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The Washington times., 1919-02-14
FOSTER WILL PLAY
HIS.FINAE BATTLE

Frank Foster, CentraTs basketball
captain, will play his final game for
the Mt. Pleasant lads today. Foster
goes out with the mid-yeaE gradual
ing class and will no longer wear a
Central uniform after today's con-
test. The Central lads will endeavor
to stage another comeback today
when they meet the Baltimore Poly
players in a return contest here.
Three weeks ago Central journeyed
to Baltimore and was beaten by the
Poly lads. Since that time the lads,
coached by c. a. Metzler, have come
forward rapidly.
One of the most remarkable come
backs Of the season was exhibited by
Central yesterday against the un-
beaten GonZaga High School team,
After being played almost OF their
feet by Business to a % to II loss on
Tuesday. Central tackled Gonzaga
yesterday.
The I street lads had won eleven
straight games their record was
quite the best of the schoolboy teams
and Central was almost assured a
good drubbing.
After the first quarter. in yester-
days contest itlwas nothing but
Central. The game was played in
the Gonzaga gymnasium and the
streeters were treated to % to 21
drubbing. Central led at is to 8 in
the first half and at 25 to in the
third quarter. Gonzaga failed to
live up to its reputation but died
fighting hard for a victory.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
HIIEEIITOPPERS END
SEASON NTOMORROW

Georgetown University basketers
will wind up their season tomorrow
night in playing the West Point
alumni team from Camp Humphreys.
The HiItoppers viii forsake the floor
for field and track sports and base
ball from now on. A proposed North
ern trip was abandoned. Another
jaunt through the South Atlantic sec
ton was given up on account OF the
lateness of the season.
The Hilltoppers have had an un-
usually successful season. Every
game but one on the schedule was
won handily by the Georgetown men
under Coach John o'Reilly. The team
went to the Navy for its only defeat.
and was deprived of the services OF
Capt. Freddy Fees so early in the
contest as to render the game a GER
tain loss for the Hilltoppers.
AS ii was, the Hilltoppers held the
Navy lads to the closest score OF the
year. Georgetown has defeated Mt.
st. Joseph's, Camp Humphreys, CAL
Iaudet, Johns Hopkins Independents,
New York University, George Wash
ington and Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute in one or more games.
The Hilltoppers started with ma
terial far below the usual standard.
Freddy Fees was the only veteran to
return from last seasons powerful
quint. Flavil, O'Connell, O'Brfen and
ZazeIle were worked in with Fees
for a winning combination.
Flavin sustained an injury which
kept him out great part. OF the
season. Carney filled in acceptably
and the team was further strengthen
ed by the return OF Bill Dudack, who
played guard last season.
Tomorrow night the West Point
Alumni team with Vidal. BrittUn,
Hahn, Christensen and Walker vii!
come up for a game with the Hill
toppers. AS preliminary the
Georgetown Props will meet their
dearest rivals, the Gonzaga- High
School, in what is expected to be a
frst-class engagement.
The curtain will be pulled down on
q most successful Hilltop season to
morrow night. Coach O'Reilly will
have battery candidates out in the
gymnasium beginning Monday and
will trot out his field and track can
didates for preliminaries to the Sec
ond Regiment meet to be held in
Baltimore on the night Of March 80.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
TWObbB THREE.
BUGS BAER

Turned the crank Of the adding
machine as directed in the catalogue,
but the. only statistics that popped
out were a handful Of oyster shells
and six tobacco tags. Pushed the
little wooden fiatiron all over the
Ouija Board until it got dizzier than
a Dervish whirling the wrong way.
Got no more results than ringing for
a janitor. So we'll have to step out
with the meager dope shoveled to-
gether by the form bugs.
Trying to pick. the winner Of the
Dempsey-Willard fight is as foolish as
shampooing a toupee. Willard knock
ed Jack Johnson blonde in Havana
and Dempsey kicked Fulton purple
in Newark. II Dempsey can hang
row Of knucl1Ies on Willard's cOIIec-
tion of chins, Jess will star in cutting
paper dolls where Fulton left off. Bu-
If one Of Willard's meat hooks wing
ing East meets Jack touring West,
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
WILL CAMPAIGN TO BREAK
ANCIENT MARYLAND LAWS

BALTIMORE. Nd, Feb. 14-De-
spite the decision OF the Maryland
court of appeals uphoIding the appeal
of the Lords Day Alliance against a
city ordinance permitting baseball
and other outdoor recreation Of sun
day, friends of a more liberal SAP
bath declared today that the victory
of the reform element viii be only
temporary. The court rendered it's
opinion on law enacted in 1896. and
declared that the ordinance conflict
ed with State laws already on the
statute books.
Plans were made today for a more
vigorous campaign for Sunday sports,
and the matter will again be taken
70 the city council and to the MaIy-
And Legislature, which meets next
January. Legal experts SAID today
that they believed a loophole can be
found in the ancient blue laws.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
eALLAUDET PLAYERS
WILL TACKLE SKATERS

GaIlaudet's husky basksters wiz !
tackle Maryland State tomorrow
night at the z. N. c. A. with dou-r-
BILE purpose. The Kendall Green ladB
were nosed out by State in their fTst Z,
engagement and not only want re-
venge for the defeat. but ashance
for the leadership OF the Dtstrist
League.
v. P. I. was handily defeated We'd
nesdaY afternoon by 4S to p. ana
the team is coming forward r1Pidly..r
A win for the Gallaudet lads. follow
ing their recent victory over Catho-e
lie University will give them ic8as
in the District circuit. 80
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
TIGERS WON'T PLAY
DARTMOUTRS.TEAIM'

PRINCETON. n. =. Feb. IA
Princeton has dropped Dartmouth
from It's 1919 football schedule. act
ing in agreement with Harvard ana
Yale. Harvard has severed rsiafion9
with Cornell, and Yale viii net meet
Brown nor Colgate on the gfsdiroB
next fall
There Is much regret among. the
student body here at the action Of
the athletic authorities IN dropping
Dartmouth. The New Hampshire 8
eleven has met the Tigers ever sincS
1897.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
CHARLIE MURPHY IS NOW
MINORITY STOCKHOLDERS

CHICAGO. Feb. 14-Charles Webb
Murphy, former owner Of the Chicago
Cubs. is back in the game today
which he won four National League
championships and two world pen
nants. Murphy bought the Cub stock
yesterday but refused to reveal the
extent OF his purchase beyond saying,
II am a minority stockholder."
There is going to be q revival Of
the game" said Murphy. II wanted
to get back in baseball. felt I
would be better satisfied to have an
interest in the Cubs and acquired
one. That is all there is to it."
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
TEN YEARS AGO
In SPORTS

Cornell and Harvard met in
six branches OF athletics. The
Cornell teams signed to meet the
Crimson players in football,
track, lacrosse, baseball, rowing
and soccer.
John .Clarksop. famous pitcher,
was reported as dying from
pneumonia in q sanatorium in
Bay City, Mich. Clarkson was
suffering from mental depression
brought on, IL was said, by the
failure Of his brother, Walter, to
make good in the big leagues
Jerry Downs, popular utility
man OF the Detroit Tigers, was
sent to Minneapolis.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
FRBE-FOR-ALL ON CARD.

Tonight a free-for-alI and one other
skating race will mark the card at the
Central Coliseum. The free,for-all
will be a one-mile event, after which
six of Washington's best skaters will
pair off for a two-mile team race. The
entrants are Tony -Cannello, George
Morrow, Harry Whiting. Bernie EN-
NETT, Happy Young, and Freddie Was
Saman. r... ....
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
YOUNGSTERS WILL PLAY
IN FRESHMAN CIRCUIT

Business High School freshmen will
travel over to Central today for a
preliminary to the Central-BaItImore
Poly battle while Westerns ycaTlings
will go over to Eastern for a return
engagement with the Eastern High
School lads
The Freshman League viii. wird up
next week when Western plays Tech
and Eastern meets Central.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
TEX SLOWSUP
ON OFFICIAL
Matt Hinkel Gets IN
First Seat Order

NEW YORK, Feb. 14,-Matt
Hinkel, the weIl-lnown boxing
promoter and referee of Cleve-
land, Ohio, has put in the first
order for a seat by the ringside
when Jess Willard defends his
title against Jack Dempsey. His
certified check has been received
by Tex Richard, who will see
that Hinkel gets the best $50
view of the coming contest.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
sCHULTE IS MANAGED.

Frank Schultz, the veteran out
fielder with the Griffmen last sea-
son, has accepted an offer to MIN
age the BinghamtOn International
League Club next summer lie goes
with the best wishes OF WashingIon's
fandom.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
WAyTs RTG TOURyEY.

NEWPORT, r. L, Feb. 1E-Craig
Biddle, chairman Of the special tour
nament committee, today asked that
the United States Lawn Tennis As
'sociation hold its next tournament
during the week Of August is at the
Newport Casino.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
CORNELL STAYS OUT.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14.-It has
been definitely settled that Cornell
will enter no crew in the American
Henley, to be rowed here on May 81.
Instead, Harvard will race Cornell on
Lake Cayuga on that date.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
GRIFF ON COMMITTEE.

Clark Griffith, manager of the Wash
ington club. has been placed on the
committee which will seek to erect
a permanent memorial to Capt. I'D
ward l.. Grant, the former big league
ball player, who was killed in action
in the ArGonne forest, October l..
1918
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
TILLY WALKER SIGNS.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14.--Far
from retiring to sell real estate. Clar-
enCe "Tilly" Walker. the Mackmen's
outfielder, will be on the job again
next summer. His signed contract
has arrived
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
JUMPERs no PERFoR,I.

The date of Saturday, April &c,
has been set for the Maryland Hunt
Club Steeplechase, and will be held on
the farm of G. Bernard Fenwick,
Worthington Valley, Maryland.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
HERE ARE THE DATES.

The Jockey Club officials have
granted the following spring dates:
Bowie, April 1-15; Hayre de Grace.
April 1890; Pimlico, May 1-17; United
Hunts Racing Association (sPring
NEE eting). May LII.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
WILL, TRY COME BACK

Al Mccoy, former middIeweiGht
titleholder. who lost his honors to
Mike O'Dowd. is planning "come
back" He will take on Ted Block at
Detroit, February 81. and Chuck wig
gins at Toledo, March 1.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
oPERAT1oNs Is AHEAp.

Naval Operations basketers won a
22-to-0 contest from the Bureau of
Engraving basketball team on the Mt.
Vernon Hall floor.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
NAVY YARD WINS

Navy Yard tossers scored an easy
51-to-26 win over the Bureau of Air
craft basketers in Epiphany gymna-
sium last night.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
wTITW A MAEIGw

BUFFALO, Feb. 14.-Geofge Wfltse,
former star southpaw pitcher with
the Giants, has been named to man
age the local international League
club for next summer.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14
WILL PLAY TWO GANEs,

Treasury and Interstate Commerce
and Agriculture and Navy Yard are
down for tomorrow's Recreation
League battles. ..... -.. --.-
The Washington times., 1919-02-14

ALTOONA, Pa, Feb. 14-Jack
: Dempsey, challenger for the worlds
heavyweight championship, has added
Eddie Smith. Of this city, to his list
Of knockout victims Dempsey knock
led out Smith with one punch here
=. last night. Smith is a big iron worker
and considered a good fighter. Demp-
Bey is meeting local champions in
connection with his theatrical tour.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14

NEW YORK, Feb. 14-The selection
aOf . referee for the .Wi1lard-Dempsey
hight July Z win probably be held up
until after Promoter Tex Rickard
Fchooses a site for the battle, he said
ktodAy. Riclcsrd pointed out that while
! he intends TO leave the choice OF the
third man 20 willard and Dempsey,
! he viii reserve the right to suggest
q suitable candidate, or, candidates,
sznd that fnasmuch as there are many
scompetent referees in various parts
iof the country he believes the man
chosen should be popular IN the To-
feaIity Of the big fight or else a ref
ieTee OF nationwide fame.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14

LhlS dope STUN Is the old army
game. Three pretty little shells and
one nimble pellet. But we never saw
the birds who did the guessing ever
buying any real estate on the pro-
ceeds.
Guessing is an older sport than
rheumatism, and just as healthy. The
affable birds with the revolving shirt
fronts who had the metropolitan
rights to the goldbrick industry were
sapps themselves. They wasted a lot
Of gold leaf on the brickyard fruit
when they could have sold 'em raw
The old guessing stuff is the bait that
grabs the minnows.
If this amt official, then why do
they make fish hooks in the shane Of
question marks? You chirped il. then
The bird with the beady eve who
buzzes you that this is no catch af-
fair, fake or humbUg, but a scientific
exhibition Of mechanical skill, this
little marvel and myself have trav-
eled three times around the globe and
gained for ourselves q planet-wide
reputation, 1 repeat, gentlemen a
planet-wide reputation. do not claim
this article to be gold: I claim this
articIe to be better than goId-it's
the leavings OF gold. I am no will
o'-the-wisp or fly-by-night: Won can
IND me any pleasant evening on the
corner Of Broadway and Fourteenth
Furthermore, gentlemen, / switch NO
substitutes; the cane YOU ring 10 the
cane you get Don't be a tirbtwad.
get your girl cane. the parade starts
IN minute Remember. the cane you
ring is the cane you get.
Ihat wise cracking cuckoo knows
that he can grab the velvet by letting
the hsh try to toss two-inch curtain
ring over four-inch knob on a trick
cane. The boys like to guess bup
doesn't feel right unless he's wrong
That cane hound couldn't sell a cane
If he tried to sen 'em. Some sucker
would sell him some.
But he knows that he can guess his
canes on the mob. II the cane was in
before they started-they wouldn't
start. SO they break their backs and
a dollar bill trying to ring a cana
with a ring that couldn't be crowded 1
on with shoehorn.
Which is the answer TO the question
why fish hooks are bent into question
marks. Why do New Workers eat
Chinese food? Because they never
know what they arc going to ger.
They order from a menu on which
every name looks the same, like Ford
radiator caps. They get a dish that
looks like A Bullsheviki's whiskers
tangled in the gears of Mohawk war
dance. They don't know what they're
going to get, which is the reason they
get IT.
Jazz music is popular because it's
guess music. Nobody knows what it's
all about, but they are afraid to admit
il.
Shooting a canary bird off his perch
isn't INDUCED In in our best apart
ments because there is no guess az
tached to it. There is no value at
tached to a German Iron Kross for
two reasons. First-because every
hoche got one: second-because il is
German. which should have been
first. Each Hun had his Kross in be-
fore he started On this side of the
herring gymnasium, we want to guess
for our crosses even n we grab the
double.
The old cane you ring is the cane
you get.
II you ring It
The Washington times., 1919-02-14

Dempsey is liable to stroll out of the
ring on his nose.
This dope stuff is the old army
game. Three pretty little shells and
one nimble pellet. But we never saw
the birds who did the guessing ever
buying any real estate on the pro-
ceeds.
The Washington times., 1919-02-14

Tex Rickard VIII Take His Time
About Selecting Bouts Referee
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-28

management, 1t may foreclose its NOR
gage on that vessel"
The Development Fund would
amount to $14 100000 the first year
and $S3,533,170 in ten years. which
Mr.. Hurley said he deemed sufficient
10 care for all deficiencies. He sain
this fund would take the place Of
government backing for the develop
ment OF new trade routes, one OF the
strong arguments brought forward by
the government ownership advocates,
Yet not one cent OF this fund is
drawn from the public treasury he
said. Instead. the money represents
profits toreborne by the government,
which is mot entitled to earn profit
while engaged in developing the in
dustries Of its people. Neither can It
be said that the money will be taken
from the steamship business, for in
no case will the operators be charged
more than the current market price
for similar service"
Mr.. Hurley said three statutes would
be necessary to carry out the plan
one to provide federal incorporation
OF steamship companies, another 10
extend the emergency power to carry
marine insurance in the Shipping
Boards fund. aud the third to revise
the present status Of vessel mortgages
to make them attractive to bankers
and investors.
In beginning his address, Mr.. Hurley
declared the much criticised wooden
ships had been the deviding factor In
achieving victory. He revealed that
Premier LloydGeorge had demanded
that the British build wooden ships,
even If they could make only two or
three trips. Mr.. Hurley said Ameri-
cas- wooden ships would make many
rtips and that on the score Of seawor-
thiness, the records showed that hon
ors were even between wood and steel
construction. There are lis wooden
ships in service. OF the FOB contracts
let, pa have been cancelled as a result
OF the close of the war. Ships now
bing finished are not being euiqpped
with engines and boilers but are being
fitted out as sailing vessels or barges.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-28

government-uamed directors, n Wash.
ington, where they will constitute an
official body which will confer with
and advise the Shipping Board, or 9th
er designated Government agency, up
on problems arising in, Or question af-
fecting the welfare OF, the American
Merchant Marine including the ad.
ministration of the Merchant Marine
Development Fund.
ut is fo?eseen that a number Of
trade routes important to the immedi-
ate or future welfare Of American com
MERGE be established and developed.
Some OF these houtes may not yield
steamship operating profits until their
existence shall have attracted an in
creased volume or better balance OF
trade. Revenue drivd from tn car
rage OF mail, and possible fees for
the training Of seamen and cadet Of
Ulcers, may partly compensate losses
insured or these routes. Still, in
cases where the Government sells a
ship upon condition that it be operat-
ed in route which may not prove
profitable at once. 1t will be necessary
10 provide for the payment OF defaulted
interest from the Merchant Marine De-
velopment Fund, in the discretion of
the Shipping Board or other Govern
ment agency upon recommendation Of
the Board OF Government Directors,
until such time as the route may begin
to yield profit. When the ships in the
route earn their annual interest rate
each year should be paid into the Mer.
chant Marine Development Fund until
all moneys drawn from the fund on
account Of the vessel in question shall
have been replaced. The Other half
should 90 annually to the steamship
stockholders.
Such vessels cruising in routes
which fail to prove susceptible of
profitable development and which do
not serve any purpose of the Govern
ment Of the United States, may be
transferred by the Government to 9TH
er routes. However, should the gov.
eminent become convinced that any
vessel has failed to make expenses
solely or chiefly because Of incapable
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-03-28
MIDNIGHT HOUR
SAW N. |. Better
EVER WIDE awake
But Twas Different when
Nerv-Worth Brought
Him RestfuI sleep and
Other Blessings.

Mr.. 3etzeris-a we'll known resident
of Eos offa who works at the National
Carbon works. This is What he said
not long ago:
NJ, y y wasin Eat6n,sDrug store and
the denonstrat6f OF Nerv,Worth gave
taess 81 apie dose and l decided to try
Nerv- Worth for sleeplessness. l had 4
sick spell in July and 1t left me withfa
nervous condition 90 that could not
sleep. was Reak5in the legs 50 that
I could not work without being tired
out at night. am using my second
bottle of Nerv-Worth and am Aappy
to say I sleep good now and not a bit
nervous and j am getting more
strength every day.
NJ. L. BETTER.
800 ". North St., Fostoria, o.
Your dollar back al Cranes Drug
Store, Fairmont II Nerv-Worth does
not help you.
Neighboring agents: H. ], Matthews
& Co.. Warrington; W P. Moran. Far.
minston; F. ]. Yost, Fairview; Wind
sor Drug Co. and the Honaker Pharma-
cy, MononGah; Johnston's Pharmacy
Shinnston; Grant Graham, Belington;
W. o. Davis, Philippi.-Adv.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-18

Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Ward were up from the Sandy this week.
 Dick Swindle spent Sunday in King man. He is now located at Needles.
 MT. and Mrs. J. A. Tarr and little daughter returned to Kingman Sun day evening from Long Beach.
 Jack Cornelius arrived home from the coast Wednesday. Mrs. Cornell jus, it is expected will be back today.
 M. I. Powers, president of the Cit izens Bank, spent few days in King man and Oatman, this week on busi- ness.
 John w. Harris returned to his home in Kingman Tuesday evening after spending some time in San Fran cisco.
 Mrs. J. s. Withers and daughter, Miriam, left for the coast Sunday night, where they will spend the next flew weeks.
 Mrs. M. A. Taburn returned to her home in Kingman Saturday after spending the summer visiting relatives and friends in the east. Mir. and Mrs. Joe Steed accompanied by Mrs. L. J. Fridell left Monday for Los Angeles overland where they will
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-18
LIVESTOCK BOARD CUTS , INSPECTORS FORCE HEAVILY

Sixteen inspectors in the employ of the state livestock sanitary board have been laid off. The services of these men were dispensed with on October 1, following 15 days notice by letter. In explanation of this whole sale retrenchment order Stephens stat ed that there had been comparatively few cattle shipments of late and that as a result the revenue from the in- spection fees has been unusually light. As result it has been necessary to cut down the force, he said.
 Realizing the importance of the work of the inspectors in running down illicit branding and theft, board of supervisors of many counties have agreed to pay one-half of the salaries of the deposed inspectors if they are again placed on the job.
 Unless this step is taken, they fear that there will be serious outbreaks of cattle rustling. Members of the live stock board have been advised of the situation and the offers which have come from Gila and other coun- ties to share the salary expense of the range riders, and it is expected that they will approve this method if funds can possibly be spared to keep up the states shre of the expense.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-10-18
R. S. BILLINGS ISSUES
 REPORT ON IMPERIAL

R. S. Billings returned last week from Southern California, where he made an examination of the country in and around Calexico, where large acreage of lands have been located as oil bearing. MT. Billings believes that oil exists there and that at shal- low depth. Four rigs have already been erected and one we'll IT miles from the holdings he examined is down 1900 feet and another about 7 miles away down to lesser depth. Many Kingman people are interested in the new field and expect soon to have operations under way, possibly awaiting the drilling of a nearby we'll.
 MT. Billings has issued brief re- port for the benefit of those holding land there.