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The Portsmouth Star from Portsmouth, Virginia • 18

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TWC PORTSMOUTH STAR SUNDAY NOVEMBER 19 1922 EIGHTEEN SPORTS: SPORT ootball Results WINNER i Col BICYCLES an i began Guard Yw Health for Mob 4 LET US KEEP YOUR HOME IRES BURNING The lineups: Langlois Johnson $14 a Ton erguson 1 Hall iMvKowan II Newcomb Coffy 0 Read Every One of These Unjssual Values: Or 1 I 0 0 3 LEDOUX O'S RENCH A ML JE 9 9 9 over ulti 9 0 period on a 22 yard run who also kicked goal line held in the second In the third Jones car CATARRHf BLADDER for the its the and this all Asso' Mac Mary final period man on the big a chance to get Coach Crayton his subs in the continued right PARIS Nov 18 Chares Ledoux bantamweight champion of Europe tonight knocked out George rench of Ijngland The fight lasted three rounds loam throughout tho nme 45 BROWN SMEARS CRIMSON 3 0 WEST VIRGINIA DEEATS OLD DOMINION ON SOAKED GRIDIRON Baby carriages which are propelled by slectrlclty are gow to he had' into was Co line Horemans in Sensational in ish Defeats Welker Coch ran of United States for fifty five yards and touchdown toe sent the ball over the bar Spider touchdown was Score by quarters: Tech 7 and 0 600 YEAR TOMB CLEANED or the first time since its construction 600 years ago In Westminster Abbey' the tom of a son of Henry III is being cleaned had Sol futilly of Mutter Wiener masked plunges Kennoth Smith Right End Takes Place in Hall of ame Quakers ail to Make Single irst Down Against Holy Cross I Old Point Charles' 3 LYNCHBURG Va Nov 18 Vlr ginia Tech ran rough shod over Washington and Lee here this after noon in the twentieth annual game between football teams of the two institutions winning by the score of 41to6 It was the most disasterous defeat ever suffered by the Generals at the hands of I Tedh outplayed the White and Blue in every department of the game and gained almost at will through th line Mixing open play kitihjjje bucks the Blacks burg eleven swetMown the field time after time and while the Wash ington and Lee line braced occa sionally Tech Was always in a posi tion to try for a score from the field our tries for field goal were made Bruins Outplay Harvard Var sity Especially on the Defense Great Inventor Says They Are Afraid To Work and Object To DirtyWork JOINS HUNGER STRIKE 1 I TTPRMAN Tn CHICAGO MEET I biff University Manages to Make Only One irst Down In Game A steady supply is being re ceived and orders are coming in constantly It is the best an thracite coal we have seen in years and our customers seem to agree with Phone your orders We will deliver as fast as we can get the coal I Runs Roughshod Over Weak Defense MORGANTOWN Va Nov 18 The New Dominion conquered the Old Dominion here this afternoon when the unbeaten West Virginia football team defeated the University ofyirginia 13 to 0 on a water log gedK field that made everything but straight football impossible After falling to show enough con sistency of attack to score in the first half the Mountaineers steadily forced to Virginians back to their own goal line in a punting duel in the third period inally Captain Meredith blocked a Virginia punt on his 25 yar4 line and Phil Hill recovered Three at tempts at the line netted only 8 Baltimore Nov 18 Maryland Uni versity defeated Johns Hopkins 3 to 0 in a well played game While Maryland gained the most ground Lewis Williams colored was con victed on a charge of maiming and given a five years' term ln the peni tentiary by a jury In the county court riday afternoon Williams had had an altercation with Daniel Nappies over five cents Nappies owed him and later Nappies was shot while walking in the road at Campo stella Williams put the blame of the shooting on another negro factors in Tulane's defeat tackling and forward passing spectacular Heavy Gator Team Wears Down Opposition and Then Piles Up Score Richmond College Has No Trouble Walloping Hampden Sidney yards and then Ekberg pasted to Nardacci who ran to the four yard line He made two plunges at the line for the first touchdown Ekberg kicked a placement goal for' the ex tra point Receiveing the kickoff after thia score West Virginia went down the field from its 15 yard line for an other touchdown using only straight football in the advance A beautiful off tackle run by Simon for twenty one yards that took the ball to the Virginia four yard line was the fea ture in this advance and Ekberg went the final distance for the score He failed to kick goal Virginia failed to show anything In the way of a concerted attack the Southerners making only one first down in the contest Pringle the Bis Hlte PORTSMOUTH BOY SCOUTS WIN THIRD IELD CHAMPIONSHIP bans Umpire Berry Head Time MAROONS WHIP GUILORD Centre the Polytech Ala de Danville to 0 The third per SPIDERS WHIP TIGERS by Tech two of which were success ful Rutherford sent over drop kick from the 25 yard line late in the secon period and Tilson booted a placement over the bar from the 25 yard line In the final period Washington and lone score was the result of the spectacular run by McMillan who grabbed a toward pass in mid field in the last quar ter and crossed over goal line The play was the feature of the game Gettle was the outstand ing star for Tech Princeton Spills All Dope Downs Yale Bulldog 3 0 In Great Battle Mias Annie MacSwiney and Sister ast Against De tention of Latter 'NEW Nov' In aTsensa tional finish Eduard Horemans the Belgian defeated Welker Coclwan in the tenth game of the international 182 balk line billiard championship close to win by an unfinished run of today at the hotel Pennsylvania The final score was 600 to 405 Horemans came from behind in the 207 It was another masterpiece of mosse and close nursing Otherwise the string was uncertain and he had trailed much of the tlme His other runs were 96 and 81 and his average was 24 7 Cochran was unstable but his ca rom play was interesting His aver age was 2314 14 and his high runs 103 93 and 87 Allegheny White Ash Anthracite BIRMINGHAM Ala Nov In a game marked by playing only one penalty of five yards be ing assessed against football team of Alabama nic Institute of Auburn feated Centre College of Ky here this afternoon 6 only scoring came in the lod when Captain Roberts of Centre get a punt away from his own goal line the kick being block ed by several Auburn players Moulton for the Alabamans fell on the ball behind the goal On a try for placement after touchdown Moulton failed to kick goal Ap proximately 15000 fans crowded Rickwood field for the game which was played under threatening skies famed lock step attack Gobblers Crush Generals 41 to 6 In 20th Annual Gridiron Clash 1 3 Letterman of Norfolk amiprtsmputh has left for Chicago attend the coming sessions of the Southern Commercial Congress Letterman has been designated Governor Trlnkle to represent state of Virginia at the Chlcatfft meeting and has also been as a delegate to the same convefc tlpn by the Norfolk and Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce NEW ORLEANS Nov Bat tered down to but a hollow shell of its real strength Tulane vainly tried to stave off the the Uni versity of lorida football team at Tulane stadium this afternoon and went down to defeat by a score of 27 to 6 The visitors hammered down the lighter Tulane men into submission and then started an aerial attack that completely routed their oppon ents When the final whistle blew there was hardly atregular Tulane player left on the field nearly all of them going out through injury or ex haustion Dickson lorida's full back and Newton left half back were the big their being DUBLIN Nov (By tho elated Press) Miss Annie Swlney has joined her sister in hunger striking against the detention by the ree State govern ment She arrived at Mount Joy prison where Mary is incarcerated at 9:30 'last night accompa nied by twelve other women After reciting the rosary she announced her intention of staying at the prisbn gitbs and taking ho 'food until her sister was given spiritual consola tion or released Tpe women remajps with Apnlens guards relieving one' another at In tervals while she watched and fasted all night GIVEN IVE YEARS ON MAIMING CHARGE Alter Ulmet Tube ISO Kit II 11 Dronlata ar Sen KItCejiy7tVnnn St NewYorir 7 0 6 Touch Randolph Local Lad Champion of ield Event or Third Time Johnson Ziegler and Radrliff after (3) iand Jone Referee' Har rison Washingtonand Lee umpire Smitli Virginia head linesman Maps Washington and Lee Army steam roller CRUSHES BATES SALEM Va Nov The Roa noke College Maroons romped the lighter Gullford College eleven pere today to the tune of 68 to At no in the game did the Quakers threaten to score not registering a first down Ability to follow the ball account ed for first three touch downs the remaining seven kelng on straight football with a few for ward passes intersp rsed was the outstanding star for visitors' while Logan Potter Binger Davies Roller and played stellar ball for Roanoke Scoring: Touchdowns Couk Hurt 2 Caldwell 2 Roller Hite Oakey Ury for point Hurt 8 out of 9 Substitutions Roanoke: Couk Wood Anderson Geisen White Little lanagan Rowsle Ragsdale umpire Dean A COMPLETE STOCK RADIO SUPPLIES Store Open Evenings Till 9 Saturday Till STORE I 904 High Street One Door West of Chestnut Street Phone 660 COME TO AND SAVE 50 Campbell and JWassengll Gullford antfCox Referee Burke Cpndlff head linesman Pocahontas Prepared Coal are good for almost any pur pose Even for stoves and ranges these coals give perfect satisfaction because they are so clean and well screened Be cause of our' mlne connections wc are now supplying dealers in both Norfolk and Portsmouth We have all sizes your orders Nut Egg Lump $12 Lumpy Run of Mine not screenings $10 Auburn Defeats Centre When Kick Is Blocked Covington Big Star 10 14 0 Virginia Tech scoring: Touch downs Gettle 3 iorry Buchanan Wallace Goal from field Ruther ford Goal from Tilson Try for point after touch Rutherford 4 Tilson 1 Our Service Goes arther ThanMereDelivery It consist for the most part of keeping abreast of' the times and in being in constant touch with sources of coal supply This procedure results in our being able to serve you with cpal promptly and in practically as large amounts as you need We invite public inspection of our yards at all times Every ton of our coaL is stored on wooden flooring the soft coal being kept under cover We do not sell you 200 pounds of moisture with every ton This is the amount of humidify that can be parried in soft coal that is not kept dry and under cover amounts to 35600 annually adding 20cents to the tax rate The tax rate however was not increased during the present year Smll police orce Comparison of the expenses of this city and other cities of similar size and population in Virginia Indicates that there is a good deal of economy in the operating of this city The po lice department of' Portsmouth it was pointed out consists of a smaller number of members than the depart ments of certain other cities of Blfo some bf which even have a lesser number of inhab itants The city has an extensive paving program Under way which will brlng about the improvement of many streets This work is expected to rurt well into the coming year Maupice Long will be the new piesidept of thp Norfplk and Ports mouth Chamber vof Comiperce in succession to Henry Barbee who has declined to serve again Mr Long is now first vice president The annual meeting of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Chamber will be held December Sth PRINCETON Nov Tnaln objection I have against' a' college graduate" said Thomas Edison in ah inter view' "is that ho objects to work especially if it is Mr Edison expressed his views at his laboratory in Orange to the Princetonian college graduate doesn't want a job with work in de clared the electrical wizard when he does get a position he ex pects to be appointed foreman at the end of six weeks' Most men work ing for me never attended college The college men I have usually show lack of imagination They scarcely have any suggestions in their daily routine which might lead to improve ment in their various departments is a good place for a man who wants to work but unfortu nately there are very' few of this type nowadays Yet if a man wants to succeed it is not necessary for him to bollege: fie will broaden himself without it We have enough lawyers doctors and literary' men Also we have many 3100000 jobs with no one capable of filling them The main quality for success in my esti mation is ambition with a will to BUDGETUP (Continued rom Page 1) WEST POINT Nov Bates with a' light team was com pletely outclassed by the Army: steam roller today and failed to score while the Cadets were piling up 39 points Although the defense proved stubborn for the first two periods the slashing attack of the Army backs tore huge gaps in the opposing line and scored with ease 'in the clos ing half Williams 27 Amherst 0 Muskingum 6 Marshall 0 North Carolina State 0 Georgia Tech 17 Michigan 6 Wisconsin 6 Cornell 48 Albright 14 Princeton 3 Yale 0 Harvard 0 Brown 3 Richmond 34 Hampden Sidney JL West Virginia 13 Virginia 0 Georgetown 19 Bucknell 7 Dartmouth 28 Columbia 7 Exeter 12 Andover 3 Boston College 13 Canisius 7 Holy Cross 28 ordham 0 University of Pennsylvania 7 Tenn State 6 Syracuse 14 Colgate 7 Wetern Reserve 19 Kenyon 13 Tufts 9 Massachusetts Aggies 6 Clarkson 13 Hobart 14 I 41 6 VANDY SMEARS GEORGIA 12 0 I asssseasaBssesaBeeBSBBSSB Sewanee Smears Camp Eustis Soldiers 52 To 0 CHARLOTTE Nov 18 Ixopth Carolina University overran thb Davidson eleven four touch downs and a field goal here today winning 29 to 6 and making 21first downs to seven for Davidson Aerial work featured the game and it was by this means that Davidson scored in the final period largely against the second string men Score by periods: North Carolina 7 Davidson 0 North Carolina scoring: downs Merritt McGee (sub for Johnston) Tenny (sub for Randolph) Points from touchdown Blount and Sparrow (sub for Mc Gee) ield goal Sparrow David son scoring: Davis Sampson St Al Sewnnee linesman Izzard and opkin braced up when their goal of periods 15 minutes was threatened PRINCETON Nov An other hero was added to" the long list of gridiron tars when Kenneth Smith the right end drop kicked field' goal in the third period of the game against Yale here thia afternoon and won the annual inter varsity classic for the Orange and Black 8 to 0 Smith's name will go down in Princeton pig skin history with those of the famous Poes John DeWitt Sam White and others who with sterling gridiron deeds scored winning points for their alma mater All season Princeton coaches have been drilling Smith in the art of drop kicking as some years ago Harvard developed Charley Brickley Today their task brought ample re ward The Newark lad scarcely out of his 'teens standing on Yale's 15 yard line calmly lifted the ball over the goal bar and this feat not par ticularly impressive at the time spelled defeat for Yale late in tho twilight when the rival teams left the field without further scoring The story of the play which game Prince ton another victory in the series which reached the forty sixth game today can be told in a few words ollowing an exchange of'Tuiits Princeton received the ball near mid field On the first line up the Tiger crossed the Bull Dog with a forward pass thrown by Cleaves and caught by Treat for an eleven yard gain On the next line up Cleaves sprinted and side stepped his way through Yale's left wing tackle and end for a seventeen yard gain Beat tie substituting for Left Halfback Crum dashed around right end' to Eli's 13 yard line Caldwell gained four yards on a triple pass and here offense was checked powerful line refused to yield another inch and after two at tempts to pass signal for a drop kick was called Standing within easy distance of his objective and the Princeton line holding the savage Yale chargers like a stone wall he calmly dropped the ball to the ground and booted It on the ground neaty and completely the bar for a fled goal which matey won the game Edison Scores College Men orkers American Rambler Reading Standard Dayton Reserve Yours or Christmas Now A Complete Line of Boys and Girls Models SPORtinggoUDj INDIANS BEAT GALLAUDET Isaac ass ine Bunkersrs and Retailers of Pool 1 New River Steam Coal CATHOLE DOCK PORTSMOUTH VA PHONES 292 1395 Army Russet $395 Army Rubber Hip Boote class A gbod aS now all eizes One lot of Men's Socks allcolors and sizes A the pair JC Hunting Shoes 12 inches high sizes CE QE 6 to 11 jOne lot of Army Leather Gloveo $150 EQ valuee to go st uIC One Jot of Men's Sweaters odds and ends all colors and II sizes extra heavy AQa weight erOC 8 Army Wool Underwear class A QE garments vV Army Raincoats with crepe QE back ePlead Army All Wool Socks extra heavy weight sJtsC Men's Extra Heavy Weight Ribbed Underwear all shirts and CQ drawers VvC Brownlee CAMBRIDGE MASS Nov (By The Associated Press) Brown's football eleven beaten by Yale a few weeks ago won from Harvard today The score was 3 to 0 the points be ing made on a field goal kicked as the first play of the fourth period by ullback Adams from the 17 yard line Crimson supporters condoning defeat 3 to 0 by the team trounced by Yale 20 to 10 in the light of "its effect on the big gamif'next week could find as a source for hope only the fact that neither Captain Buell or George Owen was in the game today Otherwise it was' Har vard varsity tem and all the efforts of the Crimson coach who departed from the usual policy of sending sub stltutes only against Brown failed to avert defeat against the Brunonians' strength offensively and on the de fense The Harvard attack went sustained action only once It good a touchdown then burn crossing the Brown goal with the ball but holding by Hub bard of Harvard caused officials to recall the play and to penalize Har vard 15 yards Harvard had to try for a score by field goal and Ham mond kicking from the 16 yard line failed The 'defense play shown by the Providence collegians was of as high order as that pt any team Princeton included that has played at the sta dium this year 0 KENTUCKY DEEATS ALABAMA 6 TO 0 Was tallied on a perfectly nhss Hall to Brinson' I Sewanee completed eight out of sixteen attempted forward passes to the Soldiers' and registered Cighleeivirst downs as against Camp Eustis' Iwo Hll outclassed New comb in the kicking department booting 'his kickoffs sixty and sixty five yards as against the Soldier's ayerage 'of forty and out punting vglth his fifty yard boots his cp efforts by: twfnty fivej yprds pewuntel no peiuti4tu a iuuu ui aiuai ine scouts wag the Inc I 1 I mJ 3 I peiiiuueb executive scout councilmen a num inflicted against the Soldiers of 35 her of citizens and Admiral Andrews jimls commandant of the navy yard Score by quarters: Sewanee 6 7 14 Cmp Eustis 0 0 0 lEppes IV I) referee North rup umpire' Bullock (Davidson) hcndlinesman Substitutions: Camp Eustis Levy Toski Zeinl llcvenagcl Parent wanje Houston for Hall Wein bhaughnessey fdr Quillin Hall for Brownlee Bnn sn for Lories Johnson for Weiner for Miller Ton Kin lorJlarmani Quilinfor camp liSS bfll (Campbell for going to bhaugiinesscy to fullback Clark for O'Sbaugh Auai Lin iur jonnsun jynes ju for going to fullback G'Shaughnessey going to left tackle TORNADO WINS rs Ct nnlt rKUM 1Y (y Carolina Aerial At tack However Bewilderself nr i i ueorgia i ecn LEXINGTON Ky Nov The University of Alabama was defeated today by the Wild Cats of the Uni versity of Kentucky 6 to 0 in the most bitterly fought gridiron battle in the history of Stoll field Kentucky's Jone touchdown came' in the third quarter and was the re sult of line plunges by Curtis Sand ers a pass from uller to Hollowell and an end run by uller who failed to kick goal MARYLAND TAKES IN JOHNS HOPKINS Auburn 6 Centre 0 Vanderbilt 12 Georgia 0 i William and Mary 45 Gallaudet 0 Roanoke College 68 Gullford Col lege 0 Tennessee 18 Sewanee 7 University of Tennessee Medical department 32 University of Missis sippi 0 Alabama 0 Kentucky 6 Virginia Military Institute George Washington 0 urman 41 Wofford 0 Carson Newman 57 Milligan lege 0 lorida 27 Tulane 6 Mississippi A 7 Louisiana State University 0 Carolina 29 Davidson 6 Washington Jefferson 0 Pitts burgh 19 Lehigh 6 Lebanon Valley 2 Putgers 37 New York University 0 RICHMOND Va Nov Two long runs off tackle by Jones cap tain and quarterback of tha Spider eleven featured the gridiron Conr test her etoday: between University of Richmond and Hampton Sidney The Tigers were snowed under 34 to 0 They were completely out classed Cuenefaffea aherouP guessed and4 at no time during the contestydid they even thr eaten' the Spider goal Richmond went into the lead early in the first by Ziegler The Tiger period but rled the oval across for the Spiders' second teuhdown and Ziegler again kicked goal The final frame was a nightmare After Bethel had inter cepted a forward pass on his own 32 yard line Jones made his first long dash hls second once more The next made by Radcliff after BBrenamln fumbled Jones kicked this goal and soon afterward made his second spectacular run for 49 He failed to kick goal and the game ended Richmond 34 Hampton Sidney 0 Richmond i 7 0 7 and 0 The scouts of Tidewater staged a parade in Norfolk going up Granby street to Charlotte street and then to the Academy grounds with a navy yard band furnishing music LORIDA ROMPS ON TULANE William and Mary Out Plays Out Generals and Out guesses Mutes NEWPORT NEWS Va NovJ 18 William and? Mary outweighed outplayed ami outguessed Gallaudet College here today and won easily 45 to 0 Gallaudet only once threat ened to score In the first quarter on a pass Theywere easily held for the rest of the game Many passes failed Laountaln and Seipp featured for Gallaudet White Todcl( Haskell and Charles played good games for he Indians Summary: William Caln Irwin White Jordon Jenkins Shaf fel Duke Gold Gallaudet: Payne Bradley Cherry Kelum Referee Stoney University of South Carolina umpire Hoga head linesman Hughes field judge ather Lee Touchdowns: Irwin 2 landers and Young DAVIDSON IS SQUELCHED ATLANTA GA Nov Although they lost today's game to Georgia Tach 17 to 0 the CarolihaKtil player bewllderedjhe Yellow jackets In the last seven minutes of V' plty by inarching eighty yards down th field wheri thev comuleted eleht Wt of 13 forward paesee making a 1011 nrieen aerial passes the completed out of 28 at Henry Reeves a Tech aub ilNl th fourth quarter 'dropkkked a gum irom me sv yara nne meailing between the posts at I angles rroh acored both touchdowns iTath After he had gone around fo run Tech used iWHW wring halt ot SANDLOTTERS SCORE AT WILL ftl' 'ts IT IJ" MMMMaaasw'r r1 Coach Pete Squad Excell Soldier In Every 9 a vcpftruneni 'qv V4o oononents in every department of j' the game and scoring at will i against a fast crumbling defense the Sewanee Sandlotters annexed 4 another easy victory at League Park yesterday afternoon at the i wi expense of the Camp Eustis fW Soldier eleven The score: Sewanee 62 Camp Eustis 0 Sewanee tallied four touchdowns mid 27 points on straight football in the first three periods and then opened up in the final quarter to tally four more touchdowns and 25 points for a total of 52 At no time were the Soldiers dangerous Their best showing came in the first three minutes of play when after receiv tnj the kickoff Newcomb got away for 25 yards around left end and a first down and quickly following a forward pass Newcomb to McKowan netted twenty yards more and (f 'other and their last first down Sewanee Is Supreme rom that time on Sewanee things their own yay The diers fought hard but against the driving onslaughts Coffy Brownlee "Hall" and i and the fleet end running of and Johnson Perfectly tackle bucks and delayed netted the Sandlotters fourteen first fl downs The Soldiers simply were not able to solve attack snd when they did were unable tojounteract the tremendous drive shown' by the Sandlot backfield '1 Sewanee gained a total of three hundred and eight yards in running ttack against the 97 jardsx length ofthe field in each of the last three 'quarters on running plays and i advanced the ball 190 yards on for I ward passes un the Practically every Sewanee squqd got nto the game and began stringing in second quarter and un until the fintfl whistle blew How Sewanee Scored Coffy and Mutter with two touch downs to their credit led in the scoring while Hall Wiener John son and Brinson each tallied one Hall booted 1 three goals in the try for point after touchdown and cne faked Vanderbilt Keep Her Record Clean by Win Over the Bull Dogs ATHENS Nov to day defeated the University of Geor gia Bull Dogs 12 to 0 the Commo dores thereby maintaining their per fect record for the season The contest was a punting duel from the start Vanderbilt scored early in tjip first period A forward piass Neply to Bomar netted '45 yards' 'putting the ball on three yard Urie and pushed it over on the next play With the same manuver in the next quarter the Commodores registered another six points Collins playing quarter for Geor gia in the absence of Mulvihill got the range for his punts in the sec ondperlod and the Bull Dogs in vaded Vandy territory for the first time Line smashes by Tanner and letcher a 16 yard pass: Randall to Anderson brought the Georgians to the goal There how ever Vanderbilt intercepted a Geor gia pass' over the goal line ond hopes for a tochdown melted Neely promptly punted to mid field and safety Vanderbilt neared a third score in the final period when the visitors backed the Bull Dogs to their two foot line Here Vanderbilt was pen alized five yards for off side and Reese lost four more in an attempt to skirt the Georgia end line held and Vandy gave ftp the ball failed to develop gains against the Auburn team and In the final period after Covington resorted to short forward passes for several small gains" Auburn braced and smothered Centre players to recapture the ball tvhen within dangerous position un der her own goal line kicking for Auburn was a bright spot of the game He easily outdistanced boots and his placing was almost uncanny Quarterback Covington was the offensive star for Centre ripping off several good gains one for 30 yards coming soon after the game Score by quarters: Auburn Centre 00 Auburn scoring: Touchdown Moulton Referee Hudgins (Wez leyan) umpire Williams (Virginia) head linesman Thomas (Purdue) Time of periods 15 minutes The Portsmouth Boy Scout troops held high carnival last night for when the dust of battle had cleared away from the old Academy grounds in Norfolk yesterday afternoon where the Scouts of Portsmouth Norfolk and Newport News contest ed for the athletic championship of Tidewater the count in points stood at 37 for Portsmouth and 33 for Nor folk It was the cleanest and most exciting contest that has been staged in the five times it has been held of ficials said A big delegation of troop commit teemen and local councilmen lined up at the head of the scout troops and rooted loyally for their entries The navy yard band headed the con tingent and played for the massing of colors which came just before the contests started How Portsmouth Won Portsmouth Scouts in winning their third straight championship showed fighting spirit 'at the start when Troop 9 the "dark horse" troop came through with a win in troop inspection followed closely by Norfolk 17 and Norfolk 9 Ports mouth's second entry was unable to muster the 75 per cent enrollment needed to compete Signalling followed this and again Portsmouth troops scored a first when the team from Troop 7 flashed over their message followed by Nor folk Troop 4 and Portsmouth 11 The antelope race saw Troop 7 of Ports mouth score a first after a tie heat had been run at first Norfolk 9 Norfolk 4 finished second and third irst aid went to Portsmouth 8 with Norfolk Troop 4 and Norfolk Troop 17 coming so closely that the first They gained more than the was only decided on a time basis At i i A Vx a 1 ii moToiK vets irst The dressingZ ace gave Norfolk its first event in wliich it gained a first with Portsmouth 11 Portsmouth 7 second and third Water boiling contest was won by Norfolk 14 with Portsmouth 11 taking second Norfolk 6 "third The end of event saw the score tied at 30 and excitement became intense Troop 11 of Portsmouth took" the wind out of their opponents when the eight boys sailed over in 18 2 5 seconds in the wall scaling with Norfolk 11 second and Portsmouth Troop 1 third The contests were s5 close and clean that Judges Weaver Bradley and Heinrich had all they could do to arrive at a definite de cision but no event was disputed or protested and Portsmouth it was declared won a clean cut and well deserved and the third1 suc cessive championship ribbon rests in the local scout council office in Din widdie street Parade in Norfolk Local scoutswent to Norfolk aboard the Inca of the: navy yard Tho boat was decorated with ban ners and flags and aboard her be sides thp ennnio na Me iQ luuai BUUUL a num Army Unionalls (lass A one piece 98c Army Breeches class djl OQ only 1'ew 7 Si Army Khaki AQ Breechee class only z7C Si Army All Wool Slip Over Sweaters 3 top QE button all sizes Navy Slip Over Jer set Sweaters d) AE new Genuine Leather Booteee with strap spring QE front sizes 13 to 17 tguiju Men's Corduroy Breeches the very thing for hunting pur poses double knee and $379 Men's Hunting Coats large inside and outside pockets for carrying game QE sizes 36 to 44 pJe7v Army with rubber heels $0 QE sizes 5 to 11 only ipJiJu Army Marching Shoes excellent work shoes heavy and waterproof A sizes 7 to 11 4Je4D Red Robe! Off I Tail to Get Punt Behind Own Goal Line fj BHRgnr ABtf a ri tr a i i snmsoaBBSE Hi S' i EEb i $25 Be Sure Te ve 1 It 109 lib' A Mg MfN 1 1' 91 Ill'll I i i si 1 1 1 1 1 Bl i i an i ISA CAMP EUSTIS VS SEWANEE Braynt Mutter Km I gSjs Gross I Quillen 1 RkVS Drown O'Shaughnessey WIlJi Baird I Campbell kJQ I Montesinos Harrman I' Treakle Sgndy Borjes I.

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