WEDNESDAY , AFTERNOON,; NOVEMBER 22, 1922
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STOPIa) I -Want Special Traiii To Goldsboro
Wilmington Seeking
Berth In Virginia League
HUCK FINN AND TOM SAWYER - - - -, By JDWIG
. WILMINGTON, r Nov. 22. With
baseball possible 'for- - next rseasom,
business men who : are working on
plans they expect to see fully mate
rialize are now shooting . at a "high
er mark than. C .ball. 1 t --
The v. possibility of Rocky : Mount
pet;mitting her franchise, in .the Vir
ginia League to go . by the board has
raised the hopes of . those' behind the
movement to a 'high pitch, because, if
Rocky Mount fails to exercise her
prerogative Hn- the matter and . perJ
mits her franchise to go on the mar
ket, thajopal belief is that Wilming
ton can land it. " . -
" Wilmington naturally wants to play
as big baseball as possible-,- and the
advantages of - membership in a 15
half circuit are better than those that
would .accrue from participa"lion In
a 'bushier 'league. .; : " :
. Rocky .&fount. It "appears, and pos
sibly, Wilson;- would like to get. ."out
of the" Virginia League. , The pace has
probably - been a pretty stiff one,- yet
these clubs have7 stuck in' there in a
manner one is bound to admire and,
of coutse-, ,it.' is possible that -they will
talk lot "and gamble 'a lot -more,-
and then hang onto their'' franchises
when the time for the expected part
ing of the ways comes. However, Wil
mington la prepared to make a strong
bid for the franchise of either cnip.
if it . is surrendered. Rocky Mount,
press reports say, wants to get out
of 'the Virginia league and form -an
Eastern Carolina circuit,- with Kin
ston. Greenville . Wilson and New
Bern.
This may be nothing more than idle
chatter, and yet again it may mean
that a- very desirable franchise win
be on the iiiarket shortly. And if this
latter : condition is brought about
Wilmington means to be in position
to take advantage jf it.
-It is extremely doubtful if the city
could be interested in the formation
of a little circuit. Business men who
are backing the venture, and deter
mined to put it across if such is hu
manly possible, do not think the city
would support a team in a small town
eireuit: but are satisfied - that ' bust
ness 'would be justified if the - circuit
.was composed of real cities.
State Shows Increase
; In Insurance Companies
- RALEIGH, X. C. Nov. 22. North
Carolina's insurance companies have
increased from, seyen concerns with
assets oft-$?4is;79l in'- 1899; to-.eighty-two
such ..corporations : with assets of
$ 33,264,068.58- tfiis "-year." A? -a? result
of this growth, the -' annual revenue
off the state insurance - department
from ..these companies ;has been j-ad.
vanced from' 590,000 in: 189 to over'
$1,000,000 in 1921. '. , -jomm'lssipner
of Insurance Stacey
W.; "Wade made i - this : announcement
to The Associated .Press today in a
review 3of the ' wetk of his flepart-
ment and in discussing whaf he term
ed the remarkable progress North
Carolina- has-' made in recent years.'
As an- indication of improvement
in financial ; conditions, he - cited' fig
ures of the building and loan associa-1
tions of-: the-', state, which in 1904,
when the jfvwe re placed- under the,
supervision of the insurance department-had
only $80,-00-0 .'assets! These'
associations now have approximately
$700 Qr0Q '.distributed' among rrnore
thin two 'hundred of their organiza
tions and over seventy thousand
shareholders, i according .to the . eoiru.
missioner's records.
-."The . North ? Carolina - Insurance
department," said Commission Wade'
: is not," as many' persons believe, sim
ply a- channel ffor -the collection -of
revenue: nor is its activity limited to
the supervisiqn of insurance com
panies. , . . .. f
'Successive -legislatures have added
to, its administrative . supervision
buildnig. and loan associations,. lightn
ing rod Companies,' investment com
panies, Moms' plan oom-panies and
rate bureaus and associations, as well
as the :f oircement -of the - fire . mar
shal law the, builuing and inspection
law,. th&' proper erection and protec
tion of state and institutional pro
perty arulhe supervision- of fire- de
partments throughout the state. , .
"Since the ' formation t of the de
partment in 1899, it has been the
duty of the commissioner- to -investi
ajte the ifinancial responsibility of
each Insurance cdmpanyv seeking ad
mission, to the state, of which there
are now more than" six' hundred: to
scr utinize each of th many, thousand
foms of contracts issued by them t&
see that the value of protection was
not i weakened or destroyed by some
qualifying clause -and tor see that the
contracts are given a reasonable .in
terpretation . in the - settlement ' of
claims and . not - misrepresented to
the public. :
? The'i commissioner - also has' been
required to watch the ... progress - of
companies ' and to" see - that sufficient
reserves are' carried to guarantee the
protection - promised, . and to prbtect
the' pnfolic and companies themsel
ves against 1 the impracticar and un
safe --polices of - promoters .operatinj
under the guise of insurance : who
continualy ' sek?' his 'approval -or-' at
tempt to operate in open defiance of
the law,", he continued. ;
- Reverting to-th building and loan
associations, Commissioner Wad
stated the . organisations' had " been
powerful force in-the upbuilding of
North - Carolina cities, both in 'tax
able - property and "citizenship. Th
associations are" supervised' by train
ed - experts although ' no funds have
ever beerr appropriated, for -the work,
he aid; North Carolina Is far In ad
vance -of other states, he continued,
in providiag protection to "the public
a ncf th'ese -associations.
More college" girls stay single be
cause they are -harder to fooL
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Fans Want 19
See Friday s Game
Rocky Mount anil Roanoke Rap
ids yesterday afternoon settled ,the,
question as to who shall be New
Hern's next opponent in the race for
state championship honors.
Rocky Mount won by the score of
12 to 6.
Ail of which clears, up the football
atmosphere to some extent and en
ables, local fans to. get a line on the
situation as it stands.
The next game will be played on
Friday. It will be staged at Golds
bofo, beginning at 3 p. ni. Rocky
Mount and New Bern will be the
participants. The winner of the game
will get a chance to .play in the semi
finals for -state championship.
Hundreds of local fans intend see
mg r riciay s game at i uoiasooro...
There is now an agitation under way,
in the -elf ort to secure a special train.
from nere to' uotasooro.-: n ; is - te-
lieved that if thetrain?Is secured at
least five Hundred local football en
thusiasts . will-take; the trip; v While
nothing definite has been done as yef
toward securing the train it is - be- !
lieved - that an t ..announcement re
garding its operation will ,be anade
by tomorrow.
The New Bern --eleven, has been un
dergoing light practice this week and
are eager for Friday; to come.1 They
are confident that Rocky Mount will
not offer any great obstacle in theii?
way to the coveted goal. They, are in
good condition : and ready ; to ; put up
the fight of their lives, jf . necessary.
Durham Is Ready For
Game With Sariford
ROCKY MOUNT
IS UNDECIDED
Fan of That City Can't Make
; Up Minds What To Do .
About ' Baseball League
does not-mean that' the Blue has fall
en short of expectations for the ab
sence of - O'Jearh and Mallory was
keenly felt. Harvard has not seemed
to improve with age .as evmcea
the loss ib-the .'Brown "machine.
by
The annualjnee.ting of the sailors
and soldiers yunder training of Uncle
Sam .will: he just as interesting .to
gridiron followers of the country" as
the Yale-Harvard clashi. The game
will be staged in Philadelphia. Clash
ing in annual fray, the i; , Army and
STi ivy furnish) more color to ; their
games than any other teams,-and the
ailiirs are always featured' with
pomp and ceremo;,y. In forecasting
the results of the coming .' classic.
Old Man Dope picks the Navy to vre-
peat last year's victory.
DURHAM, Nov. 22. The Durham Tornado .meets ;the i Ban ford -High
HiEfh School's Blue Tornado plunges School with a string of "Victories to
into the semi-finals ; for : the ..eastern
High School football championship
at Emerson Field, Chapel Hill, Fri
day afternoon at .3 o'clock when .the
four teams have games scheduled for
Saturday . but they are .regarded ias
Fet-ups r."!ore or les3 to ine more.im
portant contests Tha-.ksg:vingi Day.
N. C. State, Wake Forest, Trinity and
Elon are the elevens that will b-in
action Saturday. Carolina, ,. Davidson
and Guliford . will rest, for more im
L portant frays. .
. ;N. C. State will, tackle Wake For
rest. Trinity entertains Randolph
Macon and Elon will play Roanoke
College.
Saturday, just before Thanksgiving
day is usually an off day for the foot
baU. teams which point, to , trie final
fracas. In North Carolina, however.
The Wolfpack was badly shattered
in stacking up; against. Georgia Tech
and V. P. I., on successive Saturdays.
Floyd, Holland, Bostian and Baker
are on the injured list. They may
not play 'against the Baptists. Which
makes the, game. all. the more uncer-,
tain. -
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RULD SCX-JOUKNAIj WANT ADS
its credit, the latest heing over
Rockingham . Highs last week. - ; ,
While Sanford is expected to put
up a desperate Jight and has a good '
team it is not believed the sand hill
county lads can defeat . the' Durham '
squad. . ' ' ' '
iFraming; of the schedule to finish
the series in the eastern half was ac-'
complished at a netting of mana-
gers last night in Raleigh, -at which
B. L.; Debruyne, Durham , high , tactf!-
ty manager represented Durham.", '; .
Rocky Mount and Roanoke Rapids '
played off their tie yesterday -and
Rocky jiodnt will meet New. Bern in
Goldsboro Friday, afternoon at -t,hree
o'clock in the semi-finals. '' 7 - '
The" winner of the Durham-Sanford
game -will play , the winner of the
New Bern-Rocky , Mount game, ' If
Durham wins the .gam'e will le play
edt at Chapel Hill, pn; Jov. 24.and- rf
Sanford , wins, it .will . be flayed in
Raleigh on that jdate. .' ., , .
Winner, of .the final eastern .ame
Is to meet the rwesterri .-winner on
Friday, Dec. 1 at Enaerspn, Fjeld,
Chapel ifill, for the state, championship.
. A marine officer who proposed to
a girl by radio1 was accepted immed
lately. -Rdio is dangerous. ,
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V : ROCKY. MOUNT. N. C, Nov. 22.-
The - regular - annual meeting of the J
lirectors of the Virginia League will
neet at the Cherry, iiotel in Wilson
Saturday night, November 25, ; at
i:80i according to the call for the
meeting which 'was issued yesterday
by President W: S. : Moye.
:'- At this meeting President Moye
is' to submit his annual , report and
the regular election pf officers is to
be- held. The affairs for last season
will be -definitely checked up ; and
the outlook for the 1923 playing
season discussed. With the - stipula-'
tion that these matters make, up the?
agenda for the meeting, the .session
of -the league nioguls .is expected to
be of great importance. ;
'Although the meeting is but a few;
days off the outlook for baseball here:
next season i w . still very, hazy. At a,
mass' meeting of fans last week . a
committee was "instructed to make a
canvass of the city and ; see if suffi
cient citizens could not be secured to
underwrite the club for next year' as
the Tar Heels, Inc., present owners
of the franchise in the Old. Dominion
circuity are unwilling to assume such
responsibilities as they assumed last
year,, when through lask of interest
and' poor attendance several thous
and v dollars was lost by the club.
They want citizens of the city to take
small blocks of the stock so that the
proportionate loss next season, if
there is any, will be 'much smaller.
While ' nothing definite could be
learned this' morning as to the prog
ress that has been made oy tne can-a
vassing committee, Tar Heel officials P
let it be known that they would haveB
vf-Dreaentative at the Wilson meet-1;
ing. It is now expected tnat tne ioi-e
feit 1 money for next season will be
r.tlAr1 t,.r then Qfi nil tintio to tliatD
..-C. 1 l V V" AVI. - - ' ' " " ' - ' .
effect Jias"lecn received, and the sup-p(
position is tnat tne money win uct
UUaLVU ill ..I ttll UCL1 y . ilic 1UU6U.O-.
hold the belief that the fans of thef,
city will come forvard with the de-i
sired support and that the franchise
will" be retained. " Several of the mo-;
guls' are' workihg informally and re-j
port that they have already secured
a number of citizens who have prom
ised to take blocks of stock and co
operate in keeping he club going,
and the general impression iri official
circles is that Rocky Mount will have
professional baseball next year.
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Sport Notes
Yale vs. Harvard: Navy vs. Army:
These two gridiron classics will be
the outstanding football attractions
of the section of America which lies
Bast of the Mississippi during the
coming week-end and once more
eyes of the fans are turned in tha
direction of New H;iven and rhila-dlephia.
The Yale-Harvard battle does not
have any element of doubt as the
Blue should win from the Crimson
without much trouble unless eleven
regular Yale warriors arc incapaci
tated from playing. Yalc-'s defeat
last Sat. at the hands of L'rincetun
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