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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
GoIdey Five Busy.

The Goldey College basketball
cagers have already begun their
preparations for the game with the
Wilmington High Schoo, IN the lat
ter's gymnasium on Friday evening.
January &c. The Goldeyltes are a
bit fearful OF the contest. being
handicapped by the fact that the
Wilmington High gym Is a big hoor.
while Old Swedes' gym. from which
the Goldeyites are holdlng forth 10
a small door.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
SCHAEFER DEFEATS CONT
IN FINAL BLOCH. 900. IL

Chicago. Jan. 11.--Jake Schaefer. Of
san Francisco. former worlds 49,
haik line billiard champion. won the
fhal block of his 1900 point match
with. Roger Cont. champion Of
France. here last night. 500 To 13.
thereby becoming eligible to meet
Willie Hoppe. present champion. i'm
New York. FOR the title the last of
this week. Schaefers total for the
three blocks was 1900. while Cont
had 7si-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11

The curtain wa :
r a 1 = e Il - n
Z n e Grammar
School League Yes
terday at the High
School gymnasium
before "A crowd of
zoe fans. Two
games were play
ed in W'hSch the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
BATTERY Il SQUAD N
WIN OVER BATTERY G.

New Castle. Jan. if-Last evening
IN the Van Dyke Armory cage tha
Battery II basketball team. defeated
the Battery @ OF Dover by the score
OF p 20 %. These two teams hav,
met twice this season. each winning
one game
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
TOp pINNlHEN SIGNS
PHILLIEs' CONTACT

Philadelphia. Jan. 1.-THE
ph.ile- yesterday signed Tod
prur, hey. ouslelder OF the Phil
udelpha Terminal team and a
local boy. Deunehcy ~ we'll
known in Independent baseball
circles HIS sister. Helen. IS a
star ~ the Daughters OF Co
lumhus basketball team. The
new outheider is a home-run hit
Tor. IN one game against Con
shohockcn last summer he
hanged out two circuit Clouts.
DC ls a clever fielder and fast
on the bases.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11

.-S& ahead with their
negotiations & O r
tho match Just as though there were
no difficulties In the way.
No doubt the two gladiators are
counting ON a now boxing commission.
with a new policy next summer. II
o a sure thing that the present board
never viii grant jess permission To
nsht Dempsey IN this state unless he
nrv' demonstratee that he is capable
of putting up a real ilght.
Chairman Muidoon always has ridi-
cu'ed another willard Dempsey match.
Naf long aEo In a tain with newspaper
bon - no intimated that Jess was an
90 .... who never could nght. lie
s'.f fhl' Dcmpsev'e victory AZ Toledo
di r,t amount a. much because he
h,i nothing % heat Feeling that way
''Hui i Muldoon H. mot likely 90 grant
Permission for willard to hoN now
hat three Ions wears ~ idleness have
no further sof'rnci his blg body.
Tho pcraIsfcncy ~ willard IN the
face ~ 80 many obstacles must 10
1dm.red whether or not he really be
lcNCs that he has chance. Virtually
very boxing writer IN tho land has
pointed out that Jeps does not figure
ana that tho mau.h would injure the
sport SUu the blk fellow Eocs right
H'nng with his plans "a though hs
were being encouraged instead OF pro.
NnkIng laughter
That willard could beat Dempsey
r.tor an these YEARS ~ something be
.'nd 'hc Imagination even 81 thos,
Nl' dn not entertain the belief thai
% unsey ls wonder man. willari
lbs chance a. Toledo. Il may h,
t. Dempsey TOOK him 10y surpris'
fI boat him with the first puncl
tho hE fellow could get started
i'H. was tho slow thinking an,
slow acting that com" with age tina
r.ti" o. poss.b'e fur Dempsey 20 Sc
I. Nmp on him
rnoue Who watched Willard in h1
workouts 20 Toledo cav that I've wa,
... n'd to train even thou Ito Coul,
r. io much road work he~suse hi
..t vsre unalie 60 support tho weigh
10 be- body Ito took long walks
..nn.ng even for shor; distance
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
LOCAL SHOOTERS
AMONG THE LEADERS
Henry Winchester. Local Pro-
tessional. Does Fine Work
AT Pinehurst.

A number ~
" m n 8
t'n.ans are taxing
art in ghe md
winter trapshoot-
DOS tournament
10 az P.nehurst.
The Della
are shooters. rep
.cseutng the lh1l
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11

no "a


No. 4 took the measure Of No. in
the final clash, which was the best
game on the program. Time and
again the playing in this game
brought the spectators 10 their feet
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11

has several bouts "a v.eV. some 20
which -wu take the local bear~at -
New York. Allison would b.s0 IKE to
get a match with Ad St0nl .he fght@
ing marine.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
Christy Mathewson Explains How
He Was Giuen Famous Mic kname

New York. Jan. li--How he host
known pitcher in baseball got his
famous nickname IS. on me face OF i:.
70 question that ana urchin in the land
ought 20 be able TO answer. But fame
is Heeting and memories tricky. which
may account for tne cact shat not even
'he famous manager ~ the famous
pitcher could supply an answer 20 the
above couundrum.
The famous pitcher Is Chr.sty Alath-
ewsOn. The nickname rs BIG Six. and
ne famous manager n john 81. Nc
Graw. who was appealed to when au
other authorities had failed. John e.
opined that AS far as he could rec.o.-
lect. Maity was called Big SIX after
a weil-known fighter OF that day who
had the same sobr.quet This % b.
turned out. was one Of d hae dozen
explanations, and not one n tacm WIS
right.
Looked Like Mystery.
For a time &c .ooScJ ass n .le o-i-.n
of Mattys famous nickname would
bee one of LIES utt.s mysteries. An
/ innocent query from a reader started
casual investigation. The casual
Investigation soon became an eNaaus-
tive research. Files were searched -o
their depths. Biographies were scan
| ned desperately. Ancient citizens.
/ historians. baseball experts-aA were
questioned and al scratched their
heads without conveying any help
/ cul Information.
4 few explanations were advanced
cautiously. big SIX was a name they
used 20 apply 20 al champions and
outstanding performers declared one
slge "Sysonhy. the race horse. Was
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
Dempsey mud 1919

defeat Of
Tile
suH the
q second best
with
a Ia Tire - anclen
stll
hardcr md n In
he n inserted
lime yet
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
ST. MARY'S CATS WIN
OVER SEVENTH WARD
Set League Record by Running
Up 60 Points: Wallis Scores
80 Points.
CRY pAsKrInsrL LEAGUE.

LAST NIGHTS RESULTS.
~ Marys. on Seventh Ward. 81.
TpNfGlITS GAME.
x. or G. vs.. larkaide. NJ pafksldo
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he good
exception
suitable
pcen
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11

A big buy at small cost-an Every
Evening want ad.-Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
The Crown Defenders of 1879
No. B--Dempsey, Leonard and Others

the dim when
king has something between
will finished his
tho main
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11

three days. Winchester and Walker
competed in the 45O-target high aver
age event. among the guns from thu
Philadelphia district Their scores:
Mon. Tues Wed. IT,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
SENIORS
FRESHMEN

Referee. u r. Written. Scorer. 9
Anderson. Timer. \ y Chippey Eight
minute quarters.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
beOFUe5H%R1!1TPHf 4Sas1Hl


Pate tmo
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Try an Every Evening Want Ad.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11

New YORK;. Jan.
lit begins TO
look n ~ though
.ies~ willard might
get his long de-
sired match with
J "A c X Dempsey
The champion and
his aged challeng =
err are going
ahead with their
negotiations & q r
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH LEAGUE

........ SIG -u2 go 23tf
1NFAlIlBl.f
Forfeited
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11

CTo-morrow -BasebalD
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1923-01-11

Tho Juniors captured tho honors I'm
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-26

"Shoo! Don't laugh too loud, or
you'll scare him back" Jack whis-
pered Its a 'Doodlebug,' as sure
as I'm alive. Don't make any
noise and he'll come up. Then we
can see him."
The sand began to fly once more.
Two tiny feet appeared, more sand
flew, then up came two more feet.
More sand flew, then out backed
the queerest little bug Peggy had
ever seen. It's body was formed in
two parts. The odd little head sat
on a queer little neck. so that 1t
could be turned to look in all dlrec-
tions. Its body was several times
larger than It's head, and looked
rough-something like Mr.. Toad's
skin. At the end of it's two long
feelers, right where they were join
ed to its head, were two bright
eyes like tiny beads. They looked
from Jack to Peggy, then Mr..
Doodle-bug began to back away
quickly.
Don't be frightened, little Doc
dle-bug," said Jack, kindly. PEGGY
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BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY William F. Kirk

Ma was telling
about a Neffew of hers
u witch had winned q Med
Dill, Meddil is sumthing to ware
on yure chest to maik the chest
stick out moar.
All of our family is a kind of
blue ribbon family, in a way Of
speaking, sed Ma.
My family has winned Med
dis by the bushel, sed Pa, but
you newer heer me REFER to it.
Oh. no.. sed Ma; oh, no, you
newer eeven breeth a word about
any of yore family, oh, no, sed
Ma. You are so Modist, all of
yure family, sed Ma.
Wen l grow up 1 am going to
ware about a hundred thousand
Meddils, l sed.
OF course you are, you little
shrinking Vilet, sed Ma. You
are so like yude deer father, sed
Ma, nothing less than a hundred
thousand Meddils wud be enuff
for yu, sed Ma.
What did yure neffew win that
there Meddil for sed Pa.
He winned it fur saving a
newman life out of the Oshun,
sed Ma. He swimmed away oue
in the Oshun and drug lady
back to shoar!
Well, sed Pa, am glad sum
of yure family has did sumthing
noabel & heeroick, sed Pa.
1t seems to me 1 did sumthing
noable & heeroick wen I married
you, sed Ma. All my relashuns
& my CURL friends warned me
that was taking a awful chanst,
sed Ma. but my love was so over
helm-ing that it made me blind,
| guess, sed Ma.
Bobbie. sed Pa, do you git
that? When you grow up, Bobbie,
sed Pa, that is the way you want
10 nave the gurlS worship you,
sed Pa, with over helm-ing
love, Pa sed.
What is it, overwhelming? sed
me to Pa.
1t meens the Kind Of love that
maiks you slave. sed Pa, the
kind that sweeps oaver you like
a turing car running oaver
hen, sed Pa.
How graffick, sed Ma.
1 doant know u Of the time
how to maik out what Pa & Ma
Is talking about, overwhelming,
graffick. etc. but maybe sum
day I will be a wise guy also.
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u nave D66H LldTE1Su
" several months" writes
Mrs. B., land realizing
that we do not know much about
selecting suitable furnishings, we
have refrained from furnishing
at all. Now, however, we want
to take advantage Of the sales
offered at the better shops, and
we have just 5000 to put into fur
nishings. We want to furnish
about three rooms which we will
rent. In about five years we hope
to own our own, home. and so
we want to choose things that
will last and be suitable in other
quarters"
1 suggest that you go over the
advertisement in the newspapers
most carefully and make notes of
the Illustrated pieces offered.
This invariably saves time. First
of all, l suggest that you make a
combination living-dining room.
The other will probably be your
bedroom and the third a kitchen.
Have your rooms finished with
painted walls and white wood
work. A faint tint of cream may
be seen in the walls.
One of the choice woods that
grows more beautiful with time
is mahogany. The shops are
showing this rare wood now in
much more practical finish than
ever. So choose a gateleg ex-
tension table in the antique ma
hogany finish. A four-foot wide
table with round top is a good
choice. This would cost in the
neighbcrhood of $40.
Another excellent choice lies in
writing desk. The copies of the
famous Governor Winthrop desk
are both dignified and commodi-
Gus. These cost anywhere from
500 to 1925. They last a lifetime
and are appropriate to the most
elaborate as we'll as the simplest
home. A chest of drawers, also
in mahogany, may be considered.
In purchasing chairs. look at a
chair. rather little known men,
Der Of the Windsor family, called
the Queen Victoria chair 1t Is
most comfortable, and any living
room used as a dining-room might
well include four of these at
about SIS, each. An overstuffed
Davenport in old blue or sand and
a winged fireside chair are both
good.
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GOOD NIGHT STORES
BE SURE TO READ THEM TO YOUR CHILDREN

and wouldn't harm you for the
world. Peggy doesn't live in Flor
ida and has never seen a doodle
bug before"
"Land-o'-goodness!' exclaimed
Mr.. Doodle-bug, stepping back a
shade farther. Haven't you any
doodle-bugs in your part of the
country? How funny!'
mo-" replied Peggy softly. "We
have ant-hills, but no doodle-bugs.
At first when I spied your homo,
which looks so much like an ant
hill upside down, couldn't make
up my mind who lived there"
"Well, they do look like ant-hills
upside down." laughed Mr.. Doodle
bug. I'VE hollow out our houses
instead of building up mounds like
ants do. But, say, if you have
plenty of ants there, I'd like to go.
I surely do love ants. I'm q real
for-sure ant-lion. I never eat them
except when I'm hungry.
eff you'll excuse me, I'll go back
now" he said, and he backed over
to his doorway and scooted down
out of sight.
"Well, Of all things" Peggy
laughed merrily. Hes the funni-
est thing I've seen since we came
to Florida. "a dooble-bug! Some
day I'm going to ask Squeedee or
Happy Giggles to take me down
onto his house. He must have a
room down there to turn around
in, for he backed out, and now he
has backed in again"
Just then the children were call
ed to their dinner, and Mr.. Doodle
bug was soon forgotten.
(CopyriRht, 1928, by Newspaper Fea-
ture Service, Inc.)
(AnOther entertaining Story To-
morrow
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One Of the Worlds Greatest Novelists
Weayes Wonder Wartime
Tale of Monte Carlo.

gesture of dismay, touched her.
She passed her hand over his fea-
lures: with a motherly caress.
My poor boy! Don't look like
That; be patient a while. Tomor-
row; ! promise you that you may
come tomorrow"
She who in former times had
dared the most atrocious scandal
with tranquil lack Of shame hest.
tated and stammered as she spoke
Of the next day. She seemed ike
a young girl struggling between
love and a fear of compromising
her future in society.
Tomorrow! Tomorrow he might
come at in the afternoon.
No, not at 8; 4 o'clock
was better. Valera surely would
have gone out by that time. She
would send her maid to Nice to do
some shopping; the gardener and
his wife would be busy outside the
house.
But in heavens name, be care.
full! IL you can manage SO that
the neighbors don't see you, it win
be much better"
And>the famous Prince Lubim-
off, visibly moved, like a boy plan
ming his initiation into love, and
prematurely stirred by it's myster-
les, assented to this counsel.
Michel's sleep that night was
restless, but he arose serene and
in high spirits. He spent the en-
tire morning attending to his per-
sonal adornment. His attempts at
leading simple, country life in re-
tirement at Villa Sirena had not
made him forget the hygienic care,
to which he was accustomed since
his childhood. But now it was a
question Of something more: he
wanted to make himself look well,
and heighten with exquisite and
intimate attentions the individu-
atty Of his physique, which he
suddenly felt had been rather
roughly treated by time.
He had his old valet go over the
wardrobe he had acquired in for
mer days. Then he chose a suit
that he had never worn before in
Monte Carlo, a new hat, and mod
est tie. He recalled Alicia's appre-
hensfon and her request that he
should enter unseen.
ITO be Continued TOmOErOw.)
copyright, 1923. by King Features
Syndicate, Incl
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about her waist, and she offered
a tensely drawn throat and an
upturned face to a rain OF kisses.
She looked up at her companion,
with eyes that were dreamy with
love- Her caresses rose slowly
and voluptuously in a crescendo,
as sea flowers and sias arise from
the blue depths in search Of light.
Replying to the mutual appeal
OF the eyes that were implorlng
from above, she murmured sew
eral times. in a far away voice,
as though talking in a dream:
yes: all You wish-all you
wishv'
A Wavering Course.
They walked along in a waver-
ing course, imagining they were
going in a straight line; in GER
tain spots they both stopped at
the same time, without knowing
why. Their lettering steps caused
a commotion in the villas. The
gardeners dogs howled furiously
at these intruders, thrusting their
noses against the iron gates, but
this bowling sounded to the low
ers like barbaric but agreeable
music. They were both sur
prised to find themselves in the
street where Villa Rosa was To-
Gated. After wandering about at
random, instinctively they had
finally come there.
The Prince. emboldened by the
long walk, filled with kisses and
abandonment, became urgent.
LET me come in" he muir
INJURED. mo one will see me-
Alicia stopped short as. though
suddenly awaking. It was her
first gesture OF refusal during the
entire night. The gardener was
surely waiting; perhaps Valoria
had not get gone to sleep. "oh,
no!'
Lubimoff, in desperation, spoke
Of their walking together to Villa
Sirena.
$50 far" continued Alicia,
growing calmer at every mo-
ment, as though she were entire
" awakened. Besides, that
place is a barracks, a house
full of men. And Castro tells
everything to the Generalessi
No, no, I shall never go, there.
What madness"
MichaePs look of sadness, his
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II must reward you! she MUIR
INJURED. II told you that at any
event you would gain by coming,
even though should lose. There!
= !" There" .r.,
. Her bare arms, freeing them
selves from the silken cape,
closed about his shoulders, form.
ing a tight ring; submissively
her mouth caught his, humbly
abandoning itself, with a desire
Of giving happiness.
At the end of the street sud-
den illumination flared up, max
ing the scene stand out against
the shadows, like a flash of light
ming. It was the searchlight of
an automobile. She did not
move; she was. not afraid of. be-
ing surprised; people We're mere
phantonis, without any reality
whatsoever. Nothing existed in
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reflected from the dying moon.
the other dark with a shade black
as ebony. With an instructive
fear of being seen, Alicia and
Michael chose the darker side
walk.
AS they wound along through
the curving, sloping street, they
could hear at their backs the
voices of drivers, the club SER
yants calling the carriages, the
stamping Of horses shaking off
sleep as they waited, and the
first coming Of the motors that
began once more to function.
Michael was walking along in
silence, eager to leave the Casino
far behind them and seek soil.
tude, when Alicia stopped short.
She bad anticipated his thoughts,
she Ndid not care to go any
further. -
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+ ket. But eager hands snatched
the basket from him.
A Triumphant Clean.
..No! Let me! Let me! It was
the Duchess; it was no longer.
necessary for her to feign .indiffer-
ence. That money was hers. She
had become TRANSPORTED by coming
out of her eager, trancelike silence.
Her eyes were shining with a tri-
uInphant CLEAN; her brow was
; pearled with sweat; her cheeks.
which were intensely pale, quiv-
cred. Carrying the basket, with her
arms held out before her. she
slowly passed among the groups.
with priestly majesty, to the cash
ier's cage.
She deposited her winnings
there and turned back to Michael.
the precious slip in her hand.
Tomorrow we will strairhten
out our account" she said. "r
have not forgotten how much I
owe you-the 10000 francs from
the other day and your mothers
100000. I can pay it ALL"
Michael laughed very softly.
What I want" he said in a low
tone, what I want from you you
know very well ."
She stopped him with a>caress-
ing look and a discreet whisper.
but without further speech be-
tween them she permitted Michael
to wrap her in her soft silk cape
adorned with its rich furs.
She Leaves With Michael.
Alicia, wrapped in her soft silk
cape adorned with it's rich furs.
leaned slightly on Michael's arm
as they DESCENDED the great
outer stairway of the Casino and
passed together out into the cool
night air. Their eyes were still
tired from the splendor of the
illumination, their skin hot from
the heavy atmosphere of the
gaming rooms. A sad waning
moon was already beginning to
drop behind the dark barrier of
the Alps. Only at long intervals
did pale lamps, the glass of which
was painted blue, cast about
themselves circles of funereal
light. For the submarine menace
kept the city in darkness. The
street was divided midway into
two bands, one a pale. dim white,
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i1tsG ful Women OF the Day.
.1k[ET OW shall I get thin?"
p = seems to be the wall
,..tsc AA of a good1y proportion
nj the feminine population of the
world, especially in America,
where excessive aveirdupois is
rightly looked upon with keen
adisfavor. Fatness is almost al
ways a sign of laziness or food
1dolatry And both of these traits
aAxe disagreeable to everyone in
ibis -wide-awake country and lead
to loss Of beauty.
r9In some cases, however, the
agony of unhappiness expert
enced by the woman who wishes
: to get thin is needless. 1t is a
mistake to think THAI unless you
are as slim as an undeveloped
girl of fifteen that you are fat.
The flapper type can never be
accepted as a model of perfected
!: wenanly loneliness. The Venus
!. bf Milo, the Winged Victory and
!. all the other accepted models Of
:. beauty possess distinct curves.
May there not be just a hint
Of the hyst erical in frantic strug-
gle for extreme slimness? And
though yoar plucky, self-starva-
aftion may lead to the loss of
afipoundS you have decreed must
Ego. is THAI reduction wise if it
. leaves you with less reserve
nerve force and strength? For
without these beauty is impos-
sible.
,-t-. II you really are too stout
undeniably so-your condition is
Abnormal and a menace to your
,.shealth as well as to your beauty.
In that case. do not delay. Place
yourself under the direction Of
your physician, an expert gym
nasium director or other scien-
,tific reducing expert and follow
hfs directions.
"5But if you are just a little
cetouter than you wish. and are
merely beginning to take on
weight. 1 would suggest that you
~ link less about food. Find a
hobby-golf. swimming, dancing,
for plunge into the work Of help
ing some pet charity which will
keep you busy many hours a
week Become completely alb
sorbed in this constructive work
or play. and your appetite for
more food than is good for you
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in the Casino Square. The prince
was sure Of it. He had looked at
the clock on the facade. It was
3 o'clock. 1t seemed impossible;
he firmly believed that only a few
minutes had passed since they
left the club. And they were
obliged to walk away. annoyed
by the curiosity of a citizen who
was doing police duty in war
times, member of the Prince
of Monaco's militia in citizens
clothes, with a colored band on
his arm and revolver at mis- belt.
Deserted Streets.
Once more they walked through
the deserted streets along the
public gardens, closed at that
hour. Her body was thrown back,
with her cape often, hanging limp
upon his arm which was thrown