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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-09-01

Now some brainy American with an eye to
honors suggest that King George should now
make Gertrude Ederle the Lady Of the Bath.
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If any mother in Minnesota has read what
About Sally thus far and not felt keen desire
to use slipper on portion of Sally's anatomy
WE'LL if such mother lves she is the super-wo-
man. At least she has super self-control.
TT
John Helds Marcy says Extravaganza is
the best teacher" For Margery has inject
ed real grain of common sense into her CONVEX
sation. Extravaganza has certainly taught some
of us the heck Of lot. And its likely to teach
us some more if we keep on giving it good
chance.
farm home near Springfield was robbed on
la Saturday night recently of seventy-fve quarts
Of canned fruits and vegetables, four gallons of
home made lard and four loaves of bread. We
have wish to condone thievery but we rather
guess that we, too, might lose what little honesty
we possess if we ever found ourself in a cellar
Istocked like that.
One in a while, when reading the papers,
one comes across something funny-even if it
ISM meant 60 De so. or instance the Salt Lake
Tribune recently had this heading victim of
Stray Shot Dies; May Prefer Charges" And a
New York paper had the following church anT
nouncement: Sunday, July 25th. No service.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into
his courts with praise, Psalm 10:4." That clergy
man certainly had pretty definite idea as to
how his congregation would spend the day off.
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Don't waste any sympathy on the man who
mailed you the three neckties, just because the
picture of him on the corner of the envelope show
ed him to be blind Has it occurred to you that
a blind man with sufficient funds to finance the
scheme of mailing thousands and thousands of
neckties would hardly be in such financial straits
as to need your sympathy !? Besides, it seems
he is otherwise not entirely worthy. j. p Hauck
of Wood Lake had the good sense to write to the
Chief of Police of st. Louis. The Chief wrote
back that he knew Pawnee Bill all right and knew
him as man of questionable character whose
little playmates are mostly in ST. Louis under
world.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-09-01
THE FIRST DAY IN SCHOOL
DIR. Roy L. Smith
A million mother-hearts are hes

A million mother-hearts are heavy in
America today for a million babies started
to school this morning. Mothers knew
that when they went into the schoolrooms
that they would never come back-boys and
girls will come home in place of the babies
that went.
The first day at school is the first great
day of any mans life.
On that day he moves out of the alb
solute monarchy in which he has been reign
ing from high chair throne, into world
where other young monarchs are also con-
tending for leadership.
The school grounds teach him more
than the school room does during those first
few months.
It is on the school grounds that he
learns his first lessons in democracy, in
the art of asserting and accepting leader
ship.
1t is there that his ego gets its first
experience Of deflation. He learns that he
must combat other wills as imperious as
his own. He learns to take knocks and
give them without the sheltering refuge of
mother-skirts behind which to hide. He
learns that there are better ways of get
ting ones way than by resorting to force.
He learns that he rises or falls on the
basis of his own merit for little children
know no distinctions of wealth or class;
the accident of birth means nothing to
them.
If he plays he must be part of a game
in which others share and this means he
I must cooperate. He must learn to march
1 in the ranks and take orders. In fact,
/ there is little that citizenship demands that
/ is not taught on the school grounds by the
I rough and ready fashion of boys and girls.
So, while we sympathize with the moth
ers whose tears are not far away today,
let us congratulate them.
They took babies away from you
I those school teachers debut they will
/ send boys and girls home to you. This is
I the way of life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-09-01
SMALL TOWN TALK

Among the poor whom we have always with
us are the poor cooks, the poor simps, the poor
fish and the poor drivers.
+ + +
Manford Evans of the Sherburn Advance
Standard suggests that there should be an "open
season" for the farmers friends, believing that
if the farmer could get rid of all those helping
hands each reached out toward him, his prob
lens would be solved to large extent!
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Women used to like to go bareheaded. But
the men copied that style there is nothing left
for the women but to adopt the former mascu-
line felt hat-and everybody's doing it. There
sexes:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-09-01
Historical Pageant
At Morton Sept. End

The Village Of Morton will stage
a huge Historical Pageant commem-
Grating the sixty-fourth anniversary
of the Battle of Birch Cooley, Thurs
day, September End. The pageant
will take place one and one-half miles
northeast Of Morton in beautiful
Birch Cooley and promises to be one
of the biggest Historical events ever
staged by Renville County.
An interesting program has been
arranged including Governor Theo-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-09-01

dore Christian, who will be the speak
er of the day. There will also be an
Indian Pow Pow, Band Concerts day
and night, a Grand Display of Fire
works and many other interesting
numbers in memory of one of the most
historic communities in the state.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-09-01

Judge Olsen used good common
sense in constituting the constitution as
he did. 1t can hardly be contended
that the people intended to exempt
from taxation business property be-
longing to the church. Springfield
Advance.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
GAME IS NOT PLAYED
Manchester Management Notifies South Church at Last Minute That Contest Was on.

The scheduled senior county "Y' league game between the south church and the Manchester Hi-Y club scheduled for last night was not played. the local management finding out at the last minute that the Manchester team had not sc cured a floor. The teams across ing with tho rest of the league in playing off the games, and tho teams in this section of tho circuit feel that something should be done to stir them up. The arrangement between the South church and Man chester was that inc locals were to go to th" Silk City if they did not receive notice otherwise, but no word was forthcoming, and il was far past the 24-bour limit, set for postponomonts when Manager Par kcr called Manager Coe and was told there would he no game. Tn" church team may claim q forfeit and is taking 'h" matter up with the County "Y' office.
 Tonight the South church will play a postponed game here, the Mapping r. N. C. \. toam coming 10 this city 10 meet the locals at the Boys club. Neither team has yet been defeated. the church hay ing swamped Krnsington and nosrd out rlalnyille and Wapping, having barely defeated '-unchcStor hy d single point, so that q good game is o'clock. and Ray Anderson will, referee.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
FANS WARNED NOT
 TO THROW. THINGS
Boston Bruins Official Asks
 Spectators to Hold Selves

Boston, Dec. 29 Rl-"If you must throw anything during your excite ment, try a back somersault.
 Such is the admonition addressed to loyal. but overexuberant hockey fans" by Charles F. Adams, presi- dent of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey league as a result of player official-spectator fracas in the arena here last week during a game between the St. Pats of Tor onto and the Bruins.
 During an argument between play CTS and officials over a disallowed Boston goal, the gallery got into the mixup by hurling paper, candy, eggs and pennies onto the ice. As me mentoes of the affair the St. Pats took home with them 63 pennies, one hard boiled egg and a monkey wrench. the latter intended by some irate fans for the head of Manager Querrie of the St Pats.
 Last night when the fans filed into the arena for the New York Amer icans- Bruins contest. ushers handed them neat little white cards bearing the advice from President Adams that "hockey players In the heat of the game. may be excused for oc- casional loss of self control. but the fan is not so readily forgiven.
 "I am referring to cluttering up the ice with various missiles which only embarrasses the Boston man. agement by delaying the contest and docs not harm the referee or oppos- ing team. Referees are but human and will make errors of judgment at times But their mistakes are trivial compared with that of a hockey fan who so far forgets him self that he adopts unsportsman- like methods"
 The Bruins president closed his plea with inc somersault suggestion and tho nopn of friendly cooperation.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
TUNNEY NOT SIGNED TO
 BATTLE JACK DELANEY
Heavyweight Champion Denies That
 He Is To Meet Bridgcporter In New York

Lewiston. Me, Dec. 29 R>-Ii there is 10 be worlds champion ship fight at the Polo Grounds next summer involving Jack Delaney and Gene Tunney. the latter hasn't been let in on the secret.
 Tunnny made that declaration when the train that is carrying him from I Christmas vacation in Maine back to Broadway and a vaudeville engagement stopped here.
 Admitting he had talked with Humbert Fugazy, New York plo- moter, about possible bout next summer, the heavyweight champion asserted no names had been men, toned. Furthermore he informed Fugazy he would have to hear from other promoters before he made up his mind.
 It was largely a question of f. nances but the public and promot- CTS could decide his opponent, the champ said.
 The report that he had accepted terms for title engagement with Delaney came yesterday from New York where newspaper published a story that it had learned the fgh- had been arranged.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
 
PICK 0F AMATEURS
 ON HARTFORD CARD
Ten HeaYyWeights to Be Seen in
 Action at Foot Guard Guard

1 Hartford. Dec. 29 P1-The Mas
 sasoit A. c. will offer an amateur
 boxing card at Foot Guard hall on
 Thursday night that promises to be
 the best amateur show presented in this section in 1926.
 Two features make of this an un- usual card: First. the presence of
 ten heavies on the entry list. and isecondly, the fact that Worcester is
 sending two of Massachusetts best boxers to compete against Bat Bat talino. state featherweight champion
 and Roy Hogan, Terryville flash. The Worcester duo are Harry De- vine, who has fought Al bouts, SCOT ing 19 knockouts and securing IS
 other decisions; and Leroy Carley, a
 welterweight who has moved down
 all opposition in the Bay State. De- vine Is expected to give Battalino the stiffest test of his career while Hogan is thought to have a stormy
 evening ahead at the hands of Car ley.
 There will be more than two hours
 of continuous milling. It is rare for an amateur card to boast more than two or three heav- ies, so this card is a novelty with nearly dozen of the big boys slat- led to exchange hooks. jabs and up- percuts. The heavy crop of heavies prcsages some knockouts. The entry list:
 12G pounds: Harry Devine. Wor- cester; Bat Battalino. Hartford. 147 pounds: Leroy Carley, Wor- Icester: Roy Hogan. Terryville; Pink iey Kaufman. Hartford.
 Mddleweight 10 heavyweight:
 Lem Jefferson. Hartford Barney
 Fox, Granby: Ed Wempffer, Tariff vile; Bill Williams, New Haven; Lewis LaFrandios, Bristol John Pe- trizzo, Hartford; Jimmy Jones, New Haven: Martin Dudley. Hartford:
 George Walters, New Haven: Tony iPuliscan, New Haven.
 l l35 pounds: Abe Bodine, Jimmy
 Moe, Eddie DeMar Ray Hall, Walter German.
 1 1S0 pounds: Ray Taylor, Pat Me i iCavanaugh, Barney Yousman, Tom 'my Pacani Phil Alatcheo, Al Satrb. : 142 pounds: Art Polloqitzer, John
 Mercy, Mike Williams. Jimmy Ryan.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
HOMAN LEADING POINT
 SCORER ON GUARD FIVE
Flashy Forward At Top of List With 82 Points to His Credit-Taylor Second With 67 and Reynolds Third With 54 - Taylor Leading in Free Tries - Locals Total 331 Points to 25S For Opponents - Nine Games Have Been Played So Far This Season.

The National Guard basketball team of this city is enjoying one of it's best seasons this year in com. petition with teams about the state. To date, the team has played nine games, eight of them under tho amateur rules and has lost two, ono to Plainfield. under the professional rules and the other to the Meriden Endees under the amateur rues.
 A compilation of the individual scoring records for the team this season shows Sloman, who is play ing his first season with the local team, leading the members of the team in points scored. He has play. cd in every game excepting tho contest with the Elmwood Endees last Saturday night. In eight games he has made a total of S2 points. He has scored 34 field goals and 14 fouls.
 Mert Taylor, his running mate at forward is second with 67 points to his credit. He has played in nine games and has scored 24 field goals and 19 fouls. Red" Reynolds, jumping center comes third with a total of 54 points He has played Tn nine games and has scored 24 field goals and fouls.
 Taylor leads the team in register. Ing from the free throw line with IS foul goals. Sloman is second with 14 and Reynolds and Sheehan are tied for third with six each.
 The standing in the point scoring
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
RUSSWzN FIVE NOSES OUT
 CORBLNS M TOUGH GAME
Leading Teams in Industrial League Battle It Out to 30 to 27 Score-Contest is Rough At Times Micky Luke Plays Sensationally For Losing Quintet Joe Luke is Big Point Getter For Wnners-Cor- bin Screw Takes Hard Battle From Newmatics.

coming at the 1l:45 mark. Nyborg was fouled and made the try good. Swanson took a pop from beyond the foul line and the score stood s to 1. Here the battle became furious. Both teams fought the bali diving onto the floor and into the side lines after a stray pass.
 Micky Luke, who was easily the star of the losing quintet all night. came through on a dribble at the 16:05 mark to give his team but Swanson slid one in from the side and made the score 10. Joe Luke slipped away from his brother Micky and caged one from in un- der the basket Morelli made il II at the 17;10 mark.
 Here the game turned into real battle. The Corbin team start ed a lightning like pace with Mcky Luke being the center of the teams play. He took throw from Jasper and sank goal at the l7:S0 mark. At the IS minute call, he sent in another making it 10. Dick German whizzed around the side court and dropped neat goal through for 12. Time was getting short when Luke was fouled as he was shooting. He made both tries good to tie the score and the half ended with the count at 14 all.
 Johnny Saxe started the battle again 10 seconds after the game was resumed with q pretty goal. Morelli followed him with another from the side court. Joe Luke got still another at the 2:50 mark making it 20 for RussWin. Benny Paris again had to start the ball rolling for Corbins and at the S;S5 mark, he sank long shot for l6. Joe Luke evened this up with an- other Christmas present in under the basket
 Seeing defeat in the ofing, the Corbin team began to play des- pcrate basketball. Morelli, how ever. got away to register field goal at S:20 and 10 seconds after wards, Nyborg got another giving Russwins fair lead. Micky Luke caged a free try but Nyborg got one for Russwins keeping the score 27 to IT.
 It was an uphill fight for Cor bins and the players were going after the ball like wild men. Field men got into the game and after getting all tangled up with Morel- Ii, came down the floor to cage a free try. Micky Luke, showing ex- ceptional speed. crashed through the R. X E. defense for field basket. Nybors scored another free try.
 Parker, playing at forward, sent one flying through the hoop for Corbins making it 2S and 20. Joe Luke again dribbled through for a field basket making 1t 30 for Russ wins. Here the contest entered the frenzicd stage. Three minutes were left when Micky Luke came through with another goal.
 At this stage Of the game, Ref cree Dillon stopped the contest and ordered George Hallin. who was sitting with the Corbin substitutes on the sidclines, from the floor. Jasper made one of two free tries good. The battle was furious for the last minute and just with a few seconds to go. Micky Luke sent in a long shot to end the game by the score of 30 10 27.
 Tho eCpr4.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
Bare Fist Battles
 Of The Prize Ring
By JACK NcAIJIEEI,

Copyright, 1926, NEA Service. Incl
 The original Jack Dempsey and myself came very nearly being wrastlers instead of prizcfghters,
 Martin Dempsey, Jacks older brother. was wrestler and tried his hardest to make Jack and me into matmen shortly after we be- came acquainted through a chance mutual friend and meeting on the Bowcry.
 But Jack and l kept right on working as coopcrs. We used to read in the Clipper about the famous fighters of the period, lem Mace, Mike McCool. Joe Goss and Tom Early, We learned the host offense was a straight left and right cross counter.
 Dempsey and I made gloves out of socks, Our punching bag was q pill low, Our gym was the kitchen. Our first pair of gloves cost us S3S5. The
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
REFEREES DECISION
Illinois Last Fight Before system Of Judges Is Introduced Is Hcli Last Night.

Chicago Dec. 29 lP)-Ilinois last fight of consequence to retcr"e's decision took place last night when Midg [ smith of New York and Ray Rycheu, Chicago bantamwcight, fought 10 rounds 10 d draw.
 Beginning the first of the year fight decisions in Illinois rings will be mad" by judges chosen by tn" state boxing commission,
 The knel Of referee decisions waa sounded when Benny Yangcr award cd the worlds miIdlcweight cham piouship 10 Mickey Walker in the recent Walkar-Ticor Flowers fight here. The decision was quite gen orally disputed and led members of the boxing commission 10 decide that hereafter the responsibility of decisions should rest on the shoul- dcrs uf two or more judges.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
GY JIMY POWERS)

ShoW-or-plaCc Joey.
 The boys who flock around pari mutuel windows and slide theil dough over the sill on noses of mul titudinous sure-shois will prick uI their ears and focus the old tielc glass on the tairways minute in. stead of the oval.
 Show or Place Joey isn't a jockey Neither is he q pony. He's q golfer It seems lately a whole waSonloaC of nicknames have come wandering away from the homestretch to glue themselves on the ball busters of tho tee. Witness, for instnce. Light horse Harry" Cooper.
 Show Place Joey is a youns Italian professional with oliV, checks, dark eyes, raven hair anC the whole ensemble is tagged-Sig nor Joseph Turnesa, Fairview Club Philadelphia.
 4 bunch of pros were chewing i the rag one day down al Scioto ant I heard them refer to Mir. Turness in those race -horscish terms. thought at the time someone hac taken him for cleaning in the pad dock.
 But now a summary Of all the i'm. portant events of the year shows where and how the dapper young pro mcritcl his nickname. Show -or-Place Joey played in al the major golflng events of 1920 and the tragedy of it is-he faileG to win a single one of them. HC finished either in second or third place. Hence the nickname. Just recently, to show the boys ht knows his succotash. he copped of flrts place in the Sacramento oper with a brilliant 2S7.
 The slim margin of one stroke kept him from taking the L. S. oper at Scioto Joey had 29i while Bobby Jones shot 293.
 Then he packed up his kit ana hied himself to Canada. He played brilliant golf there. but when tn, final cards were announced he was just q shade away from the Canadi, an open championship with q neat oS7. Gene Sarazen and Macdonald Smith finished ahead of him.
 He came back to the States fol the r. G. A. final. He was in rare form, but q certain Walter Haccr was wee bit rarer and the TurncsG card of 145 was third.
 There were three of tho biggest and juciest pots a pro could bag and the young fellow just missed each one of them. The value o the L. s. open 10 him would have been S50.0Oo, but over that long journey Bobby Jones took one les. poke at the ball and away went tho 50 grand.
 In minor events, tn" eastern opcr won by Hagen, the western opcr won by Mir. Ditto. the Westchestel open won by Johnny Farrell. the metropolitan open won by Macdon ald Smith, he finished right up witt but never was the winner. Fate let his young heart quicker at the ,nearnces Of fame so man, times and then ruloly jerked i away.
 Now what with picking off th' Sacramento affair and all, it scom' the young fellow is slated to swaI his show or place ducats for { major win" ticket in I92T.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
Itu-SWins Win Out

A more bitterly fought battle ihan that between tho Runswlua and tn" r. x r. Corhiu teams last night has seldom been seen on any floor. Both teams being anxious 10 w,u, the players went into ,he same to down their opponents. Joe Jasper. with tiugr injured last Saturday night, played with the '.rbin team and did crrditably well though handicapped tu shoot ing. Neither team had great ad- vantage over the other ut any stgge in the game though both sides got rough us the game go, warm. The score stood at If all at inc end of the first half.
 Joe Luke started the fireworks 5j seconds after play had started with a field goal Nyborg added two points from the free throw line. Joe Luke added still another mak- ing the score to in favor Of the couldn't seem 10 get started until at the 7:S5 minute mark, Benny Paris came tearing down the floor and after a series of nice passes, took the ball from Micky Luke and dropped it in for Corbin's first basket.
 German was the second man on the team to register, his basket
New Britain herald., 1926-12-29
LEADING SCORERS
Billy Burch Of New York Americans At Top of List in National Hockey League.

New York, Dec. 29.-4Pl- Billy Burch, center of the New York Americans in the international sec ton of the National Hockey league, has taken the lead among the SCOT CTS of the circuit. displacing Dick Irwin. captain of the Chicago Black Hawks. Burch is credited with eight 4 points, one more than the total of IS points, one more than the total of Irwin. Bill Carson Of Toronto is third with 12 points.
 Carson and Babe Dye of Chicago share honors for the most goals, in dependent of assists, each having netted nine.
 New York Rangers lost their third straight game last night to Ottawa Senators, to ?.
 At the same time, the Boston Bruins snapped the New York Amer jeans three game winning streak In Boston. to 1.