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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06

Boyl Boy!-you just
want to get out and throw a
leg over the saddle and zip
all over the world-and
back again!
And step on it getting to
the store for Ma and do a
lot of errands for the folks
just so you're outdoors
where the gang is
Putting a bunch of
strength in your body and
tan on your skin and fresh
air in your lungs and steel
in your muscles and
Shucks! Don't think Dad
don't know what a he-boy
bicycling makes you. He's
just waitin' for you to tell
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
RACE HORSES SENT
TO SCHOOL EVERY
DAY AT SARATOGA

SARATOGA. y. y, Sept This
Is = great country for education. We
even send horses 10 su"yl. Mari
Cassidy Is the man who dos il. Ir.
Cassidy has been starting Aorsr races
since Hercules cleaned out the AuEcaH
Stables. which is a long time meas
ured IN either direction. II any Of
the gallopers show bad manners At
the barrier, refuse TO break. kick their
ncighbOrs or otherwise misbchavcr Nj
1oeci1, uaezGe sentence
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
The Days of Real Sport

Wowie! bicycle of your own--just sttn' pretty to
join the feers and hit out for the green fields the woods
the ole swimmin' hole and forty-even more places!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
YOUNG BELL
lMPRESSES
/ CHAMP
White and Thalheimer Also
Win Tennis Wizards
Praise.

Berkeley Bell, a young man from
Austin, Texas, may bring a major teu
mis- championship some day TO tn
Lone Star State"
Those are the words Of no less
tennis parsonage than the present
champion of them all, William IIlden
ii. of Philadelphia.
Tilden was discussing his lmpres
sions of the midwestern summer tour
naments when he said that.
he saw Bell, well-known TO SaT
Antonians and a frequent player On
courts here, in several tournaments
through the Midwest, and he was
much impressed with the youngster
game that carried Bell to the nnals
in the Missouri Valley and ILLINOIS
state meets, made him a semi-flnallst
in the big national junior champion
ship and gave him the Michigan state
championships in senior and junior
singles, besides many honors IN
doubles.
MAY BE CHAMPION
IF young Bell can build up what
impresses one as rather delicate
physique to the ruggedness required
of constant championship play Iexas
may some day have a real champion
in this boy" Tilden said.
"Along these lines, j would IKE 70
say that the talent which has come
from the Lone Star State during the
summer OF 1925 IA very good ana
not only may a singles title-holder De
produced in Texas before many years
but i look for the doubles -comblna-
tiop Of Lewis White and Louis Thai
heimer. which won the national inter
collegiate honors in 1924, tn figure in
A couple of years for the highest
United States ranking in this depart
ment of the game. These boys PLAY
remarkable team tennis, as many pow.
erful teams which have fallen before
them can testify, including the WIN
bledon champions from France, Boro-
ira and LaCoste."
BEST ROUNDED GAME
Getting back TO Bell. Tilden believes
the Austin lad has the best rounded
game of any junior player. OUTSIDE q
Cranston Holman, just reaching senior
age. whom he saw this summer. tie
docs not exclude Sandy Wiener, MS
own protege.
Bell is chop-stroke expert and
uses good judgment on the courts m
the use Of this deceptive brand OF
streking. He has speed galore. when
he needs il. which is surprising IN
one who seems 50 slight Of build. HIS
backhand is good.
His endurance is also a surpHce
10 most critics, and be has worn down
many muscular stars who seem 20
have it on him physically.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
TEXAN WITH ILLINI.

The Lone Star State will be repre-
scented on the University of Illinois
football squad bu H. E. Wertz, 300
pound line candidate. He is from
Denison, Texas.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
SULLIVAN GETS CREDIT

81 LII v nv uElO NhLDll
To James Sullivan, business man
ager of athletics, goes the credit for
jealous attention TO the equipment
side of the athletic program that will
mean so much to the comfort and sue
cess of the Maroon and White team
this year. No landscape gardener ever
worked with a prOject more earnestly
than Mr.. Sullivan has devoted himself
10 the turtle-backed gridiron on Kyle
field. Last year the ground was tile
drained and several carloads of dirt
put OH it to give the most desirable
contour. This year Mr.. Sullivan had
the single objective of making the
Bermuda grass blanket the surface II
a dense mat of soft verdancy and he
has succeeded. There is not a spot
on the field which is not covered BY n
two-inch cushion Of Bermuda. The
smooth-rOllinS spot Of verdure. bound
ed By the white fence and rising into
the receding grandStands with their
fresh black and white painted columns
and scat rows. with the enormous red
brick gymnasium in the background Is
an impressive spectacle TO one who is
not immune TO the thrill of a game
and its setting.
All that is lacking now to COM
plete the scene and make it a perfect
vision of college athletics in its most
triumphant phase is the presence OF
the uniformed men, crouching in col
umns or racing in pursuit Of the ball
or opponent. the humping sound OF
the ball against a swiftly-moying foot
and the long graceful floating Of the
oval through the air, the crisp. snap
ping sound of signals. the mild rebuke
or terse, vibrant orders of the coaches.
These scenes will be added next
Thursday, September 10, when the
SO men on whom Coach Bible is plac-
ing the great confidence of giving a.
and N. its highest place in the South
west Athletic Conference competition
arrive.
s. A. MEN INCLUDED.
These men are as follows: d. G..
Arnold. Del Rio: II. II. Berry, Paris;
". c. Bethea. Bryan W. II. Beutel,
Houston: ]. 6. Burney, Big Springs;
John BraseltOn. COrsicana; A. T..
Bryant. Mezia; +. COlgin, Gatesyille {;
G. G. Curry. Bay City; 2. c. Gala
way, ltSkca W. II. CARPENTER Su-
dan y. J. Dansby, Bryan; l.. g..
Dieterich. Dallas; J. A. Deffcnback,
Fort Worth; {. A. Dickey. Cleburnc :;
r. L. Edgar, CIeburne; II. W. Eitt,
San Antonio; J. c. Fleming, Dublin {;
F.. +. Figari, Galveston: X. II. Gay.
Moscow: G. J. Grun. Yorktown; IL.
A. HilIin, Mt. Calm; G.. L. Hart, Bre-
mond; o. ]. Hunt, league; Barlow
irwin. San Antonio; TarO Kishi,
Terry; S. N. Kyle, PecoS; W. /.
Kuykendall, Terrell; W. S. Lister,
Livingston r. +. Lanham, San An
tonic; ]. Matthews. Durant, Okla.
c. A. Miller, Coleman; J. u. Nc
CURE. Austin; II. D. McCOnaughey,
Houston: W. J. Ochterbcck, st.
Louis, No. ?. ". Price. Honey
Grove; ]. a. Rektorik, Violet; {. ID.
Speed. C0rsicana; \. c. Sprott. Liy-
ingston: J. V. Skies, Leonard; II. W.
Townsend, Del RIO; r. +. Turner,
Bryan: S. Utay, Dallas Z. 4. Vance,
Tcxarkana: G. D. Watts, Austin /;
Fay Wilson, Honey Grove; W. v.
Woodman. Austin; II. S. Woodland.
Cordclc: II. J.. Wyiie, Dallas; J. ID.
Wyman. Cleburhe; W. ID. Willis
Dallas: J. Y. Franklin, Greenville;
=. Younger. Killecn.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
AGG|ES ST AR I
DRILL NEXT
THURSDAY
Irwin, Eitt and Lanham Of
San Antonio on
Farmer Squad.

COLLEGE STATION, Tex, Sept.
5.-The Aggie coaching staff is on
duty, the equipment storerOoms are
filled with $4,000 worth of the best
athletic clothing, the playing fields
are in condition that compares with
any other field in the South. The call
has been sent out to 81 veteran play
ers TO return on September 10, two
weeks before the opening OF the fall
term. Under these conditions the
prospects are bright and encouraging
for the success of A. & NJ. College
athlctically this coming year.
Never before has an A. & NJ. team
had the opportunity of acquiring foot
ball skill, and practicing it, that the
1925 team will have. With the en-
ployment of Chief" Bender, Nebraska
coaching and playing star, to direct
the freshman training and with Coach
Claude Rothgcb TO devote his exclu-
sive attention 10 the coaching of the
line division OF the varsity teams,
Coach Bible will be able TO give the
utmost care in the choosing of his
men, in surveying and comparing the
work and dcvOting individual atten-
ton to them in their preliminary
training period. With the opening of
the new gymnasium with its luxurious
equipment of dressing rooms, showers,
lockers and numerous other facilities
not before accessible to A. & NJ. foot
ball players and the betterment OF
every kind of equipment used by the
men, not another team in the South
will have a better advantage for sue
cessful competition than the Aggics.
The gymnasium was opened too late
for the football men TO use its mod
eTn facilities last year.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06

The Grand Prize Of Paris, the
worlds finest cycling classic, was
run on June % and July 4 and ).
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03
Under the Hose
by Hal Cochran

Come on, all you kidlets. got un-
der tho hose. for tho waters real
cooling today. The calls always an.
swored. for every kid knows Of tho
fun when he runs through a spray.
From husky young brother 20 weo
little sis, every hose IS tempting
affair A treat that no youngsters
will willingly miss Is a soalSln' from
feet 10 their hair.
They'll get MONS permission and
put on old clothes. then run for tho
back yard, pell.mell. The gleos run.
min high as the thrill OF IL grows
and the voices shout, "isn't IL swell?"
First Paulie squirts Mary, then
Mary squirts Paul and. while splash.
ing, they giggle and grin. Then
mother, in time. puts n stop 70 #
all by announcing It's time 10 como
in.
TITS true that the little folks
gladly will scrub when they play
in the hose sprays, but then, when.
ever it's time for n bath in tho tub
well, that's something quite diff
ferent again.
Copyright, 1925. NEA Service, 1nq)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03
Outline of Evolution

support bell.bottomed trousers and
creased hair.
Anyway, the original blob must
have been a very lowly and unsus.
petcing sort Of thing that drifted
around in shallow water with moth.
ing to do and an eternity TO do It in
II couldn't think. eat or drink-but,
then. maybe that was just as wen
as otherwise somebody would have
wanted to do it's thinking for it and
regulate its drinking,
This original ancestor is often
compared to the amoeba-a prosaic
sort of creature thai wraps itself
around its food and splits in two
occasionally when inspired by the
desire for a larger family. When
an amoeba says it is "all broken
up" you can be sure that the stork
has been doing a good business.
You have now been introduced TO
your first relations-very poor rela.
lions and very unattractive relations
which is proof positive that they
are genuine.
(TomorrOw-The Origin of Trouble)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03

members of the Beech Grove town
council who proposed to go into
the transportation business pos
sessed a benumbed sense of pro-
priety. Certainly as councilmen
they would be inclined to leu-
inency in regulating themselves as
bus operators.
But what has that got to do with
determination of convenience and
necessity of a projected bus line
between Indianapolis and Beech
Grove?
If there was illegality and inn
propriety in the councilmen play
ing dual roles the courts and
citizens of Beech Grove could
easily settle the question without
assistance of tn public service
commission. The litter body, in
granting or denying authority to
establish a new bus line, should
base its decision on transportation
needs and public convenience not
on the physiognomy or state of
grace of the applicants.
Truly the public service COM
mission is making the "conven-
fence and necessity" clause of the
bus regulatory act jump through
hoops and perform acrobatic feats
at the crack of it's whip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03
The Florida Bug

FE7t HE Florida bug has bitten Indiana to
such an extent that it has caused an cpl
demic of rather dangerous kind of hysterla.
Literally thousands of persons are leaving the
State in search Of something for nothing IN
the land of oranges and real estate specula-
tors Railroads have put extra coaches on
trains going south and the roads are crowded
with automobiles.
We don't know how other States have
been affected, but the situation has become
real problem in Indiana. Storage house pro-
prietors report that their buildings are
damned with furniture of families who have
suddenly decided to go south and try to beat
the game in Florida.
The Florida exodus has become literally
cold rush And, as in the case of all gold
rushes, the vast majority of persons who leave
their homes and take a chance on making
money are disappointed Thousands limp
home after every rush poorer but wiser
The Florida boom, like all such booms, is
artificial Every one involved, who is honest
about it, admits that it will not last. The only
dispute is over the question of when the end
will come and the predictions in regard to the
duration Of the boom are surprisingly short.
Cheap excursions are frequently being run
from indianapolis to Florida points They are
run for profit. Real estate dealers are not in
the game for their health They expect to
make profit from YOU, else they would not
invite you to Florida.
Florida is full Of real estate sharks. A
boom such as the State is experiencing at
teacts them. Many Of the, spectators and
agents Of course are in the game for legiti-
mate profit Many others merely are looking
FOR suckers But remember this ALL of
them are in the game for the money they can
get out OF it and SOMEBODY has to produce
the money.
It is just like any other gambe-EVERY-
BODY can't win. Somebody must lose Who
do you think is most likely to lose, the dealer
and Spectator who has been in on the ground
floor since the boom started and who knows
all the tricks of the trade, or the man from
Indiana or elsewhere who suddenly takes no.
Zion to go to Florida and attempt to make a
pile? The answer is easy.
Stay in Indiana and make a sure income
from your business or your job. You will be
better off in the long run.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03
By David Dietz

"A
N animal no bigger than a
IA large insect. He's to be
EG found on most farms and in
many large gardens.
Because of his size, he usually es-
capes attention. Farmers finding
him in trap usually call him a
baby mouse.
But he's a full grown creature.
His scientific name is Sorex Person
atus. His ordinary name is the long
tailed shrew
AS rule, his body is about three
inches long, his tail one inch.
The shrew is Of particular interest
to the pioneers on the frontier Of
science who are engaged in investi-
eating evolution.
They believe that the shrew more
nearly than any other animal alive
today resembles the first mammal to
appear on earth.
Some ten million years ago, the
great reptiles, the dinosaurs, ruled
the earth. Some of the dinosaurs
reached a length of 100 feet.
About this time, scientists believe,
the first mammals made their ap-
pearance.
They were only two on three
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03
EARLIEST MAMMALS WE'RE
ONLY THREE INCHES LONG

inches in length-much like the little
shrew of today.
But conditions on earth changed.
The mighty dinosaurs died out. And
the little mammals thrived until
they in turn ruled the earth.
RI TTEMPTS to produce gold by
TAI synthetic methods are going
III on in three nations.
Professor Miethe of the Photo.
chemical Department of the Berlin
Technical High School, Professor
Nagaoka Of the Tokyo Imperial Uni
versity and Professor II. II. Sheldon
of New York University are all en-
gagged upon the problem.
Their method is to send heavy
electric currents through mercury
vapor. The current, they believe,
knocks electrons out of the nuclei
of some Of the atoms of mercury,
turning them into gold.
So far, the method has no COM
mercial value. 1t is believed that
microscopic amounts of gold have
been produced at a cost of more than
100 times the value of the gold.
It is interesting, however, to see
science at last beginning to realize
the age-old dream of the alchemist
of turning base" metals into gold
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03

cussed Norma Shearer, Lilyan fash
man, Ann Pennington and others.
Here is a cast that is not to be
sneezed at. And 1 am sure that you
will agree that Zasu Pitts has the
right to be considered seriously. OF
course, Tom Moore is always all
right. Sure.
The use of colored scenes help to
give added interest and even speed
to this movie. Here is a picture
that has the right to make a bid
for favor
And there are a lot of laughs
mixed up in the more serious scenes.
1t, really is Zasu Pitts who makes
this picture.
Bill includes Ruth Noller at the
organ, Charlie Davis and his or
chestra playing popular hit, and
cmeGy, the Spats in 1.-THE Royal
Four-Flush."
At the Ohio all week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03
DANCING LEGS FILMED .
IN PRETTY LADIES"

The talk Of the town this week
probably will be conferred upon a
pair Of legs. Probably should say
limbs" But legs they are and they
have made the owner famous.
The owner in this case is Ann Pen
nington who has been in a bunch of
Follies.
The filming of her dancing ap-
Ladies'" These dancing scenes of
a great musical revue are done in
colors Really beautiful and most
effective.
And yet it is Zasu Pitts who really
makes Pretty Ladies" a movie that
is really different. Zasu is cast as
the comic or clown of The Follies.
She gets the laughs when on the
stage and the "air" when off.
She plays this sad role Of clown
who isn't a pretty LADY, The swell
looking danes ofthe Follies are the
ones who are supposed to land their
Johns, not the clown.
The only one left for the comic
was the drummer of the orchestra
(Hom Moorc.) The comic puts over
one of his songs and makes him
famous. But the comic doesn't in
spire him to love until by com
parison with the pretty ladies' that
he sees how really beautiful and fine
the clown really is.
Miss Pitts has a great opportunity
for heart work and she does it con
vincingly. 1t is said that in every
great clown the pathos and under
standing Of life is even greater than
the fun
The cast includes the greatly dis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03
RIGHT HERE
IN INDIANA
BY GAYLORD NELSON

dianapolis a good place in which
to live-better than California
cities where, according to the press
agents, no one dies a natural
death, because of the salubrious
climate.
Self-destruction is most frequent
in periods of economic depression.
Consequently the decline in Indi-
annapolis suicides perhaps indicates
as do all other signs-that the
city is enjoying a touch Of pros
perity.
But prosperity. isn't the great
est deterrent TO suicide. Nearly
every one, at some time, when par
ticularly harassed, wonders If life
is worth the struggle. They
might be disposed to end it all with
a shotgun or a piece of rope if it
wasn't for the uncertainty of what
lies beyond and the irrevocability
Of the deed
This uncertainty restraints them.
Even those who partially commit
suicide are usually mighty glad
to get back to this more or less
unsa tisfactory world.
The Elysian fields beyond the
River Styx may be much nicer
than the pavements of Indian
apolis. But present psyshic COM
munications with those who have
passed over are too vague to be
reassuing. Anyway, one need not
be in a hurry to cross over by
suicide or otherwise. In the nat
uraI course Of events he will have
plenty Of time on the other side for
all practical purposes. He will
have all eternity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03
WHERE DID
THEY GET IT?

N the corner stone of a new
office building, under con-
IL struction at Browntown
Qnd.) was placed the other day a
pint Of white mule whisky along
with other suitable mementoes Of
the period. The corner stone was
laid with appropriate ceremonies
in the customary manner.
No doubt the preservation of
this bottle Of chain lightning with
the other hallowed relics in the
corner stone was a happy thought.
The act makes a subtle sentimental
appeal to the average citizen.
But where did they get the
liquor to preserve thus2
Selling, bartering, giving away,
or mere possession of alcoholic
beverages in any quantity is now
unlawful in Indiana. Somebody
badly sprained the bone-dry law
to make that particular corner
stone laying a success.
Recently the sheriff of Marion
County poured honest-to-g goodness
liquor worth $4,000 down the jail
sewer. Has a pint of moonshine
in corner stone any better legal
right to live than that lot of i'm
ported, pedigreed booze?
The Wright bone-dry law may
be the greatest legal stride since
the PRONUNCIATION of the Ten Com
mandments. To be effective, how
ever. it must be enforced i'm
partially. Officers kick in private
cupboards in search Of a skulking
alcoholic swallow. Why don't they
pry out and confiscate corner
stones containing moonshine?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-03

these Is, 1896 were pretty we'll satisfied with
the American Government, for Coolidge s
promise to them was that he wouldn't change
anything.
It would seem to follow then that all Of
these Is, 748,356 citizens should be willing, if
not glad, to pay little something for the sup
port Of this Government. In proportion to the
amount of material benefit each receives, he
ought cheerfully to accept taxation. In the
case of some, a dime might cover it. In the
case Of others, possibly million dollars
Practically, of course, income tax machin-
cry engaged in collecting dimes would cost
more than it could collect. But we think the
theory is sound. Every American citizen
should pay something for the upkeep of his
Government, if he is able to do so. He should
not want somebody else to pay it for him. So
it is hard to sympathize' with the suggestion
that has been made that all incomes below
$4,000 be exempted from income tax and with
other suggestions Of similar nature.
If the time has come when all the revenue
needed by the Government can be obtained
without imposing the present high surtaxes on
large incomes, those high surfaces should be
reduced. The question of how much they
should be reduced is for experts to determine.
The taxpayers can only determine the grounds
on which the reduction shall or shall not be
made. A lot Of false grounds have been Of
fered. Secretary Mellon has solemnly argued
that more money will be obtained from the
rich, if their taxes are made lower. 1t is hard
to make that argument hold water. There is
just one good reason advanced for reduction
and that is that the Government doesn' need
the money.
Analysing that reason, it is yet to be
shown that there remains any necessity for
various wartime taxes-such as the per cent
tax on automobiles, for example Shouldn It
they be dropped first, if the Government
doesn't need the money?
Income tax is the fairest tax that is i'm
posed on the American people, The inco1uo
taxpayer knows what he pays. The tariff
payer-the ultimate consumer of tariff pro-
tected goods-never knows what he is, paying,
although he learns every time he investigates
the subject that the additional cost Of the
goods always greatly exceeds the amount of
the tariff.
If every citizen, including the 100000
who voted for Davis and the 4,700,000 who vot-
ed for La Toilette, were paying direct tax
for the Government S upkeep, each in proper
ton to his benefit from the scheme of things as
they are, lot of hidden taxes (tariff made
Drot1tS for inStanca1 oou1d he xui,,ad o7+ Aud
the small taxpayers would be lot better off,