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The Washington times., 1928-09-24

Nothing gained, nothing lost'
would seem to be the correct re-
Joiner here, but the man wllo makes
1t will be wrong on both counts.
The Yanks still are two games
ahead of the Athletics in the Amer
lean League and the Cardinals re-
tain their : one game jump on the
Giants in the National but, with the
major league season ending on Sun
day next, days count almost as
much as games at this particular
moment. The Cards and Yanks
gained a full day and the Giants
ard Athletics lost exactly that by
reason of yesterdays stanl-off In
both leagues.
Thus instead Of being two
games ahead with eight to play,
as they were "a hours ago, the
Yankees still have the two
games, but the cOntendlng Afn-
letics no longer have the eight
game margin on which 70 lg-
IRE Ii is seven now. SO is
!. that Of the Cards, where yes
terday it was eight.
The Cards defeat of Petty yester-
day also was heartening tc Their
immediate prospects, since It ism
likely that they will have to do busi-
ness with the star left-handel again
in this series. At that. i might be
a break for them il they did bring
PETTY back for another whirl. Dur
ing the five 1..ings he worked yes
.erday. he was almost as mystifyinS
as McGuffeyis Third Reader.
They have beaten Vance. too, al
most every time out this year, but
the tip is that they won't have to do
it again. The young man. according
to the best advices. watches very
coed ball game from the bench
against any club he thinks he won't
beat, IL the boy friend turns up alb
sent from the lineup in this series,
the only man the Cards respect. is,
McWeeny, who has beaten them
three times IN four starts this yea.
with one game already parked We'll
out Of ira fife. the Cards. therefore,
figure to take two of the next three
This mace will keep the Giants
buck jumping against the Reds
on the other side of the River.
However, they got break, too.
i'm beating Luque yesterday. he
went Id innings i'm order to
lose which means he won't be
back. The Giants also are
managing to conceal their mis-
givings over the fact that the
Reds are in there with a more
or less silly looking lineup.
As result current indications
are for slight change, il at all. in
the National League situation
during the next several days. They
may have to pay off on that sun
day game between the Cards and
Giants yet.
The Yanks should keep winning,
too, against a club with two In
fielders out of position and the
rest of them mostly out OF luck.
The Indians are going nowhere
with remarkable haste. so they are
giving the young idea a chance. 1t
is understood that the Yankees are
determined that they won't be dis
couraged, even by thing like this.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
WRITER-COACH

Marty McDonagh. veteran news
paper sports editor, has been APP
pointed coach of the ross country
team of Rensselaer, Polytechnic
Institute at Troy. y. Y, for the
twelfth consecutive year.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
Tommy Armour Tells How
To Select Golf Sticks
Ry Tommy Armour

One first things for gofng beginner to think about
his set clubs and his OF holding Them Both
imnortant in the making of good player
The Washington times., 1928-09-24

d o n t shut
your eyes too
soon. M a n
players actu-
a II y $ h u t
their eyes on
t h e d o w n
stroke. think
in g m o r e
a b o u t t he
sand that is
going to be
t h r o W n up
than a b o u t
t h e S h o t
There will be
pl e n ty of
time To duck
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
TODAY'S SCRATCHES
MOODIsINE

FIRST RACE-Iim Mcmahon, Sea
Kale, Storm Queen. Baltimore Belic.
Hope Hampton. Juicy.
THIRD RACE-Great American.
SIXTH RACE-Cedar Crest. Hoi
Poiloi, Gold Bells Wheatstick. All Nir-
Kinis. Rochester 2nd.
Weather. clear. track, fast.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
YOUNG CHAMPION

A 16-year-oId lad. Billy Boutell,
won the championship tournament
of the Minnetonka Golf Club in
Minneapolis.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
Mrs: Wlghtman Big Asset
To Tennis, Says Helen
Bv Helen Wills

Mrs. George W. Wghman among the eight players to
reach the round before the semifinas in the womens
.I0nal singles Forest Hills recently These eight players
may said represent best in womens
conn
The Washington times., 1928-09-24

Comorosky. of the Pirates, is q
youngster with a world of promise
He lacks experience, of course. ami
might give way to BrickelI m case
Pittsburgh cops the pennant. The
latter has a world of speed in his
heels and is especially graceful
when going about his work.
French, of the AS, and Pascha!,
Of the Yankees, are strong utility
outfielders, with French unusually
fast on his feet. However. neither
stands much chance of doing more
than going to bat in a pinch.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
GRIDDER DIES

DUNN. n. c., Sept. "a. - 1uSh
Lee, 10, star end OF the local high
school team, died in a hospital after
fighting death for 40 hours. He sus-
tanned broken neck in game here.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
Tie SERIES
ON WEDNESDAY

ROCHESTER, n. Y, Sept. "a
The Rochester Red Wings will meet
the Indianapolis club. which clinched
the American Association pernant
by defeating Toledo yesterday in
the first game of the Little World
Series" here on Wedr esday.
Rochester won the IntPrna-
tiOnal League flag by taking
two games from Montreal in the
latter city yesterday, even
though Buffalo. the runncr-mp,
defeated Toronto.
The first four games in the series
will he played here. The first team
to win five games will capture the
interlea que title The fast game in
indianapolis will be played either
on October or 3.
This is Rochester's first pennant
in II wears. The team is managed
by Billy Southworth former Ma
tional League star. The league was
so we'll balanced this season that
only nine and one-half games sep
arated the first and seventh place
teams on the final day and Roches-
ters percentage was only $40.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
BETTER WITH AGE

"smoky Joe" Williams, 52year-old
pjtcher of the Baltimore Black Sox,
hurled a no-hit, no-run
game in Akron, Ohio, facing only
20 batterS.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
IN NINTH
NETS TITLE

A record gathering Of 1000 rabid
baseball fans saw Mount Rainier
stage a thrilling ninth-inning rally
on the Hyattsville diamond yester-
day to defeat Hyattsville by 4.tu-2
score, winning the unlimited base
ball championship of Prince Georges
county in two straight games, hav-
ing previously beaten the Hiser's
All Stars by a 6-to-0 count last
week.
Eddie" Marosey, Hyattsville port
slider. and Frank Maple, Mount
Rainier's speed ball artist, hooked
up in a bitter mound duel. For
seven innings each granted but one
hit apiece and not the semblance
of run behind the alright de-
fensive play of both clubs.
With one down in the eighth
session, HyattsyilIe scored the
first run of the game. Manager
Hiser beat out a slow roller TO
third. stole second and third,
and scored on Chase's single.
Mount Rainier then pushed across
a counter in the ninth, thus tying
the score. Fitzgerald came to the
bat with the bases loaded and sin
gled sharply to right center. all
three runners crossing the counting
block. Hyattsville tried hard in its
half, but could register only one
run.
Sandlot results were:
Mt. Rainier. 4; Hiser's 2.
Eagles, 1910; Kroydens. 100.
Hawks. ga: Pet-Yorkes, IA.
Sam Rice Juniors. 3; st. Marv's, l.
Bond Bread. 4; Kensington, o.
Corinthians. IL; Webco Z.
Roorers. II: Indian Head, Z.
DreadRaughts. II: d. C.>Flremen, i.
Cherrydale. 4 ITerndon. 3.
SILVER Sorng. go; Red Sox. IL:
Vic Sport shop, 16; Falls Church. T..
Vic Sport Shop. 8: Kellys. ;.
A. b. & w. 4; Capital Heights, J.
stadium 6: Monroe, 2.
Addison, 5; Bowie, 3.
Nat Circles, Is; Pirates. 3.
Yankees s Petworth, 4.
Phoenix, 3; Cfevy Chase. I.
Corinthfan Midgets 2: Rovers, l..
Corinthiln AGidgets. 3; Hartfords, =.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
By Louis A. Dougher

The American League looks have advantage in efed
when the conenders for the 1923 championship considered
especially If al Simmons should into the world
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
BACK IN SPORTS

University of Dubuque has de-
cided to return to intercollegiate
athletic competition after a lalse OF
three wears.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
YANKS AND CARDS Gain
DAY ONLY ON RIVALS
BY Davis j. Walsh

NEW YORK, Sept. With pennan contenders operating
distinct fronts this adaptable correspondent submitted
himself the famous bndfod test today and shreWdy
OWNED the following after brief but meditaye sllence
The Giants win the ball game. The Cardinals win the ball
game. The Yankees win the ball The Athletics win
The Washington times., 1928-09-24

Only recently one of the new
members at my club came to me
for lessons. lie had what l am sure
must be the worlds worst set of
implements. 1t developed that he
had decided to take the game Ep
ana naturally thought that the first
thing he had to do was to buy him
self a new set of clubs and so,
without knowing the first thing
about the game, hied himself to 4
department store, put himself IN
the hands of clerk, who certainly
knew nothing about the game. and
bought a whole new set, SOME II
or Is in all.
/ looked them over and found
that no two had the same
Lies" that the shaft of the
spoon was longer than the shaft
of the driver and so ON. How
on earth he expected to play
with such miSfit outfit is
more than | can understand.
The first thing l did was to send
him back to the store with the
clubs and then helped him pick
out some that were adapted to his
needs and that were at least cousins
even if not brothers and sisters as
all clubs should be.
What every golfer needs is n
family of clubs. They should
be related as to lie" weight
and Iength-aIl of which are
determined by the physical
makeup of the man or woman
who is going to use them.
The test of the Gle" is the posi-
ton Of the club-head when you ad-
dress the ball. The proper Gle" of a
cub is when the whole extent of the
sole rests upon the ground in the
natural position of address. If, when
YOU stand in hitting position. the
heel Of the club rests on the ground
and the toe points upward, or vice
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
T!NCOLN FIELDS

FIRST RACE--Piata Real, Ann Cur
tbs, Nix, Woify Padona. Homewood,
Polygamia. benny Basil
SECOND RACE--Brown Bettina. Mys-
terry Ballot. Snnnys Girl. The Padre,
subway Tube, Borough Monger.
THIRD RACE--Thistie Glad. Margaret
Gaut, Adele w, Dry Moon, Open Go
Shut Alleghan.
FOURTH RACE--Musette. Sweet La
cruise. Dunreigh, Charming Lady, West
ern Eagle. Shasta Maple.
SIXTH RACE--Martinique, Baby Gar.
FINLAND, Kelnot, Florida Gold, Pandy,
SEVENTH RACE-Paula Shay, Or.
Lara bee Poor Boy, Mary Dale. Fair
Catch. Glee, Helen F., Prince Til Til
Yargee.
Weather. clear; track, fast.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24

your head after the club goes
through the ball. and it IS
good idea here to try to see the
cIubhead as it comes into the
ball. Looking up is fatal on
shot like this Hang on to
your club tightly and hit into
the ball with your eyes open,
and then push the club on
through. If you must close
your eyes, do it after the ball
is hit and on its way.
Copyright. 1925. BY John #. Ollie Col
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
BASEBALL.
DIRECTLY /
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays RESULTS
Chicago. y; Washington, 3.
New York. d; Cleveland. 0.
Philadelphia. II: 81. Louis. !.
Detroit, a; Boston. ].
TODAY'S GAMES
WASHINGTON at Chicago.
Philadelphia Mt st. LOuis.
New York at Cleveland.
Boston Mt Defr0it.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
| lOMERUN|
| IITTERS|

Player and Club No. Total
Bottomley Cardinals 80
Hauser Athletics ........ IL
Foxx. Athletics ....... i II
DYKES, Athletics ........
shires, White Sox ....
strip, Cincinnati .......
The leaders.
Ruth, 30; Hack Wilson. 80; Bot
tomley. 80; Hafey. 81: Gehrig., "a; Bis
sonette, %: Hornsby 20; Hurst, "a;
Harper. 10.
League totals National, $50; Amer
lean. 457.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24
Pro Gride Results

Frankford Yellow Jackets, l.;
Gree Bay. 8.
Chicago Bears, Is; Chicago CarGi-
nails, o.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24

OF
The Washington times., 1928-09-24

When you are in sand, and
fear to be showered with the
sand when making your shot,
The Washington times., 1928-09-24

Reese. who alternates with
O'DOuI is a fine OutfieIder and
a capable batsman. The Giants
are never weakened by having
him In the lineup. whether at
second base or In left field.
The Washington times., 1928-09-24

Simmons. playing left field fer
the first time. is terrific swatter
as well as good outfielder. He is
the main strength of the Athletics
offense, batting in fourth place and
batting hardest with runners IN
ahead of him.
With the Yankees going into the
series Bob Meusel can hold his
own, despite much lower average
for the season than Simmons ran
boast. Meusel like mos: Of the
Yankees. is a great money player
doing his best under stress. He
has not been hitting as hard this
year as in the past, but for 9 shot
series of seven games or less he IS
entirely dependable. He also Is just
about the best thrower n any
American League garden. No run
ner can afford to fool with hat
wing Of his.
Hafey. OF the st. Louis Card
mails, shapes up like the best
left fielder in the National
League. He covers plenty of
ground in the garden and Is
utterly fearless In crashing INTO
walls and open boxes. His 22
home runs show how hard he
meets the ball. He is the hard.
est hitter of all the left fielders
in his circuit.
Riggs Stephenson, who tried TO
become a second sacker with the
Cleveland Indians and failed, is
strong cog in the Cubs machine.
He Is a slashing hitter. though net
as hard a swatter as Hdfey. He
r. at his best with runners on, by
the way.
O'Doul. who plays left field for
the Giants against all right-handed
hurlers, is a capable performer,
though not the least bit flashy.
Zitzmann, Of the Reds, is another
of the same type.
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Federal Government was called upon

Federal Government was called upon
to meet.
For instance, there was the mainte.
nance of the postal service between the
different parts of the Union. We dc
not realize today what this fact means
but one of the greatest boons which the
federation Of the States conferred upon
the people of the Union was the provi-
sion for carrying OF the mails from ONT
ice which since 1847 has been rendered
at a minimum uniform cost. This serv-
ice has been performed by the Federal
Government from early days and. in
fact. was started prior to 1889. Benjamin
Franklin. In addition to all the Other
services which he rendered to the conn
try, having been one of our first Post
master Generals. The service thus rem
dercd by the Federal Government has
been performed In nearly every year at
a loss. Some years the loss has been
very heavy and in other years 1t ha
been moderate. Another service rem
dered by the Federal Government has
been the maintenance of rivers and
harbors and the lighthouse service tc
safeguard navigation. But in addition
to these duties which have devolved
upon the Federal Government from Its
inception. many other extra govern
mental services have from time to time
been assumed For example. there l.
the Department of Agriculture with its
manifold duties in the interests of tn
farmer: the Department of Commerce
with its multlfariOus duties in the inter-
eStS OF trade; the Department of Labor
charged with the duty of promoting tn
interests of those who work with thei
hands, the Department of the Interior
which. in addition to it's duty of look
ing after tho public domain. has man,
other responsibilities then there is TN.
Puh1c Health Service. the supcrvisio,
OF banks and the assistance rendered
inc States IN connection with the edu
catlonal system of the country. includ
ing aid from tho public domain to acri
cultural and other collegiate institutions
ahu. 70 mention one Of the Governments
mos lnlnortant extra-Covernmental &C
INVITES. there is the aid in the b,ildin,
OF national highways.
Those various functions. which are so
n,ultharlnus that To name them all and
discuss them iutellignntly would cali
Tor long article in itself. have neces
STATED increased expenditure. The
government began to segreGate these
expenses in its reports in the 40s. In
inc Tour wears which elapsed between
1871 and 1845 they amounted to
S3.000,000. While the primary expenses
amounted to $4,000 900 In the four
years prior to the Civil War the sec
ordarv expenditures had risen TO
s6l 900 600 and the primary expendi-
lures to s62 1000 900 The primary cx-
panscs Their shot up for a while and
became greater than the secondary ex-
penses, due no doubt to the exigencies
Of the war and the postwar period. but
We find both classes Of expenditures
growing In the four-ycar period. 1896
1899. inclusive, these expenses had
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More than two-thir6s of the eXpcndi-
tuTcs of the Federal Government from
the time of Washingtons Inauguration
down 10 the present period have been
due TO war, These expenditures have
. been made directly in the conduct of
Sars or indirectly in the subsequent out
lay for interest on the debt incurred in
the prosecution Of the war and for PEN
SONS and other payments TO the men
who participated III the war and To
their dependents
Secretary Of War Weeks estimated in
1923 that up to that time the United
States had been III l04 wars. beginning
With the Revolutionary War and end
Ing with the recent World War. II is
true that a great many of these ware
were small affairs waged against the
Indians, Secretary Weeks estimated
that the Army or some portion Of it
had been called into active service on
the average of about every year and q
half. Secretary Davis, the present head
OF the War Department. pointed out in
q recent article that fighting the Amcri-
can Indians was no cllild'S play
He says they were born soldiers Of
high natural intelligence, who devel-
cped war chiefs of exceptional military
ability. and. given equal equipment
they were. man for man. a match for
cur soldiers. The country has been en-
gagged in six major wars-thc Revolu-
tionary War. which gave lis our indie
pondence. the War Of 1912. which was
fought against England. but which
might as well have been fought against
France because both countries had
committed many unfriendly acts due 10
Cur efforts to carry on our commerce
during the period Of hostilitieS dating
from the time Of the French Revolu-
ton As was learned later. If there had
been IN Atlantic cable or wireless CON-
run;cation with Europe. the War of
1872 nced never have been fought
The Mexican War came along in
1886 and lasted until l84S. and rs an
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has occasioned 6496 per cent of our
total governmental expenditure, and lest
the reader may think that the heavy
expense of the Great War brought up
this percentage to a point higher than
i: would otherwise have been. 1t may be
pointed out that the cost of the nationa,
defense up to the time of the Great
War. that is, from 1889 to the close OF
1917 was accountable for 68.6l per cent
Of the total expenditure. A study of the
expenditures of Great Britain from the
English Revolution in 1853 down to tho
beginning of the Great War in 1914
shows that the expenditures for mill :
tary purposes and the debt charge ac-
counted for 1874 per cent of her total
outlay: that for the six fiscal years
covering the period of the Great War
such expenditures amounted to 1882
per cent and that in the period which
has elapsed since the close of the war
her expenditures for what she calls hel
fighting forces" pensions and debt
charge amounted to 6294 per cent OF
the total outlay of the government.
The cost Of government has steadily
risen with the growth of the country
The figures for the 70 years from 1875
to the time of the Civil War in 1861
look aosurdly small when compared
with the expenses of the 66 years which
have interviewed since 1861. The total
expenditures of the Federal Government
for all purposes from 1889 to the close
Sl.795. 100000 The Civil War period
of four years involved expenditures of
almost double those of the previous u
years They amounted to $685. 900 600
and the total expenditures from 1861
to 1917 were S27.048 ,000O 900. or a total
up to the beginning of the Great War
of S28,e43 100000 The two years o1
the Great War involved all cNpcndl-
ture of So 143, 100000 and the cost OF
the Federal Government in the eight
years which have transpired since tnal
time have amounted to S30,3l2,00o.00o
In short. the fiscal period which elapsed
between the declaration of war aGalns
Germany by the United States and m
signing of the peace treaty at Versatile,
involved an expenditure by the united
States Government larger than tn
total expenditures of the 1913 wears
orr history under the Constitution,
while the eight years which have e!aps-
ed since the articles of peace Wer'
agreed to have also involved an eXpcn-
diture greater than that Of the l2t
years prior to the war.
Reduction of Public Debt.
In these statistics. no figures are IN
Guided for payments made in the re-
duction of the public debt. Stch ray
ments are omitted because, in a tlnal
accounting. the expenditures in the re-
duction of debt are merely an offset to
the receipts from borrowing which pro-
vided the means for expenditures made
in the years when the money was bor-
rowed. However. while this is true
taking the statistics as whole. vet
il is also true that so far as the tan
payer Is concerned tho expenditures In
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grown to $20s, 900. 900 for primary ex-
penses and $l60,000,000 for secondary
cXDenSeS
Secondary Expenditures Rise.


expenses.
Secondary Expenditures Rise.
Between 1898 and 1901 they had
reached $273,0O0,00O for primary pur-
poses and $279,O0O,O 900 for secondary
purposes. From that time on the Sec
ondary expenses have been the greater
During President Wilson's first adj
ministration the civil expenses for
primary purposes reached 1868, 00O,-
OOc, but the secondary expenses shot
up TO $780,O00,000 and, passing over
the war period when expenses we're alb
normal, we find that in the four-year
period from 1922-1926 of the Harding
Coolidge administration secondary ex-
penScs rose to $4,000 ,000, 900 as against
$79o 100000 for primary expenses. The
indication Is that in the last tour
years OF President Coolidges admins
tratlon tn cratic may possibly be
changed. President Coolidge's meas
ures OF economy seem to be keeping
down somewhat the growth Of the Sec
ondary expenses Tine two years for
which the record has already been
made account for S425 100000 primary
expenses and s1,O5O, OOO. 900 secondary
expenses. This widening of the scope
OF governmental expenditures Is not
peculiar to our own country There has
Dcen d very marked similar growth in
other countries. particularly in Eng
iano. where the extensive program of
social bettcrmcnt initiated lust prior to
the war. under the premiership of
Lloyd George, has resulted IN increas-
lnSiy burdcnSome annual budgets.
so much III regard to the amount and
CROWN OF our Federal expenditures In
addition to the growth in Federal ex-
penditurcs, there has been a tendency
tor expenditures for States and munic-
qualities also To increase, not only ac-
tually but rclatively-that is, in propor-
ton to the population and in proper
ton TO the national income.
This brings us to the subject of bud
getting great deal of the improve
ment which has taken place in connec-
ton with the Federal expenditures NAV
fairly be attributed to the adoption in
1921 of the national budget system. Be-
fore that time there was no executive
control over the expenditures. The pur-
poses for which public moneys we're ex-
pended and the amounts were deter
mined by the appropriations commit
tees OF Congress. but they had no guild
ance except the estimates which the
Secretary of the Treasury is required
by law to lay before Congress at the
beginning of each session. AS far back
as 1906 those interested in improving
our finances. whether State or munich
pal strongly agitated the Importance
of the adoption of the budget sys-
tenn. To President Taft belongs the
credit for having organized in 1910 a
commission of economy and efficiency
One OF the most important of the stud
les made by this commission vas re-
port entitled The Need for a National
Budget" which President Taft sent to