The Washington times., 1924-08-19

II you haven't you muSC pc o.
yourself are one of these. very bu
realm of popular music, "Everybc
Walter Johnson and Dazzy Vance
he of the. Brooklyn Nationals. with
his winning record of twenty wins
out of twenty-four starts and eight
consecutive wins out Of his last
eight starts, are practically the
unanimous choice Of fans in the
Middle Atlantic division for the
pitching berths on Babe Ruth's an
nual all-star aggregation.
Another noticeable feature of. the
myriad selections which have come
to light as the contest wears on is
the presence of newcomers to the
line.ups, newcomers such as Hack
Wilson, Cuyler and Young Yde,
the sensational Pirate pitcher.
Cuyler, also of the Pittsburgh club,
has played no little part in putting
his team up there where they have
the Giants scared silly and Yde
has pitching record of nine
games out of ten starts. He start.
ed out something like Curly Ogden
Of the Griffs,' only kept on keeping
On whereas Ogden got a losing
streak after his row of eight wins.
Hack Wilson'S batting average
as published Sunday was three.
hundred, even, and his hitting
there for New York for a while
was so sensational that the base-
ball writer's stopped calling him
Hack and applied the nom de
swat of "Whack."
OF the young blood, those three
National leaguers are getting big
call from the fans who have been
studying the baseball teams 1T
other climes. 1t is not likely BABE
Ruth can overlook all three Of
them.
Skillet" was musfng today over
the wide territory in which his
contest has aroused interest. Nat
ually the greatest response is
coming right from the confines of
the District of Columbia, but he is
receiving bids for those two world
series trips from many far away
points that would surprise the
average reader of a local news.
paper. The distant birds are just
as eligible as those who pay their
taxes right here in Washington
as they read The Washington
Times six days a week and take
their baseball news seriously.
Doctor J. p. Mccain, 6407 Frank.
town avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. is
taking no chances on the Pirates
not nosing. out the Giants, and lest
he doesn't see the games there,
he is bound to so with Skillet"
to see the home games of some
other contender. He is only one
long distance subscriber to slip
'Skillet" a bit of inside Info"
as to what Babe Ruth will say
on September 10.
Then, from Tennessee come a
team selected by G. w. Wren,
while another comes from Roanoke,
Va.-comes choice made by viii.
Ham A. Martin. Martin is another
OF that army of fans who Just
can't see how Walter johnson is
going to be left off the team and
he says so in no uncertain tones.
D. e. Ellerbee, of Florence, S. c.,
likes Nehf and Vance.
The nearby places, such as
Fredericksburg, Quantico, Manassas,
Alexandria, Fort Myer, Seat Pleas.
ant, Kensington, Mt. Rainier, and
Baltimore are all candidates to
have some favorite son go with
Skillet" to the world series. Many
OF them express the hope that
they won't have to go any farther
than American League Park, Sew.
enth and Florida avenue, but
wherever the series is held, they
all believe their chances are as
good as the next to earn one Of
the trips.
''SlSiIlet" notices that the Gov.
eminent employees of which there
Is quite a sitting army in Wash.
ington, are in this contest to
stick. Every other letter Is from
one Of the big Government de.
partInents or bureaus and they
certainly are giving Uncle Sans
stationery ell. He must confess,
however. that they are paying
their own postage.
Well, here are a few more line.
ups just grabbed at random from
the heaping pile which Skillet"
must go through in a couple Of
weeks, or whenever Babe Ruth
notifies him, of the official all.
American team for 1924 They are
picked at random because most
everything "Skill" does Ia TINT