davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-12-27

'"il1 particulars. WrltC, eenQ OF eeS
d Street.
was cured of vsrv bad case -
Rheumatism by two bottles OF
J. Hayden's wonderful Herb Mod
cine, after suffering long time wits
the dreadful disease. was unable
to move hand or foot, and otter
had taken three doses OF the neo
icine I was able TO get out Of ~
bed and walk across the floor. anS
only two bottles of the medicine hs .
made me a perfectly well man tn
every respect. cannot give M
j. Hayden too much praise for vhsr
he has done for me. I have ser
many other suffering ones to hin
and they have also gotter cured. NJ
daughter was atso cured Of Rheum y
tism and Indigestion by L. ]. Ha,
den's Herb Medicines at No. 220 "
Broad Street, Richmond, Va. ! re-
commend Mr.. L J. Hayden ~ op-
If the grea test healers Of the hcs;
On earth. Respectfully.
J. D. TAYLOR.
3419 =. Grace st., Richmond. W
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-12-27

UNHAPPY, undecided, In doubt,
worried, not we'll? Business. do
nestle, social, love affairs wrong?
Write freely, frankly, and confident
ially-reapest information and adj
vice perasehing to this beloved wom-
ans work and methods. You can
win. Do II new. GRACE GRAY
DE LONG, Miami, Fla.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-12-27

time, but some of our friends have
been kind enough to remember us
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-12-27

The people, who took advantage
of the $500 round trip excursion tt
New York City returned highly de
lighted.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
kRAUSE FIRST
LEFT HANDED
!. SPIT TER
Clarence Mitchell, Phil South
paw, Being Mistaken as
Originator

Clarence Mitchell. Philly south.
paw, generally is spoken Of as the
only left-handed spitball pitcher who
ever has appeared in the majors.
That isn't exactly correct. Lefty
Krause, . pitcher with the Athletics
from 1909 to 1911, also threw q
splitter, though not az his regular
delivery.
He didn't have much control Of
=. though In practice he could make
Il do all sorts Of pranks. Occasion.
ally, he would let one go in prac.
tice. though Connie Mack and Ira
Thomas, the Athletic catcher of that
era, discouraged rather than en-.
couraged Krause IN the perfection
OF this style of delivery.
There probably never was another
pitcher in baseball who Topped as
badly as did Kraus after q brilliant
debut. Kraus won his first eleven
games in 1909, six OF them. being
shlitouts. In the eleven games he
yielded something like four and q
half hits q game.
However, after that Harry never
won eleven more games In the big
leagues. He developed quite a thirst
in the climate of the East, and
wasn't particularly robust. He is
\ Californian, and still pitches win.
ming ball In the Pacific Coast
League.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
DEMPSEY BEST
Of ALI, SAYS
CORBETT
Gentleman Jim Also Adds
That HeTook Worst From
Joe choyinsISi

Los ANGELES, July S.-"GentIe-
man Jim" Corbett ID here In q
vaudeville act, but the xurmer holder
Of the heavyweight championship
OF the world, stflI keeps in close
touch with fistics and Is not averse
TO talking about his own career and
those oe. the youngsters now before
the public.
eMy day was the day Of competi.
tion," he says. From the day !
won the crown from Sullivan was
constantly called upon to defend C
Even after had fost It / kept try.
ing to get It back. When saw the
eye had lost its keen sense of direc.
ton and when / knew that the
punching power was waning, /
quit. I would have been silly to
have persisted and perhaps get
such severe punchings that would
now be old and doddering.
I'm my two big defeats ] was not
hurt jeff got me with q lucky
punch as ! was coming of the
ropes. It stopped me, but Il left
no III effects. Fitz got over the
knockout sltnost in the same man.
iner. Mind you, / do not say this
to detract from the accomplish
ments OF either Jeffries or poor old
Bob, but merely to show that in
what were supposed to be my
toughest battles went practically
.unhurt-
] "The worst punishment / ever
took was from Joe ChoyinsIxi on the
barge out Of San Francisco In 1889.
He was q tough fellow and could
hit. I fought him three times that
year. but in one Of the fights
twenty-eight-round affair-he gave
me more punishment than any man
/ ever met. ] regret sometimes
that our gang Of those days ia NOT
now In its prime so that Dempsey
could be really tested by the great.
est bunch Of competitors the heavy.
weight division ever has seen.
Dempsey IL q wonderful fighter.
believe he's the best / ever looked
atD
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
cLo sE FINISH MARKS
COLUMBIA TOURNAMENT

The Columbia Country clubs
tombstone tournament ended in an
exciting manner when three players
went past the eighteenth hole on
their stroke allowances. J. H.
Newburn. who had 80 strokes com.
ing to him, just managed to hole
out on the nineteenth. Roland Mac
Kenzie, with q ~ stroke allowance,
was ten feet from the nineteenth
cup, and 3. A. Morse, with 90
strokes, was just away from Roland.
Mrs. w. p. Shannon won the
womenb putting contest, with Mrn.
-: King Cornwel runner-up. Mrs.
w. J. Couehter won the women'e
consolation play.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
Fresh Meadow Par
Score Has Never
Been Broken

II some professional golfer
doesn't shatter the par Of the
Fresh Meadow Country Club
pretty soon the officials Of that
organization will begin to think
it "can't be did" Recently
Arthur DeMane, the assistant
pro Of the Sound View Club,
made another attempt to win
the special prize Of 500 offered
by. the club to the first man
breaking the par of II. De-
Names effort was deserving Of
q better fate, resulting as it
did in his getting round in
exactly par, thereby missing
the prize by q stroke, but
breaking the course record of
70, previously held by Leo
Diegel, Of Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
CARD
OFFERS GOOD .
FIGHTS
Stoyall and Turner Go Eight
Rounds In Feature Good
PreIims

Battling away at each other for
eight rounds. Tex Stovall. Mohawk
Athletic Club scrapper. and young
Jack Turner. who halls from
California, provided the fans az the
Washington Barracks with plenty
Of excitement. When the boys had
stepped their time. the fans were
about divided as to who was the
best man. They'll probably meet
again. 4
Tex inauguratod q reception com.
mites for Jacks punches in the
early fighting, but after he got 60.
ing he did little Ynussing on his
own account. Tex carries q treach.
erous wallop ard he was not q bit
abashed when It c&me to unpacISing
It. ii
The prelims and the battle royal
added to the fun Jimmy Gardner
and Kid PopnclI argued three
rounds before the letter went away
from there. Willie Ptomey had q
shade on Slim Hutchins ana Kid
Hogan had a verdict over Joe Riv-
ers, Of the Washington Barracks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
TWO PLAY
BALL WITH
SPECKS
Lee Meadows and George
Toporcer Can't See With
out Aid Of Glasses

With two exceptions, ball players
In both leagues do their stuff daily
without any aid except from gloves
and bats, and from the new rulings
by umpires, q wagon load or so of
base balls, much to the financial
anguish OF managers and owners.
These two oddities who indulge
In the national pastime q BIT differ
emily from the rest Of the band are
Lee Meadows, former Phil, now
with Pittsburgh, and George Topor.
Ger, OF the St. Louis Cards.
Both the Pirate pitcher and the
Mound City, infielder are good ball
players. The only thing different
about them is--they wear 'tgpecks."
Meadows never has made any re-
marks about his glasses, but Tor
porcer found time to comment on
whether or not the ''cheaters" were
a hindrance to good ball playing.
II can't say whether they irljure
my playing or not" said Torp. II
have always worn them and I don't
notice them when I am playing.
But here's something maybe the
rest OF the players don't know. Itse
q sort Of inside secret. Glasses help
a batter to hit"
Looking about him to see If any
other ball tosser was near and
might get an earful OF the inside
stuff, the bespectacled one went on:
Here's the racket. When these
pitchers with lots Of speed get on
the mound and start Smelling away
at the batter with everything
they've got. including wild pitches,
q fellow needs glasses. Get a pair
OF strong nagnifying glasses and
the old apple comes soaring in at
you big as a house. All the batter
has to do is swing. The bali Il
there waiting for you. That's a lit
tie reasoning figured out for my.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
"Owhe" Is Added To
Vocabulary Of
Golf

Golf has had its vocabulary
enlarged as the result Of q four
some recently wherein one Of
the players smacked and
slashed his way in the general
direction Of the hole, but q
considerable distance away from
the generally travelled route.
Eventually he dropped his putt
and feebly grasped his score.
There's one 'owlie, :" COM
mented his companion.
"What's an owlie :" asked the
golfer, hoping for SEINE distinc-
ton out Of the late unpleasant
ness.
can owIie," elucidated the
other, "is two and q half times
par"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05

''Reb." at the ripe old age Of
thirty.five. with twelve years Of
baseball behind him. is making
pitchers, young and old, and out
fielders. aged and agile, real mourn
full with his terrific slugging again
this season.
In his first thirty.two times at
bat he cracked out sixteen hits
one every other time up. And
those sixteen snacks were good for
thirty bases.
Back In the spring Of 1917
Reb," so.called,. Of course, be-
cause he halls from Mississippi,
reported to the White SOx camp
with q bum arm. 1t was crooked.
he consulted could give him was
to work out the crook.
Russell tried the remedy and It
worked, apparently, as he won fif.
teen and lost but five games that
year - the year the White Sox
COPIED the pennant. The next sea-
son, however, he failed to get go
ing and won but six games for
Comiskey. The next year the Sox
sent him to Minneapolis after he
had broken into Just one game.
"Reb" had carried q heavy bat
during his pitching career. and
with Minneapolis in 1919 got his
first real chance to use 1t. He hit
.267 that year In something like
ninety-twO games and them. the
next season, ran up a lumber bill
that would shock a real estate com.
pany. In eighty.five games he plas-
tered on the ball for a 1893 average.
The next year, still playing the
outfield. he boosted that average to
1868 and the Pittsburgh Pirates de.
cided that any old has been who
could soak the bali that. hard In
the A. A. ought to compile a fair
average in the big league. After
he had run through part Of 1922 at
about that pace they grabbed him.
An the rebel did two years ago
for the Smoky City gang was to
slug the ball nc the 1868 gait
again. Which immediately gave
the association fans the idea that
pitching In the big show wasn't
much better than that in their
Circuit:
Last year the ex.hurlOr batted
1913 and the showing Of Barnhart
and Bigbee caused the Pirate
bosses to send him to the A. A.
Now, with Columbus, he's going
great guns, having hit four homers.
''Reb" Is southpaw through
and through. batting as well as
pitching southsidedly. Got his
start with the Bonharn, Texas team
back in 1912 and went up to the
White Sox by way Of Wichita, Kan.
Whether "Reb" returns to the
big show remains to be seen. II
one or two Of the clubs find them.
selves In need Of q slugging out.
fielder, who hits from the first
base side Of the plate 'sReb" may
get another chance In big time IL
he keeps on numbering the ball at
his present gait.
A 500 hitter isn't to be sneezed
at, no matter what his age is.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05

This was evidenced by the trim
ming that we received In the sprint
relay event. The best that we
could do in that test was to finish
fourth. Great Britain, South Africa
and France showing the way home
to our lad in this 1.6O0.meter test.
The team Lawson Robertson will
send into the 1.600.meter relay to.
morrow is NOT going to allow pre-.
race predictions. to cut into their
performances. The squad Is made
up Of youngsters. ambitious to
make names for themselves.
The fact that each has done bet
ter than 40 seconds for the 400
meters is taken by critics In this
country as q reason why they
should smash the present Olympic
and worlds record made by the
Yankees team at Stockholm IN
1912.
The weightman disappointed their
Yankee followers at Antwerp. No
doubt the aging Of some Of our
Whales had much to do with their
poor performances. It may be said
that out Of the large number that
competed at Antwerp only one Is d
member Of the present outfit.
The candidates taken along to
Paris are young, ambitious and
courageous lads. They are all more
Or less of unknown quantities SO
6ar as past performances In Olyn1.
pic games are concerned.
It may be that they will disap.
point. However, the fact that they
were selected is evidence that our
officials were willing to abide by
their performance. To. our way Of
thinking this move was just what
was needed to give us back out
supremacy in the weight events.
The Firms and other European
rivals are going TO find our
Weightmen q far harder lot to
Vanquish than the ones at Ant.
.Werp: We look to see our Yam.
kee stars collect as many points
In the weight events as Pat Nc.
Donald, Matt McGrath, Simon
Gillies and Duncan gathered for
80 many, years.
Word from Europe has Johnny
Hoff, worlds record holder at pole
vaulting, out Of this event. If this
prove true 1t Is likely that Robby's
Ads will take an event we did not
have much chance to cop when
the American team left here. We
have four first-class vaulters. All
are capable Of coming close to
Hoff's record mark
The sprinters should bring US
more points than they did at Ant.
Werp. The squad Of sprinters that
left here for Paris is a great col.
lection. Any one Of six could be
depended upon to tally a win Ia
the Olympics.
For that reason authorities in
this country are counting upon our
lads to take a majority OF the
points in the 100 and 200.meters
events. 1t would not surprise US
Il the Yankees shut out their rivals
for the first three places in each
race.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
BELIEVES
UMPIRES GROW BETTER:

Rabbit Meanwhile OF the Pirates
thinks that the umpiring in tho
National League is improving. Ac.
cording to the little second sacker
the decision makers have always
been . little to hasty to render
their opinion on q play. 1.-THE
trouble IS that they have the de.
cision made In nine cases out Of
ten before the play II completed, ?
says Rabbit. ''Then II q man has
his foot off the bag or drops the
bal or does any one Of q hundred
other things Mr.. imp has to un-
hook his thumb. and spread his
hands,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
NHITE-HAIRED, coFFEY
IS STILL IN BASEBALL

Old Jack Coffey, coach Of Ford
ham College. who managed minor
league teams for many years, IL
playing second base for Peoria. The
veteran, his hair snow white, il ret.
ting his bingles, too. Jack, despite
his thirty-seven or thirty-eight years,
Is still mighty active on his pins
and doesn't do so badly on the
short throw from the keystonA.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05

Suits AreAre"-, the I'd COM
poSitor scrutinized the copy in
perplexity, "Are Unbearable," he
decided ats last. And so It went
forth to the world.
ITO Harness the Clyde" says q
headline, referring to q plan to
rtilize the waters Of the river
Clyde for power purposes. But
to men who have much 20 do
with draft horses, the Harvesting
Of . Clyde won't appear to be
eny wonderful feat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
CHESTER ROSS MERE KID
WITH PROMISING FUTURE

Chester Lefty Ross OF the Red
Sox pitching staff, is only a boy,
up from the Kentucky sticks, but
he IL one Of those smart, fearless,
intrepid kids who get under your
skin. He il the favorita Of the club
right now. He can stand on that
rubber with two men on base, look
alb third and then first, take a
glance at his outfield and then
deliver the ball with the poise and
the confidence Of a Cooper. q
RuclEer or q Leonard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
TRIPLE TIE FOR PLACE
FEATURES MANOR CLUB

Out at the Manor Club the event
or the day was the medal play,
handicap allowance. which w. II.
Hargraves took with his score OF
30. There was a triple tie for SEQ
ond place between A. w. Duffy.
w. G. Allison. and Doctor Conner.
all OF whom had 81. Mrs. j. @.
Crockett won the women's putting
contest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
JIMMY WAKELY PASSES
ON TO HIS REWARD
b SID MERCER.

NEW YORK July 5One the interesting personalities
linked modern boxing with the old
Crest Referee at the Of seventy-seven.
Thirty Wakey prominent figure In the old
Ienderloi, typical sporting eabg
was openly associated with prize fighting.
he was best known John u Sulans chief
ana later figured prominently in the affairs
Kid Mccoy Peter Mahe Bob Fftssmmons Rubin and other
of that era $500
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
MIdgets Want Games

The South Capitol Midgets are is
suing q challenge to Gall midget
taams. Call Manager Burruto at
1855 between Q and u in
the morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
AMERICA CAN DEPEND ON
IT'S REPRESENTATIVES
IN OIL YNIPICS
~ nom WHORE.

NEW YORK, July 5Unde Sam to enter the Olympic
Stadium favorite
Tor the track field The By
Antwerp ceancu enough followers the United States
right confident
can pupils will bring the bacon back home with them.
superior that
competed for Us in the Olympic A Antwerp did
have specialists plentiful included in the makeup
0uTnr SQUAD Il +
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
PETE Japan IS TRADED
TO NEW ORLEANS CLUE

Pete Japan, former Washington
catcher, has been traded by LittIs
Rock to New Orleans. The Travel
ere Catcher WItherOw and Pitcher
Dent,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
How II Happened.

bride and groom" wrote the
reporter in his account Of the
wedding. bride and gloom" Is
the way the linotyper fixed it.
And the proofreader, who was a
married man himself, let IL go at
that.
sour $15 Suits Are Unbeatable"
wrote the merchant in the copy
Tor hiS advertisement. ~OuI SIS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
An Inventive ,Cuss'

A Philadelphia scribe has invented
a system OF using "thimbles" made
out Of peanut hulls for protecting
the finger tips while tipping tales
Of the exploits Of the abused A'a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
REB RUSSELL WAKES UP
OLD AND YOUNG ALIKE

The frequently affectonate
appe,aion Of "Old Mans Home"
be- lotta who find the going eventually
in the big leagues drop back the A. A. few
old-timers still enough pep
miserable for their mates and the youngsters stopping in the circuit
on their
Now there's EReb" Russell, for instance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05

ZOE many years Wakely con
Quoted q cafe that stood at the
northeast corner Of sixth avenue
and Fcrty-second street. 1t was
the rendezvous OF New YorIx.a "a.
nous sporting characters ana once
the New York address Of the great
John L., who maintained quar-.
ters on an upper floor.
Wakely. an imposing figure In
those days, made many friends by
what Is now termed square shoot
ing. II II said Of him that he
never WEIGHED" on 4 bet or any
other obligation. In his later years
he dropped out Of the night life
of the Tenderloin but chung 10 many
Of the old associations.
Furfmen frequent0d his bar IN
the hey day Of his career and
Jimmy,g last Dctivo DAYS were
spent on the lawn ut Belmont
Park. Seated under the trees Ia
greeted the 0ld-timers with his
deep, booming yOiCs. The new
generation knew him not.
WakeIy II said to have lost SIS 900
In ,waEers when Jim Corbett won
the heavyweight championship from
Sullivan In 1892. He was the man
who originated the color line'' Ia
boxing. It was on his advice that
Sullivan refused to fight Peter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
1TND,S
'TIDDfT5


looks though Jim Cfh has left the boxing business fiat
for all the racing game seriously.
Coffroh Diego the other after six weeks in
Mexico City that Tia Juana track
would be the greatest
We learn that he viii leave for Europe the latter part Of August
do his the they the other side
for next winters meeting ct his Mexican merry
Mark Key the Los Angeles Examiner in his about
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05
Connie RuYs PIaXAr

Connie Mack has bought another
shortstop, Dave McMullen, from the
Danville club, Of the Piedmont
League.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-05

Jackson. stand for which the
great John a. roundly berated.
Wakely's acquaintance with Sulli.
van began when John L. was cham.
pion under the old London Prize
Ring rules. jackson was an Aus.
tralians and before his entry into
the United. States his fame had
spread around the world. Peter
went to San Francisco and fought
jim Corbeft. then q bank clerk.
WakeIy was Sullivan's manager. He
3ourneyed to San Francisco and
saw Jackson and Corbett go sixty
one rounds. @
What WakeIy learned that day
developed the ''color line" Sullivan
raved and stOrmed. He protested
that he was being held UP to public
Dc0rn. Wakely always maintained
that he believed Sullivan could
have beaten the black man, but did
not believe in giving a colored man
the chance to win the title.
Sullivan posted $4,000 as evi-
dence Of his willingness to defend
his title against any white man.
He once offered to take jackson
into q room alone, the winner to
walk out with $50, 200, but Parson
Davies, Peters manager, could see
no nOuriGhment In that. Tbero
isn't much difference between the
ancient and modern managers,
after all
Millions Of dollars In wagers
passed through WakAly's hands.
At one time he was said to, Be
worth $260.00O. His fortune dwin.
died rapidly after he removed his
cafe to the corner Of Sixth avenue
and Forty.third street in 1906. It
Is said that he gave away more
than 100000 in response to
touches" None Of this money
came back when adversely threat.
ened Wakely.
He was an inveterate CANDLES
and would bet thousands cody.
Once he lost $4,000 in a poker
game that ran three days, and on
another occasion he ran 800 INFO
$4,000 at faro in Canfield's famous
Saratoga Club. Twenty-Five years
ago the stories OF these losses and
winnings were featured in the
newspapers. Today they would not
be noticed as larger sums change
hands nightly in dice games along
Broadway.
After he moved his cafe from
FOrtyasecOnd to Forty-third street
Wakely's fortunes waned. He To-
Gated on the southwest corner just
across Sixth avenue from the Hip.
pOdrOme. Even then New Yorlxs
night was changing. Racing went
under the ban and prize fighting
fell into public disfavOr.
A few years later Wakely was dis.
possessed when his cafe was sold
under the hammer TO satisfy judg.
nnqnts aggxegating about 5000.
This was In 1909. Wakoly IN.
Eounces that he was going West
with his young daughter, but he
remained q New Yorker to the end.
Twelve years ago he was the vic.
tim Of an apoplectic stroke and since
then HE health has gradually failed
him. He was reported dying in 1912
and many times later, but he fought
eff the Grim Reaper with character.
istic pluck and maintained his cheer.
fulnesa.