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Show ou NICK ALTROCK CHANGES NAME Nicholas AJtrock is a ball player who can trace his ancestors back to the land of the kaiser. He Is a rogu-lar rogu-lar German, but thus far has kept it a secret Now that there is a mixup between this country and Germany, Nicholas has taken it upon himself to be prepared pre-pared and maintain an attitude of the strictest neutrality. He did not enlist, en-list, for that would Interfere with his ball playing. Instead, he wandered into court In Washington recently and asked that his name be changed to t MacAltrock. Nick believes tho little dash of Scotch will deceive the dear old public and save him from many unpleasant moments on the ball field "Yes, that's straight about changing my name," said Nick. "I can't take any chances these days, and if tae fans don't take kindly to that 'Mac' stuff I am prepared to carry It further. fur-ther. As a last resort I shall go into court and have my front name changed chang-ed to Michael. How would Michael MacAltrock sound?" |