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Show flij DUNCAN F. D. NEILL. 39x3 There is no truth in the rumor that BK if the "trial horse" outspeeded the eHk Shamrock IV, it would be substituted HfBI li the race for America's cup, accord- SgfWI Upton's chief nautical adviser, who Wfim InG to Colonel F. D. Neill, Sir Thomas flKjc has just come to the states to further Sggl plans. Neill says: Hp "There is no truth in the silly re- BygjaL ports printed in the English newspa- HS$vn pers that if the tryor-out beats the KraSjr - challenger she might be substituted flPftffil for the Shamrock TV In the cup races. 4 Everyone who has read the rules at fftfUi all,, ought to know that the challenge fflggftj for America's cup must bo sent by a Hp club of good standing and tho wacht Bffij sent is selected by the committee to represent it in the race. The Sham- Wa Uj rock IV has beaten the 23-meter Sham- Vl W rock in the trials off the Isle of Wight; w V and the object of racing them over gl'lS here, is solely for the purpose of tun- ;flUj ing up the challenger." luJJf "CLARK GRIFFITH. jfgfrjfj Of course Manager Clark Griffith nevor picks his team to win a pennant, pen-nant, and often has to laugh at what he reads in the newspapers especially especial-ly when they have him coming under the wire in the lead. Griffs heart is 1 right with his business that is, it is II in Washington. It's the best burg in I the country, he says. I "A lot of towns are bigger than 1 Washington, but their baseball fans 1 have no more enthusiasm than those ft in Washington. I'd rather live In y - Washington than anywhere else in the A country, and I'm not kidding either, .La. When the fans get a lino on my young- sters at home, say there'll be excitement excite-ment at Georgia avenue every day. I rate my team considerably improved since last year. Washington knows 1 v.hat good shortstopplng- is. They ought to for they watcher Georgo Mc Sride for years. Well, in a month or so, they'll all be hollering for that youngster of mine, O'Neill, for he's tho goods." |