The Washington times., 1925-08-12

out on plcn1cS ana emphasizing y
the tidbits and sweet meats wnIcf
all-American contest comes to clt
Here Is; what Washington's big
benefactor is offering all OF the
little Cinderellas who nave red9
their baseball dope thoroughly, ano
are able to submit fancifu pail
teams which viii compare well with
that of Babe Ruth, who Is realiy
q co-godfather Of this contest.
IF the world series is played part;
Il, II, washington, Skillet, through
the generosity of The washington
Times, is going to take q party OF
ten little esswaifs' to all OF the
Games played in this city. It makes
no difference to the olg.nearleu
Butter and Egg Man VINO they az,
just so they have learned tn s,I
"a talk baseball in capital letters
and not forget to dot the rs anu
cross the ITS.
No ouestions win be asked: The
vwinneTx az "SkiIIet's" Open.nand-
ii Generosity do not have 70 De
handsome or beautiful or tan or
fair az form or figure, rs In the
ease Of the real "CindereLla O
Long Island. They may pe can
n sackclOth and ashes, Tor al
the big butter merchants caLes, -
f11ev NAV be bedecked In Jewels
mi wear asbestos lined earrings
hnf fIey must show some pep
rI,en II comes to naming tho
Observation-Disclosures Of haseDad. sgi
oh YES. the big B. and E. MAJ
sI+arnate proposition for his
larpe family of orphans IN css
washington does not come through
rystI its second consecutive pen
nant. It is this -,
He win take two of his very
sr1artest little playmates 70 enc
- 4he competing cities for world
seriAa games theresa Whetner
Wsshington wins or not-and we
an hone II does" Skillet" VIII nave
eone happiness to spread, aItnoush
IL will not go around 10 qul1e 81
many of his terrific Iahly. g.
reco9nition in this contest, they
,.uaf remember that no matter
s-1nere the series is fought out, q
mart of il will be witnessed by some
IF their number-ten, IT at nome
and two, if abroad.
lust who the beautiful cut-gIass
simmer will fit, Is matter winch
is in the hands of the fans. Tney
youat satisfy themselves that lney
nave selected ten players, Two
pitchers and eight for the otner
regular playing positions. that WIZ
meet with the expert judgment OF
Babe Ruth, whose 1925 all-Amerlcan
team Will be used as measure OF
excellence in "Skillets 1ree'Ior'au
Forphanage campaign.
Then they must pull their wits
to9ether and write about q fifty
a. sixty or seventy or eighty or
even q hundred-wOrd explaHa-
ton OF why they decided on their
particular team.
This may sound a little hard
hut il merely means that you must
write out the merits in these play.
ers which caused you to select
them from among the several hun
dred players in the two leagues
If is easy, and hundreds OF little
orphans are doing it, as Skillet"
Firms, ESQ, daily mail indicates.
In yesterdays fairy story whlcn
Skillet" told to his bedtime listen
ers in last nights edition OF The
Mccarthy sisters, who want to get
adopted and go to see the beautiful
world series, either here in Wash
ington or wherever 1t may Be
staged.
Now, today, comes Mrs. Irene
Peters, 312 K street northwest, who
qualities as a protege Of "SkiIets g.
for she sends in an all-Amer1can
/. team which looks exceedingly dan
gerous to the analytical eye OF the
board of judges, composed of the
sporting department staff OF this
newspaper.
Perhaps Mrs. Peters or one of the
Mccarthy sisters or possibly all
three will ultimately get officially
adopted as a result Of their baseball
brilliance; anyhow, they weren't
afraid to try, and the generous
purse strings of Skillet" are to
be open sooner or later to a for
tunRte few who know success is
here for the asking.
One of WaShington's foremost
BASEBALL bugs has just asked "Skil-