The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-07-10

ton Is composed of "a choruses with
a total membership of $500. scattered
over the United States
Sports
New York-Jimmy Johnston, at
one time, matchmaker for the famous
Cromwell A. C. announced that he had
matched Georges Carpenter and Gene
Tunney for fifteen round boat in
the Polo Grounds on Tuesday, July
%. They are to battle for the Ameri-
can light heavyweight title, which
Tunney now holds.
New York-Everett Scott, shortstop
|of the New York Yankees, reached
his 1,200th consecutive game when he
played in the Yank-Red Sox game at
Boston. That's lot Of ball games
and is a record that undoubtedly will
stand for years. Every day Scott
sets the record a little higher, and
makes it little more difficult for any
one else to reach.
Paris - The American Olympic
track and field team, already crippled
by series Of minor mishaps since
its departure from the United States,
faced It's most serious loss so far
when Leroy T. Brown, New York A.
c., and H. M. Osborn, Illinois A.. c.,
the high jumping aces counted on for
cleanup in this event, were taken
to the Neuilly hospital for treatment.
Brown is suffering, from an injury
to tendon in the leg and Osborn
from strained muscles in the back.
St. PauI-Tommy Gibbons will sail
from New York for England where
on July 26 he will box Jack Bloom
field, light heavyweight champion Of
England. The math was closed by
cable several days ago but the terms
$4,000 for Gibbons end in addition
to travelling expenses was not set
tied until later. Tom now is the
proud father of five boys. The st.
Paul boxer expressed wish at Mich
igan City before his fight with
Georges Carpenter that his next
child would be girl. Mrs. Gibbons
became the mother of twin boys re-
Gently.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS days ahead
Of schedule, the halfway mark in the
construction Of the University of Min
nesota's new 100000 stadium was
reached when cement pouring for Sec.
ton 6, the curved end of the huge
horseshoe, began. II the construction
program ON the edifce continues at
the present rate, 1t was estimated by
Mr.. Elwell that the entire stadium with
its $4,000 seating capacity, would be
ready for use by the time of the first
scheduled football game next fall with
North Dakota on October 4, although
the contractors contract calls for COM
pletion by October 25, week before
the Michigan contest.
Foreign
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of all Ger
man parties and emissaries from all
countries separated from Germany by
the Versailles treaty gathered at the
reichstag to commemorate the fifth an
niversary of the signing of the YER
sailles treaty.
),
missionary of the American Presby.
terrain church on the Island of Hainan,
was murdered June "a, presumably by
bandits, according to word sent to the
American consulate at Canton by the
British Consul on the island.
London-Rumors that the Prince of
Wales informed the royal family that
having passed his 30th birthday, he
would begin looking about for bride,
have caused hurried arrangement Of
an unusual number of social affairs
London-The international power
conference, representing 80 countries
and with large American delegation,
was inaugurated here with a reception
by the Prince of Wales in a great hall
at the Wembley exhibition where the
conference will sit during the coming
fortnight.
Toronto-"Community chests" in the
United States and Canada viii. dis.
tribute in the coming year more than
$4,000, 900 for charitable purposes, 1t
was announced at the meeting of the
American Association for Community
Organization at Knox college.
Paris-The American battle monu.
ments commission with which Gen.
eral J. J. Pershing arrived here, will
begin a thorough study Of the whole
area of activities of the American OK.
peditionary forces in France next
week. Before the real work begins,
the commission will visit the Marine
battlefield for preliminary look-over
the ground. e.
Munich-Dr. Adolph Barkan, profes.
sor emeritus of ophthalmology of Le-
land Stanford, Jr., University, Cali.
fornia, has been elected as honorary
citizen of Ludwig-Maximilian Univer-
sity here in recognition of his services
in alleviating distress among students.
DR.. Barkan, Hungarian by birth, Is
member Of numerous scientific So
cieties in Europe and America.
Belgrade-The fossilized skeleton
Of prehistoric man IS feet tall has
been discovered near the VILLAGE NJ