any Dramatic Granges-
port World Tfiis "Year
laiits
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Gi-aw will slurtf the damung- neHv year
, ''i
a -' president ' of the New York Nation
al Lteaue clUb' aswell as inajnager;
CiuuAM 'rf ..Sttrtivh'anv who has 'served
as t'hief executive of the Giant's Since
"thov yjre bought from the eatate of
t;v'v :! :hn T-' Brush- fTve-yiears' agtv
ii r.'-nuift" as' principal' sfcoeKfiolder
tho. i iW CJit" will turn t'ne conduct
I artairs over to McGrar.V. "- .
if lvis .T-oii'-t. been, " rumored . that
sfiT7t&ove.p&.,tiing contemplated,
it the aecebsaiy action "was n6t tak
. i until- a few -days ago when the
OJants ftoc khoicera held their an
imal meiktng. . . ' :' .
t i No more fitting . testimonial as to
f'5e liigh eminence McGraw has at
'; uncd in. the world of baseball could
given than his selection as sup
. ji ine controller of the destinies of the
. :ji aost . prosperous and successful i club
h either ma jor league. :;.
'i JiJrlv "Years in the Game
It
dujj to
the amazing energy
terfity- 'toV McGraw, a prod uvt
th
cobblestone. . diamonds jOf Trux
iV Lif-iS.L'-? Netf i'orll, thjLt'.th'e
nme- anci-
.k-fatieol t&eOjtaats tjckjed
'.to evei-y backwoods hamlet Of" this
ounfcry stlcV vet danced across.. the
sups' of -the 'Heven. RpaiT. .''."'!- -T . "' v
So why, pray, shouldn't this ' most
rweeful fignrp.iiv. 11; national game
'.. a v, vith fair rrsfymff and tbAnrdrti;
: nines and vntlci umpires and club
.yityj.. receive thet biggest ' reward
:-obail can beetow?- ' i.-.. -. :
McGraw came to" New. York iwvfity
:ears -ago a-f ter- sellins
his ball
SlUll
1 -zrr
Basketball. , Quiz . I
I. nsportsman . v ,
Titlio rcfeies give a' decision - that
- if , v1.'icr who. talks back
' tUw.oCii'ja! and conducts himself In
v unsportsmanlike manner",' what ac
Ji:n can the referee take? -i
The referee has it in his power to
Jve the oilier team the right to make
1 trvr'.-ii foa eroai fon such- cort-,i
1
-1, V WW.: J? i'
, Injuries. ,
I T r a team starts the r game with
" '-'vot-s. roirlnrs and two
V
1
,ujn As
venes
tne reconvening
ag the .Christirias
High School bas-
vvill get down to prac
Jpation of the eight' or
i hich will be . played this
'ru f :od;s material on
eason in every way.
being arranged; with
Kinston Morehead Ctty.
and other; towns In this
DUCATION : -
FOR PROHIBITION
i, Dec. 27."On the subject
, lion, . I, have ho satisfactory
i to trie auiuLiun ui tuia
long as man id a sl&ye'.to'' t,he
,'he' fit sh.' it will be unsolved.
Hp need education as well
uVrhere oTighl to be cam
; 'f ' cduNation by discreet men
' .matics Kigid legislation- will
,e betltV people, and that is
hi 'of tie hour: .The, church
exercise more power
e Oliver AV AlleH, font 36 years
I o in Smjitvlor ourtT)JV orth
.' , . . a i .. .. Alt. J 1 -. . . m
Ja strvici
-tyii d v
, t inlay
ice i a the history -.of-the
irho" retires January ,1,
txniav -cxvresst?d this opinion to
o yfssoc'.atfd PreySsi "
j "Oineehawgft :ttt idr lawVhe con
i iitiad, '"i .sv'oiild .ftiggest is the man-acjtuei-s-'ttf.
w&is'koy for the firtst of
i fjiisfc-.be 'made aJfelony, punishable by
j:yiiwui!int;uL in irio stuie inaun
ffiojii one to iA
';:tcond' offejis.
:! years and for . the
from two to - ten
5 ) JJurinp
last term of court,
refdsed. to try a case in-
fvfeying
r )jital i punishment. ,
'I cannot ?av I am otmosed to caw-
hiil ..vuishnient, because' .the public
1 not yprenari'd- for it, and it saboli
? E n, liw r.ij'f opinron, would promote
i''X aVe. tried, during my'long term
f 'ioflice only four men for capital
ijllony? i.w.ho were , jcanvictftil."- nd T
c ommended and itrt'ed the: pommi)-
iuon of - two of them to i life sen-
in Baltimore,, the far-famed Orioles,
because of continual wrangling with
Ban Johnson- head ' of the American
League, to' which -Baltimore then be
longed! The fiery leader found base
ball in Big Town a, complete 'wreck,
with the then manager of the Giants
trying to make 'a first basetnah out or
C-h ri topher , Math ewon!"v; Franchise
and 'players together wouldn't 'have
brought a song - even onelwithout.
words. ' v - .
, May'Qult as' Manager ' iu 1924;
' But what a miracle McGraw work
ed. ' He -noured a fortune Into the
pockets !of John T. Brush. He pour
ed another into' those of Charles -A.
Stoneham, and made himself fairly
well off in the bargain. That's thfe
crude commercial side, however,,. ep
it might be aaded'that all this time
while the shekels wre rolling in pent-
rants came rolling in as well. Eight
nonnnnts nnd three world .series, -is
the mark set byMcGraW fjr ti e
playing end Of the1, game.
' The f stockholders of the Giaifc
need have " no m'Sgifrings with John
J. McGraw, at the helm. He haa sr
suf-ed-'them 'hat Sthey ineeh "mi wtAry
a.W6utJ6i. giviogluD the jnanagenK9t:
of the team for ' this coming ycai
at least. Should he 'decide afier I Gut'-.
incr"all records" bv winning three
world series' flags in succession to ; few.
.off the. flayers benh in '1924 anq
inerey foccpy. the presidential chat?.
Xiertr-wuuiu a&cuii iwi iiilc tau ;v
Worry, for he has .builded up a stajf!
1 assistants,; headed ,by Hugie
iing5; which should be fully , capabk'
of attending to that little matter, .of
winning ball -games. - :
A. team must start play with "five
men in the geld, but if it has no sub-
sUtutes to replace players forced o
leave the' 'gaie,lt Tii'iyj;'icOrttlnueiiwith
less tlian- five players.. -f v-
' - SixM'tators. .
Who is, responsible for' tnfe ondugt
r)f,iil-iRTwc(&rtr's.'t . jt, . I Iff i
j Pjt,biskbOfli; Ijke aa fthf r spoi-J.
Ifltw? 6oAtHiet -of tle spectators is' air
wars fin to. the. mannarement of vtho
home team . . ' -1 ' , "t
i n- wha5 3pIayj-does 3 fh referee
fctaeitlmo -cut?, it jif-L ; Ti j,
The refree shall order time outifbjr
a double foul, injuries to players
the.making of substitutions. . tf?
GOLFERS W
NSTI
second Tournamnt . Betvven 1
Two' Cities' Is To Be Staged i
Witliin A- feW Days1
Local golf stars will golover to Kiij-
stonwithin the next few days toieyi-
g&ige in a tournament with ; the 14 j
ing golfers or. that community. Muehj
interest is being taken in the touSn.i-jl
ment and the '.local nlavers have hotvin
iitjdeVgoing . steady . praqticin anii-i j
pation of the-event;.- I' ' : ';'
, This ivill be;the teconl contest!l:-j
tween -golfers of th two towns.? Jt
the last tournament, which was sf.g-
d in New Bern, teh local players wan!
a 'decisive 'victory.. Kinston is R'uniio
do her best to wipe oiu -hi defeat tyy. I
scoring a -victory . in - forthcoming
matcn ' ana - making' it . necessary ro
play a rubber in order" to decide"' -the
championship.- - . 3 , ,
Sport Notes
New York, Dec. 28 Three na.tion
a, organizations concerned witli' ath
letics will hold annual meetings j in
New York this week. The physical re
search association meets" OH' -Wednesday;
the,' nationar collegiate1 athletic
association on ;Thursday and the' na
tiooalj'amateur ; athletic . .federation
gathers.' Friday for. its first annual
conference.., ' ',''
?ew Orleans, !;Dec. .2S--ComiC -Sdng
at 8 :to 1, easily -finished first-in the
onevjnile handicap' hore yesterday af
ternoon before . the largest crowd' of
the racing season at Jefferson track.
Ralco was second and Tippcty Witch
ct third. . Twelve- horses ran : for a
puree of $2,500. Comic Song ridden
by Chic Lang, carried 117 pounds.
Cleveland, Dec." 27. The ' veteran
battery men of the Cleveland Indians
will, report at' Hot Springs,' Ark., for
preliminary work and a course of the
oatns oiore . preceamg to tne spring i
training , camp at Lakeland, Fla., it
was announced today. Titchers Cove
leskie, yhle and Sherrod ..Smith, the
latter acquired from Brooklyn the
.. Another comet has appeared, mak
ing three, none of which is as high as
fried chicken in Russia..
San Francisco bandits blew a safe
and escaped with $4 6,000. Police
think robbery was the motive.
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lattery part of last season," and Catch
er ; teve : O'Neill will - report at Hot
Springs, February -10., The remainder
of the battery men Iwill report at
Lakeland March 1, one week ahead
of the remainder-Of the squad..
.Philadelphia. .-...Dec:" ."27. Sailor
Preedrpan, of Chicago, won. decisively
over, - Bobby ... Barrett,) f .Clifton
JJcights, Pennf ,-. iu the, principal - $
round bout' on a: Christmas ; day card
hereiV yesterday. i iElreedman t-weighed
Ilia. .1111,. t - - - -1, . ' ' - - -t"l' J. i - it zti ' ' '" '"- r' ' f-1" !
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JUST RECEIVED: A BIG SHIPMENT OF OLD ENGLISH FLOOR WAX IT RANKS AS THE BEST
FLOOR POLISHER ON THE MARKET. ,
138 3-4 pounds,' and Barrett-139 1-2.
Alex Hart, of Cleveland, beat George
Chaney, of Baltimore; each weighed
136 1-2 pounds. Ad Stone, the "fight
ing marine," of Philadelphia,: defeat
ed George Shade of California in the
light heavyweight bout. Stone weigh
ed 1(, Shade 174 ?'l-2. ' Whlttev"
Fitzgerald, Philadelphia, won a pi)
ular decision. ove:l,'"Jimmy 1 Haufon,
Den,vei'. ' ' '
Philadelphia, ' Dec. 27. Weston TJ.
alues
i -E Ml" "JL-l.
"Wes" Fisler, a noted baseball pla
er of a half-century, ago, and- first
baseman ' of the' Athletics, dies in -a
hospital yesterday. He jvroa 8 1 years
of age, and was born in Camden, New
Jersey. . ... "
Mr: Fisler in his -'baseball ' davs
wore white cuffs nd a. collar and
necktie and was-known as the flindy
of the baseball diJiYir-nl. II" rfstJrod
fr-om. baseba.ll in 1377 to t-nter busi
rOss;nd was active ap t o lufe iinal
illness- ' '
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SUCCESSOR TO J.'sJ BASNIGHT.
Decrepit 1922 staggering, oil its'
venerable pins toward a complete fin
ish, saw . numerous exciting and
dramatic moments in the. world of
sport. Seven or eight events that
transpired during the year, that soon
will be expunged from calendar con
sideration are worth the typewriter of
the scribe and the eye -of the reader:
things, momentous in general and
.Set forth in their stellar relation to
sports spectacular in particular they
would rank thusly to the mind of this
scrivener:
. 1 -Jack Scott s remarkable come
back after he had been Hurled into
the discard. This chap, . released , by
Cincinnati, was given a "- beggar's
chance with the Giants, won several
gamesgames' and shut out the Yan
kees! in the world's ' series pitching
the best game of that exclusive feud
in Manhattan. -
2 Connie Mack's purchase of Sam
my: Hale for a price reputed , to be
$75,000 and William. Baker's simi
lar- dicker for Heinie Sand for an'esti
mated 140,000. i .
" 3 - Willie i Hoppe's stunt in regain-f
ing his laurels as champiom billlardist
of the world when he defeated ;Jak$
Schaefer who had snatched his crown
away , from him the year before. j
4 -PHnceton's wonderful tf ootball
; record. With an eleven which had lost
J Keck, Lourie, Gilroy, Gharrity ,Wit
itmef and Etinson and with hosingle
defeated, through the season' and i4
the general , opinion of football ex
perts rated as the champions of the
east.-
i' Gene Sarazen's tremendous- sue
cess sat ' golf,. - Winning -A the United
States open - title v he ; defeated Jim
Barnes,- Jock Hutchinson and- Walter
Hageft, ihi admittedly 'thre greatest
antagonists, -in ma'tch ' play after
wards. ' T- .' .'."..."'.. : '
6 Rogers Hornsby's fe"at in hold
ing the lead in the National league
batting -averages for the third 'succes
sive year; breaking all his league's
home run records with 42; hitting
400, and thus smashing all high 'water
marks for 20 odd years, while fn long
distance clouting the Cardinal's star
gathered all the laurels. ..:- .'
' -7 Bill Tilden;- firfet1 tennis Tking to
win three championships 'in a. row
since, the days v of ' BilP LarnedJ: beat
all opponents 'bri tho- turf and again
was '.successful in' playing-' a-- tremen-
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YOTJ WILL FIND OUR
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dous game that did much to hold Cfye
Davis cup on this side of. the Atlanta.
Viewed with ah' linparfcal 'eye fan,
as a najority, . think that the feat;'4f
lanky Jak - iseotVi. of; itidgewayt4, this
state. In coming back' to' DeJ trfeetar
tirler of the -world's-series by
far the paran;ounfe featura ef al jthee
glittering- evente.'.'- i - 7; y 7,
For,Sarazen wasalways novYns
a great golfer; tne Tigere were al
ways rated as a. dangerous, foe on. the
-white-ribbed- battlefield Hoppfe" A'.ul
billiards have, long been synonymous
knd this is the. case :with Tilden and
tennis and Hornsby and hitting, -But
for a downright,v,...dyed-in-the-w!C'"
blown-in-the-bottle, stunt give us th'
the feat that' Mister Scott perforneu
when h.e shut: out the: Yankees-wth
out' a run and paucity fo,.hits on,.that
drab ; and . dnzzly, October . af t,ernoou
at the Polo grounds. ' - . ' .
iVife HelpEleqti Hubby
After having Jaeen in- bed half the
timej, f or . a ' years with; eevece gains in
.my, right jide fwpKiJbf lVapeiicUE, .
siomacu i.iou.Diei-tina ?' pjoayng.wJi .
the doctors seemed ..unable "to.j,f ea&h
with ' medicine," &nd s"advised ' opera-
tionas th onTjf jemecjyngtirse.. ad
vised ..roe.., to. . tryMayr's ,'jondjsffiil'
Remedy., awl itn-?j:esu,U3.4 have, tridy
been rwonderfuJ ;as I: ajn,- nov (ei$ir,yy
well and strong anJ at the last elecr
tiOn-- worked - hard . tg. plect', rny.-ius-band."
It is fi, simple'harml.ess prepa
tion ' that - removes N the ; ca.trrji.al
mucus from - the intestinal tract and
allays, the inflammation , whichpauses
practically, all. stomach.- liverv and. in-
tis. One dose will. .convJnce.Qr 'money
testlnal s ailments,, icluaig iappe'dici-i
refunded. AD VT. ' v '
COXSUIjATE js, bombjed, by a
: FASCISTI WHILE IS liSBQX
Doorn, Holland, Dec. 27. A Christ
mas tree, i trimmed .' ..by-: the" former
Kaiser," was", the chief decoration at
the Christmas ' celebration . 'at,'-j,the
House' of Doom Christmas' Day." The
fain- figure w,as little .Princess Henri
etta," : "Princess- Sunshine,''- :.eeyen,
step-daughter of the fbrmei''Iaser
by his second; married, that t'o Prin
cess Herminp.,;- , UiilK
All
the cream on milk must . be -
vanishing crearrv, because. you- seldom
gee any cream onjmlk, ;3ra
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