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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26
Laugh This Off,
Mr.. Fight Fan,
Is You Can

NEW YORK, March 26.-Pao-
limo, the Spanish heavyweight,
has succumbed to the "Jack
Dempsey complex" and as q
consequence Promoter Tex Rick
ard has q severe headache to-
day. Paolino refuses to sign
for q match with Jack Delaney,
light heavyweight champion, nn-
less he is assured Of a match
with Dempsey in the heavy
weight tournament.
If Paolino fails to dispose Of
Tom Heeney, the Australian, in
their bout here Aext Friday
night, he will not be signed for
either match.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26
L,IGI IT
FLASHES

At Dallas, Texas-Tommy White,
Of Houston, won newspaper decision
over Sammy Mandell. worlds light.
weight champion. 10 rounds.
At Savannah. Galaxy Schwartz.
Of New York, and Pinky May, Of
Savannah. drew. 10 rounds.
At st. Paul, Minn.-Jock Ma
lone, Of St. Paul, won newspaper
decision over Walcott Langford, Chi.
cago negro middleweight, 10 rounds.
At Worcester, Ma$s.-Tony Man
dell. Of Worcester. won decision
over San Sanchez. Of Mexico. 10
rounds.
At Bridgeport, Conn. - johnny
Saxon, Of Bridgeport, scored techni.
cal knockout over Eddie Drake, Of
Baltimore, fourth round.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26
Wide Aims at Nurmi's
2-MiIe Record In
Gotham Race

NEW YORK, March &c.
Edwin Wide, the Swedish school
master, win attempt to break
Paavo Nurmi's indoor two-mile
record in q special race here
tonight against Willie RitoIa.
the Finnish-American star, and
Willie Goodwin, national I'M
door champion at two miles.
Lloyd is favored to- win all
though he was defeated by
Lloyd Hahn in a mile race re.
Gently.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26
SCHOOL TEAMS
GET ACTION

All that was needed was a good
break in the weather for high
school baseball teams to show
coaches they are better prepared for
the impending scholastic series than
II thought.
Western High nine has been
working out in the Georgetown Hol.
low field, and one Bobby Stevens Is
flashing a great game in the pre-.
season workouts. The brilliant
shortstop Is looking better this
season than ever before. His work
in the short field has pleased Coach
Ahern.
Then too. the showing Of Snyder
is also pleasing. This hurting ace
Of the West End school will be
at top form in a few more drills.
Capt. Norman Hilleary Is another
who has caused Coach Ahern no
worries. He is showing mid-season
form In the early-season drills.
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was mated with Rose Drop, a Brit
ish mare Of great reputation, that
was purchased in England by the
New York sportsman. Rose Drop
has what foreign critics believe to
be the best blood lines on the other
side Of the Atlantic.
A combination Of the two is
expected to contribute an even
greater racer than Man o. War.
However, only the future can
answer this question.
Mere Play was bred by his present
owner. He came to Belmont Park
last fall. Trainer Thomas J. Healey,
commander In chief Of the w. ].
Salmon racing forces, was assigned
the task OF making him into a cham.
pion. While he has not shown any
thing that would make one think
he was going to surpass the record
Of Man o. War, yet he Is develop
ing in such q satisfactory way that
1t is hard to predict just what he
is going to amount to when the
racing season begins.
It was because Of his excep-
tionaIly fine blood lines and what
he showed as . yearllng that
Owner Salmon placed his record
policy on his colt. Many horses
have been insured In the past
for large sums.
Man o. War was insured for close
to 500, 900. However, this policy
was only written after the great
Fair Play colt showed his true racing
ability. Ben Block had his great
racer Norwich insured for SIS, 900
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26


Valuable prizes have been donated
Tor the occasion that will cause the
anglers to look to their laurels.
Contributors thus far are Herman
I. Medic, proprietor OF Niedio'R
Sport Shop, and "BilI'' Shelton.
All anglers are invited to attend
this second event and participate
In the activities. The auto caravan
win form in front Of the Times.
Herald Building, 1917 Fl st. N. W.
and get under way promptly at 7:3O
q. m. BIZ" Shelton win act an
chief auto pilot and lead the way
over the New Defense Highway.
Herald Harbor, on.the-Severn, an.
nounces big news for the followers
OF the piscatorial art. Beginning IN
April and continuing throughout the
season, closing on Labor Day, Sep
TENDER 5. there win be awarded
monthly as well as season trophies.
The prizes win be for big fish,
I OF any species, taken within the
waters Of the Severn River and
Its tributaries. The contests are
open to all piscatoriaIIy inclined
which Includes the fairer sex.
Two monthly prizes win DO
awarded the anglers taking the
largest fish. The victors viii have
their choice Of rod, reel or fishing
outfit. valued at $40 for first place
and IS for runner.up.
The seasons trophies win include
. silver loving cup, suitably en-.
graved for first place and a com.
plete fishing outfit for second choice.
All fish must be taken in a
sportsmanlike manner, that Is to
say, by hook and line, either by
still fishing. casting or trolling. The
fish must be weighed in at the boat
house at Herald Harbor and have
at least one witness.
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CATFISH NUMEROUS ON
EVE Of PERCHRUN
b. r. a. Ana[er

Catfish Of pan size hold the trump hand the upper Potomac
with occasional big fish breaking the spell Of expectancy
fsh considered table luxury and many epanS
prefer them barnyard fowls So it is
the fisher folk visit the Potomacs shores and their
rowboats almost week day and rush for
the Sabbath.
Sunday exception rule although day
far pleasant chill through valley
Almost every party the returned with fair
string and indeed anglers knowing their
shOwngs not only with er but cs running around the four
familiar "Biu Bailey,
"Pop" Rowland had little exhibit famous
caty angler for the previous he wested from the rivers
that the big fellows refusing shad
&~a.Ln
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26


So far this, spring I've seen the
Athletes. the Senators, Cleveland,
st. Louis and the Yankees in the
American League. And I've watched
the Giants, the Braves, the Cardi.
National League. And of the ten
teams the pills are the only ones
that look hopeless. I'm afraid poor
old Stuffy McInnis has a terrible
Job on his hands. but all the rest
OF them are fighting clubs that can
and viii make trouble. After all,
so long as any bunch Of players go
into a game with their heads up
and the old fighting spirit they're
apt TO win the game. And I've
many different ball clubs as I've
seen down here in the South this
spring.
There isn't q team in the out
tit that hasn't some strong
point to make them stand out.
And on the other hand they all
have some weakness which will
hurt them and help make the
race close.
A lot Of folks have got an idea
that Connie Mack's Athletics will
walk away with the American
League and the Giants tear things
wide open in the National. / don't
think 60. Both Of them are fine
clubs-but they don't stand out!
Take the Athletics for instance.
Connie has a great aggregation Of
players on paper, but some of them
like Collins and Cobb and Wheat
have seen their best days. No one
ever thought more of those three
chaps as ball players than do
but Just the same I've got a bunch
they won't be so valuable this year
as q lot of people think. Making
them stand up is Comics problem.
Cleveland, on the other hand,
has great pitching, but may fall
down at the bat. The Yankees
can hit the cover off the ball, but
they are not sure about the pitch.
ing. And that'D the way it goes
down the line.
The Giants look good. too. But
McGraw has plenty to worry about
in his outfield--and he isn't any too
sure Of his pitching. If they gave
away world championships on in.
fields alone, then the Giants would
just about romp in. And II they
gave EN- on hitting power, you'd
have to take off your hats to the
Yankees. If pitching told the story
at looks as though Cleveland or the
Athletics would cop. But it takes all
three Of those things--and lot of
breaks and luck along with 'en, and
that's why it's a gamble right now.
Let me say this, though: /
believe the race in the two
leagues this year win be the
hottest In years. ] don't believe
either flag will be won until
right ct the end Of the season.
and I've got . snealxing hunch
that when it's all over there
won't be four games difference
between the club winning the
pennaI1t and the club that fin
kshes I'm third place.
I've been getting a lot OF letters
from fans this spring and most Of
them want me TO make a guess at
the pennant winner.
And that's IL. In both leagues it's
a dog fight--and the fellows who are
handiest at the rough and tumble
stuff viii win out.
1cnuTiehk. 1891, By CArietx walsh
- &sm7inatss 4nel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26
STRONG FIGHTING CLUBS
WILL UPSET DOPE
IN 1927 SERIES
By ''Babe'' Ruth

ST. PETERSBURG Fla, March 2sTve lot of teams
che leagues this spring and the watch them the
dope out that the race u both leagues will be dog fight
Andont laughhe clubs that to have the
about the pnnant apt be the clubs like the Braves the
rookns and Philadelphia the National League and the Browns
the Red Sox and the White Sox
likely to win pennants themselves they're
all strong fighting ball clubs and the
nant ccntenders the thing that they take the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26
500, 900 Insurance Policy
Is Taken By Ouner
On Mere Play
BY Tom ThOrp

with other branches of in the cost
Of star performers racing contributing 100000 baby
Mere ray son Of the ustrous Fa sire Of the immoral
operator sportsman the
100000 much this colt has to the
being uned woyearOd, his price sets high water
mari for eflesh.
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Even the new record price estab-
lished in baseball by the popular
Babe" Ruth or the million dollar
gates attracted by heavyweight
fighters does not outdistance, by
any means. the new record price
for horseflesh set by Mere Play.
Col. Jake Rupert knows that
the $4,000 he is paying 'The
Babe" to hit home runs, Ia going TO
be more than repaid at the gates.
Tex Richard was assured Of q
tremendous profit before Gene
Tunney and sack Dempsey
craWled through the ropes down
at Philadelphia last September
Neither case was the same
gigantic gamble that Owner Walter
J. Salmon has taken In Mere Play.
If Mere Play fails to live I'D TO
expectations he can be used only
for stud purposes. In such case
Owner Salmon will not receive any
thing like the return he would II
his colt developed into a champion.
No sport involves the same hazard
as the purchase Of untried race
horses. Many fortune has been
dissipated by owners who thought
they could judge horseflesh in the
untried state.
Determination on the part of
Walter J. salmon to breed the best
colt Of the year gave the turf Mere
Play. It was In the hope or de-
veloping another Man O'War that
Owner Salmon procured the services
OF his great sire, Fair Play which
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26

The "HOmes for SaIe'' Columns Of
todRy's Times and Herald Classified Ads
offer . listing Of desirable Washington
homes for sale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26
SOCCER PLAYERS DINE

The Washington Soccer League
will hold its annual banquet tonight
at the Raleigh Hotel. More than
go peraona> are sxnactad e aktend
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26

in true style, not only at artI.
ticial lures, but are taking live
bait in 3 hungry manner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26
eepHandsEuen
| WhilePuttinq.
Says Evans
BY Charles Chick Evans, Jr.
Short Puts

Short Puts
It has taken me all these years
to get definite knowledge Of how
to make that short putt. Even
with knowing absolutely how to
make it, one must have q concen.
tration which will be so kind as
to allow this execution to drop
the little bali into the hole. !
give you little tip here which
have always employed, and that is
that think shaft which will per.
NIT you to take the same grip each
time is Of the biggest importance
in short puts.
Personally, / am going to use
a square shaft. / notice some
Of the wisest putters abroad
have little grooves or rounded
edges just where their hands
would fit most comfortably. ]
even went so far as to think
that / would get q mould Of
my grip to emphasize how Inn.
pOrtant IL is 10 have the same
grip In each instance Of taking
q short putt.
The habit Of golfers to put the
clubhead in front Of the ball first
and then behind It is merely to
help them get the right angle to
the imaginary direction line. Fig.
ure !. 1t is not necessary. OF
course, IL you can get It more
easily without having anything be.
tween the clubhead and the hole.
In fact, 1t Is better II you can do
it the latter way because when you
bring the clubhead back to Its
striking position. there might be
just the tiniest movement which
would interfere with the proper
angle.
Bobby Jones last fan used q
perceptible press forward Just
before taking the CIubhead back
on. short puts. i thought his
nerves must be like steel be-
cause q nervous person would
press too much or too little and
his rhythm would be gone.
do believe In q little delicate
vibrat0ry motion lust before
you start the stroke. IL must be
so tiny, however, because the
weight of the cIubhead viii
always send the bali with
enOpgh speed to reach the hole,
but IL must be enough 80 that
it takes the push out Of the
shot.
/ believe in q short backstroke
with the tiniest break of the wrists,
and the clubhead held throughout
az nearly as possible to the right
angular position In regard to the
imaginary direction line. Figure ..
It is best that the hands be about
even with the clubhead ct the time
Of contact with the ball.
aAAAPR ~ aARRA AannR
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26


Several anglers were out after
perch as it was thought the first
run was about to show. An oc-
casional straggler was picked up
throughout the day. indicating that
the migratory perch are on their
way and can be looked for on the
spawning grounds ON almost any
change OF tide. The leading sport
ing goods houses, handling bait,
hearing Of the advance squad Of
perch Immediately .telegraphed for
their first shipment Of bloodworms
OF the season and they have prom
ised to have goodly number on
hand today 30 that the angling
fraternity may be supplied.
gap Lanham and "Bill" Thomp-
son were paired and although they
failed with the perch clan they
made a respectable catch OF me.
dium-sized skin fish. Joe and Lew
Perron were in their accustomed
spot, opposite the owls nests and
returned after the mornings trial
with eight cattys, just enough for
their families needs. Don Whit.
man. with the writer, were num-
perch and while no scale fish were
taken, two fair-sized cattys were
lured via the angle worm method.
What remains Of the game fish
clans, such as crappie and large
and small-mouthed bass, that once
held sway over our waters, will be
given much needed vacation from
the hunting hands Of humanity
starting next Thursday, March 81,
and continuing until May 80.
The two months period Is
known as the CLOSED season"
when anglers are restricted from
taking the gameStcrg out Of the
waters over which the District
has jurisdiction.
The law regarding the gamesterg
is an ANTICIPATED affair, being en-.
acted back in the dark days Of
conservation In May, 1898, when
anglers were few compared with
the vast army Of present-day
FASTENERS.
An amendment to this law, with
its shortcomings, was all but en-.
acted during the dying days of the
Sixty-ninth Congress, being lost only
in the House due to the lack Of
time. This same amendment will
be pushed during the coming Con-
gress, which! II successful, win give
the gamesters Iay-off season for
five months, from January / to
May 30, Of each year.
Although the closed season bill
was lost temporarily, great change
favoring the bass families has
taken place since last season and
today we find ourselves in q, com.
handing position to say with
clinched fists, 1T Is unlawful to
expose for sale any Of the bass
species the year round, instead OF
during the closed season only"
This daring piece Of legislation, with
teeth that really bites the COM
mercial interests, was put over by
Harry b Halves, Of Missouri, and
William n. Hull. Of Illinois.
The second organized fishing
trip Of the season gets under
way today when the Potomac
Anglers Association and 'Bil''
Shelton, OF Herald Harbor, hold
jointly their outing nc the Har.
Dor, on.the.severn. The excur-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26

The second organized fishing
trip Of the season gets under
way today when the Potomac
Anglers Association and ssBiTI''
Shelton, Of Herald Harbor, hold
jointly their outing nc the Har.
Dor, on.the.Severn. The excur.
sion should prove a record
breaker for this column q IN
1nmaed Hia4 DiclreraI aEe hliiins
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26

The two months period Is
known Is the ''cIosed season"
when anglers are restricted from
taking the gamestors out Of the
waters over which the District
has jurisdiction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-26

I've been getting a lot OF letters
from fans this spring and most OF
them want me to make a guess az
the pennant winner.
And that's it. In both leagues it's
a dog fight--Hnd the fellows who are
.handiest at the rough and tumble
stuff viii win out.
Acnuszaehk. 1897, By Cnriatw Walnh
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-11-01

and men and women who would preach
about the evils of drink" and do 'other
kindred work" 1t is just in those very
things that he will want an army of vol
unteers who will be associated with him
in reforming the life of the drunkard. He
will have to convert every drink shop
into a refreshment shop and concert room
combined. Poor laborers will want some
place where they can congregate and get
wholesome, cheap, refreshing, non-intox-
icating drinks, and if they can have some
good music at the same time, it would
prove as a tonic to them and draw them.
These can by judicious management and
association of the people become paying
concerns for the state. He who will
handle the problem of temperance will
have to give a more serious study to it
than the Minister seems to have done. Let
him study the methods adopted in Amer
lea and tried by the great temperance
Organizations of the world. This study
will give but limited help. For the west
ern conditions are widely different from
the Indian Our methods, too, will have
therefore, to be largely different. Whereas
total prohibition in the west is most diff
fcuIt OF accomplishment, l hold that it
is the easiest of accomplishment in this
country. When an evil like drink in the
west attains the status Of responsibility
it is the most difficult to deal with. With
us drink is STILL thank God, sufficiently
disrespectable and confined not to the
general body of the people but toa minor
ity of the poorer classes.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-11-01
(Christian Endeavor World. Oct. IS, 1920
MANUFACTURING MPATHY
FOR BOOTLEG SUICIDES

LEST we forget would be a good in
PRODUCTION to a quotation from the Spring
field Republican which deserves to go
"the rounds of the press and is here we'll
started on its way
Good whisky" killed its thousands and
tens of thousands and filled many pot
ters' field in the generations that passed
under free rum and then license, before
prohibition was heard Of. No one in those
halcyon days called the Government a
murderer, as Nicholas Murray Butler now
calls the United States, because people
died of alcoholism. But in New York let
twenty-six people out of 100000 die of
too much hootcn as an incident to the
Christmas celebration, and the United
States Government has the brand of Cain
placed upon it by the Mortified hurnanitar-
ians of the publicity squad of the wet
propaganda"
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GOOD Housekeeping, October, 1927
THE GOVERNOR LADY
(By Nellie Taylor Ross)

1t was really courage that won the en-
forcement battle in Wyoming, courage in
the high up" and in the low down, that
is the local. The Governor had no de-
sire to invoke the law that empowered her
to remove the sheriff who stood in with
the bootleggers instead of prosecuting
them. But the law and the conditions
made it her duty to do SO and she had
the courage to do it.
Then there was the local complainant
who had no desire to file the formal
charges, but when his duty to do SO was
made clear to him he also had the cour-
age to do it.
ut would have been comparatively
easy" says the Governor Lady ito
avoid responsibility and timid political
considerations might have counseled such
a course" But the Governor was not
timd.
From this it would seem that the
extent of none-enforcement OF our liquor
laws is a measure of the timidity of public
officials
Here then, according to this account, is
an opportunity for all magistrates who
covet public esteem to register courage,
the quality which most Americans hold
second to none.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1927-11-01
WHAT The CURRENT MAGAZINES ARE SAYING ABOUT
PROHIBITION AND LAW ENFOR CEMENT
(Reviewed by Emma L. Transeau)

1t constitutes an interference with the lib
erty of some; inevitably it makes limo
cent victims suffer; it becomes curse to
home and menace to the young; it be-
comes corruptly associated with law and
government, and it entrenches itself as a
social nuisance. There is no conceivable
injustice or fault associated with prohibi-
ton that is not equally, and in fact much
more deeply associated with the liquor
traffic in any form in which law can per-
nit it to exist.
IF prohibition interferes with the per-
sonal liberty of some, the maintenance of
the traffic interferes far more terribly
with the personal liberty and happiness of
others. This being so, with the plain al
tentative, prohibition or the traffic, the in
telligent mind and conscience of America
will continue, we believe, to uphold prof7i-
bition. When the curse of the traffic
is recognized for what it is, the next step
is to put it out of business. That is the
likely to be retraced. E.
Ii the support of prohibition falters, the
one effectual barrier against the traffic
here in America-whatever may be said of
other countries-win be destroyed and the
traffic will return with all its legalized
power for evil. The outlawing of the liq-
uor traffic in this land is one of the most
notable achievements of human progress.
The problems associated with the making
of this outlawry effective are not to be
minirnized, but they are less than the
problems of the traffic itself, and they
loom large chiefly because they are part
of the general problems of social life and
law enforcement in country of vast pro-
portions where an immense and hetero-
geneous population has been rapidly
brought together. But does anybody be-
heve that America is going to back down
in the face of these larger problems of life
and law of which the problems associated
with prohibition are only a phase2
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and the destructive part Of prohibition. I
suggest that there is a larger and con-
structive side TO prohibition. People drink
because of the conditions to which they
are reduced. 1t is the factory laborers
and others that drink. They are for
lorn, uncared for and they take to drink.
They are no more vicious by nature than
-teetotailers are saints by nature. The
majority of people are controlled by their
environment. Any minister who is sin
cerely anxious to make prohibition
success will have to develop the zeal and
qualities of a reformer He will then re-
quire precisely the help that the Madras
Minister is reported to have scorned In
my humble opinion he does need pickets