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Evening star., 1922-10-14


Only a few of that bowling crowd
saw a uniformed messenger boy
creep up to Gibbons corner during
the seventh round and cautiously get
ting his signature of receipt first slip
a yellow envelope into the hand of
Eddie Kane, Gibbons manager.
Gibbons saw it out of the corner of
his eye as he slashed and slugged,
and he knew.
When Tommy came to his corner at
the end of the seventh round he sank
calmly on his stool and asked Kane.
What does it say?" What does
his face flushing. ''oh. all right" an
swered Gibbons, but 1 know"
The detailed account of the next
round shows that Gibbons "rained
rights and lefts to the body and
slammed several teeth out Of Miske's
Miske with rights and lefts to the
head" and that they were exchang-
ing when the bell rang"
The remainder of the details don't
matter much. Tommy kept on. slam
ming away. lighting cleverly, craftily.
led only to punishment until twist
Of fate in the tenth caused Gibbons
right fist to fall below Miske's belt
and Miske to fall upon the floor and
the battle to end.
1t was more tnan the mere disap-
pofntment of losing fight that he
had virtually salted away for keeps
that came to Tom Gibbons when he
left the ring. Kane showed the crum-
pied telegram into the boxers gloved
fist. Read it. Tom,'' he said. Lets
hurry and dress. I'm awfully sor-
Mistake His Tears.
"All right" said Gibbons. the two
fisted, battered fighter. tears stream
ing down his sweaty face. II know
what YOU mean"
/! and lined the aisle down which the
loser strobe didn't know. They had
seen fighters lose on fouls before, but
they had never seen one cry-even
when he had lost his fighting repu-
tation. They didn't know about the
telegram-hadn't seen the messenger
boy creep back into the crowd after
the death of Toms father in st. Paul,
of a father proud Of his fighting sons,
who had taught them much Of the
fighting that they knew, and taught
them from his Irish blood.
In the twelve-round semi-f1nal bout
Tommy Robson won the judges de-
cision over Jimmy Darcy Of Portland,
Eddie Burnbrook of Camp Holabifd,
Nd. defeated Young Pierce of New
York in a six-round preliminary bout
In the curtain raiser of four rounds
Billy Hamilton of New York defeated
Joe Skinner Of Phoenix, Ariz.
Boxers Father Dies.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, October IA
Thomas Gibbons, ST., father Of Mike
and Tommy Gibbons, st. Paul's ia
Evening star., 1922-10-14
BATTLES DESPITE GRIEF.
LOSES VICTORY BY FOUL
By the Associated Press.

Press
YORK, 14-They
the after they have received the death
OF husband orwie rccing their regular lines and making
different folk feel and laugh Probably those
They must be Any the crowd that filled Madison
Garden of
Billy Mke his fellow of
fifteen rounds probably will believe
fighting called
Evening star., 1922-10-14
ST. PAUL WILL BATTLE
TO STAVE OFF ORIOLES

ST. PAUL. Mimi. October 14.-St.
Paul, American Association cham
pions. today face virtually the same
situation as did the New York Yam
KEGS in the world series-befng re-
quired to take four straight games to
win the little world series" with
Baltimore. International League cham
pions. who thus far have won four
games to the Saints one.
Evening star., 1922-10-14
DO,c,, the Alleys

Equipment set n dizzy pace for other
teams in the Western Union League
in the three matches bowled in that
circuits last session. 1t outscored all
others in beating the Morse quint
4s4, 47s and 4s6 to 4l2. 435 and 400
Delivery vanquished Telephone, 44l.
800 and 46i to 469. 436 and 43i. Au-
tomato downed Service. i51, 42I and
432 to 437. 413 and 43s. Jett's I2e
game for Automatic was the best Of
the matches.
Potomac pointed the way to United
in two of three games in the Ma
tional Union League. The scores were
Stelle of Potomac bowled So, 1O3 and
lis to lead the procession.
Heckt duckpinners outscored ths
Meyers shop five in the Commercial
League, winning 456. 445 and 435 to
439. 476 and 426. Hiram. in his second
effort, shot 130 game for the losers.
games from Registry in the Wash
ington Ladies League. The scores
We're 3S7, 4t9 and 435 to 336, $50 and
54e. Miss Becker of the winners
rolled high game at 105 and high set
at 2So.
Columbian PriRtinE Company. Judd
& Detweiler and Gibson Brothers
triumphed in the Typothetae League.
the first named swept its match with
National Capital Press, isc. 49, and
446 to 396, 4G9 and 4i3, while Judd s,
Detweiler took all three games from
Washington Monotype by scoring
517. 49, and sos, against 405. 446 and
42s. Gibson Brothers beat T. p An
drews. 45s, 42i and 446 TO 454, 43i
and 500.
Dawson Lodge did not need its
handicap of three pins a game TO beat
Whiting Lodge in the Masonic League.
the final counts being 4s5. 505 and $50 To
500. ass and 504. Acacia spotted Sim
gleton twenty-five pins each game
and won, 5o2, 519 and 500, to 4Si, sos
and 513.
After trailing in the first game. the
Rathskellers came to life and grab
bed the next two contests from the
Terminal Ice Company In the District
League. The counts We're 5Os 537
and 525 to 529. 519 and 513. Urban.
lead-of man of the Rathskellers, had
a set of Sss that included a game of
164.
Valuation. EnGineerH. Finance and
Directors were yictors in the Inter
state Commerce Commission League.
The first named swept its match with
Tariff, 463. 457 and ass to 439, 4a5 and
452. Engineers beat Traffic, 1863, 473
and 45a 10 463, $50 and AS. Finance
downed Fourth Section. 460. 467 and
4s3 to 443, 462 and ass. Statistics
was defeated by Directors. 44S, 4Sy
and 40 to-455. 473 and ass.
Evening star., 1922-10-14
Yalezoua Game :AHA L. Pilots May Be Back on Job in 1923
HOLDS CENTER OF STAGE
in FOOTBALLDOM TODAY
Championship of Jones Family at Stake-Hawkeye
Rooters Occupy Section in Bowl-Two Styles
of Game on View.

Ey the Associate Press.
HAVEN October 1.-THE unofficial championship
those foot ball which
popular interest stake in today neec
game Yale University
Last champion eleven OF the Western Conference coached by
the Princeton Yale triangle last which coached
I. D. Jones, Howard's brother
Preparations mdseason
S0OOO prediction victory by
participants victory doubt the last
Evening star., 1922-10-14
NO CHANGES INDICATED:
NONE APPEARS LIKELY
Personnel of Most Teams in Circuit Except Yanks
to Be Shaken Up-Huggins' Case Recalls
That of FOhTs Last Season.
by JOHN B. FOSTER.

EW YORK. October 4From managerial standpoint
League campaign 1928 will be fought
the captains generals whichever they may called
directed the assaults of the shock troops n 1922
Miller Huggins will again handle the champions
Fohl will
crowd Kid Gleason will White fourth place
Speaker will
fifth place.
Connie Mack will not be divorced Philadelphia Hugh
likely be called again any one is to suppan
Clyde Milan at Washington, has OF [ vet.
Evening star., 1922-10-14

Interest In the game was increased
by the fact that Howard and Tad
played on the same eleven at Yale
one a substitute and the other an all
american quarterback, and by the
fact that each has been the only Yale
coach in recent years whose pupils
have attained the summit of Yale
loot ball ambitions and defeated Har-
ward in the seasons climax.
Nothing New in Rivalry.
Rivalry of brothers is nothing new
IN Yale foot ball, but 1t Is a painful
recollection. Two years ago a Yale
eleven. captained by Tim Callahan
was defeated by Brother Mikes
Princeton team. 90 to 0.
Thousands of western conference
alumni. many OF them in New Haven
today. hoped for an Iowa victory
Harvard and Princeton men especially
want Yale to win. but out in EXcello
ohio. one foot ball follower. interested
IN the game as much as anybody, said
she would like Il scoreless tie. She
vas Mrs. T. A. Jones, mother of the
coaches
Iowa had a section OF the bowl re-
served for rooters who included many
New York alumni of other conference
institutions besides Iowa. An under
graduate cheer leader from Iowa was
on hand. Seats were reserved. among
others, for Mrs. d. y. Richardson of
davenport. Iowa, eighty-eight years
old. the grandmother of the Jones
boys and widow of regent of the
make the trip to New Haven in a
special car.
Many an argument in comparison
of mid-western and eastern foot ball
probably will arise from the result
of today's game, for such intersec-
al ty, hA fY,f oy1o
doomed. There is no national agree
nent for d world series in college
foot ball, such as there is in organ
ized base ball. and both the western
conference and the big three" have
crowned upon distant trips for inter-
sectional games in the future.
Yale followers pessimism over in
iuries to stars seemed today to have
turned to optimism. With OHearn,
star quarterback. and Capt Jordan,
another back. out of the game be-
cause of injuries. there was feeling
win, and that, after. all. today's game
would be only step in Yale's prog
ress toward games with Princeton
and Harvard.
Yale Has Great Backheld.
But the latest reports from foot
ball critics who favored the Blue
were that Mallory, Yale fullback,, was
the pest OF Iilo east on OeIeHSes thdl
NeidlinSer. a fast running back. was
an able substitute for OHearn at
quarter. and that Ted Wight was as
good u puuter as the mighty Ted Coy,
famous in Yale's days of yore.
Critics, who regarded Iowa as the
favorite. stressed the mighty line
plunging of Capt. Gordon Loucke. the
EXCELLENT work at tackle of Engeldin-
ger. former West Pointer. and the
puzzling Iowa series plays without
signals They Offset reports of Yale
injuries by pointing out that Heldt,
Iowa center. and Rankin. the quarter.
were not in the best Of condition.
Some eastern critics were Of the
opinion that Yale should win by a
one touchdown margin. Iowa's view
was expressed by reports that the
Iowa team left homo with its special
car plastered with such signs as
Iowa picks Yale lock" and Iowa 10,
Yale o."
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CALLS HALT ON BOUT.

BOSTON, October 14.-The welter-
weight battle here last night between
Jock Malone of st. Paul and Johnny
karr Of Cleveland was declared no
contest in the third round by the ref
cree, who said the men were not try
ing.
Evening star., 1922-10-14

Buffalo Athletic Club foot ball
candidates are to report for drills at
Lovejoy School tonight at 8 o'clock
and, tomorrow morning at TO-.
Evening star., 1922-10-14
POLO TOURNAMENT FINAL
IN POTOMAC PARK TODAY

War Department teams. Yell0yvs
and Greens. are to meet in Potomac
Park Mt $50 O'Clock this afternoon
In the final match OF the Army's
high-EOal polo tournament. The
Greens advanced to the decisive
round last Monday when they de-
feated the Enrt Myer Sd Cavalry.
On Thursday the YeflOvvs van
quished the I'd Field Artillery Of
Fort Myer.
Evening star., 1922-10-14

to play Quincy Athletic Club at
catholic University tomorrow after
noon. will practice tonight at 1880
o'clock at eth and Monroe streets
northeast.
Evening star., 1922-10-14

nous. boxers. died at his home here
yesterday after long illness. He
was seventy-two years old.
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'% FLAMINGM
f. JEWE:::L!!:;;,A:f
M h ROBERT W CHAMBERS
,ooQ GEORGE HponAs ooAsnAs"

into the north-with smouldering
eyes. Then he turned calmly to
Picquet: AN you. rami?"
AT orders. mon capitaine."
"Cest bien. Venez."
They walked leisurely forward
with rifles shouldered, following the
hard ridge out across a vast and
flooded land where the bark of trees
glimmered with wet MOSES.
After a quarter of a mile the ridge
broadened and split into two, one
hogback branching northeast! They,
however continued north.
About twenty minutes later Pie
quet, creeping along on Quintana' s
left, and some sixty yards distant,
discovered something moving in the
woods beyond, and fired at-it. IN
stantly two unseen rifles spoke from
the woods ahead Picquet was
perked clear around, lost his balance
and nearly fell. Blood was squirting
from his right arm, between elbow
and shoulder.
He tried TO lift and level his rife;
his arm collapsed and dangled
broken and powerless; his rifle clat-
tered 10 the forest floor.
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Nancy and Nick were riding along
in the magic automobile as nice as
pie.
They never suspected that Light
Fingers. the bad little fairy was fly
ing right over their heads.
And they never knew thing
about the magic pill that Light
Fingers had in a bottle.
This magic pill made everything
it touched go backward, and at this
very minute Light Fingers was try
ing to drop It into the gasoline tank.
At last the bad little fairy get he
cap of the tank unscrewed. And
in another second he had dropped
in the magic pill.
The first thing Nancy and Nick
knew, the little car stopped with
sudden jerk and they fell right off
the seat onto the floor.
And the next thing they knew
they were going backward at aoo-t
dozen miles n minute.
"Oh, my!" cried Nancy. whats
happened?"
Il don't know" answered Nick,
but We'll have to think OF charm
as fast as We can. I've got one"
So he ssid.
Magic auto, what's the matter7
You act as crazy as a halter"
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Our Poets Corner
For Verses Written Specially for
The Evening Journal.
Farewell TO Summer
Mary Ella Kitchener Hopes.

We bid thee adieu, fair summer.
Thy reign and thy mission is Ger
Now autumn has come with hei
joys,
And all of her beautiful store.
The tyees are painted in color.
No artist could ever bestow;
The fields will yield rich harvest
Fruits and flowers profusely grow
The bright days have just enough
warmth,
To make us feel happy and gay
SO farewell summer. fair summer.
Let autumn now have her full
sway.
The grass she touched with her
brush.
The flowers she has changed some
what. too,
Now autumn will make all things
bright,
She paints in a beautiful hue.
The skies shed Just enough tears.
To make all the rlvulets laugh;
And from their gay gurgling streams,
Many a cool drink may we guam
OF nuts she has many in store.
So gather them now while they
last,
The Christ-fiower blooms at our door
So do not pray autumn TO pass.
Her baskets are full, running DER,
She has Thanksgiving stored in
mind,
Many tables will laden be
She thinks of the good OF man.
kind.
With fun she is fairly brimful.
There is fishing and nuttlng in
store.
And soon will come old Halloween,
When the boys will wrap at our
door.
oh. autumn, fair autumn has.
With all of the good things and
joys.
The Thanksgiving turkey and games,
For the good little girls and boys.
Then summer, fair summer. adieu,
Farewell to your fruit sand flowers.
We welcome the frost and the cold.
Now the golden autumn is ours
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YOUR LAST NAME
Copyright. 1920 The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
BY MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE

! 1884. but a resident OF Ballymony
ireland. ae came 10 this country
in 1877. bringing with him his sec
ond wife and several children. He
settled in New Hampshire, where
he died in 1916. BY his first wife
he had Robert, Daniel and John, all
of whom were pressed into the
British naty after their arrival in
the new world. BY his second wife
he had only two surviving children.
James and Sarah.
OF these children Robert was
born in Ireland, and had a son
Matthew. Having been pressed into
the British navy he was ordered to
jamaica. where he died of yellow
fever Daniel also died in the serv-
ice ~. the British navy. The young
est son, John, was born In Bally-
many In 1918. He served in the
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is 1T McoURDY?

Though the founders of the Ameri.
can McCurdy family came from
Ireland. the family had its origin
in Scotland; and the story goes that
the Mackindy family. as it was
known IN Scotland. had its origin in
Lanarkshire. where they were the
ancient owners of the Island OF
Butte, landmark on the western
coast of Scotland.
Tho tradition is that five brothers
OF this family went across the
Irish Sea with their families. and
settled in Ballymony. Antrim. It
is said that more than one OF the
McCurdy family in Ireland assisted
at Londonerry during the seige Of
1888.
The founder OF the family here
was Archibald. born in Scotland in
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yourself in this matter; call It to
mind a hundred times during the
day commencing your efforts to
God. It seems to me that no more
than this Is needed in order to sub
ject your soul entirely to His will,
and then you will become more
gentle day by day trusting wholly
in His goodness. You will be very
happy, my dearest child, If you can
do this, for God will dwell in your
heart; and where He reigns all is
peace. But If you should fail, and
commit some Of your old faults. do.
not be disheartened, but rise up end
go on again. as though you had not
fallen.-St. Francis de Sales.
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IT don't know what's wrong VITA
me-" answered a voice. but some
things queer :nsids Of ne. Try an,
other charm" 50 Nick made up this
one:
Magic auto. don't go back,
You'll bump our heads, IKE Jill and
Jack"
But that charm didn't worl;
either The magic automobile kept
on whizzing backward right toward
the cave OF Twelve Toes, the sor i,
cerer.
Light Fingers was pleased 20
pieces.
CTo BE Continued)
Copyright, 1922. NEA servicso
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MANY FIRESIEN, TINY FIRE.

WEST CHESTER, Pa. Nov. A.
Four fire companies from this place
two from Downingtown and tbs
Ardmore company were called Il
Exton on the Lincoln Highway
early last night by telephone. all Of
them having runs OF many miles
but none of them saw a frs. Thd
call was oocasioned by siighI
blaze in the public library. conf
Quoted by some women Of the lol
cality. 1t started on tho third fool
from a fire. but soon was extinguishl
ed by a bucket brigade with small
loss. But It cost the frsmen som
money to make the trip.
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a BIBLE THOUGHT
u FOR TODAY ---

ibls Thoughts nemoriEed, viii prove
priceless heritage in after years.
,.Hl1al HEs99EHEa19lIE

WARNING TO MEDDLERS:-
He that passeth by and med
dleth with strife belonging not
TO him. is like one that TAX
eth a dog by the ears.-Prov-
cribs 26:17.
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You should make a special point
Of asking God every morning to give
you. before all else, that true spirit
Of meekness which He would have
His children possess. You must also
make a. firm resolution to practice
yourself in this virtue, especially in
your intercourse with those persons
to whom you chiefly owe It. You must
make it your main object TO conquer
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ESTATES OF THE DEAD.

LISTERS of administration havl
been granted by Register of Will
Isaac r. Brown TO Harry Brodsk!
on the estate OF Yetta weinstein
Nora B. stebbing on the estate o.
Otis Theodore Stebbing. and letter,
testamentary to Sarah Frances Mar.
tin on the estate OF Ida Martin, nj
Of Wilmington hundred.
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For a moment he stood there IN
plain view. dumb. deathly white;
then he began screaming with fury
while the big. soft-nosed bullets
came streaming in all around him.
His broken arm was hit again. His
scyamlng ceased; he dragged out
his big clasp-knife with his left hand
and started running toward the
shooting.
As he ran, his mangled arm flop
ping like broken wing, Byron
Hastings stepped out from behind a
tree and cooily shot him down at
close quarters.
Then Quintana's rife exploded
twice very quickly, and the Hastings
boy stumbled sideways and fell
sprawling. He managed TO rise to
his knees again: he even was trying
to stand up when Quintana. taking
his time, deliberately began to
empty his magazine into the boy,
Kidding him limb and body and
head.
Down once more. he still moved
his arms Sid Hone reached out
from behind a fallen log TO grasp
the dying lads ankle and draw him
into shelter, but Quintana reloaded
swiftly and smashed Homes left
hand with the first shot.
Then Jim Hastings, kneeling be-
hind a punch of juniper, fired a
high-velocity bullet into the tree be-
hind which Quintana stood; but be-
fore he could fire again Qulntana's
shot in reply came ripping through
the juniper and tore a CHASTITY hole
in the calf OF his left leg, striking
a blow that knocked young Hastings
fiat and paralyzed as a dead founder.
A mile to the north. blocking the
other exit from Drowned Valley,
Mike clinch, Harvey Chase. Cornelius
Boomers, and Dick Berry stood |
listening TO the shooting.
"B'gosh," blurted out Chase. at
sounds like they was goin' through,
Mike. B'gosh, It doesi'
Ciinch's little pale eyes blazed.
but he said in his soft, agreeable
voice:
stay right here. boys. Like as
not some OF 'em will come this way"
The sh ot.ng below ceased
nostrlls expanded and fat
ened with every breath, as he stood
glaring into the woods
"Harve" he said presently, "you
IN Corny go down there an kinda
ook around. And you signal II I'm
wanted. G'wan. both o. you. Gltl"
They started. running heavily. but
their feet made little noise on the
moss
Berry came over and stood near
clinch. For ten minutes neither
man moved. Cllnch stared at the
woods In front OF him. The younger
mans nervous glance fllckered like
a snakes tongue in every direction,
and he kept moistening his lips with
his tongue.
Presently two shots came from
the south. A pause; rattle OF
shots from hastily emptied maya
zines.
-"G'wan down there. Dickl" said
clinch.
you'll be alone. Mike"
"Au' right. You do like I say;
git along quickl"
Berry walked southwark little
way. He had turned very white
under his tan
Col ding yew shouted Cnnch.
take It on lope or I'll kick the
pants off'n yet"
Berry began to run carrying his
rifle at trail.
For half an hour there was not
a sound In the forests OF Drowned
Valley except In the dead timber
where unseen woodpeckers ham
mered fitfully at the ghosts OF an
Client trees.
Continued In Our Next Issue)
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French and Iadian wars. BY his
wife. Mary Scoby he had ten chill
dren. In ths McCurdy family in
later generation the first names
Archibald. Peggy and 'sccby appear
frequently.
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BISHOP TO MEET MEN.

The Mems Club of st. Johns p. e.
Church Will meet on Monday even
ing in the parish house. All the
club members and their friends are
invited 10 attend. Bishop Cook will
be the principal speaker.
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PICTURE OF PEACE
The wolf also shall dwell with
the lamb, and the leopard
shall lie down with the kid;
and the calf and the young
lion and the failing together;
and a dittle child shall lead
them.-Isaiah 11:6.
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