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rules, trained Mitchell for the bat
Tie.
Corbett had with him the old
crowd that conditioned him for the
Sullivan fight. When the day Of
battle arrived both were in wonder
full condition, but Mitchell was I'M.
der the double handicap of moro
years and fewer pounds.
Corbett, never in an amiable
mood before q fight, was in a tower
ing rage at ringttme because Of the
efforts that had been made TO stop
the contest. These, however, were
unsuccessful.
The following is a newspaper
round.by.round account OF the Cor.
bett.Mitchell fight. 1t was publish.
ed the day following Corbett's vic.
tory. January 90, 1894:
Round 1.-Corbett sprang from
his corner as il suddenly released
from restraint and Mitchell. in
more leisurely manner, walked to
the center to meet him. ,Corbett
worked his opponent TO the ropes,
Mitchell cleverly escaping after a
complete tour OF the ring. Mitchell
Tented with his left and then led
witr 1t for the ribs, but Corbett was
elsewhere. Corbett landed a glanc.
ing left on the Jaw. Mitchell clInch.
ed and after the break landed on
Corbett's wind, getting Jim's left
on the nose in return. Mitchell led
twice with the left, but fell short.
On the third attempt he landed
lightly on tho wind, but took in pay
a bang onsthe nose which Redeemed
that organ. Mitchell landed light.
ly on the jaw, hut took a hard one
flush to the face that jolted the
head back.
Round s.-Mitchell led with the
left, catching Corbett on the mouth.
Mitchell then for the first time tried
to force the fight, but his blows
fell short. Corbett resumed the Of.
fensive and soon had Mitchell in a
corner, where he landed left heav.
lily on the mouth. In a brisk rally
Mitchell took several punches on
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
MuehInterest In
Junior Ball Race

There is much rivalry among the
grade schools to win the Eauus
baseball club, which Is on exhibi-
ton in the Fanus and company
window, Only one who has seen
the games can appreciate the en-
thusiasm Of the boys. Yesterdays
game. In spite OF the bad weather
and grounds, was walkaway, Cen
tral school defeating East Park 10
the tune OF 81. Saturdays games
resulted as follows:
Central, II; White, S.
Fleming, 8: Miller, /.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Georges Carpenter has come
to the United States from
France 10 fight Jack Dempsey
for the heavyweight title less
known than any fighter who
ever went into a world cham.
pionship fight. Hal Cochran In
this story OF Carpenters life,
written for Tho West Virgin.
ian, tells OF the struggles q
the ons.time mine pit boy IN
rising to the lighl-heavyweight
championship OF the world.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
BY HAL COCHRAN.
CHAPTER /.


Fifteen years ago Georges Car.
ne,tior A. Tho 400 =, 20 r.. ~.
1sAs.s'' ~ ,ne aee =. - w"s p's
Ooy IN a coai mine IN Lens, france.
That little obscure mining town had
been the scene of his childhood NAV
davs and az bIs earlv school;ng
-, ea =. l'S 90 'SnNo..'
tie was porn Oh poor parents ana
as soon as he was old enough.
Joined his father. a miner. in daily
tr;ns 70 tba ire;das ~ +ha oor4,,
M. ny -. 80 $50, SeS " ."e 60. sH !.
"e soutns WEEKLY earnings went
to help keep the wolf from the Car
pentier door.
In tbosa davs c.sor,es ,v.s a ~,
a a,aaa-t,,s 80, 80 w.,
tu'appesf4ns' ialr'naiFeu youtn, Win
an appearance far from that of a lao
who would indulge IN anything that
reuoired muscle and nrawn He WAS
rona.o,I,, ,so,.os 80. 80
$3.50 "' '0o"eu upon as t'Fes1oe
mother's boy.
Working In darkness all day long,
away from sunshine and open air,
didn't appeal to Georges. He want.
ed &c, do something else. With that
thought ever on his mind. he occa-
sionally went, after working hours,
10 q boxing school that had been
opened in the town by Frot, Fran.
COTS Descamps,
Like many other. Youngsters.
Georges Just hung around and
watched fighters work. Finally he
became well known as one Of the
youngsters in the town, and was
now and then allowed TO sin on a
pair OF gloves himself and mix in
the sparring and battling,
One night he gave q much bigger
fellow a good lrubbing. Descamps
witnessed the bout and was much
impressed with the fair-haired kids
showing. Georges was encouraged
10 come to the school more reeu.
larly. Eventually the professor had
a bunch there was something that
goes TO make real battlers in the
kid-at least lot of nerve.
Descamps took the matter I'm
with CarpentIer's parents. He want.
ed to take their son under his wing
and train him. At first there was
much objection, but Descamps' per
sistency won out and Georges left
his pit.boy task for all time.
From then on the youngster was
az a. S,,,,,,r oI.,,o.. IL, -, 80.
Rough edges were trained off Of
him and ne was stacked nm aga;nst
the best fighters in Descamps' lot
In short notice, Nine yanhilbroucn
interest in the how from the start,
Outside battles, with monev
angle to them. however, were few
and far between, And money talk.
ed mighty loud with Descamns and
his youthful pupil
Hence they went on little tours
and Carpentier staged exhibition
bouts in cafes at might. Lei Georges
tell you about II himself:
"First wa staged a fight. tben
followed with an acrobatic turn. Az
a grand finale I allowed myself 10
he sent into trance nv Descan1ns
and did Thought reading"
twas BUNK. BUT
And then CARPENTER smiles and
SAYS:
which in Main Ens eli p means
hynotism? Bunk,Im.
But bunk,im mr. mo hunkrm the
money rolled in and this to saw the
puptl. " A' 'NN
Finally Carpentier's first reaI
bout came with BOURGEOIS the latter
part OF 1907. Georges trimmed him
in 4 rounds and followed shortly
inck.
Carpenter was battling as a fly.
weight, being just in his 18th year
and still far from developed. His
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Eighty-two per cent Of the per
sons who died or wero injured b.
fire in this country last year were
children under school age and
mothers.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

(The next story carries Carpen.
tier through his first knockout and
one OF the longest battles he has
ever fought in.l
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Americans are eating s per cent
less meat than they did 20 years
ago.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

wesleyan college Is booked In
twilight game here tomorrow eve.
ming With Haryey's team. The
game Will be played at South Side
park aud will start at o'clock. A
big crowd will likely witness the
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Babe Ruth likes to keep baseballs
that he slaps for home runs. Some
however, never return from the next
county.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

The cltnch in boxing is no rela-
ton TO the squeeze play Of baseball.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
patroit Philadelphia. 2.
Cleveland, 4; Boston, 1.
Washington; o; Chicago. s.
Nes York, 8; St. Louis, 4.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

skitf the Pittsburg catcher ought
to get leave OF absence in July 10
participate in the Interlake regatta.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
Sport Chatter

The Eairmont Giants won from
Frostbirs yesterday afternoon ut
South Side park 81. 1t was a good
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Sunday afternoon at the old fair
grounds the Marion Athletics de-
teAted the Shaft IS mine in a list
les game by the score OF 1910.
The SHAFT boys were hitting the
ball all over the lot but their field.
ing was poor and as result the
Atlil etics had no trouble in taking
the contest The State Street In.
dependents were booked to play the
Marion Athletics but failed to show
up and to keep from disappointing
the fans the Athletics manager or.
ranged @ play the Shaft nine,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

A chair made from the RIB Of on
Of the first American warships, tn
Revenge, IS to be presented to
President Harding.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Placing odds on the Big Fight de-
Ponds on whether you have French
ancestors or not.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

The -Four States Coal company
at Huntington has organized
team and want games with all
taarns IN this section. Those wish
ing games, call G. o. Mcvey line
s-rI Warrington.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

"You can't tell a player without
a scoreboard." Can't tell him what:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

The deadlock has lost its grip on
the public since Stranger Lewis
famous hold slipped on Zybby's
bald head.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

aannes Today
Flttsburgh at New York.
81 Lolis at Boston.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
chieago at Brooklyn.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

an emergency might be termed q
pinching bug.
Loaded bases remind one OF "Ba
Ba, Blacksheep" three sacks full.
Georges. 50 they say. Is going to
present Jack with a dog, Is that
The man who bets on every race
and loses consistently is literally
"nagged" to death.
When batter stretches q AIN
gle into double 1t doesn't mean
that a rubber ball was used
1t isn't only thu scratch runners
who are itchin' to go.
Block, hook and miss EN- might
do for a prize fight danger signal.
Tell the absent minded hootch
hound that there are some dandy
lions at the zoo and it's a bet that
he'll take run out there.
It isn't always the golflng dub
who swings real hard-and breaks
a club.
wild flowers. in the rough often
listen to a golfer talk about a lost
ball. That's what makes 'em wild.
Our idea Of nothing at all: the
honor of batting into the first trip.
lie play OF the season.
Wonder IL IT'S violation Of the
Volstead Act for nag TO win by a
horses neck.
Often a pitcher doesn't ride easy
because he cannot get his baseball
bearings.
The deadlock has lost its grip on
the public since Stranger Lewis
famous hold slipped OF Zybby's
bald head.
Placing odds on the Big Fight de-
ponds on whether you have French
ancestors or not.
A poker players calling card is
the joker-backed by three aces.
Jennie say papa-Tray beans
mercy DO. I'm kookoo." Jack
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

President Harding can put his
pass to games in the Pacific North
west League in the same pocket
with his ticket to the British open
golf championship.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Maybe kids viii be kids" is Con
ME Macks explanation for his crew
being in the collar.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Often a pitcher doesn't ride easy
because he cannot get his baseball
bearings.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Our idea Of nothing at all: the
honor of batting into the first trip.
lie play OF the season.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Wonder IL IT'S a violation Of the
volstead Act for nag TO win by a
horses neck.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
STANDING Of the clubs
Cameo Toda,

Games Today
New York at st. Louis.
NVasaihgton at Chicago.
Philadelphi at Detroit.
Boston tlt CLEVELAND.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Has Georges Carpenter entered q
sanitarium or a training camp?
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

The pitcher who is a consistent
loser is like a man building castles
in air-doing a lot OF work and get
ting no results.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Wild flowers. in the rough often
listen to a golfer talk about a lost
ball. That's what makes 'em wild.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
HOW THEY
ISLAND.
NATIIloNAL LEAGUE

Results Yesterday
Al genes postponed yesterday
rain
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24
Three and Two

In the boxing game there are a
lot of good hitters and lot of poor
tielders.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

It isn't always the golflng dub
who swings real hard-and breaks
a club.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

Tell the absent minded hootch
hound that there are some dandy
lions at the zoo and it's a bet that
he'll take a run out there.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-24

an emergency might be termed a
ptnehing bug.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
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WANT SCHOOLS
NOT GUN MEN

Huntington, w. Va.-Citizens Of
this county are circulating petitions
calling on state officials to oust the
cossack system and use the money for
public schools and road improvements.
The petition declares:
"On account Of the number of un-
employed in our county, and because
of the long-felt need for better roads,
and in order to extend our sympathy
and put the same into action for the
10000 or more children now deprived
of the privileges and benefits of school
in our state, we, the undersigned,
offer this as our request that the state
police be discharged from further SER
vice in our county, and the expense
Of keeping up same be used to en-
ploy teachers and building roads,
thereby giving employment and edu-
cation to the needy. We do not be-
lieve the services of the state police
is needed in this county"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
TAUGHT LESSON BY HUNGER
Good Story of How Franklin Was
Converted to the Idea Of Fish
as Human Food.

One day Benjamin Franklin-James
Parten tells US in his Life of Ben
jamin Franklin"-was on a sloop
which was becalmed on q certain
island. The sailors. as is still the Gus
tom when ship is becalmed, amused
themselves by fishing. Franklin wit
messed the catching of the fish with
regret. But soon there came to tanta-
lizf his nostrils most alluring odor
from the frying pan. SO, as Franklin
used to tell the story, he went over
his reasoning again TO see If there was
not flaw in it.
1t occurred to him that when the
fish were opened he had seen smaller
fish In their stomachs.
"Ah!" said Franklin. IF you eat
one another l don't see why we may
not eat you"
SO Franklin dined upon the fish
very heartily, and thereafter ate what
others ate. When telling this story
Franklin ended with an observation
which is often attributed to Talley-
rand, but which we are assured was a
familiar joke with Franklin. This
was
$50 convenient a thing it is to be
a reasonable creature, since 1t en-
ables one to find or make reason
for everything one has mind to do!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
LIFE CAN BE LENGTH
ENED

New York.-Dr. A. 8. Knight,
president of the national association
of life insurance medical directors,
told delegates to the convention of
that organization that six-year test
has shown that human life is pro-
,onged by periodical health examina-
tions.
The mortality of special group
of 5937 men, who have taken volun-
tary medical examinations regularly
since 1914, has been only 53 per cent
Of the rate expected on standard in
surance tables, Dr. Knight said. The
company, he added, in defraying the
expense of the tests for its policy
holders has had its principal returned
and has made on the investment,
through reduced insurance claims, a
profit of 200 per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
FREE LOTS" A FAKE.
Big Expose of New York
Land Frauds

New York. - Magistrate Mancuso
has submitted report to Chief Magis
trate McAdoo on his extensive probe
Of land frauds perpetrated by means
of the "free lot" scheme, operated by
20 companies in this city and vicinity.
1t is shown that no free lots are
given to prospective land purchasers,
and that everyone is told the same
story, which is a pure fiction designed
to lure victims out to the property.
Where prospects refuse to buy other
lots and insist on having deeds for
the prize lot many of the companies
refuse to deliver the deed, some re-
turning the money that the victim
paid for the deed, others holding the
victim off and tiring him out with de-
lays. One of the schemes is to tell
the victim that his "free lot" is worth
$500 or $400 and that he will be al
lowed this sum as credit on the pur-
chase of two other lots, which are
priced all the way from $1,000 to
$4,000.
The report declares that this
Switch" is probably the cruelist and
most culpable strategem in the whole
design"
After the victim buys a lot he is
told that the company has a purchaser
who will buy the lot at greatly ad-
vanced price if he can show by deed
that the lot is free from debt The
victim, excited by large profits, strains
every resource to pay for the lot and
then finds that the customer has
changed his mind"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
BOLD RAIL PROPA-
GANDA

Washington.--One of the boldest
pieces of propaganda being issued in
the interest of railroads is the claim
that the government is not guaran-
teeing income to railroads.
This claim is made despite the fact
that section 422 Of the Cummins- Esch
act amends the interstate commerce
act by permitting the interstate COM
merce commission to set rates so that
the railroads may have return of
512 per cent on their aggregate value
and one-half of one per cent to "make
provision in whole or in part for i'm
provements, .betterments or equip
ment."
This clear authorization to the COM
mission to adjust rates SO that the
railroads may have 6 per cent inter-
est, is ignored by railroad influences
that assure the public the railroads
'have not been guaranteed nickel
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
Up the Flowery Mountain.

Every year thousands of Chinese
pilgrims risk their lives In climbing
up the side Of Hwa-Shan, the Flow
cry mountain, which is sacred to the
Taoist religion. Any one reaching the
temple far above is supposed to have
any request granted as reward for
valor and endurance. The Hwa-Shan
mountain is over 5000 feet high, and
the ascent In many places must be
made along a narrow ledge of branches
laid on posts driven horizontally into
the face of the precipice. There are
no handrails, but chain held on a
rock face offers some security to the
ascending or descending pilgrim.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
CAREERS FOR YOUNG BRlT0Ns
Compared With Opportunities in Amer
lea They May Be Said TO Be
Decidedly Limited

Here in America we are quite like
ly to take for granted that If man
has a good education, then his finding
OF an opportunity to apply 1t profit
ably Is comparatively simple matter.
Certainly our whole educational pro-
gram, and especially our whole line
of educational appeal and propaganda,
will have to be changed the moment
that assumption is no longer to be
made, Whiting Williams writes In
Scribner's. Equip yourself, Young
America, and the country's yours 70 we
say in effect to our youth whether in
school or at work.
In Britain there is much testimony
to the effect that that assumption Is
not thus to be made
Unless they spend additional years
training for medicine, the law, or 9TH
er of the professions, graduates of the
universities must pretty much expect
to find bertnS in the civil service The
exams for that are extremely difficult.
Those who come out OF them with
marks at the top of the list get the
best Of the positions in the most Inn
portant departments at home. They
next go out to India or other provinces,
while those below them take the sec
ond grade of the places here and
so on.
The pay starts at about $500 (nomi-
nally $780, and considerably more In
buying power), with gradual yearly In
creases up to certain maximum and
pension.
n NJ Nd
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
CONSCRIPT WEALTH
As Was Done 10 Manhood
Only Fair, Farmers
Insist
However, Senate Repeats
Excess Profits Law

Washington.-"W have the right
to expect that you will conscript the
wealth of the nation with the same
courage with which you called our
manhood into the war;" say officers of
the national board of farm organiza-
tions in memorial to the senate
against repeating the excess profits
tax.
'sThe excess profits tax law carries
an 8 per cent exemption. The average
farmer would be very glad to receive
a total net profit of s per cent, and
in fact is now receiving far less. In
view of the aforementioned exemp-
ton, the present tax is paid by those
fully able to pay. The contention that
this tax is passed on to the consumer
can only refer to those eases when
monopoly directs the distribution and
sets the price. We earnestly request
that this tax be not repealed To do
SO would entail loss of revenue of
$3.50, 100000.
"Millionaires and multi -millionaires
who would benefit from a reduction
of these surtaXes are those chiefly in
terested in the repeal of the present
act.
To win wars two things are essen.
tial-men and money. When the gov
ernment wanted men it went into the
homes of those who had the prope,
type of boys and took them for the
welfare Of the nation. You face now
the second part of the confict-fur.
nishing the money TO pay for the war
By every rule of fairness, therefore
you should go where money is to be
found and require it of those who car
spare it with the least sacrifice"
The senate ignored this reasoning
and repealed the excess profits law.
pa pa "a
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25

One Sunday morning a crowd was
standing on the depot platform,
short distance from our home, waiting
for an excursion train. The night be-
fore we had hung curtains around the
broad front porch, and were sleeping
out there on our .steel-winged cot, as
it was very warm. / was sleeping
close to the edge and when my wife
got up rather suddenly over went the
cot and l rolled out onto the lawn.
clad only in my nightshirt in plain
view of the waiting crowd
I didn't go with my wife to meet the
returning excursion that evening .-Ex-
change.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-11-25
WONDERS {. Z
OF AMERICA
ByT.T. MAxEY
g. Western Newspaper Union.
OLD FAITHFUL CEYSER

II HE Lord didn't make many geys-
L ers or water volcanoes, but he
gave q distinct individuality to each OF
the few which he did make
He placed the majority of them in
Yellowstone park and of these, one
has been dignitied with the name-Old
Faithful, because of its dependability
Geysers are do-as-you-p please freaks
Of Nature. Their activities are gen
orally devoid Of any regularity Some
go or with great frequency: Others
only at long intervals But, Old
Faithful, true to the name, can Se
depended upon, day and night, winter
or summer, to thrust her tremendous
column of water high into the air
(Some times l10 feeD, for four min
utes at time, at intervals of from
siXty-hve to eighty minutes.
From a bowl-shaped surface open
ing an irregular passage, known as
a tube, reaches down to the intensely
heated regions Water from the sur
face or underground springs trickles
down through rocks and holes and
collects III the bottom of this tube.
The heat makes it boil. Then 1t
turns to steam. The steam forces the
water toward the top. Later, clouds
of steam arise Finally, the pressure
of the steam oyercomes the weight of
the water above and the geyser erupts
with astonishing force, continuing to
do SO until all the water in the tube
has been expelled.
The discharged water falls to the
ground and cools off Soon the water
again collects in the tube, becomes
heated TO the breaking-out point and
the operation is repeated.
According to observations made by
the U. s. Geological Survey, Old Faith
full Shoots" 100000 gallons of water
at each eruption, or about 23,225,00O
gallons every twenty-four hours
enough to supply a city of 100000 In
hohitantS