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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-20

''Say, Nike" said Pat, ssdo you
believe I'm capital punishment"
"Sureg' said Mike, 'sThe work
Ing man wont get justice till
capital 10 punished"
OIDONO,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-20
They're DIMPLES-NOt Dents

Best thing about a radio outfit
. this: You don't haze to get
cut and get under"
"Love tOtII find SOGy'-so 1ofH
Q bIEr0LdTI
II talk 4cds an intoTtcGnt, tohGt
q large number of DRINKS there
could bel
RAJAH DTnJERTHLER
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-20

An 04cI living IN the White
House grounds FLEW into
the Presidents bedroom and
spent some time there. The
source of Presidential SOis-
dom has at last been dis
covered.
EDWIN F. ROWLES.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-20
DUMB Ellis

when we think Of the complex SEN
sation Of density,
The resistance Of solid with q
VacuOus immensely,
We realize we see It a. IL Is and
not In the prospective,
And recognize the lack Of contempt
that IL interpretive.
Hence we speak Of it - "sOlid ivory
above the neck
And understand the amount Of re-
captivity to expect,
Making IL impossible to impress what
IL net there
Showing the animate and inantm8te
I'm combination Is not rare.
OLD SOCKS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-20

Continued on Page 24
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Carey Remains One of
Most Remarkable Stars

Max Carey, Pittsburghs veteran
basebalps most remarkable products,
comments Grantland Rice in the New
York Herald-Tribune. Wagner and
Lajoie retained the CLINT in their bat
ting eyes for over 20 years. Cobb still
can hit with the best. Pop Arson was
great hitter for % years.
But none of these was ever able to
hold the speed of youth. The batting
eye remains longer than any other
adjunct. Speed is the thing first to
fade.
Carey, after 16 campaigns, is as fast
as ever. He was the best base runner
in the game last year and one of the
fastest. He can still step with any Of
the young speed stars and his value
to the club never has been quite ap-
preciated by the outside public.
Carey belongs to the period which
turned out Cobb, Collins, Speaker and
Johnson, although he came on just a
little later But he was among that
great group which emerged between
1905 and 1910, which also gave base
ball Stuffy McInnis, Zach Wheat,
Frank Baker and few more who
went a long, long way. Collins,
Speaker and Cobb can still step
around, but not with the lean-waisted
Pirate, who can manage to steal fifty
or sixty bases year, If not hampered
by the flu.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
First Curve Ball Ever
Pitched Amazed Batters

Candy Cummings, of the old Stars
of Brooklyn, is credited with being
the first pitcher to release a curve.
However, Joseph NJ. Mann, Of Prince
ton, really did as much as Cummings,
probably more, to popularize what
was then a "freak" ball.
Mann was the first to accomplish
q no-hit game, and 1t was largely
through the use of curves that he
earned this distinction. Mann, pitch
ing for Princeton, shut out Yale at
New Haven, May %, 1875. So as
tonished were the Yale players at
Mann's ability to curve ball that
they gathered round the plate as the
Princeton star famed out the Eli bat
tiers.
George Wright. Of the, old Cincin-
natl Red Stockings, pulled the first
double play. 1t was in game against
the Atlantics, Of Brooklyn, played on
Long Island. In the tenth inning,
with a man on first and second, the
batter popped fly to Wright at short.
Instead of catching it, as the run
ners anticipated, Wright trapped"
the ball by scooping it on the first
bound. He then threw 1t to third, and
that baseman, alive to the situation,
shot 1t to second. Two runners were
out, and the first double play had been
performed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
SMITHS PUTTER
DOES GOOD WORK
Pros Success Due to Caution
and Accuracy.

Mcdonald Smith, one Of the great
est stylists and shotmakers In profess
sional golf, has a "stop-look- and
listen" method of putting, but it u.s.
ually gets results. MAC" takes the
utmost Of his native Scotch caution
with every stroke on the green's, ex-
aiming contours, feeling the resili-
ency of the sod, sighting his ball fore
and aft, then making final tour of
inspection to eliminate all stray OBJ
stacles, ne matter how minute.
An excellent Illustration Of the eff
lectiveness of his putting methods
was furnished by Smith In carrying
off the Metropolitan open golf title
In third play-off round with Gene
Sarazen. Sarazen, the defending
under par with a card good enough
to win nine out of ten matches. But
Smiths uncanny work on the green's
gave him a record-breaking &c and
the crown. Macs magic wand was
an aluminium putter of the Science
taQy type ana with 1t ne was nnulng
the hole from distances of 40 feet as
easily as he did from four.
In the catalogue of COLTS eutstand-
ing scoring feats of 1926, Smiths GO
at Salisbury and his average of "a Al
for the seven rounds necessary to de-
eide the Metropolitan tournament are
ranked by critics on the same plane
with Bobby Jones' 134 in the British
open qualifying play, and Walter Ha-
gems record-breaking 1872 for the first
two rounds Of the Eastern Open cham
pionship.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Jimmy Conroy Sets Mark
Over Woodland Cours

Boston appears to have another
Francis Ouimet in the making.
1t will be recalled that Ouimet got
his start as caddy at the country club
in Beantown
Well, Jimmy Conroy, who is a bell
hop at the same club, looks like the
best golfing prospect that has been
unearthed in the junior ranks since
Ouimet's sudden rise to fame.
Recently Conroy in the Massachu-
sets junior golf championship shot
a 80 to establish a new record over
the revamped Woodland course.
Incidentally Conroy is quite ball
player, being captain of the Brook
line High team. He says he likes
baseball better than golf. He plays
1t equally well for his years.
Conroy appears destined to be
ranked with Ouimet, Guilford and
Wright None of the trio showed
greater promise as Juvenile.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
BASEBALL. I'll
NOTES AA]

Uhle is the first American league
pitcher to win 20 games.
Baltimore has signed Gus Foreman,
southpaw pitcher, late Of the Red Sox.
Bridgeport released him.
Charlie Barnabe, star left-hand
pitcher of the Shreveport (Texas)
league, has been purchased by the Chi.
cago White Sox.
Ed Rommel, the Athletics hurler, is
an expert bowler and reports tenpin
tournaments for a Baltimore paper
during the winter season.
Walter Dutch) Reuther, veteran
left-handed pitcher of the Washington
Senators, was obtained by the New
York Yankees on waivers.
The Detroit American league club
has purchased Rudy Kneisch, pitching
ace of the Shamokin team Of the New
York-Pennsylvania league, for $1,000.
Eppa Rixey, aged thirty-five, vet.
eran southpaw of the Cincinnati Reds,
is graduate in chemistry. He paid
his way through college by playing
baseball.
Mexican young people are taking up
baseball to replace bullfighting as a
popular entertainment The bande-
leros can rush out on to the field and
stick little beribboned darts into the
umpire.
Only four members Of the St Louis
Cardinals ever played on other teams
In the National league, while Brooklyn
has but five men out of the roster of
25 who have been developed by the
club itself.
The most valuable player to his
club In the Southern league this sea.
son will be awarded $500. The sports
writer's Of the various cities of the cir.
cult will name the player at the close
or tile race.
Cleveland's success in the American
league pennant chase is ascribed to
the profit-sharing plan devised by the
management. Each winning game
pitched and every safe hit has direct
result via bonuses and salary.
Charley Ketchum, General Fire
hurler, was acclaimed a real hero at
Cleveland, after pitching a no-hit, no
run game as his team shut out the
worlds champion Pittsburgh Pirates,
6 to O. Ketchum formerly was with
Columbus in the American association.
Ham Hyatt, who has been playing
major and minor league ball for close
to a quarter of a century, is still at
it. A few days ago he was released
by Hoquiam of the Timber league in
the state of Washington and was i'm
mediately signed by Chahalis Of the
same circuit. He has been appointed
captain of his new team and is play
ing first base.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Use Uniform Rules

Uniform players rules will be used
In the interprovincial and intercolle-
giate rugby unions this fall. Practi-
cally only one outstanding change has
been made In the rules this season
and that Is the elimination of the
placement kick which followed the
scoring of a touchdown, In preference
to the dropkick. All touchdowns will
now be converted in both organiza-
lions playing the English style Of
rugby in the Dominion of Canada by
the dropkick.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

(no, it wasn't one of Connie Mack's
teams y were fighting for the cham
pionship away back in 1865.
Take look at the picture of the
second game in that series which IL
Illustrates this article and see If you
can visualize the 1926 World Series in
terms of championship contest of
60 years ago. Notice particularly the
underhand delivery of the pitcher, the
barehanded catcher standing at such
a respectful distance back Of the bat
ter, the wide swing which that gen.
tleman is taking at the ball and the
basemen frozen" to the bags.
Notice the calm individual sitting in
the chair near the first base line just
in the foreground Of the batter, the
one with his feet on the box. That
is the umpirel Can you imagine Hank
O'Day or Billy Evans officiating in
a World Series game thus? Notice,
too, the crowd-probably as many as
100 people. 1t is doubtful If any of
them stood In line all night to get
first chance at the best seats, as Is the
custom nowadays.
But they saw lots of baseball in
those days. Here's proof of that
statement this particular game ended
with score of 93 to 33 and it was
called at the end of the seventh inning
on account Of darkness!
Even if the Oldest Fan can't recall
this classic contest, he may be able
to remember the World Series of lit
tie later date-1S8S- when the st.
Louis Browns, four times winners of
the American association pennant, de-
feated the New York Giants of the
National league for the then fourth
consecutive championship of the world.
But the World Series did not become
a national institution until the turn
of the century" The National league
has been in existence since 1876 and
the American since 1900 The custom
of having the champions in each
league meet at the end Of the season
to determine the worlds championship
began in 1903 There was no World
Series in 1904 but in 1905 it was re-
sumed and has continued uninter-
ruptedly since that time. If your mind
needs refreshing as to who won the
World Series in what year, here's the
information:
Year Team Won Tie
1903-Boston Americans.
Pittsburgh Nationals -.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Grape Oil for Engines

Extracting lubricating oil from
grape seeds is reported to be bud
ding industry In southern France, ac-
cording to Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. The product Is said to be espe-
cially adapted to delicate motors such
as those of airplanes and is replacing
castor oil, which had to be imported.
Chemists have discovered a way to
eliminate the high acid content from
the grape oil, substance that former
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

Even If cross, feverish, bilious, con.
stipated or full of cold, children love
the pleasant taste of California FIG
Syrup" A teaspoonful never fails to
gently clean the liver and bowels and
sweeten the stomach.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali
fornia Fig Syrup" which has directions
printed on bottle. Motherl You must
say California" or you may get an
imitation fig syrup.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Extreme "CoId" Smoking

The rubber cigarettes invented by
Mayfair chemist with the idea of
providing a check on the cigarette
habit by supplying the "feel" Of smok-
ing without the results, would seem to
be merely an old friend in disguise.
Gold" smoking, generally with an
empty pipe, Is fairly common and, ac-
cording to some of its practitioners, al
most as good as the real thing. List
invented a method of "cold" smoking
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Again Leads Portland

: Ernie Johnson, manager of the
Portland club Of the Pacific Coast
league, has been signed by President
Thomas l.. Turner to continue man.
aging the team next year. The club
has arranged for spring training quar-
tiers at San Jose, Calf. again next
year.
President Turner said he would soon
leave for the East to begin hunting
for material to improve next years
team in an effort to win the cham
pionship.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
.Spurt Notes

AS we figure 1t out, Suzanne Leng-
len will cease playing tennis and start
working it.
How do those who lament the dis
appearance Of individuality in de-
mocracy explain golf socks?
This looks like another hard season
for the fellow who keeps the books in
the swimming record headquarters.
Altruism is that magnanimous quail
ity which moves a couple of dub golf
ers to concede one another 1S-foot
puts.
1t Is estimated that fairly large
number Of amateur athletes in various
lines would turn professional, If they
could afford to.
A business man is so absent-minded
that in his rush to get away from the
Office recently he started to sign q
letter with a niblick.
Terrapin racing has become a pop
ular sport in Oklahoma, several hun
dred turtles being entered in the an
nual Kentucky derby" held at Ponca
City.
Sport query: Vehicles in England
keep to the left; in France, to the
right. Surprising two swimmers meet
In mid-channel: Do they pass one
another to port or starboard?
Before his memorable fight with Bob
Fitzsimmons back in the nineties, Peter
Maher knew that he was going to lose
when a beam Of light formed cross
on the wall in his training room.
Yachting in American waters dates
from 1914, when the first decked vessel
was built on Manhattan island by the
early Dutch settlers. The sport goes
back ten years earlier In England with
the construction Of a pleasure craft
for Henry. prince of Wales.
Rhodesian golfers are said frequent
ly to encounter lions, elephants or a
stray rhinoceros on their courses. 1t
may be very irksome to go out after
brides and land nothing but a rhi-
noceros.
There is something big in swimming
after all. Old Pop Ederle won $175,-
900 on his daughters triumph over the
English channel, and she gets a new
roadster out Of it. We are afraid, re-
marks the Houston Post-Dispatch, the
old man is going to spoil that girl.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

Some indication of the Importance
of the World Series in American life
is shown by the attendance records
during the last 20 years and the
amount of money that has been spent
by the American people to see these
games.
Here's the record See for your
self how the World Series takes its
rank as big affair In the financial
as well as in the sport sense:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Calue Would Sell Home

Emme Calve is advertising her castle
home in France for sale. The adver-
tisements describe 1t as the historic
castle of Cabrieres In the Cevennes
mountains, 1000 feet above sea level,
with garage, grounds, garden, vineyard
and farm of 300 acres. The price is
100000 francs, or something like
100000 at the recent exchange. The
chateau Is eight miles from the town
Of Millau and six hours by train from
Paris
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

of more peculiar type. In his later
years he could not play without a
cigar In his mouth, but this he never
lit. He would sit down to the piano
with Havana between his teeth and
keep munching it all the time he
Manchester Guardian.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
McManus Is Handy Player

Marty McManus, star infielder OF
the St Louis Browns, has missed COM
paratively few games during the last
four seasons. In three, In fact, he
played every one of the 154 tits. That
was in 1922, 1923 and 1925. In
1924 injuries kept Marty out Of the
lineup for spell. McManus' best sea-
son thus far was in 1924 when he hit
1888, flashing out LAT hits in 442 trips.
McManus is handy fellow to have on
a ball club. Besides being stout
clubber, he is a capable and versatile
fielder.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

infest this section has wholesaled at
500 gallon during the past few
months. A keen eye to avoid mishap,
and quantity of dynamite to dislodge
and kill the snakes are the only imple-
ments necessary for the snake hunters
who work during the winter months
when the snakes are dormant In their
dens.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

RI HI But to Mr.. Average Ameri-
- can Citizen October isn't so
much a matter of color schemes. His
interest in it is of an entirely differ
ent sort. For now comes the time
when the attention of a whole nation
is concentrated upon the daily athletic
activities of approximately eighteen
men in two of the leading cities of the
country. In those cities, thirty or
forty thousand people fight for
chance to see the eighteen perform.
The performance is-you've guessed it,
of course-the World Series.
Not that interest in the contests to
determine who shall be named base
ball champions of the world is con-
fined to the thirty or forty THOUSAND
in the two cities which are lucky
enough to be the scene of the perform
ances. Wherever the telegraph, the
telephone and radio operates-and
that means In every one of the 4S
states in the Union, plus territory
or two and few other possessions
you'll find Mr.. Average American
Citizen standing in front of an cleo
trio scoreboard in the afternoon dur
ing one or all of the five to seven
days during which the performance
lasts, or ringing up a newspaper Of
fee on the telephone or calling across
to his neighbor, well, who won to-
day" So the cartoonist who Tabled
his cartoon GAIL of U.s. spoke 2aconi-
cally and truthfully of what the World
Series means to America.
At this writing 1t is not yet known
what two cities will be the scene Of
the 1925 World Series. The National
league Is seeing a stirring finish with
the Pittsburgh, st. Louis and Cincin-
natl teams battling desperately for
the honors. The citizenry of the Penn
sylvania steel metropolis saw their
team lose the title to the Boston
Red Sox in 1908, win it from the
Detroit Tigers In 1909 and they want
to keep the banner which they won
last year from the Washington Sena-
tors. Cincinnati's Reds have been
crowned only once-in 1919 and some
Of the sweetness Of their victory was
soured by the famous "Black Sox"
scandal. st. Louis fans enjoyed a
world title four years straight, back
in the eighties, when Comiskey's
Browns Of the old American associa-
ton won it for them, but since that
time neither the Browns of the Amer
ican nor the Cardinals of the National
have even won the flag in their re-
spective leagues so that they could
battle for baseballs highest honor.
So the 1926 title may be fought for
in the National league park Of
any Of the three cities, Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati or st. Louis.
New York probably will be the other
battle-ground, for the New York Ameri-
cans, otherwise known as the Yanks,
seem to have the American league
pennant nailed to their flagpole. Bar
ring an unforeseen and almost unbe-
!ievable upset, this team, which won
the worlds championship In 1923 by
defeating their fellow-townsmen, Mr..
McGraw's Giants of the National
league four games to two, will again
be title seeker.
Interest in this years World Series
inevitably recalls championship games
of other years, but it is doubtful if
the oldest Of the old fans can recall
the days when the Atlantics of Brook
Ign and the Athletics Of Philadelphia
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

ly limited the use Of the product, and
now several plants are preparing the
oil In connection with distilling opera
tons. Seven or eight gallons OF oil
can be made from the seeds of a ton
of grapes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Demand for Snake Oil

Gathering snake oil is still consid-
cradle industry in parts of Texas. Near
Cisco the industry is not only novel
one, but lucrative Rattlesnake oil
derived from the Texas rattlers that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Treasure Troue

"Come across now. Where did you
put them diamonds?''
II showed EN- back, SIR
Back where?"
Back with the rest of the deck
Pitt Panther.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

A bank In western town has pro-
vided parking space for automobiles
in the Basement of the building as an
accommodation to its customers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

Year Team Won Tie
1906-Chicago Americans ...4
Chicago Nationals ......
1s07-Chicago Nationals ....... L
Detroit Americans ...... 0 /
190S-Chicago Nationals ...... 4
Detroit Americans ....... 1
1909-Pittsburgh Nationals ....4
Detroit Americans 3
1910-Philadelphia Americans.
Chicago Nationals ...1
1911-Philadelphia Americans.
New York Nationals. 2
1s12-Bos-on Americans ....... I
New York Nationals /
1913-Philadelphia Americans.
New York Nationals. -. 1
191@Boston Nationals ........
-Philadelphia Americans. 0
1915-Boston Americans .......
-Philadelphia Nationals.
1916-Boston Americans .......
Brooklyn Nationals $500. l
1s17-Chicago Americans ......4
New York Nationals. q
191S-Boston Americans ...4
Chicago Nationals ..... 2
1919-Cincinnati Nationals ....5
Chicago Americans ......3
192o-Cleveland Americans ....5
Brooklyn Nationals .....2
1921-New York Nationals IS
New York Americans. "a
1922-New York Nationals. ....4
New York Americans. 0
1s23-New York Americans.
New York Nationals -. 2
1s24-Washington Americans :.
New York Nationals. 8
1925-Pittsburgh Nationals AL
Washington Americans "a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
Elephants Plant Trees

Three circus elephants that were
trained in nursery work in India a
number of years ago recently helped
to plant 100 large trees in Central
park, New York. The trees, ranging
from 80 to 40 feet, were planted close
to the Memorial grove.
A famous man is one who is known
by more people than he knows.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01

Photograph shows Pop" Warner,
coach of Stanford university, Califor-
MIA, who spent his summer at Spring
field, N. Y, doping out plays for COM
ing football season between rounds
of golf.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-10-01
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

HE early poets used to sing
of October and it's "nut
brown ale." One American
poet made famous "Octo-
ber's bright blue weather.
But to Mr.. Average Ameri-
can Citizen October isn't so
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-10-22
THREE ARE ARRESTED IN BANK ROBBERY CASE

l always viii be an American first.
For me. there can be no alliance
with international finance. nor the
forces of destruction that are inn
pairing his native and my adopted
land"
With this. introduction, Rabbi Wise
launched into his scheduled address
on European affairs. Throughout
the talk he returned to this topic
with pertinent remarks. At one
point he said:
81 admit ] am not perfect. The
only perfect thing l know of is the
Republican political machine in In
diana"
lie urged the teachers to be I'M
afraid of "the little politicians and
to stand always on the side of hon.
esty, justice and TRUTH
Holds Hate Tales Lies
Branding stores of Europes hatred
for America as false, cheap lying"
and urging that the United States