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The Washington times., 1925-09-12
RUTH LIKES
SPIRIT IN
TEAMS
Would Rather See That Pres
ent on Club Than All Ex-
perience in World
By BABE RUTH

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12.-
Whenever I go to Boston its like
going home, and, as usual, this
last trip up there I ran into lot
of old-timers. Say, that place is
showing more baseball fever than
at anytime / remember since the
Red Sox were grabbing remnants.
don't suppose a second-division
ball club ever get a place so ex-
cited as the Braves have Boston
today. They say the crowds all
season have been great and now
they're roofing for Bancroft to
land in the first division, just as
wildly as if they were roofing for
a pennant.
"How do you figure all this ex-
element 2" / asked an old Irish
man at the hotel.
Figure IT, he says. figure 1t
yourselfr' And then he went on
70 show that Boston fans don't
lose any love over New York fans.
He said. those rich birds in New
York used to swipe every good
player that Boston developed. And
The Washington times., 1925-09-12

allies. just as last year, but in an
effort to suit more Of them the
nights have been changed to Tues
day, Thursday and Friday, and It
Is hoped that alleys Nos. 5, s, Z
and can be reserved for the
feminine maple spillers.
The six or seven months OF COM
petition will, as far as possible, be
divided into three equal parts, called
series. Now this year, when the
star bowler Of a team happens to
make an especially heavy date on
the night she should be down at the
Coliseum, the game postponed by
her inattention to duty must be
made up before that particular
series is finished or her team for
feits.
One of the best things OF the
meeting was Harry CARROTS little
speech. Harry used to be the man
nGer of the Coliseum and the
Recreation but just lately resigned
In order to go back to practicing
law. Well, last year he promised
the girls of the league a big BAN
quet, which was postponed in defer
ence to the illness and consequent
death of May O'Briens mother
Last night old Harry came back,
told the girls that his offer still
reld good and that we could have
the banquet when ever and wher.
ever we wished. And boy. that
sure sounded good after q dull SUM
n;er, for we have all been to Harry's
parties beforehand we won't miss
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10 r E!
- AND AFTER
BY ROSS coNKLIN-


Two irate golfers are seriously
thinking of snbsidizing q school
for learning for caddies. They
propose to establish the school to
teach caddies when not to pick up
balls and when not to rush into
bunkers.
Irate golfer No 4 is George y.
Truett, of the Washington Golf and
Country Club. Irate golfer No. 2
is Fred s. Noise. chairman OF the
golf committee of the Bannockburn
golf club. Their grievances are
serious, inasmuch as the caddies'
mistakes cost them a match each.
Mr.. Truett, retired clergyman,
and one Of the most able Of the
older players. was shooting from
the fourth tee at BannOckbuEn IN
the first-rOund matches. His
drive was pulled into the woods
and was to all intents and puE-
poses i'm bad lie. His caddie
ran ahead Of him, dashed into the
woods, and returned trfuInphantly
with the ball IN MS nan0.
What went on in Mr.. Truett's
mind viii never be known, but the
act of his caddie cost him the hole
and he never recovered his equilib-
rum after that. The ball could
have been played from the woods
had not the caddie interfered. That
cadaie thought he was earning the
praise of his man when he found
that ball. Little did he think he
would be under q stigma for LIE.
No one wants the boy now.
Fred Noise had 3 pestilence q
another type fall into his lap and
Fred doesn't thank the sender oFie
Bit. He also was in the midst q
his first round match when
caddie with the best intentions 70
the world ruined him. Coming
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Woman Plays Ace
On New Jersey
Golf Course

Il is no longer 3 rare occur
renee for q golfer to hole out in
one stroke, but women with aces
to their credit are few and far
between. Recently Miss Helen
B. Corbin, Of the Metuchen Golf
and Country Club Of New Jer-
seq, while playing with another
member, made the No. 8 hole
in /. The hole measures 145
yards. Nowadays the rewards
for such a feat are quite sub
stantial, quite different than in
the olden days when the lucky
golfer was supposed to do the
Treating"
The Washington times., 1925-09-12
GIRL BOWLERS ENFORCE
FOUL LINE RULE
By "JACK" MARTIN.

The Washington Duckpin League for
Unlike many other organizations the league
members the first meeting last
night among billie" Miner Lorraine Guilt Virginia
anderson Jennie Malcolm Jenkins Quas
ryn ouigley Mary Morgan Alice NJ Burke Jesse Smith and
Of course Jim there with May
organisation "of course because
one never thinks bowling it is in Washington without thinking
Of Slim Jim Baker the girls couldn't along
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right on top Of Truett's sad *
per:ence, Noise boiled over. II
was a hot day anyway.
Playing the seventh hole Noise
drove into q. bunker. His ball could
readily have been played 40 II was
and he was not thinking % harshly
of the current luck that sent him
into the trap. Lo and behold, his
caddie rushed into the trap, picked
up a huge holder two feet from the
bail and tossed 1t out and into the
rough.
one Of the sternest rules In the
United States Golf Association -
that q caddie must not 90 into q
trap. Further he must not modest
anything. The boys quick trip
INFO the trap cost Fred the hole.
And the trap had to be smoothed
out for the stone left q big hollow
that was certain to entice balls Into
unpiayabla lies. Such is life. The
chances are those same two caddieS
will never make the same mistakes
again.
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guess there was a time when
the parade of Red Sox players
to the Yankees and Braves to the
Giants was discouraging to the
fans around Boston. But that con-
dition is a thing of the past.
The big argument explaining the
latest baseball boom in my old
town seems to lie in my friends
parting shot AN you kin tell Nc
Graw, with my compliments, that
IL we couldn't win a pennant this
year we at least Knocked your
swell New Workers. for row OF
headaches"
You'd had to hear the old man
laugh to understand just how
happy he was to take, that joke
at me and New York baseball in
general.
It's a mighty healthy sign.
The facts are, the way the BOs~
ton Braves upset the Giants this
season is just about the reason
why McGraw failed to win his
fifth straight pennant. In other
years, Frisch and Kelly and the
rest of the Giants just figured the
Braves as workout. And the
way they trimmed them every
time showed they were about
right. But this year it's been
different, and, according to games
won and lost, the Giants and
Braves are about on even terms.
The result is, my old Irish friend
represents the general feeling
which is this: The next best thing
to Boston winning a pennant is
keeping New York from winning
one. And 1 think even John Nc
Graw will admit that's a spirit to
help baseball everywhere. The
thing that makes college football
more popular than baseball is the
intense rivalry Harvard is willing
to be hcked by any dub college just
so they beat Yale in the annual
game.
College baseball doesn't have the
same old history behind it to PEP
up the students and graduates, and
consequently it doesn't get the
same big crowds and advertising
The thing behind it all is what the
boys call college spirit" and that's
what counts in baseball. In base
ball we call it team spirit" on the
ball club and local pride" among
the fans.
There's no question but what
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Several things Of Importance
were decided that have been hang
ing fire for ages. First, 1t was
moved, seconded and passed that
The foul line will absolutely be
observed by each and every girl
who participates in the league
tournament. That means that any
bowler who places her dainty NO.
{ over the line will lose all credit
gained by the ball just rolled.
Much to the girls credit they
moved to eliminate all possibility
OF professionalism in the sport by
passing a ruling to this effect.
Any captain wishing to play q new
member on her team must give
the name of said girl to the secre-
tary of the league, Billie Miner, pc
fore the new member can roll IN
the competition.
Activity will begin. about the
first week i'm October and last
until the last of April. The ten
teams that are so far entered are
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, Daughters Of Isabella,
COlumbians, Mt. Pleasant, BiIlies,
Commercials, Post Office Depart
me1t, HilltOppers, Public Debt
and the Eastern Star. 1t Is ex-
pected that eventually there win
be twelve teams. 1t is also very
likely that the names Of some Of
the teams already entered VIII
change their names this year.
The girls will roll on the Coliseum
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team spirit" kept the Athletics
going at their awful pace all this
season. Individually. they have
some great young players, but as
soon as they ran into bad slump,
their team spirit" disappeared, and
they couldn't fall back on old man
experience, like an older club.
Pittsburgh had the same trou-
BILE several years ago when they
bumped into the Giants with a
seven.game lead and blew five in
a row at the Polo Grounds. They
had the spirit, but not the ex-
perience. Today they have both.
and whenever they have slumped
little this season you notice
they've never shown a sign of
cracking. Because they've been
through three or four hot cam
paigns that gave them the conf
dence every ball club needs to
win a pennant.
As between the two-experience
and spirit-if / had to pick ball
club with either one quality or the
other, I'd say, "Give me the gang
with the spirit" A young ball club
with a lot of spirit will surely gain
experience, but an old ball club
with barrels of experience may
never develop that winning spirit.
It's true, Washington has a lot
of old-timers end also has enthu-
siasm. But remember the pennAnt
bee in Washington is still nov
city.
Look at the Giants. still think
McGraw has one of the best clubs
In baseball, but the boys have won
so many pennants that there just
wasn't anything to shoot at. TAX
ing the Giants as an entire club, I
don't think there is, a more expert.
enced machine in tn game today,
but they lack the old pennant fever
of my Irish friend in Boston.
copyright. 1925, by King Features
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The Washington times., 1925-09-12
BELIEVES HARD SCHEDULE
MAKES REAL PLAYER

URBANA, ILL.,, Sept. 12.-Bob
Zuppke, head football coach at Uni.
versity Of Illinois. believes in q
hard schedule to make real players
out Of his men. In putting this
theory into practice, games have
been scheduled this year with
Michigan, Chicago, Iowa, Ohio
State, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, But
Ter and Wabash.
The Washington times., 1925-09-12
Huggins May Pass
Brown Derby to
Mack

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. H.
Boston, the home of the brown
baked bean, is also the habitat
of the. brown derby, which is
built something like a bean,
only bigger. There was recent
sale in the Hub of brown
derbies at only 85 cents.
Certain unknown mischievous
characters, unable to pass up
such a rare opportunity, pur-
chased one Of these chick brown
bonnets and sent it to Mr.. Mil
Ter Higgins just before the
Yanks departed for Philadel-
phia. At first, it was sus-
pected that it was little token
from Babe Ruth, but it turned
out otherwise. Ruth has no in
terest in hats of any shape or
hue, as he always wears caps
and thinks everybody else should
follow suit. Higgins is hot on
the trail of the p1iscreants who
played him. this trick. Until he
finds them he can think of moth
ing better to do with the brown
derby than pass it along to Con-
ME Mack.
The Washington times., 1925-09-12
CHICK sUGCs DEclsIvELY
DEFEATS RED CHAPMAN

BOSTON, Sept. 12.-Chick Suggs,
of New Bedford, scored a decisive
victory over Red Chapman, OF
Chelsea, in a ten-round bout here.
Suggs carried nine of the ten
rounds.
The Washington times., 1925-09-12

sscKILLET' FINN, ESQ.,, goes
through the days news with a
niblic to dig the comical divOts out
of sport happenings. He writes
for The Times readers.
The Washington times., 1925-09-12
DeMoIays Win Play

The DeMoIay seniors will meet
the Wentworth seniors ct $3.50
o'clock today. The game VIII be
played on diamond No. 8 at the
Monument Lot. The players are
asked to report before 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1925-09-12

thanking him and going again.
No subj
The bowling season is on, and un-
less we are all wrong, it's going to
be the best year of all.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
Thrilling Scene

The denunciation scene be.
tween Henry Miller and Carlotta
Monterey in Mr.. MiIler's produc-
ton After Love-?'' now playing
at the Belasco. Is considered a
dramatic high light.
As Francois Laurent, Mr.
Miller recites the history Of ths
growth and then the decay of his
love for his wife, Gabrielle, who,
finding that she must seek the
protection of her husband to
hide her shame from the world.
lures him back to her side. Laur-
emit asks his wife If she thinks
love lie flower that can be re-
yiVed after it Is withered. He
tells her it is a flame that
either is burned out or dies out.
Throughout the play, the lovable
character Of Laurent with its
heights OF affection and depths
of sorrow, gives Mr.. Miller a
dramatic scope that has not been
excelled. it is said, in any OF his
former productions excepting
when he appeared as Stephen
Ghent'' in THE Great Divide, :"
which still holds the place ~
being the greatest Of all Ameri-
can productions.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
COST Of LIVING
STILL MOUNTS
IN JAPAN
Bank Survey Shows 20 Per
Cent Increase in Prices
Since Earthquake
By international News Service.

TOKYO, Feb. 26. - 1t costs 20
per cent more to live in japan than
it did before the earthquake, and
prices are still tending to rise &C
cording to a survey conducted by
the Bank Of Japan.
At the end of the year 1924, &C
cording to the banks statistics, the
index number of the average price
of commodities was 228.9, based
upon 100 as being the cost of COM
modities in 1913. In June, 1924.
six months before the end of the
year. the index number was 1924,
or 26.5 lower than at the years
close.
This index figure has risen above
the level of pre-earthquake prices
by 37.8 points, or about 20 per cent.
The index number for the period
lust preceding the earthquake was
1911.
During the world war, when the
cost of living reached it's height IN
Japan, the index number went
above 290.
One of the chief factors in this
increase in the cost of living, ac-
cording to the banks survey, has
been the decline in the value of the
yen in the exchange market. which
has affected adversely for Japan
the cost of the commodities it i'm
ports. Another factor is the poor
harvest Of rice, one of Japan's prin-
cipal food commodities. the short
age in supply resulting in higher
cost
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despair, up steps Lillian Mcneil,
another talented principal, and
volunteered for the Vanessi role.
She went on with a quick half
hour of rehearsal and won round
after round of applause as the
pinch-hitting substitute. An un-
derstudy played Miss McNeil's
original role. VaRessi was back
Tuesday night, and just to show
her appreciation, presented her
very worthy first aid with
handsome vanity case. Now the
cold is much better and every
body's happy.
Airing Alcine arrived in town
yesterday.
With his famous police dog.
The calling Of rehearsals for
1.-THE Holy City," which the
Reverend Father Hurney opens
at the National on March 30,
brings kid" Alcine in our
midst. He will direct the re-
ligious spectacle, which, by the
way, he wrote here last year
and mounted with strikingly
unprecedented success.
He is expected in the office
any moment now to pull his
pet gag about the Queen Of
Sheba-a good story, but
X y
/ have discovered that the
The Washington times., 1925-02-26

best companions for eight"
music shows are BLONDES"
The fate of a theater is al
ways interesting to speculate
upon, inasmuch as its success
usually depends on its ability.
to start it career rightly. Ira
dition-for no particular rea-
son-often becomes q parasite
clinging to the name, reputa-
ton and atmosphere Of a play
house, making it a "hoodoo" or
haven of genuine entertain
Here's the Wardman Park
Theater, for example. A mag
nificent place, with fine APP
pointments, lights and general
production facilities. But got
off to a terrible" beginning.
Mr.. BelI-the ever-gay Bob
bie' transplanted his so-cailed
experimental band, the Rams
Headers, out there. early this
season, planning to make it, as
he has repeatedly said, an in
stitution, q gathering ,fount for
all who would taste of mis-.
trionic genius and beauty.
AS theater it produced
nothing.
Beauty flashed occasionally
particularly during the periodic
visits Of Jimmy Reynolds, who
created and painted some ex-
quisite settings for, let us say,
"A Story of Pierrot," and "The
Eaglet." Bell apparently found
himself submerged by conflict
ing aims, and SO, after a series
of six bills, folded up his props
and called it day.
Now the house is dark. With,
of course, rumors stepping on
each others toes, anent the
future. Pictures, straight dra-
matte attractions, musical COM
edy-in fact, every known brand
of theatrical fare, is reported
booked for the Wardman Thea
ter. Yet, nothing definite is
forthcoming.
The only man whose name
has not been tied up with these
various gossipings is Robert
Bell. He's out, and doubtless
relieved to be thusly-F. B.
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FIGHT.
SMUGGLING
Of RUM
Much Liquor is Brought Into
Island Without Paying
Customs Levy

DOVER. England, Feb. 26.-New
York may have its we'll known
Rum Row." but England has a
phantom Rum Row."
Bobbing lights off the south
coast of England on dark nights
may or may not be the lights Of
smugglers' craft, but it seems to be
a fact that a considerable amount
of liquid refreshment is being
brought into England, without the
payment of duty
Brandy from France is a faVorIte
cargo with the smuggler, though
there are many other products
which the smuggler finds it profit
able to run in.
The customs officials have es-
tablished a patrol system and are
doing their utmost to check sn1ug-
Cling, but just as the rum-ships eff
New York are able to elude the
Government authorities even so
England's south-coast smugglers
BATTLE her customs patrol.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26


Here is a play that presents
a gripping cycle of situations
promised upon a truth that has
worried psychologists for ages,
and from the Somerset Maughm
short story the dramatic authors
have fashioned a study i'm real
ism that is a direct outgrowth
of the school initiated by
Eugene O'Neill. Stark, brutal,
volcanic and as tragic as "Ham-
let" Grain" is unforgettable in
its sweep.
If you haven't seen it, you
have missed one of the finest
modern plays the theater has to
offer, one of those works that
compels you to do a little "more
than your share Of thinking"
One of the scintillating dane
ing sprites in Willie Towards
great syncopated show, "Sky
High" is Vanessi, the little lady
with the neither limbs that made
Mistinguette green with envy.
When Vanessi developed a high
fever and other. disagreeable
features Of a heavy cold Mon
day night, her physician told
her she could not go on. Here
was problem for Stage Man.
ager Eugene Howard. The cur
tain was to ring up in less than
two hours.
Just as he was beginning to
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
MUSICAL COMEDY
| INVALUABLE AS
TRAINING

Acting In musical comedy Is
invaluable training for the leglti.
mate actor" says Harry Fender,
who has one Of the important
roles in Florenz ziegfeld's musical
comedy, Louie the 14th," now
doing capacity business at the
National Theater.
above all things" he COZ
tinues, at gives one elasticity AMI
a certain reserve force and aler.-
ness. BY this / mean thatthere
is a variety OF demands in mu-i
steal comedy that the legitimate
player never has to meet ana
very often never knows. In
straight play, the whole produc-
ton is built up with one idea
intensifying the mood and bring
ing II to a climax. In musical
comedy. however, everything
seems naturally opposed to sucn
a purpose. For almost every
thing that happens on the mu-
steal comedy stage represents
mood that is different from the
preceding one. In other words,
songs, story, and dance all have
a certain supremacy at all times.
I'm Louie the 14th,' for In
stance, there Is a. bit OF plot with
everyone working intensely to-
. create the impression OF reality.
Then, the next moment, this
impression is completely de-
stroyed by the appearance OF
crowd Of dancing girls or by 2
straight comedy scene. What
does this mean? Why, it means
that when we actors return to
the stage to continue the plot.
proper, we must re-create all the
atmosphere that has been dis
PEELED, and instantly. at that, In
order that the continuity be
maintained and the attention OF
the audience sustained. Thus, our
efforts are really intensified and
our alertnesg sharpened. We
have to be on guard all the time
to work against the outside plot
influences and stf1I develop the
proper amount Of dramatic s1s-
pense. Such training as this one
never gets on the legitimate
stage"
Mr.. Tenders opinions on the
value OF musical comedy expert
ence are significant because of
the extensive work that he has
already done on the legitimate
stage.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
BOASTS
LEAD To
JAIL
-
Squirrel" Burglar Shows Off
to Pals, While Disguised
Cop Looks On
BY International News Service.

ROME, Feb. 26.-An italian burg
lar, nicknamed 1.-THE Squirrel" be-
cause Of his amazing ability in
scaling walls and facades Of houses,
is languishing in, prison due to his
desire to "show off" before com.
rades who doubted his ability to
climb the front of g certain house.
A plain clothes policeman was
the unseen watcher to a perform
aance by THE Squirrel" in which
he climbed up a drainpipe and over
a wall with astonishing agility.
He also heard him boast to his ad.
miring comrades that he had tray
eled" over much more difficult sur
faces.
The policeman thereupon dis
closed himself and arrested "The
Squirrel" on suspicion. Since his
Imprisonment the epidemic Of dar-
ing burglaries in Rome has ceased.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
Utopia Where Nobody
Dies Discovered
)
In Italy

ROME, Feb. 26.-Salecchio, .
mountain village in Piedmont.
has suddenly become famous as
a village where nobody dies.
No deaths have occurred in
the village for the past three
years, and in many other re-
spects it resembles a modern
Utopia.
The mayor performs the varied
tasks of postman, joiner and
bell ringer. Nobody drinks
wine, nobody quarrels, and no
body steals, and it is claimed
that perfect harmony reiGns in
the village from one years end
to another.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
DEMOCRATS TO AID COP.
PASS IMPORTANT BILLS

An agreement was reached today
between Senator Curtis, Republican
floor leader, and Senator Robinson,
Democratic floor leader, to exert
every means to pass the McFadden
banking act and the new rivers and
harbors bill at this session Of the
Senate.
Under the agreement reached by
Curtis and Robinson at conference
this morning other bills will be al
lowed to take their Nnatural course in
the Senate and no extra efforts en-
ployed to secure their passage.
The Washington times., 1925-02-26
MISSES HEART IN SHOT
AND TRIES FOUR MORE

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26. -
Having fired one shot into his
breast, missing his heart by the
fraction of an inch, John Doughty
tried four more, but the cartridges
failed to explode. Then, with the
blood flowing from the wound, he
made his way to the stairs, called
down to his mother: i've shot
myself!' and dropped in his tracks.
Mrs. Doughty, badly frightened,
called the police to her home, 1866
Haddon avenue, Camden, and her
son was sent to Cooper Hospital.
The physicians said he had slender
chances of recovery, the bullet
having lodged in his lung.