The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-15
skillet s GANG.
To OPEN BALL
SEASON
The Old Finn Himself Will
Lead CeIebrants in Grand
Jubilee.
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nual appearance on the first day Of
the season, and it has come to look
forward to the ticket contest leading
mp to these annual pageantS.
Skillet to Be There.
This year 800 reserved seats to
the initial performance have been
distributed by the eccentric mem
Der of the sporting department staff,
and it is the winners of these
tickets who are in line with Skillet"
today as he wends his way around
9 the ball park followed by his own
staff Of clowns, yes-men, vassals,
snake charmers umbrella members,
popcorn jugglers, and whatnot.
All of these, yes, and others be.
sides, will be in the procession.
''Skillet himself will ride in his
balloon.propelled bamboo chariot
escorted by his personal bodyguard
Of Senegambian warriors.
The details Of "Skillet's" travelling
Menagerte are too numerous to por-
tray in type, besides, he is saving
most Of them as distinct surprises,
If not shocks, for the thousands who
will be assembled in the bali park by
the time His Royal MaJesty's trum-
peter summons the attention Of the
multitude to the far corner Of the
greensward.
Precisely at the moment that the
dying echoes of this assembly note
fade away into Prospect Hill Gem
etery, the Times-Herald Newsboy's
Band will step out in their brand
new uniforms with that old, old re-
3rain, Hail, Hail, the Gangs All
Here
That Old Gang Of His.
And it will be gang!
e, It will be "Skillet's" gang!
The gang which has followed him
faithfully from the first to the last
day Of his five-week contest. The
particular gang will be just the
cream off the top of the thousands
of Washingtonians, the rest Of
''Skillet's'' gang, who have been sup
plying limerick last lines for "Slkil-
Lett over the wearying days since
March when he first invited COM
petition in Jingle endings.
And the gang in line with "Skil-
lot" will find its counterpart in the
grandstand and bleachers, where
the gang that tried and couldn't win
tickets, will have purchased them
selves hooks of vantage for
spectacle of which they might have
been part.
There's the sportsmanship in
such a contest as "Skillet's" Inner
lcks Of this year and his acrostics
of year ago!
When the majority Of losers in
the stands give the comparative
handful Of winners in line glad
hand and the "hooray," then you
have sportsmanship Of the finest
kind. And that is what Skillet"
means to the newspaper reading
public of Washington after ala
little sport and sportsmanship
mingled in with the daily grind Of
the fans and the sport celebrities
together. He bridges that imagin-
airy gulf which seems to exist be-
tween the great and the humble.
Skillet" introduces his little
playmates to the Babe Ruths and
the Walter Johnsons. He gets au-
tographed baseballs for the deserv.
ing and he even takes his fans
around the country to witness
world series baseball as guests Of
The Washington Times.
No Cause for Alarm.
SO, If you are one of the fortu-
nate minority Of Washington's citi-
Kenry to be seated out at the park
today at o'clock when "SkilIett's"
gang breaks through the portals OF
the outfield, you will know that IT
Is only the ''boys in a playful
mood" .,..
1t will be the squirrels who have
survived "Skillett's" spring guess.
Ing contest receiving their lust
deserts and out there showing the
public that they know how TO make
the best Of their good fortune. Be-
low is a list Of those who won
opening game tickets and each of
these will have with him from one
20 three guests Of his own choos.
ing:
Charles Elmer, Munsey building:
MRS. J. ]. Hill, 1880 Chaplin street:
Alfred Nicholson, Fairfax, Va: Leon
Katz, 81 Taylor street; HI. Hutchin.
son, 1924 Twelfth street; Mrs. b.
NJ. Thomas, 812 Buchanan street:
II F. Brazil, TAT Quebec place: G.
M Bradley, 1106 Eighth street: A.
y. H1lltx, 1919 q street; Bert M.
Luches, The Haycroft; Joseph E.
Oliver, TIT Fifteenth street south
east; Elizabeth AGREE, Capitol
Heights, Md; T. M. Rothery, 723
Eighth street; Marjorie Lawrence,
1713 Lamont street; r. f. Lowell.
Patent Office: George Marshall, 22S
Rhode Island avenue; James w.
Head, Bancroft, Va; Mortimer
Rathgeker, 1922 Eleventh street; q.
g. Platt, 307 Takoma avenue. Ia
koba Park. d. c.; M. T. Seaman,
BIG Madison street; B. E. Behrend,
S159 o street; Eddie Hannah, 253
Union Station Lillian Martin, 419
Upshur street; William Matthews,
412 First street southeast; William
F. Colliton, 1920 Vermont avenue:
8. G. Fogergren, SOC Eighth street
southwest; Paul l.. HELEN, 1851 Sew
enth street; A. L. MUM, 1871 VI
street southeast; Frank Waltzman,
RESORTS AND TRAVEL.
the P0CAH0NTAS, Virginia Beach, Va
DIRECTLY on ocean front. Running
water in rooms; private baths. Guests