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The Washington times., 1924-12-25
JOE MOORE MAY
HAVE GORMAN
To BEAT

NEWBURGH, N. Y. Dec. U.s.
The Middle Atlantic speed skating
championship which willie be held
here on New Year Day may de-
velop into a struggle for sn-
premacy between Charles German,
of St. Johns, N. B., and Joe
Moore, of the Iceland Rink, in
New York. These two skaters
both have fine records and arc
men of exceptional prowess.
German won the national and
international outdoor champion
ships last season. Moore, who
has been supreme indoors for a
number of years, holds the in
ternational crown for the best
skating on an indoor surface.
Last season, while both German
and Moore were busy with the
Olympic team, Paul Forsnlon, of
Iceland, captured the Middle At
lantic outdoor crown. a recent
operation will make it impossible
for him to defend this title on
New Year Day.
In 1922 and 1923 Moore took
the Middle Atlantic championship
and many believe he would have
won again in 1924 II he had been
in position to compete. In
1921 Moore tied at Newburgh with
Charles Jewstraw, of Lake Placid,
but triumphed over him in a
skate-off while on the Adirondack
circuit
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
JINX PURSUES PENN AS
WILSON BREAKS ANKLE

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 25.-Al.
most on the eve Of PENIS departure
for California another blow hit the
Red and Blue camp when Joe Will
son, OF Corning, N. Y. varsity right
tackle, suffered broken right ankle
and will not be able to play. He was
injured in hard scrimmage at the
Squadron Armory and removed to
the University Hospital, where an
x-ray showed a fractured fibula.
His leg will be put in a plaster
cast, and although he will be unable
to play, he will be taken on the
trip across the continent. Frank
Dewhirst of South Groveland, Mass,
will take his place.
This is the second bit Of hard
luck for Penn in the last few days,
as Ted Fairchild, varsity right end,
was stricken with appendicitis and
cannot NAV
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

dis. Now that the st. Louis club
is the only club recognized as his
supporter, only st. Louis victory
may give him chance to see
a world series.
1t will be most interesting,
therefore, to watch "Boisterous'
Ban squirm in his seat all next
summer, especially if the Browns
happen. to be trailing.
Rice Will Play Golf.
CAM RICE is going to Florida
- next month with President
- Griffith and Manager Har-
ris. He will spend his time play
ing golf until such time as he
must climb into his toys and be-
gin taking his turn against the
pitchers. Sam should have an
other wonderful season with the
world champions. He loves to be
with a winner.
Sam Rice rose to his greatest
heights with the Griffmen last
season. His remarkable diving
catch into the circus seats in De-
troit impressed this writer as the
nerviest thing witnessed during
the year. It showed Rice at his
best.
There may have been times in
recent years when Sam hoped he
might be transferred to New
York. Can't blame him, either.
He wanted to be with winner.
He probably felt down in his bones
that he would fit in with a win
ner. He proved he was right, too,
by his remarkable work with the
Griffs last year.
Next spring the Washington
club will open the campaign in
defense of the title. There will
be no alibf available to any player
for not doing his best from the
opening bell. 1t is doubtful if any
player on the squad will even
think of offering an alibi. Bucky
Harris has a wonderful collection
of gamesters, not the least Of
which is Sam Rice, sometimes
called "Man O. War;"
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
FAMOUS
| BOX SCORES
Babe Ruth Grabs Trio
of Home Runs in
DoubIeheoder.

NEW YORK. June 2, 1920-The
Yankees were held to an even break
by the Washington Senators. al
though the big bat OF Babe Ruth
almost enabled the Yankees to win
both tussles. The demon New
York slugger had great afternoon
rapping out five hits. three Of them
for the circuit. In the first game.
which Jack Quinn had little trouble
winning, Babe hit two circuit clouts
and in the eighth inning of the
second game, he hammered his
third one of, the afternoon.
In the opening game Zachary
and Carlson for Washington OPP
posed Quinn, and were hit for eight
runs while their teammates could
get but one run and three hits off
the spitball delivery Of Quinn.
Ruth hit both Washington pitchers
for a homer apiece. The score:
FIRST GAME.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

EDDIE Collins Is a smart player.
He was a smart player when he
broke in with the Philadelphia
Athletics as far back as 1906. He
sat on the bench in Philadel-
phia, watching other smart
players. It's a good bet that not
move Of theirs escaped his sharp
eyes. The result was that, when
he entered Connie Mack's infield
as a regular in 1909, he was a
smart player.
collins is never rough around
the bag" said Sam Rice to this
writer once, 'but he is tricky.
You can't tell where he's going to
be. He will never put the spikes
to you, but he'll block you off with
the best of them"
Collins. as fielder, is q marvel.
He covers all the ground any
other second baseman covers. He
does it with all the ease of a
Lajoie, though not in the same
way. Larry was a tall man, Col
Inns is shorter. Both of them
fielded in marvellous style.
AS a batsman Collins ranks with
the best of the short hitters. He
is not a long hitter. He gets
singles where others get doubles.
But he gets those singles and
frequently singles bring runs
across the, plate. He drove in
eighty-six runs last season, CIV
ing him sixteenth place among all
the batsmen in the circuit. He
was hitting in third place, too,
remember. A runner had to be
on second base to score on Col
Inns single. Of course, now and
then, he hit for extra bases, which
would score a man from first
base, but ordinarily one figures a
hitter as one who makes a clean
single.
AS a manager, Collins remains
untried. With all his experience,
he should make a great success.
Much is made of the fact that
Comiskey has signed him for but
one season, but that means moth
ing. Comiskey will sign him in
a hurry to contract calling for
a big advance in salary, if the
White Sox land in the first divi-
sion next season.
The Chicago players like Collins.
This is a big asset for him, too,
by the way. If he can have ali
his players working with him, he
will be well on his way to sue
cess.
If veteran player is entitled
to promotion, Eddie Collins GER
tainly is that player and the
whole American League will be
pulling for him to make good
with the White Sox.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
SETTLE WELL DOWN ON THE HEELS.

on both heels. The left comes
about two inches off the ground
at the top of the swing, but it
is in its old place the instant
the ball is hit. The right heel,
which has remained on the
ground up to this time, begins
to rise just a fraction of a
second after the ball starts
away. It must rise to accom-
modate the pivoting of the
body, which is beginning to un-
wind as the club starts down.
ward and is at its full power
when the ball is swept away.
Copyright 1924. BY the Bell syndl
cate, Inc)
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

The best advice that ! can
offer to the star and the duffer
is to settle well down on the
heels in the address and then
keep this position--lifting only
one heel at a time in the back
swing and the forward swing.
/ have seen well known
players - champions, in fact,
rise to their toes at the mo-
ment of the impact. It is a
difficult thing to do and still
maintain ones balance. It is
also quite unnecessary.
The heels should come up one
at a time. When you address
the ball you should be well set
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
~ LOUIS A.DOUGHER
HE SHOULD MAKE A SUCCESS

THARLE COMISKEY in naming Eddie Collins of his
Chicago White Sox has done well and in baseball be-
heves that Collins will of his This doesn't
that the Sox right off the will pennant That would
quite foolish simply isn't that Bucky Harris his
first achieved the wengh impossible winning
the American pennan then walopng New
Giants for the championship of the world However Harris
be expected do that thing this
managerial head off, So it with Collins. He ball
player and in his brief time leader of the Sox last seemed
picking pitchers handling players
that doesn't a Chicago in 1925. s=
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
WILLIE HOPPE CALLS
CONT HIS SUPERIOR

NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-"Conti can
have my title for a Christmas pres
ent," today said Willie Hoppe,
worlds 1872 balk-line champion, after
reading dispatches from Paris about
the sensational playing of Roger
Cont, who split the record for ballS.
line billiards with a high run of ATT.
II can't make runs like that" de.
clared Hoppe, land I never turned
in grand average OF q near 10 in
my tournament career. II Cont
shows that form when he comes
over in February It will be impos.
sible to stop him."
Hoppe said it looked as though
the records of the 1921 tournament
In Chicago were due to be broken.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
GUY MORTON WILL BE
WITH MEMPHIS CHICKS

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 25.--Guy
Morton, Of the indianapolis CLUB,
has been purchased by the Memphis
Chickasaws,, it was announced herr,
Thursday night by President Wat
kins. Morton played with the ClevE
land Indians from 1913 until Las
season, when he was sold to In
dianapOliS
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
Ban Is With Us.

66D OISTEROUS" Ban John
son, former "czar of
baseball" comes out with
an earnest hope that the St. Louis
Browns will win the 1926 pen
nant. That's good.
Phil de Catesby Ball, president
and owner of the Browns, was
the one American League mag
nate to stand with Ban during the
recent jam between the former
GEAR of baseball" and Judge
Lands. So Ban~comes right back
with some apple sauce.
Apparently, if the Browns fail
to win the pennant inside of the
next few years, Ban will miss all
those fine world series games. He
remained away last October be-
cause he might meet Judge Lam
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
Yes, Very, Very Raw

Jimmy DeForest announces that
he is in search of raw material
for heavyweight champion. Most
of the heavyweight material is
Just that kind
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
NOTRE DAME STANFORD
GAME LOOMS AS ONE
OF YEARS HARDEST
By TOM THORP.

The gron Pasadena
New likely prove
the Knute Rockne going find beating Glenn op)
difficult taking
Of the mentors he has during the past few
Pop Warner the daddy football
Indian
other individual that has associated
master in the art preparing tough
He has turned expected defeats any
coach that know Of The his Stanford
tie Andy Smiths California pupils nothing out of the o
Warner pulled the trick many during
his long reign premier coach of this section of the country
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

Inc unusually colo weather Tor
this section Of the State will not
interfere with the game played by
the children Of the Sunny South.
land. 1t is believed, for, although
the u. s. C. eleven Is accustomed
to warmer weather while doing it's
bit on the gridiron, today is not
zippy enough to slow them to any
extent.
Advanced claims by sponsors Of
the intersectional game that fully
so 900 spectators will attend today's
match seemed to be verified by the
number Of early arrivals at the
Coliseum and reports that last
minute buyers are unable to find
tickets on sale anywhere.
Experts who looked over, the
Missouri squad were impressed
with the speed Of the team that
gained national fame by defeating
the crack, University Of Chicago
team by q 3-to-O score. The Mis-.
souri, squad is lighter than the,
TrOians, but what il lacks in beef
IL makes up In speed, and the
AttSb btCVVOAD Will Dc AI1$ BlG4F Gig
ment since the field Is dry.
q. S. C. will outweigh their
opponents nearly eight pounds to
the man. The lightness Of the Ben
gals from Columbia proved a great
surprise to those who watched the
team in action yesterday.
However, Missouri will make up
what they lack in weight with speed.
The squad looks to be one of the
trfckiest and fastest to play here
this season.
| The Missouri team showed plenty
in their workout yesterday at the
Coliseum.
Although the practice was sup
posed to be secret, q few were
permitted to remain on the field
while the squad stepped through
a signal drill.
It is evident that the Black and
Yellow squad relied on a battling
passing attack to great extent.
| Using formations similar to those
employed by the Naval Academy
eleven in the sectional tilt against
Washington a year ago, the Midwest
machine apparently has the short
pass down to perfection.
Missouri doesn't rely on one man
to do the tossing, for every member
of the backfield has been drilled
\ in the aerial game. The same goes
for the receivers.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
Baltimore Challenges

The Northwestern A. c. Of Balti.
more challenges Washington basket.
ball teams in the 1S0-135-pound
class. A. ]. August, 2422 East
Biddle street, Baltimore, is the
Northwestern manager.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
Bull Fighting Rules

elm Spain and Mexico" reads a
Newspaper yarn out of Mexico. bull
fighting IL conducted under the
most exacting sport rules In ex-
istence." This IL q great consolation
to the bull
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
TROJANS AND MISSOURI
CLASH IN COAST GAME

LOS ANGELES Cal 25-The visiting University Missouri
evidently brought brand football weather with
this city,
Today bright with wntry tang
of the heaviest frosts Of the that should bring out the best
the Mssourans when they clash this afternoon the Coliseum
with the University Of Southern California squad.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
Baseball Trading

Money" says q baseball mag
nate, cannot buy good ball play
ers. Trading Is the only means Of
strengthing a club" An eye for
an eye, an arm for an arm, and O
skull for q skull.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
Those Tennis Writers

AS some people understand 1t, a
tennis star may write for the news
papers If he does not wear title
or a racquet or pair of white duck
pants while in the act Of writing.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
Yanks' Spring Schedule

The New York Yankees have
scheduled twenty-five spring games.
seventeen with the Brooklyn Dodgers
and fiv. with the Boston Braves.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
Pecks Challenge

The Peck Memorial Reserves chal.
lenge all teams in the 130.pound
class. Manager Frank Athey may
be phoned at West 1897.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

quiet if not almost solemn man.
ner. Not roof garden in town,
or on the outskirts, either, viii!
be open all week. Glen Echo IL
also closed as is Chevy Chase
pavilion.
The steamer st. Johns will
not make it's customary moon
light trip down the historic but
persistent old Potomac tonight,
as folks just somehow don't
seem to care about leaving the
old yule tree for any such
aquatic spree as the popular
river steamer provides.
The Tidal Basin bathing beach
was as void of customers all
day as the municipal tennis
courts and the Potomac Park
! polo preserves combined.
There was little or no demand
for park benches in any of our
best Government reservations
and the band co1cert in Frank
lin Square didn't even scare the
squirrels.
The lonesomest man in town
is the elevator conductor of
Washington's Monument. He
has good reason to believe he is
Robinson Crusoe on a floating
isle. Capitol guides, to, are hav-
ing a white Christmas among
the marble busts of Statuary
Hall.
Downtown traffic cops are
!. giving their thumbs the first
vacation in five weeks. If you
see one of 'em standing under
his umbrella making deaf and
dumb signs, you know he is
either afraid of getting sun
struck or is creature Of habit.
Another disciple Of the rumor
that it is more cussed to borrow
than to lend is the golfer who
received q dozen unused balls
in his half hose. Big-hearted
donors should know that many
balls is no compliment to any
body'S game.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

Two-base hit-Pratt. Home runs
Ruth ca, Milan. Stolen bases Rice.
Ruth. Double play-Zachary, Harris,
Shanks. Left on Observation-Disclosures, 4 /;
New York, 4. Bases on balls-Off Zach
airy, 1; off Quinn, 1. Hits-Off Zachary,
4 in innings; off Carlson, in 6 in
nings. Struck out--By Quinn, S. Losing
Owens. Time of game-One hour and
thirty-seven minutes.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25


as the vegetarian
who got six in
vitations to tur-
key dinners and
the two sisters
with one evening
cow n between
t h EN- who re-.
ceived bids to
the same Yule-
tide dance.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25
SAYS SKILLET"
Esq.
Custom DEGREES You Shall
Receive Xmas Cigars, But
You Don't Have to
Smoke EN-.
By KIRK MILLER.

T HE most surprised guy in
Washington today is a
bootlegger whose wife gave
him a bullet-proof vest. But a
lead-shedding jacket is like a
Xmas tie or set of suspenders-
there is no law which forces
you to wear either.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

Other Christmas chagrin is
in the citv today SIIch
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

'OmOrrOw-Babe Ruth gets his third
In second game.)
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

The Harvard players, running
down the field, were unable to
zee the hall stuck up in such q
manner that Dillon looked like a
hunchback. The play was allowed.
The next season rule was
placed in the code prohibiting the
hiding Of the ball. However,
Warner won his point and the
game.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

Washington is
o b s erv ing its
holiday b k
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

What is more Warner has had
time enough to perfect a defense.
Those who know football say
that once Pop has had a fine
view Of a tennis attack that he
has seldom failed to stop it. In
the Carnegie Tech game In Pitts
burgh, Warner had plenty of
scouts watching Knute ROCkne's
lads play.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

The Tidal Basin bathing beach
was as void Of customers all
day as the municipal tennis
courts and the Potomac Park
polo preserves combined.
The Washington times., 1924-12-25

Although the practice was sup
posed to be secret, q few were
permitted to remain on the field
while the squad stepped through
q signal drill.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-08-07

touring bureaus will easily total 81
900 cars, naming the total to date
more than 10000 cars"
The bulletin states that diversion
at Green River bureau Of cars whose
drivers did not intend coming into
Idaho number more than 700. More
than $50 cars have been diverted to
Idaho from Yellowstone park, that
did not intend to come this way. Ov-
er 800 drivers who had intended to
return east after visiting the park
have been sent into north Idaho ov-
er the Yellowstone trail, some Of
them returning by way Of the north
and south highway.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-08-07
HOOT GIBSON WILL FILM
PENDLETON ROUNDUP

Hoo, Gibson, Pendleton Round
Ups first all round cowboy champ
ion by virtue of his skill in the diff
ferent events at the first show in
1912, has returned to Pendleton and
through arrangement with the man
agement will film a motion picture,
using the show as a locale during
the three days exhibition, Septem-
Der 1S. 10 and 20.
Gibson, who is Universal star,
brings with him to Pendleton 40
members of his company and he and
supporting cast are to appear In the
Roundup events. While the picture
will star. Gibson, it will be distinct
ly a Roundup picture and will be
released as such. The company will
remain In Pendleton until after the
Roundup. Hoot will demonstrate
his prowess on the track and in the
arena. Hoot is no stranger in the
roundup city and his welcome was
an enthusiastic one, local people
deeming it perfectly appropriate that
the first Roundup picture should
have for its star the winner of the
first cowboy championship at Pen
dlton's annual show.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-08-07
REFUND CHECKS BEING MAILED

Evan Evans. collector of internal
revenue for the district of Idaho.
stated Monday that his office had
begun to issue and mail cut checks
for the refund of the 25 per cent
reduction of federal income taxes
paid in full fer the year 1929, as
provided by the act of 1924. This
hill was signed by the president and
became law June End,
1t was necessary to list over $500
accounts showing names and adj
dresses, serial number of returns, to-
tai amount of tax paid and the one
fourth due to be refunded AS these
forms are approved and returned to
the office, payments will be made
First payment was made July 31st,
lin keeping with the desire of the
treasury department to make this
refund promptly. the force worked
over time
In order to avoid congestion, the
Washington department checked and
returned to each of the 65 districts
certain number of forms and the
first checks were issued in an east
ern district July 14th
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-08-07
TAX COMMISSION AND AN
IMsii!!GRATI0N BUREAU

There seems TO he growing SEN
timent in favor OF re-establishing a
state tax commission and making
certain curtailments to take care of
the cost. This matted will undoubt-
eddy be threshed out at the next
session of the state legislature.
1t is related that the former tax
commission, though poorly equipped
to secure THE best results, presented
facts that brought out marked dis
ordinations in assessments as be
tween Counties and classes and that
its w9rk brought to the tax rolls q
let Of property assessed very low in
proportion to that of other proper
ties OF the Identical class. It's death
was brought about largely from the
fact that some of the counties OBJ
jected to being put on a. parity with
other counties similarly situated. 1t
is now felt, according to these re-
ports, that mistake was made and
that a tax commission given proper
powers, would be in position to act
fer tbs distiRct advantage 81 every
ebpRty.
In this connection there is also
talk of revivipk the office of immi-
grafton commissioner so Idaho's re-
sources might be officially heralded
and effective colonization methods
put into practice.
To take care OF these agencies
financially, the suggestion is made
that certain offices and commissions
be abolished. This suggestion will
meet viii, opposition In influential
aYarters bit the demand seems to
eomne SO heartily from the rank AND and
fils that its continuation would
force serious consideration by the
legislature:
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-08-07
LARGE IDAHO TOURIST TRAVEL

A statement given out by the
Idaho State Automobile (A.A.A.)
association shows that at least 10,-
900 touring cars have entered the
state already this season with the
outlook for the number being dou-
bled during the remainder of the
season.
H"fhat figure d9ss net give the
real t9tal,H the assoeiatian's state
ment says, hut only those Of which
an actual record has been obtain
able through touring bureaus estab-
lished by the association plus rear
soaahle estimate ON travel before the
bureaus were established. This to-
tai is 1886.
Tourists coming into the state
from directions not In contact with
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1924-08-07

One hundred million dollars, how
ever, has been taken out Of the peck
cts Of taxpayers, the traveller ana
the freight shipper.
This is merely one of the numer'
GUS overhead charges which it is I'M
possible for the carriers to escape
untler a multiple system of regula'
tion by state, nation and labor or
gahizations. 1t is marvel that any
basfRess cap survive with SO many
Bosses: