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The Washington times., 1933-09-11
The Fan Prerogative

"That's no good" he would
say when a pitch was high and
wide, and chow rotten!" If a
ball was hit back or foul to
either side.
When Stewart came out to
pitch after having tripled. and
the crowd gave Walter a big
hand, my friend would inquire:
what is all of the hula
baloo about?" but then I grant
that it is a little unfair to ex-
pect him to grasp in one game
that our heroes are given an
ovation when appearing in
their next role, after having
done a brilliant piece of work,
particularly in that he was not
yet up to the stage where he
was keeping a score or knew
exactly who was who?
I would say that the most
difficult thing, for a baseball
neophite to master and a thing
that is of course quite clear
to all Of us who cut our teeth
on a Louisville slugger, con-
Germs when a base runner is
forced out and when he must
be tagged.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

Catholic University's iron
man" of the line, big Bill Confer,
probably will see double duty dur.
ing 1888. At least, so says Head
Coach Dutch Berman.
Although he considers his regu-
lar center, Eddie White. the Dis
trict's best, and is duly impressed
with Jim Christianson, Whites
understudy, the Flying Dutch
man" declares that in an emer-
encv he will not hesitate to shift
Confer from a guard to the pivot
post.
Shifted Him To Guard
"Bnl was an exceptionally
fine prospect at center two
years ago." Bergman states.
"When Nick Monaco gradu-
ated, however, 1 was forced to
shift him to a guard. He's
played great ball there since.
"Tn-aS-much as Confer is
better paSser than Christian
son, 1 might give Confer second
aall on the center job. So long
rs Eddie holds up, though,
Confer will go right on at
right guard"
White, Bergman declares, is
one of the finest all round center
men it has ever been his pleasure
to coach.
Eddie has everything" C.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
GAR|BALD| OU 7
FOR FAVOR

Determined to make the most
of his return to favor here and
to cash in on recent wins over
George Zaharias and Pat
O'Shocker, hot-headed Gino Carl
baldi will go into battle deter
mined young man Thursday night.
He co-features against Sol Slagel
in one end of a double wind-up
also bringing together Dick Shikat
and Wladek Zbyszko at the Grit
fifth Stadium.
A victim of bad 'breaks" this
past winter, Garibaldi again looms
as a big money winner in lieu Of
recent performances. In contor-
tionist-strong man Slagel, how
ever, he may well look to his
laurelS.
Weighing a werful 240
pounds, Slagel claims a lop-sided
victory over Joe Savoldi, insisting
he tossed the ex-Notre Dame foot
baller three times in 20 minutes.
This is Soils first wind-up shot
here,
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
FLA. NET STARS
PLAY HERE

Three outstanding players from
the land of the Everglades arrived
in town this morning for the
Wardman fall invitation tennis
tournament, which begins cham
pionship play tomorrow.
The Florida stalWarts are Ar
thur Hendrix, of Lakeland; Ray
White, of Miami, and Hudson
Hamm, of Fort LauderdaIe.
White rates No. 2 ranking in his
home State. The others aren't
bad, either.
Hamm Shas a victory over
George Lott to his credit, having
taken the Davis Cup star over the
jumps in the Central Florida
joust. He is also Florida State
champion and winner of the
South Georgia tournament, be-
sides being runner-up in the Mid
Dixie and Middle Atlantic tourna-
ments. Hendrix is the winner Of
the Dixie and Gulf State cham
pionships.
Whether Barney Welsh, Jr., of
Rockville, District public Parks
champion, will be able to parti-
cipate in the Wardman event will
be known late today when X-rays
of two infected wisdom teeth,
which have been handicapping
him greatly, are examined.
In the event he has to stay out,
the tourney will lose one of the
two men who threaten the
Dooley Mitchell dynasty. The
other menace to Mitchell is Ralph
McElvenny, whom Welsh defeated
in the Washington Grove finals.
Play in the mems doubles opens
today, with the Mitchell-Latona
and Hermann-Hunt teams among
those scheduled to see action.
The women's singles will start to-
morrow morning, the entry lists
remaining open until 6 p. m
Yesterdays summaries:
First round-Boyle defeated Goubeau,
Second round dETaylor defeated Ying,
ling. 12-1O.. IS: cowley defeated
feated toney. 81, s-G; Trigg defeated
Boyle, 6-1, 6-1; Dorst defeated Kim
NELL, 60, "a; Siedel defeated
Verges, 6-1, 6-3.
TOday's Schedule
Singles, second round, o'clock
Buchanan VS.. r. Sherry. Stamm VS..
Phillips.
Doubles first round, o'clock
Dudley-Dudley VS.. Garnett-partner,
Krickbaum- Ross vs. Hermann Hunt,
Mitchell-Latona VS.. COwley partner,
Dorst-Blade VS. Suttonfield-Dial Garber-
Goubeau VS.. Ritzenberg Gould, johnson
partner VS.. Trigg- -Stamm, Denton-Al
vs.. Hoffecker-D -Dreschler.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

us coach declares. "He's a
little ball hawk, a fine passer
and thinks fast. I only wish 1
could develop one like him every
year,"
Face Heavy Work
Georgetown and Maryland
gridders face heavy practice ses-
Sions this week.
The Hoya coaches, seeking to
build line which will give good
backs a chance to operate, will
concentrate on line play. Mary.
land, too, must get down to cases
in the matter of a line and the
College ParkerS are expected to
see much heavy duty in the way
of line scrimmaging this week.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
. SGIO McGrGlU Abroad
Calls Balls, Strikes
And Eats Hot Dog
A Britisher Born
Sees a Ball Game
Second in His Life

had the unique and delightful experience of sitting
next Britisher friend mine the Sunday ball game
His reactions to the great American pasme interest
ing and amusing He spent the afternoon comparing base
ball to cricket and whal showed fair appreciation of
the exhibition which was going before him.
This Miamian, transplanted Engishman, has retained
all OF his charming Oxford mannersms and accent and yet
has become real American in every ordinary conception
Of the term, had but ball game before in
his life That back in 1918 when John McGraw toured
the world with couple of major league clubs.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Those Double Plays

That question same up all af-
ternoon and we doubt if the
matter is entirely clear, even
now, after one game sitting be-
side even so inept an advisor
as was at hand.
My friend marveled at the
lightning like plays and how the
ball and strike umpire could tell
so readily which was which
when the batter did not offer.
At that, we believed we made
something of baseball fan out
of a very thorough Britisher,
this conclusion being based on
one thing which had nothing
whatever to do with the game
itself.
It is this:
He left the park eating a hot
dog with plenty of mustard,
and if that isn't a good start
at converting a pract1c c al
stranger to this great American
hysteria of ours-then we stand
by until a better indication
comes along.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
KUHEL BECOMES DANGEROUS BATSMAN In PINC


HERE'S FRED PERRY,
the English tennis expert
who acquired the United
States championship by
defeating Jack Crawford,
Australian ace, in the
finals yesterday. Perry
is shown stumbling as he
strove to return a corner
shot that whizzed off the
Australians racquet. Pic
ture by international
News Photographic Serv-
ice.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
IN lO9
RUNS, HITS
FOR 1923
BY GARRETT WATERS

Dy OkANnC L " "A EMS
Joe Kuhel has been with the
Washington Griffmen ever since
the late days of the 1928 season
when at that time he had just
been purchased from the Kansas
City club, of the American Associa-
ton.
A right large price was paid for
the youngSter by Uncle Clark Grit
fifth, genial chieftain of the Griff-
men, but this same genial prexy
assured everybody that sometime
in the future, his Mr.. Kuhel would
be quite ballplayer if only given
chance to develop.
Well, Mr.. Kuhel has developed
with a bang since those early days
when he first came up as Just a
minor league rookie. And better
than that, he's exceeded the fond
est of Mr.. Griffith's desires.
Produces Runs
Now picture this, if you will.
Kuhel today is one of the leading
run drivers-in of the league! Yep,
that's no foolin' as the records
will tell in every way, shape and
form.
AS to the Griffmen only Man
ager Joe Cronin heads him as
the leading pinch base knocker
of the team, and if you don't
think this is something you ought
to figure it out for yourself just
how he has been driving his mates
across lately.
Up to yesterday Joe had col
lected a total of 100 runs driven
in. Yesterday in the first game Of
the current series with the Cleve-
land Indians, he drove across
three more markers, making his
total today, 103.
Singles Two Across
To reach this new mark, Joe
singled two runners across by sock
ing out a one-baser in the first
inning with the bases full. He
drove third runner over the pan
on his last trip to the plate in the
seventh when he singled to center
after Schultz had tripled.
BY getting his two hits Joe kept
his current batting mark in step
besides adding to his runs driven
in total. Today he is batting for
the commendable mark of 1929
and is still among the first five
leaders in the American League.
The Griffmen, incidentally, have
been quite a run-driving team all
year and it's another of the hun
dred of reasons why they're on top
of the league heap today. Man
ager Cronin, for example, has
driven in lot runs counting the
two he drove across yesterday
Heinie Manush has accounted for
83; Fred Schultz, "a; Ossie Bluege,
68; Dave Harris, 33; Goose Cos
lin, ST; Luke SeWell, 54; Buddy
Myer, 48; Bob Boken, "a and Sam
Rice, II.
ChOnin Among Leaders
Manager Cronin, of course, has
always been one OF the leaders,
if not the leader of the Griffs
in every campaign for the past
three years. Heine Manush has
been another we'll up in the go
ing, while OsSie Bluege has been
one to also hold his own.
This year, however, Joe Kuhel
is the new surprise and his efforts
have more than borne out Prexy
Clark Griffith's contention that
the youngster would develop If
only given the chance"
Just another case of a tai
ented rookie finally crashing
through on all cylinders. That's
the fortune that's followed Joe
Kuhel, it seems. And he's quite
deserving of any honors, praise
or what-have-you, as he's done
plenty to help the Griffmen to
the pennant that promises to
become theirs within the next
week or so.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
MQrtinez-MiLLer
ODpOSe at Nets

Mrs. Ruth Martinez and Mrs.
Dorette Miller clash today at
the Columbia Country Club in
the finals of the Women's Tennis
League Tournament.
Mrs. Martinez downed Mary
Ryan yesterday in the semi
finals, 60, 6-1.
The team of Martinez-Furney
is to meet the Ryan-Philpitt duo
in the doubles finals, following
the singles match.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
II More Wins
viii Cop Flag
For Griffs

The Griffs require but II vic
tories to make the American
league championship mathemati-
cally certain. The Yankees
could then capture their remain
ing contests and yet finish one
game behind the Griffs. The
final standings would then read:
WASHINGTON. 1O1 SO $3.50
NEW YORK. ....... 100 SO 1854
Both teams have one post
pOned game which will not be
played off, thus each will play a
schedule of 1873 games. The
Griffs have II games remaining
and the Yankees 20.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
EN- NTR|ES LATE;
THROWN OUT

Several hundred entries for the
Babe Ruth All-America baseball
contest, sponsored by The Wash
ington Times, didn't SO much as
get to first base.
The teams we're received after
the closing deadline last Friday
midnight, and the letters were
thrown into the waste basket
without being opened. The send
ers of the teams failed to observe
the rules.
It will take two or three more
days before the Babe Ruth contest
editor can run through the stack
of letters remaining to be ex-
amined. Then the ten winners Of
the free world series tickets to the
block of games to be played in this
city will be announced.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Experts and ScribeS
FAVOR Ross Over
CQnzoneri

NE WYORK, Sept. 11.-While
Barney Ross, champion, and
Tony Canzoneri, challenger
were quoted at even money to-
day for their 15-round light
weight title fight here tomor-
row night, Ross was the choice
of most boxing writer's and ex-
pertS.
Benny Leonard, former light
weight champion, picked the
Chicagoan. Joe Jacobs, mana
ger of Max Schmeling, said Ross
would win by a knockout in the
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

of comparison a. between
cricket, an 11-man game which
carries some of the elements
of baseball itself.
After pointing out a few of
the rules of play by actual
example, we found him faS-
cinated to some extent, and
actually calling balls and
strikes and fair hits and foul.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

Swanee A. c. defeated the
Orange CVa.) Ramblers yesterday
at Orange, IS to II. Toby Tay-
lor's home run with the bases
loaded in the ninth frame enabled
the win for the SEanee outfit.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
MARINE ELEVEN WINS

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Sept. II.
Opening the 1888 football season
on the Pacific Coast the United
States Marine Corps eleven de-
feated the Santa Barbara Athletic
Club 33 to 0 before a large Sum
day crowd.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
REMNANTS STRONG

The Petworth Pennants will
sponsor strong unlimited team
this year. Tedd Otte and Carlton
Petit will coach it. Otte will
handle the backfield and Petit
the line.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Local Gridiron 7 cams Swing
Into Second Week Drills

Catholic University, Georgetown and Marylands football
teams today swing into the second week of grid drills with
EXPERTS downtown coaches and football fans general salts
fled that u is going have another great team and that
eorgeown Maryland have their work cut out for them
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
Practitioners, Anacostia
Golf Holding Interest
Bv GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Aside of the national amateur championships at Clncnnat
Practitioners at Beaver Dam and continuation
qualifying rounds in the Anacosa open holding
the attention of local golfers today
The Washington times., 1933-09-11

I'VE all went down to VIM
bledon that day." he declared,
Including the King, to see
this sport which was advertised
as the American national game.
The Washington times., 1933-09-11
sWANEES VICTORIOUS

Spend a Dollar and Make a Job
Evening star., 1933-01-15

against the campaign being conducted
by the National Economy League to re-
duce the benefits to ex-service men.
In a resolution adopted last Thurs
day, the police Legionnaires attacked
the campaign as a smoke screen uti-
lied by the National Economy League
to cover its own sinister and vicious
purposes The league, the resolution
contends, Is composed of wealthy peo-
pie, including many retired officers Of
the Army and Navy, who have been
educated at the expense of the taxnav-
Evening star., 1933-01-15

judiciary Square, "a. Lafayette Park,
l6: Dupont Circle, 4; Rawlins Square,
4; Sherman Square, 6, and Garfield
Park, IL. Frank T. Gartside. chief Of
the park division, estimated the transi-
ton period of shifting over would take
three or four months, as the Potomac
Electric Power Co. has just ordered the
poles for the new equipment. With
this program in effect by early Summer,
only Montrose Park in Georgetown and
the Smithsonian grounds will be tllumi-
mated by gas. With sufficient funds
Evening star., 1933-01-15

Montrose Park and the Smithsonian
Grounds, where they will be continued
temporarily. Lieut.. F. B. Butler. assist
ant director Of public buildings and pub
lie parks, today announced that some
TOO electric lights will replace 100 gas
lamps in parks throughout the city.
Although 1t will cost about s349 more
annually for the electricity, about four
times the illumination will be secured,
the officials anticipate.
The new electric lights will be placed
as follows: Mount Vernon Square, 4;
Evening star., 1933-01-15
30,671 AIR PASSENGERS

American scheduled air transport lines
carried so.67l passengers in November,
it was reported yesterday by Col. Clar-
ence M. Young. Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Aeronautics.
During November, the airlines also
carried 88.5T3 pounds Of air express
matter and few total Of s,643, ,7I7
miles.
Evening star., 1933-01-15
Plan New Industry

ORMSKIRK. England P).-Arrange-
ments have been completed for the es-
tablishment of new industry for Lam
cashire-the canning of peas. Four
hundred persons are expected to be
employed the first year.
Evening star., 1933-01-15

"Habitual Criminal" Gets Life.
LIBERAL. Kans., January IA tP).-
Bob Brady, twice convicted OF crimes
In Oklahoma and twice In Kansas, was
sentenced to life Imprisonment here
last night under the habitual criminal
act on a grand larceny charge.
Evening star., 1933-01-15

ers and who draw large sums as pen
sions." Horace w. Ltneburg Is COM
mander of the Police Post,
Evening star., 1933-01-15

during the coming fiscal year, even these
will be eliminated, officials asserted.
Evening star., 1933-01-15
TO LIGHT
WASHINGTON'S PARKS

32o Gas Lamps to Be Replaced,
Lieut.. Butler An
nounces.
Gas lights in washington's parks soon
will be a think Of the past, except in
Evening star., 1933-01-15
POLICE LEGI0NNAIRES
ATTACK LEAGUE DRIVE

Resolution Calls Campaign to Cut
Benefits to Ex-Service Men
"Smoke Screen"
Evening star., 1933-01-15

Washington Police Post, No. 29 Of the
American Legion, has gone on record
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
BOA7MEN
NEAR TITLE

CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-After tax.
ing three of the four champion
ships contested thus far in the
sixty-first annual regatta of the
National Association of Amateur
Oarsmen, Eastern oarSmen today
renewed their bid for honors in
remaining events.
Tommy Clark, of the Undine
Club of Philadelphia, won the
145-pound single sculls by de-
feating Bob Cummings, of the
South End Rowing Club of San
Francisco. It was Clark's third
national championship in this
division.
Clark returned to stroke the
Undines to victory in the quad
ruple SOULS over Lincoln Park
Boat Club of Chicago.
Championship honors in the
association singles sculls went to
AL Vogt, Penn A. C. entrant, who
defeated r. Richards, of the
Winnipeg Rowing Club. Vogt to-
day was to face the defending
national champion, Bill Miller,
for the United States champion
ship.
Lincoln Park of Chicago won
the intermediate eight-oared shell
by defeating the st. Louis Row
ing Club and will meet the senior
crew of the Penn A. c. for the
national title today.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
WEST VS.. EAST
|NMUNY GOLF

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 5.-Col.
Robert l.. Miller, of Jacksonville,
Fla, defending champion, today
faced Charles Ferrera, San Fran
cisco Italian, 1881 champion, in
the 36-hole final contest for the
national public links golf cham
pionship.
1t will be a contest between
two ace golfers, Miller 81 years
old, and Ferrera %.
1t is the West pitted against
the East, an Atlantic seaboard
State against a Pacific State,
California against Florida, always
friendly rivals. Naturally the
Eastern delegation here is pulling
for Miller while the Western
crowd is with the San Francisco
youth. Weather conditions indi-
Gated that the course would not
be flooded today as it was yes
terday.
In the semifinals, played on
flooded fairways and greens,
Miller defeated Bud Ward, Olym-
pia, Wash, 2 and /, while Fer
rera won from Bruce Mccormick
of Los Angeles, 6 and 4.
All quarter-finalists except
Miller were Westerners, the ma
jority from Southern California.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05
DETROIT GAINS
NET FINALS

CLEVELAND, Aug. 5.-After
brilliant tennis in the first round
featured by a set that went q
distance Of 80 games, Detroit and
Toronto today were to fight it
out on the courts of the Tennis
and Racquet Club here for the
Interlakes tournament champion
ship, one Of the most coveted Iau-
rels in the middle West.
Cleveland and Toledo fell by
the wayside yesterday in the pre-
liminary round at the twenty
fourth renewal of the classic. The
locals fell before the brilliant De-
troiterS, defending champions, by
a. team score of S and 4, and To-
ledo succumbed to the drives OF
the Toronto team, which included
two Canadian Davis Cup stars.
The latter score was 26 and 3.
Scores in the single matches
between Cleveland and the de-
tenders were:
s.; George Hoyt. cleveland, defeated
George Rendel. Detroit. e., 4-6
6--3: Carl Fischer, Detroit, defeated Ed
Howard, Cleveland. 6-2. 6-4 Nate
Ganger. Cleveland, defeated Jim Spencer
Detroit, 6-4, 6-3; Bill McNaughton,
Detroit. defeated John Dorr, Cleveland.
6-3. 4-6, IS: Ray Gibson. Detroit,
defeated Leonard Keith, Cleveland 6-4,
16-14.
Doubles scores in the Detroit
Cleveland encounters:
Reindell Gibson defeated Bill Carran-
Ralph Oster, 6-3, 6-4; Greenstetn-
Howard defeated Spencer Donovan
rs, g.; Ganger-Hoyt defeated Nc
Naughton- Fischer, Ga, So.
The Washington times., 1933-08-05

for shipment to HaVre de Grace.
Aknahton went into the van with
his true markings, chestnut hide,
and four white feet. Shem went
4: with his natural markings, sor.
rel hide and two white hind legs.
When the van discharged the
horses in Havre de Grace, Aknah1
ton came out with sorrel hide,
two white hind legS-the mark
ings of Shem-but with no white
showing on his forelegs. Dye
had taken care of the white fore
legs and bleac IN lightened his
chestnut hide to Sorrel. Shem
came out with four white legs,
due to bleach, and a touch of
dye made his sorrel hide darker
a chestnut.
No one noticed when they went
u stalls. Aknahton'S three-year-
old teeth had to be drilled a bit,
to eliminate the markings that
differentiated his dental registra-
ton from that of Shem, n d
Shem had to have such markings
made on his teeth. Drilling did
that.
Aknahton's heavier tail "a
three-year-old has about a two
pound heavier tail than a two
r-old-had to be plucked and
that of the real Shem fluffed
out by brushing with resin to
make it look like a three-year-
old tail. Then the dyes set,
both horses were shampooed.
Except for the fact that Shem
was a gelding and Aknahton a
stallion the transformation was
complete. Application of ice
cakes for several hours, just be-
fore the race, temporarily dis.
guised Aknahton so that he could
race as Shem.
'cNigger Nate" Gave Deal Away
That ringing" was probably as
elaborate as any successfully &C
complished on any American race
track. Gamblers in on the deal
and New York racketeers ar
ranged that coup-cashed in to
the extent of $250,000 on that
race. BookmakerS all over the
country, and the money of all
players at the track that day
who played any other horse than
the disguished Aknahton, paid
the freight.
The tip-off came when "Nig-
ger Nate" Raymond, a New York
gambler, later convicted of a
bond swindle and sent to Sing
Sing, couldn't keep his mouth
Shut" waved $4,000 worth of win
tickets on "Shem" in the face
of onlookers, and babbled about
the "sure thing"
That one case, aside from hon.
est racing, to carry out the
maxim that:
"All Horse Players MUST die
Broke"
Barrie perfected other "ringer"
coups. Still others were put
over by other persons. But the
Shem -Aknahton race shows the
method.
Mondays article of this Sc
ries will deal with "Sponging,"
another cruel trick of the
crooked race track operators to
put over "sure thing" bet
ting plans,