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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
SIMILAR TO OTHER REFORMS
They Always Bring Out Lot of
Cranks With Queer Ideas Too
Absurd for Consideration.

Baseball's reform wave is just
like all other cleanupS in that it has
brought out number of radical pro
pOSalS which seem too absurd for Seri-
Gus consideration in spite of the fact
that some of them have come from
men high up in basebalrs realm.
writes Charles J. Brill in the Okla
homa City OklahOman.
abandon the worlds SERIES is the
suggestion of l. f. SanbOrn, one 0f
baseball's most famous critics. aScrib
ing to this sport classic all the gam
bling and other ills of v@ich the Nd
tiOnal game seems possessed While
the gambling scandal Which caused
this upheaval is traceable to the
worlds series. nevertheless there is no
reason to believe that crOOkedneSS
would not have crept into regular
games, as a matter of fact really did
Baseball pools, now under inveStiga
ton, were not made on the worlds
series This suggestion seems no more
sensible than would one to cut off
hand to prevent warts growing on tn
fingers 1t seems like a fallacy SINH
lar to the late lamented attempt t
suppress gambling by clamping dow,
on hOrseracing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
THREE THROWN BALLS
RETIRE SIDE TWICE
Walter Johnson is Only Pitcher
Holding Record.
Turned Trick Against Philadelphia in
1918 and Again in Contest With
ST. Louis in 1916
Other Marks.

Walter Johnson, apparently, is the
only American league pitcher who has
twice retired the side on three
balls. The Fire Ball King did this
in the sixth inning of the game of
May 26, 1913, against Philadelphia
and in the second inning of the game
of June 1, 1916, against st. Louis
Other American league pitchers who
have retired the side on three pitched
balls are COumbe of Cleveland, against
Washington, in the sixth, on August
10, 1915; Klepfer of Cleveland,
against st. Louis, in the first, on
June q. 1917, and Craft of Washing
ton. against Detroit, in the sixth, on
September u, 1917.
COumbe, Klepfer and Craft con-
served their energies after supplant-
ing other men in the box, the left
handler relieving Hagerman and the
right-handers Gould and Harper.
Klepfer received from Gould a leg
acy in the share of three men on the
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18

PRESERVE SPORT FOR
SAKE OF YOUNGSTERS
Lands Gives Reasons for Taking
Baseball Job.
AirpIane Propeller Hanging on Wall
Reminded Jurist of Conversation
With Son During Worlds
Series Contest

Judge Lands, by accepting the
craftsmanship of professional base
ball. became the final court of appeal
in all matters of administration which
may come up between the National and
American leagues and any minor
leagues which voluntarily join in the
proposed reorganization.
After the offer had been made and
accepted Judge Lands told Clark
Griffith of the Washington club just
why he was willing to undertake the
task
Crit" he said, I'm going TO tell
you just why | took this job. See those
kids down there on the street? See
that airplane propeller on the wall?
Well. that explains my acceptance.
you see. that propeller was on the
plane in which my son, Major Reed
Lands, flew while overseas Reed and
al Brooklyn. Outside the gate were
bunch of little kids playing around.
Reed turned to me and said: Dad,
wouldn't it be a shame to have the
game of these little kids broken up?
Wouldn't it be awful to take baseball
away from fhemT Well, while you
gentlemen were talking to me. | looked
up at this propeller and thought Of
Reed. Then | thought of his remark
in Brooklyn. Grit. we've got to keep
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18

this year the Milan slugger had made
a hit count for four runs Twice in
the American league season did he
deliver.
On June % at st. Louis, Smith went
to bat with the bases filled and hit
one of ShOcker's spitters into the right
field bleachers, scoring Caldwell, Evans
and Speaker ahead of him. On Au-
gust 10, Mays of the Yankees passed
Speaker, filling the bases with two
out, whereupOn Smith hit over the
wall.
Smith also drove in three runs on
four occasions. May u, he hit Bush
for a double at Boston, cleaning the
bases which had been filed. On May
%, he hit Cicotte for a home run TO
center field with two on. On June 10
he got a homer off Hasty of the Ath-
leticS with two on, while September
81, he singled to right with the bases
filled in game against Boston. Har-
per was pitching. Two Indians scored
on the hit while the third counted
when the ball got away from Right
Fielder Hooper.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18

Football furnishes a number of
striking instances of the fact that sue
cess as a coach may often be won by
a man who has never himself been a
shining light on the gridirOn. The hon
Ors go to the men with the best knowl-
edge of the fundamentals and who
have made the Closest study of the
possibilities of the game.
Case of Warner Cited.
Glen Warner, the famous coach of
the University of Pittsburgh eleven, is
an outstanding example of the man
who has had great success as a coach
without ever having created a sensa-
tion as player. Warner played guard
at Cornell, but there is no record of
his ever having burned up the gridirOn
with brilliant performances. How
ever, he absorbed the teachings of his
coaches and was able to enlarge on
them. With the fundamentals of the
old game, thoroughly mastered as u
basis, he was keenly alive to the pos
sibilities of the new game and made
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18

Lots of peculiar things happen in
the racing game. Some can be ex
planned; others cannot. Among the
latter may be recorded the breaking
of a strap holding one of Jockey Clar
ence Runners stirrups as he was
plotting Man O. War to victory in his
$4,000 race with Sir Barton in
Canada.
Attempt to Hinder Horse.
That the break occurred just as
Hummer was pulling his horse up at
the end of the contest does not serve
to tighten the belief of many who
heard of the matter that there was a
deliberate attempt made to keep Man
o. War from winning.
The saddle used by Hummer in this
race was practically new, hav-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18

ing been used only twice previously.
This shows that the precautions
taken to protect Man o War were
fully justified The slightest tamper-
ing with anything concerning such an
animal might spoil his entire career
and cause his owner heavy financial
loss.
Might Have Been Different.
If the strap had broken earlier in
the race the result might have been
reversed. 1t is understood that ever
since the race a quiet investigation
has been in progress to learn what
strangers were about Man o. Wars
stable before the race. IF there was
a plot to interfere with the race it is
believed some gambling syndicate was
responsible.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
RACE DURING LENTEN SEASON
jefferson Fair Association to He
Meeting From February 9
Until March II.

Jefferson Fair association will ha,
a spring meeting at New Orleans frO
February 9, when the fair grounds
due to close. until March II, when
purse of 5000 will he hung uD in
big stake. The decision to race dur
ing Lent was reached after the Thor
oughbred Horsemen's association ha6
agreed to allow their members to race
their horses as individuals during the
Lenten season. Formerly they had
agreed not to let their members race
during Lent. The daily purse money
will be 5000 plus $500 additional on
holidays during the spring meeting.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
Glen Warner, Famous Football Coach.

himself one of the foremost football
StrategistS of the era.
Robert Zuppke of Illinois was only
substitute when he was at Wisconsin.
But he like Warner, had a natural APP
titude for mastering the games STRAIT
egg and instilling his teachings into
others.
Fielding Fl. Yost, who has built so
many powerful Michigan elevens, was
not considered a great forward in his
undergraduate days at West Virginia
and Lafayette. Coach Roper of Prince
ton never crowded any stars out of the
limelight in his student days nor was
j. w. Heisman, the University of Penn
sylvania tutor, looked upon as a great
player when. he was playing with the
old Penn teams Yet both have fur
nished exceptional examples of sue
cesSful coaching. Numbers of other
instances could be cited where players
who have not risen above mediOcrity
as undergraduates have developed
many notable elevens as coaches.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
HANS BURNS HIGHLY TOUTED
Take Jimmy Wilde's Place When
atom" Retires.

England seems to have developed
another little boxer who apparently
is ready to take Jimmy Wilde's place
when the mighty atom" retires. He
is Hans Burns. Promoter Cochran of
London thinks so we'll of him he has
offered Joe Wagner, manager of Jack
Sharkey, a guaranty of $4,000 to go
across for a 20-round mill.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
TRAINERS NEVER WRONG

Keane Fitzpatrick, trainer of
Princeton, and "Pouch" DonO-
van of Harvard are still the
same old cagey birds when it
comes to predicting the outcome
of a big college football game.
Pouch" and Keane have seen
too many good things go wrong
in the course of their long eX-
perience in the college athletic
arena, and if anyone asks either
of these coaches on the chances
of their charges it is the same
old answer. Il do not know"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18

baseball on a high standard for the
sake of the youngsters-thats why
took the job, because l want to help"
At first the judge refused the offer.
on the ground that he ''lOved his posi-
bench. Finally, however, he agreed to
hold both positions, but specified that
his baseball salary should be decreased
by $7,50O-the amount he receives as
Judge 1t was agreed that as chairman
he should receive $40, 800 a year in
stead of the $4,000 originally offered.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
CENTRE WILL PLAY HASKELL
Coach Madison Bell, in Accepting In
vitation, Suggests Kansas City
as Place for Game.

An offer from the Centre college
football management to play the Has
keIl Indian school next fall, has been
received by Coach Madison Bell, for
1ner Centre star and now directing the
Indians. Coach Bell, in his reply ac-
cepting the offer suggested that the
game be played in Kansas City.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
DOC CROSSES Jim

In one of the worlds series
games at Brooklyn Jim Johnson
motioned to Wheat to play in
closer, whereupon Brother Doc
proceeded to hit to deep left.
Wheat managed to get back in
time to make the catch, but it
was no easy task. Thought you
knew where your brother hit"
grumbled Wheat when he came
in off the field. "Doc crossed
me that time was .Tim'S retOrt
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
ELMER SMITHS LONG
HITS AID CLEVELAND
Twice in Season He Hit HomerS
With Three On.
Jumped Into Fame in 1920 World
Series by Clearing Bases With
Momentum Drive-Made Sew
era Other Smashes.

When Elmer Smith of the Indians
jumped into fame in the first inning
Of the fifth game of the 1920 world
series by hitting home run with the
bases filled, it was not the first time
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18

The men who are putting extra To-
cal taxes on the people are public
enemies. The people have burdens
enough to bear without putting up
their last cent for fads.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
Tie ENTITY

Pacific coast folks have learned that
except himself.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18

The idea of asking Chicago people
to contribute one million dollars to
increase the revenue of newspapers
In other cities is insulting and prepos-
ferrous. alM2
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18

"Hub' Perdue, the famous Gallatin
squash, is the new manager for the
Nashville association club, according
to announcement made by President
J. A G.. Sloan. 1--WE have decided,
said Sloan, ''to give Mr.. Perlue trial
as manager, and my judgment :. with
his long experience lie will come near
er TO giving us a winning n! club
than anybody we colid secuAe
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-12-18
They like Bud.

Ring farS e S~a't'e are strong for
Bud Ridley. They Like his boxing.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02
FAMOUS ARTIST -
SINGS FOR FOOD

Singing for something 10 eat, In
stead OF for the hundreds Of dollars
that each concert engagement brings
him, was the experience that befell
Otaker Marak. vell-known artist OF
the Chicago Grand Opera Company,
who, with his wife, has just returned
10 this country. Mr.. Marak and his
wife spent several months In Csecho.
siovakia on a concert and operate
engagement.
What good was the money re
ceived for my public appearances, II
I couldn't get anything to eat with
IT," asked the singer. Il loon found
out in this country that money wasn't
Of much value in getting 3 dinner.
So wherever possible | asked for food
instead Of for the money my contract
called for"
The singer told Of taking a bag OF
flour for an operate appearance In
Prague. instead OF the $1,000 he was
to get for the engagement.
And was happier with that bag
Of flour than | would have been with
SIC. 900" he added. Food Is so scarce
that even the wealthiest people, who
can afford to pay any price for II, are
having trouble getting enough to eat
Imagine. II you can, what must be
the lot OF the poorer classes. with
little or no chances Of earning money.
with nothing to eat. nothing to year
and pitiful shacks they call home
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02
LACK OF CLOTH H
BREEDS EPIDEMIC

New York (Special) "A great lack
Of cotton goods In Poland is causing
. terrible epidemic Of skin diseases
there, according to the reports Of
American Jewish relief workers In
that country. The shortage Of this
material for shirts and underwear ia
largely responsible for the filth that
10 to BE- seen on every street Of the
Polish cities, and is also a contribut.
Ing cause to the plaques OF typhus
and consumption that are devastating
Poland.
The absolute lack Of material for
undsrclothing has brought about ex-
trsmely bad health conditions" says
. report Just received by the Amert-
en- Jewish Relief Committee In this
city. and an alarming number OF
contagious skin and eye diseases are
running through the population. The
crowded housing conditions make 1t
impossible TO check these diseases un.
less clean clothing and soap can be
procured.
In the hospitals the only bandages
used for dressings are strips OF shirts
and clothing that the inmates could no
longer wear. In one large institution
at LODI, caring for the insane. the pa
tents are obliged to remain In bed a
day or two at a time while their a
change Of clothing Is being washed"
The funds OF the American Jewish
Relief Committee are providing food.
soap and clothing in all these strick.
en- regions. but the presen, needs have
outerown the immediate resources of
the organization. To carry the work
through another year the committee
Is asking s25.o99.0OO Of America IN
1920.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02
CEDAR GROVE.
Mrs. Willis Pipkin is very sick.

Mrs. Willis Pipkin is very sick.
W. H. Montgomery and family Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Duck last
Sunday.
Hollis and Heber Duck, of Mem
phis, spent last week visiting rela-
tives and friends here.
Orphan Kennedy has a new Ford
car.
A. J. Duck, E. H. Duck, Garley
Scott, E. L. Kennedy, Chas Roberts
and E. o. Helms spent last Saturday
on White Oak creek fishing. They
report a fine time.
Ed. Stanfill and wife visited her
people at SCOTS Hill last Saturday
night and Sunday.
Mrs. Asa Eason and children of
Pratt City, Ala, are visiting relatives
here.
Uncle Tim Austin was here last
Sunday.
Ink Murphy, of Decatur county,
was here Wednesday trying to find a
farm.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Johnson & Johnson's (Red CROSSE
BABY talcum. Best for baby's skin,
made especially for hat purpose
Elk.
Prof. J.. o. Blown, County Super
intendent and Superintendent of our
high school, was at home last Satur-
day and Sunday from West Tennes-
see Normal, where he is teaching in
the Summer School. Prof. Brown
says there are fifteen Henderson
county teachers in the Normal this
summer and that the Henderson
county club of five young men and
ten Of the other sex, shows up well.
They say your cow will give more
milk il protected from flies. We sell
the dope" and also the sprayers.-
Elk.
W. C. Barry was dismissed from
the st. Thomas Hospital, in Nash
vile on Tuesday of last week and ON
Thursday he and wife came to Lex
ington to spend until Sunday in the
Barry home on North Main Street.
Their visit vas cut short Friday by
the reception Of a wire message an
nouncing the death Of Mrs. Barry's
father, (Mr. Pattie) which occurred
at Cowan on that day. Curry and
wife left Friday afternoon for Nash
vile and Cowan.
Congressman T. W. Sims will be
in Nashville next Tuesday, the 9th
and address the State meeting Of
Rural mail carriers. Mr.. Sims was
one OF the first workers in Congress
for the rural delivery Of mail and
three of the first routes in the State
were established in this congressional
district-two at Savannah and one at
Mckenzie. There are now about 212
routes in the State and Mr.. Sims has
steadily worked for increase in the
pay Of the carriers.
Don't wait for a FORCED trip to
Colorado-Elk Lung Remedy and
Flesh Builder. What you think makes
no difference. Up to you. A fair
trial will CONVINCE you.
Mrs. Mary Anderson, wife Of Jack
Anderson, a farmer and good citizen
Of the old End district until last year
when they moved to Madison county
to live with their son Charlie, died last
Saturday night at the home of Char
lie. Mrs. Anderson was advanced in
age and was a most excellent woman.
Beside her husband she is survived by
two sons, Will, of Steele, Mo-, and
Charlie, of Madison county, and two
daughters, Mrs. John w. Darden, of
Madison county and Mrs. Tom Ham
lett, of Steele, Mo. The remains were
brought back to this county and interr-
ed at Nebo last Monday.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02
TAKING A PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

l am taking a personal privilege in
the columns of the Progress to say
that in any age or condition of this
country it would be hard to get along
without good neighbors. Beside my
business down town this year | laid
out a lot Of work at my home and but
for the goodness Of such neighbors as
Forest Winslow, Rush Oakley, DR.. R.
H. Milan and Little Leroy, son Of Joe
H. Holmes, | could never have 'made
the landing as river men say.
| have needed horses to pillow and
these good neighbors furnished me. |
did not have a full assortment Of i'm
plements-but | could always get
what | wanted from a neighbor. |
feel grateful to them, for had | re-
sorted to the other mean and paid
$50 a day for a horse and hired man
| had just as well have nailed up the
gates and let the ground grow up in
weeds. Neighbor Winslow had sever
al bushels Of Lookout Mountain seed
Irish Potatoes, all of which could
have sold at $500 per bushel but he
let them go at s4.00-and said that
was too high. How is that for an ex-
hibition of personal conscience?
". v. BARRY.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

We notice in newspaper reports
that Gov. Roberts is promising pas
sage of a bill to assess personal prop
erty at its cash value by the next leg
islature, in the event of his re-nomi-
nation-but don't you believe it. II
the personal property holders believed
a word of it they would rise up right
now and smite the Hon. Albert Hous-
ton Roberts-so effectually that he
would not be able to recognize him.
self after he had been "smote," Rob-
erts has got his hook, line and sinker
tangled up now in the roots Of his
assessment law-which fact nobody
knows better than he, but he said the
horse was l6 feet high and must stick
to it.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

With all due respect to those bet
ter business men who may not see il
as we do. we want to submit a propo-
sition: Can any man suggest a great
er blow to Lexington than the COM
bined effect of loss of the railroad
employee population and their fami-
lies and the assessment of the prop
erty at figures which render licking
ton homes wholly undesirable and un-
profitable, either to live in or to rent .
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

Nobody a call the Roberts assess
ment law and its operation, from the
assistant State Statisticians to the
county equalization boards, a Dem
ocratic trick" The Republicans who
are taking a hand in it are soaring as
high as anybody on assessments. Re-
lief can only be had in the next legis-
lature-and thank God for that pros
pect.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02
Over half of the urban population

Over half of the urban population
of the entire country lives in rented
homes-and the owners of the prop
erty do not invest their money in that
way just for the fun of the thing. A
home in Lexington assessed for taxes
at $4,000 to $1,000 will rent for 500
to $25 per month and the owners by
close cutting on repairs, ETC., can per-
haps make close to 8 per cent on their
investment.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

The Democratic State platform
having declared "The reform tax
measures passed by the last legisla-
ture redeems the party pledges, keeps
faith with the people and are being
administered wisely, cautiously, con-
servatively and economically" the
Nashville Banner thinks that any
Democrat that does not swallow in its
entirety the statement written by
men who did not believe a word Of it
should be classed as a bolter. We
don't. Do you?
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

1t is said that in some of the cities,
when those delivering ice shortweight
on the purchasers and the purchasers
kick, the ice wagon skips that house
the next day. The consumer then APP
peals to the city commission, for the
law provides that ice wagons carry
scales and give actual weight.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

A clear case of "the kettle calling
the pot black" is found in the Nash
vile Banner referring to Col. w. R.
Crabtree as a bolter, for there is
nothing ins the Heavens above, the
Earth beneath or the waters under
the Earth that the Banner will not
bolt.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

One of Governor Roberts assist
ant statisticians told us that the State
of North Carolina has appropriated
a million dollars to put into effect a
tax assessment law like the Roberts
law in Tennessee-just $500, 900 more
than Tennessee appropriated for the
same purpose.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02
FARM LAND.

66l acres Of Best Farming Land
and located in the heart of Henderson
county. On highway and Perryville
Branch. Sell as whole or in parts. 8
residences. See US.
W. II. LONG,
OAKLEY & Co.
Real Estate Dealers.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

Several years ago a prominent
Nashville man told US that newspa-
per criticism made John K. Shields
so "hellfired mad etc."-now we are
sure of it.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

The Democrats of Henderson
ty should organize Crabtree clubs and
present a solid anti Roberts front in
the August primary. Governor Rob-
erts ought not to get 100 votes in
Henderson county.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

Not original: "The farmers of Ten
nessee are not going to vote for Rob-
erts"-but the city machines may
come to his rescue-in August, after
which will come the fireworks.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1920-07-02

The Nashville Banner says that
Governor Roberts made converts in
Gibson county. He sure needed them
over there.