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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-22
An Appel |.
900 Greenwood Ave.
Decatur, Illinois,
March 18th 1921.

To all churches. Sunday Schools
and Auxiliaries that to make up
the General Missionary Baptist AS
ISOLATION OF Illinois. | beg you in
the name OF Jesus Him who said
Go. To adhere to the above
call from Africa, through our For
eign Mission Boafd OF Louisville,
KY. In building this new station
in South Africa. We have done
well but we can do much more
this year.
Let us make united effort on
Easter Sunday. Collections should
be sent at once to the Foreign Mis-
sion sent at once to the board, all
collections sent to the Foreign Mis-
sion board from your Easter servi-
ces. 10 be reported in our State
Association at Evanston in May
next am asking God to help
the loyal Baptist of the grand old
state OF Illinos in the above special
effort. to come up to the help Of
the Lord against the mighty.
ILLINOIS the work is large, let
US pray much for both physical.
and spiritual courage the message
might be made plain. Let Illinois
and help Illinois, awaken to our
Masters call OF duty. All roads
lead to Evanston in Evanston in
May next.
| am respectfully yours in His name
w. P. Washington.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-22
Metropolis, Ill, Arp 9th. 1921
Mrs d. O. Wilkins,

Mrs d. 0. Wilkins,
Secretary w. c. T. u.
Metropolis. Ill.
Dear Madam
have your kind favor OF 7th
inst, in which OF behalf Of your
organization. The Woman's Chris
tan Temperance Union, you ask
me three questions, and | will
answer them in the order asked.
First. DO you favor closing the
lingo IointS''
| answer, yes.
Second, "Do you favor law en-
forcement?
| answer, yes.
Third. III elected will you use
your ef fueuce to see that these
questions get just and righteous
considerations
! answer. yes.
Concluding, assure you that |
am delighted to have this oppor-
;unity to express myself regarding
the questions S. vital to the COM
munily. | hold and maintain that
the Eighteenth Amendment to our
National Constitution and the law
passed by Congress which is pop
ulatly known as the Vol. tad Act,
is the greatest advance step for our
country. that has been made since
the adoption OF the Fourteenth
Amendment, to the Constitution
which was to abolish slavery.
Most Respectfully,
j L. Neville
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-22
DAILY Health Hint

Understand that II you ars mentally
anfled with ST. kness. old age and
seAth, NC amount OF desire or afilrma
ticn can make you woll. young, or
long lived. To be healthy. you must
be mentally in unity with health; to
remain young. you must be mentally
one with youth. and to live long, YOU
Gust be mentally unified with ltfA
says Wallace D. Wattles IN the NaH
t,lrs,
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-22

TO THE COLORED PEOPLE,

We wish to say to people of Massac County, and
the surrounding territory thereto. Having been solicited
by number of my people, also encouraged by of
white friends who wish see and help employ
men for all returning soldiers to enter the Undertaking
business have finally decided go into that business
with view of serving my people, well having
employment feeling that give them better service
than members of the other race though am in friendly
relation with all the other undertakers and expect
tain that relationship throughout my business career
am perfectly qualified to give unexceled service and
will guarantee satisfaction.
was born and reared in Metropolis 9th and Pearl
Sts Educated in Metropolis Public Schools graduating
from Dunbar High School in 1912 | then entered the
Barnes School of Anatomy SANITARY Science and Emba
ing, Chicago, Illinois, from which graduated August Ii
1914, from which school hold Diploma.
We will carry snalI line 1T caslxes only at present
owing to the advance price these goods but have
arranged with large undertaking establishment furnish
us with anything needed short notice.
We have first class hearse at command.
Calls answered day or night; distance nmateriaI
We were in the u. S. Service for six months, trying
make this country safe for Democracy thereby insur-
ing the colored equal opportunity With other races
Phone 229--Rng 3.
Respectfully yours,
MCCRARY'S UNDERTAKING CO,
Metropolis Illinois,
GEORGE L. B. MCGRARY, Manager
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-22
Na.etprooY.

Mother-"ln ak the wild gsoem yom
sister Maggie wear out with her
throat all bare and exposed" Brother
Rain won't hrs4 her. She's got .
rubber neck."--IISs
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-22
Explanations.

!, never does take man long TO
explain when he is right or thinks he
8 right. 1t is when man goes
wrong that great long explanations
are needed.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-04-22

A Maryland man elopea
Sweatheart's twin by mistake
now happy. Tails will be hsa
for the soul-rnatists cles sana
Dealer.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
SANnL0T Mines
RESUME SCRAPS
IN TITLE PLAY
District Association Contests
Go on Again Tomorrow After
noon After layoff. ut

District Baseball Association games
will be resumed tomorrow afternoon.
At the Union League Park the Zone
. team acts as host to the Elks At
Union Station the Fourth Surrender
team meets the Navy Yard nine. Both
games are scheduled to start at
5I5 p. m.
Tomorrow night at 7:3o presidents
and managers OF the association will
gather at the Terminal Railroad Y.
M. c. A. rooms in Union Station. D.
One protest. the second registered
in the series, has been sent In by
Manager William Barge of Naval
Air Station. Barge reports tnst ~
Naval Air-Eiks battle was continued
after the umpire had called the game
on account OF darknessl
There are several postponed rsVfes
which require settlanent before tie
series can 20 ahead. Bono flNc
games have hacked up on the teams
competing for titles in two sections.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05

must be given credit for bringing this
out. Other managers had the same
opportunity, but they did not see II az
he did. The fact that he was clever In
doing II Is indicated by the fact that
he had quick imitators. When he sue.
ceeded In some Of his efforts, other
managers experimental along the
same lines, although not all Of then,
with the same results.
II doesn't paw to copy man like
Speaker. He has ideas Of his own.
which are working deeper than the
mere placing of player In this position
or that. He has a notion Of team
strength in him and plays his team
steadily against the other fellows,
providing, Of course that the other
fellow has a team and not q scattered
collection Of stars or mediocrities, As
the case happens to be.
Inspired His Men.
Frank selee, who didn't play ball at
all, could sit on the players bench
snd inspire his mon to do things that
o playing manager could not inspire.
Selee had a manner Of impressing the
player with the idea that he was a
little smarter than any other player on
the other team, He got his players
envious Of the work of other players.
II the shortstop Of the visiting team
happened to make a good play Her
man Long would sit next to Selee and
hear a quiet voice seemingly address
ing no one in particular, What do
you think of that? There's a fellow
trying to pull some Of Longs good
work."
Long would go out the next inning
snd play his head off II anything gave
him q chance to do 90. That was one
way that Selee had of handling his
men. They used to give him trouble
enough, some Of them. Another man.
ager, not Of the Selee type, will sit
on the bench and bark at his players
ell Of the afternoon. DO this, and
do that" until the player with his
mind full Of different things that he
has been told to do at six different
times, will try to do all Of them at
once with the usual result.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
MORAN TOQU|T
ASCENTERGR
COACH IN 1922
Tutoring Mantle Is Likely to
Fall on Shoulders of
"Bo" Mcmillan.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. s.--Char.
lie Moran, who umpires National
League games as a recreation and
works at coaching football. IL slated
for a Job with one OF the big Eastern
colleges in 1922. according to a dis
patch from Fort Wayne. Tex. the
home OF Alvin DO" Mcmillan. the
great Center College quarterback.
Moran, who is here umpiring at
the Phils' park, verified the report
as far as Mcmillan is concerned, but
said that he has not been signed
with any other college team.
"Umpiring keeps me away from
my team" said Moran, until the
first of October. That is late in the
season. told 30 that 1 would try
to get him the coaching job in 1922
II he wanted 1t. This coming year
will be my last at Center. But I
have not signed with any college
in the East or any place"
The dope. according to the report,
IL that Mcmillan Is to succeed Moran
as coach Of the Danville coIlegians
in 1922. He will play with the Col
onels this year. Mcmillan was se-
lected by many critics as all.Ameri.
can quarterback in 1919 AMI 1920.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
imp And Catcher
Pronounce Mask
a Success /

The new catching masks, the
invention of Jimmy tombstone,
former American League umpire,
We're used in Brooklyn recently,
Umpire Barry Mccormick, who
officiated behind the plate, and
Otto Miller, the Robins catcher,
each wore one and found them an
improvement over the old-style
protectors.
The new mask has two broad
strips of light but strong metal
across the face, one just above the
eyes and the other below. The
vision Of the wearer is not OBJ
structed.
The one which Miller owns
weighs twenty ounces. and the one
used by Umpire Mccormick Is one
size larger and weighs twenty.
eight ounces. They have made a,
hit with backstops and umpires,
and nearly $50 are now in use in.
the major and minor leagues. john
stone has also invented a head
guard which will soon be on the
market. b
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
LARRY BANKART TO AID
COLGATE TEAM COACHES

HAMILTON, N. Y. Sept. 5.-Foot
ball prospects at Colgate took on q
roster hue today, when II was learned
that in all probability Larry Bankart
will be back on the campus for the
early part Of the season.
Mr.. Bankart is in business at Lynn,
Mass, and, although flattering of.
fers have come to him to coach at
large universities, he has not been
able to leave his business.
It has been learned that assur.
ances have been received from him
here that at the beginning OF the
season he will break away from bust
ness for three or four weeks to join
forces with the Colgate coaching
squad.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05

and misplaced rib. After full
schedule Is consumed he limps into
post-series banquet and gets d. Q,
scented with college yell. He a
cripple for life. but has got the
old university insignia to hand
down to his heirs and assigns.
After being used as doormat by
eleven Of opposing team and ten
Of his own ilk, dizzy player is
gathered up In six or eight SOC.
tions and thrown I'm a blanket with
the parts Of several other guys.
Good Chance To Get
Couple Of Left Hands.
When they arrive at infirmary
they are separated into assorted
sizes and the chances for one chap
getting the other fellows wrist
grated onto his own hand are
about 200 to 1. One injured grid.
iron gent came out from under the
ether with two left hands ampu.
tated onto his arms. Discovering
duplicates, he asked the surgeon
for a new deal. but II was too late,
as the guy who got two right Gig
it's had croaked and was buried.
The party of the first part went
through life the most left-handed
man in the world.
Western college will allow points
made on football field to be credited
toward degree. Squirrel making half.
dozen touchdowns in feetball relapse
can graduate quicker than his
anemic brother who knows lots VI
facts but can't buck line.
Good Broken Field
Runner Like Fireman.
Good broken field runner will go
through college like fire through
tenement row. With a good season
in the backfield he ought. to get his
diploma in about three months.
Diploma will enable him to go out
into the world and starve stylissiy
with everybody else who goes
through school without learning to
read or write.
Games not what II used to be when
Georgetown and Virginia tried to
out-slug each other at least once
annually. Those were the good old
days when Major Sylvester used to
close up the police department every
time Charlottesville came to Wash.
tington. Three hundred and sixty
four days yearly the old Metro
politan police force used to function
with remarkable regularity, but on
the day Of the Virginia
game. rather the night thereof,
Major Dick used to double bolt the
Seventh, Third and First precincts
to keep the college clique from bust
ing in.
You said IL.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
GERMAN BIlLIARDIST
MAY PLAY IN GOTHAM

NEW YORK, Sept. Sin addition
to Edouard Horemans, the Belgian,
champion of Europe, and Roger Cont,
the young French professional. It is
possible that another foreign entry
will be enrolled in the struggle for the
worlds championship at 1872 balkline.
Word has been received in this city
that Erich Hagenlocher. the profess
sional champion Of Germany, who
claims the European title, will sail for
the United States the latter part Of
this month and will arrive here early
In October. 1t 10 said that he II com.
ing here for the purpose Of entering
the tournament.
II he should succeed in this II would
mean that the six players competing
for the title would be; Willie Hoppe,
Jake Schaefer. Welker Cochran,
Edouard Horemans, Roger Cont and
Erich Hagenlocher.
Hagenlochsr is twenty-eight years
Of age and has been playing billiards
for about ten years. According to his
representative In this country, he has
averaged so in 500-point match at 1872
and has made a high run Of 3ss in
public. II Is claimed that he has made
higher runs than this in private. He
IL also said to be capable Of making a
grand average OF 35.
Most of his playing has been done in
tn" academy in Berlin. IL he 10
capable OF maintaining the speed that
is claimed for him, Hagenlocher is
entitled to serious consideration, but
little or nothing has been heard Of him
before this In this country, and, natur,
ally. doubts are expressed in billiard
circles here as to his ability to &C
complish these things.
a.. The belief here Is that were he
capable Of such performances he
would have been heard Of before this.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
PENN SC0ACHES
MUST FIND GOOD
PUNTER FOR q.
Bill Hollenback Will Concentrate
on kickers, Knowing
Their Value.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 5.-Need
of star punter is realized by Coach
Heisman and his Penn football as
sistants.
Not since the days OF J. Howard
Berry has Penn had a man on the
team who could kick the red and
blue out of danger when 1t came to
a ticklish position in a big game.
Penn men still look back with pride
to the days Of George Brooke in the
late nineties. and Howard Sheble,
both Of whom could kick 'em a
mile" Shebel starred during the
winning days OF 1905.
Those same Penn followers also re-
member Eddie Greene and big Bill
Hollenback, who were also in a class
by themselves when II came to punt
ing.
Now. with Hollenback back on the
Penn coach staff. 1t is expected that
some real booting will be seen at
Franklin Field again.
Mike Whitehin. the Rutherford,
n. j.. lad looks the best Of the
and providing his ankles can stand
Mike has the natural ability. and
under the tutelage OF Hollenback
should make a name for himself in
the punting ranks.
II like to see big fellow that can
stand back Of the line and put all
his weight behind a ball" said Hol-
lenback. There Is nothing hard
about kicking as long as q man
will keep his mind on his wo.-E and
put something back Of every kick.
It Is also necessary to place punts
once and awhile. Merely kicking is
not all. The punter should size up
what the opposing hacks are doing
and try to place the ball in a vacant
spot"
That big Bill realizes the value
of good punter to a team was DEM
onstrated last fall on the eve Of the
Princeton-Navy games. Coach Bob
Folwell and his players had hardly
checked in at the Bellevue-Stratford
before Hollenback greeted his old
teammate with Have you got a
good kicker for tomorrow, Bob?"
Folwell's reply was, mo. we haven't
had time to work up kicker for
this game"
As 1t turned out. the Navy was
miserably weak the next day in
and lost. IA to 0. The Mid.
dies line outplayed the famed Tigers,
but could not back It up with
ground gamers or consistent kicking.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
Four International
Games For Rutgers
Team This Year

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j..
Sept. 5.-The Rutgers football
schedule contains four intersec-
tional games - Washington and
Lee and West Virginia at New
Brunswick: GEORGIA Tech at At
lanta and Notre Dame at the Polo
Grounds on November 8. Rela-
tions have been resumed with
Lafayette and New York Uni
versity after a lapse Of several
years. The University Of Mary
land will be met at New Bruins
wick for the second consecutive
years.
This schedule meets the San
ford requirement Of strenuous
early season competition. and has
been made with the idea Of elimi-
mating long trips. all games ex-
cepting that with Georgia Tech
at Atlanta. being Mayed within a
radius of fifty miles from New
Brunswick.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
BARNES AND HUTCHINSON
PLAY FOR PURSE TODAY

NEW YORK. Sept. 5.-Jarles
Barnes, Of Pelham, national open golf
champion, and Jock Hutchinson. of
Glenview. British open titleholder,
meet today in a special thirty-six hole
match for a purse Of $4,000.
The match is reminiscent Of the old
engagements of the eos and ,'70's in
England. when champions defended
their titles backed by solid purses
The winner will collect something
like 81 300. The match Is being play ed
on the course at Soundview, at Great
Neck, l.. l.. and has attracted a great
deal OF attention In the golf world
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
CENTURY ROAD RIDERS
SCORE WINS IN RACES

Century Road Club bicycle riders
scored a majority of the victories in
yesterdays road races in Potomac
Park. A. r. Jacobson, chairman of
the registration committee of the
Amateur Bicycle League OF America.
of New York, was in charge Of the
events.
In the mile boys race. b. Payne,
representing the local club, won in
2:l7, with J. Hale and p. Curtis Sec
ond and third. The mile senior race
was captured by J. Conover, NJ. B. c.,
in 2:25. The ten-mile event was won
by J. Flotow, c. r. c. A, in 24:22,
with an allowance Of 80 seconds.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05

The Linworth midgets, youthful
baseball idols of southwest, who ne
gotiated the schedule in Section b
OF the midget class without meeting
defeat, will take on the Warwicks.
winners of Section A, on the Union
Station plaza field. These two teams
will play a series Of three games for
the city midget championship.
Other Big Games.
While the Shamrocks and Win
stons and Linworths and Warwcss
are battling for city honors, the
Gibraltars and Westovers will be en-
gaging in a contest to decide a cham
pion of Section A of the unlimited
meet the Winstons the following
day in the intersectional series.
Tomorrow also the Renrocs and
Roamers, tied for first place in Sec
ton B Of the junior class, will clash
in a deciding game on the Washing
ton Barracks field, and the winner
will meet the Aztecs, Section A win
ners, in the opening game of the
/ junior intersectional play-off. We'd
nesday.
The Shamrock Winston contest un-
doubtedly will be the biggest draw
ing card tomorrow and a great crowd
is expected to gather on RanGle
field.
Most sandlot maniacs believe the
Shamrocks are the team to beat"
in the unlimited class play-off and II
is to be expected the southeast club
will draw the strongest pitchers of
the two other teams contesting for the
big title. The Winstons have one of
the strongest pitching stats in sand.
lot ranks. 1t is likely Sam Brown
Will take the mound tomorrow.
Brown, who Is a left-hander, last year
pitched the Shops team to the cham
pionship of the Terminal Railroad
Y. M. c. A. League, and this year
has been going at high speed.
Brainy Pitchers.
In the way Of pitchers, the Sham.
rocks have little to choose. Hum
phrey and Langan constitute the
teams staff. but the club that faces
either can count on few bingles.
Langan has pitched three games thus
far in the independent series and
has been scored on only once. Both
he and Humphrey are pitchers who
work largely from the shoulders up.
The Linworths and Warwicks, and
particularly the former. have a fol.
lowing all their own, and. while the
game will attract
probably the Target crowd to see an
independent contest this season, the
clash between the younger teams will
not want for spectators.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
Carl Beck Will Enter
Vermont And Play
/. y On Eleven

Carl Beck, star back of the
West Virginia University football
team last year and regarded as
one Of the best backs in Eastern
football, will enter the University
Of Vermont, according to the
latest word from Harrisburg, his
home town. Beck was reported
some time ago as having decided
to enter Dickinson College, but
he has decided to enroll at YER
mont, where Tom Ready. the for
mer Lehigh coach, takes up his
new duties this fall.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
RUTHERFORD BEATEN
IN SAILING CONTEST

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 5.--Regi
| maid Rutherford, OF the Washington
Canoe Club, was beaten our in the sail
ing championship race Of the Della.
ware and Chesapeake division OF the
American Canoe Association by Alfred
Hopkins, Of the Dragon Canoe Club
this city. who was Rutherford's rival
In the final heat. .,
The race was over a three.mile tri.
angular course, Hopkins finishing In
10 minutes and so seconds. against 81
minutes and 30 seconds for Ruther.
ford.
The Washington times., 1921-09-05

And after this has been done The
"guofers," male and female. are No
longer "goofers." but qualified duff.
fers and dufferettes. Then they can
go out and lambast the course for
all they are worth after getting
their brass bags.
Qualified golfers are given nifty
brass tags which mean that they
have performed up to standard and
have duly attested to their scores
and had their best and most irfiuen-
tial friends say they watched 'em do
II. 49,, ..
But. referring to the comics and
giving r. L. Goldberg q little boost. II
doesn't mean anything.
Rain Helps Out.
The thunder showers Of the past
few days have helped the golf
courses about Washington nightly.
Water which fell in torrents flushed
the fairways pretty well, fed the
greens and put the turf in pretty
fair shape.
Today's holiday tournaments on the
various courses will be benefited by
the going as practically all courses
were burned to a crisp.
Washington. Bannockburn, Column
stage handicaps against par or min
iature tournaments. While many Of
the leading golfers Of the city are
away on their vacations there Is
plenty of interest in the game here.
For the first time almost In the
history Of the game In the District
there are waiting lists at the golf
clubs for memberships. Practically
all of the courses are being changed
and from Indications the season will
be at It's height within the next two
or three weeks, despite the big spring
and summer. ~
|, May Form Organization.
The newspaper men who staged q
tournament at the Washington Golf
and Country Club lately may organ
lie to make the tournament an an
nual feature, and go even farther
and make q regular thing out Of
golf association.
New York. Boston, and Philadel-
phia newspaper men have organiza-
tons and the Washington men have
already received q challenge from the
New Workers.. The idea will probably
be taken up when Congress returns
from its recess.
Public park golfers recently organ.
lied and will hold a meeting in
March to outline their plans for the
year. The fact that the U. 8. @. A.
is recognising public park golf
courses and clubs formed on them
Is a fine incentive for the local or.
eanszation. .<. 800. &c tr,
The Washington times., 1921-09-05
JOE ENGEL AMONG THOSE
SCOUTING COAST TEAMS

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5.-The
Coast League has played host to
many lig league scouts this season.
Bob CO ". OF the Yankees; Joe
Engel. O. -. shington: Charley Bar
ret, Of 81. ...uis, and Tom Turner.
Of the AthI~ les, have already in
spected the talent. Danny Long, OF
the White Sox, and Fielder Jones, of
Detroit, have also paid visits to the
various parks OF the circuit.