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EQRLES DRUG STORE
K; :; J
uA lAT

When you bring a pre-
scription to any one of the
Peoples Drug Stores you
may feel absolutely conf
dent that it is filled ex-
actly as your doctor speci-
fies, and, furthermore, only
reliable pharmacists, with
years of experience, are in
trusted with the filing of
your prescription. Every
prescription is checked by
two registered pharmacists
to eliminate. any possible
error. Peoples pharma-
cists are careful workmen."
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lone 800 hitter last year, must have
felt as lonesome as statesman not
prominently scandalized by the Teapos
Dome.
Strand, Bishop and Simmons will
all start the season rs regulars.
Strand will go to center field. He
is big, strapping fellow and right
hand hitter. Ten years ago he was 4
lcft-handed pitcher with the Boston
Braves. He sat on the bench back in
1911 and watched the great Athletic
team of that year go tumbling to the
turf. A prankish Destiny now sends
him hack to help restore the Mackial
cause to its former grandeur.
Strand is peculiar picture at the
bat. Recalling how Heilmann, Ruth
and other physical giants swing, you
expect to see this 30-year-old rookie
smash the ball to powder. Instead
he takes an easy, three-quarter swing
and punches the ball accurately
through the infield or over the in
fielders' heads. There is more science
than savagery in his technique.
Mack enthuses over Simmons, who
is mere kid. Simmons will 60 to
left field, replacing the veteran Tilly
Walker of home-run note. Simmons
can hit, field and throw" Mack tells
YOU. "He will be the talk of the
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[&}Q)A THE SPORT PAGE a (1@AJ
Bears Ouht Close Came to
Only One Sox Regular
Has Not Played With
Another Major Team

Only one man likely to appear
in the opening day lineup of the
Boston Red Sox has not belonged
to some other major league club.
He's Dudley Lee. the expensive
little shortstop from the Tulsa club
OF the Western League. All the
others on the rebuilt Boston team
have been the property of other
big league teams and most of them
have played regularly elsewhere in
the big top. Take n look at this
batting order and note the previ-
Gus owners of the players con-
tracts:
Ira Flagstead, CT, (Detroit.)
Bill WambSganss, 2b, tCleve-
land).
Bob Veach, II. Detroit).
Joe Harris. 1b, (Cleveland).
Ike Boone, RI, New York Ma
tionals).
Norman Mcmillan, 3b, New
York Americans).
Dudley Lee, IS, first time up).
Steve O'Neill. C, (ClevelandD.
Howard Ehmke. p, (Detroit).
Others who may get into the
opening game include: Pitcher
George Murray New. York Amer
icans), Pitcher Alec Ferguson.
New York Americans). Pitcher
Jack Quinn. New York Ameri-
cans). Outfielder Phil Todt, est.
Louis Americans), 0utfielder John
Collins, Chicago Americans). In
fielder Howard Shdnks. washing
TONI. Catcher Val Picinich, Wash
ington).
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SAN ANTONIO POLO
CLUB MEETS FOURTH
ARTILLERY SUNDAY
Only Match Scheduled VIII
Be Played at Brack-
enridge Park.

The San Antonio Polo Club and
Fourth Field Artillery teams will sup
ply the Sunday entertainment for To-
cal polo fans with a match at BracIl.
enridge Park. starting at 3 o'clock. No
other games had been arranged ,,atur.
day night.
The polo club team will present q
strong lineup, with Carl Crawford
Dick Negley, Bill Meadows and Jack
Lapham the four starters. The Ar.
tillerymen plan to use their entire
squad, in addition, probably. to a
couple of players from the Eighth
Corps Area Headquarters team.
A team of Fort Sam Houston Of.
ficers, possibly the Headquarters four
is planning an invasion vt Austin in
the near future, perhaps Sunday
April 6. The trip has not been an.
proved yet by the military authorities
at the post.
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RICHARD SIGNS ]
WILLS Up FOR
THREE FIGHTS
Will Meet Spalla or Rojas,
Then Firpo and Final
ly Dempsey.
ALL FIGHTS In U. S.
Negroes Agreement Unex-
pected-" mot Interest 4
ed" Says Kearns -

New York, March 29.-After nego.
tiations extending over almost a year,
Tex Richard late Saturday afternoon
signed Harry Wills, negro heavy.
weight challenger, to q contract call
Ing for two or three fights leading I'D
to a contest for the worlds champion.
ship.
Wills agreed to fight on a percent
age basis against two opponents to be
selected by Richard and to meet Jack
DEMPSEY in the third contest if he is
successful in the others. When the
contract had been signed, Richard said
he wanted to send Wills against Err
inino Spalla, the European champion,
or Quintin Romero. the Chilean
champion, in the first bout, to match
him with Luis Firpo. the South Amer.
lean champion. in the second contest.
and to match the winner with Demp-
scy.
Richard said he wanted tn stage
the first two fights in June and July
and the final in September and that
he would hold the matches some place
i'll the. United States.
Can't Name Place Yet.
Il can't be definite about the loca-
ton for the fights now for obvious
reasons. But / have places in mind
where l know they can be held or
would not .have pledged myself to
Wills" he said.
If Firpo should be unwilling to
meet Wills. Richard said he would
use the negro fighter in only two con-
tests and that Wills would be asked
to meet either Spalla or Romero
Rojas in the first contest
Il had no difficulty in getting Wills
10 agree to terms" Richard said. Il
never doubted that he would be hard
TO sign when l was prepared to give
him definite proposition and il was
Eot until recently that 1 was in n no
sititn to do so."
When he signed Wills. Richard beat
all his rival promoters to all the fea-
ture heavyweight bouts for the out
door season. He already has Tom
,iib5ors on a verbal agreement. He
has Spalla and Romero under agree
ment and. although it has been de-
nied frequently, it has always been
understood that he has first call on
the services of Jack Dempsey.
Fro is "Taken In"
fiTpo is not tied to Richard and
he probably regrets now that he re-
marked so emphatically that he was
through with Richard and would do
no business with him. Under the cir
cumstances that now exist Firp0
must fight for Richard or be con-
tent with the crumbs that he can pick
UP in the rural districts.
The signing of Wills by Rickard
also blew up the statement made a
few days ago in the West by Jack
krarbs Tint Dempsey and Wills
would meet in Tia Juana for Jimmy
Coffroth on Labor Day.
Patdy Mullins. manager of Wills.
said Saturday night that he had made
cood his word that Wills had shown
he was willing to do anything the
publ" asked of him.
II lad said that Wills was ready
TO sign fer the first participation that
was offered him and when Richard
gave us definite offer we accepted
gladl. Mullins said. at will now
be W to Dempsey TO show us who has
been doing the running"
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PICK ALL-STAR TEAMS
st. Marks and Mckinley Sub-Junior
Players HOnOred.

The Mckinley Avenue Methodist
and st. Marks Episcopalian sub
junior basket ball teams each placed
two men on both the first and second
all-sub-junior Sunday school basket
ball teams picked jointly by Nj. X.
Gill and A. NJ. Vennc, referees.
The first team is composed Of Nc
MILAN, mckinley Avenue Method
copalians), forwards: Boyd. (St
Mark's). center; Halliday, (McKin.
ley). and Ingrum, (Laurel Heights
Methodists). guards.
On the second team are Jenull. (St
Mark's) and Wilburn. Mckinley
forwards; Veltman. prospect Hill
Prcsbyterians), center; Albaugh, est
Mark's) and Bricker, (McKinley),
guards.
On the third selection are Nc.
Carley, Central Christians) and
Hoffman, Gaurel Heights Method
isD, forwards; Powers, Central
Christians). center; Raymond. Est
Marks and Engle Central Christ
ians). guards.
Honorable mention was accorded
Hudson, (Travis Park Methodist)
Diaz, Travis Park. McDougal
Central Christian), Douthit, Gen
trail Christian), Fritze, (Grace Luth'
cram, Searle, (Trinity Methodist)
Rice, (Trinity Methodist), Johnson
(South Side Christian, Schulze, (St
Johns Lutheran). Michel. Central
Christian), Krisch, mckinley Ave
nue), Kerr, (Laurel Heights Method
istl. Stuckert, mckinley Avenue)
Holder. lLaurel Heights) and Carroll,
(Laurel Heights).
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MIKE VASQUEZ MAY
HAVE TROUBLE WITH
LANKY FERACI BOY
VIII Be Interesting to See
HotD He Infights With
Stringbean.

Methods employed will be as much
the attraction that draws the fans to
see the Mike Vasquez-C Charley Feraci
fight at Market Hall Tuesday night
as the possible outcome, for doubts
are being expressed as to Mikes abili-
ty TO do unto stringbean battlers of
Feraci's architectural lines what he
does TO men of approximately his own
height.
The question is whether Vasquez
can get in close to Feraci, through
the New Orleans mans long guard
and then, once close, hammer in the
short jolts TO the head that have won
him all his fights here. Those long
arms of the Feraci boy should prove
ample protection for his body if he
is as good as they say in New Or.
leans. and he's half head taller than
the Mexican lad and his chin will be
almost out of Mikes reach.
Feraci weighs 1870 pounds yei
stands only two inches short of SIX
feet in his heelless ring shoes.
This ill-sorted pair will meet In
Jack .Shelton's Market Hall main
event of twelve rounds.
Supporting them will be six
round semi-windup and four four.
round preliminaries.
frankie Mason will tackle Billy
Sweet in the 'semi" at about lbs
pounds. Two willing mixers. here
who ought to put on lively battle.
The four-round program follows
Young Spence and Charley Ross
heavyweights: Shorty Graham ant
Foxtrot Pompas, 145 pounds; Kit
bio and Bobby Burns, 40 pounds
Kid Louis and frankie Garcia, 11s
pounds.
The whole outfit. including Feraci
who is due Sunday morning. and Vas
quez. who arrived Saturday, viii
train publicly at the Market Hal
Sunday afternoon between 2 and .
| n'clnck -
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HARRIS LONG
DRIVES GIVE
S0X VICTORY
Joe's Homer and Triple
Knock in Four and He
: Scores the Other.
NAJO PARKS ANOTHER
Bear ''Find' Also Dou-
bles-Last Appearance
of Sox Sunday.

Bob COleman's Bears outswatted
the swatting Boston Red SOx, ten
swats to nine. in Saturdays exhibition
game at League Park but Joe Harris.
sore shoulder and all, came TO bat at
times very inOppOrtune for the Bears
and Boston won the ball game. 8 TO j.
The burly firSt-baseman of the Bos-
ton bunch faced Ted Prichard in the
third inning when the cushions were
crammed with Bean-eaters. He
tripled. Three runs. After Boone had
rolled out, Shanks singled and Harris
scored.
In the fifth. Joe hoisted a long fly
over the left field fence for a home
run, the only score in five frames off
Buck Winters cleverly-delivered
curves. Thus, Harris knocked in four
Of Boston's tallies and scored the
other himself.
Bears Give Battle
The Bears gave the big Lacquer. a
1rassle.r Lee Fohl's lads had 10 keep
their heads up until the last out had
been made. for the home gang threat
ened seriously in the last inning and
had men on bases in every inning but
two.
Leo Naio and 81 Rosenthal, two
leading lights on the cosmopolitan ball
club Benson and Coleman have as
sembled. gave the fans further cause
for utilization by continuing to pound
the ball. They made half the Bears
ten hits between them.
The -vivas" went up in a deafen-
ing roar when Najo made a twO-bag
ger in the first inning and the grand
stand roof quivered when he socked
the ball into deep left in the fifth for
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PLAN FOR RACES AT
SOUTH TEXAS FAIRS
MADE BY COMMITTEE
Purses of Almost $4,000
Already Reported for
Cirsuit Euents.

Seguin, Tex. March 29.-At a meet
ing here Friday called by Joe Free
man, chairman of the racing depart
ment of the Guadalupe County Fair
Association, the following fairs were
represented:
Victoria: E. NJ. Rickering, chair
man; J. NJ. Stokes, K. p. Fields, ]. ].
Warden and Sam Adler. delegates.
San Marcos: A. b. Rogers. chair.
man: John E. Parks. f. L. Crozier.
b. Reagan, l. II. Harrison and j. c.
Webb. delegates.
Gonzales: Ross Booth. chairman
Kent Garden, J. c. D.. Whiting and
w. E. DOnvan. delegates.
New Braunfels: Robert Herring.
secretary; Harry Wagenfuehr and
DR.. r. $. Bette, delegates.
Seguin: Joe Freeman. chairman
Arthur Weinert and George ]. KEN
pen.
Chairman Joe Freeman stated that
he had called the meeting of those
fairs which intended holding harness
races and that the purpose was to
secure a uniformity as to purses,
and each fair to formulate a pro-
gram accordingly. --.. -
The dates for holding the various
fairs had already been arranged by
IL South Texas circuit
Secretary kemper reported that the
following fairs had submitted their
programs and total amount of purses
as follows: .--- ...s
Guadalupe county fair association,
| $4,000.
Bee county fair, 5000.
Gonzales county fair. s2400.
Comal county fair. 5000.
Wilson county fair. $500.
The total purses will represent a
big sum Of money. as the following
fairs are yet TO report: Alice, Vic.
toria. San Marcos, BOerne, kennedy
Fredericksburg, La Grange and Bas.
/ trop.
The question of entries was taken
up and IL was decided to add all
entry fees to the purses.
The officials of the circuit. Judge
and starter, were left to the decision
of the Stewards of the association
which consist of Messrs. Marsh OF
Beeville, HOlchak of Kennedy. Herring
OF New Braunfels and Kemper Of
Seguin.
TIE delegates of the fairs represent
ed at the meeting decided to charge
stall rent during the fairs; also tC
make 1t as comfortable as possible fol
horsf men and horses during their stay
ct the fairs Of the South Texas Circuit
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AUSTIN HIGH TENNIS
TEAM TAKES MEASURE
/. OF MAIN RACKETEERS
Capital City Lads Win Ten
Matches to San An
tonians' Fiue.

Austin, Tex, March 2s.-Revengc
is sweet, and sweet is the taste in the
mouths of the Austin High School ten
mis- players. Playing in top form
the Maroon-and- White netmen de-
feated the Main Avenue High from
San Antonio tennis players Saturday
ten matches to five. The Main Avenue
High lads journeyed to Austin with
high hopes of repeating the singing
defeat they handed the locals in. the
tournament ED in San Antonio recent
ly. s
Winning the first seven singles
matches and the first three doubles
matches tells the whole story. The
local lads were too much for the Main
Avenue team, winning with apparent
case. The matches that were lost all
went three sets before the Maroon lads
acknowledged defeat. 49,. ...
a third tournament will be played
in the near future Last season the
locals easily defeated Main and the
locals have practically the same team
back again this year. The Maroon
team was considerably strengthened
by the return of Berkeley Bell first
ranking player.
The results Of the singles:
Bell (A) defeated L. Smith easily
in two feet sets 60, 60. Bells con-
sistent chop and hard service could
not be solved by Smith; Ammans (A)
defeated Carroll in straight sets, So
81: Arnett (A) defeated Kincaid
easily in straight sets. Afford (A)
won easily McCarty, GO, Ga; Stiles
ca. defeated Kirk in a fast and in.
tcrcsting match, "a. 6-3; Mencher
(A) won over McGehee, g., sc
Mansell ca won from Fitch in q
hard fought two sets, Ga, OF; Ingram
| (Main) won from Watt in straight
sets, "a, 6-3, the only match lost that
did not go three sets; Iandell (Main)
won from Cunningham in three hard
fought sets, 2-6, 6-2, go; King
tMain) won over Bagby in three sets
GA, &c, Ga.
Results of the doubles
Arnett and Bell, first ranking
duobles players on the Austin Higl
team and holders of the state junior
doubles championship, were easily SUI
perior to the first ranking MAR
doubles team, Kincaid and l.. Smith
md administered So, 81 licking
| Ammans and Sales (A) took the sec
ond doubles in hard fought three Sc
match winning, 4-6, 6-3, 10. This wa:
the hardest match played through thu
day, the teams being evenly matted
and both fighting for their lives.
Afford and Menchen (A) took tn,
measure of the third doubles team
that Main had to offer and sent tn,
team to the showers with the small
end OF 6-1, 81 count; Mansel anC
Cunningham (A) succumbed to tn,
attacks of the fourth Main double.
team and lost after a terrific fight
GA, 1-6, Gil; Watts and Bagby last
ranking doubles team on the Maroon
squad fell before the onslaught OF
Combs and Yandell for the count Of
7-5, 1-6, 81.
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American League this year" Macs
bad another kid outficlder who was
the talk of the league last year,
"Sparky" Matthews, but he blew with
q deafening bang.
Mention that to Mack and he an
swers: "Simmons is no flash. He
couples ability with stability. He
won't blow"
Simmons is everything that Strand,
the other new outfielder, isn't. He
is only 20 years old, midget and a
terrific swinger. Ruth doesn't swing
any harder. You find yourself Won
dcring what would happen to the ball
if Simmons had Strands build, or
Strand Simmons swing.
Bishop, with five years of service
On the Baltimore Orioles, is some
what beyond the rookie classification.
Bishop replaces Jimmy Dykes at Sec
ond base. Dykes is the same player
Cobb said would make the Tigers 4
championship club. Bishop gets the
preference because he is thought to be
the better hitter of the two, and just
as capable a fielder.
"If these men each come within 30
points Of their minor league averages
my team will be in the race all the
way" predicts Mack.
The 1924 Athletics, otherwise, are
on unaltercd lot. S..
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Three Down at Is Holes,
He Defeats Scott in
Club Finals.
WINS ON LAST GREEN
Both Play Erratically- Roe
and Kuntz Win in
Other Flights.

Jack Tarrant, city amateur golf
champion, did a comeback Saturday
afternoon to win the first flight cup
from Bob Scott in their 36-hole final
match in the annual early spring tour
nament at the San Antonio Country
Club. Tarrant. three down at the
end of the morning round of IS holes,
fattled his way to a one-up victory.
winning out when he took the last
hole with a five.
Neither finGist played steady golf
and scores were in the eighties.
Three down at the halfway point,
Tarrant started the afternoon rounl
~ losing the fourth hole after halv-
ing the first three with Scott. H.
won the sixth. however. only TO lose
the seventh. Wins on the eighth and
ninth for Tarrant cut SCOTS lead
10 two up with nine TO play.
The city champion began to play
real golf on the back nine and took
the eleventh, fifteenth and sixteenth.
halving the others. Then he lost thu
seventeenth TO Scott. which SQUARED
the match. Tarrant's five 70 SCOTS
six on the long last hole gave him
TIL. match.
Roe Second Flight Winner.
Z. j. Roe won the second flight tro-
ply by defeating Lieut.. Paul Prem
tiss in the 1S-hole finals, 3 and 1.
The third flight houors went to
John ]. Kuntz. who Saturday defeat
c DIT. y. Smith. one up. Before an
ether week has passed, Mr.. Kuntz will
be required to Dlay Major MingoS,
winner in the fourth flight. for the
dub" championship of the club.
Maj. Frank Lakeland, who was
runner-up TO Major Mingos in the
fourth flight, won the regular Satur-
day afternoon golf ball sweepstakes
event from field of 81. He had a
gross score of Sc, with n handicap
Of II. which gave him a net of 60.
Jack Harlie was second with S5-14-
II. T. W. Campbell, with S5-12-73.
and Nat Goldsmith. with nm identical
score. tied for third. William C..
Clegg was fifth with S2-S-74.
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: Connie Mack, thinner than broth
and grayer than a bleak November
twilight, hopes to ride into second
place in the American League this
year on the sw1tting skill of three
new hitters, namely and to-wit:
Paul Strand, who hit 1874 for
Seattle.
Al Simmons, who hit 800 for
Shreveport.
Same Simmons who hit .39S for
Milwaukee.
Max Bishop, who hit 1888 for Bal
timore.
Mack As a curiosity among big
league managers in the south this
spring, in that he is not concentrate
ing on the development of pitchers.
1t is batters that he needs. Last
year the Athletics had team hitting
average of .273 and ranked seventh.
Joe Hauser, first baseman, was the
only regular to bat 200. or better.
Hauser made the grade by scant
seyen-point margin.
In these days when the heavens
fairly rain base-hits team that can
not flash at least five or six 300 hit
tiers is at decided disadvantage. Tic
Cleveland team, for example, can put
nine 800 hitters, all regulars. on the
field at one time. Mack, with his
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EAST AND SOUTHEAST
SLOWEST IN MATTER
OF PUBLIC COURSES
Jacksonville Building Two
Municipal Links--West
in the Lead.
BY RAY MCCARTHY.

Copyright, 1924. by. Consol. Press Assn.
jacksonville, Fla. March 20
Many of our so-called best cities in
the United States could well follow
the example this gateway of the land
founded by Ponce de Leon is set
ting. Within a years time Jackson
vile will have two municipal golf
courses on which the great number
OF tourists who drift through here
each season will be allowed to play.
Jacksonville has two very nifty pri-
vate clubhouses, but the de1and for
municipal links was so incessant,
both on the part of the residents
and the tourists, that the city fathers
have decided on double layout of
80 holes to satisfy all concerned.
1t is expected that other cities in
Florida will fall in line. Miami start
ed the ball rolling when it put over
a magnificent layout on the Hielah
ranch owned by Glenn II. Curtiss.
Throughout the country various
cities are rapidly taking the hint and
are building first-class courses for
the citizens. When enough of these
public links are constructed, the ex-
tremely high cost of golf will start
to fall.
Atlanta has two fine courses where
for a nominal fee one can enjoy golf
ut its best. Washington has two
very sporty public courses. So have
some of the other southern and east
ern cities.
But in the matter of public courses
the west has gone far ahead of the
East. Chicago leads all cities with
approximately a dozen very good
public courses. Public golf in Chi
cago is given more attention than is
that of private clubs. Chicago in
tends to keep the lead by building
several more public courses within
the next few years.
Out on the Pacific Coast one can
find any number of first-class public
courses. Seattle has two of the best.
San Francisco has two grand Iayouts
and Los Angeles recently completed
one of the best municipal links to be
found anywhere.
Even>in the Southwest and through
Texas, where golf il comparatively
new game. public links are in opera
ton by the wholesale. San Antonio
is one of the best boosters in this re-
gard. Dallas and Fort Worth, st.
Louis, indianapolis, Buffalo and other
western and middle-western cities are
keeping right up with the times.
But the effcte East. particularly
that section where much of the early
history of this country was made. is
sadly lacking in this matter. New
York, Boston and Philadelphia with
thousands crying for a course on
which to try out their games over the
week-ends, drift along unmindful of
the pleas Of these links enthusiasts.
The linlsmen of New York City
have banded together in the hope
of obtaining more facilities, but they
are finding the guardians of the Isle
of Manhattan obdurate in the matter
of coming across with the kale for
golf. As for Philadelphia and Bos-
ton, they are persona non grata in
this particular bit of administration.