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The Washington times., 1922-11-15

r IMMY JOHNSTON'S heavy.
weight incubator at Stillman's
u knuckle farm is Matching out
some tough eggs. Topweights Of
all sizes and angles are punching
one another into Queensbury bank
ruptcy, and disorder is being
brought out of chaos.
When the purple blankets Of
twilight mingle with the diluted
rays of the absconding sun, Jim
steps around his clown college
checking up on the ears and teeth.
Thanks to pugilists' slant toward
expensive bridgework, Jim is now
well garnished with gold spending
teeth. He uses silver filings for
small change.
His most influential prospect is
Gypsy Daniel. Though there are
other Harlem eye-gougers up there
who aren't white whitewashers,
Gypsy has bulldoZed his detour
through his playmates and looks
good.
Gypsy and Lloyd George both
were elected from Wales. Gypsy
has been in America only about
two weeks and has to wait another
week before he knows whether his
brew recipe is a success. John
ston's QUESTIONABLE shows that
Gyp is a royal and regal prince.
Royal being the name of a baking
powder and Regal the title of
shoe.
Jimmy states Gyp was born in a
wagon and his old man is a king.
Just SO long as he stays on the
wagon.
A slant at Gyp turns loose the
evidence that he hopes to die in
a lunch wagon.
He is an astronomer and a pro-
fessor Of black magic. When
Dempsey cracks him for a skyload
of stars, that will be meat in Gyp's
refrigerator. He will read stars
and they will guide him.
Gyp also claims to gossip with
the departed, unite the separated,
prophesy the past and guess at the
future. Cross his hand with any.
thing but marks, and he will spill
plenty of bad news into your lap.
The Crown Prince of Wagons
won the open middleweight cham
pionship of England, and is now
anxious to grab the sleigh bells.
He fights best at 175 pounds on
weeJee plank. He is a demon
with a pack of cards and works
the frigid deco, la. iate hour and
the spread.
When the wagon picnic starts to
work on Dempsey there will be a
new champion.
That's what Johnston says, and
1t looks like the Gypsy's Warning.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
ScHAEFER AND CONT
PLAY BILLIARDS TODAY

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Two of
the winners and two of the losers
Will meet here today in the matches
for the 1872 balk-line billiard cham.
pionship OF the world. In the
afternoon match, Welker Cochran.
OF San Francisco, who showed in.
different form in losing to Roger
Cont, of France, 500 to 37e, yester.
day, will meet Erich Hagenlacher,
of Germany, who was beaten by
Jake Schaefer on Monday.
In the evening, Schaefer, the
playing.through champion, will face
Cont.
Billiard fans are still discussing
today the splendid showing made
last night by Willie Hoppe, the for.
mer champion, In disposing Of
Edouard Horemans, champion Of
Europe, 500 to III. In this match,
Hoppe ran out his string in nine
innings for an average Of 55 SO, and
altogether showed splendid control
and execution.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
REINSTATES PITCHER
ELIGIBLE FOR CRlFFS

CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-g. Thomp-
son Prothro. n pitcher, today was
reinstated I'm organized baseball by
Baseball Commissioner Lands. He
now goes on the eligible list of the
Washington Griffmen.
Prothro was placed on the inelisi-
BILE list when he became a member
of the Dyersburg, Tenn. baseball
club. He applied for reinstatement
a year ago, but was told that he
would have to cease playing with
Dyersburg for a year. He followed
instructions and was reinstated to-
day.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Co-Eds To Be Taught
What It's All
About On Grid

An organized movement is on
foot to teach college goods the
inside workings of football. Con-
tending that few who have not
worn the moleskins really know
what is going on when they
attend pigskin clash, the
National Women's Olympic COM
mittee is talking of establishing
classes at the various women's
colleges to show by blackboard
explanations what the male
species really sees in watching
two elevens mixing it up.
The movement is bound to be
welcomed by any one who has
ever had the joy of taking an
unschooled spectator to a big
college football game.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15

Stadium, Syracuse University has
just received an offer to play at
Dallas. Texas, on January l.
However. George b. CCy') Thurs
ton, graduate manager of athletics,
today has declined the offer to play
the game. as both the graduate man.
ager and Coach Chick Meehan
have decided to make jaunts any
where after the season comes to a
close with the Colgate game in the
bowl.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
WILLIAMS HAS MADE REAL
SHOWING ON CRIDIRON

williams has made a great football
fight this year. The college started
with hard luck in having a player
like. Boynton injured. but they have
a lot of fire at Williams these days
and they went into their games as
IL they had the fastest backfield and
strongest line in the United States.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Wins Thirteen in Row

The Rovers, who have won thir.
teen straight grid games this season.
seek victims in the 105.pound>elass
The Rovers' have an open date for
Saturday. j. Farran, Lincoln 1868
after 6 d. M, is the manager.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
SHERWOOD ELEVEN SEEKS
OPPONENT FOR SUNDAY

Sherwood, which battled Brookland
to a scoreleess tie last Sunday. wants
an opponent for next Sunday. Ike
Thompson, aggressive leader OF Sher-
wood. can be reached at the w. +.
Roberts store.
Sherwood and Brookland fought
one Of the hardest battles seen on the
sandlotS this year.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Planning New Stand.

lANNAPoLIs, Nov; 15..The con;
stand at the new Naval Academy
athletic field has been awarded to
the Chesapeake Iron COMPANY, Of
Baltimore. at 2,400. II will be
ready March L., in time Or the
baseball season and will seat from
500 to 10000 persons.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Haddon is Out,

WASHINGTON. Pa, Nov. 15.-Al
Haddon, varsity guard. will not be
able to face Pittsburgh Saturday.
He is suffering from a severe case OF
tonsilitig,
The Washington times., 1922-11-15

johnson has promised to drop a
bombshell into the major league
meeting. This, it seems, is to take
the form of a demand that the
American League either force the
five large minor organizations to
swallow the draft, in toto, or suffer
q boycott,
Such action would break the
major-minor agreement, by the terms
of which the American Association,
Pacific Coast League, International
League, Southern Association and the
Western League Were declared i'm
mune from the draft and automati-
cally would line up johnson and
Lands on opposite sides of the
fence.
To be consistent, the National
League would, Of necessity, line up
with the commissioner, since it
went on record as late as last year
as being opposed to a similar plan,
introduced by Charley Ebbets.
And there you have the ingredients
Of another little diverting family
brawl.
Some go so far as to intimate
that an inter-league war is brewing.
That, we believe, is stretching the
possibilities to an elastic limit.
johnson still is a power in the
American League and IL a show
down came. no doubt would have
the st. Louis, Cleveland. Philadel-
phia, Washington and Detroit clubs
with him. but show downs are
often unpleasant and expensive.
Bashful Ban might wish to make
a further test Of his authority and
control at this time but with three
TO take issue with him at the
drop of the hat, he must realize
that he cannot hope to gain a deci-
sion over rival league, standing
I'm a body behind baseball's supreme
head.
= The weak spot in JOhnsOn's
armor Is the adverse attitude Of
the New York. Chicago and Bos-
ton clubs toward him. It was
this trio that forced his abdica.
tion I'm favor Of Lands some three
years ago I'm the famous Mays
controversy, and although rela-
tions are harmonious on the sur.
face and Til Huston may link
arms with the deposed sovereign
for the benefit Of the general
Z public. old wounds stil smart and
twinge.
Inside, they have been very re.
opened as a result Of the recent at
tempt 70 waive the same Mays out
of the major leagues. Mays Is not
through as pitcher but every
American League Club waived on
him as the result of tacit agree.
ment to send the disturber to the
American Association for n year as
a disciplinary measure. The Cincin-
natl Reds, however, needed pitchers
and declined to become party to
the proceedings./
; whereupon THE Yankees hurriedly
withdrew their request for waivers
and fully expected to keep the en-.
tire business under cover. How.
ever, news of the attempted trans.
action became known somehow and
the Yankees were not altogether
pleased when they traced the leak
70 it's alleged source. viz, and to
wit, Mr.. b. b. johnson.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Iowa Comes Next.

Iowa, undefeated in the Western
conference and victor over Yale I'm
the East. is expected to pack Ohio
States new stadium Saturday.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Waverly Wants Game.

waverly A. c., which has won five
games and tied one, wants a game
for next Sunday with a team in the
i 135.1 40.pound class. +. =. Callahan,
OF 1925 I street northeast, is booking
waverly's games,
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Dern May Not Play.

Jack Dern, Penn's center. was 80
seriously injured In the Pittsburgh
game that he In not likely TO face
Penn State. Dern has a torn liga.
ment in his knee and is unable TO
walk.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
BooTUM AND KETcHUM
, GOOD GRID COMBINATION

Spillers of Washington and JEFF.
ferson may have a name which sug
gests good tackling, but Bootum and
Ketchum on Southern school team
would bring tears of Joy into the eyes
OF a mummy.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
BASEBALL WAR CLOUDS
SWIRL AS BAN JOHNSON
FIGHTS LANDIS' POWER
By DAVIS J. WALSH.

15-Another of those political fareup for
which major baseball has become famous long since is in
the o eeting of the American and National
Leagues held here in This one we are Informed is
between Ban Johnson Judge Lands baseball
while the draft oensiby will be used
will be nothing else than fight to swing
who has become something
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Runs MANY Trains.

The Pennsylvania railroad will run
forty-ope special trains to Princeton
for the ale game Saturday.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Will Trade Mays.

New York rumors have Carl Mays
going TO the Chicago White Sox for
the coming campaign.
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
SALT CITY TEAM
REFUSES GAME
ON DALLAS GRID
Syracuse Declares Date Sug.
gested Comes Too Close to
Colgate Contest.

SYRACUSE. ". Y. Nov. 15.-As
a result OF its voctory over Nebraska
last Saturday in the Archbold
The Washington times., 1922-11-15

and that next will bs better than In
1927, when established home run record Of ify-nine
Next year I'm going to hit sixty over the fence.
This week will start training for the 1923 campaign
will leave the city in day two, going directly to my
The Washington times., 1922-11-15

By Babe Ruth.
I'm going to fool lot Of people next year. They say
that all through; that proved SO by my playing
- this year.
But want my friends to know that not through
The Washington times., 1922-11-15
Says "BUGS"
Baer:
The Gypsy Gives a Fair
Warning - Jimmy John
ston Hatches an Eagle in
a Cuckoo's Nest Up in
Harlem.

II IMMY JOHNSTON'S heavy.
weight incubator at Stillman' 8
- knuckle farm is Matching out
some tough eggs. Topweights Of
all sizes and angles are punching
one another into Queensbury bank
ruptcy, and disorder is being
brought out of chaos.
Newark post., 1922-04-12
A LASTING MONUMENT
EDITORIAL FROM COUNTRY GENTLEMAN ON
G. HAROLD POWELL

all staple agricultural products the
exchange marketed the largest crop
Of citrus fruit ever produced in Cali
fornia, representing a delivered value
of more than 93,000,000. This was
done at total marketing cost to the
producer of 2.32 per cent of the DEL
ivered value. Even though that is
the top figure for exchange market
ing costs in many years, it. is lower
than that of any other perishable food
product. By fostering the practice of
quick turnover and small returns the
exchange induced it's wholesale buyer
to hold down his gross margin to an
average of II per cent of his selling
price, and the retailer to a gross
margin of 27 per cent. Retail mar
gins on most perishables run from
80 to rs per cent. No broad gap here
to be labeled "What happens in the
dark?"
1t was ever Powell's contention, and
he drove it home to the citrus grower,
that fair profit to the producer and
an equally fair price for the consumer
could be achieved only by quantity
production and uniform grade. "Vol-
ume is essential to an economic over
head expense in any business" he
wrote in one of his many expositions
of cooperative principles as he saw
them; "and uniformity and regularity
in the supply is of equal fundamental
Importance. If the supply is irregular
and the grading variable, those who
handle the distribution must of nee
essity add a larger gross margin to
every sale to cover the consequent
risks and losses"
To have led a body of producers
from the slough of red-ink sales and
speculative uncertainties to their
present stat of sound prosperity; to
have given them faith in the scrupu-
lous administration of their coop
erative's business equal to the faith
in themselves; to have created a con-
sumer's confidence in the year-round
uniformity of food product which
is capable of taking $203, 100000 from
their pocketbooks in twelve months
these were the achievements of G.
Harold Powell in ten years. Does he
mad p+bo,, 81
Newark post., 1922-04-12
SCHOOLS OF TOWN
HAVE CLEANUP
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few days has another pole rotted away
and fallen.
Around the Grammar School the
result of the work can be plainly
seen and students there worked very
hard to beautify their surroundings.
The lawn has been cleaned and grass
seed planted and the pavement or path
along the school has been repaired.
The little folks at the Primary
School also got in on the cleanup and
although the tools which they used
were much larger than they were, they
got along in an excellent manner and
the front of the school looks much
better as a result.
This paper has been urging Clean
Up Week for the entire town for the
past few weeks but as yet this urging
has had no general effect. A look at
the school grounds ought to convince
that such a movement would certain
ly be a big help to the town.
Newark post., 1922-04-12
BETTER HOME. WEEK
TO BE NATIONAL in
OBSERVANCE
The Idea Backed by The
President in Encouraging
Letter

President Harding has given his
personal endorsement to the move
ment inaugurated by the American
Homes Bureau for a national "Better
Homes Week" to be instituted next
October as an annual event.
"It gives me special pleasure"
wrote President Harding, in reply to
letter from William B. Wraford, "to
record my endorsement and approval
of the Better Homes Week. 1t may
be trite but it is everlastingly true
that the home is the cornerstone Of
our civilization. Better homes, more
attractive homes, homes whose occu-
pants will find true refreshment and
real inspiration to increased efforts
for education and culture-such homes
are the ones which assure greatest
stability to our institutions, greatest
security to our society. l cannot but
feel that the effort you are making is
one which deserves wider projection
and l would be glad if your example
might presently be an inspiration to
a nationwide enterprise of the same
kind"
The idea back of the "Better Homes
Week" movement is to educate the
American people to make the home
beautiful and thereby create a home
environment that will have lasting
cultural influence upon the nation. 1t
is planned during the week set aside
for the purpose to demonstrate in ex-
position and exhibits of model rooms
and homes in towns and cities
throughout, the country the facility
with which even people of small means
may make their homes harmonious
and attractive with artistic furniture,
draperies, rugs and appointments of
all kinds.
Newark post., 1922-04-12
Move to Bear

Mrs. Mary Wayne and Mrs. Re-
becca Smalley, the two elderly sisters
who were carried from their burning
home at Christiana by the firemen
last Tuesday morning, when the store
and two dwellings belonging to Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Thorpe were de-
stroyed by fire, moved to Bear Station
yesterday and will reside with their
sister, Mrs. John G. Diehl.
Mrs. Wayne was S3 years old yes
terday and the occasion was celebrat-
ed by a family dinner and reunion.
The two sisters were born in Chris
tiana and have residede ther since
until yesterday. Mrs. Wayne lived in
the home that was destroyed for the
past rs years.
Newark post., 1922-04-12
FlREMEN WANT
THEIR JUST DUES

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what assistance we could be, telling
them that we had a pumping engine
with us and would pump if they want
ed US to.
"They assigned US to the upper
part of the fire where the postoffice
and library was located. We con-
nected up and pumped for about two
hours, playing on the ruins and fire
that was still under the cornice of the
roof of the postoffice. We succeeded
in extinguishing the fire where we
were, the other companies playing on
the front and other side of the fire.
The fire was practically out before the
Wilmington firemen put in an appear
ance to do some of their so-called
great work.
1--WE played on the ruins for about
an hour before we left, leaving Mid
dletown about Ais o'clock in the morn.
ing. We were in service counting
the time running down and running
back about 1-2 hours. So far as
Wilmington firemen were concerned
all the service they did was to run
down and run back again. AS far as |
know they did not have single piece
of hose off their machine. If you call
that great work, then the Wilmington
Fire Department did great work"
! The firemen of Smyrna also have
something to say on the matter and
one of their firemen has the following
to say:
There appears to be grave error
in the news item concerning the fire
at Mlddletown on Wednesday night
where it would appear to the reader
that the Wilmington company did all
the work.
whereas the facts are that thew
did not arrive on the scene until 2
a. M, at which time Smyrna CLAW
ton, Dover and Newark volunteer
companies had the fire well under con-
troll.
"The water supply was such that
the Wilmington company was advised
that it would be useless to connect
where there were more lines working
than could get a sufficient supply of
water.
"Ihese volunteers are not in anv
way desirous of robbing Wilmington
OF any honor due their fire depart
ment, but since they did not arrive
until late hour, and could not be of
great service at that time the vol
unteer fire companies are fully en-
titled to the credit as they were on the
scene early and did the work.
Newark post., 1922-04-12

With the recent untimely death, in
Pasadena, California, of G. Harold
Powell passed the founder of new
religion. The spiritual heritage of his
ollowers-numbered in the ten
thousands-is no narrow sectarianism
of doctrine; rather, workaday
wholesomeness in the practical busi-
ness of making living. Temporal
dominion left by him is that prosper
Gus and contented countryside be-
tween mountains and sea which the
people Of Southern California call
the Orange Empire.
For Powell's new faith has been
called the Religion of Cooperation.
He was it's chief prophet, not only
in California but everywhere east of
the Sierras where producers have
banded themselves together in an
effort to better themselves by uni
fled action in buying and marketing.
Converts to his faith are found not
only among the eleven thousand and
more citrus-fruit producers of the Cal
ifornia Fruit Growers Exchange but
also among wholesalers and retail
handlers of the exchanges products
througout the country - shares no
less in a common doctrine of fair play.
Powell was the builder of the ex-
change after it's first cropping begin
nings; as general manager he direct
ed it's destinies over a decade. And
these were his articles of faith:
On the part Of members in the CO.
operative body, a firm belief in the
justice, fairness and even-handed ad
ministration of the business trust be-
slowed upon it by it's constituents.
On the part of the cooperative body
as a marketing factor, an undeviat-
ing appreciation of its responsibilities,
not only to the grower but to the con-
suming public; it's obligation not to
pervert its powers to the hurt of the
consumer by so much as the fraction
of a cent.
How thoroughly Powell inculcateI
his doctrines of fair and efficient deal
ing let these facts from his last re-
port to the exchange members-that
for the year ending October 81, 1921
bear witness:
In the face of conditions proving
disastrous to the sale of practically
Newark post., 1922-04-12

advance any suggestion as to how the
blaze could have started.
Mr.. Lewis said after the fire that
he proposes to start the erection of a
fire-proof movie house on the same
site within 80 days.
Newark post., 1922-04-12
LOCAL FIREMEN
FIGHT BIG BLAZE
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kCOILlnueU from rage oIe.J
The frame building in which the
postoffice was located was owned by
Jesse L. Shepherd and his loss was
about $4,000 covered by insurance.
John J. Jolls recently appointed
postmaster at Middletown was on the
scene shortly after the alarm was
given and with the help of others re-
moved the mail and safe from the
blazing building.
Miss Eugene Beaston who conduct
ed an insurance office on the second
floor of the Postoffice building lost
about $2500 in the blaze.
The Town Library was also locat-
ed on the second floor of the Shep-
herd building and all the books num-
bering several thousand volumes
were destroyed, loss probably $4,000.
Home of DR.. Edward H. Vaughan
west of the Shepherd building dam
aged to the extent of about $1,000.
Home of William Wood east of the
Opera House damaged to the extent
of about $2500.
1t was about midnight that the
blaze was discovered by Mr.. Zaffele
a baker. 1t started in the rear of
the Opera House about where the
scenery is located and had gained
considerable headway when discov-
cred by Mr.. Zaffere. He gave the
alarm and within few minutes local
firemen were fighting the blaze. 1t
was soon realized that the blaze was
such that many buildings would prob
ably be destroyed unless outside help
was secured, with the result that ap-
peals were made by telephone and
companies from here, New Castle, Will
mington, Chesapeake City, and Clay
ton responded.
The Middletown fremen in the
meantime did good work in restrict
ing the fire to the two buildings. II
was in the neighborhood Of l O'Clock
when the other fire companies start.
ed to arrive. They also did excel.
lent work and were highly commend
ed by the citizens of Middletown fol
their valuable assistance in saving
other buildings from destruction.
The destruction of the library
books is a serious loss to many peo
pie who had been using the library
for years. 1t was kept up largely by
private contributions and was start
ed many years ago. Mrs. G. A. Hof
fecker had charge of the library.
The Opera House built by Mr.
Lewis in 1919, financially was one OF
the most successful movie houses or
the Peninsula. 1t was built on the
site of the old brick Opera House
which was also destroyed by fire
about three years ago.
Mr.. Lewis only recently had erect
ed and opened the Plaza movie the
atre in Milford and was there the
night of the fire. He is unable to
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Red Cross has proven itself worthy
OF place in the front rank of the
nations various chapters and has
shown Itself to be indisputably the
foremost relief organization in the
city.
II deserves the support of every
adult member Of every family. You
ought to consider it a privilege to be
able TO help this great cause along.
You are not asked to give your
time or your efforts. You are not
asked to give" until it hurts. You
are merely asked 10 be ready to give
A dollar for 1928 membership to the
volunteer worker who will call at
your home on that day, pin a dollar
to the coupon which appears else
where in this paper and mail to Red
Cross Headquarters. 10Th and Chap
line SITS, Wheeling.