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The Washington times., 1927-09-06

HACK wilson, OF the CUBS, also
received lots of support. Many Of
the fans based judgement on the
team value Of each player and
the outfield presented the most
difficult problem. Speaker, Simmons
and Wilson were the principal con.
tenders for the centerfield selection.
Four pitchers stood out IN
s4selectiOns made by the contest
ants. They were Root, HOyt Of
the New York Yankees, Ruether
Of the Yankees, and Lyons Of the
Chicago White SOx. Meadows
Of the Pirates also was men.
toned frequently.
Why the Bambino chose Root
and Simmons will be explained by
him in articles that are to follow.
His selections win be announced,
two players at a time, and, when
the team is complete Ruth 7ill
begin the publication Of his expla.
nations. These win be OF except
ional interest because the famous
slugger has been hard put this
year in the business Of naming an
Rll-star team.
As several fans declared In
their letters of explanation:
'"rhe only certain selection, no
matter who may be the Judge,
ID Gehrig at first base"
Simmons, though he has been out
of the lineup during great part Of
the season, batted for an average Of
1898 and was a big asset Of the
Mackmen. Root has been recog.
nized virtually all season as the lead
Ing pitcher Of the National League.
Els steady effectiveness indisputably
has been largely responsible for the
Cubs showing in the red-hot Ma
donal League pennant race.
Tomorrow, two more of Ruth's Sc
Iections will be announced.
The Washington times., 1927-09-06
DEMPSEY HOPES GENE.
WILL TRY TO K. D. H|N
BY Jack Dempsey

LINCOLN FIELDS TRACK CRETE nj, Sept s-Some of the
boys quote Gene Tunney saying that he will knock this
time
hope it's all that is hope Gene really planning
put to sleep.
For he tries that he mix it with slug
lit to a finish.
If he does that I won't about the
Based what happened in Philadelphia I'll Oncede that
better than far and keeping
But don't think that the day will when he slug
lit with me and win the fight.
The Washington times., 1927-09-06
PRECoClOUSI

Babe" Julian, a 19-year-old golfer
who has been playing the game less
than a year, scored an "S5" to win
the beginners tournament at the
Potrero Country Club. Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1927-09-06
FlTTING NAME

A golf course recently constructed
near Mountain Iron, Mimi, has
been named the Mid-Iron public golf
links.
The Washington times., 1927-09-06
MISSED ONLY ONCE

A banker named Lamberton, Of
Franklin, Pa, won the recent clay
pigeon shooting championship OF
Venango county, breaking 149 out
of $50 birds.
The Washington times., 1927-09-06
SWAT STAR ANNOUNCES
ALL,STAR SELECTIONS
TN0AT A TIME

Babe Ruth has agreed with majority
Ruth Selection Contest who chose Charley Root Of the
Chicago Cubs, of the pitchers
Where mscud however, the position.
The BambnO named Al Simmons
with in the contest
The Washington times., 1927-09-06
Ladies' Duckpin Loop
COnVenes on Yhursds

The Ladies District Duckpin
League will hold a meeting at Con.
vention Hall Alleys, Thursday, Sep.
TENDER 8, at p. M, to discuss
plans for the coming season.
Four additional teams will be
added to the loop which consisted
Of six last year. Those DESTROYS
Of placing teams in the league
should attend. Election of officers
will be acted upon By the directors
Of the league.
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

wien We Lought IN PhlIadeIphIa,
Gene never carried the fight to me;
full; he was cautious. He kept
away. And I wasn't fast enough
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

Furnished rooms, homelIke and Yea
sOn9bles are advertised In the CLASH
ned rentals. representing every section
% the @ltEa
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

Kruger, stocl1y stolid German,
with little experience then, bobbed
Into Dempsey's camp 10 days or
Do before the fight and Jack took
him on in q one-round session. Krue-
ger looked like "just another
Sucker" and when the milling
started it seemed as If he wouldn't
last minute before the then cham.
pion Of the world.
But someway, somehow, Krue.
ser took all that Dempsey had
to- offer; took it head to his
feet, and was trading swipes
with Dempsey with the bell.
Who's this guy, anyway" asked
the puzzled Dempsey, later.
Just a bum," was the answer.
Learned something about boxing
over in Germany came to this coun-
try--and here he is"
"Just a bum"-and yet Dempsey,
the imam killer" the champion Of
the world, couldn't drop him. The
thing worried Dempsey, for his fail
slre against Kruger could mean
but one thing-the old wallop was
gone.
On the last day Of public train
ang, Dempsey warmed up with
q few other men, and then PACED
Kruger for q workout. The
bell rang and Dempsey tore into
KRUGER. Here was the chance
to redeem himself. Here was
the opportunity 10 prove to the
essemblage- to himself
| that the old punch was stiIl
there. Dempsey was out to
fIatten Kruger.
The champion, wildly anxious to
land q crushing punch, was ever
eager. He missed a half dozen.
Then he steadied and began to try
with more accuracy. But Kruger,
without seeming to make much eff
fort. ducked or side-stepped most
/ 81 them.
Al few Of Dempsey's punches
landed-one under the heart, left
( hook. crashed into the liver, and
several more hits Kruger flush on
the chin, yet the German only
WINGED and fought along in his
plodding way.
The round ended.
And Kruger was very much up
right.
He started to climb through the
ropes, thinking his days work was
iOne. But Dempsey called him
hack and ordered him to go an
other round.
Dempsey. maddened BY his
double failure against this
The Washington times., 1927-09-06
'IReBiQFTVpI

do know that I'll be faster than.
was when ] was IN PhiIadeI.
phia. And that means that there
will be more action.
The Washington times., 1927-09-06
CHARLIE ROOT AND Al SIMMONS FOR TEAL

punch. That's stilI with me ana
Il carries all the old power.
So, IL Tunney steps up ana
FIGHTS Newell, I'll get back the
old title a whole lot earlier than.
will il he backs up and forces
me to chase him and whittle him
down.
Copyright. 1921. King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

"Just.a-bum-K Kruger" went into
him like q wild man In the sec.
Ond round.
He threw every punch that he
knew at Kruger. The German
blocked some, ducked others-Tand
took the rest. But beyond a slight
gasp when the terrific blasts
thudded on his body, or a grimace
when left and right collided with
his chin, he showed no visible
effect.
And again he stood up, fighting
to the end.
Dempsey went. back to his cot.
tage that night sorely troubled
man. He made more inquiries
concerning Kruger. Again he was
informed that Kruger was "iust
a bum" For a while he was silent.
Then came the comment:
Tf he's a bum. and I'm sup
posed to be a puncher, what's
become Of my Dunch?"
Dempsey worked no more in
public. But afterward he broodei.
His confidence ebbed, for here he
was slated to fight a great man
In Gene Tunney and yet was un.
able, in three rounds OF intensive
fighting. to drop a man who was
a novice-and ''just a bum"
That was the big thing that
broke Jack Dempsey's spirit, it was
said afterward.
The tragedy lies in the fact that
If Dempsey then had only known
the real facts he would not have
been so depressed. For Kruger
was not Just a bum" Excepting
Tommy Loughran, ne was the last
man that Dempsey had in his camp.
But Kruger Joined the camp un-
heralded, was regarded lightly, and
SO he was rated as "just bum"
Kruger. back in Dempsey's
camp now, Is proving the best
sparring mate that Dempsey
has--Or ever had. His STYLE Is
bit awkward, but here's =
youth with spee0 and clever
ness, real fighting heart and 4
man who can take punches
with almost the same fOrtitude
and general result that Demp-
sey takes them himself,
And he was just about as good
a year ago while the ignorant were
calling him ''just bum and wreck.
ing the Dempsey morale, because
they underestimate him, and car
ried their low appraisal to Dempsey.
The ex-champion and his entire
squad called a rest for TODAY and
W0dnaadav nNynNaAa, 6oelSoA ~
devote the two days to golf.
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

I had to furnish the aggressive
ness a year ago. And / did not
furnish enough Of 1t to get any.
body excited, because l wasn't
right. But I viii be right for this
fight. And ! WILL crowd Tunney
from beginning to end.
II he's a real champion, he
won't make too much use of his
legs for back pedaling purposes.
He will stand up and fight. He
he never would come into me and
meet me toe-to-toe. He was care.
says that he will do that; that he
viii meet me at my own game and
prove that he can whip me at it
by koncking me out.
All / hope is that he will do
as he says. / may not be all
that / was when / was n, or "a
or %, but. I haven't l0st fhe
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

that night to rush him and force a
slugging exhibition.
i don't know how fast I'll be
against him in Chicago. But
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

NO USE TO ARGUE
Miss Anna Bell Hurst, a Los
Angeles school teacher, spends her
Saturdays and Sundays umpiring
semi-pro baseball games,
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

"Just.a-bum-Krueger," went into
him like a wild man In the sec.
Ond round.
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

Dempsey. maddened by his
double failure against this
The Washington times., 1927-09-06

eff he's a bum. and I'm sup
posed to be a puncher, what's
become of my Dunch?'
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09

DR.. N. @. BledSoe, as president of the
Cochise county council presided as
chairman ofthe court. The stage was
well lighted and the great crowds sat
about on the high rocks above the
stage so that everyone present was
able to see everything which went on
while the voices of the speakers car
ried we'll up into the ampitheatre.
County Attorney James T. Gentry
presented the merit and life and star
badges with fitting address to the
boys who have won these awards. The
crowning address of the evening, how
ever, was very short one delivered
by NJ j. Elsing, of Warren, who pre-
sented the eagle badges and the bronze
palm. Elsing in stirring talk called
the attention of his hearers to the
high ideals of scouting, to the things
which the court of honor symbolizes
and completed a mastely summary of
the picture by calling on the scouts
and on the people generally to abide
by the laws of scouting and uphold
the ideals which form the law and
the aims of the boy scout movement.
lIl6IG WcS UQG O11G ICS1CG W V11C
evening and this was furnished when
DR.. Bledoe, speaking for the executive
council, announced that Scout Execu-
tive G. d. Bartlett who has been in
charge of scouting activities for the
county for three and half years, is
leaving for new field in California.
Bartlett has built up the scouting
movement in the county, organized
new districts and new troops and
placed the order on the solid founda-
ton where it now stands. Bledsoe ex-
pressed the regret of the scouts, their
parents and the executive council at
the approaching departure of Bart
lett.
Comedy was mixed with education
during the preliminary program of the
evening which was a pageant of the
(Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09
FEDERALFORCES
BAR SMUGGLING
OF MUNITIONS
Close Watch Kept Along
Border by Mexican Of
ficials for Arms.

NOGALES, Ariz., Oct. 8 B-Fear
that munitions of war might be
smuggled across the line to be used
against Mexican federal forces in
northern Sonora, badly depleted by
transfers to revolt zones, tonight re-
suited in a close watch being kept
on the border here by Mexican i'm
migration and customs officials
The three cavalry regiments of the
sixth line of the Mexican army sta
toned at Nogales have been cut
down greatly in number by dispatch
of mounted troops to Ortiz, Sonora,
to be used against forces now march
ing against Perote, Vera Cruz, the
stronghold of the rebel general, Ar
nulfo r. Gomez.
Several squads of soldiers are MAX
ing regular inspection trips both
night and day of all parts of No
gales, Sonora. This movement, with
Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09
RUSSELL SCOTT ESCAPES HANGING
J TIMES, ONLY TO KILL HIMSELF

CHICAGO, Oct. 8 R-RusseIl
Scott, former wealthy Canadian
bridge promoter, who has mar
rOwIy escaped galIows sentence
following his conviction on q
charge Of murder, hung himself
in the Cook county Jail tonight.
BY his suicide, Scott finally won
his sensational fight to defeat the
courts of Illinois which time and
again turned down his pleas OF
not guilty and decreed tnat he
must die on the galIOws.
Seven times was Scott in the
shadow of the gaIIows in the four
years since he is alleged to have
slain Maurer. +
SCOTS conviction followed close
Iy on his plea of guilty TO the
murder charge. A judge dragged
from lis bed one night granted
him a stay of execution few
moments before he was to have
been hanged. All legal maneuvers
possible under Illinois law were
used to keep him from paying
the penalty. Large defense funds
were raised by general cOntribu-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09

tiOns and ScOtt's wife herself
worked tireIessIy in his behalf.
A battery of lawyers and high
priced aIienists were enlisted in
Ghe fight to keep Scott from the
saIIows. He finally was declared
insane and sent to an asylum as
Chester, Ill.
1t was not long before officials
at the institution concluded ScOtS
was in full possession of his facui-
ties and should be returned 10
jill. After he had been placed
again under the jurisdiction OF
Cook county and jury had found
him sane, date was set for his
execution.
Fate intervened again, however,
and the supreme court remanded
the case for a new trial.
It was while in the Jail waiting
the pSw trial that he ended his
life.
ScOtt's wife visited him at the
Jail tonight and the guards said
when she left he seemed to be In
his usual spirit. He left no nOTe
that might have explained his
act.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09
CEN, 0BREG0N
PEOPLE:
BACK GALES
Declares Public Opinion,
Not Revolution, Deter
mines Elections.
DERIDES GOMEZ
Recalls His Own Appeal
for Battle of Ballots In
stead of Bullets.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 8 P-G General
Obregon, before leaving Mexico City
tonight for his home in Sonora, con-
sidering his services with president
Gales in directing the movements for
the suppression of the revolution no
longer ceSSary-iSSued a statement
saying that the lesson of the Gomez
Serrano attempt is that Mexico has
reached a point where public opinion,
not military revolution and the atti-
tude of the army, determines political
campaigns.
The failure of Gomez and Serrano
he continued, further demonstrated
that the Mexican people overwhelm-
ingly support the Gales government
because, otherwise, the attempted
revolution would have been able to
obtain more than handful of sup
porters. The revolt, he declared, was
inspired by reactionary elements op-
posed to the Gales government. These
elements (not naned) realized that
they could not control public opinion
and win in a democratic election so
ATTEMPTED resort to arms.
Gen. Obregon recalled that he had
made an appeal that the presidential
campaign be determined by demo-
cratic election and that no effort be
made to determine it by revolution
At the same time he predicted that
his opponents would lose if they made
any such attempt.
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09
YOUNG BANKER, JAILED, PROMISES
TO MAKE RESTITUTION OF MONEY

that the peculatiOns had passed
the quarter m%sliOn mark and
might reach $S5O,OOO, but the
banks new head, b. r. AIschuler,
attorney, and others assured that
the full loss would be met and
the bank reOpened as soon as the
exact figures of the loot had been
fixed.
Esser became president of the
hank about a year ago. Old
timers were interested today In
the answer to their question:
"HOw could even Johnny ESSer
get rid of that much money In
such short time?"
A few working men gathered
about the bank today, but moved
away when they were informed
it would open Monday 100 cents
on the dollar.
Admitting he had contemplated
suicide when he realized the hope
leSsneSS of his position, EsSer In
the Geneva jail expressed de-
termisstiOn TO make good" and
pay back every cent ne had
stolen.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09
WORLDS SERIES
SIDELIGHTS
(By the Associated Press)

Lloyd Waner's speed was chiefly
responsible for the Pirate, run in the
first inning. "Sprout'' beat out a
hit to short on hair line decision,
which the Yankees protested mildly,
and raced home on Wright's single
after advancing a base on Barn
hart'ss out. Babe Ruth made the
tactical mistake of trying to catch
Lloyd at the plate. There wasn't a
chance ito do it and Wright reached
second On the throw.
The Pirates used unusual methods
to retire the Yankees in the first
two innings. Carmen Hill struck out
Gehrig, Meusel and Lazzeri in the
first inning after the first three men
had singled to produce a run. In
the second, Glenn Wright provided
the assists for all three putouts.
Back in the game after days lay
off, George Grantham offset some
of his previous spotty play by rob-
bing Koenig of a hit In the third in
ming. The Pirate second sacker raced
over behind first to grao the ball
and make fine catch from his awk-
ward position.
Babe Ruth's homer in the fifth was
his tenth in worlds series play and
added another notch to his record in
this respect He made one in 1921,
three in 1923, four in 1926 and two
this year.
Yankee fielding plays Sparkled IN
every inning until the seventh when
the previously stone wall infield. de-
fense developed a few leaks They
ratified off double plays in the third
and fifth and only a slightly pulled
throw by Lazzeri kept them from
registering another two-ply killing IN
the fourth.
Wiley Moore completely fooled the
experts as well as the Pirates by
Singing on the first ball pitched in
the sixth inning. The big Oklahoman
got only three hits during the entire
regular season and has reputation
of being one of the Worlds worst
hitters."
Yankee fans yelled as loud for
Kiki Cuyler as had those in Pitts
burgh when reinforcements were
Continued on Page Eight)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09
= + 4 = X y y = y y y y =
Four Killed In Bomb
Explosion In Tenement
District OF New York

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 P)-Four
+ persons were killed and more
+ than a dozen injured today in an
+ explosion that wrecked four
F story tenement building in West
35th street.
+ Police and building INSPECTORS,
after preliminary examination,
+ expressed the opinion that the
explosion had been caused by a
bomb of dynamite, adding that
the demolition had been so COM
plete that it was impossible to
: state definitely what had caused
the blast.
The densely congested West
+ Side tenement district in which
+ the explosion happened was
thrown into a panic by the blast,
T requiring the efforts of large
force of police reserves to restore
: order.
|. 81 * * * * * * * * * 4 81 f 4;
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09

AURORA, Ill, Oct. 8 tP-While
John Esser, young president of
the Aurora Trust and Savings
bank, lay in Jail today IamentIng
the gambling urge which caused
him to steal and thereby blight
the steady progress of quarter
century, auditors worked over the
closed institutions books and
found indications that specuia-
tiOns would run nearer $25O,OOO
than the original estimate OF
81 tried to clean up the stock
market and it cleaned me-" re-
peated the 80 year old bank ex-
ecutive. Wracked with rcmocSe,
he was filled with self-pi;y,
thoughts of the future of his
wife and three children and or
self destruction.
Esser promised to turn over all
his holdings to the bank. 1t was
found that in his name in Aurora
there was real estate appraised
at 100000. Esser also was under
bond of 100000.
The bank examiners admitted
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09
Annual Scout Court
Held on Open Stage
Seen BY Big CrowdI

With more than thousand persons
gathered in the great natural ampi-
theatre at Twin Buttes last evening
the Cochise county council Boy Scouts
of America presented their annual
court of honor and with fitting ad-
dresses and ceremonies presented to
those members of the various troops
of the county who have won them, the
high awards of scouting. A total of
III merit badges were presented in
addition to comforting the rank of
Eagle scout on three boys. In con-
nection with this high degree it is
noted that since 1924 but IA boys have
received this, the highest honor in
scouting.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09

Federal Planes Bomb
Gomez And AImad da
Army, Paper Reports

y MEXICO CITY, Oct. 8 19 -
T Federal airplares, says the news
81 paper Ell Sol, bombed the main
y. body of the Gomez -Almada
<; rebels after scout planes had To-
:. Gated them southeast of Perote,
81 Vera Cruz. The insurgents are
y. believed to have suffered some
:s casualties and are reported to
y. have scattered, panic stricken.
y Airplanes attacked to General
81 Escobar's pursuing troops report
y that the rebels are apparently at
* tempting to move toward, the sea
y. coast.
- El Sol adds that the rebels
81 "are pillaging the country and
y robbing the ranches and cillages."
y
<. ;F s. 81 s. y 81 * =. 81 *. 81 y y
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-09
S783,2l7 Is.
SERIES TOTAL
OF RECEIP
Players Will Divide $685.
44O.67 AS Their Share of.
the Gate.
RUTH IS LAUDE;D
Pirates Relieved That the
Series Is Over; Give
Yankees Credit.

/, ,CWorld Series Statistics, by the AS
sociated Press)
Team Won Lost Pct.
Pirates ...................,...... 0 A 600
Results of Games.
First game: Yankees, 5; Pirates,
four.
Second game: Yankees, 8; pi-
rates, 2:
Third game: Yankees, 8; Pi-
Fourth game: Yankees, 4; Pi-
rates, 8.
Fourth. Game Figures.
Attendance, $1,000, Ks
Receipts, $2OS097
Players pool, $lO6,12948.
Advisory council, $31,2l455.
Each clubs share, $17688.24.
-Four Game Totals.
Attendance, 201 Jos.
Receipts, 07S3,217.
PLAYERS pool, 1899 ,44O.67.
Advisory council, $117,482.55.
Each clubs share, $66, ,573 "A.
Each leagues share, $66,57344
NEW YORK, Oct. R-The
Yankees song of victory tonight was
a paean of praise for Babe Ruth,
greatest slugger of all times, and
Wiley Moore, larlk OlSlahoman, whom
the business office of the club bought
by telephone last year, because he
could pitch 80 victories in the Sally
league.
Breaking ranks like a college
freshman class going home for the
annual vacation the Yanks in turn
hugged and patted the ample, Srnil-
ing bulk of the Banbino and chaffed
a bit with the silent and slightly
bald 3O-year-old twirler who pitch
ed the club to its fourth straight
victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The thrills and upsets of the final
game still fingered bit There wa
Lou Gehrig, for instance, who fannec
in the ninth with the bases full, the
score tied and the game just waiting
to be broken up with hit. Lot
could only shake his head and look
ed panied when the subject was
mentioned.
The great Babe himself, his at
tentions torn between the questions
of his seven-year-old daughter
Dorothy, and the hunt for shirt
that had lost itself in the tangle Of
equipment, trophies and odds anc
ends that fill his locker, still hao
time to chuckle bit over his homer
that put the Yankees two runs ahead
in the fifth inning.
Continued on Page Eighth