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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

minister Presbyterian church, adjourn
ed last Thur sday evening.
Rev. Robert f. Fortified, member
Of the presbytery, will occupy the
pulpit of the Westminster church,
Sunday morning, according to an an
nouncement by Rev. j. Leighton
Green, pastor of the church. The
Rev. Mr.. Porterfield has many friends
and relatives in San Antonio with
whom he is visiting.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
PRESBYTERY TO PORT LAvACA.

The next meeting of the Presby-
terry of Western Texas will be held
at Port Lavaca, Tex, during the COM
ing fall. The presbytery, which was
held in San Antonio at the West
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

town and FARRELL TO the Bell county
line. Topping from Georgetown to the
Travis county line will be completed
in a few days if good weather pre-
walls.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
START c. E. CLASSES MONDAY

Many out-of-town visitors are ex-
pected to attend the Christian En-
deavor leadership classes to start at
the Central Christian church next
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

or three weeks, the Rev. Mr.. Leonard
believes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
NEW MATERIAL REPORTS
FOR PENN STATE ELEVEN

STATE COLLEGE, Pa, Sept. 8.
"A number of former high and pre-
paratory school grid stars were in
the advance guard of freshmen that
reported to Coach B. NJ. Hermann
at Penn State today. New players
will continue to report until after
the opening of the college year next
Wednesday and indications point to
another strong freshman team this
this fall
Among those who reported today
were George Green, a fullback from
Lakewood High School, Cleveland,
who was an all-scholastic player for
four years: Plain, a big lineman
from West Tech, Cleveland; Casey.
an end from Washington Central
High; Bergman, halfback, from
West Philadelphia High; Gieski and
F1lack, two linemen from Newark,
n. j.; Gracy. fullback from Pitts
burgh. and Page, lineman, from
Massachusetts. Bergman reported
early in the week but injured his
shoulder in tackling the dummy
with the varsity squad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
SAY s
HE'SSPO|L|NG
FORF|GHT
Yearns for One of Those Regu-
lar oId-Time Smuggling
Matches.
By MAX KASE,
International News Service Staff
COPFeSDOndent


WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, N.
Y, Sept. S.-If confidence is the
necessary requisite for successful
battle, then it can be said today that
Jack Dempsey will be assured Of
victory in his forthcoming fight with
Luis Firpo.
Every action of the champion
exudes a faith in himself such as he
has not exhibited at any time since
he first fought in defense of his title.
1t is not the feeling of braggart
but supreme confidence in his own
ability which makes Dempsey say
he will beat Firpo.
I've been spelling for a real fight
one OF those regular smuggling
matches-for a long. long time,"
Dempsey said today. This Firpo
will be glad when the old gong bangs
because then I can step right out
and begin seeking with everything
I've got and know the joy of mixing
it with somebody who is big enough
and dangerous enough to hand it
back"
DSulpSSy1 DIS SOOu d JUICE OF MS
condition as his trainer, said he is in
shape and ready to travel fifty
rounds.
THE very last thing that worries
me about Firpo is his terrible
punch" the champion added. "Among
the whole lot of Firpo's knockout
victims he did not meet a real hit.
ter. All those other fellows did was
to box him. Boxing Firpo is not
good stuff. You've got to hammer
him and take the zip out of him and
then he is not so tough. And don't
forget / can hit"
Dempsey was asked how long
Firpo would last.
"How game is that bird and how
much of a pasting can he take?"
was the answer. Tell me that and
I'll tell you what round will end
the fight"
The champion is now paying
particular attention to speeding up
his foot work. He is working out
with Alex Trambitis, middle.
weight, and Billy Defoe, the st. Paul
feat her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08

out Ruth, Meusel and Pipp. But
the next time out he was cuffed
all over the green.
The Browns sent him to Tulsa
as, part payment for second base
man Barney McManus. With Tulso
last season, Boehler was one Of the
leading minor league hurlers Of the
year, winning thirty-eight games
and losing thirteen. He was a
bear for work.
There was considerable bidding
for his services. Boehler expressed
the wish to be sold to a NationaI
League club. He had been up with
two American League clubs without
succeeding and felt he was linked
in that circuit. The player was
knocked off to Pittsburgh, and last
spring, he got more attention than
any other pitcher in the Pirate,
camp. With a contender behind
him, he was expected to WIN
around twenty games. Now as thu
race grows hot, Boehler drops
back into the minors.
Boehler probably has the same
kind of temperament as Elmer Mil
Ter. former Yankee outfielder. MIL
Ter Is a great hall player, but he
has a minor league mentality. He
has the talent to succeed In any
major league, but hasn't suffi-
cient confidence in his ability to
make the grade.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
Make 1t Look Good.

VXTELL, when the arms get
" out of gas, they pitch
W with their domes and out
think the batsmen. They have
seen so many hitters that they
know just what to do at the right
time. Why, friends, you let any
of us old warehouses; into a game
and if we haven't the right kind
of muscle to do the thing like
we used to do, we make it look
like it was being done, anyway.
am glad that the ladies is
writing in to hear about base
ball from such an expert. The
most perfect moments of a ball
players life used to be the ladies'
days they had, and, personally,
some of them wished it was everv
day, as a ball player sure can
do his stuff when the ladies is
near.
And some of them liked to plav
before the ladies so much their
managers in the big leagues has
sent them back to the minors so
as not to disappoint neither the
athletes nor the ladies.
Copyright, 1928. by The Chrivty Walnh
SerVice.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08

The same day that we heard of
Colonel Huston feinting at the
squire and about to go into a
bankroll clinch, we read where a
chap named j. L. Poyer, of the
Brooklyn Cricket Club, passing
the 1,OO0-mark for runs scored.
Somehow, that game doesn't
sound honest to us professional
balltossers, and l suppose the
1000 runs were made with one
of our lively apples of the old
American League.
Now that the ladies are show
ing their ears again to be in the
fashion, we may be able to learn
what they hear. AS left-handed
pitchers, such as the writer, sell
dom look at the ears, this was
news to me and my he-friends.
One of my she-correspondents
wrote in the following to the
editor:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
LINES IN F|RPO'S
FACE Do HIM
No CREDIT
Like All Latin-Americans,
Fighter Shows Early Signs
Of Ageing.
BY DAVIS j. WALSH.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept. s.
A closeup, eye-to-eye acquaintance
with Luis Angel Firpo, such as the
writer cultivated this morning, IS
hardly flattering to the man who
has qualified, by allegation, to meet
the heavyweight champion or the
world, less than one week hence.
They age early in Latin-American
countries and Firpo is no exception.
He hasn't the face of an athlete.
Deep lines seam his countenance
about the mouth and nose and he
has the jaundiced eye Of the chronic
meat eater. Altogether he gives the
impression Of Il strong man In rail-
ing health, man who has hVeu
hard, seen much. We have met
ageing actors, once handsome, whose
appearance was deprecated, no end.
by those same tell-tale lines.
AS a matter of fact, Firpo seems
more the Thespian than the pugilist.
He has the impressive, measured
tread, the grave demeanor of the man
who feels that the world must watch
him. The very fact that he trains
seriously in private in the morning
and buttons for the multitude, il any,
in the afternoon, heightens the i'm
preston.
We visited Firpo at such an un-
seemly hour this morning that we
interrupted breakfast. He arose
with much dignity when we were
announced and presented his hand
with all the solemnity of a diplomat.
For a moment we thought we had
inadvertently fondled some cold
frankfurters. Willard has a hand
shake like that, limp and meaning
less. You find yourself in possession
of a gentleman's hand and hardly
know what to do with it.
These impressions, perforce, are
step.children Of the common idea
that Firpo does nothing right. &C
cording to North American stand
ards. Certainly his public training
hardly conforms, whatever else he
may attempt in those morning work
outs with only the interesting Mr..
Lavelle looking on.
Indeed, the challenger has been so
unimpressive in public that a coterle
of volunteer pallbearers has made
practice of attending all workouts at
the dog track and laughing immod-
erately at every moves the Latin
makes. They seem to think he is
lot of 'malarkey," as 1t were.
However, they overlook one fact'
to wit: That any hombre with the
punch who goes in there swinging
has the proverbial dead mans chance
to finish what he stars. 1t has been
said often, and with some justifica-
ton. that Firpo does everything
wrong. We enter the following ,ex'
ception: There is absolutely moth
ing wrong with the way he has
knocked over every man he has met
in America. You cannot go behind
that fact any more than you can go
behind the nape of your neck.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
CORBETT WILL BE INFANT
IF HE LIVES LONG ENOUGH

Although Jim Corbett still looks
like a sprinter, it was just thirty
one years ago Yesterday that he
busted John L. off for the cham
pionship.
Jim gets younger every day, ir
spite of the fact that his telephone
number is in the history book Of
pugilism. 1t was on September 7,
1892, that the jaunty Californian
stepped into the ring unknown and
stepped out again with three nickel
cigars named after him.
Jim handles years like he handled
sparring partners. He claims that
it was his papa who knocked out
Sullivan. Next year he will be
handing the laurels to his granddad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
CHAMP CARRIES
KAYO|N BOTH
M|TTS-WEBB
Well Known Naval Academy
Coach Claims Dempsey Is
Faster Than Ever.
By SPIKE WEBB,


Boxing Coach, Z. s. Naval Academy.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. z.
Sept. 8.-They told me Jack Demp-
sey, heavyweight champion. had
lost his punch. They said that in
the fight at Shelby, Mont. he hit
Tom Gibbons with everything, but
the gong and couldn't, knock him
out. They said Jack must have
been ovGrated and that his title was
about to slip from his grasp. All
these things were in my mind as
/ entered the camp Of the chief
mauler of the world.
They were all wrong. Don't let
anybody tell you Jack Dempsey
cannot hit. He proved to me today
he can hit as hard as anybody.
And when / say can hit, / mean
with either hand.
From my constant training with
the mid-shipmen at Annapolis, and
from my experience while coaching
thousands and thousands Of Uncle
Sans boys, 1 believe I have ac
quired the knack Of telling at al.
most first glance whether a boy
carries a wallop in his mitt. ]
want to go on record as saying
Dempsey has a~kn0ckout wallop in
either glove.
Dempsey is in good physical con-
dition. too. He is mentally fit. too.
He doesn't appear to have worry
in the world and goes about his
training as If it were extreme
pleasure.
To watch the champion sock the
punching bag with his mighty mitts
you would think it impossible for
any man. no matter how big, to
stand before him more than two
rounds.
Dempsey told me he weighed 1874
pounds and expected to lose several
more pounds before the night of
the battle 1t vas reported yester-
day that Jack had a severe cold,
but he did not show any bad ef-
fects from it in hist workout.
From here l will go to Atlantic
City to watch the challenger who is
training with the hope of knocking
the crown from the head Of the
American boxer. I will, as care
fully as I am able, study the In
vader. After giving him the once
over, / will come out with an un-
biased opinion Of the two fighters
and name the man I expect to
emerge with the victory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
PIRATES | D Sc
$4,000 ON
BOEHLER
Dreyfuss Charges Cost OF
Pitcher to Dead Loss
Side Of Ledger.

George Boehler. of whom Pitts
burgh expected so much last winter.
has been shipped back to the minors.
Barney Dreyfuss has charged the
$40 900 be spent for Boehler to the
dead loss" account.
Perhaps Boehler will stay down
this time. Before he proved a fliv-
yer with the Pirates, both the
Tigers and the Browns tried him
out. without the big fellow being
able to stick. While he was with
st. Louis in 1920 he pitched the
ninth inning OF game and struck
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
Here's the Order.

GO AY, YOU, will you have ave
~ bet he's handsome
horse) tell us girls why it is
that the sporting writer's refer
to such gentlemen as Mr.. Alex
ander, of the Cubs, and Mr.. Nc
Innis, of the Bostons, as old
goofs, and here this Mr.. Alexan-
der is always winning games such
as he done to the Giants recent
ly, and Mr.. McInnis is busting
up ball games like he done in the
tenth against Cincinnati the other
day."
This writer wants to tell the
lady she wins her bet about hand
someness. (Note to Editor
Please leave out the Altrock pic
ture a day or two.) And he will
say that Mr.. Alexander may be
getting along in baseball years,
just like our own Washington
Walter Johnson. But listen, lass
Those boys are born with brains.
A lot of young ginkos are mere
ly born with strong arms like
burglars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
STEEL WORKERS MAY BE
GOLF WIZARDS IN WHILE

A plan fostered by w. c. Fownaa,
jr., the veteran golfer, who is finan.
cially interested in one of the steel
mills. is to have a links for the
workmen in the Pittsburgh section
A modern golf course is being
laid out IN Ambridge, where struc.
tural steel is manufactured in great
quantities.
The course construction work has
been placed in the hands Of Emil
Loeffler, professional at the Oak
mont country Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
JACK SIMMONS PUTS ON
WEIGHT FOR CAMPAIGN

Jack Simmons. quarterback Of the
scrub eleven at Pennsylvania last
year, has put on twelve extra pounds
and now tips the beam at 140 pounds.
Although mere paperWeight, Sim
mons electrified the varsity more
than once last season when running
back kicks. He is one of the fastest
men in the Quaker squad and
promising candidate this fall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
BRENNAN PICKS JACK,
AND HE HAS FOUGHT
FIRPO ALSO

Icopyrghted. 1928. by Cosmopolitan News servioeo

1898 Cosmopoltan news 0erVIceI
NEW YORK, Sept S-Don't worry, boys :. 49,.
kinghip the realm of swattng gloves not gong 10
Argentine place the Argentine may be-
JackD Dempsey a cinch to win
whip that Luis Firpo boy in four or five ROUNDS
oang and keeping the cash customers out In the
sir longer than is necessary
I'm fought both those walloping kdsand know
sonetbn0 Each of the leading part stirring
de Jack did it in way that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
TWILIGHT LEAGUERS IN
BOSTON HAVE REAL CLASS

Major league scouts say the call
Der of ball played In the Greater
Boston Twilights' League Is better
than any semi-pro ball in the West
There is a little world series going
on at present at the Hub, the first
game Of which drew 10000. Harold
CHI, signed by the Reds. won the
contest for North Cambridge from
ST Andrews.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
Wall AII-around Star.

DR.. Paul Wilmington. who will
assist Percy Haughton with the
Columbia varsity squad, was an all.
around star while at Harvard. A
brilliant center and guard, he was
even better known as a swimmer.
He has a medical practice in Homo
lulu, the land Of his birth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
NICK DISCUSSES THE LADIES'

mol L. HUSTON the ron-derby king and former onehalf
owner OF the Yankees represented having baseball
out for purchase. One of the who
and eggs everyone sport would
time again. Always the level Colonel
They talking of the colonel buying out Squire Ebbet of
Brooklyn The squire has been in the for fryon
and he had eaten two radshes day for that period he
maybe he prefers onions Certainly has
lemons in his day, but what baseball magnate
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08

century. Fa-
nous fighters
like Alexander
t h e CIR e a t,
Lord Kitchner
and Tarzan Of
the A p e S
would go into
h v s t e r les to
see Dempsey
dry clean and
press Firpo.
Special rules
will gov n
t h is fifteen
re ell comedy.
Admission will
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
Many PIebes Report.

More than 200 members of the
fourth class at the Naval Academy
have reported for football this sea-
son. This is about Il quarter OF the
class membership.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
Georges on Scene.

Georges Carpenter has arrived
in London, where he will train for
Hrs coming contest with Joe Beck
EFT. the British heavyweight. They
are to meet on October I.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
Can Seat Big Mob.

Dreamland Park. at Newark, N.
J., has been completed in time to
stage a big boxing show before the
outdoor season ends. 1t will seat
IS 900 fans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08

cuse to increase Dempsey's in
come tax, so the Government is
encouraging licensed man.
slaughter.
Beginning this year, that
date will be a national holiday
in the Argentine, where they
always observe the obseouies
of their famous figures. It
may be Labor Day to the rest
of the world, but it will be Me-
mortal Day in Argentine.
A cat can lick a saucer of
milk any day on the calendar.
AS a match for Dempsey, Little
Luis isn't dry behind the ears.
That little brown boy stepped
on the wrong gang plank when
he boarded the Dempsey corpo-
ration. Meantime he's seeing
America while his eysight's
good.
Yes, sir; he raped on the
sinister door, like Little Red
Riding Hood, when he pushed
the electric bell of Jack Kearns'
private abbatoir.
He yanked the latchstring and
the trap sprung behind him.
Right then the books opened
business on how many rounds
he would last in the concrete
mixer. It's too soon to quote
odds; besides, we haven't that
many numerals.
Wills is the only cockroach
qualified to crawl onto the
same tanglefoot with Dempsey.
Play that over on your victrola,
and don't say you weren't
warned.
Jack plays mostly flats and
sharps, and they're only to be
found on the dark keys.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08

There will be no racks under
the seats to check your hat,
for the fight won't last that
long. 1t is merely another ex-
cuse to increase Dempsey's in
come tax, so the Government is
encouraging licensed man.
slaughter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08
SAYS SKILLET"
Finn, Esq:
When Jack Dempsey Plays
The Piano He Only
Strikes the Dark
Keys.

THE trap has been all set
and baited for the next
housekeeping When the
Dempsey-Firpo 11llptals have
been broadcasted, there won't
be a nickel left in the audience.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08

They will meet under the
Marks of Twainsberry rules
for the biggest laugh of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08

be by ticket only and tickets
will be by cash remittance
solely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08

A cat can lick a saucer of
milk any day on the calendar.
AS a match for Dempsey, Little
Luis isn't dry behind the ears.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-09-08

So II Jack fights his usual fight
against Firpo. I look for him tc
back Firpo around the ring, deal
ing out lefts and rights and back
ing and crowding and biting and
banging until Luis goes dowr
under the terrific pounding, which
he is sure to get.
Dempsey ought to win within five
rounds-and / wouldn't be sur.
prised to see him end the evenings
entertainment before two full
rounds have been fought.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24
EXAM. ANNOUNCEMENTS

There will be an examination given
Saturday, June 2, for those who de-
sic to take the examination for cou-
pom of credit, and those who desire
to try for high school credit.
The reading circle books are: Sue
cessful Teaching in Rural Schools
Our Living Language, Method Of
Teaching in the Elementary Schools
High School subjects for higf
school credit are: English Composit-
ion, English Literature, American
History, Physical Geography, Arith-
metic, Civics, Rural Sociology.
The above examinations will be
given on the same day, Saturday
June 2.
The next examination for elemen.
tary teachers certificates will b.
given June 14-15.
Respectfully,
5-17-2t. +. A. HUNT
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given tina THE
undersigned, Citizens National Bank
of Belington, West Virginia, bank
ing organization under the laws OF
America, will on the 26th day of May
1923, at / o'clock p. M, sell at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder for
cash, at the front door Of said bank
in the City of Belington, Barbour
County, West Virginia, the following
collateral belonging to Grace l..
Rohrbough, which collerateral is
pledged and assigned to the said
bank as collateral security on loan
of said G. L. Rohrbough to said bank
The said collateral to be sold is as
follows:
so Shares, Certificates, IL, 70, "a,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-05-24
one Mother Lays Bricks.

New York Two mothers in
overalls earning big pay at husky
mems jobs were discovered here.
Mrs. Katherine Nelson, 35 years old,
who has son II and daughter is,
earns $50 day as an electric welder.
She works on skyscrapers, bridges,
smokestacks and the like
Mrs. Florence Thompson, 26 years
old, is bricklayer-th the product Of a
school for artisans conducted by her
husband When she works at the
trade, which is whenever she needs a
new hat or gown, she draws the pre-
vailing wage, $40 day and up.
In her native Denmark, Mrs. Mel
son was machinlsts apprentice In
her husbands shop. When he died
she came to America. She couldn't
get a womans job. so she became a
machinist in the Erie railway shops
and later an electric welder.
Just now Mrs. Thompson is erecting
the vari-colored brick facade OF her
home in Long Island City. When that
is done, she is going on another CON
struction job for a short time in order
to increase her wardrobe She does
not lay bricks steadily she says, "for
/ have my homework to do and baby
to care for"