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President Reviews
u. S. Citizen Soldiers

PLATTSBURGH BARRACKS. N.
V. Aug. 26.-(Pl-The regiment OF
men from New York. Delaware and
New Jersey. comprising the second
citizens military training camp Of
the second army corps area AT PIatts-
burgh Barracks. passed in review to-
day before President Coolidge.
Coming here by automobiIe from
his Adirondack camp for his first
appearance at public function since
he left Washington on his vacation
more than seven weeks ago, fresi-
dent Coolidge was given cordial
welcome by the citizens and full
military honors IN the troops.
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GOLFER SENTENCED

Los ANGELES. Calf, Aug. o.
tPi-Saul II. Brown. architect and
links enthusiast. Il under sentence
to cary his own golf clubs until his
business improves
Brown was hailed into superior
court yesterday to explain a 1925
alimony delinquency. lie said hc
was broke.
You play golf good deal and you
hire caddy?" m attorney for Mrs.
Helen Brown queried. Brown adj
mitted that he did.
"The caddy IN one expense item
you can eliminate the court put in,
and ordered the golfer to catch up
with his payments.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-26
Furious Wind and
Downpour of Rain
Accompany Storm

GALVESTON, Tex. Aug. 26-tF)-That great damage
done in Morgan City, La last night by the tropical hur
cane moved from the Gulf of Mexico onto the louisiana
coast is indicated in private messages reaching here this
morning.
AT IL clock last night say these reports the baro
meter raeding 1881 with a ninety mile hour gale
blowing from the northeast AT ii 80 clock gusts of wind
registered high loo miles hour and shortly there
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Conspiracy Charge
Against Brewing Co,

SAN ANTONIO Texas, ugust 26.
Up Waving preliminary hearing
before Unitet States Commissioner
Edwards. f. ]. Blasswell. president
Of the New Braunfels Brewing COM
pany, charged with conspiracy to vio-
alte the ovlsteas act and possession
Of intoxiirt ting liquor. was released
under $1,000 bond Thursday.
His arrest followed simultaneously
raids on the company in New Braun
fels and its warehouse here We'd
nesday. Two agents for the COM
pany also waived preliminary hear
ing and were released under $1,000
bonds each.
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Formal Application
Is Made Today

WASHINGTON. u. C., ug. 26.-lP
The New Orleans. Texas and MeXi-
co railway applied to the interstate
commerce commission today for au-
thority To acquire the San Antonio
Southern railway. a 39-mile line ex-
tending from Kirk 10 Christine. Atlas
cosa county, Texas. The capital
stock would be purchased for S6Oo.-
600
Two subsidiaries Of the New Or
leans, Texas and MeXico also asked
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RATTLESNAKE BITE
SFATAL TO YOUTH

ABILENE, Texas, Aug. 26.-tPi-
Carroll Joiner. l6. died in a local
hospital this morning from the cf-
fects of a rattlesnake bite inflicted
Wednesday morning, while he was
at work in a grain field near here.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
To secure rattlesnake serum from
San Antonio.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. While Thomas
Evans was completing in the coun-
try picture he was TO sell for $1,000
a goat butted him and ruined his
painting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-08-26
WEATHER

For Brownsville and the Lower Rio
Crande Valley: Fair tonight and
Friday; warmer Friday.
For East Texas: Fair tonight;
warmer in northwest portion; Fri
day fair and warmer. Light to mod
crate northerly winds on the coast.
Daily River Bulletin
Flood Present 20 Hr. ~ Hr.
Stage Stage Ching. Rain
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NEPHEW CAUSES DIVORCE

MANCHESTER, Eng. Frederick
Whibherly VS. granted divorce be-
caase his Wife fell in love with his
nenhew.
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Flood Present q Hr. ~
Stage Stage Ching. r.


RIVER Forecast
There will re no material change
in the river
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
OUANT|CO TEAM
SEEKSFOES

Quantico's Leatnernecks OF the
Aircraft Suadrons are in the field
for basketball games to be played
before their regular champion hip
schedule opens.
Lieut.. L. H. SandersOn. athletic
officer Of III. Marine Aircraft
Squadrons. is ready TO book strong
Washington teams. He may be
reached by phone or mail at the
Marine Barracks, Quantic0.
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Errors in the field hurt us in at
least two of the games. But we
expected to make errors. said in
our story before the series that
I expected st. Louis to have
fielding edge. 1 figured on it all
the time. But, I also figured that
our superior hitting would make up
for that handicap. Then We went
into the series in a slump and
never came out of it. Combs, Ruth.
Gehrig and Severeil carried the
brunt of our batting attack-but the
others couldn't get going. II you
will look over the box score for
each game and see the number of
men left on bases you can appre-
ciate better what the lack Of a
timely base hit or two cost US.
Which, of course, is an indirect
tribute to the Cardinal pitchers.
Alexander and Sherdel pitched
wonderful ball. SherdeI, in some
ways, was as much entitled to
win as Alexander. Haines, think.
was rather lucky in getting the
breaks. Over the course OF a
season I doubt If Jess would beat
the Yankees very many games.
However, that's through and done
with. The fact remains that he
did beat uS-and we have no ex-
cuses to make for the defeat.
The series was almost entirely
void of base running thrills. There
were few stolen bases. In fact
there were few attempts to steal.
If you remember 1 predicted be
fore the series that such would be
the case. With two clubs Of that
type playing you can't expect much
sensational work on the bases.
In closing l want to offer my
congratulations to the Cardinals
and to Rogers Hornsby. They
played through a hectic series like
| real veterans. If they felt the
strain Of world series play, they
failed to let it influence their
work. From the start to finish
they were steady and sure-not
sensational-but always on the Job
After all that's the sort Of play
| that wins pennants and the world
series.
I'm proud Of my ball club foI
| the fight they made. I'm parGic
ularly proud Of Ruth and Pennock
| Two greater ball players neVel
| lived than these two. ] feel that
my club made. game fight; that
! they gave everything they had
And, when you consider that this
was practically a new club, re
/ bujlt in a single wear I think %DIl
must adiHt that they deserve a
LOT OF credit.
Copyright. 1925, by the Christy
Walsh SyudiCatc.1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12

Babe n base on balls. He was
reaching out over the plate like a
pelican going after a frog.
There was one guy that no
pitcher could walk II he didn't want
to. That guy was Napoleon LajOie
He would step across the plate and
poke his bat in the first baseman s
pocket. Napoleon was the guy who
first threw his bat al wide pitches.
I saw him knock a two Dagger that
way.
They now was easily the star OF
the fielders. That boy was as green
as grass and he covered just as
much ground. He saved the Cards
10 times during the world series
with stops that would polish your
teeth. | never saw man who can
take in SO much territory with a
bicycle.
copyright. 1925. by the Christy
Walsh SyndicaGe)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
Alexis Old Bones Squeak
Like Rusty Pump, Says Nick
By Nick AltrOCk

with your old straw hats 1t
great but it lasted long for the
with mistakes
the year, have hunting down in
Georgia., where they have plenty of rabbits.
But will postpone the moose hunt long enough to give you
gravy There doubt that old Aeck the big chief
the
Alexis Aek like Old Aleck. He is
like century plant. may old, but he still off
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
NATIONALS START DRILLS
FOR ANOTHER SEASON

The Nationals, 150-pound foot
ball champions. have called practice
this evening on the Plaza field at
1880 o'clock. All players and candi-
dates are requested to assemble at
Second Street and Massachusetts
Avenue Northeast.
Teams seeking games with the
champions are requested TO get in
touch with the manager, Vic
Gauzza. Franklin 2408.
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and that our fielding would be Sc
much better that we'd beat them.
In fact, we thought we were bet
ter ball club, and we proved that
bv excelling them in every depart
ment of the game, batting. fielding,
pitching and base running.
The series has not changed my
opinion of how to handle Babe
Ruth. If we were to start another
series with the Yankees tomorrow
I'd pitch to Ruth just the same. Of
course he'll knock the ball out OF
the lot if you put it up on a string
for him. But he did not do any
thing against Sherdel or Alexander
and Haines stopped him except on
that one badly pitched ball. 1t was
just a little bit too high for safety
In announcing that we'd pitch
to Ruth, / aroused some criticism
by saying that we'd treat Ruth
like any other hitter. meant
that. l meant we'd pitch to him.
striving to pitch to his weakness
and that we'd never walk him
Intentionally unless the situation
was such that it would be good
policy to walk any good hitter.
We carried out our plans and the
only intentional pass to Ruth was
the one he drew in the seventh in
ming of the last game.
I'll say it again. Why should
we be afraid to pitch to Ruth!
Were the Yankees afraid to pitch
to Thevenow? Here was man
who was supposed to be a weak
hitter. But Tommy hit All, while
Ruth hit only 800. Thevenow out
hit Ruth by 1T percentage points.
l guess that shows that we pitched
to him and that we pitched to him
better than the Yankees pitched to
Thevenow.
In saying that we'd pitch to
Ruth, I said that we had a lot Of
hitters who would do more damage
than Ruth, and 1 guess that state
ment held good. We pitched to
him and We stopped him except in
one game, and we showed that our
bats were a whole lot more danger
Gus than his.
Winning the pennant and the
series has made us very happy. 1t
has meant a great deal to the boys
to make the extra money. but it
The ST. Louis fans have waited a
long time for this pennant and for
the world championship, and We
are happy to have been able TO
give them what they wanted. They
have been very loyal through all
the years, and, no matter what the
future may hold for us, we will al
ways look back with happy
memory to our success this year IN
bringing a pennant to st. Louis
Not only in st. Louis. but all over
the circuit the fans have been very
kind to us. I want TO thank them
all. I want to thank the thousands
Of fans who have sent us kilograms
Of encouragement and of conSratu-
lations. These things make a big
hit with ball players. That great
reception the fans in New York
gave US the first day made US feel
good. and that reception that st.
Louis gave us on our return home
after the first two games was the
most remarkable demOnstra ton any
Of us ever saw.
It's no wonder we were able TO
fight our way to victory and win
two games away from home, right
in the Yankees own ball park, when
we knew the folks at home were
pulling for us like that.
1t was a great series and were
all proud 10 have PLAYED in it and
won It. l am proud OF the Car
dinals.
(Coryright. 1895. by the ChrIstv
Walsh Syndicate)
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MOHAWK PREPS CALLED
FOR PRACTICE SESSION

The Mohawk Props will hold
another workout this evening at
4 O'Clock on the Virginia Avenue
Fairgrounds. Thornton. Johnson,
Nicholson, Haas, James, Lewis,
Bowen, Kossack, Clifford Smith
son, Ockerhausen, Phillips, Nc
Pherson, G. Mcpherson. A. Nichol-
son and Montague are expected to
report.
The Props will be minus one OF
their stars in the next game. j.
Dollar, who suffers an injured leg,
will be out for some time.
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YANKS' BAT TING SLUMP
IN SERIES COSTLY
BY Miller Higgins

Manage New York; ankle
the The
play pitching and the fielding just about doped
would
Only thing failed materaze the Yankees didn't hit
the why the Car
world champions and the Yankees arealso
aibi the result
The Cardinals deserved to win They oupyed
held
show haand there's behind the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
WINTON TEAM TO ENGAGE
EASTERN HIGH TOMORROW

The Winton football team will
hook up with Eastern High School
eleven at the Eastern High School
stadium tomorrow at 3:15 o'clock.
This evening the NVintons will 20
through practice on the Virginia
Avenue playground. All players are
requested to report at 1880 o'clock.
a meeting will precede the work
out.
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lie has got n right arm like n
chunk Of icrkcd beef When he
bends his elbow YOU can hear the
gears grinding. His shoulder blades
squeak like an old rocking chair,
But put them altogether and they
spell smother like it says in that
song. And that's what Alcck di!
to the Yank battcrs. lie smothered
them.
Every time he pitched he said,
Il will now sing a song Of dear
old smother"
The Yank batters sang "Aleck
dear old Alack, you're more than n
smother to me-"
The next hero OF the world
serum was Babe Ruth who
blimped four home runs and got
eleven bases on balls during the
October business. They gave him
four OF them walks i'm the last
game. Boy, they must have been
big quarantine sign hanging on
that guy at the plate. Like the
Pullman porter did to President
Taft, the pitchers gave him .
wide berth.
It takes lot Of control to give
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
ROC PORTIONS laurel
To SER|ESSTARS
BY Rogers HOrnsby

Manager Of the Worlds hampio Cardinals
12-That great world SERIES the
the baseball championship of 1926 and proud
hottest 1908
follow that victory with triumph over the Yankees IN
played
might have been if had and
made that last but the fact that it was
the wire and the
bov Who write lot of thrills
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Girls Play Water Polo

The girls water polo team Of the
Los Angeles Athletic Club. winners
Qf the championship last year, is
preparing for stiff opposition from
the teams of other cities,
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1t also made it possible for Alex
ander to come back and it always
is a fine thing for baseball when an
old master can come in like that
and save a series by the craft and
skill.
The whole country is singing
Alexander's praises, and Aleck de-
serves every bit of it. We all told
him what we thought of him in
the club house after the game and
he knows that we are proud of him
and appreciate what he has done
in the series.
Alexander and Haines, Of course,
will stand out as the pitching
heroes. Each is credited with two
victories, and Alexander helped
save the second one for Jess. But
YOU can't give Jess too much credit.
He wore the skin off the first
finger Of his pitching hand, throw
ing his knuckle ball, and finally
the finger was so raw and sore that
he no longer could get EN- over
the plate. But he wanted TO stay
in there. That's the kind of fell
low he is. That's the way with
the whole team. Nothing ever
made any of them quit. They kept
on fighting when things looked
dark during the pennant race. and
thew went out and fought all the
harder when we were one game be-
hind in the series.
Tommy Thevenow deserves as
a n
voungster led both teams at bat
with Az and he played a brilliant
game at short. The world will prob
better shortstop in baseball. We
had seen him make those great
nlays back of second all year. but
the Yankees stood pop-eyed when
Tommy ran back and cut off base
hits. grounders which usually went
through for the Yanks during their
pennant race.
O'FarreIl caught every inning
OF every game, and II there was
any doubt about his ability or
that he is the best catcher In
baseball, the series removed all
that doubt. He was our most
valuable player all year and he
caught a great series for us. He
had the honor of throwing out
Ruth to end the series and 1t
was my pleasure to be on the
receiving end of that play.
While individuals deserve all the
credit they get, and more in many
cases, this really was a great VIC
tory for the team. 1t was the way
they stuck together all year thar
won for us. You can take good
hall club and not get anywhere
with it il the men don't work har'
moniously together. With harmony
and perfect cooperation we won
the pennant and then the series,
in spite of the fact that we had
three men who were playing their
first full year in the majors.
A thing that we all regret is that
Bill Sherdel did not win either of
the two fine games he pitched. 1t
would not have taken much to give
him two victories over Pennock'
The st. Louis fans saw two mis-
Judged flies beat Bill in the game
at Sportsman's Park, and Bill was
Just as good in the game that Pen
mock won in New York. Pennock
pitched good ball. however, ana m
not trying to take any credlt away
from him. He held down our hit
ting pretty well. but he was the
only Yankee pitcher who could peat
us. The Yankees played good Dali
but we played better ball. We fig
ured our pitching would be better;
that we'd have more good pltchefs'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-12
Golf
| Club BLOfed
For Purpose
By Charles ("Chick") Evans

Never forget that each club has
a definite loft for definite purpose.
See to it always that the club head
lies flat with neither loft to do it's
work. When properly positioned
the club sweeps through the ball
according to its proper loft. The
soling of the club head just before
starting the stroke should be care
fully, comforta bly, firm, sOlidly and
evenly on the ground. The angle
Of the club face and the imaginary
direction line of flight should be ac-
curately right angular. Do not turn
in the toe Of the club head. In the
hands of an expert player it II some
times we'll to turn it out little, but
there is great chance that any other
player will lay it over too much,
and therefore l advise you to play
the natural lie Before playing ex-
anime the face Of your club to be
sure that nothing is on it, especially
water, which makes a smooth, slip
perry face and prevents an even
flight.
1t is a good time to say to your
self that you should relax a little
all over. The sandpapering or vi
bratory motion should never he
omitted 1t Is the right amount
Of shiVery business at the begin
ming of the stroke; the club head
must not be wabbly, and it should
be held just quiet enough to make
yOu feel confident of what you are
going to do.
Then with the weight Of the body
shifted back on the right leg, and
the left heel slightly raised. press
forward on the ball until the hands
are a little in advance Of the club
head. Then bring them hack behind
it, clubhead still on the ground,
with the left hand slightly under
the leading, draw the club back
along the imaginary back direction
line for a short distance.
Then lift with a backward. up-
ward slight swing until the lett
arm Is almost straight and you feel
the clubhead pull the left arm
socket at the back. Bend the
wrists in toward you. bring the
hub down, tracing the ascending
line, clubhead leading on the last
third Of the down stroke and hands
and clubhead smoothly describing
the arcs Of an inner and outer cir
clue. AS In the sandpaper motion.
the forward and backward press
should be neither overdone nor I'M
derdOne.
1t varies, however. according TO
your lie. for it the ball is lying bad
YOU need a little more forward and
backward press than if 1t is lying
well.
(CopyriRht John f. Ollie Coz
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By Davis J. Walsh

NEW YORK, Oct. 12.-Truth'
crushed to earth, will rise again
like the milk man at AS a. M. or
words to that general effect.
The truth about Harry Wills.
who helped to hound one world
HEAVYWEIGHT champion into defeat
and another beyond the neither side
of the color line, may be told in ten
sylables at Ebbet's Field tonight or
It NAV be that. at the end of Is
rounds with Jack Sharkey. this
mystery man of fistiana will be as
much of a competitive enigmatist
as ever. 1t looks, however, as
though Wills may have. picked
live one by mistake.
The great minds will tell you that
Harry can't fight an actual lick
that the good ones are barred from
his gymnasium workouts in order
that an illusion of grandeur may be
preserved for Wills and for the
public. They say he has fragile
Jaw. that his legs are human rub
beroid and that his hands are as
brittle as so much peanut candy.
Perhaps tOnight's returns will
auppIy the answer. Sharkey is
no Tut jackson, Charlie Weinert,
Floyd johnson, or Jack Thompson.
He seems to be quite a young man
when the spirit moves him and the
writer has been him mOved-bOth
back on his heels from punch on
the iOwI and into furious action
from the same source OF inspIra-
ton.
Yet the idea persists that Sharkey
may mot be all that he seems. lie
is fast. hits we'll with both hands
and is an excellent boxer" just the
type that figures to annoy Wills.
The man is a fool who decides that
safety is best achieved by holding
on with Harry. He tears that
kind in two with his holding and
hitting. But the man who steps
around and keeps Wills at dis
lance has more than a chance.
He has the fight half won before
he starts.
Sharkey may be that man. He
has proved that he has everything
except the most essential virtue or
the fighting man. Sharkey has yet
to prove that he really likes, ur
even tolerates, the theory that full
many punch on the chin is
worth two in the anteroom. pro-
vided the latter are applied i'm
mediately.
Somehow, the writer has gained
the impression that Sharkey gets
virtually no qualification from
punch on the chin. l may be
wrong i'm this tentative diagnosis,
but others have recognized 1T
with the explanation that he is
lazy or that he lacks the inclina-
ton. Others less charitable have
used a shorter and stronger word.
However, the boy wouldn't be
meeting Wills if he didn't think
he could beat him and perhaps he
has the smart ones fooled. includ-
ing Harry himself. One of the few
times that worthy has gone 20 the
races with a reasonably good man,
to wit. BARLEY Madden, he failed
to score a knockout in IS rounds,
and several times was in Such a
precarious way that he started for
the wrong corner.
If that was Wills real speed any
enterprising gent. with ten years
or more Of a pull in the ages,
should be able to take the play
away from the aging colored man.
But If he goes in there scared
silly. Wills will cut him down like
a stalk Of corn. Harry likes that
kind.
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