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as q clouter, is an exceptionally
superstitious fellow. He believes
in all sorts of omens as well as
in his broad shoulders and keen
batting eye. Babe used to tap
the hump on Mascot Eddie Ben.
nets back before making a try
for a circuit slam. Later he con.
ceived the idea Of incarcerating
little Jimmy Reese in his dressing
room locker. generally for a suf-
locating term Of about five min.
utes. Babe uses weird weapons
his wonders to perform!
Ball players, 1t might be noted,
are generally averSe to lending
their favorite bat to anyone else.
You suppose, possibly, they are
afraid it will be broken or mis-.
laid. Nothing of the sort. There
is another popular superstition
that each mace contains so many
hits within it's frame, just as a
fountain pen holds q certain
amount Of ink. They do not like
the idea that someone else will
steal" hits from the club that
belongs to the owner! How'S
that one?
Prize fighters represent a whim-
sical breed, too. from the lowliest
prelim mug to the mightieSt
champion. They believe in court.
ing fate with special rituals as
well as with humping knuckles
The redOubtabIe John L.
Sullivan thought il unluCky
to enter the ring before his
rival.
He laid and executed deep
plans to force the other fellow
between ropes first. Few knew
Of this amazing weakness Of per
haps the most feared fighter Of
all time.
One of the few was William A.
Brady, who managed Corbett when
Jawn finally met his Waterloo
Sully had been told Corbett was
on his way to the ring when ne
left the dressing room. John
satisfied, quickly followed, but
his comforting custom of entry
was rudely scrambled by Brady
Corbett's manager manipulated
some ringside spectators so that
Jim's passage was blocked. Thus
Sullivan was obliged to enter first
though he actually struggled and
held back to avoid the move.
Whereupon Brady yelled "the
battles won already, joint"
The humpback is much sought
as an instrument Of luck in the
ring as well as on the diamond
Stanley Ketchel always had a Grip
pie. Toby, in his corner. wouldn't
tight without him in fact. Jeffries
when he won the title from Fitz et
Coney, was prevailed upon to carry
a hunchbacked California new3boy
named Miller on his massive
shoulders.
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Sampson Tops Coast
IMP. G.. A. Qualifying

BURLINGAME, Calf, July 20.
Harold Sampson, by virtue Of a
par 142 for 36 holes, today led
the field in the sectional qualify
ing round for eligibility in the
National Professional Golfers AS
sociation championship.
Earl and Mark Fry also quail
fled with 143 and las, respec-
lively.
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Hold
EVERYTHING!
a
MhEH0kMAN

The proposed transfer Of the
st. Louis American League base
ball franchise to Milwaukee, Wis,
meets with the hearty approval
of at least one baseball magnate
Clark Griffith of the Washing
t.. n club, is all in favor of the
idea.
A marked lack of interest in
the Brownies has been in evi-
dence among st. Louisans for
two years now. And. it is claimed,
If that same ball club were trans
ferred to Milwaukee 1t would
function on a paying basis.
For some time now Griffith
has contended that Milwaukee is
an ideal baseball city. And also
that the Washington club, in
company with six others, has
suffered a financial reversal each
and every time it plays the
Browns on their home field.
1--WE can seldom meet ex-
penses on our split Of the gate
at SpOrtSman'S Park" he ad-
mitted today. I'm other words
its beginning to seem as If st.
Louis can no longer support
two major clubs"
"When it's considered that
the Brownies cut in ON large
crowds in other cities each
season 1t can be seen that none
Of us are getting the break we
deserve.
II think q change Of scenery
would be q good thing for the
American League and baseball.
And I'm convinced that Mil.
waukee would be an ideal site
for q franchise"
Although it, is runored that
the American and National Lea
que interests in Chicago would
combat such a move. there is rea-
son to believe that Milwaukee
could support it's own entry in
Gependently without hurting the
gates of either the White Sox or
Cubs.
Certainly st. Louis has shown
no signs Of rallying to is Aineri-
can League representative, And
without patronage no club, even
with a rnulti-millionaire such as
Phil Ball behind 1t, can go on
forever.
Just a few words about that re-
markable young man, Outfielder
Alvin Powell. ~
Less than a year ago this husky
youngSter was hitting home runs
for the Takoma Tigers. Today he
joi4ls the Washington Club here
and is to be carried as a big
Lacquer during the remainder Of
tn. current Season-that is. unless
some unforeseen circumstance
arises.
Powell was optioned out to New
Haven, of the Eastern League,
early this season Until recently
he was leading his leagues bats
men with q .371 average. Then
the New Haven Club dropped out
'of existence. <
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subpar figures will be required to
earn the two places.
The Indian Spring course IS in
fine shape for low scoring. The
fairways, for the most part, roll
toward the greens and their
concrete like surfaces win give
tee shots tremendous distance,
Meanwhile the green's are in per.
feet shape and capable Of hold
ing pitch shots, so the chaps
with the putting touch are the
fellows who will lead the way, it
appears.
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Mccarthy, who had a rs and 80
for his first two rounds. Nc.
Carthy then finished up with
scores of 76 for each Of his last
two rounds. while Pass collected
a IS and 76 for his.
A brilliant second and
fourth round enabled Ed
wards to force to the front
and stay there. On his second
effort he had an 80, and he
finished with an So. With his
handicap of FL these rounds
gave him net scores Of 81
and IS. His other two rounds
were 80 each.
Kellogg and Stockman each
had a little more trouble than
Edwards In scoring. Kellogg was
the more consistent and his
scores varied only from 80 to 90
while a disastrous SO on his third
round rocketed Stockman's total
his other rounds being two S9s
and one SO.
The winning scores follow:
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SILK NINE SCORES

The Silk Mill Workers Of Berry
vile, Va, made it two victories
out of three over the Victor Pro
duct Corporation nine Of Winches
ter, Va, when they won a to 0
game. Smallwood, in addition to
hurting shutout ball, tanning II
and granting five hits, socked out
two Triples and a single to star
at bat.
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JACK PUT ON
TOUR LIKE
CARNERA
BY JACK DEMPSEY

BY JACK DEMPSEY
Trouping on an "allcomers"
tour has gone out Of fashion.
But it was quite the style in my
younger years, and / was an ex-
perienced. trouper before was 20.
Andy Malloy was the tour
manager" He was an expert
enced but veteran ringma1. /
met up with him out Colorado
way and just when Andy figured
I was a set-up I knocked him
stiff. The next day Andy figured
it out that, if he did the manag.
ing and / did the fighting, we
could make plenty Of money.
So the tour got under way. We
would drift into the small town
and Andy would. announce that
he would pay $50 to any man
who stayed four rounds with me.
If nobody accepted. we
moved TO the, next town.
But. If somebody wanted to
take a chance on getting $50,
Andy would try to get soTl1e-
one In town to promote the
bout on q $3.50 basis.
Sometimes he was lucky and
found somebody who would gam
bic on the bout. Oftener Andy
would hire the town hall on
crndit 1et nosters on credit, and
then pray for customers.
Our Joint profits ran from $lS
per fight up to 500. Andy and l
split $3.50. Nobody ever won the
$50. although about is or 20 fel-
lows took chance for 1t. Lucky
for Andy and me that NOBODY
lasted the distance. Halt the time
we were in what they call an in
solvent condition.
I was booked in one OF the
towns and the promoter had guar
anteed me $75. The fellow who
was to shoot for the $50 never
showed up. Nobody wanted to
fight me. But there was wrestler
who wanted to wrestle. He yelled
his desire right out loud from the
audience.
wen, the crowd was for that. It
wanted some. sort Of action. But
I wasn't so keen about it-Ilor
Andy--When the promoter insisted
I must wrestle the fellow, who was
q 2O0-pound Greek. ! didn't mind
the wrestling part of it, but the
promoter insisted I must throw
the fellow inside of Is minutes or
sacrifice $50 Of my expected SIS!
II was a case Of refusing!
getting nothing at all and per.
haps being chased out Of
tOwn-Or going ahead. So /
agreed to wrestle.
The fat Greek grabbed me as
we came out, with the idea OF
lifting and throwing me. But
while he was grabbing I sneaked
in an uppercut. The referee
chose to ignore that. He also
overlooked short jolt I poked
under the Greeks heart. The
Greek relaxed his hold, I grabbed
him, knocked him down by trip
ping him and then I hoped on
him, pinned his shoulders-and
saved the $50.
But it was a close squeak. If
I hadn't snapped in that upper
cut - woof! Those 2O0-pound
Greek wrestlerS are nobody to
play with if you are not SO good
as wrestling yourself.
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cate, Inc.)
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| Only the other day the CleVe-
land Indians (also doing a vanish
ing act) pulled an ancient jinx
out of the mothballS to confound
the Yankees. Billy Evans and
Manager Peck hired a crosS-eyed
colored kid to glare at the Yankee
from the Indian dugout. The little
bon-bon must have cast the ex-
! pected dread spell. The Yanks
took a licking.
Coming up with cross-eyed folk
has long been accounted a har.
binger Of misfortune in balloon.
It Is perhaps the most respected
hoodoo of the diamond. Even the
most intelligent level-headed,
players have succumbed to its in
fluence. The late ChriSty Mathew.
son, who had one Of the best
brains in baseball, was as com
plately in its power as the dull
est 'hill-billy" in the game.
Matty was . champion
checker player. On one Occa-
sion he waIlOped the cham
piOnS Of Ohio and Indiana at
= single sitting.
big Six" was a thoughtful,
calculating bird. However, as l
say. he toppled for the "cross-eyed
! iir1x" as heavily and as thorough
ly as the most average Of his
colleagues. The one reliable anti
dote for this particular link"
must have been a fine hoist for
the hat-making industry. Prompt
expectoration In the Skypiece was
supposed to perforate the hoodoo,
render its power null and void,
I'm told that Matty, with all his
education and brains, was fire.
quently observed moiStening his
SKINNER in public.
There are countless picturesque
''jinxes" and Superstitions. and
many Of them are the exclusive
property Of individuals. Old ones
still flourish and new ones bob UP
every so often out Of the privacy
of the players pride. The Eagle
photographer, the other day, dis
covered the first that Senor Luque
was known to possess.
It was the veteran Cuban's turn
to take the mound and our camera
men confronted him for q pose.
mot today-pleaSe,"' requested
the twirler. who later sheepiShly
explained that he never allowed
shots" on the day he took the
box. Luque probably connects
photography with some beating he
has received in the past.
Many players have adopted
curious methods to WOO good
luck as well as to thwart mis-
fortune.
Ty Cobb never failed to swing
three bats in the air as he made
for the batter's box. iris Speaker
used to draw q line directly in
front of the plate. Walter john
son took particular pains to
warm up in the exact same spot,
year after year. IN each ball park.
Slugging Harry Heilmann was
wont to tread on a base bag as
7 he emerged from the outfield
toward the dugout. Johnny EverS,
the old Cub infielder, habitually
wore one stocking turned inside
out.
Babe Ruth, for all his genius
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Final compilation of the scores
for the 72 holes Of play find
Morris Edwards the winner. His
score totaled 34S for his four
rounds, which, with his handicap
allowance of 81 (21 for each
round) gave him a net 264, five
strokes better than his nearest
competitor.
Clyde E. Kellogg was the run
ner-up to Edwards, with a gross
score of 365 and a handicap Of
SO. gave him, net 269. r. M.
Stockman finished in third place
with a gross score of 1862, less his
So handicap, for a net 274.
John ThacEer, George
Washington University stu
dent, captured the prize for
low gross with a score of 3O3.
John T. Mccarthy and Leo
Pass staged a nip.and.tuck
battle for second gross hOnOrS,
but the former finished one
stroke in advance of the Vet.
erans Bureau ace with a 3OS
total.
In addition to capturing low
gross honors, Thacker also estab-
lished new amateur record for
the Bannockburn layout by q neat
round of SO in third effort in the
play. This round was six strokes
bettef than that turned in by any
player during the limit of the
tournament. Oddly enough,
Thacker also had the second low
est round-a rs for his finishing
effort.
Indeed, it was this strong
finish that enabled Thacker to
carry of the gross prize, for on
his first two tries he had rounds
of 79 and so, respectively. Pass
was leading at the halfway mark
With . ass total one stroke more
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Months of Juy and August Trying Time to Ball Club in Pennan
.GR|FF SLUMP
CITED IN
DOPE

washington is taking this slump
of the Senators seriously. One
oyerheated and imaginative fan
has boldly taken his suspicious
pen in hand and written to st.
f)ouis sports editor. indicting the
Browns for laying down to the
Athletics and Yanks and playing
their darndest against Walter
Johnsdns coasting outfit.
Biased fans get all sorts of
queer notions. The fact that the
Browns pave won out Of is
games from the Senators and
have lost l3 out OF l6 to the
Athletics and II out Of is to the
Yanks doesn't mean anything
much except tflat the said Sena.
tors have fallen upon very evil
ways in the West II they can't
beat the Browns. washington. az
a matter of fact. hasnt d1rr 77y
better against the rest n 5ile
West during this trip.
Why pick on the Brewns
as guitters? Why not like,
wise indict Detroit, Cleveland
and Chicago?
This business of accusing
one ball club Of playing
harder against certain clubs
is as old as baseball.
Just why the Browns should
want to do the Senators a bad
turn the correspondent to the st.
Louis paper doesn't make clear.
1t would seem at this distance
that the st. Louis management
did Washington a very good turn
by turning over Heinie Manush
and Alvin Crowder to Griffith.
The truth of the whole mat
ter is that the Athletics are
again showing alarming symp-
toms of being the class of the
circuit.
They have been trampling
through the hinterland like true
elephants. knocking over all who
sought to get in their path to
the pennant impartially. Not
only the Browns, but Tigers, In
dians and White Sox have suf-
fered. The Mackmen haven't lost
a series since leaving home.
They swept the Browns aside
for four straight, took three out
of four from the Pale Hose, split
even with Detroit and have won
two straight so far from Cleve-
land. To make everything more
difficult for the other contenderS,
the AS have captured 80 of their
last ~ games. That doesn't look
as il the Browns could very well
help themselves.
It cannot be said, either, that
the Yanks have been picking ex-
cIusively on the MisSourians.
The big town boys seized
four out Of six from the White
SOx, took three out Of four
from the Browns, faltered
against the Indians for only
single win In five attempts,
and have swept the Tigers
back in the two games played.
The letter writer must hook
further than the Browns to ex-
plain this Washington slump. It's
compounded of many things-the
cracking of the pitching staff
mainly. But the whole team looks
to be breaking up. This is the
month that tries ball clubs souls.
August breaks their hearts. The
old endurance doesn't look to be
there.
SEIETAIIcuT
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OUTCLASSED THEM

T. Philip Perkins, amateur golf
star, won the Warwickshire tour
nament in England for eight con-
secutive years after he first
entered the event in 1921.
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"Jinxes" Still Hold Sway
Over Sportdom's Stars

The abogine has been vanishing lo these many years
since old Geronimo given the long by the United
States Cavalry The Indian sign though still lives on
It is very much alive in the imagination OF the athlete nay
alluded to jinx and it listed also, under other
The Washington times., 1930-07-29
Edwards Wins Tom Moore
Cup at Bannockburn
By JUNO KINERK

The longest-ved golf tourney in Washington has come
end It is the Tom Moore cup event at Banhockburn
petition in it having been extended for the past four weeks
at The cho
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SELF TAUGHT

Jess Sweetser and George
Voigt, two Of the most prominent
amateur golfers in the United
States, never took a golf lesson
from q professional.
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BUSY BATTLER

Oscar Gardiner, former boxer,
used to tour the country like q
circus, meeting opponents six
nights a week in six different
towns.
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Texas League
Dallas at San Antonio, night game.
Fort Worth at Waco, night game.
Shreveport at Houston. night game.
Other clubs not scheduled.
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Eastern League
STANDING OF CLUBS
tr,arsn,, y " l. 7Rssi.ApenD Rs " 4 T. .tts Pe
Springfd is 13 .536I"Albany.. IL II .393
tAlbany at Allentown. night game
Bridgeport, s. Springfield, 5.
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Blue Ridge LeagHs

STANDING OF THE CLUBS
w L Pct.l w Pct
Hak'twn IL ~ .s45l waynbo 10 IL .4ss
ChAmb'E 10 10 54SFredrfc 20 ~ ASS
Frederick 3; Wayaesbero, o,
eAAmAersburt. lb5 HassrstowA. 7.
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Minor League
Results
international League
Eastern League

Toronto. 3; Rochester, l2.
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The truth of the whole mat
ter Is that the Athletics are
again showing alarming symp-
toms Of being the class of the
circuit.
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American Association
STANDING OF CLUBS
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Many players have adopted
curious methods to woo good
luck as well as to thwart mis-
fortune.
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1t was a case Of refusing!
getting nothing at all and per.
hapS being chased out Of
tOwn-Or going ahead. So
agreed to Wrestle.
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fear was at night. Now, every night he
was afraid. All the other Crows were
afraid.
I'm not going back to the Green
Forest to shiver and shake tonight" de-
clared Jim Grow.
What are you going to do?" inquired
Blacky.
I'm not going to do It," said Jim
Crow, talking aloud, as 1t drew near
to the time to seek their perches for
the night.
What is 1t you are not going to do?"
inquired his father, Blacky.
I'm going back where was" de-
clared Jim Crow. I'm going back
where I can have plenty to eat with
out working hard to get it; where I can
sleep without worrying, and where
don't have to ny away from every man
see. What is more, I'm going right
this minute"
Jim Grow was as good as his word.
In spite of the taunts of the other
Crows, he headed straight for Farmer
Browns cornfield, where Farmer Brown
and Farmer Browns Boy were just
making ready to leave for home. my
goodness!" exclaimed Farmer Browns
Boy. What are those Crows making
such a fuss about?" He stood for a
moment looking across the Green Mea-
dows toward the big flock of Crows
They were cawing excitedly. AS he
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BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
W. BURGESS

, looked. one of the flock separated from
the others and headed straight toward
him. The other Crows started In pur-
suit, then changed their minds. But
the lone Grow came straight on.
II wonder If that is Jim Crow!" ex-
| claimed Farmer Browns Boy. IT be-
lieve it is. believe the rascal is COM
ing home" He gave the call that he
used to use when he wanted Jim Crow
to come to him. There was an answer
ing Cav" and it seemed as if the lone
Grow flew faster than ever. In a few
minutes he was so near that Farmer
Browns Boy recognized him. There was
no question but that it was his lost
pet Grow. Straight to him few the
black bird and alighted on his right
shoulder. Such jabbering as there
was then! Jim Grow, with his bill close
to the right ear of Farmer Browns Boy.
could go. Yes, sir, he did so. Now and
then he would give Farmer Browns
Boys ear gentle tweak.
whats the matter with you, you
black scamp" cried Farmer Browns
Boy. What are you making such a
fuss about? One would think you had
been rescued from something. You
could have come home any time you
wanted to. Besides, you needn't have
gone in the first place"
To all this, Jim Crow replied with
Crow talk, not one word of which could
Farmer Browns Boy understand But
then, it wasn't necessary to understand
the words. Jim Crows actions were
quite as easily understood as any words
and it was very clear, indeed, that Jim
Crow was delighted to be at home once
more. So up the Long Lane he rode
on Farmer Browns Boys shoulder, and
across the dooryard to the back door.
There stood Mother Brown.
80 that nuisance is back, Is hep" she
exclaimed. IT hoped he had gone for
good"
Farmer Browns Boy grinned. He
knew that Mother Brown didn't really
mean that. He knew that right down in
her heart she was glad to see Jim
Crow back again.
Copyright, 1930)
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Today in
Washington History

August 2, 1754.-There was born on
this date a child, in Paris, who was to
play one of the most important parts
in the building Of the City of wash
ington. destined to become the most
beautiful capital city in the world,
largely through his efforts in drawing
the original plan.
LEnfant. He was the son of Pierre
L'Enfant, described as painter in
ordinary to the King in his manufacture
of 0obelins." The father was also
member of the French Academy Of Fine
Arts.
The Young Pierre Charles, at the age
of %, was serving as brevet lieutenant
of French colonial troops. Then, in
company with eight Of his comrades IN
arms, he came to America and onereo
his services to the struggling colonies,
which were striving to make good their
independence from England and estab-
fish permanently on this hemisphere the
United States OF America.
He arrived in this country in the
Summer of 1777, few months before
the famous young Marquis de Lafayette
reached these shores for the same pur-
pose L'Enfant landed at Charleston, IN
South Carolina, and made his way as
rapidly as possible to Philadelphia, TO
interview the leaders of the Continental
Congress. He joined the Continental
Army as a volunteer, and at his own
expense. On April 80, 1873, he was
made a captain of the American
forces in the Corps of Engineers, his
new rank dating back to February ID
Of that year.
LEnfant was not only city planner
great as was his work in that line:
He was q gallant soldier, being WOUNDED
A., a coi1ro 0enIs forward movement in
the assault on Savannah, Ga. He was
made a prisoner by the British May IL,
1880, at the siege of Charleston, but
was exchanged and rejoined the Amer
lean Army in November of that year.
It was the esteem of Gen. Washington
that he won during the war, both as
fighter and as an engineer, that caused
the first President to select him to draw
the layout and plan for the proposed
new Federal City. His plan met with
the hearty approval of Washington and
other famous men Of that day.