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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
By H. G. SALSINGER

Sports never saw a more colorful per- former than Ty Cobb. Individually he brought more money into the box office than any other single performer. Only two men have ever come near being pos sessed of the drawing power than he had. One of these is George Herman (Babe) Ruth, playing in the same league that Cobb is in and, like Cobb, always having played in the one major organi- xation, and the other is Jack Dempsey, champion of boxing. Ruth, of course, drew more money into the box office during his best three years than Cobb did during any three years of his career, but Cobb played over much longer stretch and therefore will total more in gate receipts than Ruth
 When color is analysed in human be- mgs it is proved that color consists most ly of what the world looks upon as weaknesses and faults In Cobb color was a combination of spectacular play and a fiery temper that brought him into unpleasant situations which re- suited in, much newspaper notoriety. But, while many of his acts have led to criticism, they never diminished his drawing power; on the contrary, they augmented it.
 
 No other player ever knew better the value of publicity. Of course, there are various kinds of publicity and there are certain kinds that he did not relish, but he appreciated the value of this adver- Using.
 Among those things which helped make Cobb a great ball player and a national figure were some of the faults that have been subject to criticism. It required certain amount of selfish ness to develop ambition such as Cobb had. He was always a bad loser and regardless of how small the stake was and how immaterial the result, if the decision went against him he never took the reverse graceful but almost always created an unpleasant scene. This was fault that most men found unforgiv- able but, at the same time, this fault helped Cobb to the highest peak in his profession. Nothing so hurt him as to lose and be has sat in his room after 8 losing game and literally wept-
 Men that gain the heights are men that cannot endure defeat Some of them mask their inner feelings better than others but Cobb, with his fiery disposi tion, could not wear the mask. He lost complete control of Himself. To be beaten meant to be disgra6ed- He fought all the harder against dkfeat, riskine everything to win
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C0NTI BREAKS WORLD RECORD French Billiard Star Makes Long Run
 Of 477
(Ey Associated Press.l

PARIS, Dec. 24.-With a run of AT, Roger Cont, the French star, tonight again broke the worlds record for 1S.2 bake line play in the championship billiard tournament. He defeated Flex Grange, 800 to 59, and thereby won the championship of France and Europe.
 The former record for championship competition was 472, established by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
LIGHT HEAVY GO
 T0BE ABATTLE
Mike McTigue Expected To Retire From Ring
 Soon

NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-At last a scrap that looms as an honest blow-for- blow encounter is on the light heavy weight pugilistic horizon. It is almost certain now that before the indoor sea son is past the nimble Tom Gibbons of St. Paul and the hard-hitting Gene Tunney, American champion, will mix it up.
 The state boxing commission con sidered Toms defi hurled at everybody in general and Tunney and Mike Me Tigue, worlds title holder, in partlcu' lar, and selecting Tunney as his oppo nent. The challenge to McTigue was not even entertained, since Tunney mac a prior right and the first come, flrs' served" policy was adopted.
 Only one hitch remains before the commission takes action toward forcing Tunney's acceptance within a specitlee time. Gibbons, in sending out his chai lenge, neglected to post the required forfeit of $2,500. However, it was be lieved that this is merely an oversight and that that Gibbons manager VII send the forfeit money this week..
 McTigue is not under the Jurisdiction of the states boxing fathers and canno he compelled to accept the cnailense U Tunney. His title has been more ol less of joke ever since he annexed I in Dublin by walloping Battling SIX and Tunney and Gibbons are botl yearning for chance at the crown. l is probable that McTigue's voluntarr! retirement from the ring will be forth coming soon, as his matches with tn second and third raters are drawing poorly.
 Is McTigue, after the Gibbons -Tun ney bout, cannot be brought into match with the victor, it is believe, Tiger Flowers, the Atlanta negro, vii be the next to challenge the leaders o the division. Flowers has been comm along with enormous strides and ther are many of his packers who believe h will be the next light heavyweight king. They also look to him to talk Harry Greb's middleweight honOrs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
Southern California Plays
 Missouri In Sectional Tilt
Conquerors Of Chicago Meet Conquerors of
 Syracuse In Second Post-Season Affair

Later the Trojans beat the University of Idaho, 13 to o, and the University of Syracuse, Is to 0.
 In II contests. the Trojans this sea- son piled up 249 points against their opponents 37. The Tigers in nine games accumulated 103 points against their foes 21.
 The middle-west squad finished their training for the game today. The Southern California team, which was taken out of town, will return tomor- TOW.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
ATLANTA STAR
 SENT TO TOLEDO

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-"Shag' Horan, Yankee utility man, has been released outright by the New York club to the Los Angeles club of the Coast league, it was announced today. Infield Hillis. who came to the Yan- kees from Atlanta, Ga, club, was re- leased under option to Toledo, the Yan- kee management announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

Last year we made Christmas car toon in which the two H. Wills-Harry and Helen (no relation)-were shown receiving what they'd like to get for Christmas-Harry a fight with Jack Dempsey and Helen a tennis match with Suzanne Lenglen. Well, here they are again, still hoping, for neither Helen nor Harry received the much wanted present in 1924. Maybe Santa Claus will treat them better this year. Everybody hopes so, except perhaps Jack and Suzanne.
 And consider poor old Chicago-not 2 pennant in the family since 1919, and in the good old days they were regular occurrences. It's not hard to imagine Father Dearborn writing a letter to
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days, after attending the Georgia and Alabama Field Trials. He will return in time for the Central Alabama Field Trials to begin near Selma on Janu- ary 19, when MT. Sage will enter a number of fine dogs.
 Work is progressing on the hand some brick hunting lodge and is near completion which Mir. Sage is building near Stafford in the center of his vast acreage held for hunting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

Santa along these lines-"Dear Sir : Years ago used to favor US with baseball pennants. Once you even gave both of my children one, thus originat- ing the one city world series, later taken up with great success by Father knick- erbocker's boys. Lately, however, you have given me the go-by. Please, dear Santa, kindly drop pennant this way, to either the Cubs or White Sox, and make it merry, merry Christmas.
 Mir. s. Claus also has a little present for Notre Dame, football champions of the country. It is a prize package labeled Don't Open Until January 1st," and the worthy Irish team views it with some alarm. It might prove to be surprise package in the shape of defeat for the only unbeaten major team in the country. Open with care Notre Dame, as the weather man says New Years Day will be Fair and war ner"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25

Twenty-Five English thoroughbreds ar rived in New York on the Minnetonka. To former Senator Johnson N. Camden, of Kentucky, will go the largest consign- ment-several brood mares, a two-year- old lilly and a Weanling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-25
Kansas City-Florida Special

New fast train to Atlanta and Jack sonville. Leave Birmingham 3:30 p. m., arrive Atlanta $40 p. m., arrive Jacksonville 7:45 a. m. Observation car.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-20
Documents of Interest to
Future Generations Buried
Fred A. Fischer Has Started Brick
Work on New Store Building
Completed in 80 Days

Fred A. Fischer has the foundation
completed for the construction of the
new building to take the place of the
south half of the Tobey block de-
stroyed by fire January 18th. The
side walls will be of white cement
brick and the front will be ornament
al brick trimmed with copper. Dave
Pangburn has the contract for the
brick work and the Steiner Lumber
Company for the roof. All of the
balance of the labor will be done by
day work. Mr.. Fischer will rush the
completion of the building as rapidly
as possible and expects to have it
finished in about thirty days, after
which he will reopen a modern bak-
cry The deal for the sale of the
bakery made just before the fire, has
been cancelled and Mr.. Fischer will
re-enter business himself.
Wednesday afternoon of this week
the brick work was started on the
south side of the building. Mr..
Fischer has buried an-iron tube about
eight inches long, sealed with cement.
This tube contains first page of the
Sank Centre Herald of March 10,
1924, the last statement of the three
Sank Centre banks, a few coins, and
also written statement made by
Mr.. Fischer reciting existing condi-
tons, and at some future time, when
these walls of the building are torn
down, this iron tube will undoubtedly
disclose relics which will be Of in
terest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-20
Normal Class Play Pleases
Large Audience Tuesday
Clubbing Husband" With Cast
Entirely of Girls-A Clever Com
edy-Pleasing Specialties

Tuesday evening the girls of the
Normal Department presented their
class play at the Junior High school
auditorium to a good sized audience.
The comedy entitled clubbing a
Husband has a plot which deals with
a meeting of several ladies, most of
whom are married and the resulting
"panning' of the respective husbands,
egged on by two spinster members of
the party, brought forth many hum
orous situations and presented the
opportunity to portray "a varied
line of character work by the men,
bers of the cast. Between acts sew
eral pleasing specialties were pre-
scented; quartet singing "To Wild
Rose" and Little Mother of Nine"
Class songs by the Normal depart
ment and readings of children's pieces
by Lois White, one in Irish dialect
by Lillian Reed and another in negro
dialect by Mable Orth, rounded out
very enjoyable program.
The presentation of clubbing a
Husband" was under the direct sup
ervision of Miss Maud Davis, head
of the Normal Department of the
Sank Centre public schools.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-20
SAUK CENTRE CITY
ELECTION APRIL |
MAYOR VIM. M. PARKER WILL
BE CANDIDATE TO Sue
CEED SELF
BLK AND GRAY REFUSE
H. WAKEFIELD AND SIGURD
HOLME ALDERMEN. cANDI-
DATES-DuBOIS TREAS.

The annual city election will be
held Tuesday, April 1st, at which
time the citizens will be called upon
to vote for mayor for the term of
two years, two aldermen each for
twt-year terms, treasurer for the
term of two years, judge of municipal
court for term of four years, and
a special judge of the municipal court
for term of four years.
The voters of the First ward will
cast their ballots in the southwest
room on the ground floor of the
Armory building, corner of Third and
Elm streets. In the Second ward
the election will be held in the Com
munity Club room on the second floor
of the City Fire Department, corner
and Pine streets. Polls will be open
from 600 A. M. to 900 P. M.
The terms of Mayor Parker, Alder
men DR.. A. L. Blk and Charles
Gray, Treasurer Ben Dubois, and
Judge of Municipal Court R. R..
Kells will expire this year.
Mayor Parker has acceeded to the
unanimous desire of the people of
the community and has again filed
for the office of chief executive of
the city. The gentleman has made
live wire and very efficient mayor
and the citizens of Sank Centre are
fortunate in having him as their chief
executive. At this writing, Thursday
noon, Ben Dubois and Judge R. r.
Kells who have filed for reelection as
Treasured and Municipal Judge, are
the only candidates for these posi-
tons.
DIR. Blk and Charles R. Gray have
absolutely refused to allow their
names to be considered as aldermen
for longer period. Both gentlemen
have rendered faithful service to the
city and undoubtedly would have been
reelected without opposition and
they consented to allow the use of
their names.
The citizens are very fortunate in
having men of the type of Harper
Wakefield of the Best-Schultk Lumber
Company, and Sigurd Holme of the
Boston Toggery, to file as candidates
for the places left vacant by the
retirement of Messrs Blk and Gray.
The elevation of Messrs Wakefield
and Holme to the Council gives ample
assurance that the high standard of
the legislative body of the city will
be maintained.
1t is mighty fortunate when men of
the type of those making up the of
fetal roster of Sank Centre, are will
ing to make the personal sacrifice nee
essary to keep the city government
at a high standard.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-20
Sank Centre Will Have q
Big 18th Of July ceIebra-
ti0n--1924Fai Dates Set

At largely attended meeting of
the officers, stockholders, and others
interested in the success of the
Stearns County Fair, held at the
Community Club rooms Thursday
evening of last week, many matters
of Importance to the association and
to the community as a whole were dis
posed of.
Of real primary interest to the
people as whole was the decision to
put on a rousing Fourth of July cele-
bration in this city under the auspi-
ces of the Fair association and Rob
ert Swift Post, American Legion
These two organizations will have
entire charge of the celebration and
the arrangement of the program.
The combination brings into a work
ing unit many of the live wires of
the community which augers well for
the success of the undertaking.
A committee of three from each
organization was appointed as a gen.
eral committee that will take up the
work with the absolute understand
ing that they will have the co-opera-
ton and support Of all the members
of the two organizations to make the
celebration a success. The fair as
ISOLATION committee are-Asa M. Wal
lace, chairman; Ben Dubois and Har-
ry Schmidt; the special committee OF
the Legion consisting of j. E. Bon
ner, chairman, Art Weisner and M !.
H. Millner will represent that or
ganization.
AS an aftermath of this meeting
the two organizations have rented
Dreamland Pavilion for the entire
season. This was made necessary in
order to secure the pavilion for the
Fourth of July and fair dates.
The first dance to be put on at the
pavilion by the Fair Association and
Legion will be Monday evening, April
28th. This date was decided upon be-
cause there are large number OF
people who will not attend dances
during the week following Easter Sun
day. The combined organization
will perhaps put on other dances dur
ing the season or they will sublet *.
building to other organizations or IL.
dividuals. The first dance following
Easter Monday dance will be about
May 10th under the auspices of the
Commercial Travelling men of this
city.
Several of the dependable legion
men will be duputized as special po-
lice to see that proper order is main
tanned at every dance put on this sea-
son by the two organizations at the
pavilion, and have every confidence
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-20
HERALD ADVERTISING PAYS

One of the most successful auction
sales ever held in this section was
that of Frank Connolly Saturday of
last week. It is conservatively esti-
mated that over one thousand people
attended this sale. The Herald was the
exclusive medium Mr.. Connolly used
to attract people to his sale outside
of his bills, and proves conclusively
that if farmers want to attract bid
ders to sales they must use medium
with a real circulation, which is de-
cidedly the cheapest, although it's
advertising rates are higher.
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that they can be made financially sue
cessful.,
The fair dates for 1924 were set
after considerable discussion. The
Todd County Fair will be held at
Long Prairie Aug. 21-22-23. The
Benton County Fair whose dates in
the past several years somewhat con-
flicted with the dates of the Stearns
County fair, have been set and the
dates this year are September 1913
1920.
The Stearns County fair dates have
been set for Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, Aug 25-26-27. Hereto
fore no admission fee has been
charged for entry day but admissions
will bee harged this year for entry
tday. The free attractions will work the
first or entry day, and Monday, the
first day, will be set aside for the free
admission of the children of school
age.
Horse racing with $4,000 purses
and added money will be the main at
traction on Tuesday and Wednesday
and very likely there will be baseball
on both Of these dates. Mayor Will
liam Parker was employed as official
starter for the races.
Mr.. Mccartney, former secretary
of the Todd County Fair, attended the
meeting and was called on for a few
remarks. He reviewed the work of
the county fairs of the state and
showed their Importance. He said
that most of the fairs had had several
bad years and were badly in debt, but
that he was confident that the county
fair must be maintained because
they more than paid for themselves
by improving agriculture and encour-
aging the developing of better live
stock in the state.
H.
The changing from four day fair
| fair to a three day fair was adopted
only after considerable discussion.
Past experience has proven that the
fourth day of the fair attracted a
small number of people. 1t was also
found out that many people attended
] the fair on entry day, looked over the
/ exhibits and did not come again when
an admission fee was charged.
President Schoenhoff and Secretary
Dubois are making heroic efforts to
bring the Stearns County AgricuI-
tural Society out of the slough of fl
nancial dependency and it is believed
that making it a three day fair and
charging an admission on entry day
will not materially lessen the total
receipts but will save considerable
sum on the operating expenses.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-20

out organization, year behind in its
rent, with limited equiprnf NJ and
then realize what has been accom-
plished by it's successor, tie Com
munity Club-the remodeling of the
second floor of the city hall and ad-
ding of new equipment ut an ex-
pense of approximate y $4,000 with
all bills paid and approximately
enough money on hand at. the present
time to pay the running expenses of
the club during the current year and
install billiard and pool table, it
demonstrates very clea;ly that Sank
Centre folks do things il 10 small
way when they get back of a propo-
sition in whole-hearted manner.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-20
WILL COACH WEST POINT

Captain John j McEwen, formerly
of Alexandria but a graduate. from
the Sank Centre high school, after
which he entered West Point, and
graduated with honors, has been as
signed by the War Department to be
head coach for the West Point foot
ball squad for 1924. Mr.. McEwen
made a wonderful showing with the
cadets last year and his re-appoint-
ment will be pleasurably noted by his
friends in this city.
Following the close of the football
season last yeaer Captain McEwen
was assigned to his regiment in Por-
to Rico. He will return to the states
and West Point about July LIST. Mrs.
McEwen is an Alexandria girl. The
McEwens have two children-a boy
and a girl.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-20
Germany Paper Money Is
Thrown Into Discard
Alfred kreuger, Sank Centre Man,
Receives Several Pieces of Re-
Gently Standardized Hard Money

Monday of this week Alfred Kreug-
err received several of the new stand
ardized coins from Germany. The
first one is so penny piece worth
121Ac in American money; there was
one of five and another one of ten,
each worth proportionately less. These
are made of brass. The hard money
in existence in Germany before the
war had German Eagle on the back.
The new coins have wheat heads in
stead. There are two copper pieces
one of two pennies, and one of one
penny. These coins have bundle
of wheat on the back. The financial
system of Germany has been recent
ly standardized and stabilized and
Mrs. Kreuger informs the Herald
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-20

expenditure has cost the light and
power commission slightly more than
they anticipated, but the result is
that the light system has been trans
ferred from tile streets to the al
leys, and tie large line loss which the
Commission suffered with the obso-
lete construction formerly used, has
been eliminated. Mr.. Brucker has
done a splendid job for Sank Centre
and the light commission are greatly
pleased with the work.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-20
DIED IN MINNEAPOLIS

j. A. Hylaman who entered the Uni
verslty hospital at Minneapolis four
weeks ago for treatment, passed
away Wednesday morning at 9:45.
'Ane deceased was about 60 years of
age and had been a resident of this
community for many years. The re-
mains were expected to arrive in
Sank Centre on the west-bound train
today, Thursday, at loo P. M. At
this writing Thursday noon funeral
arrangements have not been complet-
ed. Next weeks Herald will publish
the biographical sketch of the de-
ceased.