The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-05
by HUGH FULLERTON

Charlie RCcE, OF Jersey n.y. ""''' :
champion marble player. has title
which he will find harder to det'nH
than any other champion ever had.
Charlie defeated all Corners in the Ne"
Jersey State marble championships ana
has been crowned king. but already inc
champion of Washington has ChaHchE
cd. and the. winner Of the d'S'''t'
championships Of southern ohio Is rha' :
longing Rocks right TO call himself
champion.
The prospects OF great marble sea-
son are better than ever before.
Some genius over in Jersey fhaIy
realized the fact that marbles is gam"
that can hc utilized in teaching young
SterS the principles OF good sportsman
shin. If you study marbles in the spring
YOU Will find that the real champions
recognized among the kids are OF TWO
rlaSScs-the aggressive, husthnE. uc-
tcrmined youngStcr and tho sly, Samp-
ling type.
The problem Of marbles has been on"
that parents have overlooked u u large
extent In fact, extremely few later
day parents take the time or the truub'H
70 teach their children what Is right
and wrong II every father would
simply take the time to teach his boy
what constitutes good spCrtSmanshlp,
and use marbles to illustrate the point
Cor any other Gamc) we are certain |"
have boys breaking the rules of sports
manship. and eventually race of attn
letcs who refuse 10 obey amateur rules
a Difference In Times
We older fellows remember whom
parens taught their boys that playing
marble for keeps was gambling. The
modern father and mother either Jay no
attention to tho boy and his sports
or get III" idea that p!lyinG for Keeps Is
no; bad. |; isn't. Of course. save for tie
fac; that il inculCatcS tho worst posi-
bio morals Of sport.
II there - anything wrong with
sports in the United States tanl con-
I;t!nns ar" halD. il - because parents
either do not consider athletics imp"r-
,ant or they do not consider the morals
f their children worth wh!lo Watching.
This ,uarh'c championship = a big
rhaurc Cor the leaders Of youth 10 teach
boys and C.r,S how 20 play and -
Instruct them in proper craftsmanship.
The game ITSELF may seem infanNle. IN;
the lesson is just AS important as II II
"a ne from m rlymHir cha nD!onsh:7.
An 1mporti ant question
Tho avcraC" citizen may laugh ~
marbles or championship. but tho
game ran bc used IL tolCh the finest
ana hiChNs: srortsm2ISh'H To tho youth,
and II ihry learn tho lesson from mar
hes they Will apply it to all other
games
As to tNiS championship. If there arc
pnv Of l'nclc Jerry Shocmake-'s boys
stlll living they will give Charlie Rcck
M awfu, argument. Uncle Jimmy used
to live down IN Highland county. Ohio.
out on the edge o: Charity Knob. There
was whole swarm OF boys. each one
bit bigger than the other and Uncle
Jimmy when h" was around seventy
years Of aEe sill, claimed the marble
cha mpionSh;p Of tho county. TIL" father
AMI his big boys would 60 into tho
nelds In thu morning. hui woUld return
about II. 80 for dinner. ANA while the
women folks were r"t;iH: dinner they
would play marbles, Ah could knock
the spots N 4 commory ~ ten yards.
hut Uncle Jimmy was the champion Of
the family. ard ~ had four cigar boxes
FRS. pottcrs, SHIPPERS and c"mmon.cs-
20 prove II.
lie could pick cT n lone marble a.
ten yards. and n" c..'i,d Shoe: 50 hard
that '.c could put two moons In blood
agate q; one shot. which WIS som"
shooting tie accumulated wight ont"
I've thousand marbles before he finally