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ADJUSTMENTS.
STAGE.
Harry Lander ut the Play hon se.

Harry Lauder at the Play house.
HRrry Lauder--by grace OF his ma
jesty. King George Ct England, now
Sir Harry Lauder is responsible on
occasion for many quaint and canny
sayings. When told In all probability,
he would be knighted. the Scotch min
strel Remarked: AYE. King can
mako earls and knights. but God made
Harry Lauder" When someone told
him he should deny and denounce
the stories printed about his reputed
penuriousness. he only laughed. New
or, spoil good advertisement" he
said; "the mair stories they see goin
aboot regarding me and my money,
the moro anxious will felix's he to see
me on the stage. Most OF the stories
arc lies. but they're fine for boomin'
Harry Lauder! when ye visit
friends" Sir Harry is fond of saying,
"dinna stay too long. CT they'll tire
o ye. IL you are discreet WI your
visit yell be welcome back again."
Sir Harry will be welcomed at The
Playhouse again tonight.
Typical Broadway Cast
The cast to he seen in the ''Doormat"
at The Playhouse tomorrcw night.
Wednesday matinee and night and
Thursday night. includes Lois Bolton,
former star In Adam and Eva" Harry
Benham. formerly leading man with
Sam II. Harris production of Little
Old New York., Theodore Westman
formerly with John Golden'e. New
York productions of, "Lghtnin", 1.-The
First Year" and Thank YOU. Howard
Nugent, formerly with George Broad
hurst and George Cohan's productions
Eda Won Bullow, formerly with Klaw
and Erlanger and F1ohmnn produc-
tfons. Grace Mcgowan, formerly with
Belasco; frankie Mann, one OF the
most beautiful girls on the American
| stage and screen, formerly with
Charles Dowd, for the past two year,
with the New York company of "Th,
Bat"
"Step Lively Hazel" At tho Garrfck
In the production OF step Iivel,
Hazel'', which Is this weeks ofrerin!
OF the Wilmington Players at the Gar
rick Theatre. there Is a character tha
| uoes NOT slfdN one Woru tnrOuEnou
the entire play. 1t just happens tina
every time he gets ready 10 utter
| word or two someone else intrude
before he has time TO get them ou
OF his mouth. This play ie heruldc-
as an up-tc-the-minute farce coined,
is from the pen OF Bernard J. McOwer
n former stock actor. who has care
| fully provided exceptional roles 70
every member OF the company.
Oscar Lorraine at the Aldsne.
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supper at Christiana-

The ChrLstiana NJ. Z. Social will hold
their annual poultry and oyster sup
per in the basement OF the church en-
next Wednesday evening. Ice cream
home made cakes. candy and fancy
articles will be sold.
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Rummasc sn,c for E.,on Church.

A rummage sale will 10 held Mt TIA
Tatnall street tomorrow for the bene-
fit OF Ezion NJ n. Church. Anyone
having donations issaakss1 to communi-
cate with Mrs. A. Il. Chippey. 10 West
Twelfth street, and they will bc called
fdr
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Adas Kodcsh Sisterhoods to Meet.
The Slst~rhood OF Adas Kodesh
Synagogue will hold a meeting this
evening at tho Synagogue. Sixth and
Fropch streets. Important buslnecs
will be discussed.
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OF this ever popular mystif1-r win hnve
a wcckS showing Mt tho Savoy Thea
tire commencing today
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Oscar Lorraine at the Aldine.

The big bill that goes into force to
day as the Aldsne Theatre holds forth
a promise OF great fun literally scat
tered through both vaudeville and
photoplay ofrerngs. The honors o.
headline place fall 10 Oscar Lorraine
the violin nuttist. Irving Goslar
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ave expected 20 seod dslcsa W.. a spes
ciaI musical program hos been arr
ranged.

Maximum results at minimum cosf
An Every Evening vnnt ad. Cali
z200--.Ady.
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YOUR HEALTH
HOW YOU MAY AVOID
GRAVE DANGERS OF TYPHOID
may destroy your happiness. If
BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.
Commissioners Of Health. New York City.
. you take contaminated milk or water, typhoid
may haye Won in ifs rrin within . ueok Or

may have you in its grip within a week two.
Nobody should take his family to an out-of thc-way
and officially uninspected place. unless he has made
the milk and water supply is above suspicion
Every city has what it calls vacation typhoid"-the
Of typhoid fever which be traced to the
fall holidays You should travel st any
time Of the without taking precautions against
tannated food. Even though you have good food and
good water you may be the victim of typhoid anyhow.
Unless screened against flies, these pests may
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and Rhea Lusby offer a stcry In song
and steps. The Harry Holman Players
will offer a sketch called Tho Endure.
This is an episode Of business life. pre-
sented in story form. An imaginative
title such as ''Bir,iseed" warns the
audience in advance OF the nature OF
the entertainment to be given by Da-
Wis and Darnell. The Esther Trio with
an aerial act open the bill. Miss Hazel
Crosby. an excellent vocalist. viii offer
opera a In syncopation.
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unload the soil from their contaminated feet the food table
should the table handle food until have
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SCREEN.

"Molly o" at the Majestic.
And now comes Mabel Normand tn
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-26
ADAM PREDICTS
LINEUP IN BIG
GAME SATURDAY
NardacCi Picked for Quarter.
Graham viii Play One
End, It Seems.
BY ADAM srANseuRY.

MoRGANTowN, Sept 2s.-witn
Graham and Tallman at epds: Da.
Wis and Tough at tackles; Capt.
Meredith and Setron at guards;
Phil Hill at center; Nardacci at
quarterback; Martin and Simon at
the halfbacks and Ekberg at full.
back, which lineup, II is predicted,
will face Wesleyan at Fairmont in
the opening game Saturday. the
1929 West Virginia Mountaineers
will average Just IFS pounds per
man in weight.
Graham weighs only 1855 and Mar.
dacci only 1872. but nobody else on
the team weighs less than Ill
pounds and Horse" Tough is the
heavyweight with 1888 pounds net.
In addition to Tough, there Is Cap.
tain Meredith, Setron, Martin and
Ekberg, who weigh between $50
and 1870, while Hill, Davis, Tallman
and Simon weigh between 40 and
$50. II is the most evenly balanced
eleven that West Virginia has
placed in the field in many years.
The ends, with the addition OF
Tallman, and seven pounds add.
tional weight to Graham since last
year, arc heavier than usual aud
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MEN
SHOWINGUP GOOD
Several. Players on High
Teams Last Year Make
Good in College.

BucKHANNoN. W. Va. Sept.
scholastic football is
improving in West Virginia Is
pretty well proven by the fact
that several athletes who played
football with state high school
teams the past season are show
Ing enough education about the
game to be replacing veterans on
varsity lineups on college teams.
Take Aaron oiiker for instance
who played with Washington.
Irving High Of Clarksburg last
season. Those who seem TO know
something of the. Inside OF foot.
ball at West Virginia University
state that the Clarksburg boy has
Just about carved himself a place
In the state backfield. East year
It was Pierre Hill that jumped irt-
to tho llmelight. by making an end
position the first year out, with
no more than high school expert.
ence, and playing the terminal JOB
like q veteran.
On the Wesleyan squad this
year is Lyman Robinson who
played c terminal on the Wheel.
ing High team OF last season
Right now the Wheeling lad is
showing such good form that
Methodist fans are going to be
surprised II he don't get into the
West Virginia fray next Saturday,
Other high schoolers who arc
showing more than ordinary
knowledge OF the game at the
Methodist Camp are George Stew.
art of Pennsboro. Jeff Meeks Of
Buckhannon High and Edward
Trainer OF Parkersburg High.
There will be several scholastic
men take the field for Wesleyan
and just how their work will com
pare with oliker's OF the state
eleven is going to be Interesting
TO watch. Rivalry among high
school players is of the keenes;
brand. II will probably develop
some bitter fighting Il some OF
these old high school gridders
happen to tangle up during the
fray which will mako Fairmoni
the rendezvous for u mob OF foot
ball fans next Saturday.
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SKI GETS MANY
OFFERS FORF FIGHT
SenegeIese PugiIist Besieqed
With Offers From U. S.
Sport Promoters.

NEW YORK. Sept 26.-Ba,.
ting Ski, the senegelese boxer.
who has reached pugllIstIc fameby
his knockout of Georges Cnrpen-
tier. was beseiged today by offers
from New York fight promoters
for bouts with American oppon-
ents here. His manager, N. Hell
Ter, has at least three PROPOSE
lions under consideration.
Tex Richard. after receiving
telegram from Heller expressing
willingness to bring Sikh 10 this
country after January /, cabled nm
offer TO match the Seuegelese with
any prominent light heavyweight.
including Harry Greb, the Amerl-
can title holder: Gene Tunney
former champion or Tom Gibbons
st. Paul boxer. Richard, however
said he had made no financial
proposition to Sikh and would NOT
do so pending a reply.
In addition Dave Drlscoll.
match maker for Ebbetts Field
has cabled an offer Of 500, 900
for Sikh to box Harry Wills, No
gro challenger for Jack Dempsey's
heavyweight title, on October il
and Thomas +. o'Rourke, mattel
maker for the Republic A. G., and
has offered him $4,000 for a com
test with Wills or Greb, prefer
ably the latter, some time In oc-
tober.
Meanwhile the only indication
Of Skis attitude toward these Of
ters was contained In cable dis-
patches quoting his manager as
rejecting o'Rourke's terms and
demanding 100000 francs
or $4,000 at the current rate Of
exchange as the Africans end Of
the purse.
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MISS COLLETTE
FAVORED TO WIN

WHITE. SULPHUR SPRINGS,
W. Va, Sept. 26.-ot the thirty
two contestants who had qualified
to tee off In the first round Of
match play here in the natiOna;
women's golf championship, Miss
GleRna Collette was generally
picked as the player whose game
was most likely to set the pace for
the field. Miss Marion HOllln5.
the champion, who trailed tn
Providence girls score Of 81 by
only two strokes for second place,
needed only n little improvement
in her play on the green's, however
TO place her game OH even terms
for defense of the title. Any Of u
dozen other players. including
Miss AleXia Sterling Of Atlanta.
who won fourth position In the
medal play with Score Of IS, and
Mrs. William Gavin, the British
player who was recently victor
ious In the CANADIAN champion
ship against Miss Sterling With
a score OF SO, played golf OF a
callbre yesterday which might put
them In the running in the mattel.
play.
Miss Collette played a superbly
we'll rounded game to repeat he'
qualifying victory OF year ago.
not only driving every other play
er and being brilliant on the fair
ways but showing q consistent
steadlness around the greens
where only on the tenth and nj
teenth did she take as many as
three puts to get the ball down
While Miss Hollins playe,!
strongly through all OF the fair
ways, erratlc putting caused her to
take three strokes on six greens.
The pairlngs for tho first round
OF matches play today, determined
by numerical drawings, were as
follows; Upper half, Miss Glenna
Collette VS. Mrs. H. d. Sterrett;
Mrs. E. A. Hardin VS. Miss R. Sher-
wood: Mrs. Norman forge vs. Mrs.
Joseph Bydolek; Mrs. F. c. Let's,
Jr., VS. Mrs. F. Heller; Mrs. D. G.
Gaut vs. Mrs. C. C. Russell; Mrs.
Norman P. Rood VS. Miss Louise
B. Elktns; Mrs. r. H. Barlow vs.
Miss Kathleen German.
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MoRGANTowN, Sept. 26.-one
Of the home town boys" Fred
Graham, will probably be found at
one OF the end posts when the West
Virginia University and West vir.
ginia Wesleyan College clevens
meet at Falrmont on the South Side
Park field in annual combat.
A product OF Morgantown High
School and the Indiana Normal
School, where he played one season
after graduating from the local in.
stitutiOn, Graham was one OF the
few freshmen to earn regular
berth on the Mountaineer eleven
under DR.. C. w. Spears last season.
II seems that DR.. Spears took II
liking TO his work early in the year
and It was not long before he had
ousted Glen Kiger. Bob Hawkins
and the emergency ends. Russ
Meredith and Joe Har-ick. from
their places. Before the campaign
had gone very far he was recog.
nizsd as find" and one OF tine
best terminal men West Virginia
had had for years.
This year Graham found himself
opposed by the best looking array
OF end material to enter the Uni.
versity for some time. Carl Davis,
Harry Dyer and Clarence Murrin
all threatened him, but he wealth.
cred the storm and Is still the lead.
Ing contender for the left wing. Op.
position has only served TO i'm.
prove his work and II he continue
to improve football fans I'm this sec.
tion are going to see some high
class work around the terminal
posts this fall.
Graham is u big favorite with
Morsuntown fans. The other locn!
boys on the squad. Horse" Tough
Vernon Barnard and "Hefty" De.
Vaughn, are all doing well hut It
Is Graham they are depending upon
to represent the town and morr
than a little confidence has heen
placed in him.
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HOW THEY
STAND ::
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday.
New York, 5; st. LOUIS, 4.
Cincinnati. 10; Philadelphia. 3,
Standing Of the Clubs.
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ACKBLAIRLEADS
LOCAL GOLFERSIN
.QUAL|ENNGROUND
Players Paired for Annual
Championship Golf Tourna-
ment at Country Club.

Jack Blair turned in a card Of
a for the eighteen hole qualifying
round OF the annual championship
goif tournament now being played
on the Fairmont Country Club
course. His score led the field and
won the qualifying prize. =. f.
Hartley was his nearest competitor
with. a well played so for the round,
and Bobby Hood, who won the club
championship title last year, fol
lowed inythlrd place with an 81.
Sixteen players qualified, for the
champion flight play as follows:
]. Blair, a; Z. F. Hartley. so:
Bobby Hood, 81; T. E. Johnson, So;
Ernest Hutton, So; s. W. Wright,
81; j. Colborn, So: Scott Lowe, IS:
Morgan Chambers, 81; w. Smith,
is; G. Gwyn, So; Ed Holbert, IS;
y. n. Rock, Jr., So: Walton Miller,
So; R. Hutchinson, SO, and G. T.
Watson, 90. Palrings for champion.
ship match play are as follows:
2. q. johnson and ]. Colborn; ].
Blair and NJ. Chambers; z. Holbert
and Scott Lowe; ]. II. Rock, Jr.,
and Bobby Hood; E. F. Hartley and
". Smith. Ernest Hutton and G..
Gwyn; G. II. Watson and R. Hutch.
ihson; Walton Miller and S. W.
Wright.
Players with scores over 90 will
compete for second flight prize
and the scores and pairings are as
follows: A. G. Beeson, %, and
Kenna Clark, %: X, White, 105.
and B. Arnett, 81: Fl. Lively. 109,
and S. D. Brady, 9S: George De-
Bolt 90. and A. B. Scott. 81: H.
Spedden, 90, W. y. Engle. los. r.
Richie, 96 and H. H. Staggers. 100,
drew byes In the first round PAIR
lngs.
A condition of the present tour
nament Is that all matches in the
first round must be played not la.
ter than October l and then. in all
probability, the later matches will
5be played at the rate OF one round
each week until the championship
has been decided. Professional
Reginald Spencer has issued the
statement that players can arrange
10 play their matches within tho
prescribed time limits us best suits
their convenience.
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West Virginia to Average Us Pounds Saturday

the backfleld and line uphold the
Mountaineer traditions for having
heavy aggregauons.
Only 175 pounds, while not as
heavy as some West Virginia teams
OF the past. is nevertheless a pref.
" betty average weight and It is
believed that few teams the Noun
tainers face this fall will exceed
them In actual stripped weights.
Strange as II may Seer a west
Virginia University football team
is again extremely confident Of
turning In q victory. After the hu,
initiating defeat at the hands OF the
Pitt Panthers In 1919 many Noun
tlineer fans thought they mover
would see another Varsity eleven
which had a feeling Of confidence,
For two seasons It looked as though
those Of that opinion were perfect
" correct, but the old feeling Is
cropping out agnin. Not only Is II
making itself felt in the mental at.
tltude Of the men toward Sat2r.
days game at South Side Park,
Falrmont, with West Virginia Yves.
leypn College. but also In their
conversation about the! contest.
Thoy are making no secret OF tho
fact that they intend to win and
TO a casual observer they arc very
over.contident.
From Capt Russell Meredith
down each member OF the squad
does not hesitate to admit that
West Virginia is going to win. To
those who concede Wesleyan a
chance this condition is causing
more than a little worry. It seems
TO them that the squad members
are not taking the battle with the
'Methodists seriously enough and
that unless something is done to
get them back to earth Coach Bot
Higgins Is going to slip the Noun.
talneers surprise equally as bit.
ter as the one the Varsity received
at Forbes Field In 1913.
Wesleyan turned ise trick In
1917 and there are many who seem
TO think they will do 1t again this
fall. There Is little doubt but that
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-26
GIANTS SETTLE.
PENNANT RACE

NEW YORK, Sept. 9G.-The New
York Giants today are champions
Of the National League for the
tenth time in their career. Elgh,
OF these triumphs have occurred
since 1904 under the indomItable
Leadership Of John McGraw and this
years victory came after a typical
McGraw flnish-a battling drive IN
which the club landed on top de.
spite the loss Of its star twirler,
Phil Douglas, the collapse OF the
rest Of Its mound staff, and in the
face OF an eleventh hour menace in
the form Of the Pittsburgh Pirates
Long George Kelly dashed out
the hit that scored Frank Frisch
With the winning run in the tenth
inning Of tense struggle with the
st. Louis Cardinals and removed all
trace OF mathematical uncertainty
in the pennant chase. The final
score was 5 to 4, and Hill Ryan,
who relieved AtcQulllan in the
tenth, received credit for the vic.
tory
The Yankees, leading the st.
Louis Browns by three and a half
games and needing but one more
victory TO clinch the American
League title, cannot settle the issue
before Thursday when they omen
three game series in Boston.
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PUNTS AND PASSES

Instructor, lust as Jock Suther.
land did a year ago at Lafayette.
In all probability Marsh John
son will start the game at quarter
back for the Painters. He has
been showing up we'll there, and
II the head coach decides to rest
up Captain HolIeran until the
Lafayette struggle johnson will
likely get the assignment.
Warner has made It clear that
the lineup which faces McLaren's
men will be simply tentative, and
that the retention Of the men who
start that contest will depend en-
tirely upon the showing they
make. X
While he is eager to win the
opener, he is not forgetting for =
moment the hard battle which fol-
lows, when the Pauthers omen
their home campaign on October
n With the sutherlanders, and ex-
poets to use the Cincinnati games
as a medium In deciding upon his
lineup for the Lafayette en-
broslIs.
Help High School
In order TO help high schools
IN the state along In athletics the
West Virginia University athletic
department Is continuing its poi.
icy OF sending used footballs 10
those institutions which find IL
hard to get along because OF II.
nancial difficulties. To many Of
the teams in the Mountain State,
especially those supported by
smaller high schools, the pur-
chase OF footballs Is a big item
and In some instances a team has
been known to go through a
whole season with only one pig.
skin. Others, OF course. have ali
they can use and are not in need
OF assistance OF any kind.
Formerly tho cast-off footballs
were sold to youngsters here for
small sum. but last year Direc
tor OF Athletics II. a, Stansbury
hit upon the idea OF mailing thcra
out to high schools where they
would he welcome presents. Az
cordinsly he mailed out is and
In every case he was notified
shortly after Of the players ap
probation. This year he decided
to continue the practice and 81
far five have already been mall
cd.
The MOuntaineers use only balls
which are perfect IN shape and
since all OF them. after a few
days OF use by the Varsity, be.
come a little lopsided they can
no longer he used by the noun
ta!ners. In spite Of their condi
tion these balls, In many cases
are far better than some OF the
high schools have to play with
and are very good for practice
especially.
The University athletic depart
ment IS doing many thing to fur.
Their athletics among the scholas
tic ranks OF the state and It IA
only a question OF time before
West Virginia schoolboys will be
rated as high as the athletes OF
any state in all branches OF sport.
Wright Elected
Bernard Wright Of Falrmont
has been named captain of the
Broa6dus College football team
for the present season. Wright is
a sophomore and Is one OF the
leading candidates for backueld
position. At this time he IS being
used at Quarterback and will like
ly be the general IN the opening
game on Friday.
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The pissldns floating IN the AIR.
The stands are iresh With paint.
The fair eoseds Ire studying
For tootballets who amt.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Results Yesterday.
games scheduled.