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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30
FINLAND REGARDS STARS
AS IRON MONSTERS

They regard their athletes IN Finland
which they hope to wre the Olympic athletic honors the
United States
them bit than with steel muscles could carry
events He entered IN the 800 1000 5000 5000 and 10000
meters and to off his he the
crosscountry Nurmi Is but IL he
under that assortment Of he will do something other 9Th
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30
Chance For Booking

Teams desiring games with the
Takoma A. @. tomorrow and
Thursday should phone J. A.
Waters, at Columbia 2117-J. The
Talkomas will have the use OF the
Silver Spring field on these two
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30
Patton leads IIitters

Patton. of the Judd & Detweiler
team, is leading the Commercial
league batsmen with mark of
.480, having made seven hits in
fifteen times at bat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30
Grand Circuit Opens

The Grand Circuit opens today
at Randall Park, Cleveland, con.
tinuing through July 4. The trot.
ters and PAGERS win pursue q cam
paign ending a. Lexington Kyw
on Qnts IL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

Il Will take some tall improve
tnent on the part Of the lads that
We sent over to Paris to win for
ne. All that we can hope for Is a
second or third. A win would be u
big surprise.
Il Is in the broad jump that the
United States is likely to take q
majority Of the points. De Hart
Hubbard. Of the University Of
Michigan, Is without the greatest
broad jumper in the world. This,
too In spite of the fact that Ned
Gourdin, OF Harvard, is the world
champion. The latter has had a
6Ad leg injury for some time.
Up In the Cambridge stadium he
disadvantage. His work, even un.
better than anything any European
games training. Gourdin is conf
dent by the time the big meet
comes around his leg injury win
have healed completely.
TO q close friend the Harvard
star cOnfided the prediction he
VIII do twenty-five feet in the
broad jumping contest. II he
does he will sweep the board Of
all rivals.
Even De Hart Hubbard would be
forced to give way before such a
tremendous leap. The Michigan
star has not shown anything that
would make us think that he can
do more than twenty-five feet.
His jumping is consistently good.
He Is the type Of athlete that can
be depended upon in O pinch.
1t may be said safely the one that
outjumps him at Paris is going 10
collect the Olympic broad jumping
honors. This Is rather broad
statement for any critic to make.
However, 1t is our firm conviction
that Hubbard is the daddy Of them
al" in the broad jumping event.
Nothing less than q victory will
satisfy US.
In the shot putting test the Finn
stars Porhola ana Niklander are
not going to have things their own
way as they did at Antwerp. Uncle
Sam is sending over a squad Of
young, plucky fighters. The Same
state Of conditions as existed at
Antwerp are not going to be re-
peated at Paris. No record break
ing feat by a rival is going to take
the fight out Of our team.
A super.put, is going to instill
extra fighting spirit in the
youthful stars that we have rep
rosenting us at Paris. They are
sure to improve considerably over
the attempts that could only win
o third place for us at Antwerp.
This was taken by Leversedge, OF
the Navy. The latter was credited
with a put of as feet inches. Por-
hola and Niklander beat him with
ease. Porhola won the test with a
heave Of 4S feet IN inches.
We have at least three men on
our team that can beat this mark
with something to spare. Houser,
Hartramft and Hills all did better
than 40 feet in the final tryouts in
the. Cambridge Stadium. When put
!, 20 the test 1t is likely that they
win improve over this feat.
The fact that they are young and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

A year ago, to the accompani-
ment Of much band music, Connie
Mack introduced Sammy Hale to
Philadelphia fans, promising them
that he had found a worthy sue
cessor to Frank Baker. Hale had
been tried by the Detroit club and
released because Of his poor field
ing, it being admitted that he
could hit. Connie is alleged to
have paid something like $35, 900
in cash and players to land Hale
from the Portland club.
Hale never really started with
the Mackmen. When the season
opened he was taken sick. Re-
turning to action, he was injured
again and again. He got into LOT
games, ranking close to the bottom
as a fielder and hitting for .2S8.
Nevertheless, Connie still had
faith in Hale and the caliber of
the Pacific Coast League. After
Harry Davis had looked over Paul
Strand, then playing with the
Salt Lake City club, Connie went
out and travelled around with the
Mormons for a full week, finally
paying $4,000 to land the cham
pion Of the Coast League.
Strand Sad Dust"
TN 1914 games for Salt Lake last
season, Strand established for
= himself q batting average of
1894. He crashed safely 325 times,
gathering in forty-three home
runs, thirteen triples and sixty-six
doubles. The like had never been
seen before anywhere.
Strand was no chicken when he
reported this spring to the Mack
men. He had been a young
pitcher with the famous Boston
Braves Of 1914. Finding he could
hit, he took himself to the out
field and had become a capable
fielder in the minors. Having led
the Coast League for two years
in succession, and being q cool
headed, experienced fielder, Strand
was expected to prove a success
for the Mackmen.
The campaign had not been
under way three weeks before
Strand gave signs Of being a sad
"bust." The pitching was Just q
bit ahead Of him and, being more
or less set in his ways, he was
unable to change his style to meet
the emergency.
Rest Does No Good.
THIRST, Connie pulled Strand
ont Of the lineup, thinking
q rest might do him some
good. Then he shifted him from
left field to center, still with
out avail. After another rest,
Strand went to right field. He
played there in the four games
here last week.
Strand went to bat sixteen
times here last week and got
three hits. This is hitting at
the rate Of 1877. He had a
single, double and triple to show
for those four games.
Not counting Saturdays twin
battles, Strand hit for 1928 In
forty-five games with the Mack
men this season, and there you
have the reason for his slipping
back to the minors from which
no 10 unlikely ever to rise. Few
major leaguers will take another
chance with him.
As for Rollie Naylor, It has
been q myHtery for q couple Of
years how be managed 70 hans
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

ambitious IL going to make them q
hard combination for Porhola and
Niklander to beat. The latter Is
well up in years. It Is not likely
that he viii improve over his Ant
werp performance. Porhola will
have to improve greatly IL he ex-
poets to retain his Olympic honors.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30
It Shows Strength.

1t Shows Strength.
HTELL it is, too, that no one
" Griffman must carry the
W heavy burden Of victory
upon his shoulders alone. That
shows strength in the ball club
as a whole, as an organization.
If one man is ball club, that
club is in danger if he catches
a cold, sprains finger, turns an
ankle, misses a train.
But when a ball club is COM
posed of players who can hop in
and deliver in a pinch for them
selves, no matter who else may
be stopped for day or so, that
club has within it the possibilities
Of ultimate triumph.
The fighting Griffs are begin
ming to look like that kind Of a
bali club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

Finland has only fifty-fOur ath.-
letes on its team, which Is more
than they had four years ago when
they won nine first places, az many
az the United States athletes won.
Lttle has been said about the re-
serve runners which Finland will
send In to support the stars. It is
suspected that they have q second
string talent which may spring a
surprise. Willie Ritola, who went
home from here to run for his father.
land. has been entered IN the 5000,
5000 and 10000 meters races.
Should the Firms depend on these
two stars for the points to be cath.
cred by winning first places, there
win be an excellent chance for the
United States to gather points which
go to those who finish IN the four
places behind the leaders. The
United States with its many ath.
letes can enter fresh athletes to face
the over-burdened Finnish stars.
Finland win also have KOh.
lemainen, StenrOOs and Kyronen
In the marathon to furnish Oppo.'
sltiOn to De Mar, Zuna, and the
other American stars. The long.
distance men have been on the
other side for some time training
under Mike Ryan, and while they
are sure to finish up among the
point winners, the most optimistic
Americans hardly believe that
they win be able to grasp first
hOnOrD from the great Finnish
stars. Finland viii have Myyr8.
Edkvist, PeltOnen. and sNOEansen
In the 1avelin throw, and there are
not likely to be many points In
this event for other nations.
Americas strength win come In
the sprints. the hurdles and the
jumps. It is in these events that the
team must pile up enough points to
offset the firsts which the Firms
are pretty sure to gather in the
other events. After the last OIym.
pic games the coaches sent forth
warnings that a more prominent
place should be given on our sport
program to distance running. II
was encouraged, and, to the credit
Of the coaches, it must be said
that there has been q great i'm.
provement,
Whether this has been enough TO
match the traditional superiority Of
the foreign runners IL q question.
The nervous impulsive make up Of
the American athlete does not tit in
so well with distance running.
While the optimism which comes
from past victories indicates that
this country will again be victorious
at the games In Paris, there will be
no excuses to offer II the Firms
wrest the honors from them. The
United States has sent over its
best and everything possible has
been done to train them to the high.
est point Of physical condition. II
they lose they will lose in the same
sportsmanlike spirit they have won
in the past.
European athletes, It must be
remembered, have had a much wider
range for improvement in ath-
letic performances than the athletes
In this country. And since the war
they have made remarkable strides
In coaching and training methods.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

In the discus throw the Firms
are going to find our stars close up
on their backs from the very start
OF the contest. Tommy Lieb, Of
Notre Dame; Gus Popem, who was
third at Antwerp. and Glen Hart
ranft, the California star. are like.
~ to throw the discus well over
$50 feet.
The first two did better than this
mark at Cambridge tryouts. No
doubt IL they had been pushed they
could have got the discus well out
beyond that mark. To beat them the
Firms will have to have something
more than the unknown star they
are boasting about. The latter is
said to be able to heave the discus
over 100 feet.
He will have to live I'D to this
prediction and then put q few feet
extra on the end of his throw If he
expects to outdistance Lieb, Popem
or Hartranft. The latter has done
well over 1855 feet in practice. It is
only right to expect him to i'm.
prove when put under fire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30
It Was Timely Hitting.

On June 10, 1892, w. Robinson, Of
Baltimore. batted in eleven runs,
which has stood since al a major
league record.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30
Harris Shows Sense.


in declining to admit that
the recent success Of the
Washington club is to be credited
to any one man, even himself.
An excellent example was shown
during the last series here with
the Mackmen.
When the Griffs were last in
Philadelphia, "Spark Plug" Mat
thews practically won two games
by himself, coupled with some
good pitching. But it was
largely Matthews.
Coming here, the Maclmen bent
every effort to shut down on
Sparkle" How well they sue
ceeded is seen by his shriveled
batting average. In the four
games he hit for OH. He got
one single off Stan Baumgartner,
that's all. He was peppery and
all that, but other lads looked
better against the enraged AS.
Those three victories were
largely due to the superior pitch
ing Of. johnson, Mogridge,
Zahniser and Russell, with equal
honor to the more unfortunate
Martina, backed by the superb
fielding of Bluege, Peck, Rice
and Harris and the timely swat
ting Of Rice, Goslin, Ruel, Judge,
Peck and Bluege.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

Have a Long Lead
The Griffmen have now won ten
out Of sixteen games from tho
Mackmen this year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

Critics in this country are
wagering that the hOnOrs win be
brought back to this country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

A super:put is going to instill
extra fighting spirit in the
youthful stars that we have rep
resenting us at Paris. They are
sure to improve considerably over
the attempts that could only win
. third place for us at Antwerp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

and the Republicans are anxigl1li
to know who they got to beaG ao
mob
Democrats are taking plel1e&o
Of time to deliberate. They
know that whoever they noaSgI
nate has got to be big eno3R
man to walk through the WR
House door without denting Biz
high hat. rsSa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

attending tH
Democratic w
Home Week, k0M
a single one has
the least id
who is going
be convicted. AoW
The jury nsiAs
getting honaesial 81
and hotel bi
are creeping 80
like fire inn1s
cellu1oid factol
Only q 4sTN
weeks re m aEWJ
until o1oNfianR
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

nlgn nat. nado
And still he must not be ~ ~
small that he can crawl undega5
the screen door without talingn
off his rubbers! These are prua
portions that the Republicans
failed to consider at Cleveland
because the present incumbent
just fits the swivel chair with
out screwing it up notch OF
unlocking his vest.
The city Of Washington never
gets any voice as to who is
going to wear out the White
House napkins. We've got to
take what's sent to US and like
it.
Not only that. We got TO
treat it with respect and handle
it with care and kindness over
four long years until its sue
cessor is duly indicted, found
guilty and sentenced with eIab-
crate ceremonies.
Only thing we got to be-
thankful for is that we are
spared the cruelty Of q political
convention, except for what
slides down our nonpartisan an
tennaes and into our defense
less earphones.
Whether or not the Democrats
get q President out of this ten
days Of denials and rebuttals,
nobody can say they didn't have
their convention.
After listening to Some Of it
over the radio, we can UNDER
stand why our wise old fore
fathers in their senile Judgment
only wished it on US once every
four years.
AaVa q I mo aad
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on in the big show. In the past
three seasons he has won exactly
twenty-five victories, averaging
less than nine a year. In the
same time he has lost thirty
five. He's probably gone back,
too, never to rise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
Our Forefathers Knew
What They Were Doing
When They Gave Us
Convention Only Once
in Four Years.

UYHEN the Roll Is Called
w Up Yonder Who'll Bas
THERE ii
That is the nimble answet
they are trying to avoid IN
New York and for nearly on
week now the public hasn't eveils
had a clue.
nom
Despite the fact that the hHs0,Y
detectives from each State aIaa
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-05

Strengthening Of the Party. The Party
can now march forward on the broad
road of revolution. The party can
at last free itself from opportunist err
rors, and take up firm attitude to-
wards the right and left" leaders of
German Social Democracy. We must
succeed in finally creating situation
whereby the German proletariat will
believe that the German Communist
Party will lead it, not only in word,
but in deed, to revolutionary battle;
and not only to heroic defeats as in
January 1919 and in the year 1921, but
to decisive victory over the bourge-
oisie. Up to now the German proleta-
rians have not had this faith in us.
But it is a faith which the German
Communist Party must now impart to
the working class.
1t is an important duty incumbent
on the party, to put an end to the
existence of some factors within the
party, and to the contests of these
fractions among themselves. 1t is
time that we create a party which
employs hundred per cent of its
forces in the struggle against the
bourgeoisie and it's agents, the Social
Democrats, and does not waste its
powers in squabbles among its own
members. The victorious majority
must be capable Of taking a number
OF clearsighted political and organi-
zatory steps, enabling the new major
ity to create new regime in the
party, to utilize all forces of value,
regardless Of the camp to which they
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-05
Communist International to German Party

workers sthe idea that the Red Hun
dreds are necessary for the daily
struggles. The Red Hundreds will
only be able to strike firm root in the
working class if they accustom them
selves to the idea that they have to
protect workers demonstrations from
the attacks of the Reichswehr, to de-
fend the best fighters against arrest,
to undertake this or that enterprise
towards the arming of the workers,
etc. The Red Hundreds must be root
ed in the depths of the working class
itself, in the factories and workshops.
And then they will be immune against
the attacks of the bourgeois author
tiles.
VIII. The Situation within the Party.
The German Communist Party is at
present undergoing thoro regroup-
ing in forces, is working for a fresh
orientation, is endeavoring to be a
really Bolshevist party. Danger from
the Right has been overcome in the
party, altho there can be no doubt
but that this Right danger still exists,
and may involve serious danger for
the German Communist Party and for
the whole Comintern. During tran
sitional periods between two revolu-
Communist Inter. to German Party.
tions-and the German proletariat is
experiencing such a period at the pre-
sent time-the proletarian party is
threatened by two main dangers: on
the one hand the opportunist devia-
lions of the Right, and on the other
the phrases OF the Left" The lack Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-05
TENNANT-AC COMPANY
TOWN
BY HENRY GEORGE WEISS

BY HENRY GEORGE WEISS
The sparse-cIad peaks rearing against
the sky,
The sinuous stream abrawling down
the green
And rocky mountain meadow, tower
ing high
Great pine trees swaying, with the
stumps between
OF sister monarchs feIIed by ruthless
man,
Long rows Of houses built to one set
plan,
And dusty roads Ger which ''tin
Iizzies" bump.
With many Iurching groan and
swayine thump.
Here nightly from their toll the slaves
come in
To bunk-house or to home, wash off
the dirt
Of ten to sixteen hours work, and grin
To think that day went by and still
no hurt
To life or limb; eat, smoke, and then
to bed;
Rise, back to toll, and SO on, till
they're deadI
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-05
ATTENTION
BY HENRY GEORGE WEISS


We sons Of the seythe and the plough
share,
We slaves to the bankers clan,
We serfs of the field and the orchard,
We ask you to march in the van.
You who have toiIed and have sweated
That others might gorge on your
toll,
Now shoulder to shoulder and onward
In defense of your right to the soil.
The grafters are Hoeking like vultures
To feed on the wealth ye have
grown:
Stand pat with the workers, ye
farmers,
And keep from the robbers your
own.
Old parties7 Forget themI. They've
trieked you
With promises year after yearI
Now fling wide your working class
banner
And craven this bsttIeery there:
To the workers the tools OF production,
To the farmers the land that they
till,
To the srafters the wage Of eorrup-
ton,
To all labor the fruits Of ito skill
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may have formerly belonged, and to
lead the party, on the basis Of a firm
and steadfast revolutionary commun-
list line OF action. to the fulfillment Of
the great historical tasks lying before
it.
Your last conference of the Central
Committee quite rightly declared, that
the tasks Of the European Communist
Parties do not consist of demands
that the Russian Communist Party be
de-Bolshevised, but on the con
trary, Of work towards the Bolshevi-
cation of the West European Com
munist Parties. This IL well said.
We are firmly convinced that your
party conference will make further
great strides forward in this respect
Unity-a truly steadfast proletarian
unity. not merely external paper
unity, but downright Bolshevist
unity-cost what It may-must be
created by your party conference. Go
to the masses, and once more-go to
the masses! This was taught us by
our lost comrade Lenin. The party
conference must inspire the mass Of
party members and all followers OF
the Communist Party with infinite de-
votion to the cause Of proletarian re-
volution. The Reich party conference
must impart to the workers the be-
lief that the proletarian party is pre-
pairing, without losing an instant, for
the great hight which is coming. The
Reich party conference must create a
firm revolutionary majority. The
Reich party conference must prove
that the German Communist Party is
to be held in high esteem among the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-07-05

faith in the revolution of the one, the
attempt to evade actually existing
difficulties of the proletarian struggle
by means of Left phrases Of the other,
form the two greatest dangers. Boil
shevism in Russia fought under ana
Joyous circumstances against both
alterations, and it was solely in the
struggle against these two alterations
that Russian Bolshevism became
steeled, and became the party which
we all know.
The victory Of the left wing of the
German Communist Party Is Of enor-
nous significance for the fate Of the
German revolution. There is no doubt
but that this victory is a reflection of
far-reaching process going on in the
working class, or at least in its van
guard. This victory signalises the
growing readiness to fight among the
most advanced strata OF the German
working class. This victory bears
witness to the commencing RADICAL
xation Of considerable strata OF the
German working class. But woe to
us II we over-estimate these symp-
toms. il we imagine that what we de-
sire has already been attained, IL we
imagine that the majority of the Ger
man proletariat is already prepared
to plunge into battle under the lead
ership Of the left wing OF the German
Communist Party. This is not yet the
case. Work towards this goal is the
leading task Of the Party.
The acute crisis thru which the
German Communist Party is passing
at the present time may become the
starting point for the rebirth and
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sections Of the Communist Interna-
tional.
The Communist International for
its part, will do its utmost to aid the
brother Communist Party in Germany
to accomplish the great historical
tasks with which it is confronted.
Long live the proletarian revolution
in Germany! Long live the dictator
ship Of the proletariat in the German
Soviet Republic! Long live the Com
munist Party Of Germany!
Moscow, March &c, 1924.
The Executive Committee Of the
Communist international,
Chairman: Zinoviev.