doubt of It,
but the coaches put on q brave
front. The Hanover team with
more than two weeks start in pre-
paratiOn on the Crimson, was that
much further along In development.
and 1t was agreed here that only 4
miracle would bring about q Har.
ward victory.
This extra time for preparation
Harvard figures, just about proved
the undoing Of the team and now
there is talk OF making some sort
OF fight to have the presidential
agreement in this respect rewritten
so that the Big Three" teams win
be on similar terms with the strong
elevenS they are called to meet in
the first five or six weeks of their
schedule.
AOW VIII TIC VEC8AuOlbS Oh k19lFs
ward, Yale and Princeton look sc
this matter? Victory Is dear to all
Of them and it is felt q point is
certain to be stretched so tIKaf the
wishes Of the coaches can be &C
coded to.
Practice is now pointing to the
Tufts game, although in reality
most Of the work behind closed
gates is being done for the Prince
ton match a week from Saturday.
Coach Fisher has yet to beat q
Roper-coached team, and his scouts
have told him Harvard has a splen-
did chance this year. The sweets
of victory over Princeton would
make the Crimson adherent for
get the sad experience OF losing to
Dartmouth.
The substitutes will probably face
Eddie Casey's Tufts team, which
is still unbeaten but has not faced
strong opposition.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01

flrpo is eating his way Dack 10
the Argentine by easy stages. He
was invited to stop off at Cuba to
give a boxing exhibition. The in
vitation also included a dinner in
his honor. Before dinner Luis said
he would box, but after dinner he
decided not to.
When the dinner was finished the
toastmaster asked Firpo how he
liked 1t. Luis replied, Great, let's
have another" He left Cuba with
out putting on a boxing glove.
Luis was next invited to stop
off at Panama. He was asked to
give an exhibition of his boxing
skill, and another dinner was ar
ranged in his honor. Luis con-
sumod tho time allotted for both
bouts at the dinner table.
No chef has ever scored de-
'cision over Flrpo. They have had
him ON the ropes with indigestion
but he always came back.
When the Wild Bull Of the
Pampas has eaten his way through
all the dinners that will be given in
his honor he will return to this
country in the spring. Weighing
close to 800.
The Washington times., 1923-11-01

That is the reason for the Rem
ult-JOhnSon bOut-the smoke UP"
of another Dempsey victim. The
winner, provided he shows any
thing, will then be sent on to Tom
Gibbons, and If he gets no farther,
all well and good. Gibbons win
then be established as one Of the
logical" contenders, it being quite
immaterial that Tom has already
attended to this matter personally.
Luis Firpo and Harry Wills are
the others; Firpo probably will be
sent into the ring for a second
Dempsey bout without further pre-
amble. This match is what is
known as a natural and needs
no artificial aid. Wills, of course,
will hover in the background in
the role of perennial contender,
but will hardly be countenanced.
The writer has maintained from
the first that a Dempsey Wills
bout will never be held in the east.
Perhaps, however, johnson or
Renaut will have come along
fast enough In the meantime to
figure in the summer harvest.
We are pleased to doubt it.
JOhLlSon 1S as IOuSn as a night
in Jail, but lacks a punch, to say
nothing OF ring sense. Renault.
fairly gifted individual with
punch that has laid low many dur
ing the past season, Frederick
Face-Down Fulton included, seems
to be none too intrepid. when the
boys become rough.
It is because of this that we
favor Johnson to win, although
Renault is esteemed a 7-to-5 favor
lite. 1t is our idea that Johnson's
Jaw will prove harder than Rem
ault's punch.