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The Washington times., 1924-12-15
Where They Roll In
Tonight's Bowling
League Matches

District League - Mt. Pleas
ants VS.. Meyer Davis, at Mt.
Pleasant.
National Capital League
Internal Revenue VS.. Anacostia,
at King Pin, No. 1.
Suburban League-Takoma VS..
Jewel Shop, at Petworth.
Masonic League-Harding VS..
Federal; Dawson VS.. Harmony !;
National>vs. Hiram, at Coliseum.
Bankers League-Riggs, No. 1,
VS.. Merchants; S. r. & H. VS..
American Security, at King Pin,
No. i.
Athletic Club League-O'Don-
nells VS.. Orioles, at Recreation.
Knights of Pythias League
Rathbone-Superior VS.. Webster,
No. 2, at Recreation.
Odd Fellows League-Friend-
ship. vs.. Brightwood, at King
Pin, No. 2.
Nautical League-W Washington
Canoe VS.. Woodlin.
Washington Ladies' League
Columbians VS.. Buddies; Com
mercials VS.. Metropolitan A. c.,
at Coliseum.
: Hebrew Interclub League
Y, M. III. A. VS.. NOrdau Zion at
Recreation.
Typothetae League 49, Column
bian Printing Company VS.. Judd
& Detweiler; Packwood Printing
Company VS.. Lanman Engraving
Company; Ransdell, Inc, VS..
Wheeler Jones; Washington
Monotype Company VS.. r. p.
Andrews Paper Company; M.
Joyce Engraving Company VS..
National Capital Press, at Coli
scum.
Commercial League-Washing-
Battery Company VS.. Raleigh
Haberdasher, at Recreation.
Sunday School League-West
Washington VS.. Mt. Vernon;
Douglas VS.. Peck Memorial, at
Y. M. C. A.
East Washington Church
League-Ingram VS., Epworth;
North Capitol M. E. VS.. Gorsuch
M. E.; Ninth, No. i, VS.. Cen
tennial, No., /, at Temple.
Internal Revenue League
Consolidated Returns VS.. Sales
Tax, at King-Pin, No. /.
Business Mems L q a,g "a e -
Schwartz VS.. d. j. Kaufman, at
Recreation.
Secretaries of leagues not
Represented in this daily list Of
matches are requested To send
copies Of their schedules to The
Washington Times bowling edi-
tori
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
ONE-TIME CARDINAL
LOVERS QUARREL SUICIDE

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. H.
Jack Wakefield who was graduated.
from a brilliant preparatory school
athletic record to the st. Louis
National League team, shot and
killed himself here last night. He
left the home Of his fiancee after
a quarrel and went to the home of
a friend saying as he entered the
door: Look out, I'm going to
shoot" Pulling pistol from his
pocket he fired bullet into his head.
HEX" Wakefield, fuIlhack on the
Vanderbilt University football team
and rated the best football player
in the South, is q surviving brother.
During preliminary work with
the st. Louis Nationals early this
year Jack broke his Leg He was
out for some time and when Fit
again was sent by the Cardinals 90
Danyille, of the Three League,
where he again broke his leg, rem.
dering him inactive for the re-
unafnderh OF the season
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
Pacific coast berore Changing
sides at half tinie?''

One would gather from accounts
OF the U. S. C.-Syracuse game thai
a Iair amount Of attention is being
paid to attack on the Pacific coast
True, two blocked kicks paved
the way for scores, but what is, a
blocked kick but an attack. when
you come right down to It? And
II Is to be noted that the team thai
blocked the kicks recovered tha
football in each instance, and knew
what to do with it when recovered.
IN Elmer Henderson always has i
FOOTBALL team at q. s. c., when
other coaches are through for the
year. The Tr0jans seemed doomed
70 receive a couple of setbacks In
early November, then to rally again
and knock the spots out OF ali sorts
OF effective opposlrfon In post.sea.
son games. ae ys,s sae@ enssyr
!. This fact saves Henderson q lot
OF criticism that would be his.
How are you going to get out the
hammer and tongs wnen a coach
brings his season to a belated close
in the proverbial blaze of glory?
U. s. G. defeated Syracuse on the
up and up, under weather condi.
tons that favored the Fasteners,
II anyone. U. S. c. probably viii
keep up the good. work by defeat.
ing Missouri on Christmas Day.
E And IL SO, Elmer Henderson will
be sitting pretty in the saddle once
again.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
Fletcher Doubts Any
Clowns Ability to
Give Kick

Some one suggested to Arthur
Fletcher yesterday that. it would
be q good idea for every major
league club to carry q comedian
of the Nick Altrock tyne to keep
the players in good hunor.
Keep the players in good
humor? 2" asked Fletcher "How
about carrying a comedian to
keep the manager in good
humor, especially a manager Of
q team like mine? There have
been lots Of times in the last
few seasons when / needed some
body to make me laugh-though
! doubt whether even Nick
Altrock could have got q laugh
out OF me after some of the
games we played"
The Washington times., 1924-12-15

remember very well an old gen.
tleman who never drove more than
100 to 1875 yards who used to take
an especial delight ifi inveigling
some stalwart young college boy in
to match. The youngsters would
usually look with a sort of disdain
on the contest, but that was only
at the start.
: They would step up to the ball
and with mighty swat get twice
the distance of the veteran, but he
invariably took their measure and
enjoyed a good laugh on them in
the finish because his 100-yard
drive always went the right direc:
ton while they, with alarming fire.
quency, landed in the rough.
The classic instance of the short
driver defeating the cannon
ball" artists is the match of
Travis, who, playing against
Edward Blackwell of England,
several years ago was frequently
Outdriven as much rs $50 yards
ON some holes by the muscular
Englishnan I'm q British champion.
ship. Travis didn't have the drive
but he had everything else, and
took the hOnOrs BY comfortable
margin. When one looks over
the list Of golf champions he
sees the list Of very, very few
players noted for particularly long
strong driving.
And so we may say that while
a long drive is, Of course, a golf
ing asset it must never be en-
ployed at the expense of consis-
tency and direction.
My friend Jock Hutchinson drives
q very long ball and his method il
quite interesting. When he is going
with the wind he puts his bali point
ing upward on the sand tee. When
he is going against the wind he
places the ball pointing downward.
his is an idea which many drivers
striving for distance may well fol
low.
The drive with, the wooden club is,
of course, the, fullest stroke of the
game, but a player should never
forget that it is better to get dis
lance consistently than to get an
extraordinarily long ball off the tee
on few holes and then perhaps,
top, slice or hook several shots.
Aside from the thrill which comes
from driving particularly long
ball the shot is not Of exceptional
value. At least in my own personal
experience, it makes no difference
tome If my opponent outdrives me
from the tee.
In trying for distance one must
always calculate the wind, direction
and velocity as pointed out above
The condition of the course, is also
factor, for on a hard baked course
the roll may be counted on to carry
ball further than shot which is
played with all carry. Walter
Hagen, for example, drives a high
all carry ball, always good for about
$50 yards, and he Is seldom out
driven excepting by a player who Is
favored by hard.baked course.
Copyright 1924 John r. Ollie Coz
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
ROY CARLYLE Is A REAL
BATSMAN; JOINS GRlFFS

Roy Carlyle, the Memphis out
fielder who comes 20 the world
champion Griffmen for trial at
Tampa next spring, Is real bats
man, according to the official
averages.
Carlyle played in 1877 games with
Memphis, going to bat 633 times.
He scored III runs on 233 hits,
totaling S65 bases. He had forty.
seven doubles, twenty triples and
twelve home runs. He walked
thirty-five times and famed fifty
times. He collected eight sacrifice
hits and eight stolen bases.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15

was opened up IN America with
offices in Washington, Phila-
delphia, New York, Sing Sing,
and Elizabeth, N. j.
The last industrial report
made by the Department of
Commerce on the game Of
socks indicates that undertakers,
drug stores, hospitals and flor
lists have thrived on it and are
doing everything in their power
to stimulate the sport.
1t is a great game for school
children and minor students who
are too strong and healthy to
thrive on football. These kids
must have a strenuous sport
equal to their physical stamina
so teacher losses 'em a soccer
ball as if they were trained
seals in vaudeville show.
When they get through with
that inflated lozenge all of it's
sugar-coated skin is worn down
to the axle and the india rub
Der bladder is ready to be
stripped up into bean-shooter
triggers.
After they have cut their
wisdom teeth on that bounding
acorn, there isn't enough of it
left to throw a shadow at high
noon. This game is very much
encouraged by Dick Tennyson's
assortment of Fairgrounds, Of
which he has the best in the
: city. Bar none.
Unlike any other habit known
to the athletic science a soccer
ball is not handled with the
hands. You can juggle it on
your chin or on your opponents
chin. Yon can elbow It, nudge
it, coax it and cajole it, but if
you pick it up you are in con-
tempt of court and subject to
fine or imprisonment. Or both.
It is also played in high
schools, colleges, seminaries and
> jails. In fact it is encouraged
in one Of our best asylums to
keep the inmates minds off
their futures.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
M APL E
CH I PS.
By r. D. THOMAS

A while back, Joe Krichton,
veteran Baltimore bowler, declared
his belief that Washington could
trim any city in the country roll
ing duckpins, stars against stars.
Baltimore long has prided itself
on its brilliant bowlers, but the
Monumental City, idols Of the
maple path, have failed consist
emily in their efforts to trim
Washington's best.
For years, Roanoke, Va, sent
an all-star lineup against Wash
ington and did much better than
Baltimore, winning twice in five
years in a series of matches with
the old Royals, who were repre-
sentative of the city's strength in
their day.
But finally even the Roanoke
bowlers, noted for their gamenessr
became rather easy victims and the
intercity clashes between the Wash
ingtonians and Virginians lost in.
terest, There is none being talked
of for this season.
Thus, il seems that Washington
must seek new fields TO con-
Quer II it would keep up lively
interest in intercity bowling. Its
two chief rivals in the South At
lantic section have been beaten
off decisiveiy.
| In going afar for other victims
Washington is handicapped, for the
style of duckpins rolled here b
peculiar to the South Atlantic sec
ton. Rubber banded pins and ten
pins prevail in cities within ,rea
sonable travelling distance.
1t has been suggested severa
times in the past that Washington
test its bowling strength with Pitts
hurgh, where the rubbed'ribbed PHI
| is popular.
Now comes the suggestion again
this time from Charley Wright,
former Pittsburgher, who's at on
time was one of Washington lead
ing stars. Wright did his bes
bowling with the old Jeds, who tool
their name from the initials o
their leader, ]. Ernest Dulin. An;
a splendid chap. ana leader wa
Dulin, though not a bowler OF skill
To quote Wright: "I'm quite
sure Pittsburgh would be willing
to roll Washington at Washing
toms own style Of game. Most Of
the best bOwlers here shoot q
ball that is almost straight or with
only slight hook on it and
would be at disadvantage roll
ing against rubber-Danded pins.
A sharp curve with lots Of spin
on the bali is the most effective
against them.
$50 Pittsburgh would have al
edge il ruibber-banded pins wer,
used But, on the other hand
Pittsburgh would not be at stronl
disadvantage shooting at the har.
wood. The curve they roll UP Their,
would do well against the all.woot
pin, too"
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
LANGLEY JUNIOR HIGH
FACES HARD SCHEDULE

The Langley junior high school
basketball team faces a stiff seized
ule this week.. Tomorrow will be
encountered the Y. M. c. A. day
school team; Wednesday, Eastern
highs lightweights and Friday the
Tech lightweights.
Charlie Mullen and Tut Dalglish
will play the forwards for Junior
high; Murray and Beck, the guard
positions and Sweeney, center.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
VETERAN PUG cAvET IS
BEST OF SOUTHERNERS

Pug -Cayet, a pitcher with the
Detroit Tigers ten years ago, led
all pitchers in the Southern Associa.
ton during 1924. He was with
New Orleans.
Cavet pitched 26S innings and
allowed an average Of 2.66 earned
runs per nine innings. He was
charged with nineteen victories and
fourteen defeats.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
LONGEST DRIVERSEASIEST
TO BEAT ON LINKS
By CHARLES "cHICK'' EVANS.

Every golfer proud of achievement
hitting them hard and know myself how feeling sesasied
pride when Of my golf friends told
had driven farther long hole the old Elm Chicago
than had done before must however that
usually consider the easiest beat match
driver long driver naturally takes pride in his ability
sequenty forces himself to the utmost yardag
all too frequently that such player sacrifices
displays decided tendency This last fault is
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
BALTIMORE CHAMPIONS.
CHALLENGE MERCURY
81 II. D. THOMAS.

Mercury supremacy the
Washington andot grdron following It's
decisive victory Georgetowns representative eleven 20 TO-
And that the big question is settled another arises It,
pendent team of Baltimore? a..a. s@ ...
challenge been hurled by the Goyans Country Club Of Ba
j.
curry the team that beat Mohaws eliminated
championship struggle forthwith Mettam offered to bring bis
me for an city clash
The Washington times., 1924-12-15

Mettam and other Baltimore sand
lot leaders have watched the cham,
pionship struggle in Washington
with keen interest, believing that a
contest between the city champions
would be a spur to the sandlot
sport.
II believe we can lay the founda-
ton this year for an annual game
that would mean lot to the sand
letters" said Mettam today. His
team, organized along the same
line as Mercury's, including in its
lineup ex-collegians, pros and sand.
letters, has cleaned up in the Monu.
mental City.
! played that Washington sand.
: letters are familiar with was the
Reina Mercedes eleven of Anna
polls. "A year ago the sailors
knocked off the MOhawks, but
the gObs were not as strong this
year as they were then. GOvans
trimmed Reina Mercedes by a
score Of 80 to 0.
| Mercury was entirely too strong
l
team. lube Sullivan was. almost a
line in himself for Mercury. He
not only smeared many plays Of
1 the opposition, but opened big holes
for his own backs.
/ And the Mercury bah carriers
took full advantage of the holes.
Cronin, Beyers and little Fee Col
liere shot through time and again
for healthy gains. Mercury made
fourteen first downs to its oppon.
ent's five. Heavy penalties possibly
prevented Mercury from winning by
a wider margin.
The surprise Of the game was the
playing of young Colliere, a chunky
little fellow still in his teens. He
got his football training at Gonzaga
high school under Jack Sullivan.
who, with his brother lube, coached
the Mercury eleven. ColIiere was
obtained at the last minute to take
the place of Breslin, Mercury
punter.
Breslin was ruled out as an In
eligible, but Billy Martin, the
Ge0rgetOWners' coach, agreed on
4 the substitution Of COITieTe. When
4 AAbBhO n 90 AAA ~ W0AkACH W4l BAN0 HNGEW
IL seemed that Martin had made
wise move for the kid looked
like child out there alongside
the other players
But he performed like a grea,
big, courageous man. did little Fee
All OF his punts were excellent ex
Il cepting one that went outside. But
his punting was small part Of his
contribution to the business Of win
ming a championship for Mercury
i He was not counted on as q
ground gamer, bGt gain ground hi
did, in large hunks. Any kind Of
a hole in the line was big enough
for Fee. Once he caught a pun
and ran 1t back tnirty five yard.
after darting and twisting away
from several tacklers.
On another occasion he got off a
long punt and tackled the man thai
attempted to return it. That wa!
perhaps the prettiest bit Of football
in the game. In still another in
J stance Fee was a conspicuous thorI
in the side of the opposition.
He was the only Mercury player
between Denny SOtheEn, the
GeorgetOWners' only outstanding
ground gamer, and touchdown
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
Kiviat Will Run

+ Abel Kiviat, star runner of de-
cade ago, who pulled comeback
last winter, has sent In his entry
for the Finnish-American meet Jan
uarys is, and will compete with
PaaVo Nurmi.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
TER CAMPS THEORY
GIVEN TERRIBLE JOLT
BY COAST ELEVEN
BIZ JACK JAMES.

SAN FRANCISCO l5Pacic football than justi-
ned itself Rhen Elmer Hendesons Troans macked the Orange
eeyal from Syracuse the without
taiat blow We Of the Far West hope that
triumph but the firs of the
seeloaai games to be staged during the few weeks
Gerrany 1T is good Ra##
While Southern California engaged in the pleasant pastme
q waopng Syracuse the esteemed Mr. Camp delivering
self of wetv opinion the football methods vogue On the
Pacific coast to learn that Sr Oracle
wantingi ssz5 sAsn'
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
WoIstenholme Leads

Glenn WoIstenholme, Of the King
pins, has wrested the District
Duckpln League leadership from
Max Rosenberg, of Curb Cafe. VOL.
stenholme's average is 1853, one
pin better than Rosenberg's.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
A Young Leader

Tim Lowry, nfneteen-year-old
center, is the youngest football cap
tain In the Big Ten conference. He
will lead Northwestern in 1895, his
last varsity year.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
A Popular Game

Four Of the, Big Ten football
captains for next year have the
given name OF Harold. They are
Grange. Of Illinois; Griffen, OF
Iowa; Cunningham, or ohio State,
and Harmeson, Of Purdue,
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
Roll hal Baltimore

The Carry Ice Cream Company Of
this city and the Hendler team OF
Baltimore will engage in a nine
game duckpin series, the first three
games to be ROLES In BaltinQes to-
morrow night.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15

r. : z :
foster parents
than this little
SO Gee r germ .
Everybody takes
a slap at every
body else and
the last man
carried off . the
field dead is the
winner.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
It's An Old League

The National League lie forty.
eight years old and the American
League twenty-four years. The
first minor league was organized
forty-seven years ago.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
It's Oldest Rivalry

Princeton and Yale have met
forty-eight times in gPidiron con.
tests II ia the oldest football riv-
airy IN AniersGa.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
SAYS "aKILLBT"
Finn, Esq.
Soccer Is One Form Of
Sport That Doesn't Need
| Any Disguise.
By KIRK MILLER.

A LOT of people don't know
~ what soccer is and a lot
= = of others would like to
know and it is time somebody
who never saw a game in his
life informs the wide, wide uni
verse that all they do in that
game is sock.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
New Team in Field

The Royce A. c., a new junior
outfit, seeks basketball, opponents.
It's manager may be reached by
phone at Columbia 41S2 between S
and p. m.
The Washington times., 1924-12-15
They Like Mvcoff.

Douglas Wycoff, elected captain
for 1925 by the Georgia Tech grid.
ders, is being mentioned for full.
back honors on all-American teams
The Washington times., 1924-12-15

The business
orr mated in
England but be-
came so pros
porous that a
foreign branch
The Washington times., 1924-12-15

No orphan was ever given a
more appropriate name by its
The Washington times., 1924-12-15

If that's the Deans" opinion
fair enough; theoretically, this is
Q country Of free opinion. But
why not express 70 out ON the
The Washington times., 1924-12-15

He was the only Mercury player
between Denny SOtheEn, the
Ge0rgetOwners' only outstanding
ground gamer, and a touchdown
after SOtherp had rOmped forty
The Washington times., 1924-12-15

Thus, il seems that Washington
must seek new fields to con-
Quer II ii would keep up lively
interest in intercity bowling. Its
two chief rivals in the South At
lantic section have been beaten
off decisfvely.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-07-04
RALSTON RECALLS
FOUR YEARS AGO
Senator Read Declaration of
Independence at Con-
VentiOn.

Senator Samuel NJ. Ralston vividly
recalls four years ago today.
He read the Declaration of Inde-
pendenCe to the delegates assembled
at the Democratic national conven-
tion at San Francisco.
1t was Tom Taggart who called on
Ralston to read the document. both
delegates at large from Indiana.
Ralston demurred, protesting that
he was not familiar enough with the
document to read it before such a
huge throng.
Taggart pooh -poohed this cause
for exemption and told Ralston he
knew the Declaration of Independ-
ence by heart.
SO Ralston read.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-07-04
Conversation

CALLER Ito deaf old ladyp-It
must be quite an affliction to be hard
Of hearing?
OLD LADY-Eh? Not so bad as
having to keep still and listen
Life.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-07-04
Food for Children

BERLIN. July 4-One hundred
boys and girls-au children of Ber-
lin journalists-have been taken to
Denmark I'm order TO get nourishing
food The children were selected by
physicians who reported that they
had not been properly fed for many
months.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-07-04
Justice Sets Mark

SAN ANTONIO. July 4.-Justice
Of Peace Ben 5. Fisk claims a worlds
record for marriages performed. He
has officiated at 1857 weddings since
he went into office Nov. /. 1906.
And most of my marriages have
held" he says.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-07-04
Racial Factor

There is an important racial fac
tor involved in diabetes" ." t,.e stat
istical bulletin announces. THE
above,average mortality in such
States as New York, New Jersey.
Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Rhode
Island is very possibly due to the
relatively large percentage Of those
Of foreign race stocks. When there
are exceptions to this It is because
the States have large numbers of
eldrely people in their populations.
Such states would naturally suffer
high mortality from diabetes because
the death rate for this disease rises
with advancing age"
The Indianapolis times., 1924-07-04
INDIANA IS ONE
Of MANY TO SHOW
DIABETES DECLINE.
Death Claims Show Lower
Mortality Rate Since Ad-
vent of InSuIin.

Indiana is one of thirty-two States
which showed a lower diabetes death
rate among its wage earning popula-
ton in cities than the rate among
the same group throughout the
United States. This fact was ascer-
tanned from 1928 death claims of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany.
The diabetes death-rate for this
group was 1863 per 100000 persons
insured. ndiana's rate was 1872.
The company's latest statistical
bulletin calls attention to the marked
decline in deaths from diabetes
throughout 1928 and the first four
months of 1924, Notwithstanding the
continuous rise which had been re-
corded in the three years prior TO
1923. These reductions have +ol-
lowed the beginning of the more or
less general use of insulin.
Canada Lowest
Western Canada showed the low
est 1923 diabetes mortality. In Sas-
katchewan there was not one death
from this cause among the COM
pany's %, 200 industrial policyhOld-
ers. In the United States generally
there are more deaths in the North
than in the South. The lowest rate
of all is shown in the western group
OF States. In sixteen central States,
bounded by Kansas, Nebraska, Min
nesota, Michigan, Albania and Okla
homa, the mortality is below the
average for the country as a whole,
but there are exceptions. Exceed
ingly low rates were recorded for
South Carolina. North Carolina, Ar
kansas. Tennessee and Kansas. The
highest diabetes mortality in any
geographic division was found in the
Middle Atlantic States, followed by
New England
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