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The Leaf-Chronicle from Clarksville, Tennessee • 5

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PAGE FIVE CLARKSVUlt LEAF-CHRONICLE, CLARKSVILLE, TENN NOVEMBER 14, 1929. FANS EXPECTING EXCELLENT ANOTHER FORMER SLAVE IS DEAD SPORTS Did YOU Say TMis7 Gould htm HERE TOMORROW NIGHT IF YOU CAN, PROVE IT YOU GET $1 BURIED HIM ALIVE? reporter about a car collision near New Providece said, "It was a bad wreck." The scribe had considerable enjoy- ment in reremng to his growing chances at missing the dollar, but must have permitted his zeal to overcome his caution, for in Tuesday's edition Mr. Boris Demitroff and Charlie Peterson to Stage Fast Grappling Bout Athletes Even-. ly Matched. itoffiTO." Success 6t Annstrong's will go to the Red Cross, the constable said Mrs.

Brown had informed him. Utah, with one of the most power-v Atkinson Gets Buck. ful scoring machines in the country, A third dollar within twq days was Is headed toward Its third conference claimed from the newspaper this af- championship in four years. ternoon by Ned Atkinson, secretary- Dr. R.

N. Black well of Southern and your leg goes bad, what ejse are you going to Among those mentioned as possible successors to Enoch Bagshaw, who resigned under fire as head football coacn ac ine university oi wasnmg-ton, are Harry Stuhldreher of Villa-nova Ike Armstrong of Utah and Dr. Clarence Spears of Minnesota. Stuhldreher seems to be whenever a big coaching Job bobs up. The former leader of the "Four Horsemen" of Notre Dame has built himself a fine reputation at Vlllanova, where his contract still has some time to go.

He- was "mentioned" not so long ago as a possible successor to Gil Dobie at Cornell, but Oil has cast another winning team as an anchor to windward. Spears, It Is noted by L. H. Gregory In the Portland OREGONIAN, once came within a telegram of ac-l cepting a job on the Pacific Coast, his health interfering at the time. Presumably this was the University of Oreeon.

which subsequently en- gaged John J. McEwan, the one-time All-American center and Army star. NOTICE TO Back In Hopkinsville fresh from a successful tour in the north and east where he met and conquered new opponents, Boris Demitroff is expected to stage one of the best matches he has ever exhibited here tomorrow night when he meets the Swede champion, Charlie Peterson. The odds are in favor of Demitroff winning, but a tough bout Is expected. treasurer of the Aoroe Shoe company to uc ci, mi tut-, Eoutn western Conference schools in dolph Hach A (company, who claimed bEoadeuing its fields of footballac-his buck for the statement Tuesday, mty.

stoutly defends the conference uun snow wnojs ciosesL wucn wn agttinst attacks, criticism or it tolerates "subsidizing and When the debate shifts to batter-, ing-ram fullbacks. Earl "Powerhouse" Pomeroy cf the champion University of Utah team should not be overlooked. An expert observer In the Rocky Mountain area remarks: "In three games Pomeroy has stolen the show every time, with an average of about eight yards per try, using a straight drive. Marvin Jonas, strapping center, who helps clear the way for Pomeroy, Is another big fac- Methodist, most enterprising of the cmDaraUve Jack nrcSm nOTea comparative acK or proseiyt report! ing in the great Southwest. No one ed for athletes." as ootid UikillK 1 uica ita stringent as those of the Yale-Harv- games nothing is said.

Is is reasonable- to expect a r'good footbaill team to be any more harmful In "its effects upon a student body as a whole than it is to expect "Philadelphia business men to go to rack and ruin because they had a championship baseball team this year?" From a Long Island weekly news- nannr "A few weeks back we had occasion to encounter the- star football player (who received a scholarship at college). This was to have been his last year. To the inquiry as to why he was not on the gridiron he replied: 'My leg is all shot and I can't play football any more. When a college is paying you to play the here for the factory, and he made the rf.nv wWrh vaa n.rt.i mr itirinon reply which was quoted. Mr.

Atkinson said he was going to purchase a pair rtSrftWr nern wTth his froK back. The officer who in referring to the "DID YOU THINK THEY T1j gentleman who asked that ques- tion this morning admitted that it was a silly one to propound to anyone, but it was in answer to an equally unnecessary one. "Is he dead?" The gentleman quoted had remarked that he had recently attended a friend's funeral. "Is lie dead?" asked the other gentleman, and the response was as above quoted. The witty one has until 5 p.

Monday to grab a dollar for being quoted. If he is as alert at dollar-grabbing as he lias at repartee, he'll get the buck. Two Plunks Gone. The newspaper lost two dollars Wed nerday on this column and from the manner in which the shekels have been distributed the feature may yet bankrupt the paper. It seems that almost everybody is reading it now, for it Is getting to be a rare thing to slip" one over on an unsuspecting victim.

In fact the reporters are beginning to get razzed, as often they are dared to quote certain ladies or gentlemen who are constant readers of the About noon Wednesday Willie Pylant, assistant manager of the Goldberg bowling alley rather diffidently filed claim for a buck. It was Willie who last Monday asked a reporter to "give us a good writeup." Willie and Earl H. Williams, manager of the bowling alley, and the reporter were walking, west on Franklin-street together. The reporter parted company -witlv them in front of the Northern Bank and Willie shouted over his shoulder the quotation which was used. Since his companion Is known by his friends as "The Duke," "Strong Man" and other nicknames, the reporter was sure that Willie wanted a little publicity from the fact that he was In company with "royalty." Willie says he read the column regu-uarly and had a "funny" feeling when he saw the quotation and believed It Then late Wednesday afternoon, about 30 minutes before the zero hour, Constable Dave Brown of New Providence telephoned the newspaper that he wanted his dollar.

Last Saturday rhe constable- In conversation with a Wednesday police docket ard-Prlnceton pact of 1923. even a nibble." is also slipping. The adds; "If university has a reporter is afraid to give him much' Kood football team and wins a cham-lin or he might nibble and. gobble up Pionship it always brings forth the the dollar. His time will be up at 5 p.

question of '''paid athletes," regardless at, Saturday. of the Justification of the charge. If the university loses all of its football Excerts say that an accumulation of toxin poison in the-systeui is the direct cause of practically all illness of today, due to its effects the activities of the heart, liver, kidneys, stomach and intestinal tract. Toxin poison is usually referred to as your being toxic or having toxic condition. -i '---In addition to being the direct iuse of practlcajry all human complaints which demand Immediate attention, toxin poison in the system makes your brain stupid as well as your body sluggish, and actually effects your eyesight and hearing.

rWe. have the exclusive agency for a genuine TOXIN-POISON-REMOVER, which is a dependable and scientific prescription, pleasing to take and guaranteed to gently and gradually draw all of tiu-toxin poison from all parts of your system into the alimentary canal, hence Immediately eliminated from the body. Unless your health is 100, we suggest you try this most wonder ful preparation, DICKSON-SADLEQ COSVJANV If' 'f 1 --'-A 4 fV i Cir''rtittfri r- nr ill ifr' iitr- rrr COURTHOUSE TRIMS NEWSPAPER TEAM Although they took the first and last games of a tnree-set match at the Goldberg bowling alley Wednesday night the Leaf-Chronicle bowlera-lost to the. courthouse team by the close margin of 23 points, the final score being 1,714 to The newspaper team grabbed the first game by 12 points, but lost the-aaeond by 100 points when Smith got in a striking mood. Faced with an 88-point handicap, the newspaper team stepped in at the onset of the third game and overcame this, even faking a twenty-odd point lead.

Cor. then hit a striking mood and pulled lPP team out 4eat 11140 victory. The tournament was so close that the newspaper bowlers had a chance to tale the victory on the last go-round. Sutton got over. three strikes, but the best that Lewiar Buck or Gow- er could do was to spare and when the final score was checked the courthouse led in the total scoring by 23.

points. LAST NIGHTS RESULTS Courthou 1st 2nd 3rd TT1 212 451 113 377 122 408 164 478 Oorlew Crotzer 120 119 120 189 107 144 97 217 Abernathy Smith Totals 577 6011714 Leaf -Chronicle 1st 2nd 3rd Tt'l Sutton 150 96 211 457 Lewis 148 155 146 449 Qower 124 104 160 388 Buck 126 122 149 397 Totals 648 477 6661691 BOW THE? STAND National Leaffne W. L. 2 2 2 3 3 3 Pel .600 .600 ,600 L. P.

Co. Dickson D. fc M. Co. --D.

W. Battery L. A N. R. R.

Co. American Cigar Co, American Snuff Co. ywu AOO .400 American League Itama W. Durrett Motor Co. 3 The ClarksviJJe Star 3 courthouse 3 U.

A. M. 2 CfSf -Chronicle -v Maddux Battery Co. 0 L. 1 A 2 2 3 4 Pet.

.750 .750 .600 .500 .400 .000 TONIGHTS GAMES 6. UA. M. vs.The Clarksville V- 3,. -Jr.

Star. JOE M'filMNITYi iROfl MANi DIES Famous Giants Pitcher 111 Three Months ffS ia" Pl' Mnif VAOW VT-Vtf A I A Trt. Cwr. "Iron Man" of the New York Giants, died at his home in Brooklyn today. He was 58 years old.

He had been critically 111 since last August when he failed to rally after an opera tion the removal of a tumor. His baseball career extended over thlity-two years, beginning in Mont- comery, In 1893 and ending only four years ago in Dubuque, Iowa, where as a player manager pitched twenty games at tne age or S3. lie was iirsi canea me iron Man I no compromise with goodness "Uncle" Williams, 85 yvfm 014 wktefy-knowri and beloved Negro of the old South, died at 4 p. m. Wednesday at his home in District 1.

a two-years' Funeral services for "Uncle" Frank will be conducted Friday and burial will be in the Negro, cemetery at Guthrie, Ky. "Uncle" Frank had been a resident of this, county for the last-U Civil war was forced into the service of the Fedepalj amy as a teamster; Since, the "war "Uncle" Frank tud made his home in this county and wa-3 beloved by both races. He was a Christian, being a member of the GUfulld Baptist church at rie and was also a member of thg NetJerland lodge at Pert Royal. i( rSi never forgot his days of slavery ajid his loyalty to ne white race characterized his life. He was always exceedingly polite and 'courteous and never hesitated to tnio lster to the sick of both fiis own race and those of the white race, WFt DO JOB PRINTING V' Phone or S3 OUR TRADI appreciate blerided.

OA' the Camel bKHi is a real smoke! i- 9 jfatWB'faf'' aarcfc Ha4 Tbe arcjiblshop uf Canterbury, head of tbe established cbarb of England, receives a yearly satary of 173.00b. His title Is "primate all F-ncland." The archbishop of Tork, who bears (be. title "primal of England," receive $45,000 a yeiir lthftnrler Magazine. In an arc lamp the light te pro duced by a voltaic arc formed between two or more carbon electrode. In as Incandescent lamp the licit I produced by the electric incandescence ot a atrip or filament refractory no-tanrea.

aenefsllv rartwn tli Camels are made for the knowing ones who seek the pleasures of good smoke, and these 7 smokers may be assured that the true Camel quality will always be maintained nTVa" 1 TURKISH BLENbZ CIGARETTES VI Tj. TV i Boris Demitroff, who will -wiwtle Charlie Peterson here Fridav nlirhL Both men are good with Peterson being fast and rather rough while Demitroff is slower, but surer. A large crowd Is expected to paabwtha.Grizzard warehouse to see thess two grapplers meet for the first time. Both weigh about the same. Demotroff Is nossiblv a few pounds heavier, but this difference, if any, would mean nothing.

The Swede wrestled William Deme-trall here nearly a month ago and but for the fact that Demetrall had him bested in weight, it is believed by many that Peterson would have raptured the victory. Fans who enjoy wrestling here are hoping that a good crowd will witness the bout and show sunlcient encouragement for the promoters to continue wrestling here during "the winter months when the season" is really at Its best and when chances are better for excellent cards tobe slated for Clarksville. BLUE WINGERS ARE NOW AT REELF00T ht members of tha Blue Wing Hunting club are enjoying a trip at Reelfoot lake. THe hunters left eur- ly Monday morning, a number by train and others in cars and will be gone for two weeks. Along with the local hunters a number of Nimrods from Mayfield and Louisville were in the party.

Included among those making the trip were Judge John T. Cunningham, Ed Cooke, Emory Kimbrough, B. H. Sory, John Hanratty. Billy Patch, Hart G.

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