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The Washington times., 1924-05-27
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drink on me-"
1t was quite evident that Cap
tain Bess was mighty proud of
privates M. O'Meara, A. Bremen,
A. Chandler and Mrs. Martin.
While getting the dope from Man.
eyer Branson Qualities, we heard
an awful roaring up at the alleys.
Grabbing my. umbrella, 1 dashed
madiy to the scene of action,
where, upon following the gaze
of all eyes, mine centered upon q
robust young lady who was rolling
strikes and spares with sensational
regularity. Turning to President
for goodness sake, who is that
expert?"
"Why, don't you know? That is
Mrs. Martin, of the City Post
Office team. She has just fin
ished rolling for her team, and in
doing so has broken the tourney
record. Her new mark is 110-124
-125, making a total of 359.
Mrs. Martin has been bowling
for five years, and attributes her
health and strength to her love
for two forms of exercise, bowling
and walking. Asked If she bowled
regularly, she replied.
well, don't usually roll over
twenty-four games in an evening"
Jim Baker, standing near spoke
up, you don't usually? If 1 did
that once, I'd go around on
crutches for the next two weeks. Z"
Which all goes to show that one
can't break records without perse-
Verance and practice.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
AND
/. RENO READY
To SCRAP
Meet Thursday Night at
SportIand Heights In
Feature Bout

Reports from the training quar-.
ters Of italian Jack" Reno and
his Thursday nights opponent,
Bobby Marriott, Of Baltimore, state
that both men will be in the best Of
shape for the contest and that each
one OF the above big battlers is con-
fident of being the winner.
The Sportland Heights Arena,
where the bout will be staged, will
make every effort to match the
winner with Charlie Baum, Of Balti.
more. over the fifteen.round route
for the State middleweight cham
pionship in the month Of June.
Renzo has come to the front with
a rush lately and his recent victory
over the tough Mike Shultz stamps
him as a formidable opponent for
any Of his class.
Marriott, on the other hand, is
also to be reckoned with in the
above class and has beaten many
good men through the State Of
Pennsylvania and the south and re-
Gently at a local show flattened the
rugged AL Ward in three rounds.
The contest has aroused a great lot
Of interest and should draw a big
crowd to the Berwyn battle ground.
Eddie Ross has arranged a pre-
liminary card, featuring Washing
ton anil Baltimore boys, and some
good smuggling matches should be
the result. In the semi-final Tex
Stovall, of the Mohawk Club, will
meet the rugged Chilean battler, AL
Topaz, in an eight-round bout.
Stovall recently knocked out Kid
Shattuck. and Topaz, while beaten
by Charlie Baum, made a fine fight
and looks to be a conner.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
FLATTEN EASTERN FOES

Branch Rickey's st. Louis Car.
dinals won nine out of twelve
games from Eastern clubs making
their first invasion Of the West in
the National League this spring.
This was the best work Of all the
Western clubs.
The Chicago Cubs, with nine vic.
tories out Of fourteen battles, was
the second best work done BY the
Western clubs.
The Boston Braves surprised
everybody by outplaying ali the
Eastern clubs in the West, win.
ming seven out Of twelve games.
The Dodgers won seven out Of thir.
teen. ~ ":'"
The Fhiflies, lawly tailenders, did
better. than the Giants, taking five
out Of twelve games, while the
champions won six out of fifteen.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
VILLA To AGAIN
DEFEND HIS
FLY TITLE
frankie Ash Is Second to Go
After Pancho's Cham
pionship

NEW YORK. May 27.-Pancho
Villa will defend his flyweight title
for the first time in q local ring
since he won the honors from
Jimmy Wilde, when he meets
frankie Ash, the English flyweight
star, in the Henderson Bowl in
Brooklyn, tonight.
The match is at 112 pounds and
therefore is a real tilt for the
title. Villa met George Marks in
Madison Square Garden, but it will
be remembered that Marks came
title was not at stake.
has defended his title was at Balti-
Benny Schwartz at the legitimate
flyweight weight.
Despite this, Villa has been busy
Just the same. He has engaged in
over a dozen bouts with boys weigh
ing from ia to 120 pounds.
frankie Genaro had the chance
to take his place with the cham.
pion, but the American titleholder
refused to accept the State Athletic
Commissions stipulated 1914 per
cent. Genaro has been very
foolish young man in this respect.
Because Of the fact that he holds
two decisions over the champion
feats accomplished before Villa be.
came champion-Genaro is obsessed
with the notion that he should re-
ceive almost as much as the crown
bearer when it came to the payoff.
Genaro has persistently held to
this idea and every promoter in the
country has had his troubles try.
ing to bring the pair together.
Henderson made the offer under
commission rules and Genaro
turned 1t down. Besides this, Gen.
arc insisted that the bout be taken
to one of the big ball parks in
Greater New York.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
COSTELLO BEATS GILMORE
IN BIG ROWING CONTEST

PHILADELPHIA. May 27.--raul
Costello is back on the Olympic
highway.
Sculling hero with Jack Kelly in
the 1920 olympics at Brussels, the
former Vesper oarsman, now wear.
ing the blue of the Penn A. c..
rowed to an impressive victory ever
w. E. Garrett Gilmore in the Phila-
delphia Gold Challenge Cup race
on the Schuylkill.
More than 10000 persons saw
Costello overcome an early lead OF
three lengths to win out by two and
half lengths Of open water in one
Of the most stirring sculling races
ever held on the picturesque Schuyl.
kill.
The Gold Challenge Cup, emblem.
attic of the worlds sculling cham.
pionship, stays in Philadelphia, as
there were but two starters. Wal
ter M. Hoover, former Duluth star
another challenger, did not com
pete. He was a spectator.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
WITHDRAWs WAIVERS
ON NAYLOR AND tIASTY

PHILADELPHIA, May 27-Waiv-
ers which had been asked on Bob
Hasty and Rollie Naylor, of the
Athletes have been withdrawn and
the two big right handlers are still
members of the House of Mack. In
explaining why he had asked for
waivers on the two veterans Mack
yesterday said: q,
II never had any intention of
letting the pair go, but / had a
motive which will not go into for
requesting waivers. I withdrew
them and Naylor,. and Hasty win
remain with the team and pitch
winning. bali for US when, the
weather. gets warmer" ~
SsThers was q report that a deal
Ths pending between the Athletics
d1fd>the Browns, but Mack labeled
the rufnor as a canard. .s,Is.t, ...
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
GENE TUNNEY TO FACE
TOMMY LOUCHRAN NEXT

NEW YORK, May 27-Tommy
Loughran, of Philadelphia, was
matched yesterday to meet Gene
Tunney for the American light
heavyweight championship at the
Nostrand A. c., in Brooklyn on June
"a. They are to go fifteen rounds
to decision. The making of this
match would seem to indicate that
Billy Gibson, manager of Tunney,
has abandoned hope of seeing his
champion box Georges Carpenter,
who meets Tom Gibbons in Michi-
gan City, Ind, next Saturday.
Loughran recently surprised his
Philadelphia friends by holding Ad
Stone to a twelve round draw.
Stone is considered in Pennsylvania,
the greatest light heavyweight In
the country.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
JACK DELANEY SUFFERS
FROM APPENDIX ATTACK

NEW YORK, May 27.-Jack De.
laney, the only man to score a
knockout over Paul Berlenbach
and who is matched to fight Harry
Greb for the worlds middleweight
title at the Milk Fund show in the
Yankee Stadium, on or about June
26, is suffering from an attack of
appendicitis.
Delaney's manager, Harry Lenny,
yesterday was forced to cancel his
engagement with Young Fisher at
Syracuse this week, but the physi-
clan attending Delaney Is confident
that he will be able to "ice" the
appendix so that Jack will be able
to train for and fight Greb.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
CARL WEILMAN DEAD;
LAST PITCHED FOR BROWNS

BOSTON, May 27.--President Rob.
ert Quinn Of the Boston Red Sox,
received word of the death at Ham.
ilton, Ohio, of Carl WeiIman, left.
handed pitcher, who was with the
st. Louis Brown team for several
years. Two years ago Weilman
acted as scout for st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
RED Sox AND YANKEES
UPHELD EASTERN HAL r

The Boston Red Sox and the New
York Yankees upheld the Eastern
half of the American League circuit
In the first East VS.. West collision
coming to an end yesterday The
Red Sox won ten out of thirteen
games against the invaders, the
Yankees six out of eleven.
b. The Griffs won five and lost six
combats with the Westerners, while
the Mackmen won five and lost
seven.
The st. Louis Browns grabbed
six out Of ten games In the East,
doing the best work for the West.
The Tigers won six and lost seven.
The Indians, won five and lost six,
while the Chicago White Sox man.
aged to win but four out Of twelve
games.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
MARYLAND FRESHMEN
DOWN, ALEXANDRIA

I'm one OF the highest pitchers
battles ever seen in = the Bvrd
Stadium. Jim Mills. Maryland fresh
mems bespectacled hurler, won a
well deserved victory over the
Alexandria High School nine. The
score was 2 to /.
Both teams scored their markers
In the third lining. Before and
after that frame the rival mounds.
men had the batters well checked.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27

AcCOrolng 10 the best aovice0,
the proceeding is due to be repeated
this year. not by the California
bear. but by another coast institu.
ton, namely. Leland Stanford Uni.
versity. Stanford Ia said to have
everything on its team EXCEPT q
circus tat woman.
First off, the Pal0 Alto entry
figures to get away cunning with
ten principals in the shot put and
discus throw; that is, unless Glenn
Hartranft hobs up with house.
maids knee or the heebie ieebies
He has tossed the shot within a
hah.inch OF the worlds record and
the discus matter of 154 fet. You
can't beat these performances with
a horse whip and, figuratively
speaking, the east is there with q
feather buster.
Princeton r. believed to be its
best bet, largely because of its
strength in the field events. The
Tigers finished second to Yale in
q dual meet but should score
heavily in the weights events
with Hills, Beattle, Emery and
several others. Yales, Penn.
syIvania, Cornell and Harvard
have q smattering of talent ready
to go but all Of them lack com.
pOsite strength. =
The trophy figures to be won
with less than 80 points and Stan.
ford flatters itself 1t already has
ten Of them slowed away by Hart.
ranft. The rest Of the outfit Is
correspondingly strong. Hale and
Campbell have shaded even time
for the century, Campbell having
scored in the national collegiate
championships last summer. Miller
and Van Judah have stepped the
quarter in better than so seconds
Richardson with a record Of better
than 1855 for the half, is touted on
the coast as a certain point scorer
Lester is figured to win the high
hurdles in or around Is is, and
to finish second to Scattergood OF
Princeton over the low barriers
Epson is a possible place getter in
the pole vault and Kerr may score
in the mile, II someone happens to
stub toe.
All in all. Stanford looks the part
Of a championship array. California
has sent east another well rounded
team to defend its title and may
come very close to do just that. In
fact, it would not altogether aston.
ish the innocent bystander IL both
Of the California entries finished
''one-two."
The Washington times., 1924-05-27

wrapped up in
fl e % u n C q
leather coated
containers.
Mel t h er. Of
these naughty
children are
really response
BILE for their
acts. In fact,
there is some
question wheth-
er they are
old enough to
ow better
or lust simnlv
The Washington times., 1924-05-27

A4NoA "a lilac OAAl
the 8 m ling,
buoyant Bess.
"Well, you see
it's this way.
T he CONNER.
cials thought
t h y already
had the loving
cup sitting on
t h cir gran d
piano, but we
fooled them!
Their score was
1,40S, and ours
8 t a n d s, 1,461.
How do you
like that? Drop
your cape, Peter
old scout, and
come have a
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
Kick on Umpires

Dissatisfied with the work of its
umpires the Washington-Maryland
League will meet Saturday night In
room III. Senate Office Building, to
of Eberle, Donaldson and Joe Hur.
ley as umpires are sought by the
league and they are asked to attend
the meeting.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
FINE WIN MAKES MIDDIES
CREW POSSIBILITY
FOR OLYMPIC
By TOM THORP.

NEW YORK, May 27-The Of Uncle Sans Olympic rowing
candidates augmented now the addition Of the United States
Naval Academy varsity eight The Mds moved into the
onhp division with Yale and Washington BY virtue of their
sion Of Annapolis.
itered their Salt City rivals stunning
has taken place aquatic circles The showing
by Coach Gennons Navy lads promises interesting rivalry their
opponents in the American Henley and Olympic tryouts
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
Want Holiday Game

Chris Hutchinson, manager Of the
strong Eastern A. A. team, is seek
ink to fill date for Memorial Day,
the Arlington team having cancelled
with his club. Hutchinson's phone
number is Lincoln 1902. An out-of.
town game is preferred.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
T ALL
ASFA|RSEX
BOWL
City Postoffice Team Rolls
1861 as Mrs. Martin
Stars
By Jack" MARTIN.

Happy Ii no name for it! Had
the Invisible Purple himself
walked into the Grand Central
bowling alleys. Bess Rawlings
would have gone up and sand,
Say, Peter. did you hear about
our team?" Then, making him
self visible to accommodate the
Captain Of the City Post Office
team. he would probably have
The Washington times., 1924-05-27

For this particular event, a vir.
gin shall be one who has never
before handled, caressed, or sworn
at q golf stick. Be the past per-
Torrance ever so dim, a virgin
must not have had one iota. or
speaking legally, one scintilla, of
previous experience on the links.
The classification termed "demi-
virgin" has been so perverted that
1t is taken to mean, by the
sponsors Of the tournament, those
birds who wear golf trousers but
never play. The name has moth.
ing to do with AL Woods and his
Short shrift for those who seek
to enter the above classes when
their past does not entitle them
to the rating. Having once felt
OF golf club, we are ourselves
being put into the class Of ex-
perienced golfers. Had we ever
worn golf "shOrties" we could
claim the immunity that goes to
the dennis.
BY dint Of much persuasion, pub
licity, and menacing gestures, the
trio of gentlemen who are promot.
ing the contest hope to get hold
Of some golf course, wherein to
stage the heinous occurrence. The
boys having added the course of
the Washington Golf and Country
Club. there is some difficulty in
getting a club to sanction the
combat.
Be IL known that we shall
prove adept at boosting what
ever club is sOlicitOus for our well
fare. In turn, to that club shall
We aim our most defeEentiaI cards.
1t shall be an exclusive club, COM
posed OF gentlemen and scholars,
and OF course, be Il ever SO full
OF unreplaced divOts, sand trans,
hills, creeks, trees and empty
promises, shall be scrOlIed ON the
pages OF celebrated green's.
Stewards and presidents OF golf
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
NOVEL GOLF TOURNEY IS
ARRANGED BY SCRIBES
BY ROSS I. CONKLIN.

Now be told that sometime within the fortnight there
will be inaugurated golf which there shall
be virgins demivrgns, and Others :
All employees of the Hearst units in the city have
into the competition at cost of two buck nvegaon
guaranteed, -
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
Juniors Want Game

A game for Memorial Day IL
sought by the Handley juniors,
whose manager, H. w. Colvin, can
be reached by phone at Columbia
1911.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
AGAIN@L OOKS
BEST UPON TRACK
Bylaws J. WALSH.

International
NEW YORK. May 27Tack field sharps side Of the
ehenles are pleased today look with
fcrnia entry in the intercollegiate track and field cham
pionshps at the Harvard Stadium this weekend
years and long the East has Of its favoe possessions
carried away mountain and
coast trophy For three years. California bear
mas been the winner against the best the East
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
Fort Humphreys Wins

Fort Humphreys knocked off the
st. Joseph's A. c., to /, War, the
soldier pitcher, yielding only three
The Washington times., 1924-05-27

Both Of them are, old and ex-
perienced enough to stop fight
ing with their hands and battle
with their heads. But no fight
is official without lots Of mo-
tons SO this will be a typical
fight illustrated with actual
blows.
Nobody knows what they are
fighting about, in fact they have
always , supposed to be very
good friends. Still, YOU put
the best Of pals in q twenty-four
foot hall room and sooner or
later they will start scrapping,
Usually sooner, ).
Gibbons is quoted on the stock
tlckers as being q topheavy.
favorite because the Frenchmal
has a bad ring habit of stop
ping blows meant for his an
cestors, with his chin. These
DAcouoH CnlHa CacClcS cost him
the Dempsey fight.
They have taken this scrap
to Michigan City, Ind, so the
people Of the United States
won't be bothered much with It.
They have an arena out there
calculated to accommodate
twenty-five or thirty thousand
mourners, seated or standing.
Each fighter has given out a
signed statement supposed to be
his last will and testament. AS
Carpenters had to be sent to
France to be interpreted, his
answer will n0k be known until
after the fight.
However, Gibbons took the
following oath! '"I'll spank this
baby on the third bounce and
knock him completely out Of the
ball park"
The Washington times., 1924-05-27

There are those who say that
Gibby fought in the American
revolution and that Carpenter
was eye witness to the French
revolution. AS neither of them
has ever taken the time to
deny these rumors, they must
be true.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
Gibbons and Carpenter
Fight Next Saturday, But
Nobody Knows What
About.
nv XTDY NTTTMD
BY KIRK MILLER.

CARPENTER and Gibbons,
having been duly warned of
- the consequences, will de-
liberately trade insults toward
the latter part of the week.
Each insult will be literally
The Washington times., 1924-05-27

Tom Gibbons has been the
target of many earthquakes.
Carpenter has survived a few
riots himself. Their combined
records would make a suitable
annex for some well-edited
French-American history.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27

clubs should line up on the right
when coming to offer their courses
for the event. A tipple to the
successful man, and his magnanim-
ity shall be diffused through the
world.
Harvey Cobb, Rowdy Thomas and
Gilda Kelly are the managers to
whom application should be made.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27

in their dotlng second childhood.
The Washington times., 1924-05-27

Stewards and presidents OF golf
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-17
Solar system o, Atom.

An Interesting teenunt Of the mod.
ern theory of The fnm II given in 4
recent work hy lruf !. a. Fleming
Briefly Il ~ 4 solar system In mlnln.
ture "fhe nucleus" says Professor
Fleming, Corresponds 20 the central
sun and tho negative eleetfons to the
planets circulating round II. II we
desired to make model. say Of n
helium atom. we might place n sphere.
Eay the size of a football. it u certain
position to represent tie positively
charged uuclruH
"Thun at distances Of nhoui one snd
= quarter miles W. should have 20 10
cate two gelf balls 70 represent the
two ncgatis., electrons ana TO assume
'hFf these wec revolving round the
rlie actual aire OF the atoms
ihll ti.st million plsced In q
10 msfblea IN contact. would
oet ~. length lcss man the thickness
~ ~ hlnnest sheet ~ tissue paper"
--pogl'lf Mechanics Magazine.
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-17
Danger In ELECTRIC storms.

Professor MeArdle OF Harvard uni.
versliy recently made public list OF
suggestions for action during severe
electrical storms. one point that he
emphasized wns uIat. contrary to the
belief OF some people. thunderstorns
really are dangerous. lie advises peo.
PIE 10 get under cover but not to stand
under tree during a storm. The bu.
man body Is a better conductor than
tie tree ana hence would attract the
lightning,
His advice consists largely Of "A
series OF "don'ta" Don't stand In an
open doorway or at window near a
chimney. Lightning follows air cur.
rents 10 a great extent. DIsconnect
your radio aerial aud ground II before
the storm comes, Farmers should not
tie cows ana horses 20 wire fence
nor TO tree. lie observes that Il Is
nnwise to stand In mn open doorway
aud watch the lightning play Los
Angeles Times
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-17
soupER OF NORTH PLATTE
DRAWS LONG PRISON TERM

S. NJ, soudar, former county treas
urer, was sentenced to from fifteen
10 twenty years at hard labor for
setting fire to the Lincoln county,
Nebraska, court house, April Goth.
souder who was accompanied by his
wife and two brothers, received the
sentence without emotion and only
broke down and sobbed quietly when
he was locked in his cell.
Attorneys for soud declare the
case will surely go to the supreme
court and stated that the sentence
was excessive. over 100 counts by
the grand jury Of embez2lement and
forgery against souder win be dlsmls-
sed by the state
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-17

Mae HiIslnger, Mothers compen- ~ 90
Ros I,han, Mothers Compehsa- II 90
ton ,....,....... - -,
Myrtle I.urmood Mothers Com +, 80
Alta Bonger, Mothers Compensa- IL oo
Bertha Patrick. Mothers Compen- % no
Claim of A. T.. Kuhnke for S69.OO LOT
medical attention given Chas. Crowner
family was disallowed. ,.,,,,,.,,.
Monthly Reports of County treasurer,
countv Sheriff. County Clerk. and clerk
of Dist Court We're ordered placed on
On motion Board fixes the salary OF
Deputies for the several offices Tor the
Deputy County Clerk $15OO.OO per an
num- .,ooo oo -.
annum.
$500 90 per annum.
on motion Board adjourned TO mect
at 9 o'clock A. NJ. Feb. 4, 1924:
(SeaN REX C. EVANS,
County Clerk.
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-17
SCHOOL BUILDING DESTROYED
BY MIDNIGHT FIRE

The Burlington. Colo, consolidat d
school building. erected last spring at
a cost of s15O,OOO. was totally destroy
ed by fire of unknown origin Mon.
day night January 9TH. Virtually
the entire male population OF the
town participated in an Intellectual
attempt t osave part of the property.
The fire was discovered at midnight
and had gained strong headway be.
fore the alarm. A large crowd Of
spectators had Witnessed basketball
game in the school gymnasium earlier
in the evening. and it is thought pos
sible one OF them may have dropped
a burning cigaret-Akron News.
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-17
CONSOLIDATION OF LAND
OFFICES PLANNED

II bill introduced in Congress a
few days ago goes thru unchanged
the various government land offices
in Colorado will be done away with
and all combined with the main office
at Denver. A change that the bill
also contemplates is the combining
of the office of register and receiver.
Heretofore the two have been distinct
an appointee being named for each
position.
The Sterling office. will therefore
likelyt end its work here with the
first of July. Montrose will also
have its Office discontinued Sterling
Democrat. an
Phillips County herald., 1924-01-17

a Julesburg minister in condemn.
ing the Ku Klux klan says that this
country is not country ruled by the
white race where negroes are permit,
ted to live. but that the same rights
are guaranteed to the colored race
under the constitution as those ac-
corded the white people. If this is
true, it might be interesting to know
what the reverend gentleman would
say II Jack Johnson or some other
negro should ask the hand of his
daughter in marriage. .-Haxtun Har-
vest