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Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
MARRIED

Mr. Wilbur Lyons and Mrs. Gertle
Mahar both well know residents OF
Holyoke. autoed TO Julesburg last Sat.
and were quietly married by tho
County Judge OF that city.
The groom IS employed as driver
Of one Of the county's trucks and the
trlde. who was formerly Miss Gertio
Mccarthy, has been residing with her
mother here for sometime. Th1y are
at present making their homo with
the brides mother.
Their many friends here offer con.
ordinations and best wishes.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
HoLYokE HIGH SPLITS
WITH MADRID HIGH

The Dragons and Dragonettes went
to Madrid last Friday evening where
they met the Madrid bask steers.
Theboys won handily, by a 2s to 9
score. while the girls lost to 9 in
poorly played game.
Coach Wikoff, of the Dragons. used
six substitute men during the game
saving the first string men for later
games.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

The ladies' OF tho Liberty r 7. A.
win hold a bake sole at Colyer Bros.
Hardware Store. Saturday the 2sth
for the benefit OF the =. T. A. organ.
lzation. onethIrd Of the proceeds 70
to the state organization. one.third IN
the county and onc.thlrd to tho local
association. Everyone IS asked 10
donate something TO this sale and
help this worthy organization.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES

a happy. prosperous New Year is
what we wish for ourselves and for
all people. How can we be insured
such a year,
Sunday Mornings sermon at II n.
M. Following the Polnecr" attempts
/ TO answer this question.
The evening subject at 1880 will be
'now May Know II Jesus Christ II
the Son Of God the Saviour OF Men"
Some people are saying today. that he
Ia not. In the sense In which men In
former days believed He was but
every man may test and prove this
matter for himself
ESQ 10 1880. Young Pooplo's hour.
Topic "wlahes for the New Year.
Phil. a1216. Leaders Mary Peter
and Virginia Lappart Lot us all
mako this the best meeting yet IN lt
tendance and interest and start the
New Year In an aggressive. optimistic
prayerfui spirit. no wo may aeoomplls"
much for "chrlst and tho Church"
1000 a. m, church school.
Wednesday 1880 D. M Prayer mosi.
Ing. You are invited 10 worship with
uB.
y. H. Doleman. Minister.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
HoLYoKE BASKETEERs
SWAMP GRANT TEAMS

The Holyoke High School basketball
teams gave the Grant quintets a sev-
ere drubbing ON the local floor last
Saturday evening. the boys winning
As to 2 and the girls winning 2s to ,.
First string men were used only In
theiirst quarter of the boys game.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

Mr.. Ernest n. Rldgway. Of this city
and Miss Mata u. Runge. OF Clay Cen.
ter. Nebr., were united IN marriage
Saturday evening. December 32nd, at
8 o'clock at the Presbyterian manss
at Sterling. DR.. T. D. Haynle perform
inE tho ceremony.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27
TAX PAYERS MEET AT HoLYoNE

Every man who is interested In
having his taxes scaled down 70 tho
pane basis az the railioed'. sugar
Companies and income property OF
Denver. will have an opportunity 10
holp himself and strengthen this groat
movement for fair play at tho meet
Ihg at IIolyoko. Saturday, Jan. Ssh
a l.. Munpcr state tax exoert In
Charge. Hon. ben c. Hilliari. of
ponvor, viii make the principal nd.
4enB OF the afternoon.
7. =. Dctamoro. chm.
Tax Payers Assn
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

MIR. and Mrs. @. W. Ditto and child.
rem autoed to Sutherland, Nebr.. Sat
nrday and spent Christmas at tho
home OF the formers mother who TO
sides at that place. They returned
homo Wednesday.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

-Aftor considerable delay, work has
nn begun on rebuilding the chimney
The grade school building which
partially destroyed by lightning
IN the fall. There has boon
complaint In regard TO tho heat.
OF the sixth and eighth grade
IN tho grade building. More
.'oh Ia bclng placed in these
I" dung the vacation.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

Mr.. and Mrs II, u. pholps, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emmett Trcgo. Mr.. AMI Mrs.
W. II. Slack. Mrs Ruth illll and mra.
Livingston. OF Chicago. woro dinner
guests at the homo OF Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. MeIewcn, Tuesday.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

Mr. and Mrs. J. u. worley. OF Green.
wood. Nebr.. arrive din Holyoke last
Saturday for a short visit with their
parents. Mr. and Mrs s. s. worley
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Catchpolo.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

Mr.. and Mrs. r. E clayton and fam.
fly autoed to BEATRICE, Nebr,. satur'
day 10 visit with relatives and frlcnde
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

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Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

hen Baylor was a business visitor
20 Grant "Wednesday.
Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

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Phillips County herald., 1923-12-27

y. n Doleman. Minister.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25

gested that the other two be
drawn from Jess Willard, Joe
Beckett or Tom Gibbons.
Plumbers ~ the boxing set who
have been on the pipes in previous
steamups. saw in the move an ef.
fort to apply the heat TO Tex Rick.
ard and &c, him warmed up to a
nice fat offer.
Tex has more backing than
oRourke and he has two fine
arenas in which TO stage the bout.
Richard would not comment on
the offer. He admitted that he
wanted 10 sign Dempsey and he in.
timaied he would get him when tho
time came
Frank Flournoy. Richards match
maker, admitted today that the firm
had secured the boxing privilege at
Yankee field.
AZ long as Richard has the right
to the new Yankee stadium with a
grenter capacity than the Polo
grounds. and also his arena I'm Jer.
sey city. which can be made ready
on a weeks notice. Richard win get
Dempsey on paper II he really wants
him.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
VANCOUVER
TALES UP
BIG SCORE
ny ALEX c. ROSE

DLAYTNC against n defense that
L was woefuily weak. the Nancou.
yer bockeylsss easily defeated the
virtorsanH IN the neutral ice tilt
played in the local arena last night,
the final score being Vancouver :.
Victoria &
A good. died crowd turned out 10
watch the Canadians hook up, but
the brand OF hockey was very medi.
OGRE after the first period. which end
cd in favor Of the Cougars. Frcder.
sck.on scoring the only goal after
four minutes ~ piny.
The Ntc'a defense went all 20
pieces in the second period and the
Maroona had little difficulty In beat.
ing Fowler Boucher cyened the
count on a pass from Mackay less
than three minutes after the start
Of the second session. and goals by
Cook. skinner. Mackay. Duncan and
pnrises put the game IN the cooler.
Toward the finish of the game
Capt Lloyd Cook took res, and,
during his absence. the Cougars
found the net three times. but the
result was never in doubt Both
teams played hard. but the poke.
checking OF the Maroons completely
bafficd the combination efforts OF
the WIGS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
Uteritz Is
Wolverine
Honor Man

A mn ARBOR. Mich. Jan. as.--
"A When Walter Camp named Ir.
win titeritz Of Michigan ar quarter.
back on his third All.American eleven
for 1882. he accorded the Ann Arbor
school an honor which /; had never
before received. For Utcritz In the
first Michigan signal. caller to be
elected for any OF Camps mythical
teams.
Not that Michigan hasn't had some
good auarterbacka. for Il has. but
until last fail the dean OF football crit.
ica didn't sec NJ TO recognize them in
an Ail-Amcriean way.
Take for instance. Boss Weeks,
1909 captain. and still considered By
Yost AZ the best pilot he has had
during the % seasons he has been
coaching at Michigan, Fred Norcross,
1905 leader shorty Mcmillan. star
in 1901. Tommy Hushltt. who
played the entire Harvard game In
1914 with fractured collar bone. and
cliff Sparks, sterling quarter In 1916.
fT-1g. All OF the above men were
good field generals. and there were
others. too, but the palm goes to
little Utcfitz. who. in his two cam.
paigns al Michigan. has developed
into a twinkler of the first degree.
For some reason or other. tho.
Camp has never been very much i'm.
pressed by quarterbacks developed In
the West. In fact. very few have
been able to get place lin the sun"
insofar an any OF his AIl-American
teams were concerned.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
Ray Schalk Has Great Mask Record
Catches 1900 Games in Ten Seasons
BY BILLY EVANS

A CATCHER able 20 stand the bis
n strain must be a husky athlete
Such an impression existed for
years In major league circles. hig
league scouts seldom paid any atten'
ton 10 catching recruits who were
slight II stature.
Ray sehalk. famous catcher OF the
Chicago White sox. has for all time
upset that baseball precedent.
Schaik was secured by the white
sox from Milwaukee In the fall OF
1919 can slvidly recall his major
league debut.
when scilalk Joined the sox he
was a nueh prcamagcnted youns
man Comiskey bad paid something
like $4,000 FOR him. fancy figure
tn those days. when he reported 10
The Sox he WINS given n careful once
over b. all the veterans.
WAS sitting on the bench prior
TO this start OF the game. white
schalk was warming up Ed Walsh.
who had been selected 20 work.
'-'rh. hid Is too slight to stand the
gaff"
III would be murder 10 ask him
20 catch that splitter Of wainh's."
mo chance for him to make good
aa regular"
base summers would have u soft
coming into the plate with little
follow like that handling the throw"
These we're just a few Of the re
a. a
made about schaik a. they carefully
watched hsm working out with I'd
Walsh.
How Sehaik has upset those pro
dictionS "a well an baseball precedent
ia revealed by glance at the AmeFt.
can league averages
In the fall of 1919 schalk broke
into the Sox lineup and caught 20
games. His brilliant work won him
the position as first string catcher
at The start Of the 1918 campaign.
schaik in his first start proved
that Il was an easy matter for him
10 handle walah's deceptive splitter
No catcher ever handled walsh de-
livery in better style.
In 1919 Schalk. the midget catcher.
pronounced entirely too small TO
make good. worked tn fss games
Ever since. or for 10 consecutive
years. he has worked TN 100 or moro
games.
The remarkable feature about
schalk's performance IL that last sea
son he had she bert fielding average
Of his career. $50. showing that. like
good wine OF other days. he improves
with age.
In those 10 years Of hard work
Schaik has caught IN i.3oo games.
handled over 1000 chances and rngde
only izs errors
The only way you can keep
schaik out OF a game Is to hide his
uniform nays Manager KID Cieas
son. II have done that several times
when I felt that he needed a rest
There never was a greater catcher
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
~ BILLY EVANS

ITO CONNIE MACK goes the cred
y II OF pulling one Of the best bits
~ strategy I have seen staged on a
hall field
X was back in 1905 Connie was
getting together a team OF youngsters
In the fall OF the year the team be-
xan 10 show It's real worth. In 1909
1t surprised the baseball world by fin
ishing second. carrying the Detroit
team right up to the last week before
the race WAS decided.
In 1910. 1911 and 1919 that Same
team won the American league PEN
nant and worlds championship. In
1914 II won the pennant but lost in
this world series in four straight to
the Boston Braves II was then that
Mack sold hts stars. started 10 rebuild
again. and last year seemed 10 be on
the way to better things.
Philadelphia was playing a series
il Chicago. The White Sox we're In
the thick OF the battle for the pen
nant. The Athletics were playing
great ball and Mack was intent on
putting a crimp In chicago's pennant
chances.
In one Of the games OF the series.
the Athletics. thru poor pitching and
inability to hit. were hopeleSsly beat
en-. Fielder Jones, In his effort to
keep up in the race. had been work
Ing his pitching staff overtime-Ed
Walsh being the largest part Of the
pitching staff.
About the seventh inning. with the
8ox enjoying a commanding lead.
Jones sent In a youngster by the
name OF Moxie Manuel to relieve
one Of the veteran pitchrs. Manuel.
If my memory serves me correctly.
had been secured from the New Or
leans club afr big year In the
south.
Manuel worked three innings and
certainly looked like a world beater.
He had the Athletics constantly in
the hole. Possessing good control.
he was getting tho ball over and the
Athletics were waiting him out, with
the result that the count was usually
two strikes and no balls when they
were ready 70 hit
The Athletics, team that always
Slammed away at any and all kinds
Of pitching. surprised me by their
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
Mack Figures
on Youngster

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. z5.-~
Connie Mack is the most original
cuss In the world Probably that
~ the reason he lis one Of the
greatest baseball leaders in the
game.
You must have pitching to get
anywhere" says the genial Mack.
and I expect much improved
work from my boys next season.
1T wouldn't surprise me II
youngster on my pitching staff by
the name OF Ogden proved one of
my most effective twirlers next
season"
No doubt that statement from
Mack viii cause lot OF people 10
wonder who Ogden IL.
The youngster IL a swarthmore
coileglan, still in college. He In n
brother Of the Ogden who. for
several years. has been the star
of the Baltimore team.
What did Ogden do last YEAR,
Nothing very impressive. Won
one and lost -four games.
However, Connie Mack should
know. and his opinion OF ogden ia
interesting, 10 say the least.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
TED THYE rs
CHAMPION OF
175-POUNDERS

CORTLAND, Jan. 25.-Ted Thye.
i Multnomah Amateur Athletic
club instructor. won the worlds
light heavyweight wrestling cham
pionship here last night. with a de.
cisive victory over Pete Ssuer. the
Nebraska whlrlwind.
The match was a thriller, and one
OF the toughest in years. The sin
gle fall secured by Thye came after
an hour and ten minutes of the two
hour limit had expired. In rough
and-tumble mix. Sauer's head hit the
boards with sufficient force 10 knock
him for a long string OF champion.
ship belts. and Thye landed on the
groggy champion with jolt and Sc.
cured the fall with n wrist lock.
After resting is minutes. Sauer
was advised by physicians not to re.
turn to the mat. and the second fall
and the match. with the champion
ship belt along with 1t. was conceded
to Thye.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
do today
business.

do today. turned out to be of the biggest in
business.
SONS mind
Baldwin
n OF Of ~ o
big
n : very
n OF
wealthy
studied winter time and
T.
league for time and ex-governor Of Pennsylvania
turned
Of
o ne
tho and
~ OF
In
~
Of
players
1avs when their
DugdaIe tell pInchh,ting In oidd
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25

when n HE best. he fought the leading fight
efs OF the country IN all divisions"
What fanl Joe wolcott fistio Idol, seek
ing 20 exc out mere existence setting pins.
only recently there was staged nt Venice.
Cal. benefit for Adj Wolgnst former light.
weight champion, conauefor Of Battling Mel.
SON.
The story o. Nelson, Wolgaat and Woeoti "a
merely the story OF majority % the ring
celebrities. Few OF them are good business
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
Bullseyes of Baseball
No. 20-The best strategy 1 ever sac.

waiting game. After II was over i
said to one of the players.
II was surprised 20 see you wait
out the bush pitcher"
None OF us wanted TO. but we
we're working under Instructions
The Chicago staff f. in need OF pitch
ing and Mr.. Mack figured " Manuel
made good showing against US.
Jones would probably start him in a
game"
That Is just what happened. The
great work Of Manuel made II seem
that he had the STUFF to help out the
overworked sox staff. Manager Jones
started him the next day and tho
Athletics knocked him out OF the box
In a couple OF innings.
Mack's far-seeing strategy in or
dering his club 20 permit Manuel TO
get II in the hole. thereby ninimlz-
ing it, chances 10 bit. worked out
beautifully.
TOMORR0W--The greatest hunt.
Ing I ever xaxx
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
WILLIAMS HAS
BEEN SIGNED

Carl Williams, Soattfe righthander.
has signed his contract, the paper
arriving at Seattle baseball head.
quarters this morning.
Williams is rated as one OF the
most promising pitchers to be de.
veloped in the Coast league In the
past year or so.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
TWO ELEVENS
NEED COACHES

Oregon and Washington State are
the only two conference colleges that
haven't football coaches lined UP for
next season. Gus WEIGH quit at
Pullman, and shy Huntingto hasn't
come 10 terms with the Oregon uni.
verHify
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
The Tragedy of Being Irregular Good Fellow"

up pins on one OF the alleys There was some.
thing familiar about him
"seme husky pin.sctterr' remarked.
"stu strong. but not as good as he once
was" smnngly replied the manager OF the
bowling alley, After iull in the conversation
he asked me II didn't know him. confessing
that | didn't despite the fact that his face
looked mighty familiar. the manager replied
why. that's old Joe MoioetL M greater
fighter ever lived. Always welterweiaht
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
Nets Are
Winners
in North
Locals Beat Saskatoon
Crescents and Take
Third Prairie Victory

CAsKATooN. Jan. %. - Beating
~ Saskatoon 10 2 here last night.
the Seattle Meiropolitans notched
their third straight win % their
prairie invasion
The Seattle team displayed the
better form. altho the leHs expert
enced club gave the visitors a ,orrid
battle.
Ncwry Lalonde played the stellar
role Tor the home club. the veteran
showing up weli. while Hap Holmes.
Jack walker and Frank Foyston
played stellar hockey for the Seattle
team.
The summary fofigeeHl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
IDAHO STARTS
INDOOR WORK

Indoor practice for track and base
ball have been started at the UnIver.
sify Of Idaho. under the direction Of
Coach Matthews. Matthews prob
ably viii direct both squads until the
end OF the basketball season. when
Cage Coach McMilien IL expected TO
take over the baseball team.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25

tney Snouu nave soue SORT vi NoeslaoH W
which to turn. The only way they can pro-
vide for their future is to spend their winter
months profitably.
OF course. such stars as Iris Speaker, Ty
Cobb. Babe Ruth ard the rest OF the high
priced players of today should be able to
bank enough coin during their careers to
have life pretty easy for the rest of their
days, but the average player can't do this.
To play baseball means giving the best
years of your life to the game. But If the
winter months are put to good use, baseball
is wonderful thing for a young-blooded
American with ability.
Many of the old time players. who didn't
draw down ANYTHING like the salaries they
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
DOC LOOKS
OVER SCAR

NEW YORK. Jan. 2b.--"Just III.
tie scar left now" Babe Ruth. swat
king. said today about his infected
finger He was in from his Massa.
chusetts farm having the doctor look
at Il, Feeling fine. Going 90 Hot
Springs February s. Watch me hit
'em next season. Ruth said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
FIRPO READY
FOR DEMPSEY

NEW YORK. Jan. 25.--Luis Firpo.
South American heavyweight cham
pion. Is willing to fight Jack Demp.
sey II he wins from Bill Brennan.
according to cable Tex Richard
received from him accepting terms
for the brennan bout.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
MURCHISON
TIES MARK

NEWARK. n. J.. Jan. 25.--Lorin
Mnrchison, former national cham.
pion sprinter. equaled the worlds
record for so yards here last night
by doing the distance In 2-5 sec.
onds. He also won the 5o.yard and
70.yard dashes jackson V. Scholx
was second in the three events.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25

pasSenEcr relieved Nelson Of hts bank roll,
Can you imagine such situatons Battling
Nelson. former lightweight champion. reputed
70 have been worth half million dollars At
one time during his career, feeling he couldn't
afford the - tariff for a Pullman berth.
Last fan dropped into a Boston bowling
alley. | noticed husky eolercA chap setting
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
RAY TO QUIT
RUNNING SOON

CHICAGO. Jan. 20. 49, Joie RAY.
crack distance man OF the |. A. c..
announced today he VIII retire from
track competition following the pres.
ent indoor season. Joic plans to give
all his attention to business.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
BY BILLY EVANS

lie other day the wires
carried a story that Hat
tllng Nelson. when he
learned that the Pullman
fare between New York
and mis- destination was 81,
PASSED up the comfort be
cause he didn't believe he
could afford Il.
Hat. according 60 the
story. took seat ia the
day coach and slept catch.
as.eatch.can style. In he.
tween Snooses some kindly
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
$1,000 SEATS FOR
MANHATTAN

The Polo grounds, in New York.
the home Of tho Giants, viii seat S..
600 people when the present altcra.
tons to the stands are completed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25

men. se-le Hauander their money In riotous
living but most Of them fail for the wiiea Of
fake promoters.
MANY n dollar earned in the ring has been
sunk IN gold mines that never gave forth gold
and oil wells that never oiled.
New York gossip has u that even Jack
Dempsey and Benny Leonard. who have pulled
Down fabulous sums IN the prize ring. would
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
TACOMA CARD
is LINING UP

Heinie Schuman and Eddie Rob
crts box six rounds in Tacoma a
week from tonight. with Johnny
Jordan and Joe Black meeting in tho
six-round semi.windup.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
YALE MAY HAVE
BIG GOLF CLUB

Yale university students are plan.
ing to establish golf course rof their
own use. Jesse Sweetser. amateur
champion, is q former Yale golfer.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
SERVICE CAGE
GAME TONIGHT

The Fort i.awton Post team and
The five from the Second Troop Of
Camp Lewis meet IN a basketball
game at tho Armory here tonight al
slb Neither tenn has lost Il aerv.
ice game this yoW
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-01-25
FOUR YANKEES
PLAN TO PLAY

Gene sarazen. walter Hagen, Jock
Hutchlson and Jim Barnes are OK
pected 10 represent America In the
British open golf championship next
Year.