The Washington times., 1925-08-11
Babe Ruth AII-American Team

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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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AS 4 big butter and egg man
little orphans to adopt in case tt
IN this city and two little playma
in ORDER to see this falls baseba
discovered he is in much demand.
The New York real estater w
big. lonesome heart, received no m
ing department. master bean in
In fact, it is beginning to look
hang cut a sign which will read,
Indeed, it is doubtful il the New
York millionaire real estater, 10
ceived bids from greater distances
or ins large numbers for his altru-
ism than has Mr.. Finn, for MS
world series gratuities. As the con-
test enters the second week to-
day. practically a, 100 per cent re-
Spouse has been recorded by those
who are kept busy filing away the
teams for the future check against
thattof Babe Ruth. whose all
American aggregation 70 1926 viii
be used as standard for Skill
let's contest.
Incidentally. the male Of the
specie. need not think it has this
race to itself. for numbered :
among s'SlxiIIet's'' correspondents
are many fair fans who arc
throwing big beam of sunshine
into this contest, and making his
otherwise strenuous task q pleas
ant one, to say the least.
Oniy this morning came two en-
trfeS apparently written by sisters,
for they sign their names as Miss
Rita Mccarthy and Miss Kathleen
McGartEasi, both Of 1926 Maryland
avenue. Both hand writings are
Immature. that is to say they
reveal that the authors are neither
girls Of advanced years nor. yet of
the sehooIroom type Just two
young ladies of the thousands in
Washington who have grown up
with a love for baseball and, judg.
ing from their teams, an excel
ingly rare knowledge of the merits
Of the many players which they
DISCUSS
Thev even go far into the abili.
ties Of the performers of the other
circuit the National League. whose
players. no doubt, they seldom have
an opportunity to watch.
The Misses Mccarthy are not the
first girls to enter this contest. not
by q vanitycasefuif. Should either
or both of them win. or should any
member of the opposite sex" win
a free trip TO the ddt-of-town world
series games in case none of it
is played in Washington, The Wash.
ington Times will provide a chaper-
one suitable to the fortunate FEM
nine fan.
New. to pass over the Mccarthy
girls. be they sisters or not. let
us get around to another element
I'm baseball fandOm which is max.
ing strong bid for the faVors
Of Skillet" Finn. Esq. and The
Washington Times. This element
has 70 do with flle soldier boys,
former and present. who are sta
toned around WashingtOn's vari.
Gus military reservations. hospitals
and otherwise.
Fort Humphreys. Naval Hospital,
Walter Reed General Hospital.
Camp Meade. Mount Alto Hospital
and Forts washington and Hunt.
all have either active soldiers or
soldier patients who would like to
20 with Skillet" To see one of the
world series. here or elsewhere. and
as an imposing force in "SkiIiet's"
contest. the bows in kakhi blouses
and outing flannel BAHAMAS are
ma king themselves felt
Even from SaTanac Lake, where
recupeIates- Ned Cady. the big
pessimist from Passaic, come a half
dozen or. so ail-star teams which
viii be hard to- beat, even when
Babe Ruth himself comes down to
doing the selecting. Ned's doctors
have told him he is showing enough
Improvement to go to the world
series, and never-to-be. discouraged
Ned Is already making his plans to
attend, and as a guest of this news.
paper, if possible.
Oh, yes, two Of the winners of
former years in these annual Babe
Ruth All.American contests have
thrown their hats into the ring
once more. J. F. McInteer. OF
Quantico, A New York visitor with
3. Finn, Esq, in 1923, ana J. NJ.
Leteher, who saw all of the local
games last season. have been heard
from, and in stentorian terms at
that.
These young men have both I'M
dergone the experience and the
thrill of tearing off free trips and
tickets after hard races, and liked
1t so much they are right back
there again this year, trying as
hard as ever. They know vell
what it is to taste victory and are
willing to be haunted by more
gratuities at the hands of the big
butter and egg man from Wash.
ington.
Well, you can call Skillet" any
of those names you want to. He
doesn't care. He's got the goods to
deliver and it comes in the form of
highly decorated pasteboards all
reading for choice seats at base.
balls foremost event of the year.
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