THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA,
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Coach Percy Haughton called out
the hundred-odd candidates for Colum-
dia's football eleven on Baker field the
them into shape for the coming sea-
son. This photograph shows a view
of the rookies going through a stim
workout with Capt. Walter Kopplisch
(left) and Coach Percy Haughton
(right).
ANT RE RE
Golf Course Instructive
For entertainment as well as
instruction, a golf course for
playing indoors has been placed
on the market. It teaches be-
ginners correet stance, grip and
putting stroke, and permits the
accomplished golfer to practice
at home. The hole is similar to
that of an outdoor putting green,
while the “course” Is of smooth
felt, so that the ball will roll in
the proper direction. As there
is a trap behind the cup, a nat-
ural stroke may be used without
danger. Grown-ups play with
regular clubs, while children
use smaller ones,
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Most Uneanny Stare in
that came into Battling Nelson's eyes
haunted him for days after he had ref-
ereed a fight in which Bat was one of
the principals.
“He was most uncanny
spect,” says Roche,
“He seemed to be looking at, through
and to some world beyond the man
he was fighting. It was a most pecu-
liar gaze. Set, green-gray eyes that
no manner of blow could disturb.
“Ordinarily a man will blink when
hit or punched at, but not Bat. Those
wide, expressionless eyes looked
straight ahead, as if they had been
made of glass. I can't say that they
were fefocious or fiery—they were
just creepy and unblinking as those In
the head of a dead shad. Men who
fought him and tried to read his fight-
ing mind falled, for they told nothing,
nothing. And I do not exaggerate
when I tell you that I saw those eyes
before me for three or four days after
judging one of his fights."
in that re-
Funny Golf Experience ,
of Professional Horton
Chester Horton, well-known profes-
sional, thinks one of his funniest golf
experiences was at the Bremerton
navy yard, Washington, in 1012. He
used to visit the links twice a week
to give lessons to the naval bfficers.
There was a road through the course
which was used by workmen from the
yard. Chester and two officers were
at the fifth tee and there were three
workmen coming up the road, one In
advance of the other two, One of the
officers hit a low drive from the fifth
tee and It struck one of the two men
a glancing blow on the head. He
thought he had been struck by his
companion, and retaliated by taking a
punch at the innocent fellow and for
a minute or two there was a lively
mixup. The officers and Horton
dropped flat behind the tee and
watched the battle.
New World's Record
in
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Paavo Nurmi. the brilliant Finnish
runner who shattered the world's rec.
"ord for one mile at Stockholm, Sweden,
lowering the mark established by Jole
Ray by two seconds. Ray's time for
the mile was &:12 2.5, while Nurmi's
was 4:10 20
BILLIARD GAME VERY
SIMPLE, SAYS HOPPE
That Is, if You Understand Scien-
tific Principles.
Many persons who play billiards pos-
sess no knowledge of its fundamental
principles beyond the fact that it con-
sists of knocking three Ivory balls
feit-covered table with a
tapering stick called a cue.
So writes Willie Hoppe,
champion billiard player, in the Popu-
of
is a
“the
on the &clence
billiard shot
problem.” he declares,
Willle Hoppe Demonstrating a Masse
Shot,
of mathematical and mechanical
truths and a fine adjustment of the
player's mental and physical being.”
After describing a number of specific
shots and explaining the scientific rea-
sons for them, Hoppe gives the follow-
ing rules for those who would improve
their game of billiards:
Use a cue that feels comfortable in
your hands, hold it lightly, chalk ft
frequently, and unless making some
special shot, keep It horizontal,
Never attempt a shot without first
learning thé “why” of It.
Hit the balls no harder than is neec-
essary.
Follow through from four to six
inches on every shot-—including the
draw.
Hit the cue bill in the center—un-
less trying for some special effect,
. Remember that many difficult look-
ing shots become easy If played off
the cushion,
Jack McAllister Makes
Good as Cheer Leader
Bill Friel tells a good story on Jack
McAllister, first lieutenant to Tris
Speaker of the Cleveland Indians,
According to Bill's story, the Indians
were engaged with the Browns in a
warm series in St. Louis. The play-
ers. of both clubs were keyed up to a
high pitch and there was much talking
from the bench, which In the American
league is tabooed.
Finally Umpire Tom Connolly, who
is a strict disciplinarian, motioned for
Jack McAllister to beat it. After the
game Friel approached Connolly and
asked the reason for Jack's dismissal,
“I didn’t see him do anything,” ex-
plained Friel, “and he's not a player
and he's not the manager, so I don't
know what right you had to chase
him.”
ritant volee, “he's the cheer leader
for that bunch; that's why I canned
him.”
English Miners Taking
Up Various Sport Games
In England, 10.000 miners and 8,000
steel and tinplate workers in Mon.
mouthshire are organizing with the
object of co-ordinating sport. In Pon-
typool and Blaenavon two large asso.
take In scores of smnller organiza.
tions and games of every description
will he played simultaneously on ohe
ground In each distriet,
INTERESTING
SPORT NOTES
Now the basketball bug
Join the katydid in its nightly ealls,
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comes to
Of the ten ranking tennis players in
the United States, only two are left.
handed,
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One beauty about a well-managed
prize fight Is that it always has a defl-
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Sir Thomas may win few boat races,
but years ago he clinched the title for
. . .
Prize fights create more excitement
cept presidential elections,
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Athletic clubs In Paris are urging
that swimming authorities organize
an annual competition for swimming
the English channel.
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P. T. Barnum sald the public likes
and lived long before
sands of dollars, too.
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The Dempsey-Firpo heavywelght
championship bout attracted a crowd
to witness the title test,
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Many a man who walks miles to
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The pennant winning Dubuque club
Valley announces
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Two more Southwestern league
players have heen sold to Milwaukee,
One was Walker, the Salina pitcher,
the other Meeks of Bartlesville
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Harry Kelly, who did such good
pitching for Spartanburg in the clos
ing month of the South Atlantic sea.
son, is still the property of Memphis.
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From the space different pugs are
getting these days, it Is appalling to
think of the reams Wellington and
Napoleon might have used up in pre
dictions over their little scrap.
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Harold B. Lever of New York city
ran the 100 meter invitation race at
the Canadian national athletic meet In
10.4 seconds, equaling the world's rec.
ord established by Charles Paddock.
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The Des Moines Western league
club purchased Pitcher George Brown
from the Waterloo club of the Missis-
sippl Valley league. Brown was the
strikeout king of the M. V. circuit
with 175 to his credit.
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The Boston Nationals closed
tions on three players of the Worces.
ter Eastern league club, and they
will go South with the Braves next
spring. They are Sterling Stryker,
pitcher; Wade Lefler, first baseman
outfielder.
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Uhle Is “Iron Man”
George Uhle of the Cleveland In.
dians is expected to be picked as the
“Iron Man” pitcher of 1022, They used
to call him “Sandlot” Ulle, because he
went to the Indian lineup straight
from the diot ball team of Cleve.
land and never spent a minute In a
minor league. This season he has
pitched in more games than any other
pitcher in either league,
Famous Cinnamon Gardens of
Colombo Given Over to Park
and Home Sites.
Washington.—A land where fishes
walk along the roads and ci'mb rocks
and trees, where crabs fling sand into
the alr and elephants play tricks like
sportive children—such, says a bulle-
tin from the National Geographic so-
ciety, is Ceylon, where Great Britain
is negotiating with the natives con-
cerning important government reforms,
“Colombo, the present capital,” con-
tinues the bulletin, “has a magnificent
artificial harbor bulit by the British,
That city superseded the former prin
cipal seaport, Galle. In the new port
city the native quarter, with its beau-
and lace makers, contrasts sharply
with stately government buildings and
European customs of the English sec:
tion.
Ancient Wender.City.
“The famous Clonamon
of
in bowers
sweet per
and bungalows
well-to-do residents
of wondrous beauty
fume,
“Seanty remains of the ancient capl-
tal, Anaradhapura, lle In 'ofty moun
tuinsg amid matted Jungle
Glowing descriptions of this
wonder-city by Arab, Persian
Greek
work, now
slow
and here houses
nestle
and
and
because of Its vast size.
“Near by Is the sacred
tanks, one of them begun five centu-
ries hefore the Christian eran
waters when it was new.
Buddha's Enormous Tooth,
a little lake, also artificial, In making
it the native ruler ruthlessly drowned
out scores of his subjects’ rice fields
Hidden In gold and ruby-encrusted bell
shrines a mythical “tooth of Buddha’ is
preserved,
“The present ‘tooth’ obviously eaunld
pot have grown in any human mouth
ft Is two inches long and half an Inch
thick at the base
gives the fiction for the sake of the
August night celebration. when the
tooth is carried about the town accom
panied by a procession of devil dance
ers in their grotesque masks,
“Adam's Peak, a strange
top a huge natural
an enormous human foot,
nlso is an object of veneratiom, From
moantaln
where depression
resembles
have ascended to heaven.
devout pligrims worship there. Even
the non-believer is impressed by the
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| scene at dawn, when the sun first tints
ft sea of clouds, and projects slender
shadows upon the coyntryside,
Immigrants Supplanted Natives
“When the civilization of the Sin-
| halese was at its height, more than
{ 2,000 years ago, the capital, Anaradhe.
pura, was a marvelous city extending
over some 200 square miles. It was
clustered with magnificent palaces,
pagodas and monster relic-shrines of
delicate design. This civilization was
overthrown by Tamil mercenaries
whom the Sinhalese Imported from
India; subsequently the ‘sland was
held successively by the Portuguese,
Dutch and now by the English,
“The ‘walking fish’ perforins its ter-
restrial antics when ponds dry up in
the hot season. Then it either bur
rows Into the soft mud walt for
rain, or, by night, erawis out of the
last shallow depressions and goes
| writhing off through dripping grass on
the hunt for other pools. The natives
then literally ‘catch fish’, sometimes
{ gathering them up by the bushel.
“The island's area is about that of
West Virginia and on it live more peo-
ple than there fire In Texas.”
to
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| Colored Mammy of Pancake
Fame Crushed to Death in
Chicago; Born in Kentucky.
season Is
households
-Parcake
Chicago
Chicago.
| but in some
ories tinged with sadness,
“Aunt Jemima” is dead. The aged
| negro woman whose ability to make
| “Aaplacks” was capitalized by millers,
| a mental picture for thousands of lov-
| ers of “a plate of wheats” and whose
| skill with the pancake turner
nished amusement for and drew
envy of those whi
cago World's fair of 1803, fell a vie
{tim to an
cently. ,
Her death marks the passing of an
interesting character who will be
mourned not oniy by the negro race
flies as well. For Mrs, Nancy Green
Jemima.”
Was Born in Kentucky,
“Aunt Jemima” was born in Mont.
to Chicago as a nurse for the Walker
of Gothan's
View
New Court House
The structhre, it is estimated, will
AER ARAARARRRRRRARRRRRESS
Charles F. Coleman of Cincinnati
gixty-seven years of age, suys a mal
need never grow old—and to prove |
proudly displays his eight-pound sor
born on the eighth day of the elghtl
month at eight minutes after four Ix
the morning, Little Stanley Aza Cole
man was eight days when this
photograph was taken. His mother Is
thirty-two years of age
old
Woman Poses 35 Years as Husband,
Lynxviile, Wis —Willia Taylor,
whose. death in a Lacrosse hospital re
cently revealed “him' 8 Woman,
had lived here more than 35 years as
a tparried man The “wife” is
here. Taylor was
m
as
still
anhout
sixty
Prrrsssssssssnanssnnsnsns nd
* White Crow Captured
by Youth Near Zoo
ult Ste. Marie, Ont.—Reg
gle ¥ ten-year-old son of
Peter Balley, 4 a ramble
the out-
captured a
The bird, which is
not yet fully grown, is perfectly
white with the exception of the
tips of the tall feathers, which
are black.
alley,
uring
through the
skirts of the
white crow
bush on
Soo,
AAAS ANRRRRRRRRRR RARER
She nursed
cakes for the late
Charles M. Walker,
the Municipal court,
Dr: Samuel
and made pan-
Circult Judge
chief justice of
and his brother,
now a leading
they were
her fame among
and before long
pancakes” became a
common phrase in Chicago when good
Walker,
boys.
thelr
They
boy
spread
chums,
Jemima’s
A milithg concern heard of her,
the World's fair. After that she went
from one exposition to another demon.
strating her skill. There was one
however, that she refused to attend—
the Paris exposition. All inducements
that could be made were put forward,
“No, sub,” she sald “They ain't
I was bo'n in this country an’ I'm
heah an' somewheah's else.”
She was one of the first colored mis
sionary workers and one of the organ-
izers of the Olivet Baprist church. now
largest colored church in the
world, with a membership of over
9,000,
Boys Discover Skulls
While Playing Pirates
New York.~—Jacob Goldberg, aged
eleven, and five young companions.
wooden swords and bandanns-swathed
South seas.
An old map pointed to a sand heap
in Brookiyn, a short distance from Ja-
cob's home. They began to dig. and
Policeman McDonough took the
skulls to the Miller avenue station, se
companied by the “pirates”
Investigation showed the sand had
been hanled from an excavation for a
school at New Lots road and Barbery
avenue, the site of a 100-year-old bury-
ing ground,
Physicians and Nurses Aston-
ished at His Diagnosis.
Detroit, Mich.—Relating that he had
been a victim of amnesia and that his
memory had been restored by perform.
ance of a hospital orderiy’s duties,
Dr. James H. Anderson, Detroit phy-
gician, who disappeared last Novem-
ber, returned home recently In full
possession of his faculties.
“1 have no recollection of taking this
job.” he sald, “but 1 do recall that one
duy when n purse asked me to take
the temperature of a patient I sudden-
ly straightened up and sald, "This man
is dying’ The nurse laughed at me,
put a moment later It was discovered
that what 1 sald wae true. In a few
minutes the patient was dead,
“From that moment a mist began to
elan’s Instine that had warned me of
the patient's condition aroused a men
tal process that gave me Bo peace une
full possession of my memory,
“Often 1 djpgnosed cases as I at
tended patients as an orderly and
sometimes my diagnosis was In conflict
with that of the attending phyeielans
The physicians and nurses at the hos.
pital regarded me as a ‘nut,’ but once
an autopsy revesled that I had been
right and the physician wrong, and
then they regafded me with curiosity.
“But I was not complete master of
my secret until it all burst upon me
suddenly that morning, and then | re
vealed my discovery only to two
friends In Chicago.”
Doctor Anderson, who is fifty-six
years old, told of a week of Indecision,
decide whether to return to Detroit
and start life anew or to keep nlp so
cret and start over somewhere else
Buzzard at Train
. to Greet Visitors
Saranap, Calif.—Incensed be
cause of the actions of an unl
dentified buzzard, which insists
on meeting all traina, the citi
zens of Saranap, Calif, have
organized to do away with the
bird. It's a bad “ad” for the
town, they say.
The bird appears sbout traln
time and perches on a post
near the depot. Saranap boost
ers declare the buzzard has
been trained to “do his stuf
by a rival town, Jealous of Sara.
nap’s growth during the lash.
year, ’
hy
wall
“1 did not want to come back to De.
troit, for a reproach seemed to attach
to my experience and 1 feared it would
be difficult to attain my high position
in soclety again. But for the sake of
my wife and son | determined to comg
back and try again”