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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
/ A n s PUZZLED
OVER G0WDY'5
RELEASE
McGraw's Action in Letting
Out Star Catcher IS Not
Understood
By FREDERICK G. LIEB

NEW YORK, Aug "a. Fans
around town are curious to know
how Hank Gowdy. baseball's most
illustrious war veteran. has been
handed his unconditional release
by the Giants. Why is not Gowdy
fighting shoulder to shoulder with
Frisch, Young, Nehf, Meusel and
the rest in the campaign for Nc
Graw's fifth consecutive pennant2
The question not only is puzzling
New York fans, but followers of
sport all over the nation. There
Is no name in baseball, with the
possible exception of Babe Ruth
and Walter Johnson which strikes
such a responsive chord in the
hearts of the nations fans as thas
of good, old, tow-headed Hank.
However. there is no need Of
waving the American flag over
Hank Gowdy and singing the ma
tional anthem. He can stand on
his baseball record as well as on
his war record. Up to the time
that Gowdy severed connections
with the Giants he was hitting
1926 Jim Wilson, of the Phillies,
Is the only catcher in the National
+, League with better average than
| the one possessed by Hank.
Frank Snyder is hitting ,257 and
Grover Hartley .265. We admit
frankly that Gowdy, aged thirty
six, is no speed-boy on the bases.
! But then neither Snyder nor Hart
ley Is a gaZelle.
When John McGraw gave Gowdy
| permission to dicker for the man
agement of the Columbus team, he
said that he would not stand In
| the way 70 Hanks promotion. And
all fans agreed it was a mighty
fine sentiment on the part of Jawn.
But Hank doesn't start his new
duties until January l, 1925. Gowdy
told some Of his friends that he
| would take a vacation for the rest
ball player need a vacation now
when in about seven weeks he will
have four months in which to loaf?
The fact that Gowdy is now dick
ering to join the Baltimore Orioles
for the remainder of the season
shows conclusively that Hank is
perfectly willing to play ball for the
duration of the season.
1t may be that McGraw became
peeved at Gowdy because he asked
for permission to deal with the
Columbus people at critical time
on the last western trip Of the New
York team. Snyder was injured
early on that trip, and Gowdy did
practically all of the catching until
the club reached Pittsburgh And
the bats of Hank and Irish" Meu-
SCI knocked in most of the runs in
the games which resulted in slant
victories. Perhaps McGraw figured
that Hanks thoughts should have
been on the National League pen
nant race of 1925 instead OF on a
minor league managerial job for
1926.
Anyway, Gowdy, a hard 1926 hit
ing catcher, is looking for Job in
the minors to round out the season
when most New York fans think his
red shock should be in the thick of
the pennant battle which will be
waging on the Polo Grounds dur
ing the next few days.
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AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY TO
QUIT ENGLISH TURF

Frank Bullock. the Australian
jockey who has been one Of the
leading riders on the turf in Eng
land for many wears. announces
that he will not be seen in the sad.
die after the close of the present
season This decision. he saws. ne
has reached in consequence of the
drain on his constitution by having
to reduce in order to ride at anv-
thing below lit pounds. He feels
that he cannot 90 on without seri-
ously imDairing his health.
According to his present plans.
Bullock will take a trip to hts ma
tive land in Australia. after which
he may return to England to take
NV the training of race horses. IN
England he has had long and hon
orable career as jockey. and IL N
the general opinion that he has
never shown better form than In
the present season. He is now mn
der a retainer. first to Lord Aston
and then to the other owners of
MantOn stable
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with the green, trapped on every
side, somewhat below the tee.
The seventh presents no diff
culties other than the sand on
three sides Of the green.
Looking down upon the eighth
fairway from the tee, the player
may see one of the worlds largest
bunkers It stands about 125 yards
from the tee and runs along the
left Of the fairway to the green,
which is 258 yards from the mark.
ers With a ditch on the right TO
snatch slices and trap before the
green, the hole IS narrowing
The ninth hole climbs upward to
the limit of the drive. Although
closely trapped the green can some
times be reached with an iron sec-
ond shot. Except for flat greer.
the tenth also favors better than
par scoring
Both drive and second shot must
be made uphill on the fairway mid
way to the green and protects the
putting green on the left The
twelfth hole is 6O1 yards long re-
quiring straight. powerful shots.
The thirteenth is the familiar
island hole, 164 yards long The
fourteenth has the usual fairwav
bunkers and a severely trapped
green. A fairway sloping from left
to right places burden OF accII-
iacy on the drive at the fifteens1l.
A green elevated slightly with
trees behind and boundary on tie
right makes the 226-yard sixteenth
q difficult one-shotter. The seven.
teenth. only 800 yards long. IS
simple drive and chip. The home
hole Is a three-shotter although Ii
measures only Az yards.
Scoring undoubtedly will be high
at Oakmont but it would not BE
surprising to see one or more plav-
ers break par both in the Tnedal
and match rounds
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Rules For Free Seats
To World Series
Contest

Pick, two pitchers, four in
fielders, three outfielders and a
catcher from players in the two
major leagues who have taken
part in at least one game this
season.
If possible, use the coupon
printed herewith for submitting
your team.
Write your reasons for pick
ing them in fifty words or
more.
Choose as many teams as you
please, but follow above pro-
cedure in each case. The con-
test ends at midnight, August
81.
Ten winners will be taken to
see all world series games
played here. All tied contest
ants will be included in the
awards.
If none are played here, two
winners will be taken to one
of the other world series cities
to see games there.
Babe Ruth will autograph a
baseball and a bat for the two
leading winners.
Address your letters to "Skil-
let" Finn, ESQ.,, Washington
Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
HUSSEY LEARNS
To RESERVE
SPEED
Frisco Race Proves He Has
Improved in Getting Out
of Holes

Francis Hussey, the New York
boy who won the national A. A. u.
IOO-yard title at San Francisco last
month, has improved materially at
getting out of his holes this sum-
mer, under Bernie Wefers. the New
York Athletic coach.
The former Stuyvesant lads great
err early speed was reflected in his
smart running at the nationals"
where he showed 9 7-10 seconds in
his heat and As seconds in The
final. In the latter race he stayed
within two feet of De Hart Hub
bard, of the University of Michigan,
possibly the fleetest man away from
mark in the competition today, for
the first fifty" out-racing Hub
bard from that point to the worsted.
Though Hussey is not at all
"puffed up" over his sprinting ability
the youngster holds a deep-seated
confidence in his ability to go
along with the best of them. After
Hussey had dead-heated the great
Hubbard in his preliminary heat or
the 100" at the national games he
was quietly confident in his ability
to defeat the Michigan star il. the
final.
At the mark. in the final, Hussey
showed less nervousness than any
man on the track, with the eXcep-
ton of the veteran, Jackson ScholZ,
who was ever noted for facing Sc
we're sprinting tests with a superb
poise.
Poise at the mark has always
been one of Joie Rays long suits.
The Kankakee marvel has taken the
starch out of more than one run
ner's aspirations by announcing
nonchalantly that he was going TO
smash a record or two in that par.
ticular race. ~
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MANAGER s JOB
HAS S0BERED
RABBIT
Wheat Also Weighted by Re-
sponsibiIity as Big
League Pilot
BY NJ. w. CORUM

Up at Saratoga, the keen-eyed.
neatly-dressed gentlemen who dope
the horse races have this saying:
Weight brings them all to-
gether.'
They mean by that, that a
nickel horse can bat stake
horse if enough weight is piled on
the stake horses back.
Weight slows up a thoroughbred.
and what it will do for Man o
War it will also do for man.
Only, you don't have to put the
weight on a mans back, but on his
mind Another word for this kind
of weight is responsibility.
We are thinking now of Walter
j. Meanwhile, who blew into the
metropolis with his Chicago Cubs.
and of Zachariah Wheat, who lives
just across the way in Brooklyn.
Until a month or so back, Mr..
Maranville was the play boy of
baseball He was a sort OF Punch,
always turning somersaults, MAX
ing funny faces and wagging his
fingers at the umpires and the
world at large.
Then they made him manager of
his team, piled some weight OH
him. That slowed him up. Now
he is the most sedate little man
you will meet in week OF steady
walking.
The same thing happened to the
soft-spoken Mr.. Wheat, of Flatbush,
though the square-hewn Brook
Ignite never made any pretense or
being a comedian. 1t was only a
fortnight after he had been APP
pointed acting manager of the
Robins that Wheat confided to the
writer:
II have been in this racket
eighteen vars, booted off some
games, failed to hit when a hit
would have meant victory in others,
but. so help me. last night was the
first time in my life that l ever
stayed awake thinking about base
ball"
Old Man Responsibility had been
Juggling at the Rabbits pillow.
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contest get in on 1t sooner or
later-for he wants everybody to
feel that he has at least tried to
be a winner
Here are some more teams sub
mitted, which may help some of
the ''delinquents" to arrive at a
conclusion:
By Fred E. Halter, 536 Fourth
street northeast - Coveleskie and
Rommel. p; Cochrane, c: Sisler. lib;
Hornsby, 2b: Bluege. 3b: Frisch, SIS;
Goslin, IF; Speaker. Of: Cuyler, rf
BY Stanley Maddes, Quantico,
Va. GU. S. NJ. c. Rommell and
Vance, p; Cochrane, c; Sisler, 1b;
Hornsby, %; Traynor 3b; J. Sewell,
SIS; Goslin, If: Speaker. cf; Cuyler,
IF.
By c. B. Hoover, keystone, w.
Va.-Vance and Rommel, p; Coch-
rane. C; Sisler, 1b: Hornsby, 2b;
Bluege, 3b; Frisch, SIS; Cuyler, II;
Rousch, CT; Goslin, RI.
By Miss DOrothea Lewis, 1916
Thirteenth STRAIGHTFORWARD and
HOrnsby. 2b; BIuege, 3b: Wright,
IS: Simmons, II; Speaker. Ct;
CuyIer. ri.
By Eugene F. Schulz, Seat Pleas.
ant. Md. Gray and Ruether, p;
Ruel, c; Sisler, 1b; Hornsby. 2b;
Bluege, 3b; j. Sewell. SIS; Lamar,
If; Speaker, CT; Cuyler, IF.
By Fred w. Sellhausen, 70 Sixth
street. Gray and Marberry, p;
Cochrane, C; Bottomley, 1b; Horns
by, 2b; Bluege, 3b; SewelI, IS;
Simmons, If; Speaker, CT; Cuyler, RI.
BY Frank Prevail. 9401 Jones
Mill road, Chevy Chase. Md. Rom
mel and Vance. p; Cochrane, c;
Sisler, 1b; Hornsby, 2b; Bluege, 3b;
Frisch, IS; Simmons, If; Speaker,
CT; Heilmann, rf
By Albert Jeffries, 325 Webster
street. Rommel and Lyons, p;
Cochrane, C; Sisler, 1b; Hornsby,
2b; Bluege, 3b; Wright, IS; Goslin,
! II; Speaker, Of; Cuyler, rf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
SKELETON MYSTERY
SOLVED AT NORFOLK

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 24.-That
the skeleton of the man found
near a local cemetery by small
boys late Saturday is that of E.
f.. Atkinson. fifty, machinist
and inventor, and that he had
committed suicide and was not the
victim of a robber has been estab-
lished by police.
Discovery in the vicinity of a
vial containing poison and state
ments that Atkinson had been
Respondent has convinced officials
that he went to the secluded spot,
swallowed TIE contents of the bot
tie and lay down and died
Atkinson was unmarried and last
seen alive early in May when he
expressed a desire to spend Moth
er's day with a sister living here.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
KAPLANS CHALLENGER
CALLS OFF HIS SUIT

BOSTON, Mass. Aug. "a -
Charley Cardio, manager of RED"
Chapman, New England feather.
weight champion and claimant of
the worlds title i'm that class, to-
day dropped his suit for an in
junction in supreme court. sock
ing to prevent the holding of the
Kid Kaplan-Babe Herman fight in
Waterbury, Conn, on August 81.
Cardio filed the injunction be-
cause he alleges Kaplan ran out
of fight with Chapman after
they had been matched to meet in
New ork on June 8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
U. OF |. FOOTBALL TEAM
BADLY NEEDS LINEMEN

URBANA, ILL.,, Aug. "a. - Bob
Zuppke's biggest job to build the
1926 football team at the University
of Illinois will be to fashion a
line from inexperienced material,
much of it uncovered in spring
practice.
Prospects for the backfield, with
Captain Grange as an ace in the
hole, are naturally much better.
The complete strength cannot be
estimated until all the returns are
in from the candidates who were
thrown for losses enthusiastically and
have been making up work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
ATLANTA FAN LOCKS UP
SEAT AFTER GAMES

eight.year-old fan of Atlanta, has
hit upon a novel plan to insure him
self of his seat at each game the
Crackers play at home. He has OBJ
tanned permission from the club to
lock up his seat and after every
game he can be found placing a
chain around the folding seat. Then
a paddock snaps and the doctor is
sure he will get a good view of the
next game
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
Clovers Win Section

BY beating the Yorks, 3 to 2,
the Glovers clinched the title in
Section G of the w b. A. A. junior
class. The game was a pitching
duel between Adkins, of the Glow.
ers, and Sherman, of the Yorks
both southpaws. Adkins held the
fee to four hits while his team
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
COAST GRID STARS WON'T
RETURN TO COLLEGE

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24.-Bill
Blewett. star drop kicker and full
back of the 1928 University of Cali
fornia eleven, who was Ineligible
last year, announces that he has
played his last game Of college foo--
ball He signified his intention Of
staying in business in Los Angeles
Blewett formerly starred for Man
uaI Arts High School here. His
brother. Dick will return to Cali
Porp{a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24

They say an empty barrel makes
the most noise. That being the
case Jack Dempsey at least has 1t
on the rest Of the heavyweight
champion field in common intelli-
gence.
He has yet to give public utter
ance to a belief that he could and
would knock any given opponent
round shouldered. They took him
one side and told him Carpenter
was a joke; they said Gibbons and
F'irpo would last five minutes. Did
ne concur with the findings of
those eminent minds? Yes. he did
not concur.
mo man can be a bum and
fight his way to shot at the
heavyweight title. He simply
must have something"
That Dempsey's stock reply to
those who would talk him into a
victory.
Contrast it with the attitude of
champions who have gone before
him
II can lick any man in the
world" was John l.. Sullivan's
rather unique way Of acknowledge
ing an introduction. It Is not of
record that anyone ever contested
the point.
Neither is it important that he
could or did beat the field. There
is really no excuse or any man Of
intelligence Haunting his superb
ority, whether it be at legalized as
sault and battery or eating peas
with a knife.
Jim Corbett was another. He en-
tertained the notion that no man
could break through his defense,
and when first Fitzsimmons and
as a vast mistake OF some kind. 1t
just couldn't happen, but 1t did.
"The bigger they are the hard
er they fall" was FitZ's undying
phrase. 1t indicated that Ire
didn't altogether hold himself in
contempt.
.Teffries, surly and morose, was
not inclined 10 talk much about
anything, but he didn't exactly
neglect the engrossing subject Of
the personal pronoun and its per-
sonal application. Jeff never ad-
mitted that he feared any oppo-
nent.
Tommy Burns was not taken Sc
riously enough to permit him to
make any brash claims, yet the
writer can remember him telling
all concerned what he would do to
this man or that. 1t was part OF
the character at that time
Johnson was openly bOastful,
particularly after he got an oppo,
nent into the ring and saw he
could beat him. Old.time boxing
fans never will forget Johnson's
haunting, derisive golden smile" at
Reno.
Willard said little but left no
doubt as to, the great esteem in
which he held himself. He thought
no man could hurt him with any.
thing less than a meat axe, and
this led to his ultimate denoue-
ment. He was a poorly trained
athlete at Toledo when Dempsey
spread him carefully out
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whatever may be the best stars
Westinghouse
seem to be agreed least four players who should
George Ssler,
St. who has will not be at the
delegation the best first basan:
Rogers Hoby of the the outstanding second base
the Athletics the prime pitcher
Oswald Buege in the matter of the third
.
Those four players appear 95 of the submitted
to asIet" Finn Esq, take
of Washington
other contendng cities in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
Bradbury Wins Two

Two runs in the final inning
gave the Bradbury Heights team
7-to-5 victory over the Senecas,
Shipley's two homers helping a lot
tC settle the issue. Before this
contest the Bradbury club had
knocked, off the Randle A. c.,
8 to /.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
DEMPSEY HAS ONE GREAT
VIRTUE -MODESTY
b. DAVIS J. WALSH.

International News Service Sports Editor
NEW YORK. 24CaH him Jack, the Time Killer, must
Berae him for his rather acbe evasion of the Wills issue these
years.
Condemn psuedosoca ambitions unworthy of fighting
and champion, but
He other heavyweight
He gentleman of becoming
assumed nevertheless
and noether communicable trait
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
OAKMONT GOLF COURSE
HAVEN FOR SLUGGERS

Right the Of the oakmOunt Country Club Pittsburgh
the national
championship several days before the the
during the August 81
The with which golfers
themselves brutality measuring
this for the
unduaing When golfers adjust their to these
still location
200 pits and bnnkers. That like weeks work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
Yankees IN Ninth

Dakin's double with two on was
the winning punch for the Yam
kee A. G. in it's contest with the
Rialto Theater team. score to 4.
The Yankees scored two runs in
the ninth.
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There are two other outstanding
choice. both in the outfield; but
numerically they haven't quite reg
istered the vote that has the quar-
rtet named above. AS the second
pitcher, Johnson, Coveleskie and
Vance are getting a very popular
call here and hereabouts; but hardly
"a selection comes into The Washing
ton Times office but what gives
Rommel one of the positions in the
box, of which this contest allows
bIIt two.
Earlier I'm the contest Muddy
Isuel was being named almost
unanimously as the catcher, but
mature Judgment has switched
some of the sentiment and now
SrhaIk. COchraDe and Hartnett
are giving Muddy a hot race as
far as local and nearby sentiment
Is concerned.
The fans can't forget the early
season hitting form of HartnetL,
coupled with his altogether brilliant
work behind the bat, and consider
ing that he never plays in Wash
.ington, he has quite following
in this section.
sIheT6
didafes for the shortfield berth,
with our own Roger Peckinpaugh
probably getting as great call as
either Frankie F,risch, or Glenn
Wright. or J.. Sewell. But Sisler for
first. Hornsby for second, Bluege
for third, and Rommel for one OF
the pitching assignments lead In
those particular posts.
The contest closes one week from
tonight at midnight. Any letters
received at The Times office up to
that hour or any letters bearing
postmarks up to midnight of
August 81, will receive considera-
ton in 'sSkillet's' grand review.
Some time during the day of Sep
TENDER /, Skillet" hopes to hear
from the Big Bambino as to his
choice. Then he will go in hiding
some place to go over the vast
amount of mail which will have ac-
cumulated by that time. and, in
fact, which has already accumu-
lated.
If he doesn't get a wink of
sleep between the closing date
and September 5, when he will tell
all of Washington in The Times
who earned the tickets through
their baseball skill and judgment,
he doesn't care. He's got this job
to do and is going through with
II in typical skillet Finn
fashion.
The squirt in the race for these
world series favors will be reached
this week and fans who haven't
been able to make up their minds
had better get on their thinking
caps and get down to cases.
1t is customary in tSkillet's" an
hual competition for a great num-
Der of fans to hold out their selec-
tions until the last minute, which
is within the rules, but which
works very great hardship on the
clerical force which is filing away
the teams under the names of the
authors. Normally, this staff can
just about handle the work within
an ordinary working day, so if too
many bugs hold off until the last
minute, some inexperienced help
will have to be hired and may pos
sibly slow up the process.
So, if any prospective contestants
are delaying their teams for any
reason whatsoever, Skillet" hopes
they will snap out or 1t, and make
up their minds quickly. He doesn't
want to be flooded at the last min
ute. although he rs very anxious
that everybody who knows Of this
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z ttAAA AAAAA aANo lA1C AfOAAN OAAA1AAes {
Traps have bene scattered about
ruthlessly but not promiscuously.
purpose as to penaIize every shot
not correctly hit. Any ball. ex-
eept one hit straight down the mid
die, viii find its way into one OF
the hazards.
From the records OF the 1919
tournament at Oakmont the con-
eIusion may be drawn that the long
httters who are hitting straight will
have an advantage. S. Davidson
Heron. then as now a powerful
player, won and Bobby Jones, one
If the 1ustiest of sluggers, was the
ntller finalist J.. Wood Plat, of
this city, who drives great distances
without visible effort, reached the
semi-fina1s.
These facts make out good case
for two Philadelphians .. Clarke
Corkran and Plat. Both set a
killing pace from the tee and.
when on their short game. are
dangerous in any company. Max
Marston and the other Phila-
de1phians entered depend more
upon their chips and puts than
upon their drives.
There are six par five holes, one
over 500 yards, one more than 500
yards, and all but one Of the others
well over $50 yards. The first and
eighteenth holes. although three
shelters, are fair game for birdie
hunters because Of the roll of the
fairway and their length
Eight of the holes are two
shelters Only three of these are
designed for chip after the drive.
The other five call for pitches rang
ing in length from mashie to mid
iron.
The first hole. three-shotter,
offers golfer a broad fairway slop.
ing down to the green, making, in
spite Of a boundary on the right
and many bunkers, for simple
brides following long drives and
straight mid-iron seconds.
Uphill and somewhat narrow, the
second hole has a welI-trapped
green that should not trouble many
players.
One Of the few level fairways
on the course is found at the
third, which usually can be played
with a drive and an iron shot to
the elevated green. Bunker after
bunker line the fourth fairway.
and only two wooden shots and
chip win get home. The green
is protected on three sides against
inaccuracy.
Water is first met at the fifth,
where it flows through a ditch be.
fore the green, demanding precision
of the second shot. The sixth is
the first one-shotter, 172 yards long,