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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13

In achieving his triumph, Wal
ter johnson turned back John Nc
Graw and his New York Giants,
yet the New York World, under
the title of Washington Wins
the Series," printed the following
editorial last Saturday:
at is given to some cities to be
Carthage, and rule the seas; it is
given to some to be Rome, and
rule the world; it is given to
others to win the world series.
The greatest of these is Wash
ington. For, think Of it, Wash
ington has actually won the series.
They thought it was history when
they won the pennant. But the
pennant-what was that? Some
thing soon forgotten, something
for few old-timers to tell stories
about in the wintertime, when the
park is covered with snow. But
to be world champions-that is
something to be remembered,
something to chisel on marble.
"And what a game! None Of
your dull, one-sided affairs, q
foregone conclusion from the third
inning. No, q real ringtaii lala-
paloosa, twelve gorgeous innings,
when anything might happen and
anything did happen; when not
one of the players or coaches or
thousands Of screeching, jumping,
praying fans knew which way the
cat was going to jump.
was there anything lacking !
If SO, nobody noticed it. Every
hero gave more than anybody
hoped he would give, showed
heroic stuff from beginning Il
end. There was young Bucky
Harris, who would be unanimous,
ly elected Senator if Washington
had a vote. First he male the
homer that brought Washington's
first run. Then he clouted oui
the hit that tied the score. What
a boy, what q boy! And Ruel
who got on with one out in the
twelfth. And McNeely, who
drove in that run, that run Of
runs, the run that won the
game. And finally
Walter johnson. Let us take
off our hats. Walter johnson,
who we thought had been counted
out. Walter johnson, who went
down to grim defeat IN New York,
who they said was too old. Wal
ter Johnson, tried and true wheel
horse of a great team, who took
the box in the ninth, faced those
deadly youngsters from New York
and delivered what was asked Of
him. Three innings, and he was
the Walter johnson Of old. A
brief space, but the greatest three
innings Of his life.
"The Giants? The Giants are
our own, and we sorrow when
they lose. But they have already
tasted such victory many times;
had they won they would merely
been champions once more, They
can afford to skip a year. This
time. we frankly rejoice with
Washington. We know how thew
feel, and it is a feeling like which
there is none in this vale Of
tears"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13
COBB SAYS HE'S FROZEN
WITH ABATEMENT
By TY COBB.

have had day to cool off since
think all but the the things happened
in mind the harder it ID off All Of the series
to life again and absolutely freeze
One and another there series like way
and another doubt if there will
Senator'S put It simply uncanny
have been around baseball long, long
anything like it. million and things happened
it the breaks of the that decided
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13

b q
Moe caught it on both
the right and left cheek
on Saturday when Blu.
CADo and WIDGEoN
were defeated. It was 4
blow as the setback cuts
the old boys Laurel win
nings down to q messly
1895.
Today will be another
story. Moe expects the
surplus on hand to shoot
up like a sky rocket.
Both Of the horses today,
should make their hackers
hay, says Archie Haley
who is something Of y
poet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13
American is Ahead

The American League has won
thirteen and lost eight world
series. beginning with the triumph
Of the Red Sox over the Pirates In
1908 and ending with the victory Of
the Griffmen over the Giants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13
JOHNSON IN DOUBT WHAT
ACTION TO TAKE
Ry WALTER JOHNSON.

suppose everybody wants to know what going do
that have finally game in the world series Well don't
know exactly have been panningsto get out baseball have
wanted back Reno Nevada and children school,
where they belong Right now am planning to do that
Washington end this
worrying about that Clark Griffith has always treated
me fairly and want to sign another know ne M meet
the Pacific League that Griffith will give
wLak
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13

games against the New York Giants.
Matthews IL the property Of the
Washington club. Plans are for him
to report at Tampa next spring.
lie may hang on with the team
through the 1895 campaign and his
many admirers in Washington and
around the circuit are backing him
to do so. He Is extremely popular
with. the fans.
Fred Marborry's unexpected bonus
of $4,000 gives further indication
Of Clark Griffith's fairness in the
hour of his triumph. Marberry, un.
tried graduate of the Southern As.
ISOLATION, did not receive a high
salary during the past season, Ger.
tainly much lower than he viii re.
ceive 10 1928.
Marberry took part in fifty.three
games during the campaign ending
with the penn&nt victory OF the
fighting Gfifts. He worked hard
and honestly to the best Of his
ability. Though credited with few
victories, he saved many game
for other pitchers. ana did so
hole.heartedly, without complaint
II don't care so much about win.
ming 9 game for myself" Marberty
told this writer once on a train,
II want the team to win. II l can
save game for the toarn, I'm
1t is this generous spirit which
Clark Griffith recognized and re.
warded with that check Tor 5000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13
Win Go Transferring

Tom zachary will 20 barnstorm.
ing with Al Schacht's team for a
couple Of weeks before going back
to his farm In North Carolina. As
a winner Of two games In the 1924
world series. Zach ought to attract
some fans in the bushes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13

And that's how evenly matched
the teams were. Each team won
three games and had to go into
the seventh. This game had to go
into extra innings, and even then II
was that weird. funny little thing
we call luck that gave Washington
the championship of the world. Two
little pebbles that caused two
grounders to take bad hops did the
trick.
But who, in all that ball park,
wasn't wishing Walter johnson the
best Of luck? After eighteen years
he had come to his first world
series, and in that series he had
tried twice and failed each time.
What was more fitting than that he
should have still another opportu.
nifty, with all the baseball world
pulling for him, and come through
in the biggest trial and crisis Of all?
And so Walter and the Senators
won, and I guess it's just as well.
AS an American Lacquer, Of course,
I'm glad but i pleases me more
because happen to know that
Walter johnson doesn't figure on
pitching next year. It seems no
more than right that his career
should end as it SO gioriousiy began.
Baseball players believe in sucil
things as Fate. It was Fate that
went against the Giants and put
those two pebbles in the way. It
was Fate that let Washington
win the toss at the start of the
series and il was Fate again that
let them win the toss for the
pIay.off.
And it was against precedent for
the Senators to WIN the series after
losing the first game. 1t Is almost
law that the team which wins the
first game wins the series. But
that didn't happen this year. Fate
and the Senators decreed otherwise.
Think Of the things that hap.
pened In the last game: Ruel, who
hadn't made hit in The first six
games, came through at the right
time. McNeely, who hadn't made q
hit in the first eleven innings, came
through at the right time. Gowdy
stumbled on his mask going after a
foul that he would ordinarily have
caught. And as the game went on
into extra innings, johnson again
got the opportunity that everybody
wanted him to have.
Fiction couldn't have given
Peckinpaugh a better part to play.
Hurt early in the series, he came
back in the sixth game when the
Senators had their backs to the
wall and helped a lot to win that
game. And then he hurt himself
again.
And when you look lack on it
all-the entire series-anothcr thing
stands out: There isn't n player
you can point to as a goat. AS q
rule, each world series has at least
one. Young didn't hit so much, but
he did come through at times, and
other times, especially IN the last
game, Washington passed him.
All the games except one pro.
duced a ninth-inning rally or it's
equivalent. The climax that ex.
ploded in the last game started to
develop In the first. and all through,
the series the battle became more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13
Skillet Firms Guest
Thanks Times For
His Fun
"Skillet" Finn. Esq,
Sporting Department,
Washington Times:

washington Times:
"For anyone to have seen +he
series was certainly a rare
treat, but to have seen it as a
guest Of The Washington Times
surely provided me with a
thrill. Every one of the games
bordered on the sensational and
| surely think 1t was my good
fortune to have had the pleas.
ure to have seen all OF the
games as your guest.
Il want to thank you for
the courtesies extended through
your paper and hope your con-
test will continue to meet with
the same success it has in the
past.
Respectfully yours.
IRWIN STEIN,
1859 Conn. Ave"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13
''SmaIl-Town Stuff"

.THERE was something un.
equaled in the celebration
following the victory of the
fighting Griffmen. It was "smali-
town stuff" which is wonderful
stuff, say what you may.
1t is good to be a Small town"
such % Washington. There only
90 folks have chance to show
themselves.
Suppose the Giants had won
that last game. Do you think
New York would have staged such
a demonstration as that seen at
the Griffith Stadium last Friday I?
Or on the Avenue and F street
during the evening?
Of course not.
New York Is q blase town when
it comes = pennAntS and world
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13

gripping and the situations more
tense. As a fan | got a terrific
kick out Of it all. AS Il baseball
man 1t just about paralyzed rae
with thrills.
No one player stood out to carry
his team through to victory. II
was also q series of homers. Harris
was forced into the background be.
cause Of the dramatic setting at the
end, in which johnson was the
popular figure, but Harris will get
his credit later, when everybody
starts to reviewing the regular sea.
son and series. He sure has had
an armful Of success. The big eli.
max was built around Johnson's
first two failures and his third and
last opportunity, SO it was natural
that Bucky should submerge in the
glare of Walters great last-minute
triumph.
And all these things, on looking
back, happened Just right. The
teams and players couldn't have
produced a more thrilling result
If they had been puppets tied to
strings manipulated by the gods
" ~ AAhASSOf OvfBO HAhIhkCTs
In that last game. Frisch got to
third toward the end and couldn't
score. A few times Washington got
a man to third, but couldn't score.
In two Of the early games the team
that won went out into the lead by
making hoInerS, and so far as the
pitching is concerned, 1t looks as
though Zachary's stands out. The
Giants seemed to be weak against
the change Of pace he fed them.
Another thing stands out: Neither
team did much scouting on each
other before the series. The batters
who did the damage in the early
games petered out some at the end.
McGraw and Harris had to develop
their own information as the series
went along. Anyhow, I knew that
McGraw didn't do any scouting.
That's why Goslin didn't get any
slow balls at the start, and got
a lot Of them toward the end.
johnson was remarkable in that
last game. Seven or eight years
ago, with Walter at his best, the
series wouldn't have gone seven
games. Walter would have been in
there winning every day. Even to.
day he 10 the best fast ball pitcher
IN our league for five or six in.
nings. And now that it's all over,
what about next year?
Harris, ! think, is going to have
q mighty tough job. Between
now and next fall he will have to
develop other players to pick up
when some of his old ones waVer.
Johnson, Peck and Mogridge have
been around considerably, and
gradually there will be 4 let-down
BY them.
Just one more thing: There was
a lot Of speculation about johnson, 3
arm during the series as to whether
1t would hold up after eighteen
long years. In my mind II wasr't
so much that az ii was his legs.
His last great call on speed in
the pinch proves that. simply
hate TO think what would have hap.
pened II the Giants had started 10
bunt on him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13

And all these things, on looking
back, happened just right. The
teams and players couldn't have
produced more thrilling result
II they had been puppets tied to
strings manipulated by the gods
or master stage manager.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13

Then came that second defeat
in New York. It hurt me down
deep when everybody cheered me,
though ] was being hit hard. I
felt like throwing my glove away
and calling Il off forever. Every.
body wanted me to win, and l
didn't have the stuff.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13

The four umpires were paid q
total of $1,000, plus their legiti.
mate hotel and travelling ex.
penses. a miserable pittance as
compared to the profits of every
body else concerned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-13

If I can become a part owner
Of club out there, I can manage
the team and pitch every now
and then when I feel like it.
Also, / will be within riding dis
lance Of my home in Reno, New.
1t wouldn't be like playing in the
East and changing my home
every February, and not getting
back until November.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
Foreigners In China
Watch Battles
AS Pasti1ne

The favorite outdoor sport Of
Foreigners in Shanghai at the
Z present time Is INDUCING in
hot logs around 4 cracking
wood fire and watching the Chi
rese battles. according to let
tiers just received here.
Shanghai, the center of the
civil war going on between
forces Of Lu Yung-hsiang, de-
Tending the city, and Chi hsieh-
yuan, attacking, has a foreign
population Of about 5000 and
the holder Of them IN fairly
large numbers adjourn to the
nearby battlefields after dam
cling in Shanghai cabarets until
2 or 3 o'clock in the morning,
have their Chinese servants
start q wood fire; and then sit
around in their tuxedos and
evening gowns and MUNICH the
estimable s'hot-dog in reserved
seats while the battle RACES.
So far none have been in
jured although several very
narrow escapes from stray bull
lets or shells have been re-
ported.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
A. OF |. ASKS.
CONCERTED
ACTION
10000 Organizations Urged
to Fight Dangers That
Confront Liberty

snow is the time to deal reaction
an effective blow" says5a commune
cation sent today to 10000 organi-
nations Of labor from headquarters
Of the American Federation Of La
Dor national non partisan political
campaign committee over. the sig
nature Of Secretary Frank Morni-
son.
Together with this went an APP
peal to all organizations Of labor
to perfect ward and precinct or.
ganizations Immediately.
Labor regards these two commune
cations to Americas army Of trade
unionists as an effective answer to
charges inspired in the headuuar-
cratic parties to the effect that
labor's support Is half-hearted.
Today's appeal is three-fold. II
asks for additional campaign con.
tributions. it calls for activity In
behalf OF congressional candidates.
and for the independent national
ticket, and urges intensive pre-
cinct organization. It carries the
message, too, that from all over
the nation come reports, Of an Inn.
mense drift to La Toilette and!
Wheeler" !
Victory Assured.
Victory for the Al. F. of L. non.
partisan political campaign is as
sured." Secretary Morrison says,
addressing every local union in the
United States. 1T only needs or
ganization to make the victory more
pronounced. The only ones who
can perfect an organization to do,
such efficient work are the men
and women of labor and the leaders
Of organized labor everywhere.
"The organized labor movement
must furnish volunteer workers to-
get out the vote and watch the
count after the polls are closed.
We are workers in the organized
labor forces. We have demonstrated
that we cannot be terrorized by
the forces of reaction. We must
see to it that we get square deal
at the polls.
From all over the nation come
reports Of an immense drift for the
two independent candidates, La Fol-
lette and Wheeler. This sentiment
must be crystalized into action at
the polls.
"All of the enemies Of organized
labor are trying to minimize our
strength in the great political
struggle.
Eve are not attempting to de-
liver the Labor vote to any political
party or candidates. We are en-
deavoring to inform and advise
Labor of the records Of all candi-.
dates, so that Labor may be in a
position to vote intelligently.
Liberty Endangered.
Now is the time to deal reaction
an effective blow. If the energies
Of Labor are not to be devoted I'M
the next Congress to resisting un-
American and unsocial LEGISLATION,
now is the time to defeat those who
would check progressives
Let us not permit reaction to
succeed and then hope that they
can be thwarted when they ere
seated in the national Legislative
body.
1.-THE time to defeat reaction is
now. The method is to arouse the
voters to the danger that confrOnts
them and every other liberty-loving
citizen"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
BODY FOUND IN
TRUNK; HUSBAND DEAD

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. s.-The
body Of Mrs. Vernie Davies, twenty.
three, mutilated and stuffed in a
trunk. and that Of her husband, II.
A. Davies, formerly a State traffic
officer, with bullet hole in the
head, were found by police in the
Davies home in Daily City,
suburb.
Police believe Davies killed his
wife. the night Of September 13 in
san francisco and removed the
body to DAILY City. It is believed
Davies brooded over the killing and
took his own life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
5000 YEAR OLD GRAVES
FOUND IN PANAMA CRATER

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Graves Of
Indians. buried approximately 5000
years ago, have been discovered by
archaeologists in the side of an ex-
tinct volcano in Raquette, Panama,
according to w. E. Flanagan, of
Santa Cruz, Calf, vice president of
the National CONSTRUCTION Company,
who arrived here on the Grace liner
Santa Elisa. He said that several
tombs had been opened by the in
vestigators and that gold trinkets
and artistic pottery had been found
Beside bodies crumbled to dust.
Mr.. Flanagan is building an auto
mobile road from San Carlos to Pan.
anna City. He. is here recuperating
from malaria.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
Children With Riekeis
Need Cod Liver OF.
Give Them McCoy's Cod Liver
Oil Tablets.

For weak. puny, under-developed
children-an especially those that
have ricketts,, and need q sure
builder that promotes the growth
OF teeth and bones, cod liver oil Is
the one medicine supreme--noth
Ing helps like it.
But it is nasty and repulsiva
and evil smelling and nearly al.
ways upsets children's stomachs-
so now up-to.date chemists advise
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets.
Children love them as they do
candy, because they are sugar coat.
ed and easy to take. One boy
gained liz pounds in seven weeks,
and is now healthy and happy
thousands OF other children have
grown strong and robust.
Sixty tablets for so cents at
Peoples Drug Stores and druggists
all over North America--but be-
sure and ask for Mccoy orr
ginal and genuine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-05-16

Celebration this week of the open
ing of the silver anniversary year of
the North Coast Limited train marks
another forward step in the long his
I tory of the Northern Pacific Railroad
which has been identified with the
progress and development of the
West.
Founding of the Northern Pacific
dates back to 1854 when President
Lincoln signed the congressional act
incorporating the company. In that
list of incorporators are the names of
men noted in military, commercial
and political circles.
Among these men, John G. Ere
mont Of New York. often called "the
Pathfinder of the West" and the
first Republican party candidate for
president; General u. S. Grant of H.
linois; J. G. Ainsworth of Oregon,
and Hon. Il. NJ Rice Of Minnesota.
The congressional act establishing
the new railroad company placed the
capital stock at $1OO,000,OOO and pro-
vided that when $2,0O0,OOO of the
stock was subscribed for 1 per cent
Of the subscriptions paid in cash, and
the charter formally accepted, the
company was to be considered as le-
gally established. Construction was
to begin in two years and was to be
completed by 1874. Josiah Perham of
Boston was the railroad company's
first president.
Reorganized in 1867
Reorganization was effected In 1867
and some Of the ablest railroad men
in the United States became inter
ested in the enterprise. Actual con-
struction was started In the winter
Of 1870 near Duluth and in the same
year also on the Pacific Coast.
For several years the Northern Pa
cific project met with considerable
opposition. The public was uncer
tain and skeptical as to the wisdom
of constructing a railroad 1000 miles
in length across the Northwest, re-
gion thinly populated and regarding
the possibilities Of which little was
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-05-16

high school lads and other individuals
will appear as semi-nude savages; the
high school band will be the officia
musical organization of the pageant
and the 65-piece Walla Walla Sym
phony Orchestra will accompany the
choristers.
! The pageant itself is written as 6
faithful review of the outstanding his
torical events Of the state, many Of
airy party upon its arrival at For
Walla Walla after it's trip overland
Scenes at the Whitman Mission, To-
Gated near Walla Walla, will be fol
lowed by the arrival Of the grea
wagon train of 1S43, and dance
drama presented by 400 trained dane
ers, will depict in allegory the hor.
rible massacre Of the missionaries
November ~, 1847.
Mrs. Casa Blakemore of Spokane,
granddaughter of Mrs. Henry H.
Spalding, member Of the Whitman
party, and one of the, two first white
women to cross the continent, will
appear as Mrs. Spalding.
In the second movement of the
pageant, Mr. Pambrun will enact the
role Of his father, an interpreter at
the great council Of 1855 between In
dams and Governor Isaac Stevens,
first territorial governor of Washing
ton.
Indian Wars Depicted
Indian wars will follow, superbly
mounted horsemen depicting the de-
feat of Colonel Steptoe's gallant band
and the subsequent victory of Colonel
George Wrights dragons.
The third movement of the pageant
will re-enact the building of the old
town Of Walla Walla. In this scene
500 persons, many Of them the chill
dren and grandchildren Of pioneers,
will take the roles originally played
by their forefathers. Notable among
this group will be d. F. Baker, grand
son Of Dr. d. S. Baker, builder of the
first railroad in the West, and Walter
Eells, grandson Of Cushing Eells,
founder of Whitman College.
The final pageant movement will be
vision of the Future Glorious, beau
tifully costumed dancers presenting
he various visions" The finale will
be staged with the grand choir of 800
singing the. Halleleujah chorus from
the Messiah"