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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21

Hardly any man. is now so old
as to remember the failure Of
MeTlkle to touch q base In
world series. In fact, people are
beginning to say nc is a lie and
claiming that there never was
even q world series, let alone
q guy named Merkle.
But there was a fellow named
Merkle, as / met him once and ask.
ed him about why he did not touch
the base, and he replied:
Mr.. McGraw is against any of
his players borrowing any money,
especially from him. So / was only
ing any touches"
So that is why Kelly didn't make
any more touches than he thought
he should. It's what they call the
''Old Army Game"
But President Heydler, Of the Ma
tional League-and want my
readers to believe me when / Sa!
that there is such a man as Mr.
Heydler, as have met him Will,
he was bawling out unpires. Well
now. this Mr.. Heydler says he viii
allow Kelly's hit to count as a hom'
run this time, but hereafter NJ
matter when, player must touch
all the four corners OF the diamond
for 1t to count as a circuit smash
So far as / can see. there Is
only one objection to Mr.. Heyd-
ler'H demands, and that is that
man has to hit the ball before he
has the right to touch all the
bases. As I pointed out to my
friend, George Sisler, recently,
while I was giving him my usual
advice on how to run his club Che
right way:
George, you can touch all thu
bases in the world, but they won
count any If you don't hit the bal
first"
And Sisler had to allow that
was right and said he would de
f1and that his players hit the OLE
apple. am telling my friends, tht
fans, this to show that / really an
the discoverer Of this system, al
though. as usually happens wher
I give managers timely hints, tn.
managers claim 1t was their owr
brains that thought 1t up. Sucl
kind of work is what I call tn,
squeeze play
Copyright. 1924. by The christy
Walsh Syndicate).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
tIUGGINS HANDLES YANKS
AS CHESSMAN OVER
CHECKERED BOARD
By BABE RUTH.

NEW YORK June 21The number Of things doctor viii do to
sick don't begin to what manager Of
lineup. s2 800
When gets down to serious business the
patient into the operating and do little fancy carving
either kills
Take Miller Higgins The done their
hest work the road during the few years.
West for the first tmeand hang everything
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
Pulls a Comeback. !"

Just when 1t was expected that
his pitching days were done, George
Dumont, once with the Griffs,
pulled a spectacular come back"
with Atlanta. He. is now working
regularly on the hill for the
Crackers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
Juniors Want Games

Games with junior teams are
sought by the strong Crescent Juni-
ors. Walter Harvey, handling the
Crescent schedule, can be reached
by phone at Adams, 349S.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21

1t seems that some Senators
who have their mail franked out
Of Washington don't play golf
much faster than they legislate
and when asked to step on the
gas, naturally took it is an af-
front.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21

ably, however,
means good pur-
chase and better.
pivot. Stance
should feel firm
and solid and
feet should be
far en- ou & h
apart to give
this feeling.
/ play the ball
about off my
left heel. I am
careful never to
play It too far
back, but some
times I play 1t
a little farther
70 r w a I'd, but
never enough in
a. .NAn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
Three Are Tied

Three teams are tied for first
place in the Prince Georges County
Benning League. The Bennitg,
Loffler, and Bradbury Heights teams
each have won three games and
lost ONE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
County Games TODAY

The Montgomery County League
games today are: Rockville at Glen
Echo, Washington Grove at Beth
esda, and Dickerson at Boyds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
Battle Of the Century at
Chevy Chase Ends Up
In Ordinary Hugging
By KIRK MILLER.

DLAYING golf under the
Marquis Of Queensberry
rules a party of official
Washington minus their frock
coats engaged in a bit of
ribaldry, which proves that may
be the best Americans are not
competing in the Olympics
after all.
One Of the principals, inter-
viewed over the radio, would
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21

49, Wy f"N%AN AASsPP~tA0 w ASs
n. We get into a free-for-all at De-
troit. Bob Meusel is suspended.
Aaron Ward is ont of the game
with an injury. Whitley Witt goes
off into a slump and is benched.
Earl Coombs breaks an ankle when
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
Midgets Want Action

Games with midget teams are de-
sired by the Virginia A. c., whose
manager should be. phoned at Lin
coin 1888.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
NoaENT Of TNRMT

AUKHNCS u Cdu6c @ANH. =
a slice. hold my body in a me
dunn upright position, relaxed anc
we'll poised, and try to stand SO
steadily that the wind cannot de-
stroy my balance. bend for low
err flight, but not so low that pose
is lost; stand little straighter
for more normal flight. / bend my
knees somewhat, and keep my heels
slightly down in order to Distribute
weight evenly. 1 hold my shoulders
straight to start the stroke, and my
elbows somewhat checked.
I hold my hands down a little
lower 30 allow the clubheAd to lie
naturally. / do not turn up my
wrists. Before beginning the
stroke / consider two imaginary
lines-onc vertical to the ball, the
other running from a few inches
back of tho bali through it to the
hole. 1 keep my hands back Of
the imaginary vertical line, but
held out rather than close In. ]
pIay the club from its natural
: fine. facing the ball at right
angles to the line, and as II ready
to send &c according to the prop
err loft Of the brassie.
fix my back direction line and
then keep my eye on the ball. When
the clubhead is once in position, the
rhythm, I think, demands that 1t
be kept in motion. This in my case
begins with "sandpapering," a sort
of vibratory movement, continues
into the forward press, and then
passes into the stroke.
With the weight OF the body
thrown back on the right leg and
the left heel slightly raised, I press
forward on the club until my hands
are a little in advance of the club.
head, then bring them back behind
1t, the clubhead still on the ground.
Now I lift 1t, going straight back,
left hand occupying same position,
low down, about two feet along
back direction line, and then into
an upward, backward, outward
slightly curving swing, until the
left arm Is almost straight and
can feel the clubhead pull the left
arm socket; my right elbow and
upper arm nearly touching that
side.
/ break wrists carefully and bring
club down, tracing the ascending
line, clubhead leaoIng, hands and
clubhead describing smoothly the
arcs of an inner and outer ellipse
I'm wind the circles flatten into
greater ellipses) / hit into a piece
Of line at ball, and / hit the bal
with a Ticking motion, but I do
not put strength and weight OF
body into 1t until I feel the club
head solidly on it. / try to hit
the ball UP in the air.
I come UP in follow through with
the left leg braced, hands going
into line, right side nearly facing
hole at finish and / try to avoid
cutting follow through too short.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
ALTR0CK DESCRIBES HIS
FAMOUS SQUEEZE PLAY
By NICK ALTROCK.

There lot allowing George Keleys third
home recently in New York In that game Long
George Reds.
The McGraw birds needed win when George to the
oyster and base After he knocked his homer into
outdoors George that tired feeling and only touched hrs
base. there the road the clubhouse clear
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
EASY BALANCE ESSENTIAL
IN USING BRASSIE
By CHARLES "CHIcK" EVANS.

grip the club the middle of the leather but little lower
down cubhead does not feel wehy enough make that
the grip the fingers the palms, that hands
together and against other my finger
firm club should easily
nnhh TALL ikn nrroinh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21

recently in Detroit after, Meusel
was socked in his lung -containsr.
The road to the clubhouse there
certainly was not any clearer than
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21

Well, one word led to another
and a lot of 'em wouldn't be
fit to print in the Congressional
Record. Total result is that a
cross of adhesive plaster marks
the spot where the first blow
fell. physician, heal thyself!"
Boxing isn't permitted in the
District Of Columbia, but there's
nothing to keep the young
blades from going across the
line into Maryland and staging
their merry set-tos.
Somebody looked around for
a sergeant-of-arms but they
were all out in the suburbs
making stump speeches.
The four horsemen of the
covered wagon were in the lead
when the three musketeers came
up from the rear and demanded
the right of way. "What are
you looking for" they yelled; "a
lost ball ?"
"No," shouted back one of the
cavalrymen; "we're looking for
four-leaf clovers!"
And the battle was on!
Diplomatic immunity was
claimed and the whole matter
referred to the League of Ma
lions for its next deliberations.
Not, however, before friends
of both sides stepped in and
held the principals, thereby es-
tablishing the fact that after
all it was only a hugging match.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21
only say, "BoyI
will be boys!"

N OF. since
Frank Tinney is
supposed to
have massaged
Imogine Wilson
in her own lbou-
doir or the
Y ankees and
Tigers tore off a
r o m an m o b
scene in Detroit
has the boxing
editor turned so
m a ny an d.
springs that W
schedule.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-21

springs that weren't on the
schedule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-29
VALUE OF BANKERS, VISIT

The presence in Birmingham for a day of one hundred aRd twenty-five bankers from many leading financial centers of the South. Central West and West carries significance. The visitors, accompanied by their wives. were en route to the American Bankers As .soeation council meeting in Augusta, Ga, out desired to sec something of the city and district of which they had heard much. That ! they were given that opportunity is a source I cf pleasure to business men of this city. and should result in mutual benefits
 These financiers are obseryant and thought. full possessing farsight and judgment. Many 'of them had never been South before | few had visited this district They represent Large sources of investment, and they learned much that will be of interest to them and their financial clientele. Twenty years ago 20 large a body of bankers would not have found time to stop off for a day in Birming- ham Co see the place and get first-hand i'm Formation of its development. because there was not then enough here to. attract them. Within the last two decades, however, this I city and district have made such industrial
 progress as to attract the favorable attention of investors and developers all over this country, while becoming known in foreign lands for productive genius and high char acter of products, many of which are ex- ported to various parts of the world
 There are possibilities worthy of consid- eration from such visits of large banking and investing interests to this district Birming- hams story of expansion and development is thus Illustrated through it's many tangible |manifestat.ons of pTogr5s7. and the field for Investment, whether in a productive or spec |nlative aspect, is aptly presented to men of ITisipn.
 While there is an increasing tendency bv the citizens of Birmingham to show their faith in the districts opportunities by in Evesting in it's offerings, there are few more inviting fields of investment for outside cap ital. Hence the possible benefits from the visit and inspection of the large number of bankers. The more visits of the kind the better for this city and district. Residents realize their opportunities. because they have witnessed the rapid growth and development The next best thing is to convince the out aide world of investment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-29
THE WHOLE STORY DEMANDED

Persistent attempts to obstruct the Daush' erty investigating committee in its cttorts to have the brother of the former attorney general appear before the committee ana tes- tify to any alleged misdoings of the former capl- net officer and his pal, Jess Smith, will ere ate in tbe public mind even further suspicion of wronRdoing in the department of justice under Harry>p paugherty. His brother, who rms a bank in the former attorney general s home town, tviee refused to give any informa- tion to the committee as to financial transac- tions of Daughekty and Smith with their home hank. The sennte quite properly moved to punish the reidctant witness by ordering warrant for his immediate arrest. When brought before the committee. if he refuses to answer any questions, he can be sent to lali until he chaDkes his mind, though 1t. IS De- lieved that he will follow the tactics of Sin clair and appeal the case, which, under writ of habeas corpus, would delay the proceedlngs for an indefinite period.
 There Is a strong suspicion that the stub bornness of the Ohio banker in resisting the committee's efforts to question him is based upon possible information which he desires to prevent from becoming public. Wherever secrecy is atteMpted in such proceedings the public concludes that there must be some un- deriving reason. If the banker has nothing to conceal, the inference is that he would make no objection to being questioned. If, as the public suspects, he has something which he and his brother and others would prefer not to come out in connection with the investigation. there is still more reason why the committee should exhaust every legal means of getting at such information as he may possess.
 The committee is legally and morally within it's rights in adopting firm measures to question the banker. There is reason to suspect that the story of the department of iustice's record under the deposed attorney general has not been fully told. bad as some of the testimony looks. The country believes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-29
The Three Eagles

An eagle there was on the hills of Rome And he looked to the east and the west. Kings and VassAls brought their gold To fatten his treasure chest. He saw the imperial fleets set sail, And the Legions swarmed the plain Then out of the north came the tramp O
 feet
 And the vandsl hurricane. An eagle there was with warlike claws. . And naughty and proud was he. He ruled OCT the land of the iron-lances On the shores of the cold North Sea, He counted his hosts along the Rhine, And his ships by the Baltic strand Now hunger-phantoms walk the nights *, Of broken fatherland. An eagle there is and lie sits alone And he gazes from sea to sea. The wealth of the world is in his claws And he laughs at destiny. He sees no vision in the dawn For a blind old bird is he- What will the future hold for him The last of the eagles three?
 New York Times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-29
DAWES PLAN GAINS STRENGTH

It is apparent from foreign dispatches that the Dawes plan for re-establishment of eco homie stability in Europe gains strength the more it is studied and the better is is under. stood. France along of the Allied nations has shown a disposition to hold back in ac- eepfance of the plan as a basis for agree. ment There are indications that France Will fall in line when granted some com pHratively unimportant concessions from the other nations.
 It is not hard to understand why France should make haste slowly in settlement of this kind, when the French attitude, growing ont of the tremendous losses and severe sui ferings of that nation from invasions and <hfeAts by her old enemy are considered. Yet France seems to be awakening to the possi bie advantage of agreement on the funda nnenta1s of the Dawes committee report over continuance of conditions which constitute "a serious national burden, and which offer Anything but promising outlook. should the proposed basis of settlement be rejected.
 One of the most encouraging features oi the Dawes plan is the sympathetic interest it has created in America. At this time American financiers are engaged in arrang g for substantial help to Germany through zzge loans, with the view of putting the NIp in operation. Naturally, these finan <zsfF want assurance of sincere purpose from A Allied governments to discard their diff
 bees and get together on common ground
 lat the plan may be given fair opportu- iies for functioning. This is the only basis ,nHh which success may be hoped for. Ob-
 fslf there must be cooperative aid from .|'t nation to whom the Allied countries are M arily indebted. But that aid must be
 nxaged by an assurance that the Allied INAa are desirous of harmony and CO.,
 ion among themselves.
 n6Ests from the Dawes report are prom
 M the greater appreciation of the
 people of what a settlement in
 ans to this nation. There has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-29
THE CLEANUP PROGRAM

uVnrth.rhile benefits are confidently ex- |reefed from the cleanup and paint-up cam |Stsirn planned under the leadership of women |1fvir organizations and women club mem |tors who are interested in healthier and a |Y1ore attractive city. The prizes offered to |school children and others and the special |ttfmulus for efforts towards betterments Tn |this direction will produce fruitful results. Not only are prizes offered for the best |sreaya bearing on this movement, but in- Idueereuts are held out for the maintenance l ok attractive flower and vegetable gardens, ! and other encouragement is given to promote
 the project.
 when it is remembered that large per 5csntaee of the trash, litter and other unde- |sir6hle conditions is caused by carelessness Tor lack of training of children, the advan- 'tAses of interesting and instructing the young mind in this commendable work are readily |xeen. While the children can do much to make such an enterprise a success, let it not 3he overlooked that much depends upon the latitude of parents and adults towards inn- 3portant civic projects of this kind. The I8rpwn-ups are, after all responsible in a InAeAsure for conditions such as it is pro- 3pesed to correct. There is hope among all @whc realize the hygienic and economic. as |yeu as the aesthetic and moral, value of an <eneetive cleanup and paint-up campaign,
 that there may be widespread and hearty desperation in this work and that Bir-
 rningham may be made cleaner and health =ier than ever before.
 Tn this connection it should be remembered % %that campaigns of this kind, to be perma- Snently helpful must not be restricted to a shrief period. Spasmodic efforts have their Advantages in awakening the people; but *they must stay awake and not confine their Eactiyities to the specific period of the cam Spaign. To get the full benefits of such q Smovement, they must stay on the job from SdAy to day and from year to year. Mean
 while the municipal authorities may be re- 2minded that they have definite obligation hot only in full and free cooperation, but 5in setting an example to all the citizens by
 faking the leadership in cleaning up. If this 2is done, the net results will be much larSer R&nd much more effective in advancing the Epublic welfare,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-29
Watching The Parade
Ry 1OHN PILGRIAf

One of the Eastern colleges for women re- gently reported that all was quite welt-with one minor exception.
 "The girls" said the report in effect, seem to prefer college to their homes. They say they are less irritable when they are at school" ,srs.
 Upon which an editorial commentator re- marked that it would seem that something was wrong with the college Possible. Yet 1t is also true that something may be wrong with the homes. Perhaps the girls find more tolerance when they are at school. Ii may be. too. that the parents are less irri- table swhens the girls are away. Who knows? ' know of home in which all the fine ideals of the American of the best type are lived up to. The only trouble is that the home is as uncomfortable as purgatory. No sooner does one rise from chair than one of the sisters rushes over and pats the cush- ion into plumpness. Father smokes his pipe in the garage. Mother has to pretend she is tired in order to get to her own room to read the novels that have been prescribed, They are not the nasty erotic sort, either. She pre- fers Dickens and Thackeray and the classics. Her daughters do not. sz4s
 The girls like to get away to college, where they meet other girls who think as they do. They have managed so to stendardiae them selves that any one who departs from the blue prints is set down as either moron or a danger. It isn't the fault of the college, for other girls there depart widely from the ideal of the nonconformist sisters 5There are homes in which the parents are the funda- mentalists. They go about batting the cush- ions from which their sons and, daughters rise, to create a pretense that nothing has changed. That everything will go on forever in the same old rut
 Maybe what we all need-young and old '---is more liberal share of tolerance. A bit more willingness to let the other fellow go bis own harmless way. P Pq5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-29
I4rt Of Suffering
., pn. rnarH cn.~n

First, get suffering properly placed is its relation to life.
 I. is not an accident. It is ! part of ths program, x 1.
 s.aft is the other half spf sensation: IF yog can be happy, you must aiso be able to- cuz- fer.
 It is. then. something to be reckoned yitns to he understood 1t is something to which ws must adjust ourselves
 The purpose of pain Is twofold. 1t ia the guardian of life Pain is tho sentinel mat cries "E4alt 1" when we approach danger. 1s is by burns, bruises and stornachaches the child learns how to preserve life.
 Secondly, pain is an educator. From grler the human race has learned it's greatest se- crets of art. science. philosophy ana rens1on.
 when pain comes, what is to be dcnes We cannot deny it; 1t is fact; nothing is gained by shutting the eyes to any fact.
 We are not to initiate the Stoic, and get orr snirit duly against 1t, To exclnin, !: s.Euch is life! 1t is made up of suffering. Let us clean our teeth and endure t, is not wisdom It makes self-pity and rnssim- ism. s.5..
 The design of suffering, in the economy, of nature. is to set new problems for the s0sil. We are in the world te develop our per- sonality, to bring our powers to perfection. In other words, we are nefe 70 strugsie ana grow strong.
 First, therefore, when pain arrives, ye are to seek, as in all phenomena. tho cause cf it. If we have violated law of nature, let us see wherein, and cease our error.
 fit is for another's wrong we suffer, let us study how to bear vicarious pain nobly, 60 as to increase our own spiritual stature and help others. qsen
 We may be sure suffering win endure ss long as the human race.
 'Nostrums, fads, ciire-alls and pain-killeru, whether physical or spiritual, do but avoid or conceal the difficulty s.
 Suffering of any kind is simply opportu- nits, mental and spiritual; 1t Is the open door by which we are to enter more deeply into the secret treasures of life and love. A
 And we shall 20 enter if we strive first 'to understand it, and second to adjust ourselves to it.