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0P THE BEE DANVILLE VA SATURDAY DECEMBER 9 1922 OUR or 39 Years I I ALBERT KRUGER 1 4 0 Looks Like a Royal Audience it BUT Jiggs and Dinty are actually before the Hong Kong Chief of Police He injured his NV VA TO PLAY OREGON JOIN THE CHRISTMAS CLUB Bringing Up athe I AND HAVE A By GEORGE McMANUS OR CHRISTMAS Small Payment Down Easy Terms I I ONLY in i THE DANVILLE REGISTER Also Daily Miitt and Jeff and Polly and Her Pals Every Sunday the unniest Color Comic Section Printed LEA LEWIS URNITURE CO the steel the Baptist fought game Inability to would could Bluefield manager A ield goals Bruce 1 Rogers 1 Rag land 1 Turner 1 Ley 2 oul goals Ley 4 out of 12 Clark 1 out of 5 be not Uh the high badly CHRISTMAS DAT MORGANTOWN IV Va Dec 8 Announcement was made tonight that the West Virginia University football team has accepted an invitation to play tha University of Qregon eleven at San Diego on Christman Day West Virginia did not lose a game this sea son came such a Calvary and Episcopal engaged in a great game the score dones not in dicate how hard these two teams fought for mastery Calvary won by the score of 19 to 8 but knew they were in a game at all times Capt Bitts Ruffin and Capt Davis were the individual stars but every man played his position in fine shape The line up: ley I out of 1 Ruffin lynn 1 out of 3 TY COBB GETS INTO DISPUTE LORIDA MECCA i OR BIG TEAMS WITH THE KNiret: Those most the cap Caldwell DAVIS IS NOMINATED 0 NEW YORK Dec Dwight Davis of St Louis donor of the fa moua trophy bearing his name and emblematic of the world'a lawn tennis team champion' 'p hag been nomina ted to succeed Julian 8 Myrlck of New York as president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association This an nouncement was made today by Hol combe Ward of New York chairman of th nomatlng committee of the fl A Mr Davis was unaplmous choice of the committee ATHLETIC RULE LAID DOWN AT SCHOOL MEETING i Mt Vernon defeated boys in a close and hard by the score of 12 to 5 shoot consistently was Baptists worst fault while several clever goals were scored by the Mt Vernon boys Ley was the high scorer with two field and foul goals Both teams were fighting every min ute'fo rtlic advantage and it was only in the closing minutes of play that Mt Vernon pulled ahead The line up PROTEST MADE AS TO COBB HIT the membership was up by an applica Virginla Military In tlnaiiy (Bpecial to The Bee) By NEA Service Albert kru He got Paul Goebel captain of the Michi gan varsity elevep of 1922 and one of the best ends in the Western Con ference threw out his knee prac tlce before the season opened The injury did not mend and trie knee in sisted on coming out whenever Goe bel strained it To enable Goebel to play Michigan trainers devised a brace a hinge Tns apparatus at tached above and below the knee gave Goebel fairly good leg action because of the hinge Before each game Goebel liberal ly oiled the hinge to get free action and also to prevent friction Goebel did not finish a game all season for after playing a period zor two the constant action woud the oil and then me steel come so hot that Goebel continue playing In the Michigan Illinois steel brace reached temperature that the skin was burned Dudley 1 goals Davis 4 out of 5 ar out of 4 NEW YORK Dec 9 ger 18 wanted excitement It' now he mint pay for mut go without excitement Years He must spend that period it He for 39 AUGUSTA Ga Dec Ty Cobb in a statement here today on the dis puted in a game at New York last May which has just been award ed him by President Ban Johnson of the American Longue declared that "the several baseball writers who have so interested themselves In the "disputed also turn their attention whnt happened on my last trip to New York during the 1921 "Let them tell me and the public why it wns that three safe hits were taken from me during that series and two times at bat he said "I would also like an explanation as to why the official score In the puted game of last May was not ho continued Cobb declared that this is the first time he has had anything to say re garding the scoring at New York dur ing the last series with Detroit In 1921 have tried to let it pass he stated "but since they are rais ing such a commotion in New York over the disputed hit let them in vestigate this matter "Of course the public understands that I hadnothiiig to do with Presi dent Johnson awarding me the hit In ho concluded "but since the aforementioned baseball Writers are reported to have threatened to protest this action I would also like for the scoring in that last series at New York In 1921 to be cleared Ji ment I get that way sometimes If they let me out in four or five years go straight If yon keep me in 15 or 20 years going to steal and everything else if any kind of operation would fix me so I get undergo it I get those here in jail and I jump up and down till they're Kruger as a Sing Sing convict will be one of six who are under 17 ROANOKE GRID PLAYERS GIVEN THEIR LETTERS He must spend that period of time behind the walls of Sing Sing prison only a weakfaced boy now When he leaves prison if he serves his full sentence be a hardened man of 55 1 Not Safe At Large Judge Burt Humphrey Brook lyn gave young Kruger the 30 year sentence after a jury had decided the HA had been guilty of robbing a wo man in" her apartment and torturing her with lighted matches "To some people a month in jail Is as good as a lifetime" the judge told him never ought to have their freedom You are of the second class Nobody's home is safe when you are at Kruger despite a record of crime reaching back to his little boy days isjust a kid Sought Tlirills "I need he told a correspondent I liked excite NEW ORLEANS Dec Athletic rulings to be included among the standards to which all member col leges must conform were laid down officers elected and Richmond Va was chosen as next year's meeting place at the final session today of the 27th annual convention of the Asso ciation of Colleges and second schools of the southern states Spencer McCallis of Chattanooga was elected president Miss Emelie McVea president of Sweet Briar Col lege of Virginia and Hanson of New Orleans vice presidents and Edwin Pttrsey of Durham secretary treasurer The new execu tive committee eleeetd is composed of James II Kirkland Vanderbilt Uni versity Baker University of South Carolina NV Hooper Uni versity of Georgia NV NV Guth of Goucher College Baltimore Aid and President Dinwiddle of Tulane Uni versity The retiring executive committee submitted its report to the convention this morning It recommended that ths association standards regarding athletics be made more specific with regard to: aculty control to the extent that final decision in all matters ofath policy shall rest unequivocally with the faculty rigid enforcement of entrance requirements and scholar ship standards without discrimination in favor or against the athlete: ination of the special from participation in intercollegiate con tests abolition of the seasonal in favor of the full time coach who shall rank as a member of the faculty summary dismissals of a coach who lends himself in any way to the nrac tlce of and who offers high school students inducements to attend his particular colege reduc tion of annual expenditures for inter collegiate athletics to amounts com mensurate with other departments of the college and regulation of the amount of time devoted to athletics by limitations of the number of games In each season and by scheduling prac tices The recommendations of the com mittee was endorsed and the delegates voted to refer them to individual col leges for immediate action The report declared that while there is a healthy condition in ath letics in the south the committee was of the opinion that there are certain existing abuses which should be cor rected Summer baseball as played by col lege students on professional or semi professional teams was frowned upon by the "committee as opposed to the fundamental principle of amateurism INTERMEDIATE SUN DAY SCHOOL LEAGUE BASKET BALL GAMES NEW YORK Dec 8 rederick Lieb National President' of the Baseball Association arid tno New York scorer who credited Cobb with doubtful hit in an As sociated Press box score declared in a formal statement' today that tne American League had no authority to accept the unofficial score of the New York Detrdlt baseball game played here Mav 1 5 1922 in preference to the official Cobb was Credited with the dis puted hit thereby gaining an aver age of more than 400 for the third time as a result of a decision by Ban Johnson president of the Amer ican League who asserted the As sociated Pness box score was used in preference to the official score which he added was not authentlcat cd "My failure to agree with the of ficial scorer in the disputed said Air Lieb in making clear the circumstances around it "was due to the fact that it was a rainy afternoon and John Kieran the official scor er had left the press box lor me covered section of the stands Had Mr Kieran been in the press stand the Associated Press score compiled by me would have agreeu wttn me official score when there was a dif ference of opinion between the two scorers the official and not the un til I CHICAGO Dec 8 lorida will be tho mecca of the spring training camps of the major league baseball clubs have selected sites in that state 4 five national league clubs and two American clubs Texas will be host to two club? one from each league One club from each organization will train In Arkansas and AlabamatrtU afford training quarters for two American League clubs One Ameri can League club has picked Louisiana and another club in the Junior major circuit1 will Umber up in Georgia Catalina Island off the shores of Cali fornia will be the scene of training activities of the Chicago Nationals The list of camps follows: National I New York San Antonio Texas I Chicago Catalina Island Cali fornia a Leesburg la St Louis Bradentowri la Cincinnati Orlando la I Brooklyn Eustis la Pittsburg Hos Springs Ark I Boston St Petersburg I American I Chicago Seguin Texas New York New Orleans La i Detroit August Ga St Louis Mobile Ala I Cleveland Lake Land la Philadelphia Montgomery Ala Boston Hot Springs Ark I NVashington Tampa la ftELIM ANN "MAY BE TRADED: DETROIT CONTRACT HAS YEAR DETROIT Mich Dec re quent rumors circulated since the Close of the baseball season have Harry Heilmann Detroit's slugger going another American League club One report tha gained wide cir culation takes Hellmann and two pther Detroit players (still to be de cided upon) to the Philadelphia Athletics for Edwin Rommel Connie great knuckle ball pitcher However one tact that has not teen published is that Heilmann is kinder a two year'contract to the De troit club and this contract runs through the season of 1923 Hellmann demanded $15000 last winrer The player and rank Navin president of the Detroit club finally agreed upon a two year con tract at $12500 a season Published reports said the contract was for one year and that gave grounds for the various rumors involving Hellmann in trades Heilmann was the batting champ ion of the American League in 1921 He finished fourth this year with GVClAtH (IT I shoulder in a collision at first base late in August and was out for the remainder of the season This gave rise to another rumor that Hell mann's playing days were over Heilmann after spending some time in a hospital in NVashington was brought to Detroit where his collar bone was broken by surgeons and reset He did not leave the hos pital until a week before the season closed but the injury has entirely mended COLLEGE SPORTS ARE IMPROVING ATLANTA Ga Dec 8 "College athletics are improving but there is a tendency toward the commercial Dr Sanford president of the Southern Intercollegiate Conference told members of that body here to night at their second annual meet ing He attributed much of the im provement to efforts of alumni Dr Sanford sketched the history of athletics In southern schools and re commended that departments of physical education should be adopted bv all conference colleges and athletic coaches elevated to membership on the faculty He discountenanced semi profes sional baseball for collegians and re comended that such players should be denied the privilege of participat ing in college athletics The conference disapproved at its session tonight a motion to make all colleges comply ith conference rules before scheduling contests with I institutions It also voted down a proposition to limit the basketball season to twelve games Members ran into a snag when the question of increasing brought tion from mitute tha annlication being referred to the committee on colleges It was recalled In discus sions that an invitation had been extended I at the time of or ganization which was declined Loy ola University of New Orleans was another applicant for membership KNEE BRACE LACKS OIL SUBTLY OllCES PLAYER IO RETIRE OWNERS TO HOLD MEETING DEC 13 CHICAGO Dec (By The Asso ciated Pfess) Ban Johnson presi dent of the American League in a telegram from Excelsior Springs Mo to the Associated Press tonight an nounbed that the American League owners will hold their annual meet ing in New York next NVedncsday December 13 "American League meeting will be held in New York next the message said Earlier in the day it had been an nounced that the American League meeting would be held in Chicago on December 12 The gathering of American League owners had originally been set by President Johnson for December 13 In Chicago i A phonograph for Christmas makes a gift that is truly worth while I No other expendi ture you could make will bring the same de gree of pleasure and satisfaction on Christmas day There will be a rush for these phono graphs so reserve the model you want early I NYHAT WILL WORLD BE LIKE? Here is thought for Albert Kruger to mull over as ho rides up the river to begin his 39 year sen tence: will the world be like when I come back?" The telephone phonograph radio electric lights automobile movies and airplane have all been invented in the last 39 years possible the next 39 years will bring forth a method for re moving the queer twists in the human anatomy which now make necessary a 39 year prison sen tence for a boy of 16 official decision should have been ac cepted Thbre would be no further need for members thu Baseball Association serving as offi cial scorers If they were relegated to a secondary position whenever their scores failed to 'agree with the un official aveages "No member of the Baseball Writ ers begrudges Cobb a 400 batting average but the uso of base ball records will be undermined If these records are deliberately tamp ered with In order to favor nny bats mdn whether he be a star or a medi ocre player SALEM Va Dec At a meet ing toutty of the General Athlrtiu Hoard of Roanoke College jootball were awarded to tho lolJfij ing players on tho 1922 varsftjy tain Don Coulc of Norton lay IR8 of Norton Eugne Quid of Roanoke Willoughby potter of Troutville George Caldwell qf HadfW'l AJex ande f'akey of Salem Lentley Hit of Snowville Logan of Salem Lynn Woods of Saem Gor don Bite of argo pak Hurt of Salem Anthony Giesen of Radford Stanley Smoot of Winchester rancis Davies Of Waveland Ind Scott Roller ol Kingsport Tenn and red Bisslng er of NVilmlngton The man ager's letter was warded to SntA uel I ainter of Lewisburg NV Va NVith tho exception of Litts Quid and Roller who receive their lo grees next June all members of this year's team aro planning to return to Roanoke The letter men will meet within a few days forthe elec flAM esV lantri rnr prominently mentioned for taincy are Logan center: quarterback and Hite' end Archey 8 Booker Jr of NV Va has been elected of the team for 1923 Theres nothing better than The Pathe the Phonograph with the permanent sapphire ball No Needles to change JOIN TODAY and you can Secure Phonograph now or at Christmas No adventure you ever read or heard of holds so many hearty laughs as the uproarious round the world trip of Jiggs Maggie and all the other famous comic characters in Newspaper readers in every comer of the civilized earth are enjoying the hilarious hap penings to Jiggs as presented by George McManus You can see this piece of fun 1 1 ii 1 1111 16 Goes to Prison I iva jj wr tth A 1 i hum hmihh I jw LjTl KLELO NOUK EVE 8 ffi ors THAT dl)Y fit Yr a 1 imjtt zfWiffvj Aecl JB 11 1 1 I I 11 JU I 1 fl Ti I I 1 9 I fl fl up: tu I fl ifl fl 9 nr Calvary Episcopal ulford and Dudley lynn arley Ruffin arley Mobley Davis and Epperson Wall Cook Nolan ield goals lynn 1 Ruffin Cook 2 Davis 2 arley 1 aley 1 Mt Vi rncfn Baptist Ragland Bruce and ranklin Turner Rogers Ley Clark Motley Bass Tinsley Tucker 3s iWHUUU iiitik:.