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date for the presidency and win not
be one. In other words, some one
has made unauthorized use of his
name.
-
Whether this IL true OF the other
candidates mentioned 70 not known.
On the opposite side Of the State,
George Burns, OF the Reds, is sHp.
posed to be a candidate for president,
and Jake Daubert. his teammate,
and JACQUES Fpurnier. Of the Cardi.
mails, are named ~ running Tor the
vice preaidency. e.s- s
Cy wiliiams and Art Fletcher, re.
cent appointee as manager OF the
Philfies. are mentioned for places on
the board OF directors.
/ It may be noted, that Ill are Ma.
tional LeaSusrs. That is more than
significant. The organization 10 al,
most entirely National League In
spirit and makeup, and II IL claimed
that nearly 100 additional members
have been recruited from the senior
circuit within the last three weeks.
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DUNN MAY CALL
. OFF DEAL FOR
BENTLEY
orioIe Boss Wants It Under
stood Players In Exchange
Can't Be Drafted.

The rule adopted by the majors
that no big league club shall re.
lease, a player to q minor. league
club unless he IL accepted with the
understanding that he IL subject
to the draft. may prevent Jack
Dunn, Of Baltimore. from complet.
ing the deal sending Jack Bentley.
his siugging pitcher. to the New
York Giants.
Dunn agreed to sell Bentley to
the world champions for cash and
three players, the total amounting
TO ye2. 500. He says II the players
are turned over to him, they will
become his property and he Will
not allow them to be drafted
In their resolution the majors
stated that players released to the
minors after January - are to he
subject to the draft. The Oriole,
Giant. transaction called for the de-
livery OF the trio Of men In part
psyment for Bentley during the
sprfnt. training season.
To all fntents and purposes then
these athletes win be passed down
to the Birds. under the agreement
that they ba. nabbed later through
the seiective system. What has
Dunnie to say about this awkward
situation? Listen: !.
!. The major, leagues' nor nobody
else can touch my. property. These
players that are to rome from the
Giants viii certainly be my prop,
erty ana nobody IL going 70 drafs
them rnleys I say m, and II Will
never say %. Another thing We
have an agreement in black and
white With the majors coueernius
'hc yoke An.Fth.y can't tffek u
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HUGG|NS DROPS
WHITE SOX
h Aeas
! DEAL
Yankee Manager Fails to
Agree With Gleason in
Chickering's for Collins.

NEW YORK. Dec. ls.--Announce-
mont has been, made by Miller Hug
gins, manager of the New York
Yankees. that the deal for Eddie Col
Inns, star second baseman Of the Chi.
cago White Sox, has been definitely
dropped as the result Of his failure
to agree with Kid Gleason upon the
terms Of the transaction.
Aaron Ward. Bob Meusel. and
Carl Mays, Of the Yankees. and Col
Inns, Dick Kerr, and bib" Faik, of
the White Sox. have been mentioned
- possible figures In the proposed
deal,
The Washington times., 1922-12-16
HAM PATTERSON GRABS
DENVER CLUB FRANCHISE

Los AN0DLES. Dec. lss-Iam
Patterson. former captain ana first
baseman for the Vernon Tigers,
yesterday purchased the franchiee
of the Denver club In the Western
League and win take immediate
charge.
Patterson owned the Dallas, Tex,
club In 1871 and sold out with con.
siderable profit to himself. For the
past year he has been engaged in
real estate dealings in Los Angeles.
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Duffy Lewis !. Scouts
On Coast for
Red Sox

Duffy Lewis will act as a Red
Sox scout on the Pacific coast
and will combine his ivory hunt
ing with, the managership of the
Salt Lake City team of the
Pacific Coast League, position
he held last season.
Duffy led the Pacific Coast
League in batting in 1921 and
finished second in 1922. He made
q hitting record Of the league in
1921.
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ABNER Y. LEEcH WOULD
DROP HIS TENNIS ROLE

+ Abner Y. Leach. of Washington.
has announced his retirement as
treasurer Of the United States Ten.
mis- association. Dean Mathey.
former Princeton captain. or Charles
Al. Bull, jr., IL expected to be
named IN his place n the meeting
OF the executive committee In New
pwisSt =. Davis, Of washington,
donor OF the famous, Davis cup for
international competition. win prob.
ably BE- named president OF the as
socintion.
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May Have Improved. II.
HANY good reports have come
4 TO President Griffith regard

AN I GOO0 reports nave come
M TO President Griffith regard
AA ing his lanky highlander,
Dangerous Dan" McGrew, whom
he sent to Shreveport for season.
ing. It is possible that McGrew
may manage to hang on q bit
longer next spring than he did last.
Nevertheless, the unofficial
averages Of the Texas league show
that McGrew handed out 115
bases ON balls to make up for his
l18 strikeouts. Few good pitchers
have such . record and he will
need considerably more control II
he 10 to become . major Lacquer.
Walter Warmoth, the big left
handler IL expected to be q regular
from the start. This means
trouble for the other southpaws
and may make It impossible for
Godfrey Brogan, the halfpint pit
cher from Charleston. CLARK
Griffith always has to be shown
when . small-sixed hurler reports
for Q trial. Brogan may show
him, but with 20 many left-hand-
ers In the squad, he may lose out.
All tn all, one would imagine
that new righthanders like >Hol.
lingsworth would have a distinct
advantage over new southpaws In
a fight Tor places on the 1928
staff. =
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Have Good Chance.

At this rate capable right.
~ handlers should have . good
= chance of remaining with the
ball club for several weeks fol-
lowing the opening Of the season.
John Hollin9sworth, the big
Minneapolis pitcher, will probably
attract the most attention at train
ing camp because, II he can deliver
the goods, he will surely find
plenty 10 do. President Griffith
IL on record with q boost for him
and will very likely devote q lot
Of attention to him at Tampa. II
Hollingsworth measures up TO the
standard, he should be one Of those
sent against th4 Eastern teams
when tie campaign gets under
way. M
AZ for. the othst rixhthsndsrs
little II known Of them. KSy
Beach. from Cairo, ILL.,, may moi
even report He IL said to bs {
spitball pitcher and, unless ne has
something else with which to tame
batsmen, he has no future in the
major leagues. !
Nancy Hspkins, the kid pitcher
from the Tampa club, ID an un.
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Bring Your Own Next
Summer If You'd
Slam a Few

The day OF the deadly pop
bottle is done in the major
leagues. At the annual Ameri-
can League meeting a resolu-
tion was passed requesting each
club to instruct concessionaires
to serve soft drinks in paper
containers. Where liquids are
poured from bottles the vendors
will be required to retain pos
session Of the bottle. The assault
on Whitley Witt, Of the Yankees,
in st. Louis last summer re-
suited in this resolution.
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This Is One Sad, Sad
Situation For
! Anybody

v About the saddest thing we
can think Of in baseball IL to
see . big league manager. who
has been suspended for sew
eral days, sitting in . box and
explaining the game to two
lady friends Of his wife's while
his team IL losing.
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PUBLIC LINKS GOLFER
BECOMES PROFESSIONAL

BOSTON, Dec. 1s,--Georse Au,.
bach, hailed IN recent years Is
Boston's leading public links golfer.
has forsaken the ranks OF the
amateurs. He win make his debut
as nrofessionAl here In the EN-.
ploy Of. 4 sporting goods house. Civ
Ing lessons in the game. It became
known today.
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last season and may not be here
another year. This means that,
providing the three veterans fail to
shine, the Griffs will have to de-
pend almost wholly upon inexperi-
enced hurlers like Brillheart. Hol-
ltngsworth and Warmoth through
those = troublesome opening, weeks.
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JOHN M'CRAW is PEEVED
ABOUT THE UNION
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

NEW YORK, Dec sJohn Joseph Mcraw. choec gentleman
his odd moments having the
discovery that only have sundry
Giants become affiliated with
Frank his pet nfisder has been nominated presidency
An discoveries not pleasing Signor cou
Mn have even been known discover
Ike that He points with
that the present generation and
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MOHAWK BAskEIERs
START WITH VICTORY

Basketbali u coming to the fran
ut the Mohawk Athletic Club. |
their opening contest, the INDIAN
walloned the Navy Yard team, ~ =
~ Meeny was . star Tor the NJ
hawks. NHe made seven baskets
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Athsy Capable Man arsr.

Frank Afhey d displayine rare
sxili - manager OF the yovnS
western A. C. basketban team.
Under hls leadership the tear1's
players hsve rsmsinsd together lor
two seasons. last yeap ~ Peck A. G.
Athsy has Just announced that he
win book no games out Of the
westerns weight class. ~ M
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he Gets Barber.

C.harltT lcbhefr. Of the Eroo,;lya
Dodsers. hss taken Turner Esrbrr,
the Cuba veteran outfscld,r ono.
With the Criffmen. Ia eycknrgr tr'
wallace Hood. who outfieid.d IN
the minors last YEAR though ON tn,
podgerss reserve list.
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Will Keep McNichoIs.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. led
die McNichol. who has been coach
Ing Pennsyfvania's basketball
squad for the past three years. has
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Offers Him $50, 900.

II Il reported that Tom O'Rourke
has guaranteed Johnny Kilbane $50.
600, With the option Of percentage. to
box 0soe Criqui for the. feather.
weight championship next summer ~
the Polo 0roundg. "a
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George Mogridge Is getting no
younger, Neither is Walter John
son. It is possible that this pair
of veterans may be used in
strategic contests next season,
provided enough pitchers may be
discovered in the bunch going to
Tampa. - -
Mogridge, for instance, usually
comes into good form early, max
ing him available for the spring.
With the warm weather he loses
some Of his skill, only to come
to the front again in the waning
weeks. s
johnson il coming into form
later and later each year and he
may not be at his best until the
last weeks Of May.
II Griffith il fortunate, he will
have other and younger pitchers
in shape to swing the team along
over the first six weeks. Certain
Of his lads left, over from 1929.
Zachary, Warmoth and Brillheart
may fill the bill, but until they Dc
nobody knows whether they ear
do It or not.
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- OAsSvoAsSS0 WVx lIc0yxOAs
Tho additional fact that the Giants
are the highest salaried club In the
league 10 also painful when consid-
cred In the light Of recent develop
ments. Not only is Frisch named a.
q prospective official Of the organi.
sation. but 10 are Dave Bancroft
and Earl Smith. This would seem
to indicate that the Giants are amply
represented and McGraw would have
It otherwise. -
"what have the Giants to COM
plain about?" Mc0raw inquired to.
day. ''In fact. what possible grisv-
ancs has any major league player9
He plays under ideal conditions. gets
. splendid salary and IL protected in
every way.
'~Ths man who nesds prutection
b the minor Lacquer, particularly
the man who plays = . lsague
that does not recogniss the draft.
Under this condition b d IN
virtual bondage. fer he may never
rsach the majors unless his owner
can seIl him ~ IN aAvantagseus
price. Evea this might ke rs-
fused. ih which case tAs player
remains IN ths miners 70 the snl
Of 1sis career, Ths majors face
No snch con1ltlohs and never Vim.
TheY are sifting - tep u The
Although he freely admits that ne
II q member Of the union. "just q
be with the rest OF boys" Frisch
has declared that he b not candf
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By CHARLES (Chick) EVA

INV HarroW tnIS race - IL we'll
Illustrated by the figures which ap-
ply to the championship match be-
tween Jess Sweetser and myself at
Brookline this year. have just
been looking over the cards for this
match, which read:
MORNING ROUND
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Erickson . Failure.


r Asst year Olaf Erickson, who
trained faithfully at Tampa
and was in excellent physi-
cal condition, was looked upon
Is certain to be : winner IN The the
spTing p;In4: Ts.rsso,. He ". th.1s Z. ne
confidence in him now.
Bril1heart II likely to report
bigger and stronger than he was
last year, In which case he should
be able to pitch in turn from the
opening Of the 1929 campaign.
This gives the iGriffmen
Mogridge. Zachary. Brillheart ~
seasoned pitchers Of whom much
may be expected in the early
weeks Of the 1928 campaign. All
are southpaws. ~
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Win PLAY Middies.

ANNAPOLIS, Dec 1s.-The Mic
dies will meet the Princeton Tigers
football e.esen : next season "a
October 20. either here or. -, NJ
naw stadium IN h,l'iiDo,c.
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Myself. In. .lSs s4<4s
Adding these totals, II is seen that
we played 81 holes. For these,
Sweetser required 1877 strokes, while
l took 142 strokes.
Sweetser's average, therefore, is
5-34th strokes per hole. and my
average Is 6-34th strokes per hole.
The difference between us
amounted to l.34th Of . stroke per
hole, and the margin was Sweet
sers and gsve him the champion
ship. Where in al the world Of
sport il there anything to compare
with that?
1t was this very narrow margin
In the favor Of the fipeplaying
New York boy. too. which made
him champion, and nothing else.
mean that luck and such other fac.
tors had very little to do with IL.
I have heard critics OF the game
say that Sweetser was very lucky In
spots; that l didn't get any of the
breaks that a player can expect
here and there through an impor'
tant match. ~
whatever to the facts in the case
which were that Sweetser was
1.34th of a stroke per hole better
than I was. .-..
Which reminds me that there ID
vesy little of the element of luck
In the important golf match. Many
times when the ball fails by 9
narrow margin to do what the
player shooting n has designed II
to do, the fact Of its failure is not
to be ascribed TO bad luck" II
failed because 1t was not played
exactly as 1t should have been
played.
Often the ball falls just short
Of the green and rolls into .
trap, ~ happened with me ut the
sixth hole In this match. Friends
werc inclined to cheer me with
expressions concerning my bad
7uclk,s though I knew the In
slant the bs1l left my mid iron
blade that I had not hit Il hand
enough. ..s-
The wonder to me was that Il
reached SO FAR and got into thu
trap. ! was 20 far back from thu
green that concluded the sho
was 10 long, for an iron, that 4
might not be accurate. but was {
little short for a wood. SO I triet
to lay up to the side Of the traI
guarding the green-I mean / triet
to be up even with the trap, o.
beyond Il, but well to the right u
81 not to be in it, The trap dit
not reach across the entire from
Of the green. chose this rathe
than try to reach the green itself
intending to take my chances OF
laying the ball up to the pin ant
getting down with one putt.
Had that shot worked out
might have overcome Sweetser
margin Of 1-34th of q stroke pc
hole. at least on that hole, but I
failed. And !. it failed because
didn't put the ball where / shoult
have put it--not because of luck
The time IL rapidly approaching
wnen tens Of thousands of gol
fans will understand plays of thi
kind--perhaps see them reflecte,
with electric lights from the, from
Of newspaper offices during tn
championship tournament. 1 hop
(Copyright, John r. Ollie Col i
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~. ~S Team.

/. =, "a, $50 .NSn ~ 'n
h,r,.i;, .. y 49, n,i.., :; ia
honor a .,s :.si,.,ll team.
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known quantity So is Bob Pot
ter. ttl
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Erickson, was the. only Griff.
men IN addition to Johnson to
get away with Q 8-to-o victory.
He djd it on Jane 8 against his
oh meal ticket, the Cleveland In.
11Ans. That was shout the 1sst
0ame he won against the Indians.
teo.. for they exploded his tnx
pewers for good and Al last sum
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,cepyright. ss3s. ~ IntsssAtisaAi Hsvs
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Although he freely admits that he
ID q member Of the union. ''just q
be with the rest OF boys" Frisch
has declared that he 10 not . candi-
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johnson, just like ovcry other
pitcher In tho majors, has sui.
fored from the lively ball In use
and from tho .regained confidence
Of tho bstsmen ON that account
True, he has loat. sone Of his
speed, yet the average batsman
facing him will hardly n0tidD It,
sgccpt on hot day when John
son wcakens faster than he once
The Washington times., 1922-12-16

TO ME PeSToF
as oNn Ne1Gt1ooR 1900.
WHO Is oOirS g a GIT
Howl AOoOT NE Noise
~ me- HooSg Cow.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-01
Both Broadway And
|Hick Town In Play
Turn to The Right" WIN be Shown At
Garden Theatre Next Week.

Comedy Of the fly variety, sugges-
tive Of Broadway and Fcrty-secoEd
street. Is blended with the small town
grocery store brand in Turn 70 the
Right" the great laughing hit which
the Management OF The Garden viii pre-
sent Monday, Tuesday and wednesday
by the Picksrt Stock Co.
The Offering & unique IN what Il
combines the quaint humor Of The
Old Homestead and Way Down East. |"
with the smooth brilliant comedy Of
"Get-Rich- Quick-waIingford" and The
Fortune Hunter
While essentially a laughing success.
the pay Is without its big dramatic
moments. and thsrs Is even 4 touch Of
religious atmosphere family sugges-
tive of "Ben-Hu-"
The story deals with the return Of
Joe Bascom, the only son to the home
of his widowed mother after seven years
absense. part Of which he has spent IA
prison. By accident he Is closely fol-
lowed by two OF his own prison pals.
Mugs, a pickpocket. and Gilly. = safe
bloweg. The Bascon homestead is
threatened with setzeure by Deacon TIL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-01
new MEN AND BOYS
CLOTHING CONCERN
Proprietor Of Dixie Loan Co.. Takes
Over Adjeinins Building and
Opens Store

The idea Of making al exclusive for
men and boys clothing store in Pen
szcola nag been the plan Of H l.
OIsensky, proprietor OF the Dixie Loan
Co for come months past and taxing
advantage OF the opportunity 20 Ieass
the store adjoining his place o. bust
ness AZ s07 South Palafox street ne
dsd 90 and painted Il white inside ard
idea Of a store designed 10 handle
nothing but mems and boys clothing
and all kinds Of luggage.
Going TO New York with ample cash
and buying capacity for several stores
with which ne is connected. IN Mobile
and elsewhere. there were scarcely any
limits 10 the quantities sought and
found by Mr.. Oiensky TO stock up his
new place OF business, which will BE-
known as the Sample Suit House, and
the main stocks, viii consist Of pur-
cheses made from manufacturers job
bers and drummers' samples.
Among the large lot Of clothing
bought and which is arriving daily.
Dir. Olensky had the good fortune 10
run across q lot consisting Of 1915
boys Atwood quits, in all Eizes and
ali IN latest styles which he is featur-
ing n his opening tomorrow. dividing
the entire purchase into three lots, and
they will be put On display counter al
startling prices Hardly enough to pay
the cost Of manufacturing many Of
them
In addition 10 which he will give
81 q souvenir on his opening day To-
morrow handsome pocket knife with
every boys suit sold on that day.
Mr.. Oleusky proposes 10 sell mems
suits. all wool, finely tailored, many
Of them for less than cost Of manufac-
ture. This may seem unreasonable but
anyone knowing the reputation OF Mr.
Olensky knows that he makes no
statement that will not bear the clos
est scrutiny and mis- advertisement in
the Journal this morning tells the tale
fully.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-01
Air Racers to Fly
i'm Great Britain

LONDON. Aug. sI-The regulations
for the Circuit Of Britain Flying
Handicap. for which the King has given
cup, have been issued By the Royal
Aero Club. which Is conducting the
race
tember and viii conclude the following
day The course viii be approximately
$50 miles, starting and finishing al the
Walden Aerodronns, Croydon
Competitors must land AZ certain con-
troll stations. and the atrpIanes viii be
handicapped On a time allowance basis
for the complete circuit, a proportion Of
the total time handicap to be allotted to
each section
Entrants and pilots must be British
subjects, and the airplanes, including
the engines, must be entirely con-
structed in the British Empire. The
entrance fee il 1928.
Officials Of the club say that entries
have been promised by the Duke Of
Sutherland, President Of the Air League:
Lieutenant Colonel Frank K MCLEAN,
vice chairman Of the Royal Aero Club:
Sir Samuel InEtone, Instone Air Line
Sir Henry White Smith. Bristol Aero
plane Company. Ltd; A V. Roe, H
scott-Paine, and A. s. Butler Many
well known aircraft manufacturing COM
panles are preparing machines for the
race.
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WATER
MEET AT WINTER PARK

ORLANDO, Fla, Aug. 31-With
more than IS competitors representing
sixteen Of the south's foremost ath-
letic clubs. qualified for entrance, the
Southeastern A A A. swimming meet
will open at Winter Park tomorrow
afternoon. The fields number the
greatest aquatic stars in the south
land.
The largest teams have been sent
by the Atlanta Athletic club, the Nav
al Station at Pengaco1a, and the Lin
den Eatoratium and Country club Of
Memphis.
Ten Of the events will be run off
tomorrow. leaving eleven Of the more
important contests for Saturday.
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Leftover Tourist
Club Holds Meeting

The Leftover Tourist Club held a
meeting ana luncheon AZ Bayyiew Park
Thursday evening, when about twenty O.
those who did not return 10 the northlanG
during the GUNNER but spend the sum-
uer months in Pensacola also assembled
and enjoyed the program
After the meeting an old peoples dance
was held and several took part in the
dances Of twenty years ago, the waltz
ana two-step. Those participating great
y enjoyed the temporary return TO youth
land.
Mr.. Atchison gave an exhibition Of the
oId-fashloned beer garden dances and
Doc Frazer qualified for the long-dis-
lance dance There viii be another meet
ing OF the Leftover Tourist Club at Bay
view September IA.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-01
Pays Pensacola
And Shipbuilding
Plant Compliment

CAPT A Elder. VITO has bean IN Pensa-
cola fer sous time supervising the con
Etruc1loa o. the huge derrick barge fo-
the Morgan. Louisiana and Texas Rail
road and Steamship Co, subsidiary line
q the Southern Pacific. paid high con-
plments 70 the Pensacola SnID5ui.ding
Company and to the city Of Psnsaeola-
You have splendid shfpbuIidtng plant
here, and under able management" Capt.
Elder stated, and 7 know Of 10 better
il the country Ny stay n Pensacola
has been e. pleasant one"
The barge constructed here Is <5xsoxs
feet In di-1esson. OF extra heavy steel Il
IS for use n conjunction with the roads
equipment at New Orleans
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-01
ANDALUSIA EVENS THE
COUNT WITH EUFAULA

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Aug. 31-Anda-
IusLa evened the count with Eufaula
this afternoon in three game series TO
break a tie for first place in the Eastern
division Of the South Alabama League.
The score was to 4.
The third game viii be played tonor-
row and the winner Will play a seven
game series with Selma for the cham
pionship Of the league.
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7ughey Sued For
$4,000 Damages

-Four damage suits were filed yes-
srday IN the court o. record John
siipln company entered 4 suit against
-anar COnlsy. American Agricultural
company sasd Walter Richardson and
r. =. and Mary OtweH are plaintiffs
against Holloway Construction com
1auy for $4,000 damages.
p. r. Harrington, She father OF the
Joy who We killed recently when
truck By a HUghey truck, entered
= eatt for tzo,6G0 damages AGAINST
q. l.. Hughsy Of Hughey Bakery. John
stokes represents the plaintiff,