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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
CUBS RECEIVER
Makes GOOD
IN HURRY
Leo Hartnett Mainstay Of
j. Chicago Team
e, at Fl.
Bv w. v. MORGENSTERN

AVALON, Catalina, Ca. April 3,
Few baseball players have over
made good in quicker time than Leo
Hartuett, the 'effervescent catcher OF
the Cubs. Leo caught the first big
league game he ever saw, and he has
been catching ever since. That was in
the opening game of the season at Gin
cinnati in 1922. Hartnett born with a
baseball in his mitt" as he puts 1t, was
gifted with great natural equipment
and his struggle to the big league
was over almost before it began.
Hartnett had only one years expert
ence in organized ball before the
Cubs bought him and brought him
TO Catalina, more with the idea OF
seeing if he had possibilities than
with any thought OF keeping him. Inc
North Side team had Bob OFarreli;
then the best catcher in the National
League, and there was no one VINO
would have believed that the 2l-year
old novice could get Bob's job.
But Hartnett had the strongest
arm that has been brought into the
majors in many a year. he had a
tremendous enthusiasm, and ne
would rather play ball than eat
From the time he was big enough
to run around Millville. Mass, his
home town. he had played ball. BE,
fore he went to Worcester in lO2l
the team from which the CUBS
bought him, he had been a pitcher
with the United States Rubber team
in his home town. He had nothing
but the great speed of his powerful
arm, but in the industrial league he
was a sensation. Before that, he
had a year with Dean Academy, but
practically all his playing had been
done on the sand lots.
REP, AROUND BOSTON.
So great was Hartnett's natural
talent that he had a widespread Tepu-
tation around Boston. Jesse Burkett
Giant scout, tried to persuade
McGraw to sign Leo when he was
only 10 years old. McGraw, who has
since regretted his failure to gel
Hartnett. is now trying to ge'
brother Chick" catcher at Mill
vile and only IS years old.
Chick" has just as good an arm
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
HEADS
THIS WAY
AGAIN
Champion Will Exhibit in
Juarez, Probably
Visit S. A. q

San Antonio fans may reasonably
expect TO get another glimpse of their
old friend. Champion Jack Dempsey,
before long. He is coming this way.
Jack is billed TO appear in the new
Juarz arena on April Is, when he
will give an exhibition against three
successive opponents, a program SINH
lar to the one he gave here back in
September.
As Dempsey will be forced to travel
all the way from his home at Los
Angeles. it is highly improbable that
he would chase right on back after the
,uareZ exhibition without collecting
little more filthy lucre from Texas
fans.
He probably will drop down to San
Antonio, any way, to see Gray Miller,
Jack League and "One-Eye' Connolly,
close friends of his, who have taken
up their abode here.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
YOUNG WRIGHT MODEL
FOR CREW MONUMENT

PHILADELPHIA, April 3.-Ioe
Wright, coach of the Penn Athletic
Club oarsmen and former University
of Pennsylvania tutor, announced here
today that his son, Joe Jr.. has been
selected to pose for the $4,000 Ed,
ward Hanlau monument to be ded''
Gated to the memory of the former
worlds scuIling che npion in Exposi'
ton Park, Toronto, next fall. Young
Wright. who has rOwed with the
Argonauts and Penn A. c. Fights; Is
now posing for the sculptor in To
rOntO.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
KEARNS DISCOVERS
ANOTHER CHAMPION

Napoleon Dorval will be the next
heavyweight champion of the world
that is, il the well-known cOmbina-
ton of Jack Kearns, Mickey Walker
and Teddy Hayes has its way.
Dorval, 30 years old, POS pounds
and more than G feet tall, has been
working under cover" for couple
of weeks but his fistic feats the last
few days have leaked out and he is
being hailed as the best looking com
ing champion that ever drifted out OF
Los Angeles.
Kearns discovered" the new heavy
weight hope in New York several
months ago and quietly shipped him
West for a series of quiet workouts.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04

os he has, Leo says. Another broth
er. Buster" who is % years DID, Is
a pitcher, but he doesn't seem 10
have big league possibilities.
When he was five years old, every
bone in that powerful right arm oil
Leo's was broken in an accident. tor
months, he could not Strengthen II
out, carrying it around in a sling.
His father made him carry bucket
of sand everywhere he went in order
to get the crooks out of it. For carry
ing a flatiron around the house 2OU
times. Young Hartnett got a dime
That was such easy money that ne
earned as high as thirty cents day
If you ask Hartnett now where ne
got the strength in his throwing arm
he will tell you it resulted from the
accident. for Leo firmly believes that
the fracturing of the bones made
them more powerful.
STORY MAKES HIM MAD.
"The second week l was out here
in Catalina, i read a story that the
Cubs were going to turn me loose
Hartnett said in telling of his quick
rice to the majors. well, I'd been
doing a lot OF work up TO that time
but that story made me so mad they
couldn't get me off the field at all, l
Just about slept in my shin guards.
I'VE went TO Los Angeles, and !
caught a game there, and | figured
that they couldn't turn me loose
after that. When we opened up in
Cincinnati Killefer put me in just to
have it over with. l never saw a
crowd like that $4,000 seemed TO me,
aud l had million signs TO watch,
| wasn't afraid of anything except
that l might make a mistake and
/ was mighty careful, Bill told me a
lot of things about the batters but
he also put Alexander in to pitch,
and Alex called them all. All l had
to do was catch"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
VET INTENDS
TO PLUG Up
|NF|ELD
HOLE
Chicago Crew Well Heeled
for Pennant Race
This Year.

SHREVEPORT, La. April 81
think" says Mr.. Larry Woltz, "that
you can predict Scotty will play 100
games at short for the White Sox,
and he may play more
/ have a great deal of faith in the
baseball word of Mr.. Larry Wolff.
Man and boy, he has seen these White
Sox teams come and 20 since the days
before Zip O'Neill took scythe TO
his mustache and got it inside the
rumpy players limit. So when he
says that Everett Scott will play 100
games. maybe more, then / cease to
worry over the trick knee of Ike
Davis, or the search for higher edu-
cation that has forced Moe Berg TO
east his lot with Columbia, instead OF
bobnobbing with Manager Eddie Col
Inns, a Columbia alummus himself.
WATCH THE SOX."
II Scotty, passed along by the SEN
ators as too slow to keep up with
such speed burners as Roger Peckin-
paugh. Joe Harris, dutch" Ruether
and Nick Altrock, can untrack him
self long enough to play 100 games
for the White Sox, and play them,
then don't be at all surprised If Mr..
Larry Wolff has something else to
write about. next October, besides
the city series.
Look out for the White Sox's.'
This is no idle chatter. 1t is the
hest bunch that can be offered in
season when both big leagues are in
a remnant race that is scramble
and an out-and-out case of protect
yourself at all times, and every man
for himself.
As 1 look at it. the White Sox lack
for nothing, if Scotty can fill thar
gaping hole at short.
Certainly there is nothing wrong
with Earl Sheely, with Collins himself
or with Willie Kamm.
Surely the outfield composed OF BID
Falk, johnny Mostil and Bill Bar
rett will do for all practical pur-
poses. -.
FINE MOUND STAFF.
Nor is there anything wrong. with
such pitchers as Ted Lyons and Gilt
Blankenship. or those other general
Nv dependable hurlers, Hollis Thurs
ton and Red Faber. Bringing up the
ammunition TO fire when they are
ready are Al Thomas. from Baltl-
more, and the inevitable Connally,
Jim Edwards, late Of Cleveland, ana
two returning wanderers, Gorhaln
Leyerett and Milton Steengraatt
either one of which can be as good
pitcher as either one will permit him
self to be.
Looking at the White Sox from the
Angle Of baseball intelligence, where
in all baseball will you find caglcr
trio than Collins. Scott and Ray
Schalk? / have made no mention OF
this last important unit Of the bali
club, until now, because he is the sort
who is to be taken for granted. There
has been but one Schalk in baseball
and there never will be another.
The White SOx have hitting
strength.
They can and do run the bases.
They proved last season, as long as
Collins was on the job, day in and
day out, that they could keep within
striking distance of the leaders. Why,
therefore, is it inconsistent TO say
that they will go even farther tins
year-if. as Mr.. Larry Wolff assures
me-Scotty plays 100 games, maybe
more?
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
PORPOISE HUNTING
NEW FRENCH SPORT

PARIS, April BIN the coming
summer a new sport at French sea-
side resorts is likely to be porpoise
hunting. The idea has been
launched by the Undersecretary for
Merchant Marine NJ. Danielou, who
has declared war on porpOises as a
source of great damage to the
French sardine industry through
their wholesale destruction Of nets.
Fishermen will be authorized to
take hunters" in their boats all
through the summer season. Nj.
DanielOu sees no reason why, for
example, a "Deauville Porpoise Hunt "
and Stables d'Olonne Anti-PorpOise
League" should not be constituted,
and even challenge cups offered for
the most successful clubs.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
EYESIGHT.


They tell us modern living is injurious
to the eyes
And view with much misgiving all the
poor near-sighted guys.
But when our fathers used to play
and stretch their precious legs
They liked a game they called GRO
quet with balls like ostrich
eggs.
A pill one-twentieth that size is used
in golf today
And golfers see it when it flies 4OO
feet away.
Back in the mustard plaster days. be-
fore the world went wrong
The old boys, when they went to
plays, used opera glasses long.
Through these affairs they used to
peek at the leading lady
And even then they couldn't tell An
gelica from Sadie.
Now the old guys can recognize a
dame clear down the pike
Though all these danes have bObbed
their hair and dress about
alike.
Don't fret! Our Visions clear enough.
Man is not going blind.
The good things still are near enough
and not too hard to find.
Kids may not be as dutiful as kids
our grandsires knew
But girls are just as beautiful and
skies are just as blue.
And We can look 'em over with the
lamps that plainly see
A golf ball hit the clover over neal
distant tee,
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
SCRIBE FINDS
MANY FREAK
RECORDS. -.
.H...F rI.....s,
By MAXWELL STILES

So much fuss is made about aston
ishing records made by Charley Hoff
in the pole vault, Paddock in the
sprints, Nurmi in the middle distances
and other athletes of renown in their
chosen events that number OF
freak" records that are down on the
books are almost entirely forgotten.
Yet "freaky" though they are, many
of these are even more startling than
those to be found in standard events
on any normal track and field pro-
gram.
Not all of these are, strictly speak
ing, track or field records, yet they are
to be found in Spalding's Athletic Al
fnanac. along with the track records,
and will be Of general interest to track
and field fans. They show that man
is a very versatile animal.
TRY TO TIE THIS.
For instance, one of the most re-
markable records in the entire book
is that for a three-lcgged race. On
April "a. 1909, in Brooklyn, Lawson
Robertson and II. l.. Hillman teamed
together in a three-leggcd race and
ran 100 yards in IL seconds flat
Next time you go to picnic try TO
come within five seconds of that.
Nine men out of ten whom you might
pick off the street could not sprint
100 yards in less than II seconds, yet
these men ran IL seconds, running
three legged. Robertson was head
coach of the American Olympic team
of 1924.
These same men ran 80 yards three
legged in q seconds, and two others
ran 300 yards in % Is seconds. In
1901 X. Mercer ran 50-yard sack
race in Z seconds. Try to beat that
with your legs free. In 1913 Irving
Picard ran 100 yards in a sack in 10
seconds. In 1882 ]. NJ. Mason ran
100 Yards in sack, over ten 1S-incb
hurdles, in 81 IA seconds.
Using his hands alone, Edward
Kunath climbed up % feet of rope
in 6 % seconds This was in 1901.
Could a monkey beat that?
BOTH HANDED.
TN FEBRUARY ", lJlt' III san i""
cisco. p. Donovan set a worlds record
for height in the J6-pound weight He
attained a height Of 16 feet IL II
inches. 1t takes strength to do that.
Ralph Rose, who holds the worlds
record for the 1G-pound shot at OIL feet,
once nut the shot 80 feet inches
with his right hand and-41 feet4 H.
inches with his left. The total dis
lance of 81 feet 10 IL inches is a
worlds record. James Duncan threw
the discus 1876 feet ] 3-S inches with
his right hand and 30 feet Z IL inches
with his left-a total of 252 feet 5 rs
inches.
In 1910 Plat Adams set record in
the pole vault for distance when be
leaped IS feet 2 inches. Present-day
vaulters doubtless could beat that II
they tried. Hoff probably could leap
go feet with a pole.
The worlds record for the standing
broad jump is held by Il. c. Ewry
at IL feet AS inches. This mark
was made in 1904. Harold Osborn.
the high jumper, leaped 10 feet 10 II
inches last year, and Plat Adams
once made 10 feet IL inches. See how
close you can come 10 these records.
Try it in the parlor or on the front
sidewalk. II you are interested in the
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
ST. MARY'S ACADEMY
TO PLAY WEST TEXAS

Two crack academic n+nes will be
seen in action next Wednesday, when
the st. Mary's Academy Saints and
West Texas Military Academy are
billed to cross bats on the Bracken
.idge Park diamond. Both schools
claim the strongest teams they have
had in several years.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
LATEST IN TENNIS DUDS.

LONDON, April "a daring new
tennis costume, designed by Sonia
Bloor. is being worn by the Baroness
de Beck. The costume consists of a
white waist, white short trousers. and
white skirt that buckles over the
shorts" when the wearer is not on
Lhs courts
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
SETS BASKET RECORD.

The other night up in Muskegon.
Mich, a girl by the name of Bessie
Zavitz shot % field goals in a basket
ball game for what her friends claim
to be a record. Her team won by the
score Of 81 to 1 against Whitehall.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
StrOlls Through SpOrtsville
By WILLIAM F. KIRK

was all in-and the unexpected came
to pass.
The unexpected has won hundreds
of fotball games. An unexpected FUN
Bile, a quick dive by some alert play
er on the other team, a dash down
the field for a touchdown, turning
defeat to victory at the last mome2t
How often this has happened on the
gridirOn
Unexpected knockOuts, unexpected
touchdowns, unexpected batting ral'
lies-these are among the things that
often make games of skill resemble
games of chance. That is why the
superficial and flashy thinker some,
times triumphs over the deeper and
more logical thinker in the world OF
sport.
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was made in 1913 by l.. GOehring at
, feet ) 3-4 inches. The average man
cannot equal that with a run, although
Harold Osborn's record for the run
ming high jump is 6 feet s IA inches.
MORE RECORDS.
]. Bouin Of Germany ran IL miles.
1442 yards in 1 hour. II. Green of
Great Britain I'm 20 miles. 90 yards
in . hours. Try these on your flivver.
Al Shrub of Great Britain ran 10
miles in 30 :4O.6. Green ran % miles
in . 20 :29.4. G. +. Larner Of Eng
land walked 10 miles in l A..
while S. c. A. Schofield walked %
miles in 3 80 :6.S.
Larner walked s miles 43S yards in
I hour. while in hours Fl. V. l..
Ross. a fellow Englishman, walked
IL miles 12S yards. In 1883, p. Gold
ing ran 30 miles in Z 30 Al, while it
took G.. Il. Gillic only o hours % min
utes and 30 seconds to walk the same
distance. In 1882. ]. Saunders ran
100 miles in II SO "a. He ran on TO
40 miles, where he was timed in
% Al %. After running 2I5 yards
farther he duit. His time for this
distance WIS % hours and 40 minutes.
III one wonders how tired he was, il
is seen that it took him l minute and
81 seconds 10 run those last 30 yards.
Comparing this with the walkers,
in 1878 G.. Il. Gillie Of New York
walked 400 miles in 81 hours AZ sec.
OndS.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-04
THE GREAT UNEXPECTED.

The uncxpected-that is the ele-
ment that enters into the winning or
losing Of almost any sort of athletic
struggle. -.
A pitchers change of pace is ef'
fective because it causes the uneX'
pected to happen. A slow ball has
just crept by the batter and he is set
for another crawler when a fast one
whips by like a sunbeam and ht
swings too late. if at all. He didn't
expect that fast one.
The boxer in the ring apparently
has his opponent Groggy and wabbllng
He rushes in TO have the thing over
and call it day. Like lightning his
staggering rival lashes out. a viciou.
Jolt that catches him in the jaw-an1
the fight is over. He thought his rival
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06
FATHER USES AERoPLANE
TO STOP AN ELOPEMENT

CROYDON, Eng.-The use of
an aeroplane to stop an elopement
was recorded here the first time
when j. G. Pearson of London
dashed up to the aerodrome and
engaged flier to take him to a
seaside resort on the east coast.
Speeding to the resort at 100 miles
an hour, Pearson alighted and hur-
ried to the railway station where
he awaited the arrival of train
from London. As a girl and a
man got out of the train Pearson
went up to them and appealed to
his daughter to leave her compan-
ion. This she eventually con-
sented to do, and the man was left
discomfitted upon the platform.
The father, leaving nothing to
chance, then insisted that his
daughter should fly back to Lon
don with him in the waiting aero
plane.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06

in Indianapolis, Indiana, told me Of
the Vegetable Compound, and after
taking a few bottles of it became
myself again and it was a pleasure
to do my homework and gardening.
Since then I always use your medi-
cine when / feel weak from over
work and it straightens me out. p
Mrs. MELISSA BARRIERS, Route 2,
care OF o. F. Steenbergen, Glasgow,
Ky.
New Orleans, La.--'I could not do
a thing after my first boy was born.
/ was so weak, / had no appe-
tite, lost weight and was not able
to do my work | was this way for
seven weeks, then / took Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable CompOundand
got wonderful results from 1t. -
Mrs. c. FAURIE, 4014 Dauphine St.,
New Orleans, La.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06
ONE IN TEN

Neglecting a little wound, cut
or abrasion of the flesh may in
nine cases out of ten cause no
great suffering or inconvenience,
but it is the one case in ten that
causes blood poisoning, lockjaw
or chronic fostering sore. The
cheapest, safest and best course
is to disinfect the wound with
liquid Borozone and apply the
Borozone Powder to complete the
healing process. Price (liquid)
soc, 60c and $1.20. Powder SOC
and 60c. Sold by all druggists.
NJ w F
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06
MONROE
"The Bat" Comes As A
Superb Mystery Drama
eseeseseoeeeoeoeeeo0es

All the elements which made
s'The Bat" on the stage the most
successful play Of excitement,
have been crystallized into a
superb screen presentation by
Roland West, which shows at the
Strand Theatre today and tomor-
row.
Here we have murder done,
robbery attempted, pursuit frus-
trated, mystery distilled and
double-distilled, solution deferred,
and denouement that is all sur
prise. They are the big ingredients
Of fascinating mystery melodrama
masterfully assembled in "The
Bat" as the most ambitious effort
Of the kind in motion pictures.
THE Bat" takes its title from
a super-thug, so designated by the
press and police, and he leaves
upon the scene of his depredations
the mark of the bat as the emblem
Of his prowess.
The main scene of these STIR
ring proceedings is a Long Island
house recently vacated by a bank
er now believed dead, occupied now
by hard-boiled New York spinster
who is inclined to pooh-pooh any
thing that seems sinister or super
natural She is gradually put on
the ragged edge by queer goings-
on In the house; ghostly sounds,
strange shots and scuffles, and a
half dozen counterplots in which
which she is concerned as a parti-
san or as an eyewitness. She de-
termines to hold the fort, and en-
lists q detective and half dozen
or more friends and servants, and
then before her eyes murder is
done. Anyone of the others in
the household, or near by, may
have done the deed, and in fact
everyone has something to hide,
so that in the lightning-like
change Of the plot no spectator
can really guess the criminal. "The
Bat" with the magnificent re-
sources Of the motion picture, has
been made into a marvel of sweep
ing movement, quicker surprise
and astounding solution for the
screen successes as THE Unknown
Purple" and ''The Monster"
The spinster is played by Miss
Emily Fitzroy, and others in the
notable cast are Andre de Berang-
er, Charles Herzinger, Louise
Faxenda. Arthur Houseman, Rob
ert McKim, Jack Pickford, Jewel
Carmen, Soiin Kamiyama, Tullio
carminati. Eddie Gribbon and
Lee Shumway. OF course, one of
these must seem to be "The Bat. I"
but guessing it is what delights
and battles the audiences.
The production, directed by
Roland West, and adapted for the
screen by Julien Josephson from
the stage success by Mary Rob-
eFts Rinehart and Avery Hop
wood comes as one of the highly
elaborate United Artists releases.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06
LEGALS
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
m cOTrNTY JUDGES COUR,
wxANnnUr rnNETV TSW nRInA

IN COUNTY JUDGES COURT,
MONROE COUNTY. FLORIDA.
In Re Estate OF:
T.. NJ. MARTIN, Deceased.
To all Creditors, Legatees, Dis
tributes and all Persons having
Claims or Demands against said
Estate:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified and required to present
claims and demands which you,
her of you. may have against
of L. NJ. Martin, de-
!. 3. ne undersigned McCloy
eeS0e Q administrators Cum Tes-
Annexos of said estate,
In two years from the date
afereof.
Dated July End, R.>D. 1926.
tSd.) McCLOY H-afsARTIN,
Administrator Cum Test2mento
sAnnexo.
juiys-I6-23-30 aug6-1s-2o-27 sept3
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06

In making of altar of roses only
the red rose is used, and this must
be plucked just befor dawn,
when the flower begins to open,
but has not yet been heated by
the sun.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06

When arrested for having SO
gallons of beer in her house, Mrs.
Antonio Meicko of Haverhill,
Mass, pleaded that it was for her
daughters birthday party, but she
got 80 days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06
HANGING DANCE OF dealt
MANCHESTER. Eng. :

MANCHESTER, Eng. IN,
IN dance to DEATH" said ny
Louise Calvert as she went to I
scaffold to be hanged for nj
der.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06
$4,000 FAINT

Observation-Disclosures at the
dock, Gretchen Kunderman was
robbed of $4,000 in jewels she
was carrying for her father, a
diamond merchant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06
MOTHER Of
SEVEN CHILDREN
Helped in Caring for them by
Taking Lydia E. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Compound
Glasgow, Ky.-'I am the mother
OF seven children, the eldest being

only IL years,
and / feel that
Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound has
helped to pun me
I hrou 6 h the
toughest places
of my married
life. At one time
] was so down.
h e a r t e d that
life was a mis-
cry A fr;and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-06
About Women

Queen Marie of Jugo-Siovakia
has bobbed her hair, overruling
the objections of King Alexander,
and the society women of Belgrade
are naturally following her ex-
ample.