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Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-26

Mrs. "A. Larsen is in Fort Worth
Texas for the winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-26

1T takes all kinds of people to
make up the world. We heard one
resident of Mexico knocking the city
from every angle the other day. So
far as we are able to ascertain he had
lever been out of Mexico, never
reads anything but the comic sections
of the Sunday paper, doesn't pay tax
es and never works. Thirty minutes
afterward we heard a man who has
never been out of Mexico, but who
reads the newspapers, pays taxes and
a hard worker telling a visitor that
Mexico was one of the best towns in
the world. The first fellow, when he
dies, will likely have to have a friend
hire the pallbearers while the latter
will have enough friends to carry him
to Elmwood and mourn his memory
through the passing years. If you
are allowed to live in a town you
should be grateful.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-26

fact and cannot be changed during
the Harding administration. Besides,
there is a widespread difference. of
opinion about whether it is a good
or bad thing. About the price of
coal, however, everybody is agreed
that it is highway robbery, even as
the tariff really is, and a statesman
who would go after coal barons as
theoretically as some of them go
after things that cannot be corrected
until far in the future, could soon
arouse a public sentiment that even
a Congress like the one we now have
would not dare refuse to act. Why
is it that nobody in either Of the
great parties raises his voice in pro-
test when fuel prices are fixed at
81 a ton above wal levels? 2"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-26
THE FLAPPER

She fills her lungs and body with
oxygen-nature's own and greatest
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-26
THE LEDGER'S

THE LEUGEK'S
PLATFORM FOR AUDRAN
More permanently improved high
ways
A highway engineer.
A fETm agent.
A clos : cooperation between the
people of Audrain county and Mex
too.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-26
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W. W. Bolts says: "The refer
ence in the above article to Mrs.
Bolts and Mrs. Gordon is wholly I'M
true. Neither of them had any part
in any organization for the support
of Mr.. Long or any other candidate
at the primary.
Mrs. Bolts was chairman Of the
Women's Democratic Club Of Mexico
and Mrs. Gordon was appointed by
Mrs. Brown of Joplin as organizer of
Democratic Women in the Ninth Con-
gressional District. Both of these
organizations carefully avoid COM
mittment for any candidate.
$50 far as Kenneth Kennen is con-
cerned he is making an active effort
to get the support of Reed Demo,
Gratis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-10-26
THE WEEKLY LEDGER
L. NJ. White, Editor.

SO Per Year, Cash in Advance
ludrain and adjoining counties.
where 50 a year in advance be-
Of advanced postal rates.
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ES ALL THE NEWS THAT'S
IT TO PRINT ALL THE TIME
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,Onth; or IS by mail in advance; on
>ural Routes. 81 per year in advance
In Audrain County only.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
Dempsey-Wins
Said to Agree
RumOr Has 1t That They Will
Meet Labor Day in
Jersey.

NEW YORK. April e.-The match
between Jack Dempsey and Harry
Wills. the New Orleans negro. for
the heavyweight championship,
which has been on the cards ever
since Wills knocked out Kid Nor
folk, is reported to have been ar
ranged by Frank Flournoy. the
den, to take place on Labor Day in
the Rickard stadium at BoyIe's
Thirty Acres. Jersey City.
They will fight twelve rounds to
no decision. The stadium accom-
modates 10000 but the maximum
admission price is now fixed by
law at SIS instead Of the $50 top
price which was paid by thousands
to see Dempsey-Carpentie contest.
and therefore Flournoy does not ex-
pcct to pay Dempsey and Wills
anything like the aggregate price
of $5OO.000 which Tex Rickard paid
Dempsey and the Frenchman. In
fact. F'lournoy is said to have prom
ised Dempsey a guarantee Of $780,
900 and Wills is understood TO be
willing to fight for $4,000 or
S25. 900, hoping to land the title by
a knockout.
Flournoy and Jack Kearns./ man
aGer for Dempsey, refused to con-
firm the report but IL was significant
that neither would deny it.
Dempsey sails for England on
Tuesday aboard the Aquitania and
II is possible that he will sign the
agreement before showing of. Wills
has been ready to sign up any time
for almost any price at all but he
has betrayed a strange reticence
for a challenger with so strong a
claim upon Dempsey's attention.
Wills apparently decided to let the
public demand the match and Flour
nOy has now decided that Mr.. Pub
lie must he appeased although the
stilly night has not been disturbed
much by any clamor for this bout.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
FANS TO WELCOME
CYLDE MILAN WITH
BANQUET TONIGHT
500 to Attend Dinner in
His Honor at Ward
man Park Hotel.
LANDIS TO BE THERE
Raymond Hitchcock and Nick
Altrock Are Headliners of
Big Entertainment Card.

]. Clyde Milan will be officiaIly
welcomed as manager of the. Wash
ington Club OF the American League
tonight when approximately 500
rabid baseball fans. including the
elite of the Capital City from a
business standpoint. will honor him
with a stag banquet at wardman
Park Hotel. The dinner will start
at 7:l5 tonight and will end-well.
it'll end. that's all anyone is certain
of at this writing.
Plans have been made TO ac-
commodate only 500 people at the
testimonial. Already over 400
tickets have been disposed of and
judged by the way the ducats were
selling Saturday there is little doubt
but that the s. r. o. sign will be
hung out before Frank ]. Hogan,
traordinary. calls the diners to
order.
Kenesaw Mountain lands. high
commissioner Of baseball. last night
wired Sam J. Steinberger. in charge
Of the festivities that despite the
fact that he has pressing business
in Chicago he will be present to do
what he can to give the popular
manager a healthy send of.
Senator George Wharton Pepper,
the three District Commissioners.
Mai. Daniel Sullivan. Chief Sullivan,
Of the FIRE department.: Clark. c.
Grifitn, of the Nationals. and the
members of the Washington Club
will be official guests of the evening.
Entertainment will be furnished
by acts and sketches from the local
theaters. Raymond Hitchcock will
be the headliner and Immediately
after him will come none other than
Nicholas Altrock. coach. comedian.
clown and jester extraordinary and,
incidentally. the pride Of Florida's
Sunshine City.
Sam Steinberger. who seems 10 be
the motive power behind the show,
says that there is no doubt but that
the affair will be a complete sue
cess However. there are still about
| fo.-ty tickets on sale at SDalding's.
These must be bought IL Sans plans
! are to be consUmmated. Therefore,
| IL there are any fans who have not
/ yet secured their ducats they had
better wander up to Mister Spald-
! ing's early in the a. m. unless they
| are in a mood to be disappointed.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
Turf Offers Four Races
For $50, 900 Stake Each

NEW YORK. April 9.-For the
first time IN American turf history.
four stakes of S5O.OOO each are open
to 3-year-old bluebloods. and will
he -un within two months of the
summer racing season. They are
the Preakness. Kentucky Derby. Bel
mont and Championship Gun
Unfortunately. since the Prea'lness
and Kentucky Derby will run on the
same day. no horse may enter for
all four. But the Championship Cup.
instituted this year and to lie held
at Latonia after the other three have
been settled. will provide oppOrtu-
nifty for the winners of the three
other events to decide the issue CT
which is the best American 3.year-
old of the year. Accordingly. the
four races should decide conclusive
ly the championship claims advanced
by owners of the favorites in the
earlier races.
Ben Blocks wonder. Norwich. is
not eligible for the Belmont. Con-
sequently, it will be possible for
him TO win only two of the big
events. Those who have watched
him work believe he will win the
Derby. Whether he does or not.
he viii go after the Championship
Gun at Latonia
1t was at first suggested that the
fourth $4,000 stake should be only
for horses that finished among the
first four in the Preakness or Derby.
Then it was announced that the
Belmont would also be worth $50 900
ana would Re run on June 10. All
the details OF this race have not
been concluded. but 1t has prac-
ticslly been agreed that all 3-year-
olds will be eligible for n starting
fee of 81 900
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
Hintoppers Face
McGrew Today

Dangerous Dan" McGrew, one
OF the most colorful rockies that
ever broke into the big leagues,
even temporarily, will face the
Hilltoppers this afternoon at
American League Park when the
Blue and Gray team hoops up with
a rookie team representing the Ma
tionals
McGrew lacks too much polish
to be seriously considered as a
big league twirler at this time
but he will undoubtedly show the
HilltOppers more in a pitching way
this afternoon than they have yet
faced this season. Noone will
probably catch Slim while Brewer,
LaMotts. Bluege and Shanks will
work in the infield and GoebeI,
Smith and GOslin in the outfeld.
The diminutive Southworth got
a lucky hit in the third. Barbara
was on first as the result of a
walk. Harris went to cover sec
ond believing that Barbara was
going to try to steal Southworth,
however. crossed him by connect
ing and driving the ball through
the spot which Bucky had just
left. Barbara made third on the
hit but was stranded wnen Nichol-
son flew to Goslin for the final out.
Nixon was hit by a pitched ball
in the seventh. He went to first
but big Ed Walsh called him back
claiming that the outfielder had not
attempted to get out of the way
of the ball. Southworth. Mitchell
and Nixon argued with the former
White Sox hurler but to no avail.
Nixon then got a lucky hit when
his drive to Harris took bad
bounce and jumped oven Bucky's
head
Joe Judge pulled a mid-season
play on Kopf's drive in the Braves
half of the tenth. Kopf drove a
low liner to Joe's left. Judge didn't
have time to shift positions. He
literally threw his Eloved hand at
the ball and barely managed to
stop it just as 1t was passing his
dogs. He easily beat Kopf to the
bag. Joe got the biggest hand Of
the day for this feat.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
HAvENs BROTHERS LOSE Il
NATIONAL MAT TOURNEY.

THE Havens brothers, William D.
and Charles W.. returned last
night from Boston where they COM
peted in the National A. \. u.
wrestling championship staged by
the Boston Y. VI. c. A.
Neither added any national titles
to the family collection, though
Charley was fortunate enough 10
win his way into the semi-finals.
He was pitted against F. Wolff, OF
the Boys club. New York. and
Metropolitan a. A. u! champion and
was thrown in four minutes and 20
seconds.
Brother Bill lost. on points to John
+. Spellman. of Brown University
and New England A. A. u. champion
The Havens sported the Colors of
the Washington Canoe Club in the
big fuss in which IS of the best
amateur matmen in the country
competed.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
Riding of Lang Is
Feature at Bowie
Out of 43 Mounts, Apprentice
Pilots Is Winners for an
Average of .35.
BY HAWTHORNE.

The riding of Apprentice Chick"
Lang during the first seven days Of
the present Bowie meeting is prov
ing one of the sensations of the turf
world. Lang, out Of 43 mounts. has
ridden no less than Is winners, CIV
ing him an average of .35, which
far and exceeds the efforts of any
other jockey now wearing silks.
As the meeting progresses Langs
riding becomes all the more sensa-
tional, as each day he seems to i'm
prove and increase the number of
winning mounts over that of the
preceding day.
His complete record for the first
seven days at the Prince Georges
Park course is as follows.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10

xBatted for Gleason In tenth.
two out when winning run was
scored.
Washington. o o q o o Is
Boston. 5000 OO10 o:
.Two-bnse hitsI southworth, Nix
on, smith. Three-base hiti GosIin.
Double plays, Harris to Judge,
kOpf to Ford to Barbara. Left on
basesi Boston, IL; Washington, Z.
Base on ballsI on BriIlheart ?, GIea-
son 1. Fillingim 1. Hits, on Brill
heart 5 In innings, OF Watson 4
In ) innings, OF Gleason In 5
innings, on Ffllingim. s In 4 2-3 in
ninEs. Hit by pitcherI BY Gleason
-GOwdy, FillinGIm. Struck out, BY
Brillheart 1, by watson 1, by FIJI
Engim 3. Wild pitch, FiIIingim.
winning pitcher, BDilheartI losing
pitcher. FillingIm. tmpirest Walsh
and Hart. Time Of game, : hours.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
Yanks. With Carl Ma4s
In Box, Blank Robins

NEW YORK. April 9.-The Yanks
with Carl Mays pitching in great
form-defeated the Dodgers in
Brooklyn today. 4 to o. Mays gave
only one hit in seven innings. but
Babe Ruth. who was a false alarm
with the bat all day, made a wild
running. catch OF a long fly by
Tommy Griffiths which saved Mays
a three-bagger at least. It was
real Babe Ruth circus play, and
he won his crowd with II.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10

can be taken as criterion then
thoroughbred racing has lost none
of its popularity, neither is 1t wan
ing in Maryland and the immediate
vicinity. Never before in the his
tory Of the Southern Maryland
course has the attendance figures
reached anything like what they
have during the first week of the
present meeting.
Not day has gone by but what
a capacity crowd has jammed the
Prince Georges course and the ad-
mission of many more would have
added TO the discomfort of those
already within the enclosure. Bet
ter still the competition has been of
the keenest and the sport of most
whOsesome nature.
With the Hall anti-betting bill
decorated with crepe and followed
into the grave by the Norris meas
ure, one that would have curtailed
the sport. thoroughbred racing
seems practically safe in Maryland
for another two years, if not longer.
Racing Secretary MacLennan has
arranged another attractive pro-
gram for this afternoon, the Fairfax
Handicap being the carded feature.
In this attraction. a dash of seven
fu.'longs. under handicap conditions,
for 3-year- r-olds, will be seen such
prominent racers as YashmaK,
Pluck, Fly Ball, Miriam Cooper and
others.
In addition to the feature there
is also. down for decision the Old
Virginia purse. The Lamb, The
Archer. St. Allan, Tom McTaggart
and Gain de Cause have been namen
overnight to start, and the race
should develop into a bitterly CON
tested affair.
Claiming races for various ages
and at various distances complete
the program.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
MUSIC FROM THE SANDLOTS

base smash during the rally. He
was the star of the game. as he
held the Peerless batters to three
hits after Davis was driven to cover
Warren's fielding was one of the
features. Score by innings:
r. H. E
RosedaIe ..... 900 OO2 O3O-s .
Peerless. 800. go 900 OoO-4 6 :
Batteries - Davis. Grady and
o'Connor: Brown and Mudd.
By the score of IL to 5 the Brook
land A. c. opened its season yester-
day by defeating the Quincy A. c.
until tho fifth inning when errors
paved the way for Brookland to OBJ
tain a big lead. The Brooklanders
showed good form at bat and in
fielding.
The ancient sectional grudge held
by all dyed-in-the-wool Southwest
erners toward anybody or thing
hailing from Northeast was again
aired yesterday, when Friendship A.
c. handed a severe lacing to, the
Auburn A. C. Of Northeast. the final
score being 12-1. Myers, pitching for
Friendship, yielded but four hits,
two of them going to beavers, the
Auburn's smiling catcher. Eight of
the No'easterners whitfield the ozone.
Klein and Ball. of the Friendships,
corralled homer apiece. while
Mattingly of the same team led his
teammates with four healthy wal
lops in I'VE trips to the plate, two
of them doubles and one a triple.
f-opt,yu,d or pooe rioh,
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
Knicks Trim st. Teresa
As Ross Fisher Stars

Ross Fisher pitched the Knicker-
booker A. C.. to a 9-to-4 victory
over the ST. Teresa nine yesterday.
He allowed the Churchmen only
three scattered hits. and struck out
thirteen batters. The Knicks were
in a hitting mood and got to Pat
terson and Lusby for fourteen healthy
gwats. The fielding Of Smithson and
Cox, and OerteTs hitting were among
the features. Score:
Knicka st rha.a..
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10

r. Magee. the 15-year-old star of
the Warwick A. c., held the unlim-
tied Yosemite team to two hits and
famed seven batters in five innings
yesterday while his mates counted
20 runs off four twirlers. The War
wicks won by 20-to-3 score. Mon
day and Bleam led the hitters, while
Stevens and Wellington won the
fielding honors. Score by innings:
r. H. E.
warwicks. sos 2O6 030-2O 1s 3
Yosemites. -. O02 O1O 000-3 3 6
The Orioles won their second
straight game by defeating the
Brookland Indians on the latters
diamond yesterday, to 3. The
pitching of ]. Neuman and the run
ming catch of f. F.-Chaconas featured.
Score by innings:
R H. E.
Orioles. .... 010 301 000-5. s 2
Brookland. -. O02 900 1908 4 8
Batteries--Neuman and Lewis;
Brodie and Davis.
Before a big crowd on the Plaza
diamond yesterday afternoon, the
Rosedale Athletic Club won its
second in a row by beating the
highly-touted Peerless A. c., to L.
Peerless batters punched hits off
Davis in the first two rounds and
scored four runs before he was
yanked. Three singles and double
by Grady scored two. for Rosedsle
in the sixth. In the eighth, the
Rosedale wrecking crew swung into
action in pounding Browns delivery
for enough runs to sew up the game.
Grady contributed his second two
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10

Summary: Runs-Fowee. Carver, Purdy,
Grubb (2I Frazer C2l. Sterzer, Bufin.
Harnshurger Errors-Limerick. Sterzer.
Toomy. BeIi F6wee. SeebOde. rwo-base hits
-Stezer, Grubb. Frazer. Three-base hits
Sterzer. Double 2iays-Grubb to Purdy
Purdy to ToOmey to SterZer; Hutchinson to
Bell to wormsIey. Struck out-By BealI. a;
by Hutchinson, =. Bases halls-On Con-
nors. 3: OF Hutchinson. 4; OF Beill. .; of
womsley, /. Umpire-Jess Comb.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
Totals 80 s14 o. Totals.

::nmmary: Two-hase bits-Cox. Patterson
0ertel (2), sothern, Lynn. Three-base hits
Cox and stewart Double steal-Smithson
and Sothern. Sacrifice hits-Smithson f2l, ,
Fisher t2J. Wild throw-O'Neal. Struck
out-By Fisher. IS; by Brady 1; by Patter-
son, 4; by BeaH, 6. Bases on baIls-On
Fisher. /; OF Brady. in one inning; on
Lusby, in one-third inning; OF Beali. ..
Umpire-Hughe Time Of game-one hour
and 55 minutes.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10

Earned runs: Tenleytown (3), Bsrretts CD.
First base by errors: renieyt0wn t2'. Bar
retts (2l. Left on bases: Tenlcytown ~.
Barretts uaD. First base on balls: OF
Garman uOl. OF T:f.ss tSl. Innings
pitched: By Garman Cs). by Bender (2l.
Hits made: on GAr'nsn 81, on Fender
troneD Struck out: BY 'iarnsn (Sl. by
Trites CsD. Three-base hit: Mcdonald. Sac
rifice hits: Harvey. Amores. Collins Beck
Stolen bases: Harve:-. G. Iinkihs. Bender,
I;eck. Double plays RMuschlitz to Hense;
vitale to Hense. Passed balls: Mcdonald
l(a). Umpire: Norris.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
Silver Spring SIaps
Mdnhattans, 8 to 2

SILVER SPRING, Md. April g.
Silver Spring experienced little
trouble today in winning from the
Manhattan A. G., of Washington.
s TO .. Score:
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
Barretts Lose in 9th.

Tennallytown rallied in the ninth
inning yesterday and beat out the
Barrett Athletic Club, to 4. Tw'
errors in the final figured in Ter
nallytown's scoring. Score:
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10

helping the players to meet expense
of the game, such as the umpIres'
pay, carfare and also the cost of
baseballs. Some OF the teams. espe-
cially the youngsters. are not in a
position to edge up every week to
keep the clubs alive.
COLLEGIATE GOLF TOURNEY.
GEORGE WASHINGTON Univer-
~ sity will stage a 27-hole medal
play golf tournament on the East
Potomac course. All competitors
must turn in their three lowest
scores made between April 10 and
"a. and handicaps will be based on
these cards turned in to the athletic
committee, and will be announced
before April rs.
This announcement was met with
enthusiasm, as many exceptional
golfers are numbered amongst the
student body. and not a few have
been clamoring for an opportunity
to match their ability on the links
IN real competition.
Although there will be no Off.
cial team representing the George
Washington University on the dia
mond this year. baseball will be
engaged in by the fraternities
Two leagues of six teams each
have been formed. and a schedule
arranged, opening April and eN-
tending into the second week OF
May. The winners of their respec-
tive leagues will meet in a game
for the championship of the Greeks
April II. and "a banner will be
awarded the victors.
FROM BOOZE TO COUGH DROPS
THE Prohibition baseball team
L will doubtless get away from
their old nickname of booze
agents" this season because OF
their Smith battery. One local
sport observer has already dubbed
them the cough drop" team of the
Treasury lnterbureau League. w
Charles QUAINT. manager of the rev.
enue agents nine will endeavor tC
cop the league pennant this yeal
with E. =. Smith doing the bulk OF
the twirlinR. while c. c. Smith will
be behind the plate. Both player:
are seasoned performers. the form
er being veteran of the Prohibi.
ton team of '21. while the latter
has seen service with the Wal
Department nine.
The following players are cardi-
dates for this team, which will
open the Treasury lnterUureau
League for the third consecutive
time. as the agents nine have al
ways had the luck to draw the num-
ber one position on the Treasury
Leagues schedule since it's inaugr
uration. c. c. Smith, Heddons, Car
ragher. Timlin, McCaffrey, Hoover
Phillips, Shoop. Rabbit, Furber-
shaw, Cantrel. Griffith. Darcy
O'Brien, Thompson, Terscavage,
Harmon and E. Z, Smith.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10

In heavy hitting game on Union
Station Plaza. the Old Dutch Mar
ket team defeated Temperance A. C.
. to s.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10
WHY NOT ROPE OFF DISTRICT
BALL BALL GROUND.

INSTRUCT sandlotters are doing
- their share of providing enter
tainment for thousands of followers
of amateur and semi professional
ball team in the District.
But are some of the fans doing
their part in helping the game
along? We mean those CLOSE up
spectators who insist on crowding
the base lines in interfering with
play. In almost every game here
that attracts a crowd of any size,
the players have trouble in keeping
part of the mob" off the lines.
Ii would he n waste of space
to campaign agnins. this evil.
The only way the practice can
he curbed Is TO stretch rope
along the lines. II would cost
very little to supply the grounds
with rope and small poles for
the protection OF these fans.
They risk injury In every game,
besides mnrring the entertain
mcnt, of the other spectators.
STOPS PLAZA COLLECTIONS.
WHETHER or not collections are
w permissible on the Plaza dia-
mond may be settled this week as
the result of the action taken yes
terday when an official of the play
ground stopped Mrs. Lille Nicholas
manager of the Independents. from
receiving contributions from the
crowd.
Followers of the Independents,
and others who were at the Plaza
yesterday, claim 1t was the first
time, a halt was called on passing
the hat. II their claims are true, it
appears as though the Independents
have grounds for a hearing.
Passing the hat has helped sand
lot baseball. 1t costs money to out
fit ball teams and provide other
paraphernalia. and there is no rea-
son why spectators should not be
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10

The Rover A. c. whitewashed Ber-
wyn Heights Midgets 33-to-0
Thompson pitched snut-out ball all
the way
The Washington herald., 1922-04-10

Cruise fumbIed the ball. Earl
Smith then duplicated his stunt of
Saturday by driving the ball be-
tween Ford and Barbara. Peek
scored easily. and Smith was cred
tied with a double