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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-06
SIMON GETSHIS
LETTERFOR 3RD
TINE This YEAR
Spears System Gives Chance
for Many Players to
Win LaureIs.

MoRGANTowN, Dec. 6.-west
virginiais warriors Of the chalk.
married. field are not without glory
In their own country. and It became
known here today that nineteen
men had been honored with awards
Of letters, sweaters and gold foot.
balls by the University athletic
board which met here recently 10
regular session for the purpose OF
making such awards and attiIlding
TO other important business mat.
ters,
Those awarded letters arc Capt.
Russ Meredith tFairmont; Captain.
elect Jack Simon, New Cumber.
land. Fred Graham, Morgantown;
Joe setron Parkersburg: Phil
Fiji, ciarlsston; Carl Davis, Char
lesion Pierre Hill, Fairmont:
Nick Nsrdacci, Youngstown;
Homer Martin, Charleston; Gus
EIberg. Minneapolis, Mimi; Char.
les Tallmatl; Beech Hill; Pete Bar
mum, Par1ersburg; Jim Quinlan,
Huntington; Bob Hawkins, Fair.
mont, Charles Howard, Wheeling:
Rod Mahan; Follansbee; Charles
Quarles, Richmond, Va. and Doug
Bowers, Clarksburg. Student Man.
ager 3. 6 Board Of Charleston,
received managerial numerals.
Coach Spears and the eighteen
men mentioned above, excluding
Manager Board, were awarded min.
iature goal footballs, appropriately
engraved, 70 signify an indicated
season. Manager Board was given
a yarsity sweater as o special re.
coguition for having managed 40
undefeated team
CuptainseIect Simon is the only
member Of the squad to win his let
ters Tor the third time, thus earn.
ing q miniature gold football for
this achievement. This means that
the field leader Of the 1923 Noun.
tafneers win receive two footballs
from the athletic board for Sol.
vice during the season Just clos.
ed.
Fred Graham, Pierre Hill, Phil
Hill Nick Nardacci, "Trusty' Tai.
man. Bob Hawkins and Doug Bow.
ers we're awarded sweaters for
earning their letter In football
twice.
Seldom Il ever in the history OF
athletics at West Virginia Univee.
sity have eighteen players received
their w. W. for competition In.
single sport. The extraordinary
large number to be honored this
year shows that the Spears system
gives every man chance. At no
time are berths "cinched", and
each member of the squad stands
a chance Of earning one OF the
coveted letters II he can make the
grade
Coach Spears develops a ma.
hine but he has several ocgs for
each part and makes numerous
changes to keep It working smooth.
~ all the time. Reserve material
is needed TO keep a machine going
At top speed all the time and sIncl
this Is what Coach Spears seeks
TO do II IS only natural that an un.
usually large number Of men
should become eligible for letters.
There was absolutely no friction
on the Mountainser squad this fal!
and every member feels that he
was gtyen the best of treatment
and every possible chance to make
good The close Of the season
found the Spears system firmly IN.
stalled and next year the players
hope to turn In a record which will
eclipse the splendid showing Of the
1893 season
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-06

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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-06

81 to Z, at the end OF the first half.
And as the score indicates, the
Yost warriors had completely out
played tho Red and Blue. Obvious
ly, therefore It looked all over but
the shouting.
Penn, though, was not through.
In fact, hadn't got started. But
with the opening of tho third per-
Tod a different tale was unfolded.
The Quakers, fighting desperately,
put on q great offensive, carrying
the battle to the foe.
Mlchlgan's eleven was played
practically to standstlll, and
slowly but surely Penn oYerhauled
the big Ann Arbor advantage. Two
touchdowns were scored duri1s
those last two quarters. but ono
goal was missed. Thus the count
stood 81 to 20 Michigan, with buC
q few minutes left to play.
And then-with but thirty sec.
onds remainlng-;it happened, and
Michigan saw apparent victory
snatched fromHG,gkg q oinnunuuu
snatched from 1t. Tho iast-tiring
wolverines were forced to punt.
Tho boot was a good one.
But Dick Marshall, standing on
his own 45-yard stripe. grabbed
the spinning pigskin as it sailed
through the air and dashed
through the entire Yost machine,
fifty-fiYe precious yards. for the
winning tally. Then the final
wristle chirped.
Thus, Michigan, fourteen points
ahead at half-time, and with the
embrogllo apparently "in," was
beaten out by a fighting Pennsyl-
vanIa unit plus that sclntallatiny
canter OF little lex. Marshall's in
the ebbing moments Of the strug-
gle.
Has Hard Job
The quarterback is up against
many a tough situation during the
progress Of an important game
His judgment In the selection OF
plays can make or unmake a
coach.
Suppose you were the quarter
back in an important game, and
your team was leading 3 to D,
time was almost up, the ball was
in your possession on your 10
yard fine 1T was fourth down and
you had nine yards to gain, what
would you do?
There you have the situation
that facd Quarterback, German
Of Princeton in the game with
Yale.
German knew that time was
nearly up when Princeton got tho
ball on its 10-yard line. Three
plays gained only a yard. No
doubt your first impression would
be to punt the ball, Of course.
Princeton created the impress
sion that 1t intended to punt, the
kicker dropped back and the punt
formation was pulled. Then ln-
stead Of punting, the ball, was
passed to German who dashed into
the line. he failed to make first
down and the ball was Yale's, but
before the players had gotten to
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-06
! PRINCE ANDRE IN ROME

ROME. Dec. s.-Prince Andrew
OF Greece arrived acre today from
Hrlnlisi. where he landed yestert
day. Nlt Is expected that he will be
received by Pope Plus in private
audience before leaving for Lon
don.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21
HELPFUL WORDS
From a Maysyille Citizen.

Is your back lame and painful?
Does it ache especially after exer-
ton?
Is there a soreness in the kidney
region?
These symptoms suggest weak kid
neys.
IL so there is danger in delay.
Weak kidneys get weaker fast.
Give your trouble prompt attention.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
Your neighbors use and recommend
them.
Read this Maysville testimony.
Mrs. ]. w. Ishmeal 225 East Fifth
street, says: l had been a sufferer
from kidney trouble for many years.
My kidneys were in a weak condition
and at times they acted too often. My
back ached terribly which broke my
rest at night. l had dizzy spells and
could see flashes before my eyes and
everything turned black before me.
A friend told me about using Doan' 8
Kidney Pills with benefit so l sent
to Swift's drug store and got two
boxes. After usin gthem l got better
and have felt like a different woman
ever since. l can't recommend Doan's
too highly"
Price 60c., at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy - gel
Doan's Kidney Pills - the same that
Mrs. Ishmeal had. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21
WESTERN KENTUCKY FARMERS
SHOW INTEREST IN POULTRY.

Lexington, Ky. Recent poultry
culling demonstrations conducted in
Grayson, Hart and Muhlenberg coun-
ties by farmers organizations, the ex-
tension division of the College of Ag-
riculture and county agricultural
agents brought out many indications
that farmers in Central-Western Ken
lucky are keenly interested in poultry
raising. Demonstrations, which were
designed to show farmers and poultry
raisers how to distinguish between
the laying and loafing hens in their
flocks, also served to bring out many
points on housing, feeding and the
control of poultry diseases for the
benefit of those who attended.
The interest was especially marked
in Grayson county where farmers re-
ceived total of more than one million
dollars n 1921 from the sale of poul-
try products, according to produce
mon. Five hundred fifty persone at
tending nine demonstrations and one
night meeting held in this county, a
total Of $50 persons gathering at the
night meeting where important poul-
try problems were discussed. Eight
similar demonstrations were held in
Hart county and four in Muhlenberg.
The schedule of nine demonstrations
in Grayson took in the farms of w. l.
Dehaven, Jim Larkin and A. l.. Moore
near Leitchfield; P. X. Tabb, near
Caneyville; r. E. Roby, near Church
John Hackctt, near Garrison; ]. o
Washburn, near Caneyville; John
Shain, near Spring Lick; and Jess c
Lee, near Leitchfield. In Hart county
the demonstrations were held on the
farms of DR.. R. D. Peterson, William
Slnker, C. c. Winston, ]. B. Lester
and o. M. Moss, all near Munfordville
J. r. Geralds, near Cub Run; L. b
Bowling, near Canmer and ]. T. Bry
ant, near Hardyville. The four Null
enberg county demonstrations wer,
held on the farm of d. Stewart, ant
! w. w. Warren, near Greenville; V. B
Southland, near Luzerne, and ]. B
, VIM, near Dunmore.
: The entire flock each thes'
farms was culled by H. r. Jacksn
poultry extension specialist from tn
College of Agriculture, in order t
show farmers the method of distin
gushing between the laying and non
laying hens in their flocks. Man,
| questions as to the control of poultr
diseases and the best methods of in
| creasing egg production by feedint
. also were answered for the benefit o
= those who attended the demonstra
e lions. A total of 1850 hens were han
e died in the demonstrations, 419, o
= more than SO per cent. Of these, beini
e oulled out because they showed tn
= characteristic signs of being poo
; producers that had stopped laying.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21
3S CARE o FILM ESPREAD
ON GRAYSON COUNTY SOILS

Lexington, Ky. - Libertay use OF
limestone is playing the leading role
in a soil improvement movement
which Grayson county farmers are
carrying on in cooperation with Coun-
ty Agent r. w. Scarce and the College
of Agriculture extension division Dur
ing tho last three months, approx
mately So carloads Of the material
have be nused on farms in the county
while the steady use Of it is expected
to be continue for some time. The fact
that Mr.. Scarce, who is directing the
work, has been in the county only
about three months is taken as an in
dication of the keen interest which the
farmers in that section are showing in
this method Increasing the crop
yields from their land.
Most of the soil types found in the
county belong to the coal measures
and Chester formations although few
outcroppings Of St. Louis limestone
are present. Many of the soils are ex-
tremely sour and need limestone more
than anything else before they car
produce clover and other legumes.
County Agent Scarce Is recommend
ing an application of two tons of lime
sine and 800 pounds of acid phosphate
an acre. The fertilizer and limestone
in most cases will be used on wheat
where clover is to be seeded in the
spring. Excellent results are almost
sure to follow this method of soil
treatment, specialists say.
In order that the use OF limestone
would not have to be limited, farmers
VIII were interested in tn plan sill i'm
prvement contracted for the entire
summer output Of quarry in a neigh
boring county. Under this plan, they
are obtaining the stone at a cost of
from $1.37 to $1.67 ton which is said
to be cheaper than farmers can crush
their own stone. Tho use of limestone
at this price is limited only by the sup
PLY, soil specialists say.
Many other counties In the state are
using large quantities of limestone for
soil Improvement, but only those hav-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21
TWO PLACES TO GO.

Every American, at least, should
make as soon after maturity as pos
sible, for his benefit as a citizen and
as an individual two pilgrimages-one
to Washington's home at Mount YER
non, Virginia, and the other to the
Grand Canyon Of Arizona, says the
American Forestry Magazine. Senti-
mental Journeys they must be; the
first to the place most closely associ-
ated with our nations greatest hero
the secon dto natures greatest won
der. 9fS
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21

But for the sake Of our own enjoyment
we hope ne will do that, II necessary,
rather than modify them. At this time
OF year, with the air full of humidity
and politics, we get some refreshment
from the squirting up OF man who
doesn't mind defying whatever powers
there be in words which none may
misunderstood. Corporation Counsel
0'Brien wrote Mr.. Bauer that the mat
ter OF pyrene and the subways was
too important to be settled in private
meetings or conferences In your Of
fees" That gave Mr. Bauer the open
ing OF his life. "All right" he replied,
in effect Come on. into the subway
and we'll settle 1t there" He pro-
posed that no and the Mayor and Mrs.
O'Brien take an extinguisher into the
subway and try 1t out. I'VE will meet
all expenses OF the demonstration and
let the use of pyrene stand or fall as
the result OF the test. Make It as ex-
acting as you can. We will supply the
persons necessary to carry 1t out" Mr..
Bauer wrote the Mayor to the same ef-
feet, assuring him that there would be
no personal danger to His Honor In
witnessing the demonstration.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21

and powers. Lawrence Lagner, a d. :,
rector of the Theater Guild, who has |
just arrived home from Europe, has
brought with him for production by
the Guild, "Gitta's Atonement," among
other plays. 1t is translated" by
Shaw from the German of Trebitsch,
but Langner explains that the play is
rs per cent. Shaw and 25, Trebitsch.
This is the way Shaw explained It,"
he says, 'Trebitsch has spent his life
turning my plays from English into
German. 1t seemed high time that /
reciprocated. The first difficulty was
that | didn't understand German-but
l overcame that. Then l found that
the play, when translated, wouldn't do
at all for the British public 1t was
serious situation, until decided that a
translator must adopt as seems best.
So l made 'Gitta's Atonement," orig
inally a tragedy, into a comedy"
Which certainly sounds like Shaw.
! Ny
New York is going to have a Citizens
Committee, which will try to see If
something can't be done to prevent the
recurrence of innocent men being
locked up and held for trial for wceks
and then discharged without any rec
ompenso for the trouble and the loss
which came to them undeserved. Tho
case of John s. Porfiros, former tax
driver, and his Imprisonment for sixty
days before the discovery of his limo.
cence, has spurred a group of pi I'M,
inent lawyers to action on the whole
situation. Porfiros looked for work
unsuccessfully. for four months aftei
his release.
Ny
In the midst of ever-changing New
York, one district remains undsturbet
by the shifts that come with time. Ii
1876, the city tanneries were congre
gated around John and Ann streets
and the blocks included In the immedi
ate district were called "Shomekari
Land" In the next twenty years, /
moved as far up as Beekman street
and there, 226 years later, it now re
mains. The tanneries, themselves, ant
their unpleasant odors have moved
from that heart of the city, but tn
leather trade district is still RICH
there. 1t gives one a feeling of com
Portable permanence to come acros
something Of that sort occasionally
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21
BIG DAYS

ing the advantages of state-owned
crushed in localities where outcrop-
pings of good grade of stone are
abundant have used as much during a
short period of time as has been used
in Grayson county, It is said.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21

New York. Our nerves are get
ting sensitive here In Manhattan after
crimes, explosions and various othor
little irritants. SO tho other day, an
excited woman reported the collapse
Iof building and got out the fire truck
and an ambulance. When they arrived,
they learned that the building was
still standing and apparently quite un-
disturbed by the reports OF its goings-
on. Some repir work was being done
oil the roof, and the woman had seen
few bricks fall down
Ny
We get some queer shiploads in New
York Harbor every once In a while.
Tho countries OF the world send us
their riches. and II a particular lands
riches arc wild animals. why, they
send those. One hundred thousand
dollars worth OF them came into port
the other day - tigers, monkeys, lions,
snakes. and on down to canaries. Some
OF them went to the Bronx ZOO and
some TO an animal farm Gown on Long
Island.
Ny
II would seem that Mr.. Walter
Bauer. President OF the Pyrene Manu-
featuring Company. would have to ap-
ply his we'll known cxtinguisher to
his letters before sending them out.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21
IN A WILDERNESS,

Leave the Floor of Yosemite Valley
and you are in the wilderness; there
are a thousand square miles of wild
high Sierra country in the park, says
the American FORESTRY Magazine. 1t
is this virgin highland region, much
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21
PAUL LONG, JOCKEY,
TAXES YOUTHFUL BRIDE.

LOUISVILLE. - De of Americas best
known jockeys, Paul Long, was grant
ed a marriage license and will be mar
ried to Miss Isabel Terry, living in
Jefferson county, by tho Rev. DR..
Payne, Of the Batist church, South
Louisville. Long gave his age as 10,
and the OF his bride as 16.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21

of it almost unexplored, that is now
calling hundreds fthe more adven-
turesome tourists to the trails of the
back country.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-08-21

Bernard Shaw has definite ideas as
to tho breadth OF a translator's duties
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-10

white mans progress has passed them
by, but the Oriental still finds them
satisfactory. The limousine of East
ern Asia.
Into Europe of the early eighteenth
century came the steam-drawn horse
less carriage, antedating the locomo-
tive, a monster which was legislatcd
out of existence before it was more
than score Of years old. The veloci-
pede and early bicycle shortly after
wards took its place. Limousines,
these, Of the Nineteenth Century.
Finally we reach the present, and
"Home, James" sends our upholstered,
comfortable vehicle gliding smoothly
along paved streets. The Limousine
par excellence.
Inventing the First Wheel
The sledge, the first means of
human transportation and one that is
still used in many civilized countries,
was developed in prehistoric days.
And from that time on, all things
were dragged on sledges until an
other prehistoric inventor, many years
later, evolved the wheel.
But for the wheel, we might still
be carrying our burdens piece by
piece, walking miles In our labors and
making an awful fuss about the whole
business.
Chariots, the worlds first real We
hlcles, were formidable conveyances,
both in war and in peace. 1t not only
required abundant skill to manage II,
since at first the horses were hitched
without traces and were free to roam
more or less at will to either side,
but the driver had to be most dexter
Gus to keep his feet while his chariot
was In motion.
While the Egyptians are given
credit for the development Of the
chariot par excellence, the honor Is
more properly accorded to the Hitt-
ties who became famous for their vic
tories on the field of battle. In the
18th century, BIC, they fought Ram
eses ii and brought no less than $500
chariotS onto the field which proved
a force so irresistible that Rameses
beat an ignominlous retreat. Most
of these chariots were equipped with
Scythe-lIke knives on the sides and
fastened to the spokes, SO that every
thing within the path OF the chariot
was moved down as 1t swept across
the field.
Magnifcence of Medieval Times
The earliest English carriage OF
which there is any accurate historical
record belonged to the twelfth CEN
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-10
HENCE came the automobiles ?

VIZ HENCE came the automobile
wv Search the encyclopedias
and the answer Is a date and
a dissertation on self-propelled We
hicles. Search the text books and find
only an ampliAcation of the same
idea.
Neither 20 to the source. Nor Is
1t matter for wonderment, for the
source lies back, ages back, beyond
the dawn of civilization. In myth
ology, In legend or In the disclosures
of the archaeologist can It be found.
II begins with prehistoric man,
that remote and little known indi-
vidual, who, struggling to move OBJ
jects far beyond his strength, Crap
pied feebly for the first laws of loco
motion.
Milestones Of Progress
Always the objects have been the
same--economy, speed, destruction
and comfort. A strange company,
but none the less true.
Economy-The gibbering proto-
types of mankind pushed and pulled
the great rocks before their cavern
doors, barrlcading themselves against
great animals that hunted men for
food. The trucks OF the ancients
The slaves of the Pharaohs, strain
ing beneath the lash of their masters,
tugged great stone-bearing sledges to
the building of the pyramids. The
trucks of the Egyptians
uFh..l.1
PEELED, hauled the material for con-
struction from the Middle Ages to
the dawn of the Twentieth Century.
The trucks of Yesterday
And now great vehicles, potent en-
gincs of power, motor-drlven, capable
of enormous burdens, make an hours
work of what would have taken tho
ancients months, the Egyptians
weeks, the later nations days. The
trucks of today
Limousines of Ancient Times
The wheels Of time and progress
moved and the stately chariotS, dec
GRATED, artistic, carried the statesmen,
the tribune, the emperor in procession
along the Applan Way. The lin
CUISINE of the Romans
Another circle OF the centuries and
behold the elaborate state coach Of
the kings Of Europe, great numbering
vehicles wherein progress was slow
but the impression upon the peasants
great. The limousine Of Divine Right
and nobility.
Into the Orient, a hundred or moro
years later, an American missionary
introduced the rickShaw, that two
wheeled vehicle whose motive power
was the barefooted cOolie. His Inn
promptu Invention struck the Eastern
fancy, and today in China, India or
Japan will be found the same human
propelled carts Of light bamboo. The