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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-26
BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON

To honor Mrs. C. l.. Carder. presl.
dent of the Thursday Progress club,
on her birthday, Mrs. ID. ]. Fairson
entertained with a luncheon at her
home on Thursday afternoon. Tween.
ty-eight members Of the club were
seated around the beautifully mp,
pointed table centered with n charm.
Ing arrangement of Enchantrcss car,
nations and soft greens. A pearl
necklace was tho clubs Gift to Mrs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-26
BETHANY Y. p. S.

BETHANY Y. p. S.
Under the auspices OF Bethany Y.
Il. s., DR.. i. w. Erikscn win deliver
an illustrated lecture on "The Life
OF Christ" Sunday afternoon. Janu.
airy 81. at 8 o'clock, at the Bethany
church.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-26
COLONIAL COURT

SOi$O4NiaL SoORi
Colonial court, Order OF Amar
anth. will give colonial dance In
celebration of its first birthday, In
University Masonic temple. 45th and
University way, on Wednesday,. Jan.
upary 80, at 0 p. IN. All Masons
and friends invited.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-26

LYRIC CLUB REHEARSAL
The Lyric club rehearsal will bc
held Tuesday evening, January 20
ut 1850 o'clock, Mt tho First Prcsby
terrain church. Graham Morgan, di
rector
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-26
CALEfDH CLUB

CALETDH CLUB
The Caleidh club will meet Tues.
day. January 20. at p. M. with
Mrs. ]. E. McReynolds. 1745 Summit
ave.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
YOUNG SANDLOT TEAMS
NAME THEIR DELEGATES

Delegates to a meeting next Wed.
nesday night in which the Washing
ton Baseball and Athletic Associa.
ton will be organized were elected
at meeting of senior, junior and
midget team managers.
V. L. Lawrence will represent the
seniors, w. l.. Hess and E. E. En-.
yard the juniors, and Louis Litman
the midgets. Teams represented at
the election of delegates were:
Seniors - Kanawhas, Shamrocks,
Mardfeldts, Liberty, Northern and
Independents.
Juniors-Wintons, Truxtons, st.
Stephens Juniors, Northern Hess
A. c., Shamrock Juniors, Glover A.
c., Euclid A. c.. Virginia Tigers
and Boys Club Juniors.
Midgets-Federal A. c., Corinth.
ians. Ace A. c.. Kanawha Midgets
and National Midgets. >.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
CAMP
IS SET UP BY
FABER
Urban Will Devote Time to
Fishing Until Rest of His
Team Arrives.
BY HARRY NELLY.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla, Feb. 20.
Urban Faber has set up a one.
man training camp. The veteran
Of the Sox flinging staff arrived
here a full week in advance Of his
associates and, naturally. IL I'm,
pressed by the elegancy Of the sur.
roundings.
''Red" was raised on q farm in
Iowa and Is familiar with the
fruits Of the field and the trees of
the forest. Faber spent two weeks
In Hot Springs, Ark, but he and
his wife decided they might be en-.
Joying midsummer weather SO they
came down here a week ahead of
the others.
Am / going to put on a baseball
uniform this week." Queried Faber,
II should say not. am going
fishing"
So it has been arranged that the
Sox leading hurler went over to
snare some bass from an adjacent
lake, employing great caution not
to rock the boat.
It is recalled that Faber broke
down in midseason last year and
was Of little use to his club during
the last half Of the championship
race. He has recovered fully and
the way he worked in the city
series last autumn gives proof that
his arm is In good condition.
When right, Faber is good for at
least twenty-four victories, even
with an ordinary ball club behind
him. He declares that he has re-
covered his health and strength and
feels better than he has in years."
I'm not through yet by a long
shot," he says. IT know it takes
me longer to get into shape than
it used to, but that is why 1 start
earlier. I'll be ready"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
SPORTS PAPER HELPED
By FIRST COURT RULE

CHICAGO. Feb. 20. Federal
Judge George A. Carpenter today
overruled a demurrer to the plain.
tiffs' statement in the libel suit Of
Pat Duncan and James Bohne.
Cincinnati baseball players, against
Collyer's Eye, Chicago sporting
publication. Judge Carpenter indi.
Gated he would allow a jury to de.
eide whether there was sufficient
ground, for q libel suit.
Attorneys for the publication
alleged that there was no ground
for a libel suit and declared that
statements regarding baseball play
ers should carry more privilege
than remarks made about persons
in other OCCUPATIONS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
SKATING CHAMPION IS
ABOUT TO our RACES

ST. JOHN, N. B., Feb. 28.-
Charles German, Canada's speed
skating marvel, returning home
with the American national and in
ternational outdoor titles, was
greeted by a cheering crowd Of
10000 winter sports people. Reply
ing to their greeting he waved his
skates over his head and announced
that he would retire from competi-
ton at the end Of the present
season.
81 have achieved my greatest
ambition in the winning of these
titles" he said. land now I am con-
EAnt to rest on nv laurelS,"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28

Mr.. Martin believes that the
mixed Spanish and Indian blood
Romero is said to have Indian
blood In him-gives the individual
the hardness, the stamina, the in
difference to pain and the quick
thinking essential to a successful
pugilist. At the time we discussed
the subject with Mr.. Martin, he
mentioned half a dozen Chilean
boxers who had possibilities, but
few opportunities, for development,
and II we remember correctly, Ro-
mero-Rojas was among them.
The Indian blood i'm Romero.
ROjas Is Araucanian. The Arau.
canaan Indians were far and
away the toughest native prob.
lem the Spaniards ever tackled
In any of the three Americas.
Not only were the Spaniards ut
terIy unable to subdue, enslave
and exterminate the Araucanians,
who inhabit the southern portion
OF South America, as they did
the Aztecs, but, although the
Araucanians were not nearly 30
numerous as the native Mexicans
and PeTuvians. the Spaniards
were fought to q standStiII.
They were, and are, real fight
ing men, the Araucanians. They
forced Spain to concede their in
dependence in 1641. That was con-
firmed again in 1866, with the
single proviso that no other nation
be allowed to settle in their coun-
try. That brought a short truce,
but not until 1878 were the Arau-
canians nominally subdued and
then they were always a ticklish
problem, more united and more
dangerous in many ways to the
white men than were the North
American Indians.
AS late as 1881 q Frenchman
had himself elected as king of
Araucania," and a war resulted In
which the Spaniards won to the
extent that they forced the French
man to leave the country. It was
not until 1870 that the Araucanians
recognized the sovereignty Of Chile.
1--WE had no special intention Of
giving a lesson in history when the
above was written. but merely
wished to show what sort Of In
dian blood was in Romero Rojas.
heavyweight from Chile.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
SEEKS TO ORGANIZE
PRINCE GEORGES LEAGUE

The Maryland Athletic Club, Of
Maryland Park, desires to organize
a six-club baseball league for the
coming season to be known al the
Prince Georges County League.
The Maryland A. c. invites
the managers or representatives of
Clinton A. c., of Surrattsville:
Prince Georges A. A, of Oaklandi
Mt. Rainier A. c., of Mt. Rainier;
Pierce A. G.. Of Hyattsville, and
Seat Pleasant A. A., of Seat Pleas.
ant, to join with them at a meet.
ing to be held March z, at s o. m.
In the club house at Maryland A. c.
Field.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
This Landlord Would
Need Lot Of
DAUGHTERS

The New York Giant athletes
are kicking because they have to
eat in the servants dining room
with the help.
Evidently the boys have for
gotten that old-time ditty that
used to be so popular. It ran:
"Oh you've got to be a lover Of
the landlords daughter
Or you can't get q second
piece Of pie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28

ketball does If a league should be
formed.
Twenty years ago when the has.
ketball league was organized many
thought 1t could not possibly sue
coed. They asserted that the pro-
ject would be a failure and that the
time was not then ripe for the forma-
ton Of such a circuit. But the
growth Of the college league has
proved that the idea was a good one.
The main difficulty in attract
ing crowds to college baseball
games is the competition the teams
suffer with big league and semi.
professional mines.
The Western conference has a
baseball league composed Of the
strongest mines in the middle West.
The game has gone ahead, and
enough interest exists to make It
a paying proposition.
The colleges compose one Of the
most prolific sources Of material
for the big league teams. This
year Walter Huntzinger. of Penn
sylvania; Haines, Of Penn State.
oAO DSISB VI EEIHCOIOu, dEO WITH
the New York Giants. The number
of college baseball players joining
the big leagues has grown larger
every year.
This condition, however, is frown.
ed upon by educational institutions.
Instances where big league teams
sign promising bali tossers while
they are still in college are numer-
Gus. Many times the expenses
Of a college course are betrayed by
professional baseball.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
They Got Late Start.

It wasn't until the sixth box
that the Regent Wildcats, Of Balti.
more, made a mark against the
Curb Cafe bowlers in the opening
block of a ten-game series. After
the Baltimoreans found" them
selves, they looked like wonders,
shooting COZ in the second game.
The last half Of the match will
be shot in Baltimore next Satur-
day night. Washington leads by
"a pins.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
HURRICANE GIRLS ARE
TO PLAY LEXINCTONS

The Veteran Bureau Hurricanes
and the Lexington sextets are
scheduled to play this evening in
the National Guard gym, Fifth ss.a
l. streets northwest, the game
starting at s o'clock.
This game will be a preliminary
to the Company c 121st Engineers
Immaculate Conception contest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
BURMAN CHANGES MIND
ABOUT MAKING BIG HOP

Joe Burman, the Chicago feather
weight, has changed his mind about
taking a trip to Australia. He has
planned to go to California instead,
where he will take part in three or
four four-round contests to a de-
cision. He intends to start for
California this week and will re.
main there for at least two months,
returning to Chicago in May.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
FRED THOMAS WILL JOIN
BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL

READING, Pa, Feb. 28.-The
sale Of Infielder Fred Thomas, for.
merly Of the Philadelphia Athletics
and Boston Red Sox, by the Read.
ing International League Club to
Buffalo was announced today.
Thomas was recently traded to
Nashville Of the Southern League,
but refused to report.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
HATCHETITE SEXTET
DOWNS GALLAUDET SIX

The George Washington sextet
defeated the Gallaudet girls in a
we'll played and interesting basket
ball contest yesterday afternoon in
the Central gym, 20 to IA.
At the end Of the first half the
Kendall Green lassies were leading,
8 to /, but were unable to main
tain their advantage.
Misses Robson and Ewers played
best for George Washington, while
Miss Clark starred for Gallaudet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
They're For Him.

Every member of the st. Steph-
ems Club is pulling for Ed Bean to
make good with the Griffmen, even
though his success would mean
the loss to st. Stephens Of a crack
infielder. The club members pre-.
sented Bean with a ruby ring last
night as a token of their best
wishes. He leaves Saturday for
Tampa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
OF REAL
FIGHTING BLOOD
BY THOMAS S. RICE.

Qnn Rojas South American heavyweight
Aires challenging Luis Fpo for the heavyweight boxing
ship OF South America telling his friends that he has offer
has TI and perhaps he would be worth Richards notice
several by Robert manager
Company interests and traveller
Martin keeny interested in boxing
has taken the trouble note the
in hilo - $500
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28

stop his players from playing and
they march out and win a PEN
nant.
Ty Cobb has issued an order
prohibiting his players from play
ing. Bucky Harris will not per-
init Us players to play except on
Sunday. Connie Mack has moth
ing against golf. He lets his
players engage in the ancient
game as often as they wish. APP
parently it is a personal matter.
Bucky Harris shows a lot of
common sense in banning golf for
himself. He believes it hurts his
batting. So long as he believes
that, he is a wise man to cut it
out.
Walter johnson has a good ar
gument for golf, especially for
pitchers. Walter says that he gets
a lot Of good exercise for his
aging legs in tramping over the
course. He admits he is no rec
ord breaker as a golfer, but he
likes that tramping. There's
something in that.
Just Advertisement.
TLORIDA, which in the center
of a great real estate boom,
is using every means for
boosting itself. Which is all
right. But some folks in Florida
are unaware of how to turn the
trick. And it Is a trick.
The other day the New York
Giants arrived at Sarasota. Folks
there were Of the idea that base
ball players and baseball writer's
were a strange folk, rather like
circus performers. The athletes
and the scribes found themselves
booked in what might be termed
a boarding house. They kicked.
They went to a real hotel. But
they found themselves ordered
to eat in a servants dining room.
They kicked again and finally
landed in the main dining room.
One correspondent, a most ca
pable gentleman. too, Bill Nc
Geehan, of the New York Her
aid, poked a little fun at Sara
sofa and found himself in bad.
He admits it under his own sig
nature in his paper.
The worst thing any Florida
town can do is to ALLEVIATE the
baseball writer's. They can make
or break the towns they visit.
They can hold up the town and
the town officials to biting ridi-
cule, which will serve to keep
Northerners away. Keeping North
erners away means keeping money
away, and that's foolish.
Speaking from experience, Tampa
folks go out of their way to do
nice things. They want the Wash
ington Club to make Tampa it's
permanent training quar- t ers.
Clark Griffith sort of belongs to
Tampa now. They credit him
rightly with making Florida pop
ular as a big league training
camp.
It's all advertising. Some towns
in Florida pay all expenses to get
a big league team to train in their
bailiwick. Clark Griffith has to
pay for his hotel expenses. We
know, for we've seen the check
passed over. Tampa gets a hun
dred thousand dollars worth of
advertising for little or nothing,
Just because the Washington bali
club trains here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
.Ozarks Will Meet.

The Ozark midgets will talk
baseball at a meeting next Sat-
lrday night. These players are
asked to report: O'Connell, Nc
Vean, Mccullough, Cohen, Potter,
Tannan, Bernheimer, f. Whitney,
w. Whiting, Hulse, Wood, Eitz-
gerald, Smith, Zahn, Ball, billiard,
Long and Giancoli.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
Clean Golf Strokes
Are Practically
impossible

]. H. Taylor, several times
open champion Of Great Britain,
says that one Of the outstand-
ing characteristics of the mod
ern golfer, more particularly
the good player, is the amount
Of turf displaced in making an
iron shot. This is SO not only
when the full shot is attempt
ed, causing the solid slab Of
turf to 60 flying after the ball,
but also in the shorter and
more delicate approaches.
Apparently Taylor regards
this practice Of divot taking
considerably overdone. It may
be all very well for this vet
eran to call attention to this,
but when it comes to that they
are all in the same boat. II
golfer had to make a mashie
or iron shot clearly he would
say: at can't be DONE"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
~ LOUIS A.DOUGHER
THE CHANTS HAVE A POTTER

New York Giants haye Squire Potter of their judg
and like Potter he farmer boy hill country
PotSer ves in Indian Run, KY, while Stoners Ball
1 up In the hills Both living
nome strange to the the world especially those
MAJOR league baseball players Last spring day
al before disappearing soner took with
Glans squad at Sarasota and
Hughey jennings hed for Ball Park Ca up in the red hills Of
ms native State Nostalgia, can come
simply homesick $40 F e' 80"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28

1oung pitchers who are ambi.
tious to rise in the profession
should keep their eyes and ears
open every instant they're on the
Held or BENCH" declares Grover
the great, while tuning up his sal
airy arm on wrigley Field this
morning.
Too many recruits entering the
majors are guilty of over.zealous
ness right at the outset. They
try to throw nothing but strikes
past the batter, not realizing their
error"
Tne old master paused q mo-
ment to point out his brother,
RAY, who for two years has made
his home on Catalina Island and
who Is almost . double for
Grover.
There is an example of what
TOO much hard pitching will do at
the start Of the training grind, "
continued the Cub ace. Back in
1915, Ray. who at that time had
a. much stuff on the ball an I
possessed when I first reached the
majors, was shipped from the
Phillies to the Paris club Of the
Texas League. Two days after re.
porting he was sent against the
81. Louis Browns in a spring prac-
tice game for twelve innings. He
pitched great ball. bearing down
all the way, naturally anxious to
make a good showing against q
major league team. The next day
he could hardly lift his arm. That
exhibition terminated his career as
q pitcher.
II am not a believer of too much
massage on the arm, regarding this
~ injurious. Before taking my
turn on the slab usually undergo
q light rub with olive Oil and win
tergreen, just enough of it to heat
the arm so that when perspirinE
and then cooling off the chill can
not penetrate the pores. After the
game I take another oil rub, a
bath, then an alcohol rub, which
IOcsens the pores and guards
against q cold.
"Save for the natural soreness
shat develops when any player
starts throwing q ball in the
epringttme following . winter Of
tdleneSs, never have known the
feeling Of pain in my arms. A
few years ago in Chicago q pho
tOgrapher ran in front of me
when I was fielding q ball and
his camera cracked my right
elbow, keeping me out of the
lineup for several days: at that.
I pitched six innings after the
injury. 1t was the only sore arm
that ever troubled me.
eff young pitchers would only
listen to the older heads and pay
strict heed to instructions, there's
no earthly reason why they should
not succeed, provided, of course
there is nothing wrong with 5hei1
arms.
IF they come into the majors
bent on making baseball their means
Of earning a living, it is strictly
up to them to watch their Ps and
O.. I do know I am getting older
but honestly believe / will be ur
here in the big leagues five years
more now"
Alex looks in wonderful shape
after a weeks training. Back In
1911, his first campaign with the
Phillies, he won twenty-nine games
That he has not slipped a great
deal IL evidenced by the fact thai
In 1923 he hurled twenty-five vic
tories.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
ALEXANDER EXPECTS FIVE
MORE YEARSOUT OF
HIS IRON ARM
By HAROLD JOHNSON.

AwALON Catalina Island Feb 2sFuture curvng
Cleveland Alexander on his birthday mighty
was celebrating another milestone in LIES journey and
firing line he the belief he'll be pitching victories
"a the National League five years hence, =
kans family Mrs Aexander were horn ON Far
ruary &C. though in different years 80 ~ - wv
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28

Stoner pitched for Knoxville
in the Appalachian League last
season to such a good extent that
ne was shared by the Giants
scouts. Green and inexperienced,
nevertheless he did have a chance
OF becoming some day a winning
hurler for the New York club.
Indeed, he may yet, for John
McGraw will never hold his pres
ent hiking against him.
The young Georgian left a
note addressed to Jennings. II
am leaving for home," he wrote,
"for reason known only to me.
Nothing you have done is the
cause. / will explain later, If
necessary. Give me a chance"
And away he went.
Potter became frightened at
Tampa the very first night he
was there. It is customary for
feminine tourists to appear in
the lobby Of the hotel in eve
ming dress. This was all new, to
the raw young Kentuckian. He
gazed at the women with widened
eyes. Then he beat it for the
open. air. From the porch he
peeked through the windows at
the women sitting or strolling.
He never recovered.
That was enough for Potter.
He had his bag packed in no
time and was on his way home
to Indian Run, Ky.
It is difficult for one used to
metropolitan manners to under
stand the mental processes of a
Potter or a Stoner. It all ap-
pears so childish, and yet it
can't be, for neither would have
passed up his chance Of making
the big league, except under
great stress.
A major league club drags up
from the depths many strange
types Of young manhood. Some
youngsters have seen steam
trains and gas cars, but don't
have more than q bowling ac-
quaintance with either. Many
have never been Inside a hotel,
especially such hotels as Florida
boasts. Many have never been
away from home overnight.
Squire Potter, for instance, had
never seen a woman in evening
dress. Possibly Stoner never
did. either.
Take youngster out of the
backwoods and plant him in an
up-to-date tourist hotel in Florida
and he is bound to have a men,
tai cloudburst. The surroundings
are strange to him, the folks
about him don't know him, their
ways are different. So he. pro-
ceeds to blow up and, like a
good boy, hikes home to pop and
nom and the OF houn' dawg.
Can't blame him SO much, at
that.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
Seek Senior Foes.

Manager Humphrey, of the I'm.
maculate Seniors, is endeavoring
to sign senior teams for games.
His phone number Is North 7643-J.
In their last game the Immaculates
trimmed the Deltas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
Midgets Prepare.

The Smithfield midgets will meet
Saturday night to make baseball
plans. The following players are
asked to report: Rose, Marine, v.
Marino, Trow, Blendman, Harris,
Garfield, Ruth, Brent, Potts and
Reeves,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
He Got Enough.

There will be no American Legion
ball team this year, IL the matter
is left to Charles w. Swan, who
declares he got enough baseball in
1923 to tide him over q year or two.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-28
Garner With Bristol.

Leo g. Garner, former Wash.
ington sandlot fan, Is now a direc-
tor in the Bristol, Tenn, club. He
is managing a theater in Bristol
too, having left Washington dur
ing last football season.