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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
PIT 7 SEEKS
REVENGE

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-Many Of
the country's leading football teams
will face stiff opposition today.
Although Yale is favored to de-
feat Georgia in their interSecrIonai
contest, the Southerners have a fast
and shifty team. The powerful Holy
Cross eleven will endeavor to again
humble Harvard's green team and
Washington and Lee will take on
Princeton.
The outstanding game in tile
East, however, is the Pittsburgh
Lafayette classic, with Pitt still
smarting under last years de-
feat. Washington and jefferson
is picked to beat Rutgers and
Brown is a slight favOrite over
L.ehigh.
Leading intersectional contests in
clude the Navy Richmond Army.
Davis Elkins. New York University
West Virginia Wesleyan. Dart
mouth Virginia Poly and Syracuse
William and Mary games.
Easy victories for the big team
are expected In the Cornell-Williams
Columbia Wesleyan and Penn3yl.
vania- Swarthmore clashes.
The outstanding contest in the
South is the game between Georgia
Tech and Tulane.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
Last Nights Fights

AT NEW YORK-Franz Diener
Of Germany. won decision from
Knute Hansen. OF Denmark, 10
rounds.
Jimmy Delaney, Of St. Paul won
on technical Knockout from Alec
Rely. Of South America. in the
eighth round.
Jack De Nave, OF HobOken. won
decision from Young Bob titzsim
mons. of Newark. 10 rounds.
Billy Springfield. Of San Fran
cisco. won decision over TOkichi
kawata. of Japan, six rounds.
Henry Lamar, OF Washington,
ID. C.. knocked out Tom Wickham,
OF Bay Ridge. \. Y. in third
round.
AT SAN FRANCISCO--Blly
AlGer, Of the Pacific Coast. drew
with Paul Demske. OF Australia, 10
rounds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
I HIT 8
LOSS I
BY Bill Corum

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-h Bah -
Ruth had been injured and knocked
out of the current widely-travelled
world series there would have been
a squawk heard round the world
If Bob Meusel were out Of the
lineup the moaning would be audi
BILE from coast to coast, and II
Earle Combs should suddenly
spring a charley horse there would
be plenty, of New York allbis
printed in advance, just in case
they were needed.
Yet, the Cardinals will take the
field this afternoon in their last
desperate bid for glory with one
regular Outfielder, and not 50
words have been printed about
the situation.
Had Ray Blades, their left
fielder. been on the picket line
throughout the series it would be
the Yanks with their backs against
the wall this afternoon.
If Taylor Douthit had not torn
some ligaments under his left
shoulder blades in dummy scrim
mage with Hafey on Wednesday
the Cards might very we'll have
taken that final fracas at Sports
mans Park.
But with Roscoe Holm DOING
beneath the center field flagpOle
and MIR. Chick Hafey sitting out
the game i'm left, the Rupert
high rollers have more than an
even chance today to knock over
that sturdy Nebraska oak. Grover
Cleveland Alexander.
Holm is a jack OF all baseball
trades and novice at every one
of them. He started out to be a
catcher, switched to shortstop and
is now hiding under the alias of
an outfielder.
Still, badly handicapped as lie
may be by support. we have
bunch which amounts to a firm
conviction that Alexander will be
there serving up that tantaliz!ng
little screw ball. when Sailor
Bob" Shawkey is padding about
in a shower bath.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
HOrnsby Far Behind

EUST as Babe Ruth went almost
ID pOwerless with the bat until
the fourth game OF the series, 80
Hornsby conducted himself often
sively throughout the series and
it is today that the Missouri dele
cation hopes Rogers will uncOrk
his mighty swings and even up
the game count with three all
this in conjunction with whatever
may yet remain in the ancient
soupbOne of the aforementioned
Grover Cleveland Alexander of
Chicago, st. Louis and points west
HOrnsby, who has been wont
to disregard all batting averages
for so many successive seasons
previous to the present one, has
not hit as high as the street curb
in this series. Here is q predica
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
Lands
Nick toKeep
Secret
By Nick Altrock

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 just gor
off the Stlooey train with my bag
gage which consists of 81 pieces, a
deck Of cards and a pair Of dice.
saw the great world serum
games in Missouri. It didn't cost
me nothing to get in and / got my
moneys worth. The Yanks got the
breaks in the last game when the
wind shuffled up a couple of pop
flies and they went for Texas leak
ers. But that's what makes base
ball so exciting and makes checkers
so dumb. l am great chess player
even if Higgins does claim ! was
chased out of New Hampshire fol
playing with loaded checkers.
By the way, l see the sports
writer's are taking my system of
pitching a no-hit game up in a Sc
rious way. l claim the way to
pitch a no-hit game is to give every
batter base on balls.
Judge Lands thanked me for
my information on the subject
and asked me to keep 1t secret.
He says that it would be dan
gerOus ii all the pitchers knew it.
/ never met a pitcher who knew
anything dangerous in his life.
/ am a pitcher myself and all us
guys think about is what we are
going to have for supper.
The ball players didn't get any
thing to eat on the trip from st.
Louis TO New York city because
the dining car was full OF left
handed pitchers. They ate full nine
innings games and some Of them
wanted to make it double header.
One guy ate eleven pieces Of pie
and six dishes Of Ice cream-prov'
ing that a pitcher hasn't really
started eating until he gets down
to his dessert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
Grange Sticks to "77''
Faces Boston In
Opener

BOSTON, Oct. 9.-The phan-
tom of the gridiron steps out on
Braves Field today. cred"
Grange. wearing the same No
II which blazed its way across
western gridirons during his
football reign at Illinois. will
whirl his way through tie
Boston Bulldogs in the first pro
fessional league game, "Red"
viii lead the New York Yankees
in tOday's contest. p
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
TQDEYS SPQRTORIAL
BY kirh Miller

Back to the Genesis of the 1926 I'D
~ started just week this after
today One is the of
victory and the other the brink of oblivion.
after
recordbreang from ST. Louis halted quite abruptly hour
the minds expected and dashng all hands
head a much needed bath tub.
tonight the hopes of of these teams will have
another confirmed The the
Yankees which would them
with Bob Shawkey Dutch Rueher
Hosea HoinoS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
Y
HASBOSSS'
FAITH
By Miller Higgins
Manager, New York Yankees,
American League Champions.


American League Champions.
NEW YORK, Oct. Ell expect
to send Bob Shawkey against the
Cardinals in today's game at the
Stadium. Perhaps that will sur
prise some people not entirely in
touch with the situation. Here's
why I select Bob.
He has experience. and to spare,
he's crafty and wise in pitching
ways. He's cool under fire-and
he is always at his best in
tough place. Shawkey, too. has
pitched great ball for me during
the latter part OF the season, and
his relief work in this series has
been perfect. The fact that the
Cardinals have not been able % get
a man to first base on him in five
and a third innings is proof OF
that,
And 1 expect tOday's game to
be d real fight from start to
finish. I'm not Understanding
Cardinal strength or spirit. Alex
ander, no doubt, will go to the
box for HOrnsby, and II Alex and
Shawhey both are in shape the
fans are apt to see a real fight
right down to the finish.
The Yankees, I appreciate, have
the edge The fact that we have
a one-game advantage and that
we are playing at home. after vim
ming two out of three from the
Cardinals ON their home field. il
naturally makes us the favorites.
But / expect Hornsby's club 70
make a fight OF it. And in this
connection I want to say a word
as to criticism directed toward
Hornsby and his men in some of the
games in St. Louis. Such criticism
Is natural enough, guess, but not
quite fair. As baseball managers,
both Hornsby and myself see and
know things which are not ap.
parent, sometimes, to observers.
But, always. there is a reason TOR
these moves.
Every baseball manager knows,
when he orders certain play or
makes certain change that he -
liable to be either goat or a hero.
IL IL WOEhS. II y AIAlS UdSODcA41 All LA@
eyes of the public. If it fails, then,
the manager is a sucker-evsn
though the reason for the play may
have been entirely good.
l have, very naturally, a lot Of
confidence i'm my own club. TO
my mind the greatest factor I'm
their favor as they 60 into what
may prove to be the final game
of the series, is the fact that all
season long they have played
their best ball when there was
something at stake. Perhaps
that's a bit unusual on q club
where there are numerous young
players. Many of the critics seem
to think that it is.
But / am only stating the facts.
Ny club has always played its
best game in the pinches. 1t has
always shown to best advantage
when there was much at stake.
see no reason why they shouldn
continue to do that very thing In
the world series. l have every con-
fidence in them in the IVOrio A-rieS.
Copyright. 1926. by the Christy
Walsh Syndicate1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09


The best the Cardinals can hope
for today is victory for old
Grover Cleveland Alexander and
then it would again be anybody's
series.
Besides the good right arm of
Alex, the Cardinals, again away
from the softening influence of IA
sympathetic ST. Louis citiZenry,
have another resource which they
hope to bring into play with prac-
tically no warning whatever TO
the Yankees.
1t is the well-heralded proves
Of Rogers H0rnsby which has so
far been a dormant influence in
The series and with which they
hope TO sooner or later back up
their bid for a 1926 champion
ship.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
BrotherIy Affair

There are three sets of brothers
seeking berths on the University
of California football team They
are Dutch" and John Clymer. backs
Ned and Bob Green. tackles. and
James and RALPH DouSeery. ends
In each case one brother was u
member of the 1928 squad. while
the younger brother was fresh
man
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
Coach STAYS Put

Dan e. McGugin. now entering
his twcnty-third consecutive year
as football coach at Vanderbilt
University of Nashville. Tenn, was
a member of the famous Michigan
point minute eleven. ranked by
many as the greatest team ever
q assembled
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
Football Dean

l>noch Bagshaw, football mentor
Of Washington University. is the
Oldest coach in point Of. service in
the Pacific Coast conference. He
played five years with the Huskies,
from 1903 10 1907.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09

Danny Richardson. VINO died re-
Gently. was the only member of
the New York National League
team in 1856 who was less than
six feet tall. All the rest We're
goliaths in stature, which brought
the nickname of Giants"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
Iowa Breeds Giants

Iowa's freshman football squad
this fall is a collection Of giants,
with J. NJ. Gilchrist and p. II.
Roulk weighing 240 pounds each;
r. Gile, 235; c. u. I.ashbrook and
G. W. Ginf'iau, ""G each.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
Girl Polo Team

Baltimore has polo team com
posed Of young women who re-
Gently held a combination Of OK
arnlv plaNers TO a score OF . 10 ]
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
HUGE SUM
|SBET

NEW YORK. Oct. 9.--In the es-
tination of Broadway betting com
nissioners. upward Of a million do
lars may be wagered on the sixth
game Of the World Series this aft
ernoon between the New York
Yankees and st. Louis Cardinals
with the probability that $4,000, 900
will change hands on the result OF
the series. If it goes the limit of
seven games. A new record FOR
total betting on the series seemed
inevitable.
The odds established this morn
ing for the sixth game were 8 to
10 and take your choice. with the
Yanks favored for the series at
slightly more than 2 to 1.
Most of tOday's betting was eX
pected TO be done between noon and
1870 o'clock. the hour for the game
to start. Fluctuations in the odds
were looked for, particularly II the
day remained chilly. Alexander was
not expected to be at his best in
cold weather.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
SANDL OTIS
HIJMM|NC
Bv II. D. Thomas

Not even the world series crisis
can dampen the interest OF your
Washington sandlot football player
in his own sport. Today the
sports department phones buzzed
merrily with calls from sandlot
managers yelling for notices OF
tomorrow's games.
1t will be the first big day for
the sandlotters, who usually swing
into action a week or SO behind
the colleges.
Many games are listed for the
Sabbath but there are two that
stand out. At American League
park the Mohawks will meet the
Waverly team and at Union Park
the Apaches will encounter the
Marine Barracks eleven.
WaverIy las been trying for
several years to capture the Mo.
hawk scalp and once gave the
Indians a worthwhile fight. Just
how this team Of youngsters
from Northeast stands in the
championship whirl will be
learned tomorrow, for the Mo-
hawks are ready to give the ell
tire field real test, If Manager
Patsy donovan IS correct IN MS
statements.
Wiggy King, DE Gassis, Joe
Bush. Bow Wow Myers and Ray
Dunhamc the latter an old Quantico
star. are among the Mohawks' new
players.
There are some who contend
that this will be the Apaches big
year. They have been fighting to
the front for several seasons. In
the Marine Barracks eleven they
will meet a foe that has never
fallen without a struggle. the
Barracks griddiers more than once
have thrown scdres into champion
ship contenders in early season
games.
Both Of these contests will start
at O'clock
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
Follows Brothers

Sam Black is the fourth in his
family to play on the Davidson
College football team. having been
preceded by his brothers, Jack. Bob
and Wick. all of whom achieved
fame on the gridiron.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09

TOday's Times and herald classified
ads are full of many exceptional bar
gains ia used cars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09

Gallaudet will open it's season
with ST. Johns. The dope has the
local eleven in great shape for the
battle and picked to take the
measure Of the visitors. Much work
will be placed on the shoulders Of
Byouk and Dyer, a pair of rea!
backfield men of Gallaudet.
Washington College has suffered
a crushing defeat at the hands Of
Maryland. They were again stepped
by the Pennsylvania Military CSl-
lege, and. considering the game
Georgetown played against Pit.
there is nothing in the way of Il
tough fight on for Georgetown. All
of Georgetown's squad likely viii
get into the game.
The most import"nt game from
local standpoint is the Maryland
Chicago tilt. 1t Will be the first
time that these teams have me-,
and it will ,De the first line tha*
the College Parkers Will have faced
a Big-Ten combination.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09
| 7 { A BIC
GR|D[)AY

With every local college team in
action the 1926 grid season will be
under full steam today, in so far
as local football Is concerned.
Catholic University. Georgetown,
Gala udet and Howard are playing
at home. while the remaining eleven
are facing opponents on foreign
fields. Maryland is playing the
University Of Chicago. George
Washington is tackling Bucknell at
Lewisburgh, Pa, and the American
University is opening its season
with Blue Ridge at New Winsor
Nd.
Catholic University and Gallaude.
are drawing the toughest assign
ment while Georgetown, playing
Washington College is considered to
have things rather easy. The
Howard Livingstone game in the
Howard stadium promises a real
battle,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09

In LoyOIa College which will OPP
pose Catholic University at 2:3O
O'Clock at the Catholic University
stadium, there is team which
will offer battle up the last
whistle. The BaltimOreans have
dropped two games this season,
but they are determined to succeed
eventually.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09

With all that in our favor it's
natural for us to be bit sore
over being one game behind. Ii
our pitching had been terrible
and il we had booted the ball
around and had been helpless at
the plate we could take our hats
off and say that the Nanks de-
served 10 be ahead. But we don't
relish the idea of having excel
lent i'm all departments and yet
being one game behind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-17
THE REAL ANSWER.

Those who are shocked by revelations of police
graft and the remarkable ease with which confs-
Gated whisky disappeared from the Federal Building
might pause long enough to note one fact.
On election day and in the primaries every
CRATER in the city service and every person remote
ly or otherwise connected with the disappearance OF
the Squibb booze votes the ticket
The men in city jobs who betray their oaths Of
Office never betray the bosses or the machine.
The men In the Federal service may have no re-
gard for laws. but they have a deep loyalty to the
politicians who make a business of naming. tickets
and fixing elections
The machine is powerful very largely because
OF this loyalty It has from those who do not hest
tate to break the laws, including the election laws
1t is such as these who make possible
situation where law-abiding men go TO the bosses
in advance of primaries and plead for fair count of
votes for their friends.
OF course the implication of such a request is
far from complimentary to the cars who run poll
tics and government in Indiana.
Such request, of course is In itself an accu-
saon that otherwise votes would not be counted or
the lists be padded as to make the will of the
people powerless to express itself
These requests were made-and IL innumerable
reports of the sort to be believed there was
no resentment and merely reply that in some cases
the votes would be counted correctly.
The very fact that in one ward twelve election
officials have police records is conclusive evidence
of the real strength of the machine, and the final
source of its power
Some election day indianapolis may take the
time and trouble to get rid of it's machine and its
gangsters and then there will be fewer shocking
revelations of graft in small and high places.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-17
WHY MOTHER DOESN'T FISH
by Mrs. Walter Ferguson

Man is fortunate animal. Right now the roads
desks and factories. their offices their books and
are mixing to the country with fishing rods
The call of the wild about which we read SO much,
must surely include the whisper of the dumbbe fish,
which man pursues with much pleasure.
And how happily is situated to angle. His
day Is over at o'clock earlier If he belongs to the
fortunate class and from that time he whore
he pleases scratching his legs with brambes
ing solitude upon the muddy bank Of slow
stream or firing his muscles casting for the elusive
trout In some rushing mountain torrent.
But consider the busy housewife to whom the lure
or the homely fish may be just strong and what
her chances for following her desires the open7
Practically nil, especially If she a mother.
For just about the time when the fish are nib
bling, the baby must be put bed the very moment
whent she longs cultivate her by gazing over
ripping waters golden with reflected sunset little Jack
must have his supper the clothes be sprnkled
down the watered.
Woman has little time for the contemplation Of
the infinite the chase of fish. Hers is Job which
has few hours off. No time clock rings for mother
who is on duty as a homemaker. For her no closing
hour
And so to those compacent and muItitudinous
solitary moments when replete with food and mayhap
think they recine at with only nature and the
demure fish for company. May they then think well
and LONG on mother whose angling is limited to fishing
clothes out of the washing machine whose work
ing day seldom ends with any moment so peaceful
carefree or calm as the humbest fisherman knows.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-17
THE PRINCE PLAYS COLE

Aside from his dancing and an occasional col.
legtate prank, almost all know of the Prince Of
Wales is that he has fallen from more horses than
any living.
OF his human qualities, OF his real inner nature
Americans have learned but little. But here are
few incidents that occurred recently on the golf
at Sandwich Bay, England, that give a little
light what sort of man he is.
The prince walking down a sandy gully dur
ing of his games Playfully he swung his club
taking an imaginary shot at q tuft of grass and
smothered of his caddes with sand. There was
a general laugh at the boys suffering discontinue
but the prince came to his rescue.
Sorry" said his highness, seriously as he
helped the lad to brush the sand from his clothes
Later in the game, after few shots that were
emphatically dubby, the prince turned to his caddy
and remarked:
IF do play badly, I'm not bad.tempered over It,
am II"
mo, you certainly are not sir" the caddy re-
piled.
The prince might have joined in the laughter
when the boy was splitting out sand. He did not.
He showed quick human sympathy in helping the
lad out of his difficulty and quieting the laughter as
suddenly as It began
His remark after his bad shots reveals yearn.
ing to be liked and admired, though his short
comings might be such that would cause most cad
dies to cup their hands broad smrk
But he passed probably the most human remark
of ALL after his first ball all but struck the pin on the
fourteenth hole:
Where are the photographers now?'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-17


10 with me yesterday. "she is so
beautiful" His answer was, why
do they let her suffer so2" His I'M
answered question gives food for
thought. I firmly believe that
great beauty should not suffer too
much. especially in the creative
stages of an artists career.
Miss Shearer could be cast as a
long suffering slavey I'm a boarding
house, but this suffering must be
Of the human brand and not Of the
melodramatic. "The Devils Circus"
is melodrama. 1t has been carefully
produced and as carefully acted II
has its big punch when Miss
Shearer as an aerial trapeze per
former. when she misses the ira
peze and crashes into a den Of lions.
Here are thrills, but it leaves our
Norma n cripple, that IS. the char
acter she plays. These scenes have
been handled with melodramatic
realism. but T for one do not like
Ito see Miss Shearer suffer too much.
The character she plays. that Of an
unfortunate circus performer. does
not ring true because 70 is placed
IN n melodramatic setting.
There VIII be n movie writer who
will come along one Of these days
and viii write n big human story for
this future leader Of the screen. She
has able support In this picture. rs
Charles Emmett Mack and Carmel
Myers are I'm the cast.
Mind you, am not saying that
"The Devils Circus is a flop, but
rather I would like TO sec Miss
Shearer I'm n play of sunshine ana
not melodramatic realism.
We need sunshine on the screen
toby and Miss Shearer is Just the
one TO bring this quality 10 the
movie theater Time VIII tell
whether Miss shearer is bigger than
the movie writer's.
The bill includes a Johnny Arthur
comedy. Emil Seidel and his orches-
ira and Lester Hun at the organ.
They are organizing n melody club
at the Apollo. The idea is for peo-
pie to write down the names Of the
songs they want Mr.. HUFF TO play.
II is his plan to have meetings OF
this club at the Apollo. Here is
fine idea and one that should sue
coed.
At the Apollo all week.