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New Britain herald., 1924-04-24
Four Indictment. Returned.

} When the bobbed-h gunwoman
 and her husband were arraigned De-
 fore County Judge George w. Martin
 about il o'clock in the morning the grand fury returned four indictments. i three of them being against both bu
 and Celia Cooney. In addition 10
 in. Bohack case there was an in- aictmcnt for attempted robbery at the National Biscuit plant and an other for Webbing the James Butler
 store at so Third avenue, Broohish' of ss0 on February 25. The fourth indictment was against cooney for felonious assault in the fire degree for the shooting or Maa2o. , i District Attorney Dodd said inc | Bohack hold-up had been chosen TOT
 Inc indictment because it was the i largest amount taken at any piace ] where Cooncy and his wife had been
 identified Warrants for inc other
 indictments will be lodged with the prison authorities wherever thc { couple arc sent, he said ana ihes
 may face these after serving their
 first sentence.
 1 Proceedings were held up before
 the grand jury by the intervention ol two lawyers. Samuel Liebowiiz and John schaYrcin, who said they rep
 resented the accused couple and de-
 sired 10 enter pleas Of not guilty. District Attorney Dodd informed
 Judge. Martin that Cooney and his wife had told him that they were mol represented by counsel.
 Wave Counsel Aside.
 When Judge Martin asked them II they had counsef LicboHiiz interrupt
 cd and said Cooncy might plead guilty if he so desired. but the girl
 had a good defense. He intimsted
 strong case could be presented for her because of inc acknowledged lack Of balance which sometimes comes to expcctant mothers.
 But Mrs. Cooney joined her hus- band in saying ihnt they wanted no
 counsel or immunity. Detectives said fl was simply her stubborn deter imitation 10 take everything that Ed takes and see the thing through.
 Coonoy and inc girl were remand
 ed 10 the Raymond Street jail. where
 Mrs. Cooney sent out word she did
 not want to be interviewed for a day
 or two.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-24

The erankshsfts are maehined on
New Britain herald., 1924-04-24
Rcgrctful Just Once,

Only once did she express regret. cooney and the girl had been led into the Poplar Street station guest room" and placed with their backs 10 the wall. More than 80 masked
New Britain herald., 1924-04-24
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The Washington times., 1924-07-03
CfMALL STUFF a
. FOR ROOTERiS

Splitting doubleheader with tha
Mackmen while the Detroit Junra I.
leers were whipping the White Soy
IN o pitching duel, the Yankees alin-
ped back into third place. THE
fighting Griffs are three rann.ss
ahead of Detroit today.
Bin Barrett's error in the first
inning gave the JunEaleers two
runs, enough to WIN. 2 70 /. with
Whitehill battling Connally on the
mound.
Walloping Hoyt for three rms a
the final frame, the AS came from
behind and won The first game
from the Yankees, . to s, but were
swamped In the second, 10 to 4 I.
Bill Lamar played his first RaI1ea
with the Mackmen, getting B don.
bic and two singles in the first
game, but going hitless in the
Y
The Giants lost q fun game az
their lead when the DODGERS SION
ped them while the Cubs were trim.
ming the Reds. The Giants lead n
now ~ games. n,
The Phillies won the hattie FOR
sixth place when they defeated the
Braves, . to /.
Hornsby made mis- Tooth lift Of
the season. but, nevertheless the
Cards dropped the game to the ri.
rates, to 2.
The Indians winning streak went
awry when the Browns won, 6 to 4.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
PECK PROMISES
F|N|VEGA|V 4
BATTLE
RingWorms Preparing to see
Fast Work Between Two J,
FeathenNsights

Joe Peck and Honey Boy Fin
nigan have been matched for the
twelye-round feature contest at the
Kenilworth arena next Monday
night and wise ringworms are pre-.
pairing to see the fastest bout staged
In this vicinity in many moons.
Peck is training at the Mohawk
Club. He is working hard to ac.
quire perfect condition, believing he
has q fine chance Of knocking Off
the southpaw from South Boston.
The Southerner gave Bob Garcia q
stiff contest. indeed. Many fans
think he looked better against the
soldier slugger than did Honey
Boy"
Finnigan Is training az his home
In Boston and promises to arrive
here In shape to show at his best.
The slender southpaw with the KICK
n both hands is expected TO test
Peck as nobody else has done since
he came to Washington.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

unteers from the ranks and file Of
his spectators.
The ten citizen soldiers, who, in
SAltrock's opinion, best mimic his
stunts. will be taken to Washing
ton that morning in time to witness
the double-header between the Griff-
men land Yankees as guests Of the
Washington ball club.
During the intermission between
the games the same ten will, repeat
their limitations Of Altrock on the
American League field here, and
the one who Is given the greatest
ovation by the grandstands and
bleachers win receive The Washing
ton Times order on Al. @. Spauding
Brothers for $25 worth Of merchan-
disc. Z. "A
In addition to batting out the two
dozen baseballs at Camp Meade,
Babe Ruth win leave one Of his IA
nous autographed bats there to be
awarded at the end Of the present en-
campment to the champion batter
Of this summers maneuvers.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
ST0VALL IS OUT
T0K. 0. JACK
TURNER
Mohawk Clubs Crack Middle
weight Courts Victory at
Barracks Tomorrow

Tex Etovall, the Mohawk clubs
crack middleweigA0. is going out
tomorrow night to add one more to
his string Of knockout victories
when he Chambers through the ropes
at the Washington Barracks for his
eight-round tilt with Jack Turner.
o. California. Southeast Washing.
ton IL backing him TO q man, too,
believing he has the wallop.
StOvall IL training ct the Mohawk
club with Jumbo Eggleston and Joe
Peck. Jumbo gives him the rough
stuff, while Peck provides the speed
and science.
Turner has been working, with
Bert Green, the welEknown colorel
middleweight, and ia In better con.
dition than he was for his recent
contest with Charlie Roth, Of Balti.
more whom he defeated.
Tomorrow nights big ''one.buck
snow y due to start at $50.
Frankie Stanley, Of the Mohawks.
and Joe Dillon, OF Shenandoah Val.
ley. win whaclI away for six rounds.
They win be followed by slim
Hutchinson, Of Walter Reed. ard
Willie Potency, Of Fort Myer. FOR
another six-rounder.
The six-round semi-final viii aea
hld Hogan, OF the Mohawks. bat.
Ting Joe Ricer, OF the washington
a5arracks. Many ringwornis believe
Inns bout almost as good as the final
peeWeen Turner and StovalI.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
DUNDEE CAMPO
BOUT WILL
DRAW
Popularity Of Both Fighters
Here Makes Berwyn Ap- Y
pearance Timely

Due to the fact that both joe
Dundee and Pedro Campo are very
well known to the local fans, q LOT
OF interest IL being shown in their
twelve-round battle at the Sportland
Heights Arena tonight.
Harry Neff. manager Of Pedro
Campo. sends word that his battler
|isfin the best possible shape for the
coming Dundee battle and that
despite the recent wonderful form
shown BY Dundee, the PHILIPPINE
really expects to reverse the uecis.
ION that Dundee took over him last
winter at Baltimore.
Neff points to the fact that
Campo in his recent contests has
met boys the equal Of Dundee in
every respect and has come Though
in good fashion and il getting bet
ter every start. Numbered among
Campo's recent opponents appear
the names OF two OF the hardest
hitting lightweights in the East.
Joe Tiplitz, q terrific body puncher.
and "Kayo" Danny Kramer, Of
California, both OF whom have failed
to even floor the battling PHILIPPINE.
The dp-Off on Campo Ii the fact
that he badly injured his right
hand early in his fight with Kid
Peck here but still kept going with
his left and managed to outpoint
Peck, but was only given a draw.
The semi-final will feature Johnny
Hayes, Of Philadelphia, the partner
OF Campo, and Soldier George Leslie
OF Camp Meade, who recently dc.
feated Guglimini In easy fashion.
"A special six-round bout and two
fourB win open the show.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
HA0EN-sARAZEN LEAD
IN 10000 FRANCS GOLF

CHANTILLY, France, July 81
Walter Hagen, who won the British
open golf title last week and
finished second yesterday to Cyril
Tolley In the French open, and
his partner. Gene Saraxen, Amert-
can pro. were three up on Massey
and Gasslat, French professionals,
at the end OF the first Is holes
Of their special S6-hole match to-
day The match ID FOR purse of
10000 francs.
Hagen and Sarazen took the
lead at the ninth hole and were
three up at the tenth and four M
at the sixteenth. The French golf
ers cut down the ADVANTAGE to
three up at the eighteenth.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

AAANAAS sNAA4 OAA0S4 ttSAAAAAACAAg 4VAAOy AAAesS
The Washington Times has asked
the War Department for permits.
sion to add a thrill by offering
baseballs for Babe Ruth to auto.
graph and bat out to the soldier
students and also to give q suit
abb merchandise reward to the
erstwhile soldiers who can best
initiate the antics Of Nick Altrock.
This permission has been
granted and Saturday has been
decided on as the day.
Promptly aat $50 o'clock Saturday
morning, Babe Ruth and Nick AL.
trock will be taken to Camp Meade
by Captain Lowe, where a brief
reception for the two famous base.
ball player-writers will be held. I'm
diately thereafter the Bambino will
unbox two dozen official American
League baseballs, and, after auto
graphing them. will bat them out
to the body Of student soldiers, the
majority of whom are from Wash
ington and nearby communities.
The retrievers thereof, Of course
will then own the baseballs.
These win be provided by A g.
Spalding Brothers and The Wash
ingtOn Times.
Then Nick Altrock win bow him.
self into the center Of the stage.
He WIN assume the pitchers COX
Of the Camp Meade diamond and
80 through several Of his notorious
comic stunts. which win immediate.
" thereafter b Initiated BY vol
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
AT Last Sparkle Is
Rewarded for His
SticEinp rs Il.

Spark Plug Matthews Is i
happy lad today. He has
shaken off that hOOdoo which
was keeping him from hitting
safely.
IN the first game with the
Maclmen last week, he got .
single off Stan Baumgartner.
Day after day he came up, did
his best, only to hit right at
somebody and perish ct first
base. For eight consecutive
games he went hitless, but he
kept right On trying.
AT last came Ferguson and
Sparkle" had his reward. IN
the third he tripled to left,
scoring Rice. In the fourth ne
whacked 3 clean single TO left
and IN the eighth he beat ont
= slow hopper to deep short.
That's why Sparkle a
happy today. He's hitting
again.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
Griffmen Are Making
Their Hits Count
In Scoring.

The Griffs are not killing the
ball, but they are making their
hits count for runs these days.
In four games with the Mack
men since coming home, the
Griffs scored thirteen runs on
thirty-two hits. In six games
with the Boston Red Sox, they
scored twenty-five runs ON
forty-five hits.
The Macknen counted twice
on twenty-nine hits and tho Red
SOx crossed the plate six times
on thirty-two hits, Quite . DIFF
ference!
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
Grifinen Are Hitting
On. All Six Thee
=
Afternoons.

That the Griffmen are hit
ting on al six cylinders these
afternoons Is proved by their
great work since coming home.
johnson, Mogridge, Ogden
and Zahniser have pitched shut
out victories. Ogden held the
Boston Red Sox 70 three hits
and Zahniser bettered that BIZ
permitting only two hits.
The Griffs have won eight
out Of the ten games played
at home, averaging 800.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
BUFF DREW DOWN ST, 800
FOR BEING KNOCKED OUT

Johnny Buff, the former bantam
weight champion, who was knocked
out in the ninth round Of their
battle at the show which was staged
at the Coliseum A. c.. OF New or
leans. last week, received the sum
Of $1,000 Amos Carlin, Of New or.
leans. who stopped Buff, also re-
ceived $1,000 for his victory. The
exact figures taken In at the firI,s
were $6,O26.2b, from which each
tighter got 30 per cent.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

Youth, Ia nltchlng, Il : LIABILITY.
particularly when youth means i'm
mature judgment and q lack u
essential experience
Sam Illustrated his point. Ana
he illustrated Il effectively, merely
BY pointing out the great pitchers
Alexander, stanley, coxhleslrs,.
Bob ShaWkey, Herb Fennocl, Wal.
ter johnson. Dazxy Vance on and
On down the list.
An Of them comparatively old,
all Of them past The age when
men IRE supposed 10 attain their
greatest baseball effectiveness.
But all Of them are great pitch.
err today better perhaps than
they Were ten years agO IN the
days Of their extreme youth.
Back through baseball records the
fact holds. Brown, Plank. Bender,
Coombs. Matthewson. White, Dom
ovanall Of these reached their
greatest mark around thirty.
Waite Hoyt, another great pitcher
"a today, is young IN years. but old
In baseball experience.
ers.
An unusual statement - but !
statement that Is borne by fact and
backed BY Investigation.
Look II UP for yourself. a. team
may boast its youthful phenOm ii
the infield or the 0utfield. II may
boast its great hitters or great
catchers who are new to the game.
But when you hear Of an alI-star
pitching staff you know, without III.
yestigation. that II ID veteran
Sam made another interesting
statement. too. And it was this:
were to make selection
today 81 the greatest pitcher n
the American League / wouldn't
hesitate moment. I have my
candidate picked out. He Il How
ord Ehmke. of the Boston Red
GOx."
And most Of the players agreed
with Jones. Ehrnlxe. they declared.
had every. aeset Of pitching great.
nessand. best O4 all, his fine
points was kis pitching Judgment
and his pitching motion.
Ehmke IL no youngsfer. He has
been ia the league long time. Two
years ago he was cOnNidarad
through. Now he Is, BY admission
Of the players themselves, the great.
est pitcher in the American Learue.
Who was the man who oDfned 70
philosop hically that youth win Be-
sefved?s
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
EDDIE McGooRTY FINDS
COMING HEAVYWEIGHT

Eddie McGoorty, retired middle.
weight Of the West, who IL now Of.
3iciating as referee OF bouts at
clubs in the West, has just taken q
heavyweight under his manae cement
who promises to develop into good
battler. His name is Sully Mont
gcn1ery, an ex-football player OF Chi.
cagO. Montgomery has won three
fights In succession and weighs 1870
pounds. McGoorty expects to make
a great fighter out OF Montgomery.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
Navy Wisconsin And
Washington Plan
Boat Race

MADISON, Wis.,, July b..
Word has been received here 81
the formal invitation to the
University of Wisconsin from
the University Of Warrington
to enter 3 three cornered regatta
on Lake Washing ton, Seattle,
next spring between the crews
Of Wisconsin, the Navy and
Washington. WaaI1ingtofr not
planning on entering the POUCH
keepsie meet IN 1925, plans On
bringing home the meet Dar-
win Niesnet, graduate manager
Of the HuslEies, u reported on
his way here I'd confer with
Badger officials.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
GREFMEN REST BEEO ORE
TACKLING CHAMPIONS
IN HOT SERIES
b LOUIS a. BOUCHER.

The fighting Grfs resting today II has
week for the lads Already they have played six games enough
Cor entire they another this
time with the New York Yankees champions ~ the world that
anything in South Africa where baseball
Tomorrow being the nations birthday two booked 1T
Che Clark C. Griffith Stadium The morning will
cIashbegns 1880 After light lunch athletes begin
al again $50 o'clock Needless
games fought
out to the bitter end. a4
Never before IN the history Of the big show has the Washington
club Leg the Tag chase July but Buc Harris and bis
content with merely that They striving
tabh greater that leading opponents
when the curtain falls September 80.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
Royce ls Best

The Royce nine found easy sail
ings. ahead when the Carlyle boys
battled them. The score was is TO
nothing for Royce. Carlyle getting
only one hit off Schrider.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

the pttc d err 3
went bad. And
on the days we
got good pitch
ing mono Of the.
boys could hit.
And all the.
time those other
teams were win.
ming and we.
kept dropping
lower and lower
until 4 lot Of
folks figured we,
w re hea de d
straight for the
cellar.
It was tough.
But I guess i'll
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

Pitching Sam declared. ..is ~
matter of experience Hundreds Of
youngsters come up 10 the big
leagues with lots of STUFF. They
have great fast ball, good
curve, al the attributes Of 3 high
class pitcher. But they lack ex-
per1enCo And they 20 IN there
and are batfed all over the lot.
They don't know batting weak,
nesgea, and they haven't had the,
experience which teaches them how
70 pitch. That comes with years.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
ALTROCK AND RUTH WILL
THRILL MEADE CAMPERS

The Washington Times the Department through the cour
tesy Of Babe Ruth and Nick Ao writer's for this newspaper
arranging bit Of entertainment Saturday
ders ct Camp Meade majority Of whom from the National
AS Saturday win start the first weekend Of the present
most baseball player foremost baseball clown deseo
their calling the movement by providing what
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
CARPENTER RECEIVES
$45, 900 FOR BIG BOUT

Georges Carpenter has been
guaranteed $4,000 for his coming
clash with Gene Tunney. booked for
the New York Polo Grounds on
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
EMERGE FROM
SLUMP, SAYS BABE
b BABE RUTH.

PHILADELPHIA July Swell. guess we're u our dump
at last
And it's about time.
Losing six games in don't win pennants guess
looked pretty bad out there the field know that way
anyhow Everybody had Crouch Joe Bush Little Miller
Higgins half
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
ALTROCK'S MAIL FILLED
WITH App ESAUCE
~ NICK ALTROCK.

Many congratulations have poured this since he put
Ene washington club high IN the American League At first
thought would be modest Whe
was sure III not all from collectors opened some,
Such slogans ArOck are being set M IN
eading newspaper Offices One Of the larger
which reads: @ - 81 - FF-asss-'
.AArOck looks Ike pennant Hs deserves one
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
Corinthians Plan Action

The Corinthian Midgets win play
the crack 81. Johns A. G. Of Balti.
more on Diamond No. 4, Monument
Lot, In q double-header July Z.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
EXPERIENCE ONLY CAN
MAKE PIT CHEERS GOOD
b FORD G. FRICK.

PHILADELPEIA July Baasha ordinarily, considered
Of Youthful ambition youthful enthusiasm the pliancv
and endurance Of youthful musceshese say part 81
baseball essentials Consider then the statement Of Jones'
Yankee pitcher.
Il ali happened IA tanning the hotel here The areu-
nnent conferred shout baaeba and baseball dg and youth
given is play
old pitcherUn -
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

Potomac 5Oatsrs Energetic
With several crews out on the
river nightly. the Potomac Boat
Club IL planning on making =
name for itself when the rsgattaa
come of In July and August.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

The Pierce. A. c.. desires a sane
for tomorrof AZ D. M, on lie
own diamond Call Hyatts. s11-w.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03
EllD

l. y {
clubs-and when
you get In a slump there is moth
Ing to do but just 60 in there and
Keep trying, until you ger out of It,
Slumps are funny things. anyhow.
Being q hitter myself. I always
figured that . slump was pretty
much due 20 poor hitting. Some
Of the ether boys used 10 laugh
at me when 1 said 50. But Hug
agreed with me.
You see, every player loves his
base hits-an when he's getting
them he's happy and confident.
But when he goes into hitting
slump he gets worried. Every BAH
player knows that he's got to hit
pretty well to hold his job. And so
he gets to thinking about his
stump and worrying about it and
pretty soon he gets nervous and
makes errors in the field.
Apd then the pitchers get In the
hole on account of fielding errors
and they 90 up in the air, and the
first thing you know the whole
cluD IL In slump. OF course,
there are other causes. too, just
IKE there was with US. Having
Earl Combs In the hospital. and
Wardie laid UP, and Bob Meusel
out OF the game. started It. And
when Joe Dugan and WalHe Pipp
ana the rest Of the boys didn't get
their hlts, why we slumped.
But guess we're out Of It now.
hope So anyhow. With Detroit
ana Boston and Washington and
Cleveland and all those other clubs
coming along the way they are no
team can afford to slump very
long.
Speaking OF the other cIubs /
guess It's long time since the
lanS nave seen better race than
TINS. We were talking about it
ln the club house the other day.
Tne boys were doping out the
schedule, as ball players always
90, and Wallle Pipp remarked
that D6trOit was the team we
would have to beat to win the
pennant.
Joe Dugan said: you're crazy.
Wallie, Cleveland Il the club we've
0NS W W0SCAAs WAkkl0 0CAAnR
picked st. Louis, ana; someone NeIee
mentioned Boston and washington,
And then WhitSy witt, who was
over In the showers, poIeed his head
out and yelled over to the gang:
Don't kid yourselves, you guys.
We've got seven clubs to beat tlis
year and the quicker we realize n
the better or we are
OF course the boys gave Whitley
the razz, but I guess he was about
right at that. OF course we think
we're going to win. And now that
we came out OF the slump alright
everyone's happy and ready to 70.
But we're not kidding ourselves
any. We know It's going to be q
real race. And believe me, K ii
gets much hotter, 1t win be entirely
too hot. 7
Copyright, 1894, by The Christy
walsh Syndicate
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

He tried everything he could
think Of. but nothing seemed to
help. II we happened to hit. then
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

IyDO U0ku8 easy
on the eyes
after q hard
night made q
mistake II said:
'sAltroclE looks
like q rope. He
deserves one. /"
Almost single
handed ! built
up q ball club
after q host Of
managers fIiv-
vered. First Off.
/ put fn Kid
Harris as tech.
nical manager.
I had to have
somebody carry,
ing out my or
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

Runs-Rioe. Matthews, PEEK, BlueRe.
q z. nrrSr-Mq Try Two-Re.e hitscol-
eacrificee--Wamby. Judge, ZRhnlear.
Left on bases-Boston. 6; WaahinrtOn.
9. First base on balls-Off Ferguson,
zahnissr. 3: BY Ferguson q: by Mnr-
ray, I. Hits-Off Ferguson, { IN Z
innings; of Murray. , IN I inning.
losing pitcher-Fergnscn. umpiFss-
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

Peclxinpaugh II likely youngster.
He has had only twenty-nine years
Of schooling In the big leagues.
And the big leagues are just q kin
dergarten to most people. He was
on the Yanl1s for time. He
couldn't have been on q worse
team. At least there IL no worse
team at this writing.
Don't forget what ! did for Wal
ter johnson. Before / took him in
hand, he couldn't find the plate
with q want ad. Now he manages
to get over q strike once every
week. He Is now figuring out q
new strike for the New York actors.
Az d my custom, 1 am content
to let Stan Harris have some Of
the credit for our success. But
not much. 1 don't give away any.
thing but advice, and then / send
bin for that.
Miller Higgins Ii anxious to have
me take over the Yankees. After
he had left New York the last time
and had beaten those boys to q
pulp, he took me aside and said:
"Altroch, you can be Of great
service to the Yanle"
I asked him what he meant, and
he told me:
You can be OF the greatest help
II you viii promise to stay away
from the stadium"
This isn't the only instance where
my brains have come in handy. In
the writing game, my work speaks
for itself. The only trouble Ii that
It IL dumb.
Copyright, 1924. By The Christy
walsh Symdicatol
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

II was AIROclE, says the Key
West Bulletin, that taught Peck
inpanKh how to play short. /
know that position backwards. I
play all positions that way. !
am usually short -Or. - We card
players have Il, ] am usually shy
In the pots.
The Washington times., 1924-07-03

ders On the cDeALIRock
field. had two walters to carry
In my orders in the hotel One Of
the orders was filled In q gallon
bucket and It was frothy on top.
I do not mean to insinuate that !
like beer. What want to set
across IL that LOVE Il.