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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-10
FINE TOE GOOD OLD ArArTY.

New York Dec. "a check FOR S2+.-
573. representing additional proceeds
from = benefit baseball game played at
the Polo grounds. September 80. for
Chr!sty MathewsCn. former pitching star
or tho New York Giants. was mailed 10
him to-day. At SarnnaC Lake, where he s
II! o. tuberculosis.
Several weeks ago he was sent his
first check for $4,000
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AFTER THE RACE 8HFTuA

washington, Dec. e.-The fight 70 pro-
hlL,t transmit ssion through the mails OF
racing information, including oeuins
tips and odds. was opened to-oAy;
fore the senate judiciary committee.
which began hearings on the house bill
and similar measure introduced by
senator Sterling. Republican. South Da-
kota. -,
Proponents Of the legislation only,
we're before the conmitete and orietty
,rued its massage in such form as pro.
rosed. Testimony in opposition Is see
for tomorrow.
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union SPLITS
DOUBLE BILL
GIRLS ARE SwAMPED BY SAAOx-
SIDE WHILE BOYS Down OhAO
SIDE QUINTETTE.
Two Good Games Staged Last Evenlng
on Union High Tloor-Season
Under way.

ShadySidr high schools hoys ana
girls baSke ball teams split WIN n
Ion high OF Renwoul on the l;enw 1od
floor !as; evening. TIE Ohio sid" girls
swapping the Union girls by the score
iS-15. while Unions boys loWned the
Shadyside youngsters. 1918.
Both games were exciting from be-
ginning to finish. The girls game was
TOO onC-sIded to draw much OF the IN
terest. but the shotttug Of Miss star
re;t. star forward for the nhl" t'''m
was almost phenomenal. aging FOUR
teen baskets easily while her other
forward. Miss Mahatter. Gagged nine.
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GRADE SCHuui BOYS AND GIRLS i
EXAMINED FOR ATHLETIC TEAMS.
GOLF TOURNAMENT !.
DATES ARE ANNOUNCED

New York, Dec. 9-Onicial dates tQE
the national golf tournaments OF III.
we're announced tonight by w. D. Van.
dernooI, secretary Of the United States
oGlf association. as follows:
National open at Skokie. July IL. u
National Amateur. Srookline, sep's,
TENDER 4. -
Woman's championship at White SUI
phur Springs. w. Va. the week OF oep-
TENDER IS. -
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Net fr?in-Still

Dohhs SO your finances arc at "
chh again. are they"
DcTIroL e-Ehh" ~: that would mnly
that they art somc:im": r. t. flow
which they never a-r. NJ fnRr~rs are
IT their normal ?nI unvarying level
Boston Transcript
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-10
WON Ply LYNCH.

New YORK. Dec. 9.--.7Oe Lynch. a
former bantamweiEht :itle holder. was
Given 4 decision over Nancy william
son tonight MITE" he latter's seconds
TOSSED 4 spnnga iuto the ring. William
son appeared to be on the verge Of a
knockout when the hou. ended.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-10
MT.UN|ON COLLEGE

Alliance. O.. Dec. s.-Mt- Union's oAs.
ketban squad will play Its at home
games this year on one Of the finest
Floors in the state. that In the new Sot.
d!ers' Memorial building. which haa
Just been completed. But two veteranS
Myers. guard Of Cambridge. and Mafsh
guard of Alliance. will be back In thin
years lineup. but Coach Peters; viz
excellent material to pick from IN tnc
freshman class. Is confident OF turning
ont A team that will equal last year,
MI. Union ba sketteers' record OF winnis
ali Ohio conference games but one. Inc
PARTIALLY completed schedule Is:
ian. i4-Ohio Wesleyan at Delaware
Ian. iS-Reserve at Alliance. "
Jan. 25-Wooster at Alliance.
Ian, 27-Oh.o University at Alliance,
Feb. 4-Hiram at Alliance.
Feb. ls-Wooster at Wooster.
Feb, 23-Kenyon at Gambrier. /"
Feb, 24--Ohio University at Athena :;
FEB. 25-Capital Uni. at Columbus. :; =,
Ma. 9-Muskingum at Alliance.
Mar. 11-Ohio Wesleyan at Alliance.
Mar. ls-Case at Cleveland. >,
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Half Of ChiraG"'S police force. ii IS
"a i. ~ hr";'".;grrs. This is 4 terrible
ON half Of ChicaGo's police
force. Bat "l.ch half Life.
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The real. objection to a buttsr-kntfs
Is that 1t Isn't sharp enough IN winter
and isn't enough like spoon In summer
Utica Telegram.
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by AS S:SMM&e.>

had the same experience every time he
played. So strong did tho superstition
become that his reCuSals 10 loan can
fare made him so unpopular that I've
could not get into the game.
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Prank Chances superstition

fare made him so unpopular mat I've
could not get into the game.
Prank Chances superstition
Tho supcrst!tions Of sror: would re-
Quire a book TO report. Frank Chance.
the famous peerless Leader" OF the
Chicago Cubs, was one Of the most
superst!tiuus OF all athletes. One Of
his pct Ideas was that to look at the
score board during game meant bad
luck, and he had the score board on
the Cub park placed so Il could not be
seen from the bench. Another of his
Ideas was that II sparrow altEht"d
upon the roos OF tho clubhouse during
gRmo e meant misfortune. and he
hired boys TO sit on the roof OF the club
house and scarc the sparrows away.
Ono OF the favorlte superstitionS o.
baseball 10 Tint 70 pass a wagon loaded
with empty barrels means good luck.
Also 10 paRs a wagon loaded with hay
IL lucky Raled hay Is not lucky nor
are flled barrels. There was one case
which was funny. Tho Chicago Cubs
had been going in bad style. their pitch
ing had been or color and the team was
losing more than half Tho E1mes There
Was 4 series IN s.. Louis which meant
Grcat dca,. We started from tho hotel
In carriages, and in the one In which |
was riding wore Hoffman. Shcckard.
Schultz and Brown. They were deter
mined 70 pass 4 wagon loaded With loose
hay. Tho other carriages went on 10
the park wh!lo We secured st. Louis up
ono street. down another and finally We
met wagon loaded with hay. As we
"a ssed the boys grabbed at the hay.
Hoffman Ind some wis1S In his fnEers
hs wN came past Shr"kard had on"
long r1sce. They anrlyz"d tho results
Of the grab carefully. '! got two SIN
CLOS and triple" HOFFMAN announced.
Il got n two-barHer." sail Shc"karh, 70
Erc,fuNy lingering one piece.
After the game 7 figured il NJ. lI"f-
man made two siugl"S and a triple and
Sheckard made one two-basr hit.
"The Curse Of Scotland"
have a friend wro plays cards. He
has ono ohsession. whiCn is tho curse
OF Scotland" which means tho ten spot
Of diamonds. II" Will not play II hand
Mt any Gams IN which GI:S card mp
pears. lie claims that lie has lost II
fortune on account Of that card that il
ruins him whether it Is in his hand or
against him.
The superstition rorarG'ul; the ours"
Of Scotland" IS Older thtu most history.
and oddly enough this man whn is -
Sup0'StitlDNS meyer near. a. " 10
curse "C Scotland" GENES crrni the fact
that oae OF tho old t:UEllsh carlq who
wns PARTICULARLY violent n his haired
Of Scots. carried a coats ~ arms which
had ten diamonds on i.
havs Il friend. a soccer player VINO
believes that II tho team passes II black
pig on it's way 10 n game bad lurl Ia
certain 20 follow. Another th.nks IL h"
takes the wrong glove out ct hts pocket
FIRST he "a stopped for III" day. at least.
IN anything he attempts.
one Of tho greatest billiard players
IN the country has IN idea That If Ia"
chalk splits during the game he is
beaten. Recently leading Ivy marc than
goo points IN n I0o-pu:nt game. the
chalk split and he lost out
Psychological students please take
notice.
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SubStitutions: Kittlewcu for Patrick.
Hurley for kittlcwcN: Goodwin for rat
Cioa,S: S'arrctt IA; MahaCfcr 2; Sur
Yer ): Clark ,.
Fouls: Starrett. out OF :; Mahafter,
out Of ): Surver. 0 out OF 3: Clark. !
out of -.
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81 bStttNtI0n: EaIT 70" HNsN'N, tIHN-
kins for McElcoy; lmho1 for W. Eurk-
hart.
Goals: Brennan :: Williams. 5: J.
Hurknart 2: Hartsook I.
Fouls: Williams out OF 4: J. Burk-
hart : out Of 70.
Referee: Carpenter.
TirnrkccpcrS: Bonar and Smith.
Scorer: Kady.
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Copyright, 1921. The New York Even
ing Mail)
Graham guardian., 1921-12-23

eliles and miles Of 1t. All l had to do
was to climb up and get It.
Gentle reader, I wonder If you've
ever tried to climb telegraph pole
without the contrivances that q line
man buckles upon his feet? IL you
haven't. the advice of this amateur is
don't Half dozen times | shinnled
uD to perhaps the height of mans
head, only TO come sliding down again
on run. At last. by series of inch
ihgs contrived to get within arms
reach of the lowest crosspiece. Pliers
IN hand, i strained for the nearest
wire, progged IL, and began TO twist II
back and forth to break II.
Not 10 let me miss any of the thrills.
u WIS at the precise instant of the
wire-breaking that my stralning ears
caught the sound they had been lis
tenlng for; a far-away, drumming rum
Die that seemed to come from nowhere
IN particular. Then, out Of the same
indefinite circumambience came n
warning that was still more unmlstak-
nble-the long-drawn blast Of loco
motive whistle.
l didn't climb down that pole; I
came down like the tlme.bal on the
iiagstaf In Washington ut high noon.
Moreover, | struck the ground run.
ning. as one might say, All Thoughts
OF tinkering that confounded motor
had vanished and my one great object
IN life was TO get the car off the track
before q worse thing should happen.
was doing fairly well with the lifting
and tugging when the enemy hove In
sight less than five hundred Yards
away. And that wasn't all, either. At
precisely the same instant, ms If It had
been timed by the same mechanism
that had brought the freight train,
here came a Wild engine around the
curve In the opposite direction, with
its whistle valve held open and making
a racket 10 wake the dead, The be,
reft motor-csr riders had found locs
comotive somewhere and were chasing
me.
One mad heaSe ut the stranded gas.
dllne car, mighty boost that got all
but one wheel Of It In the clear, and
] was gone-streaklng It like a jack
rabbit for the tall timber--only there
wasn't stick OF timber nearer than
the slopes of the backgrounding noun
tains,
One glance over my shoulder as |
fled showed mo what ] was In for:
that the story was TO be Immediately
continued In our next. Both engineers
tried to stop; did stop In time to avert
the greater catastrophe. Three or four
men Jumped from the freight and two
from the Wild engine to come tearing
after me, fancled I could give them
their moneys worth at that game
being In pretty fair training--so l
pitched out to try to turn the hypo-
thetical theory Into condition.
Ii was great race. Through one
gap and into another we went, max.
Graham guardian., 1921-12-23

ing figure eights around the hills and
back again, dodging into new ravines
and out of them into others, clrcling
among great sandstone bOulders that
took all sorts of weird shapes in the
passing glimpse.
] don't know just how long the chase
lasted, but 1t was long enough TO give
me very considerable degree of re-
spect for the nerve and persistence of
those highly indignant railroad men.
We must have been miles away from
the scene OF the disaster when | final
~ left them behind and lost them.
When | looked back and found myself
alone with the solitudes sat down M
on fiat rock to gasp and laugh. II
had all been so supremely ridiculous.
and SO beautifully in keeping with the
reputation | had left behind me at
Angels. that felt sure that now moth.
Ing less than verdict of expert alien.
lists would ever serve to convince these
Red Desert folk that ] was anything
but an escaped lunatic.
After the breathing spell | kept ON
up the valley, heading away from the
setting sun, and feeling certain that,
sooner or later, must come out some.
where in the nelghborhood of Afropia.
Two hours later | came into sort
of an excuse for road. Being pretty
well winded by the stlff climb out of
the canyon raylne, sat down at the
roadside to rest bit and to decide
which way | should go, to the right
or to the left. Just as | was making
up my mind I heard patter of feet
and dog barked
A moment later | could see the
beast, indistinctly. lie had been COM
ing up the road and had stopped at
the slght-Or scent-of me. Since a
dog argued the proximity Of a dog
owning human being, called coaxing.
ly: Here, Towser--here-come on.
old fellow-thats boy !" and the cur
lous thing about 1t Is that he did II.
running up little way and stopping,
and finally coming to squat before
me and to lift paw for me to shake.
| Jollied him bit and let him nose
me to his hearts content. Then sud-
denly, as II he had discovered long.
lost master, he broke away and began
to leap and dance around me, barking
furious and hilarious welcome. In
the midst of this hubbub heard hoof.
beats and the squeaking of saddle
leather, and the dogs owner rode up.
At first | thought the dlmly outlined
Stetson-hatted figure In the saddle was
that OF boy. But II was woman's
voice, and a mighty pleasant one, that
called to the dog: "Down, Barney,
and behave yourself-what's the mat.
ter with you, slri"
! stood up and pulled off my cap.
I'm chiefly the matter" said.
Your dog seems to think he knows
me, and Pm awfully sorry that his
memory is SO much better than mine"
Graham guardian., 1921-12-23

face. Up the grade from the westward
tiny, three-wheeled car, carrying two
men, came spinning along. l recoS-
nized il at once as q track-inspectiOn
car, driven by small gasoline engine
au evolution of the old velocipede car,
foot and hand-tlriVen and used by road-
masters and other railroad men for
making quick trips over short dis
tances.
In half Il minute the little car rat
tied up to the station and made a
quick stop, the two mHn setting the
brakes and hopping off to dodge into
the telegraph office. They left the lit
tie pop-popping engine running at
ding speed. and In flash | saw my
chance. OF course, # | should steal
the ear, I'd he caught and arrested ana
hauled of somewhere to be tried and
tined; but before any of these unto
ward things could happen, l should
have settled that biting question OF
the ownership of the piebald pony and
the harlcquin-faced dog.
With quick glance over my shoul-
der to make sure that the coast was
still clear, slipped into the driving
seat, jerked the throttle open and re-
leased the clutch, praying fervently
that the switches might he set right
for me at the upper end of the Angels
yard
As he machine began to gather
speed, looked back. What | saw was
a-plonty. Three men, one of them,
Graham guardian., 1921-12-23
PAGE FIVE

You'd think--anybody would think
that woman riding alone in the
uark on a solitary mountain road
would be handsomely startled, to say
the least at seeing man rise up fair
ly under her horses nose. But IL my
little lady were scared, she certainly
didnt parade her fright.
Barney is such foolish dog, some
times,' she said apologetically. "He
mas double brain, you know; half
OF 1t Is good-natured and silly and
the other half is--well, its"
The dog had come around again
wagging his tail and at that magic
word "half' / stopped TO let him stick
ms cold nose into my palm. The act
Drought me near enough to enable me
TO see him better, and had to clap a
hand over my mouth 10 keep from
shouting out and soaring the entire
combination into a wild stampede.
FOR, II you'll believe me, the dog was
my dog. One-half of his face was
white aud the other was so black that
II merged and faded harmoniously in.
to the night
i KNOW" | said, Strengthening up
again; my brain acts that way, too.
sometimes" Then: pardon me. but
would you mind telling me the color
of the horse you are riding?"
The young woman laughed and her
laugh was just as jolly and pleasant
as her speaking voice.
"Winkie Is what the cow-men call a
. 'plnto'--a calico horse" she answered
promptly.
"Surew beloved. II knew II :"
and the horse SHE'D and the dog barked
In sheer sympathy. Then / apoIoSized.
PLEASE forgive the explosion. As I
said minute ago. my brain some
times acts like Barney's: half of Il
being good-natured and silly and the
other half--well, Wen omit the de-
scription- of the other half for the
present, If yOull permit me. May l.
er-will you have the goodness to tell
me where l amI'
"l-why-dear mel Don't you know
where you are?"
Not any more than harmless. nee
essary goat, ! assure YOU"
i couldn't be certain, but I thought
she took little firmer hold upon her
bride rein.
did you--did you come from An.
gelsf" she asked in sort of awed
little voice.
CONTINUED Next week.
Graham guardian., 1921-12-23
ChAPT Err v.
The Maoic Triad.

To be stopped before l could reach
my goal was no part of my plan, so
opened things up and gave the little
three-w heeled dinky all the gas II
could use, keeping sharp lookout
ahead. and meaning 10 pull up a little
way short Of the graveyard city, aban.
doning the car and making the actual
approach on foot.
Judging from the way the scenery
was racing backward, l estimated that
the little car must-be doing at least
thirty miles TO the hour; which meant
cover the twenty-One miles. IL Oppos.
ing train or trains, whatever they
might he, would only keep out of my
way for those precious forty min.
pushed The small motor to Its limit
and was getting along beautifully until
suddenly, on grade that was bit
sleeper than usual, the popping ex.
hauSt quit short off, the engine slowed
down, and the car, squeaking and
grinding, came to stand on low
embankment between two OF the hIll
cuttings.
There wasn't anything very cOmpli,
Gated about the little motor, and soon
discovered that broken ignition wire
was what had killed 1t. Happily,
there was n. small toolhox under tho
seat, and In the kit there was a pair
Of pliers. But sometimes--and this
was one Of them-a bit Of material Is
MS Important ms the tools to work with
The broken wire was too short to cou
pie M again, and there wasn't an inch
of spare wire TO be found In the
kit.
They say that necessity Is the moth
er of invention; but III defy anybody
to Invent a piece of wire In the middle
of the Greet Sahara desert. Every
minute ] was expecting to hear the
rumble and roar Of a train.
In this extremity II WAS little
desert zephyr that gave me the great
idea A gentle breeze came signing up
the draw from some oyerheated area
out beyond, and finding no trees on
the barren hills, il sang its little song
In the thickly clustering telegraph
wires on the poles, Why, surel |
said to myself; here was my wire
Graham guardian., 1921-12-23

ming up the station platform. The
shirt-sleeyed man was yelling and wav.
ing something that gllstened In the
sunlight. Next heard the distance
diminished crack of pistol and q
blunt-nosed bullet sang whining lit
tie lullaby to me as II tore past,
flung up an arm TO shoY the pistol
tirer that he had missed, and then tho
small car swung around the shoulder
of the nearest hill and Angels became
only a buckward-flltting memory.
Graham guardian., 1921-12-23
Mrs. Laura NJ. Hoyt Recommends
ChamberIain's Tablets

Il have frequently used Chamber
lan's Tablets, during the past three
years, and have found them splendid
for headache and bilious attacks.
am only too pleased, at any time, to
speak word in praise of them"
writes Mrs. Laura NJ. Hoyt, Rockport.
NY. Adv.
Graham guardian., 1921-12-23

'lm going to Atropla this after
uoon," Dragged.
lie let me pass, and | tramped up
the street until found the one livery
stable. Here, again, my fool reputa-
tlon had quite evidently outrun me.
The man had idle horses, plenty OK
them, MS couldn't help seeing, but l
couldn't hire one for love or money.
When 1t came right down to the pinch,
he wouldn't even sell me one.
BY this time l was in ho; sweat
OF hnpatience to be on my way; 10
bridge that twenty-one miles Detore
the elusive clue-lf it were the clue
could once more dodge me, and vanish
into thin air. In that frame of mind
told the cautious liveryman, in gentle
phrase, what i thought of him and his
kind, and hurried down to the rail-
road, hoping to be able to catch an
east-bound train of some Kind, any
kind, whose crew could be bribed or
cajolcd into carrying me to Atropla.
1t was just as was about to Inquire
of the telegraph operator what the
chances were that the great tenIpth-
tion rose up and slapped me in the
Graham guardian., 1921-12-23

where could leave my two grips. The
place that offered, and the only one,
was the Celestial ilctel.' and won-
dered what sly wag had suggested the
name, which was Il double pun upon
the uame of the town and the fact that
the tavern, half restaurant and half
lodging.house. was kept by Chna-
man.
But | secured accommodation, and
us | was turning to leave the reStnu-
rant-tavern trouble doomed H. IN The
shape of the heavy-shouldered desa
peradoish-loOking person whom had
seen at the station talking with the
train conductor.
"l'm onto YOU with both feet" he re-
marked. boring me with an eye that [
could easily fancy might strike terror
into the heart of the most reckless
criminal. TIN glvin you warnn' right
now that no funny business don't go in
this mans town; seef'
'I'm quite harmless" I assured him.
"Gl,e me little information. and I'll
forthwith remove myself from the con-
fines Of your charming city. How far
is il by wagon-road to Placcrville-
Atropla. and how can get there?'
"My gosh" lie said gloomily; two
of you in The same dog-gnned week !"
"lGven so. When did the other one
arriveY'
"Day before yistldday lie didn't
look so much bughouSe as you do, hut
reckon he must n been OF his ka-
whoop. too. r he wouldn't "a gone to
'Tropia."
LET him rest in peace. Do got my
lnformationf"
"Shore: we speeds the partin' guest.
You've come apast your place. Twenty
one mile hack; and the way-freight II
git you there to-morruh mOrnin'."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-11-21
LLOYD GEORGE WINS SUPPORT
Unionist Party Delegates Register
Big Vote

London, Nov. 19.-The Uniopist
party delegates of the whole coun.
try at Liverpool today registered q
vote even more overwhelming thar
the recent similar vote in the house
of commons authorizing the govern
ment to continue. it's efforts by con.
ference to negotiate settlement OF
the Irish question. Out of 1000 dele.
gates not more than 100 at most op,
posed the amendment recording con,
tinued confidence in the government
The vote followed a statement of the
governments. position by Sir Lam
ing Neutrality-suspicious., secretary Of
war, who said that the ministers had
offered an Ulster gagged and: bound
as the price Of Irish allegiance to the
king, and reiterated previous pledges
that he would not consent to any set.
tlement involving coercion Of VI
ster's assent. ..
Ulster, declared the speaker,
should not be put under Dublin
parliament against her will.
The effect of the vote is to confirm
the mandate given to Premier Lloyd
George by the house of commons.
Sir Laming' Worthingtou-Ev Evans
declaration indicated that Ulster has
an effective veto over the whole set.
Element.
listers reply to prime uliniste,
which was delivered today, is de.
scribed as uneompromising. In. poll
tical circles tonight the view taker
is that deadlock has been reached
for all the Sinn Fein negotiation!
with the government preceded on th'
basis that the unity of Ireland wa!
fundamental.