The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-06
CAPITAL FANS
READY FOR
L|MER|CKS
''SkiIIet" Firms Contest, Of
fering Free Baseball Tickets,
Starts With a Bang.
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uncompleted limerick to be pub
lished tomorrow so that they can
slap the finishing touches on 1t and
earn at least pair OF tickets to
the Observation-Disclosures game,
April Is.
Ten tickets will be awarded to the
best limerick last.liners each day.
For the best last line written on the
daily hmerickS four tickets will be
awarded by this newspaper through
Skillet" and to the writer's of the
three most appropriate last lines,
two tickets each will be presented.
The entire group Of 800 successful
limerick artists will participate with
Skillet" in his annual pageant and
circus through the ball grounds
just before the first game starts.
A Brilliant Spectacle.
Ball park patrons at last years
opening day spectacle who saw
"Skillet's" parade and party were
literally knocked off their feet" by
the brilliance and effectiveness Of
his baseball stunt in which $50 resi-.
dents of Washington and nearby
places took part. Skillet" himself
was 80 pleased with his first VEN
ture that he double-pinochled him.
self this season and planned to be
host to more than twice. that
number.
Beginning tomorrow a limerick
will be published on page one Of
The Washington Times; that is, all
but one line Of limerick will be
published. The public is invited to
supply this line and by the fitness
Of the lines submitted, "Skillet" will
award his daily prizes of ten tickets,
four for first prize and two each
for second, third and fourth prizes.
Nobody is barred from this con.
test and there are practically no
rules and regulations to entangle
the contest-the participants must
only observe the closing times for
each contest, which win be at 6
p. m. Of the day after the un-
finished limericks are presented.
Two days following this daily dead
line" the winner will be announced,
so that in reality a new contest
starts and ends every day.
The winners on tomorrow'e
limerick will be announced Monday
and the winners on Saturdays
limerick will be broadcast on the
sporting pages on Tuesday and so
on. On Wednesdays there will be
no winners published, there being
no edition Of The Times proper on
Sundays, but on Thursday the win
ners for the Monday event will be
made known. This schedule will.
obtain throughout the contest which
will run until Saturday, April IL.
OF course you will be interested
In knowing who is to judge tho
quality OF the last lines submitted
and Tor your information, Skillet"
wishes to say that he has engaged
the literary editor Of The Times,
Mr.. Ames Kendrick, to collaborate
with him In reaching his decision,
as VIII little Miss Sylvia Sedgwiclx,
one Of the cleverest girl reporters
who ever went out in the rain with
out overshoes.
Band to Play.
Meanwhile the Washington
Times.Herald Newsboys Band, under
the leadership of l.. z. Phillips, is
rehearsing some of its best marches
to be rendered during that i'm
pressive procession around the ball
park when Skillet" will lead his
winners through the center field
gate in their gay costumes and
very mystifying masQuerades.
AS was the case last year, they
will foregather with Skillet" about
an hour before the game ct q
given point near the park and after
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