The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-13

nitted with aIl-American selection
ESQ. in connection with his free
full swing.
Yes. sir, the Big Creampuff Mag
nate has been known to. DO some
weird things since this contest
started rolling and before the wan
ing days of August when 1t VIII
be all over, he may be expected
TO stand on his head, turn flipflops
and start asking himself questions,
but to date he hasn't broken
sufficiently to start writing poetry.
All Of which is prompted by
the lines submitted by Harry A.
Kaufman, apartment ~, Carlisle
Courts. 1aO1 Columbia road, who,
as far as Skillet" can observe
Is the only little orphan to show
signs Of cracking; that Is II his
poetry writing can be construed
as such. And il is IN most NEWS
paper offices.
Anyhow, Harry can consider him
self honored by the fact that his
poetry is to be printed. for ninety
nine one-hundredths Of the verse
submitted to newspapers gets into
the waste-paper basket, not the
paper. Harry has ideas about his
all-star team which he feels he
can best express in rhyme and, as
there is no rule m this contest
prohibiting such a free style, his
lines must be considered along with
the prose.
We have cuyIer, of Pittsburgh. out
vi a.
A fsst-fielding youngster, chuck full of
fight:
while in left we have ROush. the
He's there With the punch" and uses
In csnter. there's only one We can
. iris Speaker knows every trick in the.
At third yOu will find no other than
The afswer to every managers wish.
when They hit them to Peck. at short
rr. lust like throwing fish in net:
And with Collins on second, no batter
TO hit t the old apple down at this
with sisler on first you can see at
For bali to get by them. there isn't
The fleetest base runners in the game
Fear the arm of Ray Schalk's fame,
And on the pitching mound we VIII
rwo nitcher. who have set the pace;
For an opposing team has but little
when they must face either Rommel
Whether or not Mr.. Kaufman's
poem would win prize In
literary contest, Is something
that the book review editor VIII
have to decide, but to the un-
trained ears of a mere sporting
deDarfment scribe, Harry's verse
sounds quite catchy and the per-
aOnneI of his team as reVeaied
therein il one that Ruth himself
would have q hard time ImproV'
ing upon.
Bv the by, another Little Orphan
Annie has turned up in the contest
and Is piring to be Cinderella FOR
the Big Omelet King who has
piled up a fortune by making
onnelets without eggs. Her name
IA Mrs. H. c. Grosvenor, Of Balls
ton. Va. r. F. d. No. 1. She
nIclxs Sam Gray and Emil Yde for
her pitchers, Ruel as her catcher;
Sisler. Hornsby, Frisch and Peck
as her infield, and Cobb, Speaker
and Cuyler for the outer works.
Here is indeed a notable array Of
talent and would do credit to the
most studious fan OF the stefner
sex. Perhaps, after all the Nc
Carthy sisters or Mrs. Peters will
have to forego adoption by Skillet
and give way TO Mrs. Grosvenur
who, say what you will about the
folks out in the sticks" knows
her baseball.
And, speaking about the gang
in the wide open spaces where the
hay fever blossoms, a feminine ian
from Rosslyn is willing to pit her
team against that of Ruth's or all
I of "Skillet's" customers combined.
She is Agnes l.. Dixon and picks
a wicked combinations Of players
who would bust up any game, nc
matter where played.
I'm her bid to be adopted during
the worlds series, Agnes Dixon
relies on Good Old Stanley Cove
leslie and that younger phen0m,
Gray. to do her pitching. She
would wager her pet pot of pink
pOsies on those two twirlers, and
tells the wide, wide world all
about them in her list of reasons
why they should be selected.
: She lauds the wonderful curves
and control of Coveleskie ant
thinks Gray's speed and contro
= would make him stand head ant
Z shoulders above any other wh'
. could be picked.
Then the Rosslyn fannette goe
: TO Philadelphia TO get young Coch
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