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The Washington times., 1924-06-17
It Will Be interesting

Sandlot dopsters think the Mo-
hawks must do or come close to
dying when they meet the Domini-
cans Sunday at Union Park. The
Dominicans have four straight and
a clean slate. A defeat for the In
dams would give them a standing of
three and two,
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
FATE NOT KIND
TOST|VETTS
Of FAME
Jack Calls on Yankees And
Has Only old-time
Smile Left
By FORD C. trick.

DETROIT, June 17.--old Jack
Stivetts, one-time pitching star Of
the National League, hero Of an
earlier generation Of fame, % In
Detroit. Life has not been particu.
larly kind to Jack.
He's down and out now, with
only the old-time smile, and the
memory Of one.time greatness to
cheer him through the drabness Of
financial Stringency.
Unfortunately for Jack EttvettS,
his baseball greatness never was
rewarded by a big salary. Present.
day players have all the best Of Il.
They get more money, they get
better treatment-and far more I'm.
portant than all that, they have for
them an example in thrift and
saving.
The baseball environment has I'm.
proved Less temptation today,
more money, better associations, bet.
ter living conditions, better pros.
poets for players who have outlived
their baseball usefulness.
Davy Jones, old-time Tigers Of
the Hughey Jennings regime. also
Is here.
Davy is doing well. He's In the
real estate business with two other
Detroit men. He, too. came in TO
call on the Yankees and renew &C.
quaintance with Charley OTIeAry,
who was a teammate In the old
days.
Davy thinks baseball technique
Is declinging. TOO much slug.
ging," he declared mo finease to
have more base stealing, q better
break for pitchers, better throwing.
the play nowadays. Ought to
old-timers Ike me get tired Of sheer
slu1Rin1."
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
OLLIE PEcoRD THROUGH
AS AN OHIO REFEREE

TOLEDO, Ohio, June 17.--Ollie
Pecord, Toledo referee who was the
third man in the ring in the Demp-
sey-Willard fight. has been given
his release as referee by the Toledo
boxing commission. No reason was
assigned,
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
AID STONE WILL BATTLE
WEINERT IN NEWARK

AID Stone, THE Fighting Ma
rine" Of Philadelphia, and Charlie
Weinert, of Newark will come to.
gether in twelve-round bout to be
staged at the Silk street arena in
Newark on June %. This battle
had been previouly postponed on
several occasions because of Stones
injuries to his hands.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
NAVY CREWS UNASHAMED
OF LOSING TO YALE
By HUGH r. RILEY.

ANNAPOLIS June 17-Whfe there is much disappointment
among OF the local contingent over the failure Ct either
the Olympcs this is felt that in winning second and third
positions and losing such wonderful Yale by such slight
margins, much credit
Members Of both crews well with the
service all pleasure that Yale decided
enter for the omp taking the position that they did not wish
this country there better in the United
States Nothing but praise YALE and it conceded that
1t wonderful will
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
Have Strong Pitching

Hopes of Dominican Lyceum fans
for an Independent League pennant
scared when Grassy Grazzini held
the Quantico Marines hitless ana
won by a shut-out. 1t wasn't a
league game, but the Marines were
quite as capable as any club in the
league of testing a pitcher,
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
JOE oEscHcER IS GONE
FROM BIG SHOW DoINcS

NEW YORK, June 17.-Pitcher
Joe Oeschger, Of the Giants, has
been sent to the Louisville, KY,
club Of the American Association In
payment on the deal made for
pitcher Dean by Manager McGraw.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
He Sticks to Roamers

Before the sandlot season opened,
Joe Quick. sandlot slugger, was re.
ported as signed by half a dozen
teams, but 1t IL noticed he still is
with the Roamer club, with which
he started to sandlot fame several
years ago.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
ARGYLE CLUB TOURNEY
MATCH PLAY STARTS

The first round of match play in
the spring tournament of the Argyle
Club will be concluded today, with
two sixteens making up the tourna-
ment.
William p. DiEste was the low
medallist with q score Of 81.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
They Draw Well

A. large crowd is expected to see
the Shamrocks and Arlingtons bat
tie Sunday at Arlington in the In
dependent League. Winning or los
ing. the Shamrocks draw many sand.
lot fans.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
CREW AT
KEEPSIE REGATTA IS
MARKED FAVORITE j.
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN.
international News Service gpOrts Editor.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, June 17.-"Regatta day"
An under Of excitement swept Pcughkeepe and Its
tureque surroundings this morning Charming coeds danty
Haunted college the and hotel lObOs
Hundreds the thousands visitors udged to vantage points
banks; Hudson itself ablaze with
crafts Of ali kinds gayy decorated miles,
he shirt of andh holiday the
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
Pets Expect Victory

The Petworth club IL not winning
as regularly as last season, but hopeS
to pick UP when Cherrydale lie en-.
countered Sunday in the Indepen-
dent League. at Silver Spring.
Cherrydale has yet to win q league
game.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
Gregg Still Winning

Vean Gregg, big league star
fifteen years ago, Is still able to
pitch winning ball. He has won
eight straight games for Seattle.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
Neumanns Seek Games

The Neumann All-Stars desire
games. Manager Neumann's phone
number is Franklin 2132.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17

The fine showing OF the Naval
Academy crew, after an unfortunate
season. has done much to encourage
the oarsmen as to the situation
next season. It IL pointed out that
the nidshipmen, the third crew to
finish, was just about q length
behind the winner. and actually bet.
tered the previous worlds record
for 1000 meters.
Next season should find the
testant for intercollegiate honors.
and it is nightly probable that it
will be at Poughkeepsie. The only
varsity oarsman to belost by grad.
uation is Shanklin, crew captain,
and there are several men in the
second boat who have rowed in
varsity races, as, well as an unus.
ually good plebe. or first year. crew.
ShanlIin was I'm the varsity
boat for the first time I'm the
Olympic tryOuts, though his name
was not generally give in the list.
Owing to an injury TO the wrist
received In boxing, Shanklin lost
his place on the varsity, and was
just returned 10 his place before
the final raseS.
Shanklin's injury was one Of the
several misfortunes which attended
the crew this season. Chilingworth
and King, regulars of the previous
season, lost the month Of April on
account Of scholastic conditions, and
neither regained hiB place. Whelan,
Number Z, was lost only two weeks
ago on account Of Illness, and other
valuable oarsmen were lost through
scholastic difficulties or illness.
Richard J. Glendon, son Of the
previous academy coach, has had a
hard task since he assumed charge,
two years ago. His accession two
years ago was coincident with the
departure Of seven Of the regulars
Of the previous season. Still, he
developed a crew which rowed sec.
ond to Washington at PoughkeepSie
and won all Of its other races. This
year, his squad has been visited
by an unusual run Of misfortune,
but its showing Friday and Satur.
day indicated that it had lot OF
the real stuff In Il.
The younger Glendon has now
had three seasons as assistant to
his father and two as head coach,
and has done remarkably well
considering his handicaps. He has
the confidence of the officials here
and the members Of his squad, and
next year should be decidedly the
best since be assumed charge.
The officers crew. not having
qualified for the Olympics, has
disbanded. It IL the universal
opinion that they did splendidly,
and their presence In the try.
outs undoubtedly inspired Yale's
entry and its wonderful showing.
These fine Oarsmen and sports
men pass from the scene of
active rowing. probably forever,
with nothing to regret and much
Of which to be proud, and they
came within q hairs breadth of
representing the nation at the
Olympics.
It may be said that members OF
both squads, the officers and mid
shipmen, deny emphatically that
there was bad feeling between the
two. Both admit wishing to win
which, Of course, involved defeating
the other, but each wished the
other to win II 1t could not. Ger
tainly, they have worked side by
The Washington times., 1924-06-17

from Cne Dencu ana played MIN IN
deacon to centerfield. Both have
It would be folly to argue that
Collins, a veteran infielder, didn't
know French's weaknesses. Like
, wise it would be folly to say he is
being fooled by Barrett, though
the latter was sold to the White
Sox as an outfielder. Any man
who has played beside Jack Barry
knows a shortstop. ANY man who
has played major league baseball
as long as Eddie Collins knows
an outfielder when he is playing
with him.
The White Sox were slumping
badly when Collins took charge Of
the team. They crawled into the
first division under his direction
which is saying quite enough.
Collins made fighting team out
OF dispirited bunch Of players.
Johnny Evers, recovered suffi-
GENTLY to take charge of the
White Sox as bench manager, is
now on the job, but he knows that
in Eddie Collins he has q capable
understudy. Charlie Comiskey
knows it, too. So does every other
club in the major leagues.
Last winter Collins was merely
q player, untried as a manager.
Today he is known as a capable
leader Of ball club.
No, No, No, Brother.
INOT a couple Of wild yelIs from
" some dyed-in-the-wool fans
because we said we were not
enarnored Of the Griffmen's
chances to get anywhere. We
harped on their failure to do bet.
ter than break even, whether al
home or on the road.
! Unsigned letters get the waste
basket, kept in apple pie order
by Mr.. Skillet Finn, ESQ. Might
as well tell you fans that right
now. It explains utter silence
rendered number Of loose-pennec
gents.
Yesterday the Griffmen werr
exactly four and q half games be.
hind the leading New York Yam
KEGS. No team Is out Of q pen.
nant race when 1t is four and q
half games behind the leader.
But whenever q team cannot
win more than half Of it's games
it cannot win the pennant, nc
matter how many games it MAY
be behind the leader. And that
goes.
A Sermon in Little.
!" ERE'S a short sermon taker
lit from the sports page Of
the Los Angeles Examiner
written by Mark Kelly:
! Adjoining columns in. yester-
days Examiner carried this news;
Il. Boxing show at Vernon
raises $4,000 for charity.
"2. Operation on Sam Lang.
ford's eyes successful; sight re-
stored thanks to boxing fans
generosity.
IF it be true that there are
sermons in stones the above ought
to constitute a Bible.
IF boxing has had its sins, az
reformers state in trying to wipe
the sport off the boards, who is
there to say that acts Of charity
like the above do not wipe the
slate clean?"
That Detroit Riot.
lit is interesting to read how
III the ball players did NO
FIGHTING in Detroit the
other day, but that the FANS
DID ALL THE FIGHTING.
Ball players seldom do any
The Washington times., 1924-06-17

He Has influenza
Cotton" Tierney, the Braves
secondsacker, Is suffering an ct.
tack Of influenza.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17
That nafrnit Rint-

That Detroit Riot.
1T is interesting to read how
the ball players did NO
FIGHTING in Detroit the
other day, but that the FANS
DID ALL THE FIGHTING.
Ball players seldom do any
The Washington times., 1924-06-17

Shanhlin was I'm the varsity
boat for the first time i'm the
Olympic tryOuts, though his name
was not generally give in the list.
Owing 70 an injury to the wrist
received in boxing, Shanklin lost
his place on the varsity, and was
just returned 10 his place before
the final raseS.
The Washington times., 1924-06-17

It may be said that members of
both squads, the officers and mid
shipmen, deny emphatically that
there was bad feeling between the
two. Both admit wishing to win.
which. Of course, involved defeating
the other, but each wished the
other to win II 1t could not. Ger.
tainly, they have worked side by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22
Smithsonian IS
GIVEN VALUED
PAINTING
Portrait Of Mrs. Stanton,
Suffrage Association
Founder, Presented

A portrait Of Elizabeth Cady Stan.
ton. founder and president from 1868
to 1898 of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, has
been presented TO the National MI.
scum and has been placed in the ma.
tional historical section at the Smith!
sonian Institution.
50 The picture Is the work OF Anna
Klumpke, who executed the painting
during Mrs. Stantonss visit to Paris
In 1886. Helen III. Gardener, one Of
the three members of the United
States Civil Service, Commission
was instrumental in having the por-
trait added to the collection at the
institution.
The picture was framed for presen.
tation to the National Museum by
some Of Mrs. Stanton's old friends
and admirers. among them Mrs.
Fanny Garrison Willard, Mrs. Flea
nor Gridley, Miss Josephine Beider.
base, Mrs. Dudley Miller, the grand
daughter of Gerrit Smith; Thomas
Wright Osborne, the nephew Of Lu-
cretia Mott. who with Mrs. Stanton
called the first women's rights con-
vention in 1S4S; Mrs. Fanny War
den, whose mother was a fellow pu-
pill with Elizabeth Cady at the Emma
Willard Seminary, at Troy. in 1880;
Edward Howard Griggs, and Frank.
lin G. Lewis,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22
Help Comes Too Late
To Save N. Y. Destitute;
Three Perish in Cold

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-Three
were dead in the metropolitan area
from the cold wave which knitted
its way out Of the West to the
eastern seaboard Sunday, and left
the mark of its keenness in some
what abated suffering today.
The northwest wind, which
brought the unseasonably cold wave
to the city was shifting today
toward the Southwest and South.
AS it veered, the mercury rose.
William Farsett, sixty.five, Of
Philadelphia, Godfrey Loetscher,
fifty, and Daniel Green, forty.three,
were the destitute who died here
of exposure; Farsett and Loetscher
were found in the street. Green
was given seat by the fire at a
rescue mission but the help came
too late and he died there.
The temperature was expected to
mount as much as 80 degrees here
today, with the Weather Bureau
looking forward to much moderated
weather tomorrow.
Another storm out Of the West
might strike by the middle OF the
week. according to the forecast.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22
To
DECORATE
D. c. MEN
Baltimore PreIate to Confer
Order Of St. Sylvester
on Trio

Archbishop Michael j. Curley, Of
Baltimore, today expressed a desire
to act personally for Pope Plus X1.
in comforting on Patrick ]. Haiti
gan, Captain Harry Al. Walsh, and
]. Leo Holb the kpighthood of the
Order Of st. Sylvester
The three men were decorated by
the Pope Tor their work in organic
ing and directing q national o0nyen-
tion and parade Of Holy Name 30.
Icieties in America held here last Sep
TENDER.
The investiture of the trio is ten.
tativeiy planned for Monday night,
January 20, In the new st. Stephens
parish hall, Twenty fourth and X
streets northwest, the date Of the
quarterly meeting or the Holy Name
Union of washington.
Desires Elaborate Ceremony.
The Baltimore preiate. who pre-
sides over the diocese which In
cludes Washington, desires the cere-
Tnony to be elaborate and impress
sive. Leading Catholic preIates Of
the archdiocese, Catholic cIergymen
of Washington, and repreke ntatives
|of every Holy Name society here
Will be guests Of honor.
Briefs from the Vatican, in Rome,
announcing the Pope,s decoration Of
THE three Washingtonians written in
Italian and English, were received
in Baltimore several days ago.
Formal notice was gwen the men
by Archbishop Curfey last night,
He summoned the three men to the
parish hall Of the Holy Comforter
Church where he was taking part
in q. meeting commemorative the
twenty-fifth, anniversary OF the
ordination of the Reverend C. E.
Wheeler, pastor.
TO Read POpe's Briefs.
Archbishop Curley told the men
the Pope was deeply impressed with
the religious gathering in Washing
ton. He said the Pope was honor
ing these three men as one way Of
expressing his individuaI thanks to
them and generally the deep i'm.
preston the reports of the Holy
Name convention made on him.
The Pope's briefs win be read by
Archbishop Curley ats> the investi.
ture. These briefs outline the deeds
Of each of the hien and formally
admits them into membership OF the
Order Of st. Sylvester. Another
brief, reviewing the history OF the
order, also will be read, copies Of
which win be presented to the
men. All Of them will be trans
lated into English.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22
Heavy Rains Cause Big
Losses In Northern
California

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22.-
A record breaking rainfall whcih
has been drenching Central and
Northern California, and which
struck the bay region with ex-
traordinary intensity, today
caused heavy damage in San
Francisco by congesting sewers,
flooding streets and overlooking
into easements, running thou
sands Of dollars worth Of mer-
chandise in the business district.
Almost four inches Of rain
has fallen here during the last
thirty -six hours and the fore
cast is for q continued down
pour all over Northern Cali
fornia:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22
GRACE DODGE HOTEL
PLANS GAY CHRISTMAS

Christmas cheer will pervade the
atmosphere throughout thee Grace
Dodge Hotel Christmas Day The
management has promised enough
pleasing outside manifestations OF 1t
that it will probably be impossible
TO find a gloomy soul In. the whole
building.
A huge tree all brilliant with
pretty bulbs will be erected in the
hotel garden. Carolers from the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
and the Epworth Methodist Epis.
copal Church South will come to
the hotel Christmas Eve to enter
tain the guests with Christmas
music. Each guest will find stock.
ing filled with Christmas goodies on
the door knob which they awake
Christmas morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22

Western points today are generally
maintaining their schedules.
The engine crews, however. are
reporting great difficulty in keeping
up good head Of steam in the
chilled locomotives.
To the north Of Washington, the
Weather Bureau records show, the
weather is intensely cold Tempera.
lures of 80 degrees below zero. or 81
degrees below freezing. were record
ed last night at points in Maine and
Vermont, with temperaturesAo of from
10 to 20 below zero throughout New
England and northern New York.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22
High Winds Break Up
Rum Row Off Coast
Along Gulf Of Mexico

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 22,--
Strong winds In the Gulf OF Mexico,
coupled with extreme cold that car.
ried freezing temperatures TO the
coast line In Louisiana, Mississippi,
Texas, and parts OF Florida, were
said to be responsible for disaster
along rum row off Breton Island,
resulting in the loss OF several small
boats carsoes Of liquor and the
temporary disposition Of the rum
fleet. which is headed by a steam
vessel Of American registry, it 70
reported.
The rough weather. that pre-
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FLTER CRASHES TO HIS DEATH in ILLINOIS SN0WST0RM
GOOD FELLOWS!

FIJI out this form and start out the rOad to happ
ness Christmas Day Don't fill cut unless you have
the heart to help the poor, the aged and the iii
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family or individual in Washington please fill out the
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22
COUPLE CAUGHT IN RAID
FORFEIT $50 COLLATERAL

Mrs. Lorraine Kean and young
man who gave his name as Frank
Frederick Rockenmauer, who were
arrested last night when they
opened the door Of her apartment
on the second floor Of 1926
Fifteenth street northwest, to IN,
vestigate the Kissing OF q lealxy
radiator, forfeited collateral Il,
Police Court today when. they
failed to appear to answer to
statutory charges.
Mrs. Kean had posted sl0O and
Rockenmauer forfeited $50. a
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number Of tenants who have been
evicted
The rent commission is fighting
grimly for its existence in the
the final appeal is taken to the
Supreme Court.
Many landlords are showing con.
seryatism In the matter OF rent in
creases because they fear that the
final decision III the Supreme Court
will be in favor ~ the rent com
mission ami tfiHt & var, amount OF
rental REFUNDS viii iie involved.
CoInEnissionAr WhRisy said. how
ever, that IL the rent act was In
he believes there would be- huge in
BIames Inflated Values.
The cause for these conditions
is to be found. he said, in in
dated real estate values and over
capitalization.
He cited the fact that many
apartment houses are carrying
third and fourth trusts and that
values have been so swollen that
rents have been abnornnally ex-
panded.
In comparison with other cities.
Washington Is IN unfavornble light,
Commissioners Whalay said. Rents
are also high IN such cities as New
York, but, he indira ted that the
quality Of apartments offered for
fhe same scale ~ nrices that ore
being demanded In Washington is
much higher.
as vacant, he said, and are being
offered, which are really unfit for
human habitation. Many of them
are without light and are insani-
tafy.
ssAs To- how the local elasrgencY
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-22
Blizzard ROars Out
OF West As Cold Wave
Is Broken Definitely
BY international News Service.

CHICAGO. Dec. GA blizzard
was roaring out Of the West today
to replace the arctic temperatures
which for three days have wrought
havoc in the Mississippi valley and
the surrounding territory.
Temperatures were rising slowly
today as the first Of the snow
swirled about the Middle Western
States, and the weather bureau
here announced that the backbone
Of the sason's first severe cold
wave was definitely broken.
The affected area today was
struggling back to normally, re-
storing wire service disrupted by
the cold and the sleet which pre-.
ceded 1t, and checking the damage
to crops and property which the
frigid temperatures brought. In
the Mississippi valley alone, II was
estimated this would run to over
81, 900 900, and the total damage
throughout the Middle West. IL
was expected, probably will run to
two or three times this.
the middle West was Ear from nor
NAL and trains stiIi were being
operated on slow schedules. The
Bell Telephone Company reported
hundreds Of telephones still cut Off
from service and admitted that it
might be- a. week before communi.
cation was restored completely.
The death toll from the storm
and cold today was placed con.
servatively at fifty This included
fatalities directly due to the cold
cases where victims were found
frozen to death--aiId those attribut-
able indirectly to tne weather--vic.
tins of fires startede from over
heated furnaces and various other
causes.
The casualty toll over the week
end included two men found frozen
TO death in the Ice OF Harlem
drain near West Holland, Mich.
In the property damage listed
the destruction OF the Methodist
Church at sparta, Wis, by fire
ana q disastrous fire which RACED
a business block at Fort Wayne,
Ind, and threatened the entire
business section Of the city.