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New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

Bout Promises
IoBe Hummer

When Wladek Zbyszko and John
Olin, the mammoth Finn, meet in the
match for the world title at Madison
Square Garden on January go one Of
she best wrestling contests held in this
city since the days of Frank Gotch,
George Hackenschmidt and Stanislaus
Zbyszko is promised
In the days of this trio the wrestling
game was at its zenith, for the field
was large and worthy competitors were
i'll abundance. When these three gladi-
tors faded from the horizon there was
a lull in the sport. Within the last
year or two wrestling slowly but sure
y grew into favor again, and at the
present time is one of the most popu-
lar attractions in the country.
There are in the field now at least a
lalf dozen matmen who are worthy of
Icing termed championship contenders.
The recent international tournament
held in this city assisted greatly in
bringing before the public athletes
who were known only by their reputa-
ton. These athletes by their clever
work convinced the devotees of the
sport that their reputation did not
belle them
In addition to the Zbyszko- Olin
match, Joe Stecher, the inventor of the
"scssors hold" will meet Yusiff Hus-
sane, the Balkan Bone Crusher. This
match will carry almost as much
weight as the ZbyszkoOlin match, for
both Stecher and Hussane are pos
sessed Of championship calibrc.
Several high classed preliminary
events will prccede the two main bouts
and in addition Sula Hevonpaa, the
fer0cious Finn, will meet Ivan Linow,
the COssack
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

While the soldiers and sailors are
striving for the different prizes to be
awarded they will be incidentally aid
ing the Athletic Equipment Fund. The
committee has decided that all the net
profit, and all meetings Of previous
years returned tidy sum, will be
utilized in purchasing athletic material
for the many thousands Of soldiers in
training at the camps.
The majority Of the races on the long
programme have been confined to the
soldiers and sailors, but there are three
special races that will demand much at
tention. They are the Rodman Wana-
maker 1 u mile run, the 600-yard run
and the medley relay championship run
In addition to these races, the special
relay race between the Millrose A. A..
and the Meadowbrook Club, represent
ing the New York and Philadelphia
John Wanamaker stores, will agcin be
held.
Thirty Training Stations
With representation from more
than thirty training stations, the entry
list has gone above the eight hundred
mark. Most of the competitors will
come from army and navy stations, al
though the aviation, coast forts and in
telligcnce divisions will have their
starters.
The athletic directors at the different
training stations have been busy. for
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Macklin to Play
For Soldier Fund

John f. Macklin, former squash
tennis coach of the Yale Club, has
offered to play any professional of this
city in order that members of Com
pany A, 1o5th Machine Gun Battalion.
Of which he is a member. may obtain
much wanted athletic equipment. The
battalion is now in training at Camp
Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. c., and the
boys arc without athletic parapher-
MALTA.
Macklin has appealed to the squash
tennis clubs of this city to arrange a
series of matches against the club pro-
fessionals. With the receipt of the
letter yesterday the New York Ath-
letic Club athletic committee voted to
Immediately send a "box" to the bat
TALON. Several Of the professionals
announced last night that they stood
ready to play Mackln so that his com
pany mates may secure what they
want
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Interstate Bowling
Attracts Chicagoans

AURORA. Ill.,, Jan. 10. - Fifty five
Chicago teams are entered in the inter-
state bowling tournament which opened
on the Sylvandell alleys here last night
the main event is elghty-eight In the
doubles there are $50 entries and in
the singles ACT. Because of the new
A. B. c. ruling there is no entry fee
for the all-events.
The Birk brothers. national cham
pions; Mneralites, Rubinisand the re-
mainder OF the crack Chicago teams
will compete The Andrew Lumber Com
pany five won the 1916 meet with 1928.
Harry Steers and Fred Thoma, of Chi
cago. won the doubles with 1892. Roy
Hanks, of Aurora, won the singles with
667 and Jules Lellinger, of Chicago,
was high in The all-events with 1926.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Skating and Hockey Notes
By Fred Hawthorne

NJ lad, page Mr.. Orrin Markhus, of
Minneapolis; he's wanted on the ice at
once up at Healy's Crystal Carnival
Rink, Broadway and Ninetyffth
Street.
Just few days ago Mr.. Markhus
started to do a Jackson Haines spin at
the Nirety-ffth Street rink. He went
around and around and around. HOW
he did spin, And after his head had
got dizzy and his two feet tied into a
lovers knot Orrin's friends interfered
and saved him, else he might have been
spinning yet.
They finally brought him back to
consciousness and informed him that
he had made sixty-five complete revo-
lutions, and that it was new world
record, and that he was the champion
of the world, and that they were proud
to know him. Shake hands.
Now, Orrin Markhus is trusting
soul, and he believed his friends and
took off his hat every time anybody
said "There's the champion spinner Of
the whole world Amt he light on his
skates !" Even the pompous COP on
the corner regarded Markhus with a
feeling of pride, and so our hero went
to bed that night and dreamed wonder
full dreams, dreams in which there
were a million persons spinning mad
ly on a frozen ocean, but not a one
was so spinny as Markhus, and then
he woke up and went to the Crystal
Carnival Rink again and started to
spin.
Just when he mad completed his
iftieth turn somebody called Mr Mark
hus into the Office and spoke in this
manner: Here's a letter from Johnny
Daly. of the Hippodrome skating
forces. who says he has made eighty
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Soccer Double-Header
For l.incoln's Birthday

At a meeting of the executive com
mittee Of the New York Footballers'
Protective Association, held Yesterday
at the Broadway Central Hotel, it was
announced that double header had
been definitely arranged for February
IL, Lincoln's Birthday, and that Olvm.
pic Field, at 135th Street and Fifth
Avenue, had been engaged for that
day.
The programme will include two i'm
portant annual fixtures which had been
postponed on account Of the weather,
namely, the lnterborough match be-
tween Manhattan and Brooklyn, which
IS scheduled for 1 p. m, and the game
between America and England in tho
first round of the International series.
in which the kickoff will take place
at 2:45 p. IN. Another important fixt-
ure vas announced between the Con-
tlnentals and Ireland, also at Olympic
Field. for February %, Washington's
Birthday.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Five of Penn.
State S Green
But Promising

STATE COLLEGE, Penn, Jan. 49,
Because Of the great inroads that have
been made upon the Pennsylvania STATE
undergraduate body by the war, it has
been necessary to piece out almost an
entirely new basketball five here this
year. Its strength is as yet unknown,
for, aside from the Lehigh tilt, the
fioormen are untricd.
Three Of the six best men in the
squad were members of last seasons
freshman team. They are Wolfe, a
former Mckeesport High School star,
who IS playing one of the guard posi-
tions, and Mullan and Young, for
wards. Captain Blakcslcc, who has as
sumed the additional burden of coach
this season, and Fast and Wilson,
guards, were varsity men last year.
Wolfe, who gained reputation for
open-field running and lodging on the
eleven last fall, has shown the same
speed and elusiveness on the basket.
ball court In the carly games he
played centre and it was apparent that
he was out of his position, although
his excellent floor work indicated
enough ability to clinch a position
somewhere on the team. Since Cap
tain Blakeslec's injured shoulder has
mended. he has gone to centre and
Wolfe was moved to guard against Le-
high. Wolfe's splendid covering and
shooting in that match has assured
him a regular berth.
Wilson, the other guard, has had d
years experience as a first string man
He is heavy and aggressive, playing
his best game when the opposition is
going strong.
Captain Blakeslee, at centre, is d
three years veteran and is one Of the
best scorers in the Pennsylvania In
tercollegiate Basketball League. Prior
to this season he had been playing Oh
the forward line. There is no evidence
of let-down in his work as a result of
the Shift Blakeslce never showed to
better advantage than against Lehigh
when he outjump, and outscorcd
Wysocki, his opponent
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Club Not to Bid
For Tennis Fixture

Julian s. Myrick, retiring president
of the West Side Tennis Club, made it
plain at the clubs annual meeting at
Dclmonico's on Friday night that the
Forest HILLS organization Will not be a
bidder this year for the holding of the
national championship tournament,
which it has held for the last three
years.
Mr.. Myrick said that if the national
ASSOCIATION decided to award the big
tourney to the West Side Tennis Club
again the club would endeavor to con-
Duct the fixture as successfully as on
former occasions, but that there would
be no campaign made to retain the
event.
TO fight to retain the tournament
would cause misunderstanding and dis
senslon IN the association" said Mr..
MYrck. The tournament should be
awarded TO club as q reward of merit
tor the good of the game, from the
point OF view of the country at large. A"
The attitude Of the club members
means that the tourney may 90 to
Phllade!phia or Boston this year, if
they bid for it, and thereafter rotate
among the principal cities of the coun-
try.
The new president Of the club.
elected at the meeting on Friday night,
is Charles Scott Landers, a consulting
engineer and q graduate of Yale, class
OF 1900. He has been a member of the
club for more than ten years, and has
just comnleted his term as treasurer.
The full list of officers chosen is as
follows; President, Charles Scott Lam
ders; vice-president, Marshall S. Ha-
gar; treasurer. Hugh p. Cutler: sec
retary' William Alexander Campbell;
captain, DR.. Theodore B. Barringer. ir.
board of governors. class of 1920.
Julian s. Myrick. Richard II. rither-
lngton, Robert w. Clifford and G. A. l..
Dlonne; nominating committee, class
of 1918, Percy S. Hildreth, c. w. Kress,
II. c. Worth, King Smith and r. b.
Cafc0tnh
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
r. Cox
Did Fine Job
AS a Trainer
New Hampshire Horseman
Put Life in Sluggish
Lu Princeton
By rank S. Cooke

The honor of doing the best job Of
training during the last year belongs
to Walter r. Cox, the shrewd Yankee
who has been giving more publicity 10
Dover, N. H., in the last decade than
any other influence. La Princeton is
the tool with which Cox did the work.
and while it took him since the fall of
1914 to put an edge on the sluggish
stallion he certainly had the horse at
razor blade sharpness last season.
Lu Princeton is product of Walnut
Hall Farm, near Lexington. owned
by the estate of the late L. V Harh-
ness, of New York. By San Francisco,
the horse is out of Lucinda Princeton,
whence comes his rather efeminate
name.
When four years old La. Princeton
was taken to the races and he landed
a seven-heat affair on the Rockport
merry -go-round at Cleveland, then one
heat at Clarksburg. w Va. when he
attained a record Of 2:15H. Somehow
there was a lot of talk about him that
fall, and after sampling the trotter Cox
persuaded his patron, Barton Pardee
OF Atlantic City, 10 write q check for
him
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

several weeks preparing the men for
the games, and they should be in their
best form. A trophy will be awarded
to the station scoring the greatest num-
Der of points.
All eyes will be turned on Joie Ray
when the fleet little national distance
champion toes the mark in the | II lie
run. Opposed to him, among others,
will be Joe Stout, of the University Of
Chicago, who is said to be ready to give
Ray the fight of his life. Little has
been heard of the condition of Ray,
while reports from Chicago have been
that Stout has run some fast miles
under the tutelage of DR.. Alonzo A.
Stagg But in all his important meet
ings Ray has not been caught mapping,
will not be this time.
Ray holds the indoor record for this
distance of 6:46 1-5, having hu. up
the time in defeating John W. Over
ton, Of Yale, now in the marine ser
vice. After passing the l lh-mile point
the runners will continue on to the
2mile mark, which Ray hopes to pass
in record time. Jack Ryan, Boston
A. A., will be the third starter.
Seven of the best middle distance
athletes that could be gathered to-
gethcr will make up the field in the
60o-yard event. This group includes
Bob Maxam, the University of Penn
sylvania freshman; George Dernell,
Boys Club; Jack Sellers, New York
A. c.; w. F. Kelly, Camp Dix; Joe
O'Brien, Loughlin Lyceum, and George
Meeter, East Orange High School. AL
though Maxam is essaying task some
distance beyond his best route, 44O
yards, he is expected to prove trouble
some to Kelly and Dcrnel, the two who
are looked upon to fight it out for the
hOnOrS.
Two Preliminary Races
The feature of the Army and Navy
races will be q one-mile championship
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

one spins. duly attested and sworn to-;
and here's another letter from Mr..
Whosis, of Hoboken. who swears he
spun sevcntythree times when he was
only six years old: and, finally, here
telegram from Miss Cathleen Pope
Of the Hip, who has aifidavts to prove
that she spun over hundred times
while she was knitting a sweater for a
soldier, and would be spinning yet
only that she dropped stitch. What
about it ?"
There was only one thing to do, and
Mr.. Markhus did it. On Wednesday
evening he will start spinning at the
Crystal Carnival Rink, and all the
lenged to spin against him.
Morris Wood, one of the 1Oo7,54
claimants to the professional speed
skating championship of the world, is
working out every afternoon at the st.
Nicholas Rink, in preparation for his
series of races for the title with
Bobby Mclean, of Chicago, at Wash
ington Park next month. A purse Of
$4,000 has been offered for the race
between these two stars. The fact
that Mclean recently defeated Oscar
Mathiesen in series of races does
not disturb Wood, who predicts that
he will come home winner in each
race. Morris looks just as speedy as
he ever did when in his prime
Nine Frances Aida. the opera
singer is the latest recruit to
the ranks Of the skaters. The famous
songbird, who had never had a
pair of skates on before in her life
started taking lessons yesterday morn
ing from Bror Mycr, the worlds cham
pion figure skater, at the St. Nicholas
Rink. We will keep you posted as tc
Nine. Alda's progress, and promise to
keep accurate count Of falls recorded
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Euery Branchof Il. S. War Service viii
Haze Athletes in MiZrose 4. 4. Games
Stubborn Relay
For Army Athletes

" HE championship relay race
for the Army and Navy
teams is expected to de-
velop into the most stubbornly
fought race at the Millrose games
next Wednesday. Seventeen
quartets, representing as many
military units Of the East, are to
engage in the preliminary heats
for the right to meet in the final
race. Comprising the majority
of the teams are athletes who
have won championship honors
before enlisting.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Ball Slander Suit
Must Go to Jury

ST. LOUIS. Jan. I9-The petition
OF President Ball of the ST Louis
Americans TO dismiss the suit OF PLAY
ers Derrill Pratt and John Lavan for
$4,000 each was overruled in Circuit
Court here to-day. The court ruled the
cases must go to jury.
The players sued Ball for alleged
slander, basng their petitions on a
newspaper interview with Ball IN which
he was quoted as saying certain play
ers had laid down"
The date for s.!al has not bean set.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Penn Five Beats Yale

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19.-The Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania defeated Yale,
90 to 15, in an intercollegiate basket
ball game here tonight.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Stars i'm Big Games

these famous athletes will compete
IN the Millrosc meet at Madison Square
Garden next Wednesday. These game.
promise to be among the most important
of the winter indoor season.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Special Events for Soldiers and Sailors in Contests to Aid
Athletic Equipment Fund-Thirty Training Stations
10 Be Represented in Garden Meet
By A. C. Cavagnaro

Men representing branch in the of Uncle
pete at the annual indoor and field held
by the Mrose Athletic Association Madison
Wednesday holding
athletes predomnatng formally the Nrose
occasion night.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1918-02-22
SMILES.
examples of this.

examples of this.
Some one said the other day: Il
like the idea. 1t is SO sane and rea-
sonable, and so congenial to spiritual
growth"
Of course all obligated do not keep
Lent; and it is kept in different de-
gress by different people. And there
is no command and no penalty, ex-
cept within. The conscience is the
executive; and the penalty for non
observance is in the impoverishment
of the spiritual life.
The highest joys of Easter are
kept in store for him who keeps sa-
credly the forty days. And the natur-
al result is a revived life, new cour-
ge, stronger faith to continue the
memory on a higher plane.
R. r C.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1918-02-22
McAFEE

Mr.. C. NJ. .Wilkie is putting up a
cottage on his farm for his son-in-
law, Mr.. Harve Chance.
If the government takes all our
Young men to the army who will pillow
our crops for us next summer? How
are we going to raise food for the
army. anyway, with the ''plow-boys'
all in the war?
Misses Mae and Flora Cunningham
and brother Rhea spent Saturday and
Sunday visiting relatives at Kinks
Chapel
Miss Idelle Hardage and her bro
Their, Grady, of Kinks visited rela-
tives here Sunday.
Mr.. Pearley Cunningham, of Oak
hurst, was the guest of Mr.. r. A
Cunningham Sunday.
Isn't it about time for US to open
up Sunday School again? The days
are getting longer and weather much
more agreeable, so there's nothing
to do but go to work again.
We like the last ruling regarding
the sale of flour. Ye scribe happens
to have plenty of corn, and to spare
so if we can get little flour to miS
with it, we can get along fine on "hoe
and hominy".
SMILES.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1918-02-22
Nesgs About Io0,n

Messrs. T. L. Wallace, P. w. Camp
and ]. A. Hardeman have just re-
turned from Tampa, Fla, whittier
sojeurned with other members OF
Yaarab Temple.
They report most delightful trip,
and no doubt Tampa will long re-
member the Templars from Georgia,
who made this pilgrimage.
The Atlanta Street paving is now
going ahead again and this will be
credit, and a good advertisement OF
Marietta and her progressive Mayor
and council.
Among those going over with the
basketball team for the Gainesville
Game were Mrs. Williams, Miss Lii
liam Boatner, and Coach Guthrie. All
report that this is by far the best
game of the season.
DR.. Warren E. Benson left Friday
night for Arcadia, Fla, to become at
tached to the Aviation Camp there.
Each week as more of our young men
go, the war is brought home to us
more forcibly.
Mr.. w. A. Florence returned Sun
day night from nextended business
trip to the eastern markets.
This is court week in Cumming and
Judge Morris and Solicitor Clay are
in attendance. Next week will be
court week in Canton and quite a
number of Marietta attorneys will
also be there.
On Monday Mrs. Sawyer visited Ac-
worth and made talk and demon
stration to the school. She was in
vited by the Ladies Study Club to
come again and to demonstrate and
speak before the club.
Every school in the county will
soon fly the American flag.
The board so ordered some time
ago, and the flags are now being dis
tributed. How about a new flag for
the high pole in the Park?
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1918-02-22
THE HOLY SEASON OF LENT

The writer has been asked to give
some explanation of what Lent is and
the reason for it. We will do so in
few words.
Such a season was observed by the
Church in the earliest days. In the
second century Irenaeus in a letter
mentions this fast before Easter as
period varying in duration in differ
ent countries. But about the middle
of the third century Arigen speaks OF
it as a fixed period of the forty days
preceding Easter being thus conse-
Grated.
Of course during this forty days is
kept in mind the forty days fasting
and temptation of Christ in the will
derness; and during the last week,
His last week is brought more vivid
" before His devotees. On Thurs
day before Easter, the institution of
the Lords Supper is commemorated;
and Good Friday brings out clearly
the reality of the Crucifixion; and
remembering the day He lay in the
tomb, Saturday is the most solemn of
days. Now then, we are prepared
for Easter. You know there can be
no real Resurrection, if there has
been no Crucifixion and burial! 1t
is passing strange to observe one
without the other.
The world has in some degree a
dopted Lent, to the sacred seasons
hurt, and to the hurt of Christians;
because it has at times led to COM
promise. Many Christians not obli-
gated to do so have entered upon the
observance of the season with inter-
est and earnestness, to their great
benefit, and for the good of the whole
community.
When Christians are sneered at for
keeping this Holy season in memory
of the loving sacrifice of their Mas
ter, it makes one think of the boy
who tried to say his prayers while
they flung shoes at his head; peo-
pie really love or even respect one,
they will not make light of the things
that are held most sacred by that
one.
Sometimes one is perplexed as to
how to deal with a proposition which
would violate their conscience in this
regard. Surely it is enough to say:
at is Lent; and cannot enter into
this with you" And one might east
ly feel: "My reverence for my Mo
ther, the church, restraints me-"
A Season of Revival.
The Christian takes stock of spirit
ual assets. He discards that which
is valueless and harmful, and strives
to increase his true riches. There
are more opportunities for prayer
and worship; and the Gospel Message
is presented more often.
For the sake OF spiritual growth,
self-denial is practiced, it may be in
food, in pleasure, or it may be in Kill
ling some harmful habits that have
attached themselves. One tries to
expend more time and energy in do
ing good and to be more generous in
giving themselves and their means,
Many such things undertaken at this
time are carried on continually in
after life.
We have in mind two men who
stopped the use of tobacco one Lent,
and have never returned to it again,
tho years have passed. That is neg
alive of course, but in definite Chris
tian activity there are multitude of
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1918-02-22

New members are being added
weekly and no doubt new branches
viii yet be organized.
Resignation.
1t is with deepest regret that as
a part of this report / tender my
resignation as Treasurer of the Coun-
ty Chapter. regret to give up my
relation as chapter officer (1) be-
cause the relations between the chap
ter officers themselves and between
chapter officers ard branch officers
have at all times been so cordial and
enjoyable; ~ because / consider
this work the greatest benevolence,
outside the churches, that has ever
blessed suffering humanity, and
(3) because the work is not finished
it is really only just begun. But
other prior duties to the limit of my
time and strength force me to close
my work as treasurer with this re-
port
At my request, Mr.. B. G. Brumby,
Chairman, has appointed a commit
tee to audit records and approve this
report. Faithfully yours,
JAS. j. DANIEL,
Marietta, Ga, Feb. ID, 1918.