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Smyrna times., 1922-11-22


At the Front Door of the Colonial Hotel, in
the Town of Smyrna, Duck Greek Hun
dred, Kent County and State of
Delaware
The following described real estate, to-wit
ALL that certain farm, tract. piece or par
eel of land and premises known as Cottage
Dale Farm" situated in Duck Greek Hun
dred, Kent County and State of Delaware,
lying partly within the corporate limits of the
Town of Smyrna, and partly adjacent to said
Town, subdivided and to be sold follows:
Subdivision No.
ALL that certain farm. tract, piece or par
eel of land and premises. being a part of
Cottage Dale Farm situated in Duck Greek
Hundred. Kent County. State of Delaware,
lying partly adjacent to the Town of Smyrna,
the metes and bounds, courses and distances,
follows. to-wt:
BEGINNING at a point in the middle of
concrete bridge over the stream leading into
the head of the mill-pond or Lake Como, and
in the middle of thhe public road leading from
the Dover and Smyrna road to the Smyrna
and Clayton road; thence running with the
middle of said public road, north forty-two
seven-tenths perches to another corner in the
middle of said road thence leaving said road,
and running with hedge fence along and
with line of various lots of Spruance City,
north twenty-one degrees east. eighty perches
TO angle therein; thence north seventeen
degrees east, nineteen and two-tenths perches
to the end of the hedge fence at a gate post,
south of South Stret; thence north fourteen
and three-Quarters degrees east, crossing said
South Street, seventy-fve and five-tenths
perches. to a corner in the southeast line of
Commerce Street. thence running with the
southeast line of Commerce Street north fifty
five and one-half degrees east, six and three
tenths perches to another corner in the south
east line of said Commerce Street, and in the
southwest line of High Street; thence running
| in part with the southwest line of High Street,
| and in part with parcel No. hereinafter
described by a new line now established.
| South thirty-six and one-half degrees East,
| perches to a stake set in the middle of the
run of a glade emptying into said mill-pond
thence running another new line down and
with the middle of said glade in southeast
| erly direction, about thirty perches to the
| edge of the mill-pond Lake Como thence
running up and binding with the northwest
edge of said mill-pond in n southwesterly di-
| rection with the several meanderings thereof.
and also with the middle of the stream
| eighty perches to the place of beginning, and
| containing upland. one hundred and nineteen
acres and thirty-one square perches, also about
nine acres of cripple. making a total area of
| one hundred and twenty-eight acres and thirty
one square perches (12S A. & 81 So. PSI of
/ land be the same. more or less.
| The Improvements thereon being large
| two-story dwellinghouse, with kitchen at
| tached. large stable-building for eight horses
large barn with corn crib on each side. and
other out buildings thereon.
| Subdivision No. 2
/ ALL that certain tract. piece or parcel OF
| land. situated partly within corporate limits
of the Town of Smyrna. and partly adjacent
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

Captain Albert Dunn, of Bivalve,
Md, while coming up the Nanticoke
river, Wednesday, in a boat between
Seaford and Vienna, witnessed a fight
between an eagle and sea gull, getting
within his boats's length of the birds
before being discovered. When dis
covered the eagle let go its hold on
the gull, flying above Captain Dunn's
boat. Captain Dunn rescued the gull,
taking it aboard. The eagle circled
over his boat a number of times as if
to swoop down, but finally flew away.
The gull died just before he docked.
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22
Public Sale
OF VALUABLE
real. ESTATE

By virtue of an order of the Court of
Chancery of the State of Delaware. in and
for Kent County, THE FIDELITY TRUST
| COMPANY. a corporation of the State of
Maryland. Trustee under the provisions of the
last will and Testament and Codicil thereto
of James c. Dirickson. late of the Town of
Berlin. Worcester County. and State of Mary
| land. deceased, and Susan d. Tyler and Ed
win S. Tyler. her husband. of the City of
| Baltimore. State of Maryland. will expose to
sale by way of public auction or vendue. on
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities

Governor Denney, Wednesday, ap-
pointed Alonzo Jones of Leipsic sealer
of weights and measures for Kent
county to succeed Robert Price of Wy
oming.
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

An examination of candidates for
the office of postmaster at Delmar was
held Saturday. Postmaster R.R. Ger
man is an applicant for reappointment
and has strong support among the
patrons of the office.
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

Mrs. Sallie A. Owens, aged 80 years
mother of Mrs. ]. ]. Morris, of Dover,
died Tuesday. Funeral services were
held Sunday at McCaulley's Chapel,
near Georgetown, with interment in
the adjoining cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

State Auditor Daniel o. Thompson,
of Newark, has been appointed by
Governor Denney Justice of the Peace
and Notary Public. He succeeds James
A.McKelvey who resigned some weeks
ago. Mr.. Thompson's term as State
Auditor will expire in January. He
will have his Office as Magistrate at
his residence on Main street near Col
lege avenue. Magistrate Leonard w.
Lovett, also of Newark, who has been
ill for many months is in a critical
condition. Mr.. Lovett has served as
Magistrate under four Governors he
having been first appointed by Cover
nor Pennewill and reappointed by Gov
ernors Miller, Townsend and Denney
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

Altho there are more than 1000
subnormal children in the state, the
colony for feeble-minded, located near
Stockley, is able to take care of but
100. There is considerable agitation
for the state to build more homes and
enlarge the present capacity.
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

The dust spray is claimed to stop this
condition and it will be extensively
tried this season.
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

Townsend's old land mark, a 21a
story building, which for years has
been of historical interest is being
raised by order of the railroad COM
pany to make way for improvements
and another old historical building is
gone. The building was erected in
1885 by Captain John Wilson, and has
been used as a magistrates office and
town hall, in connection with a drug
store ever since. All of Townsend's
life centered around the old building
and it was there that the children
made their first appearance, speaking
pieces at some entertainment. For
fifty years the heirs of the late Cap
tain Wilson have been at litigation
over the building, and it was only re-
Gently that title could be secured to
it.
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

Ducks have been rapidly increasing
since the legislature enacted a law
some years ago prohibiting the spring
shooting. The season now closes Feb
ruary II, and gives the ducks chance
to feed during the more severe part of
the winter. The number of ducks on
the marshes have been rapidly increas-
ing ever since.
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

All records are bound to be event.
ually beaten, and it remains for James
Murphy to grow a stalk of corn which
measures more than fifteen feet in
heighth. Murphy grew the corn on
the farm of st. Joseph's Industrial
School, near Clayton, and altho this
was the champion stalk, still had
many more that grew as tall as ten
to twelve feet.
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

The new Indian river inlet from the
Atlantic Ocean is rapidly closing up,
despite the expenditure of $4,000 by
the last Legislature to keep it open.
Heavy winds and drifting sands will
soon have it almost closed, especially
to navigation.
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22
Saturday, December z, 1922
Two O'Clock P. M.

at Two O'Clock p. NJ.
At the Front Door of the Colonial Hotel, in
the Town of Smyrna, Duck Greek Hun
dred, Kent County and State of
Delaware
Smyrna times., 1922-11-22

ALL that certain tract, piece or parcel of
land. situated partly within corporate limits
of the Town of Smyrna, and partly adjacent
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Football Reforms
Must BE Gradual.
Say Yale Students

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. Jan. 2I.-
lale's undergraduate viewpoint
of the conclusion of President Low
ell of Harvard that intercollegiate
football has been given an emphasis
out of proportion to it's importance,
as outlined by "The Yale Daily
News" to-day, is that any reform in
sports would have to be brought
about gradually. 1t also SAYS that
Undergraduates and alumni might
not be In sympathy with proposed
reforms.
"Thc News" says: "Modern foot
ball has been the target for three
principal charges-that of profess
sionalism, indiyidualism and COM
mercialism.
Internationally there is some
truth in these accusations. The
only way they can be siIenced at
Yale is by radical departure from
the traditional athletic policy of the
university. If national competition
is to be avoided, preliminary games
must be partially or entirely done
away with; if the principle of 'ath-
letics for ALI Is realized, intra-mural
games must be substituted, and if
commercialism is to be discouraged
expenses must be cut down by car
rying the reform into all branches
of athletics. Any changc-if change
is wanted-would not come imIne-
diately."
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Registers l,425 Targets;
Fine Average Of .922l
in Seasons Rankings

Despite the fact that she is perhaps
the smallest in stature of any of the
great women stars Of trnpshooting,
Mrs. G.. Il. Groa,, Of Long Reach, Calf,
during the season OF 1921. proved her
self the mightiest with the shotgun.
s. - rcpistercd targets. Mrs. Groat
made the splendid average Of .922t,
o.. ..u tnus is ranked in No. | position
Of tho women trapshootcrs OF North
America.
Secretary Storcy McLinn. Of the
American Trapshooting Association,
yesterday at The New York headquar-
tcrs made public the complete list of
women who. by their skill with the
shotgun. won Il place on this roll Of
honor, which is annually composed Of
twenty-five names.
No shooter was considered for a
position unless she had shot at 1000
or more registered targets. 10 top this
list of tho first twenty-five" Mrs.
Groat was compelled to beat out many
worthy rivals, and among them was
Mrs Toots Randall, Of New York, who
holds The Womcn's Championship at
81 Targets of North America.
Mrs. Randall stands third on the list
with the average OF .9036.
Tenth in the standing is Mrs. Lou
Picrcy. of Jersey City, New jersey who
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Many Big Colleges
Enter Track Stars
In Brooklyn Games
Thousand Yard Race Ex-
pcctcd To Feature Brook
lyn College Meet Saturday

Approximately 80 athletes viii com
pete in tho eighth annual indoor meet
Of Brooklyn College, to be hold at the
23d Regiment Armory. Bedford and
Atlantic avenues, Brooklyn, next Satur-
day evening. Complete tract, teams Of
Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Rutgers
Holy Cross. Georgetown, Boston, Ford
ham, Columbia and the leading club
stars OF the Now York A. g.. Meadow
brook A. c., Of Philadelphia; Boston
A. A., Illinois A. c. and other organi-
zations are scheduled to take part.
The feature race will be tho Brook
lyn College Thousand, for which in
vtations have been extended to Earl
Eby, Larry Brown, Sid Leslie. Hal Cut
bill, Joe Higgins, Jack Sellers, Mike
Devanncy, Allen Helfrich, Jimmy Con-
molly, Tom Campbell. and Charles
Beagan. Cutbill won the race last
year in close to record time.
Jimmy O'Bricn will defend his $40
yard Metropolitan A. A. U. champion
ship against Bill Stevenson, of Prince
ton, the national titeholder; Harold
Ray, of Rutgers; Walter Koppisch. OF
Columbia; Andy Kelly, Bernie Wefers
jr., Sellers and Higgins, Of the New
York Athletic Club, and Frank Murray
end Wilson Adams, of Princeton.
Another champion who win face
strong opposition is Eddie Goodwin,
holder of the twomile national bicycle
title. His strongest contanders should
prove AL Lake and Bill Van den Dries,
the veteran fat floor amateurs. and
Fred Spencer, the promising Jersey
youngster
Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Columbia
Boston, Georgetown, Fordhan1 and pos
sibly Yale and Princeton will start
teams III the one-mils invitation col
lege relay race. Twenty teams have
entered the club relay and fifteen high
and prep schools will battle for su-
premacy in the intersch elastic race.
Among other star performers entered
are: Jake Driscoll. of Boston; Bob Le-
Gendre, of Georgetown. the all around
champion; Eddie Farrell, Metropolitan
sprint champion; Jackson Schols, who
will make his Eastern debut: Don
Lourle. Donald Forsman. Max Bohland,
W. Z. Massey and Frank Smalley.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Hosu Wagner Batted
During II Seasons

I'VE ~ years; Young, four years; Hornsbv.
Acllman and Meusel, three wears.
so the Georgia Peach. with Tho nv
cept,on of Wagner, has overtaken Tho
ora battlnE champions. has distanced
.nose VINO started with him, and TODAY
is lar In the van Of the modern stars.
Ty Starts 300 Pace
~ made his first appearance with
detroit in 1905, took part in fortv .oro
games and batted only .240. Since tbar
ne mas never fallen under 300 aver
age His lowest mark was in 1eos
When he hit 800. In 1911 he cstah.
llsncd his high average Of .421. The
following year he was again 400
hitter. with .41O.
IN eight Of his sixteen wears NJ cor.
secutlvc .3c0 hitting, Cobb has made
moro than 200 hits; twelve times ho
has carried off the leadership Of h;s is
o'rcu''' and the past season it tool,
r1athematiclans ~ to prove that Harry
Hellman 1sa had bettered by a few point,
'"1 '9o9 compiled by his manager.
:. judged on his 1921 showing. the
S'ng mas not lost his batting eve. We
can sun strsighten out the hooks md
sec tnc last ones quicker than thcv
s"n ,,"c past the plate. So the chances
are thst ny is good for another wear
-. 81 ,Wo at least as a 800 hitter. and
.1a. nno ,4s 'ne seventeen consecutive years Of
a, .Iou n''t1,1ng ':,g achieved by Wagner is not
passed in 1923. A'"A out
H IN his seventeen big league wears
Cob has hung up the remarkah,oS SIsts h..
ting average of 1854 Though he was
,hirty-flve years old December 1a ,.st
ne is apparently good for quite faw
years more. 10"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Standard Ball :.
Essential,
Pres. Heydler
Use of Rubber r.
Ball by the Pacific sd ca
League Is Disann,s'e e

A standard baseball Is .,....,.
the maintenance Of major ana ''''' ~ T.
league playing averages, .ecord;sa a'''
President John A. Heydler ~ SRs
tional League. This stst.. nv T.
made in discussing the r.nns. as :,
the Pacific Coast League viii s .s 'ass
rnbber-cored bail for the 1922 .vN s. :
play With balls Of different ,.''a' .ssa'
Of construction would throw l. ~f'
fielding and pitching aver,oa. ''''as'
complete confusion and to a s,... N"
tent nullify the usefulness '.'' =. e.
averages" he said. "Bov cou,s a''a =
MANAGE or scout Of a major lss.,' !
team get line upon fno .s;,:. 'sas
minor league player II balls Ivy Ola
composition are to b. used, u Yarloas
i believe that rule should :.
corporateJ IN the maior-minor la. ~ NJ
agreement to this effect. The 'ssgas
now specify that the ball used ID rules
shall DC Of certain weight srd ~ ell
but nothing is said REGARDING i.u .' si's,
ponen' parts. IN the past it has b.nr b.,a.
generally accepted that all tn 100 -. oeen
leagues used 2 sphere Of siml.r I'M ,sso.nS
strrctlon. ''i con-
IF different leagues begin :. A.,
d lfferent types of bail csntns;. saops
garding the caliber Of indiyIdrsII , se,
team play viii almost Immediately S.' =.
suit. Let us assume that wh;ls' -. y.
Pacific Coast League uses a ~, rnhha' NY
cored ball another league adon.. ssss''
livelier ball than the ore now IN zen.
cral use. The result would be .bs. s''. !.
would be impossible to gain any ", ID.
Of the batting. fielding or piteh;s.
ability Of players in these leappes :
compared with the averages cf u.
major leagues. wv
"1f attendance figures can be ss,..
as criterion Of the popularity NJ y.
game in the major leagues then Il.
fans can be safely said to anprovs ~
the type of baseball being ulave6 With
the bali nov in use. am not fam;l;..
with conditions on the Pacific cosss
but l should regret to see the g,n,.
played with different types Of bail +
various sections OF the country. fo, !.
cannot fail to destroy the Comparative
value OF the records which now fom
no small part Of our national ssme'
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22

Mrs. &. E. CrOat Lists First
Among Women 7rapshooters

won the Indoor Cham pionship at Madi-
son Square Garden last winter. Among
the women who are given rating this
year are many who won their state or
their Zone Championships. Some we're
fortunate enough to win both.
Four Former Champions Placed
champions who succeeded in making
places. They arc Mrs. l.. G. Vogel, OF
Detroit. who stands seventh; Mrs. A..
II. Winklcr. Chicago, eighth; Mrs. d.
J. Dalton, Warsaw, Indiana, eleventh,
and Mrs. J. II. Bruf, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
fifteenth. OF all the former champions,
none ever hung up the remarkable rec
ord which Mrs. Randall did in the
Grand American Handicap Tournament
al Chicago last August, for she broke
98xl00 TO capture the national title.
The showing Of Mrs. c. W. Bucha-
nan, Of Mitchell. S. D., who stands sec
ond, was not surprising, for not only
was she champion Of her state in 1920,
but she successfully defended her
Iaurcls in the same championship con-
test in 1921, and likewise ca rried off
the Prairie Zone championship during
the past year. In addition, she and her
husband arc we'll known throughout
the country, not only as rcmarkab'e
trapshooters but. as unusually skjllful
performers in the field.
Mrs Groat also won her state cham
pionship in 1920 and 1921, as did Mrs.
WinkIer of Illinois; Mrs. Vcgel, of
Mchigan; Mrs. W. G. Edmiston, of
Nebraska; Mrs. Drun', Of Pennsylvania,
and Mrs. c. D. Moon, Of Wisconsin.
Youngest Of Shooters
Miss Alice Docrkcn, Of Paterson.
N. j.. perhaps is the youngest OF the
shooters on this list Miss Doerkcn
attends the school ut Coopcrstown
n. V, and is still in her teens. She
stands thirteenth on the list, and her
most sensational feat OF the year was
to defeat Mrs. Randall for the Eastern
zone championship.
While Mrs. J. L. Doggctt, of Carks-
dale, Miss, failed to retain her state
championship in 1921, she captured the
Southern zone championship title and
at that tournament did some remark
able shooting. Her performance Of
97H100 from the 18yard mark in the
Southern Handicap was especially
creditable.
But one of the outsta nding feats of
trapshooting during the last year vas
that accomplished by Mrs. E. l.. King
Then she, in open competition with the
best of the men shooters in her native
state, stood on the 18yard mark and
broke 95 targets out of 100 She
cleaned up the whole field, and was the
only woman in North America to win
one Of the American Trapshooting AS
sociation medals at a state or provin-
cial competition.
Another shooter Of rare ability is
Mrs. G. A. O'Connor. who stands sew
cnteenth in the ranking. This native
Of Spokane, Wash, won her state
champi ionship in 1920. likewise in 1921,
and the Pacific Coast zone champion
ship Of the last year.
Mrs. ID. j. Dalton, Of Warsaw, Ind,
was successful in winning both her
state championship and her zone cham
pionship.
In the matter of endurance shooting,
Mrs. Fred r. Etchen, of Coffeyville,
Kan, carries off the prize. She shot
more registered targets than any other
woman in the world, breaking 3,540
targets out of 1880.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Football Not a Danger,
Says ". and !. Official

WASHINGTON, Pa, Jan. 21.--Act-
ing President Simon S. Baker of
Washington and Jefferson does not
seree with President Lowell OF Har-
'ard in the latter's suggestion that
college football interest be concen-
interfere with educational work. AL
ways an advocate Of properly con-
quoted Intercollegiate sports, and es-
peciallY football. DR.. Baker does not
encourage prom scuous expanding Of
schedules, but believes that this need
not be a danger so long as faculties
maintain rcquirc' 0ndards. In a
statement issued {, ;'at he says:
q have the very highest respect for
the opinion and judgment of Presi-
cent Lowell of Harvard University,
acceptance of his recent proposals
relative to football contests.
We believe football to be the great
est present medium through which
college spirit and fraternal feelings.
not only of The student bodies but of
whole communities are maintained and
Siviied. TO be sure, there is a danger
or there may be dangers in the pres
cnt tendencies to expand and increase
the annual schedules, but we are rot
convinced that this need be dangerous
WHHe eulcleht faculties are maintain
ing their essential ideals and stand
ards which institutional pride demands
Of them
We regret sometimes that it is not
possible for every boy enrolled in
s'gher educational institutions to have
IN active part in organized football
Tor the peculiar sort of drill. sub
mission and development which this
type of game demands"
We all join with President Lowell
in the hope that we may see our way
to the safest and sanest development
and maintenance of this type of sport
New-York tribune., 1922-01-22
Ohio Limitation
Is to Seuen Games

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 21.-Ath
iesics are not overemphasized in West
crn Conference universities, President
w. O. Thompson Of Ohio State Uni
versity and President Harry Pratt Jud
son of the University of Chicago
agreed i'll speeches delivered here last
night before the Chicago University
Alumni Association Of Central Ohio.
both made reference to the recent
statement Of President Lowell of
Harvard. that too much Importance
was being attached to intercollegiate
sports.
"Athletics at Ohio State University
have not been overempha sized, and 7
believe the same is true of other West
crn Conference schools said President
Thompson. Limitations placed upon
the number of football games by con-
ference rules have eliminated that
Sixteen or seventeen years ago we
were confronted with threat of that
nature, but it no longer exists. Our
schedules, limited to seven games, are
IN striking contrast to the schedules of
from eight to twelve games attempted
IN Eastern schools
''The victory Of our football team at
Princeton last year came as surprise
to many Fasteners, who have not con-
sidered such thing possible" declared
Dr. Judson. Some of the Eastern col
lcges do not appreciate Middle Western
institutions to the fullest extent, and
they occasionally awake to a situation
to that recently stated by President
Lowell in regard to athletics and men
sion it as if it had never been discov-
cred before.
We long ago met the situation out
lined by President Lowell and under
our present system we have no fear of
athletics assuming too great a share Of
Importance. President Lowell is right
in saying the primary purpose Of an
educational institution Is education"