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The Washington times., 1921-12-21
RAZEE HANDS BOSTON
CHRISTMAS GIFT FANS
FAIL TO APPRECIATE
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Harry delivered the the New
probably effgy
for he has turned the champions Horsewhp Sam
Pknpsugh Collins and Jack Quinn To give the Boston
Christmas addition Suffy Mclnns
to Cleveland in return that eefoed George Burns that
mentally Elmer Smith
played fast for and who awaits the raising
land club has agreed another player the Red Sox
though his S still withheld.
III don't Frazee, Cleveland
another player satisfied
hitting Smith
better than other in outfed We will lack
good pitching either Besides several good youngsters
Pennock, RUSSELL Percy, Quinn pick
taken
volve though could have had getting
certain players Peknpaugh probably will replace
OF the Red Sox He player good field leader
The Washington times., 1921-12-21

Outside of New York, baseball
fans will probably berate such a
deal as that between the Yankees
ana Red Sox. Sam Jones is one of
the few really great right handed
pitchers in the American League.
Joe Bush, though approaching the
end of his career, had a winning
year in 1921 with a poor club. Ever
cit Scott is fully the equal of Roger
Peckinpaugh, though shaded bit in
hitting.
In return for Jones, Bush and Scott
the Red Sox are given Peckinpaugh,
a veteran star shortstop: Jack Quinn,
who is all done. and RIP" Collins,
whose future is still ahead of him.
Scott for Peckinpaugh might be con.
sidered even, but when Jones and
Inns, 1t II to laugh. This end of the
deal makes everybody doubt the alb
sence Of money in the trade.
The Cleveland Swap.
The swap with Cleveland is also
4 bit funny. McInnis is the best
fielding first baseman in the Ameri-
can League, with a batting average
in 1921 of 1907, according TO the Off
ciai figures announced today. With
Scott, he was more than half the
Red Sox infield. "Stuffy" will add
speed and brains to the Cleveland
infield, where it was absent last
season.
In exchange for McInnis the Bos-
ton club gets Elmer Smith, slow
thinking outfielder without much
class. Now and then he strikes a
streak Of real power at the bat, but
his work was poor last summer, even
though he seldom faced southpaws.
II he Is started in that big right
field In Boston, he will be ruined in
no time, for he Is not a good fielder.
George Burns, due to join the Red
6oU, Is another slow thinker. He is
even slower on his feet. Burns is n
good hitter, though. He is about at
the end of his rope in fast company.
Easily the best of the trio headed
tor Boston is Moon" Harris, if he
can recover the form he showed in
1917 before going overseas with the
American army. That year he was a
good batsman and a fair fielding first
baseman. He hoped out of organ
lied baseball because of salary differ
ences and, with the Independents fiat
tended, has now appealed for reinstate-
Anent. He is expected to get 1t, and
nay start in left field for the Red
Sox.
A Strange finish.
East Saturday Hugh Duffy, the Red
Sox manager. told a correspondent for
The Washington Times that he would
consider trading Everett Scott to
the Washington Club, IL President
Griffith would turn over Sam Rice,
stanley Harris and Leon Goslin. He
thought that about an even swap.
Four days later Harry Frazee adds
sam Jones, and Joe Bush to Scott,
and turns the trio over to the Yam
KEGS for Roger Peckinpaugh. Jack
Quinn and RIP" Collins. Hugh Duff
fy must be chewing nails today, or
he's no good Bostonian.
Frnzee has done his best by his lit
tie pals, Rupert and Huston. In
1913 he sent them Duffy Lewis, Ernie
shore and Dutch Leonard. Then he
let them have Babe Ruth and Carl
Mays, two fairish performers. In 1920
no sent them Wally Schang, Waite
Hoyt. Harry Harper. and Mike Nc
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
bR00KLANDERS
!. PLAY TODAY ON
ARMY'S COURT
Receive Defeat by Villanova
Duo to Free losses Toward
Last of Game.

WEST POINT, N. Y. Dec. IL
Catholic University basketball play
ers are here today to do their best
against the Army five.
The Washington players dropped
game to Villanova last night, but
appear to have struck their stride,
a. they were prevented from win
ming by last-minute rally by Villa
nova and the fact that the Penn
players won on free losses. The
score was IS to %.
Catholic University is expected to
give the Army a fine battle todaN,
although the service players are
rated as much better this season
than last.
Tomorrow Catholic University men
move on to New York, where they
will play the Brooklyn Polytechnic
Institute team.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
ROBERTSON MAY COACH
NORTHWESTERN ELEVEN

SYRACUSE. ]. T., Dec. 7I.---North.
western University OF Evanston 10 the
second college TO tender the position
ertson, Of Boston. director Of freshmen
athletics at Syracuse University. New
York University q few weeks ago Of
fered the former Orange grid star the
post Of football mentor. Robertson ex-
poets to close with ono of the two
institutions this wfntsn
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
Will Hold Tourney.

A composite score tournament will
be played by the Seniors Golf Asso-
citation OF the Chevy Chase Club on
December "a. rs, and rs, as the end
ing of a very successful season. Two
rounds or eighteen holes each may be
the lowest score on each hole Ia to
count.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
CALIFORNIA CAN'T COME
EAST FOR HARVARD GAME

BERKELEY. Cal, Dec 21.-Uni-
versity Of California authorities today
sent a telegram to Harvard declining
eleven at football at Cambridge Octo-
Der 28. 1922. -I fr
After careful consideration we feel
that due to the length Of time players
Would be away from studies, II would
injure their scholastic standing to
make the trip" the telegram said.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
"Stuffy" McInnis Has
Kick Against Big
Diamond Deal

BOSTON, Dec. 21.-John "Stuf-
fly" McInnis today denied that
President Frazee owner of the
Boston Red Sox had power to sell
or trade him to another club with
out his permission. McInnis said
he had a written agreement with
Frazee that prevented such action
and intimated that he might re-
sort to a court action to prevent
his transfer to the Cleveland club.
The Washington times., 1921-12-21

BIG NORTHERN COLLEGES
PASSED UP LOCAL CUNTS
Judge Run,n,y
By BRYAN MORSE.

big District Of Columbia college basketball
wnter7 Did Columbia Princeton and others
local colleges bit stiff for early
games Charlie Moran Of Catholic University
Catholic University
Washington The Southern colleges keen
competition. intercollegiate The
made during the last four months that Penn
Princeton Columbia and others going display their
The Washington times., 1921-12-21
Midgets Want Games.

Good Shepherd Midgets, eighty-five-
pound average, wants games. Phone
Norris May. Lincoln ssb5-W,
The Washington times., 1921-12-21

January ., Hopkins Medical school, 9,
GaiIaudet at Coliseum 10, William and
Mary at Coliseum; Is. Randolph Macon
at Coliseum; H.. Georgetown at Coliseum I;
II, Catholic University at Coliseum; 81,
oeorgetown at Georgetown.
February 9, virginia Polytechnic In
stituts at Coliseum; II, Roanoke College.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
INVOKED AID OF ST. WTUs
In the Past Many Have Had Implicit
Faith in the Powers of An
cient Holy Man.

For some reason chapel was ded-
icated 10 that holy man of the Fourth
century who was martyred under the
Emperor Diocletian-St. Vitus-whoSe
festival is celebrated on June ID. We
are told that TO this chapel came an
nually many women who labored I'M
der nervous or hysteric intliction i'm
pelling them TO violent motion. This
ailment came to be known as st. Vitus'
dance, and perhaps the term was grad
ually extended to other Affections in.
volving involuntary muscular motion
Scientifically this disease is known as
chorea. Another explanation is that
in certain places in Germany during
the Seventeenth century Is was be-
lieved good health could be obtained
for year by dancing before the saints
image on his festival day, and that it
was in this way the original St Vitus'
daIce was COMPOUNDED with the dis
ease. The aid of this saint IS also in
voked against sudden death, hydropho-
bia, and so On.-Chicago Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
Die for Fish in Florida.

Izaak Walton scarcely would be-
leve his eyes if he were to walk
through the country near here. ac-
cording TO telegram from New Smyr-
ma, Fla, and encounter negroes dig
ging live fish from the ground as If
they were potatoes, and even persons
accustomed to the miracles of this age
would look twice and then set out in
search of an oculist.
But the mudfish. Il queer member OF
the finny tribe, inhabits streams or
ponds which have mud banks or bot
toms. The fish is black and weighs up
To five or six pounds. When the water
in a pond evaporates, as it does dur
ing certain seasons of the year, leav-
ing only a mass of mud which on the
surface is practically dry, II doesn't
worry the fish. They merely burrow
into the mud TO wait for rain and ap
parently continue to live Us long as
the earth is wet. The negroes locate
them by exploring the Md with their
bare feet.
The fish is edible, bur is not a fav
orlte because of its stringy and coarse
flesh.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
MADE FIRST METALLIC PEN
Unfortunate frenchman, Victim Of
Courtesan's Enmty, Was the In
ventor, According to Historians.

The invention of the metallic pen
belongs to France, the first writing i'm.
plement of this character being used
by the famous state prisoner, La Tude,
who called down the wrath of Nine.
de Pompadour by his passionate let
tiers. La Tude was the natural son
Of a prominent court official and was
brought up for military career, but
in his mistaken youthful alteration he
mlsinterpreted the smiles of Nine. de
Pompadour. In an effort to prove his
fidelity his friends devised harmless
toy which exploded noisily when Nine.
de Pompadour opened it-after receiv-
ing a letter from La Tude warning her
of impending danger from ner enemies.
When the contents of the box were
found 10 be nothing more dangerous
than alum powder, La Tude was
clapped into dungeon, where hi
spent 80 years. In order TO occupy
his time La Tude tried to write his
memoirs by means of an improyised
fishbone pen. When this broke he
begged a copper coin from the prison
priest This he ground into the shape
Of a pen by rubbing Ii against the
cell walls. He also made the first
known ink tablets by preparing bread
crumb pellets with his own blood.
This happened about the year l740,
according to the French researchers.
Metal pen points We're not marketed,
however, mtil nearly 60 years later.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
HISTORY REVEALED BY DEBRIS
Interesting to Speculate What Future
Explorers Will Think of That
of the Present Day.

When the archeolOgist wishes 10
know which of two civilizations is the
older he seeks place where the debris
. of one Is piled upon that of the other
-superposltiOn, he calls it, Clark
Wissler writes in Harper's. Again, IL
he wishes TO determine the periods in
the development of single city he
seeks out the places where the daily
refuse was dumped. Naturally, the
bottom of the dump is the older, the
top the most recent. Experience has
shown that pottery decorations and
styles are subject TO frequent changes
and that where pottery is made numar-
Gus fragments find their way to the
dump, where they form successive ley
ers In order of their dates.
The first effective use of this meth ID
was in the valley of the Nile, whe re
lies the refuse of the ages, in the
strata of which was found the key 20
the history of early Egypt The same
method has been applied to the valley
of the San Juan in New Mexico, In
which lies the Animas river and this
ruin, and to the neighbOring valleys
where similar ruins are found. TIE
extensive researches of Kidder, Nor
ris and Nelson have established a rela-
tive chronology for the pottery types
in this valley.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
Famous Old London Bridge.

London bridge reached the height of
its glory in the reign of Queen Eiiz-
abeth, when the city built gate and
tower three stories high at Southwark
end. and the wonder of London, Non
such house, "a huge wooden pile, -four
stories high, with cupOlas and turretS
at each corner, brought from Holland
and erected with wooden pegs instead
Of nails" reared itself over the seventh
and eighth arches, on the north side
of the drawbridge The whole bridge
in those days. was one wonderful street
OF shops and dwelling houses, with {
chapel built or restored with grea
splendor." Yet, but a hundred years
or so later, the scene is changed in
deed. The houses and shops and th'
chapel are still there, but hundred
years old.--Christian Science Monitor
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
WREsTLED FOR BIG STAKES
a;oodIess Combat Between Sons Of MI
kado, With the Throne as Prize
for the Victor.

The sporting japanese gentleman
knows all the fine points about wres'
tl!ng. His enthusiasms on this sub
iect are informed enthusiasts, AMI he
inherits them from long line OF an
cestors, says Julian Street in Nc
C1ures. When the Greeks and
Romans wrestled, the Japanese were
wrestling too. In the Ninth century
the Japanese throne was wrestled for.
A mikado died and left two sons, and
these. instead of going To war with
each other left their claims TO De
settled by wrestling match.
The sport is. furthermore, assoc
ciated in manner more or less d.
aphanous with Shintoism. Certain
Shinto traditions are connected with
ii. and the matches used TO he held on
the grounds of Shinto temples.
The attitude of the sporting Jap
anese gentleman toward wrestlerS re
SembIes that of the sporting American
or Englishman toward pugilists ana
Jockeys. II is chic TO know them but
not ms equals. One is very genial with
them and at the same time a lit
tie patronizing, whereas they are eX-
pected To assume a slightly deferen-
tiaI manner. Perhaps the attitude OF
the Japanese sporting gentleman to-
ward his favoTite wrestlers is rather
more like that of the Spanish sport
ing gentleman toward bullfighterS, for
in both countries il is customary for
the wealthy patron TO give expensive
presents 10 the hero. But whereas in
Spain handsome jewelry is sometimes
thrown TO the bull-fghters in the ring,
IL is the custom in Japan for the fan
10 throw his hat, coat pocketbook,
cigarette case or what not 10 the pop
ular idol, who later sends the trophy
back to the owner, receiving in ex-
change valuable gift-frequently a
gift of money.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
"eood Queen seas" Of England.

Elizabeth, the Good Queen BeSS"
of England. whose reign from 1858 TO
1903 was one OF the most glorious
periods i'm the history Of her country,
was the daughter of Henry VIII and
his second wife, the famous Anne
Boleyn. When Anne fell from favor
and was Nehaaded the young princess
was declared Legitimate and for a
time had an unhappy life. Finally,
however, she was given her place in.
the succession. after Edward and
Mary, ana during Edwards reign she
lived a peaceful life. While Mary was
on the throne Elizabeth was more or
less an object of suspicion, for it was
well known that she had been brought
up a Protestant, but at Mary's death
in 1855 her right to the throne was
unque.doned. The great issue con
fronting her was that of religion. She
restored Professionalism. reinstated the
English Book of Common Prayer and
asserted the royal supremacy over the
church, but she avoided fanaticism
and showed herself willing to call TO
her aid Catholic as we'll Is Protestant
Observation-Disclosures City Star.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
DEALS BLOW TO OLD THEORY
Writer Points Out Fallacy Of Suppo-
sition That Prehistoric Men
Were All SaVages.

The notion that all prehistoric men
were brutes and savages dies hard, a
notion which has been spread By po-
cts, painters and sculptors as we'll as
by many thoughtless prehistoric as. A
theoretic rebuttal is afforded In the
simple consideration that any tribe in
which brutal and savage elements pre-
dominated would have undergone a
retrogressive social and racial devel-
opment and would never have affirmed
the superb qualities which we d'scov-
er In many of the Eurasiatic races
Immediately Ola their emergence from
the so-called savage state. Man Is not
a savage because he dresses in skins
and uses stone and wooden weapons I;
he may be savage while riding in an
automobile and using rifle. "The
New Stone Age in Northern Europe"
by John NJ. Tyler, is refreshing for
those who desire to bury the primitive
savage theory once for all and to give
our prehistoric ancestors credit for
our fundamental virtues, both mental
and spiritual, as wen as to excuse
them for certain customs which have
only recently disappeared from our
own civilization. Altogether the new
stone age covered not only very long
period Of time, but one of great cul-
tural progress, partly autochthonCus,
but more largely introduced from the
East. The varied industries of the
era, the valuable implements, the trade
in salt, gold, copper and amber, The
mining for flint, indicate people equal,
If not superior, to the average inhabi-
tants of the same regions of Europe
II the present time.-Henry Fairfield
Osborn in the Literary Review.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07

United States Forest Service corrects
an impression That Has Become
Almost Universal.

II is an old saying that most prov
eTAS are emily half-trutls. Some are
wholly contrary to fact.
rar instance. there is an ancient
saw 70 the effect that lightning never
strikes twice in the same place This
Is absolutely untrue.
The United States forest service.
which areads lightning as frequent
cause OF forest. fres AYERS that light
ming has ''Eones of frequency" where
In Il Is likely 70 strike whenever there
Is an electrical storm. Ii suggests
that such zones might be mapped with
a View 10 special PRECAUTIONS.
These zones have reference 10 topog-
raphy. especially in mountainous re.
gionS. A hin much more likely TO be
struck by lightning than any area of
lowland because il is nearer to the
clouds.
An isolated tree does not attract"
lightning, as Is commonly supposed. If
il be very tall. lightning is more apt to
strike il than TO hit objects in its
neighbo-hood because of its height
merely.
For like reason the Eilel tower in
Paris is often been struck by light
ming. The lofty shaft erected in honor
Of the father of his country, in Wash
ington, is frequent target for thun
derbolts. and has to be protected
against them by an elaborate system
Of lightning rods.
A high mountain top Is sure TO be
struck frequently by lightning. But
not so If its elevation be great enough
to uplift ii beyond the ordinary level
of tlrunderclouds. I'm that case Ii will
have a ightning-struck zone lower
down. around its sides.
Often a lightning-bolt discharged
into Quartz rock or quartz sand melts
the silica and forms curious little
pipe of glass. perhaps an inch in
diameter and some inches in length
Such pipes. called "fuguritoS," are
sometimes found in large numbers on
mountain tops.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07

Do not lose faith in humanity:
there are over one hundred and five
million people in American who have
never played you a single nasty
trick-Elbert Hubbard.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
Fish Nets From Spider Web.

Native 10 New Guinea is u giant
spider, it's body as big as hazelnut,
with hairy legs two inches long. IL
spins web six feet in diameter and
very strong.
Advantage Of this fact Is taken by
the cannibals of the island, who set
up long bamboo sticks in places fire.
quented by the spiders, thereby offer
ing an invitation to the arachnids to
spin webs across them.
BY this simple means (if one is e
believe the story ready-made nets are
obtained which the cannibals use fof
catching fish.-Philadelphia Ledger
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
Nova scotIa,s Sheep industry.

The sheep industry in Nova Scotia
is more than 200 years Old, records
Of 1893 telling of 1921 sheep in Ar
cadia. The province now ranks fourth
among the provinces in the number Of
sheep, with 2O0,9T9. standing second TO
Quebec In price received fOr wool.
Nova Scotia owes its superior quality
10 its low shrinkage as compared with
wool from other parts Of Canada. The
climate on the mainland demands shell
ter for sheep during the winter months.
though on certain Islands along the
south shore they are out the year
around and feed on the sea keip
washed up on the shore. These are
the wild sheep descended from those
brought in by early settlers. Enter
prising farmers on the south shore,
seeing that they fed off the kelp in
winter, corralled them on nearby is
lands.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
Like the Poor and Taxes.

The pile of rocks to be broken was
a very large one, thought the stone
breaker as he gaZed at il discOnsolate-
ly between his bites ut large sand
wich of bread and cheese, recounts
the London Morning Post. a minister
came along and gave him a CHEEKY
Good morning" remarking afterwards
that no had a deal of work To get
through yet. "Aye," said the eater
chem stones are like the Ten Com
mandments." "Why SOP inquired the
genial parson. you can so oil break
Ing EN-" came the reply hut yor
can't never get rid Of en-"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
The BaIalaika.

The balalaika Is not an entirely un-
knowns instrument in England. The in
terest taken in all that pertains to
Russia, Respectfully in all that relates
to ART has enabled this variation of
the ahclent Persian tambour to find a
welcome i'm London. Ii had season
of great Success in the later ninetles
after its revival in Russia. For cen
turtles 1t had been neglected, but the
great Russian musician, Andreev. saw
in it the possibilities of expressing
the national music of his country anC
formed the first Balalaika orchestra
which played before Nicholas the Sec
ond in 1898, and became the forerun
ner of the popularity of the instru
ment not only ia Russia, but in othe
countries where II was played.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
Arabian Hors. Has Less Backbone.

The tradition ascribing to the Arab
horse extraordinary endurance is suS-
tanned by abundant evidence. II. n.
BuSh-Brown, who presents the case
for the Arab in the Journal of Heredi-
~, offers an explanation OF the extra
ordinary endurance of animals Of this
Ereed based in part on the fact that
the Arab has only five lumbar verte-
brae (Detween the ribs and the pelvis)
while all other families of horses have
six. This difference in structure Is
believed to explain why the Arab,
though small, can carry great weight,
The anomaly illustrates the relation
between structure and function.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
BUSINESS CARDS

Ed L. ACRES
Insurance In Sure Insurance.
Mutual Life of N. Y.
Room a. Ben Bear Bldg. DEBORAH, la.
North River Fire ms. Co. of N. Y.
Iowa National Fire ms. Co.
Farmers Live Stock ms. Co. of
Iowa.
Interstate Auto & Liability.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
More rlaurss to Work With.

II thought Alice figured on marrying
Jack"
$50 she did, but she was outfigured
by another girl with more money"