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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
CONTRACTS SIGNED
FOR STATE ROADS

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Jan, ~, (Spl) ~
Contracts have already been let for
approximately 800 miles Of the total 600
miles of inc0mplcted federal aid roads
in Tennessee, and construction work
viii begin as early In the spring as
Weather conditions permit, according to
Prof, Charles t. Ferris, member of the
state highway commission n dean OF
the college Of engineering Of the Uni
versity OF Tennessee. .
Much criticism has been made OF
the alleged inactivity OF the commits
SION Prof Ferris stated, especially
in regard to the lack of WORK ON fed
eral aid highways The commission has
been greatly handicapped by the gov
eminent embargo on building materials,
necessitated by the war" .
THE commission win give most Of
its attention 10 completing connecting
links In through highways Prof. Fer
ria said in discussing road building He
said that reasonable priority will be
given the the construction Of the BriN-
tol to Memphis highway, II trans-stato
~thoroughfare, and to the appendages
Of the Dixie highway which crosses the
breadth OF the state twice, from Cum
herland Gap to Chattanooga and from
Nashville to Chattanooga.
Approximately ZOO miles Of federal
aid rOad comes under the consideration
Of the commission this year. About
I.A00 miles Of this total has been more
or less completed and Is now open TO
travel AS much Of the remaining mile
Rge az possible will he completed dur
ing the coming road building seasons.
The 200 miles of highway, when COM
pleted, will accommodate rs counties
Of Tennessee.
The greater part Of this work will
he done IN the western part Of the
state where many miles Of federal aid
roads are yet to be commenced The
work in East Tennessee consists chiefly
in constructing connecting links A
link will connect Knoxville and Atlanta,
via Maryville and Cadcs Cove. through
the Chilowee mountains. striking the
North Carolina and Tennessee state
line near SpenCer's Gap,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
Pal Moore Held Up His End
In Tourney for Kings Trophy

cfficars ,t cra.t Iok,s receI,a1 a fur
ITi,oS If IN dovs and he Was stunning at
tbae M00rrison Swhiie' w]niting for a train
70 Nenrhis where ne Vent TO visit his
young wife and relatives. After his
visit to Memphis he returned to Great
Lakes. where he expects to receive his
discharge from the navy soon after
the holidays.
81 was perhaps as surprised az my
victory as the Englsh people, Salu
Moore, IN telling OF his experiences III
England.
Il was surprised. for | was IN very
poor form. Before the tournament |
had been sleeping in a naval barracks
out Of London, a barracks that had a
~granitoid floor that was without steam
heat and cold and rheerleSS NY co.,
was close the granitoid and woke UP
every morning chilled and stun
81 felt so sore and stiff Just before
the battle with Wilde that | took a hot
bath aud that loosened me up Il little,
Just before our meeting I saw Wilde
outpoint Joe Lynch. and | then took
his measure I noticed all his weak
points, and when we met took adVan-
tage Of them. That / beat him fairly
and squarely was proven by the ver-
dict. but that I can beat him more
easily if we ever meet again is a GER
tainty.
,,it was a good natural fight I ioshed
the Iittie Teii0w rs We Syrni along hut
hc haG a serious look All through and
,vo,iS not Ia ~" ~ II VI N
"ou,a not let go OF IT,
ms ADMIRERS hau evldehty Instruct
ed nm to rush me from the beginning.
so let MN Whale away ahd every
tlhe ne whaled countered n landed
hard and often.
The educated English people treated
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
PAIL History.

Pal Moore. who made such a fine
record against ~Englaud's best man at
the weight. was born In Memphis,
Tenn. on July rs, 1894, SO that he is
now in Ibis twenty-fourth year. The
little champion is a twin, and his twin
brother, Perry, is also a citizen Of
Memphis,
The young champion started out as
a clerk in a gents furnishing goods
store in Memphis. From there he went
to "A clerkship in the biggest hotel in
Memphis, and it was while at work
there that he became an o~ut-and-out
fight fan,
boxers who came to Memphis to take
part in the bouts that were pulled off
In the Phoenix Athletic club stopped
at our hotel,
owen Moran, the little English
champion, was one Of the first to come
here, l got so that | took in all the
fights at the Phoenix, and | soon be
gan making a study of the style of
the different contestants. From all the
styles | found one Of my very own,
and when l had got that down fine |
asked the club manager for a chance.
II began boxing In public when
was 10 years OF age. From July "A
my first four battles and, to the sur
prise of the club owners, | won all
four of them,
My first three opponents were Young
Herman, Charley Worthem and Young
O'Hara, and l finished each of them
in the second round, Then came Young
Battle, n | got the decision over him
in eight rounds.
Il hav met all the topnotchers In
the bantamwetght class and among
them Kid Herman, who claims the
championship. In an eight-round bat
tie ! got the decision over Herman
and in the fifth round Of that contest
| knocked him down. | am willing at
any time to meet him at the bantam
weight limit. 11S pounds, winner to
take all. and over any route,
Il have fought 100 battles and lost
but four of them. My defeats we're
at the hands of Joe Lynch, who got
the decision in ~ rounds, but | went
right back and got the decision over
him at the same distance, Both OF
these bouts tool place in Providence,
Then Ed Coulon, Sam Sandow and Al
Shubert each got decisions over me in
eight-round bouts. In all my career
| have never been the victim OF Il
knockout"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
GRIFF HAS RIGHT DOPE.

While on the subject Of reforms, let
US dwell a moment on a suggestion
Clark Griffith, OF the Washington Sen.
ators, has offered for the good Of the
game.
orift suggests that It be made an
Ironclad rule that no club can sell a
player during the season. For instance,
If the Memphis club should develop a
star ball player, the rule would pre-.
vent the local club owners from SELL
Ing him to some other club. He could
be sold all right, but could not be de-
Ilvered until the end Of the season. This
would prevent the usual boiler, "They
sell all the good ball players they aet,h
which Is familiar to all followers Of
the game.
" a team should have a player who
started burning up the league, the fans
would naturally be strong in watching
him develop. II would not sit we'll with
them II he was sold to some major
league team and leave his own club
flat, Maybe with the said players as.
slstance the team would win the pen.
nant. His sale would XIII the flag
chances Of that particular club. It Is
easy to figure how this would sit with
the average fan.
The rule seems TO be one which has
Iona been needed. It stands a 5000
chance Of being adopted. II undoubtedly
should be, for the game needs Il.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
SOUTHERN R. R. TO BE
EXTENDED TO GRENADA

GRENADA. Miss. Jan. 10. CSpl)-
Rumors are current that the railroad
owned by the Southern Railway com
pany that has its terminus IS miles
east OF Grenada, il to be extended to
Grenada. Among the foundations for
this rumor is the fact that one large
timber concern has bought all Of the
merchantable timber from Calhoun
county down the Yalobusha river to
Grenada. This concern has owned much
of the timber for several years and but
for war conditions it Is thought that
some railroad building would have been
done ere this.
Another enterprise is the building Of
a canal by Calhoun county down the
Schooner river from Pittsboro to the
Grenada county line. The canal Is be-
ing strongly urged in Calhoun county,
and there is also a strong effort being
made to build a good road on the en-
bankment thrown up by the construc-
ton of the canal.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
OLD SAFE BLOWER
IN TROUBLE AGAIN

Charged with bringing into Tennessee
"A ounces Of nitroglycerin, John O'Mal-
ley, former Fort LeavenWorth, Kan
innate and alleged safe blower, was
held to the federal grand jury Monday
by Federal Commissioner Poole, when
arrai"ned for a preliminary hearing
It is charged he violated Interstate
federal Avs.
re was was arrested with n COM
panion recently by Memphis police, with
a complete safe blowing outfit, No
cases Of recent safe blowing Were
traced to them. according to Detective
chief Smith, and they were doCketed in
city court on charges Of carrying safe
blowers tools.
Both of them will face trial in the
state courts. O'Malley's case viii be
brought up before the federal grand
jury in May, Both O'Malley and his
partner were released from LeaVen-
worth in July. 1918, after completing
their sentences there for blowing i
postoffice safe.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
Overseas
Run for offices in
Grenada COuntU.

GRENADA, Miss, Jan. 10, tSpl)-
Two members of the Grenada company
now in France have authorized their
announcement for county offices, one
for sheriff and the other for chancery
clerk, and another one of the same
company has been announced by an
elderly friend at home for sheriff. The
local newspaper this week contains u
rather lengthy call for another one
of the same company to run for chan
Gerry clerk. The call Is signed by al
most all the voters at one precinct In
the western part Of the county. The
local papers announcement columns
show that Notwithstanding the prosper
ity of The country and the great OPP
portunities in farming and other bust
ness activities that the charm Of hold
ing office has not yet vanished and that
there are still many who will willingly
lay themselves on the altar OF politics.
Past history showing that many run,
only y few arc Cansen, does not seem
to dampen political ardor.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
Much Clever Footwork

The cleverest pieces of footwork
seen on the field were the exhibitions of
Monteath, Burnett and Duff, who are
on 70 all the frills as well as the rough
stutt or the game. The college team
went into the game minus W of it's
stars, Dohogne and Abbott, and had to
play with only 10 men because of a rul-
ing OF the president of the college.
P,iucky little MCHugh covered himself
with glory. ofttimes upsetting two men
or three times his weight, as well as
being able to take the ball away from
experienced men, with as little concern
as II they were not his masters in the
game.
The second game was just as closely
contested as the first, though Kennedy
was rewarded for his aggressiveness by
scoring the only goal by a long, looping
shot from the inside right position. only
10 nave 1t strike the Crosshar and re-
pound to the field. He had followed
'i1 IN brilliant style, caught it just as
1t struck the ground and rolled in an
easy one before Haggerty realized what
principally responsible for the victory
were W, Gavin and True, on the de-
Tense, and Fitzpatrick and Finley on
The offense.
The rejuVenated Phoenix was minus
the services of their peppery little man
Fger. Alderman, who was ordered to
he'd by his NJ. D. His team is a most
promising array of talent. The score
would have been the other way if the
youngsters would follow up with more
dash and stick to their places better.
Craft, HALEY n Jefferson were in
great form.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
Big OLYMPIC
MEET PLAN Ed
81 Allied Countries Are to
Participate.

PARIS. Jan. ia mammoth mill
tary olympic meet to be held in Paris
in May or June under the auspices
n the American army for athletes
from all the allied fighting forces is
projected in plans announced last night.
Gen. Pershing, the American com
mander-in-chief who is taking a keen
interest in the plans, is sending a per.
sonal letter to the commanders-in-chief
of the armies of all nations with whom
the United States has been associated
during the war, inviting the officers
and men to participate.
Twenty-one allied countries will be
asked to take part, and it is planned
that the games will surpass any other
athletic competition ever conducted In
the history of sports. The games will
be financed entirely by the American
army In cooperation with the welfare
agencies now operating with it.
The French government and the
French army have given their approval
of the plan and have promised their
hearty cooperation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
L0lTERING ON SUNDAY?
COURT DECIDES QUESTION

Whether a person may be properly
arrested and charged with lettering on
Sunday, was forcibly yet amusingly
brought to the attention OF city Judge
l. r. Fitzhugh Monday morning. when
seven young men were arraiEned before
HIM on that charge.
When called before the bench the
spokesman OF one group of four, an
swering the courts inquiry as to the
time Of their arrest. answered; we
were arrested Sunday. Judge. and
charged with lettering, and everyone
knows that Sunday IL supposed to be
Il day of rest"
Four Of the seven. w. r. Light. j..
Avels, George Wells and II. Beasley,
were released, and Frank RaEgio, Ben
ME Bryant and /" $. Foster we're fined
$40 each.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13

ee.ehern In regard to letting a player
out VINO has been on a team three
II there is anything which gets the
average fans nanny, 1t is seeing the
same old faces year after year and
season after season. They get to know
everything about the player, how much
ne can hit, what he does In the plnehes
ano mis- entire personal history. Every
spring they take one look over the
sporting sheets and squawk!
What, bringing those old hasbeens
PACK again this year? For the love OF
men?"
This Is a fair sample Of what is heard
every spring. The rule calling for the
letting out Of a player after he has
been with a team three years viii cure
this condition. The old timers will be
among the missing. Those VIVA come
IN VIII be youngsters and players who
were with some other clubs. The fans
VIII be given something new anyway,
something of an unknown quantity.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
WILDE WAS SHOCKED.

More reports are coming from deah
OF Lon'on about the Pal Moore-Jimmy
Wilde b, t, the latest Of which con-
tains a statement from Wilde about
the go, in which he says he was alb
solutely shocked, not to say completely
overwhelmed, that the decision should
go to Moore, Here's Wllde's COM
plant:
tits over and done WITH says he,
but I'm certain | won. | did win. From
first to last | never had the slightest
doubt that | was beating Moore, and
when they said I'd lost, | had the
shock OF my life. | was struck dumb.
When | got to my dressing room you
could have knocked me down with a
feather. / almost tainted. But it's no
good making any fuss"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
itching, Scratching, Skin Diseases
That Burn Like Flames Of Fire

purify the blood and remove the
tiny germs of pollution that break
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
When Kid Gleason Starts
With Leather Strap, Goodnight

the walls Of the building as il we were
in for a big time. All of a sudden
Gleason took a smash at one Of the
rowdies, Out he went into the street
car tracks, Before ] could get into
action he had knocked the second fell
low down and the third ran away.
Don't tell me the old boy can't fight"
The new manager already is on the
lookout for material for the 1919 White
SoX and is reported to have made over
lures to some Of the players who
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13

sought positions in "shipyard" lea gues
last season. Gleason's pledge to tho
players is;
Every man On the bail club will
get a square deal from me"
Among the first to congratulate him
on his appointment was his predeces-
sor, Rowland.
Il know of no one better fitted to
manage the White SoX than Kid
Gleason" Rowland said. He has my
best wishes"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
SOCCER BATTLES
BITTERLY
FOUGHT
One Game a Tie, While Other
Was Featured BY a Lone
Goal Being Scored.
Standing of Teams.
"se%:AMH@&&~NH9 W~@NNM9D

In the first of the NJ. A. A. soccar
douole-header at Hodges field Sunday
afternoon the DR.. Winfreys and c. r
- played to a scoreless tie, while the
second game resulted in a / to 0 vic
tory for the Philippi- Wisharts over the
Phoenix Shortening. '"'
with perfect weather ~favoring them
ana before the largest crowd of The sea.
Nson, the Memphis Soccer league re-
eponded by giving the fans the best pair
OF games ever witnessed on local fields
Anyoody who %journeyed to Hodges field
Yesterday certainly had ample opportu-
nlty to forget. everything else, for there
was not a minute that was not filled
10 Overlooking with thrills and spilIs
20 intense was the playing at times
mat 1t looked as though the fans wolId
for. ~ "' s""'e Ialls
The first game was one of the swift
ost as Vel as the most bitterly contest
"a OF the season, and the feeling ran
hlgh at times. Every man PLAYED the
pest mat was in him, which resulted in
me pail being in midfield for practically
ne whole OF the game, though the
Dehtlsts caused more goal kicks and
MADE more tries for goal, though they
mad TO be made at long range, owing
70 the superb work of Best and Nc
GraW at fullback, and the sensational
work Of the plucky little goalkeeper,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
EBERT MUST QUIT.

DES MONIES, Ia, Jan. 13.-Charles
,Ebert, one Of Drake university's fore
most football, basketball and track
stars, has beer forced to abandon ath-
letics because of heart trouble. Ebert,
a former Ohio State star. has a mark
Of five feet 10 inches in the high jump.
His football and basketball work had
placed him with stellar per-
formers,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
ONLYL|TTLE REAL
PEACE MEET WORK
YET ACCOMPLISHED
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
The News Seimltar Special Corre-
sDOndent

fAkIS, ian. S,Ihe oulslue W"'Il
may nave E2lh'I the IMPRESSION lH". "
sIeat d'"i mas uerh u"h' l"W'iu w.
business ct me peace ''nIvrTl'r w
the private Conference "i a nt'liin'u"IN
nature aIreahN hrid othl'ln 'loHeu uo"t'
But the rart Is mat '"lnp9rA,,N'N tt,
.se mas neeh A't"uIll'Sh'u w 'n' um,
,"h OF laying ~"uuu'ilu "l " I',rm"
neht setIleIlelti "I ne many Nt>," V"''
'l3nS before ',' a'''u '"uIIlI,'Si r,,I
1t appears to he true that the rra,
el'phasIS mas o''m p''''u y" ''' W."
NUal n'lsht ne yhil'u pIopI.lllS "u ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
AUTO DRIVER SPEEDS
ON TRACKS; IS KILLED

Attempting to drive his automobile
along the |, G. tracks, near Woodstock.
Sar DeLoach, negro, employed by the
Gas Tire and Vulcanizing company, was
instantly killed early Monday morning.
His overturned car was found at 6
O'Clock Monday morning, lying along
side the tracks. No Indications point
to the auto having been struck by a
train.
DeLoach left the plant on Union ave
at 2 O'Clock for Millington. He was
retul ming and for some reason. which
officials of the company have not yet
learned. turned his car on the railroad
tracks. he had Travelled some distance
before the auto was hurled aside by
the rails and the drivers neck broken
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13

of genuine regret | have been through
all the courses and the training has
been OF great benefit not only from
an athletic standpoint, but from an
educational range. ! did my bit as a
regular seaman as we'll us a boxing
instructor. and the experience has been
of great benefit to me in many ways.
! feel much better, bigger and stronger
than | did when | entered the navy.
That proves better than anything else
that the life has agreed with me"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
Foil HighWaymen.

With Otto Knabe. coach of the Chi
cago Nationals, Gleason conducts a
billiard esta blishment in Philadelphia
one night when the partners locked
up and started home they were set
upon by three holdup men. This is
the way knabe tells it:
We came out OF the place and three
big guys began cTowding us against
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
HALLAS TO YANKS.

CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-GeOrge Hallas,
former University of Illinois athletic
star, and one Of the mainstays Of the
Great Lakes naval training station
football and basketball teams, will get
a tryout for the outfield with the New
York American league club next sprinK.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
BASKETEERS TO
DISCUSS LEAGUE

Another effort will be made to
bring into being the proposed city
basketball league, and a meeting has
been called for Tuesday night at
the Y. NJ. c. A. for the purpose Of
getting together on the proposition.
There are a number Of crack bas-
ketball teams in Memphis, and
there's no reason why a league
couldn't be organized.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13

LARGE number Of re-.
forms are being brought
up by minor leagues all
over the country to
be wished on the smaller
baseball organizations, but
one which Is going to
prove the most popular
VIII h. Aha mi. Ala
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
Here Is a Sensible Treatment That
Gets Prompt Results.

Here is q sensible treatment Ah"'
Gets Prompt Results.
For real downright, harassing
discomfort, very few disorders can
approach so-called skin diseases,
such as Eczema, letter, Boils, erpu-
tions, scaly irritations and similar
skin troubles, Notwithstanding the
.avish use of salves, lotions. washes
and other treatment applied exter-
aally to the irritated parts.
No one ever heard Of a person
being afflicted with any form of
skin diseases whose blood was in
good condition. Therefore, 1t is
but logical to conclude that the
proper method Of treatment for
bimples, blotches, sores, boils.
rough, red and scaly skin, Is to
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
G. H, s. GIRLS WIN.

The girls of the G. H. S. basketball
team were victorious over the Vocational
high girls Saturday night at the Y. NJ.
G. A. Miss Lottie Barnett was the star
of the game, caging nine field goals.
me lineup.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-13
Many Angles.

II is extremely difficult to give the
people of America An actual description
ton of the numerous international cur
rents in the present situation, II IS
larthest from the mind Of the govern
ntnts allied with the United states to
take any steps which would be To inc
disadvantage Of America Neither the
governments nor the peoples of the al
lied countries would sanction amy steps
which might affect the friendly oo-op-
Grafton with US. There arc, however,
certain business influences In all coun-
tries whose voices are being heard In
the economic discussions now proceeding
informally. Such voices may perhaps
cloud the atmosphere In which the
American delegation finds Itself on en-
tering the peace conference,
The highest military and naval opin-
ion in American quarters here supports
the view that Germany has been re-
duced to absolute military impotence,
and that the necessity for the strictest
blockade is gone.
American belief here Is that the MT
ing Of the blockade should not be most
poned any long = than IS absolutely
necessary This opinion likewise holds
that the early resumption of CONNER
rial activities IL Of the utmost inln0r-
lance in preventing the spread Of Boil
shevism, which may In some measure
be checked by the early movement OF
certain necessities of life needed eN-
everywhere by impoverished peonlcs.
Copyright, 1919. by the New York
Evening Post lnc)