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INDIAN OUT TO MAKE OLYMPICS Gigantic Arapaho Brave and Football Star Believed to Have Qualities for Success in the Decathlon. (Bl A* AawetftUd Lawrence. Kan.. April 9. ? John Levi. Haskell Indian football star, picked as All-America fullback on many selections last fall, will at tempt to win a berth on the Ameri can Olympic team which will com pete in Paris next summer. The gi gantic Arapaho bravo, regarded as the greatest Indian athlete since the days of Jim Thorpe, will enter the preliminary Olympic tryouts at the University of Kansas stadium here. May 30 and 31. Levi will enter the decathlon. In stead of any single event. Coach experience on the track and his strength will enable him to make a good showing in the events of the decathlon. The Indian has carried his 200 pounds of brawn over the-120 yard high hurdles in 0:15 2-5; over the 200 yard low hurdles in 0:25 2-5 and has high Jumped six feet. He has put the 16 pound shot 43 feet 7 V4 Inches, and thrown the discus 136 feet eight inches. He has scored first in Intercollegiate in the Javelin and is a fairly fast quarter and half miler, although he has nev er competed in these events. He has treated track competition as an "ath letic sideline." "Big Jawn" will have his first taste of fast track competition in all round events April 26, when he will participate in the pentathlon in the Penn relays. During previous track seasons the fhdlan star has devoted his energy and time chiefly to spring football practice and to baseball, entering practically all intercollegiate meets with tho scantiest of training and of ten with no training whatever. With the Olympics looming. Levi will concentrate on the events ot thei decathlon ftloner spending but little, the- on spring football practice nnd bam ball. The coaches belioye that by s.. doing lie can l etter his records to a marked degree. Levi so greatly values his amateur| standing .that iio refused offers to; tryo'ii with seven.' major leaguei teams this spring, unions' them th??! New York Yank<in order that ho] nilKht be. clig:i.!- for il"* )lympie gam?* nn<l lor fr, 1n;I next fall. The big Indi::n is in his early twenties. He in sad* t > return to the g.kliron nex* co-Ken. The Sportsman I By V?|t?r Camp (Copyright, 1921. By Th? Advance) New York, April D? It will be ln-1 teresting to see whether hard andj vicious football practice in spring! training is better than the mililer methods which most coaches employ at this season of the year. The vigorous exception Just now is Prin ceton. The Tiger players under the! lash of William Roper's driving tac-| tics, are plnying real football. It' la precisely as though the squad were! preparing for the opening of the; season. / If no men are seriously injuredi and they do not become so fed up on the gridiron game as to lose their interest in the sport next fall perhaps some good may come out of it. Certainly several potential stars hitherto unknown have already come out of the Koperian crucible. It may be predicted right now after a glance over the material that! the Princeton eleven of 192 4 will be a much ipore formidable outfit than that of last year. There will be no necessity of converting backs into linemen as had to be done in 1923. Learning to kick a football from the ground instead of from a tee?an achievement made necessary by the changes in the rules?is proving one of the hardest Jobs of the spring training season which now is under way for most big college squads. The kickers are finding It most dif ficult to get the ball well up Into the air. so as to give their runners time to get down the field. HKK Ol It ? Boyg two pants Suits. They' fit well. $6.0r> to 446.50. T. T. TURNER & CO MONUMENTS Lawson & Newton the Monument People E4lnwln (liven on Work Hrt C'oni|iIrt?> .?fontloello Ave. At 11th fit NORFOLK, VA. When Time Is Prrcion* Give Us A Ring. The Apothecary Shop Plione 400 MANAGING A BASEBALL TEAM Bj JOHN B. FOHTKK Chapter V. Handling the Money Not very many boy games are played for gate receipts. Now and then one is. When such a contest Is arranged the work of taking care of the money falls upon the man ager. He must. If the game is played on the ground, have the tickets printed and arrange to have them sold. If there is more than one entrance to his ground he must provide hi* gate men or ask the other club to do it. and If it is necessary to have watchmen or pollcemeu he must look out for all of them. If the game Is to be played on another field and the manager of "our" team has arranged to have a share of the receipts he should j either take the tickets himself, orj delegate some one of his club to represent him, because It is only fair i that where one club sells the tickets ? the other shall take them up. I In the big leagues they get over, that sort of thing because they use ? turnstiles on the gates and the turn-, ?tUM are sort of mechanical mana gers. Every person who goes' through the stile turns the account' one more on the dial, and when the | time has come for a settlement thei visiting club receives a share to. correspond with the total that has' been registered on the turnstile. Turnstile Saves Many ArugmcntM ! Where there Is no turnstile the number of tickets taken up is the basis of payment as it corresponds | with the total number of tickets placed on sale. Some times there is a disagreement and then a pretty thorough investigation has to be I made to find out what caused It. It Is the custom of the manager of a baseball club to do all of these! I things because he is the personal representative of tlie organization In its business affairs. In addition to that If the manager is clever and' industrious, and square, he can do bettering an individual than the club would be likely to do, if it sent out Its officials as a committee. In col lege the manager of a bav.ehall team looks after these details and there Is a great rivalry from year to year to make a good showing. Each col-j lege manager Is anxious to do a little bettor than Ills predecessor. Of j course it Isn't always possible to be i successful, even when a manager i does his very best and handles his' affairs in the most common sense, an accurate manner, because the; weather lms a great deal to do with the success of any outdoor team when It comes to talking about busi ness. In big league baseball a club! may be splendidly handled but it may have day after day of hard, lock and the business manager seemingly would not be as progrea sire an some other manager but any one except a stupid person would be able to see why. When the receipts of a ball game are obtained from the manager who makes the final settlement the visit ing manager turns the sum into the club treasury with a voucher from the other club, showing exactly what was paid. That prevents any argument as to the disposition of club funds. i Treasurer Should Handle the Money It is better to have the positions of treasurer and manager separated even In boy baseball and games of the semi-pro teams. The manager should not be able to disburse funds against which he should turn in a voucher to show what he has spent. In very small boy teams nothing of this kind is likely to happen but there a^e teams and quite a number of them in the United States In' which the members take in quite a fund during the course of the year, playing In their youthful and serai 1>ro leagues, and these hints will 4>e well for them to follow because it will make It easier for both man ager and members of the club. Some semi-pro teams in the metropolitan district made the mis take of having the receipts and dis bVWltl handled by one person and as the latter was not exper ienced his accounts were pretty badly Jumbled up. although there was no question as to his good in tentions. He felt worst of all when it became necessary to straighten things out. ? 0?fr?0?0 00 ?????? ?????????>? i|:OPTICAL SERVICE:; I DR. J. W. SELIG f OPTOMETRIST % !? ;1; i;521 Main St. ? Ellufetii OltJ? \ \ TRINITY WINS AGAIN Qreenaboro, April 9.?Trinity de feated Davidson here yesterday by the score of 5 to 3. KADIO 4'Ll'lt MKKTING. There will be an important meet ing of the Radio Club at the Cham ber of Commerce rooms Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. There will be a very Interesting program. and all interested in radio will pit-use be present. Tlie program | will consist of three parts, the full outline of which will be published i Thursday. Job Printing f plus Service Quality Economy At The Advance Shop WOODEN SHOES THE peasant* in America do not wear wooden shews at nil, pvon in the fields! writes Ahhc Pierre, of Gascony. "No, t!ie peasants there wear shoes ?tf leather, although I should think that Rahots would he.much more service able, not only on the roads, hut plowing. . . . And wooden shoes ure fur less expensive. Ah, that America is an extravagant country!" Advertisements haven't yet taken the heavy wooden shoes from Gascon feet?nor yet the heavy wooden shoes froin Gascon minds. Gascony thinks in the past. America in the future. Advertisements make the difference. They crisscross improvements in coiuillcss directions across the miles. They distribute Fords, furnaces and electric lights so wide ly that foreigners think you extravagant to enjoy them. They put you in touch with tlic latest conveniences. Thev help so many people enjoy those conveniences that their cost to you is small. Yon read advertisements to link yourself with the hest ?to substitute speed for the shambling progress you otherwise would have to make in the lonely wooden shoes of isolation. I)o you read them regularly? Good liahits pay. Obtainable In No Other Way Advertisements Are A Reliable Buying Guide I'AIU) OF THANKS We wish to express our thanks to our friends and neighbors for their kindnese during the illness and death of our wife and mother. Z. W. White and Children CALL 698 For anything you want to cat. Rye Flour, 3 lb. bags. Gluten Flour. 3 lb. Bags. Sanitarium Diabetic Bran (Ready to Serv??>. R. L. GARRETT THE STORE OF QUALITY Proof of Good Intention This store stands for something more than an address. It deals in something greater than merchandise. We like to feel that it serves a worthy purpose well fulfilled?that it occupies a place of trust in this commun ity?that every transaction is grounds for Good Will. By way of illustration? Manhattan Shirts, Pajamas, and "Munsco" Athletic Underuear Weeks & Sawyer "Where the Best Clothes Come From" SOLI) BY LEADING RETAILERS ?Wholesale Dinlrilmiors? D. R. MORGAN & COMPANY Wholesale (iriicrrs. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. EVEKETT TRUE BY CONDI ' A7ri i va n i vm ^ THoGsAN t^ rOR THAT ? CISTS'/^, MR.. TRoG, ?L COULTJ Mflve BOOSHT THE S4M<5 IDCNTICrtC * Tt-ING FOR CCS S THAN HALP Op THAT T3GL THtS (.-.'A C< i == "l3ef?o?e this uu^-x.*!1. wHeRe HAve yov IteeN SWC? -th<= MR. ? I've | of <?ip van i^jinklc 4no h*s long: si-eep. | He- staip in cue -spot and h?< h*s JMOOIB, ti^T ^OVJ'Rf tAjACKINCS. AROONt> I?M YOUR.S ii'.i
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