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The Washington times., 1926-10-11
ODDS DROP
ON WILLS

NEW YORK. Oct. 1.-THE odds
on the Harry Wills-Jack SharkeS
15-round heavyweight carnival that
will close the outdoor fistic seasoI
tomorrow afternoon at Ebbets FieH
are still at to 8. with the Black
Panther as favorite. The Boston
boys great showing, In the work.
outs has boosted his stock consid.
erably. while Wills has been able to
hold only couple OF points ad-
vantage In the betting.
Even this may be wiped out BY
tonight. Many are of the opinion
that the price will be no better than
even money when the boxers go
into the ring.
Certainly Sharkey has looked like
an even money shot in his work
outs. And considering his record.
with his victory over George God
frey. the Leiperville Shadow, Re
stands out more prominently to al
least hold the foremost challenge
for worlds heavyweight honors to
an even break.
Promoter Humbert j. Fugazy an.
nounced today that there would be
enough seats in all sections TO take
care OF the last-minute rush OF
fans. The rumor has spread that
the battle was sell out but This
is untrue.
The Washington times., 1926-10-11

The outstanding star for them
of course was Alexander. think
his feat OF pitching and winning
two games. and then coming
back there as he did in the final
and finishing up for another man
is one of the greatest things In
baseball. Not in many years
have the fans seen anything like
that.
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TODEYS SPORTORIAL
BY kirk Miller

Today congratuang fellow in the
winners of intereague championships
tonight they will haze the freshmen in the charmed
the lights and sound the silver clarion
after which only the drunken deirum of devmaycare
mob knows.
In they baseball seriously Recent popbo
than point make just how ucn
muddy Mississippi Landing there week this evening to play
St. the Cardinals hours getting
the hilarious which blocked the
focng with their champions the
of going into battle greater honor.
Imagine awaits Rogers Hornsby and his world
cizenry takes them in
say industry in the midwest will be we'll nigh crippled
the part ST. Louis belongs
midwest section made Of vrle, sincere hard working
with pride which
n
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New Champion Good For Baseball

Just as it good boxing heavyweight
champion crowned barely two weeks also it is good thing
which
will help the blood circulation of base
ball to course through veins.
world championships that
they hardly ripple the sporting horizon longer
St Louis the baseball will and coddle this
distinction and talk and buzz about all the veong winter
baseball undertakings
for now that thing they will be buoyed the
knowledge they striving for the impossible
wecracker has told
thought that further will be attempted
Breadon,
Cardinals still young in point of years. the
business genius who will back Rogers Honsb the limit
of his bank roll to keep the baseball map. He
planning Cardinals
NAV be the will
Sportsmans Park owned by Phil Ball. pres
dent of the Browns.
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He's too big for an office boy
and it is possible he doesn't know
the ropes enough for anything else.
But I'd like to get him a job here"
was gangiing and tall. I hadn't
begun to pad my naturally strong
were educated into the champion
ship.
Ny ungainly appearance must
have been accentuated by the fact
that I wore short trousers. l i'm
agine that l looked as grotesque as
would the Statue Of Liberty If
CARRIED in a ballet skirt. But l was
serious.minded and earnest. l vowed
] would make a good office boy.
/ never was censured by Mr.. Hill
dunn or any of his office staff, and
! understood that when l was in
the ring against Dempsey. the
same office force was cheering
every blow that the radio relayed
10 stheir ears. I stayed with the
company five years and received
five promotions.
i started at s. week. was
getting $17 a week when / left.
The ST. looked as big as did
my check for winning the cham
pionship. | confided to j: l.:
Lake. my boss" in the office.
would go to school night. What
a fine fellow he was! He would let
me off when there was no extra
work to do so that could get to
school.
While attending school l used to
work out" in the gymnasium. At
the noon lunch hour, I used to box
a bit with the longshoremen and
began to develop something Of a
scientific defense and a pretty sure
offense ] never had any real
tights during my clerkship. I work
ed off most of my energy In the
glove encounters. really don't
believe you get in many fights un-
less you look for them.
In those early days ! was ca pit
waited by stories Of the Middle Ages.
Of chi, dry al knightly proves. l
learned from Scott, Tennyson and
oth~s that mere mana cement Of
arms was not regarded sufficient
10 make an accomplished knight.
Indeed the powerful boys Of those
days in their stove iron suits
we're presumed to be endowed with
intelligence. sire 9Th and agility
and were skilled in music. the
dance and COLD run swiftly and
ride excellently. In other words.
they had to have enough ability to
become m. vie actors had they lived
in the great 'ay.
I gradually became an allaround
athlete. Today ! can do the 100
ward dash in IL seconds or better
and with training could make /,
in 10 2-5 seconds. / liked TO swim
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And in this connection you can't
take it away from Herbie Pen
mock. Like Alex. Herbie pitched
and won two games for us. And
he was Just as great finishing yes
terday as. he had been in the games
before l still think he's the great
est left handed pitcher in baseball.
don't know any man in the
world Ia rather have working for
our club than Herbie.
And Waite Hoyt pitched great
ball yesterday. too. He was un-
fortunate. He was the victim of
inning when the Cardinals scored
their three runs he was the vic.
tim of bad breaks. But then. again
ing it and ali the expressions of
sympathy or disgust won't change
things bit,
We Just IOst-IOst to a ball club
that fought just as hard as we
did, measured base hit for base
hit with us down the long stretch
Of games.
We were not disgraced. We CAV :
everything We had and we fought
right down to the seven.game limit.
think we deserve credit for that
and the fact that we were out
fought Is just another thing to be
said In favor Of the Cards.
Some of the newspaper boys no
doubt will say something about the
two errors in that lucky inning Of
the Cardinals. I haven't anything
to say, Those errors might have
been made by any other two men
on the club. look upon them as
the breaks, or fate, or destiny or
whatever 1t is that determines the
winner and the loser.
As l see 1t. 1t was just In, the
cards for st. Louis to win and 1t
was in the cards for use to lose.
Again l congratulate the Cardi
nails and Rogers Hornsby. They're
a great ball club, led on by a great
leader. Rogers Hornsby lie a cork
ing fine fellow in addition to being
great ball player. congratulate
him.
Copyright 1925 by the christy
Walsh Syndicate)
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NEW YORK


IEkdU TUT bDFCNC4U BLAtua
2Batted for HOyt in sixth
st. Louis Cardinals. D 0 o 3 o 0 O--3
New York Yankees. 90 l o Of o y %
TwO-base hit-SeVereid. Home run
Ruth. Sacrifices-Haines. O'FarrelI.
KOenig, BOttOmley. Left on bases
St. Louis. q: New York. 10. First base
on ballE-Off Haines, 8 ruth, 3;
Gehrig, 81: off Alexander, (Ruth)
Struck Out-By Haines, u.azzeri. y /:
by Alexander, 1 U4aZzerD; by HOyt.
(Hafey, Haines). HitS-Off HOyt. in
innings: off PennOck. in IN
nings: off Haines, J in 6 2-3 innings
ming pitcher-Halnes. Losing pitcher
Hsyt. Umpires-HiIdebrand at plate
KLEIN, first base Dineen. second; O'Day
at third. Time Of game-2:13.
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CHAMPS OLD OFFICE
PULLS FOR HIM IN
DENPSEYBATTLE
By GENE TUNNEY
Worlds Heavyweight Champion
CHAPTER w

ST. veronica Parohal School where began education
Institute about H. planned
lawyer My final schooling at New York University
l took night in law for year.
Quite fond of reading Under the guidance Of
precptors in paroha school and the institute nurtud
In early formed attachments for Sir
Walter scotts works Particularly did like vanhoe Later
with his charm and vivid pictures Of people and emotions
al
About years my father the office of L. W. Hill
du for the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah he
Mr.
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In from the left field bullpen-
came Grover Cleveland Alexander.
He tore off his flaming red sweater
as he reached the infield, tossing it
to q team-mate. and calmly took
command of the situation. Tony
Lazzeri, was up at the plate. step
ping around nervously, waving his
bat. now bending. now standing up
straight
Alexander noted everything and
proceeded to half-speed the young
Yankee to a speedy death. A curve
fooled Lazzeri. Then a fast one
did the same thing. And when
Tony looked for another fast one,
it came at half speed and Tony
looked like fish.
The Cardinals swarmed around
their pitching star. They clapped
him on the back. They shook
his hand. They pushed him along
to the dugOut. The crowd. over
coated, yet shivering, stood and
raised a mighty roar Of greeting
to the Old Man of the Mound.
And he went right through to
the end.
In the eighth the Yankees per.
.ished in order. With two gone in
the ninth Alexander pitched to
Ruth until he had him three and
two. A home run would tie the
score and undo all the fine work
of the fourth inning in which the
Cardinals had counted their three
runs. So Alexander coolly passed
the Bambino and O'Farrell threw
him out as he attempted to steal
second.
The Cardinals came out OF the
West Thursday night with two
glmes to win. The Yanks needed
but one. But the Cardinals were
supremacy confident that Alexander
could even the standing on Satur-
day and he did, pitching q remark
ably smooth game against poor
work from the Yankees. Yesterday.
for the decisive contest. Miller
Higgins called upon Waite Hoyt to
oppose Jess Haines. and it must be
said that Hoyt did well. indeed. 1t
is possible that he might have con-
quered Haines had the latter not
injured his hand. But when Alex
ander made his third appearance
OF the series and the second in as
had done his best and had done
well, but fate was against him.
Today the New York folks move
pened out at the Yankee Stadium
and old men and women are
leaving, knowing nothing OF the
downfall of the Yankees. 1t is all
old stuff for the metropolis. which
is busy place. anyway. with much
to worry about besides baseball.
A week ago yesterday a sunny
afternoon attracted $500 fans to
see Alexander win the first victory |
Of the Cardinals. Yesterday. a |
drizzle and a chill breeze kept. the |
attendance down to 3S.093 for the |
seventh and decisive contest. Little |
ST. Louis did better than that last |
Thursday for a team that seemed |
fated to lose It's tussle with the
Yankees.
1t was not much OF world
series. New York yawned over 1t.
though there was some excitement
Yesterday. st. Louis went mad and |
cheered everything, good and bad. |
The Caliber of baseball was MOI
high on the whole.
Stellar pitching was shown nv |
Pennock. Alexander. Haines and
Sherdel though the latter lost his
two starts.
Babe Ruth's recOrd.making three
hOmers in ST Louis was the
brightest single feature of the
series and st. Louis fans viii
The Washington times., 1926-10-11

Babe Ruth's recOrd.making three
hOmers in ST Louis was the
brightest single feature of the
series and st. Louis fans will
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
PITCHING ONCE AGAIN
Determines ISSUE
BY Louis A. Dougher

YORK. I1-Superor pitching deadly
baseball history has acclaimed often decided the world
1926 series the with the pitching the
wins
the gathering
the Yankee Stadium the ST. Louis Cardinals today
champions of the world
Leading g. seventh Hanes had split finger
of losing control With
he passed Gehrg and filled the Manager Hornby
the danger of the situation acted
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mile High Links"

Way up in a secluded spot Of
the San Bernardino mountain Is the
Arrowhead Club golf course. one
of the most scenic and highest in
altitude of any course in the land
The Washington times., 1926-10-11
JUST lost,
ATS ALL.
RUTH
By Babe Ruth

YANKEE STADIUM. NEW
YORK. Oct. 10.-When guy is
playing with the losing team in a
world series. there's nothing much
to say. If you make excuses all
the fans say you are trying to alibi.
If you praise the other fellow. a lot
Of folks seem to think it's apple
sauce. We lost. But we put up a
great fight. Both teams did.
have nothing but praise for the
Cardinals. They are great sports
men. they have all the nerve in the
world. and they deserve the honors
they won.
! didn't think they could do 1t.
I'm still little surprised. and 1 ad-
NIT it. But I'm glad It's over. And
/ say for myself and the rest Of the
Yankees, that so long as we had to
lose there's no one in the world
that we would rather lose to than
the Cardinals.
The Washington times., 1926-10-11

and became good at that. BIZ
cycling. rowing. fishing-I still like
those healthful sports. A few
years ago l took up golf and find
it wonderful tos1ic, relaxation
and diversion. ann fair with the
clubs, but my old putter some
times gives me trouble.
1 think that any champion of
a major sport should have some
other sport or sports at which
he is passabIy good. One sport
provides an antithesis in a way
to another and serves to sharpen
up the main calling as a steel
puts an edge on a knife.
was reading not long ago in a
dusty volume about Robson, hero
Of the viking days in the North.
He boosted nine accomplishments
He wrote:
II know how to play chess;
can engrave Runic letters: am
expert at my book; 1 know how
l can traverse the snow on skates
Of wood: 1 excel at shooting with
the bow: l can throw the oar with
AcASAhANF SrAlI quo W HAAO AAS1 = AAiA
| compose verses"
Robson was quite a champion. !
cannot lay claim to such prowess
as that attested to by Robson, and
it is certain that I am no Mar.
tinelli with my voice. but l really
have an ambition to be well
rounded out mentally and physi.
cally, champion or no champion.
After all. men have done more
with their minds than they have
with their fists. and II it is pos.
sible to reach high with both
mind and body, what a combina
ton that is for anyone,
TO BE Continued Tomorrow.
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Few topics Of recent years have approached that
Of the debts owing I, the United States in import
and in far reaching Consequences. Certainly
few subjects have had rs much discussion both Of
ntiallN AMI unoffciay. Opinion has been very
sharply divided
After the senate approved French debt agree
mcnt that the French parliament refused II ratify
the situation WAS very much .f n deadlock and has
remained such until the still unexplained shift r
the viewpoint Of Raymond reinsarr. French premier
Peincarc. while very fricndl. toward the United
States nevertheless has been s,ressing the balancing
Ut the internal affairs Of his country before giving
great concern IL the external matters pressing il
frsun all sides.
Further than that. he rather resented the deb,
agreement AS too harsh upon France. Now his at
ttndc has changed 10 the point where he is willing
to recommend that France ratfy this debt agree
mcnt as alrcady ratified by the 4. $. senate with
certain reservations. which, however. will MT affcc,
the binding force II TN, deb. agreement.
There is ~ donh, tina, there was grra, hope i,
France tina, the various demonstrations stagcd
against Americans IL rrote>, the rf the debt
agrremcns would in some measure work for som,
modification Of the terms. This hope persisted. il
the signs may hr accurately read until Secretary
the Treasury Mellon took his rccen, vacation
trip abroad.
II will IL remembered that the secretary. upon hi,
return II the United States. made the statcn,cn,
that he .aald see no good reason for amy change i,
the American terms Ia the foreign deb; agreements
Nothing he said. would Justify such a change L
Is obvious that roincau has recognized the fulfill,
ct argument and acnens,r ration against such 4 con
sls,sien en- Melons part and is thus giving in grace
fully 10 the inevitable rs he secs il,
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After 9 Years
She Eats
And Sleeps

II had stomach tScubfc for :
years. and the gas pressure in my
stomach made ME restless and
nervous. sAdlcrika helped me so
that l can eat anything and sleep
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gas. Mrs. E. Touchstone.
Because AdleFika acts upon BOTH
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and which may have long caused
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tried for stomach and bowels, Ad-
lerika will surprise you. At lead
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Breslow and other druggists.--Adv.
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either her father spoke With dull
angry wcarincss. II saw Cherry, in
Chris Wilcy's roadster
"Oh, Dad!" Faiths hand went ia
her throat "Arc you sure: ] don't
think she'd be 80 foolish
"Ain't rot 1 lick o'scnsc and never
did havc?" Jim Lane rctortcd Bit
tcrly. II amt mistaken. Wisley's
car got held up in traffic right along
side the street car, and I caught her
eye. I yelled to her to git out Of
that car and come hsmc with NC.
but that scoundrcl shot his car ahead
and she had tho gall to wave ut me. "
mo, and that amt the first time,
Long" struck the table sharply
with tho knife which Joy had just
given him. II think she's been pull
ing the wool over Dads eyes long
enough, Faith, and it's time he knew
the tricks she's up to. She's out
with him two or three times week.
And her wedding day less than a
month off"
Faith, can go to the movies
with Cora Parsons Her mothers
going to take her to the seven o'clock
show at the 'Cozy??"
"You know you cant go to movie
VII SNHOOI UIkUSs TAlSu pIVSSoSVu
YEARLY. "Wky do you keep asking
over and, over! And why did you
get home from school so late today?"
Joy began to cry noisily. II don't
never have any fun" she sobbcd.
"All the other kids get to 80 to the
movies five times as much ASH do"
.:Mhy didn't you get home before
five o'clock today ~ Faith demanded
stcrnly, although the sight Of the
convulscds little face wrcnched her
with pity. ases
well, ! guess it amt. my fault if
that old hell-cat. Miss Peabody, made
me sit on the school steps for an
hour and half! She got il in for
me, she has! Picks on me all the
time since Cherry got engaged to
that old mxn! ] didn't do nothin' but
eat piece Of candy in 'rithmetic
class" =
Another grief directly traceable to
Chcrry's insane engagement, Faith
thought bitterly, as she stopped to
kiss the trembling lips 10 her little
sister.
o.rlght, 1925. fNEA Service, Inc.
TOMORROW: Jim Lane waits up
f"r wayward Cherry. But where was
Cherry7
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BOARD
TO MEET HERE

Members Of the state budget board
were scheduled to meet here today
and consider appropriations asked by
various staSe departments and insti.
tutions.
Advance figures complied BY State
Auditor Steen show that requests
arc far in excess of the appropria-
tions granted at the last session Of
the Legislature and considerable par
ing is in prospect. Much will be
necessary to bring the states ex-
penses within the sacosAstitpt 3eal tax
limit, it was indicated 81 IS BY
Minnie D, Craig, the first woman to
sit as faember:ok 4he4loard.
Mrs. Craig was appointed follow
ing the resignation OF Frank Vogcl
chairman OF the house appropriations
committee at the last session. She
was the ranking committee member
and was appointed in Vogel's place
on the latter's recommendation.
Final determination of the bulge.
is not expected before the middle Of
December. M has been customary in
the past fos members Of the budget
board to visit various state institu.
tions to learn their needs at first
hand before finally passing on their
requests. Other beard members, in
addition to Mrs. Craig, are the gov.
ernOr, auditor, attorney general and
the chairman Of the senate appropria
lions committee ut the last session.
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rays sent cut by Che sun 70 shine through u
the pupils.
This action the part Of the Birmingham Of.
ficias was not in obedience u q new fad but was
decided upon after y nine months test which de-
vcopcd that children whose schoolrooms were equip.
pea with the glass gained three pounds in weight
and grew half an inch in height more than the chill
drcn whose schDolrooms were not equipped with the
window glass.
Blood tests, for instance, showed count Of eight
per cent more red corpusclcs for boys studying
under the glass than for those under ordinary
glass. Ordinary window panes cut out the ultra
violet rays frGm the sunshine and these arc the
rays 80 necessary for growth.
The quartz glass has been put u excellent use
in hospitals where il was found that the curative
power Of tho sunlight was mmcasurcably increased
by it's use 1t in, of course, II development and
il is rather difficult TO obtain the material at present
but there is doubt that the and most neces.
sary place for its use will be in scho0lrooms.
Steps should he taken fer the manufacture on a
large scale Of this glass in the United States. It's
value is unSucsoned and it's beneficial effect should
be insured for sufferers and growing children
SION as possible.
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DBM0NSWILL
PLAY LENNON
SQUAD HERE

Bismarck will 80 up against Il hard
fighting and speedy team Thursday
afternoon at 3:l5 Mt the ball park.
when .it'tanglcs with Lennon, S. D..
in a post-scas0n game.
Negotiations had been under way
for several days to obtain game with
either the Mandan Braves or the Lem
mon team, but the South Dakotans
finally agreed to come to Bismarck
for the game.
Lennon has not been defeated
once in the last four years and Bis
marck will have to use every bit Of
energy and every bit of strategy il it
expects to come out on top in this
game. The Lennon team has 4 num-
Der Of veterans and 1t is scrappy
aggregation, as those teams who have
come against it can testify.
Confident Of Victory
Writing to Superintendent Frank
Brown. the Lennon coach says:
"This is our fourth year undcfeated
We have a light team but 1t is fast
Our line only averages l45 or 15t
pounds, but don't let that bother yGu,..
which indicates that Lennon Is c6m.
ing up sure that IL will wiA over Bis
marcE, thing which Coach H. f
Collins believes is rather doubtful.
The coach gave his men light
workout last evening and tonight they
will have scrimmagc and do some
tackling. also specializing on inter
ference. The lineup for the game vii
be practically the same. he said. but
McCcttigan may be used in this game
The coach is trying to plav in thi.
game only those men who will be bacl
next year. which means that the line
up will be changed very little.
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