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The Penn's Grove record., 1923-12-14
South Jersey lettings

The grounds in front of the Pitman
Baptist Church have been made attrac-
tive by the setting out of ten shade
trees by the various departments of
the Church and Sunday School.
A new automobile belonging to Mrs.
Elizabeth Callahan, stolen while park.
ed in front of the first Presbyterian
Church, at Millville, was found aban-
doned by the thieves on the State road
below the city.
Daniel H. Erdman, we'll known
heater and range merchant, at 80 Mar
ket ST., Camden, was found dead in bed
at his home, 601 Colford Avenue, Col
lingswood. Coroner Pratt gave a GER
tificate of death from acute indiges-
tion. Mr.. Erdman was At years old.
The Cumberland County Board of
Freeholders has decided to widen the
new road from Absecon to Pleasant
vile so as to relieve the congestion
on the shore road. 1t will be widened
to thirty feet and the work will cost
about $4,000.
The annual New Jersey M. E. Con-
ference, scheduled for Atlantic City,
ON March IL, has been changed to
March 4. Bishop Berry, of Philadel-
phia, will preside.
A new post office building has been
needed at Paulsboro for a long time.
The foundations have been laid and
the new building is being erected
rapidly.
The 15-ton gasoline tug, owned by
the Gellenthin Brothers, was sunk in
Mantua Creek, at Paulsboro, last Sat-
urday night, by sticking in the mud
at the bridge where dredge had
trown it up.
The name of William H. Albright
to be postmaster at Woodbury. was
sent to the U. S. Senate by President
Coolidge last Monday.
A basement is to be completed
under the entire Clayton M. E. Church,
to be used for Church and Sunday
School purposes.
Hiawatha" will be dramatized by
students of the Glassboro State Nor
NAL School and public performance
will be given before the holidays.
J. Harry Handle, known as the "Po-
tato King of Elmer" has sold his 100
acre farm on the Shirley road to
Henry Danner of Tamaqua, Pa.
Thorofare is soon to have electricity
and more than half of the homes are
being wired.
Whooping cough is so prevalent in
some sections of Gloucester County
that drastic measures may be taken
to combat the epidemic.
Mrs. George Watson, superinten-
dent of the young peoples division of
the Gloucester County Sunday School
Assertion, is laid up with a fractured
collar-bone and painful bruises, re-
ceived when her car overturned near
Pitman.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-12-14

and Barber culvert in Upper Penns
Neck.
The Smith Road bridge near Woods
town was found to be in poor condi-
ton and the road committee recon-
mended that it be replaced by concrete
in 1924 and they have instructed the
County Engineer to draw plans and
submit design at later meeting.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-12-14

Grandpa says: 1t seems to me that
the fellows who always want to stick
to the old way of doing things ought
to plow with oxen-or feel inconsis-
tent.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
Standing Of the Teams.


st Mary sent four Of the six teams
in the City Basketball League into a
tie for first place sending tho re-
juvenated Psrkside combine down
10 20 to 20 defeat at ST. Joseph
Hall Saturday night. II was the first
defeat OF the second half for the
Black and White cagers.
The going was close al all times
and the game was one OF the hard est
fought battles ever seen in the cir
cult. Parkside led at the end of the
first half by the narrow margin Of
TO and the Cats came from be-
hind 20 display complete superior
ity in the final period.
Willard Wahls was again high
scorer for st. Mary. collecting ten
points Off 'Inkie" Regan former
Eastern League center, the result
of three field and four foul goals.
Carpenters and Sheehy's work
stood out as the best of the eve
ming in all around basketball.
The Knights OF Columbus and
Parkslde, two OF the four leading
teams will break the tie when they
meet tonight at ST. Joseph Hall. One
OF the teams will take undisputed
possession OF first place while the
other will be sunk to fourth. The
St. Mary game for tomorrow night
has been postponed to a later date
on account OF the death OF Father
McKenna. Score:
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
:: . :: IS PORTS: aQ.A ::
Sport TablOidS

NEW YORK-Promotion OF I
municipal tennis so that every city
In the United States will have pub
lie courts Is the ambition OF Dwight
F. Davis, new president OF the Unit
ed States Lawn Tennis Association
and the donor Of the Davis cup, tho
international tennis trophy. -~e
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. - Harvard
and Yale have suggested July 81
as the date for their international
track meets IN London with the Ox-n
ford-Cambridge team. Passage has
been booked for June 2S and July g 9
pending a definite selection OF the
date. IT
BOSTON.-Joie Ray, Americas q
champion. middle distance runner .0
is not going TO retire. he announcedo z
here. I'm Just training for the
Olympic games next year and when 9
the boat sails for Paris. I'll be on &
IT," no said. 11st z
NEW HAVEN, Conn.-CharIey 81.
o'Hearn, Yale's star athlete, does
other things besides playing foot ID
ball. hockey and baseball. Hes''9
down to lead the grand march al
junior prom this week and 20 sing
a solo with the Gles Club. -4ltl
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
Wonder Five
Talk of East

Winning 100 consecutive basket
ball games Is some feat.
That Is the record OF the high
school team OF Passaic. y. J., which
hasn't been beaten in four years.
Here are some interesting facts
about the wonder team that is now
the sensation OF eastern scholastic
circles:
It was last 6efested March 10,
1919. Since th>t time. in winning
100 straight games, II has scored
6177 points against 1858 of Its Op-
ponents.~
No opponent has ever scored 3S
points. Eight times Passsic has
scored more than 100 points in a
game.
The worst defeat handed out was
slipped the Williams Preparatory
School OF Stamford, Conn, l45 TO s..
The closest game in four years
was Passaic's % to % victory over
Union Hnl High, the last team 20 de-
feat Passaic.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
|DINNER AFTER
| CLUB SHOOTS
Wilmington Club Presents
High Prize of Day to
c. c. Gerow
HEAR OF GOOD
/. TIMES AT TRAPS

Following theiT annual team
shoot at Bellevue on Saturday. The
Wilmington Trapshooting Assocla-
tion wound up the event with din
ner at the Wilmington Dining
Rooms. where CLOSE on hundred
members OF the Delaware Sports
men Association heard several OF
their colleagues review the history
OF trapshooting, past and present in
this State.
After the inner man had been
satisfied, Toastmaster Harry 5. Will
liams said that although he had
osptained the losing team he was
pleased with the days work and
knew all present considered II a
success.
He then awarded 70 the following
men tho prizes won during the day.
c. c. Gerow high man; Ed. Van
SAINT low man. and Charles Spring
er. Albert Richards. Philip DUPONT.
f. NJ. Ross, George Sylvester. George
Pennington, DR.. Lenderman and John
Slack.
During the evening music was fur
nished BY the Elks Trio and the p.
b. & W. Trio. and the boys kept
melody in the air continually. W. p.
White led the singing OF the popu-
lar songs OF the day.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
SHELDON, BARDO
WIN SWIM H0N0RS

Captain Douglas Sheldon Of the
wilmington High School swimming
team and Ed Bardo, captain OF the
team vast year. carried Off the major
portion OF the honors at the meet
held by Philadelphia Turngemeinde
on Saturday. Sheldon won the 220-
yard handicap while Bardo finished
tied for second in 1O0-yard Middle
Atlantic A A. L. championship.
Twenty-six entries. including some
OF the leading natators in this-sec-
ton of the country heard the
starters gun in the 22O handicap
which Sheldon won in the good time
of 3.O2.2. after taking his prelimin-
ary heat. Bardo finished tied for
second in the 100 yard championship
with AL Burman of Atlantic City
who copped the title last year. The
event was won by Vic Holet, veteran
OF the Penn swimming team OF
which he has been a member three
years.
Bardo set a new mark for himself
for the distance by turning it in
60 2-5 seconds. He was only one
second behind Hoist who completed
the distance in SO 2-5 seconds.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
Phily Bo,0lers Ness Up
City Elks on Alleys

Philadelphia threw monkey
wrench into wilmlngton's pennant-
parading machinery in the Elks'
lnter-City Bowling League by tax
ing the local antlered crew into
camp Saturday night on the alleys
OF the Quaker City loGgemen. with
the assistance OF Charlie Trucks
rated as the champion OF the east.
and one OF the leading bowlers in
the country, the Philadelphians cop
ped two OF the three games after
dropping the opener.
The match wound up with one OF
the closest games in the league and
with the breaks against them VIII
mington was nosed out $50 TO S6S.
The teams went into the tenth prao-
tically tied and three straight
splits killed "3O7's" chances and
forced them TO lose by the narrow
margin OF IS pins. A clean break
on any one OF the splits might have
meant a different story as Trucks
was forced 10 strike out for the
Philadelphians TO gain the decision
as they did. An example OF how
they were going for Wilmington was
shown when Ken Horner kicked
over 160 pins with five unmakeable
splits.
Trucks with his consistent bowl
ing. set a new high three mark with
his $50 total. His 21O was high
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
WINTER HEAD OF
COUNTY LEAGUE

Reorganization Of the New Castle
County League for the 1928 season
was effected at a meeting held yes
terdav afternoon in the Winter
sporting Goods store, Ninth and
shipiey streets. George L. Winter
was reelected president, and Chan
Gebhardt was elected vice-presi-
dent. and James E. stein, secretary
treasurer.
The league will comprise the same
six teams Of last year. all of which
were represented at. yesterdays
meeting. The roster OF the circuit
follows: Marshallton. Yorlkyn, Five
Points. New Castle, Delaware City
and Newark.
The league went on record to pc
tition state Legislature to defeat the
Reynolds bill which would elimin-
ate daylight saving time in Della
ware.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
NOTES FoR HORsEMEN.

]. Writ Willis, proprietor Of
Coweview Farm, has purchased St
Sis, AJAX, b. nj, by San Francisco
dam by Moko, for breeding pur-
poses. st. Sis won the local cham
pionship trot at Byberry last fall for
Owner-Driver +. Seal.
Robert r.. 2.O9h, formerly raced
as Constawitt. and a consistent per-
former through the fair circuits in
this section, has been purchased by
Senator Murphy, Of Harrington,
from his fellow-townsman, W. S.
Smith. Tom James will train the
fact PAGER.
Horsemen in general are very
much interested in the outcome OF
the Court decision on the Belmont
Driving Park mixup. Both factions
are desirous of securing a trial be-
fore April /, as that is the date on
which the new lessee is supposed
to take charge.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
Come In, FeHoUS

Efforts viii be made 20 fully
organize the City Baseball
League for the 1898 season at
tonight's meeting I'm The Even
ing journal Office at s O'Clock.
Seven leading clubs have signi-
fed their intention OF becoming
members and one more Is need
cd To round out the circuit to an
eight team organization. It Is
the purpose OF tho officials 20
get fully organized as soon as
possible so that the rules and
schedule can he drawn up and
adopted and give the teams
plenty OF time TO get set for the
season.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
DELAWARE FIVE
BACK TO CAGE
special 10 The Evening Journal.

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
NEWARK. Del, Feb. 5.-Now
that mid-year examinations are
over Coach McAvoy will have much
OF his work Of getting the basket
ball team in shape TO do over again
as practice was suspended for some
days during examinations. For the
remainder Of this month. ending the
season on March I, Delaware has
eight hard games scheduled and six
o. hat number will be on the local
floor.
Coach McAvoy will have the
squad out this afternoon and prac-
tice will be held each afternoon
during the week. The strong Gettys-
burg FIVE will be here Friday night
and Saturday night Mulhenburg
plays here. Following this will come
games with p. NJ. C.. Navy, Swarth-
more, Haverford, Lebanon Valley
and Ursinus the final game on
March !.
A meeting Of the Athletic Council
will be held tomorrow night when
some Of the details relative 10 the
coming baseball season will be dis
cussed.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
HAIR
GROOM
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keepsHair
COnnbed
Millions Use lt-FIne for Halrl
Not Sticky, Greasy or Smelly

Get a jar OF ''Hair-Groom" from
any druggist for few cents and
make even stubborn, unruly or
shampooed hair stay combed all day
in any style you like. "Hair-Groom'.
is a dignifed combing cream which
gives that natural gloss and we'll
groomed effect to your hair-that
final touch 10 good dress both in.
business and on social occasions.
Greaseless. stainless ''Hair-Groom"
does not show on the hair because
il is absorbed ~ the scalp. therefore
your hair remains so soft and pill
able and so natural that no one can
possibly tell you used It.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
Standing OF the Teams.
sECOND DINIsION

Teams OF the fret tier in the First
Division OF the Church League bat
tied on Saturday night, First-Centrsl
deriving the greater profit by
taking Grace into camp while ST..
Paul was cutting down Goodman
with a one-sided walloping. In the
Second Division Mt. Salem con-
tinued on its parade for the cham
pionship by coping its tenth in
eleven starts by trouncing the lowly
Eastlske combine. Grace turned
hack Trinity which was making a
bid 10 tie up third place. Score:
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
BY HENRY l.. FARRELL

NEW YORK. Feb. Omitted
Press) Almost like "Tattered
Tom" the poor little hero of the
paper-back novel, who rose from
on ash barrel TO a palace, Luis Angel
l'irpo. South American giant is COM
ing back TO New York as somebody
Just a year ago. Firpo slipped in
IN New York from Argentine look
ing for a maalN He thought he
could fight and he wanted some OF
-the big money he heard was being
passed out to fighters in this coun-
try. Firpo wasn't known then. He
couldn't get matches and his money
was low. so he had TO train in a
cellar. Finally he got on a card in
Jersey with Sailor Maixted and he
got $3.50 for knocking out the sailor.
That helped him a littlo and he
got a $1,000 match with Joe Nc
Cam. He knocked out McCsnn and
he got a $4,000 match in Brooklyn
against Jack Herman. He knocked
cut Herman and went home 10 South
America with his earnings.
Now Firpo is coming back and
he'll he talking in large thousands.
Hes card at the most oppor-
tune time when the heavyweight
class is coming into its greatest per-
iod OF activity in years.
Firpo is signed to meet Bill Bren-
an in Madison Square Garden in
March and he must be getting
$4,000 as his end. II he Is getting a
cent.
a fortunate young man IS Luis
Flrpo.
He knocked out Sailor MaiXted,
Ioe-~cCann. Jack Herman and then
polished off poor Jim Tracey, the
Australian. whs was so poor in this
country that he couldn't get a
match. Now. after this great start
Firpo is being groomed. for a crack
at Dempsey.
Firpo is a card" He's a new
figure in a class where the faces are
all old and too familiar. He's a
giant and a caveman in looks and
actions. He can hit like loco
motive and he can take a tremend-
Gus wallop. Perhaps he has the
makings OF a great fighter, but right
now il is the circus appeal that is
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
JERSEY SCOUTS WIN
CITY COMPETITION

Boy Scouts Of Troop No. ? OF
Penn's Grove. won from Troop No.
2s. OF this city, in the inter-seout
contest held at the local Scout head
quarters. 223 West Ninth street. on
Saturday. The trophy won by the
Jersey Scouts was a gilt horse shoe.
The contest was attended by a
large number OF Scout officials
Fourteen boys were in the delega-
tion from Penn's Grove.
They were commanded by John G.
Sullivan. borough marshal OF Penn's
Grove, in the absence OF John G.
Black, scoutmsster. who was de-
tained by illness in his family. To
meet them James Short, scoutmaster
OF Troop No. 26 assembled about 80
OF his proteges.
There wero seven events: Fire by
friction. knot tying, semaphore
signalling. a peanut race. bugling,
Morse signalling and skin the
snake" The results were as fol-
lows:
Fire by friction-Troop 26-Fus-
sell Weiss CNo second place..
Knot-tying-Troop No. 2, Kenneth
Springer.
Semaphore slgnalling-sTroop No.
26. Time l min, 40 sec.
Team. George and Weiss, senders.
Whitaker and Howett, receivers,
second place. Troop ?. Time. 2
min. Springer and Welsh, senders,
Phillips and Dowelling. receivers.
Peanut race-First. Troop No. &c
- min. 26 sec. Brown and George.
Second, Troop No. 2, Springer and
Welsh.
Bugling-First, Troop No. 2.
Clarence Dowling and Ross Kidd;
second. Troop No. 2s, Grantland.
Morse signalling-First. Troop No.
2, time 3 min, Welsh and Phillips,
senders; Springer and Dowling, re-
ceivers. Second. Troop No. 26,
time min. is sec, George and |
Whitaker, senders; Weiss and |
Howett. receivers.
skin the Snake"-First. Troop !
No. ?, Time 26 sec. Each troop |
represented by team of eighdscouts |
Troop No. 2. four first and two !
second places. Total. "a points. |
Troop No. 26, three first and three
second places. Total 81 points.
Contests for the gilded horseshoe |
now stands as follows:
1922-Jan. 13, Tie; June %, |
Troop No. 2. PENIS Grove; oct. 21, /
Troop No. 26, Wilmington.
U.oB q r.a
Grove.
Following the inter-troop meet
there were games and refreshments.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
ATHENtANs.
Feld. Fonl. p
WESTT0WN FIVE
HUNlBLES LOCALS

Wilmington Friends School went
down TO defeat before the Westtown
Friends in the local gymnasium sat
urday afternoon, 80 to "a. Carslake
Of the invaders did most OF their
scoring with % points. He was ably
assisted by the teamwork OF his
mates. Pyle and Moore stood out
for the locals.
In the preliminary the Hill A. c.
beat out the Friends Reserves 13 TO
10. Scores:
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
HOWARD FIVE DROPS
ONE TO ARMSTRONG

Armstrong Technical School OF
Washington. d. c, defeated the
Howard High School in a basketball
game at No. % School Saturday
night, IS to 10. The largest crowd
ever 20 witness two Negro fives in
action witnessed the contest and
was rewarded with a speedy con-
test.
Armstrong displayed a greater
knowledge Of the court sport and
faster team work but Howard gave
them a hard fight. In the prelimin-
ary Howard Reserves trimmed the
Athenians. IS to 10. Scores:
Evening journal., 1923-02-05

single for the evening. while How
ard Mccall. lead-off for Whining
ton. was second in this department
with 2O4. l.. Edgar Good, anchor
for the locals got down sac for his
total and maintained his average az
one OF tho leading bowlers in the
league.
The Wilmington team and their
accompanying rooters were enter
tained at luncheon following the
match IN the grill OF the Philadel-
.phia Elks' home. DR.. Parke II. Da-
Wis. known throughout the sport
world as "Parson" and the bowl
ing minister" proved an interesting
toastmastsr and called on nearly
every one present TO speak. Scores:
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
HARKINS HIGH In
WEEKS PIN TOPPLING

First honors in the weekly indls
vidual bowling handicap at McKee'a
Alleys Saturday went 10 Jimmy Har- s1
kins who annoyed the pins for
1902 total He outclassed his field s
as Henry who finished second top
pied s6s. Flndlay was third with
s61 while high single honors went
to Charlie Booth with 253. Scores.fsf
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
G0LDEY WINS FINAL
OF STATE SERIES

Goldey College copped the final
game of its three game trip down
state by defeating Wesley Collegiate
Institute at Dover on Saturday SO to
"a. The Collegians came back strong
after losing two close battles at Sea-
ford and Laurel
Goldey showed its superiority by
cashing Is two-timers TO Wesley's
seven. Turner was the leading
point getter with an is total, the
result Of six field goals and the same
number OF foul goals. Score:
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
POSTPONE ROWLING MATCH.

An eleventh hour postponement
by Coatesville. caused the calling off
of the special bowling match be-
tween Coatesville and a selected Will
mington team, at McKee's alleys,
Saturday night. II is likely that the
match will be rolled here on a later
date.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
saoHAN2N7N&19 y
RsXARREILN /

7 pushing him TO the top.
When he returned from South
America. George Lawrence, Tracey's S
manager, said he thought Firpo
would make a good match with
Deempsey. OF course, any mana
! ger who has one Of his boys knock
ed over likes to magnify the abili-
" OF the knocker-over. Lawrence,
however. said that Firpo had i'm
proved greatly since he went back
home. He took two or three sp3r-
ring partners down with him and'he
has been working hard.
He suggested that two or three
built-up matches with Gibbons,
johnson, Brennan or Willard would
put him in line for a title bout with
Dempsey.
Firpo has the business qualihca-
tions for a champion. In these days
II must be remembered too. the
champion Is PRIMARILY a business
man. When Firpo returned 10 South
America he proceeded quietly to get
a license from the government Of
fcials for the Firpo-Tracey fight
and when the thine came to
talk business. he sold the permit TO
the promoter for t2s,OO0.
Jack Kearns couldn't work any
faster than that and Kesrns can
move.
Dempsey is a very poor business
man-like John D. The boys were
saying recently that Dempsey would
have TO fight someone this summer,
as he was in need OF cash. They
we're saying those things until they
read in the paper that the heavy
weight champion had bought $3.50
600 worth OF apartment houses in
California.
Dempsey IS badly in need Of
money-that is. II he cannot live
on $4,000 a week.
Actual earnings in the ring are
the smallest sources OF the heavy
weight champions income.
Dempsey gets enough 10 keep the
oordinary family in luxury from al
lowing billboards and street car
signs TO say that a certain tonic
made him the champion.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
AUGUST ON TOP
OF A B0WLERS

F. August il leading Glass A in
the Eagle Switchboard tournament
which is now in full swing with 19s
points for ten games played. In the
.other classes J. Maloney is on top in
Glass b. <%hile II. Hunter tops the
list in class c. Standing OF the
annrnnr.
Evening journal., 1923-02-05
RESERVE LEAGUE MEETING

The Reserve City Basketball
League will hold a special meeting
on Wednesday night, at Brownson
Hall, 10 hear the protest registered
by Defiance Academy. All managers
are requested to be present at 7.3O
o'clock.