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There ia a psychological effect OF
the towering structure. with It's
enormous crowds crushing down
upon the player and there is tho
peculiarly eccentric effect OF the wind
currents upon the kicked ball. Then
the field. while not slippery. unless
from recent rain, Is treacherous 70
n twisting. turning runner.
Steve Philbln. one Of Yale's surest
catchers, muffed the first ball he tried
10 take in the STADIUM. Maulbetsch.
Mlchigan's little wonder. could not
turn, and even Splawn lost his
Judgment somewhat under the
strange conditions.
Now, as 90 the style OF play and
It's effect upon Centre. The visitors
have not been brought up on a diet
Of hard play. Not that they play
easy" b1t their schedules have been
light Most important Of all Is :hat
they have not felt that kind OF hard,
heavy close contact more Characters
tie Of the football Of New England.
Now this style Of play Is distinct
Is wearing 70 team on tho defense,
especially n OutwCighcd as CentC
viii be In the line. There is a steady
wearing down Impact about It which
saps the life OF a light line and makes
II difficult when II has the ball TO
meet effectively the charge OF the
opponents ana secure the necessary
drive 10 give their own backs a
start This will undoubtedly be a
actor IN the result.
The men who come from Kentucky.
however. are veterans-ha faced.
determined players. confident In their
style, and why, with a lot Of fire and
dash. and they strike hard They arc
versatile and experienced. so far as
their own attack is concerned. hut
'Cuse that Harvard offers. Another
thinT, Harvard can, n necessary. put
q fresh men, and good men, to tho
xt'nt OF three deep.
Where Centre has few stars and
ON accident 90 any one Of whom would
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l.

CHAPTER l.
Archibald De society
upu boxing tas season Archie isnt going to run night eu9s
himself upih
boxing Friends and advisers afraid hem be uphred himself
upitied
You've got 20 have brains 90 have that
Archie vegetable world with
cnulhowCr head the
world In tc without his head Was also born
VlHfN in the
He's been
bed He likes Bronx before he wakes sounds impossible
until
toNnE was manly art Decided hat Che T'no m hun 80 he
bought or cuomo' boxing trimmed with Goorree
The rc will come ia handy yet The next thing Archie dd was 10
hire boxing tough and had
He looked like the bird the patent medicine before he cured
kidney trouble
Archie 10 o. q mlg
and he
ddl n minutes o
Pretty question or tho suppiy OF
smelling Archie nd
never knocked
/
trials % some more
The brandy supply tho0 Threatened
CMoRE oN THE FrEE)
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Centre Team viii Find
HGrUard'S Rugged Defense
Hard to Pass, Says Camp

cripple the team, Harvard has lot %
average men who can be replaced re
peatedly with equally average men.
really wet field would favor Harvard,
for II would bring the play, a. Il in
evitnbly does down TO PUSHING
plunglng game. The dangerous men
on CentreB's team are In the back
field. with single exception Of Their
centre. who Is an extremely actlveI
defense man, but who will be hard
pushed by Harvard's superior ine
power.
The backbone OF the Centre team
is Weaver. In the middle OF the iins
Mcmillan Mt quarter and Roberts IN
the bockheld. sometimes sent up into
the line on defense. Roberts hae been
In the habit Of going through the
middle Of most lines. but Harvard
will wear him out with weight ana
pressure II he tries too much Of n.
Centre has a good forward passing
game and sufficiently powerful
running attack 90 make Il Necessary
10 call up the secondary defense ~
times.
Roberts can also kick ieid g0aia
II viii be great test for Harvard
and. n she comes through. viii mean
much toward her chances In m
Princeton game. for the Tigers for
ward passing is based ON tho Weat
Virginia style, which r. not vory an.
similar 20 that Of Centre
lCoryrshL 1890 b. m CoEsoio.,oa esu@ 49,
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Original Celtic Five a. DsuAIs-
Header.

Due to the Increasing popularity -
one OF Americas nlost atrenuCus
sports. basketball. several ~ tho trn-
portant local clubs have been forced 10
seek larger quarters for their 6aSiss.
The frst quintet 10 take tho step N
this direction IL the Original Ccleils.
champions OF Greater New Yorh. Ths
Ccltios. IN addition to playing uhsiF
regular Sunday afternoon Eame e
Central Opera House. have secuFod =
two-year lease on the list Regiment
Armory. seth Street and Park Avanue,
where net contests will 10 ntng1d
every Sunday evening. ~
The afternoon game this SUNDAY WI
bring togother the home ave end
Perth Amhuy, while AZ night he
Atteiboro Club Of the New EnEiand
League win make their first New York
appearance against the local boys.
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Girl HOckeyiSts
Sail to Meet
English Stars

Undaunted by the knowledge that
they are to face the best OF Eng
lands women hockey players, four.
teen members OF the Philadelphia
girls hockey team sailed yesterday on
the Cstronla. The team win play nine
matches. II is captaincd by Miss
Elizabeth Chcs'on.
% her members are the Misses
Elizabeth Noluer pcEEy Ferguson,
Fraucos ROSS. Marjorie Nor.y. Nancy
Barclay Catherine McNil, Agnes
B,,fgn, Marjorie FogleI, Charlotte
Ch,ston, EIla Read ana Susan Good.
man.
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Errahmrn I.IcNrnn tn CInnh.

The Columbia freshmen football team
viii journey uptown 90 Ohio Field this
o. ftcruoou 70 engage tho Now York Uni
vcrsity freshmen iu their annual battle.
The Blue and White FIRST year men have
Iecn uusuCCessful in heir FIRST two. at
ttmpts. losing 20 both Kent. and HOtch-
hiss. while the Violet team has one vic
tory and ono defeat on rs record
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n Jew YORK Is getting along very
IN well without Its boxing cham
pions. For some weeks past
Tex Richard has been nlllng Madison
Square Garden at shows which under
the Frawley law would hardly draw
enough 20 al the old Fairmont A. G.
Tex has been using little fellows"
and they have given general satisfac-
ton. They have put faction" into
their contests and, after ALL that's
what the average boxing fan vents
70 see. or course the fact that de-
oision goes with each bout has had
much 20 do with speeding the boxers
up. The record books mean some
thing 20 them now, with the w FOR
won and the l. for lost opposite their
names Instead OF the words mo dcCl-
gions"
Tonight Richard Ia trying out
fighters OF IA bigger mould and has
arranged a card with welterwcights
az the chief figures. Also Tex n
srnging Ina new faces. There 10 Jack
Perry OF Pittsburgh. said 20 be a
really good man in his class. He b
credited with having raised the dick
ans with Champion Jack Britton re-
Z Gently He "a TO meet Paul Doyle, a
local favorlte In one OF the ten
round bouts scheduled. Trtn there Is
Louis BOgash. who claims the wcltor-
weight title amung New EnElanders.
y He, from an accounts. is Of the bear
car' variety and pittcd against MARTY
Cross, Leach's brother lively sotto
should result,
Annfln- WRfu a.rnHu d NO..
agentcd X. o. Loughun Benny
A. Leonard recently beat him, hut
B Loughun's manager claimed that X
& o. was f0uled badly ana but for that
3 would have beaten Benny. Wen Epu
how good Loughlin Us tonight when
he shapes up opposite George Ward.
q young conner.
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reasons for this
conclusion. r he
nrst Is this-no
Law err except
shlverick OF Cor
nell. when his
Captain. Barrett
was injured early
IN the game, has
ever played his
best game on the
occasion q n
first visit TO the
Stadium.
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Ralph Grcenleaf defeated Everett In
graham ln their billiard matches yes
trrday afternoon and evening at tho
strand Billiard Academy by scores Of
1926 to ms and 1876 90 So respectively
Groeulcp"s total sroro in the OO0 poitt
lvsfca to dafc Us 500 while his oppq-
nenrs rs 80. This mitch VIII COMING
for The rest OF the week,
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Southern Champions Will Be.
Seriously Bothered by Grim
son Weight and Strange Play
ing Conditions at Cambridge,
BIZ Walter Canlp.

IHAvE already said that do not
believe Centre will play the game
she showed last year when she
meets Harvard tomorrow in the
Stadium. There are very definite
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XVJHAT Is the Brooklyn Baseball
w Club WORTH Bbbvts recently
turned down n million cold.
but hasn't put a price on his holdings.
why Ebbets should want 20 sell out
at this time with winning team
IN his possession isn't clear. Real
estate is high, and probably going
higher. and In another year his club
might be worth even more than II
10 now. II u true. however. that
Eobets Isn't In the best OF health and
feels that with business cares and
worries on his mind he would have
"A chance 20 recupcratc All OF US
would like Co dodge business care and
worries, but with a money making
proposition like a big league peunant
winning Club on our hands such
troubles wouldn't be an unbearablo
burden.
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Buddy Ensor rode consistently.
landing four Of the six winners
Mauvourneeu, Elected H.. Grey Lag
90 nd Genie W. lie was second, too, on
The wit. lie has been the best bet
No the tracks every day lately.
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Raced Into Ground, Colt Had
Nothing Left to Stall Of
Grey Lays Rush.
By Vincent Treanor.

GAM HILDRETH'S 100000 Grey
y Lag beat Mulciber handily and
going away In the Autumn
Days Stakes at the Empire cts
track yesterday. but the majority OF
those who watched the race are o.
the opinion that Mulciber should hav,
Won They charge the defeat of the
Naapa FNrms colt TO the bad judB-
m,ut OF his rider c. Robinson, who
OF late has been guilty OF many bad
exhibitions.
In the nrst place Robinson got
away In tang,c as usual and mo-.
uutl a sixteenth OF a uulp had uJ 10
run did Doe upl ear 20 have any chule.
ut ALL Then all Of "a sudden ne sho.
Hp Muluiher ON The outside OF bis
fiId and ran over the top OF an OF
Oh m, Including the flvOrlte, Grey
Lag, as n they didn't belong In tho
sam. race with him. Meanwhile James
Buffers speedy but faint hearted
last Wow was slNmmlng along with
"a hyc-lDngth lead.
Not satisfied with his position be-
hind THIS pace, until the stretch a.
least Robinson kept shooting on with
Mulciher he finally caught East
view ana when lac turned into the
stretch looked "humc." Right up 10
the final siNtDo-th he seemed the
winner but at this stage the he'tCr-
sko,ter tactics of the rider told on the
. colt. Robinson went Go The whip
/ fuuously for Eusor was charging ON
/ him with Grey Lag An eNtraoriin-
ana drive for MulcIhor was necessary
now and DE simply couldn't staEd a.
trey Lag came on with great strides
overlook him, and I'm what seemed
tho last doz strides, went on to a
well earned victory
Had EE7or lost his patience and
torn after Mu'clber when ne went Dy
him Ike "a flash at the far turn, he
too might have been beaten. but
/ Buddy was too wise go on yol
darn fool" he evidently said 20 him
s-lf TN got you later on" and "a,
did.
Alert at the post and without sub
iecting ms mount 20 a killing pac,
trom tho barrier cup the hill" Mulri
bor probably would have beaten Gro
Lag gs ne ana last time even at
moro equal Z0d weight orrnngemCa
Robinson was disappointed at mo-
winning f0r Na tried hard even with
sha1 iuirw 'ut but he has only him
SELF 20 blame,
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Giants Owner Says Plan 10
Form New Baseball League
Is No Bluff to Force Ban
Johnson Into Line.

n 10 LEAGUE baseball can get
u along without Ban johnson. n
he and the representatives OF
the FIVE American League clubs stick
together and "stay out" Of the meet
ing OF the reorganizcrs OF the ma
tionnl game. which is scheduled FOR
Nov .. they will 20 ahead without
him. Charley Stoncham, owner OF the
Giants, says the talk OF a new twelve
club league without the johnson at
hliatlons Is sincere. II isn't intended
as "blun'' 20 force johnson into
line. nor Is II the plan 10 freeze out
the American League boss.
The magnates who met this week
In Chicago, feeling that an upllft
movement was necessary 70 put base
bail back where II belongs. arc con-
WINGED that n good twelve-ciub cir
cult can be mapped out without any
schedule trouble. And this with tho
Giants and Yankees both using tho
Polo Grounds.
n johnson insists on not attending
the next meeting, he will be LETT with
his four or 1--WE associates 20 10 u
alone. dissolve or do anything he
likes lie certainly will have trouble
building up rival league II that Ia
In his mind. for the cities he would
have 20 take in would lend n minor
league flavor 20 his organization.
Al HHHN. H..
among the possibilities. Il doesn't
seem likely that johnson has lost all
his common sense at this late stage
Of his baseball career as fighting
this strong combination now arrayed
against him would indicate.
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"D'ck" Miller put liberty Girl over
at a fancy price IN the second She
was well backed for the place and
show, but few went 10 her straight
Prince ~ Como was the lukewarm
ard rcccding favorito OF the race and
rs ran To the "cha,lr" Clcr2acc Duy
ton tried 20 "olean up with Bon
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Bad Judgment of Jockey
Caused MUiciber'S Defeat

Tromp. but Liberty Girl upset his
calculations.
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Elected IT, was overlooked IN tho
third race by most OF the talent, an
the belief that fho wouldn't go
mile She found the route no trouble
at an 20 negotiate under EnFor's
handling. and al the end had plenty
to spare Red Red Rose, which had
run good second 10 Tom McTaggart
IN her previous start, performed very
dlsappOlntingly.
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RACING SELECTIONS.
EMPIRE CITY.

First Epcc OBJ Light Rose. Joan
Marie. GuuHty.
Second HpoH- Ross r.. Machine
Gunner. Jamaica Belle.
Third Rlcr - Tom McTaggart.
kgahmir Recount
Fourth Rlce-Lord Brighton. Dun
boync. bayduc.
Fifth Eacc-Gucland. Lovely, Gox
sixth Huce-Rustler, Tout or.
Master Jack. V. 4.
LAUREL.
First Race Merchant Marine,
rorcator. sun Turret
Second ltace-lndolencc. Sunrose.
l.tBaligc
Third Rncc-G0ugh Storm Ross
entry By Jimmy.
Fourth Racc-Paul Jones. Amaze.
Rapid Traveller
Iifh Race-Bon Jour. Betty j.,
Albert a.
sixth Race-wnr Marvel, Bon Jour.
SCurry
seventh Racc-Padua. Court Fool.
Ben Hampton.
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LAsr' thing Tor Billiards and Bovilu.
"1 bI lLsMlcA BLlso Collendor ~
% W. sad 81.
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ARCHlE UNITS BOXING.
By Neal r. o. Rara.

cSyurh. Ds. ~ IN. IIv-. rsai,AAs = E'0uu
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disposition of the case was
made with the consent and ap.
prevail of the Circuit Court. /
tclt disposed 10 give them the
benefit of all doubts, and deaf
WIN them az leniently ns my
auty would permit, but did NOT
ieel Justified IN letting tiiem rtf
entirely. To have done so would
have been a discrimination
against our own citizens, WHO
been prosecuted, and are being
prosecuted for the same thing
| Will ask you TO kindly give
space for this statement in your
next issue, and greatly obllge.
Yours very truly,
Z. k. MCCoRcLE,
commemorative Attorney
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to act at an carly hour if he act
ed at all.
1t has not been contendcd by
the aviators since the prosecu-
cution was instituted, aud viii
not be contended by any repu-
table lawyer, that the transuc
zion was not strictly within the
condemnation of the lottery
statute. The law is that even
though the article sold with "A
chance is worth all that is paid
for 1t, yet if there is.a chance on
Il capital prize given with the
article il constitutes lottery.
The sale Of an articlriu councc-
ton with Il lottery is usually no
moro than II screen, or an NJ.
tempt In cvadc the law, and if
anything is morally worse than
a frank, open lottery. but the
legal liability is the same.
The burden of the complaint
seems to be on account OF the
alleged fact that the young men
were not warned, rather than
on the question OF the criminal
character of the proposition. Ii
there had been AN officer on the
ground ut the time they an
nonnced their intention of put
ting ON the lottery. it would
havc been courtesy, at least, for
him to have warned them. do
not know whether there was
any officer present. | was in
formed, however, by IA reliable
citizen of Big Stone Gap, who
was formerly an officer of the
town, that one of tile uviators
approached him to sell hin, a
chance on the airplane, and he
then and there Informed the
aviator that he was linblcto yet
into trouble, and told him about
the instance of the AUTOMOBILES
being forfeited at Zig Stone
Gap two years ago. 1t was
clearly the duty of the Young
gentlemen to inform themselves
as To the law So far as know.
they never sought advice in the
matter from any attorney or Of
iiciai IN this county, but went
on tile assumption that unless
SOME ono protested when they
mado their announcement they
would be immune from prose
cutlon. II was clearly their du
ty, especially after tie positive
warning above referred to, 10
seek advice before proceeding
further with the proposition.
In regard To statements that
the lottery statute Is Being CON
sistcntly violated IN this coun
ty, and that nothing Is done
about 1t, | have no means of
knowing how much OF tins has
been gong on, except whcn
cases are brought to my attcn-
ton. ! do know, however, thai
| have prosecuted, or directed
local officers to prosecute, every
case of the kind that has been
reported To my Office. When |
first assumed tile duties of this
Office four years ago, tile punch
boards were ilourishing in tins
county. | recognized this az 4,
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great evil, and a violation of
the lottery statute, and con
Quoted county wide campaign
against them. Judge Skecn
held them To he III violation of
the lottery statute, and cases
We're prosecuted from all parts
of the county. The forfeiture
of tho automobile AT Big Stone
Gap two years ago was attend.
ed by q great deal OF notoriety
and J have been under the i'm
preston until now that the law
had been pretty thoroughly all
vcrt'scd in the county. 1t may
bc that Il great many cases have
gotten by, but it has not been
on account OF any change in
policy, or let up, on the part of
my Office. such cases will be
prosecuted whom brought to my
attention, aud Il number of pre-
sentiments III such cases have
already beeu made mt the pres
cnt session of the grand Jury.
The gist of the airplanc case
is, that The Young men took
chances on a money making
proposition but failed To get bv
with 1t. .Ihcy state that their
man purpose was To develop
interest in aviation. but if the
proposition lad gone through
as scheduled they would have
had IA right handsome profit
Tins was the wrong way to 20
about a. Ii aviation has to 6e
developed at the price of the
development also OF the gamb-
ling spirit we will not have
made much progress.
regret very much the ncces
slty OF having 10 make any
pubic statement IN regard 10
the matter know these Young
gentlemen have made many
friends in the county aud no
doubt merit tho popularity
which they enjoy on account
oi the nigh class aud novel On
tertalnment That they have
gwen the people. and for This |
heartily Jon IN The popular nc
clalm thu,u has been accorded to
them. rhe heroic aud romant
&C elements inherent in their
profession hns u strong appeal
tor all OF us But at Che same
time, | do not think il yvuutl la.
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Big Stone GAP vs.. keokee.

Big Stone Gap won from Keo
llee last Wednesday afternoon on
the latter's grounds in a very in
terestlng game by score OF & to
.. The features were the heavy
hitting of Teske, who got three
hits out of four trips to tie plate
and making two of Big Stone
Gaps scores, and the pitching of
Gcttys, who famed ten men.
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Blk Stone Gap VS.. Norton

Zig Stone Gap was again de-
fcatcd by Norton on the latter,s
grounds Saturday by score of 4
10 y. The Gap boys could do
nothing with Southpaw Thomas
pitching although in the ninth
inning they threatened to put
over a score. After Heher fan
ned Edcns walked and Tate
singled To center, but Harrison
and Christy ended the fray hv
striking out. Norton made all
OF their scores in the third in
ming aud This is the way it hap
pened. Tate fumbled Jackson's
grounler. NlcNulty beat out an
miicld hit. solomon grounded
10 c'cttys, whose throw to Tate
was wide and Jackson was safe
Tucker singled to left scoring
jackson and McNulty. lluddle
mt IN front of plate and was
thrown out by lIeber. Finneran
tanned. Banks made shoe
string catch of Andrews liner
but Umpire Riley claimed he
trapped the ball, and called An
drews safe, Solomon and Tucker
scoring Banks, thinking the
side had been retired, made no
attempt to throw to the plate.
On account OF sore arm Get
tys had to retire from the mound
aml Coleman pitched the remain
der OF game and held Norton
sc0rcIess.
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kilIIan hatted for White in seventh.
Keakee VS.. Stonegs.

Stonega easily defeated Keokee
at the Andoyer Park Saturday
by the score of 10 to /. Hen
derson pitched fine ball for
Stonega and never was in danger
at any time after the first inn
ing. Stillman and Coyle hit
home-runs for Stonega, Coyle's
coming with two ON the sacks
while Winger, Hall and Oloanen
also hit hard for Stonega. This
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Hit by pitcher Wmrcr
STANDING OF HAGUE
Games This Week.

ON Wednesday Norton viii
play at Big Stone Gap and
Stonega AT keolyee. On Satllr-
day keokec viii plny at Big
stone Gap and Stoncgn at Nor
ton.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Editor Posti.

Editor POst.-
Tho statement Of Messrs
Harry j Runser ind Roscoe
Turner, nvlators, in your last
weeks Issue, regarding the
seizure of their airplune, aud
Your editorial on the subject.
demand Il public statement from
me IN regard to the matter. as
| am responsible for the institu-
ton OF the prosecution in this
case. do not know that the
criticism contained in your ed
itorial was directed against me
personally, and | make this
statement not so mnch for the
sake of personal vindicatIon as
ON account of the hurtful effect
on the morale of the commune.
" IN regard TO law enforcement
that would be apt to result from
silence on my part.
On the evening of July 3rd it,
was reported to me by parties
who had attended the c1lebra-
ton at Norton on that day that
the nviatorS were selling photo
graphs of one OF their exhibit
tlons for one dollar each; Thai
each photograph was numbered
and entitled the holder To "A
chance on the airpIanr; that
seven thousand of these photo
graphs were To he sold heforr
the drawing was to take place,
and that they had offered 60
purchase the nirplanc from the
winner ut the price of e 900. /
also received an Anonymous let
ter from Big Stone Gap on the
morning Of Sunday, July lth,
calling my attention to the mat.
Ter. What they were selling
was simply Il printed copy of Il
photograph and have evidence
that IL costs only about one cent
each to produce these copies
The cost of the original photo
graph could not have been great
and the risk was no more Than
they take III all their exhibit
tons. When received the
above Information, IL scanned to
me that the proposition carried
all the ear marks of "a real lot
terry; III fact, II was so palpubiy
and iingrantly III violation of
the lottery statute that only the
most credulons could have been
deceived, and | did mol hesitate
to act. ! got in touch with
Sheriff Corder as soon as II
could, which was late Sunday
evening, and requested him To
seize the machine. In snch
cases the statute provides that
any prize proposed tn tie drawn
IN Il lottery may be Seized by an
officer and held Ia await con
demnation proceedings Some
complaint Is made on account
OF the fact that the seizure was
made very early in tile morning,
while the young men were IN
bed asleep. The sheriff had to
be at Wise by 0 O'clock Mondays
10 open court, and had