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Show THE HELPER TIMES, HELPER, UTAH TVJS ON HOCKEY Leila Brooks Wins Championship ChicaPo'sTiibute AND SKATING Skill Must Be Acquired From Actual Practice. I Z. A If "'.it' A W j: Miss Leila Brooks, national champion of Toronto, captured the women's Middle Atlantic title hy defeating iliss Elsie Muller, five times holder of crown, in tin? annual Middle Atlantic outdoor speed skating championship held ut Newburgh. Photograph shows: Miss Brooks, right, new champion, with Jliss Elsie Muller, former champion. 1 Tlie value of the Kentucky 9 $ Futurity for finds of 1027 has j? been increased to Jl'.'i.OOO by the board of malingers of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' increase was in the form The average golf professional a dozen clubs. Kenesaw Mo'. Ltain Liindis will have lie ran down u remain junior, will three-year-old- s $R(MK, and of the vision, for for at di- - g trotters, 6 d g o $7,tHMt. oooookkkkhk;kkkkooOvj Nurmi Is as Talkative as Clam When at Home Pnavo Xurini, Finnish running marvel, who never has been loquacious, is described as even more reticent since lie returned from his tour of the United States last year. sports writers at Ilelsingfors The take every opportunity to tease him about this, and one writer says that "while it may he all right to emulate President Coolidge'.s reserve when visiting him in Washington it is not proper to accord silent treatment to the president of Finland. Xurmi's first meeting with Presi-- , dent lU'htnder of Finland on returning from the United States Is said by the newspapers to have consisted of the following dialogue: "How did you like your stay in America?" "Well." "What impression did President C'oolldge make upon you?' ' Yankee." "Didn't you tire of establishing new world records?" "No." "What did you think of the request to sit for a bust of your-elf?- " "Clever Idea." "How did you like the bust?" ' "Why?" "Because." The president, according to newspapers, then gave up in despair. ing in the direction he is going. At the gun he jumps sideways, throwing his left foot out. and at the same time bringing his right foot up. He pushes off the edge of his skate Instead of Moose Marshall has signed ns the toe. After his initial leap, he of the Seottsdale team of brings the right foot over the left the Middle Atlantic league. and follows this with several side steps, still using the edge of his Then there is the kind of a ball skates for traction, until he has team that could throw a game and gained speed enough to take a forstill play better ball than usual. ward stride. When you make this kind of a start, remember not to have fistic fans in Paris make it a prac- your feet too far apart. Keep them tice to reward unusually game exhi- under you so that you can get a good bitions by boxers with a gold medal. push-of- f for your first leap. "Now for the quick stop. Full tilt Surprisingly few of the managers down the ice' you're coming, headed just appointed in the American league straight for the shore, going liekety-spli- t. were selected from the seats back of At 15 yards from the shore first. you're still traveling at top speed. Now what? A wild sprawl and a The University of Colorado football skinned nose? Not much. Turn sideteam will meet University of Southern ways, dig the edges of your skates California at Los Angeles November into the ice and lean backwards. 12, Bll'7. That's all. After you've got the hang of it, you'll be able to stop In an inFootball paid the University of stant." Pennsylvania a profit of $.'U4.0.")t5, according to a statement Just released Defends Shift Play by university authorities. England is alarmed by the amount of kicking In football games, kicking of the players, not the ball. player-ma- nager Mc-Bri- . ' . to the Harrisburg club of the league. New a ! Waco has announced that the Philadelphia Athletics paid ?8,5tX) cash for Outfielder Frank Wilson, sold to the American league club recently. V . The Cincinnati Beds have purchased Eddie Williams, star pitcher of the Elmira club of the New league. right-hande- ' - V (. d S?1 x Jg 'mar)!1- Back in 18S0, John Met'! raw received for pitching a game and then was a hold-ou- t for $." before he would enter the box for the next eon'.est. lie got it. i . it"'' J. Walter Morris, secretary of the Pallas club of the Texas league, announced that his team would train at Mineral Wells, Texas, again next spring. The practice of kissing one another has been eliminated from the French prl.e ring. . . . From now on the battlers will concentrate on kissing f "'liile there is nothing very Impressive iu Chi.rlie Boot's record of last season as a pitcher for the (bi Cubs, V) far as the won and lost part of it Is concerned, yet never! Jieless, keen Judges are inclined to rank bin ss one of the great young pitchers of the year. Hoot won Is and lont 17 Mine. UN club finished wirh u higher percentage than that. But Boot of pitched some grand ball In man those 17 games be lost. ao Good Health Comes From Food, Exercise and Rest Has it eer occurred to you that your health and your ability to play hall are quite two different things? Your health conies frmil the right fon-and exerel and rest, and the proper habitue between nil three, writes Hr. A. II. Sutherland In Hie American Boy Magazine. Foil your ability to play b iseb.ill or tennis, nr 1 even your ability to walk and balance, and ilit out your li;uid In touch fin object accurately insle::.' of gropdm", is all a mating for il as n ter of train'm:. You i;.e in learn trr e rCr everned errs am) l' ! iiei-u- is lite! y !'! Ion :i i n .1 sis it. ' r '1 li nr !;. :i- !' - !( Lacrosse for ladies Is now an establat several women's colleges, including the University of California, Syracuse t!iil ersiiy. Itryn Mawr college and Bosemary college. "St. Bonis fans declare war on Cards over trailing of Hornsby" sports item. One rumor has It that large consignments of pop hollies are Icing tnoved secretly Into the city's arsenals. Russell, rookie Ited Sox pitcher, bod the rather unique distinction of not scoring a Hngle run during the i . American league campaign. Bussed was In ,H7 games, going to bat'Jl (;,r.'s He made four hits. II. Our Idea of a swell Job Is that held by Baseball Commissioner l.andis. who dniws Si;.".(NHi per year from the major league organization and sees all the baseball games will. nut having to at- f ( l!i r ! C... jr.,! i" ', ! l ' . "S ee What I Did for 30 cts!" stone all over this broad land, will yet swell the ' You chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our ' ; L needn't be rich to always wearx .....1 laurel i'iiuis, justi Keep yourl i"c" anything. w. Take out some old, faded suit or dress and have it the season's fashionahle shade tomorrow ! Restore dull drapes, scarfs and spreads. You can work wonders with a few, Inexpensiv. Diamond Dyes (true dyes). New col? ors right over the old. Any kind ,i material. call at your druggist's ami get a free Diamond Dye Cyclopedia1 Valuable suggestions, simple dim-Piece-good- s liiiiiS. color samples. Orf big illustrated book Color Craft free': from DIAMOND DYKS, Dept. NS.'' Uurlingtoii, Vermont. - nature Abraham Lincoln ST. GAU DENS' STATUE OF LINCOLN, GRANT PARK, CHICAGO Vl '" -- L. (repeating with emphasis plain peo-pie), take them as you find them, are Country's Needs Evr his brilliant days In 000K00-- 0 OOC-- n't 1 First in more easily influenced by a broad and humorous illustration than In any other way, and what the hypercritical few may think, I don't care.' "In speaking Mr. Lincoln had a peculiar cadence in his voice, caused by d of laying emphasis on the the sentence. "In answer to the question how he knew so many anecdotes, he answered : "'I never invented a story, but I have a good memory and, I think, tell one tolerably well. My early life was passed among pioneers who had the courage and enterprise to break away from civilization and settle in the wilderness. Tha things which happened to these original people and among themselves in their primitive conditions were far more dramatic than anything invented by the professional story tellers. " 'For many years I traveled the circuit as a lawyer and usually there was only one hotel in the country towns where court was held. The judges, the grand and petit juries, the lawyers, the clients and witnesses would pass the night telling exciting or amusing occurrences and these were of infinite variety and Interest " Lincoln's Mind Chauncey M. Depew, former United Ptates senator, In an installment of "leaves From My Autobiography," Scribner's Magazine, a retrospection of his childhood, youth and public service covering a period of eighty years, told .some new anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Andrew Johnson, Seward, Vanderbilt and Chase, Commodore other notable men of Civil war days! "I had a long and memorable interview with President Lincoln," Mr. Depew writes of a visit he paid to Washington in 1S03 when he was secretary of state for New York. "As I stepped from the crowd in his reception room he said to me: 'What do you want?' I answered: 'otliii'K, Mr. President. I only came to pay niy respects and bid you goodby, as I am leavh.g Washington.' 'It is such a toixury,' he then remarked, 'to find a man who does not went anything. I wish you would wait until I get rid of this crowd.' Some Lincoln Stories. "When we were alone he threw himself wearily on s lounge nnd was evidently greatly exhausted. Then he Indulged, rocking backward and forward, in a reminiscent review of the different crises in his administration and how he had met them. In nearly every instance he had carried his point and either captured or beaten his adversaries by a story so apt, so 'on all fours,'. nnd with such complete answers that the controversy was I remember eleven over. of the stories, each of which was a victory." Lincoln was always on the lookout for a good yarn, although he told Depew he never "invented" one. One night there was a reception in the executive mansion. Rufus C. Andrews, surveyor of the port of New York and a confidential adviser of the President on New York affairs, ihe reception with Mr. Depew. As the procession of handshakers moved past, Lincoln stopped Andrews, and, leaning over, spoke very confi dentially to him, delaying the ceremonies for some time. Momentous issues were impending. Lincoln was in the tiiidst of the campaign for reiinmi-'latiohis cabinet was Inharmonious, the war was on and decisive battles were about to be fought. Newspaper men and politicians buttonholed Andrews on his return to his hotel. "Andrews made a gi'eat mystery of his confidential conversation with Lincoln and so did the press," Mr. Depew writes. "He explained to me when we were alone that during his visit to the President the night before he told Mr. Mncoln a new story. The President delayed hirn at the reception, saying: 'Andrews, I forgot the point of that stoty you told tno last night; repeat it now." Appealed to "Plain People." of telling a great ""I uin accused many stories.' " Mr. Depew quotes Lincoln. "'They say that it lowers the dignity of tha Presidential office, but I have found that plain people '.iiiidete A Mii ' Cisria-.b.iH- j 6-- LV.f. Y0liNG.lne.5lQ lymanSt. Sprinjt'eW. MsIHk rriifits With Ohincliiiln IiuMiiti. moiiHy makers. Write for farts. CONRAD'S. 85(1 California Bids.. Denver, Cola !UuJe niXFiatJRE youR at all dmpsriRts. HAIXA IftiCESL, New York City ERUPTIONS F iCIAL unsightly and anno; proved "il', r !' c b !d M'.tii.-e:d- one application of FOR Coughs dU8t0 Colds SUCCESSFUL 30C & 90C FOR SO YEARS At all Drurs- - vls Public Sentiment First Public sentiment Is everything. public sentiment nothing can' fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently he who molds public j sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decilie makes statutes and decisions, sions possible or Impossible to be executed. Abraham Lincoln. Vlih tomb at Luxor Interesting new finds have been Dimle. They include sets of roynl robes richly ornmnented M ith gold nnd precious stones, more than 21 golden statuettes uveruginfr 12 inches In heifilit nnd depicting male risures In various attitudes and six wooden models of state barges fully manned with carved figures. Some askets were also found consisting of three outer with the "innermost ease. These are similar to the series of eoflin shells , In some ( shell-case- s which enclosed the rovnl mummy. DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN Take Tablets Without Fear If You See the Safety "Bayer Cross." Unless you see the name Warning! "Buyer" on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine P.ayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 26 years. Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin. Imitations may prove dangerous. Adv. 'Tn.' said Johnny after supper "won't you take me to the movies?" "Not tonight; yonr father's got In- digestion." "Well, can't yon take It along?" Waihligton. if i 'if - 'ir4 r- 'til! :yl 'ft 'ft i . 7f vaPii iiVAorr)nt Inn me. gave . . Health than l nnu - . better . " M . . " i , ' t.plo." South. :.J; V. "' beautiful woman Is always a well Get this Prescription of Dr. Pierce's from ynin- (halr, In Ihpild or tnlilots, and si o bow quickly you will hcive sparkling eyes, a clear skin, A ' - ,' . t ' 1 . .Vl.'lt.l enjoyed for a lonK time. I am glad to praise and recommend It to other Mrs. J I). Gray, 349 W. 6th woman. . - Favor- ite Prescription and so I did." It was wonderful, how It Three helned tn. bottles of the 'Fa-v-- : Pierce's " "' iiinl pcrntiali; v. Wrile Dr. I'terre. Huffaio. N. need free meillcsJ advlco. ; i ? Salt Lake City. Utah "About two years ago I was suffering with femiI nine trouble. as advised to take Dr. in be ,') Dy Treasures From Tomb Lincoln on Agriculture To speak entirely within due bounds, it Is known that 50 bushels of wheat and 100 bushels of corn can be produced from one acre. Take W) of wheat and 100 of corn to be the possibility and compare it with the crops of the country. Unquestionably it will take more labor to produce 50 bushels from an acre than it will to produce 10 bushels from the same acre; but will it take more to produce 50 bushels from one acre than from five? More thorough cultivation will require more labor to the acre, but will it require more to the bushel T Abraham Lincoln. t i tn, lutet , our' n Winiii'n iri her in oil her I 'ah: r, I' In. i. nt. n :;.- ie n trials will ' - St on ejrppriiri-n- t Don't MITCHELL USI. EYB SAL V K for spei-'irelief. Absolutely sale, Broadcasts Good News i i abo Snrp L d user writes: "Horae hart larieet Btioe boH I ever- - a'. Xiowall ijone. I wou:u not nave thought tbit Absocuiruj could take u away to cuanlct-Uy.- ment : 'The old man meaning Lincoln knows all about It and will not do a thing.'" Mrmsrial vey of the west lit for I , V4 Inharmonious Cabinet. Referring to Lincoln's Adroitness In handling men and his personal humility, Mr. Depew says : "So President ever had a cabinet of which the members were so Independent, had so large individual followings and were so inharmonious. The President's sole ambition was to secure the ablest men In the country for the departments which he assigned to them, without regard to their loyalty to himself. One of Mr. Seward's secretaries would frequently report to me the acts of disloyalty or personal hostility on the part of Mr. Chase with the la- GREAT NATION'S TESTIMONIAL Uncoln'i at 000000:0 ne-ei- ne or bursius aro easily and quickly removed with- I OOtf C ttUAO h V out knife or firing iron. Absoihinereduces them permanently and leaves no blemishes. Will not blister cr remove the hair. Hcrs., worked during treatment. At druggists or $2.50 postpaid. Horse book S free. , representation on t'e '.':i;ult.tV, Olympic squad for Ul-- S at Amsterdam Is about to be n'id'v taken by .lack McYicar, presi dent of the Canadian Amateur Athletic union, mid P .1. chairman of the ("ana dial! Olympic committee. Two Ir'i: "(rack will be ,'ield as :H.1S'.5ftf5;SSii: O was stud coin, Portable Canadians Look to Olympic 1928 Games I : Maite it NSW for IS cts! key-wor- MilOiesota OOOC OOO m dot ties bright and new by home dye ing ; ii s easy, ana anyone can g" i j.uu Kuii Liamouu ajvsl , biill-.lln- : I heart and hearth' Itootor Williams shows motion pictures of his shift play us used hick ct o Ol.o r s3 .j. Williams,' father of the shift, out of which grew virtually all forms of shift plays used in modern football, refuses to see his pet offensive weapon of days gone by outlawed without a tight. The former Minnesota coach has assembled evidence supporting his contention that the shift, properly handled, not only Is legal, but also is an essential part of football as played today. ished sport Willie lb'ippe, who is nr, ni forty, is the oldest of Die ar. J1 "Hard Horemans, the Bc;iin. u i hi: ty ''i-'h-i : V.e.n- - .h,'..- .... !,;,-( , A celebrated Minnesota tend grnndmothc's' funerals. i.e-e- i Ir. the canvas. A - $2 V" loving e genxral-purpos- President Clark Griffith of Washington has released Outfielder Bed Root Making Good every battle field and patriot s grave to every h . quick "The best skate Is the hockey kind. The long, speed One hour and forty minutes is the skate is difficult for the beginner to average time for a major league basemaster, because it's heavy, and not ball game. designed for sudden turns and stops. The saw teeth on the fancy skate Billiards boasts of having more aren't necessary for the beginner. actual participants than any other He'd better start on the. hockey skate, sport in America. and get boots that will feel comfortably tight with medium weight wool Balph Kress, youthful shortstop socks. from Berkeley, Calif., has been signed "The racer or hockey player starts by the St. Louis Browns, crouched over, with bis left side pointpush-off- rumor. the main trotting division "Frightful.- car- to be given a putout. of n $."i.KK) pacing division added to the stake. The value of at 111 rier association. The "There are three kinds of skates from which to choose: the speed skate, the hockey type and the fancy The kind. skate curves hockey slightly at the front and back and is short so as to permit quick turning. The fancy skate Is short, like the hockey, lint has several saw teeth on the upward curve. In front, to allow you to stand on your toes, or get a 9 II : do. they 0KKK00OOCKKKOOKKK Kentucky Futurity Is 5 Increased to $26,000 T- -0 'The. mvstic chords of memory, stretching from "Connie" Smythe, coach of the "University of Toronto intercollegiate hockey champions of 192G, gives expert advice on skating and hockey in the American Boy Magazine. Some of the skating and hockey tips taken from his article, "Get Out on the Ice," follow: "The way to become a whirlwind speed hockey player, a world-beatinmerchant or a breath-takinfaucy skater, is to get out and skate. No book can beat a bump for teaching you how to handle yourself on the ice. Skill in skating, like skill in any oth er sport, comes from practice. "If you want to become a hockey player, get out with the gang and tday shinny. If you want to develop speed, get the bunch together for & game of 'tag' or 'I Got It.' If you want to become a fancy skater, wytch fit her people, and try everything t- j U |