100 PERBRNt* AMERICAN
Fair Monday and Probably , ;•§
Tuesday
Full Leased Wire Service of
the Associated Press
FOUNDED A. D. 1867.-—•VOL. Mo. 725
WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAV MORNING, OCTOBER 15* 1923.
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
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Pinchot Flays Whole Line
Of Prohibition Enforcement
System in Powerful Address
Assails Laxity m Washington
Office, Saying President
Should Take Charge
SITUATION IS GRAVE
the governor says
He Accuses Politics as Playing
Important Part in Allowing
Violations
WASHINGTON, Oct., 14.—The protl
b -ior law, measured by the respect ac
corded it, has failed, Governor PinchOT,
of Pennsylvania, told the citizenship
conference here today, because "Ho sin
cere, intelligent and concerted natlon
wki; effort had been, made to enforce
it, because the federal: agents who have
collected bribes and because politics Is
at the root of the evil".
‘So less than the president of the
United States himself." Governor Pin
ched declared,” could'meet the present
emergency because the president alone
bring all government forces Into a
concerted atack on vtolaters.
•The thing that has protected the li
quor criminal , from the law” said Gov-j
ernor Pinchot, “is politics. Politics
first, law enforcement a poor second;j
has been the order. Bad whiskey with i
beer to help has supplied the sinews I
of uar and bad politics has returned'
the favor." ( . 1
Taking Pennsylvania for an exam-,
pie. Governor Pinchot declared that the
present federal prohibition director in
that state was the first to whom the
state might look for real results.
Honest Workers Handicapped
Honest prohibition enforcement
agents, the governor charged, were
handicapped "because the most ele-.
mentary principles of good business
management have been disregarded in
the organization of the government for
enforcement work.” .
\ssailins- the manner of organization
by v.-hich ’authority descends from the
president to the secretary of the treas
ury and thence to the commissioner Of
internal revenue^ Gavennor I^^lOt.de-,
ciared.
4 ‘What is needed is an organization in *
■n-hich responsibility is definitely cen-j
tered. one in which the buck cannot be.;
passed and over which the chief execu- ;
five of the nation can exercise immedl- }
ate direction and control. Such an ar
rangement should he only temporary
for the President already is heavily
I burdened and nothing1 should he added
to his load without serious reason.
Violations Are Grave -
"But the fact is that the attack on
the constitution and laws of our coun
try is one of the most serious in our,
history. Disregard for all law ip more 1
effectively spread by the failure ofj
the enforcement service than in any j
other way All these facts taken toge
ther furnish abundant reason for treat
ing this matter as of sufficient im-*
portance to enlist the active direction
of the president himself. He alone, in
my opinion, can meet the emergency.
"There is another reason why the
Provident should take personal chaTge. j
Not only has the political hamstring of;
the federal enforcement service had its j
seat in Washington but it is notorious j
that disobedience to the eighteenth
amendment has beeh flagrant in tho
capital city.
Practice as It Preaches
"We cannot expect other communi
ties to respect and obey, the law if the
capital of the nation itself is a leader
among the law-breakers. Washington
has set the bad example; it is for
Washington to repair the damge.
“It is foolish to expect the state and
municipal police powers to cope with
floods of illegal liquor let loose by the
failure of federal agents to dam the
flood at its source. Federal permis
sion is required to export whiskey
'vhich is smuggled back into the coun
ity for sale. Jt is breweries operating
under federal permits that are flooding
the country with high power beer. Tho
whole system of perimts as well as
tho regulations governing business un
der them should be revised and brought
down to date in the light of the last
thrpe years experience.
‘‘We. must insist on the complete se
paration of politics from the enforce
ment of the 18th amendment. The is
sue is clear before us and the outcortie
assured. No hand of criminals ever
has or ever will defeat our govern
ment and our people.*'
Bryan Put* la a Word
iWerring to efforts of Governor Pin
chot to "-lean up” Pennsylvania, Wil
liam .'n-nrings Bryan told the citizen-,
ship - u.f-renee he would like ‘to trade
the democratic governor of New York
for tho republican governor of Pennsyl
vania." •
n, Ana. T woul(* like”/ 'he added, 4,to
throw in a. few more democratic offl
Cers boot.”
John Sharp Williams
Speaks His Feelings
Washington, oct. 14.—John sharp
illiamp, the sage of Mississippi,; is
^iltivatipg his plantation and. mind at
azni City, far from the maddening
‘Tovrl. He qujt tlie Benate when it
- ar’‘" so bad that he said he wopld
rathrr be a dog, and bdy at th«S moon,.
, la” senator. • But he still wields ait
min.-nee in Washington} he has urged
frir'11r,s 'o cease worrying about the
■ sT.ir-r-iaborites, Magnus Johnson and
‘no IiUa.
]n"” things and people come in
,,,eb. said he, “and -you can’t stop
nab'1' tVe have radicals, more radi
r 5 " orse radicals, and extreme radi
8 f nn,'l the country tires of them,
r then we turn back and become lib
tjf;' more liberal, and then conserva
. m°re conservative, and reaction
n-'V an<1 th® people get tired of that
^ resort to radicalism again.”
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AUTO RUNS AMUCK,
KILLING ONE BOY;
AND INJURING FOUR
Car Was Parked on Side of Hilly
. But Owner Says Cause of
Plunge Unknown
. COLUMBIA, S. C.( Oct 14.—One
child was killed and four others in
jured here today when an unoccupied
automobile ploughed inta a group of
Children _ playing on the sidewalk af
ter a 75-yard dash down a steep 51111.
Lanneau S. Crawford, Jr., five-years
iold, was the .child killed.
B. R. Swygert, Jr., 11, was reported
semi-conscious tonight while Claudius
Crawford, 8, Harold Crawford, It
months, and Jacob O. Cannon, T are
not thought to be fatally hurt.
•The automobile was parked by D. A.
Sandifer, its owner on Park street for
some time, he said, before it started
to m,ove oft down the steep' hill to
ward where the children were playing.
His own grand-son was playing in the
machine and he removed him, taking
him into the house before the uncon
trolled flight of the car began. He
could not explain, he said, what caus
ed the-machine to move.
OGLETHORPE ISSUE
MAY YET BE FIXED
BY HOUSE OF LORDS
Storm of Protest Runs Ram
pant Over Removal of Dust
to Georgia Home
CRAHHAM, Eng., Oct. 14.—(By As
sociated Press) The question of the
.tAnhJ
body of General James E. Oglethrope
may yet reach the house of lords. If
Chancellor Charles decides on' the
protests which may be made by
parishoners of the diocese not to’ give
the body to Ogjethorpe university,
state of Georgia, Dr. Thornwell Jacobs,
president of the institution to whose
efforts the discovery of the body was
due, may appeal to the ecclesiastical
court of Arches at Cantonbift-y. Should
this court overrule the appeal, Dr.
Jacobs may take the case to the privy
council, which is the final court of
appeal for the British empire. If this
judicial body should uphold the
chancellors decision, Dr. Jacobs may
seek to bring the issue before the
house of lords with the object of se
curing an act of parliament permitting
removal of the body.
‘‘We fcave an unassailable case,
backed by the governor of the state
of Georgia and endorsed by the United
States government and a large part of
the British public," said Dr. Jacobs to
day, “and we Intend to sp^re neither
time, effort for expense to achieve our
purpose. If necessary we will engage
the best legal and ecclesisastical ex
perts, and the president of our board
of trustees may come over to prose
cute the case.”
LLOYD GEORGE NOW
GOMES TO STATES;
ROUTE IS REVISED
First Stop is Minneapolis, Then
a Tour Into Midwestern
Cities
WINNIPEG, Oct. 14.—By the Associa
ted Press.—Concluding: his visit- to
Canada David Lloyd George, former
British premier, left late today for
Minneapolis, Minn., for a tour of the
mid-western and eastern United States
beforo sailing for England early in No
vember. , ,
After delivering, his formal farewell
address to the dominion last night the
former . premier remained quietly at
Government House today until train
time, except for attending a Welsh ser
vice at a Methodist church in the morn
Arriving at Minneapolis at 9 o’clock
tomorrow morning, he will make an
address at a noon luncheon and depart
ill the evening. The America itinerary
with some revisions since first t an
nounced, was given out today and
shows that both Boston and Scranton,
Pa have been eliminated from the list
of cities to be visited. With these two
exceptions the subject stands substan
tially as first announced.
Wrecked Ship Comes ■
- v Into Frisco Harbor
SAN FHANCISdO, Oct. 14.—'The
steamer Munrio, which was in collision
today with the steamer, TeJon near
Blunts reef, off Humboldt, Cal., arrived
it Eureka, Cal., late today according
to advices received .by , the marine de
partment of the chamber of commerce
here '■ The vessel was leaking badly,
grater having entered the engine-room.
Advices from Portland said the Tejon,
less severely damaged, was making
for 'Seattle' ■' . ' ■. . ;,T:!
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EVANGELIST URGES
CLOSER CONTACT IN
RIGHTEOUS EFFORTS,
Offering -is Received But Pro-1
ceeds Are Not Announced; J
First Collection
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ATTENDANCE RECORD
, BELIEVED BROKEN
Sermon Centers Around Story
of Paul and Silas; Vivid
Picture Drawn
"You don’t have to wait until you
die to see and feel hell—you can act
in such a Way that you tan build a
nell for yourself while you live righ-.
here," declared Gypsy Smith in no un
certain terms last evening during, his
sermon, which was, by far, the great
est yet delivered by him.
The evangelist spoke for a little
more than an hour to what is believed
to be the largest audience ever as*
sembled in Wilmington for a religious
ser\rtce of any kind.
There must have been at least fifty
five hundred people who jammed the
great auditorium to hear the Gypsy
evangelist’s message.
The song service started promptly
at the appointed hour of 7:30, led by
Mr. Charles F. Allen, gospel song
leader of the evangelistic party Rev.
C. F. Outlaw. paBtor of the Christian
church, offered the. usual evening
prayer. .
Seating System Provided
Rev. J. E. Purcell then announced
that heating facilities had been in
stalled in the tabernacle and that no
one need stay away from the services
in the evenings to come for fear o.
being C0I4. Mr. Purcell also stated
that the following nights would be
respected for ' the purpose of having
the fraternal orders to come as
’’special guests" to the meetings:*
On tonight the Masons and members
of the Eastern Star will be provided
with special seats. On Tuesday night,
the Pythian* yrHl assemble in . front of
the high school building on Market
street, marching from there . to the
tabernacle. P,3^tbians are • asked by
their officers to assemble at 7:30. On
Wednesday night, members of the
Junior Order Will occupy special seats;
on Thursday nlght„ the Odd Fellows
and on Friday night members of the
brotherhood-p^tKkilroad shopmen and
tfee»Anqjr*t orcaa of the rail
Rev. A, D. P. Gilmour, pastor orthS
First Presbyterian church, announced
the methods of taking up the offering.
The ushers then passed through the
great audience. The amount received
Will be announced later. ,
Mr. Smith arose and said:
Gypsy Expresses Thanks
“Tonight marks the beginning of
the second week of my stay here in
Wilmington, and I want to say to ypu
that it has- -been one of the most pleas
ant periods of my life. You have
treated me .better than I might poB
slbly deserve, and for that • want to
thank you from the bottom of my
heart.” He thanked the ciery and the
j The Gypsy then read for the eve
ning lesson a part of . the 16th chap
ter of the Book of The *fis, and took
for his text these words: “What shall
I do to be saved? The answer came:
“Relieve in the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shait be saved.”
“Suppose Paul were here tonight.
Listen, Wilmington; and suppose he
was standing right here where I am
standing and a, great big fine fellow
was to arise in this audience and say,
‘Paul, what must I do to be saved?
That’s the way it has to be done, Wil
mington," said the evangelist. You
must come on your own feet. God
saves individually, not collectively.
Repentance Is the Need
“But, going back, suppose this big,
fine fellow were to ask Paul the ques
tion that I have just mentioned. I
believe Paul would tell him first to re
“Any fool can go out of this build
ig tonight and say that he believes in
od while there 1* a decayed spot in
is soul as black as hell," thundered
:r. Smith- * , '
The evangelist spoke of the results
E determined groups getting to
ether, seeking religious light and
-hat could be done. “Bo .like Paul
nd Silas,” said the speaker, "and if
ve hundred men in, Wilmington
ould get together each day for thirty
tinutes prayer, there would be no
bstacle under the sun that could not
be' recioved.” * «• .
Mr Smith made it plain that things
could not -be-done thoroughly and at
the same time follow a rule tjiat was
out of'order.
Follow raurs oynxpm
"Handle the case as Paul would have
done. If PauL were asked to diagnose
a case and prescribe a cure he would,
without pasting words, firSt tell his
patlent^*o relieve- himself, of his sins.
If you nave any money that was made
in a questionable manner, then go to
your safe and disgorge yourself of the
ill-gotten gainst .
“In every sinful life there is bne
dominating sin that is outstanding
over all others. Listen, Wilmington,
is it not plain that ,the. proper method
to adopt in such cases is to go after'
that one big sin, tearing it out by the
roots and holding it,'up bare before
the patient? I firmly believe, by using
that method that the smaller will au
tomatically be cured by reason of be
ing relieved of the greater,
"We have preached a, cheapened gos
pel by declaring that ,all we . have to
do is, to believe," said tpe evangelist.
In quick succession, ,Mr. Smith
hurled one glaring illustration after
another as to what is .expected of us.
to attain the rich nee’ and sweetness
of God’s saving powers.: ,.
The evangelist , c osed l}is remarks
saying that ..Wilmington ,'was possessed
with 'good morals, and .beautiful tradi
tions, and he appealed with much evi
dence . of genuine emotion for closer
contact with God an# tp permit "more
hunger fpr.. Christ, i <. \ - r
The'text of his-sermon follows:
SupposePaul were standing here.
That man- with . the ,colossal Intellect,.
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Famous
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NEW Yj
world ie:
more tkai
Bosh, star
battery mate
a celebration.
For today wi
veraary of boti
Qcte 14.—Today’s
e mu something;
iflctory for Joe
twirler, and hts
V Schnngr, it was.
, e wedding- anal-:
players) the ninth
for Bush and tkittlglitli for Schang.
None In the ms^ eroWded stretches
of the Yankee stadium routed hard
er, nor were more enthusiastic over
the Yankee yleWfy than the two
kittle women. -'Vi
Bush and iduUy' ;'were ■ married
when battery jiliJt with Connie
Mack’s old PhUgdetphta Athletics.
They hare been together ever since,
going to Boston sbE‘gears ago, be
fore coming to th4 Yankees.
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BONUS POLICY IS
SCORED BY LEGION
CHf 1 ADDRESS
Past Commander-fea^s Members
Have Been I)i$pging Out
Heavily q| Late
SAN, FRANCISCO, f'Gal., Oct. , 14.—
Charles , Kendrick, pf -Ran Francisco,
past national commissioner of the
American Region, dcj&tei the legion’s
policy on the bonus attli what he called
its “straddling” of i&l Ku Klux Klar,
question and spoke s^rihly of its con
tinued loss of raembbtship in a caucus
here today which wa%j>reslded over by
Hanford J. McNider, past national com
mander of the Region. .
Kendrick who waap.pplauded by the;
legion men presenUhSaid he realized
he was courting his $wn destruction as
a legion leader, but added that his per
sonal prestige was Secondary to the
welfare of the national organization.
Kendrick has, been mentioned as a
strong possibility for national com
mander at the fifth annual convention
of the American ,Regi9nwhoch opens
here tomorrow. •
The legion has beep qtadlly losing
members since 1820, Sfitftiirick tojd the
caucus members, apdsduring the last
year the loss was approximately 68,000.
The total membershiiKtqday, he said,
was about 62,00,0 and^j4l-J per cent,
of the total servjce the, coun
try.'- : -$F-: :r-‘'
•e. -|fo|n111 Illy | | ,|
radically wrong with twj* organisation
or else with the -things-the organization,
has been trying.to do”, he said. “It is
evident,that the things the legion has
been dcdng for-the three last years do
not greatly interest its members. It is
possible also that the plan of organi
zation is, such as to forfeit the continu
ed interest of its members.,
A radical change is necessary in the
organization and operation and a dif
ferent type of activity must be under
taken by the legion if it is going to
hold the enthusiasm of its member
ship, Mr. Kendrick declared.
Mr.' Kendrick stated he favored the
following changes:
“That the American Region "Weekly
be abandoned and that in its place a
livA. newsy sheet be*established.
“A plan should; be provided whereby
the national central organization could
get in immediate and direct touch with
all posts of the legion without going
through the state organizations.
"With the stage cleared of the bonus
activities, with a pledge of service to
the public as a whole, except in the,
matter of our disabled comrades, with
friendly cooperation offered , the dis
abled Ameri;an veterans of-the world
war, and with a warm cooperation of
fered to the war workers of the coun
try, the legion might b abl to - resent
a strong and most influential front to
the nation in .suoh matters as social
service, immigration, preparedness,
Americanism and peace: programs and
greater purity in politics,” he conclud
ed. . _'
ZANGWILL DECLARES
HOPES OF THE JEWS
ARE LOST FOR NONCE
Jewish Novelist and Writer
Flays Britain’s Manner of
Handling Affairs
JEWISH CONGRESS
IS NEEDED, HE SAYS
Speaker Hurls Darting Declara
tion Against Present
American Policies
NEW YORK, Oct., 14.—The forces of
Israel must mobilize against another
war and rather than "throw a match
into such a powder factory as the globe
has become,” forego their political
hopfes in Palestine, it was declared to
night by Israel ZangWill, Jewish au
thor and publicist, who spoke before
the American Jewish congress here. He
arrived here from England recently.
Arraigning whSt he termed the “po
litical mishandling” of Palestine by
England, Mr. Zangwill asserted that
the recent Carlsbad congress had been
too late with its protests against the
fact that not even ‘state lands and
waste lands' had been allotted to the
Zionists and that the Jews were not
to be given the right to control their
own immigration in Palestine.
Lira Fate to Politics
"Politics is the real matter of fact”
he said, “but Zionism can only rely
upon as much of England’s might as
suits the policy of England ,and since
the Zionists are ready to accept any
conditions, however humiliating and
impractical, it Is clear that a mlnilflum
of might will be at the disposal of
the Jewish national home, and that
mainly in the English interest.”
Mr. Zangwill ,declared he believed
Lord Balfour was sincere when he pro
posed that Palestine be given over
to the Jews even though his declara
tion had been “reduced to a scrap of
white paper.”
After stressing the need for a woTld
congress for all Jewish affairs, in
cluding Zionism, Mr. Zangwill turned
to American Jewish aiffalrs. American
Jews, he said, by saving America "from
infidelity” to her missi.on of salvation
for Europe have the opportunity to be
“legitimately more American than the
Americans."
' Hurls Hot Declaration
Instead of lighting the. way for the
vision of the world pace, America now
malaridu^W
tlonallsm, he" Bald.
"In this backward Course; “he con
tinued, "your Ku Klux Klan has not yet.
arrived at full European blood thristl
ness but its falsification of-American
history and its bigoted campaign me
nace the Amarica-,of Washington and
Lincoln with a reversion to the media
evalism which Europe has never really
shaken off.
Turns on the Klan
'You must fight this grotesque klan
not because it is a menace to Jews,
but because It is a menace to Aemica.
You must fight it by all moral wea
pons, not so much because of impug
ned Judism but of its insult to the Ca
tholic church, which when all is said,
has to its credit more noble and beau
tiful achievement of the human spirit
than anything the klan can boast of”.
Mr. Zangwill also deplored Ameri
ca’s limitation of immigration, especial
ly the method through which it works,
declaring there "is a hardening to the
sort of Nordic nationlism, based On
pseudo scientific theories; theories
that utterly ignore that the savage
north has always gone to the sunny
south.” : -" .'
WOMEN ARE ORGANIZING
NEW YORK, Oct.- 14.—New York
branch of the Southern Womens Edu
cational Alliance, with headquarters
in Richmond, Va,., is being organized
under the leadreship of Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson.
FIRST PHOTO 0 F TRAGIC RACE
Belgium -won the Jamee Gordon Bennett cup this year in the’Brussels
balloon race, but the race was not without its tragedies. Five -pilots were
killed, several injured and some balloons1 destroyed. Photo shows the
Americans, entry (top balloon) plunging into a Belgian one." lieutenant K. S.
Olmstead and Lieutenant J. TV. * Shay taw Were killed In the crash, ' r -
Yankee Steam Roller Goes
Crushing Giant Hopes; Bush
Allows Three Lonely Hits
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SOUTHERN SCOTTISH
RITE MASONS BEGIN
BIENNIAL MEETING
Memorial Service is Held in
Honor of Albert Pike,
Former Chief
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—The bien
nial sessions of the supreme council,
33rd degree Ancient and Accepted
^Scottish Rite, southern jurisdiction,
opened today with a memorial service
in honor of Albert Pike, former
sovereign grand commander. Formal
meetings will begin tomorrow with
the reading of the allocution by John
H. Cowles, Louisville, Ky., grand com
mander.
Important business scheduled for the
week’s meetings includes the election
of honorary 33rd degree Masons for
t'he southern jurisdiction and it is
expected* that the supreme council will
give attention to plans for an expan
sion of Masonic effort in the subject
of popular education. The council
contends that prevailing illiteracy and
lawlessness constitute "a grave
menace to republican institutions and
that it is the duty of all good'citizens
to promote, popular education."
DYNAMITE WRECKS
CUB’S BALL PARK; j
HOUSES ARE SHAKEN |
Officials Say Havoc is Result of
Building’ Trade Labor
Troubles on Park
CHICAGO, Oct. 14.—Damage In ex
cess of $£,000 was caused by the ex
the Landis labor award jpider which
the stadium was erected last year.
Four ticket booths were. Wrecked and
houses a block away were rocked and
damaged. Many fam'lies were routed
from their beds and sent scurrying into
the streets. Telephone lines in the vi
cinity were put out of commission. A
! small blaze started by the blast was
extinguished by firemen before it could
do much damage.
Police are searching for three men
who were seen near the stadium en
trance and who made. off in> an auto
mobile about ten minutes before the
explosion.
GERMAN LOOTERS
PASS QUIET DAY
AFTER PILLAGING
Marked Contrast is Observed
Between Saturday’s Rob
bery and Sunday’s Clam
DUESSELDORF, Oct. 14.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Sunday passed quietly
in the Ruhr district in vivid contrast
to Saturday’s carnival of plundering.
Whether the pillagers merely took a
day off to go to church or whether
the primitive method of provisioriing
the family larder has definitely sub
sided, nobody is willing to say. In al
most every town in the Ruhr, however,
the police have been special “alert"
orders,” and there is general anxiety
lest plundering break out anew with
the beginning of workaday week.
Gelsenkirchen, known locally as the
“hard boiled town of the Ruhr,” was
subjected to promiscuous looting yes
terday and last night when a dozen
shops were cleaned out of their sup
plies. The German police interfered
and wounded about a dozen of the
rioters and arrested several of them,
■but today the residents are strolling
about the streets, leading their
daschunds as if nothing had happened.
The contrast between yesterday and
todky at Duesseldorf was even more
striking.
Child Says He Quit
For Personal Reasons
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—Richard Wash
burn Child, American ambassador to It
aly arrived today oh the Comte Verde,
accompanied by'Mrs. Child. Mr. Child,
commenting on the report that , he had
offered his resignation arid would leave
his post as quickly as a successor could
be named said:
"I told PresidentHarding -that I
would like to retire for personal rea
sons when the time was opportune, and
1 have, had correspondence with Presi
dent Coolidge since he camefiinto office.
But when I left Italy, on this trip, I
had no intention of not returning and
so far as I know, that is the complete
status.” ,
KING .GEORGE MAY TRAVEL
NEW, YORK, Oct. 14.—King George,
of Greece, traveling incognito and ac
companied by Queen Elizabeth,- will
come ,to the United Stages next year to
study farming. This was the word
brought by C. D. Morris, secretary of
the! hear east relief in Greece, who re
turned to New York today.
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A. A
Masterful Twirling of Yankee
Fork-Ball Star is Greatest
of the; Classic
M’GRAW OUTHOUGHT
AND OUTGENERALED
Last Hope of National Contend
ers Centers Around Art
Nehf to Win Today
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—(By Associ
ated Press.)—Sweeping forward with
Irresistible power on the high tide oi '
triumphs, , the New York Yankees bat*
tered the world's champion Giants Into
subjection today for the second suc
cessive tl?ne, and took a formidable
lead of three games to two, In the
1923 struggle for diamond supremacy.’
Baffled at every turn by the marvel
ous, almost flawless mound work of
“Bullet Joe" Bush, reeling under the
terrific force of the Yankee bombard*
ment, the Giants were submerged,by
a score of 8 to 1, and put to a rout as
complete as It was devastating. Bush, i
he of the puzzling fork-ball,, held the
,Giants at bay with three hits, all oi
which were made by Irish Meusely
whose triple In the second Inning led'
to his team’s only score. Except for
this brief flurry, Bush was Invincible,
dominating the game with his master
ful hurling while the Yankees, Swing
ing their big guns into action without
delay, won the battle with a barrage
of seven runs in the first two innings.
Two of McGraw’s aces, Jack Bentley
and Jack Scottfl were shelled into re
tirement in less - than three Innings,
and two others were called Into the
fray before the echoes of the last fu
sillade died away; ‘ •
60.000 Fall To Get In
Another; record crowd, a1 mighty
gathering of 66,000 that filled, the
Yankee stadium to overflowing while
60,000 more fought In vain to gain en
trance, witnessed the Giant debacle
and the Yankee star at its greatest
point of ascendancy.
The , ipald attendance of 62,811
eclipses by nearly 400 the previous rec
ord, Set in the third game of- the series
at, the stadium two days ago, while
"the receipts passing the 8200,000 mark
for the second time', brought the total
“gate” of the series to within $75,006
of the.million dollar mark.
Realizing that they have their first
ory qf two bitter-defeats at the hands
of the Gia,n'ts. Behind the wonderful
box work of Bush, the team displayed!
all the dash and power of attack that
carried It to record-breaking victory
In the American league.
McGraw’s Strategy Falla
For two days, John McGraw, silent,
gray leader of the Giants, has thrown
In reinforcements without avail. Five
of his moundBmen were bombarded
yesterday and four were rushed in
without effect today.
■ Today's triumph must be set down
to the credit of “brute force," but even
so, the theory that this monumental „
classic of 1923 Is a struggle between
power and tactics alone must now be
cast aside, shattered by the remorse
less facts of the last two days of ?
Yankee triumph.
For today the clan of Miller Huggins
not only applied sufficient , "brute
force” to beat down the ' Giants, but
outplayed and outgeneralled the
Champions at their oyvn game. The
"smartest team In baseball” was out
smarted; out-played. In the field and
out-thought In the .pinches. The men
tal lapses and mechanical defects of
the Giant machine today played almost
as great a part in its downfall as the
utter collapse of its twirling staff. ,
jaenx Alone » rormignoie
Tonight only the slight, yet formid
able figure of Arthur Nehf, southpaw
ace of MeGraw’s jcli£>, stands In the
way of a smashing victory for the ' .
Yankees, unless all the signs and por
tents of the diamond are at fault,
Nehf, who shut out the Yankees, 1 to
0, in the third game of the series, la
the only regular among the Giant box-"'
men who1 has not been pounded in^o
submission. Alone he stands out as the
last hope of the champions and Mc
Graw will send him to the ramparts
tomorrow in a desperate effort to stem,
the tide of the remorseless Yankee
machine.
.1 But even If Nehf is returned victo
rious In his second appearance, the
odds will all be In favor of the Amer
ican league champions. McGraw will
have noresources left granting he wins
with his ace, while Huggins Is strongly ■
entrenched with Sam Jones, who lost
to Nehf, although he outpitched1 his
rival; Herb Pennock, southpaw star,
who won the second game and saved
yesterday’s game when Shawkey
weakened; and "Waite Hoyt, victim of
the Giants in the first game, who Is
confident he can come back and" win.
Bush’s performance today stood out in •
high relief against the Ineffectiveness
of McGraw’s twlrlers who were bom
barded from the hill almost as quickly
as they went in, "Bullet 'Joe” had
everything, blinding speed , drop
curves and marvelous control of his '
fork ball. * Only SZ men faced him and
except Meusel, none got the semblance
of a hit. He walked two, struck out
t£ree and turned back his opposition
in rapid fire order in elk of the nine *'
Innings.
Mensei Got Only Ron
Meusel’s triple and Stengel's com
bined to give the Giants their only run
in the second inning. In. the fourth,
Young walked and Meusel got his sec
ond hit, a .double with two out; but
Stengel was easy for Bush and Plpp,
Meusel singled for his third straight
safe, blow in the seventh and got to
second when Kelly .pralked, but Snyder
hit weakly to Frisch and Kelly was
forced at second for the" third out. "
Those few sorties tell." the story of the
completeness with which the Gianti
were held in check. '
Bush seemed to grow stronger aa
the game progressed, or perhaps it was
that the Giants lost heart, and in the
eighth, 'Bullet Joe’’ received an ova
tion when: he struck , out Jimmj >
q; Connell, $76*000 beauty, and Vav«
Bancroft in succession, < , :
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