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THE OLNEY ENTERPRISE
Magnus Johnson and Family at the Farm
NATIONAL PUBLIC GOLF PARK MEET
Some Fast Sprinting
While we are permitted to en-'
ter as many as we please, we
only start four competitors in
any Olympic event.
This should mean that' there
will be highly exciting trials for
the team.
For example, we have in this
country at least eight sprinters
who can do better than 10 sec-
onds in the 100-yard dash.
There are Paddock, Lever, Le-
Ooney, Wittman. Clarke, Love-
joy, Wilson and Hussey, the
schoolboy champion, to say noth-
ing of another schoolboy in Chi-
cago who has broken even time.
If they get all these flyers—
and a few others just about as
speedy—running against each
other, Old Man Time is apt to
get the jolt at his life.
CONNIE MACK GREAT
COACH OF BASEBALL
Here is the entire family of Senator-Elect Magnus Johnson on the porch of their farm home In Meeker
county, Minn., near Kimball. Left to right: Francis, nineteen; Victor, twenty-one; Agnes, ten; Mrs. Johnson^
Lillian, twenty-five; Magnus, Jr., fourteen; Florence, nine, and Magnus Johnson.
Airplane View of New
York’s Financial District
Picks Up His Players and Then
Teaches Them the Game.
Deep down in the gloom of the
American league cellar since 1915,
the Philadelphia Athletics are now
fighting near the top.
The season is young, and Connie
Mack and his stalwarts may slump
before the close of the race. Just now,
however, the bunch is the sensation
of baseball.
Which brings us to the point: Con-
nie Mack, oldest manager in baseball,
is also the best teacher of baseball
in the two leagues, having the edge
on McGraw, Giant pilot, in this re-
gard. McGraw builds up his machine
by spending bundles of greenbacks for
his players. Mack beckons for
an unknown here, another there, and
then teaches them the “how” of the
game until they can play real ball.
True, Connie paid a big sum for
Sammy Hale, but he is an exception.
Galloway, best shortstop in baseball
today, was obtained from Atlanta. He
looked bad; fans hooted; Mack was
advised to get rid of him.
But the astute old guardian could
see something in Galloway even if the
latter did boot the ball all over the
lot. He had patience with the young
fellow, and Galloway found himself at
last, thanks to Mack’s coaching.
Ed Rommel was turned loose by the
Giants. Mack resurrected him from
the International, and today Rommel
is a star. The pilot also picked up
Walberg, discarded by the Giants.
When scouts were scouring the bushes
and picking up high-priced stars, they
totally overlooked Wid Mathews of
Milwaukee. Mack signed him for a
small sum. Today the center fielder
has proved himself a real find.
J. Stewart Wbitham, left, runnerup m the national public golf park
tournament at Potomac Golf links, Washington; J. D. Standish, Jr., center,
of Detroit, Michigan, donor of the cup, and Dick Walsh of New York, winner
in the finals.
Diamond
Squibs
France ranks second among the
baseball playing nations of the world.
Handy on Any Team
First Baseman Herman of the At-
lanta club has been bought by Mem-
phis.
G. H. Ruth is fast creeping up on
F. C. Williams of the Philadelphia Na-
tionals.
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University of Arizona baseball nine,
located at Tucson, may book eastern
games next season.
The bulk of the world’s wealth is handled here. The famous si reels we hear so muclr about can be seen plainly?
To the left is the narrow street called Wall Street; looking west toward Trinity church, the Bankers’ Trust building-
is seen with Its pyramid top. A little.over toward the right are the Equitable building, the Singer building, and.
the Woolworth.
In the major leagues, base-stealing
has fallen off more than 50 per cent
in the last 15 years.
The Syracuse franchise in the In-
ternational league will be shifted to
Providence, R. I., next year.
ST. JULIEN MEMORIAL
Mrs. Horchem Will Race to St. Louis
Now that William Piercy has start-
ed winning he has taken a place be-
side Howard J. Ehrnke as a Red Sox
reliable.
In Jimmy JobsstOn the Brooklyn
Dodgers ,huVe a utility man without
jjeerr Just name the position find
Jimmy is right on the spot, ready to
cover it Add to that the fact that
he has been hitting in the .300 class
since the beginning of the season.
Howard Freigau, of whom so much
was written early in the spring, seems
to have flivvered with the St. Louis
Cardinals.
Harry Smythe and Rufus Clarke of
the Augusta club’s pitching staff have
been sold to Detroit for a lump sum
of $11,000.
Miss Helen Wills >
Sporting Squibs
of All Kinds
Eddie Roush of frhe Reds has been
hitting in great form of late and
has been crawling to the top in the Na-
tional league.
What has become of the old-fash-
ioned pugilist who fought for glory?
Sir Thomas Lipton hopes next year
to challenge for America’s cup in 1925.
Horace Milan, younger brother of
the 1922 Washington manager, is now
playing left field for Evansville in the
Three-I league.
The meeting between Joe Beckett
and Georges Carpentier has been post-
poned.
If the Giants don’t win the pen-
nant, one alibi will be the Reds. Some
teams seem to have the Indian sign
on the other teams.
Akron (Ohio) Racing association Is
having a new track built adjacent to
the city.
Among the popular sports of the
Italians are tennis, soccer football,
bathing, shooting and hunting.
The Little Rock club added to its
offense considerably when it got Frank
Philbin from Mobile and Dewitt Le-
bourveau from Nashville.
To a woman flier goes the honor of becoming the first entry in the
International Air Races of 1923, to be held at St. Louis field, October 1,
2 and 3. Officials of the St. Louis Air board, in charge of the race, announce
receipt of the first, of more than 250 entries expected in the eight events. It
was from Mrs. Bertha Dale Horchem of Ransom, Kan., who in a recent trial
at St. Louis field reached an altitude of 16,300 feet, being the highest -flight
any woman has ever made. Mrs. Horchem will compete in the “On to St.
Louis Race,” for which the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce Is offering a
valuable trophy in addition to the caeli prize of $1,000. In this race, which
i.s open to civilians only, planes will b# flown from all sections of the counti-y
to St. Louis.
The old-timers can remember when
pugilism was a matter of fighting in-
stead of a thing of high finance.
Eucal Clanton, first basernan, turned
back to the Cleveland Indians by Lit-
tle Rock, was shipped on to Water-
bury in the Eastern league.
Miss Helen Wills, national junior
woman champ, who is to participate
in the matches at Westchester, Sea-
bright and Nassau and the Women’s
National Championship at Fores/
Hills.
M. D. Pence of Churubusco, Ind., has
been chosen captain of the Purdue
university track team for next year.
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The St. Julien Memorial near Ypres
erected by the Canadian battlefield j
memorial commission in commemora-
tion of the second battle of Ypres, re-
cently unveiled by the duke of Con-'
naught.
The Detroit club announces that it
has purchased from Augusta of the
South Atlantic league Pitchers Ru-
fus Clark and Harry Smith.
Harrison R. (Jimmy) Johnson of the
White Bear club won the state ama-
teur golf title for the third consecutive
itime.
Smoke Interfered'With
Breathing of Boxers
Berlin, Germany, has paved the way
to “no smoking” at prize fights.
In the Breitenstrater-Wagener heavy-
weight championship fight no smok-
ing was permitted, the management
declaring smoke interfered with the
breathing of the fighters.
The management asked the fans
to consider themselves sitting in an
ordinary theater, where smoking i?
prohibited.
Newton Fisher, veteran of years
ago, decided to come back as an um-
pire in the Appalachian league this
season, but he did not last long.
Selected for Americans in Rome
EARNS GREEK GRATITUDE
James A. Ten Eyck has been in-
structing Syracuse crews in rowing
21 years. He is also coach at Du-
luth, B. a
President McCormick G. Moore of
the Reading International league ball
club announces the sale of Bill Barrett,
outfielder, to the Chicago White Sox.
England is sending four of Its best
women tennis playex*s to this country.
All have beaten Mrs. Mallory, Ameri-
can champion.
I
Goldie Rapp, captain and third
baseman of the Philadelphia Nation-
als, was released to the Fort Worth
club of the Texas league under op-
tion.
“Have you mastered the game?”
asked one golfer of another, a begin-
ner. “I not only have not mastered
the game,” he replied, “I have not mas-
tered the language yet.”
Pitcher Was Big Noise
During Season of 1884
In 1884 the hurler was supreme and
possibly there were more notable
achievements recorded by the hurlers
than in any season since or before.
The season of 1884 was the most pro-
lific of no-hit games, for no less than
eight hitless games were registered in
the two major league circuits. In 1917,
there were six no-hit games hurled by
big league pitchers.
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Carl Schnell, right-handed pitcher
with the Cincinnati Nationals for a
couple of seasons, has been signed by
the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast
league.
Horse racing in England attracts far
more general interest than baseball
does in the United States. The craze
is particularly strong among women,
and thousands of them “play the
ponies” regularly.
Wise observers say that Connie
Mack’s team needs experienced play-
ers more than anything else if they
are to give the Yankees a battle down
the line.
The steamship America of the Uni-
ted States line, which will carry the
United States Olympic team to France
next year, will have room for an eight-
lap track and 100-yard stx-aightaway on
the promenade deck.
Irving Kantlelmer, former pitcher
with Pittsburgh and later with San
Francisco, is taking a summer coui-se
in athletic coaching at the University
of California.
Soccer Gains Favor in
New York and Brook!3m
The New York Nationals have leased
the Polo Grounds for soccer football
for the fall and winter and the Pater-
son, N. J., team will play Its “home”
games there. It Is. reported that *
rival soccer team will engage the Yan-
kee stadium for games, and the Brook-
lyn National League park is also w
house a soccer aggregation next tell.
One of the new regulations adopted
by the British soccer authorities ordei-s
that a player takiifg a penalty kick is
not to be impeded in any way. When
an ordinary free kick is being taken
the rule which compels opponents to
stay ten yards from the bail is still 1A
force.
Miss Mary Haskell, da ugh
onel Haskell, in command ofj
ican Red Cross in Greece,*
with the Red Cross at Atheil
time and has won t^yxeaJ
and nppreci1
untiring effij||
,, deavors, J|
Southpaw Hippo Hodges, sent by
Wichita Falls to Paris, lasted only a
few brief days in that company, and
when returned by the Paris man-
agement he was sent on to Blooming-
ton of the Three-I league.
Church of Santa Susanna in the Piazza San Bernardo, Rome, adjoining
the American embassy, selected by the cardinal vicar for Americans and placed
in charge of the Paullst fathers from New York.
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Shuffler, R. The Olney Enterprise. (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, August 10, 1923, newspaper, August 10, 1923; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1113658/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.