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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
O,nonnells Meet Cops.

The O'Donnells and Policemen
will clash at Fifteenth and c
streets northeast today, at 5:l5 p.
M. in an exhibition game. Both
teams have been winning regularly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
They Just Don't Know

~ FREQUENTLY a runner is
caught too far off first base
and is tagged before he can
scramble back in safety. Almost
always comes the blast from the
stand, "Who's the coacher?"
The runner on first base has
the pitcher in front of him. The
runner alone is judge of his own
movements. He tries to get away
and the pitcher tries to catch
him off balance. That's all there
is to it. The coach can go back
and sit on the bench for all the
use he is out there in the hot
sun. Yet the poor dumbell in
tie stand bawls him out.
About the only time the first
base coach does anything more
than make a loud noise is on
overthrows, say from catcher to
first or from the box or second
to first. Then, with a runner on
first. the coach may have to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
Potomacs Win.

While Clarke held the visitors TO
three hits, the Washington Potom-
acs sat on the Norfolk Stars, Win
ming to l. Clark yielded three
bingles. He also made three.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
Plan lntercity Masonic Game.

The baseball teams of Kallopol's
cfrotto of this city and Boumi
Temple, of Baltimore, Md, will play
on the latter's filed in the Monu-
mental CITY next Wednesday. More
than $4,000 has ben made on ball
games In Washington since 1915 for
the support of the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
lierty Wins Again.

The Liberty A. c., still winning
regularly, knocked off the Ariel
Juniors, 6 to 2. Liberty wants a foe
for Labor Day. Pop kremb, phone
North 2588-W, is the manager.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27

For pep and throwing arm.
Nothing gets by this baby.
Old but plenty of speed.
No better team captain.
Youngster who can hit hard.
Another spoke in the wheel.
Speedy, hitter, knows game.
Ditto. What more do you want?
Won nineteen, lost five.
Won twelve, lost two.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
Circle Cridders Meet.

A meeting of the Circle A. c. to
talk football will be held tomorrow
night at Z o'clock at H. L. Blacks
dairy, First street and Florida av-
enue northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
Clarendon Triumphs.

Clarendon won the deciding game
of it's series with Dominican Lv
ceum, score Z to 2. Jenkins yleio-
ID the Dominicans four mus ana
,vas backed snlendidly in the field.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
Mercury Meets.

The Mercury Club will hold a foot
ball meeting next Wednesday night
at the clubhouse, Four-and one half
and l streets southwest, at 1880
%. M
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
Up To the Runner.

up 10 the Runner.
VIZ HEN runners attempt to
" score from second on hits
to left field and are
thrown out, the third base coach
frequently comes in for a razzing
by those same boneheads in the
stand. We have witnessed this
strange action in many cities be-
sides Washington, though it is
common here.
A runner on second can see
a hit to left. If it is short
he knows enough to stop at third.
If it is out midway, he makes
the turn, relying on the coach
to send him on in case of a
tumble or to halt him if the
fielder gets the ball and might
head him off at the plate.
On hits to right or center be-
hind him, the runner depends
wholly upon the third base coach
for information. 1t is up to the
sense, knowledge and judgment
of the coach, then, whether to
send the runner or to stop him.
A good coach is valuable in
this crisis. He must know the
runners speed, the fielder's
throwing arm. Indeed, mentally
he must put himself in the run
ner's place. He is that runners
eyes and brain, all but his legs.
But the coach is not respon-
sible for anything a runner can
see. If this Information were
known more widely, the man at
third base would escape much
foolish criticism hurled at him
by fans who really know lit
tie of the finer points of base
ball.
There is more to be said about
basebalPs finer points, but it
must wait for another time. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS
TO EARN FREE TRIPS
TO WORLD SERIES

Meke Roach Headquarters Troop Third Cavary ro
Myer Va believes he has selected the best all team
1923 players that be together knocked apart He Is
spelling the TWO readers of The Washington Times 20
take the free trip the world series with Skillet Finn ESQ., and
following carefully
Chart:
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gauge the distance of the over
throws and either send the run
ner on to second or pull him
back to first base before he may
be caught.
Just because this duty might
come up any moment, it might
have been better that Squire Pot
ter remained on the bench in
favor of some older and more ex-
perienced player, but at Georgia
avenue the nearness of the field
boxes causes a ground rule in most
cases and, under ground rules,
the runner cannot be retired. So
Potter could not have caused
much damage, If any.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27

flrSC ana IOTemOSL, let IL De
said that the only reason coaches
take their places on the lines is
to protect the base runners.
Yes, we've heard how Danny
Murphy and Oscar Dugey and
Chief Bender steal the opposing
pitchers signals, flashing them to
the batsmen, ETC., etc. Great
only we've never talked with the
batsman who was willing to risk
his head on that signal flashed
from the coach.
In other words, we just don't
naturally believe that yarn. It
might so happen that a smart,
sharp-eyed man on the lines might
detect a certain manner with
which a certain ball was pitched,
but that information would be
given to everybody on the bench,
and the different batsmen would
use their own judgment up there
at the plate.
Some years ago it was discov-
cred, for a single instance, that
Jeff Pfeffer always raised his left
foot well off the ground before
pitching his fast ball, keeping it
on the ground when he threw a
hook. Pfeffer would have been
driven out of the National League
if he had not changed his style.
A coach made that discovery, but
he didn't spend his afternoons
thereafter flashing signals to the
batsmen. That's ridiculous.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27
At First Base,


OQUIRE POTTER, a green lad
- from the veriest bushes,
~ could do no harm coaching at
first base. That's why he was
permitted there. He had a pair
of eyes. That's all he needed. He
could keep from being hit by wild
throws or hard drives down the
line.
Over at third base was DOME
Bush, in his days daring, alert
runner on one of the smartesr and
most daring ball clubs in the long
history of baseball, the Detroit
Tigers. That explains the relative
values of the coaching boxes.
When runner is on the bases
he is expected to watch everything
in front Of him and to RELY on the
coach as to what is going on be-
hind him. There you have it, the
sum and substance of the coach's
duties. He must keep the runner
protected from behind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27

You notice that Corporal Miclxie
deviates somewhat from the regu.
lar run Of outfielders, keeping
Speaker but giving him ROush and
Carey for partners. Jameson and
Outfield berths with Speaker in so
many selections, 1t is refreshing TO
see ROush and Carey come in for
praise Of which they are certainly
worthy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-27

MIR. Glaze evidently has been do
ing some close calculating over
the averages and comes to the
following conclusion, viz and TO
wit: THAT a player who would
get one mere hard assist or out
or who would complete one more
double play i'm two games than
some other player I'm the same
position, could hit 100 points less
than such other player and be Of
equal value to q team"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-04
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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
ON THE VERGE OF A BREAK

Despite the nominally friendly tone OF
the French reply to the British repara-
lions note, and although the avoidance
of the positively provocative, in both
contents and style, leaves the way open
for further negotiations, the recipients
OF the note seem inclined to regard it as
ample warrant for break between the
two nations. What break now might
eventually lead to is a question which
no,one could plausibly pretend to be able
to answer. What the British have in
mind, for immediate purposes, is a dis
continuance of even a semblance of joint
interest with France and the beginning
of negotiations for separate settlement
with Germany.
One might think that the British had
stiffened their necks and hardened their
hearts without due cause; that they
should be willing to continue negotia-
tons with France as long as she was
willing to make respectful, diplomatic re-
plies to their proposals. But to enter
tain that idea in the face of the vital
realities into which the situation has re-
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shadow and reject the substance.
For some time the indications have
been that indefinitely prolonged nego-
tiations was just what France desired.
Apparently she has been relying upon
time, with the reinforcement afforded by
the structures which she herself has ar
bitrarily imposed upon Germany, to
bring about that country's utter destruc-
ton as foreign political entity.
SO far as relevant policies are con-
cerned, France made it reasonably plain
long ago that nothing would satisfy her
| except payment of the impossible repara-
tons she demands or, as the only accept
able alternative. the complete -uination
of her neighbor and traditional enemy
France could not have made her pur-
poses any palmer if she had issued "A
formal ultimatum to that effect Her
motives have been clearly defined Ly her
administrations which Enthusiastically be-
lie her disavowals of the untoward mo-
tives Of which she has been unofficially
accused.
! So, the British, considering what to
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05

| do, have chOlce between an ABSTRACT
theory and a. concrete condition. They
could continue negotiations; but what
hope, much less expectation, could they
have that such policy would lead to
any amelioration of the condition con-
fronting them? Therefore, if the prob
lem is ever to be solved, the quicker the
British set about that task the less the
risk of an outcome adverse to their in
terests. With nothing actually being
done to relieve the economic distress or
to remove the political menace from
which Europe is suffering, the greater
the delay the harder the task of making
order out of chaos.
The British are matter-of-fact,. prac-
tical people. They have exercised ex-
IRENE forebearance since France, repud-
dating that part of the Versailles treaty
which provided for joint action on the
part of the allies, invaded the Ruhr in
an attempt to seize with her own hands
the reparations that were not voliintar-
lily Forthcoming from Germany. The
British protested against such drastic ac-
ton, not only because it was drastic but
because it was futile for any otherwise
legitimate purpose. Then. their protests
unheeded, they proposed that Germany's
resources-her ability to meet repara-
ton demands--be appraised by impartial
arbitrator.
To this proposal the French replied
that only under one condition would
they consent to a reduction of their
reparation demands by even so much as
single mark. For every mark deducted
from their bill against Germany. they
said, the allies would have to deduct an
equivalent sum from their claims against
France In other words, France was
willing for her wartime friends to pay
part OF Germany's debt to her, hut
she was unwilling to make any sacrifices
whatever on her own account.
Of course that counter-proposition was
rejected and doubtless the French never
dreamed that it might be accepted. Since
then they have pursued exactly the
course that nation bent upon the ut
ter destruction OF Germany, and caring
nothing for the consequences to other
countries, would logically be expected to
pursue.
No wonder the patience of the British
is at the breaking point. They would
be optimistic indeed, if they saw the
least ray of hope in continuance of nego-
tiations with France.
1t is to be observed, and not alto
gether incidentally, that in contemplating
Withdrawal from the Continent as advo-
Gated by Lord Birkenhead, the British
are making gesture somewhat confir-
matory of the policy adopted by the
United States when this country decided
against the formation of any entangling
alliance with the squabbling nations OF
Europe.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-05
CHAPTER XVII
introduced to a Lady.

Buddy Briskow had difficulty in
getting ont of the valley on his way
for a doctor. for never had the roads
been like this. He drove recklessly /;
where necessary he dis egarded fences
and pushed across pastures that were
hub deep; he even burst through oc-
casional thickets in defiance of axle
and tire. He drowned his motor fl
nally in fording G roily stream and
abandoned the car.
He came into Ranger that. after
noon on the back of truck horse
that he had borrowed-without the
owners consent. For time it
seemed that if he got doctor at all
he would have to follow n similar
procedure, but the Briskow name
was powerful. and Buddy talked in
big figures, so eventually he set out
on the return journey--this time in
n springless freight wagon drawn
by the stoutest team in town. A
medical man was on the seat beside
him. l
1t was after midnight when Buddy
and his miserable companion gained
the comparatively easy going of the
last ridge, that flinty range beyond
which lay the Briskow farm.
Buddy stopped at a drilling camp
where lights showed the occupants
to be astir, anil there he received
confirmation of his fears. The flats
beyond were inundated TO a depth
rendering travel impossible, and al
though some of the men stationed
out there had managed to work their
way back, others were, for the time
being. hopelessly cut off.
II guess / can swim. If I try. Teller
can do most anything If he has to.
How about Won. Doc?" Buddy turned
to his travelling companion.
The latter shook his head posi-
tivelv. "You're crazy. Briskow.
We'd probably drown. If we. didn't,
we'd be burned alive when that loose
oil catches fire"
Buddy cursed furiously and
lurched toward the door. 1t took
force to restrain him from going.
The rain ceased with the passing
of the electrical storm. but the late
hours of the night were thick ant
the fires continued to burn. II
seemed as if morning would never
come.
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Lunt.
IN HARBOR

/ think il is over, over
/ think it Is over at last:
Voices of foemen and lover,
The sweet and the bitter have passed:
Life, like n tempest of ocean
Hath outblown its ultimate blast:
There's but a faint sobbing seward
While the calm of the tide deepens leeward,
And behold, like the welcoming culver
Of heart-pulses throbbed through the river,
Those lights in the barbor at last
The heavenly harbor at last
l feel it is over! over!
For the winds ard the waters surcease;
All. few ere the days Of the rover
That smiled in the beauty Of peace,
And distant and dim was the omen
That limited redress or release!
From the ravage of life, and its riot,
What marvel i yearn for the quiet,
Which bides in the harbor at last
For the lights with their welcoming culver
That throbs through the sanctified river,
Which girdle the harbor at last
This heavenly harbor at last?
know it is over, over,
] know it is over at last!
Down, sail the sheathed anchor uncover
For the stress of the voyage has passed:
Life, like tempest of ocean,
Hath outbreathed its ultimate blast:
There's but a faint sobbing seward,
While the calm Of the tide deepens leeward:
! And behold like the welcoming quver
OF heart pulses throbbed through the river,
Those lights in the harbor at last,
The heavenly harbor at last
Paul Hamilton PAYNE
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into the bank Henry called him into
his private office and had talk with
him.
Old Tom listened silently; never
theless, it was plain that he was
deeply shocked.
Il s'pose you amt l-in'p he said,
coldly, when the banker had finished.
ITS a matter of record, Tom. He
can't deny it."
"What was it he did"
Conduct unbecoming an officer
and gentleman is the way the
record stands. That covers a lot"
did he welch-quit under fire?'
"No."
"steal something's
"No."
woman scrapeY
There was--a woman concerned.
Pretty nasty mess, Tom. He's the
sort of man to intrigue any foolish
woman. Women can't see far"
In great perturbation of spirit Tom
consulted Judge Halloran.
The Judge listened to him in as
constituent; angrily he cried: "You
and / will go directly to the scoun-
drel. tell him we are aware Of his
infamy. and order him out of town.
Ha. That's the way to go about 1t !;
cut deep and quickly. Tar and fea-
theirs are too good for"
Trouble is Tom repeated, with
a reluctant sigh. II like him and I
amt sure"
1.-THE trouble is you're weak
ling!" Halloran snapped. you are
a-sentimentalist. You lack my
stern, uncompromising moral fiber.
Like him? Pah! What has that to do
with it? I have no weakness, no
bowels COMMISSION. I am a Spar
tan. I an"
you're a damned old fool-if you
think you can run him. He's liable
to run you"
If Calvin Gray's affairs were in
precarious condition. he showed no
signs of it when he returned to
Wichita Falls. On the contrary. he
was in an exultant mood. and even
on the train young Briskow, who ac-
companied him. was amazed at the
change that had come over his
friend. With every mile they trav-
eled Gray's buoyancy increased and
upon his arrival he trod the street to
his office like a conqueror. McWade
and Stoner. who came in for con-
ference with minds prooccupied and
faces grave, left with a smile and
jest.
Continued in our next issue.)
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nVSn 4Ouoys
Calvin Gray is the entmy of Colonel
Henry Nelson of Dallas, Gray is in
love with Barbara Parker, who buys
land for Nelson. Gray is friendly
with the Briskow family. Bud, the
son, has charge Of his fathers oil
wells. Allie, the daughter. is spending
a few days with her brother. While
watching operations at the oil fields,
Gray is injured and Allie nurses him.
A heavy rainfall swells the waters
surrounding the cabin where Allie is
caring for Gray. The water is thick
ly coated with oil from bursting
tanks Bud goes to bring a doctor to
administer to Gray. Now go on with
story.
Gray laid strong hold of himself,
but it is not easy to subdue thought,
and he could feel those strong,
smooth, velvet arms encircling him.
Disorder without and chaos within
this house! The heavens rumbled
like a mighty drumhead, the light
ming made useless the feeble ray in
his hand. 1t was the place, the hour
or impulse. Gray swore savageiy at
himself, then he stumbled into his
room and dressed himself more fully.
well. there doesn't seem to be
much change" he said, cheerfully,
as he opened Allies door awhile
later. 1.-The fires don't seem to be
spreading" She was sitting where
he had left her, she had not moved.
Anything new on this side?"
Allie shrugged; slowly she turned,
exposing a face tragic and stony. Il
guess you don't think much of me"
she said.
'Indeedr' he declared. heartily.
This is enough to frighten any
body. l don't mind saying it has
upset me. But the worst is over"
He laid reassuring hand upon her
shoulder.