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The Washington times., 1925-09-04
ARMY GR|DNEN
MAKE EARLY
START
Coach McEwen Has Big Task
and Takes Plenty OF
Time to Do It

WEST POINT, N. Y, Sept. A.
Seventy candidates for the Army
football eleven are working out In
weather more appropriate for bath.
ing suits than for heavy football
togs.
The army squad is out on the grid
iron early this season because or
the big recasting job that confronts
Head Coach John McEwen and his
assistants. The strong West Point
eleven Of last year that made the
best showing against Notre Dame
of all Hoosier opponents was prac-
tically demobilized by graduation
last June. This time last season
the Cadets had practically an All
American center trio in Captain
Garbisch. Ellinger, and Farwick.
Right now the Army coaches have
some doubtful prospects from the
Plebe class and many more fears
for the future.
The Cadets chief problem this
season is the line. One tackle I'm.
doubtedly will be filled by Schmidt,
whose injured foot prevented him
from being regular last year.
Schmidt tips 1876 He is strong and
willing, but has yet to learn con-
siderable about the technique of
tackle play. Coach McEwen talks
about two promising tackle candi-
dates from the Plebes, but is care
full to keep their names a secret.
Garbisch will be sadly missed
from the center of the Army line.
He was the keynote of the Army
defensive system, which will have
to be rearranged unless a new pivot
is developed who can play the open
field style of game that made
Garbisch such an outstanding
figure.
Behind the line the Cadets are
strong with Harry Wilson, who
should be a pronounced Improve
ment over last season, when
rheumatism retarded the form that
made him an All-American selection
at Penn State.
With Wilson there will be Tiny
Hewitt, Youmans, and Harding.
whose clever quarterback run scored
a touchdown against Notre Dame,
and at least six others who were
either substitutes last year or were
members of the Plebe class.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
CORNELLBEGINS
GRDP RACT|CE
MONDAY
Fifty Candidates to Be Taken
in Hand by Quartet
of Coaches

ITHACA. n. Y, Sept. 4.--Foot
ball practice will begin at Cornel
University next Monday, with 1lIty
candidates reporting to Head Coacn
Gilmour Dobie. Dobie ana ms as
sistinr staff, "Swede" Hanson.
George Pfann, and Ray Hunt, al
retained from last season, await the
initial workout.
Cornell will be without the serv'
ices of Ignacio Molinet, the Dig
Cuban, who will be missing because
of scholastic difficulties. and kneen'
MILESTONE, Henderson. Patterson
Morris, and Wade, all OF whom
were graduated last June.
Among the veterans who Will re-
port are Captain Frank kearney
and Evans, tackles; Wester ana
Isaly, backs; Carey, guard, and AT
field, center.
Cornell's opening game Is with
Niagara University, September 70. :.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Lazy Lawyers
Have Foes
Guessing

Milton Kronheim's Lazy Lawyers
will meet the Dickerson, Nd, base
ball team of the Montgomery Coun-
ty League Sunday at 2 o'clock
on the Dickerson field.
The members Of the Dickerson
Club, when they agreed to the
contest, it is said, accepted the
sworn statement Of r. Brooke Colt,
deputy clerk at Police Court and
president OF the Dickerson outfit,
that the lawyers would attempt
to win by batting, fielding and
pitching, and seek victory not by
entangling the Marylandere in q
mesh Of baseball laws.
I'VE won't stand on technical
ties" said Mr. Kronheirn, but he
looked sort o. mysterious, at that,
according to the Dickerson commit
tee on arrangements.
And, in truth it is an odd-seem'
ing lineup that Mr.. Kronheim
presents, which follows: Milton
Kronheim, first base and manager;
Attorney E. Russell Kelly, second
base: Assistant Corporation Coun-
sci Edward w. Chick Thomas; As
sistant District Attorney William H.
Collins, catcher; San: Beach, son
of the chief clerk of the court,
pitcher: Barney Bonavaris, right
field; J. Lewis O'Connor, left field;
Attorney John Fl. Sullivan, center
field, and Fred Owns, shortstQp,
with Attorney George Mcneil, AS
sistant District Attorney Walter M.
Shea and Joe Torrillo, jr.. as SUBJ
stitutes.
AS one Dickerson fan IL reported
to have put it: "Somethin' phony
about that bunch o. legal guys. l
amt ever heard of one OF EN- az
a ballplayer. How they expect to
win. anyhow"
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
PITT To HAVE
NEW STADIUM
THIS YEAR
Carnegie Tech Will Assist In
Dedication Before 10000
October "a

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 4.-The Uni
versity OF Pittsburgh football sea
son OF 1925 promises to be the
most n1o1nentous in local athletic
history. The new Pitt Stadium,
WITH its 10000 capacity, will be
opened Saturday, September IS,
when washington and Lee Univef-
sity football team meets the Pan
theirs.
The Stadium is located adjacent
to the university campus and il
easily accessible, 1t being possible
to reach it in fifteen minutes By
street cars from downtown Pitts
burgh.
stadium is set for Saturday, OctO-
Der %, Carnegie Tech being the
attraction. There will be- eight
home games in the stadium, the
only game away being with Penn
svlvania at Philadelphia. In addi-
tor to the washington and Lee,
and Carnegie Tech games mer-
toned, the other home attractions
are with Lafayette College, Octo
ben 8: West Virginia University,
October 10; Gettysburg College,
October II: Johns Hopkins, October
81. w. & j., November z, and
Pennsylvania state College, Noyern
Der 26.
Prospects for . winning team at
Pitt are exceptionally bright, az
only a few of the letter men from
last year were lost by graduation
and the freshman material of 1924
Isl exceptional. Coach Jock SutheT
land is in his second year as head
coach of the Painters. He will
have an experienced team, with the
exception of center and one guard.
Marsh johnson, star 1924 center,
is now assistant coach and will
help Sutherland develop his sue
cessor.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
OHORT STUFF G
- FOR ROOTER ~

Continuing their steady march
towards a position of ease in first
place, the Pirates made the Cardi-
rails the victims of their ninth con-
sccutive victory, to 2.
Under the direction of George
Gibson, the Cubs divided with the
Reds winning the first in eleven
innings, to 2, and dropping the
second, 4 to 0.
Johnny Kane, recently of Hous.
ton, joined the White Sox and
handled eight chances clearly at
second base in a to l victory over
the Browns.
The Tigers hammered Uhle in the
seventh and came from behind to
beat the Indians, IL to 8.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
SHIT TED
To END BY
LIONS
Washington Boy Practioing
at New Position for
Penn State

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Sept. a.
Although Coach Hugo Bezdek has
made no effort to pick a lineup
az yet, the most significant move
in Penn State practice to cate has
been the shifting of Bill House,
veteran guard, to an end position.
In signal drill the Washington, D.
c., boy has been holding down the
left end Of the line and it looks
as though Bezdek expected to keep
him there.
House came to Penn State as "a
center, but was shifted to guard on
the yearling eleven three years ago.
He continued to play the latter
position on the varsity and in 1923
and 1924 he was rated as one OF
the strongest men in the line.
While unexpected, the moving Of
House to end seems logical, Tor
he is big and fast and is basket
ball player, which indicates aolnty
to handle passes.
There. are a number of other
promising end candidates. how
ever, including Ken Weston, Allen
town boy, who was a regular last
season, and Mike Wilson, Lower
Meriod product, who just failed to
meet the letter requirements a year
ago. Bob Hays, Williamsburg boy
who played in a number of games,
is also on hand and he cannot be
discounted. Tex Hamer, from the
scrubs, and Barney Stamp, Easton
boy, and Fred Hartman. former
Scott High athlete. both from the
vearling eleven, are other promis-
ing wingmen
Work on fundamentals has occu-
pied most of the practice periods
thus far and BeZdek is stressing
the importance of hard tackling and
interfering. No announcement has
been made as yet concerning the
opening scrimmage of the season
but the boys are hardening up rap
idly and will soon be ready for
more strenuous work
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Holland to Join Reds

Cincinnati has obtained the prom
Use from Howard A. Holland, all
around athlete star of the Univer-
s:tv of Virginia, that he will report
in the spring md sign a contract.
He is pitcher. Holland will play
football with Virginia this fall and
will also play and captain the base
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Coast League Slugger
Suffers Fracture
Of Left Arm

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept.
Am X-ray picture today
showed Frank (CLeftyO)
O'Doul's left arm to be frac-
tured at the elbow and, accord
ing to the physician of the local
baseball club, in all probability
the Bees smuggling outfielder
will not play again this season.
He was hit by a pitched ball in
the fourth inning Of the first
game with the Seattle Indians
yesterday. He finished the con-
test, but had to retire after the
first inning of the second game.
O'Doul is the leading batsman
of the Pacific Coast League this
season.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
TAD JONES TO CARRY ON;
CAMP MUCH MISSED

HAVEN, Sept Ito T. A. D. Jones' head football coach
at Yale task this year carrying after without
through schedule Yale team has ever
Jones Is without the services OF
Walter Camp Football to whom death came
since the closed Coach Jones stepped into
Walter Camps place the post on the national res
squad here after September 10 to prepare
first game October The Yale varsity WI play two
games away from having agreed to aid Brown UNI
yersity complete an schedule in her new stadium at P
Yale will with memories
If thrilling game year by Yale ID to only in the last
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
RUTH GETS
IN CAME
SUNDAY
Time for Returning to Play Is
Set Back One Day by
Yank Officials
By M. w. CoRUM

NEW YORK, Sept. 4. The
Babe Ruth racket has been
dragged out still another day.
Fearing lest the fans think them
mercenary, which, of course, base
ball officials could never be, the
powers that control the destinies
of the Yankees have set George
Herman's return to the good
graces Of his manager and the
lineup back until Sunday.
Moreover, If too much ballyhoo
precedes this second reconciliation
date, the happy-ending scene may
be postponed even longer. The
Yankees don't want to make any
thing out of this. That is. except
the $4,000 they are going to relieve
the Babe of.
And Higgins, is insistent that
they take that five grand. So far
as the mite manager is concerned,
this is to be the last OF the Ruth
eecapades and he wants to have
something to remember it by. The
leader of the Rupert Rifles is
serious about this. He Is not to
be stampeded by public opinion. He
wants Ruth to pay and pay dearly
for his nnisbehavior and he Is de-
termined to see that he does it.
TThere will he no living with
the team If this sort of thing Is
repeated" Higgins is reported to
have said, land this has got to
be the end one way or anOeI1Gr.
I'll not put up with the worry
Ruth has subjected me to again.
Higgins realizes that he cannot
control and discipline the other
Yankee players If Ruth is permit
ted to go his own way and do as
he pleases. Miller has complained
about this for years.
what is q man to do, ne
asked the newspaper men down N
New Orleans q year ago last Spring,
eff he has one player under him
who is not subject to his rules, nor
amenable to his discipline. How can
be expected to get the rest or
the squad down for breakfast at
a reasonable hour Il they know
that one Of their running mates
Ia going to drift into the dining
room about noontime?
There was much in what lug
said. He was faced with an almost
Impossible SlIuAIlOu lu Tire AAG1eSa
of enforcing discipline, and instead
of getting better as Ruth grew
older, and presumably wiser, the
situation got steadily worse.
Critics of Higgins, and there
are many who are inclined to
criticise him even i'm his handling
Of fhe present affair, would do
well to remember that. And
those who say that he is poor
manager and always has been,
might find food for thought IN
checking up his managerial rec
ord along with that OF McGraW,
Connie Mack, Robinson, Jennings
and the other generally acknowl-
edged successful baseball leaders.
Ruth's misbehavior has reacted
on the other players on the Yankee
club to such an extent that the
team officials had intended to make
Babe apologize publicly to Huggins.
The apology was to have taken
Mace before tomorrow's game in
the presence Of the entire team
and newspaper men, but Higgins
has apparently decided not to &c
through with it.
He is not inclined toward that
sort of thing. anyhow, being re-
firing and reticent by nature, and,
after considering the proposal from
every angle. he came to the con-
C.lusion that it would be wiser to
forego it.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
LEFT HAND PITCHER
SHIFTS IN MID-INNING

SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 4.-Ralph
fRed) Davis. first baseman of the
Shakmokin Club, of the New York
Pennsylvania League. staged an
ambdidextrous pitching act in the
game with Scranton after he took
the mound in the eighth inning.
Davis was formerly a southpaw
hurler, but later turned to a right
handler and changed his position
to first base. He took the mound
at the beginning of the eighth in
ming and. after pitching to one
batter, a highlander. took off his
glove. put 1t on his right hand and
started to pitch left-handed against
a left-handed hitter.
The local club got one scratch
hit off his delivery in the two in
nings, Davis pitching right handed
10 four batters and left handed to
the other four.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Best Golf Dopester

Stewart r. Browne, a Brooklyn
golfer and dopester, named nine
of the sixteen players to qualify in
the National Amateur toruney. lie
outguessed all the golf experts OF
New York's dailies beside many
noted players, and thereby won a
set of clubs. Browne selected Bob
bic Jones, Guilford. Mackie, Sweet
ser, Mackenzie. Won Elm, Held,
Fownes and Manion.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Where They Stood
Year Ago
Today
September 4. 1924

While the Griffmen were idling
the New York Yankees cracked
down on the Boston Red Sox, score,
II to to 6, and picked up half a
game in the wild pennant race.
This left the Griffmen exactly one
game ahead The Yankees were
too close for comfort.
New York hung on to first place
in the National League by beating
Boston, to I. Pittsburgh, the
Giants closest foe, beat st. Louis
by the same score. The Pirates
were half game behind the
Giants.
Here's how they stood:
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Twas an Odd Catch

Catcher Bengough and First
Baseman Gehrig, chasing a foul
from the bat of Pitcher Zahniser
If the Red Sox recently. got their
lands on il at the same time and
the ball wasn't dropped. Ben
coughs mitt being the larger, he
got credit for the putout
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
HERE IT IS! FIRST
FOOTBALL INJURY

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept. A.
William Estoff, of Syracuse, mem
Der of the Syracuse University foot
ball squad, suffered a fracture OF
the collarbone in practice at South
Bay today, the second day of the
early training period.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Right the First Time

Wonder what Clark Griffith
thinks now? In the spring he said
the Athletics, when things went
wrong. could kick ball around
worse'n any club he'd even seen
or words to that effect. Later ne
was quoted as denying he had ever
belittled the Macks. Apparen ny
Connie Mack's queer club has
fooled Griff twice. in two different
ways. 49,
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Del Pratt Succeeds

DerTin Pratt. the former big
Lacquer. is making good as man
ager of the Waco club in the Texas
League. Wcao is reputed to be one
of the hardest fighting clubs III the
league, though playing its flrst year
as a member of the circuit.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Cold Bothers Sweetser

Jeese Sweetser, who fell an easy
victim to Watts Gum in the Ma
tional Amateur, has been handi.
capped in his golf play lately by a
severe cold that has impaired his
vision slightly.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Orioles About Home

With A five-game lead over To
ronto, its nearest foe, Baltimore
appears to have the Intrena tional
League pennant fairly well in hand.
Baltimore is tired tO boredom of
watching the Orioles win year
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Pittsburghers
Cannot See
Griffs
BY WARREN w. BROWN

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 4.--This
city, or that part of it which
takes an interest in baseball, can't
see the American League entry in
the coming worlds series.
"No team that weakened like
the Athletics did when they had
the pennant in the bag can lick
our boys" they'll tell you here,
if you hazard an opinion that
Connie Mack's team not only has
a chance to win the flag, but the
series as well.
"Those rickety old pitchers can't
hold up under the cracking Wen
give 'em," chortle the Pirate fans,
when you suggest that Washington
may be as tough a team to beat
this fall as it was last.
Pittsburgh puts it's faith in youth
| and the power of the swat. There
isn't doubt of it,
Nor is there any wonder that
| this is so. Go right down the line,
in any regular lineup the Pirates
cast on the field. and from lead-off
man down to the pitcher nothing
but 300 hitters are encountered.
Pittsburgh has enough pitching
to get by in long or a short
| series, too. Yde and Meadows are
| the most efficient. If you pay any
| attention to averages. But Kremer
and Aldridge know their way
around. There may not be a Wal
ter johnson or an Ed Rommel in
that quartet. But that doesn't seem
to prevent them from winning with
great regularity.
| Cub fans must look with a feel.
| ing Of sorrow OFT the performance
| Uf Aldridge, the pitcher and
| Grantham, the infielder, who were
traded in the famous swap Of the
winter.
Grantham's arrival seemed to
| make the Pirate infield, which
wasn't functioning any too well at
the time. Aldridge has been IL
much better pitcher for the Pirates
than Cooper, who came to the
Cubs as q part of the deal has
been for his team
! 1t will be advanced very properly
| that pitching for a ball club like
the Pirates and pitching for what.
ever it is that wears Cub uniforms
are two different matters. But we
are concerned here with the facts,
not the reasons underlying them.
| Passing through Chicago enroute
here, we encountered several of
the members of the Washington
club.
They were convinced Of two
things. They could win their sec.
ond pennant and they could beat
the Pirates, they said.
| And it just happens that the
| statements were made on a day
when the chief problem was to
find one veteran pitcher who might
be in shape to pitch full ball
| game.
That confidence Of the Sena-
tors is not chestiness. There
isn't a fathead or the club. They
simply know what they can do,
and they require no urging to tell
| it.
The thought Of those young club
swingers on the Pirate payroll
worries the Senators not at all.
"Wait'H they see Convey. and
| Walter, and Dutch" they advise
| 1t doesn't seem right to keer
Pittsburgh in suspense as to the
identity Of its worlds series op
ponent. But there isn't a thine
to be done about it. Besides there
is Just that much more territory
for argument. It's poor Pitts
burgh fan who can't beat both the
The Washington times., 1925-09-04

Uornsby Cardinals, "a; Meusel, Yam
KEGS, 81; Williams Browns, 25: Hart
nett. cubs "a; simmons, Athletics, %;
Fourier. RObInS 81; Bottomley. Car
'dinaIs. 10: Meusel, Giants -; Har-
per. Phillies. 10; Kelly, Giants II.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER
Sports Editor, The Times

Bucky Harris leads his gang OF
fighting Griffs against the Bos-
ton Red Sox today in the first of
three games. Alex Ferguson, last
season with the Boston club, will
very likely draw the hurting as
signment for the champions. This
will be his first appearance here
in a Washington uniform and, as
he is a bit Of an Adonis, the
girls should enjoy the game. This
is Ladies Day and there is certain
to be from 5000 to 10000 of the
fair sex on hand.
A sort OF breathing space Is
allotted to the, champions in the
coming of the Red Sox, though that
does not mean that Griffs can let
up In their drive down to the
finish line. The Red Sox are a
sorry tailender in this pennant
race, but that does not carry with
it any promise that they won't
fight for everything in every
game.
At least two pitchers with the
Red Sox should cause trouble here.
They are Ruffing and Ehmke, with
a chance that Fred Wingfield may
bob UP with a well-pitched con-
test. Ruffing has looked good
against the champions several times
this year, while Howard Ehmke's
ability is well-known.
The Griffs are riding along
five and half gameE in front
OF the Philadelphia Athletics.
their morale could not be better.
They are ready for any and all
opposition and hope to make
clean sweep of this series with
the Red Sox.
Taking all three games from Lee
Fohl's more or less dispirited outtlt
may give the Griffs further adj
vantage over the AS. Connie
Mack's badly-shattered team must
tackle the New York Yankees
while the Red Sox are here. The
Yanks, out of the running, OF
course, are about to make a strong
finish. The veterans are anxious
to cling to their berths, while the
newcomers reporting to Miller Hug
gins are eager to show their class
and earn jobs for next season
The champions appear to be facing
softer opposition than the Mack
men.
Fearful lest his team hesitate In
it's onward plunge to the finish
line. Manager Harris has decided
to keep his regular starting pitch.
ers rotating as they have all
season. This means that Zachary
and Ruether, veteran left-handers
will take their turns tagainst Lee
FohPs gang. 1t is aite possible.
though, that Win BaIlou and Hal
Smith, rockies, may see some
service. especially if the Cham
pinns succeed in getting comfort
able leads.
Sunday night Manager Harris
will take his squad to Philadelphia
for a. nights rest before opening
a four-game series with the Mack
men in three days. Many Wash
inetonians are planning to make
the trip to Philadelphia to see the
Labor Day games, one in the morn
ing and the other in the afternoon
Shibe Park will hardly be able tc
hold all those wishing to see those
games between the only teams in
this years flag hunt from the
beginning.