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The Washington times., 1924-12-08
P|TTENGER HAS
CHANCE To
STICK
Former Salt Lake Player
! Likely to Stay With
Chicago Cubs

A season with the Salt Lake team
OF the Pacific Coast League an.
pears to have shaped Clarke Pit.
tepger into a real big league pos
sibility and there seems to be A
chance OF him wearing a Chicaeo
National League uniform indefinite.
~. At the time the Cubs obtained
him in player and cash deal some
six weeks or more before the end
OF the coast season, the youngster
was hitting considerably more than
his final average Of .317, but he 10
still developing and has a great
amount of natural ability.
AS far as his fielding goes, Pit.
tenger is a sure bet, and coast OBJ
servers are confident that he viii
hit more than 300 in the majors,
he Is also a speedy fellow, ranking
fourth in the matter Of base thefts
in the 1924 season with twenty-nine,
and this means that he will get A
lot Of consideration from Bill Kille.
fer. who likes them fast.
To compile his batting mark of
.317 Pittenger got 178 hits in Sc?
times at bat, forty of these blows
being doubles, two triples and six
home runs. He ranked well up
among the infielders in defensive
efficiency.
When the player was up before,
he having been carried by the Bos.
ton Red Sox in 1929 and 1928. he
was not much Of socker, his mark
the latter year being .215. At that
time, however he warmed the
bench most Of the time, being at
bat but sixty-seven times and get
ting fifteen hits. He is an infielder
who can play either second or short,
his assignment the past season be.
ing at the. latter station.
Pittenger was born in Hudson,
Mich, February "a, 1900, and will
thus be twenty-five his next birth
day. He went to the Red Eox after
two seasons with London of the
Michigan-Ontario League. Clarke
operates from the right side in both
throwing and batting.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Football No Longer
Beef Showing
Contest

By a strange coincidence the
teams of Army and Navy and
the others which played Satur-
day were meeting on the twen-
tieth anniversary Of the date
when James NJ. Hollowell, a
Harvard man, wrote to Walter
Camp with the complaint that
football was a showing contest
between 4,400- pounds of beef"
That was in 1904.
Saturday, also on the TWEEN
tieth anniversary of this COM
plant, Knute Rockne's Notre
Dame team brought its season
to a close in Pittsburgh. Notre
Dame. has brought the modern
speed and precision and dash of
football to its highest pitch. 1t
has come furthest along the
trail from the days of the beef.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
WALKER AND MALONE
GO THROUGH WITH BOUT

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Dec. s.
Reports that the fen-round, no.
decision go, scheduled for tonight
between Mickey Walker, worlds
welterweight champion. and Jock
Malone. st. Paul, might be post
poned owing to the poor condition
of Malone's hands were spiked to-
day when the Wisconsin boxing
commission announced 1t had
examined the fighter and found
his hands in perfect condition.
The fighters finished their train.
ing for their third clash yesterday
and today the customary optimistic
forecasts were issued from both
camps. Tonight's fight will be the
rubber" both Malone and Walker
having won one of their other
bouts,
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
PRINCE OF WALES LOSES
IN SQUASH BY az TO 30

LONDON, Dec. 8.-Although max.
ing an excellent showing the Prince
OF Wales was defeated in the first
round OF the British amateur
squash championship today by r..
Bevan, two games to one. The total
points showed Bevan getting AZ to
Wales 80.
The prince played brilliantly in
the first two games but showed
signs Of exhaustion in the third. He
rallied, however, ana scored six
points in succession but Bevan
came back with counter rally
that won the match.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
CONNIE MACK WILL TAKE
ATHLETICS SOUTH TEN
DAYS EARLIER
By JAMES c. ISAMINGER.

PHILADELPHIA 8-Never Connie Macks plans
next advanced early in the off this
Books Of the 1924 have scarcely been closed when Mack finds
himself the position Of sitting pretty and waiting
to .$.
1t rather absurd talk about the 1926 baseball
December 1924 yet last Friday afternoon Mr. Mack spent part
Of debating letter
February.
Mack will start south days earlier than last year. The pitchers
Philadelphia February 90 SO that battery
by the week in February will
Athletics nearly three days and nights reach the training
The Washington times., 1924-12-08

DaSeDaII paJama anyway? What
do the players carry on their
hips that requires a safety
deposit vault 2.
Certainly they don't keep
their salary checks there, be-
cause it would take a pocket
on an elephants pants to hold
such high voltage change.
Some of them may need it
for their batting average while
in the case of Goose Goslin and
others they'd have to call on
the elephants again.
Nick Altrock is the only base
ball player, dead or half dead,
who really requires the services
OF pouch sewed to the seat of
his breaches. Nick carries his
eatin' tobacco there for all for
NAL and informal occasions.
He doesn't care to go in
swinnmin' because bathing suits
don't have that crazy quilt eff
feet on either hip and for the
same reason he thrives on golf
with Its full complement of
port and starboard pockets,
fore and aft.
The original idea in giving a
baseball gymnast this reaf-on
tire carrier was to allow him
o tote a horseshoe in his
possession. This worked all
right until he tried to slide a
base, after which the club ply
stefan had to pick him loose
from the spare baggage.
A famous numbskull by the
name of "Al" (you know him)
carried his sweetheart's picture
in his possession wherever he
went. When he got into a
baseball suit he had the choice
OF one place to pack her silhou-
cite.
When she found out where
her image was lurking when
her sweetheart was in action
afield, she cancelled their honey
moon, and here you have a
baseball romance which you can
verify if you can.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Shibe Park Growing

Shibe Park, home OF the Phila.
delphia Maclkmen, is growing these
days. The seating capacity Is being
Increased from slightly less than
10000 to more than 10000. There
VII also be standing room for about
The Washington times., 1924-12-08

Ore, and Fox, from the Eastern
Shore League.
Infielders-Smith, from Evansville
team, Of the Three Eye League, ami
Sigafoose, from Nazareth, Pa.
Outfielder-Bagwell, of Galveston.
In addition, Outfielder Walter
French, sent to Shreveport, and
left.hander Walberg and Highlander
Andrews, also farmed out, will return
next spring for further trails.
The men from last years team
who are retained are:
Pitchers-Rommel, Harris, Gray,
Heimach, Meeker and Baumgartner.
Catchers-Perkins and Bruggy.
nfielders-Hauser, Bishop, Gallo.
way, Dykes, and Hale.
Outfielders-Lamar, Simmons, M.
Ter and WEIGH.
This roster gives Mack IA pitchers,
6outfielders, catchers and in.
fielders, pretty good start with the
season months ahead.
IL never before felt so pleased
at this time Of the year." continued
Mack. "yet this does not mean
that will make no more moves.
II arm out to make advantageous
deals and won't hesitate to accept
propositions il they are helpful
when the American League meets
in New York Wednesday.
my position is this: 1 am not
afraid of my team as aligned ut
present, but If / can add a seasoned
player or two and not weaken my
team I will do 1t.
Both my infield and outfield
please me for the first time in
years. l now have good substi-
tute for every man on the inner
works. Bing Miller can take care
of first base if Hauser is hurt, and
with either Dykes or Bishop at sec.
ond 1 am strongly fortified, because
Il expect Bishop to be well and
strong next year and play the kind
Of ball that induced us to buy him
a year ago.
Hale or Dykes will do at third:
and for the first time I have real
shortstop to take the place of Gal
loway If he is hurt. That boy is
Smith, of Evansville, Ind, who fin.
ished the season with us. This boy
is a real shortstop who knows how
to cover ground and shovel up bad.
bounding grounders.
He is a handy left-handed hitter,
too. I have great deal. of conf.
dence in him. and I liked his &C.
tions and work from the first time
he joined us late last September.
Sigafoose, recommended to me by
Harry Hoffman. will get thorough
trial. With this bunch of infielders
can do a lot of switching.
Lamar, Simmons and Miller will
be my regular outfield, and you can
hardly improve on that trio. Each
one is 800 hitter and a real ball
player. In reserve we will have
Frank WEIGH and Bagwell, the giant
lefthanded hitter from Galveston,
who led the Texas League in hit.
ting this year.
walter French hit $50 for
Shreveport last season, and I think
he has arrived at last. My catching
staff will be better if Cochrane and
Fox make good. Anyway, Perkins
Is likely to come back and catch as
he did in 1929. Bruggy. is always
a good man for a team.
Nevertheless, as l said before, l
will make further changes IL I
think I can help my team"
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
They Like Davis

Chicago fans, looking back at the
wretched shortstopping offered the
White Sox last season, are inclined
to think Ike Davis may land the
berth for 1925. He was the best of
FIVE fnn, men holding down that job in
The Washington times., 1924-12-08

JOCK pealth has not been So
good the last year, or SO, and he
has been playing somewhat against
his Doctors orders; but it may be,
too. that the ruling of the United
States Golf Association against
slotted clubs has had something to
do with the slowing Of his game.
There is one thing certain about
1t, ne had mastered those different
clubs as none other could, or did.
He had way of getting his hands
well ahead of the clubhead, then he
would hit down into the ball, sort
OF squeezing it for a moment
against the turf, and then forcing
the clubhead beautifully through.
| have seen some of these shots
actually come back few feet. It
was a fine sight. The PLAYING Of
this shot pleased the gallery so
much that all agreed that Jock
Hutchinson was the most attrac.
tive professional to watch.
The applause gave him in.
creased confidence in himself and
TIE line Of Scotch comment with
which he accompanied his game
pleased the gallery still more.
His popularity is unduestiOned.
He has always been a long
driver but not a consistently &C.
curate one, but / have always
considered him an excellent
putter.
The decision of the United States
Golf Association in regard to the
slotted clubs was without doubt a
necessary one but I have always
held that for most golfers the
mechanical help was offset by the
difficulty Of judging ball hit from
SO uneven surface.
Some of the sustaining members
of golf clubs are still using the
slotted implements of play, for
these are the only clubs with which
they have the Joy Of the backspin
and there is no stern committee
to say them nay. Their pleasure
in it hurts no one.
Jock had the greatest control Of
the slotted, club, and the shot he
evolved was a thing of beauty, and
/, for one, am sorry to see 1t no
more. The loss. of it to him will
be but a passing phase in his
game and soon we shall see him
back to his old form. And any
one who has seen him at his best
knows what that means.
Copyright John r. Ollie Coz
The Washington times., 1924-12-08

The lank leader, still a poCentlal
baseball general in his advancing
years, completed another deal re-
Gently, which he believes will be
helpful.
He obtained ownership Of the
much -heralded Cochrane, the catcher
Z OF the Portland, Ore, club. who
was the star batting and catching
maskman of the Pacific Coast
League last season. Cochrane Is
a product Of Boston University
and spent a year In the Eastern
Shore League before going to Port
land.
He is one Of the few eatchers in
baseball who will add high speed to
the, lineup. Cochrane is as fast as
b bullet and is a hard, sustained
hitter. He was the punch Of the
Portland team in the batting order
last season, although the punch is
supposed to be somewhere else in
a batting order.
It was not easy to acquire
COchrane. Mack had to give q
raft OF players to land him. The
players who will 60 to Portland
for this much-wanted youth are
Pitchers Burns and Hasty, In.
fielder RicOnda, Catcher Row
land and Outfielder Stirling. In
addition, a sum Of money was
sent to the Pacific coast.
The dispatch from Portland said
that the amount was $4,000, but
Mack would not affirm or deny this
part of the news.
II don't believe in giving the
amount Of money paid for
player" explained Mack, because
It is never the correct figure, any
way. / never knew Of a baseball
transaction of which had personal
knowledge where the figures were
correct.
ut Is the habit of the major
Lacquer to rate players THAT are
sent to the minors in these deals
as being worth $40, 900 to 5000,
and then add those figures to the
real price, and the names of the
players as well. 1t is idiotic to
rate such players passed up as
being worth $4,000 when any other
club in the league could have
bought them foD the waiver price
Of $4,000.
The coming Of COchrane gives
the Macks five catchers, but
young Gibson, q cOlIegian who
was signed down in Montgomery
last March, will be released i'm a
few days. That leaves four, and
Mack may keep this quartet all
Of next year.
Since the close of last season and
lEcluding those players who had
brief trials in the closing days Of
the race, Mack has added consider.
able material of high quality. They
follow:
Pitchers-Groves, left-hander from
Baltimore; Cline, left-hander from
Amber; Reitz, Highlander from
Portsmouth, Va; Stokes, right-han-
der from Des MQines; Willis, left
handler from Martinsburg, w. Va,
and Glass, a right.hander, from Cam
bridge, Md.
Catchers-C ochrane, Of Portland.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Firpo's Brother Fights

Luis Firpo has younger brother
with ring aspirations. His name is
Juan. He's lightweight. The other
night he was knocked cuckoo in the
fourth round of q bout at Buenos
Aires by Ramon Vasuuez
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
They Need Help

A society for the prevention of
cruelty to referees would go big in
New York. Jack Sharkey started
agitation for one by taking a poke at
the arbiter of his bout with Fasanc.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Gets Last Chance

Byran Harriss. the Mackmen's
beanpole pitcher, is to be given
another chance next season. II he
fails then, Connie Mack says he
will be convinced of the tall ones
Worthlessness.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Koran Vends Soda Pop

Shag Koran, the Yankees colorful
utility outfielder and pinch hitter,
has been discovered running a soft
drink bazaar in his native st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
HobIitzeI Loses Out

Dick Hoblitzel has lost out as
manager OF the Bridgeport club Of
the Eastern Association and is look
ing for a new berth.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Report On Feb. %

The Cincinnati pitchers vii report
for practice at Orlando, Fla, on Feb.
rs. The remainder of the squad
will show UP a week later.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Signs Joey Schwartz

Joey Schwartz, bantam and erst.
while Washington newsboy, has a
new manager. Joey has joined the
stable Of Boo Boo Hoff, Philadelphia
boxing manager.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Izzy May Go Abroad

Izzy Schwartz, who, with Young
Dencio, put on a miserable bout at
Fort Myer, may go to Europe shortly,
having received an offer to partici.
pate in three bouts in France.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
HUTCHINSON SEEMS BIT
OFF HIS STRIDE
By CHARLES CHICK EVANS

This Jock Hutchinson has made his brilliant
showing For the last ten not
bit Of very striking golf from Jock He has either something
out of those who did, Of he has
open Championship tut he has that of prizes the
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
It's Easy This WAY

A team crossed Notre Danes goal
line five times the other day. 1t was
driven by the groundkeeper cutting
grass
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Brewers Keep Magee

Instead Of becoming an umpire,
Sherry Magee will remain as assist
ant manager and pinch hitter for
the Milwaukee Brewers next season.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Want Bill Terry

Cincinatti is said to be angling for
Bill Terry, first baseman of the New
York Giants, to take the place of the
late Jake Daubert.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
Kanawhas Challenge

The Kanawhas challenge 135-pound
basketball teams. Harry Shlar, phone
Potomac S077, is handling the sched-
ule.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08

The gossips had Walter as
having sung his swan song, and
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
You Can't Possibly
Lose in Race
Like This

A rather appropriate race for
Thanksgiving time is held each
year at this season at the Uni
versity of Iowa. 1t. is a cross
country run open to all who
have not won their letter in run
ming. First prize is a goose and
so is the second, a duck to the
third, a rooster and hen are
handed to the next two. The
last man gets an egg.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
Mike Martin Knew What
He Was Doing When He
Sprinkled Camphor on
Walters Suit.
n KTDX AHTTVEn
BY KIRK MINER.

IT'S beginning to look as
though Mike Martin didn't
make any mistake when he
packed Walter Johnson's uni
form away with an extra dose
of moth balls.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08

although a base
ball trousseau
has only one
pocket, it is far
from b being a
shroud. Walter
is likely to come
back and claim
that kimono yet.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08

This brings up
the ques I'll o n
which nobody is
interested in of
why they patch
a secret COM
partment to a
The Washington times., 1924-12-08

baseball pajama anyway? What
do the players carry on their
hips that requires a safety
deposit Vault.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08

Certainly they don't keep
their salary checks there, be-
cause it would take a pocket
on an elephants pants to hold
such high voltage change.
The Washington times., 1924-12-08

The coming Of COchrane gives
the Macks five catchers, but
young Gibson, q cOlIegian who
was signed down in Montgomery
last March, will be released i'm a
few days. That leaves four, and
Mack may keep this quartet all
Of next year.
The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26

you that You can drive only - fast IN
certain places. Don't think that It II
cute to break that law. True, you
might raes along for months without
bsiAg caught. That Int the idea.
Yoo might break that speed law for
ever without being caught. But how
about your mindf"
"I guess I wouldn't Y feel just right,
would II" was Jack . answer.
"That il just it, Jack. You would
simply be giving yourself sick mind.
Then if you let it get too sick you
might try breaking some other law.
"The way to avoid this mental ILL.,
ness is always to remember that II Il .
privilege to live in this great country
Of ours and that one Of the greatest
privileges is the opportunity to observe
and uphold the laws that have been
passed to make our country the finest
TO live in Of any in the world. Just
think Of the great structure Of gov
ernment organization and then you will
see that it is all built upon system
!of law. Everyone Of US ID subject to
those laws, from the president Of the
United States down. Congress makes
the laws for the nation. The laws are
put into effect and kept in force by
the government departments. Then
each state makes laws, and besides
there are regulations and ordinances
put into effect by the various cities
and towns to be enforced by the local
police. In brief, that gives you my
thought-that without law our nation
would not exist. Therefore is 1t asking
90 much Of US good American citizens
to keep those laws and help others to
keep them, I don't believe it 10.
"Keep your minds well, kiddies. let
no bad thoughts of any kind enter
them. If you will do this you will moi
only grow up to be fine Americans
but you will find that you will be
truly happy and contented. And YOU
cannot be happy if your minds are moi
well.
81 think the things are dry now
and we had better get on our way"
a
The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26

application for the discrimination OF
he.r,hip Of said Charles W. Smith,
deceased, has been made and that the
Court will ON said date hereinbefore
mentioned, or at any time 70 when ing
hearina may be continued, proceed to
ascertain and determine who are the
heirs Of the said Charles W. smith,
deceased, and AZ such entitled to in
herit any lands, tenements, heredita-
usots or other property, real or per
sonal, constituting all or part OF the
Estate of the said Charles w. Smith,
DECEASED, and enter Decree accord
ingly, At which hearing all persons
claiming to be heirs at law Of said de-
ceased may appear and present their
KENNETH v. SMITH,
Administrator
Estate Charles w. Smith.
First publication May 20, 1924.
Last publication June 26, 1924.
The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26
Hoso Sturgeon Iposntsd
the Elscfro-ll lags,sf

b.
A hundred years ago the electro
magnet was born. Its inventor was
william Sturgeon. soldier at Wool.
wich. near London. Az lad he fol-
lowed his fathers trade a. = shoe
maker. and he never regretted It, for
shoemaking taught him to use his
eyes and fingers with uncommon
power. In hours OF leisure he was
fond Of experiment. He noticed that
soft iron was magnetic only while
in contact with a steel magnet. When
he severed them the soft iron In.
stantly lost Its attraction. 1t occurred
to him to place core Of soft iron
within an electric coil. At once that
core became a magnet Of uncommon
strength. When he broke the current
the magnetism Of the soft iron van.
ished. He created the electro-mag
net. Z
The American physicist. Joseph
Henry. greatly improved the device
Of Sturgeon. That inventor had wound
only one coil Of copper wire around
his Iron core. using varnish on the
iron a. a means Of Insulation. Henry
surrounded the coil core with several
close coils covered with silk thread.
obtaining q much more powerful
magnet than that Of Sturgeon. From
the very beginning Of telegraphy the
electromagnetic has been the very
heart Of the apparatus. A momen-
tary current Is received from dis
tant station In coil Of copper wire
that instant its, soft iron core becomes
a magnet, and in attracting its arma-
tuge gives signal
IN telephones as well a. In tele-
graphs, in dynamos and motors, in
automatic printers and host Of other
Inventions electromagnetic command
motion and rest instantly, strongly and
dependably.
The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26
eNnsoh5Nshes
u oeoRoF ~. NsMeAtk

your dollar IN sax bit. Bot Az lsk
to sy-yest dat you cut your to nails
efery sax vaek, vedder dey need ct OF
not" GUIDE tang das faller lif tray
hummer mile away.
Dancer at Los Anyesles high yinks
odder night succeeded en- ~concealen
har identity, bot net mooeh else.
Yorvia dancen master says yaxz
bane dyen. Yudgen by de moans, Ay
tank ct bane dyen hard and by yerks.
Das bane season Of var ven stylish
woman packs har furs en- mot ball for
de winter.
Ay would radder haf lettle Yenny
grow oop bae shampion fly swatter
dane shampion yazz dancer.
The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26
June II

June II
John n. Ridenour, sol California Bldg,
Denver, Secs. 10, 20, go, 80, TIP. 3 NJ,
B. 90.
James NJ. Noblitt, Meeker, Secs. 20,
"a, 25, 2e, TIP. N, R. 81; Secs. 10,
90, 80, TIP. N, B. 90.
June 18
A: L. Whitney, 227 Cooper Bldg, Den
yer, Secs. 13, IA, %, "a, Tp. N,
R. 100.
Nicholas La Guardia, 3S47 Pecos st.,
Denver, Secs. %, 3s, "a, 8H TIP. 8
N, R. So; Sec. 81, TIP. N, R. So.
Frank Barmettler, 1s40 Stout b., Den
yer, Secs. II, 1s, 80, 81, TIP. 1s N,
R. SO; Secs. 6, 5, TIP. IL N, R. SO.
George E. Armstrong, 1925 Downing st.,
Denver, All Secs. 16 and 81, TIP. 2
N, R. 81.
Harry o. Hendricks, 1Q4c Josephine st.,
Denver, all Secs. II, 20, 30, 80, Tp.
3 N, R. 91.
June 10
Frank Client, Fort Collins, Secs. 81, %,
TIP. N, R. 90.
Jacob J. Abbott, 210 First National
Bank Bldg, Denver, Secs. -, a5, %;
all Secs. "a, IS, TIP. 8 NJ, R. los.