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Iltt-Leland Stanford game
rtll be receive^ mtte 'edt. !
I^D; UNIVERSITY, CaL
of ^'Southern California
Iiggltphe Pitt team so tar
Is booked to land the game, .
gh-,.tj low^acore Is predicted. I
vlP. be .unable to start the
ilased observers expect tbo
-win urn sianioru
MjV^thelr. team will wear |
the Panthers whose strength
jije^eakened by their transJgP^the
Pitt men have dis!*no'v|U,
effcfcta from tholr
. the cold of Pitts!
tb?'tiie warmth of California.
^fd^offense system, will be '
ffi^dweather was predict- *
Winter burn ..Q.....*. Woodward j
!eadsdtensnislfolk ;
| In the tennis world Bill Tlldon '
wns again Bnpremo on tho courts, i
Tho big Phlladelphlan always hud t
HEgSoiigh 'In reaerre to swing the (
Among the women tennis play- t
( Hi era the brilliant showing ot Hclon t
s=: 'wills, jthe 16-year-old California ]
miss, was one of the outstanding t
V^jJMen.Wtlls Is a remarkable f
Sfjahould be might yclose to tho top ,
In thejranktng ot the women ton- f
nls players, ot this country. Fol- t
V SF'Iow'^r J' T? list ot .1922 tennis i
[,. jfji ... Tllden anil Richards f
*!. C.?art..! D.8William Tllden'2d J
' ... ^ | BUt'n an^. ?
Mrs. ;2essnp and Miss Wills j8
i c$h business Is recovering rapidly
m the recent banking crisis, acl
cSfding to' information received by
fe frraAaslatant Trade Commissioner
commercial failures had been reported,
and that none was expectThe
merchants, Mr. MacKenndded,
are pushing their old
j stocks and are asking little credit,
i' i the whole^ tendoncy being toward a
f" C^ADUN^EXPOnT8 INCREASE
, , month in which the new tar![Maw e
was elfoctlre, totalled 133,885,109 t
compared to $18,015,476 In the same
Some Pitt Fc
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JOHN ANDERSON, HALFBACK.
J. C. WINTERBURN, QUARTER. C
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Michigan Mentor in 1905
Shows Spiral Throw. 'Jj
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CHICAGO, Dec. 30.?(By the As- t
iociated Press.)?The discoverer oC u
he play chiefly responsible (or the ^
nodern-day styl#e ot football?the
lorward pass?has just been found. s
Fie is Fielding H. Yost, veteran J*
loach at the University of Michi- 8
$uu. iwtsiuj-uve years ago, nino jj
ears before the forward pass was b
tsed in football, he introduced the
jpiral throw, using It first at Ohio
IVesleyan University to teach punt?rs
how to kick a spiral. ?
Using his hand instead of hi3 a
loot, f0| Yost says he was a poor ^
punter, he explained to his squad j{
low to impart a whirling motion c]
:o the oval, to give it speed and c(
lirection. For many years he used e,
his trick in coaching his back- jj
ield, and in 1905, the, year before e|
the present-day forward pass, he w
published in a book on football,
lluBtrations of his method of get- S(
ing off the spiral throw. e,
"In executing the spiral throw,"
Yost said in his 1905 article, "place fr
he ball on the hand as in the illus- b<
ration. The ball should lie diag- le
inally across the palm from the K
>ase of the thumb to tho end of tl
,ho little finger. The arm should tt
je brought around forward in a ei
lorizontal line and, just as the tt
pall leaves the hand, it Rhould hp te
:aused to revolve on its axis by %
uddonly jerking the hand around C
he boll and to the left. The oval w
rill thus be made to rotate like a 01
ipiral kick. The end of the ball ti
hat is ahead in the picture must ai
fe kept ahead all the time. The m
tall In this manner can be thrown ol
trith ease from thirty to forty lo
'ards. The revolution of the ball
n its axis should be rapid. This
lass can be made with or across
he wind and with practice the
ilayor can control its distance and ,
tirection almost as well as if the j
val were a baseball." 4 ^
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Many versions of the "Ty" Cobbilt
controversy have filled the col- ?
imns of baseball gossip, but the 2,
ruth Is that President Ban Johnon
of the American League reused
to accept an unsigned box
core as official. 31
When Johnson announced after ni
everal weeks of dispute In news- ?
nper articles that the hit was
warded to Cobb becanse the offIlal
box score was "unauthentlcatd,"
ho meant "unsigned."
An unsigned box score, Johnson
leld, was like an unsigned check?
10 good. The discovery of two dlsrepancies
in the unsigned box
core was brought to Johnson's atontlon
by. the American League
imciai statistician as a routing
natter and.'the Associated Press
tore score was substituted tor tbe
tftlclal box.
Careful checking ot the season's
tox scores for final otriclal averiges
brings to light, it Is learned,
nany disputes and obvious errors
rhlcb are corrected by tbe official
itatlsticlan, lr plainly erroneous,
rlthout becoming known. Some
itflclal scorers, It Is said, have
een prone to' omit such undlsputd
events as double plays and
tome runs.
"The Life of Bat Nelson," former
Ight-welght champion, who met
hem. all and retained his title un
i .-i I,' -_r_n_i-_n_r >_n_i
wiball Stars in C
3RVILLE HEWITT, FULLBACK.
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HAHLEY BOWSER, CENTER.
1 Ad Wolgast won jthjj crown,
ills to reveal the money saving
ipablllties of the former slugging
ad punishment absorbing Dane,
though it relates his life's ring
ireer authentically.
Nelson recently returned from
te East where he was awarded
L.000 damages following his ar;st
on u charge of shoplifting,
hich he proved to be untrue. En
jute homo he learned that the
rice of. a sleenine car berth would
e nine'dollars. Rather than spend
iat amount, "Bat"* says he sat
p all night and when he finally
ozed off to sle$p all the windows
i the coach were opened causing
im to take a cold which prevented
is talking for several days.
"That nine dollars cost me
BOO," he said, "and you can be
eve me, hereafter when I want e
leeper I'll pay the price, because 1
ave got to have1 my voice in my
usiness."
Western Conference schools only
hould be permitted to compete in
le apnual "Big Ten" outdoor trach
nd field meet, in the opinion ol
lelson A. Kellogg, director of ath
?tics at Purdue University, and
aairman of the athletic directors'
immittee of the Western Conferace.
The fact that numerous athitjc
organizations, not in existace
when the Big Ten track meel
as formed, now have track meets
C their own, Is given as one Teaan
by Mr. Kellogg to confine thti
vent to "Big Ten" schools.
"Barring non-conflicting schools
nm (ho ?TH?r Tan' .1.1
e an aid to the national intercoligiate
meet," Athletic Dlrectpr
ellogg said. "Many schools feel
lat they cannot .enter both, so
tat if they were not permitted 1o
agage in the Conference event,
ley would be almost certain to enir
the National meet."
Discrimination against Western
onference schools by institutions
hich enter the "Big Ten" event
aly when the latter have excep*
onally strong teams was given as
lother reason why the conference
eet should be only for members
! the organization, Director Kelgg
said.
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PARIS, /Dec. 30.?For the first
me in the history of French boxig,
an American referee, Hiram
jhnHon, Jr., of California, will be
le third man in the ring when
rank' Morari and Marcel NilleB
leet today to settle the heavyeight
championship of France,
he title is claimed by Nilles.
Tokfo has averaged, In the past
) years, 90 earthquakes anxally,
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JOHN B. SACK, GUARH, ; 1
lifiiT
NORMALSijUBS
Fairmont Team Outclassed by
Paw Paw Five?Underwood
and Michael Star--.
FAIRVIEW: Dec. 30.?In a--.game
played at Falrview last night, featured
by rough playing and the
! strong defense.of the visiting team, .
' Falrview high School basketball '
| team succeeded. in downing the ,
' Fairmont Normal HoHorvn* :
tune of 22 to 9. The local team ,
took the lead in the early part of
the game and held it throughout j
' the struggle. The score at the end
of the first half waB -Fairview 12.
Normal 5. Underwood and. Mich*
! ael were the leading lights for'the
Fairview team while ^Vilson and
Knight showed up best for the visitors.
Mitchell did the most of the
scoring for the locals, caging f{ve
difficult baskets ' when closely
guarded.
The line up and summary:
Fairview 22. Normal Reserves 9.
| Michael R? Knight
Mitchell LP Smith
Underwood ....C Wilson *
1 Lewis RG..Michael
Tootbman ... .L Gj . Snyder
Substitutions ? Faihriew: Wyer
for Lewis, .Gump for Tdqthmam
Toothman for 'Mitchell, O'Delle for
Topthman, Yeager for Michael, Mc
uuw; iui >vyor. i\ormni: uaiunger
for Snyder, Snyder for Battinger.
Field goals?Mitchell 5.-Michael
2, Underwood. 1, Toothman 1,
Knight 1, Wilson 1.
Foul goals?Michael, 1 out of 3;
Mitchell, 2 oi\t of 8; Toothman, 1
out of 3;- Knight. 1 out of 3; Smith,
0 out qf 2; Wilson, 4 out of 10;
Snyder, 0 out of 1. '
Refereo ? Garrett, Wesleyan. ;
Timer?Amnions: F. H. S. Scorers |
?Wolfe and Michaels. ]
x Basketball Schedule. ; j
A complete basketball schedule 1
for the Falrviow High School hoys
and girls has been printed, by Yost
Brothers of Fairview and has been '
distributed to the various fans of i
the community. -The schedule has >
been arranged, showing both the 1
dates of games at home and abroad, <
with space for the-worts of each P
team. . 1
The schedule as shown by the ;]
pamphlet. Is,as follows: i
At Home; 1
Dec. 23?Parsons High - School i
spaiF^
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Mitchell Shows Class in Last
Minutes of Game When
Stealey Leaves.
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East Slds High School took the
neasure ot Grafton High School
nthe East Side'floor last night
17 a count of .19 to 19. The -Yellow
facketa got away to an eary lead
ind held It East Side abowed hater
form than In the* opening game
rith Bridgeport on Tneadiy, and
he team gives promise of making
l.great.record;.during the-season. .
Irlse was Injured late In the game
ihd'had to retire. Slealey played a
teady game all the way until he
ras removed late In. the contest
rlitchell who took Stealey's place
IsnwaJ mat awJ lAalsw no I#
uvncu cauu luuao no u
ie will be one of the fastest men
a scholastic circles.', "
Grafton showed a lack of team
rork, Which was due to 'the fact
hat the bays have not been playng
together much yet The team
vlll show more strength as the
teason progresses.
Lineup arid summary:
Srafton East 8lde
tinkle Layman
Hickman Cries
.. forwards .
3ampes Hill
Centers
Shaw .................... Keener
rleffner ' Stealey I
Guards
Substitutions?Henry for. HinWe,
Adams tor Crlss, Mltchol for
Stealey. Field Goals?Hlnkle, 1;
Henry, 1; Samples, 1; Layman,
!; Crlss>l; -Keener,; 31
Fpul goas?Hickman,' 5 out. of 9;t
Samples, 1 out of 3; Stealey, 6 out
jf 9; Keener, 1-out of 1. Referee?
Kahn of Colgato. *
Dec. 29?Normal Reserves.
Jan. 6?Shlnnston. High; SchooL
Jan. 27?Morgantown.
Feb. 2?Weston.' s '
F,eb. lO-^Vest Monongah.
Feb. 14?Fannington.
Feb.. 20?Fairmont
Fob'.'.'22-f-Elklns.. . !
March 9-^Bu'ckhanrion .
Abroad:
Jan. 5-r-Graftb'n..,
Jhn 11?West Monongah.
Jan. 19?Fairmont
. Jan. 20-rElklns.
Feb. 2?LumberpqfL- iFeb.
9?Morgantown.
Feb. 16?Manningtoa#
Feb. 17?Weston.
Feb. 24?Farmlngton.
March' 2-3?Valley! tournament
March 16-16-17 ? State tournament
The' girls' team -will-play West
Monongah here'January 12, Farmington
here on February 17 and
vlll play at Farmlngton on January
20. Other games for the girls
team are pending.
RETURN OF BENTON
TO MAJORS OPPOSED
CHIC AGO,. Dec. 30r*neturn of
Delia ThvwtA. tnem /i. /Iln.l
??uo wuwu, tuiuici uinui jiivciiur,
reported to bare been purchased
from the St. Paul American Association
club by the Cincinnati 1
Reds, to'major league basball to-'
day was regarded as problematical, i
hinging upon Investigations by K. j
M. Landis, commissioner of baseball,
of.his alleged connection with
the 1919 World's Series Bcanda).
Reports from-New York, quoting
John Heydler, president of thexNatlonal
League, as Indicating Benton
would be barred from that circuit
brought a new turn to the situation
yesterday. President B. B.
Johnson of ihe American Loagco
had previously stated Benton
would not be permitted'to play in
that league.
President HeydlerT. statement
caused an announcement by ComOlsslqner
Landls that' he was making.
an Investigation of, reports of
the 1919 World's SerleB that Benton
was "fixed" and used that
knowledge to win a'liirgo sum.
Connection of Benton's name
with the World's Series case caote
after he. had charged Buck .Hertog,
former manager of'the Cincinnati.'
club,iwlth proposing, that
telhrow ball games. Herzcg
:ountered with, affidavits from Art
.Vilson and Tony Boeckel of the
loBton Braves that they bad beard
lenton boast.of- his advance lnfornation
oif the series fixing and'the
arge amounts of money-he' had
von.
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NO. It GREATEST B
When It comes to remarkable b
of base running, you Just hare
band the laurel wreath to Ty'Col
i have' aeen Cobb null off bo mu
leneatlonal stuff on the bases, tb
It la a rather difficult matter
pick out his one best bet in t
speed line. , ,
During the first two or thr
years that Cobb was In the Ame
can League, he pulled so many t
usual stunts on the beses.'that o
er. American League players si
ply classed him as a lucky si
who.ran wild.
That Impression, however, w
short lived. Cobb was really this
Ing Just a wee bit faster than l
.opposition, and thereby oreatl
many of tbe breaks of the gan
which was always referred to
mere luck. ?
When the Detroit club, went
Cuba tin 1911 1 was with the tei
as umpire. Cobb's fame had p
ceded him.. A story:appeared io
Havana paper, saying the only st
trow fn eft sirs PelV - *_ sal
.. v.,7 .? oiuj? vuuu wan iu IU|D^ i
ball one base ahead of the ohe
which he was going.
It was written in a humorc
vein, but three or four times I s
Cuban placers do that very thl
to head off Cobb.
One of. the best bits of base ri
ning I have ever seen Cobb turn
was staged early In htq career. 1
trolt wab playing St. Louis at 1
trolt.
Cobb dropped a Texas leagi
into center field which was field
by Charley Hemphill. As Cc
rounded first at a Job he. notic
Hemphill lob the ball toward s
ond.
He- Immediately dashed for tl
base at full speed. The ball tool
false hop and got away from 1
second baseman. Seeing this in
blance, Cobb continued on
third.
The player backing up, threw 1
to third aa Cobb slid into that ba
W. O. W. HHGH OFFICERS HE!
Visitors who attended the m<
lug of White Oak Camp, Wood a
of the-World, held last night
the lodge, rooms in Adams strc
at which time recently elected
fleers were installed and twen
five candiates were initiated li
the ..order,. jvere. Brigadier Gen$
Ruess of Omaha, Neb., State M
ager Sol O. Bryant of Huntl
ton and Major Frotzman of M
gantown. .
The n^wly elected officers w>
installed by the visiting ones t
the initiation work was conduct
by the degreo team of the car
In charge of Captain Dau*
orty. General Ruess made an
dreSs during the evening.
Veil, an insignificant villa
near Home, was once the Bten
City's most formidable rival.
(Additional sports on page nln
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"? the ball getting away rrom tno
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