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Shoshone journal., 1924-01-25

I'm the best tablecloth," said the
tablecloth to the flowers.
Il hope you notice me
"Of course l haven't real flowers
but don't you think the linen flowers
have are quite lovely? If you look
carefully you will be able to tell that
have lily of the valley pattern.
IT'S handsome pattern, too"
VERY handsome" said the flowers.
And how beautifully you are done
up. You have been used before, haven't
you?'
on yes,' said the tablecloth. But
great care is taken about ironing the
best tablecloth. A new tablecloth is
100 stlff-it Is not cordial and it
doesn't show an ease of manner which
a best tablecloth does-one which has
been used but which Is Enthusiastically a
best one
Yes, a best tablecloth has ease of
manner and it is cordial. 1t shows If
is at a party. 1t hopes everyone else
VIII show that, too, and that no one
VIII spill upon it, though, of course,
best tablecloth must once in awhile be
ready to expect accidents.
But best tablecloth doesn't ec- |
cept spots in the same way as an old !
one does. An old one doesn't seem to
care. spot on a best tablecloth
looks as though it shouldn't be there
at all.
"Oh yes, it is ashamed of itself in
the presence of the best tablecloth
But you must see the other mem
Ders OF the family. A pride to the
tablecloth are these relatives"
Yes, we match the tablecIoth." the
napkins said. I'VE, too, have a hand
some lily of the valley pattern worked
out upon us. We are big and magnif-
cent-really party napkins"
Did you notice that we'd been mol.
ished and that we shine and look orr
best" inquired the silver CANDLE
STICKS. Were going to be lighted
that is, the candles within us are going
to be lighted"
And we're going to be used of
course, but we're all shined up in our
BEST said the silver pepper shakers
ana the silver salt cellars.
Some creatures have different
clothes for best and for every dav.v
he silver pepper shakers went on
'but we don't bother with all that
'ussing
rs would cause too much trouble
wed have to have boxes for our
lothes and trunks if we went away
nd we'd have to have wardrobes and
lothes' hangers.
besides what would silver pepper
hsn do dressed up in dress?'
I'VE can't possibly imagine" grinned
he flowers
III would never do" said the silver
epper shakers
NO. were good managers in that
ay-we don't have to fuss about
othes. We're bst polished for hest
nd we get little tarnished looking
hen were not dressed up"
were all dressed up in the same
ay' said the forks, and the spoons
lid: -'
Shoshone journal., 1924-01-25

$50 are we !"
"And so are
we" said the
knives.
"We're out for
the party" said
the h a n d so m g
china dinner set,
and the coffee
cups with the
butterfly handles
a % d the tan
glasses aIi said:
"SO are wei 50
are wei we alI
belong 10 file Dar
~ liable We 10.
Indeed
for there Ias
0DfU4 a. ID "a
Shoshone journal., 1924-01-25

There is nothing to a name Beg
ging may be more genteel if called
soliciting.
Shoshone journal., 1924-01-25
Explained

Pa, what's political dark horse -
Frequently, my son, it's candidate
who is willing to pony up"
Shoshone journal., 1924-01-25
DaddyyEve'1n!u!1,s ,
Fairy Ial!g,s,4 &
~nary Grahamas|ssa a|ssa
.,.,,.!Il bonner q .R. 81 Il X %l
THE PARTY TABLE

"We're going to be for party" said
the flowers as they nudged each other
Shoshone journal., 1924-01-25

Some doctors remind us of patience
sitting ON a monument because of the
monuments sitting on their patients.
Shoshone journal., 1924-01-25
TALES OF
THE OLD
FRONTIER
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON


t9. 1928. Western Newspaper Union.)
Evening star., 1924-12-22

stretch out to its full length toward
the hall. The right side of the body
hitting through, yields the inclfna-
ton to step forward. Since you
know the necessity of keeping the
feet well planted while the hit is
being made, you do not take this
step with the whole body, but you do
let the left hip shoot forward. This
may be pronounced that the right
foot will drag after, sliding on the
ground toward the left foot. The left
hip goes out into the direction line
because that is the natural inclina-
tiOn. II you do not let 1T go some
thing will have to give, and so usually
the head will come mp, (which Is
wrong.
Evening star., 1924-12-22
TWO RECORDS MADE
IN TENPlN TOURNEY

DETROIT. Mich, December "a
The Central States tenpin tourney has
ended here with two new high marks
written in the records.
Featuring the final bowling was the
1 1903 score of c. Frank and r. Owens
of Louisville. KY, 1t exceeding any
bowled in the tournament prior to
this year. However, the count gained
only second place in that Ernie Hart
mann and Walter Reppenhagen of
Detroit previously had rolled 1,419
The Central Recreation five of Erie,
Pa, won the team event with a score
of 3,067. The Erie team bowled con-
sistently throughout, gaining over
1000 in each of their three games.
Hartmann's score of 1872, bowled
with his partner, Reppenhagen, set
a new record in the tournament COM
petition and aided in placing him in
the lead of the all-events with 2,024,
another record for the tournament.
e. Kalschok Of Chicago took the
singles with 705.
Evening star., 1924-12-22
TY COBB
Remaker of Base Ball
The Dynamo
Comparing Cobb
Wagner and Lajoie-
Where Comparison Stops

and he does not make the wrong
play; and those are the standards
on which ball players judge the abil-
ity of ball players.
What Ruth Lacks.
Ruth pleases the eye: Cobb pleased
the mind and eye. Ruth lacks the
speed, the quick start, the lightning
like brain of Cobb. He lacks the
genius of imagination that Cobb has,
but he is more than a mere slugger
although of a type removed from
the Cobb type.
George Sisler. quick, fast and
supple. came probably nearer the
Cobb sta ndard of play than anyone
else. One reason is that Sisler made
Cobb his model and tried to copy
him as much as possible. Sisler is
one of the greatest batters that ever
lived. Had he escaped the injury to
his eyes 1t is quite likely that Sisler
would have outclassed Cobb as a
batter and would have outclassed him
by using the Cobb system at bat He
was a batter of exactly Cobb's type.
He had a quick start. although he did
not break as quickly as Cobb, but he
ran as fast. AS a fielder he played
strictly according to the Cobb style.
He lacked Cobbs imagination and the
fiery spirit of Cobb, but, as we have
explained. all other players lacked it
in the degree. that Cobb had It, Com
PARSONS with Cobb always stop when
1T comes to O. comparison of mental
activity and competitive spirit
Speaker was a much better fielder
than Cobb and not far behind him
in batting. Also, he was an exceed
ingly intelligent player, but he did
not compare with Cobb as a base
runner.
Collins, while excellent in all de-
partments and the best second base
man his league showed, fell short of
Cobb on attack. Jackson was a great
hitter and nothing else.
Copyright, 1924
Tomorrow: Chapter LI,-The Old
Evening star., 1924-12-22

dry reply, "of being a donb fool when
ye know yer out before ye start? Not
every man kin be a Jonah an git out
O. the whale"
Ewing could play third base, short
stop, second base and the outfield.
He could play the outfield well and
finished as an outfielder. He could
pitch well and did pitch in cham
pionship games. He was a big man,
yet as fast on his feet as a monkey
skimmlng treetops and could steal
bases as well as any of the high-class
base runners.
He was not as powerful a batter 8
Anson, but he was a hard line hitter,
with the ability to bat to right field
as well as left field, the same ability
that Anson had. and both were right
hand hitters. He was one of the few
batters who could place the ball when
he batted, and did place it.
He proved to be a fine leader and
carried the Giants through to two
pennants. BY winning them the New
York National League team acquired
that great reputation that It has held
most of the time since 1888 and 1889,
in both of which years he proved
that he was strategist who could
meet the keenest wits OF base ball in
those days.
Copyright. 1924
Next-NapOleOn Lajoie.
Evening star., 1924-12-22

There is no doubt that he was the
best catcher who ever stepped behind
home plate in any league. When
he was at the head Of the New York
National League club, which became
the Giants under his management. he
exhibited to those who were privi-
legged to see his game Of that day the
most mastery display of catching
that has been seen in the United
States, and a close second to him all
OF that period was Charles Bennett
OF Boston. In Boston they were in
clined to believe that Bennett was as
good as Ewing, but Bennett could
not throw to second base as well as
Ewing, and there never has been a
player who could excel Ewing in
throwing, perhaps none who has
equaled him.
He did not throw the ball to second
base in the accepted sense of the
term. There was no long, overland
motion, no round-arm effort to pro-
pei the ball. He seemed in some way
to reach out with his forearm and
hand the ball to the second baseman
or the shortstop. who stood on the
base and waited for the runner.
Once the owner of a team that was
playing against New York asked his
manager why he did not try to steal
second base more often against Ewing.
we never make a try" said the
owner. What's the USE" was the
Evening star., 1924-12-22

IL you travel in wet or heavy snow,
nothing will keep the snow from
clogging your shoes and sticking
around on the upper surfaces in large
chunks. Therefore in March, or dur
Ing the midwinter thaw, only small
snowshoes should be used-the small
est You can get, because you've SIM
ply got to lift that heavy, sticking
snow each step. and a large shoe will
Just naturally anchor you. Also,
heavy snow packs quickly, and 1t
doesn't take so much surface in
snowshoe to keep you from sinking
into 1t.
Shoes for wet snow should have
coarse meshes. because then the large
chunks of snow can drop through
more easily. But if the snow is fine
and hard, small meshes should be
used. since these will keep you from
sinking SO deep into the snow
and will permit the fine granu-
lated snow to sift through just as
well as the coarse meshes will.
The shape of the shoe depends on
the use you are to put them to. For
cross-country work, or lake travel,
the long. narrow shoe is best. while
1.-THE round bear paw shoe Is best for
manipulation in brush. With these
as standards it is easy to find a shoe
to fit your use.
1t is better to use leather snow
shoe harnesses than to use lampwick
or muslin, as the Indians and cruis-
ers do. The woodsmen who use
snowshoes as a matter Of course, tie
the thongs in the Fall and don't un-
tie them until Spring, getting their
feet in and out by a peculiar twist.
But for the average outdoorsman the
leather harness Is better. The best
thing about these is that they give
a fiat surface under the ball Of the
foot and at the base of the toes, while
the thongs leave bare the ridge
across this part of the foot, which
soon causes trouble for tender toes.
Even the woodsmen are falling for
wiles of civilization. Those who can
Evening star., 1924-12-22
TWO CLUBS TO BE ADDED
BY THE. CENTRAL LEAGUE

PITTSBURGH, December 22.-At a
meeting here of owners of six
franchises in the Central League, w.
t. Mccullough, of this city, was
elected president and announcement
Franchises now are held in Erie,
Johnstown, Altoona. Pa; Youngs-
town and Canton, Ohio, and Wheeling,
w. Va. A committee was appointed to
consider APPLICATIONS from Dayton,
Ohio; Springfield Ohio; Akron, Ohio /;
Fort Wayne; Ind. Parkersburg, w.
Va; Newcastle, Uniontown and
Washington, Pa.
Evening star., 1924-12-22
WITH BOWLERS
ODD FELLOWS LEAGUE.
Standing Of Teama,

AecOrdG.
High individual average-Harvills, F. d.
Stuart, 113-5.
High Individual game-Campben. Golden
Rule 14e.
High Individual set-werner, Mount Pleas
ant, $40.
High team game-Mt. Pleasant. $50
High team set-Mt. Pleasant, 1887
Greatest spares-Camphell Golden Rule So
Greatest strikes-EIas, Golden Rule Is
High nat game-Sampson. Amity, 95.
Eastern increased it's lead OF three
full games by virtue of a forfeit
Washington failed to put flve men on
the alley.
Fred ID. Stuart increased its stand
ing by taking the set from Bright
wood, while Amity won all three from
Harmony.
Federal City dropped the odd game
to Salem, the handicap defeating them
in the games they lost.
Golden Rule took a fall out Of
Mount Pleasant. taking two Of the
three games. Elias and Campbell of
the winners both rolled well, the
former having 344 and the latter $40
Evening star., 1924-12-22
SWIMMERS
TO INVADE GERMANY
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
MAGDEBURG, December 22.-Nego-c
tiations have been completed between
the Hellas Swimming Club of this
city and a number of American swim
mers of renown for series of
matches and exhibitions in German
cities, including Magdeburg, Berlin.
Hanover, Leipsig and Munich next
year.
Among the American athletes who
are to come to Germany are Johnny
Weissmueller. the world champion
SHELTON of Chicago, victor in the
Olympic games at Paris; Warren Kea-
loha, champion backstroke swim
mer, and possibly Al White. who
holds the jumping and diving record
1t Is generally assumed in German
sporting circles that the American
champions will combine the German
engagements with tour of Spain,
France. Holland. Czechoslovakia Aus
tria and Hungary.
Evening star., 1924-12-22
MARTIN IS WILLING
TO BOX ALL COMERS

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 22.-Eddie
(CannonbalD Martin of Brooklyn,
world bantamweight champion by
his victory over Abe Goldstein Friday
night, is ready to meet all comers,
according to his manager. and will
give the former title holder an early
opportunity to redeem the crown.
Martin earned about $1,000 for his
victory, while Goldstein received
nearly $4,000.
Youth has called upon age to. re-
tain championship. Stanley Harris
of Washington, youngest of major
league base ball managers, has forti-
veteran left-handers and now has
four. the quartet consisting of Vean
Gregg, Dutch" Ruether, Tom Zach
AIRY and George Mogridge. With
Walter Johnson Is the list for next
season. the youngsters will find pitch
ing opportunities few.
bobby Cruick.hank, New JERSEY
golf professional now teaming with
Johnny Farrell in Florida, expects to
participate in the British open next
year for the first time since he came
to America several years ago.
Two turf stars met death during the
past week, Fluvanna, one of the best
Miles ever owned by Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, died following an illness
contracted on the journey from PIN
leo track in Maryland to the Reid
Riley Farm, at White Post, Va. She
had won more than $4,000 and
might have added to her total had
an allowance of five pounds been
claimed in the Futurity, when she was
second to st. James. Rialto, regarded
as another Colin. in the Harry
Payne Payne Whitney stables, was
DESTROYED at Belmont Park after
long illness. Rialto had won nearly
$4,000.
Man-O'-War. favorfte of the late
August Belmont, was sold because
the major refused to let his interest
in horses take time from his duties
to the Government in time of war,
according to a close friend The
great colt never raced in the colors
or his breeder. but never a word of
regret came from the noted sports
man, although he followed the ca
reer of his beloved horse to the end.
The Los Angeles Tennis Club has
ouilt one of its new championship
courts of concrete. consisting of two
slabs. with the dividing line under
the net. The court is 130 feet long
and 80 feet wide. with wide runways
at sides and ends
Brooklyn. a team which kept the
Giants in hot water to the end of
the National League season this wear.
expects "Rube" Ehrhardt, a pitcher
from Florida, to fill the regular po-
sition made vacant by the sale of
Dutch" Reuther to Washington
Ehrhardt exhibited an experienced
delivery in his few starts in 1924,
but his speed is negligent and he
depends upon a slow curve.
Evening star., 1924-12-22

with eXertion. When 1 was out there
at first base l preferred licking the
best there was on the diamond to
any dollar that Chris Won Der Abe
had in the till.
Some people may say that is Dragging
and living in the past. but 1t isn't.
1t is living in the time when men
made base ball because they loved
base ball, and they played 1t with all
they had in them, knowing that they
would get their reward in the joy of
victory. or at least in the joy of
knowing they had given the best that
was In them.
They didn't run to the clubhouse
or to their hotels in those days and
talk about the size of the crowd.
They talked about the game. And
it's that spirit we want back on the
ball field.
In the old days the professionals
were more amateurs in spirit than
most of the amateurs are today. And
that's what we want in base ball,
more even than we want big stands
and fair weather"
Evening star., 1924-12-22

They beat me on it. They made it
the game of increasing prices, and
they took the democratic spirit out
of it. But they could not do it on
my grounds. 1t rules there today as
it has always ruled, the game of the
people. 1t was the boys around me
who made base ball. It's the old
fellows and their boys who are my
friends in base ball, and it's to the
spirit of them that l run my ball
club"
Comiskey leaned back in his chair.
and his lips snapped shut in the grim
way that used to make umpires say:
Let him alone when he gets that
way. He'll not abuse you, but he'll
be after having the last word. and it
will be plenty"
What has it done to the players"
he resumed, emphasizing every word.
I'll tell you what it has done: 1t has
taken the fight out of them and made
them think of the dollar when they
should have been thinking of the
game. When l was a ball player we
fought ourselves down to the ground
Evening star., 1924-12-22
27 YOUNG RACE HORSES
PURCHASED BY SINCLAIR

NEW YORK. December 22.-Harry
F. Sinclair, owner of the Rancocas
stable, has purchased 81 thorough
bred foals Of 1928 from Harry Payne
Whitney for racing purposes next
season.
The youngsters, which will race as
Juveniles in most of the leading
stakes for 2-year- r-olds in 1925, include
IL colts and Is f1llies, bred at the
Whitney farms in New Jersey and
Kentucky.
They are largely the get of such
noted stock as Thunderer. Johren and
Whisk Broom III, although Chicle
Broomstick, Peter Pan, Pennant and
All Gold are also represented.
Evening star., 1924-12-22
GREAT FIELD WILL RUN
IN INTERNATIONAL RACE

NEW YORK, December 22-One Of
the greatest International fields Of
distance runners that ever competed
indoors VIII appear in the special
mile race featuring the Finnish
american Athletic Club games at
Madison Square Garden January 6,
Paavo Nurmi and Willie Ritola, chief
Factors in Finland's cleanup Of the
olympic distance events, Will have
rival compatriot in Lewendahl, who
recently came to this country The
American group Is headed by Joie
Ray, veteran former mile champion,
and also includes Lloyd Hahn Of the
Boston A. A, Walter Higgins Of the
New York A. c., Jimmy Connolly
former intercollegiate mile cham
pion, and Leo Larrivee, Holy Cross
star.
Evening star., 1924-12-22
SKI, HIS WIFE AND HER
BROTHER ARE ARRESTED

MEMPHIS, Tenn, December 22.--
Battling Sikh. the Sengalese pugilist.
his wife. and her brother, were ar
rested Saturday night after a dis
turbance in a fashionable subur ban
restaurant here.
Upon being informed that the res
taurant was exclusively for white
persons, Sikh and his party were said
to have protested vigorously
Charges of drunk and disorderly
conduct were placed against the
three.
Sikh spent the night in the city
jail.
Evening star., 1924-12-22
TWO BRITONS WHO WON
AT 0LYMPICS TO QUIT

BE the Associated Press.
LONDON, December 22.-H. NJ Abra
hams and Eric Lidden, the winners
of the 100-meter and 4Oo-meter
races at the Olympic games in Paris
this year, have definitely retired from
the track, according to authoritative
sporting sources
Abrahams' work at the bar prevents
him from doing the necessary train
ing for sprint work and Idddeu has
decided to go out to China next
spring to teach in missionary
school, It is said
Evening star., 1924-12-22
Hurting Came Says Comkey: Bantam Title Fight Deci
KELLY, RECRUIT PITCHER,
SIGNS GRIFF CONTRACT

Another National has arranged
to draw his paw from the world
champions this year. President
Clark Griffth this morning re-
ceived the signed contract Of
Harry Kelly. pitching recruit OBJ
talned from Memphis of the South
ern AssOciat ton.
Kelly. who IL wintering mt his
home, In Parkin, Ark, is n right
handed hurIer, not no tall, hut with
weight a-pIenty. The youngnter
had n record OF IA wins and
lOsses with the Chicks during the
past season,
Evening star., 1924-12-22
GROH TO RETAIN JOB.

NEW YORK. December 22.-Heinie
Groh. veteran third baseman, will be
at his accustomed position when the
Giants take the field for the pennant
race next Spring, Manager John
McGraw has announced. Groh was
forced out OF action in the World
Series with Washington and was re-
placed by the 1s-year- Freddie
Lindstrom, who played sensational
ball.
Evening star., 1924-12-22

On the other hand YOU will hear
1t said that any champion who is
real champion ought not to fear his
ability to make his superiority clear
over any opponent.
That was a good argument in the
old days when champions were
champions. But in these DAYS a world
championship may be won after IS
rounds of powder puff hitting, Just Is
martin won, and SO it is no wonder
these modern titleholders are leary
OF almost any good boy they are
asked to meet
Martin will probably lose his title
soon. AS the writer pointed out some
time ago, he is muscle bound and is
not a knockout hitter Goldstein
wants a return match, and IL he gets
one IT will be an even bet he turns
the tables on his conQueror.
Evening star., 1924-12-22

Roy Whitfords Giants threw a big
surprise when they trounced the lead
ing Bucks in two Of their games,
losing the other by a one-pin margin.
McCarty piloted his Reds to a clean
sweep over the Pirates, using them as
stepping stone into a tie for second
honors with the Giants.
battle royal between the cellar
champions, resulted in a win for the
Yanks over the Dodgers, in two of the
three.
There is a difference of only five
points between the first four teams
in team average.
Johnnie Holbrook turned in a game
of 133, in his first effort. which, coup
led with Miller's set of 329 and Nc
Carthy's consistent shooting, netted
the Reds 1,545. Their first game Of
567 was within two pins of the high
game record.
Last weeks winners of prizes were:
Glass A, Roberts, ia; Glass B, j. Hol-
brook, 1873; Glass c, Miller, 100; Glass
D, Rightstine, 109.
The next scheduled games will be
January 6.
Evening star., 1924-12-22
BALTIMORE SOCCERISTS
DEFEAT EMBASSY TEAM

British Embassy's string of VIC
tories was broken yesterday when the
local soccer eleven fell before the
Hampden team of Baltimore in a 3-to-o
engagement.
Although they fought every inch
OF the way. the Embassy combna-
tion could not penetrate its foes ter
ritory to any extent. ]. Burton of
the local team played well, as did
Tuner Of the victors.
Evening star., 1924-12-22

tanned by placing ice on oysters after
they have been removed from the
shell which is often seen when pur-
chasing oysters.
Oysters should be treated in the
anne manner as a freezer of ice
cream-that is, they should be put
into clean container and surround
ed by crushed ice to keep them from
spelling. 1t Is strange but true that
the average person when purchasing
oysters would rather have a big fat
oyster without any flavor than
smaller oyster with all its natural
saline fluids in the tissues
Evening star., 1924-12-22
COLDSTEIN LOSES CROWN
BY CLOSEST OF MARGINS
Martin Given Honor i'm Bout in Which On;n;on w.s
About Divided-Many Thought Loser Should
Have Received at Least Draw.
BY FAIR PLAY.

EW YORK, December 22Tey talking about tbe decision
that Eddie Cannon BALD Martin odn in
IS
When all said and done,
lose his tile fight in which opinion v
divided judges
have received at a ~ '' "'fuei s'ouu
1t wonder
referees with them, N
Evening star., 1924-12-22

inclination should
be TO take n step
forward. since the
swing should pro-
ducc about the
same effect a
taking a natural
> { ep backward,
then a step for
SvBrd. Ii liz about
the same rh ythm
as n natural step.
This inclination
to step forward
will be noticeable
if the pI aye
keeps the right
elbow close to his
side in the for
ward swing and
lets his left arm