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He Stopped Georges.

A BOUT this time a young f~Ilow
u named Georges Carpenter was
- beginning to attract considsr-
able attention in France, and in the
summer of 1911 he was matched
against "the Dixie Kid"
The fight ended in the fifth
round, the American negro smack
ing Georges out. OF course, Car
pentier was not the fighter then
that he became a few years later,
1t was a tough match for a raw
hand like Georges against the vet
eran Kid.
Oddly enough, just before he met
Carpenter. "the Dixie Kid" lost a
decision to the redoubtable Blink
Met Closkey on a foul in London. II
was one Of the few fights that
Blink is able to record as a victory
in his historical career.
In 1912 "the Dixie Kid" did most
of his fighting in England and Scot
land. He was commencing to slide
and lost four fights in a row. He
picked up again and socked few
Frenchmen and Englishmen on
their chops in 1918. Then, on New
Years Day, 1914, he lost to Bands
man Blake in twenty rounds In
London.
The war came on, and "the Dixie
Kid" was lost to view. He remained
in France, and occasionally his
name crept into the papers, the last
time being just after the war, wher
he was reported killed in cafe row
The Washington times., 1922-05-20
BENNY LEONARD BOXES
EXHIBITION IN GOTHAM

NEW YORK. May 2o.-Light-
weight Champion Benny Leonard and
Soldier BartfIeld fought x-round
exhibition bout as the main event on
the hill at Madison Square Garden
last night.
Benny gave the soldier tough
~alIopinE. but Fairfield drew n pro-
fuse supply of blood from Leonard's
nose In the fourth round. There was
no decision given, but generous.
sized crowd seemed we'll satisfied
With the battle.
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Tom Gibbons Receive,
Offers For Bouts
In London

CHICAGO, May 20.-British
promoters have offered Tom
G b b o ms, light-heavyweight
boxer, two matches in London,
according to announcement
made by Eddie Kane, Gibbons
manager. One match is to be
with Georges Carpenter and
the other with Joe Beckett.
Cablegrams received by Kane
said Carpenter and Beckett
had accepted terms.
The Washington times., 1922-05-20
RIVER CAMPERS GATHER
TOMORROW FOR CHATTER

A meeting Of the river campers
viii be held at the Racer Camp TO.
morrow at $50 p. no, and all camps
are requested to send Representatives
to consider the development of a pro.
gram intended to cover social and
athletic activities, and the protection
OF health and property.
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lean boxers begun by Willie Lewis.
Joe Jeanette and others. He
met Willie in a twenty-round bout.
in which the decision was given
to Lewis. but a jury Of Partisan
sportsmen reviewed the decisiCn.
reversed the finding Of the ref
cree and gave the victory TO "The
Dixie Kid"
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PEPPER" MARTIN WILL
TACKLE SHARKEY TO-DAY

NEW YORK. May 2O.-Vincent
Pepper" Martin and Jack Sharkey
will meet at Bbbets Field, Brooklyn,
this afternoon In a twelve.round bout.
Martin knocked out Babe Herman In
the first round q few weeks ago.
sharkey once defeated Jimmy wild,
the British flyweisht champion.
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LAFAYETTE PLAYER HAS
HONOR IN APPOINTMENT

EAsToN, Pa, May 20.-Frank
Dutch" Schwsb, all.Americsn foot.
ball guard, has been elected chair.
man OF the first Lafayette College
student self-governing council
John. Longaker, captain OF the
basketball team, was honored with
the vice-chairmanship,
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NEW YORK, May 20.-Pennsyl-
vania, Columbia and the Massachu.
sets Institute of Technology will
compete in the varsity eight-oared
race, feature event OF a regatta to
be held under the auspices of Colum.
bia University.
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R4ff%0n: III; S>;cSnif
DIXIE KID is IN BERLIN.
THE scene: Berlin.

TINHE Berlin.
leaning nonchaantly pillar OF
- the Hotel Adlon trying to look cosmopolitan
In the foreground showing pair Of feet along Unter
den Linden dark compexoned with like doorknobs
The thought Immediately that this
place He would have fitted much appropriately
south the Dixon n with waving
in the hackRr
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Will Send Two.

George Washington University will
probably send william Ballenger and
John q. Ladd to the intercollegiate
tennis tournament to be held In
Philadelphia in June
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With Des Moines.

Zeb Milan's younger brother,
Horace, 10 playing left field for Des
Moines in the Western League and
usually gets his one or two bingles
per day.
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Adams is Forty.

Babe Adams, the Pittsburgh
Pirates great pitcher, observed his
fortieth birthday Thursday. He is
one Of the wonders Of the are in
baseball
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In Ring Many Years.
((THE DIXIE KID" is a ven
cradle looking gent now
weather beaten and Rnarled

cradle looking gent now,
weather beaten and gnarled.
yet he is but thirty-nine years old.
He was born in the town of Full
ton, Mo-, in 1883. He began box
ing when he was sixteen years
old, and for fifteen years, down
to the war, he was an active fig
ure in the ring.
His big year was 1904, although
he did much more fighting in other
years. He stopped Al Neill in a
round that year. won from Wal
colt. drew with Young Peter Jack
son and fought a number of other
desperate battles. In 1909 he was
stopped by San Langford in five
rounds.
In the following year "The
Dixie Kid" did the most fighting
Of his career, engaging In about
twenty battles. He was again
stopped by Largford, this time in
three rounds, at Memphis. Then
he came to New York and fought
Clabby, Fighting Kennedy, Man.
tell, Fighting Dick Nelson. Denny
Tighe, Billy West and Willie
Lewis a couple Of times.
In 1911 he hoped over TO Paris,
following tbe pilgrimage Of Amer
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VARSITY CREWS ARE IN
TWO BIG RACES TO-DAY

NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 20
The varsity crews of Yale. Cornell
and Princeton will meet in a trian'
gular race on the Housatonic river
at Derby, Conn, late today.
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STAGE IS SET FOR GREAT
BAMBINO'S RETURN TODAY
By SID MERCER.

NEW YORK May 2Had Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lands
assisted by such dramatic effects David
Cohan and David Griffith selecting the date and the
stage setting feature the breathes lift
the from the homestead
the he picked random
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RUTH SAYS HE'S in FINE
CONDITION FOR PLAYING
By BABE RUTH.
King of Home-Run Hitters.

during next few days shall challenge Jack
Dempsey r..
For the couple of weeks ever since my escape from st. ST
heavyweight champion the world and feel sure that can
attempt, provided OF
that persuade the of the meet
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o'clock, going back to the slumber-
Gus hour of 3:45 on Monday.
"Bing" Miller put up his en-
trance fee for the Ruth handicap
yesterday by lifting two homers
into the stands at Philadelphia,
while. the Athletics were running
second to the Chicago White Sox.
The dear old Dodgers and Mr..
Ebbets came back strong and were
in their old.time form against the
Cardinals. Which means that the
dear old Dodgers lost another ball
game and Mr.. Ebbets lost five
pounds, avoirdupois: The Cards laid
coarse, rough hands on Mitchell
and Mamaux for seven runs in the
third inning and they were an am.
pie sufficiency.
Nine runs off Sothoron and Bag.
by in the first two innings sent
the Cleveland Indians on their way
out Of New York with the loss of
three straight ball games hanging
over their heads. The Indians are
now staging a running battle with
the Griffmen for seventh place.
Couch made the Phillies lie down
and behave, holding them TO three
hits, while the Reds rnanhandled
Ring and Winters at their will
Couch certainly found the going
very soft.
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viii Get Star.

Dulaney. OF Episcopal High, who
ran the Iao high hurdles In Is is at
Charlottesville last week, 10 said 10
be ready 10 20 to the University Of
Virginia next fall.
The Washington times., 1922-05-20

When the Judge passed sentence
on Ruth and Bob Meusel he did not
know that the st. Louis Browns
would open a series of important
games at the Polo Grounds on May
20.y Nor could the judge forsee that
the Browns would develop Ruth's
prominent home-run rival or that
the Yanks and Browns would be
contending bitterly for the leader.
ship Of the pennant race.
Ruth will begin his pursuit Of Ken
meth Williams today IN a game In
which both will appear. With the
certain knowledge that Lands would
act promptly on Ruth application
for reinstatement, the fans prepared
to storm the Polo Grounds today to
welcome the king Of swat.
Approximately 1000 seats ri the
Polo Grounds can be reserved.
Probably $4,000 persons have been
trying to buy up these seats Tor
the past two weeks. The issue has
been heavily oversubscribed, and
ticket scalpers are offering huge
premiums for the coveted paste
boards.
Since the Browns moved out OF
home territory, Williams has not
Jared so well in bagging home ru 1s,
He made his tenth homer in PhIia'
deiphia on May II. II he doesn't
pick up" faster than that Ruth
should overtake him before mid.sum'
mer.
Williams is not as big n man as
Ruth nor does he WELD so heavy
bat, but he has powerful shOul'
ders. and is a splendid driver when
he meets a ball fairly. Like Ruth he
is a left-handed hitter.
A year ago on this date Ruth had
twelve home runs to his credit. VIII
liams has practically duplicated that
record. Therefore, great interest at
taches to Ruth's effort to wipe out
the handicap.
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NheAbktSht "ho Vec eihShh NaSe~
The lads got one more eonfirma-
tory peek at the port hole In the
champs orb before he was gone. He
grabbed a tixicab and tore for the
Hotel Ansonia. The members Of
the reception committee, too stun
ned for speech. stood looking at each
other when another figure came slid
ing down the exit chute % the liner.
II was a figure dressed in dag.
cling yellow coat and a srappy cloth
hat Of recent English vintage, 4 fig.
ure easily recognized as that Of Jack
Kearns. manager Of the heavyweight
champion.
The waiting delegation bredthed Q
sigh of relief and moved forward
In q body.
Mr.. Kearns paused OF their APP
proach. Then he took hold OF a
black string tied to his coat and be-
gan pulling. Out came 4 monocle.
which Mr.. Kearns pasted against
his pan with deft motion. and lei
surely surveyed the folks.
"It amt true" said Mr.. Mercer,
Indignantly. II see 1t. but I don't
believe it."
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posed to be the strongest pitching
staff IN their league.
At least one of the Detroit news
paper men commented on this fact
and gave II as his opiniNn that all
the rabbits" hadn't been killed or
retired from service.
Copyright, 1874, " Chr1sty Walsh
avndicatsO
The Washington times., 1922-05-20

Yesterdsy's Games.
ST. Louis, 10; Brooklyn, 6.
Cincinnati, 0; Philadelphia, 1
Pittsburgh New York tweO.
Chicago Boston (rsin).
Today's Came.
Boston ct Chicago.
Brooklyn at et. Louis
New York at Pittsburgh.
Philadeiphia at Cincinnati.
The Washington times., 1922-05-20

When I left the hospital. following
an operation on my tonsils and ade'
noids. I was, not in especially coed
condition TO plunge into baseball
training. and my physician RECON-
mended handball playing as a means
Of regaIning my early spring form.
This form of exercise. he said, would
keep down my weight and at the
same time reattune my eye to follow
ing the course Of q rapidly moving
ball.
And so, instead Of loafins around
the Polo Grounds, merely going
through the formal gestures Of train,
ing, l have done very little actual
work on the ball field and a very
great deal of II on the handball
courts of the New York Athletic
Club.
Skillful handball players have
been kind enough 70 take me In
hand and show me how the game
is played, and now. after two
weeks OF II. ] feel that am good
enough to give Jack Dempsey
battle-on the courts. have no
with the heavyweight champ, but
I do want 10 enter into some sort
Of competition with him, and the
handbail court should provide .
meeting ground with which We
would both be familiar.
Partly because Of the work I
have done at the New York A. G.
and partly because I am now more
careful about my diet than I ever
was before, weigh only 206
pounds, or more than twenty pounds
less than / did at this time last
year.
This means that, despite my long
layoff from the diamond, I am now
in better physical condition than at
any other time In my career as
Yankee, and that making home runs
should be merely a matter OF per-
fecting my timing and getting
decent balls to hit at
In a recent conversation was
asked how many homo runs ex.
pected to make this year. and said
that II conscientiously could
gamble on such a proposition
would bet any reasonable part OF
nv years income that I can make
not less than forty-four circuit
clouts this season.
or course, hope to make more
than that. My heart 10 set on top
ping last years total Of fifty-nine,
and think l can make the grade
II opposing pitchers will refrain
from forcing passes on me at the
slightest provocation.
For betting purposes" however.
I set the mark st forty.four, In case
nv friends took my statement
seriously, and started wagering on
the results of my seasons efforts.
am sorry to note that Kenneth
Williams seems to, have slowed
down lately, and sorrier still that
his failure to make az many home
runs on the road as he has at st.
Louis has given rise to reports
that there are two different kinds
of balls in use in the American
! League this year-one lively and
one not so lively.
According TO the gossips, most
Of the lively balls are owned by
| the Browns and the Yanks and
; are used only at st. Louis and
I the Polo Grounds. the consequence
being that more long hits are
Registered at these two parks
than at most Of the others put
together.
or course l am not prepared to
mass upon the truth. or falsity OF
these reports, but most Of the De-
troit players seemed TO think there
was something queer" about the
balls they were given to bat against
in their recent series with the
Yankees.
During this series they hit tho
hall farther and oftener than in any
corresponding number OF games al
| season, and this despite the fact
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SATURDAY. MAY 20. 1922.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX HERE
TO MEET EVENING STARS
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

Kid Gleason Chicago White Sox make their 1922 bow
Georgia today in the first Of four be-
campaign The Sox rz their final skmsh at Shbe Park
spiattered the But the other
Grs did quite the thing to the enraged Detroit
Cribs while meaning nothing the grand ensemble
-.
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CHAMP WEARS MONOCLE
ON BET AND STUNS ALL
TOUGHENED SPORTSMEN
By DAMON RUNYON.

NEW YORK. 20-The big fellow who bounding
m hay Lord Helpus, but it wasn't.
Jack heavyweight champion of the world The
waiting duke the champion and lend willing
his positively five flashing
the window
had to be life by Reilly.
charge by Danny McKeck and
viyed by degrees
"My Abraham Atte the former featherweght
who wasam those
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As he slowly approached US,
riding his feet like q bargeman
riding a canal boat, his features
grew more and more familiar.
at cannot be-" we mused,
"and yet it is"
Then as the darkcomplexi"ned
gent finally brought his dogs
athwart our beams we gave him
hail.
Aaron l.. Brown" we said,
"of Fulton, Mo-"
The feet rounded to, ponder
ously. A wide smile crossed the
dark features of the gent, and he
responded.
"Man," he said. "you know
som'pin. Thass me"
II Was None Other.
A Nd so it was.
~ Aaron L. Brown of Full
- ton, Mo-, more familiarly
as "The Dixie Kid" The same.
In the flesh.
There he stood, beaming like
a full moon in sunny Tennessee,
the effulgence Of his smile SEEM
ing to light up the heavy sur
roundings.
And as he so stands, let US
turn back the pages Of fistic his
tory and see who "The Dixie
Kid" is-or rather, was.
He could fight.
Yes, indeed! Few better.
Eighteen years ago "The Dixie
Kid" was q species Of black thun-
derbolt. He was d mighty socker
with his left hand. For a time
some recognized him as the vel
terweight champion of the world,
because he beat the. great Joe
Walcott, the Barbados wonder, in
twenty rounds out in San Fran
cisco, and afterwards boxed him
to q draw.
He was certainly one Of the
best Of the men in his division in
his day. He fought such as Larry
Temple. Dave Holly. Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien, George Cole. Sam
Langford, Frank Mantell, Willie
Lewis. Jimmy Clabby, Mike Twin
Sullivan. Bob Moha, Young Peter
jackson, Joe Grimm, the Fighting
Ghost, AL Neill and many others
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Baseball Gossip For
Fans Delight

Today and tomorrow the Even
ing Stars will sbt into action at 3
O'Clock, going back to the slumber-
Gus hour Of 3:45 on Monday.
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He's With Colonies.

Tony Brottem, the catcher turned
over to the Pittsburgh Pirates by the
Griffs last July, is now with the
Louisville Colonels In the American
Association.
The Washington times., 1922-05-20


Kearns' face and he made a wild
clutch ScsrSSe f%s II Il. I'll never be able
30 get the hang Of the thing
Behind Kearns came Joe BenJa.
min, the California lightweight. in
n check suit and checked cap, his
familiar giggle resounding through
the big pierhouse az he shook hands
with Billy Seaman. Then Teddy
Hayes, Dempsey's trainer, appeared,
coming in a hurry as two white
English bull terriers dragged him
on their chains.
Harry Preston, the famous Eng
hsh sportsman, owner of a big
hotel at Brighton. gave Dempsey
and Kearns the dogs. Both are
prize winners in England.
where's your monacle?" Seaman
asked Benjamin.
Can you beat them guys?" he
said, 'T bet them they wouldn't
have the nerve to wear those gig
lamps off the boat. Well, we're
home. and I'm darn glad OF It,
that's all"
The champion Of the world
IN the morning, and he was the
first TO greet the newspaper men
and photographers when they
came aboard the Aquitania at
quarantine.
He produced his monocle with
giee. and posed for the photograph
srs with the glass in his eye. He
did not seem very adept in handling 8
Il, and Bill Heartfelt, the American
photographer, who has had long
experience with monacles through
hobnobbing with earls and dukes
and what .nots, showed him how.
Jack said he saw so many mon
ocles at the Carpentier-Lewis fight
in London that he thought he would
try one Of them himself. But they
don't seem to me much good" he
said. "Kearns got one just to
show ME up"
The champion is carrying some ex
cess weight. but looks well. Kearns
Benjamin and Hayes are all tatter
than when they left. They attribute
Il to the good food they got on the
e.unard liner.
Kearns was surrounded by sport
writer's while the customs officials
were going through the big flock Of
trunks belonging to the party
"I haven't heard anything about
the prospect Of a match between
Dempsey and Wills IN Montreal"
he said. $50 Tn not able to t;Ilt
about that. signed Jack to meet
Carpenter In England In the fall.
The champion doesn't want to do
anything In the fighting line until
September. He may jump West
Immediately 10 fulfil theatrical
engagement In Pantomos time,
"I suppose you all know by this
time what a marvellous reception we
Got In England and France" he con
tinued. When Jack returned to
London from Paris. after we visited
Berlin, the interest was just as great
ne ever. He made a tremendous i'm
preston on the British sportsmen
and they couldn't do enough for us.
The champion liked both Paris
and London. He had a great time
and enjoyed himself every minute
but, like the rest OF US, he is glad to
get back in America"
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
LEADING THREE HITTERS.
Player Club G. ABB. R. H. Pct
Sisler. st. L.. 81 l2s 81 81 .442
Witt, N. Y...... rs 81 IS 81 .40T
Miller, Phils. -. 2S l12 81 IS .4O2
LEADING IN MOST HITS.
Player. Club. Hits.
Sisler, st. Louis ............ 81
Speaker, Cleveland ......... 45
Miller. Philadelphia .......... IS
LEADING THREE IN MOST
Player. Club. Runs.
Sisler, st. Louis ........ "a
Blue, Detroit ................ rs
Miller. Philadelphia ......... ~27
LEADING THREE IN STOLEN
Stolen
Pitcher. Club, Bases
Sisler. st. Louis ............ is
Williams, st. Louis ........ IL
Johnson. Chicago ...........
LEADING THREE PITCHERS
Pitcher. Club. w. L. Pct.
Bush, New York. 3 o 1000
Stoner, Detroit .... 1000
Robertson, Chicago. 4 500
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
LEADING THREE HITTERS.
Player-Club. G. ALB. r. II. Pct.
Gowdy, Bos. .... Is so 5 20 400
Hornsby. st. L.. 80 109 80 ~ .2a4
Torpercer, st. L.. "a 70 Is 27 .375
LEADING THREE IN MOST HITS.
Player-Club. H.
Duncan. Cincinnati. i.............. 45
Hornsby. st. Louis. s.............. 43
Johnston, Brooklyn. 43
LEADING THREE IN MOST
RUNS.
Player-Club. X.
Hornsby, st. Louis. is.............. 80
Daubert, Cincinnati ......... 2S
Bancroft ................ ~
LEADING IN STOLEN BASES.
Player-Club. TIL.
Bigbee, Pittsburgh ............
Carey, Pittsburgh A.............
Maranville. Pittsburgh .... e.
Young. New York ...............
Rawlings, New York ...........
Statz. Chicago ..................
LEADING THREE PITCHERS.
Player-Club. Won. Lost. Pet.
Sherdel, st. Louis. 0 1000
Doak, St. Louis ..... 1000
Couch, Cincinnati ....4 1000
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Keeping the good stuff to the
last, the Evening Stars copped the
victory In the ninth inning with
one out. To be sure they had q
lot Of luck when they did il, hut
they did Il, that's enough. YOupg
Rigney, who had been playing tip
top ball all day, proved to be goat.
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Game at 3 o'clock, ragtime.
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big League Stars Who
Are Leading Their
Team Mates
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

tcopyrtEht. 1912. by Cosmopolitan New,
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

LEADING THREE HITTERS.
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The monocle dropped from
kearns' face and he made a wild
DogEone It, I'll never be able
30 get the hang Of tho thing
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whipping around like a startled
deer, Sir Roger raced back to-
ward his position and, just as the
ball was about to 20 through TO
the outfieId, he reached down,
grabbed II baclhanded and, ris
Ing up. hurled IL across 10 Judge
In time to cut down the aged Cut.
shaw. That was the creme de In
creme of Shortfielding.
The Washington times., 1922-05-20

The champion Of the world
seemed glad, too. He was up early
I'm the morning, and he was the
first to greet the newspaper men
and photographers when they
came aboard the Aquitania at
quarantine.
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THREE IN MOST
RUNS.
Graham guardian., 1922-10-24
CHAPTER w
A Visit to the rndIoent.

The guests had either retired TO their
rooms, or were wandering about the
spacious grounds; at least none were
In evidence when West emerged on to
the side terrace, where Miss Natalie
and Percival Coolidge waited.
II was not a long ride, the point
sought being short submerged street
in the southwestern section Of the city.
The runabout felt Its way cautiously
forward through jostling throng Of
screaming youngsters, and finally
turned into Arch street, only two
blocks in length. with low, two storied
wooden cottages on either side. Per.
civnl. plainly nervous at the surround
ings, Indicated the place sought In the
middle of the first block, and Natalie
ran the car up against the curb.
Continued in The Farmer Friday.)
FOR RENT-three nicely furnished
apartments and single front room.
Mrs. N. 8. Freeman. FG-10-31.
Graham guardian., 1922-10-24
woMAh's cIus
THANKS PEOPLE
FOR ASSISTANCE

The Woman's Club wishes to ex.
press its appreciation OF the generous
patronage given the Community Home
Fund during the Beauty Contest just
closed.
The merchants responded generous
ly to the coupon sale and friends OF
the contestants we're very liberal In
their contributions. We heartily
thank you one and all.
We wish to also thank Mr.. Clyde w.
Ijams for bis generous support and lib
eral donation to the same cause.
The Woman's Club feels that II is
a pleasure to work in a community
that always rises to the occasion.
Again we thank you.