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The Washington times., 1925-08-03
That toucan i've IS cheaply as

That toucan live as cheaply az
one.
HUMOR IN THE HEADLINES
Young Earl Staring in Bust
ness"
You'd think that any young
Earl would know that it is rude
to stare.
paris Girls Now Wear Lamps
on Their Ankles"
Over here a dainty ankle is
lamped enough without going to
all that trouble.
The one thing that might make
US believe there is something in
the monkey ancestry theory is
that when we meet them with the
street organ-grinder they usually
have their hand out for money.
"Carvel bent his head. Elk
tract from novel.
To have his head bent was
better than to have it broken,
anyway.
Yes, assuredly, Egbert, the
student who graduates from Will
Hams or Colgate has the best
chance of climbing the lather of
fame.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
CONCEDED Putt
CAUSE Of BAD
FEELING
European Golfers War Against
Practice of Not HoIing
Out

over on the other side OF the
water there is being Waged 3 war
against the practice OF conceding
puts in match play, a practices
which. it is claimed by many,
is not only taking much from the
game of golf but also giving rise
to much bad feeling.
In almost every tournament 1t IL
no uncommon sight to see one
player concede his opponent hree
|or four-foot putt and the question
invariably arises What viii you
give him for the hole?" If his ball
was within four feet Of the hole
after he had played three strokes,
does he get 4 or q 5? There IS
no doubt that a four-foot putt is
more often missed than it 10 holed,
yet the putt was conceded and
there is nothing to do except credit
him with 4.
1t is this practice that may be
held accountable for many Of the
low scores made in match play and
It is q practice that is contrary to
the definition of the game Of golf.
The code of the Royal and Ancient
recommend that players should not
concede puts. It would be q good
thing for the game and for all con-
Icerned If there was adopted a rule
which made it necessary to hole
out all puts, no matter il there
was only an inch between the ball
and the hole.
1t would tend to improve putting
and at the same time it would
relieve players from the embarrass-
ment of being obliged to concede a
putt that might easily be missed.
There was one well-known golfer
who used to have the reputation OF
conceding puts of three or four
feet and then, all of sudden, force
an opponent to hole out one OF six
inches or less. There was psy-
Geological reason back of it. Often
times it served to unnerve an IN
experienced opponent. Many con-
demned the act as unsportsmanlike,
yet it was simply using the orivil-
eyes which the rules allow TO best
advantage. Having been conceded
several puts of length and then
being forced to drop one Of less
than a foot is disconcerting. Not
only that, but it gives rise to bad
feeling.
1t would be a great help IL he
United States Golf Association were
to make it rule that in all tour-
naments held under its jurisdiction
the game of golf should be played.
This could be done by ruling that
every putt, no matter how short
should be holed out, unless. of
course, one player is so far out of
the running as to render the holing
uheless.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
NEWSPAPER CRACK MADE
Stevenson WIN CONTEST

Bill steven son, the former
Princeton Splinter, who won two
splendid victories for Oxford in the
recent international intercollegiate
meets at Cambridge and Atlantic
City, is reported to have trained
for these races as he seldom did
before. and all because a Philadel.
phia sport scribe made the crack
that Stevenson had slipped" too
far to be a factor against Charley
Gage and Howard Paulson, of Yale.
Bill showed 'em how to clip
when he slipped into the pole DO.
sition, on the turn, in the hectic
quarter at the Oxford Cambridge
VS.. Yale.Harvard meet to reach the
tape two yards in front in 40 Is
seconds.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
STUFF G
~ For ROOTERSO

One game separates the world
champion Griffmen and the flying
Philadelphia Athletics today.
Those raging Reds made it nine
straight by beating the Braves In
the first game, to 3, although
outbatted, II to 8, but the streak
came to an end in the second game
when Benton cracked in the late
innings and lost, to 3.
Myatt's double and homer were
the deciding factors in the Indians
S.to.2 victory over the Yanks, the
event being a pitchers duel be-
tween Miller and Shawkey.
Mails busted the Giants right off
the top perch while the Cards hit
Bentley with Frequency and aban-
don and won easily, 8 to /. Hornsby
socked his twenty-seventh of the
year.
Bentley with frequency and ahan-
Ehrhardt, who allowed only four
hits, the Dodgers beat the Cubs,
to Q. Cox's homer with two on
in the first being the blow-off.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
% r E.!
AND AFTER
By ROSS coNKLIN

Shooting q mere three UNDER
par, AL Houghton lead the way
for the Washington delegation Ct
the National Public Lins tourna-
ment at the Salisbury Country
Club. Houghton, according to
word received here today, is ready
for the battle Of his life. He be-
lieves in himself and has 3 steady,
powerful game that is q wonder
to behold.
The Salisbury course Ii par 73
one, and q harder par Is difficult
to picture. Numerous out-0f-bounds.
water hazards, traps. bitches and
s1oping fairways add to the worries
and tribulations Of the golfers. AL
the washington players like the
course and after they have learned
its secrets they viii follow right In
Houghton's footsteps.
For the first days practice,
HOughtOn was al by himself.
Not b single one Of the visiting
zoo golfers came mp to him. A.
result Of his brilliant shooting,
the District delegation Is receiV-
ing the lions share of the attem-
ton. And rightly 50, for with
Bin Mcclure shooting two over
par, and both Johnny SIOrey and
Bill Cox seven over par, matters
look rosy.
Eddie Frost proved that he too
must be reckoned with. Eddie, his
fighting spirit aroused by what he
considered q slight in the patrtngs,
went out and gathered himself
shiny ~. His teammars from
Rock Greek, Sammy Parks, showed
his lack of experience when he took
an SO. But after he has learned
the course, Parks will be be.t0r. He
has the shots necessary to Sails
Rumor viii not down that the
cause for Roland MacKenzie's trip
to Colorado was golf. Roland, e
veteran OF some seventeen or eigh-
teen summers, has hied himself to
a cattle ranch, where he is putting
on some weight. He now only tips
the beams at about 10. When he
comes back he is expected to weigh
In around $50.
Whether or not the youngster il
foregoing golf is hard to learn.
Some say he is taking instructions
on irons, but that Is difficult to
believe, since he IS almost a past
master at that part of the game.
Chris Dunphy and Roland
threaten to become Washington's
lone representatives in the ma
tional amateur at Pittsburgh. Chris
Is always playing good golf, but he
is practicing as much as possible
for that amateur play. In years
gone by, Dunphy has come close to
winning but has always met
streak Of craziness from soma
player.
There are two or three golfers
In washington who ought to have
a crack at the national amateur.
Columbia boasts Of some players
who might get on streak and cut
up something terribly. and Chevy
Chase and Burning Tree have come
mighty capable representatives.
And who can say that the doughty
George Voigt, OF Bannockburn. Is
unworthy OF a crack at the ma
tional title. He has shown this
season that he is one OF the most
capable golfers in the middle
Atlantic States.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
Rabbit MaranviIIe Is
Booked For Shift
Next Season

CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-Rabbit
Meanwhile could be more pop
ular than he is with the Chicago
clientele. Rurnbles Of discon-
tent can be heard from the
stand every day. The general
opinion seems to be that in the
Pittsburgh trade William Wrig-
ley, II, was handed q large and
juicy lemon.
The rurnor is that Meanwhile
will be displaced as manager
at the end Of the year by Wade
KiIIefer, brother Of Bill K;llefer.
Wade is now chief Of the
Seattle Indians.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
GRANGE PASSES
LAST TESTS;
CAN PLAY
Examination In Transports
ton Course Successful.
Resumes Ice Wagon

URBANA, ILL.,, Aug. 3.-Harold
e. (Re6 Grange, captain.elect Of
the University OF Illinois football
team and all-America halfback for
the last two years. is eligible to play
next fall having passed a special
examination yesterday morning.
Grange failed in the transportation
course this spring. His averagN
however. is above the ordinary
campus marks.
The all-American halfback has
returned to Wheaton to carry ice
for the rest Of his vacation.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
RocKNE TO TEACH CLASS
FOR COACHES IN SOUTH

LAKELAND, Fla. Aug. 81
Knute Rockne will conduct sum-
mer school for coaches in this
city, the home Of Southern College.
a Methodist institution, 1t has been
announced by J. r, Haygood, ath
Ietic director Of the institution, who
said that he had received a teie
gram from Rockne accepting the
nIan
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
LORD BURGHLEY PLANS
RETURN TRIP TO U. S.

Lord Burghley, the Cambridge
University hurdling star, who will
sail for home soon,. has definite
hopes of coming to the United States
again in the not distant future. It's
dollars to doughnuts that His
Lordship will get another bid to
the Penn relays next spring-also
that he will lose no time in accept
ing.
Arthur Porritt, the New Zealand
sprinter, Is another member of the
combined Oxford Cambridge team
who likes the United States and will
repeat his 1925 visit at the first op-
portunjt16
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
200 GOLFERS ON
5000 MILE
TOUR
Evans, Barnes, Hutchinson,
and Carter Head 5000
Mile Caravan

Four star golfers-Jim Barnes,
the British champion; Jock Hutch
ikon, former holder of that title;
Charles Evans, jrs erstwhile ma
tionaI amateur and open cham
pion, and Captain Ernest Carter,
one-time wearer Of the Irish
crown-have left Chicago with a
party of $50 enthusiastic lipksmen
for q 5000 mile tour to the north
western part of the United States
and Canada.
Two special trains have been pro-
vided for the golfers, the tour hav.
ing been arranged by the Golfers
Magazine. of Chicago, and plans
call for a seventeen-day trip. The
golfers will play over more than
two dozen courses, the idea being
to have "Jock and jim meet the
leading professionals in each local
ity, and for Chick and Captain Car.
ter to take in the amateurs.
Joe Novak and Harry Webster
another pair of professionals. are
included in the party, as well as
the famous Ople Read, the seventy
two-year-oId veteran, who manages
to go round in the low SOS.
On the way to the Dominion
the golfers will play at st. Paul,
Helena, Tacoma, Portland and
Seattle, and then continue to
Victoria, b. c., where three
courses will be placed at their
disposal, the Victoria Golf Club,
Cplanda G. C.. ana COlwoOd g.
and C. G. On August Z, the
day they arrive in the province,
Jock and Jim will take on Dave
Black, of Shaughnessy Heights,
and Phil Taylor, pro" at the
home club, with the idea OF re-
venge.
The Canadians beat Barnes and
Hutchinson by 1 up several years
ago and the last named pair have
not forgotten it. That same day
Evans and Carter will meet the
leading amateur golfers of that
section.
The same procedure will be in or
der at Vancouver, the tourists he
ing scheduled to play at Jericho c.
C.. Vancouver G. and c. c., the
Shaughnessy Heights G. G., tho Ma
rine Drive G. c.. and the Point Gray
Golf Club. Barnes and Hutchinson
are listed to play Dave Black and
Dave Ayton on August 8.
Coming eastward, the golfers Will
stop over at Lake Louise, and an
exhibition match has been planned
for Banff, the course owned oy the
Canadian government. The Calgary
G. and C. c., the favorite GLIB Of the
Prince of Wales, will entertain the
American visitors, and after playing
at Swift Current, Moosejaw and Re-
gina. the travellers will reach Winni.
peg on August IA, where they will
he looked after by the Manitoba
Golf Association. The last lap in
the journey will be made when they
leave Minneapolis for Chicago on
August is, arriving in the Windy
City the following day.
In other words, this tour is one OF
those perfect thoughts Of which a
golfers dreams are made.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
Burruss a Surprise

Firstsacker Burrus Of the Boston
Braves fell down with the Mack
men a few years ago because he
couldn't hit. Now. as a member Of
the Braves, his latest mark is 1858.
showing that he has learned some
thing since when be was toiling for
Connie Mack
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
eandJoe
They Get
The Dough

Moe was q victim of
the added starter rule.
He socked in his bundle
on Gold Stick, but they
huns Stirrup Cups
name on the end of the
line and galloped with
Gold Stick second,
tough luck. However,
he has promised to
show Little Buck a good
time If his selection
wins today. Bank roll
to date, $2,01S.57.
For today, NJ o e
shooting a FLYER on
REVELRY to cop the
THIRD.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
Rice on Rampage

Sam Rice is on a batting rampage.
For weeks he trailed Goose Goslin
but the latter's recent slump,
coupled with squirt by Rice, has
given Man O. War the teams leader
Ship which he will probably retain
to the end of the campaign.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
= .T1DZS
TIDBTIS
DEMPSEY rs TUNING UP AGAIN

nH Ma aganl It's Professor Dempsey the greatest
musician in the world Gee he can do ANYTHING! That's
- what the program
there's the table with all the flutes and
bells and glasses and THERE'S THAT BIG
ALWAYS brings that big horn out with
him. him play it. him five times
and EVERY TIME he brought out the BIG WILLS HOKN
played on it yet. .@
audience expects him to
think he's going do that trick but he
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
Veterans Do Well

Hooky Dauss and Dutch Leonard,
Vsteran hurlers, are making good
with Ty Cobb's Jungaleers this sea
son, far outshining younger aspi.
rants for diamond honors.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
RRILLHEART IS VICTIM
OF APPENDICITIS SLAM

Memphis lost the services Of its
only left.handed pitcher, Nelson
bri1heart, when the HEAVIER was
striker with appendicitis. He was
rushed to q hospital, where an I'm
mediate operation was found neces-
sary. He may be lost for the re.
mainder OF the season.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
Ehmke is UnIucky

Howard Ehmke is unlucky in be.
in;- with a weak team. He has won
six and lost twelve games for the
Boston Red Sox. Had he been with
the Mackmen or the Griffs this
record would at least have been re-
yersed
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
Having a Hard Time

Charlie Jameson is having a hard
time getting his bingleS this year.
He il hitting for a mere .289 where
formerly he clouted the onion
around the $50 mark.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
HargraVe TumbIes

Reds Hargrave, the Browns
catcher. has tumbled a bit in his
work at bat, his latest figures being
.3S3. However, that's sweet
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
RICHARD PLACES SUMMER
BOXING ON UP GRADE
By SID MERCER

NEW WORK Aug Sup three boxing fouahed IN
New York only during cold months Summer closed season
II tong ana spin
n;no = the winter time Ioafed through hot weather
Except for nechborcod small outdoor boxing had
intrigued
RcaE came along ana pu ns Ds pe
horrI - pcuIeSs Thirty III City.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
BIuege Makes Good

Ossie Bluege 10 proving Bucky
Harris a good prophet. In Florida
last spring Bucky predicted Ossie
would hit for at least 800 this sea.
SON The thirdsacker is pounding
the ball for .&k
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
GIANTS NOT
To SLIP
EASILY
Fool the Experts by Hanging
On to Pirates, Despite
Many Reverses
By DAVIS J. WALSH
International News Service Sports
Editor


NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-Continu-
ing the business of confounding
the experts, some of whom have
gone on record as picking them
to finish ten games outside the
lead, the New York Giants were
only four points behind the
Pirates this morning, indicating
that they are in no immediate
danger Of cracking, as advertised.
If skull doesn't crack when you
hit it with mallet, using firm
ness and severity, it just isn't
going TO.
The Giants, figuratively speaking,
have taken it on the chin from
everything that fate has IN its ar
senal from boomerangs to black
jacks and still they come up smil-
ing. On the respective records Of
the two clubs this season, it seems
hardly credible that the Pirates
could have survived the same ordeal
with equal aplomb.
Except for an early season slump,
everything has been all to the
club. Suppose, for example, that
Traynor had thrown out his knee
In the first week of the campaign
and remained on the bench ever
since. Suppose Wright was lost to
the club for months and that Gran
than had to alternate between first
and second bases, with Moore play
ing three infieId positions on as
many successive days.
Add 70 these tribuIations, q
first class 0utflelder, Carey for
instance. hitting 100 points below
his normal speed and q careWorn
pitching staff. and you have the
there Is no doubling the fact
that the Pirates are q better ball
club I'm the first place. But they
overlook the slight f0rmality Of
winning more ball games.
The late Mike Murphy used to
say that you can't beat a team
that won't be beaten and the writer
thinks this has q pertinent applica-
ton to the present situation. TIE
Giants rank second to the Pirates
in everything but gameness. They
have the edge there. not because
but rather because the Giants have
SO much of 1t.
1 am not one Of those who dues-
ton the Pirates Rcmeness. In my
opinion, they are first class money
players and go down, II at all. fight
ing always. But tie Giants are one
OF those clubs that happen along
once In baseball generation. Call
# conceit, self-approyal or anything
you ike. but the fact remains that
the Giants simply don't know when
they are out-classCd.
Were the Boston Braves the best
club In 1914? They were not. Did
they win the National League title
and later the worlds championship?
They did. The Braves Of 1914 and
the Giants Of 1925 seem to be blood
hrofhArs
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

Joe BoIey may finally land In the
major leagues, this time with the
White Sox, but he not the Boley
of two years ago.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

To our way Of thinking the
easiest way to leap that channel
is on a steam yacht, and there
are days when. it's worth your
life to even do that.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
Cochrane Leads All

The hardest hitting catcher in the
American League is Mickey Coch-
rane OF the AS, who sports the fine
average of 1856.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

If you like your seasickness to
come in bulk and don't care
about g long voyage to achieve
that end, the channel is the
toughest and shortest route
you can select.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
Connolly Goes Back

The Red Sax have sent Shortstop
Connolly to Mobile. He will recetVo
another trial next spring.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
Ruth is Far Down

Babe Ruth 10 far down on the list
of batsmen this season, his latest
average being but a mere .275.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

1t isn't a great distance at
most. You can yodeI in Eng
lish across it and meet your
echo in French before you
are half way over.
Still folks have grown old and
gray standing on one shore and
waiting for the surf to pull in
its horns long enough for them
to make up their minds.
Why anybody wants to swim
that lake when even the frogs
have sense enogh to shun it, is
something that the science of
moronism hasn't yet told.
They had to pass law in this
country making it a misdemeanor
for people to dress in a key and
try to bobble over the Niagara
river at its steepest point.
There are some nations where
suicide is permissible, but
America isn't one of them. Per-
sons seen travelling toward
Niagara with a barrel of any
thing are arrested on suspicion.
If you want to do something
in this life which your great
grandchildren can point to with
pride or which will get your
name in Whoozus Whoozus, look
around for something construc-
tive.
Try to climb Washington
Monument without your rubber
heels, or pick your teeth with
a par of boxing gloves, but by
all means, don't be silly.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
Donohue In Front

Pete Donohue Of the Cincinnati
Reds leads the National League
hurlers with fifteen victories.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

cross it without the aid of a
set of stills.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

Canada Gals Cheerful Chirps
THE toucan is bird with a
l. great big bill;
And big bill suggests a "dun."
So It's not likely we learn from
the tOucan.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

0OCOs
aHe said that he'd play it dur.
ing THIS ENGAGEMENT. He
fooled US before, but THIS time
he can't 60 back on his promise.
"Wait, ma, SHHHH!l Wait,
SHHH! He's gonna make .
speech. Maybe he's gonna play
on the big horn. SHHHHH! He
is gonna say something. He's talk
ing now. Wait
Jaw, gee! Wouldn't that get
your nanny? He says he amt
warmed up yet and he's gonna play
on the flute to tune up his act.
cav, change you actl I'LL
"That's OLD STUFF!
'That's ALL BEEN DONE! /
Boxing Champions, Then and Now.
THE absurdity of trying to COM
i pare boxers Of different eras
is task that is put up to every
man who writes boxing and yet
it is impossible to prove one way
or the other. All one can do in
the circumstances is to give what
you think concerning the relative
qualities of the champions today
and those of a former period. But
as there is no way of winning or
losing bet on it, why worry?
remember long ago a gentle
man coming to me to decide a bet
he had had with a fellow member
of TattersalIs Club. 1t was mu-
tually gareed that / was to decide
It was the same old threadbare
question.
Ny visitor was of the opinion
that, like most other sports, box
ing had improved with the time.
When / decided against him he
took it kindly, like all good sports
would. Then in the conversation
that followed he asked if / had
done any boxing myself.
Eyes" I remarked, "as an am
ateur I boxed a good deal, and
though never a champion, / saw
the day that / could beat both
Langford and McVea together in
the same ring.
At this he lost all his nice ways
and told me he did not come to
have his leg pulled.
assured him that that was
far from my intention, and, having
made the statement, was prepared
to back it up to the extent of
pound to a penny.
Placing a penny on the desk,
he replied: "Righto; I'll take you
up for the sake of the Odds"
pointed out that some twenty
years previous / was in the early
twenties and stronger than the
majority Of men, and, like all
men Of that age, thought l could
beat creation.
With his temper still at white
heat, he replied: "That proves
you only though you could do
those things"
But when I pointed out that
both the great colored men, who
were the big noise in Sydney at
the time of our conversation, were
only eight when / was twenty,
he let out a howl of delight and
hurried from the office.
SYDNEY REFEREE.
Canada Gals Cheerful Chirps
THE toucan is a bird with
Il great big bill;
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

even if it ends
up in their
obituaries being
widely printed
in many Ian
guages.
That British
c h an Ell has
been an ire
sistible will-o'-
the-wisp, a n d
while a few
men have waded
it from time
to tim e, no
woman has yet
haan ahIn to
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

Many people are affected with
a complex to do the unusual,
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

The success 81 the Leonard.
Tender lightweight champion.
ship bout &C the Yankee Stadium
IN 1928 and the big gate sc the
Dempsey-FirpO battle at the
Polo Grounds 8 few weeks later
fired the ambitions OF promoters
who until then had been content
TO operate on 3 small SCALE
The Washington times., 1925-08-03
SAYS Skillet"
Finn, Esq.
If You Want to do Some
thing Silly, Go Ahead,
But BY All Means
Be Reasonable
Rx KIRK MILLER.

0WIMMING the English
channel and going over
~ Niagara Falls in a barrel
are two of those parlor sports
which, If accomplished, don't
don't mean something.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

ne was Richard who started the
wave OF big business summer box
ing. and II IS Richard who rrOb.
ably will end IL when ne COMPLETES
the new Garden and holds glove
shows there winter and summer.
The Washington times., 1925-08-03

Richard does mot intend TO pro.
mote open air bouts next wear.
Anybody can have his interest In
the Yankee Stadium as . boxing