davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19
Ball PIONEER
ISM0URNED

old-time washington sportsmen
today mourned the passing Of the
patriarch Of them all. Michael D.
scanlon, who, q year after the
civil war, OF which he vas =
Union veteran. organized the club
that was to put this city on the
big-time baseball map.
scanlon died yesterday at the age
Of S1. For many years he con
Quoted 4 billiard establishment IN
the 400 block Of Ninth st. N. WI,
thai was d rendezvous Of sporting
folk. many famous stars OF the
cue and ivory game having per
formed there. A cherished pos
session was q cue given him by
President Grant.
For 81 years Scani0n was
closely allied with either base
halI Or billiards or both. he
was on the way to his billiard
vIlara when stricken wednesday
af Ninth Street and Pennsyl
varin Avenue. He died ct
GeorgetOwn University Hospital,
a victim Of pneumonia.
Scanlon was a conspicuous figure
IN The development Of professional
baseball. His original team was
comnosed Of sandlotters and played
its games on the Monument lot.
later on Scanlon saw possibilities
in baseball as moneymaker and
caused the erection OF washington
first enclosed park. 1t was situated
at seventeenth and s Streets North
west. The grandstand seated 500
and the admission fee was 20 cents.
II was ScanIOn's idea to build
. mark where now stands Grit.
fith Stadium. The site was =
nicnfc ground. ScanlOn's scheme
was effected during the los
The game entered upon a boom
With the birth OF the new plant
and Scanlon always was the man
~ enterprise, pushing it on and on.
Under his leadership the Wash
,ueton club, which he called the Ma
tionals. entered the National League.
He remained as its chieftain until
1890.
Funeral services win be held Nom
aay at $50 a. m. at st. Patrick's.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19
PLaysd q Cams,. Fir.t Pr0fs.si0naI.

Beside George Wright, Germans first 8
Williams pitcher Frank Norton, catcher; G. H. E. Fletcher @
base; Parker second base; George Fox third base:
centerfed Theirs the first professional which the
old timers tell about and preceded the famous Cincinnati Red
United
States from New York to San Francisco, in 1862
Needless in the infancy Of professional baseball Of which
Mike scnlcn spoke auhoratye the salaries then didn't even
paid that
which Travelled Washington something
like $40 q month, every player getting the
organization
which the pioneers tell did little better than those original
wages getting 500 per month"; which in
those days income be shifted coughed sneezed at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19
Grimm-Lands Team
Leads Six-Day Contest

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.--The 129th
hour ana 2,18Ist mile Of the six.
day bike race at Kings Bridge
Armory ct 8 q. IA. today found
the Grimm Lands team leading the
field by one lap. Three teams were
tied for second place, the Walthour-
Winter, Van Kempen-R izzetto and
Dempsey-Hill combinations. The
Boogman brothers occupied third
position, two laps behind the pace
makers and one turn of the saucer
behind the second p scers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19

High team Bets--NaNy, 1.491s Treas
ury. ]. 4s1; Navy. 1.46i,
High team games--Navy. 54s: Treas
nry. SIS; economies SCI
Individual aetB-F Fischer, Construction,
ekruction 5S4
High Individual gameB-Stancaii. Inter
state. 1856; Brown. Marines. 1856; Greevy,
Agrfeulture, 1as
Strfkes--Kohie Treasury, 15s Bad
wiski, Construction, ia; Greeyy, Aggies.
~.
Spares ohier. treasury. rs; Jensen.
Interstate, 81 Burton, Treasury, 81.
Flat games acNfiaiAms Treasury,
~; Jensen. Interstate. 94; Brow n.
BARNES. pa; fisherman, Labor. IS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19
FLEET ROLLERS
Sc PACE:

Fleet Corporation continues to win
the majority Of its games in the
Federal Bowling League and have
proved a hard outfit to overcome
throughout the entire season. Blu.
rean Of Engraving. though boast
ing the highest total pin-falI in the
league, has never been able to set
closer to the leaders than they are
at the present time. a three-game
margin now separating them.
Interior missed = wonderful OPP
portunity in this weeks match with
the Marines, when they started off
with d 604 game and ended up with
sol in the third. but what happened
to Charlie Kings outfit in the Sec
ond contest is something else. Their
total for this game hsing ass. only
one man being able to reach q hun
dred. Last I saw Of King he was
sitting in front Of the score board
trying to figure It out.
Bureau Of Engraving was the
only team TO cop all three Of
their games, Navy was the VIC
tins. Interstate handed sur
prise 20 Kirby's money handlers
when they took txo games from
Treasury, while COmmerce WaB
handing the same dose TO Public
Buildings.
Like Interior, Veterans Bureau
went into q trance In their second
game ana before they came TO War
had bagged the odd game. This
team also turned il a sos game with
a 47s sandwiched In between. Team
standings to date:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19
Jackson, Henry, Mays
Sign Giant Contracts

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 Q.N.S1--
With the receipt of the signed con.
tracts of Shortstop Travis jackson
and Pitchers Dutch Henry and
Carl Mays, all but II of the IS
players on the New York Giants
were in line today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19
SOCCER ON WHEELS

Motorcycle soccer was recently In
troduced in Baltimore as a prelirni.
nary to regular Maryland Soccer
League contest. Three players and
a goalie. all on wheels. constitute
team. The game is played in four
1O-minute quarters,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19
NGSTARS
FOOL MAIL MEN

With the first half OF the Post
office League race nearly over. the
teams are closely bnnekled, ana IN
terest is at fever heat.
As the teams 30 down the stretch
the Shooting Stars are enjoying q
three game lead, with the Independ-
ents, and Registry teams closely
The Shooting stars. dark horses,
newly organized, have been the
sensation Of the league After q
poor start which caused them to
lose their FIRST nine games, the
potential power OF the team, began
70 assert itself, and under the in
spring leadership OF CAPT. Al. b.
White, rose from last to first place
in the standing.
Money Order, which was tied
for the first place was delivered
q crushing blow BY Che Owls.
recently reOFganiEed. Under
their new leader. Captain Dulin,
who set 3 brilliant example for
his teammates, By shooting >
S55 set, the reiuvenated Owls
took three from Money Order.
Postmasters, Money Order and
Delivery, all are in the thick Of
the race, and are constantly threat
ening the leaders.
Fred Barthlemess and Henry
Thompson, two OF the unainstays
OF the Shooting Stars, retained their
title as doubles champions. by de-
cisively defeating Gus Friedrich and
Hick Barrett, two OF the stars Of
the Parcel Post team. In a chal.
lenge match. The feature was the
rolling OF Thompson and Barrett,
who shot $40 and SAT. respectively.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19
He D HAVE
SH0NE IN
STAKES
BY z. D. Thomas

AS 80 of Washington s
strongest bowlers line up at
the King Pin for the second
five game skirmish of the
Campbell sweepstakes, one
swonders how John Il. Vaeth
would have Jared in this
classic event that he didn t
live to see.
Mentioned from time to time as
one Of the greatest exponents of
duckpins, Vaeth's name cropped up
today in connection with discus.
sion of recent sensational doubles
performance.
NEWSPAPERS have credited some
with being records. But they
/. were far from IL. Back in 1917,
when Vaeth. q mite of p chap,
was disputing the right of Harry
Krauss to the title Of king Of
Washington duckpinners, he
paired with Tommy Mayhem IN
memorable 10-gaIne series with
Ray Chaplin and Eddie HORser.
Ii was in the first five games, at
the Grand Central that Vaeth and
Mayhem hung up the mark that no
other pair since has approached
,26l. Vaeth's score was 6Sz ana
Mayhew's 579.
i And: at that. 1t was no walkoVer
victory. Not until the fourth game
did Vaetli and Mayhem assume the
lead, due to the remarkable bowling
OF Chaplin, who slumped after shoot.
ing 420 for the first three strings
In the second set, rolled at the
Palace, Vaeth got an even 500 and
his grand total for the series, 1,2S2,
stands as record.
III was = h9t week. indeed, for
the little Grand Central man
ager, who. between sets of the
series with GIlaDin and HOWser.
who represented the Palace. beat
600 for five games shooting
anchor for George Ise1slann's
Crescents against Martinsburg.
Those who witnessed the sensa-
tional series at the Grand Central
and Palace may recall number Of
thrills by pefusing the following
scores, dug from the archives by
George Isemann:
AT GRAND CENTRAL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19
Eastern Star
League
srANDINe 81 TEAAIs

High team sets--B ethany. /. AGO. Waeh-
ingtOn Centennial 1. 4es; Unity. 1875
High team games--Be bethany, 6O4; Unity.
sol. washington Centennial, 491. High
Anderson (Ruthl. s2g; Owen (Vashinx-
ton Centennial1, 223 High Individual
games--Owen washington CentenniaD,
lSO. McAleer and Anderson (Ruth) and
averages--Owen 1Washington Centen-
niaD. 1913; L. Hicks Unity 74-2:
Greevey (Bethany1. 81. High HAT games
Richards gColumbiaa. 81 cooperstein
fTemple). 81 High strikes-Whitbeck
(Washtngton Centennfail, IS: L. Hicks
Unity, IL. High spares--Owen wash
lngton Centenniail. So; Anderson tRuth),
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-19

Competition at the King Pin to-
night win start at 7ss0 o'clock and
those who would find vantage points
need arrive early.
Here's how the stars stand at the
end Of the first five games. rolled q
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06
FRANKFURTER BECOMES HIGH
HAT

Now that the Standard Oil Co. has
closed deal to establish refresh
ment booths in conjunction with its
gasoline stations, the hot dog is be-
coming more "high hat" than ever.
In fact, the word "hot dog" is slip
ping. The war is over, and liberty
cabbage" has returned to sauerkrau-
tic normalcy and it is likewise no
longer treason to speak of frank
furter." In fact, roadside stand own
ers prefer it. Only in Boston, it is
said, do they still refer to this mo-
torist accessory as "calorific ca
nine. THE Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bartlett, Of
Lansdowne, Pa, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Bartlet's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Cooper.
Mrs. T. P. Mckee, who has been
confined in the Beebe Hospital, at
Lewes, with a broken ankle, return
ed home the last of the week.
Messrs. Lemuel H. Swain and Sam
uel ]. Register attended the State
meeting of the Patriotic Order Sons
of America at Magnolia on Tuesday.
Miss Margaret Bullock, steno-
grapher in the Office of the State
Board of Education, spent the week.
end with her parents in Dover.
Billy Reed, young son of Post
master and Mrs. Jehu Hudson, who
has been seriously i'll at the home
of his parents on West Market St.,
we are glad to state is improving.
Miss Flo Swain has been visiting
relatives in Washington, d. G.
Mrs. Howard Wilkins and daugh-
ter, Millie, with Mr.. and Mrs. Clin-
ton A. Kephart, visited relatives in
Wilmington Tuesday.
Mrs. Ira Davis, of Wilmington,
visited her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Short, last week. Mrs. Short has
been quite ill.
Miss Louella Haymen, of Will
mington, has been the guest of Miss
Charlotte wilkins.
Messrs. Calvin Short and Charles
Achenbach, of Wilmington, are
spending a two-weeks' vacation with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe Rust.
Misses Sarah and Leana Fooks
have been visiting Josephine NAPLES
at Rehoboth.
Mrs. Mary Grant, Of Wilmington,
is visiting some time with her
daughter, Mrs. A. Pierson Townsend.
Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Beauchamp
have returned from weeks visit at
Asbury Park, N. ].
Miss Sallie e. Messick spent last
weekend at Snow Hill, Md, with
Mrs. W. W. Vincent.
Clarence Taylor has been visiting
his mother, Mrs. Jennie Taylor.
Miss Sylvia Schrendelman, from
Wilmington, has been visiting in
Georgetown.
Martin Ableman, of Wilmington,
has been visiting relatives in this
town.
A. Gutovitz spent Thursday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Ableman.
Mrs. Frank Milman, of near town,
in the Redden district, is on trip
to Elkton, Northeast, Rising Sun and
Zion, Md. and will return by the way
of Wilmington.
Miss Mildred Milman, of Whining
ton, spent last week with her par
ents, near town.
Wade Gordy, of Sharptown, Md,
was among friends here Wednesday.
Mrs. Frederick r. Pettyjohn and
Mrs. w. D. Brasure were recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H.
Barto in Washington, D. G. While
threre they visited many places of
interest in Maryland and Virginia.
Mrs. S. G. Evans, who has been
spending the summer with her
daughter, Mrs. A. M. Day, has re-
turned to Washington, D. G.
Mrs. John T. Watson, Mrs. Frank
Green and son Irwin and grand
daughter Jane have been spending
the week at Oak Orchard.
Ira Johnston, of Washington, D.
c., is visiting relatives here.
Mrs. John A. Gill, of Harrington,
was visitor in town on Thursday.
Miss Elsie Rose is spending few
days in Philadelphia and Wildwood,
n. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Barrett, of
Newark, N. j., have been guests Of
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06

distilleries, but they will never con-
sent to participating in the sale of
liquor themselves by any system of
government traffic.
There is another factor in this
situation. The majority, and surely
no honest man will intimate that it
was not a majority, which was re-
sponsible for the enactment of the
prohibition law, is composed of lib
erty-loving men and women who
value their citizenship and its privi-
leges. 1t now appears to them that
certain groups in the country have
determined to demonstrate that their
decisions are ineffective. So long as
the will of the majority is in keep
ing with the will of the minority,
obstructive tactics are not used.
Since the minority desires a system
of liquor sale, it seems to be the
opinion Of that group that their
wishes must be recognized in law.
The right of the dry majority to par
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06
THE FUTURE OF
PROHIBITION

1t is quite evident that the vets
of the United States are striving
desperately to bring about an i'm
passe in regard to prohibition en-
forcement.
The extreme denunciatory Ian
guage used in the wet organs, the
methodical attacks made upon dry
organizations and leaders for the
purpose of discrediting them with
those who form opinions upon cas-
ual news reading, the persistence
of Mr.. Raskob in the Democratic
party, and the evidence of an active
wet group among the Republicans,
the campaign of terrorism directed
against federal officers and the con-
stant preaching of resistance, all
indicate a determined effort to pre-
vent completely satisfactory en-
forcement of prohibition.
Such a situation would, in regard
to many issues, inevitably result in
a compromise arrangement, but in
the very nature of the case NO
COMPROMISE is POSSIBLE IN
REGARD TO PROHIBITION!
We are either to have liquor
traffic or we are not; that is all there
is to it. The people voted against
the liquor traffic because they were
against the saloon. But they are, If
anything, even more opposed to beer
gardens and the exploitation of the
home by wine producers and sellers.
They desired to be rid Of the acute
alcoholism in evidence on all sides
under license. But they are even
more opposed to the widespread
chronic alcoholism of Latin coun-
tries. They were outraged by the
conduct of the great breweries and
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06

ticipate effectively in national de-
bate and decision is definitely chal-
lenged.
For this reason, we say with con-
viction that the repeal of prohibi-
ton, if and when it comes, will
come AFTER and not before COM
plete and satisfactory enforcement.
Democratic processes must be vim
dicated. Obstruction will be met
with determination. The minority
must come into court with clean
hands before it can have the slight
est hope of favor.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06

Mrs. Bessie N. Hudson.
Frank L. Hudson, of Washington,
D. c., visited relatives here last
week.
Mrs. Bertha Goodwin and daughter
are spending few days at Asbury
Park and Trenton, N. ].
Rev. S. D. Van Loan and sister,
Mrs. Anna Beach, have returned
home from a two-months' stay at
Ticonderoga, N. Y.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06
Stockley

Laurence Sipple and family called
on their parents over the weekend.
Miss Edith Prettyman has re-
turned after a visit with relatives
in Philadelphia.
Clarence McLaine has been re-
modelling his dwelling house lately.
Fred Dodd also has been enlarg-
ing his mill.
Most of the farmers are busy get
ting their fodder down and picking
tomatoes.
The Stockley School has reopened
with new teachers. We all wish
them much success.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06
Outstanding Economy

Outstanding Economy
The new Chevrolet Six Is an unusually
economical car to operate. Not
only does It deliver better than
twenty miles 10 the gallon of gasoline,
but its oil economy Is equal to, If not
actually greater than, that of lts
famous fOUr-cyifnder predecess0r.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06

Beautiful Fisher Bodies
With their low, graceful, sweeping
lines and smart silhouette, their
ample room for passengers and their
sparkling color combinations and
rich upholsteries-the new Fisher
bodies on the Chevrolet Six represent
one Of Fishers greatest achievements.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-06

Remarkable Six-C Cylinder Engine
Chevrolet's remarkable six-cylinder
engine impresses you most wildly by
Internationally smooth performance.
At every speed you enjoy that silent,
ve1vet-like flow of power which Is char
acteriStic of the truly fine autonOtdlel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
~CoL WILLIAMS wants to see you," sal

"C.oL. WILLIAMS wants to see you" said
one and to the other. "You frisk him
while I watch him."
The spy carried no weapons. He protested
little but went with them to the Office of
Col. r. H. Williams, chief of intelligence Of the
Army of Occupation, nicknamed "Houdini" be-
cause he liked the mystic. Now he did con-
juring trick that Mortified his unwelcome Wis
itor.: He produced from a desk drawer a neat
pile of thin tissue papers, filled with close
writing. and held them out to the German.
DO you see anything familiar there?" he
asked sardonically.
The Germans face turned CHASTITY white
He started back
Whats the use?" he said, in a strangling
voice MY partner is the only man who could
have given you those.
He struggled for self-control, searching Col
Williams face.
Well" he asked, do go out right away
or do I have time to write my family?"
He thought it meant q firing squad. Legally
the war was still on. But Col Williams had
a better way. He smiled and waggled finger
beneath the Spy's nose
Listen he said, what good would 1t do US
to kill you? We've got your reports-and half
what's in them has been printed already in
the newspapers. What we want you to do Is
60 back to Berlin and tell the people who sent
you We know what they're up to.
them to read the newspapers, write us a
letter. We're very likely to answer 1t. Why
not? The German army now Is just q
shadow of its old self. The American Army Of
Occupation alone could lick you, and we know
It, Why should we worry?"
The Germans mouth was open his eyes
bulging. He could conceive no German in
telligence officer talking that way. But 1t must
be true. COL Williams was offering him .
cigar!
We'll, I'll be damned" he exploded I'm
through! I've taken lots of chances and got
away with them. But what's the use trying
against your own people? That man you sent
to me was more German than am. I'll tell 'em
In Berlin just what you say-and get out Of
their secret service"
He must have kept his word, for thereafter
Col. Williams did receive from Berlin several
letters of inquiry most Of which, If not ALL he
answered.
If we'd shot that fellow or even locked him
up" he explained, Ibis bosses would have
thought we had lot to conceal, and sent
whole regiment of spies"
MARRIED trouble-makerS came to Coblenz or
tried to come: from the east German agi-
tators trying to prove the doughboys were
depressing the Rhinelanders; from the west
allied inspectors trying to prove the doughboys
were fraternizing with the same Rhinelanders.
That bothered the French especially, and they
rewarded the writer of articles in an English
newspaper saying it was happening
From all points of the compass on all pre-
texts, came Bolsheviks, parlor or genuine.
seeking to stir up trouble, and last, stream
OF Germans deported from reconquered
Alsace-Lorraine for hostilities to the new
French government. Such people needed
watching.
So the Army of Occupation bored peephole
and watched them. The peephole was the
MISUNDERSTANDING then and now one of
Coblenzs most popular hotels, overlooking the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

Chicago than in Luxembourg, more Germans
in Milwaukee than in CoblenZ. Thousands of
doughboys of the Army of Occupation spoke
German. Many Of the I. P.'s were German
born. Information flowed in
The Germans had tried an old trick Of
retreating armies and left behind spies dis
guised as peasants to report what the oncoming
Americans did. Most of them did not last
long, for real peasants who recognized them as
strangers denounced them to the American
secret service. United States agents dug up
several such German spy nets in Luxembourg
and turned over the birds to the avid French.
CERMANY'S new republic was not so i'm
maculate that its spies did not go marching
on. They pumped Systematically Germans who
crossed from our bridgehead to unoccupied
Germany; they sent experienced agents into
CoblentZ I. P.'s met every incoming train and
picked out some of them.
Others were bound to get by. One of the
best looked like prosperous Dutter-and-egg
man. His business seemed legitimate papers
in order, and he had been born in the United
States No wonder he passed. He had been
spy, he said later in England, France and the
United States.
But something he did aroused suspicion, and
one night a German American agent came
clothes of German wartime cut and shabbineSS.
He looked, talked and acted completely Ger
man, and had been-some years earlier.
I'm from Berlin ne said. They sent me
to help you"
II don't know what you mean" the honest
business man replied.
The newcomer proved to him that he did
know. So they became partners Under cover
of various errands they listed all the American
units in Germany, whereabouts, strength,
morale, what they talked about, their home
sickness whether they would be willing to fight
again if Germany refused to sign the treaty.
Night after night, secluded they tabulated
their results on sheets Of thinnest tissue.
Finally, the task done, they hid these in the
false bottom of the business mans trunk Now
for Berlin again by whatever roundabout route.
He sent the trunk to the station, paid his bill,
took walk before train time
Suddenly he felt that sensation that GRIM
finals and spies dread most-a light tap on the
shoulder. Nerves tense, he whirled like top.
He faced two men In American olive drab,
Sergeants by their chevronS-I p. SergeaDts, In
fact.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-28
Timely Views
ACCURACY OF IMMIGRATION DATA
QUESTIONED

BY HENRIK sHIPSTEAD. Senator From Minnesota
Henrik s~hipstead was born In Kandiyohi
county, Minnesota. Jan. 8. 1881. He was gradu-
ated from the dental school Of Northwestern uni
verSity, later practising at Glenwood. MINI. In
1920 he moved to Minneapolis and continued his
practice there. He was mayor OF Glenwood for
two terms. and a member OF the Minnesota house
OF representatives In 1917. He was elected 10 the
senate on the Farmer-Laborit ticket in 1929.