The Washington times., 1924-03-17

ington who has not yet tried for his
favors, to buckle down with a de.
termination and get first-day tickets
for nothing instead Of going to the
trouble and expense OF buying en-.
"Skillet" feels that there are hun
dreds Of real, dyed-in-the-wool base
ball bugs within the confines OF the
circulation Of the Hearst newspa-
pers who have not yet tried their
hands at limerick writing, and the
squirrel editor wants every one OF
these to get a chance at the awards.
Remember, ten tickets are be-
ing given away daily, and you
might as well be in this selective
group as not.
And to the hundreds upon hun
dreds Of limerick last-liners who
have been unsuccessfully trying day
in and day out for the last ten days
to grab off two or more tickets,
"Skillet" and his two judges say,
do not become discouraged
In contest like the limerick con-
test, you never can tell when things
are going to begin to break for you.
In this connection, skillet" recalls
very we'll that one Of the hottest
baseball bugs in Washington was in
his acrostic contest a year ago up
until the very last day, before he
earned any tickets-but that fellow
didn't miss a single day of the thir-
ty-day period over which the acros-
tic puzzles were conducted.
| Also, "SkiIlet" recalls equally
as well that one of the two young
men who went with him to the
world series last fall was sending
i'm a different Babe Ruth lineup
every day for a month. and it
| was not until the last day that
he most nearly aprOXimated the
all-star lineup chosen by Ruth.
There are two living examples of
tenacity which finally brought sue
cess, and The Washington Times
sincerely hopes that none of the
thousands who are submitting last
lines for limericks daily will allow
failure to win so early in the con-
test, to drive them out Of the run
ming.
Somebody has GOT to win these
the first baseball bust of the sea-
6OlL tbhO IL 4C up w lAAO SODIL
themselves as to who gets them.
The Byron Specie limerick
brought in myriad clever last lines,
any one of which might easily
have won first prize, but the
Judges finally determined on the
offering of George H. Dasher, 5110
Thirteenth. The unfinished linn
erick on Specie read something
like this.
We wonder if Sir Byron Specie,
! Was ever a Chief of Police,
He can't learn to ditch
His underhand pitch,
And Mr.. Dasher's appropriate
ending was:
Perhaps his transmission needs
grease!
| All Of which was well-deserving
! of the four tickets he won and
Skillet" hopes he will find it con-
venient to join the nut parade at
the ball park on April Is and
bring his three guests along with
[ him.
Second prize went to George e.
Voegler, 1447 South Carolina av.
enue for his line:
when watching base runners
who fleece!'
Frank x. Fogarty, 91S Vermont
avenue southwest, earned for him.
self two tickets on the Specie linn.
erick with this ending:
''Sir Specie. to surpass, must Sir,
cease"
Last, but far from least. is the
line submitted by r. ,E. No~fleet,
1107 Eleventh street, As follows:
''But wonders. you know, never
cease"
For a crop of limerick last lines,
It was the unanimous opinion Of the
| three judges that those were the
; best in the lot.
The limericks are showing de.
cided improvement in their general
caliber and prove that every one
of the fans are giving a great dea'
of thought to their contributions.
This is the kind of effort that is
going to win tickets from now ON,
so the more punch you can get into
your last line the better are your
chances to cavort with tho gang
on the opening day.