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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-21

Mr.. Hanscom presented the following resolu-
ton which was upon. motion adopted, ayes,
Hanscom, Rosevear Wright:
Resolved, BY the Commission of the City OF
Owosso, that the City Clerk be instructed to
draw an order from the Gene raj Street Fund
for 1900 O In favor of Mr.. A. j. Driscoll- for
paiSof horses.
NO further business, up,n motion the Com
mission adjourned; ayes, Hanscom Rosevear,
Wright.
A. Il. WRIGHT.
Mayor.
Il. f. CoNANT,
City Clerk
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-21

Daily Thought.
Be true to your word, your work and
your friends.-John Boyle O'Reilly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-21
OF THE
CITY COMMiS SION

Owosso, Mich. Feb 8, 1919.
Special meeting of the Commission, Mayor
Wright presiding
Members present Hanscom, Rosevear and
Wright.
All members present waived formal notice
OF special meeting
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-02-21

Ibis is a story that takes you
~ back to the busy days and simple lives led
by our American ancestors three-quarters of
century ago, when character was formed in
the home. What was true of the little northern
New York community in which most of the
action is laid also may be said of American
rustic life of the time in general. We want
you to read the new serial suoEsf zee Aes,g
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,SKAUT v. CHOURA Sc 20.
ZDRAVUJE.

Ze svatojanske nemocnice
propusteno vcera nekolik ma
mofnich skautG re srazky au-
ia predmestskou karou pred
vclrem ma Lorain Ave. rane-
nych. Mezi propustenymi jest
131ety V. Choura, BIG zap.
>58. ul., utrpevSi lehci pohmo-
zdeniny ma hlave a v zadech.
Skaut R.. Workardy nachazf
Sc vSak v bezvedomi dosud a
nevydrzi, kdezto stav skautd
Garlicka a Darra zda Sc byti
fovnez povazlivy. Policie dnes
tvrdf, ze nestesti udalo Sc ma
hodile, kdezto koroner vysetru
lie dale.
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TyAS!4 I'FFI TVVOOI
VELIKA HRANICE MA VR
CHU ZIZKOVE,

vecer, dine 5, cervence. We
schdzi mestske rady v Zizkove
konane dine 10. cervna t. r. u
sneseno poukazati mestsky
sbor hasicsky, ably ma vrchu III
zkove dine 5. cervence t. r. "a
palil vecer hranice ma pamat-
ku mistra Jana Husi. K tomu
1celu zada veliteEstvi NEST. ha
sicskeho sboru obcanstvo ziz-
kovske, ably rdzne upomfnky
ma stare Rakousko, jako obra-
zy, spisy atd. vdbec vse, co je
hoflaveho, neobtezovalo 81 ode
vzdati v obecnim dvore ma ha-
sicske straznici, 'kterezto veci
pri te pfilezitosti spolecne ma
hranici budou spaleny. Veci k
dcelu tomuto venovane pfijf
mali Sc denn6 az do s. cerven-
ce t. r.
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POzAR v HOTELU.

Ma druhem poschodi hotelu
Luxe, 2013 Prospect Ave-, po-
vstal dnes rano o treti hodine
pozar, kterym sic nemnoho
skody bylo zpdsobeno, "a ne
hoz ale bylo nadbytek zmatku
a zdeseni. Asi ctyricet cizincd
uteklo pred nebezpecim do u
lice v nedbalkach a z tech neko
|lik "a prekotneho uteku bylo
lehce poraneno. Ohen vznikl v
odpadcich ma chodbe a rozSl-
I'll Sc do treuiho patra, kde ha-
|sici z dolenniho mesta byl pod
kontrolu uveden.y
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Jsou miliony 'lidf We. Spoj.
Statech a v Kanade, jimz jest
lex, cistici vnitrnosti a napo-
mahajici zazivani, naprostou
nezbytnosti, Trinerovo LecivT
Horke Vino Jest radny lex k to
muto 1celu neb jeho soucastky
(horke kdry, byliny a kofin-
ky) nalezejici k nejlepsim, tjez
lekaTska veda Nnbec zna. Jest
vyznamno, ze Trinerovo Leci-
We Horke Vino bylo prvnim Ia
ludecnim patentnim lekem, je
muz Sc dostalo schvaleni spoil
koveho deparlmentu pro vnitr
nj davky We Washingtone a u
znani, ze We vsech smerech wy
hovuje prohibicnfm zakonlm.
Tento lex nema mic spolecneho
s 'kamuflazovymi lihovymi
napoji." Jeho ucelem jest cisti
tt zaludek a pouzivati jej "a
napoj jest nemozno. Proto kaz
dy nemocny dostane jej kaz
de lekarne jako drive. Take
formule Trinerovy Angeliky
Horke, vyborneho silitele zivot
mich sill, byla schvalena dne 2.
kvetna 1919, a kazdy lekarnik
il ma ma sklade. - Joseph Tri
ner Co., 1333-43 S. Ashland
Ave-, Chicago, III. 4
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UMRTf SVETOZNAMEHO
VYNALEZCE.

Ii 4 + H ~ ~ - 3 Il 4 Z baf
Ocelarsky magnat Samuel T.
Wellman, 1900 vych. 80. ul.,
zemfel vcera nahle ma cesie do
Stratton, Me-, kde ochrnuti ci-1
VII jej zahubilo. Tyz narodil Sc
v Massachusetts, a v amer. O.
ocelafstvi vyznamenal Sc zvla
ste v letech sedesatych pro Wy
.nalezeni nekolika stroj1 a peel
ku taveni zelezne rudy, kterez
to vynalezy ziskaly mu jmena
svetoveho. We skutecnosti Well
man pozival vetsi prominence
|v ocelarskych kruzich nez je-
no bohatsi souteznik Charles
|Schwab. Do Clevelandu prijel
|Welman r. 1873, kde pozdeji
|zalozil ocelarny firmy Well
man-Seaver- Morgan Co. a zor
|ganisoval Otisovy> zelezarny.
|Byl tez mecenasem umelcu,
zvlaste talentovanych malIrd
a sochar1 a zemrel We veku 72
|let.
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LISTARNA.
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LISTARNA.

Pa f. B. Hruby, 12501 Guy
Ave. ma v administered "Sve-
ia" svdj dopis, do Czech adre-
sovany a bez post. znamky,
patrne ztraceny.
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o ZDANENf TEMPERENCNf-
,HO PIVA ROZHODNE OKR.
URAD.

Ma pozadavek prohibicni IL
gy, aby- okres zavedl tisicidollal
royou licensi ma prodej piva
temperencniho, nedosla dosud
odpoved', okr. zalobce .Doer-
fler vyda vsak sve dobrozdanf
v nekolika dnech a tim celou'
otazku tn rozhodne. Doerfler
je liberal, pochybuje Sc tudiz,
re bude proto, ably nearbeeru
musela Sc platit vycepni dan
$1,000 rocne. Jeden z nejstar-
sfch clevelandskych 'hostin-
skych j. M. White, 1859 zap.
3. ul. pravf, ze podobna dan z
polopiva by Sc platit nemohla
vdbec a nasledkem takove ne
moznosti temperencnl pivo z
trhu ze bylo by vytlacovano.
,Nejdrive zanechalyl by detce-
nehonprodeje 7lekarny a cukrar
ske zavody a ma konec tempe
rencni pivo vymizelo by tax
zvanych salooni, kde ovladlo
by zvlaste podmasli.
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KDE VYUCOVANf POKUL
HAVA.

-Skolni uEednik C. w. Sutton
vydal prave statistiku, z niz
vysvita, >ze nejvice spatne cha
pajieich neb nedbalych zakd
je v prelidnenych ctvrtfch do
lenniho mesta a nejlepsi po-
krok ze jevf ditky re skol bli-
re mestskych hranic neb We
wardach nikoli prelidnenych.
: Cleveland ma v mestskych
svych skolach 17,42O zakG,
kteri opakovali jednou, dva-
krat, ba i trikrat. Nejvice po-
dobnych nekolikrate "a vyroc-
mich zkousek propadnuvSich
zakd mali skoly Alabama, Ire
mont u reky We stredu mesta a
z odlehlejsich skola Outhwai-
te bllze vych. IS. ul. Nejmene
opakujicich zakG mali skoly
Columbie Rosedale. Nejzane-
dbanejsi skolou po STRANGE W.
chovy je Eagle, kde II. zaku
opakuje jiz druhy rok, 38 tre-
tt a % ctvrty.
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MRTVOLY UTONULYCH
BRATRf VYLOVENY.

z jezera blize ustf Skalni ri
Sky vyloveny vcera mrtvoly
dvou bratri Rogera a Floyda
UlmI, 1874 Bonnie Ave., La
kewood, kterl utonuli "a 1ter-
nj boure jezerni, kdyz odvazi-
ii selna vysokou vodu v lehke
,lodici. Mrtvoly utonulych obje
veny plavclky z Andersonova
kotviste a poslany do lake
woodske mar1iice. Roger byl
drevorytcem, Floyd studujicfm
ma vyssi skole v Lakewood.
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sMM-$VALECNYMI USPOR
NYMI ZNAMKAMl poma.
hate-nejen move a stare VIA
,ti, ale j sobx.
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DRUzINA VOJENSKYCH
AVIATIKU.


Vcera priplula sem z Toledo
eskadra vojenskych riditel-
nych balond, zakotvivsi pri Il
patti vych. 8. ulice. Eskadra po-
zdstava ze 4 velkych observac
Mich balonG a nekolika men,
sfch letadel. Zdrzi Sc zde vice
jak tyden ably pomahala We
verbovani novackG k aviatice.
Ultra jeden balon podnikne
vzlet mad mesto, ku kterezto
plavbe pozvani byh tez zastup
ci casopisu, mayor a zastupci
obchodni komOry.
EITC q Ttt7 T7TC q
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VZDUCHOLODI OBJEVUJl
LESNf POZARY. -
F.L.G.I.S.

Zpravy prichazejici z narod
Mich lesu >Californii do lesni
uradovny v zemedelskem de-
partmentu, kde armada vzdu-
choplavcG kona denne vyzku-
mne lety "a pricinou objevenl
lesnich pozaru, poukazuji ma
to, ze tato DovoJa ukaZala Sc
rozhodne uspesnou, a ze hlida
nj lesd ukaze Sc byti velice cen
Eym stane Sc MONA trvalou
casti podniku, jenz ma chranit
velike lesnl polohy pred znice-
MIN ohnem. Mnoho pozard by
10 objeveno vzduchoplavci v
malych jeste rozmerech a byly
hned oznameny lesni sprave.
Mysli Sc, re velkyym ztratam
bylo zabraneno vcasnym obje-
venim ohnI. Nedostatek mista
k pristani vzducholodi v teto
drsnate krajine, jenz pGsobilo
mnoho obtfzi a zpGsobilo v
mnohych ufadovnach DOZEN,
re riditelne balony budou ko-
necne shledany vhodnejsi nez
plosniky k litani mad lesy.
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VELIKA HRANICE MA VR-
CHU ZIzKOVE.
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ooooooeoeeooo
|Nabidhuti k snatku.

Hledam nasledkem nedo-
statku znamosti touto cestou
druzku zivota, bud -starssi
divku neb vdovu, ktera by
mela dobre srdce k dltkam.
Jsem Slovak re Slovenska v
primefenem postaveni. Kite
ra by mela dobry dmysl,
necht zasle nabidku S podo-
benkou, ktera Sc ma pozada-
nj vrati, do administrace
"Sveta" pod znackou "Sna-
tek".
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
BELMONT COMING BACK.

Gene belmont. Memphis lightweight
who has been out on the coast taking
on all corners and few goers, Is now
on HIS way back to Memphis Gene IL
returning for the purpose OF taking n
crack at any and all Eighties who care
for his game. and expressly to meet
/ Rebel Red Herring, who has lately
adopted Memphis as his home and who
has hung UP three consecutive vic
tories
| belmont met Herring about four
| years ago In a Nashville arena and de-
| cisNely beat him, At that time, how
| ever Herring was novice and a
| roungster just breaking into the mitt
| game Il viii be a different Herring
| that belmont will meet in case he Is
! matched with Red which appears GER
4 tain now.
! BIlh Haack, s A, c, promoter, states
| that he VIII match belmont against
Arlos Tanning for sometime in Janu-
! airy and VIII then give Herring crack
| at belmont In case Gene comes through
with a victory over the Oklahoma boy.
The Aasty case lie going 10 cost Char.
/ lay Frank and John D. Logan several
| more dollars than the Ianky pitcher Ia
/ worth before the case 10 settled, for
when you 90 into court with anything
the costs pile up In a hurry, as the two
| belIlaerent club. owners will discover
/ when the time comes to pay off
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
NEW FOOTBALL
COMMITTEE NAMED
Walter Camp and Associates
Supplanted by Thorn
and Others.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 1S.--Noted
figures in Yale's football history passed
out of active participation in gridiron
activities at the university last night
when the executive committee Of the
board of control approved the football
committee for 1920 as appointed by
Capt. John T. Callahan, of the Yale
football team
Three members of the committee
were not reappointed. They are: Wal
ter Camp. 3d. regarded for years as
Ysles leading advisory football coach,
and himself gridiron star in 187S-79;
Vance c. Mccormick, 93; Shelf, for
mer chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee and one of America
economic delegates at the peace con-
ference, and Joseph r. Swan. '02.
S. B. (Brink) Thorn, 90, of New
York, is chairman of the new committee
John r. Fitzpatrick. II, of New York,
is also renamed to the board. The
new members of the committee are
Louis e. Stoddsrd, 49, of New Haven
Lucius H. Bigelow, 'OS, of New York,
and Theodore Lilley, 10, Shelf, of Wa
terbury, Conn,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
WILL WEIGH ABOUT 1877.

Leonard will enter the ring Friday
night weighing around l&7 pounds The
champion says he Is feeling III and
fine and that he has no fears Of his
opponent for Friday Herring. on the
opposite paw is fairly hubhling over
with confidence that he win make a
good showing against Leonard, and
when he squares off for action against
Leonard Friday night he expects to
give the king OF the Eighties "A busy
evening
The advent of Leonard in Memphis
win mark his first appearance IN a
local arena, and II is expected that the
S. A. C. will be packed to the roof
when Leonard and Herring put up their
dukes about $40 O'Clock Friday night
Tickets have been going like the pro-
verbal hot cakes, and many out of
town reservations have been made, fans
realizing that the opportunity seldom
presents itself to see champion the
callheT OF Leonard in action IN Mem
pills or any Southern arena,
Leonard lets hts manager Billy Glib
son, do all the talking, and Billy. like
all managers Of fighters, is all there
with the Chln-music Billy, however,
doesn't have TO sing Leouard's praises,
for his work in the ring speaks for it,
self Leonard IL without question one
Of the greatest ringmen In the game
today, possessing all that the other
lightweight champions had, with lit
tie BIZ added He hits with either paw.
is fast clever and aggressive and Ia
certain to be stumbling block In the
paths OF many aspiring Eighties for sew
eral years TO come.
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A BUSY CHAMPION

Leonard Is the busiest champion Of
them all, and Is fighting all the time
giving every boy in the country crack
az his title. Unlike the heavyweight
outfit, Leonard meets anybody, any
where, any time, and Ia real cham
pion, having trimmed every good boy In
the lightweight outfit, and quite few
outside that figure, Leonard himself
Ia gradually getting out OF the light
weight class, weighing over the limit
now, and unless he chops off q leg or
SO HEN never be able TO get back to
the lightweight class without weaken.
ing himself
Rebel Red Herring. who will be in
the opposite corner from the champion,
Friday night, has worked harder for
the Leonard bout than any mill he has
engaged In, realizing that he has the
golden opportunity OF winning the title
before him, Herring who deCiaivels
trimmed Arlos Tanning last Monday
night In an eight-round bout, and who
has two Victories 10 his credit over Red
Dolan and Abe KahakoTf. believes that
he will not only stay the distance with
Leonard, but that he win have n good
chance TO give the champion plenty OF
trouble.
Az any rate he plans to go In and
fight II out with the king OF the light
weights, and II promises 10 be great
battle throughout
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18

Included in the list are Horace Twi-
ford. Tennessee, and Frank Hays, Van
derbilt, ends; Hackenschmidt, c. B. c.,
ana McIowen, Stanton Military
academy, tackles; Sinclair, Rolla School
Of Mines, and Alperin, c. H. S., guards;
humphreys, Army, center; Baserig,
Castle Heights, quarterback Gronauer,
Sewanee, and Streuli, Tennessee. half
back; Demarchi, c. B. c., fullback.
Hays will have his men on the field
saturday and will work out daily until
the big test Of Thursday.
Curtin Issues Call.
Curtin has issued call to men picked
for the Al-Memphis eleven for meet
ing at Vocational school Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock. Arrangements
will then be made for practice.
The game Xmas day will not only
serve as a treat to the fan, but it will
also settle a heated argument that
arose some days ago regarding the re-
spective possibilities of two such or
CARNATIONS,
Curtin claimed the 1919 output of
players in Memphis was far beyond the
average. He added that it could hold
its own with anything in the South and
was on the verge Of proving his point
when Frank Hays stepped in with an
objection.
Hays stated that he could gather to-
gether a team of collegians and wallop
the wadding out of the Memphians.
lnasmuch as there was no wav of prov
ing either assertion by verheI means it
was decided to actually assemble the
machines and turn them loose before
a big crowd. And that's why they're
playing.
Save us seat.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
FOR INSTANCE

Regardless of the rain Mike will
never carry an umbrella, They bring
bad luck, he claims. And one opened
inside the house ID nothing short OF a
call for disaster to follow.
on the way to the park Mike has
seen black cats crossing the street ana
has Immediately changed direction,
Sooner than cross tho path OF TINS
bugaboo, Mike would walk three
miles out OF his way to thereby escape
the doom
But Mixes weird conduct 10 not con
fined to tho streets alone, as on the
bench he Ia even worse.
In case OF victory during the after
noon, Mike never fails to mark the spot
he occupied during the game. The
next day he reserves the site Tor nm
self in hopes OF repeating the good
fortune.
In case Of defeat he shifts to the
other end Of the bench,
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will not render "A decision at the end
OF the mill, The boys will go in at
catchweghts.
Some fine preimInarios are being ar
ranged by Promoter Hack, In add
ton to the main go there will be a
baltic royal to start things off. KID
Flanagan and Young Kahakoft viii bat
tie four rounds, followed by Fast Black
and Broadway Jones. two local shines,
who can fight and who will fight every
minute of the four rounds
In the semiwindup the Fighting Ed
itor will meet Young Jack Dempsey in a
six -round affair. Thees two boys have
fought several timcs and always
have nut up sensational mill hrimful
OF action. Their bout Friday night will
be second only to the main attraction in
ftstic class.
The iaz band will he there and it's
going 10 be considerable evening
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
DEMPSEY WILL Fl
MEET MEEHAN
BEFORE FRENCHY

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1S.--Jack |
Dempsey, heavyweight champion, win
box Willie Meehan before meeting
Georges Carpenter French champion,
provided Meehan meanwhile defeats
"Gunboat" Smith, according to an anil
nouncement made last night.
1.-THE stadium promoters in ParisI
have cabled me they expect their house
would draw 81 ,000, 900 for a Dempsey-
back l would demand a so per cent
guarantee, and expect the answer 70
my message is in my office now in Ls0s|
Angeles.
IF the stadium draws $1,000, 900 I'll
will be because of Dempsey, the cham
other pair Of fighters not including'
Dempsey would not draw half that
much" MI
PARIS. Dec. 10. (By the Associated
Press. )--"Sparrow" Robertson, Of New.
American fight promoter, is comforting.
here with M. deCoin with the object
Of having DeCoin join interests with
Richard in bidding for fight be-
tween Jack Dempsey and Georges Carl
rentier. Owing to tie difficulties which
II is DelleVeu WOulu De encountered III
Richard should try to stage the battls'
In the United States. Richard is rel
ported to be prepared to aid the French
promoter in holding the championship
fight in Paris.
Such a fight would be staged as theI
worlds heavyweight championship.
Richard. according to Robertson, would
be willing to advance half the capital
required and share equally with theI
French promoter In the profit or loss.
The negotiations here are said to bel
progressing rapidly owing to the ex-|
pected arrival in New York within al
few days Of c. B. Cochrane, Of Lon-l
don, who promoted the recent fight mi
the English capital between Joe BeckettI
and Carpenter, and who Is said to bel
desirious of arranging a Carpenter
Dempsey fight In London.
Tex Richard, when informed by thel
Associated Press in New York OF theI
result of the Carpenter Beckett fight
In London said he was not at all GER
tain that he would care to consider
a proposition at this time OF stagingj
a bout in the United States beweenl
Dempsey and Carpenter. Both fight
ers. ne declared. undoubtedly would ex
meet a large sum in the form Of purses
and guarantees, and there appeared to|
he very few places that would be likely
to give gate receipts sufficient, to war
rant the immense outlay involved.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
THE LIMIT.

However, and wthal Mike eclipsed
all records when in 1914 he barred the
writer from the bench. Complainant
charged defendant with being n jnx,
to his rotten gang
True to their name the Turtles had
slogged along at heart breaking pace,
By June they were ankle deep In mis-
cry and sinking with every step.
In early July we strolled nonchalantly
to the bench In quest Of the lineup for
the days play, this being daily duty
OF the baseball scorer
Shortly after arriving, Mike spoke
up: you know" he explained. we've
Just figured II out that you're the jinx
Of this bali club and I'm dead sure
we're right Whenever you come to
the bench We get trimmed when you
stay away we win"
Nashville won that game, 90 Call
It by coincidence or as you like,
-
Mike" I asked, do you really be-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
A BEAR IN TEXAS

Manda was bear when he played
the third bag for Fort Worth in the
Texas league few years ago, and IT
was freely predicted that he was book
ed to shine in the majors. But a short
time before he came to Memphis he
sustained an injury to his shoulder
which made it necessary for him to
change his throwing and batting tao
tics. 1t was noticeable that he always
threw and batted stlff-armed. He was
forced to adopt his cramped style 70
stay In the game, and he lost the big
gest part Of his effectiveness.
This In the main reason that Manda
was a bloomer with the Chicks and the
real secret of his failure
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18

the week. waiter was full OF trace anu
sale talk, and was after third base
man more thany anything else.
Salm wanted Carl Manda, who oe
eupied the hot corner for the Chicks
during the 1919 season. Walter had
already been In communication with
Manda and had gotten his consent to
report 10 Wichita Falls In case Salm
could put the deal across. Walter
made a few Investigations while In
Memphis before braeIna Tom Watkins,
Tribe president, about selling Manda.
He was told on every hand that as
third baseman Manda was extinct. He
inquired Of everybody and only In one
Instance did he hear anybody say that
the Chick third sacker had the goods
TO handle the hot drives that frequent
the last bag.
Walter left Memphis without having
made any deal for Manda, and said be-
fore he headed for the Longhorn state
that he would look elsewhere for a third
baseman, having been convinced that
he'd rather not disturb Don 0arlos from
his duties as ranchman.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
GARRY HERMANN
READY TO VAMOOSE

CINCINNATI, Dec. 1S.-August Herr
mann, chairman Of the national baseball
commission, said he did not believe
John b. Foster, former secretary or
elected as his successor as chairman,
when he returned yesterday from New
York. where he had attended the Ma
tional league meeting.
Il am ready to step out of the chair
manship whenever a successor is fouAd
and selected" Hermann said
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
ABOUT FINN.

Mike Firms presence here at the
winter meeting of the Southern league
recalls the CORY days of 1914 when the
Celt as manager of the Memphis Tur-
ties was floundering around ear deep
in superstition.
No man in baseball has believed as
firmly in signs as Mike lnheriting
strange fancies from his Irish parents
he viii remain slave to fairies, ghosts
and COLLINS till he dies.
Black cats, umbrellas, cock eyed
coons, and strange dogs have their in
dividual omens for Mike Each little
happening Of the morning Is but GER
tain forerunner of i'll luck for the after
noon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-18
HIS SCORE CARD.

1t il still undecided whether he keeps
his score card in Chinese or Greek. At
all events Finn alone can decipher the
strange code
The following morning at skull prac-
tice the Cet will produce his sheet and
opine: well, | see where Mullen loafed
on the way to first In the third inning
What about It, jimmy"
Jimmy will then explain,
And In the fifth. Stanley reached
up for a curve that sailed two feet
above his head. why the anxiety"'
And so on,