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Rules for Winning
Trips to Next
World Series

y Pick two pitchers. one catcher,
q first baseman. second baseman,
third basenan. shortstop. and a
left. right and center fielder. But
one team can be submitted by
each contestant.
Contestants -four ain numher)
coming nearest to the Ruth selec.
ton and submitting the best
reasons for selections will be de.
clared winners. They will see the
first block of world series games
wherever played. as guests of
The Washington Times. All win.
ming ties will receive the same
awards.
Contestants must not only try
to select the same team that Babe
Ruth picks. but must attempt to
y assign players to the same posi-.
tions as those on Ruth's team.
Rith's batting order also must be
attempted. Print fun name and
address on selection.
Each selection must be accom-.
panied by letter OF $50 words
or less, giving the reasons for the
selection.
"A player may be placed in a
J position other than his regular
position. provided he has occupied
the alternate position in one or
more games this year
All players on all major league
! teams are eligible except Babe
Ruth himself. Ruth will not select
himself.
Players must be selected upon
basis of the 1929 playing season
only. No other past performances
viii be taken into consideration.
Address all selections to Babe
Ruth Contest Editor. The Wash.
ihgton Times. Washington, d. c.
Tie Babe Ruth All.American
Contest ends at midnight. August
81, 1929 II possible use the
coupon printed on the sports
pages for submitting your team.
Babe Ruth will autograph 10
baseball hats and 10 handsome
Babe Ruth desk blotters for the
20 runners.up.
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COnnaughton Happy,
Stolen Watch
Recovered

Harry M. Babe" Connaughton,
Georgetown University All-Ameri-
can guard of 1925, has cause for
celebrating some cheering news.
His football watch, presented by
the New York Sun when he was
placed as guard on the first, ALL
American team Of 1925, has been
located.
George Beach, of Alexandria,
Va, who plays center on the Vir.
ginia A. c. eleven, is the person
who will return the treasured
timepiece to the ex.Hilltop star.
Beach purchased the watch
from a taxi-cab driver, but didn't
discover its real owner until a
thorough examination after reach
ing his home. He then communi.
Gated with Jack Tulloch, sports
editor Of the Alexandria Gazette,
informing him of his discovery
and telling Of his desire to return
the watch to Connaughton. q
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dark HORSES"
PLAY TODAY

The dark horse" of the series
Calvary Baptist-goes into action
this evening in the weekday city
league championship. The George.
town Church League title-holders
tackle the Washington Gas Light
nine, winners of the Industrial
League crown, A hot game is In
prospect and the Church League rep
resentatives will bear plenty of
watching. Benny Wormsley and
Farran will be the opposing pitchers.
First blood in the tournament was
drawn by Pullman last evening when
they overwhelmed Union Printers, 20
to 5. The game went along nip and
tuck until the eighth inning when
the Terminal Leaguers went on a
rampage and sent 10 counters trail.
ing over the plate before Edwards
could retire the side.
Edwards came in to the rescue
of Heinie Webb, who took the rap
during this big splurge although
Roudabush, the starting Typo
hurler, was the losing pitcher.
yColIIfIower did the pitching
for the winners and held the
Typos to six hits and whitfield
nine Of them. Hughes, Stahl
and Naples swung the heavy
lumber for the winners.
The game was played under pro-
test by Manager Webb, of the
Printers, who claimed that Pullman
used an ineligible player. The
Printers got off to a good start
by scoring once in the first and
three times In the second. After
that they got but one more run, in
the fifth. Pullman got four runs
in the fourth, knotted the score at
5-all in the fifth and went two up
in the next frame. Then came
the eighth and the track meet
around the base paths by the
Pullman players.
One Of Sundays feature amateur
attractions will be the double-header
in Union League Park between
Georgetown A. c. and the Washing
ton Black Sox.
A triple by "Soup" Campbell in
the sixth with the bases full was
the deciding factor in the 6.to.4 vic
tory Of the District Policemen over
the Lorton, Va, Reformatory. Fin.
ney Kelley pitched great ball for the
policemen, striking out IA and hold
ing his opponents safe throughout
the last part of the game. Ernie
Hiser. star shortstop, featured in
the field. He accepted eight con-
secutive chances in the fourth, fifth
and sixth innings without bobble.
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The six teams here are not unlike
other kid teams throughout the land
except that they have won their
spurs through at least two elimina-
ton tournaments-their own State,
and then regional.
While Asheville, n. c., and Union.
town. Pa, already have suffered
elimination, and two more will drop
from play this afternoon after the
semi.finals. in which Lisbon Falls,
Me-. meets Louisville, KY, and At
lanta, Ga, meets Buffalo, N. Y, in
double-header, the standard of
play exhibited by the youngsters i'm.
dicates that the major Leagues have
made a wise move.
1t is very difficult to spot base.
bali greatness in the embryo, It
is true, although Jimmy FOxx
and Mel OFT, two of the bright
est stars i'm the majors today.
both made their appearance and :
stuck with the Athletics and
Giants. respectively, when they
were but 16, the age limit for
boys In the Legion series.
While none OF the boys here look
like he may become a future OFT or
Foxx, yet that some of them may
later reach the majors is not at all
unlikely. Most of the lads know
what it's all about out there on the
diamond. and there is no telling how
far they may go. Some boys develop
rapidly, while others come along
gradually. Many a youngster has
clamored for practice with the
leaguers in their home town majors
or minors, and with the cooperation
and help of the professionals now
theirs, some of the striplings per.
forming here may become the major
league stars of tomorrow.
To pick this player or that player
from such and such a team and say
he will become a major league star
later on would be foolhardiness in
deed. But il a couple of the boys
that have shown their wares here
in the first round games stick to
baseball and do not get somewhere
with it Wen miss our guess. Some
of these boys are downright classy.
Bill Joyce, captain and star
pitcher Of the Buffalo team, IL
one youth who seems destined
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E>IGEfI


At Boston-Jim Maloney, Boston
heavyweight, outpointed Riccardo
Bertazzola, Italy, in 10 rounds.
At New York-George Sidders
knocked out Fitz Jones of the
United States Navy in first round
1O).
At Patterson-Paul Cav Ter.
Patterson heavyweight. scored a
technical knockout over Charlie
Wepner, New York, in the sixth
round Q0).
At New York-Georgie Hoffman,
YorkvilIe, won decision over Saliva
tore Ruggirello, Italy, in 10 rounds.
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for . bright future. His
catcher, Joe Smith, il another.


Although they played with the
defeated Uniontown team the per-
Torrance OF two Slavish youths in
their infield stood out. Crackovich
at third base and Malosky at first
base are the Uniontowners who
looked mighty impressive even in
defeat. Besides fielding in strictly
high class fashion both Crackovich
and Malosky hit quite we'll. Even
it they hadn't hit safely they would
have remained impressive because
the way they take their stance and
cuts" carried the stamp OF APP
prevail.
The South annoually sends up
many major league prospects: so
you may be sure Atlanta and Ashe-
vile also have their prospects. OF
the Georgia delegation it might be
truthfully said that all perform
quite creditably in accepted fashion.
With their close association with
the players of the Atlanta team
for all the boys work in the ball
park selling soft drinks and shay
| ing flies. ETC., before game time
their actions naturally are patterned
after their favorites. Long Tom"
Harper, star right hand hurler, and
Captain Leary, first sacker, appear
as two of the best Atlantans.
The mountaineer lads from Nawtf
Calina like their baseball and show
it. Henderson, lanky first sacker
and Buck" Pinkston, side-arm
curve ball pitcher, are apparently
| their two best bets. Both are neat
ball players right now and should
advance.
Louisville and Lisbon Falls. Me.
players shoW their wares this after
s, noon. All that has been seen OF
them thus far is what they've
shown in practice. but they seem to
possess good knowledge and ahil-
ity of the game as well as the
| others.
The team from Lisbon Falls
came $50 miles to compete here.
They are the fartherest from
home. Besides this they are the
only sn1aIl.tOwn team in the
tournament.
Lisbon Falls is a town of $500.
When Bowman sounded the call Tor
players for his team last spring he
| uGQ OUT AZ CdAlO1uoSSSs Luz
moulded together a team from this
score Of boys that not only won the
State championship of Maine but
also took the regional from teams
representing Massachusetts, Yer.
mont and New Hampshire.
In Mike Yascko he has q bespec-
tactled right hand pitcher who
twirled his team to 20 victory in
the regional finals against New Bed.
ford, Mass. Mike allowed only three
singles. Oddly enough Lisbon Falls
got but three hits, too, all in the
first inning, but they were enough
a single, double and triple-and the
ball game was won.
Tomorrow afternoon the winners
of today's games meet in the game
that will mean entry into the junior
world series in Louisville, KY, Sept.
4, and s, against the team winning
the tournament for the States west
Of the Mississippi. This tourney is
now in progress in Colorado Springs,
Colo.
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a To COMPETE
IN SWIM RACE

With "a entries already in hand,
a field of approximately 80 will COM
pete in the annual Presidents Cup
three-mile swim on the Potomac
River this Saturday at 3 o'clock.
The New York A. c., which has
landed the team trophy for several
years, heads the entry list with six
mermen of proven quality. Ray
Rudy, young New York A. C. ace,
will be back to defend the iaurels
he won the past two years. Ruddy
also holds the record for. the dis
lance. Besides Rudy, the New
Workers will have Edward Lee,
August Harms, Leo Giebel, George
Fissler and Joseph Farley.
The PalOOka Swimming Club,
OF Annapolis. Md, has entered
Il. y. Hooper, r. III. AShwOrth
and III. Myers. They are Naval
Academy swimmers prohibited
from representing the institution
In outside competition.
The Coast Artillery Corps Of Fore
Monroe, Va. is sending c. A. Beck,
Robert r. Manuel. j. w. .Daw q n,
M. G. Owens. j. Fl. Maness and
HarOld..A Saberhagen. Harry Burk.
heimer and Joseph Metz will sport
the colors of the Clifton Park A. A.,
of Baltimore.
Entered as unattached are John
C. Redmond. of this city; Edward C..
Sullivan and George w. Bahlke, of
Baltimore; Henry l.. Brinke, Of this
city; Jerome s. Shear. Lawrence
Buscher and Carl Ahlenfeld, of the
Washington Canoe Club.
Sullivan captained the Catholic
University swimmer team several
years ago. Bahlke has competed in
the last six or seven three-mile Po-
tomac swims and won one year.
He Is now somewhat of golfer in
the Monumental City. Buecher
was the first Washington entrant
to cross the finish line last year.
The Washington Canoe Club
will have Jerome 9. Shear, Carl
AhIenfeId and Lawrence Buscher
in the race.
The Baltimore Central Y. M.
c. A. has the largest delegation in
the meet with nine swimmers.
They are George Dreyer, Hugh
Parker, Cyril Caulk, Roland Bieren,
James e. O'Neill, Morris Vanden.
berg, Fred Muh1enfeld, William
Reid, Kenneth. Speddin and Paul s.
Harrington.
The Bay Shore Swimming Club
of Baltimore has entered Leroy
Baum, Fred Manners, Paul Crisman
and George Cummings.
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She had some incentive to crush
Mrs. Charlotte Hosmer Chaplin yes
terday to be sure. the only player
who took as many as four games
from her in any match last. year.
But the best Mrs. Chaplin could do
yesterday was 10 win single game
in the second set. What GU aen
Helen will do today againct Alice
Francis of Orange isn't even profile
NAUTICAL. for the Jersey girl will be
lucky II she takes as much as one
game.
Queen Helen who might be styled
the girl who never smiles dropped
her mask for a moment yesterday
when one of the ball boys slippe
and fell while retrieving a ball for
her. She actually grinned and then
smiled while the crowd sat back in
amazement. She hasn't won the
name of Little Poker Face" with
out reason.
Although there is little doubt
about Miss Wills ability TO keep the
singles crown, there is just about
as little doubt that the American
doubles title will go to England
where 1t has spent considerable time
in the last half dozen years. The
Wimbledon hampions--Phoebe Will
son and Peggy Michell-have gotten
under way for the American cham.
pionship at what seems to be an
unbeatable pace.
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Favor Held to Capture
Canadian Golf Crown

JASPER, Alberta, Aug. 21-Eddie
Held was today favored to capture
the Canadian amateur golf cham.
pionship, following the defeat yester.
day of C. Ross Somerville, the de-
Tending champion.
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PAYS in POUNDS

Dazzy Vance, Brooklyn hurler,
loses about ten pounds whenever
he pitches on a hot afternoon. Re.
Gently, he weighed 20OK pounds be-
fore a game and only 1854 after
he finished.
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Big Leqguers of TOMORROW
May Be on Legion Mines
By Juno Kinerk

The two major leagues contribute $4,000 annually aid
in fostering baseball it sponsored by the American
Legion Throughout the country there than 100000
lads affiliated with this movement and right Washington
host to six of the best teams in the % States of the
Mississippi
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PERFECT SHOT

A perfect" ,hole.in-one. with the
bali lodging in the cup without
striking the green, was made by
Andy Anderson, at the Thomas
Valley golf course in London, On
tario.
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Helen wills has been a devas-
tating force in her. first two
matches; she has yielded only one
game. Never In early round play
has a defending champion swept
through uDimpOrtant. matches
with as much fire and desire to
win by an overwhelming count
as Queen Helen showed ON Mon
day and yesterday.
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ldm|
NIFTIC.

title in 1904. some seven years before
Betty was born. Mrs. M. r. Watson,
Mrs. B. c. Coveu and Mrs. Peggy
Michel are also very much IN the
running.
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COSTLY COLTS

The record price for a thorough
bred yearling in England is $72.500,
paid for son I The Tetrarch and
Blue Tit in 1919. New Broom holds
the United States record, having
been bought for $4,000.
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LASS Of IS
EAST H()PE.
IN TENNIS
BY Malcolm Roy

FOREST HILLS, L. l., Aug.
21.-Were it not for the ex-
cellent and not altogether un-
expected play Of little Sarah
Palfrey, Brookline's 16-year,
old marvel, the East would
be in a sorry plight in the
women's national lawn tennis
championships which go into
the third round here today.
Miss Palfrey, almost single-handed
has prevented the women's tourney
from becoming an Anglo-Califor
affair even at this early stage of
the proceedings. Six of the third
round players hail from the Golden
State and there are four English
girls, leaving the remaining half
dozen places for the rest Of the
country.
None of the half dozen, with the
exception of the girl from Brook
line Is of outstanding prominence
in the tournament. Miss Molla
Biurstedt Mallory, eight times
holder of the championship is one
Of this group but impossible as II
may seem Mrs. Mallory has not yet
played on the stadium courts, from
which circumstance may be gath
cred something OF the esteem in
which she is now held among the
elect Of the game.
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See the latest location reports from
the Graf Zeppelin on The Times-H
aid map at LOew'S Palace Theater.
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Approximately, 30 golfers met
this fate last year when Bannock-
burn first instituted this policy. 1t
met with such favorable comment
that the committee has decided TO
keep these rules in force.
The Bannockburn officials main
tain a topflight golfer should stick
with his own class and that golfers
of equal average Should compete
among themselves. Oftimes a low
handicap player has an off day
in the qualifying round and his
score places him in a lower flight
that is wholly out of proportion
to his game. This causes the other
players to feel they haven a
chance against such skillful links.
man.
Nevertheless, the Bannockburn
golf committee feels It should do
something for those discarded by the
''shut.out" method and a sixth flight
) has been proposed However, seven
eighths Of the difference in handi.
Ncaps will apply in match play for
this flight $3.50
Entries for the tourney close
September Is at D. m. The equi- -
table rules arr that a player with
less than a handicap of nine is
eligible only for the first flight;
those with 3, 10 and IN only for
the first or second flights; those
with IL and IL for the first.
second or third flights; those with
IA and Is for the first four flights.
After veal S pause. Bannockburn
will complete a home-and-home en-
gagement with the Manor Club
pIast year, Bannockburn defeated
the Manor golfers in a team match
on the Glen Echo course and re-
turn match was scheduled at Manor
but it was cancelled because of many
y Manor members away on vacations
Yet, Bannockburn never forgot its
appointment and the match will be
played on September at Manor
Al Houghton. pro at the Harper
Country Club. kept up his par-shat.
.tering work by scoring IS, four below
par, at Columbia yesterday. He was
out in 80 strokes and returned in "a.
The day before he recorded 50 at
ABurning Tree. His card at Columbia
follows:
. Out
Houghton sS4s2 6-aa
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COLUMBIA
|NNEEDOE
GUARDS

Some coaches believe a foot
ball team is as strong as its
tackles.
If that il true Columbia's pros
poets are roseate this fall.
Coach Charley Crowley, the for
mer Notre Dame and Harvard star,
and Remy Tvs, both veterans, avail
able at tackle but in addition four
others. These are Weinstock, Nc
team and Blast, a 1927 performer, J,
who did not report for football last
year.
But while Crowley has plenty of
tackle material, his line may be far
from formidable unless the early
season develops unexpectedly. Co
lumbia loses its 1923 captain, Bill
Adler, at guard; Makser, also a
guard, and Horace Davenport, cap
tain of the Blue and White champ
ion rowing crew and end on last
years eleven.
Hy Ashman is the only veteran
ley's chief tasks will be to find
another guard.
For this position he will have
contending Frank Nobiletti of the
1928 frosh eleven: w. H. Allan. for
mer frosh guard but switched to
the backfield, and Japar, former
frosh guard converted into a back
field performer. Both Japar and
Allan will probably be sacrificed as
backfield candidates to bolster UP
the guard material, inasmuch as
there are plenty of candidates for
the half and fullback berths.
To offset the big loss in the
backfield, Henry Kumpf, who has
graduated. Crowly will have Ralph
Hewitt and Charles Joyce. Joyce IL
quarter and Hewitt plays at full.
back. Crowley will also have avail.
able for the backfield, Bill Buser
Henry Scott. Phil Liflander. Joseph
Stanczyk and James Sheridan.
Scott and Hewitt at half,
Stanczyk at full and Joyce at
quarter IL expected 20 be Crow
ley's early season choice for his
varsity backfield.
Hewitt will probably carry TIN
burden of Columbia's kicking de
partment this fall. Hewitt is good
kicker and rated a triple-threat mar
through additional ability as
passer and ball carrier.
Coach Crowley will have some
misgivings as he surveys his cam
didates for end. In addition to
Davenport, Columbia has lost Glenn,
Kliegman. Human, Smith and Tassi.
Fritz Costigan is the only regular
available.
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.HAND|CAPS s.
TO APPLY,
THOUGH
By George A. Simpson

The golf committee of Ban
nockbnrn is contemplating
adding a sixth flight for low
handicap players who are
"shut0ut" OF other flights
because of the equitable rules
governing Bannockburn s.
annual invitation tournament,
September 1921.
p w. Fred Byrne, chairman of
the committee. today announced
that the club will endeavor 10
have this special flight II time
will permit.
Bannockburn is the only club
of this section that conducts tour
naments under the theories that IL
n good golfer has a weak score
in the qualifying round he will be
Adeclared ineligible for play in any
other flight.
For instance, il golfer with
. handicap Of eight, shoots IS
) In the qualifying field. and
fails to make the championship
division. he is ineligible to play
In q lower bracket.
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Fortunately Sarah Palfrey has
stepped into the gap and il
more than likely to be a quarter
finaIist against Helen Jacobs
tomorrow. She il matched to-
day against Mary Greet of
Kansas City, a player whom she
defeated handily in the final
round for the eastern turf title
at Rye. on Sunday last.
Little Sarah, who has not yet
been dubbed Sally, should not have
to play at anything nearly like the
high speed which carried her to
victory over Mrs. Shepherd Barron
OF the English team in yesterday 9
second round play. SO, SO, 6-4.
Not in many moons has a gallery
been treated to such an exhibition
of stroke production as that put on
by Little Sarah.
She made errors, to be sure. but
she played remarkable game, none
the less, making all told so place
ments in three sets which is an un-
usually large number. Every part
of the youngsters game is beauti-
fully co-ordinated and there Is an ease
of action and perfection of form that
will undoubtedly carry her to the
topmost heights of the game before
she is many years older. Not only
has she splendid form but she also
has power and speed both in her fore
hand and backhand She has an
''all court" game and the ability to
take the net and volley with the
best of them
The English girls have continued
to put on fine tennis and are apt to
be in the quarter finals in goodly
numbers. Betty Nuthall faces Mrs.
May Sutton Bundy this afternoon
and all the signs point to an easy
victory for the British maiden over
the veteran who won the Wimbledon
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Hy Ashman is the only veteran
guard available and one of Grow
ley's chief tasks will be to find
another guard.
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The PalOoka Swimming Club,
Of Annapolis. Md, has entered
Il. b. Hooper, r. III. AshwOrth
and III. Myers. They are Naval
Academy swimmers prohibited
from representing the institution
In outside competition,
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Scott and Hewitt at half,
Stanczyk at full and Joyce at
quarter IL expected 70 be Crow
ley's early season choice for his
varsity. baclxfield.