The Washington times., 1925-08-22

To-Day, As Oh ally NsAA 49, -. :,
Normally, couple OF hundred Sc
lections a day constitute the incom-
ing letters; but for the last thirty
.,x hours. in fact, ever since Wash.
troton finished up that Cieveland
series. the fans have begun 10 perk
IN their ears and get into TINS CON-
fest in a 10 percent way.
THE same thing happened q year
ago when washington made It's VIC
torious swing through the west
49,, zone only it occurred in Sep
ter,rer then. instead of August. AS
soor as Detroit and New YORK
started slipping a year ago, II TOOK
: couple of extra postmen running
between the city post office ana
the Hearst building. with mlsslVss
for the conductor Of the BABE hu1n
annual aIl.American basepal team
contest.
Tn case washington is declared
IN nm 8 part OF the world series:
ten Of "SkilIet's contestants VIII
earn free seats for all OF the
Games MAYED at the Griffith Sta
dinm. Should anything happen
rhirh keeps the Griffs out OF the
series. which we all hope won't.
h,t two participants in "Slillets
free-for.aIl win benefit.
Tins the increased interest ana
more than doubled. response wnlcn
has come with the recent squirt Oh
the washington entry.
So. the contest sails merrily along
With upward Of 500 fans making
bids every day for one OF tnees
precious pasteboards which sKllleI
is going to have to distribute come
the early days OF OCTOBER.
This renewed enthusiasm in the
free world series entertainment con-
fest ia welcome by Skillet, as the
more in this contest, the merrler.
ne has no fault to find with the
amount Of interest registered before
fhis last squirt of the Griffmen, none
vvhateyer: as the fans rspond uber-
ally from he very first.
B,t a galloping climax covering
the next ten days (the competition
FOR free seats ends at midnight Aug
IIst 81 is just the thing to crown
this third world series contest as
the best Of the three. and II L so
happens that ten instead OF TWO
will be declared in on the AWARDS
"SkfIIet" will be as happy as any
DOO0y IN washington
Miss HazeIIe MarteIle, 2123 Eye
street, Apt, 705, writes as fol-
lows: "I was pleased to note that
INV selection warranted appearance
IN The Times, and am submitting
another team-yOu know We wO.
men do change our minds"
Miss Martelle's second selection
il as welcome as the first and
stands just as much OF a chance
q earning her the desired tickets
as the first, as each selection SUBJ
rnitted is to be considered separate
Nv. But Skillet does wish to cor.
rect the impression that Miss Maj
title seems to have to the effect
that the printing of a selection in 4
this newspaper brands it as an
outstanding possibility to win world
series seats.
In fact, from many quarters,
Skillet" has heard reflected state
ments TO the effect that because
certain had been printed in The
Washington Times, they were like
" to be among the winners.
Such lie not the case, as Skillet"
doesn't know to this day and Will
not know until after August 81, the
nature of Babe Ruth's team. He
hasn't the slightest idea what play.
ers will make the grade" in Babes
mind and otherwise has no way OF
determining which selections sub
mitted in this contest stand the
best chance.
Every combination of players
which has been printed in this col
umn have been selected at random
from the thousands submitted. and
"Skillet's" only idea in printing
them at all has been to let the
public know which way the wind
is blowing and to give IL the ben
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