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The Washington times., 1925-09-04
BASE: STEALING
ACCOMPANIES
BALL CHANGE
De-rabbitized Sphere Brings
Return Of Old
Methods

paael,Al1 6evotees throughout the
sn1ir1trv Y114,At have noted the recent
outburst OF base stealing. the grow
ing success Of the double steal when
runners are on first and third. the
raDid return Of the sacrifice hit; the
general resort 60 speed rather than
muscle.
IT'S science II going back TO the
days OF the old Baltimore Orioles,
the 1905 Giants. the 1908 Cubs, the
igi1 Athletics, the 1909 Tigers.
To some this has been q constant
sources Of surprise. It should not be.
II II really an example Of the aleft.
ness and Adaptability Of managerial
minds, It shows they are not
asleep. They have been quick to
sense an unannounced change In the
official ball and have altered thet.
systems accordingly.
Had you observed the decrease in
injuries to Mayors hands; the de.
crease In the big score games; the
falling off in batting averages?
A striking evidence Of this return
to speed rather than to 4 reliance
on long hits developed In the big
series between the Giants and the
Pirates when Max Carey and Eddie
Moore, both sprinters, were laid up
with sore feet--not with broken
fingers and Bruised thumbs, mind
you. Earlier in the season prac.
ticalIy every injury resulted from
some one being hit with the jack,
rabbit bail.
A month ago q group Of big
league players were discussing the
absurdity OF any club drawing the
infield in for q play at the plate
With the lively ball it was not only
futile, but actually dangerous.
''But not now" one OF them said
the other day; Took ct this"
He showed q new ban that had
Just been taken from q sealed box.
It had the same old semi-locse cover
Of long ago and the raised seams.
In the game which followed the
infields of the two clubs were drawn
In at least five times and three rum
ners were caught at the plate.
Moreover, the sacrifice hit-old
army game, they dub twas re-
sorted to frequently. Ten attempts
were made to steal second base,
some Of them succeeding.
Overnight almost the game had
changed from that of playing for a
bunch of runs to the former and
keener plan of working to get in
one at time.
Before this season IL over" ono
of the veteran players propheeies,
"you will see a dozen players learn
ing the hook slide who never thought
it necessary during the past three
years. Base running as q fine art
is coming back"
The Washington times., 1925-09-04

Tex Rickard and Gleason, his part
ner. made q big mistake in San
Francisco one time when they mao
the Jack Johnson.Jirn Jeffries fight
ali sewed up in their bag and were
going around Dragging about It.
It looked like it was one OF the
most wonderful fistic contests ever
heard of and they devised scheme
of advertising it as the million
dollar fight" and it was to be held
right there in San Francisco. That
was all right as far as 1t went but
they didn't get very far with 1t.
Along comes the Governor and
speaks his little piece. which was
quite enough. 1T that so?" he
inquired with a great deal OF calm.
ness. Fighting is all right and /
have no objection to 1t in this state,
but when 1t comes to million dol
lar proposition guess we had bet.
ter call it off. You boys take your
million. dollar. fight somewhere else
and will be better pleased"
Thus IL was that just as we were
leaving for the Pacific coast we
learned that the fight was off as
far as California was, concerned.
But wisely enough we opined 1t
would be transferred to Nevada
and we got on the train confidently
with the expression Of hope to each
other that we would hear somethinG
before we had gone very far. we
got as far as Omaha and learned
- hA1d in
Reno and that tremendous new
arena would be thrown together
in hurry for the affair
After a couple of weeks in the
divorce center of the world TIE
arena was thrown together. the
men had finished their training,
and all was ready for the fray
all but Jeffries, who wasn't ready
for anything but a feather bed
It proved to be almost a million
dollar affair and financially was
complete success, but the transfer
from San Francisco to Reno cost
the promoters Z tremendous sum
of money and cut the profits tire
mendously.
Both Rickard and Gleason had in
tended to stage the match IN Sar
Francisco in an elaborate and ever
extravagant manner and they fol
lowed out that general plan Al
Reno, but the stage setting could
never be made the same. Despite
the tremendous prices paid the
fighters in the way Of guarantees
Tex and Jack cleaned up hand
somely.
But the morsl of the whole thing
Is that as soon as one begins tt
talk about a million-dollar propo
sition in the sporting game one
Is going to have trouble and that
should be a warning to the effer
vescent MT. FitZsmmons, no mat
ter where he puts his fiGht-"some
where in the Middle West" Il
seems as If the chatter about biz
money makes everybody sore.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04

Virtually every Masonic lodge In
the city has an entry in the league.
which has been growing from year
to year. The distinction Of leading
this remarkably large duckpin cir
cult belongs to Harry b. HALEY.
q, 4, Malcolm In vice president;
A. r. EbersOle, secretary treasurer;
John Evans, official scorer; A. ID.
Gardner, assistant treasurer. and
Walter Collier. publicity secretary.
Roe Eulkerson, Grand Master
Of Washington NMasOHis, Il honor
AIRY president Of the association,
which. besides the league, con-
duets an annual tournament. Ef1e
Grand Master, who, By the Wayl
Il 4 distinguished speaker viii
addross kEe bUwiDFb on opening
Ilfehk. Other Masonic leaders,
too. win give short talks.
Tne inevitable band OF music.
without which no Masonic Bowling
Inaugural is quite complete, has
heen arranged for and souvenirs OF
The occasion Will be presented the
fair spectators. .,. .
II promises to be an interestirls
night for the bowlerss
The defending champion this sea
son win be New Jerusalem Lodge
which noeed out the George =
The Washington times., 1925-09-04

the Charleston around the bright
cabaret flames. We thought it
was a joke, however, and didn't
mention it. 1t looks now as
though there was a little bit of
truth in it.
Well, as O'MalIey said, when he
laid down seventy-five cents for
a drink of bo0leg booze, after
working with the pick and shovel
all day: easy come, easy go"
Slattery got to the top too fast
for his own good.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
A MISTAKE IN
BOXING CONTESTS

There are times when much talk Of too much money
thing the fighting generally known = ~ Mssan
Cy and Benton Harbor promoter who has done tngs
much the
of what he going the fighters and what ne
10 the gate. ID =. o1r,as
the o Of everybody and is liable prove fatal Aeady We see
talk cropping The man nn 70
he mindful Of is the fact what he has b great battle IN
boxing way and not that will take millions away from the
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
HIS CURVES TOO WIDE,
REULBACH TROUBLED

"Dd you hear Of pitcher Umpire Hank ODay
wose that they handicap to his
Reulbach
Reubach the pitcher the Chicago
three straight samen the
very spring after heard the reports of Reu
centage of victories
Every spring. after heard the same reports Ksu
anywhere the plate and that he laying off, praccng
throwing at mark control Now and then, he got
came The result invariably the samehe load
hit two Chance yanked him to
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
CONGRESSIONAL CLUB
HOLDS TEE CONTEST

A driving contest for men and a
putting contest for women will be
held Labor Day at the Congress
sional Country Club. The two best
balls out of three will determine the
winner of the tee tournament,
which will be held on No. tee,
starting at o'clock. The putting
contest will be held on the new
green in front of the clubhouse,
Earring at $50 o'clock
The Washington times., 1925-09-04


Connie Mack, Of Philadelphia,
on the other hand, says that the
old boys are bound to crack soon
and that his young team will pull
ahead just before the wire is
reached.
: The way they have both been
going lately reminds us of the
Yanks. They win about one
game and then lose the next four.
They Have a Long Way to Go.
"HERE are two yours boys
out in California who have
- startled the pugilistic world
lately, but who can't box in New
York State because they are
under age. A boxer must be
twenty-one years of age here be-
fore he can step out Of the six
round class.
Fidel La Barba, who recently
won the American flyweight title
from frankie Genaro, is one. The
other is Jimmy McLarnin. who
has beaten La Barba twice. It is
sort Of tough to be so good and
still so young.
There are fighters who started
early and made great names be.
fore the age of twenty-one and
there are still others who started
early and we're wrecks before the
age of twenty. So it's as broad
as it is long.
We will be satisfied to see
either one of them in six-rounders
for a while.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
MASONIC BOWLERS PLAN
BIG OPENING NIGHT
b. K. D. THOMAS

With forty teams action the Masonic Bowling Association will
omen m league schedule September H. the New ConvntiOn
Hall alleys
IN anv Washington alley viii be the largest number
that ever rnresened this city and perhaps
any other city. -. II. -. !. :, J. .
size of Convention Hail. which the
only bowling alley in the world with as many - n1y oes on
on floor. uninterrupted by pillar post.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04

As announced in another story
In this edition, skillet" has en-
Iarsed the scope of his awards,
partly through generosity OF the
noanarment of The Washington
Times, and partly through the Iact
that a five.way tie exists Tor the
tenth and last award for tickets
tn any games played in Washing
ton.
This means that fourteen
people will see all games played
In this city. But the seartnng
news Of the contest today 10 the
fact that the publisher OF this
newspaper has authorized ski
LETT to take his first two WIN.
uers TO the first two games OF
the series which will be played
in a National League city.
The fans responded so gener-
ously to and kicked up so much
interest in this years contest, that
The Times was moved to the extra
awards in the way OF these two
free trips which go to the ftrst
two winners. One Of these also
gets a Babe Ruth autographed
Tall and the other a Babe Rutn
bat. "A
this city and vicinity will receive
glad news and two Of them viii
receive news far beyond their hap
piest expectation, for, with Wash
lngton participating in the series
a very grave probability--no fans
were really scheduled to get free
trips to any of the out-of.town
games.
This will mark the second year in
the last three baseball seasons mat
Skillet will have had guests In
far away points for the annual fall
classic. And il will mark the third
straight year that Skillet mas
been able to give additional awards
to those announced at the begin
ming Of his contests.
I'm 1923 two fans were promised
trips to but one of the competing
cities. As both teams I'm the
series that year were New York
teams. skillet" enlarged his en-.
tertainment to include all six
games played between the hanks
snd Giants.
Last season the same offer was
made, trips to local or out-of-town
games for two fans, but at the last
minute the local end Of the excur-
sion was enlarged from two to
Extraordinarily making more than
twice as many fans happy than he
promised.
Not to be outdone this season
Skillet" comes through with the
announcement today that two fans
will see the first two cutoff
games this year with him, whether
Washington finishes in the running
or not.
So be sure to get tomorrow &
Times; you can buy one on the
street at IL o'clock. It will con
tain the names of all winners, the
complete Babe Ruth lineup. and
signed story by the latter telling
why he made his selections.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
PIaYgrounders Meet

All Of those young athletes slated
to represent Washington in an
intercity playground meet tomorrow
with Baltimore are to report at the
plaza playground tomorrow morning
at 1880 O'Clock. They will ~
taken to Baltimore in buses.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
MeuseI's Victims

Bob Meusel's twenty-six home
runs this season have been made
off the delivery Of nineteen diff
ferent pitchers. One or two rum
ners were on base on seventeen
occasions when Long Bob clouted
for the circuit.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Jimmy slattery a Mystery

Jimmy SLATTERY is still a
mystery to the fans and
- writer's. They can't figure
out yet whether that punch that
Dave Shade landed on his potato
ruined him or not. Slattery
didn't do so we'll the other night
at Coney Island, and he looked a
little bit fat.
Before the Shade fight, the
writer heard that James was imi-
tating the weIl-known moth, doing
The Washington times., 1925-09-04

rh., vor have two more Babe Ruths alAmeran team
for 1926 Jim Botomy of the ST. Louis Cardinals and Gordon
of the Philadelphia Athletics BY this time the fans
should how close they have come to Kun
Very much fague happy that all for this year
At least skillet life today after four days OF re-
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
- TAD.S
VTTDBITS
YOUTH AND AGE AGAIN.

oMNG down the stretch in the American League race the KID
tough they ever had in the baby ieagne ana
Clark Griffith the Washington Senator's that his seasoned
players will the strain better than the lads from the Uncon
scious City.
Paye such Johnson Judge Pecknpaugh Rice and others
who along with foot the and the other
banana peel are surprising the fans this by going right
the majority figured them
be guides teachers college
much confidence in them and they will be Just
rnndn Mt thu dnf the
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Think Hood is Good

: Most of the major league scouts
who have watched Wally Hood, for
met Brooklyn outfielder, at Los
Angeles, cannot understand why he
Is still in the minors. -.- ----
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
VIM Finally Wins

Lefty Winn. former Cleveland
southpaw. is pitching winning ball
for Spartanburg In the Sally League
whose pennant the team has q
chance - wtA.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04

"Along toward early summer
time, Mr.. Reulbach suddenly reap
neared with the, finest control and
the most wonderful success. He
went on the slab in his regular
turn, and what he did to the oppos'
ing batters was nothing short OF
brutal.
! One season. for instance, he won
thirteen successive games, and not
once was he hit hard or even Sc
riously annoyed by the opposition.
; The whole baseball world WONDER
ed. the oldest fans gasped in per-
nIexity, and the experts of the
game could not figure out how
such things could below on earth
a man who couldn't get the ball
anywhere near the plate in May
could be so marvellous in June or
! August.
"And the real reason is that Ruel-
back's curves were too wonderful,
| too mystifying. In the early spring
they mystified not only the bats
man, but the umpire. Ball after
ball was called on Reulbach's p1tch'
| ing, and half of them were those
magical, bewildering curves, which
sail from his hand as il they were
going at some angle far from the
plate, only to come cutting over
just as the umpire has begun his
squawk Of Ball
"Of course, it was quite likely
that ReuIbach did need better
control at this time, but | be-.
lieVe il to be a fact that half the
! Ill ooHaI ~ him fV1 thu AaTlV
spring would have been called
strikes had il not been for the
fact that those dazzling curves
fooled the umpires as much as
they did the men who tried to
hit them. I used to be a pitcher.
and [ have always thought that
had ain eye for balls and strikes,
but I'll plead guilty to miscalling
a lot of them OF Reulbach, with
the best intentions in the world.
Along towards midsummer the
umpires have grown accustomed tC
seeing all sorts of curves come
vhizzing in. They can judge then
then, and seldom make mistakes
Then Reubach came into his own
lie worked in regular turn, pitch
Ing the same wonderful curves hi
was throwing in April and May
hut getting full credit for all hi
threw. They came curVettinG
across the pan. and this time the
umpire called strike after strike
where. formerly, one in three might
be- miscalled a ball-and one mis-
called strike in three will make
an awful difference for the pitcher
THAT was the explanation o
r lelbach's yearly misfortunes, anC
of the magnificent pitching he die
later on. The man had the mos
tremendous curves / ever saw an!
Highlander throw. and when tn
/; UNI pires called them properly h
j had wholly sufficient control. I
want half as much his fault
theI efore, that he was a failurr
) every spring as it was the mis-
rally to make him a sensational
takes of the umpiring, while accu
rate umpiring contributed mate
success later in the season."
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
MOenndJOe
They Get
the Dough

Moe took a flop on
PATRICIA ] yesterday,
but she was a trifle late
getting her dogs moving
and could only finish
third. This afternoon
he is taking a poke at a
gander, a speed merchant,
which will rust the Of
ficial timers turnip if
she wins. OLLIE MAR
TIN rides with Moe on
this one. Sugar in kick,
ST, 968.73.
PRIMROSE in the
THIRD looks good to
Moe, SO he Is seeking a
FINIF on same.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Insure Rookie Catcher

Harry McCurdy, Houston Texas
League catcher purchased for a
fight price by the Chicago White
Sox. has been insured for $50 900.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Gets Another Trial

Ray Pearce, small left handed
pitcher recalled by the Phillies from
Waterbury, has shown enough good
form to merit further trial.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Dallas Has IL Links

Dallas, Texas, has six country
clubs and six municipal courses.
one college course and a municipal
course for youngsters, fourteen In
all.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
Cubs May Take Him

Johnny Frederick OF Salt Lake
has driving power, speed and grace
as outfielder. His purchase has
been recommended to the Cubs.
The Washington times., 1925-09-04
BOTTOMLEY- COCHRANE
EARN PLACES UPON
RUTH'S STARS


BABE RUTHS ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
CUYEER, IF. Pittsburgh Nationals.
SPE AKER, CT. Cleveland Americans.
osTIN / f. Washington Americans.
W 7 q II r. SIS. Pittsburgh Nationals
NJ IT r q E. 3b Washington Americans.
II n RNSBY 2b St. Louis Nationals.
o 6TT0MIEY lib. st. Louis Nationals
C0cHRANE C. Philadelphia Americans.
Last two members to be published tomorrow
Evening star., 1925-11-13

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Evening star., 1925-11-13
How to Vary Omelets.

Ham, chicken, veal or any leftover
meat may be chopped, fried in fat, sea
soned and moistened with cream, then
1t may be added to a plain omelet be-
fore the omelet is cooked, or inserted
as a filling after the omelet is cooked
and before it is folded, or arranged
around it when it is ready to be
served. Fish may be used, but should
not be fried. Boiled fish would be bet
ter. Cheese grated and sprinkled gen.
erously over the omelet before turn
ing it, or cheese added to a white
sauce, using one-half a cupful of
cheese to one cupful of white sauce.
and poured around the omelet, makes
a tasty variation. A vegetable omelet
is delicious. Chop the vegetables and
moisten them with gravy, tomato
sauce or cream. Then heat them and
add them to the omelet mixture, or
spread them over the omelet just be-
fore serving 1t. Toasted bread, spread
sparingly with butter and anchovy
paste, may be covered with slices of
omelet and garnished with parsley.
Evening star., 1925-11-13
Outlines.

For the last two years we have been
very lucky In the way of clothes.
Long, straight lines have been the
fashion, with all dresses as slim as
possible. You could not go far wrong
with this, your only danger has been
In getting your skirt too long or too
short. Now the inevitable reaction
has set in, Waistlines are coming back.
the newest frocks are nipped in quite
bit to emphasize the flare that al
most every new skirt is showing.
A fitted style is dangerous style,
for 1t means a broken outline and only
the woman OF genius knows how to
carry this off. A woman with fat hips
and a f1ared skirt looks twice as large
as she need look. A full skirt Is only
becoming in contrast to a slender
waist and body; IL you have bulk be
meath your darts and flounces you will
look like a mountain. F'lared clothes
are coming In, but there are still many
frocks with straight lines. Choose
these and do not rush to embrace a
fashion that must be unbecoming.
Few women pay enough attention to
the lines OF their clothes. They see
style and color and detail, but not the
costume as a whole. / often wish a
mirror ccJld be invented that would
give the outline of the clothes and
none of the details, something like the
old-fashioned cut-out silhouettes. If a
woman could see herself that way she
would certainly pay more attention to
the width of her skirt, the fitting OF
the coat, the width of the sleeve in
contrast to the hand, the line Of her
collar, and, most important, the out
line Of the hat. We haven't such mir
rors Thought a sheet of black glass
Evening star., 1925-11-13
Parties for the Children
ings for Children's Rooms-Precautons
for Mothers
for Mothers.

edging or even a broad strip of cloth
at the bottom of the door.
Do not neglect to test the heat of
the water before putting child into
it. A child's skin is much more SEN
sitive than an adults, and therefore
more easily scalded. Never pour boiling
water into a bath being prepared for
small child and go away to get cold
water to add to it. Steam has a
great attraction for small children.
More than one case of fatal scalding
has happened by a curious child fall
ing into the steaming bath while the
mother was away. A strict rule
should be made to pour cold water
into the bath first.
Never leave matches or an un-
guarded fire or light in the room
where children have to be left alone
Lamps or lighted candles should al
ways be placed on a bracket out of
reach, especially when there are ven-
turesome children in the nursery who
Will climb on chairs to reach what
attracts them.
Don't give a child medicine of any
kind. If baby is i'll, call physician.
Don't feed a child with a dab of this
and a pinch of that and fill his
stomach with a mixture of indigestible
food. Don't lock the children in the
iouSe Wills YOU 20 10 tne grocery
store, and do not fasten children up
in buttoned blankets in Winter be-
cause they kick. Both are dangerous
practices.
Because serious accidents have
sometimes happened to children
through their catching hold of the
blades of sharp instruments, the fol-
lowing hint will be useful: Do not try
to pull away the instrument, or to
force open the childs hand, but, hold
ing the child's hand that is empty
offer to its other hand anything nice
or pretty, and it will Immediately open
1t and let the dangerous instrument
fall
When the children return from
school and complain of hunger, as the
average child does, have ready on the
back of the stove a warm drink, either
a cereal or soup or hot milk and give
each child a cupful. A warm drink
is much more nourishing than bread
and butter, cold meat, pie, cake or
anything they may happen to find in
the larder. l. does not spoil their eve
ming meal as a heavy luncheon would.
A little castor oil should be warmed
and rubbed into children's school
shoes before they are worn. This oil
not only will soften the leather and
prevent it from cracking, but it will
keep out water. Shoes so treated will
not take polish for few days. An ex-
cellent plan to make the soles of shoes
wear longer is to give them a coat of
clear coral varnish, and this should
De quite dry before the shoes are
worn.