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The Washington times., 1929-12-11
LATONA OIJT'
At WEST
END

Western High Schools basket
ball team has lost one Of its best
bets! Anthony Latona, sharp.
shooting little forward expected
to fill in as regular, is reported
to have withdrawn from school.
Latona was a freshman senSa-
ton with western two years
back. Although only is years OF
age and diminutlve in build, his
all-around ability earned him q
regular Job.
Latona was unable to partici.
pate with the 1929 West Enders,
due to ineligibility, but was
among the first to turn out when
Coach Clifton Moore summoned
his candidates this fall.
LatOna's loss has been
largely offset by the return !,
Of Capt. Jim Thompson. 4
Thompson was counted out Of
all athletics due to fractured
arm earlier in the year.
Though moving along by easy
stages he has shown rapid inn
provement of late and is con-
fident that he will be ready to
start in his regular forward loca-
ton when the interhigh series
is launched.
That West End supporters are
highly elated at the outlook con.
fronting their basketball club is
no secret. Although several
regulars were lost by graduation
last June Coach Moore has the
nucleus of a well rounded outfit
and is looking ahead eagerly to
the annual school series.
One If the most attractive
pre-Series games on schedule
will be that bringing together
the West Enders aud Waveiy
of Manassas, Va, at the
Western gymnasium Friday.
While the game itself is q big
attraction special entertainment
is being arranged for the visit
ing Virginians, who have long
been one of Westerns outstanding
athletic rivals.
Captain Thompson may Ynaks
his first appearance CT be yeas
in this game. In this event, i1ows
ever, he will be used Tor Only 8
short period since Coach Moore
is willing to take 20 undue
chances with his captain forward.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
ELI NJ | MA I TON
TOURNEY ON

The Seventh Annual Elimina-
ton Tournament is. on at King
Pin No. /. It is scheduled for
the Christmas holidays and will
close Christmas night.
The 80 bowlers with the highest
1Ogames total up to that date.
Dec. IS. will be eligible to roll
in the elimination rounds for the
prize money. Total pins for five
games win decide the winners.
The field will be split into two
groups, 10 bowlers in each. &C
cording to the scores made on the
first night Of the final rounds.
Dec. IS. The is highest scores
will form the Championship
flight: the remainder, q consola-
ton flight.
The finaIista will decide the
championship in each division
on December 81. Four final
lists In each division win figure
In the money.
The cash prizes in the champ
ionship flight viii be $40 for
first. $50 for second, $40 for
third and $40 for fourth. The
consolation group will get $40,
SIS. $40 and SIS.
Everybody is invited. The only
fee is the price of the ten games
rolled In qualifying.
Government Printing Office
finally picked up one game on the
Treasury team In the Federal
League. but had to. win 18
straight to do so. These two
teams are staging a mighty race,
with the Postoffice Department
adding its threatening presence.
JelIiffe continues to lead
the way with 1871, with
Weldrnan sporting 116-12.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
INSTT IA

Your hands viii fan victim
to a tendency to desert your
straight line for the hands, in
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
Howley Surrounds Reds
With IS Outfelders

The most amusing baseball problem Of the present time ap
pears have fallen to the lot Of Dan Howey to
the National League managerial field who finds himself
esconced Cincinnati with less than Is outieders at his
command.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
Deluxe BILLING

The Deluxe A. G. is billing
basketball engagements with l45-
pound CUNTS. Phone Manager
Mansuy, Lincoln 8333-W.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
ASKING FLOOR GAMES

The Boys Club Optimists are
asking basketball contests with
teams In the 145-pound division.
Call Manager Cline. Georgia 4214.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
FEDERAL LEAGUE

First Five individual Averages--Jel-
life, Internal Revenue, i1s-17: weidman,
1898; Kinnahan, P. o.. 1852; Boston,
P. o.. 112-2s. High individual games
Gartside. r. ,. and T. p, 1ss: simon.
g. 2. o.. 1850; Weidman, Navy, l6s:
Revenue, 403; Barnard, q. r. o., 400:
Miller, r. b. and p. r., 392; High team
games-Navy, e41: q. r. o., So: Inter-
nal Revenue sa2. High team sets
Department, i.T3C.
Every league that bowls
here has several sOuthraws
who rank high. X. G. League
has Arthur Landslide, who
has been performing well for
many years. He also bowls
In the King Pin Business Men
League.
The Lucky Strike is also well
supplied, Phil Goodall, of course,
being their outstanding star.
At the Georgetown Recreation
there is Lefty Anderson, Jimmie
Boetler, and Mike Tehaan, all
Of them firstraters.
The suburban alleys have their
share. Hyattsville has High and
Aldridge as Standouts, while the
Rosslyn alleys find Lefty Jones,
Sheppard, Boetler. and Kipps, ali
Of them bowling with Arlington
Firemen.
Glen w. McCambridge, of the
Nautical and Bankers Leagues, is
another lefty who, when be gets
hot, there Is no stopping him.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
EASTERN HIGHS CAGE COMBINATION S7RON
Practice Hard to Curb
Putting Faults
By HORTON SMITH

Most young golfers too goshdarn Lazyl'' This
mark has been attributed to Walter Hagen and it's worth
keeping mind whenever putting under consideration
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
SEEKING CONTESTS

The Hess 115-pound courtmen
are arranging dates. Call Man
ager Dean, Lincoln 7941.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

The Jewish Community Center
Varsity teams are now diligently
at work rounding into shape for
the coming season under the tute-
lage Of COX" Da GroSsa.
Among the teams which the
Jewish Community Center boxing
team will meet are New York Aces
In January, Pittsburgh in Feb
ruary, Boston in March and clos
ing with Baltimore in April.
Jocko Miller, Johnny DUDE,
Bobby GoldStein, Max Jeweler,
Gus Mirman, Leroy Bordeau and
Sam Cordovano will represent the
Center in these matches.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11
CENTER WINTER
CARD HEAVY

The Jewish Community Center,
announces one Of the most varied
and enterprising winter programs
ever undertaken. Two basket
bali leagues have been formed,
consisting of the Junior and
Senior clubs which are meeting
at the Center.
The Senior organization In
cludes Vistas, Beta Phi Epsilon,
Paramount, Mosean, Les AniS,
and Evergreen clubs. The Junior
league is comprised Of the Am
bassador, Pioneer, and Spartan
Clubs and Boys Scouts troop No.
10,
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

These leagues win open
Sunday at S p. m. with the
Spartans meeting the Am
bassadOrS In the Junior
League. The Vista Club win
meet the Beta Phi Epsilons'
after which the MoseanS viii
engage the Evergreen Club
In the Senior League.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

"Two-p u t S-per-green-and you-are
albright variety. II we average
not more than 36 puts per
round, we are inclined to be sat
isfied with ourselves. We place
the blame for any defeat on some
other department Of the game.
Surprising our standard
were 80 puts instead Of SO.
Suppose we set out to be sat
isfied with nothing more than
an average of "Six under RS"
Our play on the green would
percetibly improve with inten-
sive practice.
My putting, more or less nedi-
OGRE, steadily deteroriated to-
wards the end of last winters
long campaign, through the Bit
ish open last spring and until
that French open at st. Cloud.
Again my putting was cratic
during the American open in
June. Perhaps / had been over
doing putting practice. That wor-
ried me for a while.
Although some golf writer's
dramatic me q bit for having
''steel nerves." got into the state
of mind in which / could not pos
sibly imagine myself getting down
in two puts from the approach.
When ] happened to place my APP
proach within close range Of the
pin, I could never "see" myself
holding out in one putt. Regain
ing nerve-control was vital.
Hagen and other brother pro-
fessionais told me that ! just
jabbed at the ball. My putter
did not swing back properly. This
information gave me something
to study.
During my long exhibition tour
with Walter Hagen last summer
and fall, I became particularly
impressed with his methods. Wal
ter's smooth, quiet, deliberate way
Of hitting the ball gave me q
model to work on. I endeavored
to engraft some Of 1.-THE Haig's"
methods into my own style.
First of all, worked to elimi-
nate my fault OF jabbing or
snatching at the ball on the
downward stroke. / found that
I had not been taking the club
back far enough, having regard
to the distance I wanted the ball
to travel.
MY back swing for an ap-
prOach putt was too abbrevi-
ated, and . long follow was,
I found, no cure for q fault
which took place and became
operative ct the moment Of
impact.
Cultivation Of a correct method
can only be consumated by con-
Sistent practice. I went on the
green at various clubs every day
for definite putting practice. For
the first week or so, two hours
day: after that, one hour a
day.
At the outset, did not putt
at q hole. My practice consisted
Of swinging the putter without
even q ball, so as to master the
art Of making q smooth upward
and downward swing.
Later. / started to hitA =
ball, but not at any given
point. My idea was to learn
to strike the bali smoothly
and evenly, without any kind
Of snatch or job or cut.
Then I started to put at a
hole. I found, to my intense
satisfaction, that I had hit upon
Ia method which, to say the least,
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

JelIiffe continues TO lead
the way with 1871, with
Weldrnan sporting 116-12.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

Some may protest against this
tart opinion Of 1.-THE Haig." Not
q few, on the other hand. win
agree heartily with 1.-THE Old Mas
ter" Putting is one Of the most
important factors Of the game
and none can become skilled at
1t without overcoming laziness
while maintaining ones nerve
control. }
A high standard Of putting is
the normal thing among first
class golfers. They have delibe-
rately set themselves a certain
standard and practice hard to
attain 1t. They usually reap the
fruits of this intensive effort,
Generally speaking, the nor
NAL standard of putting is Of the
"Two-p u s-per-green-and-yo u-are
albright" variety. II we average
not more than 36 puts per
round, we are inclined to be sat
isfied with ourselves. We place
the blame for any defeat on some
other department of the game.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

Surprising our standard
were 80 puts instead Of 36.
Suppose we set out to be sat
isfied with nothing more than
an average Of ''six under Rs"
Our play on the green would
percetibly improve with inten-
sive practice.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

MY back swing for an ap-
prOach putt was too abbrevi-
ated, and . long follow was,
I found, no cure for q fault
which took place and became
operative at the moment Of
impact.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

LatOna's loss has been
largely offset by the return
Of Capt. Jim Thompson.
Thompson was counted out of
all athletics due to a fractured
arm earlier in the year.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

Zone represents speed and
cIeverness while size and
power features another. Then
there Is experience, passing
and high scoring. Put those
qualities together and you've
got q real basketball club"
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

The finaIista will decide the
championship in each division
on December 81. Four final-
lists in each division win figure
In the money.
The Washington times., 1929-12-11

As near as can be aScer-
tanned, H0Wley's first rough
draft Of his 1880 outfield will
consist Of Hellman In right,
Allen in center and Meusel
In left
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
SomewhoHave
Money are Still
Buying Stocks

Several fairly large orders for
low price industrial stocks were
rlaCcd by local investors and
SpCculatorS this week, on the guess
that there will be an upward
trend i'm quotations now that bill
liens Cf dollars have been squeez-
cd out of those who bought when
stocks were high.
It is impossible to determine how
much money was lost by local men
in the recent market crash that
wiped out margins for millions. Some
guess that local losses were not
large as most Of the traders In
Elizabeth City play cautiously and
buy small parcels only. But it is
known that some have sustained
heavy losses and one local man who
was not III position TO take the loss
faces financial disaster with sl2,-
900 wiped out by the fall in one
we'll known stock.
The heaviest loss known to have
been taken by local man was
taken before the recent collapse; a
we'll known Elizabeth City profes-
sional man cleaned up $4,000 OH
the stock market last spring; en-
bC,dened by his easy winnings, ne
invested all of his liquid assets; ne
came out this fall with his $4,000
profit and an additional s4O.Ooo
wiped out-a total loss Of s6o,OOO
Much of his money was lost on COT
ton; he said he played cotton be-
cause he saw Mr.. Chas. H. Robinson
and MIR. James c.. Gregory buying
cotton and he thought it was
good buy. He hadn't learned that
cotton mill men play the market
two ways and seldom lose.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
.CarrniineNotSo
Good atPicking
a Liquor Jury

Sheriff ChaS. Carminc of PaSquO-
tank doesn't know how to pick a
jury to try a bcotlegger. Or does
he? Sheriff Carminc helped the
State pick the jury for the trial
of Bo0tlcgger Durant Simmons in
the Superior Court last week.
Three members of that jury were
out and out friends of bOotleggery.
There was u hung jury.
Simmons is an East Laker with
bootlegging record. He established
himself in a filling station on the
main highway near Foreman Stock
Farms. 1t bra1enly carried a sign
East Lake Filling Station In a
raid of the premises Sheriff Carmlne
turned up a Charred keg, q length OF
rubber tubing, numerous empty pint
bottles and two fruit jars. One OF
the fruit jars contained a small
quantity of corn liquor The evil
dence was complete. But the jury
stood seven to five for acquittal.
Whats wrong with that jury?'
Judge Sinclair asked local police
He was told that there were three
friends of bootleggers on it. Judge
Sinclair called Solicitor Leary and
asked him how he managed to get
a Jury with three liquor hounds or
it. Il had no way of telling how
they STOOD" said the Solicitor; 81
got Sheriff Carmine to help me pick
the jury"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
Our Senator
IOverman Still
Shifts Snuff

That the u. S. Senate still fol-
lows the ancient custom of prOvid-
ing snuff for its members and that
Senator Oycrman of North Caro-
lima is one Of a few Senators who
still take snuff. is revealed in a
recent issue of The Pathfinder.
The Pathfinder says:
IN the early days of the Senate
many members used snUT-aS was
the custom of that pcriod-and the
sight of senator's dipping into thci"
own snuff boxes and bor. owing from
enc another was very common. In
decd. debates were interrupted to
such an extent that Uncle Sam ton
advice of the Senatel agreed to pro-
vide the senatorial snuff gratis. The
House followed suit Ornate snuff
boxes we're installed in both cham
bers. Later came the anti-tobaCCo
crusade which resulted III the House
snuff box being junked. But the
Senate held on. and does so today
even though the original box has
gone the way of other souvenirs
and the present affair, in a wall
niche at the right of the president
officers desk, is a cheap PAPER
mache box of Japanese design lac
quered black. A few senator's oc-
casionally pause at the door lead
ing into the senator's lobby to take
a dip" Senator Overman of North
Carolina is about the only regular
snuffer now. though Senators Smith
of South Carolina, Swanson of Vir-
ginia and AshurSt OF Arizona have
been observed to indulge once in
a while"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15

WHY WOMEN ARE THAT WAY

cunning. They have studied and ap-
praised every weakness Of the male
and mastered the art of controlling
him thru his weaknesses while
adroitly making him think that they
regarded him as always noble and
strong. A woman will bully an utter
weakling and regard him with scorn-
full contempt, but she gets her real
thrill in tactifully and coyly tanning
the wilful head-Strong male and
making him do her will while ne
thinks he is having his own sweet
way. 1t is only by duplicity, de-
ceitfulncss and cunning that women
can succeed with those who think
they are their masters"
But our modern women are not
the household drudgcs and sex
slaves that women used to be and
women to-day have almost as much
freedom as men and are meeting
men on something like an equal
footing in the outside world" said
the Soda Jerker.
That's true" said the Bank Clerk,
land we already observe more candor
and frankneSS among women; but
the old stuff has been bred in them
for centuries and it is not going to
be worked out of them in our gene
ration; the modern beauty parlor Is
the aswer; even with her modern
freedom, woman spends more and
more every day to make herself ap-
pear what she amt"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
leet Mr.. G. w. Harrison of so Wall Street
Lawyers Fail
Mol Pros The
Barkley Case

Chief of Police Leon II. Holmes
went on trial in Superior Court
here Monday. Chief Holmes and
the entire police department were
cenSured and DETAINED by the
lawyers who were defending
Blackwell Baby" Barkley on a
charge of offering a bribe to
Holmes, and the police were vim
dicated. Young Barkley, who fin
ally was tried after several at
tempts to avert his trial had fall
cd, was sentenced by Judge N. A.
Sinclair to serve from two to three
years in the State penitentiary.
Young Barkley sold liquor on the
Southern Hotel corner for several
years, either personally or thru paid
agents. He was caught with % pint5
of liquor in his car on August 8,
1929 County Judge P. G.. Sawyer
was out of town at the time and the
case was tried by st. Clair E. Bailey,
Assistant Trial Justice. Barkley was
permitted to pay fine of 5000 and
costs and go free.
After the trial, according to Chief
Holmes, Barkley offered to pay him
$50 a month if he, the chief of police
would permit Barkley to continue
his bootleg business without mole
station or interference. provided he
moved his stand away from the
Southern Hotel Holmes immedi-
ately took young Barkley around to
Police Headquarters and, in his
presence, told officers T'widdy and
Lane what Barkley had tried to do.
The boy didn't deny the charge but
I said Jaw, Chief don't, don't" Next
morning, Chief Holmes swore out
warrant against Blackwell Bark
ley, charging him with offering a
bribe to a police officer.
Case after case was called on the
Criminal Court docket last week and
the Barkley case was never mention
ed. RumorS flew thick and fast.
Some said that Chief Holmes was
not going TO press the case because
he was afraid Barkley would spill
something that would incriminate
the police. That the case was going
to be mol pressed was talked on the
streets. Solicitor Leary was ap-
preached Friday and asked if the
rumors were true. He said that he
thought the case would 80 be ~ mol
pressed becaues Chief Holmes didn't
want TO press it. Chief Holmes, in
turn. stated. ITS damn lie, do
want that case tried There SEEM
ed to be a difference of opinion be-
tween the two gentlemen.
However, the case was called and
Barkley's lawyers attempted to have
it carried over to the March term of
court, there being but little time left
III which to complete the Criminal
docket. Judge Sinclair refused to
entertain the motion and stated
that the case would be called the
first thing Monday, altho Civil
Court was supposed to start on Mon
day. Then the lawyers busted
themselves with more schemes with
| Continued on page Fiye)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
Cooke Estate to
Carry on Business

G.. A. Cooke, PoindcXtCr st. mcr-
chant who died suddenly last
Thursday night, left no will. Mrs.
C. A. Cooke qualified as administra-
trix of his estate and the mems
furnishing business of G. A. Cooke
will be carried on for the estate
under the management of B. l..
Stevens, a son-in-law of the deceas-
ed. Mr.. Stevens has been manager
of the store for several years.
C. A. Cooke was 62 years old; he
was a sufferer from acute indiges-
ton. When one of his attacks came
on last Thursday he tried valiant
ly to throw it off by taking an auto
mobile ride in the country. He got
home about dark and was in a
chair in his sitting room when he
suddenly expired in the presence OF
his family.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15

"I just can't get used to the de-
ceitfulness of women folk" said the
Soda Jerker. How can a man be
expected to understand women when
the average woman is never at all
what she appears to be? Most OF
the women 1 know make up their
minds Just like they make up their
faces; you never can tell what they
think because they conceal their
real thoughts while pretending TO
agree with you And just about the
time you think a woman is honest
with you, you are shocked to discover
that she has been holding out on you
all the time. And when you call
ber IN hook she assumes a hurt and
innocent air and can't understand
that she has been holding out any
thing on you at all. How do you
explain emp"
.That's easy" said the Bank
Clerk: "Concealment and dupllclty
are woman's great defensive weapons
which she has been forced TO en-
ploy to hold her own among men,
Won see women have until very rec
emily occupied hazardous poSltlon'
men have laid down laws, customs
and prohibitions for women deny
ing them most of the privileges
which men take for themselves as
a matter of course.
women are fundamentally as
romantic, as venturesome, as daring
as foolhardy and as vlrlle as men,
and generally more resorcetul' fo[
centuries men have decreeo 1iia'
women should be shy, demure' olS-
Greet and retiring. And beng uh-
able to oppose men with 1ofce'
women have opposed them WIN
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
SomeOneSur
To Be Killed
At This Point

Motorists using the Camden
Ferry road. (State Highway Sa)
at Elizabeth City should take
warning that the approach to the
PasuuOtank River bridge from the
Camden side of the river IS e1-
trcmely dangerous.
It was necessary to build an ele-
waited road over the Camden marsh
es and all but a few hundred yards
of this elevated or timber decked
structure is of permanent conStruc-
ton and surfaced with tar and
gravel But on account of the pro-
poycd construction of a new bridge
over Pasouotank River at a point
inst above the present bridge, only
a temporary timber decked road was
buiIt from the river to a curve Jew
hundred yards distant, from Whlch
point a permanent road Will De
built to the new bridge.
That stretch of temporary Struc-
tire is extremely slippery under
rain or frost and several automo-
biIes have skidded on it recently ana
been wrecked. A Studebaker coupe
driven by DR.. c. B. williams OF tnlS
citv skidded and turned around on
the bridge Tuesday evening and was
crashed into by another car com
ing from the opposite direction
Both cars were badly damaged:
Some one is going to be killed II
the State Highway CommiSSioii
doesn't busy itself and correct the
slippery surface at this point.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15

Its the same old story again.
James Hamrick. 7-year-old son OF
Broadus Hamrick, of Spindale, died
at the Rutherford hospital as re-
suit of injuries received when he
was struck by an automobile driven
by DR.. o. j. Mooneyham, prominent
druggist and lawyer of Henrietta.
The accident was declared mavoid-
able.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-11-15
Ownley to Oppose
Carmine for Sheriff

RumorS that C. A. Ownley, chair
man of the Board Of Commissioners
of Pasquotank County. would be a
candidate for Sheriff of PaSquotank
County next summer were confirm
ed this week By Mr.. Ownley himself
Mr. Ownley is quiet citizen with
long head and square jaw and
his candidacy in opposition to
Sheriff presages a lively campaign.
1t is certain now that both the
office of Sheriff and the office oil
Clerk of the Court will be contested
D. Guy Brockett and Mrs. Mary
Sawyer Wright, sister of late court
clerk Ernest L. Sawyer, will oppose
Court Clerk N. Elton Aydlctt.