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The Washington times., 1925-12-02
LISTEN, WORLD!
By ELSIE ROBINSON

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cal and sensible.
1t won't smooth
away loneliness
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ice, laZiness and
cowardice.
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the indivi d u a ! 8
who enter it, In
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chance to do team
work. If t h e y
have sweet enough
spirits, stro n 6
enough spines and
W / s g Q ou g h
brains to do good
team work, then
marriage will be
The Washington times., 1925-12-02
By Garrett p. Serviss
Noted Astronomer and Writer on
Scientific Topics Of Popular
Interest

r FREQUENTLY receive letters
asking for information how to
make telescope. I am unable to
give instructions for the grinding
of lenses, or the construction of
metal tubes, bearings, cells. mount
ings, ETC., which are technical mat
ters pertaining to shopwork.
These things must be learned
by practice, and under the guild
ance of persons skillful in me-
chanical work. /, myself, have
never undertaken to make a tel
escope. I think that in the end,
it would be more costly to con-
The Washington times., 1925-12-02
" L M e r, a n d
II Miriam are

M M e r, a n d
II Miriam are
going to be mar
ried in January.
Neither one has q
n / C k e /. Elmer's
helath is or.
He also has an
aged mother to
support.
"B u t w 9 c a n
both work." says
Miriam. Between
us We'll manage
somehow. Don't
you InlQk I II a L
things are bound
to come r ig h t,
Elsie, If pc opl e
really love each
other? I suppose
I'm old fashioned,
but / do believe
that marriages are
made in heaven
and t h q t t w Q
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The Washington times., 1925-12-02
JUST 20 YEARS AGO
0Cled From The Washington Times Files Years Ago Todo
Bv WILLIAM MOORE

President Nicholas Murray
Butler declares football has be-
come a profession" said The
Times editorally. There was q
public impression it had degene-
rated into a business"
Canvasback ducks were reported
scarce along the Chesapeake.
That was the year big Bill"
Dulaney, well known Washington
sportsman and journalist. got up
before the early bird.
Rumblings Of the feminist
movement were heard back IN
1905. Miss Marie l.. Kubel, 90S
Massachusetts avenue northeast,
was awarded a handsome shaving
set at a bazaar for the benefit OF
St. Joseph's Roman CatnolAo
Church
The Washington times., 1925-12-02
WISE SAYINGS

Monday religion is better than
Sunday professionalism.
The desire in power in excess
caused the angels to fall; the de-
sire of knowledge in excess caused
man to fall; but in charity there
is no excess; neither can angel or
man come in danger by it.-Bncon.
One thorn of experience Is
worth a whole wilderness OF
warning. Lowell
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
BOWLING TOURNAMENT
 SLATED FOR Y. M. (. \.
Open Matches For All Corners Scheduled to Start Satur-
 day, April ii

An open tournament for bowlers gets its start at the Y. M. c. A. Sat- urday, April 11th. The checker tournament which was recently com pleted has aroused the interest of the bowlers and a request for the bowling tournament has resulted in an arrangement of tournament elim- ination play for the city champion has been made.
 Each man will meet one opponent for the best two out of three strings: then the losers will be eliminated and the winners be rematched and thus the play will be continued un- til q champion has been decided.
 All games will be played on Sat urday evenings If possible. All en- trants mus be in not later than Saturday the 11th. rf
 Prizes will be offered to the champion who IS not eliminated and to the man getting the highest single string. Among those already en- rolled are Charles Miller. A. Morelli l.. Hunter, J. Hergstrom, W. Nelson A. Glaeser, c. 6cheidler, H. Ander' son, c. Anderson, c. Dahlman. anc l w, Mardcn.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
Fownes Fights His Way
 Into Golf Semi-Finals

Pinehurst, N. C., April 1o.--W. c. Fownes, Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pa. for mer national champion, had won his way to a semi-final pair in the united north and south amateur golf tournament today with Frank C.. Newton of Boston, by eliminating P. W. Whittemore of Boston, medalist. in the feature match yesterday. The other pair today brought Arthur Yates of Rochester, New York, against W. W, Rixey Princeton, West Virginia.
 Fownes showed his best form in defeating Whittemore, 2 and i, in their second round match, while the medal winner this year lacked the steadiness of. his first three days Of 1 play.
 Yates defeated A. NJ. Hoxie, Bos ton, 3 and 2. while Rixey, brothei of the Cincinnati National league player. provided the surprise of the day by eliminating P. S. P. Ran dolph, Jr.. Point Judith, Rhode Is land, to 3.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
PLAY GIANTS AGAIN
Though Defeated Yesterday, the Washington Team Expects to Show Their Stun Today.

Washington, April 10. -- Bucky Harris was ready to show the na- tionai capital today just what kind of baseball It's championship team is capable of when it lined up again against the iants. Today Is ar- other day, In the Harris philosophy, and yesterday was an off day, so the Giants did about as they pleased. gathering il runs to for the Sena- tors, to make their first home show ing since winning the world cham pionship not exactly what the set- ting called for.
 The Giants combed three Wash ington pitchers for 14 hits, but got half of these during the two in- ming performance of Curley ogden The Senator's three hits were not enough to make the game interesting at any stage despite the assistance of six Giant errors, four being con tributed by Frank Frisch at third base.
 The last world series contenders with their spring series now stand ] ing six to four in favor of the Giants, move on to New York after today's game to put on two more ex hibitions there before the 19g' schedules open.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
TRACK MEET SATURDAY
Interesting Contest at Berkeley, Calif., Tomorrow When Wisconsin and California Do Their Stuff.

Chicago, April 10,-One Of the most interesting track and feld meets of the early outdoor season will no doubt be that between Wis consin and California, and a picked team of Pacific Coast collegians which will be staged tomorrow at Berkeley.
 Wisconsin this season has one of the best aggregations in years, and with such stars as Schwarze, giant weight man. McAndrews, sprinter' and Captain Vallely in the middle distance runs, around which to mold 8 nucleus, Coach T. E. Jones hopes to cut quite a swath In the setto with the westerners.
 California, of more recent sea sons, has turned out some f1rst-class track teams. And. according to re- ports, this year is no exception. All of which means that some keen competition should result when the Badgers come to town.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
NEW STARS
 
|B|G FIGHTS COMING
 l THICK AND FAST
Two Are Carded Within One
 Week in June

New York, April lo.--Harry Wills, New York negro. and Tommy Gib- bons, St. Paul heavyweight, will hp- pear in New York outdoor rings this summer. but not, as had been sug- gested in view of their challenges to the champion, against each other.
 Gibbons opponent. as already an- nounced, will be the American light heavyweight king, Gene Tunney. and the battle will take place at tho Polo Grounds June 12. A week later Wills will climb into the same ring to encounter Charley Weinert of Newark, N. J.
 Both Wills and Weinert have con- auered the erstwhile prominent South Aemrican heavyweight, Luis Angel Firpo. by newspaper decisions and the victories came but a few weeks apart. Wills conducted the lesson over at Boyle's Thirty Acres and for 12 rounds pummeled the "Wild Bull," who had become lamb in his hands. Many critics de- clared that the negro could have knocked out his man at any time after the second, when Firpo. at the end of a short right, plunged to the floor.
 Weinert continued persecution of the Argentine when the two met in a Newark ring early in the winter. Employing similar tactics to those used by Wills in Jersey City, Weinert gained 12 round newspaper yer dict. The laws of New Jersey bar decisions.
 The bouts featuring Gibbons and Wills will come very close together but not close enough to satisfy tht boxing followers who demanded tha
 the champions most persistent chai
 lengers light 1t out" Their signinl
 makes certain of one factor in tn pugilistic situation-Jack Dempse! - will not box before Labor Dsy r. There will be no opponent for him
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
SWIMMING CONTESTS
Eastern and Western Stars VIII
 Splash Tonight in Tank Meet At Chicago

Chicago, April 10. -- Collegiate swimming stars of the east and west meet in the preliminarles of the national pionships at north western university tonight. Seventy one entries, representing nine schools are registered.
 Northwestern, defending its ma tional title, leads in the number or entries with r, being closely fol- lowed by the navy, runners-up in the eastern meet last week and regarded as the strongest contender for the national crown, with II. Princeton and Columbia also represent the east. while Illinois, Minnesota, Chi cago and Iowa carry the western conference colors and Washington University of St. Louis represents the Missouri valley conference.
 Farley of Minnesota, holder o' the national 220-yard breast stroke record and for three years confer ence champion. heads the list oi participants among the champions Brewer and Howell of Northwestern are the main stays of the titlists Breyer holding the national collegi ate marks in the 40 and 100-yarc events and Howell the national 22o ward mark and 440-yard conference championship,
 Other record holders are; Rule Navy. eastern titlist in the 5o-yar' and 15o-yard back stroke; Wyckoff Navy, 100 end 22o-yard champion and Hawkins, Princeton, 440-yar' record holder.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
FAMOUS HALFBACK ILL

South Bend. H.. April 1o.-- James Crowley, famous halfback on the 1924 Notre Dame football team, is in the hospital again. He is suf- fering from stomach trouble, it was learned today. His present illness, it Is announced at the university, is in no way connected with the nervous attack he suffered after the Leland Stanford game at Pasadena New Years day.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
Nebraska Boxer Lays
 Claim to Boxing Title

Los Angeles, Calif, April 1O.- Ace Hudkins, Nebraska lightweight boxer, today laid claim to the worlds crown last worn by Benny Leonard, by issuing challenge to any -pounder in the ring.
 IIudkins, at Vernon Tuesday de- cisively defeated Joe Benjamin, the only Pacific coast representative in the lightweight tournament now being conducted to fill the cham .pionship vacated by Leonard. Hud- kins is rated by the California box ing commission as logical light weight for both the worlds title and the Pacific coast championship.
 Since his arrival in California five months ago, the Nebraska boxer has won five consecutive bouts.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
lRI, RYIIY EVANS)

tDL bllILL II FAANSJ
 Sure. My club has a great chance to win the pennant. New York only beat us IF games last year and had all the breaks"
 That Is the way the genial Wilhert Robinson summed up the National league pennant situation as far as the Brooklyn club Is concerned.
 Robinson, one of the finest charac- ters that has ever graced baseball, had an extra inning battle with Death last winter. The Great Um- pire was on the verge of waving him out several times, but the willed to live and won.
 Despite a four months siege of Ill., ness in which he underwent several delicate operations and suffered great pain, Uncle Robbie" as base ball best knows him, is still an op- timist, can still smile.
 Robbie Outlines His Reasons
 "Why shouldn't hope to win the pennant? I have a great pitching staff, led by Dazzy Vance, the pre- mier of the mall destructive offanse and fairly good defense '
 pressed him for more definite reasons for his very positive psnnant opinions.
 There are five logical arguments on which I base my pennant hopes, three of them are offensive, two de- fensive.
 My offensive weapons are Zach Wheat, Jack Fournier and Ed Brown. Those three babies have g real punch at the bat, the power tc break up any ball game with z timely base hit.
 "Defensively have two of thu most effective pitchers in the Ma tional league, Dazzy Vance and Bur leigh Grimes.
 The rest of the team contribut } equally important factors to tn teams success, but the foundation of my hopes is based on the. .offen , sive and defensive powers of the fiv . players I have named" } As you watch the Brooklyn clu } in action, one is not impressed b
 any one particular thing, unless 1t - that most important asset, consist . ency.
 Vance, Grimes, Real Threats The fire, the dash and the spec a of the Giants is lacking, but tn 6 timely base hit Invariably looms Il and the threat carried by Vance an n Grimes Is always imminent. a Robbie is confident that "Rube q Ehrhardt will win a lot of ba y games this year. Ehrhardt Is tl
 young man who jumped from u
 Florida State league to the big sho
 and proved to be a sensation by vii s ming six straight ball games. g. Ehrhardt has pretty good stu 't and a most peculiar delivery. IT Ii ball is on the batter quickly. r -e seems to cut loose with it before le has actually completed his swin l. The unusual feature of his pitchil 'o adds much ti his effectiveness. l. Of the recruits, Outfelder Cox E A. cured from Portland, is being bank
 on as a garden reserve. @ Cox c
 hit and field. looks the part of a
 leagues and should help Brooklyn c. The club will be very much { a. same as last season. As said l H. fore, its play doesn't impress Ii le the Giants, but 1t wins ball gan .. and that's the way pennants z or decided.
 ,e Give us the kind of pitching ',e had last season and we will win 'E 1925" says Robinson. He means
 and his players feel the same W
 about 1t.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
BABE RUTH SHOWS
 SOME REINFORCEMENT
In Hospital But Far From Dead,
 Friends Say

New York, April 1o.-Babe Ruth, Giant batterer of baseballs, lies pow erlesserless today in St. Vincents hospital-far from dead, yet lar from the condition he must main tain to continue his reputation in the national game. I
 Ruth left New York many weeks ago for Hot Springs confident that he would arrive at a physical nt- ness which would guarantee his supremacy among the American league batters the" coming year. With the opening of the season only five days away, he came back to New York yesterday--on stretcher.
 Twice the great one has collapsed. The first time it was in the railroad station in Greenville, s. C., Tuesday, and his teammates. Steve o'Neil and Joe Dugan, carried him into his hotel. Yesterday he tainted In the washroom of a Pullman train only half an hour before he arrived home,
 After day of worry on the part of relatives and baseball fans, Mrs. Ruth came from the hospital last night to report that Babe feels fine and Is much better" He had fallen asleep, she said. Around the head, in which concussions and abrasions had been reported, was only night cap. Mrs. Ruth declared, indicating that the injuries had been far from
 severe.
 pr. Edward King, physician of the
 New York American league baseball
 club, believes that he can fit Ruth
 for the season opening agains
 Washington at the Yankee stadium - on Tuesday, but Manager Mile
 Huggins has stated that the outfield
 CT will be allowed to play only whei
 he attains proper health.
 Baseball writers and followers 0
 the game attribute Ruth's collaps It to his haste to doff winter weight to He has been playing in the majo
 leagues for many years and at hi
 age the conditioning process is us
 ually long and tedious. Many of tn sy veterans of baseball reach thei a. proper condition only after severa ,s weeks of the schedule have bee played and the watm months arrive IS The home run champion is said t in have eaten & hearty breakfast 1 r- Washington yesterday and to hay . reported himself as much improve " when the train on which he wa ne travelling reached Manhattan Trans d. fer, just outside New York city, a. was at this point that Ruth aros " and went to the washroom to prt IT, pare to meet his friends at tf st- Pennsylvania station. There, sever;
 minutes later, a newspaperma h. found him and, with the Yankt got coach, Paul Kritchell, rushed to h h. aid. Ruth was unconscious.
 an. At the station an ambulance awat lot ed him but physicians found ng necessary to work over the ball pla, ice CT for nearly an hour before ,n- could be moved through window rd the car on stretcher. On the jou
 ney to the hospital Ruth is said rs have become violent several tim "A. and he was carried into the hospit he only after struggle.
 ter While he was being attended sv. the station, the Boston Braves a ,ss rived on another train. Rube Ma
 quard, old friend of the great h
 ter, was named by the players
 convey their sorrow to the strick
 Ruth.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
Records of Players
Yale Basketball Team
 Had an Awful Season

New York. April 9,-The Yale University basketball quintet had one of the worst seasons in its his torv in the recent campaign.
 It failed to win single encounter fir the eastern intercollegiate chase, landing in the cellar berth with 10 straight defeats, But total of l54 noints was secured by the Blue In the league race against PA chalked LID by the opponents.
 Iuman and Suismsn stood out as ihs two best players on the team, the latter ranking well up the list of individual scorers with 49 tal- lies. Luman made Ss.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
JONES TRAINING

Atlanta. Ga, April 1o.-Robert T Jones. Jr., amateur golf champion of the United States and former open champion, is doing much of his spring training for the two big tournaments this year on the mill tary target range at Fort McPher- son. near Atlanta
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
Indians Play Today

Cleveland. April 1o.-The Cleve- land Indians were at Tuscaloosa, Ala. today for a game with the Uni- versity of Alabama, their last in the south. The Indians final workout at New Orleans yesterday consisted of alight batting and fielding practice. They play their final exhibition game tomorrow and Sunday at Cincinnati.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
Tigers Start Home

Detroit, April 1o,-Detrott Tigers will turn north from Nashville, Tenn, tonight to play their last two games of the spring season in Louisville and then to jump home to prepare for the opening of the season here. Louisville, an Ameri- can Association team. is expected to give the team the best oppost- ton 1t has encountered with the ex- ception of Cincinnati.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
Fargo Wins Verdict
 Over Dick COnIOn

Williamsport, Pa, April 10,-Rus- sic Leroy Fargo, North Dakota, won the judges decision over Dick Con- lon of Altoona In a fast ten round bout here vast night.
 In the ten round semi-hnal Alex IoVeresh of New York won the referees decision over Andy Carlton Of West Virginia
 Lew Caputo of New York stopped Carmen Cook of Bridgeport, in the third round.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
GUARDS WOW 2 OUT OF g
 GAMES DURING FAST SEASON
Mert Taylor Was Leading Scorer and Foul Shooter -Sheehan, Reynolds and Restelli Only Ones to Play in Every Game.

The National Guards which con- eluded their season last Saturday night may consider that their bas- ketball efforts placed them very near the top. If not on the top rung of the basketball ladder in Con- nectlcut. They took on all comers' played a very long and hard sched- ule composed of %2 games. h. cluded among the teams they de- feated were such outfits as the rixies, the Lyrics, Middletown and Atlas. Each of these teams, also de- ftated the Mats. but 1t is obvious that the standing was not one-sided. They score 1,23S points to their op- ronents 1,016.
 The season opened early in the fall. the first game having been played at the armory against the Pextos of southington on November 70. The boys played at least one game every successive week, and sometimes two and three games.
 The High Scorers
 Red" Reynolds. Captain sheehan and Carl ReStelN were the only p.ayers to take part in every game though Kllduff and Mert Taylor missed but one game each. Taylor was the individual scoring ace oi the season, both in number of held roals scored and fouls shot. Taylor dropped in 124 from the floor anc 1os from the free throw line for a total of 353 points. Reynolds wal his closest competitor in each brancf of scoring and Restelli was third
 Record of Season
 The following is 8 record Of th' team the first score being that 0 the Mats, followed by the name an( score of the opponents:
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
Teller Noses Out Fred
 ThomnsOn an the Alleys

Teller of Meriden defeated Thomp- son of Rogers five games to four last night in a state match. The scores:
 Thompson: 11o, s3, ss, s5, 8e, 121, 9s, 92, 102-s70.
 Teller: 1oe. s2, 1s2, 13s, i14, ss 1o5. s7. s1-s57.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-10
Pirates Play

Pittsburgh. April 10.-Getting in- to action for the first time since they started their trip east from the Pacific coast, the Pirates yesterday engaged with Jack Hollands Okla homa City Indians at Oklahoma City, and scalped the Oklahomans' ten to five.
 It was a fast game and gave the Buccos ample opportunity to ex- haust plenty of the energy they had stored up on their 1900 mile train ride. Emil Yde pitched six Innings for the Corsairs and then gave way to Babe Adams. Buckshot May was the Indian moundsman.
 Pie Traynor. and Kiki Cuyler put some zest into the game with an exhibition of long distance hitting The two cleanup men hit to the fence several times and had the In dian outhelders groggy.