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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
VIRGINIA TECH
GR|DDERS
OUT
Four Veterans Gone From 20
Machine-Good Material
Left

BLACKSBURG, Va, Sept. s.
The Virginia Tech football squad
will go into action at Miles Field
this afternoon in preparation for
one OF the most strenuous football
cards ever arranged by the Gobbler
management.
Coach Ben Cubbage has been here
for the past three weeks making
the necessary arrangements for
the preseason campaign. He will
be assisted by Henry Redd, coach
of the freshman eleven. Redd has
Just returned from Notre Dame
where he attended the coaching
school conducted this summer by
Knute Rockne. Redd will be with
the varsity squad until September II,
when the freshmen arrive.
The Techs lose Harry Sutton,
Charlie Flory, Buchanan, and Ham
mack. Three backs and a guard.
All of these men, with the excep-
ton of Sutton, had another year
of football and they will be missed
However, Cubbage is we'll fortified
In the backfield by several promis-
ing backs from the star freshman
eleven of last year.
The Teen machine will be selected
from the following men: Ends,
Rhodes, Holly, Nutter, Liebrecht
and Bailey: guards. Rea, Jeffries
and Ray; tackles. Graham, Greene.
Miles and Fry; quarterback, Rob.
erts and Ebert; halfbacks, Ruther-
ford, De la Barre and Esleeck: full.
backs, Jack Moss and Byrd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
INFANTRY TEAM
HAS 7 OUCH
+. SCHEDULE
Hard Games Abound in List
to Be PIayed-Big Game
- to Be Played Here

The football schedule for the In
fantry School football team shows
no soft spots for the doughboys
this year. Included in 1t are sew.
eral college teams, one of which
has always had something on the
infantry team, and three hard serv-
ice games. These latter include
the game with the Quantico Ma.
rines on November /, here in Wash.
ington; a game with the Third
Corps eleven at Baltimore on the
preceding Saturday, and the annual
classic with the Paris Island Ma
rines for the service championship
of the South on November %.
In addition the infantry will face
the following teams: October 4,
University of Oglethorpe; October
II, Southern College; October IS,
Birmingham Southern College; Oc-
tober % and November 1, the team
Is in Baltimore and Washington;
November IS, the team goes to
New Orleans to play Loyola Col
lege; November %, the Paris Island
Marines face the doughboys, and
on Thanksgiving Day the Naval Air
Station, seeking the Southern Serv-
ice championship, will be met at
Pensacola, Fla. The last game of
the season. is with Auburn Univer-
sity, on December 6. At this game
the Infantry Memorial stadium
will be formally turned over to the
school.
OF the games that are scheduled
none can be said to be easy. The
opening game is looked forward to
with a great deal of interest be-
cause Oglethorpe has beaten the
doughboys for the past two years.
Another contest that will prove
interesting is that with the Third
Corps at Baltimore. Heretofore the
Third Corps has had the pick of
all service players that were avail
able; hereafter, the infantrymen
will be allotted to their own team,
where the service claims they be-
long.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
FORMER CENTRAL STAR
MAY SHINE WITH TERRoRS

Dick Hurley. who formerly cavort.
ed for the Central High School,
and who is product of the fresh
men team of the Westminster In
stitution, has reported to the Terror
Training Camp, and is expected to
put up a strong fight for the back.
field, where he starred while on
the freshmen squad.
Hurley has reported in excellent
condition, and with another year
under d. K. Shroyer, who is di-
recting the destiny of the Terror
gridmen, is expected to devotion
into star back. His $50 pounds
of avoirdupois, which make him the
heaviest Of the backfield candidates,
will stand him in good stead, as
the remainder of the candidates are
unusually light for a Terror team.
Most of the Terror men have re.
ported in the best of condition, so
there will be plenty of the proven
bal fur flying when actual scrim-
mage starts early next week. Most
of the early practices have been
the rudiments of the gridiron to get
the men in the best of condition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
ON
TOP IN RACE
FOR FLAG
Pennant Winner of 1923
Passes Boyds As Cam
paign Nears End

For the first time this season,
Rockville, which won the pennant
last year, leads the championship
race Of the Montgomery County
Baseball Legaue. BY defeating
Washington Grove, at Rockville, it
forged ahead of Boyds, with which
it was tied for first, place and which
went down to defeat before the
Bethesda team, 81. Dickerson won
from Glen Echo at Dickerson.
The standing of the teams is now
as follows: Rockville, 17-6; Boyds,
1871: Bethesda. 1861; Dickerson, 1918:
Washington Grove, SIT; Glen Echo
GIG.
Next Saturday Boyds will play
at Rockville, Bethesda at Glen Echo
and Dickerson at Washington Grove.
The season will end September 20
with Dickerson at Bethesda, Wash
ington Grove at Rockville, and Glen
Echo at Boyds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
T.RA|N|EROUT
Of SAN9LOT
RACE
Baltimore Champion Wins
Right to Play in Finals,
If Protest Fails

The Washington Baseball and Ath-
letic Association champion, Mt.
Rainier, is eliminated from the
National Baseball Federation title
competition unless the national body
upholds a protest entered against
the Rolling Mills Club Of Baltimore.
Rolling Mills defeated Mt. Rainier
yesterday, to 5. which gave the
Baltimore team the right to repre-.
sent this section in the N. B. F.
finals.
1t is charged by the w. B. A. A.
the N. B. f. amateur rule has
been violated by the Rolling Mills
team and the matter will be taken
up at meeting of the N. B. F. in
Cleveland today.
1t is understood that Baltimore
will make no defense, Ike Ruth,
leader of the Baltimore sandlotters,
being quoted to the effect that the
N. B. F. amateur rule is being more
or less winked at.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
CMALL STUFF q
~ FOR ROOTERO

The Giants increased their slender
lead by full game by taking an
8 to z Suggest from the Dodgers as
a record crowd surged on the field
and played tag with the outfielders,
Terry batted in four runs for the
champions.
Luque and Carl Mays landed two
Knockout punches on the Pirates as
the Reds won a double header. 4 to
and 4 to 3. Pittsburgh is now
two and one-half games behind the
Giants.
The Athletics staged ninth
inning rally while Bob Shawkev
was dreaming about his world series
money and the Yankees lost, Q to 1.
Hornsby's failure to hit enabled
the Cubs to trim the Cardinals.
2 to l, but st. Louis got an even
break by running away with the
second game, Is to 4.
The Tigers made it six straight
by nosing out Cleveland in the
eighth, 8 to Z, and advanced to
within two and one.half games of
the Yankees. Cobb used six pitchers
to keep the Indians on the reserva.
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
BAT TIE
NEAREST FOE
TODAY
McGraW's Club Game and
Half Ahead As They
Face Dodgers

NEW YORK, Sept. S.-The Giants
were a game and a half in front
in the National League today. as
they prepared to meet Brooklyn
on their home grounds.
Cincinnati dealt Pittsburgh
damaging and unexpected blow
yesterday by defeating the Corsairs
In both ends of a double header.
The Pirates are now in third place,
three points behind Brooklyn and
two and one.half games in the
wake of the Giants.
The American League race was
unchanged today, as both Wash.
ington and New York lost. Detroit
continued its winning streak and
rose to within two and one.half
games of the Yankees. The Tigers
are four and one-half games be.
hind the Senators but have an
advantage over New York and
Washington in that most of their
remaining games will be played
at home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
NEW R|NGSTYL
IS NEEDED BY
BRITISH
heavyweight Situation Abroad
During Fifteen Years
Shows Need of Change

Tex O'Rourke, the American
trainer, has been combing England
for the past couple of years for
heavyweight boxers to win back
England's lost pugilistic prestige
His long search has resulted in
finding two heavyweight candidates
whom he has brought to this coun-
try. They are not yet ready to
fight, but will put in a long period
of schooling in the camps of the
heavyweights on this side. One rea-
son why no great fighters have been
developed in England is because
there are no suitable opponents to
give them experience. The only ex-
perience they get is in gymnasium.
The heavyweight situation in Eng
land is subject which causes much
CONSERVATION among the British
boxing writer's. One says: Britain
will have no chance Of winning the
worlds heavyweight championship
from American holders until her
heavyweights not only change their
style of boxing but get the experl-
ence that makes a fighter what he
ought to be.
Look over the list of British
claimants during the past fifteen
years and see what pathetic figure
they have each cut in the ring.
Bombardier Wells, as pretty a boxer
as ever donned a glove, afflicted
with what his apologists termed an
unfortunate temperamental defect
which interpreted means that ne
has no fighting spirit; Joe Beckett,
with less of the temperamental de-
feet and less of boxing science: and
now Bloomfield, whose claims to
fame are keenness for fishing and
a punch which never lands"
Not being able to get any ring
experience, O'Rourke has brought
his two hopefuls here to get ex-
perience with American fighters.
He should be able 10 get plenty OF
it. because the heavyweights are
always looking for likely sparring
partners in their training camps.
Many champions started out as
sparring partners. Jeffries got his
start as a trial slugger for Jim
Corbett.
In commenting on the fight s;tua-
ton in England, another critic says:
1.-THE first thing they will discover
is that no American POKE" gets any,
where near championship class
without first fighting his way up
from the very bottom, He is a
veteran Of the ring. no matter how
young he may be, tong before he Is
ever heard of as IL possible asp:raut
for a match with The champion.
Men like Corbett. Fitzsimmons, JEFF.
fries, Burns, Johnson, and Dempsey,
and others, such as Sharkev,
Rubin, Brennan, Greb, and Glib
bons, had to fight a dozen times a
year before they were heard off,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
TuIse Comes to Life.

r Asst Saturday this writer re-
ceived from an unknown fan
- living at the Harrington Ho-
tel a clipping from the Tulsa
World, dated Sunday, August 81.
1t professed to cheer for the fight
ing Griffs and Walter johnson.
Here it is:
"Yessir, we hereby give, without
fear of successful contradiction,
three loud cheers for Walter John
son and the fighting Washington
Senators. mo, not the Senators
who fight over Teapot Dome or the
price of tin can tops, but the Cap
itals young and coming baseball
Senators who are right in the
midst of drive for the American
League pennant).
Baseball has earned it's recog-
milton as Americas great national
pastime in the summer. And all
over this broad country nearly
every one OF the vast army of mil
lions of baseball fans is hoping
that the Washington team will ac-
complish the seemingly impossible
by grabbing the American League
championship for the season of
1924.
"What a great thing it would
be for baseball. Washington has
never won a pennant. Usually in
the ruck, rated second division
outfit at the beginning of the
pennant race last spring, the
Senators have developed into a
bang-up baseball machine that has
been moving rough-shod through
the strong opposition that the
American League furnished.
Everybody likes to see the best
man win, that is, all true sports
do. But the country has tired of
the spectacle of New York fur
nishing both sides of the world
series every year. New blood of
any sort would be welcomed, but
particularly welcome would be
such a contestant as Washington,
in a world series for the first
time.
"Should Washington win, it
Would be triumph for brains and
skill aided and allotted by a fair
share of good fortune. In New
York where they have the colos-
sal stadiums, the tremendous At
tendance and the unlimited purses,
the fortunate managers can go
into the market and buy enough
stars to win pennants. But in
Washington, as well as several
other cities in the big leagues, it's
different. The stars have to be
found in the bushes and developed.
And when winning combination
is perfected such as the Washing
ton Senators of 1924 the manager
has achieved far more than Nc
Graw or Higgins with their fat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
GOLDSTEIN AND RYAN
IN TITLE BOUT TONIGHT

NEW YORK, Sept. 8.-MeetinG
for the third time with honors
fairly even to date, Abe Goldstein,
of New York, and Tommy Ryan, of
McKeesport, Pa, will box fifteen
rounds for the worlds bantam.
weight title tonight at the Queens
boro stadium. Goldstein, the cham
pion, has been installed a slight
faVorite.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08

For a number Of years this
writer has always had old Charlie
perform for him, dragging in the
ham and eggs in the morning and
the chasers in the evening. Old
Charlie came over from Ireland
'steen years back and has never
acquired a complete understanding
of the reason for a Volstead law.
He has acted naturally, having
such an understanding. This
writer has always understood him.
"Well, if you fellers don't win
this here pennant, don't ever come
back to this house." said old Char
lie, divorcing him from the wealth
of his Celtic tongue. "Here I've
been pulling for you now for years
and years. Now you should win
it. Yes an if you do, I'll scratch
around for enough to get to see
at least one game. I'd like to see
the big fellow over there in his
first world series game.
Old Charlie was apparently talk
ing of Walter johnson, who was at
another table with his ham and
eggs. The fighting Griffs are
going to live in this hotel while
here playing the Mackmen and
they are not going to lack for
support right in their hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
Reading Recalls Tuero

READING. Pa, Sept. &-Pitcher
Oscar M. Tuero, the veteran Cuban
moundsman, who was sent to the
Wilkes Barre pennsylvania New
York League) club by spencer Alb.
bolt, manager of the Reading In
ternationals. on optional agreement,
has been recalled.
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Good Luck, GriffS.
WASHINGTON
'otals .s2 s27 1sI Totals :.

*Batted Tor Russell In seventh.
tBatted for MaTberry in ninth.
Boston ....".. 0 0 0 1 0--6
Washington ....... 0 0 10 o 0 0 %
Runs-Flagstead wamby (2), Boone.
Ezzell, Ferguson, s. Harris, Shirley.
Errors-McNeely, Bluege. Shirley. Two
base hits. Harris, Rice. Ferguson,
Wambsganss. Stolen bases-Flagstead d,
--Goslin, Ferguson. ]. Harris Double
play-Bluege to s. Harris to Shirley
Left on bases-Boston, 8; Washington.
z. First base on balls-Off Ferguson,
berry. 2. Struck out--By Ferguson, 1;
by Russell, 8; by Marberry T. Hits
off Ogden, Q (none out in first in
ning); off Russell, in innings: off
Marberry, in 2 innings Hit by
pitched bali-By Russell (FIagstead5.
Losing pitcher-Ogden. Umpires-Con-
molly and Hlldebrand. Time--1 hour
and S. minutes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
GRIFFS TO. BATTLE MACKS
In FOUR CONTESTS
STARTING TODAY
By LOUIS a. DOUGHER.

PHILADELPHIA Sept -Leadng League pennant
by two fun Bucky Harris
opening here today their final
and their last around the Wahngtons league
Sox, to e. $500 - = - ~ -
-Four games scheduled for this city and twenty be
played before the Griffs will know
champions for the first time since Washington has held major
league franchise 1t is possible that the determined
rev days before the final that no
to be counted until Matched plans to keen
up It's present speed to the though game
two might little nothing The fighting rffs expect fight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
CLEO CARLISLE PICKED
AS COBB'S SUCCESSOR

Cleo Carlisle. right fielder of the
charlotte South Atlantic League
recently purchased by the Detroit
Tlgers, will succeed Ty Cobb in the
outiieid when the latter retires, &C.
scout.
Carlisle" said Herr, ''in my
opinion will shine with almost as
great luster as Cobb. The Detroit
club would not take $4,000 for
Carlisle"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
OLD CHARLIE CHEERS FOR GRIFFS

PHILADELPHIA Sept. 8.Od Charlie, the
Hotel Adne in his glory For he rooted for the
Mackmen, only to have them fail him mserably For couple
of every time the Washington club has Pha
depha and the Adne old Charlie has told all and sund how
pulling for the Griffmen to the
length how he opposed the Yankees and their last
have panied him not little This spring when the Gr
to town. he made no bones of telling how he wished they would
therefore, his this
into the dining for breakfast They shaping up like
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
Such Is Fortune

Hawthorne, an uncle of Epinard.
is dragging peddler's wagon in
Louisville. Hawthorne is now four.
teen years of age. Twelve years
ago he was one Of the greatest of
tWo-year-oldS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08

the Griffs, the delusion was dispelIed
yesterday, when the Beantowners
played great ball behind Alec
Ferguson and won, to g., breaking
the Griffs' winning streak which
had lasted five games. It was a
tough break for the home folks who
turned out to the number of $4,000
to give the boys a rousing send off
The Griffs played ragged ball at
times and failed to hit in the
pinch, and the Red Sox played like
champions afield and were ready
with the sock. That's all there was
to it,
Ogden started for Washington,
but didn't last an inning. Russell re.
lieved him after Curly had failed,
with the erratic help of his mates
in the field, to dispose of any one
of the first five batters Russell
went along fairly well for seven
innings, yielding six hits, and Firpo
Marberry pitched the last two in.
nings. The Sox couldn't touch him.
He famed four.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
.Umps' Pay Too Few
For Risks Taken,
Save He

HAZLETON, Pa, Sept. g.
Augie Moran, former baseball
star, who was an umpire in the
Anthracite Association this sea-
son, has resigned, sending the
following letter to President
]. o. O'Connell, of Mahanoy
City: "Please accept my resigna-
ton to take effect at the end of
this month have stayed on
the job all season for very little
money. The ball players are
getting all the money and the
umpires not enough for the abuse
they have to take"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
Benny Picks Firpo

Benny Leonard names luis Firpo
to beat Wills at Jersey City Sep
TENDER IL.
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purses ever did or ever could
achieve. Young Stanley Harris,
second baseman and manager Of
the Washingtonians, deserves
great credit.
"And last, but by no means
least, there is yet another reason
why every baseball fan in this
country would like to see Wash
ington win the pennant and en-
gage in a world series. They
would like to see Walter johnson,
greatest of all pitchers, in such
a baseball contest. For eighteen
years this luminary of the pitch
ing box has been moving down
the opposition, and for the most
of that time with a consistently
losing club.
"'What would Walter johnson
do in a world series? is a cues.
ton that has been asked count
less times by baseball fans in the
past.
at looks like there may be
chance to answer the question this
fall, after eighteen years"
All For Griffmen.
nON'T imagine that the Okla
homa fans are the only ones
pulling for the fighting
Griffs and Walter johnson to win
the pennant. This town is packed,
jammed full of baseball fans, each
one yelling for the Griffmen to
beat out the Yankees. Only IN
New York has this writer found a
single, solitary fan hoping tho
Yankees would win.
The thought that Washington
may shatter that grip of New
York on the title and the big
series has set the country crazy.
Fans everywhere are roofing for
the Griffs and, if reports from
New York mean much, the mcm-
bers of the New York club have
begun to worry about it. They
are talking about having the
Western clubs "shoo in the Wash
ington club" This indicates some
fear on their part that they may
not cop their fourth consecutive
peIinant.
Just before leaving Washington
this writer picked up the following
from the New York Times:
after Sunday comes the open
road, with twenty games sched-
uled for foreign fields up to the
end of the season. The Yanks
aren't facing the departure with
blanched faces. On the contrary,
they are frankly eager to get
away from the stadium. They
are a better road team than a
home defender; Ruth hits better
in the seven other cities, and the
Yanks won't have to face the
razzing of home fans. The most
amazing feature of the current
stand at the stadium has been the
hostility of many erstwhile loyal
fans. In the Detroit and Wash
ington series this reversal of feel
ing on the part of much of New
York's fandom was so pronounced
that even the hoary veterans on
the club began to resent it.
otis all right when they give
Walter johnson a great hand
remarked one of the Yankee old
timers recently. He deserves
anything he can get. But you'd
think this was Washington or De-
troit to hear some of these birds.
When we finally got this young
Whitehill the other, day, they
cheered Whitehill when he walked
out as if he had done the beating
and not the Yanks. We'd rather
fight this race out on the road,
where we expect to be razzed and
don't mind it. Two years ago
we won in the West and we'll re-
peat the trick this year. If the
other clubs will fight Washington
as hard as they fight us-and
maybe they won't-the Yanks
will win.'
All of which makes this writer
laugh with loud, loud laugh.
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Moe was dumped for q
loss on Saturday, but
such things will happen.
he stuck a grand on MR.
MUTT, but the founder
was ganged all through
the last half-mile and
had little chance. He
will get off the crying
bench today and get busy
on one that even Butch
Joyce thinks is a kick in
the Stats. Bankroll to
date, $14,s55.21.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08

Yesterdays Results.
New York, s Brooklyn 7.
Cincinnati, "A; Pittsburgh, al
Chicago, "a; st. Louis, lis
Other teams not scheduled
TOday's Gamse.
Brooklyn at New York.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
Chicago at st. Louis.
Other teams not scheduled.
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"Maybe the Yankees, fearing
we'll win, think we'll let down if
we think the other clubs are
going to help us win this pen.
are in for a surprise. We're.
going to keep up our present
pace until we win or lose! i am
confident we are going to win,
but even if we don't, we're
going to stay in there"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-08
BASEBALL q
. STANDINGS

AUBUtFUHyB hB8UItBs
Washington. 2; Boston, 6.
Philadelphia, 2; New York, 1.
Detroit, s.; Cleveland. Z.
Chicago-St Louis, rain
TOdRy's Games.
Washington at Philadelphia.
New York at Boston.
st. Louis at Chicago.
Other teams not scheduled
NATTnNAV VrAnWTr
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Don't imagine those clubs out
West like us any too we'll" says.
Roger Peckinpaugh. "But we're
ready. We've beaten the best
they offered and hope to do It
again. For one thing, we hope TO
Is Improve our work in Cleveland
and st. Louis. We haven't done
30 we'll i'm those towns"