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Show THE ~IIDV~LE JOURNAL Friday, October 18, 1929 \Varner Wants West Point Game ILLINOIS COACH HAS NEW PLAYS Orthodox Formatio ns and Styles Are Discarded. THE REAL KING ''I am forty-five years old," said Mr. Rhinoceros, "and I can remember the days before I came to the zoo." "You're a fine age," said Mrs. Rhinoceros. "And you hcve a good memory to be able to think back of the days before you came to the zoo." ''Thank you," snorted Mr. Hhinoceros. "You were saying a little while 11.go," continued Mrs. Rhinoceros, "that peo· pie had been unfair to you for years. Why do you say that? Won·t you tell me?" "I will," said Mr- Rhinoceros. ·''They call the lion the King of the Heasts." "Do they really?" a:;ked Mrs. Hhln· oceros, looking very 11ngry. She had only been In the zoo for a short time. "Then they are even more stupid than I thought," she said_ "1 have - \ Photo;;raJJh shows ~PO!I" Warner. head cnnch. and Capt ''l\iush" Muller of the Stauford unh·erslt.v football te:tm practicing. Stanford's big game this year Is with West Point. and all elforts will be made to point for it. Indians to Use Wooden Football in "Olympics" @lllt,P.O....... Nathe Indian games. pln)·ed by In· dians themselves, will he included in the "Olympics" of 1\lexico at Mexico City In January. A "football'' game will be played by members of the Tr.rahUhlara tribe of northwestern Mexico. Instead of us. lng an lnOated leather football, bow· ever, theEe lndluns use a large wood · en bull which they kick lustily. The Turahumara s ure noted for their en durance, stories belug told that their fuvorlte method of deer hunting Is to run after the animal until It drops frnm exhaustion. The)<e Indians In reeent years have staged exhibition dl!<runce races !n se,·eral parts of lhe Unitl'tl Sta IPS. The and!'nt spot·t called ''quemado de rt:>tar." believed lly some to lie the forel-unner of American lla;;el>all. which Is still played by Indians of .Mexito will also be playccl at the "Ois mplcs." l\lemhers of nortl1ern i\lexlro mountain trihes will give an exhibition of this sport. An old Aztec hall game also is to be reyh·ed. ~h·mliers of the Totnmu:o trihe will come from lhe state of \'eracruz to play. The January meet, which Is spon· sored h:v the minbltry of etlucation, will be the largest alfalr of Its kind eYer held iu l\le:<dco. Virtually all sports plnye!l In ~iexico will he In· cludt·cl. competition will be uutlonal Ill scope. Proof Demanded Inventor (to capitalist) -This, sir, Is an ep()(!h-making machine. Capltullst-l s It? Then let me see It make an epol'h.-Chrl stian Evan· gelist. ''I Am the King of the Beasts." absolutely no use for people now ; In fact I think I quite hate them." "You can·t hate them as mtH'h ns I do," said Mr. Rhinoceros. "The grown· ups are no worse than the children. • "You would think children would know better. They come to the zoo more often, and they watch the animals a great deal. "But they go up to the den of the lion and tllPn they stand before the bars anti they s:~y: "'Oh, Isn't he a beautiful animal? ne is indeed the King of the Beasts. How we'tl hate to mret him In the forests. His e~·es look so wild and he looks so fierce." "They suy that, do they?" asked Mn::. Hhinoceros, as if she couldn't believe It. \ "They c-ertainly :;my that. And It makes me angry." "I don't wonder!" "To call the lion the King of the Beasts when I can kill him ttny time I wish_ "I am the King o( the Beaf:ts. No Exclusive strucone can kill me. I am the most wontural and operative supederful beast of the forest. "I can capture anything I want. riorities have definitel y I am th ~ st1·ongest. the wildest, the establishe d Cham.pion as the fierce~t fighter of all the animal better spark plug. That is world." "Of course you are," said .llrs. '!Vhf Champio n outsells all Rhinoceros. "How tlo you suppose others throughou t the world. they ever began calling the lion by the name which rightfully belongs to you'i" "I am sure I cannot understand it unless it is llccause of his roar. SPARK PLUGS "He ce1·tainly can make the finest TOLEOO,O ffiO noise, but he knows himself thut I can heat him any time I am g1ven tha Juat Do Tbeir Stuff cl!Unce." 1\fen singled out by Destiny tor "Indeed he must !:now lt," said Mrs. some great purpose seldom have an Inkling of the history they are mak- Rhinoceros. "Of course he lool•s rather kingly with his mane and his lng.-Amerlc an Magazine. flne manner, but they're not enough to make him a king. "And that you are." "Well, sometimes it 1loes make me very ang1·y to think he Is thnu!!ht so much more of because he knows how to make a great noist-. "He just knows how to praise himself-that's the whole trouble" "Ye)<, that's the trouble," said Mrs Rhiuoceros. Captain of Temple LEVI STRAUSS Bib or Waist Overa lls theleadin~ Brand for over 56years ANEW PAIRr FREE IFTHEV . RIP Ask for Levi's I s..;;&~~~ Clearine the Track• "A Boy Scout doesn•t procrastinate .'' "No," ng-reed the small wearer of khaki. "That's why I always 1!0 my good deed tlrst thing• in the morning and get the darned thing over with."Ameri<:an Legion Monthly. s Rigbt Thia Way lllary-l\Iy dad ii'l an gik, a Lion. a I :Moose and u.n E;1gle. Jolu~ny-What does It cost to see lelia/J!e Nerc!JondiJeJ!nce!8S3 All Wlnte,. Long ~ Marveloua Climate- Good Hotels- TouriJot O..O....-Splen dld Hoado-Gorgeo ua Mountain Viewa. Thcwonderfu. lcksert rtt!JOrlo/the Wut Write CrH & Chaff&J# at... ~prina C::ALU'OB NIA , hln1? • • • Sammy Hale Is the rast little man who subs at shortstop and secon•1 base when the high-powered Jimmy Dykes Is not available. Sammy Is thirty-three. ... VIttorio Campolo, Italian heavyweight boxer. rivals In belgbt Jess Willard, who was 6 fPet 6 lnl'hes, but Is at least :.!5 pounds lighter than the one-time champion. • • • Among tne Americans who are owners or racing stables 111 France are J ose11h m. WiciE'ner, Halpb H. Strassburger, J_ R. l\1a('omber, J. L. Repogle, Julldn Goldman and U<mnte~s ot Grana rd. • • • Golf was viewed strictly as a rich man's game until ~'rancis Ouimet, a rormer cnddy, won the United St:.~tes open championshi p. defeating the famous British pair, Vardon and Ray. • • • Lloyd Waner, Ty Cobb, Rogers llornsby and George Sisler are the only major league players who bonst the distinction of having made 200 or more hits for three successive sensons. • • • Joe Holey ts another one ot those former Baltimore stant. The late Jack Dunn bad l big price rng on Joe and Connie Macl!. was thne year!.l mnklng up nls mind to buy Joseph. His age 1s thirty-one. .fit and satisfactory A Brave Sacrifice Let us !Jono1· the memory of Paul Seillel, an Austrian who has just gh·en up his life for his friend Hut!olf Heider. The two were making a difficult climb on the Specklmrspit ze. in the Karwentlel range, and SeidPI was nheaa, roped to his friend. Seidel was !::rasping a projet'l ion with a drop of many hundreds of feet below him when he became very faint. He knew that he would not be able to hold on. He would take no risks for his friend, and directly he felt the faintness he called: "Cut the rope at once!" Reider obeyed, and Seidel fe!l over the cllft'-slde to his death, while Reider was saved. It Is a story not only of sel!-s~rl fice but of wonderful presence of mind, and Seidel's name will live In tile annals of the Alps. • • • 'fhe Nat!onul Archery nssoclutlon or the United States Is now a flour· lshlng lnstllutlon. It Ito estimated that more than 100,000 persons have adopt ed this sport. The ball sells 111 about $:.!0, but the Zanzibar h·ory ball, seasoned tor years, may cost as much as $00 or even $75. No suhstl· tnte has yet been found for Ivory Ill billiard balls. YOU GET BOTH wnenyoubuy Lionel l:l!tchman ts the sole surviving member or the team that represented Boston In Its tlrst season In the National Hockey league tlve years ago, • • • average billiard (;DA MPI ON wear (JPo.rtffillesj • • • J'be captain ot tile l"empte unl verslty rootl.lall team- Wenrshtng, ot Camden. ~ J •• allout to throw a ror· ward. He ts known as one of tile best rorward passer!! tn the game. Last year ne tossed 4'i passes ot whlcb ~ were completed. Starting to 19'20 Hill '!'IIden has seven times won the national tennis champl_onshlp. Beginning In ll:l~O he won the t!tle Hve times In a row. Hene LIH'oste won twice and Henri Oochet once. Odd Coup by Tampa Club Costly to John McGraw Opal Webb, aged sixteen. of So· perior, Wis., has appllE'cl ror a license to race In Kentncl{y so that she muy compete In the Keniu<"l>y Derby. 8he will ride for B. ~,. McUialn's stables at Tijuana next wl nter. John McGrnw, mannger of the Giauts, missed signing Wally Hrush, speed king of the Southeastern league, by three hours lust summer, and 11. eoRt him $12,:i00-or $4,170 per hour. Thnt's what McGn1w paid the l'lllllpa club for Hrush the other day_ Lust summer both the Giants and Tampa 9.'ere dlrl;ering with the pitch· 1 ' er. Brn!'h wanted to sign with the Giants and dill: Ile mailed In his signed coutrnc·t at mfllu!ght one night. Bnt his frlencls 11 11 OYer n fast one. Three hours 1Jefo1·e !kush mailed his contract to New York his friends wired tl1e Tampa <'lub oYer his signa· tul'e, acceptlug terms with It A merry row was In sight. But Tampa threatPned to go to Judge Lao· dis. and McGr·aw withdrt>w his claim I I Alabama Seeking Game With Army for 1931 A move has been launched by the alumni council of the University of Aluhnmh to bring foothall teams of Alabuma and the Army together ou the ~rl!ll ron In l!l:ll. The g-ame probahly would be played In NE'w Ynrit. Npgotlatlons for thE' g:11ne llnve been under wny for some time. snys HMden Burr. Birmingham allornl'~'. niHI H melllher of the connr!l Roth tPflll1s 1111ve estnhllslled lm rre,;si1·e rerorrls hl lntersef"!lnna l con II'Sfl< In I'<'I'Pnl ~·earR, 8!1(] 8 cnntt>St woulrl he> n;,fl!hN test of strrn~rth of It-Hill"' from tl P E:1qt nnd the Honth. Yntp fs tn l'l:J~ Unh prsity (If Georgia at .A thpns. • • • • • • 'fhe Uubs plcl{t>d np Norman McMillan In the gmnd rush for some kind or a third tlaseman. He proved to be just the man they were looking for. IT e broke in as a major lengue regular at thirty-two. .. . !\like Uonr.al~s h:ls ~een In the majors nhont Hi yenrs When the Ulants drntl!Jed him seven years a~o he slipped to rhe minors, hut cllmbt>d ha<'k np after two years. He hns been a big help to tt,., t 'uhs tills s!'ason. • • • Norval Bnptle, ot the Madison l:lc)uare Garden lee ctutl. bas been the 1\'orJd's protesslonn 1 sknt..ng chumpion for :!5 years Now lifty years ot age, ne set a hntr-mue record wllen be was slxtE>en. whl<"b stHI stands. That Inventive wizard ot the gridIron, Rohert U Zuppke, has done It aguln. Orthodox formations and styles have been tossed Into discard by the faruous Illlnl mentor, wbo Is grooming his University of Illinois eleven for its third straight Big Ten gridiron championship In a new set of strategical and Intricate plays known ae the "fades." · The tribe ot mini Initiated the new style Ill Its opening game of the sea son against the University ot Kansas. It worked, as the score ot the game. 25 to 0 typifies. And the twenty-tlve or more scouts representing Iowa, Michigan, Northwester n, Chicago, Ohio State and the Arruy who witnessed the Zuppke mnchlne In action saw somethlug that will take an Inventive genius fully as cnpable as Zuppke to stop. The schedule of bard games mlgtu t>e sale! to end with the Army contest, were It not tor the tact that Illinois must meet supposedly Inferior teams of Ch!l•ngo •md Ohio State, who will be keyE>cf and groomed with just one thought In mind-to beLt Illinois. llllnois wants to win the Army game. BIH those who know the traits and whims of Zuppke know also that the llllnl wizard will not sncrltlce the chances of t.!s team winning the con ferenre bunting to knock oft' the Cadets. He'll take the game In stride, but nothing more. Jim Thorpe. famous Indian football player, belleves gulf will soon rival foothall as the favorite sport of tlu• Arnerlcnn public. The famous Indian :.tar at least so stated after viewing the national amateur golf watch In Del Monte, Calif. "Yes." remarked Thrope, who still looks like he rould mnke his yardoge al!alnst nny teaut, "I'm convln('ed that this game of golf Is soon going to give football a good battle tor supremacy. It may lack the action, but It bas all of the thrills." Elmer Layden, Duquesne coach ani! former member of the "!!'our Horsemen," has Introduced foothall "shorts'' to replace the ordinary pants wheo spee!l Is desired. The semaphore monkeyshine s which some kind soul devised to enable toot· ball officials to nash perturbed alumni and dlstres~ed reporters the exact DR· ture or their rulings didn't get oft' to surh a hot 1 rt. In so far ns the Notre Dame-Indian a 'tffair was concerned, at least. For wcelts illg Ten officials ha\ e been losing poise by shadow signaling whcre,·er they might he, just to get In shape to gesture away all the mysteries of the great college game. Many a Hne man has ploced himself under suspll'lon of being coo-coo simply because of his ardor to help the great football public. Gene Tunney, f01·mer world's heavywei:;ht chnmplon, found the puglllst!c rucl>et highly profttuhle. In an answer to a snit Hied hy Tim !\lara. his tormer exploiter, 'l'unney, tl1rough counsel, Hied In the Superior court at New York s statement showing his total earnings since 1926-e:x:clus lve of the purse he received for his first fight with Jack Dempsey In Philadelphi awere $1,715,863.54 end his expenses $70il.3Sfl.62. Coach Lou Little of Georgetown. has a new formation he called the "scrambled egg." Two huddles start oft' the rormntfon. Then each man wanders about the field, apparently aimlessly. At a signal trom the quarterback the play resolves itself Into the desired forma tlon. Little believes It wlll <"atcb many an opposing team napping. YOUR HOME A DOCTOR'S APPROVAL? 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Dept. of A~~:riculture, undet the Connable process which insures maximum otren~~:th- Two cans killed 578 rats at Arkansu w , State Farm. Hundredo of other teotimonials. Sold cu1 a Mone~· Back Guaraatee. Insist upon K-RwO, the original Squill ester• "' minator. All druggioto, 75e. Lareeoize (four timet~ •• much) $2 .00. Direct if deala cannot ouppiJ' )'ou. K-R-0 Co., Springfield, 0. ~ali!Jo Kl LLS• RATS•ON LV FLORESTON SHAMPOo-Id eal for nse In connection "'i'.h Parker's Hair Balsam. Makes the hair soft and fulfy_ 50 ccnta by mail or at drng· ~ts. Hiscox Chemical Works, Patchogue, N. Y, Chicago university football men will wear the biggest numbers In the conference this season as an aid to their lc~entHlcatlon. Cl>nch Stagg, who orlg· inated the plan Of DUtnberlng players, and finally se<•ured Its adoption by the conference, will put numbers on the che~ts ns well as the hacks of his backfield men nlso, If the Innovation Is a StJ('c-ess. .. Satisfied with the playing of Earl A veri!!, fnr whose release the Cleveland Indians paid $50,000, the owners are dickering for another heavy hlt ter. Ile Is nuzz Ariett ot the Oaklund team In the i'a<'lflc Coast league. Arlett Is 6 feet 2 Inches tall and weig-hs :.wo pounds. He has been one of the best hitte1·s in the Coast league for several seasons. McKechnie to Braves ... A new endurance recor<l for golf was PSiahlished recently by Joseph La I'Innte of the Wehsrer-Dud ley Uolf club 'l \\'t>hster, Mass.. when he plnyed 100 holes tn ~~~ nnurs. He wa!l;ed 2.'i mllt>s rrnm S ::{() in the mornln~: untll 6 o'clorl> In the evening. • • • The pPnnant-wln nlng t:hlcago Cnh!' set up a new basehl'lll altendnnre m:nk for t1II' ye:~r l!l~ 111111 prohnhly will not he hrol>en for some time to come. The <'nhs playl'd to 1,48;"•.000 paid ~pec-tators In 77 games at Wri~lp~· field. ju~t sli~htly Ullflcr the million nnrl a half mnrk President Veeck hall hopes of estnblishing_ HAS THE LAXATtVE lN .. 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