The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-21

Jameson, left field; Speaker, Gel
field.
On, the strength Of that team and
In the firm belief that Babe Ruth
win, IL he uses his noodle, pick the
same team. Gill wants to take a
free trip to the world series as
guest Of The Washington Times.
II he can't be the recipient Of one
of the TWO trips to New York for
aweek, more or less, Of champion.
ship ball, gill would at least like
to get one. Of those dozen auto
graphed baseballs Ruth Is going to
award or the Louisville Sluggsr he
viii donate as one Of the thirteen
consolation prizes.
For those are thu targets that
every. one Of the upwards Of .
thousand readers Of this news
paper are aiming for. Trips to
the world series for two, an auto
grapI1cd baseball for twelve and
q baseball bat Of the type Ruth
uses for .One-fifteen prizes IN
al.
Not only that, but the fans who
earn these awards will be guests
of Skillet" Finn, Esq, at the
Sunday September S0) game be.
tween the Yankees and Griffmen.
They will be awarded their prizes
by. Ruth at the home plate just
before that game begins.
skillet" was very much inter-
ested this morning in selection
received from Tom Evers. who
signs himself Hopefully" in which
three Washingtonians are pamed
among the ten players. Rice, Ruel
and Walter johnson are all men
toned in his idea of an all-star 1923
aggregation. His others are Dugan,
third base; Hornsby, second base;
Wheat, left field. Roush. center
field: Sewell, shortstop; Blue, first
base, and Alexander as the other
pitcher. Then there Is another t'cod
letter from a Virginia lad who signs
himself Bernard Rhea, stanton,
Va" Bernard writes:
Although am just q boy and
having only seen three big league
games. / win try to see the world
series on newspaper dope. Ihe
following il my team and I'll stick
to it:
Schang. catcher; Pennock and
Luque, pitchers; Kelly, first base;
HOrnsby, second base; Gerber,
sh0rtstop; Dugan, third base; Cys
williams, left field; Speaker. CEN
ter field: Heilmann, right field.
GERRY" Wolf, of one Of those
three sport marts, plugs along with
an all.AmeFican choice, proving he
isn't easy to be discouraged. WOLF
has been in two other Skillet"
Finn, ESQ, contests and hasn't
rung the bell in either. But he's
going to keep on keeping on. He
writes that he is basing his team
on a thorough study OF teams ne
has seen printed in these columns.
He keeps his own dope sheet be-
fore him at all times and eliminates
his players, one by one until ne
believes he has combination that
Ruth can't ignore. Here IL ID:
Heilmann, right field; Speaker, CEN
ter field; Wheat, left field: Grimm.
first base; Frisch, second base;
Hornsby, shortstop; Traynor. third
base: Hargrave, catcher; Luque
and Pennock. pitchers.
Read what these birds have
doped out:
By WILLIAM e. DIXON.
S26 B Street Northeast.
Perkins, catcher; Pipp, first
base; Hornsby, second base; Frisch,
third base: Traynor, shortstop;
Heilmann, right field; Rousn' center
field; Jameson, left field; Luque
and Pennock, pitchers.
By FRANK ATNEY,
1920 Thirty.first Street Northwest.
Fourier, first base; HorAsby,
second base; Seweil, shortstop;
Traynor, third base; Wheat, left
field; Speaker, center field; He'll
mann, right field; Ruel. catcher;
Luque and Shocker, pitchers.
BY RICHARD j. MCDONALD,
2037 H Street Northwest. ::
Sewell, shortstop; Heilmann, right
field: Jameson, left field; Traynor,
third base; Hornsby, second base;
Bottomley, first base; Ruel, catcher;
Adams and Uhle, pitchers.
By N. III. LADEN,
.g18 NJ Street Northwest.
Hargrave, catcher; Wheat, left
field; Heilmann, right field; Speaker,
center field; Bancroft. shortstop;
f1OTHSOy, UdSCB SOiItIos 6CSOitA
base; Bottomley, first base; Pennock
and Luque, pitchers.
By WARNER HAMMOND,
2523 Thirteenth Street Northwest.
Hauser, first base; Bohne, second
base: Foster. third base; Meanwhile,
ehortstop: Miller, left field; Vsach.
right field; jacobson, center field;
Ruel. catcher; Mogridge and Hoyt,
pitchers.
By e. l.. HAYRE,
1873 Maryland Avenue Northeast.
Wheat, left field; Speaker, cen.
ter field; Heilmann. right field;
Pipp, first base; Collins, second
base; Hornsby, shortstop; FrIsch,
third base; Ruel, catcher; Luque
and Pennock, pitchers.
By WALTER j. BUSSINS,
1929 Sixth Street Northwest.
Jameson, left field: Hornsby, Sec
ond base; Frisch, third base; Sew.
ell, shortstop; Pipp, first base
Speaker, center field; Roush, right
field; Ruel. catcher; Luque and w.
johnson, pitchers.
By JAMES BELL,
218 VaFnum Street Northwest.
Jameson. right field; Collins, sec
end base; Hornsby, second base
Sneaker center field. Wheat laft