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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
PACIFIC LEAGUE
CLAIM IS MOI
WORTHY
American Association and In
ternational Rate Above
Coast.
Ry JAMES. FRANCES.

NEW YORK. Jan. Tiff the
Pacific Coast League is entitled to
q major league rating. as William
Fl. Mccarthy, its president, seems to
believe, the only logical course would
be to declare the International League
and the American Association in on
the transaction and have done with
It. On the basis of population within
their circuits, they have d stronger
claim to big league status than
have the Coast leaguers.
Cities in the international circuit,
Tor example, have total population
OF 2,9O5, 107, leading all minor leagues
by several hundreds of thousands.
Next in line is the American Assoc
citation, with 2,432 ,512, and then
comes the Pacific Coast League with
l,957 ,27S, nearly so per cent of which
is clustered in one city, San Fran
cisco. The latter would be forced,
therefore, to bear the brunt of a
break with the majors
From these figures II can be read
lily seen that the International tops
the Pacific coast in potential drawing
power by nearly cool million, yet
contemplates no break for liberty.
The Coast Leagues only advantage
over it's class IA brothers is its
geographic isolation. This would be
an undeniable asset in case of base.
ball war, but it would suffer accord
ingly with the uneven distribution of
its population. For example, San
Francisco and Los Angeles, the lat.
ter virtually supporting two clubs.
the Angels and Vernon, just about
account for all the strength in the
league. Frisco's population is 506,.
476 and Los Angeles and Vernon
576,673.
Portland. Seattle and Oakland are
sizeable cities with populations ex.
ceeding 100000, and Salt Lake City
has 1910, but the drop from there
Is precipitated almost a plunge. in
fact-Sacramento having little more
than $4,000 inhabitants.
Compare this layout with the
American Association, no town of
which cannot claim considerably
more than 100000, with Milwaukee
leading the way at 457,147, or with
the International, embracing such
cities as Baltimore with 1885, Buff
falo with 506,775, Newark with 414,-
524, and Toronto with 376 ,52S
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
P|NEHURST PLAY
ISDEVOID Of
UPSE7S
MedaIist Brown and (. w
WoIcott Meet in Feature
Match Today.

PINEHURST, N. c., Jan. IT,
Rusty Brown, medalist, and K. ".
Wolcott will oppose in the feature
match of today's play in the
Winter Golf Leagues championship
tournament. Wolcott disposed of
A. S. Higgins in the first round In
nineteen holes.
Brown. of Montclair. polished of
George H. Williams, Of Arcola,
up and I. All of the favorites came
safely through the opening round OF
match play. George G. Dutton. OF
Boston, who has held the tttla
several times. trimmed w. F. Har
rison, of Arcola, by 5 and 1.
DR.. A. r. Gardner, Of New York
defeated Roy Durstine, Of Scarsdaie.
by and 4.
Mrs. ]. H Wright. Of st. Adams.
Long Island, struggled under too
much handicap. fifteen strokes, AMI
lost a close match to Mrs. Carl
Bailliett, l up.
One of the women players LOST
eleven balls and required an aver
age of thirteen strokes per hole. +
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Al SMITH Gets
RING HISTORY
LESSON
After Learning Identity Of
Dempsey and Wills He
Keeps Quiet.
BY DAVIS j. WALSH.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-Firing
straight from the hip, we asked
Governor AL Smith what his atti-
tude would be toward Jack Demp-
sey-Harry Wills bout in New York
State In the event that Tex Rick.
ard attempted to include this propo-
season. He replied to the question
by asking another, to wit:
Why have we a State athletic
commission"
All matters pugiIistic are in the
hands of this body, he intimated.
He had no attitude, it seemed, and
would have none.
BY the way, just who 10 Jack
Dempsey? Do not smile. The gov
ernor wishes to know It seems
to him that he has heard OF Demp-
sey somewhere but he Is not GER
tain. The worlds heavyweight
champion, and Harry Wills? The
cOlored challenger. Ell?
The governor seemed to be learn
ing something about our famous
men Of pugilism for the first time.
It was, to be assumed that he was
not reading the newspapers the
day after a certain July 2 when
Dempsey paid visit to the adjacent
State of New Jersey and departed
with 100000 Of it's money in con-
sequence of having pushed Georges
Carpenter severely on the chest.
The newspapers had so much to
say about the affair, before and
after, that the worthy DIR. Cook
might have discovered the north
pole all over again and no one
would have been the wiser.
However, the governor wasn't
interested or If he read the &C.
counts, he promptly forgot them,
it appears. He wanted to be
Strengthened out as to just what
the name of Dempsey meant and
we told him. The information
seemed to bore him.
IT am trying to run the affairs
of this State" he declared. "And
my days are crowded enough with
out mixing up in sport. We have
a State athletic commission, APP
pointed solely to make decisions of
this sort and it Is entirely out of
my hands. I have nothing to do
with boxing"
docs that mean that if the COM
mission countenances the Dempsey
Wills bout, its decision will be
final?' we inquired.
1.-THE law OF this State expressly
empowers the commission to act in
matters under it's jurisdiction with
out interference" WA the reply.
IT have no power to interfere I'M
less it countenances something un-
lawful. There is no law against
mixed bouts in New York"
He seemed surprised when in
formed that former Governor Miller
had made a statement las summer
TO the effect that he had no OBJ
lection to Dempsey and Wills
boxing in this State
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
TOOMEY SHOOTS
MANY LARGE
TOTALS
Record 412 Set Follows Other
Brilliant Performances by
G. r. o. Bowler.

Joe Toomey, whose 412 set is the
talk of the bowling population of
town today, will shoot his stuff to-
night in match between the
Waverly and Arlington teams Of
the Athletic Club league on the
Potomac alleys In Georgetown.
Toomey is a member Of the Waiver
ly team. which hAIde the season
record for high team set with 1.75t
Joe was not present the night
Waverly made it's recArG but he
won enough individual gIuuY not to
begrude that bit of misfortune.
TOomey had hung up some I'M
usual scores before shooting his
'ecOrd Az total with the Accounts
team in the Government Printing
Office League last night. Some of
his sets were 1856, 379, 36S and 379.
Just the other night he rolled at
Sherman's for 618 for five games
20 qualify for the big one-pin tour
nament, the finals OF which will be
rolled Saturday night.
In his record set, Toomey made
four strikes and eleven spares, hav-
ing games of 1T, $50 and Jas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
MAcK'S BATTERY SQUAD
GOES SOUTH ON MARCH

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17.-Pitch.
ers and catchers of the Mackmen will
get ready the latter part OF next
month to set out for Montgomery,
Ala, on March 1, where the Ath,
letics will train during the usual
spring season in the South.
The battery will leave about one
week before the rest of the troupe,
as Connie Mack wants to start his
boxmen in good condition right at
the start. In fact, while the tall
tactician does not say so i'm as many
words, 1t Is tacitly admitted by him
that the fate Of the Mackmen in 1923
will depend in a great measure on
how the twirlers come through.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Slow Movies Help
Coaches Teach
Football

Slow motion pictures of foot
ball players have been used by
coaches to good advantage, and
slow pictures Of the tennis stars
in action have proved. valuable
in instructing the younger
players.
Slow motion pictures of some
golfers; however, would probably
be disastrous, because If some
players saw how they really
looked in making . shot they
would throw their clubs away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
DRIFTERS CANOE CLUB
ADDS NEW MEMBERS

The Drifters Canoe Club has voted
in several new members and decided
on March l as the date to start con.
templated improvements on it's
camp.
The club has on it's roster several
well known paddlers who distinguish.
ed themselves in the races at the
Tidal Basin and on the upper Poto.
mae last season. All have returned.
and with few additions, a banner
season may be expected. The bowl
ing team of the club is doing ex.
ceptionally well i'm the Nautical
League.
James II. Mcintyre. Joseph IL.
Mawson and Charles Donaldson have
been elected as financial committee
and all members are urged to get in
touch with one of the above three
at the earliest possible date.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Now It's Different.

TODAY that same giant. al
most four years older, IS
greeted by the forgetfnt
"rabblement" as a conquerer. the
mob would see him once more at
tempt to withstand the feroclous
blows of Jack Dempsey.
The rabblement hastens to. for
"et the deliberate quittin" of the
Kansan in that ring at Toledo. 1t
forgets that, from the day he de-
feated Jack johnson at Havana
until lie stepped into the ring to
face Dempsey, Jess Willard was
the object # cruel criticism.
The rabblement forgets how
Willard acted between April 5,
1915 and July 4, 1912, how he
commercialized his title most
shamefully, even in the days when
others were preparing to Weld up
their lives on the dun fields by
the Marine.
The rahblement forgets that the
circus marvel, showing in Brook
lyr FUSED to cross the bridge to
appear for the benefit Of the
sailors in the French fleet at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Out Of the Question.

TESS WILLARD deserves moth
ing more from the American
y public, especially the sporting
public. He has had his chance,
He has collected all the money
he could for the smallest en-
deavor. Circus heroes are moth
ing but circus heroes,
Jess Willard never was a ring
hero. He was the biggest cham
pion in the histroy of the modern
ring, and, according to Tommy
Ryan, the biggest bum"
Hiding from the gaze of the
boxing writer's at Toledo, Willard
said: ''I haven't an excuse to
offer. The pitcher went to the
well once too often. Youth was
served. learned my mistake
today, as Jeffries learned his at
Reno, My heart was never in
the fighting game. was made
fighter. | have never had the
fighting instinct, not the fighting
temperament"
Today the sporting public of
America, always blind and good
natured, needs protection by the
sports writer's from this same
"made fighter" this same pitcher
which went once too often to the
we'll, this same champion who lost
his crown sitting down.
It is ridiculous for even Tex
Richard to match Willard against
Jack Dempsey. If Richard does
this, and guarantees single red
cent to either boxer, he will de-
serve to dip deep in payment.
He will deserve to see nobody
come to see his show but himself.
And this very same thing can
happen, if only the sports writer's
of the country do their duty and
remind the forgetful public of
the real history of Jess Willard.
of Pottawatomie, Kan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

But wouldn't they have q great
cast Of characters to start with?
They're cheering for old Mas
sau.''
"Why, has Princeton won
gamer"
"I'm not speaking of Princeton.
/ mean Nassau, in the Bahamas,
where the bootleg supplies come
from"
The office-boy's grandmother
passed away,
But we never learned her fate
Do you think she died after reach
ing third,
Or was she smothered, at the
plate?
"My husband was struck by an
automobile down the street to-
day." said the first woman.
"Was he injured much?" asked
the second.
"Oh, no; not at all. But it
will cost him $4,000 to buy the
car that impressed him so much"
"They say there's some great
lobster fishing up in Maine"
SIS that 80? Who is he?"
Most birds migrate to the South
for the winter, but the swallows
are still coming up from the
Bahamas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
!, COOKING 'EM OVER
BY LOUIS A BOUCHER
APPLE SAUCE, AND MORE APPLE
SATIGE

balyhoO begun They have started tne old stunt stunt
the championship Of the world and jess Wara
chair The night ct the Floyd Johnson Bill Brennan
bout New York. Willard introduced from the ring Maason
tumultuOus
giant We told the noise and
the other
at ringsde there and Harry Wills
the greeting
handed Willard Werea constrained 70 quote me GOOD
occasion quoted by
William Shakespeare If Avon. England as follows:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

The rabblcment hootcd and
clapped their chopped hands and
threw up their sweaty nightcaps
and uttered such deal of stink
ing breath because Caesar refused
the crown that it had almost
choked Caesar; for he swoonded
and fell down at it."
And do you recall what great
Caesar" did about it.? And how
that very same "rabblement"
later on was constrained to run
and fire the houses of the con-
spirators who had poked their
gladii into the vitals of the
tyrant.?
Further, if you are at all fam
iliar with the tales of those
ancient days by the Tiber, that
selfsame "rabblement' bowed
down in almost holy alteration
before the nephew Of that same
"great Caesar" callir\ him for
all time Augustus" which in the
Latin means "great."
Yes, my fellow citizens, there
is small difference between the
Roman rabblement Of as B. G..
and that of New York in 1928
A. D.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
YANKS APPEAR STRONG
TO MILDLY BASKETERs

The Naval Academy basketball
team is expecting a stiff battle to-
day in its game with the champion
Yankee quint of Washington, at
Annapolis. Action will start at 4
p. M.
A number of Washington basket
ball fans will go to Annapolis to
see the contest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Canada Gals Cheerful Chirps.
THERE be sights that enchant

HNncn1 DC SlgnCa tn2C enchant
the vision
In this land of the brave
and free;
But a bottle of Scotch at the
limit
Seems worth going miles to sea.
"Do you know that the hat
worn by women in 1000 B. C. is
stated to be very similar to
models worn today?" asks the
paper.
Yes, and your wife-when she
reads that-will insist she hasn't
had a new one since then.
None Of the pIaywrights would
be able to dramatize the tele.
phone book, as a writer remarks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Roll Kingpin Team.

The Alexandria All-stars who will
meet Roanoke. Va, in an intercity
clash. will take on the crack King
pins of the District League in a
match next Saturday night at the
Kingpin. The Alexandrians are
Lynn. Lee, Ballenger, Wood and
Mandley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

the point by carrying the ban over
the line. Norris, however, grabbed
the ball and dropped It to the
ground like lightning. "A couple of
the West Point linenaen were right
on him, but the ball actually went
through the legs Of one Of them
that jumped at him. 1T was the
same one who knocked Norris over
but the ball went straight across
the goal bar and scored the point
One Of the odd things about the
incident was that Norris had done
little dr0pkicking. He had tried ore
In the game two weeks before. with
st. Xavier, when the Navy team
was FAR in the lead, and had missed
by q wide margin. IN the Army
game It was Just up to him. and
he made good
So much for the big athletic
achievement, up to this time, Of
Midshipman Norris, hut little
more about the lad himself and his
prospects He is from Ohio and
entered the Naval Academy last
year. so he has two more years
of football at Annapolis. He II VI
slight build, weighing about $50
pounds, and played some football II
Marion Institute. Alabama. before
he entered the academy.
The coaches marked him LAST
year as having the promise ~
real brilliancy as 3 runner. This
year, the fact that BarcIIot WAS
the star back Of the Navy team.
and was also D light man, hanil
capped Norris. nc was felt fIlat
Barchet must be used regularly,
and that the bacIxfield could not
do with two such Iight lads -
Barchet and Norris. However, Re
got IN parts Of most u the gal1len.
Norris first attracted real atten-
ton in the game against PennsyI-
vanla State. where he ran bril-
hantly in the latter part az the
game. in which he played. he
entered the game against the Army
early in the third quarter ara
wTiggled through for q rennarkabla
number of yards. He has n,1cs
more ability in eIuding d RUNNER
than has Barchet in spite 81 tl.e
sterling worth of that player.
Barehet is a splendid lad to dc
his fun part in a play that goes
right. but Norris generally Is aba
to dodge past a good many 81.
posing players who have not beer
put out of the play by someone
else. So
It is a foregone conclusion that
Norris win be used rather reeu.
larly next year. He IL not rugged.
but his big spirit has kept hisa
going so far. and q year nsaxs
make a good deal stronger aaaa
harder player OF him. as he II
young. The Navy sets great storA
by him.
Everyone at Annapolis feels that
he is going to pull off lot of
yards for the Navy next season.
and do much towards making it
a winning team.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Works on Union Park.

E. Lawrence Phillips, proprietor
of Union Park, is having the stands
taken down. Eventually Phillips
win have par on the east side
of Fifteenth street near II, his prs.
ent carnival grounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Gonzaga Wins Easily.

Gonzaga swamped Emerson In.
stitute, 40 to Is. in Emerson's
opening contest of the season.
Gonzaga got off to a fast start
and had four field goals before
Emerson scored.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Seek 135-pound Foes.

Teams in the l35pound class are
desired as opponents by the George.
town A. c. juniors. Fl. A. Meyers,
manager, may be reached by phone
at West 1897 after $50 d. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17


nN the afternoon Of July q.
1919, at Toledo by the old
Maumee, a battered giant
sat on a little chair in the corner
of a ring. His face did not re-
semble face. 1t was more a
pillow.
A bell sounded. 1t summoned
the heavyweight champion of the
world to rise and defend himself.
The bewildered giant still sat
there. His head swayed drunk
emily. He seemed begging for aid
from someone, somewhere.
It came in the form of dirty
towel, flecked with bloodstains,
the blood of that very same be-
wildered giant, and William Har--
rison Dempsey was champion OF
the world.
Close to the ringside sat Tom
nv RYAN. in his days a great man
with his two hands. He scat saw
aeelv and fairly groaned in his
dis0ust.
ooh. the big bum"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
JOHNSON AND GIBBONS
WILL FIGHT FOR
MILK FUND
By SID MERCER.

NEW YORK JAM 17Havng hurded Bill Brennan in his advance
the heavyweight citadel commanded by Jack Dempsey
Floyd Johnson gathering spring Gibbons most
nidable of the light heavyWeights. 6t
johnson and Gibbons matched fight tea
roundr lessat Madison Garden week
6n
And they will battle in for the greater Of the
receipts viii the
women OF which Mrs William Randolph Hearst chairman
Gibbons,
of
Of thousands of New babies happiness
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

Next day every one of the mob
showed up with heavy clothes ex-
cept Broad. He had on a straw
hat and a light summer suit.
The director spotted the hay
skinner and the light tone floor
up Immediately.
"See here, young fellow" he
piped, pointed his finger at Broad.
Didn't tell you to doll mp in
an overcoat?"
"Well," suffered the Kid, "I
didn't have no overcoat so / PUT
ON NE WINTER UNDERWEAR
INSTEAD"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
NORRIS MAKES MOST OF
SLENDER CHANCE
BY HUGH II. RILEY.

ANNAPOLIS Jan 1.-THE facts connected with the kicking Of
Midshipman Edwin A Norris substitute back
Academy football in the latter Of the Army game
philadelphia last November deserve be set out in the annals Of
the great college game.
did game, Army margin Ut
wonderful thinking
acting making the most Of splendid opportunity.
possible single point
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

NNAMMANY YOUNG that Kid Broad knockout the
proof:
this day.
Just the finished the director addressing the
mob, said:
boys tomorrow we're going to shoot
ana and the like want Of here
location
goTe overccats and sweaters that the will COLD
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Chop Suey Circles
Should Tumble
For Lee

The Orient is getting ell
worked up over boxing. The
latest development IN that line
is Chinaman named Battling
Key. He is 4 lightweight and.
has been so successful against
the sailor boxers Of the English
fleet that he is going to Aus
tralia for more experience.
Then he plans to come ia the
United States.
This ought to stir tp cOnsid-
cradle enthusiasm IN chop suey
circles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

Concerning Broken Hands and the
Like.
A LOT of bum fighters, when
a they get licked, resort to
- the old excuse Of 81
broke me hand" or 81 broke me
leg"
Jimmy Britt pulled the ulna
bone gag after he quit to Joe
Cans.
The other day a fighter named
Ray Pryel, almost had his head
knocked off by Eddie Shevlin and
reported that he had broken his
hand in the second round and had
gone as long as he could with one
mitt. Sounded o. X. next day.
A few days later, however, he
went and fought ten rounds with
another guy. He stayed the
limit the last time. He didn't
break anything, strange to say.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17
Billy McCarney's Stable,

Billy McCaTney's Stable,
over in Jersey, Billy McCar.
u ney occasionally has all his
~ fighters and trainers at one
place. Two colored rubbers are
among those regularly employed.
They went out Saturday night to
a moonshine party and got pretty
well lit up, Bill says. They left
the moonshine joint in an old
flivver about 2 a. m. The guy
driving was 50 plastered that he
didn't know whether he was in.
Jersey or in Norway. The fellow
with him wasn't so bad. The
fiivver just missed about five
telegraph poles and was up on
the sidewalk half the time as thew
sped along.
you ought to be more care
full about the car, SAM" said the
guy riding to the guy driving.
What carr" queried the reck-
less chauffeur.
"Dfs heah car you're drivin'."
piped the gent riding.
"Geew laughed the other fell
low, "ah thought you was driv-
in'."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

Conroy tells the story Of just
what happened: The pass went
Wild, and strained to reach 1T,
but could not even touch II. 4
saw Norris would recover the ball.
and called TO him. Run with 1t.
Nickg hoping that he could score
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-17

Vim" ConrOy, captain Of the
Navy eleven, is the only man who.
car, tell exactly Just what happen
ed outside Of Norris himself, and
ii is quite possible that the action
was so quick that the principal
could not tell it as accurately as
the Navy dealer.
The spectators saw that, after the
last Navy touchdown, the teams
lined up for the try, and the ball
was passed for a placement kick,
Conroy lying flat In order to catch
and place the ball, with Norris IN
position to kick 1T. They saw the
PASS 20 wild and Norris seize the
ball and attempt to kick 1t.