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The Washington times., 1924-03-26
Last season Fred Marberry
tailed"
This season the Griffss have him
nailed.
A native Of Texas,
We hope he won't vex us,
"And shoot up the town and get
jailed"

Her last line is good enough to
win four tickets instead of two
were it not for the fact that the
judges found a last line which had
a more direct bearing on the game
of baseball-thereby edging her out
Of first place.
All of which takes none of the
credit away from J. Forest Walker,
general merchant, of Gaithersburg.
Md, winner of said four tickets be
cause Of the excellency of his con.
tribution on the Marberry limerick,
which follows:
Use new stuff: your old tactics
failed"
Walker has been in "Skillet's" con.
test from the outset and has fought
against some of the best limerick
fasteners in this vicinity for the
honored position which he holds to.
day.
He will feel justly proud of his
success on April IS, when he
marches on the field with Skillet"
and The Times-Herald Newsboys'
Band. The three persons to whom
ne gives the other tickets will also
pc in the parade. Walker is the first
Maryland fan to hit the target in
Sklllet's" limerick contest. thereby
having something additional Of
which to be proud.
The other winners on Fred Mar.
perry were FlOrrie f.. Smith,
2lS813 IL street northeast, and
wesley l.. Caviness, 1902 Thirty
third street, both of whom have
two tickets awaiting them in
"SkiIlet's" Headquarters, ON the
third floor Of The Times Herald
Building, 13l7.l9-2I III street.
IL You have never felt the thrill
OF seeing your name printed in the
winners list in this limerick panic
Just observe the effect 1t had on
Miss Eleanor Folsom, whose name
appeared a few days ago and whose
success moved her to the following
letter:
Dear Skillet:
"A fool hath no delight in under.
standing" proverbs XVIII, 81
am glad to be proven not a
fooi, since l had great delight In
understanding that 1 won second
prize IN the Chick Gagnon limerick
have been floating down to
your hang'out most every day with
contrib, and Friday I certainly
needed some water wings. That
barometer man had an exceedingly
preposterous notion of the first day
OF spring. with all that rain and
snow. slush and shrivers.
SO / didn't get a paper until I
got home, and then / was 80 ex.
cruciatingly excited / let out an
after-you'have-seen-a mouse shrek,
and my props were weaker than
Chicks ever could be.
Don't worry-I'll be with you
on April 18th. Please permit me
again to impress upon your Shake
spearian cocoanut how volubly /
say mercin
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
Bryan Stricken While
En- Route To Home
In Baltimore

MOBILE, Ala, March 20
Gadson D. Bryan, who for years
has been associated with James
F. O'Hara in the management
Of the Prince Georges Park,
Bowie; Thorncliffe; Jefferson
Park, New Orleans, and Mexico
City racing plants, is slowly
recovering from a stroke Of
paralysis which he suffered
upon his arrival here last Sat-
urday. Attending physicians
state it may be a week or 80
before Bryan can be moved to
his home in Baltimore. He was
on his way North when stricken.
The Washington times., 1924-03-26

IHel1 Syo oA CHdI particular youth
The letter Of Miss Lorena Wilson,
e26 Eleventh street. accompanying
her limerick last line explains best
the attitude Of the long horns"
now pastiming in the National Cap
ital who want to see Marberry make
good in a major league way. She
wrote to Skillet" as follows
you see. was born and raised
in Texas, Dallas to be exact, and
once in a while we Texans get the
impulse to use the public for target
practice"
Her last line which wins third
prize today Is:
And shoot up the town and get
jailed" so that the completed Jingle
reads
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
STRIRLING STARTS WORK
FOR BOUT WITH M'TlGUE

NEW YORK, March 26.-Young
Stribling, Georgia schoolboy chat
lenger for the worlds light.heavy-
weight title, began serious training
today for his twelve-round bout with
Mike McTigue, titleholder. in New
ark on Monday next. Stribling's
workouts are conducted at the New
ark Athletic Club. He rules a strong
favorite to win the unofficial de.
cision over McTigue but there IS
little betting on the outcome as
Stribling must score a Knockout to
gain the title under the laws of New
Jersey.
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
Baseball Statisicians
Overlook Record
Bv Yankees

Baseball fans and critics were
loud in their praise Of the hit
ting and pitching of the New
York Yankees, but they all seem
to have overlooked the fact that
they also had some fielding
team, as the mark of .977 for
the season is the highest ever
made by any big league club.
The Washington times., 1924-03-26

You remember that Eddie caught
Walter Johnson of my Washington
Club for long time and that they
worked together as neatly as both
of the dice, Eddie says to me:
Mick, this fellow Florence"
II once used to have q gal
named Florence wait for me every
day at the old White Sox Park, !"
I said, whether 1t was true or not
"This fellow Florence" Eddie
continued. not noticing my loud
speaker, maybe on account of
jealousy, lis some baSerunner.
Why, McGraw is crazy to have
his team cagey on the paths this
season, ana wants everyone to be
flash like the FOrdham Frisch.
This Florence goes so speedy
that he can't stop himself but has
to make an extra circuit of the
bags before he quits, and it is not
uncommon for him to go so fast
that his shadow Is left behind, and
don't come to the players bench
until a minute after Florence takes
his seat"
kid Gleason was a good baser."
l said, land so was Miller Higgins,
in the days when was the world g
greatest left-hander of all time. not
excepting RUDE Waddell."
$50 far as you are concerned,
said Eddie. II have read those old
record books and other novels of
fiction"
But tho champ Of all is a rookie
training with Cleveland, the club
with no one on it that has business
ability enough to be a holdout. HIS
name, 1 am told, is Streak Brady.
l was watching him snare the sacks
one day. and tell you he is better
than Cobb ever was, and beside
Streak Brady. this fellow Frisch is
a grandfather's clock that stopped
heing an hour slow the day thai
they wanted to make Rabbit Maran.
vile an admiral in the army.
II knew that brady was fast
the first time 1 saw him eat ice
cream. He didn't have time for q
spoon, but eat IL with his fingers.
Why, he goes so fast ON the trails
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
Get 80 New Members.

Thirty-two new members were
taken in at a meeting of the new
Eastern A. c. A total Of seventy
five attended the meeting. To.
morrow night the Eastern juniors
will meet at 321 Fifteenth street
northeast and the Eastern midgets
will meet Friday at 326 Fifteenth
street northeast. The unlimited
team will practice this afternoon on
the Rosedale field.
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
Stuffy McInnis' Hair
Draws Envy Of
Veterans

A lot of the old veterans
envy Stuffy McInnis when the
first sacker trotS onto the field
at st. Petersburg, Fla, for HE
daily workout at first with the
Boston Braves. For when he
doffs his cap the sun plays with
q mass Of curly hair that B fair
debutante would envy.
The first great tragedy In .
ball players life is when. he 10
forced to show q bald spot when
he uncOvers.
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
TWO NEW PITCHERS MAKE
GLANTSLOOK GOOD TO
WIN PENNANT AGAIN
Bv NICK FLATLEY.

international
THIS SIS the fifth of articles Nick FGey baseball
PERI written for International NeOs Sev the Vaous
league OGM clubs undergoing training the South The
articles u be published daily and will all National and Anc
SARASOTA Fla 26-The champion
IN the usual championship mood this spring and this early
GATE medang the Yankees in the world
SERIES
The basis for said medaons the fact that Of the
new pitchers have displayed remarkable early form -
Wayland Dean the mondoar baby from Louisville and Ernie
Maun big boy from Wichita Kan the pair of pitching Meses
VINO supposed lead the Giants back the glory trail
Dean hghestpced of winter trading
He rangy and has everything pitcher needs in
fho'cn
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
MARYLAND FAN CRASHES
INTO TICKET PARTY

Texan, always Texan skillet" Finn ESQ.,
cred that nmbe fact through the medium Of the Fred Marbe
limerick the winners of which published today.
Native Texans residing for the the National Capital
any took advantage Of opportunity rally
avorte Maberry who getting thorough yout with the
rffmen this down Florida for all sorts and varieties of
limerick last lines injected into Set yesterday
the BEFORE proving
their IN HAT rfic1lar rol&h
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
that he usually sees his own back
In front of him."

We'll. what Of that?" asks Eddie.
Nothing" replied. only I can.
toned him against him being liable
to run over himself ana setting
spiked"
Some Of the big bugs like Cobb
aid McGraw have forbidden their
athletes to play golf And they are
right, because the fans will get
plenty sore when they hear how
such-and-such can hit O little Mill
like that golf atom and then come
homo to their various Stadiums ana
can't even foul off the big Gpauid-
ing. If they've got to hit some
thing different from q baseball with
& club, why, say. let It b some
umpires.
Copyright. 1924. BY The Christy
Walsh Syndicate.
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
Davis Cup History.

The Davis Cup has been in com.
petition for twenty.thre0 years. ox,
cept for 1915, 1915, 1917 and 1918.
The United States has won tAie in.
ternational trophy seven tinss.
Seventeen nations entered the corr
petition last year. record-brealinR
entry
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
Tigers Grab Another.

WINSTON SALEM, N. c.. March
26.-The Detroit Tigers won an.
other exhibition game from the
Toronto Leafs of the International
League, to 0.
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
FLORENCE so FAST HIS
SHADOW CAN'T KEEP UP
By NICK ALTROCK.

Sus baseball training environments glad to che
10 W Mm gong south with eight pounds Of English
I'M University OF Fordawheh think set for Mc!sw-I
stuff this = ' - o~~e = 0" ""~"
The Washington times., 1924-03-26
Star BoWIers Clash.

The crack Curb Cafe and Ter
minal Ice Company teams will clash
in the District Duckpin League to-
night at the King Pin at o'clock
The Washington times., 1924-03-26

He has been chucking long
enough and hasn't any of the ear
marks of the novice. Dean gave
a lot of bases on balls last year
and will find the clubs waiting him
out On that account.
Maun, slightly less advertised, is
big and fast with a fine curve.
Howard Baldwin, from Newark, IS
another new chucker with more
than a fifty-fifty chance to remain
with the club. He has shown some
tine pitching.
These three shalpshOOters, with
Joe OesChger, who came from the
Braves, are the only strangers
who will figure on the pitching
staff. McQuillan, in great spring
form; Watson. Nehf. Bentley and
Ryan, as well as Virgil Barnes,
all seem sure Of summer jobs.
Bentley. an in-and.outer in 1923,
mas been worked hard this spring,
10 in fine physical trim and has
been throwing baseballs past a lot
OF good hitters.
The addition Of Bill Southworth.
late Brave, has strengthened the
Giant outfield. Bill is great
fielder and a fine hitter, much SUI
perior to Casey Stengel, as long
as a weak knee holds up.
The club has also acquired a
useful utility gardener in the per-
son Of Hap Wilson, from the Vir-
ginia League. He may give Irish
Meusel a real chase for a varsity
place. The high-priced O'Connell
appears to be in better health this
spring than he was a year ago.
The loss of Dave Bancroft cannot
but hurt the infield. They don't
manufacture shortstops like Dave
more than once or twice in a gen
Grafton. But the inner defenses are
not going to be weak at all. Travis
jackson Is a good enough shortstop
for almost any ball club. He's
speedy and sure in the field, and
hitting the onion merrily.
Heine Groh, at third, will have
to start slipping sometime, but he
looks better this spring than he
did in 1923. Some real competition
from LindstrOm, a Toledo develop
ment, has the little fellow on the
jump.
Manager McGraw also has a
pretty good first baseman lingering
around to keep George Kelly on
edge. Bill Terry, also from Toledo,
converted pjtcher, can play the bag.
and is a wicked hitter. He will be
kept as q utility man, anyhow. and
is q very valuable baseball man
for the champions.
Eddie Ainsmith. who couldn't get
along with Branch Hickey. of the
Cardinals. has been attached to the
catching department and will help
q lot there. as neither Snyder nor
Gowdy are as young as they used
to be. The Giants could use a
young. fast catcher.
Looks as If the Giants will re-
peat. provided the pitchers we
mentioned at the beginning come
The Washington times., 1924-03-26

Heine Groh, at third, will have
to start slipping sometime, but he
looks better this spring than he
did in 1923. Some real competition
from LindstrOm, a Toledo develop
ment, has the little fellow on the
jump.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
THREE OLYMPIC
TEAMS ARE
PICKED
Two Additional Crews Will
Be Picked for Paris
Event Today

PHILADELPHIA, June IA
Three rowing teams had won the
right to wear the Red, White and
Blue shield of the United States in
the Olympic races on. the. Seine
river July 1917 and two races late
this afternoon were to decide the
American entrants in two other
events.
Kelly and Costello, veterans of
many a notable victory on the
water, captured the double SOULS
events and will represent this
country. Bachelors Barge Club. of
this city, won the four cared shell
event and the Penn Barge Club
made it a completely victorious day
for Philadelphia entrants by win
ming the pair-oared shell races.
This afternoon there were two
Olympic try-out races to be held in
conjunction with the Schuylkill
Navy regatta-first, the final heat
of the single SOULS, which will bring
together Costello, Gilmore, Hoover,
MCGUIRE and Colman, who yester-
day won the preliminary race.
The final feature of the after
moons program will be the eight.
cared shell battle between Yale,
Navy officers, Pennsylvania and the
Navy Varsity crew. In the first
trial heat Yale established a new
course record in winning and then
in the second heat the Navy officers
smashed the new work into small
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
MUD SLOWS up TRACK SURVIVORS
Suspensions For Rioters
YANKEES AND TIGERS DUE
OFFS AFTER SCENE

DETROIT 14That suspensions will be handed out to
members Of the New York and Detroit American League
regarded certain today the result of riot which
broke the in the ninth inning The awarded to
trouble started after Bob Meuse had been ed in the ribs
pitched ball tossed by Bert Cole and fights started
Of the opposing and 900 fans rushed
the staged many eeforas one bigerent fan making the
occasion an interesting for two policemen
Ty Cobb today charged that Babe Ruth and Bob Meuse flame
the crowd
rushed the field and challenged and several of the
players fight him then and there said Cobb He
kept shooting challenges and namng the crowd when
With the olicoO
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
Track Star Fourteen
Years and Still
Going Strong

NEW YORK, June IA
Michael A. Devaney, Of the
Millrose A. A., who last Sum
day won the Olympic $1,000
meter steeplechase trial event
at Travers Island in 9:44 2-5,
is one athlete that cares little
for the warnings of Father
Time. Mike confesses to thirty
three years, but those who wit
messed his sterling perform
ance in the difficult test last
Sunday scarcely believe him.
Devaney made his debut to
the world Of track fourteen
years ago and is still one of
Uncle Sans greatest runners.
He will be one of the real
graybeards of this years
Olympic team.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
Dangerous Dam Goes
to Memphis for
Outfielder

Dangerous Dan" McGrew has
failed to make the grade for
. the third time as a member Of
the Washington club and was
today sent to Memphis in ex-
change for Outfielder Carlyle,
who will report to the Griffmen
in September.
Carlyle is playing right field
for Memphis and his latest bat
ting average is .376 for tnry
games, giving him fourth place.
He is built along the order of
GooseGoslin. hits and throws
right-handed, and is stirring the
Southern Association with his
long-distance clouts.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
JOE DUNDEE oUTPoINTS
FREEDMAN IN IL ROUNDS

BALTIMORE, Nd, June 14.--Joe
Dundee. Baltimore lightweight, de.
feated Sailor Freedman, of Chicago.
in a hard.fought twelve.round bout
which featured the opening of the
new open-air arena at Carlin's Park.
He carried eight OF the rounds, the
first was even and the sixth. eighth
thousand fans Witnessed the battle.
Charley Holman, of Baltimore,
knocked out Sailor Taylor, of Phila.
delphia. in the fourth round Of the
scheduled ten.round semi.final.
Vince Dundee, Of Baltimore, stopped
Johnny Conroy, of Washington, in
the third round Of another bout.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

inning in the third, scoring four
runs and driving Dave Danforth to
the showers. Johnson's single, a
couple of two.baggers by Matthews
and Goslin, mixed up with McMil'
lan's tumble, a free ticket and a
sacrifice by Harris brought over the
quartet of tallies.
In the fifth Harris walked, cd.
vanced on Goslin's single and count.
ed while double play was going
through.
McMillan's boot put Shirley on In
the ninth. Marberry hunted and
Shirley, beat Robertson's peg. Mat.
thews then came through with a
single, scoring Shirley.
Threatening weather kept the at.
tendance down and rain held UP the
game for a while.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
GAINS DECISION
OVER MALONE IN BOSTON

BOSTON, Mass, June 14.-Frank
Moody, of England, won the decis.
ion after battling ten rounds with
Jock Malone, of st. Paul, at the
Suffolk A. C.
Although Moody has been steadily
improving with every bout he has
fought In this country and looked
very good indeed after knocking
out Lou Bogash at Bridgeport re.
Gently he had very little chance to
show what he had tonight. Malone
would jab and then close in, hold
the Welshman's hands. There were
clinches galore. Only in the third
and fourth rounds did Malone get
in some good jabs.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
LEADING CLUBS CLASH
IN INDEPENDENT LOOP

Dominican LYceum, indicated,
and Waverly, with one loss, will
play the feature game tomorrow in
the Independent Sandlot League, on
the Silver Spring field.
Other games: Petworth VS.. Mo-
hawks. Union Park; Shamrocks VS..
Cherrydale, Arlington; Arlington VS..
Knickerbockers, Georgetown hollow.
All will start at p ms
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

Just what distance Coach Robert.
son VIII decide on for Joie is I'M
known, but 1t will. in all probable
ity be the 1,500-metre race. Should
Joie reach the top of his form,
Paavo will certainly understand
why they call Paris such a fast
town.
Track fans will no doubt be in.
terested in a few of the best per-
formances of Chesty Joie during his
long career. The appended table
speaks for itself: 4.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

Two things were apparent in the
race in question, to wit: that Pad.
dock is hardly stepping at his best
and that Scholz is probably the
greatest Splinter in America to.
day. The writer will be imrnoder>
ately surprised if Scholz does not
win the 100-meter final today.
However, in spite of his 81 sec.
onds worlds record for his 200.
meter heat, it is not SO certain
that Scholz can and will outstep
Paddock in this race. Charley had
plenty to spare in winning his heat
of the race l., a fifth of a second
worse than Scholz and 1t was ap.
parent that Paddock's recent leg
injury does not interfere with his
speed so greatly over the longer
distances.
It is probable that some few Of
the top notch sprinters will stay
out Of the 200-meters race in order
to give other men a chance to
make the team. Otherwise there
will. be no quarter given or asked
throughout the afternoon.
The 4e.meter race, for instance,
| figures to be duel to the death
between ]. Coard Taylor, New
York, and Ray Robertson, Boston.
who jointly established a new
worlds record of 4S Ito in yester
days trial. The same thing will
hold true in the running high
jump in which HarolG M. Osborne,
credited with a worlds record OF
six feet, 81 inches recently. will
take violent issue with Leroy
Brown. who did fetk 615 inches
ct the Eastern trials.
Also, there viii be the attempt
Of Glen Hartrandft, believed to be
the worlds greatest weight man,
to engineer a comeback. Har-
trandft qualified in the shot-put
and discus throw yesterday, but
was not up to his usual marks.
Joie Ray will step out against
the best in America in the fifteen
hundred meter run this afternoon.
Many claim that Ray has slipped
considerably and that Lloyd Hahn's'
drive through the final quarter will
find Ray without adequate reply.
1t is also believed that Jimmy Con.
molly and Ray Baker have a chance
to step home in frcnt Of Joie.
At sos meters a head and head
battle is looked for between Soapy
Waters. Watson, Brown, and
Schuyler Enck, with Waters a
strong rre-race favorite. A worlds
record is within the possibilities
here, and that it may be furnished
by one Of the dark horses, to wit
Bill Richardson, Stanford; Harry
Morrow, of Iowa; Ray Dodge, of
Oregon Aggies. or Dick Mackin.
tosh, another Stanford entry.
Speaking of worlds records, not
one but several may fall with the
conduct of the 400.meter hurdles and
the running broad Jump. In the ia:-
ter De Hart Hubbard jumped within
2h inches of Gourdin's world record
of rs feet; inches, on his first
trial. Anything IS possible with q
man like Hubbard in action.
In the hurdles, Charles Brookins,
OF Iowa, holder of the worlds rec.
ord over the low sticks, will 20 10
the post with Ivan Riley, who was
credited with a worlds mark Ax
400 meters less than two weeks aga
Brookins is generally favored 81
win.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
SherWoods in Action

1t has been hectic season for
the Sherwood ball team, Ike Thomp.
sons gang having been able to
play only two games. They hope
for clear weather tomorrow when
they expect to play the Comforters
on the Sherwood field at 2:30
O'Clock,
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
GEORGES CARPENTER TO
FIGHT JIMMY SLATTERY

NEW YORK. June 14.-Georges
Carpenter. Of France, will meet
Jimmy Slattery, of Buffalo. in a
six.round Interchangeable bout at
Buffalo, on August 4, C. j. Murray,
manager of the Quensberry A. c., Of
that city, announced today. Stipu.
lations provide that the Frenchman
fight no other opponent except Gene
Tunney before the Slattery battle.
The Washington times., 1924-06-14
MARBERRY'S GLOVE WINS
GAME FOR GRIFFMEN
TINES STAFF PHOTO
By SID C. KEENER.

ST LOUIS Mo-, 1The pitching glove dangling around
Fred Marbys left wrist not be appraised than junk
price responsible the Grfs occupying div
position today Home usually driving power for
advance this ordinary pitch
ing glove proved the derrick for the Fasteners.
Having the series with the Browns the fourth
pacers prepared make three straight and Chi
tonight where they will another second division
The Washington times., 1924-06-14

1904, was the next to, yield to the
assault Of the fleet-footed Ray.
Shrubb's record was made outdoors,
but Joie traversed the distance in
9:OS rs, a month after his defeat
by Ritola. In this race, although
tnterfered with several times by
men he had Tapped, Ray finished
three-fourths of a lap ahead OF
Ritola, incidentally breaking three
intermediate indoor records during
his meteoric flight. Joie demolished
the figures for the 1% miles, liz
miles and 1900 meters.
At Paris next Month Ray will
meet PaaVO Nurmi for Olympic
hOnOrs, and a terrific battle Is
promised, Judging from the best
records of the Finn and his rival.
Joie's greatest opponent at Paris
will be Paavo Nurmi, the wonderful
Finn. who captured the 5000 meter
event at the Antwerp games. The
flying Finn holds five world a
records, the hree-and.six.mile marks
and the 1000, 5000 and 10000
meter figures.
That the rivals are rather close.
ly matched, the following table will
shouy.