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The Washington times., 1924-05-23
NE|S IS VICTIM
OF BAD SENSE
Of HUMOR
Some Smart Alec Buried q
Razor Blade in Cake al
Toilet Soap.

PITTSBURGH. May s3.-BernSs
Neis, outfielder with the Brooklyn
Dodgers. win play no more baseball
Tor q week or 90 as . result Of an
odd accident, in which he severely
cut the inside Of both hands with d
double-edged safety razor blade.
Neis was in his room washing for
supper. He picked up q cake az
soap, dipped 1t and his hands in the
water, and gave the soap a vigOEs
Gus application. Az he did 90 the
blood spurted out Of the palms cG
his hands. INVESTIGATION revealed
that cbnging to the soap was O
safety razor blade which Neis had
failed to notice.
Jack Fourier. who was with
Neis. took charge Of the case. He
dteinfected the cuts and banadeed
both hands, but not until after tia
victim had lost considerable bl0od.
Neis will be out Of the game untfI
the hands heal. but as the cuts
were clean and the blade very thin
his recovery should be rapid. He
was already on the bench suffering
from q charley horse, but expected
to play against the Pirates hera, IL
necessary. In the past spring Nais
had . stone bruise on one hand and
1t became serious as the result Of
Injection from fish fin.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
BOB MEUSEL At
LAST LANDS
ASSTAR
Yankee 0utfieIder Makes Mil
Ter Higgins Prediction
Come True

Bob Meusel. Yankee outfield star,
has arrived. As far back a. 1890.
when Meusel was q lazy. indiffer'
ent performer, Miller Higgins in
sisted that Bob Meusel had It In
him to- be one Of the outstanding
stars Of baseball. Higgins then
said that Meusel could be as good
a ball player az he wanted to be.
Evidently Bob wants to be q very
good ball player this season. To-day
he is one of the best in either
league. He has been leading the
regular Yanis at bat ever since
the season started and has been
ranging between 1915 and 400 with
the mace. A hitter with q kick
like that, batting fourth, will have
tendency to discourage the pass
ing Of Ruth. Meuscl's hitting has
been very timely and he has driven
in more runs than Ruth.
Bob always could hit, even in the
days when he became pretty close
to being the being the worst out
fielder in the American League. Hi
defensive play, which has improved
during the last two seasons, IL more
than 100 per cent better than II
was in 1920 and 1921. Today Meusel
is a finished outfielder, . sure catch
and the best thrower in baseball.
Bob Meusel deserves much credit
for his progress. It took q lot Of
patient practice and close applica
ton to make finished player out
Of Meusel. Baseball men say tina!
Bob never would make a good out
fielder, but he has fooled. them. To
Jay they don't come much better
than Bob.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
Three Twillers Aid In
No Hit, No Run
Ball Game

Three Georgetown University
pitchers took part in a unique
battle on the Hilltop. combin-
ing their efforts against the
Western Maryland nine to such.
. degree that between them
they pitched a no-hit. no-run
game. Bremen, Jenkins and
Gillespie were the hurlers who
stood on the mound and made
sawdust out Of the Mary
landers.
The Georgetown boys are be-
ieved to have established a
season record It is unusual
for one pitcher to hurl a no.
hit game, but for three of 'em
to do that little thing is start
ling. The Hilltoppers won the
game, ID to 0. It was their
last home game.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
CHUCK BARRETT DEAD;
WON FAME ON GRIDIRON

TUCSON, Ariz.. May 2S.-Losing
his fight for health, Charles
Chuck" Barrett, thirty years old,
Cornell All-American quarterback
IN 1914 and 1915, is dead here. He
came here seven months ago from
Los Angeles, where he had been in
the realty business. He was gradu-
ated from. Cornell in 1915 as q me.
chanical engineer and served as an
ensign In the navy during the
world war. He leaves a wife and
two daughters. The body will ha
taken to his former home, Pitts
burgh, for interYnent.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23

IHc SlSuS point 10 a new 1OCOEu
N the high jump, in which Adolph
Bond, of Eastern, looms as the
hero. When mere graded school
ago, Adolph made a leap Of feet
record
This was the, best mark ever
recorded BY . Washington graded
school athlete in the high Jump.
improved greatly and Is hailed as
. coming star in elite company.
Bond ID about sixteen years old.
He IL tall and thin.
In the national interscholastic
meet on Franklin Field he jumped
feet IL inches and tied for
second place. Previous to this he
won his event in the G Club games
with a jump of 5 feet 6, but
was handicapped severely by the
wet ground. Tomorrow he should
make the high school record appear
to be a sickly mark.
Mike Gordon, the stocky Central
star, is regarded as a record pros.
pect in the javelin throw and A.
Baker, another Central strong boy,
would surprise nobody by doing
something extraordinary in the
ohot-put and discus events.
So much for the record posi-.
biIitieS. The feature of the meet
Will be the 100.yard dash. MANY a
track fan will visit Central stadium
to see this alone.
Dick Ziegler, Of Central, and
Charlie Pugh, of Tech, stand out
- cOntenders, with Gordon, De-
voc and Palmer, of Central, to
be respected.
ziegler was acclaimed the peer
@ high school sprinters here until
Charlie Pugh whipped him in the
CLUB games. Ziegler's friends
gay the boy was not in fit condi-
tlon Tor the race. He had been
a weakened tendon.
Close observers of schoolboy ath.
letes are inclined to believe pu1h
Is faster than Ziegler at this time
and that he will improve more
than Dick, who has displayed less
interest in the running game than
his Tech rival.
Pugh evidently has set his
heart ON becoming a great track
man. II quoted correctly Nv
friends, he would willingly give
up football, his prOwess In which
mas won him most prominence aS
high school athlete, il the sac.
rifice would help his track career.
Without doubt, football would
lose potential backfield star of
the first class should Pugh quit the
grid. AS a youngster he has shown
exceptional strength, speed and
courage, directed by a football
head" developed to degree rarely
seen among schoolboys. Charlie
was the outstanding player Of the
last high school series.
A total Of 1873 athletes will taka
part in tomorrow's meet, which
perhaps will not be the largest
but should be one of the most in.
teresting the high schools have
ever had.
Tech will have the largest repra.
sentation with fOrty.eight entrants.
Central will have thirtyyeight: East.
ern, twenty.eight; Western, thir.
teen, and Business, seven,
Earl Fuller. Of long experience.
VIII be the official starter.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
WINS SECOND GAME

BURLINGTON. w.. May 2S.-
Catholic University won it's second
game on its northern trip when the
University OF Vermont team bit the
dust, to 3.
The c. U. boys played spectacular
ball afield. Nothing seemed to- get
by them, and when they backed up
their fielding with the old wallops
at the bat. the game went into the
win column.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
REVENGE PLAYS BIG PART
IN INTERNATIONAL

JERSEY CITY, J., May 23In nearly every game played
the international League players
There several ucasts who have achieved ardOm after having
first been given the gate.
For instance Rochester let Clarence Pitt and Jack Dunn
grabbed him
last year. at least
Because Of the rivalry between Dunn Sangs they
let the Pitt And Pitt reads the papers
the Orioles and the Chiefs bstryng
StallinRs. the man who him ont
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
SYRACUSE OARSMEN
ALL SET FOR RACE

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, May a.
Syracuse University oarsmen ar.
rived on the camping grounds Of
the middies, bringing with them
their truaty little shells. The lads
from New York State are peppei
up and say they are going to make
things hum on the Severn river
tomorrow.
Soon after docking, the visitors
went out end took In n long prac.
tice. The races will beSin tomorrow
afternoon starting at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23

Jhlef Executive
that the hori-
zon has be-
come so azure
that it couldn't
be identified
through blue
glasses. TIL e
local air was
so full of sui
phur and brim-
stone that he
had to ask for
a change in
venue.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
Salt Lake Climbs

Duffy Lewis, former Griffman.
mas swung his Salt Lake City Club
into second place in the Pacific
Coast League race and In threaten.
ing San Francisco. Salt Lake had
tough luck at the start, but has
apparently recovered.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
WASHINGTON GIRLS GET
OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN
To nav nala in athIaticn:

athIetcg
Well reckon that start i al right anyone loves
make basket, sock baseball voey throw spare
putt for BIRDIE flash down cinder colleague
Of NINE
Speaking q the e9dsr tsac Do know what
sa ana the dSsAss Were speedy both showing off
have here great undevslOped possibilities The whole
then nothing toward which TO point efforts ' -
II with well changs%
The Washington times., 1924-05-23

Washington girls, It is pos
sible to get Central High
Stadium every Thursday
night from 6 until s o'clock
for track practice. If you
are interested and would like
to be in on this project lee
me know Immediately.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23

The league season is full Of in.
stances like that. In nearly every
game there IL at least one player
striving his darndest to do some
thing away out Of the ordinary, not
just for the sake Of winning the
game, but for the sake Of showing
up someone's Judgment.
When Baltimore IL playing In
Buffalo. Ed TomIin and Tommy
Thomas may be counter upon to
put forth a supreme effort. They
were turned out by Wiltse.
When Baltimore in playing in
Newark. Otto Greenae has q lit
tie grudge to settle, although he
never kicked when he was trad
ed to Baltimore. Neither did Joe
Cobb, who went from the lOwly
Skeeters to q slice in the little
worlds series receipts.
You can count on Mickey Nc.
Avoy, catcher of the Buffalo team
doing good work when Buffalo Is
playing the Orioles. Mickey was
turned out by Jack Dunn last sum.
mer. Then there is Thomas who
was considered not good enough
for the Reading infield. Any An
derson Is playing better ball for
Wtltse than he ever did for Toronto
or Newark. Hill from Toronto
Spencer from Toronto and Webb
from Newark, are other men Wiltse
has In his lineup who are ever
anxious to show they're still good
enough to be in the star class
Syracuse has one such athlete In
Bill Holden. Bill is twice an out.
cast. First, Buffalo let him go and
he Joined the Orioles. He did mighty
fine work for Jack Dunn and par
ticularly did he bat like q tiend
against Buffalo. Then he was lei
out by Dunn. Bill tried q come
back but failed last year. This
spring he begged Dunn for abe
chance to succeed Jimmie Walsh,
but Dunn turned him down. So
Bill joined Syracuse and had the
satisfaction Of almost singIe-hand
ed beating the Birds two out Of
three in Syracuse. Sweet revenge
for Sweet William!
Frank GiIEOOley feels none too
good toward the management Of
the Buffalo Bis0ns, nor Of the
Reading Keys. GilhOOIey, Il II
said, wanted to be manager Mt
Buffalo, and Wiltse traded him.
Spencer Abbott later decided he
wasn't good enough for this years
team, SO Toronto took him.
Newark has a bunch Of OK.
-
agements Of the two clubs may be
on friendly terms, these ex-Orioles
certainly feel none too good to-
ward Jack Dunn for sending them
to Newark. They are Lena Styles
who held out long time this
spring; Gus Gockel, Ben Fileshifter
end Cueball Ellis, pitchers,
MOZART, pitcher, and Kane, out
fielder, are Buffalo castoffs who
believe In the old saying that re-
venge is sweet.
Mickey Devine was cast off by
the Toronto club and became q
greater catcher in Newark.
When Baltimore Is playing Jersey
City you may bet your last nickel
that Jimmie Walsh will be trying
as he never tried before. He was
good and sore over salary differ
ences with Jack Dunn last spring
and he 10 besides manager of the
Shelters and anxious to make a
good showing.
Then there is Ed Miller. who was
cast off by both Buffalo and New
ark. He isn't such bad ball play
er, But Ed isn't the sort Of fellow
looking for revenge. He doesn't
kick much at his lot.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
RECORDS SEEM DOOMED
AS SCHOOLGIRLS RACE
FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
By.R. D. THOMAS.

Four records more will the stepvey school
boys strut tomorrow in the annual track and field championship
usually stirred up are out Of whack in calculations.
Ecke, Of
from hale record Of minutes and seconds, held by
Monroe Sheehan Tech.
Ecke gaoped the half in minute SO S5 seconds break
tape in the national intecholastic Franklin Field
dphia, recently He helped in this performance by worthy
competition, which will be given him tomorrow
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
O'Rourke Is Fined

It cost "Blackie" o'Rourke, once
with the Griffs and now with To.
ronto In the International League.
q cool $50 for arguing with Umpire
CASTOR the other day.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
Fuhr a Regular

Oscar Fuhr, last year with Mobile,
GOT away TO a poor start with the
Boston Red Sox, but is now one OF
the regulars and pitching fine ball
for Lee Fohl's team.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23


week. ANA6&DW
Now girls, IL you want this. and
viii let me know that you do, we
can begin Thursday, May 30. BY
Saturday, at the latest, drop me q
card or call me up: In other words.
give me your cooperation, and
well make this dream Of such an
opportunity an active reality.
A track coach who has been
recognized In athletic circles for
many years has promised 70 train
US. He wants 10 help us-n0t
gather publicity, sO-ElO nAme.
Nevertheless, he'll be ON hand to
show u the right way, and there
IL no one more capable Of doing
50.
If plans go o. K. we can practice
for about six weeks. then who
knows? Well, for instance there
IL an idea percolating around here
that we could then have IA big Of.
fetal track meet. This You'd in.
clude all events for the tinleSt
skirt" up to the members Of the
reducing squad.
Now that my story has been
broadcast, / will sign off with
this final word: II you are inter.
ested, let me know.
9<'7~%
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
Dumont ls Injured

George Dumont, after starting
like winner with Atlanta, is now
out OF the game with q sore arm.
He IL not expected to he able TO
play again for q month.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
DeVore in Lineup

Josh Devore, ancient big Lacquer,
10 managing the Grand Rapids team
In the Mint League and every now
and then feels spry enough to get
into the lineup.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23

Brute strength has curtailed
the President in many of his
White House ambitions, as any
edition of the Congressional
Record will prove. So now he
turns to science to accomplish
something for the Administra-
ton.
Gas is being made the tool of
many achievements these days.
They use it to kill and cure.
Two Cinnamon signed off by
the gas route a few weeks ago,
which goes to prove shat its
chief danger lies in your in
tentions.
The dictionary lists PIT diff
ferent forms of this stuff that
makes automobiles run and
Fords chatter. 1t is used for
every purpose from initiating
toy balloons to burning pam
cakes.
Dentists pull teeth with it
and BARRIERS fill you full of it
while they lather your necktie.
It's such an important COM
modify that beginning today it
costs 2 cents more per gallon;
gradually getting as exclusive
and hard to get as bootleg ONT
nent and other mild explosives.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
True. many

&AW of our Presi-
dents have known what it
meant to be in hot water for
weeks ct Q time, but Mr.. Cool
idge has set a precedent in
vapor treatment which will be
something for our best Turkish
baths to copy.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
Presidents Program Of
Economy Exemplified in
His Taking Gas Before
Price Went Up.
By KIRK MILLER.

DY now everybody in the
suburbs knows that the
President took gas, so it
is no disrespect to- tell the peo-
pie in the city about it.
He was so loaded down with
immigration germs, taxibetis,
pension-adnoids and anti-bonus
serum that he had to seek some
artificial respiration because
Congress denied him any succor.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23

For fifty solid minutes he
saturated himself with chlorine
fumes while they tried to veto
q cold out Of his system. The
doctors haven't announced yet
who won, but when their deci-
sion comes, there will be no Sec
ond vote.
The Washington times., 1924-05-23

like &c 80 up to
every Thursday
evening from 6
until 8, put in
those two hoUrsy
running, Jump
ing, hurdlinR.
then have q
good hot show.
er. followed by
a cold one? /
Wouldn't you
feel like a mill
lion? Those two
hours Of healthy |
fun would en-.
able you TO hit |
the old Job dOu-
bic quick time
for the coming
swvmnYS
The Washington times., 1924-05-23

It is seldom in the bilious his
The Washington times., 1924-05-23

How would you
Central Stadium
Evening star., 1924-07-28
MOSCOW is CRITICAL.
Vain to Expect q. S. to Save Eu-
rope, Says Statement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. July 2S.-In the course
of a long, severely critical and nam
boyant pronouncement touching on
the anniversary of the outbreak OF
the World War and on the present
allied conference in London, the
executive committee of the Com
munist International says that all
the countries represented at the
conference expect salvation through
intercession of the United States
But" the statement adds, the
United States itself is beSet with
an agrarian crisis, 100000 farmers
throwing away their plots OF ground.
and the shadow of econ omic catas-
trophe is knocking at its door.
Americas internal market is being
curtailed more and more. Ruined and
exhausted, Europe cannot absorb
Americas goods, while in South
America the United States is finding
an increasingly narrow scope for its
capital Mr. Morgan is debating to
the United States, and in the name
of the United States, Gen. Dawes and
Secretary Hughes are debating to
Europe"
The executive committee urges the
proletariat and the toilers of the
world not to allow repetition OF the
World War and concludes its mani
festo:
Hands off the German proletariat,
Down with imperialistic slavery in
the guise of pacifism. Down with
the dictatorship of Morgan and
American capital. Down with the
Versailles treaty and the second in
ternational and forward toward the
proletriat revolution"
Evening star., 1924-07-28
PRESIDENT TURNS
SPADE FOR CHURCH
Ceremony This Afternoon for
Hamline Edifice at Six
teenth and Allison.

Prepara tory to the erection of The
handsome new Hamline Methodist
Episcopal Church at Sixteenth and
Allison streets northwest impressive
ground br eaking ceremonies will be
held late this afternoon, which will
be participated in by President Cool
idge. The President will remove the
first spadeful of soil,
The exercises are scheduled to COM
mence at o'clock, and, besides the
President, they will be attended by a
number OF prominent members of the
clergy and a large number of citizens,
mostly members Of the Hamline con-
gregation and members of the con-
greg alton of the Iowa Avenue Church,
which has been consolidated with the
Hamline Church. Among the minis
ters to attend will be a number from
Baltimore churches. The music for
this occasion will be furnished by the
Band of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Rev. DIR. Joseph r. Herson. pastor
OF Hamline. will officiate E. D. God
frey, only surviving charter member
of the church, will turn the second
spadeful of earth, and Edgar /. Boor-
aem, member of the church for more
then As years; Walter M Bastian and
F. c. Seller, formerly officials Of the
Iowa Avenue Church, will follow.
Evening star., 1924-07-28
PERSONNEL BOARD
ON CLASS RATINGS
Final Classification Specifi-
cations, Now Under Consid-
Grafton, Nearly Complete.
WILL FIX ALL SALARIES
Grading Of Employees Will Enable
Department Heads to Determine
Promotions on Merit

The Personnel Classification Board
today was busily engeged in making
its final inspection of class specifca-
tions, which by law it is required to
draw up to describe every position
in the Government service, and to
designate the range of salary for
each rate.
BY tomorrow or the next day, it is
thought, the bulky volume OF class
specifications will be ready for final
approval, and will then go to the
public printer.
The specifications will be made pub
lie, together with the range of salary
for each rate, and will provide tho
official description of positions to be
followed by administrative heads in
placing their employees within tho
grade.
Prepares for Promotion.
These administrative heads of de-
partments and establishments have
the authority, within certain restric-
tions, of promoting those under them
to positions within the grade to
which such persons were allocated
by the Personnel classification Board
The class specifications will be the
official guide book, as it were, for
To further help chiefs, who will
promote those under them to higher
positions within the grades, the Per
sonnel Classification Board. under the
law, is working on an efficiency rat
ing by which to measure the standing
of employees. This rating will be one
of the next jobs to which the board
will give it's full attention after it
disposes Of the class specifications.
Efficiency Ratings.
The efficiency rating. under the law,
will set forth the degree Of efficiency
which shall constitute ground for in
crease in the rate of compensation
for employees who have not attained
the maximum rate of the class to
which their positions are allocated:
continuance at the existing rate of
com nSation without increase or de-
crease; decrease in the rate of COM
pensa ton for employees who at the
time are above the minimum rate for
the class to which their positions are
alloCated; and Dismissal
Evening star., 1924-07-28
he has strengthened that opinion of

he has strengthened that opinion of
him ever since.
The situation here in Washington
was none too reassuring when Mr..
Coolidge was called upon to take up
the reins Of government. The Repub-
licans in 1922 had lost the elections
in many states and Congress was
Republican on paper only. There
were rumors and rumblings of the
coming storm of Investigations. The
into the papers. The little green
house on K street" was becoming
nationally known.
Although he had been in public
at large knew curiouslv little of Mr..
Coolidge. He had been inoonspicuous
as Vice President His comings and
goings at the White House and the
Capitol suggested never an element
OF news There was recollection of
firm hand in the Boston police strike.
but even there it had been said that
the Democratic mayor of Boston de-
served a very large share of the
credit for maintaining law and order
Proved Record for Silence.
Mr.. Coolidge went quietly about his
task as President. The people had
to wait from August 2 to the opening
Of Congress in December to get the
first general expression of the views
of the silent man from Massachusetts,
The Presidents message, short, sharp
and crisp, made generally favorable
impression, especially upon the men,
bers OF his own party. Mr.. Coolidge
had found most Of the Harding ca BIZ
net to his liking. He particularly
began to lean upon Messrs. Mellon
and Hughes and Hoover and Weeks.
and does so to this day.
In the midst of the investigations,
when the Senate passed a resolution
demanding the resignation of Sec
retary of the Navy DENLY, Mr.. Cool
idge sent the resolution back with a
sharp reminder that he alone was
responsible for his cabinet and it was
a matter with which Congress had no
concern. Later, when Mr.. DENLY vol
UNFAIRLY resigned, however, Mr.. Cool
1dge made no effort to restrain him.
erty became further embroiled with
Congress Mr.. Coolidge did not hesi-
tate to ask for his resignation. Mr..
Daugherty and his friends believed
he had been wronged, but the Presi-
dent would enter into no argument
with them. There was a touch of
Rooseveltian ruthlessness in this ac-
ton which revealed a new side to the
President.
Mr.. Coolidge has demonstrated in
ms year at the White House that he
does not know how to play. He
works long hours. Tis only recrea-
ton is walking, and an occasionaI
sail on the Mayflower. The confine-
ment of the White House has begun
to tell on him. He is far less yigor-
GUS IN appearance than he was a few
months ago.
Copyright, 1924