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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
UNCLE cY YOUNG TAKES
IN A BASKETBALL GAME

oId-time players have been bob
bling up lot of late.' The latest to
be heard from Is Denton T. (Cy)
Young, who won over 500 games
in his twenty-five years of major
league pitching.
Old Cy last week put in an APP
pearance at Dover, Ohio, making
special trip from his farm 70
watch Holly's Majors. a team of
basketball stars, play the Dover
American Legion team.
According to Ed Holly, Young is
pink checked, robust and active
and does not look anywhere near
his sixty years of age. Cy Young
broke into professional ball with
the Canton, Ohio, club in 1889. He
was with Cleveland, in the National
League, from 1890 to 1898; with
the st. Louis Nationals 1899-1900;
with Boston Americans, 1901-190S,
and the Cleveland Americans,
1909-1911. OF 819 games he won
QUO,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
OLD-TIMERS WILL PLAY
PIRATES This SEASON

| Barney Dreyfus. owner of the
Pittsburgh Pirates. is going to
have at least one championship
team this year even though his
Pirates may not finish on top in
the National League race.
In connection with the National
Leagues jubilee celebration, Drey-
fuss is going to stage an exhibit
ton game between his 1926 Pi-
rates and his 1901 Pirates, which
won the National League pennant
that year. The game probably will
be played in June.
The lineup for the 1901 team
will be as follows: kitty" Brans-
field, first base; Claude Richey,
second base; Tommy Leach. third
base; Hans Wagner. shortstop;
Fred Clark. left field and captain;
Clarence Beaumont. center field:
Tom McCreary. right field: Jack
O'Connor. catcher; "Chief" thinner.
catcher; Deacon PHILIPPE, pitcher:
Sam Lever. pitcher: Jesse Tame
hill, pitcher; Jack Chesbro, pitcher.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

ing draft should be around 210
which will give him plenty Of
knots on bases.
Just which end of his an
atomy he will start to curtail
depends on the outcome of a
consultation among his sur
geons who have to abbreviate
him down to pigmy proportions.
Shrinkage is likely to set in at
any time,
They will begin by putting
him on a diet of prunes, shred
ded doormats, cocoa rugs, and
leavings of the mill. This
routine should worry him back
where he belongs.
Hot Springs baths are cal
culated to take the snap out of
anything from a Louisville slug
ger to a hickory telegraph post.
If Babe hangs around the
Ozarks long enough he will be
able to walk through the prongs
of a fork. 81
It seems that the Bambino ac-
cumulated his cargo up in Sud-
bury, Mass, this winter, where
he spent a very strenuous season
lodging live whole hams, roast
beef creole, Maryland fried
chicken and other flying viands.
Now he has got to walk
through the streets of Hot
Springs with blinkers on his
eyes to keep from seeing the
delicatessen windows in transit.
If a. cheese sandwich were to
Jump out at him he would have
a relapse of anywhere from a
pennyweight up to a pound.
He will walk blocks to avoid
a grocery store and every time
he hears a hen cackle he stuffs
cotton in his ears as it re-
minds him Of his favorite
morning fruit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06


"Jimmy's not to blame. Some
how, feel that it's my fault" de-
clared Dad" O'conneIl.
1T was the way I reared him.
Jimmy's ma died when he was
young. I have been sort Of mother
and father to him. wanted him
to represent the highest ideal IN
manhood. taught him to tell the
truth at any cost.
''Imnnunity," unused O'COnnelI
senior. Eyes, that's what Jimmy
wants now. That's what he al
ways got from his dad for telling
the truth. 1 can remember him
when a STRIPPING as being truth
fuIness persOnified. Even when
would question him about boy
ish pranks he'd never tell q 'Iie.'
That's how he used to escape
chatisement. I'd never give my
children a spanking or q scOIdlng
just as long as they told me the
truth.
even in my later years when
my hair was gray and my children
still young they would never tell
me anything but the truth.
Yes, Jimmy did do wrong.
know 1t. So does he. But If he
was the originator of this bribery
plot, IL he was the instigator of It,
don't you think he would have
been shrewd enough to lie out d
It to Judge Lands?
'It was no trick for a gray
haired man like 'Cozy' Dolan to
make my boy, just past twenty
three years of age, goat.
II have visualized many times
this whole bribery scene.
"I've pictured Jimmy listening to
Cory Dolan in the clubhouse.
ing with Kelly, Young and Frisch.
and / know he DID CONSULT
ALL THREE OF THEM.
II can understand the way
Jimmy felt when he went before
Judge Landis, the gray-haired
iurist. And somehow 1 can't
help believing that those words
Of mine, given to him in his ten
der childhood, TELL TIL e
TRUTH AT ANY COST echoed
in Jimmy's ears as he 'yesSed'
himself out of a livelihood in his
chosen profession as a baseball
player.
Eyes, Jimmy has one thing in
his favor. He's young. He can
forget it and start new. But his
DAD! i I'll always feel that fate
played a mean trick on my son.
The TRUTH AT ANY COST has
come to my boy and it has cost
him $250,000 anyhow. That amount
would be, I think, commensurate
with his earning powers while in
baseball. But why talk of money!
1t was money that has caused this
whole thing.
,"If my boy had gone up to the
big leagues like so many other
young fellows. unheralded. this in
cident may not have been magni-
fled. But it was the $500 beauty
who was involved. That's what has
given this an air Of persecution
rather than prosecution. 1t is an ex-
ample for other young fellows, they
are saying.
But Is it,"
At this point Dad" O'Connell
waxed angry.
What did my boy Jimmy get for
telling the truth? They believed
him, in so far as he was concerned,
but in reality called him liar
when he involved the others"
But that's fate"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
FAM Gus
| BOX SCORES
Bill Bergen, Brood lyS,
Catcher, Makes Fine
Fielding Record.

AT BROOKLYN, JULY "a. 1909.
p M.-Nap Ruclxer pitched one q
the greatest games Of his career.
besting his strikeout record OF 1SVs
by tanning sixteen st. Louis war
riors. He won the game, 10, Har-
~ Lunley scoring the only run. fol-
lowing a three base hit. Billy Ber-
gen had nineteen accepted chances,
sixteen putouts and three assists.
This is quite an unusual feat, havs
ing been surpassed but five times.
ST. Louis was able to garner but
two hits against the slow ball ar
fist. and was never In position to
score. The score:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq.
A Few More Ounces on the
Hoof and Babe Ruth Will
Outweigh His Batting
Average.
By KIRK MILLER.

- ABE RUTH has been tested
X and found not wanting.
When he read the scales he
accused the butcher of weighing
his thumb with the. meat order.
A few more ounces and he
would be as heavy as his bat
ting average. :.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
MINNESOTA is PLANNING
TO HAVE MORE BOXING

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 6.-The
Minnesota Senate yesterday passed
and sent to the House a bill to
legalize boxing bouts in cities of the
first, second, third and fourth
classes and villages Of over 5000
in population. Under the present
law, professional bouts are per-
mitted only in Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Duluth,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Bush Gets Florence

Paul Florence, former football
and baseball star at Georgetown
University, has been released out
right by the New York Giants to
DOME Bush's Indianapolis club in
the American Association. Florence
Is a. catcher and outfielder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
JOE TURNER Is WINNER
IN BOUT WITH SMITH

Zeke Smith failed to stage his
comeback against Joe Turner last
night at the Mutual theatre in their
wrestling bout. The first hour of
the bout had it looking like any
body's match but finally Joe pinned
Zeke Smiths shoulders to the mat
with a cradle hold. The second fall
went easily to Turner in eleven
minutes with a head lock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
WALTER LANDS IN WEISER
BROKE AND TIRED
AND HUNGRY
Rv WALTER JOHNSON.

was broke the day Wser Idaho Not only that but
was hunrTv had travelled Angeles Tacoma by
coach and when the I'd bite stations
wherever the train stopped long enough Inc Jump from Tacoma 70
Weiser vas made on the same PLAN !,
didn't seem to be getting better determined
stick to baseball the big leagues uthfuy they
didn't enter INV mind joined Washington the American
League, knew nothing about the majors
Nobody met me on Wese stopped stranger and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

Western High School team bit
the dust IN manner most
ingIOriOns. Mike started without
B regular, and he turned out
highly effective machine.
Ike Hardelf's exploits are sOnaes
what similar. With only one man
left from last years football team,
he turned out an eleven that tea
for the football championship and
came within an ace Of winning It.
That in spite of the fact that IN
every other school. the coaches
had veteran material on hand.
Thus it 10 that Ike and Nike
have been given building at Sew
enth street and Rhode Island
avenue. What they will do with
it, no one knows, but It IL theirs,
and they may decide to sell
Applicants for options on the
building should cali Ike and Mike.
They can b6 reached on the phone
ut Technical. The building would
make d fine storage plant
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
O'CONNELL'S PA BLAMES
FATE. FOR BOYS FIX
IN John y. CONNOLLY.

SAN FRANCISCO CT blame my boys predicament
book that this should happen TO him.
Those the words OF explanation today q Jimmy
phlOsophcaly
discussed position the baseball bribery scandal
his voice appealing look Of
sympathy DAD OConnl the years
of Jimmy va
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
TECH HIGH IS ON KNEES
TO IT'S CAGE HER ES
~ ROSS 2. CONKLLN.

Hch school doesnt sTee. &c
belongs to Ike Tarde and They given the
blooming thing Immediately after achieving two mpossibies lot
their ownership Ike
and Mike marched down the corridors Of their building
things be whstled and
nary Of to order them TO stop ana
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Hazel Will Coach

JACKSON. Miss, Feb. 6.-Homer
Hazel, football star on Rutgers
College football team, has signed
to coach the Mississippi University
eleven for 1925.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
DeVlin Grows Up

Arthur Devlin, once famous third
sacker for the Giants, is hunting
ivory for the Boston Braves. His
active athletic days over, Devlin has
grown to weigh 200 pounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Hasn't Had Enough

The boxing boom on the Pacific
Coast with it's attendant cash pros
poets is said to have caused George
Carpenter to grow restless with re.
newed ambition. Colorful Georges
would still draw. the promoters be-
lieVe.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Mt. Vernon Ahead

The Mt. Vernon quint scored
victory by the narrow margin Of
two points over the Yosemites in
the Central gym. The score was
81 to 20.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Like Father, Like
Son. Adage
Gets Test

Notre Danes baseball coach
is hoping sincerely that the
truth of the s'like father, like
son" adage will be proved this
spring out at South Bend
twhere baseball is also played).
He has in his charge Edward
Walsh, jr., and William Sui
Ivan, jr. Walsh is the son of
Big Ed Walsh, the famous spit
baIIer of the Chicago White
Sox in other years, and Sui
Ivan is the son of the man
who caught for the same team
a dozen years ago.
heavily on the outcome and had
agreed that il Caldwell was run
ming behind by the middle OF the
game, a fight would be started.
hoping to remove our best players
from the lineup.
Copyright, 1925. by the Christy
Walsh Syndicate.)
Next Chapter: Walter Is Back.
ward About Talking to McGraW.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

Three-base hit--LumIey. Stolen basea
Charles, Konetchy, Bliss. Left on
bases-Brooklyn, a. st. Louis. 8. First
on errors-Brooklyn. 1. First on balls
Off Rucker, 3; Backman. l. Struck
out-By Rucker, 16; Backman, 8 Wild
Observation-Disclosures. Time of game
hour 80 minutes. Umpire-Hank O'Day.
Attendance-11,00O
NTOMORROW-Ed DeIehanty makes
his start.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Western Beaten

Western High School tried out n
number Of substitutes in the game
against the Catholic University
freshmen, and the result was ono
overwhelming victory for the year
lings, so to 10.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06
Five Brothers Best
Golfers Around
Manitoba

There are five brothers IN one
family in Canada who consider
themselves supreme" on the
links. They are the Thompscns
Frank, w. j., Nicol, Stanley
and Matt. frank and w. ]. each
hold the Canadian amateur
championship; Matt is former
Manitoba title holder and Nicol
las been professional st the
Hamilton Golf Club for fifteen
years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

That proves that Ike and Mike
own, the building, and the owner
ship Is not undeserved. The given
names, by the way, of Ike ana
Mike are Elmer and Irving, two
substantial; 1aw-abiding appelations
and ones to be respected.
Mike Sanborn Is the coach OK the
basketball squad Ike Hardell ~
the football coach. And wherein
lies their excuse for owning Tech
shall be duly chronicied.
Mike started the season with
but q single regular, Captain Del
ZaInn. He had q couple Of green
kids with no experience what.
ever, 3 couple more who had
some remote idea, Of what 9 bas-
ketbaIl looked like, and stlll an.
other couple with earnest inten.
lions Of learning what II was all
about.
Right OFF the well known bat,
Tech got a sock from Old Lady
Fortune when ConnOrs broke an
ankle. Then Harry Councillor, the
fagtest floor man III the high
schools. got slittisl1 with sone
Latin. Came Mccormick. and he
let loose d tendon in the knee.
Came Bobys and he wrenched an
ankle. Came Zahn and he nunked.
Still they came. but the list must
end some time. Not withstanding
his losses, Mike Sanborn continued
to hack away at the principles OF
basketball, in the dim old armory
at Fifth and L streets northwest.
He couldn't count on his squad
from day to day. but he stuck with
them. They taught him that up
st Dartmouth.
When Councillor became e1igi.
BILE, Zahn fIunlked. When Nc
COrmiCIx returned, BObys hurt
his weak leg. But finally Mike
turned out five capable men for
one game, and the highly t0uted
~
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

George Herman leases the
beam at 245h flat and that
means pounds, not feet. That
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-06

is q complete in
ventory of his
me su renents
over all includ-
ing corns, bun
ions, dandruff
and other lux
uries too numer-
GUS to mention.
He has got to
see a chiroprac-
tor Immediately
to get rid of
about 30 pounds
Of this excess
b ag gage one
splinter at a
time His sail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

A new movement, born of dire
necessity, is beginning to take form
among Washington citizens. It's OBJ
jective is a time limit for the dis
mantling of Christmas trees
1t is realized that unless something
of an official nature is done to COM
pei the removal of the languishing
trees from Washington homes. house
hold efficiency and peacefulness Will
be shaken to a point of grave danger
for family life.
Opinions Of different persons are so
varying as to what is the proper
length OF time a Christmas tree
should be allowed to sprinkle the par
lor carpet with it's needles. that homes
are being threatened with all sorts
of disturbing disputes.
Unfortunately, the problem is one
that hits directly at the family circle,
to agree on this question either with
each other or with their children.
There are those who claim that a
Christmas tree loses its sentiment
and becomes a plain pine, spruce or
cedar with the advent of the New
Year 1t should be wrecked on OF
about January 2, they say. Some
even advocate an earlier ban, de-
signed to clear the living room OF
distractions in time for the New
Year day "at home"
Other grown-ups are for procrastinat-
ing several days or a week or two after
New Year day, or until, in fact, the tree
becomes but miserable shadow of its
former self, shorn Of much of its tinsel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
TINE LIMIT FOR DISMANTLING
CHRISTMAS TREES is ADVOCATED
Increment Under Way to Fix Date for RemouaI OF
Decaying Vegetation From, Homes Following
the annual Holiday Period.

! by youthful tinsel collectors. robbed of
most of it's bright ornaments by the un-
erring aim of an air-rifie expert and de-
nuded of it's shriveled foliage by arti-
fetal heat and numerous toy automobile
collisions.
When it has reached that stage, these
doubtedly is fast approaching the point
where sentimentality must give way to
common sense and the vacuum sweeper.
There is, however, great aggre-
cation of young pupils who reluc-
family watch the Yuletide season slip
away into the dim past Of happy
memories. The tree to them is some
thing supernatural, placed there In a
mysterious way by an ephemeral per-
sonage, known as Santa Claus. When
that parsonage wishes 1T removed, he
will remove 1t, they argue.
Whether or not the latter view has
a sound basis has never been deter
mined, because of the cold, mundane
attitude of unsympathetic parents.
There Is no record of any Christmas
tree ever having been let stand long
enough to test the theory.
At any rate, the whole problem is
admittedly one of serious character
for large minds to work out. Were
there a law fixing a definite date on
which the last of Christmas trees
must be removed, to say nothing Of
the holly and mistletoe, the unrest
now so apparent undoubtedly would
disappear.
Hence, the Down With Aged
Christmas Trees! movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
PLAN FOR THRIFT WEEK.
"Make-a-Will" Committee Outlines
Program.

Wills and the making of safe in
vestments will be two subjects stress
ed during Thrift week, 1t was an
nounced today, after a meeting of the
make-a-will committee held in the
City Club under the direction of
Chairman George C. Shinn and How
ard Cool of the Better Business Bu-
reau.
Chairman Shinn reported that the
Following had consented to act on the
committees: Fred D. Faust, Joseph A
Burkhart, Norman Fischer Paul
Cromlin, B. L. Cotton, Paul B. Rogers.
Lawrence Koenigsberger, George w.
Offutt and Clark Taylor. Those who
will speak for the committee at thrift
meetings will include Leon Pretzfeld-
err, A. l.. Barker and William A.
Coombs. Those present at the meet
ing included George C. Shinn, w. C.
Hanson, H. A. l.. Barker, William A.
Coombs, Leon Pretzfelder, T. Stanley
Rowland, Maurice Otterbach, D, Rad.
clin and c. Z. Fleming
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
HOLDS REGULATORY
LAWSEXCESS|VE
Merle Thorpe Tells Lions
Business Is Fettered by
Legislation.

Too much legislation to regulate
business is adopted without a thor
ough understanding by the legisla-
tors" Merle Thorpe, editor of The
Nations Business, declared in an ad-
dress before the Lions Club at a
luncheon in the willard Hotel yes
terday
Referring to the Federal Trade
Commission as "a body with great
opportunities to so chart the bust
ness seas as to be a helpful guide
for business men," Mr.. Thorpe said,
that body has not been the guide
that we had hoped it would be, but
rather a prosecutor" This has been
the case, he indicated, because of a
misunderstanding of conditions. I'm
the complexities of business that no
one can understand, legislators have
done much harm where they meant
to do good" he said.
Sees Reserve Breakdown.
Mr.. Thorpe declared that the Fed
eral Reserve system is breaking
down. National banks are leaving
it," he said, because of legislation
which makes them unable to COM
pete with State banks"
Mr.. Thorpe declared that there are
now 40 Government agencies which
help to regulate railroads. A rail-
road official, he said, had told him
that he had to do with only z per
cent of the direction of the railroad
of which he was president, while the
government did the other SO per cent.
The speaker emphasized the impor-
lance of confidence and honesty in
business as exhibited in the United
States, where, he said, 80 per cent of
business is done on a credit basis.
He fiayed the usage of the term
business is business" saying that
when used in that manner it often
means the using of INSCRIPTIONS
methods. 1.-THE term was first used
by Shylock, believe" said Mr..
Thorpe. He declared that a lack of
confidence in business is the main
trouble with Russia today.
Several vocal solos were sung by
Richard Bold of George Whites
Scandals" Jim Schick was award
ed the booster gift for the week.
Roger ]. Whiteford, president of the
club. presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08
SCIENTIST FROM NORWAY
LECTURES HERE TONIGHT
DR.. v. Bjerknes Will Speak on
Dynamics Of Meteorology.
Public Is Invited.

DR.. v. Bjerknes, one of the world 5
best known students Of meteorology
and professor of carbohydrates at
the Geophysical Institute of Bergen,
Norway, will deliver an address at
$3.50 o'clock this evening in the adj
ministration building of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington, Sixteenth
and P streets, on The Dynamics of
Meteorology."
DIR. Bjerknes, who is also research
associate in physics of the Carnegie
Institution, assisted his father many
years before the modern airplane was
developed in conducting a number OF
important experiments that are now
applicable to the forces that make an
airplane raise itself from the ground.
On Tuesday evening he delivered a
lecture In which he demonstrated a
number Of these experim ents, and his
lecture this evening will be an ex-
PLANTATION OF some Of the things he
showed his audience on that occasion.
The lecture will be free to the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-01-08

tionaI institution, while the girls
school by practice and appropriation
had been regarded as a local instI-
tuition.
Congress has always dealt with
these two institutions on a different
basis" he said. "A sharp distinction
has always been observed.
'I wish to say to Mr.. Brown that
the Welfare Board bill is not an
attempt of the Commissioners Of the
District to gain additional power.
1t is absurd to think that the Com
missioners are sitting ready to grab
everything in sight. The bill is not
the fesult Of the Commissioners pro-
posal, but a result of more than a
years intensive investigation on the
part of a 17-member commission.
Mr.. De Lacey said that welfare
bill for the District should be enacted,
but not this one. He asserted that
he was in favor of the creation of
a board consisting of two paid super
intendents, only one for the charity
work and the other for criminal work.
In the course of his remarks he said
that he believed that the District
should have national representation,
bnt not statehood.
Mr. Hudson took issue with Mr..
Brown on the status of the school,
pointing out that support for the in
stitution was appropriated for in the
District budget, which put 1t even
now under the control Of the Com
missioners. He said that the school
was composed almost entirely of in
mates sent there from the District.
Stating that the bill in his opinion
was 80 per cent perfect, Mr.. Edison
urged that Congress enact it. He
20,
should let the District handle it's own
affairs and that a welfare board
would accomplish more and be a
benefit to the community. He OPP
posed the suggestion of Mr.. De Lacey
for paid board OF two membersu