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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
Suitable Club Has A
Lot To Do With
Good Golf

It is the belief of Miss Cecil
Leitch, former British golf
champion, that too much stress
cannot be laid on the Importance
Of using a suitable club. As q
guide she gives the following
description of the type of driver
she finds most suited to her
build and style:
"In height / am about five
feet nine inches and weigh
about ten stone," writes Miss
Leitch. although 1 am sup
posed to have very strong
wrists and arms, this is not
the case, and l am almost en-
tirely dependent upon timing
and the action Of my body for
length. My swing is full, fiat
and quick. My driver has a fiat
lie and an unusually stiff shaft.
It measures forty-two inches
and weighs twelve and one-half
ounces"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

1--WE won those pennants because
we were a team of hitters," he de-
clared. Donovan was a great
pitcher; Mullin was well above the
average. But you couldn't call
two men a pitching staff. Our
hitting carried the other pitchers.
'My present staff, Rip Collins,
Earl Whitehall, George Dauss.
Ken Holloway, Sylvester johnson,
Herman PilIette, Lii StOner and
Ed Wells, may not boast a Bill
Donovan, but it certainly Is
superior to any staff Detroit has
had i'm my twenty years with the
club"
The great man then elaborated
on his statement Of yesterday to the
effect that he would play less than
a hundred games this season. This
decision, he intimated. was In
fluenced as much by the belief that
no man can keep going at top speed
for a full season as by the fear
that he himself is slipping.
81 have q capable substitute
for every position and as soon as
q regular begins to let down, out
he comes" he said. "That goes
for me, too. OF course, if l was
younger and going the way ! was
some years ago. l would be in
there every day. But know that
/ can't stand the pace and when
/ begin to feel it, some one else
will be playing center field for
Detroit.
"The whole club is built along
those lines. have two short
stops, Tavenor and Rigney. Fred
Haney can relieve Jones at third
base or O'Rourke at second.
Johnny Neun stands ready to re-
lieve Blue at first base. / have
two good catchers, Bassler and
Woodall. and half dozen out
fielders."
Pressed for answer as to the
identity of the man he thought
capable of supplanting him. Cobb
became evasive.
Manush should have a great
year." he remarked with the air
of one changing the subject. HE
went badly in 1924, but he was
just finding himself"
1t is no Masonic secret that Cobb
is somewhat enamored Of Young
Carlyle, who hit .346 his first
season in professional baseball.
However, the Georgian Is not the
one to count unmatched chickens.
1T takes two years to make a
ball player" was his cryptic reply
to the Carlyle inquiry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
RANKING WADDELL FIRST,
JOHNSON NAMES TEN
GREATEST PITCHERS
.Johnson's Ten Greatest
JOHNSON'S TEN GREATEST
By WALTER JOHNSON.

hen YOU get your chapter Pitchers writes j. s.
Of Brooklyn pease tell whom consider the greatest
making that request have come IN
since this story started papers These requests confirm the
already my that this is of the most widely as
an players,
even greater opinion viii be found So OF course
risk endless criticism.
But my reply is-Rube Waddel!
making allowance his habits
choice the late Rue Wadde would be my first cno
work. And that OF course
includes both leagues during the past
and experts may disagree with me Dut
Wadden pitchers pitcher
Snadne Ruse other pitchers before
certainly
run of pitchers generation would be about the and
would take strong argument to make believe
there capable OF being to the perfect pitcher
the famous George Rube" Wadde He had everything the
ideal pitcher requires except of his great failing
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
RICHARD STARTS GOSSIP
WHEN HE TAKES STADIUM

NEW YORK, March 5.-The ap-
pearance of a number of boxing
champions in action during the COM
ing summer was generally forecast
today as the result OF the taking
over Of the Yankee stadium by Tex
Richard for the purpose of conduct
ing bouts when the ball park is not
used for baseball purposes.
Richard said that the first fight
he plans in the stadium will be one
between Jack Delaney and Paul
Berlenbach for the week of May %.
Delaney holds knockout decision
over Berlenbach. Eddie Martin.
bantam champion: Poncho Villa,
flyweight title holder. and possibly
Jack Dempsey are others that will
be featured, the promoter said. He
will also make an effort to match
Tom Gibbons and Harry Wills for
a bout.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
HARD SCHEDULE FACES
VIRGINIA BALL TEAM

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, March
5-With the opening OF the baseball
season exactly four weeks away tho
University of Virginia baseball team
is getting ready to go through the
schedule of twenty-six games. which
Is one of the hardest that a Virginia
team has undertaken In years.
Dartmouth comes to Lambeth
Field on March % for the first game
of the spring. In addition to con-
tests with six members Of the South
ern Conference the Virginians have
home games with such teams from
the North as Cornell, Pennsylvania,
Princeton, Bucknell, Syracuse and
Colgate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
ST. LOUIS BROWNS MAKE
FUR FLY IN TRAINING

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. March
5.-With the good graces of old
Sol smiling down on them, the
advance guard of the ST. Louis
Browns, in training here, have
been able to round into good shape
The group of young pitchers, who
have been working out since las:
Thursday, are beginning to show
their stuff and when they faced
some of the regulars today they
the ball,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

spots-he had no such a thing as
regular turn" go consequently
he worked against all pitchers and
generally against the stars Of the
American League.
Matty and Alec stand out -
pitching examples and gave their
clubs their very hest efforts. But
unlike Ed Walsh, they always
pitched ian reguI7r turn, with
plenty OF rest between each game.
remember a series we played in
Chicago. Walsh worked as relief
pitcher In the first game and by
holding Washington scoreless for
the last seven innings, the White
Sox won the game. The following
day he CAME back and beat us in
IA innings. I was to pitch the third
game and after getting in my uni
form. stopped in the Sox club
house to compliment his wonderful
work OF the previous days.
He wasn't in sight 80 said to
one or the players, "The big fell
lows entitled to a lay-off alright.
don't blame him for not showing
up"
What do you mean. laying -off?'
came quick reply, hes on his
way to the bullpen already and
he's liable to be in there again to-
day"
Washington finally won the third
game but it wasn't the fault of Ed
Walsh-whO pitched the last two
innings.
It's calamity to see such an arm
and such a disposition pass out OF
baseball at the age Of 35. The last
time I saw Ed Walsh pitch was the
year he tried to come back He
struggled through to the fourth in
ming and couldn't go another inch.
And the saddest part Of all, he was
on that very day, still in his phys
ical prime-but his pitching arm
was a wreck from Cver-work.
Copyright 1925. by the Christy
Walsh SyndIcate)
Next Chapter: The Ten Greatest
Pitchers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
New Zealand Enters

For the first time in almost q
decade American tennis enthusiasts
will have an opportunity to see the
leading players of New Zealand
competing on American courts this
summer, for New Zealand has filed
a Davis Cup challenge to play in
the American zone. Not since 1914
have New Zealand players been
seen in tennis action In this country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
Notre Dame Loses I
Grid Games of Isl
In Is Years

Notre Dame has played 1872
football games in the last
eighteen years and lost only
seven. To lose on an average of
only one game every thirty
months is a record that no other
university can equal over such
span of years. And it is espe-
cially remarkable when Notre
Danes uniformly tough schedule
of games are considered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

But when the Tiger Boy nattened
Coulon on the canvas Of Jimmy
Coffroth's arena, at Vernon, Calf,
In 1914, II was Sammy Harris who
leaped joyously from Williams
corner in the victorious third round.
The envy of that moment enjoyed
by his successor has ranked these
many years in the heart Of old man
Barrett.
Harris had won Williams away
from Barrett i'm time TO share
the rich harvest, the harvest that
only q champion can reap in the
field Of ring endeavOr.
And since the day Williams left
him, Pop Barrett has boosted that
on every possible occasion he would
pit one of his boys against one OF
Harris and then show Mr.. Samuel
Harris Just how little he, Samuel,
knew about advising a boxer.
Yet only once have Barrett and
Harris been arrayed in opposite
corners. That was last year at the
Gayety Theater, in Baltimore when
Len Bremen, under Barrett's man
agement and with the odds to ]
against him, gave Nate Carp, with
Harris seconding him, the lacing Of
his life in a ten-round bout.
The reader may attach whatever
significance he sees fit to the fa9t
| that twice later on, with Barrett
no longer his manager, Bronner
was decisively defeated by Carp
In Baltimore rings.
Barrett seems quite confident thai
when Johnny Gill meets Baum Mon
day night he will again throw the
hooks into Sammy Harris in the
managerial contest The old mar
has written to Frank Mann, the
barracks promoter, requesting fifty
ringside seats to be filled by Bar
rett's friends from York and Balti
more, come to see Samuel Harris
Inundated.
Ring fans of this city hold nc
brief for either Barrett or Harris
but there are more than several in
terested In Charley Baum. The
Baltimore fighter has earned q fol
lowing here by giving satisfaction
in bouts at Fort Myer and Wash
ington Barracks and viii have 3
backing all his own when he meets
the boy whose long string of bouts
includes slashing engagements with
Mickey Walker, Jack Britton and
other notables.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

| Only last year he went 169 innings,
| without issuing q base on balls.
That is marvellous for q man who
has been pitching against major
league batters fifteen years. Alec'S
slow ball is dandy and his dis
position-so necessary to winning
pitcher-is ideal.
An eight letter word ending in Y
meaning ITO break a batter's
blacks the best description Of
Christy Mathewson's claim to fame.
The word is: "Fadeaway." When
ever that word il mentioned by
fans or players, it suggests the
name Of Matty before any other
figure in baseball. OF course. he
had good fast ball but he always
held that more In reserve. Matty's
control was the best in either big
league, and his knowledge Of rival
batters was greater perhaps, than
any pitcher Of his day. But it was
the 'fadeaway" that made him ia
nous. Some Of the best batters
in the National League were really
helpless when Big Six" was in the
box. Readers who recall how young
Pruett held Babe Ruth helpless
several seasons back, can picture
what Matty's fadeaway used to do
q
fadeaway. Mathewson often. threw
a high curve ball and q high spit
ball but both Of them broke in a
downward direction and were not
quite so effective.
Ed Walsh Of the White SOx
was the Iron Man. The spit-baN
and overwOrk, almost to the point
of slavery, cut short his wonder
full career, Walsh ought to be IN
there yet.
He was a powerful built fellow
and one Of those pitchers who needs
hard work and lots Of 1t. But he
worked too hard and too often.
The best sport writer's in the coun-
try have told how he pitched the
team Of "hitless wonders" into a
pennant-the Chicago White Sox Of,
1905.
Again, he had another wonderful
year in 1905 when he pitched the
White Sox to 40 victories-within
one game of Chesbro's record,
which no one has ever touched.
In all my experiences cam re-
member any man who pitched 30
much for the love of pitching, as
Big Ed Walsh. Day after day,
you'd see Walsh out there in the
pull.pen, waiting for the relief call.
The old White Sox plan was 10
start any pitcher but Walsh and
try TO score a run or two. AS soon
as they scored runs that seemed
sufficient to win the game. Wals.l
was rushed in with instructions 10
hold the opposition. He had to
pitch shutout ball to win most of
his games because in those days,
the Sox, like Washington. were very
weak hitters. And he got no soft
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
MORTAL ENEMIES FACE
AS BOXERS SECONDS
By r. D. THOMAS.

Two Of the btters enemies that ever gaed across the ssned
Turner Gill; the York. Pa middeweigh when
they clash Monday night the main bout Of card at Washington
enmity Sammy Harris Of Baum and Joe
decade brought
nothing soften feelings between the veteran ring
business OF handling
Kid Williams defunct bantamwegh champion OF the world
called
that brought Williams along to the point
where he ripe to jar loose the crown rom the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
VIRGINIA MERMEN LOSE TO
WASHINGTON CANOE FISH

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, March
5.-The swimmers from the Wash
ington Canoe Club defeated the
fishmen Of the University Of Virginia
81 to 25. The collegians won two
first places. The Neutrality-suspicious.
had things practically their own
way, with Winkjer in rare form.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
Nav Build Bike Track

Urged on by Pete Moeskops, world
champion cyclist. the Holland
Cycling Union. has made efforts
to have a new velodrome built in
Holland, and 1t now seems the track
will be built next summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
BOB FISHER REMAINS AT
HELM AT OLD HARVARD

CAMBRIDGE, Mass March s.
Harvard football followers were
elated today at the announcement
that Robert T. c'Bob'D Fisher was
to coach the football eleven another
year. Fisher has turned out many
all-American linemen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
FAMOUS
BOX SCORES
Iris Speaker Gets His
ELeUeilth Consecutive
Safe RinQLe.

CLEVELAND AT WASHING
TON, July 10, 1920 First camel
BY getting hit the first time up
In the opening frame iris Speaker,
the Clevelands' manager, establish.
ed a major league consecutive hit
ting record, making II hits in IL
consecutive times at bat. Cleveland
won the opening game of the dou-
ble-header by a score of to q The
score:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

All the scrapes and eccentric
stunts of Waddell are known TO
baseball readers, so / viii con1lne
these comments to his records as y
pitcher. And here's an example OF
how easy it Is to overlook and Tor
ret baseball deeds OF the past. 1
gave more consideration TO TINS
chapter than to many others. l olo
not look up much in the way OF av-
erares. hut base my opinions on
memory, from personal experience
or observation. After putting down
the names Of thirty pitchers Tor con-
alteration, / showed the list to
baseball fan.
'SYou've left RUDE Wadden off
entirely" he remarked.
'eRube WaddeIl!'. replied with
great SURPRISE, Eve left of the
greatest Of them all. Put Rube
down as No. /"
waddell had the two chief re-
ouirements for an unbeatable
pitcher-a real curve ball and a
real fast ball. And speed-no man
ever lived with greater speed!
II that big lefthander had possessed
a little common sense, no pitcher in
history could have compared with
him. pitched against him many
times. He was a hard fellow to
beat. but once on the run, he would
look Tor a reason to get out Of the
game. / recall game in st. Louis
when he was with the Browns. We
hit him hard in the first inning and
Scored a run or two. AS soon as
the inning was over, he started for
the bench with a decided limp. that
had not been noticed before we
scored those runs.
You'd better limp" said Mike
Kahoe, standing in the coacher, g
box, "and before we finish, you'll
have a sore arm, too It made
Rube sore. He stopped 1imping i'm
mediately. He took a big drink Of
water on the bench and came back
in the second inning like new
man.
The game went IL innings and
waddell struck out II Washington
players. Rube didn't limp again
during the entire game. He got
even with Mike Kahoe all right
and then when the last man was
out. he started to the clubhouse
Nmping.
Alexander, Mathewson and
Walsh form q trio who have made
their names everlasting In season
records and world series compeh-
ton. It's pretty hard sorting out
their individual merits.
Alexander is one of the smartesi
OF all pitchers. He has a lot Of
good stuff and is still one of the
best pitchers in the National
League. Some experts have called
Alexander the best Of all curve
ball pitchers. Wonderful control
has always been his chief asset
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

Totals ..............34 6s26
tJamieson out--hit by batted ball.
~Batted for Picinich in ninth.
fBatted for Snyder in ninth.
Cleveland ....... 0 o 5 1 l o o OF
Washington ...... 20 o o o o o.
Two-base hits Speaker, Chapman.
Stolen INSTRUMENTATION Sacrifice
observation-disclosures. Double pIay-Harris,
Judge. Left on bases-CIeveland, 10;
washington, z. Bases on baIls-Otf
Snyder, 5; Coveleskie, 2. Hit by pitch
Wambsganss.) Struck out-By Snyder,
9; Covelegkie, 8. Wild pitch-Snyder.
Umpires-Moriarty and Chill. Time
1850.
CTOMORROW-Ken Williams hits
three home runs in a single game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
By DAVIS J. WALSH.

AUGUSTA 5-Rank herey though may be to the
old timers who held the late Bill Donovan George Mun Klan
such high esteem Ty Cobb out on the
flat his today and declared the present Tiger pitching
be the best Detroit ever knew Inc tongs may
liberty Justice the traffic
pitcher has been like the dodoa species
long extinct.
impression that Muln Donovan ct al
in the winning Of three straight
hetuee and Cobb dissents
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
COBB CLAIMS PITCHERS
ARE BEST EVER HAD

of articles By DGUis Walsh Inter-
editor making of the spring
getting cond
baseball cEubs IN both major LeGgueS)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05
Has indian Sigr

Penn apparently has the Indian
sign on Cornell in wrestling. Cor
nell has scored only two victories
over Penn in nineteen years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

PUTTING O tip On
. cigar 10 an ex.
pensive lob.
But you can't
SMOKE thetip.
We leave off
the tip and give
you the savinG.
real PeVfeot0
quality in tobae.
GO q nd work
WaaShiDs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

spots-he had no such a thing as
regular turn" go consequently
he worked against all pitchers and
generally against the stars Of the
American League.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

Ed Walsh Of the White SOx
was the Iron Man. The spit-ball
and OverwOrh, almost to the point
of slavery, cut short his wonder.
full career, Walsh ought to be in
there yet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-05

you've left RUDE Waddell off
entirely" he remarked.
''Rube Waddell". i replied with
great surprise. "I've left off the
greatest Of them all. Put Rube
down as No. l."
Smyrna times., 1925-05-06
First "Roucaniers'

The name "buccaneer" was given to
plratical English, Dutch and French
Adventures, united in their opposition
to Spain, who maintained themselves
chiefly in the Caribbean sea during the
Seventeenth century. The first of the
class were French settlers, whose Oc.
cupation originally was hunting the
wild cattle on the islands, especially
HispaniOla, and preserving the flesh
at little establishments called "bou
cans" they being known as "bOu.
canierS." After being driven from
these pursuits by the Spaniards, these
bOucaniers took to piracy, particular
ly upon Spanish vessels, and to raid
ing Spanish settlements on the islands
and mainland. Their career clOset
about 100.
Smyrna times., 1925-05-06

The men in the state highway
school received instruction in the
serving of warrants in matters of ar
rests, etc, last week, Sergeants Ray
and Beswick, giving the instructions.
Twenty-Five of the 115 men first reg
istered are now receiving the final in
structons. OF this number there will
be further eliminatiOns as between IL
and Is will be finally selected for ad-
dition to the state highway police
force.
Smyrna times., 1925-05-06
All Seemed Satisfied

A new gallOws and drop pit haC
been constructed at county prison
but it was some time before the busy
governor could get away to inspect it
When he did so, he asked the heaC
jailer K there had been any difficulty
in expedltiOusly carrying out the deatl
sentences.
The jailer replied that he though
not I'VE have never had any com
plants, sir" he said.-London Tit-Bits
Smyrna times., 1925-05-06

ESTATE OF AMANDA JONES. DECEASED
Notice is hereby given that Letters Testa-
mentary upon the Estate of Amanda Jones
late Of Blackbird Hundred, deceased, were
duly granted unto The Fruit Growers Ma
tional Bank of Smyrna on the nineteenth day
of February A. d. 1925 and all persons in
debted to the said deceased are requested TO
make payment to the Executor without delay.
and all persons having demands against the
deceased are required to exhibit and present
the same duly probated to the said Executor
on or before the nineteenth day Of February
A. d. 1926. or abide by the law in this behalf.
Address
The Fruit Growers National Bank of Smyrna,
Executor.
Smyrna, Delaware
Evening star., 1925-01-04

the oil in the engine Will soon be-
come diluted and the bearings Will
suffer as Il consequence. You didn't
explain why Jones had to take his
car 10 the service station, but the
odds are ten to one that he burned
out a bearing through oil dilution.'
Injurious Choking Method.
Smith interrupted to say that he
had read somewhere that lot of the
choking in starting could be elimi-
mated if only the driver would pull
out the choke for an instant each
time he shut off the engine. The idea
of this plan is that a charge of extra
rich gas is drawn into the cylinders
where it remains until the engine is
readH to start again. since at least
one cylinder is under compressionl--
or nearly so--in any type of motor
the engine is all ready to fire when
the ignition is switched on and the
starter applied. While this method
greatly facilitates quick starting
after periads of idieress ranging
from one hour to nearly a day, de-
pending upon weather and engine
conditions 1t Is doubtful il a more
Injurious plan was ever devised.
The next time some driver tells
YOU how successful this scheme is,"
| said TO Smith, simply remind him
ina as gas Ndpcr cOnuenseS ~ltn the
cooling Of the engine much OF the
liquid fuel works down past the pis-
tons and into the crapkcase. There
is no other place for it to go. When
YOU choke the motor in starting-and
do not choke xcessively--most of
the raw gasoline in the cylinders is
Immediately burned up and dis
| charged through the exhaust. Oil
dilution is not so likely to result
from the normal starting proceed 6rc
Eject of Wrong Method.
'Tsll him, too, that when an excess
of gas vapor is allowed to stand in
the cylinders the condensed gas runs
down some of the valve stems. caus-
ing the lubricant to be washed off
When the engine warns up the valve
stems will dry off and probably stick
This doesn't apply to your overhead
valve motor. In your engine the
valves are located up top and are
thus spared, while in my L-head
motor they suffer because, being To-
Gated in pockets at the side of the
engine. much of the raw gas can run
directly down their stems. While the
valves may be spared in your engine