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top physical condition this year and
ready for heavy work. Chick was
out most of last year due to an
early season operation. Earl
Sheats, former University of Della
ware athlete and last years lanliy
center, will handle the coaching
reins for the Champions this sea-
son and does not plan on playing
too much.
Belts Coaches Milford
The Milford Vets, 1946-47 Run
ners-up, have been going through
their training PAGES for the past
two weeks under the watchful
eyes of Coach Harris Belts. Belts
is a holdover from last year. Mil
ford will floor a completely remod-
eled Five starting on Monday. Joe
Griffith, one of the Eastern Shores
top notch court stars, has depart
ed to other locations leaving big
gap to be filled. Lloyd Elton and
Johnnie Williams also are not
available while Doug Lynch, Mill
ford's dependable guard during the
'46-47 season suffered broken leg
in early practice sessions. At this
writing Coach Belts is planning on
youth to carry him through with
a springling of veterans. Art Cum
ming, veteran center, and Wilkins,
high-scoring forward will be among
the starting five with Alden, BOWS,
Jack Allen, Dick Emory, Smith
and Carter filling the other spots.
Smyrna Secures Gebhart
Smyrna has secured Francis
"Geby" Gebhart, former Univer-
sity of Delaware athlete, to pilot
the 3rd place 1946-47 Five. AS to
the makeup of the team it will be
practically a hold-over Squad led
by Runt Grier, Bud" O'Neill, Bill
Bodley, Jimmy Ford, Jacobs, as
we'll as a few newcomers. O'Neill
was one of the circuits top per-
formers last season. Jimmy Ford
finished very fast last season and
during practice sessions has been
showing the same skill.
Prepare For Opener
The Denton Bobcats" are out
for the kill this season. They have
been practicing for the past month
and have played 5 or 6 practice
games in readiness for the opener
on Tuesday when they meet the
newcomer, Chestertown Legion
naires. Coach Bob Roberts is back
for another season which in itself
is enough to indicate that Denton
expects to be in the running from
the start. They got. off to a slow
start last year but midway the
season took fire and as the final
game was played were really in
blaze and just missed making the
Semi-Finals. Bob Lane, last years
top scorer, will again be in the
Denton lineup. Dave Swecker,
another clever ball handler and
Slaughter will again take the floor
for the Bobcats along with several
other holdovers. Only Bud Rob-
erts, last years center, will be
missing. Roberts has returned to
college and will not be available
during the season.
Harrington Enters
Fred Lord, a former all-around
Smyrna times., 1947-11-27

Alabama's Graphite Production
The state of Alabama is the
largest producer of graphite in the
Union. During the first World
War it produced about go per cent
of our graphite consumption.
Smyrna times., 1947-11-27
One of Americas Oldest Cities

Albuquerque, New Mexico, was
first settled in 17O6, by the Span
ish. 1t was named in honor of the
Spanish viceroy of New Mexico at
that time.
Smyrna times., 1947-11-27

athlete at Harrington High, will
guide the Harrington Legionnaires
this season. Coach Lord has pre-
dicted that Harrington will show
much improvement this season and
will be in the running all the way.
With most of last years players
returning and the addition of Jack
Dill, high scoring center with Fell
ton in '46, he feels that his team
will show much stronger in the Of
fensive column. FELTON, Vets have
lost much of their power of last
season. Dill has transferred to
Harrington while several other
members will appear in the Cam
den Vet lineup. Queen. Vet Coach,
expects to floor a young team that
will depend on speed to carry them
through. Cecilton will be directed
by Boyd Drake replacing KEN
Dickey, who is now living in Allen,
Md.
Hope For Improvement
Cecilton hopes to show big i'm
provement during the coming CAM
paign. Last year they played %
games and failed to break in The
win column. In practice sessions
they have been showing consider
able strength and may be the sur
prise package. The Dover Guards
will again be under the direction of
Bob" Reed, former Dover High
and University of Alabama ath-
lete. Reed has had considerable
coaching experience and for 8
years was the head coach at an
Alabama High School Several
newcomers have been added to the
Guard lineup. In addition to the
two high scoring performers of
last season, Paul Martin and Tom
Ernest, Bob Thompson g. 81 cent
er has been added along with Resa
Walton, Bob Knight, Ron Macomb-
er, Phil Moore, Rod Hill, Klem-
stine, Lee Everett, Sam Virden,
and Jes Shubrooks. Everett, Shu-
brooks and Moore are holdovers.
Resa Walton played with Smyrna
last season. Bob Knight started
with Dover but only played a few
games. Bob Thompson and Vird-
en- were regular members of Do
yer Highs outstanding team in
'46 while Klemstine, Macomber and
Hill are newcomers with consider
able experience. Dovers team has
plenty of height with of the
starting five ranging g. or better.
New Teams Enter
AS for the new comers, the Ches-
tertown Legionnaires will floor a
veteran five under the watchful
eyes of Joe McClain, member of
the Washington College Athletic
Staff. Jimmy Stevens, well known
baseball player with Centreville in
1916, is one of the top performers
with the Maryland Five while most
of the other men are former WASH
ington College athletes. Last sea-
son Chestertown coasted through
the Central Shore League with
ease and feel confident of being in
the running in the Mar-Del League
from the opening gun Camden
Vets will be coached by Ward Hur-
ley, well known semi-pro base
ball player with Hartly for the
past several years. Harley has the
makings of a fast well-balanced
club featuring mostly former Cae-
sar Rodney High players. Cliff
Chambers, one of the best high
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P. 5. {. Receives
Scholarship Fund

According to an announcement
by President Harris. Philander
Smith received a $4,000 Scholar
ship from the residue of the old
Walden University. The Board of
Trustees of the Methodist Church
informed him of such action in
favor of the Shepherd Annuity
Trust Fund.
This gift came largely through
the leadership and interest in the
work of the college by Doctor
William II Williams. minister of
SCOTS Methodist Church, Detroit,
who is himself member of the
Board of Trustees of the Method
ist Church The college has been
informed by the Trust Officer of
Cincinnati Bank that the transfer
of the fund took effect November
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FILL OUT TIE COUPON BELOW AND MAIL IT TC
CAMrBELL, Circulation Manager.
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Some Accomplishments under the
Passionate of Rev. Greene

Passionate of Rev. Greene
The church was cleared Of q
debt Of 20 years standing. the
parsonage redeemed of "a mort
gage debt Of Is years standing.
new heating and Lighting system
installed aud a large increase in
membership and many othe e
t5ias5 600 VJlunAaua t. mention
The church STAGED a banquet fer
the Rev Greene, which was a
fine expression Of their apprecla-
ton for the very fine service
rendered. The banquet was held
IN the dining hall of the church
with President l., A, Davis as
POSTMASTER. Among The out OF
state guests were MIR. Epsey dis
tfict supervisor, OF American
Woodmen, and many others that
gave expression of appreciation, to
Rev. and Mrs Greene Mrs Greene
IS head of the musical depart
ncnt at Shorter College. which
chorus sang at the annual confer
epce when II convened here, and
the conference was very pleased
with the progress Mes Green i
making with the chorus.
The people of the ST John A
VI. Il. Church and the city at
large, were very cordial in theii
acceptance of the return of the
pastor, when the re-appointment
was announced the members and
friends were loud in their ap
plause.
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In memory Of our mother, Mrs
Alice Hill.
Twas on December eighteenth in
forty-three
You stole away and left us
One bleak and cold winter morn
For the land of highest degree
We four lonely girls were left
Without you. Mother
To steer us 'er life's trrnults
But we soon found when lost at
sea
Jesus would pilot us to the land
of highest degree.
! know how happy it must
For you in thai beautiful place
Slismber on till again we Shall
Gather
In that land of highest degree.
Your lonely daughters.
Eddie NJ. Heron
Essie c. Walton
Annie l. Hill
Lillian II. Ellis
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DEL, LARK

Mrs, Beulah Neal visited her
laughter in Arkadelphia last sun,
~ The First Quarterly Confer
4nce will be held here on the 18th
Md 14th with Rev W M Eason,
presiding elder .--. 1--WE The
balark chicks will be in full
bloom Tuesday night in Spark
man You other chicks had better
watch out -.a., AIM says her light
is never dim with K, Murdoch
- O. d johnson says she is IN
love with Nib and just can't
help herself .. JAJ said he had
so many girl friends until he could
not turn. It's getting rather close
to Christmas and he knows the
score.
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Nems pivot Waymond Miller. COS II
the works against
hern' Offense

Accompanying the in the capacity Of assistant coach
will be other than VIM. BIN Mckinney, sportsman and
athletic deVoee who needs introduction fans of this
ton Me halls from Sherman Texas and after graduating
from Fisk coached several years at Texas College 1t is
prise to find him again back in harness around whore BIZ
things popping in an athletic
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Rev. Greene Returns For Eighth Year

Pine Eluff-The Rev II 7
Greene, pastor Of the st John
a, NJ r. Church. returned 'aH II
9th year rs pastor Longer thau
any minister hsa s.rsed IN us
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"SkippeI's Southwest .SportO
BY X. l.. DIXON

DALLAS, TeXas-Come January 1st when the moderated
Nittany representing Penn State meet Southern Meoa
ist niversys Mustangs the annual Cotton Bowl game III
Dallas r0crbbea OF generations past and present
well be shattered epoeal pattern for real and alpea
Democracy sportmanshp will be formulated III It's stead III
clusde in the lineup two Negro players DENIM
Eogpad Wallace Trpe and their appearance mere ne"
Years Day will mark the first time Negro Collegiate graders
have competed he south against southern eleven Last Se
the ane Penn State cancelled regularly scheduled game with
Miami University Miami Fla because Coaol BOD
Higgins and college officials of Penn State declared the
future of Penn uncertain ermf I'VE play all our
payers-or none.
When Coach Madison Natty Bell of SMU was quoted over
a Sunday morning, November z5 MS Woloa
were plain straight point and in substance amounted
this:
THE shIu coaches players and administration have no
protest against against cooed players VIII" happen
IN h. members You Mu
the frs southern precedent 1885 when we jouh
play against uCLA and dd not protest play
inr against their Kenny Washington and
Woody supposed to be living in Democracy
WEI"
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5000 about 10000 fortunate ticket holders will the
third and fourth ranking college of the AZ
rayed against other in the Cotton Bowl January 1st
Now record straight: When the NCAA accepted
bring eir annual track meet to San Antonio
last year. it was by the first time white and Negdo
track stars had competed alongside each cher the Lone Star
state 10TH 1885 during the Texas
Centennial Ralph 1ecae and Eddie Toan the big
circles and both stars rand Again IN
during the Pa-Amercan Meet tracksters OF all racial
strains and competed right Dallas against each
other Johnny Woodruff the spectacular half mile OF
provide the sensational news headlines ard
Negro athletes showed their and received
thousands who looked This all adds up to thl
dallas will Denne Ioggard and Way Trip
lett in stride and should be much better off be-
cause morning which according to calendar
will be January g.. Time Marches On.
Lucius scribe Orleans
College and the Fort Valley State Wild
"Cnderelli of the year he putting mildly
did during the 9 football but
single they played 40 Although
the head Fort Valley, we'll
certainly shoots fast stick
of 1916 firebsH them record
victories and tie thereby earning invitation
appear Southern University the
Bowl game
points opposition Their l6
game than
is not to be lightly fanatics.
The Wildcats will field starting lineup that slightly shades
line will fraction
starting
starting
Edward "Tippy" Walker Hollis
Wildcats starting backed that how the big job
rugged sporting stalwar
O2 left end from Quiman Ga David Pug 1872 lib guard from
Browning chief., 1947-07-11

place with the tail-end Giants of
1916 battling for the top? Why the
pennant winning Red Sox of last
year have been working their
tongues out to get toe hold in the
first division? Why the Athletics,
who finished SIS games behind last
year, are only few games from
the top of the American league?
Why Bob Feller and Hal Newhous-
er, the two star pitchers of the last
few years, have taken so much pun
ishment? Why Stan Musial, nor
NAL .365 hitter, has been trying to
pass 200? Why the Dodgers with
so many erratic pitchers and only
one 300 hitter-have been leading
or challenging for the too? This
fuslllade of queries goes on and on.
The Errntic Element
The answer is simple enough. It
is the uncertainty of sport and the
uncertainty of the human and 9TH
erWise animal race, including race
horses, harness horses or grey
hounds.
VI ShahApiC, Tic CdTulIIdlS were
rated at 3 to S this year, the best
team in baseball. But who could
tell in advance that Musial, a great
ball player, would first have an
appendix ailment and later on an
eye attack? After spending a month
with the team in St. Petersburg, we
rated the Red Birds the best team,
and also the best-conditioned team,
we had seen leave the south
in years.
So did most of the big league
managers, Joe Cronin included, and
baseball experts who were in the
west coast vicinity.
Neither Cronin nor Eddie Dyer,
two pennant : winning managers,
could slip us any angle on the de-
bacle.
"Why don't you figure it out?"
was their comeback. Which had us
stopped in our tracks. Both Red
Sox pitching and hitting took the
same dive the Cardinals ran across.
They were practically the same
pitchers and hitters who won both
flags year ago. This again is
what makes sport what it is.
Browning chief., 1947-07-11
SAFE AND SANE

The bartender waited for the two
drunks at the bar to give their Or
der. then looked down at their pal
who had fallen in the middle Of the
floor and made no effort to rise.
"What'll he have?" he asked.
Nothing, Bub," answered one Of
them, "he's driving"
Browning chief., 1947-07-11
Life-Saving Reel

A new device to save lives in
hotel fires is a reel of steel tape
permanently mounted on the win
dow frame. The occupant of the
room fastens the tape under his
arms, steps out into space and is
lowered to the ground at eleva-
tor speed by the unwinding of the
reel.
Browning chief., 1947-07-11
Leading Rule Breakers

An argument came up recently as
to what sport, game or competition
has more rule fractions-baseball
football, boxing. golf, tennis, racing,
hockey, basketball or what? In our
opinion the two worst offenders are
football, college and pro, and golf.
Basketball and hockey are not so
far behind, judging from the penal
ties inflicted, but they are not quite
up to the two we have named.
"Hurry-up' Yost told me once
that he doubted there was ever
single football play without a foul
that might have been called. This
sounds reasonable. In football we
have % young active athletes, all
under tension, body to body.
The four officials are usually high
grade, doing their best. But four
men can't watch % men, scattered
all over the field. Holding is the
main offense. There is illegal use
of hands and arms There is off
side. There is starting too quickly.
There are any number of offenses
that player can commit, often
with no intent of breaking any
rule.
In rule-breaking, holding espe-
cially, the pros are subtler than the
c0llegians. They know more. They
know how to grab an opponent and
let 90 in the fraction of a second.
I get this from ex-collegians who
have just turned pro. eve can't
match the pros in holding" all of
them say. 'They are much faster
and smarter"
Yet if officials begin calling too
many penalties they ruin the game.
They are accused of trying to hog
the spotlight. So most of them try
to call only the penalties that count.
They'll overlook an offside or
holding penalty that had no effect
on the play. This sounds reason
able enough, unless the sound of the
whistle dominated the play.
In the matter of rule breaking,
football leads them all. 1t is the
type of competition that leads to
rule breaking, a big part of it unin-
territorial through overeagerness
that leads to holding, offside or start
ing ahead of the ball; also illegal
use of hands.
Basketball and Hockey
Baseball players have little
chance to break rules with four
tough umpires. Otherwise they
probably would be the leaders.
The basketball whistle is a mourn
full sound in the land and hockey
has its share of offenders. Track
and field is close to 100 per cent
clean. 1t is that type of sport. Polo
needs good officiating, for like foot
ball it is a contact game. with a
horse or pony thrown in.
Browning chief., 1947-07-11
The Fall Guy

Editor-So. you'd like a job as
proofreader? I'm sure you under
stand all the responsibility connect
ed with it, then?
Young Applicant-Yes, sir. When
you make mistake, take the
blame for it.
Browning chief., 1947-07-11
CONCEALMENT

doc, if there's anything wrong
with me, don't give me long sci
entiic name. Say it so I can under
stand it."
Every well-you're lazy"
Gee, thanks. Now give me the
scientific name. I got to report it
to my boss"
Browning chief., 1947-07-11

means it's uncer-
tainty, its various
breaks of luck, its
sudden and battling
swings. Without this
uncertainty, sport
would be a drab af-
fair.
Several letters
have come our way
recently, asking us
to explain why it is
that the Cardinals,
worlds champions,
have heep in 1act
Browning chief., 1947-07-11

WAS baby sent down from heav-
en-, mama?"
"Yes, my dear"
''They like to have it nice and
quiet up there, don't they?"
Browning chief., 1947-07-11
Change Your Weight .
For BeautY's Sake
DIET z
poEs N
IT A
Eat and Be Slim

" HO said you can't have your
w cake and eat it, too? You
can actually change from the
well-padded matron on the left to
the slim miss on the right without
skipping any meals.
It's all matter of counting calories.
II you want to lose two pounds week,
and you're an average-siZed woman, al
low yourself between 1900 and 1900 cal
ories a day.
For full details on how to lose weight
safely and simply, send for booklet No.
46. Send 25 cents (coin) for "Change Your
Weight for Beauty's Sake" % Weekly
Newspaper Service. 2s3 West 18th ST.,
New York II, N. Y. Print name, ad-
dress, booklet title and No. 46.
Browning chief., 1947-07-11
Lucky Husband

A husband and wife couldn't speak
to each other except in sign lam
guage. One night when the husband
came home rather late the wife let
him have her raging anger, her fin
gers flying a mile minute. Just
as he raised his hands to answer
her, she turned out the light.
Browning chief., 1947-07-11
Pretty Risky

Wife-Have you seen the paper?
Another centenarian dead.
Husband-Yes. it does not encour-
age man to try to become one
Browning chief., 1947-07-11
MISCELLANEOUS

GUNSMITH: Alterations and repairs all
types scope and peep sight. Mounted
Bishop stocks on hand.
FISCHER'S Billings. Montana.
Browning chief., 1947-07-11
No More Spoilers

ISASTER has overtaken US! Ma
- tional poverty has forced dras-
tic retrenchmentl For the next
wear, at least, we will have no one
to name any newly discovered
mountain range, river, creek or
lake. Nor will we have anyone
to tell us how to spell and pronounce
those that have been named. That,
said the appropriations committee
of the house of representatives. is
luxury poor folks can not afford.
The $4,000 that luxury has cost
us each year was cut out of the in
terror department budget, much
against the wishes of several bu-
reaucratic experts who could spell
and properly pronounce such names
as K-E-O-K-U or LA J-O-L-L-O.
Such economy comes a bit hard,
but $4,000 is worth saving.
BACK in the days of Sockless Jer-
ry Simpson and the Populists, we
we're more afraid of printing
press" money than we now are OF
the Communists. Today we have
great gobs of printing press"
money, and though it is not worth
much, each of us fights to get our
share. or more.
Would the natives Of those
Pacific islands we have taken
over gain any advantage should
we force upon them our type
of civilization?
Browning chief., 1947-07-11

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THE two somewhat weird and
L woolly pennant races in the two
big leagues belong to the factors
that make sport what it is. This