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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12

8ra,dyw,rc VI. f. Church Twenty
sd s-d Market streets. Rev " Ernes
6,-ee- field restar Preaching tomorrow
iornIng AID evening hy pastor Al 81
tla service will be under the direction of
the yourg ladies Bible class. A special
program viii be given Address BY Miss
flsic Walker. ard short sermon by the
rastor The Brotherhood will observe
jies light on Tuesd-y evening VII en-
i.terestirg program will be gwen.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
Librarius Sunshine ranch.

The Librarius Branch of / 5 will meet
Thursday evening. February IL in sun
shine Hall. at 715 clock II is desired
that every member be present Imme-
diately following the business meeting. =
card party viii be held
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
UNIVERSAL PRAYER DAY.

international and INSTRUMENTATION
prayer day, which is Feb ruary Is, will
be observed by the Methodist churches
of the city, with an hour of prayer to be
held at Grace M l.. Church, from TO
4 p. m
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12

Cockman VI f. Church, Rev. W. G.
Harms. pastor Preach rg tomorrow morn
! and evening by pastor Subject, 1920,
Christian Visor 30. The Shepherds
Voice Sundoy school ard Other regular
meetings Al the usual hours.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-12
Prayer Services for Presbyterian Womne

The women of the Presbyterian church es
Of the city will meet on Friday afternoon
February Is in First and Central church
for prayer service from to 4 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
WOMEN'S GOLF MEET

New York. January 27,-The women's 3 Metropolitan golf championship tourn- ament for 1921 will be contested on the links of the Nassau Country club at Glen Cove, l.. l.. during the week of Juhe 2O.
 the Women's Metropolitan Golf associa- tor announced today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
Plainsn,en to Take Long Road Trip---To
 Meet Vandy Tonight

Auburn, Janauary 27. Special, -- The Varsity basketball team start Thursday on a trip which will include some of the strongest teams of their schedule. The first one will be on Friday when they will appear in Nashville playing against sthe strong Vanderbilt team, who won the cham pionship of the league last year. The Auburn team has not met Vanderbilt in a basketball contest in over three years and the only information obtain able as to the strength of that team lies in the fact that the Birmingham Athletic club beat them twice during the holiday season. However as the Birmingham Athletic club has also won from Auburn in the past, it does not give an accurate gauge of Wander bilt's strength this year.
 On Saturday, January 29, the team will go to Lexington to play the Uni- versity of Kentucky: on Monday, Janu- ary 31. they meet the strong team of Center college at Danville, ky. This completes their northern trip, excep. that on their return they are sched- uled to meet the Birmingham Athletic club on Wednesday, February 2. Ar interesting feature of this game will be the presence on the Birmingham team of Hungry Floyd, who in for mer years has played forward on the Auburn team.
 In the six games played so far Au- burn has won those played against Montgomery "Y." Mercer and Georgia Tech. They have lost the games played with University of Georgia, At lanta Athletic club and Camp Benning.
 Those who have watched the team In It's recent games and practice, be- lieve that they are becoming stronger every day. They are making use of the five-man defense play with success and teamwork has been greatly inn proved. It is expected that they will Win the majority of games on this trip, although visiting teams are at q 10 to 20 point disadvantage when playing away from home.
 on this trip Coach Mike Donahue will take H. Hahn, Barks, Wade. Me Fadden. Mandy. Lasster and E. c. Hahn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
Nicholson Elected
 Coach at Sewanee


 Sewanee. Tenn, January 21.-(Special) John P Nicholson, who for the past five years has been track coach and physical director at Sewanee. has been elected head coach of all athletics at the Uni versity of the Soull. The athletic board of control felt that the time had come to make a radical departure from the short sighted policy of choosing coach from year to year, and that it would be conforming with the spirit of the S. I. A. A. in selecting man who would be with the university all the year. It was felt also that the service of many capable alumni of the institution ought to be used in the development of the athletic teams.
 MT. Nicholson, whose election was unanimous, has developed a champion ship track team and has shown consid- erable ability in football and baseball. The board was fully aware of the abil- ity of MT. Abel as a coach, but felt that the inauguration of the system proposed demanded a Sewanee man at it's head. Mir. Nicholson has been so long identified with the university as to be practically as much a Sewanee man as an alum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
Bar0ns Came Of Better In Robin
 Deal Than Thought
Fly MARVIN MCCARTHY

Prexy smith president of the Bir- mingham Baseball association. just smiled and grinned when questioned about the story coming from New Or leans that Jules Heinemann, president of the New Orleans club, was holding d little joyfest over the bargain ne got in the recent Griffith Allen deal between Birmingham. New orleans and Brooklyn.
 He didn't come off as far in the lead as he thinks" chuckled "Quack" Smith, and then he proceeded to make himself palmer.
 Birming ham sold Griffith to Brook pleting the deal Finally, to satisfy the demands of the Baronial bosses. Brooklyn turned Allen over to the lo- cal club. Allen had previously been purchased from New Orleans. This part of the story is old stuff to tile fans.
 The last night of the Chicago meet ing Prexy smith told Heinemann os the deal, but Jules didn't seem feazed a bit. He just said:
 Well, l gotta see what Brooklyn can do for me-
 The next day 1t was announced that Brooklyn had turned Griffith over to New Orleans and it would seem that the local proxy had been fooled, but he wasn't at ali.
 They think l got Allen in d straight swap for Griffith,' said Smith between smiles and grins, but I didn' t. substantial cash to boot was added in, enough to make it mighty interest ing to me. Even if Allen were not as good Griffith in the outfield, l would have more than broken even, but 1, for one, and many others will contend that Pug Allen is as valuable a man to a ball club as Bert Griffith will be to tho Pels. So, the Barons didn't come of1 so badly after all; in fact, not badly at all.''
 And it would seem that the hard hitting Pug Allen. one of the surest outiielders in the Southern league and one possessing one of the strongest throwing arms in baseball plus a hefty cash donation, would make the deal profitable one for the locals
 1t seems that Jules Heinemann didn't come off as far ahead as he thinks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28

nus. He is acquainted with many of tl1s alumni and will have no difficulty in getting their hearty cooperation at any time he might call for it. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28

batter has great deal to do with put ting a man in the front row of knocking homers, but the way one grasps tie bat is Of prime importance.
 BAKER SAYS
 'No long distance hitter holds the bat far up. Ruth, Speaker and Hornsby hold 1t as low down upon the handle as pos- slbie. do also. By this way one can get good long swing and hit more from the shoulder. Nothing counts so much in hitting the ball over the fielder's heat than a long leverage. Then, too. one muste hfve a good heavy bat. Did you ever notice how big and heavy Ruth 8 are? I think he is the perfect example of home-run hitter. A big man, good boise, fearless, and he holds his heavy bat way down on the handle. Yes, think the holding of the bat is one of the most importance"
 Jack Bentley, Oriole pitching ace, comes to the front with his opinion.
 Allowing that there are a great many qualities that batter must possess be- fore he steps forth to be acclaimed by the public as a home run king, he thinks that there is one of greater importance than all others, and he chooses the po- sition of the feet as the sinequanon of the great hitter.
 ACCORDING TO BENTLEY
 "It is but an offspring of boise in one sense of the word,'' said Jack.
 T think that batter must stand with his feet together to get the proper bai- ance. He then is in command of him. self He is more at liberty to step for ward or backward to or from the plate. It gives him greater freedom to reach for the ball and he is not as stationary. '1
 'If Baltimore fans remember" said Bentley, T stood with my feet apart for a short while last summer and had s noticeable batting slump Whats the matter?' asked Jack Dunn. I told him. Then I went back to my old way of standing with my feet together, and [ fell into my usual way of cracking the old ball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28

HOME RUN KINGS TELL HOW THEY
 SWAT THE HORSEHIDE OVER FENCE

Baltimore. Md, January 27-(Spe- cial.)-Why Is it that some batters with piano-moving frames and eyes as keen as hawks fail to do anything but trot back to the water buckets? Why l is it that lightweight youngsters and veterans. too, can tap a ball over the park fence? Certain batsmen can hit the leather, but it pops into waiting mitts or goes up like a weak Roman candle. Then baseball has that num- bered few who walk up to the plate with grave possibility of sewing wings to the horsehide in a fashion that makes the birds in the bleachers sound like feeding time at an aviary. Here are the opinions of three Mary landers--Baker, the old, Ruth, the new, and Bentley. the coming homerun king.
 Babe believes that the real home run hitter must possess the proper eye coupled with coordination By the latter, he means the working to- gether of the muscles so as to produce the greatest amount of power at the very moment that it is most needed. The muscles must be brought into play at the proper time. A fraction of second too late and the force that could be put into the drive is lost. A moment too early and the same result follows.
 EYE, COUNTS, BABE
 But the Baltimore Dambino says that the eye counts for most. Think of burly chap at the plate with a swing that would rock the Emerson tower and eager to tap the ball into kingdom come and then shutting his eyes when the pitcher winds up. Would he hit the ball? Yes; once in a swallow sum- mer. A batter with a good eye can be turned into a great possibility. Without, you labor in vain.
 Frank Baker says that one of the points often overlooked. yet which ,un- consciously plays a great part in the makeup of the home-run hitter; the way the bat is held. He grants that the eye, the Weight and narvnI1s svsfa n, of tha
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28

the ring. but police prevented serious disorders.
 Lewis won the first fall in 1z minutes with double wristiock.
 On the same bill John Pesek won in two straight falls from Wiadek Zbyszko. winning the first fall in 26 minutes md the second in four minutes. using the toe hold in both fulIs. fts sf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
Old Timers Occupy
 Lofty Pinnacles In
 the Pitching World
By JAMES J. coRRnrT

One again the old timers occupy the lofty pinnacles In the flinging world.
 The outstanding pitcher of 1920 was the 34-year- old Grover Alexander Aided and abetted by d mediocre club. the sensational righthander slung his way to 27 victories aga.nst 14 defea ts, won II straight games. struck out 173 batters-the league record--and work ed in S6S innings.
 It was q wonderful exhibition for even so wonderful a pitcher as Alex ander. 1t is all the more remarkable when one recalls that 30 is supposed to be the crest of ball players existence. Alexander at 33 supported by a weird ball club, was able to out pitch every other man in the circuit.
 The work of another veteran must bring happiness and provocation for T told you SO" 10 the old timers. His name is Adams. More than a dozen years ago he gained undying fame by pitching the Pirates almost single handed to world series triumph In the era which followed he continued to hold high place, but eventually his arm seemed to go back on him. hls work slipped--and he was passe along to the minors.
 When the war took So many young players from the ranks of basehall and placed them in the trencnes, Ade ms was among the old timers who were recalled for emergency W ork.,, Many thought it was folly to bring back such a broken down. pitcher But Adams immediately began to startle the base ball world--and has been startling 1t ever since.
 Adams 1920 performances ranks sec ond only to that of Alexander--even though Adams is nearing his seth year. He won l7 games and pitched for an average of .o61, even though supported by weak ball club, and allowed only zl6 earned runs per combat. His great est feat was scoring eight shutout vic tories in 1s complete games
 But Alexander and Adams aren't the only old timers who performed sp,en- didiy in the Heydler circuit Among the others are Dick Rudolph, who is B; Rube Marquard 32, Jeff Pfeffer, now nearing 33. as are Fred Toney and George Tyler. Bill Doak of the Cardinals is 30; Phil Douglas is 31 :: Claude Hendricks is 32. Pat Ragan is S3; Slim Sallee is 36; Sherry Smith Is il, and Jim Vaughn 33.
 Many of the best fingers Tn the 1920 American league circuit are beyond 50. Jim Bagby, the leader for 1920. is 32. Carl Mays is 50, Eddie C:co.te is s7 and Ray Caldwell is 3S Red Faber was born in 1888 and Jack Quinn was born in 1885. Claude Williams, who with Cicotte is under indictment is 3O Bob Shawl1ye is S1 and Walter Johnson is 34.
 All of which goes to prove just once again the assertion that if q man takes care of himself and adheres to the golden rule, there is no fixed age at which he must pass from nsajor league usefulness.
 Copyright. 1921. by King Features
 Syndicate Inc.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
NEW YORK YANKEES HAVE 30 EXHIBITION GAMES ON SCHEDULE FOR THIS SPRING

New York. January 27--The spring training schedule of the New York Amer can league cub, made public today It. cludes 30 exhibition games, Is of which will be played with the Bro oklyn Ma ticnals Tha scheoue follows:
 March F. ls, 2l. y. 30, sl. Shrevepors at Shreveport.
 March HIS Louis Nationals at Eaxe Charles
 March IS. Brooklyn at Baton Rouge, March l9 20, Brooklyn at New Orleans. March 24. Brooklyn at Alexandria March 25, 2e 27, Brooklyn at Shreveport The Yankee second string team will .op- pose the regulars at Shreveport March li, 15, l6, 2. -S, 2S.
 April ? 3. Brooklyn at New Qrlears April |. Brooklyn at Birmingham
 April 5, Brooklyn at Atlanta
 April G. Brooklyn at Minston- Salem. April :, Brooklyn at Richmond
 April s. 'Baltpnoye at Baltimore April g, l0 Jly Brooklyn at Brooklyn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28

Snakes are said to be so short-sighted that they are unable to see distance of more than one-quarter of their own length.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
WIadek Zbyszko Thrown By John Pesek in Two Straight
 Falls

Kansas City, Mo-, January 27.-- A squad of police escorted Ed ''Strnngler" Lewis. worlds heavy weight champion. through an after Lewis had applied headIOck on Gustav Sulzo in winning the second fall of their wrestling match here tonight.
 Lewis eIamped the hold on SulzO after five minutes of fast wrestling and SulzO's shoulders were forced to the mat. He lay there several minutes apparently unconscious. It was then the crowd surrounded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
GEORGIA TECH OFFERS
 FOOTBALL DATE TO THE
 w. VIRGINIA WESLEYAN

BuchanOn, w. Va.. January 27.- R. W. Schumaker, director of ath- letics at West Virginia Wesleyan college, announced today he had received m offer from Georgia Tech asking the West Vfrgininns to play football game at Atlanta, Gn.. on October 22 next.
 Mir. Schumacher replied that the date was acceptable to Wesleyan. but stipulated that a return game must be played in Clarksburg, W. Va, in 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
FRED GRAFT TRADED TO THE CRACKERS BY
 'NOOGANS FOR BOONE

Chattanooga, Tenn, January 27.- Playing Manager and Third Base man Fred tirnff of the Chattanooga Southern Association club has been traded to Atlanta for Pitcher Daniel Boone. it was announced today by President Strnng Nickiin of the Chattanooga club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
WEST VIRGINIA MATMEN
 TO MEET VIRGINIA TEAM

Athletic relations between West Vr- gina university and the University or Virginia will be opened here February II, when the wrestling teams of the tNe institutions will meet. The athletic coun- cil announced today that the mat date with Virginia had been closed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-28
LEWIS GUARDED BYIPENN STATE TRACKMEN
 THE POLICE AFTER TO INVADE THE SOUTH USING HEADLOCKION EASTER WEEK TRIP

State College, Pn., January 27. Pennsylvania State college track men will open their outdoor sea- holiday trip. The first match will he with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute at BIacksburg, on March 2S. On March 30 they will meet the University of Virginia. at Charlottesville. \ third meet dur ing the trip is still pending.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-18

Paul Kohler, the Mfibank land man
has started things moving in this part
of the country again as is evidenced
by the fact that during January and
February, supposed to be dull months
and exceptionally dull for deals in real
estate, has sold and traded more than
1000 acres, with value of more thar
s123, 200.
The deals concern these farms: the
l2O are farr, Of I'd. Marquette in
Adams township which brought S12O
per acre; 800 acres for A. Drake
near Corona and Wilmot at $4,000
per acre; and $50 acres for Oscar
Anderson in Garfield township, Rob-
erts county, the old Bostwick farm at
S1O5 per acre.
Paul is one Of theN best Grant and
Roberts county boomers we have and
has in the history Of his land business
here made deals for thousands Of
acres of land and thinks that we are
OH the verge of good boom, which
will be free from the inflated values
and speculations of the past few years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-18
From Our Files.

Mrs. Sarah Fansct who has been
visiting her son, Geo. Fanset at Bis
mark during the winter has heen for
several weeks at Watertown visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Josephine Hopkins.
Representative John Birch stopped
Oft in Milbank on his way hcme from
Pierre the first of the week. Mr..
Birch says that some of his friends
hare .heen urging him to, make can
vass for reelection again tliis year
but he is undecided what he will do.
Messrs. Mat Hanliing, Joe Martin,
Pete Hermans and w. Fowler accom-
panied by their ladies, went to Aber-
deen Wednesday to attend a function
for the Brotherhood of Railway Fire
men.
Ed. Zen,ple the stenosrapler, re-
turned from week visit at his home
in Hastings, Mimi, where his mother
lives
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-18

shtVVu CdIS hSO"TcU cU. 10, lJVD
The question of voting bonds a.
mounting to $16,6O0 for adequate
school facilities will be voted upon
next Tuesday at the polls and every
citizen should be there.
Milbank will have one of the finest
telephone systems in the state, the
new central energy system if the cal
cGations and resolutions adopted by
the board of directors of the Grant
county telephone company do not mis-
carry.
The officials and others at tho court
house presented deputy auditor Geo.
Kelsey with gold ring last Friday, as
a token Of their respect. Mr.. Kelsey
leaves in a few days for Twin Brooks
where he has position in the bank.
Corona-Paul kohler has won the
distinction as "Corona's land hustler" /"
He has completed the sales of several
Of the best farms in this vicinity with
in the last six weeks to the entire sat
isfaction Of all parties concerned.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-18
WAUBAY VILLAGE has
100000 FIRE LOSS.

Fire Of an unknown origin destroy
ed four buildings and caused loss Of
about 100000 at Waubay Wednesday
morning. The fire started about $3.50
o'clock in one Of the clothing stores,
as near as can be ascertained, and
gained good headway before it was
discovered. The high wind whipped
it into dangerous fire quickly and
that more buildings were not destroy
ed was fortunate.
The Webster fire department and a
large number of citizens came to the
assistance Of the Waubay people on
q freight train. Milbank was also
called but were stopped as they were
about to leave on a special train by a
message saying that the fire was und-
er contr;
The stores that were DESTROYED and
the business wiped out are, the Albert
johnson, general merchandise; David
Gordon. mems clothing: Peterson
Bros, hardware; Paui Taft, clothing.
A p"l y: in cn' ot the buildings
WI =. .s.s,tfoyed
A small fire in the Swanson barber
shop at Corona Wednesday afternoon
gave the citizens scare that per
paps the Waubay disaster was to be
reacted. The fire was discovered in
time so that it was quickly brought
under control and PIT out, however.
The damage was slight.
A 100000 fire destroyed practical
~ nalf of the little town of Cram Val
ley, Euffalo county Wednesday morn
irn. The fire started in the Gilbe1t
hotel and totally destroyed the hotel
telephone exchange, the Cram Valley
bank. post Office, newspaper and the
F'raiser general store. The origin of
the fire is unknown. About one-third
OF the loss was covered by insurance
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-18
Farmer Bureau News

a Fam Bureau meeting was held
in Marvin, Saturday, Feb. IL and the
members in that part Of the county
organized a local branch of the bureau.
Win O'Farrell was elected president,
Harry Hicks, vice president and Jas.
Carey, secretary and treasurer. The
following program committee was el-
ected: w. F. Ebert, C. r. Mcdin, Mrs.
c. F. Medin, Charles johnson, Mrs.
Roy Englert. It will be the duty Of
this committee to lay out program
of work. County Agent Swift and
County Club Agent, Miss Skouge, at
tended the meeting and spoke.
The next meeting is to be held Feb.
10 at 2 o'clock at the town hall.
County Agent Swift will conduct a
poultry culling demonstration at the
farm Of Curtis Mitchell, Feb. 25th,
starting at 2 p. m. All persons in the
locality interested in poultry culling
are invited to be present.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-18
Former Residents Betrolhed.

The Herald-Advance readers are al
ways interested in those young people
who grew up in Milbank and spent
many of their early years here, al
though they may have been away from
the city for number of years. Thus
it will be of interest to many of our
readers to know that Mr.. Lester Nor
ley now of Morris, Minn., where he
is president and manager Of q lumber
anu building company, and Miss Ger
trude Ely, of New York City, have
been betrothed. Miss Ely has been Il
teacher in New York city for some
years past. but both she and Mr.. Nor
ley were school children in Milbank
for a number of years in their earlier
life, and the approaching nuptials are
the elimination of a romance COM
mencing with a childhood association
and attachment in the past years.
Some twenty of MISS Ely's young
friends of New York recently sent
Lester telegram of congratulations
to "Minnesota's happiest and luelkiest
man." and Lester pleaded guilty re-
spending. The old Milbank friends
of these former residents Of the city
extend congratulations and hest
wishes to these young people.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-18
Nun h's Hod SALE A
Big SUCCESS

The hog sale held by j.. j. Thyme
and J. +. Weber at the fair grounds
pavilion Monday brought an average
Of $71 Tor the 35 head. Every one
Of the hogs were bought by Grant
and Roberts county men, which speaks
well tor the prOgressiveness of the
farmers of these two counties. The
hogs were the same breed and of the
same strain as those which were sold
at the Darlington sale at Ortonville the
week previous at which the average
price Of 45 head was about the same
AS was bid here.
Following is a list of buyers, and
the price thev paid: