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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02

Hornsby don't spade the ball that
hard, but he Is good man to have
around when the water pipes freeze.
He is also great batter. but COM
pairing anybody with Ruth Is like
comparing a lightning bug with the
lights of Broadway.
But Hornsby will win more games
In the field than Ruth. This isn't
Babes fault. It's just the natural
infielder, isn't he? And Babe Is an
outfielder. yes. no?
Well, that's the answer. When
folks ask me who is the greatest
player Of all time, they generally
pick out Ty Cobb. i don't. | Sc.
Iect Hans Wagner. Because Hans
was a shOrtstOpper with the &C.
cent on the stopper.
An outfielder gets about two or
three chances in baseball game,
IL he gets those. An infielder Is Il.
able to get anywhere from six to
twelve chances on grounders, pop
flies, liners and force outs, not to
mention throws to stop guys cop
ping second base and throws of his
own to first. Any second baseman
will handle the ball at least 30
times In a game, even il he only
gets eight chances. He is busy all
the time.
II Ruth is twice as powerful as
Hornsby at the bat. why. Rogers
is five times as important as Babe
in the field. Rogers will win more
games in the field than Babe will at
the plate.
stack H0rnsby's glove up
against Ruth's bat. There may
be some people what don't agree
with me, but they are folks who
don't realize that it is time to
put on winter underwear. am
a baseball expert on the world
serum and / am out to tell the
exact facts and the truth even II
/ have to lie about it.
That's why I say that Hans was
the worlds greatest player. He
played all the time. Why, in one
game / saw Hans accept Is chances
without a raise Of salary.
There is going to be plenty OF
hard banging ia the serum and the
rest will be up to the fielders. Oh
course, the fans forget all the fine
plays ever made in Il serum. They
forget all the beautiful throws and
catches. All they remember Is the
home runs.
Which sort OF makes Babe Ruth
look like the champion marble
shooter in Souix City. / don't dis
pute that. But keep an eye or
tic fielding and you will enjoy
the world serum even If your fav
Cr;te team don't win.
Watch for me at the work
serum / vii; be present but like
dead fly in bakery, / will moi
share in the dough.
Copyright. 1925. by The Christy
Walsh Syndicate)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
Caddies Association

Philadelphia golf clubs have
formed a caddies' association so
that when a club requires extra
boys for tournament or other emer-
gency, all that Is necessary Is to
notify the association how many
extra caddies are required and the
other clubs will make up the de-
ficit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
Fearless John l..

John L. Sullivan placed his
heavyweight title in jeopardy "a
times before it was taken from him
by Jim Corbett. NO other cham
pion has ever shown the uncon-
Germ over the ability of his chal-
lengers as did the immortal John
L,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
Good at Both

Hugo Bezdek. football coach at
Penn State and one Of the leading
gridiron tacticians in the country.
at one time was manager Of the
Pittsburgh Nationals and his base
ball teams at Penn State have been
ranked with the best in college
circles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
| UCKY FISHERMAN To
RECEIVE GOLD PIECE
By r. A. Angler

given this column going to preseA
Chapter of the zaak walton
Chesapeake Beach, SO gold certhcae
Times Herald sweepsakes will to the
weighing the largest fish of species skin nsn
copied rs
Winners of sweepstakes in the have also
in the trout division members OF the gay
the outings In lgzl
esne canred with weighng pounds ounces
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02


Herbie has the best curve ball OF
any left handler in the business. He
has q peach OF change of pace.
Let me explain that, The change
OF pace that a lot of people talk
about Is nothing more nor less than
pitched balls OF different speed.
Fellows like Pennock can throw
halls OF three or four different
epeeds. and all with the same
motion. They're not strikout balls.
The whole, idea OF the change OF
pace is to make the batter hit
but to make him hit while he's
off balance. The result is he pops
up or grounds out. And at this
sort of pitching Herbie Pennock
Is a master. That's why I'm pick
ing him right now 10 be one OF
the stars of the world series-aI1d
one OF the pitchers who will cause
the Cardinals most trouble.
And speaking OF pitching, It
seems to me that tile Yankees
have little edge all the way
down the line. l d0n't mean that
the Yankee pitchers have any bet
ter records over the season. or
that they have any more stuff on
the ball than their Cardinal OPP
nOnents.
But / do think they are the
type of pitchers to cause the most.
trouble to club Of swing bitters
like the Cardinals. SIlocker With
his slow splitter. PennOck with his
ever hand curve change of pace
and Dutch Ruether with his slow
fire curve have been successful
against free lsWingers all season
long. And there's no reason why
they shouldn't continue their sue
cess against that type or hlttlng.
I haven't seen the Cardinal pitch
ers in action very often. But I
know something of the way they
work. Bill Sherdel, ! figure, will
give us trouble for the same reason
that Pennock and the others will
bother the Cardinals.
Allan Sothoron, il he starts a
came, may get away in good style,
too. But I'm telling you frankly
fiat / don't fear Alexander or
Rhem or Haines. / believe the
Yankees will hit those fellows, and
hit them hard.
And particularly in st. Louis,
where those short right field stands
give ., left-hand swinger every OPP
portunity to pull ball into
safety.
Understand I'm not underestimate
ing the Cardinal pitchers. And I'm
not overlooking their season records.
But when it comes to a short series
don't believe season records mean
anything. 1t all comes down to one
thing.
The Cardinals are a certain type
Of hitters. Certain pitching styles
will bother them. and certain other
types of pitching they will pound
put of the lot The same goes for
the Yankees. And in this particular
instance / believe the Yankees have
more pitchers who will trouble the
Cards than the Cardinals have
pitchers who will bother the Yank-
ees.
fCopyriTht, 1925, by The Christy Walsh
Syndicate.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
Wise Pitcher

Ray Kremer. Pittsburgh pitcher
who leads both the National ana
american Leagues in games won,
spent last winter shovelling cement
in order to condition himself for
the baseball season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02

The most sklllful angler in 1922
was F. CurIey, who won the twin
prize with a gamester going three
pounds, four ounces. The following
wear history repeated itself and
Curley topped all contestants with
trout weighing two pounds. eight
ounces.
In 1924 the two-ply killing fell to
J. b. Clark, whose offering weighed
-four pounds, two ounces. The
trout taken by Clark represented
the largest fish ever caught on one
Of the yearly frolics.
Last year j. B. Thompson, a
member o. the association, carried
off the prize with a trout weighing
three pounds, four ounces. Now
the question is. who will be the
lucky piscator on the morrow?
To the IucIxiest lady also goes
= $40 gold piece. Perry Miller,
Star; announces that the reward
will be given the lady weighing
| i'm the largest fish OF the day.
For the second largest fish landed
by the fair sex the Atlas Sporting
| Goods House win present Royal
Thermos jug.
Eight other prizes have been
donated by the leading sporting
goods houses and win go to win
ners of the biggest fish in the
trout, hardhead, tailor, and rockfish
classes.
For the largest trout the winner
will receive single-barrel shotgun
with automatic ejector from NEEDLES
| Sports Goods Company. The WIN
ner Of the second largest trout will
| be rewarded with a bait bucket.
donated by the Sport Mart. For
/ the third largest trout Howard
"A. French and Company will pre-
sent steel rod.
The biggest fish of the hardhead
family will bring to its owner n
Kingfisller saltwater rod from D.
| N. WaIford. Second largest hard
head will win for the angler 100
! yards OF Joseph Jefferson line.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02

Many various makes and typesOOf ma-
cIlinery are advertised for sale In The
Times and Herald classified section. Per-
haps you would be interested In looking
them over.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02

flight of 16 players and as many
flights OF eight as the field VIII
permit. Match play will be at IS
holes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02

At Cedar Rapids, Iowa-Jock Ma
lone, of st. Paul, knocked out Jim
my Cory, of st. Louis, in the third
round.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02

''For myself, ] shall always re-
main an amateur, because tennis for
me il only sport and pleasure.
not i means OF livelihood"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02
RICHARDS
G|VENO \.

PARIS, Oct. Jean Borotra,
French tennis star. arriving today
from America where he played in
the Davis cup matches and the nd-
tional championship, expressed the
opinion that Vincent Richards was
entirely justified in turning pro-
fessional under the banner of c. G..
Pyle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-02

orchards is an excellent play.
err. and ] have the highest adj
miratiOn for hin," BOrOtra said.
An tennis players have the right
to act as they feel about turning
professional. 1t is Richards PEE.
sonal business.
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Do Not Use Taffeta i'm
Hit-or-Miss Fashion

The vogue Of taffeta has subsidized
a bit. BY that one does not mean that
II has lost its prestige or that II In
looked upon as dowdy. II has merely
become more definitely established al
a fabric adapted to certain purposes
and not to be used In the rather hit
or-miss fashion that was the case with
some designers earlier In the season.
For the dance frock for the younger
girl or for the very slender and youth
ful-looking woman nothing Ii more
charming than taffeta. IL has crisp
ness Of line that Is delightfully."- inssu-
Giant. The contrast between the slim,
boyish figures and sleek little heads
Of the wearers and the essentially fem
mime silhouette Of the taffeta froek
makes for piQuancy. In many in
stances the frock Is accompanied by a
cape Of the same material, lined with
chiffon and collared with fur or with
a huge shirred or rolled collar Of the
material.
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side to be tucked into the belt ~ any
scarf might be worn The unusual
feature liz In Joining the two pieces
below the belt to make plated apron
front.
Checked taffstas form the basis for
numerous smart gowns IN Jeanne Lam
WINS collection. She cats q checked
raffeta into snugiy fitted bodice. longer
in back than in front, and adds her
famous balloon sleeves and IN ex.
tremely wide. long skirt. The check
may be green or black or red, with
white. and the trimmings as diverse
In color and design.
When used for evening frocks.
whether by itself or az trimming
border with georgettes or embroidered
chiffons, the taffeta IL found in plain.
light colors.
An interesting evening gown. worn
by a popular movie" actress. fea-
lures the extremely long, full skirt, and
the decollette which falls over the
shoulder. The gown IL of peach
colored tafreta, and the deep hem Of
net at the bottom of the skirt is Of the
same color. The decollette il finished
with handmade lace.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
Cycle of Collecting
From Cradle to Craze

The first seven years of his life he
collected nUise, scarlatina, measles,
abrasions, freckles, the fidgets. curl
Osity, vitality and dirt
At the age Of eight he collected
beetles, spiders. Ioeusts. boot owl. a
live eel. a garter snake and renon-
strative family.
At ten he collected climbable trees,
falls, assorted lumber, the neighbors'
ill-will. a gang, black eyes, a bicycle.
poison ivy. his fathers pipe and a sud-
den nausea
At twelve he collected a broken leg.
a sweetheart. and a suspicion that all
was not well with the universe.
From thirteen 10 eighteen he collect
ed other countries. obscure dreams,
and two pre-. schools with all appurte-
nances and adjuncts.
The next four years he collected a
college. friendships. autographed
champagne bottles. headaches, roman
tic moments, heart broken in four
places, and certainty that something
was wrong with the universe
Al thirty-one he collected himself
not enough money and a wife.
A few minutes ago he collected al
phabet blocks, parts Of mechanical
toys. rubber balls. bear. duck, a
monkey. and dollar watch, and piled
them in the corner for the night
Kansas City Times.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
Checks of ALI Sizes
in Fashion Limelight

Every spring brings forth the check.
Checks Of all sizes and upon all kinds
of wool fabrics are given a most i'm
portant place this season. They are
in black and white, great black
squares upon huge white spaces or the
tiny pin-point check-all a matter OF
your own discretion or sporting blood.
The smart tailleur with its short
coat and waistcoat seems to favor the
small check. Many Of these suits are
made up in green and white checks or.
for the more conservative, dark
brown check which is not quite so
sporty as the black-and-white combi-
nation.
But the tailleur with the three
quarters length coat boasts Of the big
check. three and four inches square.
Black and white makes the most DASH
ing effect, although many suits are to
be found In deep puppies and dark
reds.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
Trace "TeetOt0IeT" to
Top Used in Gambling

Perhaps you have seen the little
'put-or-take" tops for purposes OF
petty gambling. They are not new.
for they used to be called ''teetofums.
A teetotum had four sides, and each
side had a letter to signify the dispo-
sition OF the gambling stakes should
this side fall upward-"A" for aufer.
meaning to take away; ID" for de-
pone, meaning to put down; IN" for
nihil, meaning nothing and, the most
important Of the four symbols,
for totum. meaning all chat is, take
ALI. The top thus took its name.
s'teetOtum,' from the most coveted
side upon it.
1t il an easy transition from tee
totum" to '-teetotaler.' for the latter
word may have been Influenced by the
form of ..teetotum.' ''Teetotaler' has
total" for its basic element, and was
expanded to ..teetotal'' by a playful
elaboration is. by repeating the
initial letter for emphasis.
The original phrase, in an antl-al-
cohoIic sense. was total abstainer'
and this was given the nickname q
ssteetotalerr by one Preston, an agi-
tator for the temperance workingmen
in 1893, when he spoke of "tee-tee-to-
tai abstinence from Intoxicating DeS-
erages. OF course the expression was
probably coIIoquial before he 20 USED
II, but he may be said to have estaD-
lished its significance permanently
The Mentor Magazine.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
Tafeta Returns
to Fashion Stage
Material Popular for Gowns
With BouGant Skirts,
Flounced, Draped.

Taffeta has returned to the Partisan
fashion stage. more lovely than ever,
observes Paris fashion correspondent
In the New York Times. Utilized for
the most feminine gowns with bouffant
skirts fiounced and ruffied and perkily
draped, In favor this season, 1t has re-
gained the popularity 1t lost when the
straight, boyish styles prevailed.
1t has been whispered along the
Rue de la Paix that taffeta coats were
to be the surprise Of the season. These
have proved usually to be straight, in
black, and quilted by each house In
some distinctive manner. Jenny stood
practically alone in making her
models three-quarter length. A coat
to be very popular must be capable Of
concealing the dress worn under IT,.
This the coat designed by Jenny can
not do, though she makes amends by
providing an attractive taffeta gown
In several shades of rose, to go with
it. The skirt of this gown has two
deep, fiat flounces Of the taffeta
plated, each fiat flounce completed by
a one-inch ruffling. The coat Is quilted
directly to the lining Of taffeta match
ing the gown.
Taffeta this year is at its smartest,
however, when seen In plaid or one
OF the new misty checks. Plaid taffeta
is difficult material to handle and Is
not used for complete costumes as
often as the checked material Dire
coll has very original way of combin-
Ing plaid taffeta with a plain black
rep. using It rs a scarf thrown about
the neck and brought down on either
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
keen Old cusfon,

in the days when the Romans occu-
pied Great Britain, what is now
known as St. Marks da. was OBJ
served in the gloriication of an agri-
cultural deity. and the customs OF
that day are in part followed to this
day. In many parts Of England it is
usual to cut down small thorn tree
on April - and burn portion of il
near field where wheat is springing
from the ground. exactly as was done
1900 years ago.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17

]. B. Deveaux. prominent member
of Fl. Dearborn Lodge No. "A. LIP.
DEW. has been selected by the Off
GERS and members Of TT. Dearborn 1926
Marching club to lead them into the
city of Cleveland. Ohio, to the grand
session August 22nd to 18th. This
crack Marching club. with its unique
uniform, led BY TT. Dearborn band
through the principal streets OF Cleve-
land. will bring the prize home to
Chicago, the worlds greatest city
The 1926 Marching club has made q
remarkable record during the year
both financially and numerically. and
will go to Cleveland on the crack
train over the New York Central with
flags flying and standards high Jas
c. Martin, exalted ruler, J. B. De
veau. president; Frank W. Henry, Da-
vid Bishop, treasurers; P A. Glanton
secretary; c. T. Hume. T. A. New
BY. Vim. Boyd, Thos. III. Jackson
Edgar L. Walker, NJ T. Bailey. L. J
Kemp and scores Of others Of the club
are all in smiles over its success dur
ing the year.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
Wear Tailored Frocks

It makes less difference today where
the tailor-mades are going than how
they are carried. Those who can carry
them present charming pictures. A
new dress seen recently was of dark
brown cloth trimmed with deep band
of tawny fox The coat was three
quarters length with rounded corners.
The lining was Of red gold brocade
and the blouse OF similar material
The skirt was short and straight and
the hat and shoes were both brown,
the former with tawny bird Mings,
spiked over each ear.
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in mind when He created MAN
not MEN

in mind when He created MAN
not MEN
Frank r. Neutrality-suspicious..
10 use the word unhealthy" in con-
nection with civic and political aspira-
tons and rights is not unlike using
gasoline to put out FIRE, but Mr..
Frank R. Kent, of the Baltimore Sun.
is an evident disbeIiever in the posi-
tives" and negatives Of citizenship
electricity. Writing with regard to
the solid South. Mr.. Kent, obviously
the journalistic associate of such fair
minded men as Felix Miles, says,
Negroes who apply for registration
are treated exactly as are the whites
yet, in another breath (the cold one).
Mr.. Kent says of the Negro, ''He has
grasped the idea that in the South,
politics is neither healthy nor prof
table occupation for the colored man"
To revert to the beloved Chancellor
Kent Of England obviously no rela-
ton Mr.. Frank r. KENT, one could
apply the homely doctrine of the
"absque hoe" pleading clause and say:
without this. he (the Southern white
MANI has grasped the idea that in the
South politics is healthy and a prof
liable occupation for him, accepting
that it is not healthy and profitable
occupation Tor right for the colored
man."
Nearly every little colored boy and
girl in the grand old u. S. A has read
the Senate document which dealt with
the Florida elections Of a few years
ago, when more than normal num-
Der of American citizens (black ones)
sought the ballot in the Everglades
States. Nearly everyone knows that
during the last Alabama elections the
l4th and 18th constitutional amend
ments meant no more to prospective
colored voter in Alabama than the
burr Of humming birds wings would
mean to a Curtis bomber. It is true,
as Mr. Frank R. Kent says, that ''the
Negro of the South shuns politics, !"
but the ballot seeking Negro Of the
South who ''shuns politics" is much
like the Missourian who. with two
cold revolvers sticking in his ribs,
peacefully turned over his pocketbook
to Jesse James, in days Of yore, when
money robberies in certain parts of the
country were as prevalent as political
robberies are now in Dixie
Mr.. Kent, with the reasoning Of a
pigmy mind. has grossly insulted the
American public, black and white, each
unit of which knows that when you
look the situation 'squarely in the eye"
you know that representation Of the
South is based, so far as the colored
man is concerned upon the dismal
plan of sixteen to one, Of the late
William Jennings Bryan-that is to
say about sixteen whites vote in Dixie
to every one black because if it were
otherwise it would be as Mr.. Kent
tries to say, unhealthy for the dom
inants - unhealthy because right
would put might to rout, which is
exactly what Mr.. Kent aad the solid
South do not want.
It was once said in the English
Chancery courts that he who seeks
equity must do so with clean hands, .
res ipso loquitur.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
Slips Without Straps

Slips Of newer type have no shout
der straps. This Ii particularly true
OF the evening slip which II worn I'M
der sheer chiffon frocks. The slip 10
fitted with elastic about the top which
prevents 1t from slipping. If one
wears brassiere 1t may be fastened
to the brassiere with tiny snappers
since the brassiere generally has
shoulder straps. The brassiere worn
under the dance frock has straps to
match the frock or straps Of silver.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
Three Silhouettes on
Summer Fashion List

Not one, but three siIhouettes are
the outstanding features OF the fash
ions of summer. One reflects the con-
tinued vogue Of slender. straight lines.
another shows the flare at the bottom
and the third introduces newer line
In the bIoused back and the cape
draperies.
OF these three the straight line SILL
houette is bit more generally in evf-
dence, due no doubt to the fact that
1t Is more generally becoming.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
Transparent Sleeves

Many fashionable women are re-
serving their low-necked, sleeveless
dresses for extremely formal occa-
EIons. They are wearing instead
seni-formaI frocks. The difference is
this: The semi-formal costumes have
the shoulders covered and transparent
sleeves. Otherwise they are cut as
low az the physical limitations Of each
wearer permit. Mousseline de sole
composes the bodies Of many Of these
with bands of plain and finely plated
raousseline alternating.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
The New Static Line

Fashionable Paris offers. and New
York pays attention to, the moderate
~ static" silhouette. This independ-
ent understudy Of the leading flare ex-
presses its lines in box plaits, stitched
In from shoulder to hem, In unyield-
ing straight-Iine skirts Of smart tai
Iored suits. In cleverly scant-cut coat
dresses III this static line does not
supersede last seasons smart ana
practical "kinetic" line on the ave-
nues, 1t probably will have its vogue
on downtown streets and I'm business
Offices.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
SOCIETY NOTES

Mrs. Sandy w. Trice, 4536 Calumet
Avenue, left the city on Sunday last
for FIVE weeks stay at her summer
home, Idlewild, Mich. She will return
in time to journey with her husband
Sandy W. Trice, chairman OF transpor-
tation committee Of the Imperial Coun-
Gil to the 9th annual session Of the
Imperial Council, A. E. A. O., Mobiles
of the Mystic Shrine, held at Boston
Mass, August 20-27.
The broad ax., 1926-07-17
: Draining Dismal SDanp

There are now less than 7JC square
miles in the Dismal swamp. which
originally covered 200 square miles.
1t lies In southeastern Virginia and
northern North Carolina. Originally
this tract was covered with bamboo,
briers. Co.. white cedar, reeds
and pine. the part that has been
cleared and drained is now devoted
to agriculture.