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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-25
K|D5UNDERRATE
!. OUTF|ELD JOB
BY Babe Ruth

NEW YORK, June 25.-Mest
kids have the idea that an out
fielder is just a sort Of extra man
on a. bali club. / can remember as
a kid that we considered playing
the outfield as a sort of insult. We
took the weakest players we had
and stuck them out there in the
gardens, on the ground that they
would have the least to do.
Believe me, that's all wrong. An
outfield ought to be one OF the
strongest units in a ball club. It's
true that there aren't so many
chances out there. but. when one
does come along, a. weak man can
turn a sure putout into three
base hit. In other words, the balls
that are hit to the outfield are hit
hard enough to make trouble If you
don't have good men to gather them
in.
Playing the Outfield consists
Of something more than catch
ing fly balls, too. The good out
fielder must be fast and sure;
he must have a good arm and
be able to throw accurately. lie
must he able to hit, too. Most
ball clubs today insist on having
OutfieIderS who can nit close Ia
800, or they can't hold job.
Another thing you've got to do
il you expect to be good out
fielder is learn to play hitters.
Study the batters and how they
hit. Learn how your pitchers pitch.
For instance, a ball pitched inside
TO the ordinary lefthand hitter will
be hit to rightfield An outside ball
will he hit to leftfield. And it's
just the opposite with righthand
hitter. There are things which the
good outfiefder knows and watches
out for.
In the big leagues, we look on
outfielders as mighty important,
and kids who are wise will do the
same when they form their own
bali clubs. That kid idea is all
wrong. 1t isn't any shame 10 be
seen playing the outfield. If
you're good at it, you've got just
as good a chance to success there
as anywhere else in baseball.
Copyright. 1929, by the Christy
Walsh Syndicate)
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and often it just comes by itself
like the slice which, for no
reason at all, sends the ball out
of the lot.
If you are troubled with this
golf disease, one Of the best
ways | know of to cure it is to
stand with about all the weight
on the left foot as you address.
And then, as YOU swing forward
hold the head still. You hold
the head because that will keep
the body from going forward.
Try that few times and sud
denly you will get the feeling as
you hit solidly and effectively,
that your right shoulder is
against the ball all the way
through. And yet, somehow,
you won't be putting it in there
at all. It will 60 in, smoothly
and with rhythm, as it should
do.
Copyright. 1925, John F. pAs co,S
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National Circles Top
Indian Head CIubmen

Willie Andrews National Circles
dropped the milan Head nine by a
1916 score yesterday at Indian Head.
Bonnie WomersIey labored on the
mound for the victors and was eff
fective, save in the first and fifth
frames when the foes scored all
their runs.
The Circles counted four markers
in the ninth to land the verdict.
Wormsley also aided in the vic
tory by lashing out A double and
triple. Elmer Lambath, Circles
shortstop, cracked a pair of singles
and a Dagger.
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the right shoulder does lot of
hitting. To watch an expert
player gives you the impression
he hits with all his force with
his right shoulder just as the
clubhead goes through the ball.
But when you try to do that,
the net result is a vocious lunge
at the ball and punk ball.
The reason for that is this:
The minute you go hitting with
the right shoulder the chances
are you will drop that shoulder
down toward the ball just be-
fore the impact, and instead Of
hitting the ball you will hit the
ground with it. This happens
because you become conscious of
the shoulder and begin to hit
with it, whereas you never hit
with anything but the club.
Right shoulder dropping can
result from a number Of things
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She stood out today In the con.
vention throngs az an exponent of
harmony and a united front in the
November offensive.
Having received the greatest popu.
lar acclaim of any incoming notable,
Mrs. Wilson apparently was in posi-,
ton to WELD great power over con.
tending forces.
The spirit of Woodrow Wilson,
already in evidence in preconven-
ton activities, raced through the
convention hordes, with her arrival.
Displaying reticence when ques-
toned concerning the Presidential
nomination fight, she did express
the hope that the convention will
be harmonious.
Close friends indicated that she
was agreeable to the nomination of
Gov. AL Smith and might openly
declare for him should the anti
Smith coalition force ''bitter.end"
fight. in the convention
She. too, was said to look with
disfayor on the candidacy OF Sena-
tor James "A. Reed OF Missouri, who
fought the League OF Nations cove.
nant which Woodrow Wilson pre-
scented to the Senate.
The popularity Of the late Presi.
dent as personified by his widow
was first SHOWN when more than
1000 people waited over three
hours for the arrival of her private
car.
Dedicates Hall
Throngs lined the streets to
catch fleeing glimpse OF her as
she was whisked off to meet many
engagements already arranged.
She dined with Gov Dan Moody.
Will Rogers and Jesse III. Jones;
stood before $4,000 people dedicat.
ing the Convention Han and
heard the name of Woodrow VIII
son cheered TO the echo; helped
open Houston's convention hospi-
tally house and met scores of
Democratic leaders.
Mrs. Wilson came to Houston
with Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Wallace,
Admiral Cary r. Grsyson. former
White House physician. and on the
train were Bernard Baruch, of New
York, and Governor Ritchie of
Maryland.
A box In Convention Hall has
been reserved for her.
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MASONS HOLD RALLY

The Acacia Grand Lodge IA
Colored Masons yesterday held q
grand rally in the auditorium q
their new Masonic Temple Ht
Tenth and y Streets Northwest.
Northwest. Brief addresses were
Brief addresses were made by Charles
d. freeman, grand secretary: Charles
d. Ford, grand master and W. 3.
Harris
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Salvation Army to
Omen Fresh Air Camp

''IIappyland, the s a lvati on
Army's fresh air camp at Patuxent,
Md. will open July 10, when -
mothers and children Of the poorer
sections OF. the city will be guests
of the camp
At intervals of 10 days these will
be renIaced
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GETS PAID NOW

Frad Francis. the Giants new an.
nouncer at the Polo Grounds devel-
"ped strong voice as a Kid shout
ing in Mammoth Cave. Kentucky,
1ust for the fun OF hearing the
echoes.
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HAMPTON
REVELS IN
MEMORIES
BY Gene Tunney

SPECTATOR, n. Y, June
25.-One of the members of
my training camp family, "
here in the heart of the Adj
rondack Mountains, is a boy
hood friend from New York.
Three years ago he spent a
month with me at Saratoga Lake.
Our visits are always delightful
periods of "Reminiscences recounting
experiences of our boyhood days in
Greenwich Village.
Nothing in life offers finer re-
turns than old friendships. One
never forgets the name and faces
indeliably imprinted in youth.
What happened to John? How
about Pete?'' did YOU hear o.
Jacks success"
Some OF the gang have
reached the top in business
and prOfessiOns-Others are
pIodding along in ruts. There
are the memories of those VINO
have gone on and the set
life of the wild boy on the
West to become cowboy.
There are laughs and tears as
tale after tale is rehashed. Faces
flash across the mind-scenes re
anpear in striking detail as though
it were only yesterday. mental
nict,Ires of THE Farm" are re-
ralled-the large open space border
ING the docks of the Hudson River
where baseball was played by tne
Lids of the neighborhood, In tne
evening after the produce trucks
were parked in rows.
This was the wide open spaces
of fine Village--the rendezvous ioI
the settling of "grudge tights
md the birthplace as well as Lne
burial ground of many local Ilslic
regulations. 1.vo,la
~rsr that raised havoc with the
creenwich Village neighborhooo'
Rows were scattered in the seiVlcs s
.n5 unon their return they founo
the old scenes changing.
Toa rooms. antique shops, res.
tanrantss and cabarets hung out
their signs i'm front of the rows
Of old red.brick basement
houses The Bohemian" al
ronce was on i'm earnest. The
sold families" were moving on
to other parts Of the city.
on,v once while in service. did I
have the opportunity of meeting.
Greenwich Village chum. lie was
this same boyhood friend VINO is
now with me in Spectator.
I was in Paris at the time, pre-
naring TO box Ted Jameson Tor
the A. F. F. light-heayywelgnl
championship. The officer in charge
of the arrangements told me
could choose any men in service 10
act as my seconds.
That gave me an idea. I decided
to pick a village boy-the only one
whose whereabouts l knew.
It was sorry reply i re-
ceived a few days later. The
poor chan wrote from the guard
house of an army camp in
France. There was no chance
to take advantage of the "trip
to Paris.
But he had forwarded my letter
to another boy who took it to this
commanding officer.
Have you ever acted as second?"
the lieutenant asked.
why. Gene Tunney will be out
OF luck if I'm not in his corner,
Arthur parted.
And the next day two happy
Greenwich Village friends saw the
sights Of Paris from atop a rolling
auto-bus. 1t was a grand three-day
reunion.
True enough. as second-he was
usetsss-and | had so thought OF
using him in my corner-but as one
of the boys from home and q pal
in Paris. he was perfect.
Had his comma nding officer been
present, perhaps he would have
been puzzled to see my second
occupying seat in the front row
of spectators.
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Syndicate. Inc.)
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TEACH GIRLS GOLF

Texas University has organized a
golf class for girls az part of the
regular physical training work,
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TABASCO KID s
GIRLS SHINE

Norman A. Elberfeld, ex major
league baseball star and once mana
Ger Of the New York Yankees, IS
rearing a new brood OF athletes.
The one-time "Tabasco Kid or
the diamond has become an author
ity on bringing up the modern girl,
and he is guiding five daughters TO
fame in the world of sport.
Feed 'em and let 'em play" IS
his recipe.
''VVhile lived the life of =
baseball star tile diamond was
my schOOlrOOm," he explains.
81 learned there some mighty
valuable lessons which have
been q lot of benefit to me I'm
rearing my five girls. l have
trained them all to proficiency
in virtually every American out.
door sport"
Early, in his baseball career, FL
berfeld bought an apple orchard on
Signal Mountain, near Chattanooga
and in these surroundings the girls
have j become expert swimmers,
basketball and tennis players, boxers
and horsewomen. Now they are
out winning championships.
Ruth, II years old and the young.
est. has Just won the diving title
and the 50-yard free style swim IN
the Middle States junior national
swimming meet at indianapolis
Almost simultaneously. DOrO-
thy, next youngest. was winning
the cup for the highest illdi-
yiduaI hOn0rs Of the South At.
lantic swimming championships
in Charlotte. n. G.. She won the
diving contest and the 1OO.yard
and 440.yard free style swjuls.
and she was third In the back
stroke race.
Then Dorothy and Ruth entered
the Southeastern Al. A. u. tank
meet in Mobile, Ala. Ruth finished
first and Dorothy third in the 100
yard breast stroke race; Ruth was
second in the 100-yard back stroke
fevent, and in fancy diving Dorothy
won first honors and Ruth was
lrunner.up.
Nan, 20. the oldest of the five,
held the women's singles tennis
championship of Arkansas in 1922
| and 1923. and lost to her. sister,
Miriam, I'm 1924. Miriam won the
| women's tennis championship of
southern Alabama in 1925. and she
and Nan captured the doubles.
.JeweIry or repair service see the
who's who announcements On next
10 last page Of today's Times and
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WidolDMayLeddW War
On Reed, Wilson Foe
BY international News ServlS

HOUSTON Tex, June 25.-Mrs. Edith Boiling Wilson,
widow of World War President may become the Joan
Of Arc of the Democratic Convention should internal strife
threaten success of the party's political warfare -
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HAMILTON ENTRIES

FIRST RACE--Two-year- Odds; claim
ING. purse. $1,000; 5 furlongs.
CatlettsburE ...1l2l Showery ........ 19&
Glacial ........1l3lxChick l. .......l los
Tulasco ........ 100IDainty Maid ..l07
,.uu-Meta 1g7ixNoirette ....... 9S
SECOND RACE-Three- yesr-olds and
upward; claiming; purse. $1,000; lis
Gnonla Second .I04Hecate .........103
Sotsrla .........io2f Altissimo ....... t79
lisa man ........ lhai Royal FLAG -.... i65
Sea Lady ......I03ICNiiity ......... 81
Third RACE Three yea -lods ana
upward; claiming: purse fi,""d: FUR
Ever More LOS sun Sweeper ...I"2
NICK CuiIop ,.,l12 Pledge ......... sS
BaIai a. Or. 10asContempIste INA
Crenaifu ....,..l II" DOnetts ,..,,... 90
FOURTH RACE-"OakNiIIe purse.
,I.20a: three year-oids and upward, al
lowsnces. Canadian foaied; one mile
ard z sixteenth:
Taurus ,......1"7 sTrou'Iet -. los
Beau Of West. 1I7Hanna Deebe -. 81
AR H. New entry
FIFTH RACE-''Bea nsVilie purse
81 28h" three year ODDS, allowances,
ere mile and 70 yards:
Royal Watch los Polls .........., lHs
-harienazne -. az Milaria .. .....-1on
Toine .........1o5 Broom Wick .-1o2
SIXTH RACE ~- Three-vear- oids and
upward: purse. $1,000: claiming; one
nile and one sixteenth.
Cut Bush. ......1e9 Facet ....,.....1oH
Tahoms ....... 1913 Van Patrick. ,... los
Open Hand. Jag xApopGa .......Io2
Lampus .........1o7 Bonny Castle los
xHeIen Carter. IS
SEVENTH RACE-Thres r old q nd
upward; purse. $1,000; cEan1ng: "a ma
dian fOsled: one and 0ne-sjxt eenth miles
On the turf.
Fluffy Ruffles 100 Head Lad ....IG3
"a ndors .......lt2, I.azibones ......i as
Foi POlIGi ms FloWeTiul .....Ii /
Rslssm La he 49,, lI0Panketa ....... lbS
Successor ......lI8IGold Era ..,.... 100
Weather clear; track SLOW.
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SUTTON'S FIND

Del Bissonette, BroOklyn's slug.
ging first baseman, regarded as a
possible successor TO Babe Ruth in
home.run hitting, is a discovery of
old larry Sutton, dean OF ivory
hunters.
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Cleaning and fixing up for summer
demaD ds paper and paint Tor
these things read the who's Who
annOuncements-next TO last page.
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.JeweIry or repair service see the
who's who announcements IN next
10 last page Of tOday's Times and
Herald. Vlst'ua
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PRINCE JUST sTRAYED AWAY
PARAMOUNT ENTRIES
Times staff Photo

FIRST RAcE-Three- year -olds and
upward; maidens; claiming; purse.
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1t was a sorry reply i re-
ceived a few days later. The
poor chap wrote from the guard
house of an army camp in
France. There was no chance
to take advantage of the "trip
to Paris.
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18
AIRPLANE LEFT TODAY

Noel Wien with his Stinson-De- troiter 4-place cabin plane left to- day, about 1O:30 a. m., for Fair banks. with four passengers and the United States Mail. He ex- poets to stop tonight at Ruby and continue on to Fairbanks tomor- row. The four passengers were:
 Judge G. A. Adams. Alvin Bahlke. Lucille Newman and a native boy who is enroute to the Methodist school at Seward. The plane will return to Nome as soon as weather conditions will permit. and will bring the first class mail to Nome.
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18
REED CHARGES INTIMIDATION
 IN COAL RATE CASE

Washington. Feb. IT. R-In- timidation of certain members of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion ia the Lake Cargo Coal Rate Case by political influence emanat- ing from Pennsylvania and running into the White House itself. was charged in the Senate by Senator Reed. asserting that the commis- sion reversed itself in case to factory operators of Pennsylvania, over those in West Virginia. Ken lucky. Tennessee and Virginia.
 Senator Reed declared that the Commission rendered decision 'only revolutionary and unjust, but probably the most arbitrary yet handed down by the Federal board Of the Tribunal
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18
SEWARD HAS HEAVIEST
 SNOWFALL. IN YEARS

Seward. Feb. 16. GP)-The heav- jest snowfall ill years continues to- day all along the Southern Divis- ion of the Alaska Railroad belt. At Grand View, few miles north of Seward. eleven feet of snow cov- CTS the level ground. The old timers predict that if it continues it may reach the depth of thirty feet. The temperature. however, is mild. which cause fears of dan ger from numerous snowslides on the route of the Alaska Railroad.
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18
BIG RUAIPUS OVER FINANCING
 PUBLIC UTILITIES co.

Washington. Feb. 16. (R)-By a margin of fifteen votes the Sen ate referred to the Federal Trade Commission the investigation of the financing of the Public Utili- ties Power Corporation. The vote was 46 to 31 with party lines ob- liberated. The showdown came as a result of an amendment offered by Senator George, of Georgia. to the original proposal by Senator Walsh. The Senate itself will con- duct the investigation through a special committee of five to be el- ected to membership on the com mittee. The vote was reached af ter nine o'clock last night after the Senate had been in session for more than nine hours, and after opposing the Walsh plan. They made three separate attempts to force the vote over the day
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18
FAMOUS ILLINOIS LAWYER
 PASSES TO HIS REWARD

Ottawa, Ill, Feb. 16, R-Lee O'Neill Browne, lawyer and legis- lator, one of the most powerful fig ures in the Democratic ranks in Ill., inois, drowned in the swift water of Fox river flowing past his estate. He fell from the stone embank at the rear of his new home and the body was carried nearly half 9 mile downstream before it was recover ed. A year ago, Browne who was sixty-two years of age, slipped from the same wall but was saved when his suspenders caught on an iron hook.
 Death came to Browne yesterday while a jury was deliberating the fate of Harry Hill whom Browne was defending against charge of matric.de. Browne had just return ed from the courthouse in high spir- it's believing that the long deliber- ation was favorable to his client. The jury. however. was unaware of the death of Browne, and con-
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18
FOURTEEN KILLED WHEN
 OIL TANKER EXPLODES

Tokyo, Feb. IT. (Pl-The cap crew of the American oil tanker Chuky were killed when the vessel exploded Wednesday. A trawler arrived here with twenty-one of the survivors. The Chuky was en- route from San Pedro to Japan. Several of the survivors are more or less injured. The cause of the explosion has not been learned.
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FOR SALE

Ail furnishings. be:idiiRs ls-is. mattresses. and other personal pro. perty contained in the Golden Gate hotoa and adjacent buildings, bs. longing to the estate of the late James A. Swartzel will be offered for sale. Terms Cash, inquire Geo. s. Maynard. administrstor, at the Nome Nugget O0ce.
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rARYAERs' UTOPIA

Stout. Iowa.. B-The village of Stout has 50 much money that there are no town taxes. The catch is that in 1925 clerk wrote 3.2 mills 32 mills, and 1t had been formally entered before the mis- take could be rectifled. The treas ury Is now bulging from the un- usual levy.
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18
STUDIES BEING MADE OF
 ALASKA FUR PNODCCT1ON
Dr. Eesl Groves Advises Fur FAem- ees h Mattess Peetainin8 to Ghe IndastEY.

The production Of fur-bearing animals in Alsska Is to be studted under a cooperative agreement re- cently made between Governor. George A. Parks. of Alaska. and the Biological Survey of the United States Department Of Agriculture. Dr. Earl Graves who is . veternar- ian and a graduate of Kansas State Agricultural College. has been sef- ected to do the work. He will study the problems incident to the production of fur for commercial purposes and advise fur farmers of Alaska in matters pertaining to the breeding and care of fur bear. ing animals and the prevention and cure of diseases among them. Pri- or to sailing for Alaska Dr.. Graves spent month at the United States Fur Animal Experiment Station, in Saratoga County. New York. where he studied methods of breeding. feeding and handling fur bearing animals that are being raised there in captivity.
 The business of raising fur bear ing animals to meet the increasing demands of the fur trade and to supplement the fast diminishing supply in the wild Is compara- lively new industry. but it has en- gagged the attention of the Bi0iOg- ical Survey for many years. To Alaska it is of particular import ance, since it utiIfzes outlying is- lands that are of little or no value to agriculture. especially for rais- ing blue and white foxes, which are native to the Territory. The results of the first studies of this sort made in Alaska by the Feder- al Government have been published in Bulletin No. 1850 of the De- partment of Agriculture. Blue Fox Farming in Alaska
 The present cooperative agree ment stfpulates that all field op- erations shall be under the imme- diate charge of the veterinarian. who shall consult frequently with Governor Parks relative to the plans and the procedure required on the part of the Territorial and Federal Governments to serve most effectively the fur farmers of AL aska. The work will be carried on in cooperation also with the United States Game Commission. the Unit ed States Forest Service. fur farm CTS organizations, and others inter- ested and in position to participate
 The sum of s15,00O has been ap- proprfated by the Territory for ex- penditure in the new project dur ing 1927 and 1928. in addition to funds that may be allotted to the undertaking by the Biological Sur vey from it's regular appropriations by Congress for investigation in the production of fur-bearfng animals. Exchange.
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FRANCE LACKS HONEY

Paris. P)-Honey is costly and scarce because of the wet summer in France. The busy bee was never able to get sufficient contact with the flowers to store up the usual excess of provender for the winter Bee raiscrs say the bees have laid by little more than they need for their own use.
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18
HILL JURY DISAGREE

Ottawa, H.. Feb. IT. (R-The jury which for four days has de- liberated on the fate of Harry Hill who is charged with killing his mother, was today discharged after it reported that it was unable to reach an agreement. The case will now have to be tried again.
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18
FRIDAY (TElEGRApHic)
REGISTER JUNEAU LAND
 OFFICE GETS RAISE IN PAY

Washington, Feb. l6. (R-it was today announced that the Com- mittee on Public Lands and Sur veys recommended to the Senate 10 raise the salary of the Register of the local land ofiice at Juneau fixing it at S3,6OO.00 per year without benefit of fees.
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18

tinued their deliberation. They were unable to break the deadlock which for two days had prevented them from reaching . verdict. The vote is still reported as being 8 to { in favor of conviction.
The Nome nugget., 1928-02-18
THE srRAPHANGERs REVENGE

Birmingham. Ala. (R-Alleging he was carried beyond his stop. J. B. Zuber has filed suit against the Birmingham Street Railway Com pany seeking $10.00O damages for "loss of time and physical and men tai anguish" incurred when forced to wait 20 minutes for a returning car.