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The Washington times., 1923-02-17
Have Little Faith.

Have Little Faith.
'THE magnates have little faith
in each other. If they had
they could easily remedy a
situation upon which is blamed
the recent heroin dream of a
league to be formed to invade
certain cities, backed by the
majors, etc., etc.
AS conditions are now, it 10 but
a matter Of time when the richest
ball clubs will have purchased all
the best players from the larger
minor leagues.
Personally, looking at the ques-
ton from the viewpoint of a lover
of the game, we believe the base
ball draft a good thing, provided
prices are paid which will assist
the smaller clubs to develop young
players.
But the covenant has beer
signed in which the major leagues
agreed to absolve certain minor
leagues from the operation of the
draft. To endeavor to force the
minors into the draft is for tho
majors to go back on their ow1
signed agreement.
Talk of backing a new league
playing partly in minor league
cities and partly in Brooklyn anC
Washington, is positively childish
Furthermore, it savors of ex
tremely poor craftsmanship.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
ENGLISH FINALLY GIVE
IN ON TENNIS SQUABBLE

LONDON, Feb. 17.-Official an
nouncement has finally been made
by the Lawn Tennis Association
that the Wimbledon tournament
will not be for the championship
of the world. New blood injected
by Il reform committee into the
council has adopted a policy as
lone Of progress, not prejudice.
The result IL the abolition OF the
championship pretensionS for the
playing at Wimbledon.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

A"O years ago Wnen Judge
Lands was made baseball com
missioner, the two major leagues
signed an agreement with the
minors. It was to endure for
seven years.
During those seven years the
minors were NOT TO BE RE.
CURED TO STAND FOR THE
DRAFT.
In two years, so great has been
the demand for capable players.
prices paid for promising minor
leaguers have broken all past
records. The Chicago White Sox
are said to have paid 100000
for Willie Kamm, third baseman.
That is the top figure.
The Giants are said tn have
passed over $4,000 for Jimmy
O'Connell, the San Francisco first
baseman, who is to be turned into
an outfielder. That is the second
highest price shouted from the
rooftops.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
MICKEY WALKER OFFERED
$37, 500 FOR LONDON BOUT

NEW YORK, Feb. 17-Jack
Bulger, manager of Mickey Walker,
worlds welterweight champion. an
nounced today that he is consider.
ing an offer of $37,500 from a
London promoter for q Walker-Tea
kid" Lewis bout there on June 6.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

manager Of the Tampa club, OF the
Florida League. He has had that
position for the last two years and
made good.
No player has done more to uplift
the national game than Tommy
Leach. He was a model baseball
player from every angle.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
ELI OARSMEN WORKING
OUT IN GYM

NEW HAVEN Feb 17Wh the starting of the second term
rowing the Yale definite schedule
after ten days cessation during and week
until
weather permits outside rowing.
the period when practice, the
individual
of advantage
this tunity to individual coaching.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
CALLAUDET IS VICTOR
IN EXCITING CONTEST

Gallaudet trimmed Lynchburg
College, 81 to 81, at Kendall Green.
It looked like a soft victory at the
end Of the first half, but Lynch
burg rallied and nearly turned the
tables.
With two minutes to 60 Lynch
burg was only one point behind. La
Fountain was sent back by Gallau-
det and he Gagged goal that
brought victory.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

The changing of the afternoon
classes from to o'clock to and
8 will not interfere in any way with
the rowing schedule, and each crew
will have its regular thirty-minute
workout daily.
The coaches have made it spe-
cial point to have coxswains re
port with the respective crews, Civ
ing them the opportunity to see the
individual faults of the different
men and also to assist in the coach
ing.
The five football men-Blair,
BunneIl, Hubbard, Joss, and Miller
who signed up for crews at the
beginning of the indoor work,
have been reporting each day, and
Coach Leader is well satisfied
with their progress.
The rowing tank, which was dis
carded several years ago for the
machines, has proved a helpful ad
dition to the rowing equipment. II
was thought at first to install the
machines also in the gym, but by
holding several of the rowing pc
RODS in the evenings, the tank has
been able to accommodate the entire
squad without the necessity OF
moving the machines from the boat
house.
Concerning the date when the
crews will be able to take the
water at the Adee boathouse, nc
definite time can be set. Last
year the crews started outdoor work
the last week in February, which
was the earliest in several years
However, it is highly improbable
that weather conditions will clear
up sufficiently to permit the same
this year.
In spite of the fact that the
racing schedule starts several
weeks later this year than last.
Coach Leader is anxious to get
on the water early, and will do SO
as soon as the ice has cleared. In
the meantime the tank can be
used in which to perfect certain
Of the points of Coach Leaders
stroke.
According to Richard Pocock the
first shell which he is building FOL
the university is at present about
two-thirds finished, and will un
doubtedly be ready for use by the
time the crews take the water ir
the spring.
The hull and slides are now com
pleted, but the outriggers are YET
to be made and the shell vanished
The material used in the hull is
Spanish cedar, coming from Hon
duras in Central America, while
the washboards are constructed Of
Western spruce.
One of the most noticeable differ
ences of the shell from the presen
university shells is that it has 8
more rounded bottom.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
Passing the Buck.

Passing the Buck.
|0NE more shot at the magnates
ID before ending today's solil-
oquy.
RUDE Benton, a rather eccen-
trio southpaw pitcher, is per-
mitted to drop out Of the National
League "for the good Of baseball"
it has been said.
Going to st. Paul, in the Amer
lean Association, Benton regains
his old stuff and attracts the
Cincinnati club. Garry Hermann
endeavors to have Benton de-
clared eligible to play with the
Reds. The league votes to leave
it to President Heydler. He de-
cides without delaying a moment
to leave it to Judge Lands.
If the National League cannot
stomach Benton, how can Judge
Lands rule him pure enough to
perform in the American Associa-
ton?
Can Lands infer by such action
that the American Association does
not conduct it's business honestly :?
The National League passed the
buck to Heydler. Heydler passed
it to Lands. There is none to
whom Judge Lands can pass it.
He must make the momentous
decision in a matter which took
place before he was named COM
missioner.
The same gentlemen who seek
to go back on their signed agree
mcnt with the minors are inter-
ested in passing this buck to
Judge Lands.
You may draw your own con-
clusion. And if you don't care to
do so-well, what of it? The
boys'll be going South in ten days
or so, and it will be so much more
interesting to read about the
rockies at the training camp.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

But about my weight.
think the turning point in my
baseball life was that little dinner
gave last November to my fellow
sport writer's" The boys that help
ed me most that night were those
who spoke the plainest words.
remember one fellow said keep
your chin up and your stomach
down.
That was my rule all winter. And
now II seems everybody is more in
terested in my stomach than in my
home runs.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
LOOKING 'EM OVER
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER
ALL WE HAVE TO SAY.

to at least three jolly correspondents in
dayswe have had nothing much about the alleged
bitter warfare predicted to begin shortly between the two
major leagues and certain the leagues notably
national the American Pacific
all part Of the politics of believed
uouy that the rank and file Of
latest dope Is to Babe Ruth remarkable ranngs
ana the rawlings OF the the gentlemen
year after year in the national pastime-and
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
THE DAYS
Biggest Lie
By FRANCIS e. COLE,
a1H D nA.nA n...AL.A.A

By FRANCIS e. COLE,
716 B street southwest.
ENEB. 17.-Clark Griffith has
Il announced that beginning
this season, the price Of admis-
sion to grand stand seats win
be four bits . throw, with free
refreshments.
Can Iou think Of o bigger lie
than that? II 20, send it to DIR.
GeSt Lie Editor today.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
Johnson Has Cinch,

Ernie Johnson has cinch
making q regular place for himself
in the White Sox infieId this sea-
son. He is the only infielder with.
out competition.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
TOMMY LEACH
CREDIT TO BASEBALL
By SAM CRANE.

Tommy Leach Florida
He will take his Nelson Leach Lakeland with him. That
the O from Tampa Fla. recently.
The majority of the generation of baseball probably
that short with slight notice. STILL
Tommy bring back
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
Terry Sells Land.

Zeb Terry, who has retired from
baseball, is selling real estate in
California. He played second base
for the Chicago Cubs last year
with good results.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
RUTH IS JOYFUL OVER
LOST WEIGHT
By BABE RUTH.

l frozen little Sudbury, Mass
atmosphere created and get this wentyone pounds of flesh
During Mr. McGraw made sucker of
low bas weighed 2S5 pounds This week. Thursday
stripped off
tipped the scales at GA Believe want those
again.
And as for my buter-driven car little
story telling why slk-ned 1mousines
hnlnf I'LL h,sinn
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

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 zone floor
up" Immediately.
"See here, young fellow" he
piped, pointing his finger at Broad,
"didn't / tell you to doll up in
an overcoat?"
"Well," suffered the Kid, 81
didn't have no overcoat so I PUT
ON ME- WINTER UNDERWEAR
INSTEAD"
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

LIIC AcdIlS u CWcIICy-4INC yCdLS 06O.
Tommy, while he did not reach
players of a quarter of century
ago, was one of the most popular,
and as long as he was in active serV-
ice he never lost his popularity.
He was a splendid player. He
was just as capable in the infield
as he was in the outer garden. AS
a third baseman he shone bril-
liantly, and when he was shifted
to the outfield he also flashed.
AS his baseball career progressed
he was transferred several times,
but he always bobbed up again
wherever he was placed and with
no apparent decadence of his rare
ability.
Tommy Leach was always in
such demand that frequently he re-
turned to the same club from which
he had been shifted, and was al
ways gladly welcomed by his old
admirers.
He was q short, stocky little fell
low, built on the lines of "Helnie"
Groh, and was fully up to the
Giants present third baseman, an
aIl.around, high-class man.
AS time passed he finally was
Obliged to retire as an active player.
but he refused to quit the game to
which he had devoted this youthful
athletic career. His earnestness and
| devotion met with its due reward
from those people who appreciated
his splendid characteristics, and he
soon became a manager when he
drifted into minor leagues.
We had somehow lost track Of
Tommy until we heard OF him as
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
Concerning Broken Hands and tn
Like.

A LOT of bum fighters, when
"a they get licked, resort to
"A the old excuse Of 81 broke
me hand" or II 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. K.
next day.
A few days later, however, he
went and fought ten rounds with
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
ENTITLED. USING THE OLD NOOI

YwVAMMANY YOUNG Broad knockout in the
from the first day he appeared, and tells the following
II proof:
Tam and the Kid were both playing Angeles
this day. ,
days director addressing the
mob, said:
Boys going winter with trick
and billiards and the like want OF out
location in the morning Put boo earmuffs,
wooden gloves and sweaters that the will have
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

owner, but to the great general
It's caviar.
The magnates, apparently, to
escape from the serious situation
facing them two years ago, were
willing to sign anything. They
did. They they walked up. They
have been trying to undo that
work ever since.
But they are wrong, decidedly
wrong, just the same, and all the
minors need to do is to sit tight
They have the majors eating out
of their hands right now.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

another guy. He stayed the limit
the last time. He didn't break
anything, strange to say.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
A Way Out.

THE obvious way out-at least
to an OUTSIDERS for the
major leagues to agree upon
limit which they will pay any
minor league for an untried
player. Placing it at, say $4,000,
the developing club would not
suffer and neither would the
major league club This plan
might continue for the life of the
agreement signed two years ago.
However, the magnates do not
trust each other. The richer clubs
decline to be bound down to any
such limit or to risk losing prom
Using young players in any sort
of lottery. So the two big leagues
are now stultifying themselves
when they seek to shatter their
own signed agreement with the
minors.
This entire situation, however
is magnified far beyond it's real
value as news to the baseball fans
1t is part of the business of or
ganized baseball. 1t interests the
expert and the players and the
The Washington times., 1923-02-17
Now You Tell One.

Now You Tell One.
TT doesn't make any difference
whether it's in the majors or
in the bushes, you'll find a
comedian among the fans of the
town.
Bill Essick, manager of the
Vernon Club in the P. c. L., tells
one of the days when he was
some pumpkins in Grand Rapids.
Mich.
"I sent in a pitcher and he
walked three men and filled the
bases" says Bill. "Then he
walked the fourth man, forcing
over a run.
"I yanked him and as he
walked across the field a guy in
the right field bleachers up and
yelled: You big stiff, what did
you take him out for? He was
pitching a no-hit game"
What Were We Talking About?
Oh, Yes.
xIOU remember Kolb, of the
Kolb and Dill team don't
you?
He's a great fight nut. Also is,
or rather WAS, a great stein
drainer. In an interview out
West the other day he said:
Speaking Of prohibition, who
knows enough about it to spell
the word right? A prohibitionist
is a man who believes he is the
only one who knows how to take
his liquor. He drinks himself
but he thinks nobody else can be
trusted with it. / know some of
those bright boys who think
they're smart and vote dry. But
they don't get any of my claret,
Or they didn't. The prohibitionist
closed down the breweries and
now every house is a brewateria
People get so much ether in bad
booze today that pretty soon
they'll have to invent a new
anaesthetic.
Canada Calls Cheerful Chirps.
CIT BOUGHT this m o k n e
jacket today"
Chats not a smoking
jacket. It's just a coat"
Il know that, but / bought it at
a fire sale"
A. T. B. asks: "Where can | get
my suits pressed?"
That depends. If IT'S a lawsuit,
consult a lawyer. If it's a love-
suit, ring up John Alden. If it's
your wearing apparel, your tailor
might do it.
"They.re a good bunch to get in
with"
"What bunch do you mean?"
"A bunch Of keys"
The negro must appreciate the
benefits of freedom. In pre-civil
war days he was knocked down by
an auctioneer at slave sale. Now
he is free, and has the same privi-
lege as his white brother of being
knocked down and run over by an
automobile.
No, Euphernia, that was six
day bicycle race at the Garden, not
as you seem to think-an egg
eating contest.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

Even up there in that little
Massachusetts town. every day,
youngsters would ask about my
weight, and the day l left Sud
bury the garage owner waited
three hours for me to come by.
When / did he pulled out tape
measure and asked me to stand
still while q wager was decided.
The measurement was two inches
less than he had Wagered, and
h 50 IL cost him $50.
found afterward that the fellow
who had won has visited my farm
every day to see If I was actually
chopping wood and working hard
/ proved my reduced weight pretty
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

SATURDAY, FEB RUARY II, 1923.
Louis A. Dougher, sports editor of The
Washington Times, keeps the Griffmen
alive during the off season, and no fan
can well afford to miss his tales Of the
diamond. Once you get the habit, it's
like riding i'm limousine daily.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

Babe Ruth has been accOmpan-
led to Hot Springs by q small
retinue Of correspondents who
may be expected to keep the
fans acquainted with the big fell
lows every move. Every pound
dropped viii require at least half
a column of description.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

Canada Gals Cheerful Chirps.
<<T BOUGHT this m k IN e
jacket today"
Chats not a smoking
jacket. It's just a coat"
II know that, but / bought it at
a fire sale"
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

No, Euphernia, that was a six
day bicycle race at the Garden, not
as you seem to think-an egg
eating contest.
The Washington times., 1923-02-17

It won't be long now before the
boys win be IOOsening up be-
meath the bright sun i'm Dixie,
Iimbering up their salary wings,
stretching the muscles that have
rested since last October, clear
ing the notes from the batting
eye and generally slOughmg oil
the ever-encroaching years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-11
Wednesday, July II

can't help him. He positively re-
fused to support rs after We had
become twenty-one years Of age and
we will not support him now" "
"Just before election is was an
nounced that one Richard n. Hunt
ley, who has established some repu-
tation as the father Of the editor
Of the Bismarck Tribune, was run
ming for Congress in New York. Sew
eral letters have been received ask
ing how he came out. We don't
exactly know, for the returns are
not all in, but the latest returns
show that he is about 5000 votes
behind. We reckon the old man got
licked"
"Our wife and several of her emin-
emily pious and respectable people
have wrastled with US laboriously
because we have been in the habit
of expressing ourselves profanely in
the columns Of the Tribune, and we
have agreed to swear off for a month,
just to see how it works. But we
entertain hopes of being damned in
the meantime, if we see how we are
going to do justice to the Jimtown
Alert, The Interstate Gary, and the,
Fargo Independent and diverse other
journalistic freaks unless permitted
to use proper language in prognos-
ticating the fate of the editors there
Of"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-11
A SONG OF DAKOTA
(FrOm Tribune March z, 1900
BY James w. Foley

Land of the flawless suns and
cloudless skies,
With cloth of wheaton gold, and
gllstening fair,
Whence wings the whirring wild
fowl that flies :.
A type of the full freedom reigning
there.
Vast fields that stretch away where
the dim light
Grows DINNER in the distance, and
that lie
Scrolls, where Gods Providence is
writ, and Might,
esty.
Broad, endless acres, where the hus-
bandman
Bronzed, bearing Natures sterling
stamp of toll,
A king, his fruitful heritage may
scan,
And gather kings store from out
the soil.
Hills where the herdsman rests, and
out along
Contented valleys lowing herds re-
vealed,
Where Nature reigns alone, and
where her song
Of promise with the sign of Plenty
sealed.
Stands Bounty there and with up.
lifted hand
Filings fruits of her full harvest far
and wide,
To beckon Hunger to her fruitful
land
And bid it partake and be satisfied.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-11
ARRIVAL OF
S00IMP0RTANT
DAY FOR CITY
Gave Bismarck Railroad Fa.
cilities in All Direc-
tiOns

The 500 line arrived in Bismarck
little less than quarter Of q CEN
fury ago.
With the arrival of this line Bis
marck was given railroad facilities
to the north, the south, the east
and west, net work of seven lines
radiated from Bismarck; the main
line of the Northern Pacific running
east and west and the 500 running
north and south with branch lines
in various directions.
In 1883 the Minneapolis, Sault St.
Marie and Atlantic Railroad COM
pany was organized, its object being
to provide Minneapolis with a rail
line by way of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich, to the Atlantic coast. In
1887 the road was completed only to
Sault Ste Marie on the east and to
Minneapolis on the west, it was
thirteen years before it was pushed
on to Bismarck.
About this time the men who or
gained the company were interested
in tapping the west, the wheat coun-
try. The Minneapolis and Pacific
Railway was organized. The two
were consolidated and formed what
is known as the Minneapolis, St..
Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway, or
500 Zine. The first president of
the new company was VIM. D. Wash
burn who held that position until
he resigned to become United States
senator from Minnesota.
BY 1909 its lines had been ex-
tended to Portal on the west, con-
Meeting with the Canadian Pacific
railway and forming direct route
from the Twin Cities to the Pacific
coast. The Wisconsin Central rail-
way was taken over this same year.
The acquisition of this property
gave the 500 line entrance into Mil
waukee and Chicago and the lake
ports.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-11

"There was no complaint as to a
lack of business in 1873. The Tri-
bune had note of $400 due in St.
Paul. Colonel Lounsberry collected
enough subscriptions on the way to
St. Paul to pay the note and purchase
needed supply of stock and mater
ial.
OBLIGATED At Birth
"When the Tribune was establish
ed M. C. Russell, of the Rrainerd
Tribune, E. C. Chambers, of the Glyn-
don Gazette, and their wives, and w.
B. Nickles, of the Red River Star, at
Moorhead, with his sweetheart, came
to Bismarck to see that the birth
was properly celebrated.
"In 1878 Marshall H. Jewell and
Stanley Huntley, the latter of "Spoo-
pendyke" fame, arrived in Bismarck
from Chicago, en- route to the Black
Hills. These young newspaper men
came from the Chicago Telegram and
Times, respectively, and on arriving
at Bismarck negotiated for the pur-
chase of the Tribune. They took
charge of the paper, Mr.. Huntley re-