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The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Ri I H LAYS
FLACLOSS
TOBOTH
BY Babe Ruth

NEW YORK. Sept. 3d.
This closing season is pretty
fair tip-off on how uncertain
baseball is and how tough it is
to try and pick teams in the
spring. Last spring when l
made by prediction as to how
the teams would finish l
thought I had a pretty fair
line ON their comparative
strength.
Now. the laugh of the whole
thing is that l did better JOB or
picking on the National League
clubs than I did on the clubs In
NV own league, showing that some
times a fellow can be a little bit
too close to his own gang to. really
know their value.
Looking back over the season.
there are two big things that can
see that meant defeat for the yam
KEGS and victory for the AS. One
was Cleveland and the other was
Washington. The Cleveland club,
from the start Of the season to the
finish, was a tough one Tor the
Yanks. They beat us consistently,
and they were taken by the AS
just like they took us. The same
goes for Washington. Take those
two clubs out Of the consideration
and 1t would have been whale OF
a race. Or give the AS an even
break with them and us the same
and 1t would still be a bearcat.
underestimated the strength
of the AS earlier In the year.
The thing / overlooked in d0p-
ing Comics team was the
added experience and balance
they had got from last seasons
play. And i didn't give Earn
shaw credit for being the
pitcher he is. Talk about your
Groves and your Walbergs all
you please, the fact remains
that il was Earnshaw who gave
the AS the balance Of pitching
strength which won the PEN
nant.
Cleveland was another team !
undere stimated-simply because 1
couldn't foresee that Ferrell,
first-year man, was going to come
along and win all those ball games.
Ferrell meant the difference be-
tween first division and sixth place
for the Indians.
The Yankees have no alibis.
We had some bad breaks in In
juries and illness to our players at
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Mack, Harris, Johnson Get Plenty

Connie Mack also stockhoder the club which he
gets Walter Johnson something under
Bucky about $4,000 So there's Ruth
long he's abe the while
he's mastering the business of managing:
Ruths behalf that smart oaseDa
Everyone discussed with him baseball should
modern baseball scientific inside baseball
will admit the tricks Of his trade far
field end of the is concerned
He knows what baseball He understands fielding
well he does batting He can go into the
details with interviewer and discuss with rare
intimacy workings of the sport. f.
Ruth is He the strength and
of every player He knows
what pitchers other batter well
h what they give him. which to hit.
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Can Match Wits With Amy of 'Em

the mental workings of rival players
and He knows their tricks their maneuverngs and
their He qualified match wits with in the
business right -
Whether Ruth handle how discipline
kidding line stops and baseball
service begins there be doubt isn't to be the
fellow players that he and the best
out of the field.
Only opportunity show his worth handler OF will
his qualities along these nebu he knows basebaland
that is splendid start. ,l. s.
allowed with him coaches they could guide him in the
handling the Yankees would have
of the ranks They could Of the harvest Of
Ruth q which they couldn't
merely keep him until he Is through player
away great personality and great drawing power.
The Yankees, believe have right cash this
whom they have paid fabulous salary for and every
Ruth right qualified take the job
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from the official prominence Of
these games. This despite the fact
that such sessions have been In
order previously.
The installation OF arc lights to
make possible the playing of the
late season games not only would
be large item of expense but also
would react unfavorably toward the
Central Stadium itself-that Is 50
far as the playing field is con.
cerned.
There is little question but what
the proposed 3;45 o'clock starting
hour would prove an unpopular
move while the Saturday arrange
ment also probably would not
click.
And having considered the
situation from al. angles the
school heads are expected to
treat the situation accordingly.
In which event the 1929 inter.
high football series would pro-
ceed on its usual popular and
profitable way.
Jake Lewis, ace quarterback of
Business High Schools 1928 foot.
ball team. will be opposed to his
old mates tomorrow when Business
inaugurates it's 1929 schedule
against Emerson on the Tidal Basin
Field.
Lewis is playing a halfback for
Emerson and is considered one
of the outstanding players on the
squadron.
Mike Mccarthy, Eastern High
School fullback. may shift to
Gonzaga within the next few days.
Mike loomed as a regular with
the light blue and white earlier in
the wear.
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Students at Penn State
In Golf PLAY Tomorrow

STATE COLLEGE. Pa. Sept. 80.
Penn States golf tournament opens
tomorrow. with the qualifying
round to close Saturday. This
tournament. an annual affair of
the fall season. Is open to all stu.
dents including freshmen. and fre
quently brings out an outstand.
ink candidate for the varsity squad
Until last fall the tournament had
been won three years in a row
by freshman entrants. Fred
Bra nd. ir.. Of Sewickley. a member
Of the varsity teAuas won ths 1929
tournament
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GRIFFS AIM TO CINCH FIFTH PLACE TOMORROW
And Retain Golf Crown

the great Joyce Wethered. While anything can
happen in an 1s-hole match, Glenna is confident
she can hurdle such obstacles and win her second
consecutive title. It's been exactly nine years,
since 1920 to be exact. that a woman golfer re-
peated In the United States Golf Association
BATTLE That was when Alexa Stirling, now Mrs.
Fraser. Of Canada was In her prime Miss
Collett has held the title three times, in 1922,
1925 and last year.
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a time when they hurt most. But
that was to be expected. For three
or four years we had gone along
without any of the tough breaks
that other clubs had, and we were
long overdue for just such a slump.
I'll say this for our fellows-they
We're bearing down every minute.
Naturally the Yankees have slipped.
A club can't go along year after
year without weakening in some de
partments. Our pitching didn't hold
up and our hitting was bad at times.
Personally. however. don't think
We slipped as much as a lot Of folks
think we have. ] imagine there will
be some changes in the club next
year. Some of the veterans will go
out Of the picture and new players
will come to take their places.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Charge Pape, of Iowa,
Played Pro Football

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 30.--Oran
Pape, University of Iowa star half
back, today vigorously denied
charges of professionalism filed with
the Western Conference which have
resulted in his ineligibility.
Pape was barred from today's
game with Carroll College as q re-
suit of the charges which accuse
him of playing in professional grid
game with Galena, H., against Darl.
ington, Wis, in the fall of 1927.
+. II. Lauer. athletic director. and
lowa's new eligibility committee are
investigating the charges.
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Nurmi Scores Over
Best French Runners

PARIS, Sept. 3O-Paris today un.
derstands why Paavo Nurmi is
known as the phantom Finn"
For Nurmi yesterday defeated a
fine field in the 5000 meter race in
the international track meet between
Finland and France. Nurmi covered
the distance in II minutes. SS rs
seconds. France won the meet. 20
to So.
The Washington times., 1929-09-30
Tickets Procurable For
Navy-NOtre Dame Game

Distribution of tickets to the
Notre Dame Navy football game in
Baltimore Stadium. October -, has
already begun. but fans will be
accommodated until the supply is
exhausted. Tickets in the side
stands are SO, in the end stands 50
and q limited number Of box seats
ars S5 each. Address Secretary.
Nv Athletic Association. Annap-
oils. Nd, for tickets.
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SKULL PRACTICE
FOR NORTHERNS

The Northern "Redbirds" will,
hold blackboard practice tomor.
row night at Vic Sport Shop. TIA
Ninth st. n. w, at 7:3O o'clock.
All candidates are urged TO attend
The Northern will open their sea.
son Sunday afternoon at 8 O'Clock,
opposing the strong Seaman Gun
ners on the Silver Spring field.
Business Manager "Sad" Sam
Ormes now believes he is fac.
ing too stubborn an opponent
in the opening game, as the
Sailors defeated the Virginia A.
c., 13 to 7 yesterday at Alex.
andria.
The Northerns have been boil
stored by Pug" Shugrue former
Dewitt Prep gridman. and "Hick''
Licarione, OF the Wintons.
Paddy Bush's st. Stephens grid.
ders opened their 1925 campairn
yesterday by trouncinE the Claren.
don Lyobs, 10 ~ q Zumho Pat
Curtin ana +. Petit starred for the
winneEA
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WASHINGTON

Two-base hits-Gehrig. PasghaI. Home
run-Gehrig. Sacrifice hit--Wera. DOu-
BILE piays-Durocher to Gehrig: Combs
to Jorgens to Durocher; Cronin to
Judge; DurOcher to KOenig: CrOnin
to Myer to Judge. Left on bases-New
York. 4; Washington, 4. Bases on balls
off Pipgras, a; off Brown, 3. Struck
Out-By Brown, L; by Pipgras, I.
Umpircs--Campbell, Dineen and Nallin.
Time of game-1:3
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FAIR GOLFERS
IN TITLE PLAY

DETROIT, Sept s0,-Ths flower
Of American and Canadian feminine
golfing talent assembled here today
for the thirty third annual women's
national tournament.
AS play starts over the intricate
Oakland Hills Country Club course
this morning, the field apparently
Is the strongest in the history of
women's golf. The list Of entries,
numbering approximately six, is not
as large as that of last year but
only those who have achieved a
handicap of six or less have been
allowed to enter, whereas in the
1923 tournament players with
handicaps of seven and eight were
permitted to compete.
Glenna Collett, the champion,
is shooting for her fourth ma
tiOnal title. IL she wins 1t Miss
COliett will be as dominant in
the wOmen's field as Bobby
Jones. is I'm the mems. Several
women have won three titles, but
none has ever succeeded I'm cap
turing the fourth. Miss COllett
took her first championship In
1922, at the age Of 20, and
the second i'm 1925.
Helen Hicks, 17-year-old Long
Island girl whose record since last
fall has made her the sensation of
the season, may have something
to, say about the 1929 champion.
ship, however.
So, also, May Maureen orcutt,
Virginia Van VIE, Marion Turpie.
Louise Fordyce, Mrs. G. II. Stet-
son, Virginia Wilson, Helen Pay.
son, Mrs. Stewart Hanley. Ada
Mackenzie. and Mrs. Harley Hig-
bic. to name only q few.
Then there's Mrs. Dorothy Camp.
bell Hurd who won q championship
20 years ago, another in 1910 and
then came back to take q third
title in 1924. There's Mrs. Alexa
Stirling Fraser, also the possessor
of three titles, won in 1916, 1919
and 1920.
A most select array OF golf.
ers, indeed, and the winner
must be literally q champion
Of champions.
The qualifying round today will
reduce the field to SO. The 81
lowest scores will enter the match
play tournament which starts Tues.
day.
Mrs. Arthur Harrison is the
only player representing England
in this years tournament. though
there are number of Canadian
entries. Virginia Wilson, Of Chi
cago, and Peggy Wattles, young
Buffalo golfer, We're scheduled to
tee off in the qualifying round at
9 a. m. today and from that time
until l o'clock the contestants are
to start in pairs at intervals Of
five minutes.
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Recently it was suggested that in
line with the o'clock closing policy
now in vogue that these games
should be started hereafter at s;45
o'clock, one-half hour later than the
original schedule.
Hurried for decision, the school
heads considered this motion but
later requested more time for
thought. And after celebrating
thoroughly on the matter they will
give, their final decision today.
It has been learned on good
authority that the schedule will,
in all likelihood, be played out
on the 3:l5 o'cOck arrangement.
At the worst it IL thought that
the late season games will be
launched at this hour.
Even this order of things might be
improved upon il given the proper
consideration. Primarily a ; o'clock
starting hour would allow all teams
to finish their games in comparative
daylight and also would provide for
| regulation 12-minute quarters, some
thing missing heretofore.
A spectacle so important as the
interhigh football classic Is deserV-
ing OF the utmost consideration on
the part of school officials and a
sacrifice of Is minutes on football
days could hardly upset the aca-
demic schedules of the factions IN
volved.
Suggestions for arc light football
or Saturday morning presentations
to replace the usual order OF things
seems hardly practical and probably
would not meet with general faVor.
| Rather it seems that some ar
rangement should he made where
by these games could be started 10
| minutes earlier, as was suggested
| in the above paragraph. Inls
would avoid complications and also
would meet with the favor OF
coaches, student bodies and the
| public alike.
| IT il reasonable to presume
that Saturday morning attrac-
tiOnS could not strike the pOpu-
lar chord evidenced i'm the reg
uIarIy scheduled series games
and il Is practically certain that
the officials, who have handled
the games so capabiy during
past years, would not be avail
| able.
Too, the coaches, who put tr
| plenty Of time during the week
are entitled 10 their day Of resi-
and could hardly be expected Il
welcome additional duty.
Ten minutes quarters, adopted "
the past. are not up 20 the regh'a
L. ..Aa.A Al q. nl-l.. dnt :.
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Can Glenna Hurdle link

The 1S-hole-match- play jinx--the same sort of
conditions of tourney play which saw the great
Bobby Jones put out in the first round at Pebble
Beach--will threaten the reign Of Glenna Collet
at Detroit today. But Glenna Is one Of the best
shotmakers among the women golfers In the
country, indeed, she is rated the second best
player Of her sex in the world, bowling only to
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Home Run Hitters
YESTERDAYS HOME RUNS
SEASONS TOTAL

LEAGUE LEADERS
Natfonal-Ott. AZ; Klein. AZ: Wilson.
So: Hornsby, SO: O'Doul. 81.
American-Ruth. 46; Gehrig, 35; Foxx
80; Simmons SO; Alexander. "a.
LEAGUE TOTALS
NatIonal--14S.
Amercan--5S9.
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Observation-Disclosures
Nav Start at BIS p NJ

When the principals Of the five District public high schools
today decide officially the starting of the
football series games the fate of this popular annual
athletic event will rest in their hands,
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Walter is anxious to give both
Eddie Wineapple and Don Saw
idge, his youthful pitchers, o
turn i'm the box and would also
welcome the opportunity of try
ing out Ad Lislxa.
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1t required some phenomenal
pitching 'or the New York
Yankees to top the Griffman yes-
terday. but this brand was forth.
coming from George Pipgras,
their ace right handler.
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tional--14S.
American--5S9.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-08
Camp Fire Girls Vote
 Support in Peace Plan

New York, Nov $ GP)-Support for President Hoover in his efforts "to secure for the peoples of the earth x lasting and honorable peace was pledged by the cXocu- tive committee of the Camp Fire Girls of the United States in d telc- gram sent the chief executive today.
 The message said that the Ameri- can girls organization, which has a membership of approximately 90O.- 000, will invite a similar interest on the part of the sister organization in England, in order that, through the influence of the English speak- ing peoples of the world war may become a forgotten vehicle for the adjustment of international differ cnccs."
New Britain herald., 1929-11-08
NEAREST STAR FAR OFF
Light from "Neighbor" Takes 1S,4O0 Years to Reach Earth-E'rom Eurthcst, tS5 ,0O0 Years.

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. s GP) - The immensity of that small cor ner of the visible universe of which the earth is one small fragment is indicated in some distances an nounced in current Harvard col lcge observatory bulletin.
 These are the distances to 93 globular clusters of stars. The light from the nearest travels more than 1S,40O years before reaching earth, while that from the farthcst takes 1S5. 900 years.
 All of them are part of the star system, to which the earth belongs, the Milky Way. Outside. this Milky Way astronomical telescopes all ready have photographed thousands of other universcs of stars. some so remote that their light requires many millions of years to reach earth
New Britain herald., 1929-11-08
FOREIGN LEGION ID
 BREAK OLD RULES
Fugitive Surrendered for First
 Time to Civil Officer

Sidi- Bol-Abbess, Algeria, Nov, s Pl-By surrendring a murderer to the civilian police to stand trial for a crime committed prior to his en- listment, the French Foreign Legion has caused earnest confabs in the barracks here and the places ire qucnted by the LogionaireS.
 For years the idea has been gen. eraIly accepted that no matter what crime a man vas accused Of in civil life. he was safe from prosecution so long as he remained in the For cign Legion.
 Detectives Have Kicked
 Civilian detectives long have com- plained that when they called at headquarters, cvasive answers were received concerning alleged crim- inals whom they sought, or, by strange condolences, it appeared that these men had been detailed for services in the lower Sahara or on the fringe of the Hogan, where the hand of the law, lengthy as it IS reputed to be, was too short 10 reach.
 "A man is known in the Legion by the name under which he enlisted and that alone" The correspondent was once told at headquarters here. His former priVQe life does not concern us and We are not concern ed with it."
 This confidence was volunteered at the time of the release of the American, Bennett J. Doty of Bill oXi, Miss.
 Case Often Cited
 The case had filled the newspa- pers of both hemispheres for sev- cral weeks and the Paris papers for days hads reached Sidi-Bel-Abbe with long accounts Of how, owing to the representations of the visiting American Legion to France-that was in Bennett J. Doty. sen fenced 10 eight years in prison for assertion would h" released.
 Yet, the correspondent had noted on the desk of Colonel Rollctt, com mander of the Legion, a stack of tclegrams addressed to Bennett J. Doty, and which had remained un- delivered.
 I've don't know any Bennett J. Doty here," the colonel volunteered. We know one Gilbert Clare of Memphis. but l don't suppose you are interested in him."
 Clare was the name under which Doty had enlisted and been sen fenced.
 Officer Demands Proof
 Recently two Paris detectives ar rived at Sidi-Be el-Abbcs and told the colonel, We have warrant here for Castor Froissart who kill ed his grandmother with an axe in 1926. robbed her and then enlisted in the Legion as Rene Bernard.
 "Provc to mo that Bernard and FroiSSart are the same man." the colonel asked.
 Bernard was sent for. Bertillon measurements were produced. os- tablishing the identity of the man as Froissare without4the shadow Of q doubt.
 You can have him." said the coloncls
 Froissart is on his way 10 Paris
New Britain herald., 1929-11-08
HOOVER BURDENED
 BY MANY TROUBLES
Most Are Thrust Upon Him.
 Presidency No ROSebed

Washington. Nov. President Hoover has done many things to excite praise in the actual eight months he has spent in the White House. On the other hand, he has also run into more trouble and grief than Mr Coolidge did in all that time. if one omIts the inherited oil scandals
 r Some Of those troubles Hoover has brought upon himself some have been deliberately created for him and others have just happened. But hardly any Of them were an ticlpated when Hoover took office
 There are few historical parallels for the collapse of tariff legislation in Congress. Administration forces in the Senate, once confident Of d working majority. are demoralized.
 They're Giving IT
 Reed of Pennsylvania. ablest of the administration leaders, has publicly admitted that the tariff bill is dead, Floor Leader Jim Watson Of Indana, who has been getting more and more nervous an l intellectual, has departed for Flori- da on the reported advice of physi- clans. Bingham Of Connecticut. one Of the Finance Committe"'s most dependable regulars, was cen sured. Republican, progrcssiycs and 2 Democrats rule the roost.
 Hoover wanted tariff legislation ; but declined 10 say what he wanted He lost his chance 10 control the situation when he remained silent and allowed the House Ways and Means Committee to make a gen. eral tariff revision instead of the limited revision especially designed to aid agriculture for which he had originally called. Left to itself the committee decided that the sky would be the limit.
 The Senate Finance Committee. also without any apparent White House guidance, ratified it's work. And now the Senate coalition i, making such hash of their work that no one sees quite how any bill ' can ever come out of conference or l, how Hoover can sign it if one does. : HooVer's only attempts 10 intep vene resulted in signal defeats at the hands of the Senate coalition. He demanded retention and exten- . sion of the flexible prerogativ"s which enabled him 10 raise or lower duties and the Senate vote to take it away from him alto gether. He was cmphaficaIly on record against the debenturr farm plan and the coalition voted 1t right into the tariff bill.a
 Hoover knew when the Senate attached the debenture 10 the farm bill last spring that it would be knocked out in conference. But now he is reasonably sure that the conference. cant save the flexible privislon and knock our the de benture at the same time. The Senate would never swallow all that Meanwhile the legislative bark goes rudderless, E.
 No one can blame Hoover for the stock market crash. Only Demo- cratic presidents get blamed for things like that. But it's d blow
New Britain herald., 1929-11-08
Corporal Sums Up
LONDON MARKET CHEERFUL

London, Nov. s lP)-Wall street s rally infused a more cheerful ten dency into the stock exchange gen orally today. Trans Atlantic favor ties opened better and continued 10 improve slightly over parity gains from yesterdays close. ranging from one to three points. Nickels register ed the most improvement.
 Other sections were steady except British funds which still were un- der the influence of the conversion loan.