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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

world has suddenly gone mad interesting and instructive
For back of the speed with which animal legs endowed =
written existence
of the fittest and the life of depended it,
ability to OUTRAGE the that lurked shadow
Through the centuries the horse has regned the speed
marvel Of civilization had bred into them the quality Of
speed and still until that endless
the ostrich its African
rabbit living its life the broad stretches Of the praie
could the fastest thoroughbred into the ground the
the
turn leave speeding Num far far behind in the battle for
distance.
When the pOddng tortoise gaOped under the wire ahead Of the
speedy Dut errat hare he certainly started something.
FOR SPEED is THE FOUNDATION UPON WHICH LIFE
ITSELF IS BUILT. AND MAN ENDOWED WITH AN INTELII
GENCE WHICH MARKS HIM AS MASTER OF ALL LIFE
CONTINUES TO STAND AS PYGMY IN THE GREAT
HISTORY OF ANIMALS WHERE SPEED HAS MEANT LIFE
AND SLOWNESS TRAGIC DEATH AND THE TOTAL
EXTINCTION OF "A SPECIES.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
CUBS TO LENOTHEN FIELD
AND REDUCE SEAT SPACE

CHICAGO. Aug. with a short
ieftfield bIeachers and only single
player on the roster who can drive
the ball occasionally into the
stands. the Chicago Cubs have de-
cided to lengthen the playing field
and reduce the seating capacity
by 1900.
Rival clubs playing here have
stars who find the range of the
short bleachers regularly and the
Cubs have lost q number OF games
in this manner. Three hundred
and nineteen feet is the present
distance. while after the operation
the distance will be $40 feet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
KID LEAGU Is
GIVEN START
BY NAMES
Former Minor Magnate Hopes
to Enroll $500 Teams
Next Summer

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-George
Names, former president of the
Michigan Ontario Baseball League,
has been in New York for the last
ten days making q study of local
sandlot conditions. He has been
organizing "kid leagues all over
the country and hopes to form a
national school extension league of
$500 teams next summer.
Names has organized 5000 young
sters between the ages of ten and
sixteen years into 525 teams in
Detroit this summer. Walter John.
son, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and other
stars have interested themselves IN
this movement in the middle West,
and Johnson will present a silver
cup to the pitcher having the best
record at the end of the season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
70 r E.!
- AND AFTER
BY ROSS coNKLIN-

Breaking the records for golf
courses seems to be quite the
ching nowadays. Recently, Danny
Horgan stood on the sixteenth
tee at Congressional with a pos
sible 50 in his hands. Then he
slipped with a loud hurrah and
crash, and came in with a low
seventy.
Evidently, that made Danny
peevish. The next time he set
foot on the Rock Greek course, he
had battle in his eye, and anger IN
his heart He decided then and
there to break the record at Rock
! Creek And he picked out a chap
named Smith to play around with
him while he did it.
On the first hole, he got par
four, which is not even close to
breaking record. On the second.
he got warm when he ran a
short approach shot for an eagle
two. Continuing his merry ways.
he hit the third hole for q birdie
three. But on the fourth, the
best he could do was . par four.
Even the fifth defied his best
efforts for anything better than
the usual par three, and the sixth
was another nut that he could not
crack in less than par blows. On
the short seventh his mashie shot
from the tee almost went into the
cup, and he had an easy putt for
d
it's treacherous trees and blind
down In two more, for a birdie
four. Steadying his nerves. he
went into battle royal on the ninth
hole and emerged with a par four.
His record for the course was 80,
or Just five strokes under par.
Leo Diegel. formerly one of our very
best professionals here, has started
something that it may take him a,
long time to stop. Acting as the
Canadian National Open champ, he
has challenged Long Jim" Barnes,
British open champion. and Willie
MacFarlane is agreeable Long
champion, to a series of matches to
determine the worlds championship.
Barnes is reported to have polite
~ scoffed at Leo's proposal. while
MacFarlane is Agreeable. "Long
Jim" says he and Willie will settle
this little matter of n worlds
championship between themselves.
Leos highly priced Canadian title
is not worth much, according to
Barnes, who has never won it.
The next municipal links tourna.
ment will be held at buffalo in
1926. Ohio. New York, and the Dis.
trict are the only places where the
public links players have ever held
their tournaments. Toledo and Day
ton, Ohio, acted as hosts, Wash
lngton did it's duty, ard Garden
City is now in the throes Of 81 tour.
ney.
The name of Chris Dunphy is
absent from the list of players
picked for the national amateur,
Chris cleaned up everything in
Florida this past winter, and his
record justifies his presence in the
tournament. supplementary lists
are to be added to the first list,
and his name will undoubtedly be
found present in one of them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
LoWERING YoUR SCORE

1t is supposed that the COM
monest of all the errors so pain
fully common to golf is failing
10 keep ones eye on the ball,
or its equivalent, moving ones
head in the act of making a
stroke. Important as these adj
monitions may be, there arc
numerous other things to be
avoided in the game Of golf.
Indeed, following every .direc-
ton for playing a shot might
be a table setting forth the err
rors to be avoided in the MAX
ing of that particular shot, for
it Is not sufficient to tell man
what to do; he must also be told
what he should not do.
A very common error is Sc
Letting the wrong club for the
work it is expected to do. 1t
is generally agreed that each
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
Duffy Lewis Proves
Hard Boiled AS
Manager

They had Duffy Lewis fig
ured wrong.
AS Salt Lake manager last
year, he had a reputation for
being easy on players. He was
slapped fine. Bill Lane, own
err, paid it. Lewis was the goat.
This year as Portland man
ager, Lewis suspends men and
fines men, and the punishment
sticks. He has suspended Pitch
er Martin and Shortstop Jones
for INSTRUMENTATION and what
not recently.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
MoeandJoe
They Get
The Dough

Tab another sweet win.
ner for old boy Moe. he
sent his customers to
BEVERLY in the fifth
yesterday and the gander
just laughed his way
down the line from end
to end. He is shooting
with a baby this after
noon that tiny JIM"
O 'MALLEY, the W ell.
known pianist, is willing
to wager can win run
ming backwards. B. 3.
to date, $2,031.07.
GIVE SlMAcKERS
North of BLOCKHEAD
in the FOURTH to
breeze, !" Is his pick for
today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
Dope Means Nothing

Center Market, with such players
as Catcher Giovanetti. Johnny Blair
Shortstop Ping Purdy ana other
stars, was regarded as the likely
winner of the Commercial League
pennant, but the Marketmen have
been outstepped by Chestnut Farms.
Center Markets downfall Is due
to poor pitching. 1t Is said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

few ago. negotiated the mile minute and fftyOne
seconds
Five thousand two hundred and eighty feet in III seconds
That's eating the rate of 476 feet second
Again speed-mad world performance
speeding human YET ANY SELLING Platter, TAKING THE
TRACK COLD, COULD LEAVE THE FRANTIC GOULLET TIED
TO THE POST and home easily the greatest
pedaler the world has looked
It's interestn stndy-hs subject Of which
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

TvER since Flooding tortoise gaoped under the wire
thereby providing
~ weI-known Aesop with plot for story with q
moral speed has been less important topic OF
universal conversation.
Incompatible Nurmi mile
IS seconds
Marvellous exclaimed experts "Wil marves
cease? Will lomit speed he attain?
YET MAN, MPOTENT AND PUNY IN HIS PHYSICAL
HERITAGE is BUT A CREEPING PYGMY COMPARED TO
THOSE OTHER ANIMALS WHICH LACKING THE AD
VANTAGE OF INTELLECT HAVE BEEN ENDOWED WITH
SPEED WHICH TURNS MAN TO A TORTOISE BY CON-
PARISON.
Consider the neutrality-suspicious. awkward Notwithstanding
through native Jungle His is body
sacrificed and quick instinct
fuf the destiny of nimbl legs As compared to the
racing thoroughbred sprghy gazee
he too. is tortoise, Flooding and mehodic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

club works normally within a
certain range, and for this
reason we speak of a mashie-
distance and so on. Use each
club for its proper work. The
driver is for the greatest dis
lance, the brassie next, and the
irons go down gradually di-
n1inishing scale. Sometimes a
player can manage to make
short-distance club do loflg-dis-
lance work, but it is a self
deceptive habit and not at all to
be advised.
An only too common fault in
making a golf swing is swing
ing the body instead of the club.
The body should be turned at
the waist, and the club head
should be swung. Never for
get the weight as the end of a
string idea.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
Son of a Veteran

Frank Lee, a young catcher from
Scotch Plains, N. j., is receiving
tryout with the Jersey City club.
Lee Is a son of Billy Lee, the old
star of the st. Louis Unions, the
forerunners of the present Car.
dinalS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
CLANCY Real Vet

George CLANCY, the Baltimore
southpaw, is one of the oldest box
ers in point of service. He is
thiryt-two years old and has par
ticipated in $50 battles over a
period Of fifteen years, He has 100
knockouts to his credit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
Leads His League

Joe Munson, former Lehigh star,
who was purchased by the Cubs
from Harrisburg, is the leading
batter in the New York Pennsyl
vania League with an average of
400. He is also the leading home
run clouter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
It's Tough on Criffs

Connie Macll's judgment usually
proves right in the long run. Eddie
Collins with the Chicago White Sox
beating Washington can do more
good for the Athletics right now
than Eddie could playing for the
rMackS,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
DUNCAN AND GUIDE PLAN
TO ENTER BIG REGATTA

With Granville GUIDE and Robert
Duncan planning to enter the re-
gatta OF the National Association
OF Amateur Oarsmen at Philadelphia
Friday and Saturday the Potomac
Boat Club will have strong repre-
sentation. Both men are former
sculIinC champions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

The Boston team has been the
softest victim of Connie Mack's club
this year. The Athletics have won
fifteen games from the Red Sox and
lost four and one of the defeats
was flve-inning affair Won Ivy
one-run margin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

BUT THE ELEPHANT, PONDEROUS AS HE MAY BE, HAS
SPEED WHICH PUTS THE FASTEST HUMAN TO SHAME
he in ouanced with by the thoroughbred
trained the and through whose there
heritage Of speed which has been his hefest protection
Nurmi paced the mile 4l0 the world marveed
But the awkward pOnderous elephant fresh from the Jungle
could the struggling Nurmi cloud almost before
the starters gun had sent them from their marks.
ALI GOuet sending his bicycle hurting
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
It's a Long Trip

Jimmy McCloskey. a pitcher in
Juneau. Alaska, has been signed by
Milwaukee. He will report in the
spring at the Brewers training
camp in Palm Beach, Fla, causing
the Milwaukee club to pay lot Of
dough just to take a look at the
Finger
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
EuERHAIGT
TRAVELS
NILE IN ZOO
@EEETAS SEC.

1.-TWO men entered into an argument as to the
comparative speed of horse and an
elephant. Here's the answer, written in
terms of q mile race.
When the horse finished the mile run, the
great Goullet, pedaling in record time on his
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

bicycle, would be yards behind. Further back
would come the sWaying, pOnderOus form of
the elephant-and almost lost in the distance
"a badIy-whipped Nurmi would be struggling
along short, even, Of the half mile post which
marks the first half Of the course.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

Fifty alleys have been installed
in the Convention Hall and this
famous old sports hall is expected
to hum with bowling activity dur
ing the coming season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
STRICT GOLF
STARS SHOW
FORM
Houghton, Mcclure, shorey,
Cox and Eddie Frost
All Give Promise

GARDEN CITY, u. T.. Aug. -
Washington's delegation OF golfers
in the national public links golf
tournament had their stock soaring
to the skies today after showing
some Of the most brilliant golf OF
the preliminary rounds. A.. l..
Houghton, paired with William A.
Mcguire, led the way for the SIX
boys from the Capital. They de.
feated Eddie Hasiman, Ohio. State
champion, and Harry Sweitzer,
runner up in the Ohio tituiat play,
g up.
In that foursone, Houghton had
"a 70; MCGUIRE, Is; Hasiman. 5, and
Sweitzer, 70.
Dick Walsh, New York city rep
resentative. had the low card In
the days play with a 70. while
Houghton, in second round, got
a Is. His score Of 20 yesterday is
still the best on hand.
John Shorey showed flashes OF
greatness when he reported back
with 70, and William Cox, start
ing slowly. got a 70. Eddie Frost,
also of Washington, had to be con-
tent with IS. and Samuel Parks
had an So.
The shooting of Mcclure and
Houghton is attracting the atten-
ton of every one. Mcclure had
two eagles, and three brides in
one round, and Houghton's ten
brides in his initial round still has
the cake Houghton's 20 card, 3
under par is as follows:
HoiIghfon mt < a-S6
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
Stole Oranges Stuff

George Wilson, University OF
Washington halfback, has just re
covered from pneumonia, con.
tracted while working on an ice
wagon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
Everybody Plays Ball

Detroit's ball league has S26
teams enrolled, including 7,745
schoolboys whose ages range from
ten to seventeen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
Even With Griffs

The Boston Braves, miserable last
place holders, have broken even
with the far-famed New York Giants.
each club having nine games.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
Sanitary Defeats West A. C.

Sanitary Red Sox defeated West
End A. G. by 8 to in Alexan.
dria yesterday. w. Sullivan and
Costello featured the hitting.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
On PIeha SchaduIa

Three, nearby football teams are
on the Navy Plebe schedule. They
are Georgetown, Catholic Univer.
sity and Maryland freshmen
eleVens
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fcontInued from First page.l

CONTINUED from First page.l
the coupon. which win be printed
in the sporting section of this
newspaper every day during the
month of August, be used in sub
hitting the all.star teams, so that
when the final check-up as against
Babe Ruth's choice comes, the rou.
tine will be reduced to q mini
mum. Use of the coupon il MT alb
solutely essential, but is desired for
convenience in the clerical work en-
tailed in the check-up.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
Yearlings For Sale

Some seventy yearlings of Philip
T. Chinn's Himyar stud will be sold
at Saratoga this week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
He's a Wild Man

In the first game Stubby Mack
pitched for Milwaukee this Feason
the formers White Sox passed eleven
batters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04
Connolly With Mercs

Jimmy Connolly, the welI-known
runner, Is expected to play foot.
ball this fall with the crack Mer-
curry eleven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

season. Two pitchers are to be
nominated and one player each
for the other eight places, making
ten players in all.
The ten fans, men. women or
children, who most nearly approach
the same team named by Babe Ruth
and announced in this newspaper
on Saturday, September 6, and
whose reasons therefore. In the
opinions of the judges composed of
| the sporting department staff of
The Washington Times, are the
most logical, will see all of the
world series games played in Wash
ington, II any, as guests of skill
lett" Finn, Esq. and this newspaper.
Should Washington be SO unfor-
tunate as to not figure in the fall
baseball classic, then Skillet" will
take as his guests to one of tiae MAJ or
league cities, the two fans whose
teams and explanatory letters most
nearly meet that Of Babe Ruth and
pass the judgment of the judges.
So. It Is not absolutely necessary
that Babes team be duplicated sx.
actly In this contest. for should the
ldentical players not be picked by
any one OF the thousands of con-
testants. then the ones coming near
est and writing the best essay on
their teams. will have earned the
hospitality which is offered to the
successful fans, be they two or ten.
This will be the third time Ruth's
team has been taken as a standard
for similar all-American team con-
tests and by this time the bugs
know something Of how Ruth's
mind runs in the matter Of excell-
ence on the ball field. A year ago
he honored two Washington players.
Peckinpaugh and Judge, by giving
them places on his club. Cuyler Of
the Pirates was placed In right
field; Roush, of the Cincinnati Reds.
in center; Jameson, of the Cleve-
land Indians was Babes choice FIR
left field. while Hornsby of the
Cardinals was put at second; Dugan,
Yankees, at third; Schang. Yankees,
catcher and Vance and Pennock.
pitchers.
A year ago Skillet had az his
guests at the Washington end of
bthe series, eleven readers, as an
extra one was included because
of tie for tenth place. They in
cluded Joseph NJ. Letcher, 1918
Sixteenth street and G. r. Roberts,
OEVO AuIuOlb dVcnuO, VINO were
with the two principal winners
and would have been taken TO an
Out-of-tOWn set had not Washing.
ton participated in the series.
But as the series was played
partly here and, ultimately won by
Washington In that momentous
seventh game, Skillet" also had
the pleasure of including in his
party w. B. Gallagher. Ralph e.
Carson, Irwin Stein, Richard ],
Dowier, William McGarrah, Thomas
Carroll, Frank r. Bell, Mrs. Cath.
crime West and Arthur King, of
Mullins, w. Va.
None of the above was able to
exactly forecast Ruth's team, man
for man and position for position.
and even Letcher and Roberts had
three players on their teams that
Year before last, Skillet" took
j. T. McInteer, Of Quantico, Va.
and ]. D. Dezendorf, Of Washing:
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As in the contest a year ago,
Ruth will not select himself for
an 0utfield berth or any other
position on the 1925 all.American
team. The players he does select,
however, viii be chosen solely on
their playing during the current
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

Contestants may submit as
many team combinations as they
please, but they should submit
them on, separate coupons clipped
from The Washington Times,
and each combination submitted
must be accompanied by at least
q fifty.word explanation of why
that particular team Is chosen.
Thus, each team will stand by
itself and will be judged sepa-
rately. And thus, the contest is
put entirely on a basis of skill
and Judgment and knowledge OF
the respective players In the two
big circuits.
BY fifty.word explanation,
Skillet" means to have his con-
testants give their reasons for
naming certain players for certain
positions, but this explanation need
not be confined to fifty words nor
need It be exactly fifty words.
Skillet" believes most explana-
tions can be confined to that num-
Der of words, but places no exact
r. limit on how long these brief dis
cussions of the teams should run.
Try to keep them petwesL fifty
and 100 words.
To enter this contest, no obliga-
ton or subscription to this news
paper is necessary. The contest is
wide open to all who care to COM
pare their judgment against that
of Babe Ruth, who, because of his
wide experience and great popu-
larity in the baseball realm, Is
probably more fitted than any
other star of the present day to
pass upon the merits of players
of both leagues.
Ruth has played against all of
the outstanding players OF both
leagues either in regular season
games or spring exhibitions or in
past world series.
Besides being one Of the greatest
batters and outfielders of all time,
the Bambino frequently plays the
infieId and was at one time a top.
fOtch pitcher of the world champion
Boston Red Sox.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-04

season. Two pitchers are to be
nominated and one player each
for the other eight places, making
ten players in all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-26

On each salad plate arrange ring
of the fruit. alternating the orange
and apple slices 50 that they over
lap. Place a whole walnut meat
in the center of each apple SLICE
Across the center of each ring lay
a piece of banana one and one
half inches long. Sprinkle the
fruit with finely chopped walnut
meats and garnish with equal parts
of whipped cream and mayonnaise
mixed together. This recipe serves
six.
For PricIxIy Pear Baked Apples
Pare and core six tart, we'll favored
apples. Simmer the apples in a
saucepan with strip of one cup
full of sugar and one and one-haf
cupfuls of water, turning the ap.
pies frequently until they are ten
der. When done, remove the APP
pies carefully and place in a
creased baking-dish. Stick the SUR
face of each apple with sailed ali
monds, so that the nuts protrude
from all sides. Sprinkle the ap-
pies with graduated sugar and
pour the strip about them. Place
in a hot oven Of $50 degrees Fab
renheit until the nuts have taken
on a golden tint. Serve the apples
hot or cold with cream. This recipe
serves six.