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ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD, ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C, LARN TO CATCH IF YOU WOULD 1 MAKE GOOD IN BASEBALL GAME Irish Troops Now Hold Military Posts PRAISE FCR, HANEY A critic traveling will) tho De troit Tigers pays these compll luciils to liniicy, recruit third sucker from (.minim: "Ilimcy lias tills admit lilin: When he I'd m i I I ii batted liall In' leap ufl it it. lie receivers with lightning niplillty iiml ul wi'ys willies the throw. Few In fielders do that. When the uv crnge Itillchler fumbles he calls It a tough break and slowly wad dles ufier the hull, making mi attempt to recover and get tlie runner." f (Copy tur nun iJtiiBiliui'Ht Suiipll'd I lip Aincrli-Hri Lfiflon New Hitvicp. I OHUNGER A VALUABLE MAN f - ,1 wrr Q HIE . amedkbn 1 fSL Wfl 5r Ay v LEGION i trfi rij.Mt .wi. v m vk i'jmo w . wuonoai j . . by 4l ft w fee 4$$ fylWi Former Intelligence Officer Frustrated Many Anti-American Activities During War. The mime of (iustavus Ohllnger might have meant something to the 'If V V RALPH SHINNERS IS SURE TO IVEAKE GOOD Milwaukee Youth Works His Way to New York Giants. Many of Major League Managed Are Old-Time Catcher V """ """ :iiii ro siay in the l cinched, pime utter their hiiHehnll legs give out should po to cntchlns. 1 It seems from figures that tlie wise old hiu'kstcips have t lies hest chanco of feiiminlnK In the tmme at big money ifter their field days are over. one-hull of the major leutfiie mana Kers are old catchers and practically , fvcry one of them have teams up in the races in hoth leagues, (lld-llme rntchers. In fact, have heroine 8f hiic cessful In handling teams that cluh owners ire seeking them for open bertlis. ' National League Leadi. The .Wiioiia! I.ea(;ue lends with six mnimuors wlm have served behind the nut. I'm Miirun, manager of the Herts, has two pennants inn! a world's chum- lonsliip to Ids credit. I'.ranch Itlckey ad' the runner-up last year and the imispectlve dark horse of 1!VJ2. Ceor'e Cjllison failed to win a pennant In his flify year out, when his team collapsed Incite stretch with the pennant almost I'red Mitchell made n suc cess of the Knives and put the .'n tlonnl League on the map In Boston. Hill Killlfcr, star catcher of the Cutis, Is tin only playing manager among the receivers. He started In mhl-sea-son hist year lifter Johnny Kvers resigned, and he did lis well with the dull as could he expected. I'ncle W'llhert Kohinson Is another good ex ample of the success achieved by for mer catchers. Connie Mack Is Dean. Only two manager In the American league can trace their career hack to the inns!; and big glove days. Connie M.'lok, veteran manager of the Athlet ics, is the dean of them nil. The lean leader of the Philadelphia Amer icans used to be the king of them nil, but he has been in the slumps for six years, l.ee Kohl, who has built up a pennant contender for the St. Louis Itrowns, Is the only other former catcher handling a club in Han John son's circuit. Tried to Get Tryout With B.ewers, but Owners Couldn't See Devel oped Into Real Star With In dianapolit Team, HiH In the spring of Jin'O a Mil waukee hoy tried to get a tryout with the Hiewers. All he wanted was 11 chance to show his wares, but the club owners could not see the hoy from the home town, nays the .Mil waukee Sentinel. Today this same youngster, Itnlph Slilimers, Is the property of the Xew York National league cluli, bringing four players and cash to Indianapolis by the deal. A star with the Indianapolis club In ami one of the most promising youngsters ever sent from the A. A. to the majors, Slilnners was sought hv several big league clubs. It was lu h'co that Jack Hendricks, manager of the Indianapolis club, was sending his Indians against the Brew ers, thnf he was told ul t a lleet-foot- ed youngster of the sandlots who ALDRICH TO COACH AT YALE Only Man in Athletic Hietory of Instl V tution to Captain Baseball and Gridiron Teams. Malcolm Aldrlch, captain of Vale's football team last fall nnrt one of this Benson's baseball nine, will be assist ant Inotbiui coach next full. This Is EVERYTHING AGAINST HIM John MiKiruw, maniiger of the .(Hunts, tells an amuslnL' one on 1'itcher Fred Toney in the World's series. The robust twirl er wns heait and soul for win ning, but couldn't. The second time he was taken out bis dis appointment was intense and for the moment the Iroif entered his soul. Nobody said anything when be went to the bench, and for a. moment he didn't sav 11 wont. Then out with It thus: "Well, Unit's what 1 get for coming to tills town. The public's against me, tlio players mv atralnsf me the press Is against me and the '-iEi;;...,,.,,:,; I kaiser during the war, and It did. The (icrinan socl etles that were rampant during the period knew well Captain !us tiivus Ohllnger of the Intelligence department of the I nlted States. lie broke up their tn e e 1 1 n g s anil many ot these so cieties and their a. Hutu- ceased to operate by reason or Ills learning so much of their prop iigmiilii anil ploltlngs. Ills hniiie is in Toledo, O., where the American Legion has as Its com uiiunlcr tills same Custaviis Ohllnger. The Legion convention was in full blast lu Ills home city when a wealthy Toledoan burst In and iiniinuueeil that be would pay the entire expense of the ex-service men's gathering If they would drop their bonus stand. What Olillnger told liim was never learned from a five-foot shelf, but It was good enough to cause a hurried exit on the part of, the Toledo hiixlms4 man. That's why the Legionnaires like him. Kid gloves mljjlit be alright to use omel Imes, but Ohllnger doesn't draw tliein on when he tackles Legion prob lems. Horn of (icruinn parentage In China, a close friend of the late Theodore lloosevelt, world traveler and famed lis having ridden a bicycle across South Africa are a few of the tilings that show why "(!us" stands ace high with the Legion men and also why he iiiiim in,- rocMineii wiiu ny any group whose Americanism Is questionable. Troops of the Irish republican army entering the Victoria barracks, Atlilonc. "f ll I bo military posts formerly held by British troops. 'J he Irish u-uupa uve now In posses-' Greatest Flood Preventive Dam in World t i t -,v- "Any ' iwux n.,:.iTiTT;,T;i.,iilTnT77TmTi7f: r t The liulTnian dam, (Hiiled about six miles northeiist of Imyton. O., Is 7,'i feet high, .'Mod feet long, -UK) feet wide at '.be base and contains 1 .(!.",( MM cubic yards or earth. It was built to prevent Hoods In the -Mart river, u tributary of the .Miami. It is the greatest llmxl preventive dam lu the world. DOG IS WAR HERO Cathedral of Arras Ralph Shinners. malingers against me. Two More Tennis Challenges. Cbiillenges for the Imvis nip from Japan and Belgium have reached the otlices of the United States Lnwn Ten nis association. Captain Aldrlch. in accordance with the custom Inaugu rated a year ago when the football ptaln returned In thHt capacity after Ifrartuatlon. Aldrlch Is the only man In Tnle'g athletic history to captain both the baseball nnd gridiron teams. h . : Appleton Is Harvard Captain. George Appleton of Buffalo, N. y., a senior, has been elected captain of the Harvard varsity crew to succeed Capt. I.OU18 AlClagR. could hit at n terrific clip and was stealing more bases than any other two players In the circuit. Hendricks looked him up and decided to give hint a chance. He failed to show much during the closing days of the 1!)J0 season. He went South with the In dianapolis club In liCJl ami a decided Improve lit was noticed In his play ing. Hendricks then derided to start him us a regular. He made good from the Jump, l-hiylng In Minneapolis lust fall, In the last series between the In dian's nnd Millers, Shinners was the outstanding star. He got a hit, was hit by pitchers ami very nearly got on the paths every time he came to but. He Is a speed merchant, one of the fastest that the A. A. has ever boast ed, lie Is six feet tall, weighs I'M) pounds ii ml is only twenty-one yehrs old. Last season be plnyed In 104 games, wns nf bat 083 times, made l!.'lti bits for a percentage of .347. It's the old story of the athlete not being able to make good In his home town. Sporting Squibs of All Kinds League In Freshmen. An Intercollegiate basket ball league for freshmen may be launched by the Kustern association next season. Benzonl to Captain Rutgers. The Hutgers basket ball team has elected Kdward Benzonl nf Union HIM, Ji. J., captain of next year's five. DIAMOND NOTES Charley Herzog has landed a Jbb aa baseball coach In the army. Honus Hagner for 17 consecutive years 1H07 to 1013 hit .300 or better In the Natlonul league. 0.fge Gibson In HKK) caught 140 consecutive games for Pittsburgh. His team won the Nut lonal league pennant tnat year. The St. Louis Browns have given unconditional releases to Pitchers Ed lmbllng and Clarence Llllpop, both 8t. Louis youngsters. First the players strike out for the Routh and then they strike out for the North. Entirely too much gprlng prac tice In striking out. They say that Lou Fonaeea Is play Ing such dandy game at first bane for the Cincinnati Reds that they don't care what becomes of Jake Daubert. ' Edwin Eayrs, former Boston Braves and Brooklyn player, has Joined the Brown university baseball coaching rtaff to aid Coach Snell In developing rug piicmng siarr. LWIth both Browns and Pnriinoi. bating to be In the pennant chases, ymns are being made to the seat- icnpadty of Sportsman's Dark. both teams play. Ernest Neltzke, pitcher and nil, around player, who was with the Bo ton Hert Sox hist season, coming from London of the Mint league, has been released to the Plttsfield club of the hustern league fcir the season. The navy expects to send u plehe crew to race Harvard nnrt Princeton' yearlings on Mny G at Cambridge. LEGION PAPER'S EOSS SCRIBE Philip Stapp, Formerly Editor of Over seas Publication, at Head of Hoosier Publication. It Is suld that every town ami vil lage In Indiana boasts at least one nu- thnr whose writ ings have w o n some degree of fame In the lit er a r y w 0 r I d. Beared In this atmosphere so fa vorable to scrib blers, It was In evitable that Hoosier mem bers of the Anier I c a n Legion should desire some medium of expression for their Legion ideas. The result was tin1 establishment of the Hoosier Legionnaire, which recent ly slartwl publication with a circula tion of 32,000. Philip B. Sfupp of (ireensliurg, for merly editor of the Hour (ilnss. over seas publication of the "Sauntering Seventh" division, Is editor of the In diana publication. A delegate to the Pnrls caucus of the Legion, Slnpp was i appointed a member of the Hnst na tional publicity committee of the Le gion. During his ''(! months of serv ice In the war, Stapp rose from "buck private" to a commissioned officer In this field nrtllfery. The newspaper is sent to all Indi ana Legionnaires every week. Restoring the h- An ' n I' 4 4s.-- did t "(hump.' lied Cross dog raised in fUr Harry Lauder's kennels In Scot bind, ami decorated bv Marshal Koch. bus arrived at San r ranclsco with bis I muster, C. ( . I ranklln, American war I veteran whose life "("111111111" wived dur- I ing the war. They are IL'.lKXI-mlle hike around America. They are out for the $Ki.noo prize offered by the New York Sporting club for walking "around the rim" of the United Stutes Vi nine months. Tin. Ciiilimlmii ..r A I. ..II . .... , , "'' ""eii-ioi" nnd natlerert by four years of war U being restored to its original grandeur through funds ruised by popular sub scrlptlon. The tedious task of resetting columns and cornices and otherwise s reng bening the walls Is being done by 15 men. The work expected to taka about til teen yeurs. MANY "OUT OF COMMISSION" Nearly Dozen Destroyers Which Wore Coveted uold Star on Stacks, Are Doomed. catcher Johnny Zlnn. brother of Jimmy Zlnn, the pitcher, has been signed by the Muskogee Southwestern league club. The French have organized a base ball league, but It Is not believed that Americas world championship claims will be threatened seriously. News from the baseball front tends to convince the hopeful public that there are about 10 pennunt-wlnnlng teams in tne two major learnes. Kiperta watching the Portland piny- ers say i.eroy uressett reminds them of Kenneth Williams In the war he stands at the plnte and swats the ball. George Rtnnton, a big pitcher taken on by the New York Giants from the semi-pro ranks of Snn Francisco, tins been released to the Norfolk club ,of the Virginia league. :t of flu Lawton Witt of he Philadelphia Athlethea has purbused a 60-ncro farm on Long inlifnd and thinks of quitting baseball in raise vegetable for the Brooklyn Amrket 'TIs said that Champion Jack Deinp sey will demand the same money to fight Wills that he received from his Cnrpentler bout, something like $300, 000. . . . It Is said Hint Jimmy Wilde, fly weight champion, may not be able to box again bemuse of a recent Injury received In horseback riding In Eng land. Edward Ahercromble, Bridgeport. Conn., bus been elected captain of the Springfield college swimming team, Ahercromble Is a Junior. He has been n diver on the teuin for the past two years. "Izzy" Winters, wrestling Instructor at Yale, says he would like to show Jack Dempsey that a wrestler is bet ter thon a zoxer. Doctors say Trls Speaker's Injury can be cured only by a long rest, and the Indlun manager Is training a sub stitute to take 4its place. William T. Tllden, lawn-tennli champion, will' not go to England this summer to defend the laurels he won at Wimbledon In 1020 nnd lfrjl. A meeting will be held at Chicago next fall by all Western Conference football conches and officials, In which the grid rules will he discussed. Bob Morrison, captain of the Prince ton wrestling team, Is out with con cussion of the brain. It Is the result of an Injury received two years ago against Yale. Harley Davidson, one of the world's great all-around athletes, will oper; a summer training camp In Duluth. Davidson will' run the camp on the same lines he did when In Australia. A typewriter bus at lust defeated nearly a dozen of the destroyers which for four years zigzagged through the North sea end In the submarine zone of the Atlantic nnd gained notable vic tories over German submarines. The coveted gold stars, worn on the stacks, where all might see mid know that a German sub hud met death, were awarded the Parker, O'Brien, Cum mlngs, Porter, Davis nnd many others which have been ordered "out of com mission" by the Navy department. "Out of commission" means nothing more or less than that the fast grow ing navy Junk pile grows higher. Never again, probably, will these greyhounds of the deep circle around 11 fleet of transports, suddenly dive off to one side, sweep buck ugiiln, drop a depth hctnb, and then watch the oil come to surface that shows another German submnrlne has gone down to visit Davy jones. The thrills of the deeds of these "star" destroyers are a hit overshad owed by the news that the Sliuw Is slated for the scrap heap, too. She was escorting the huge British transport Aqultanla when the rudder Jammed and the giant ship run her down. The Jacob Jones also brings back sad mem ories. She Is named for the first Ill fated torpedo boat of that name which whs sunk while battling In the subma rine zone. SAYS HE STOLE HER 1 w. ra f -iV ' rrl 1 Billiard Champion in Elopement George E. Lochlatto, aged twenty two, who Is charged by his wife with stealing her away and marrying her. Lochlatto has brought suit for JfoO.OOO against the girl's family. chnrElnir them with alienation of her affections. Back to the Wilderness. Six husky OJlhwny Indian bucks snowshoe Into Quebec,, after several months of trapping In the north. They bring furs, and are surprised to learn that business Is bad, prices down. At that, they sell their furs for $25,000. After a week of movies, vaudeville and white man's food they snowshoe away again Into the wilderness. f life VI ' ii""","Mt nni irrr in f I Mr. nnd Mrs. Ldgar T. Appleby, the hitter formerly Miss Helen Outer bridge of New York, recently surprised their friends by eloping. Mr Appleby recently won the amateur billiard chumploushlp of the United States Foch Was 0n of Them. "Why an honorary member; wasn't I one of the men from Tnrbes who fought during the war?" said Marshal Foch when he was asked to become an honorary member of the Tarbes, France, Federation of Former Com batants, a French or?nnBtlon slm- (till- f tha t " "im-iM.m i,i'i (in. Tho.rr .... . cii..- latter outfit thought the Marshal was' 80IU ' ' Mephistopheles, Tha name (entiintorihpp t tmm tfie Cireek, and It means "He who loves not light." The name was given to a .Satanic personage of the Middle ages, vho In the Faust legend Is appointed 0 obey Faust's commands, according 0 the terms on which the latter has bo mucn one or tneip that they made mm an active member In George Wash ington post of WasfiinM;;, d first Legion post orcn nixed, when lie -m vu vwr 1a mis. country, t Get Wisdom. Wisdom Is the principal thing; there- tfore, get wisdom! and with all thy getting get understanding. Proverbs :7. WORTH KNOWING A survey of the housing situation was recently made In Minneapolis' by the mall carriers. More than 5,000 miles of nets are set nightly during the herring season In the English channel. Something like 45,000 stitches are required to make the ordinary suit of clothes. A watch which took twenty men years to make, and which Is priced at more than $5,000, has recently been completed In London. A man has succeeded In traveling across France from Paris to Mar seilles by canals and rivers, and back again, in a paper boat. In the British museum are specimens of boards and pieces with which the game of checkers was played In Egypt centuries before the Christian era. Before . the World war Germnny bought more American-grown timothy seed than any other European coun try. A successful machine for cleaning the barnucles from the hulls of a ves sel without the necessity of docking the craft has been devised. Soap emulsions, under certain con ditions, prevent the corroiv rttn. of salt solution on metals. Within six years Louisiana has taken first place among the states as re gards value of strawberry production. Needlelike crystals in the cell of the Indian turnfp cause the sharp, stinging sensation when It comes la contact with the membanoui lining of the mouth. ' . The Territorial Historical museum, at Juneau, Alaska; which is now open to the public, contains about 20,000 Eskimo curios and relics. 1 ) i j A. A l- v.;.,' I