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FINALS TONIGHT ♦
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IT WAS ONE of those games that
are hard to lose. We are talking
about the one Griffin lost to Riverside
29 to 23 last night. Egghead aid the
■writer stayed up until an early'hour
this morning trying to figure exactly
how the thing was done, but at 2:00
a. m. they were still in conference and
still In ignorance. Griffin clearly and
completely outplayed their opponents
all through the first half and the first
portion of the second one, but some¬
thing happened—and that is just as
far as we can get in the direction of
a logical explanation.
RIVERSIDE is hereby recipient of
our nomination for champion “come¬
back” team of the G. I. A. A. In
their game with G. M. C. the previous
evening they were trailing 9 to 12
between the halves, but came back and
won the game 28 to 22. In the Grif¬
fith game last night they were trailing
10 to 15 when the first period ended,
likewise coming back and winning 29
to 23. It beats anything ever staged
in or around these parts, or in most
any other parts so far as we know.
IN AN EFFORT to determine just
hof they turned the trick we have
interviewed several prominent Grif¬
fin people on the subject, and here are
some of the answers received: “Wasn’t
it awful.’’ “It was terrible’’ and so
forth and so on. Yes, it was terrible
and it was awful and it was horrible
and it was so forth; but if it were not
for that old element of chance that
forces the spectators to prepare for
anything, then we Would not give a
flip for all the games in the world.
Riverside has a splendid team and
deserves worlds of credit for her no¬
ble fight to victory.
A TOUCHING ■ incident occurred
just before the Griffin game started.
Coach Taliaferro sent in his lineup
and the name of Donald Baird was
left off. The little fellow’s sprained
ankle was still giving trouble and
Coach didn’t want to take any chances
bn hurting him. Now Donald is a
man if there ever was one, but some
one glancing in his direction noticed
tear drops trickling down his cheeks
—tears that couldn’t be checked. So
Coach started him in the contest, on¬
ly to take him opt again the first
time the ball was dead. But he had
started the tournament semi-finals.
GRIFFIN AND Commercial will
play at 7:30 tonight for third place in
the G. I. A. A. while Riverside and
U. S. B. will battle for the champion¬
ship of the association^, The Griffin
cup will go to the winner. Let ’er go
and may the best team win.
- SO PRESIDENT Corbett of the
ta Crackers has finally located
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Just once—the drudgery of the
home wash, with its baths of steam
and perspiration, and see how quick¬
ly they would cry for an outside
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the best little city in the world for
his baseball team to go into spring
training. A landscape artist will be
down Monday to look over Southaide
park and get the field in shape. Fif¬
teen Atlanta players will report Mon
day, March 3, and fifteen more on the
nineth. The committee from the
Chamber of Commerce pulled a good
trick (trick’s the wrong word) by in¬
ducing the Atlanta boss to bring his
club here. Other towns were com¬
peting like everything to land them,
but in this case we can modestly say
best town won!
PERSONAL MENTION—Hon. Mr.
Thurman Childs, who has been affil¬
iated with the local branch of F. W.
Woolworth Company in the capacity
of manager, will leave Griffin to make
his future home in Harrisonburg, Va.
Mr. Childs has resided in Griffin for
fourteen months and we hate to see
him check out. It is rumored that in
the future he will be a demonstrator
for Grandpa’s soap.
REPORTS COMING from the
north side of Griffin about noon today
stated a marathon dancing contest
was underway in that vicinity. About
that time someone telephoned one of
the chief contestants the news of a
person dropping dead from over-ex¬
ertion in one of those contests in a
city. We received no further
bulletins from the dance. \
PAUL WARWICK, young sporting
of the Atlanta Constitution, is
the G. I. A, A. tourney in
Griffin this week for his paper. After
the games were over and the scribes
had finished their stories, Mr. War¬
displayed his ability in a limerick
tourney. (Lack of space is one rea¬
some of them will not appear in
print).
WATERMELON SUPPLY
M BE IIUM
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 23.—(A
supply - of red-hearted
in Georgia is promised
the coming summer, accord¬
to reports received here from
growers.
The Sowegar Melon Association,
a meeting at Adel, Ga.,
state, is preparing to enter
another atetive season of grow¬
gathering and marketing water¬
that, as stated here, “grow in
Georgia as in no other sec¬
ff
It is announced tihat arrangements
been made for the handling
fruit by an organization that will
to its wide .distribution.
»< We hope this is so, for we should
dislike very much to have anyone
denied the joy ' of the Georgia
watermelon because of the inability
have it transported from the
to the table,’’ is the way one edi¬
puts it.
The total value of last year's or¬
crop in California was $100,000,
.
Japan has a population exceeding
million.
RIVERSIDE MEETS
IN FINAL TILT
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of the Semi-finals and piled up sqix
points before Riverside got started
and managed to keep a good lead on*
til the closing few ^minutes of play
when they overcame everything and
won a victory. The final score was 21
to 23 in favor of Riverside.
Brewer started the good work for
Griffin with a beautiful field goal
from near the middle of the court
and added a couple of fouls in short
order. Another field goal was added by
Kirklapd and Griffin was leading by
score of half a dozen to none. River¬
side tiffin shot one and trailed Grif¬
fin all through the first period, which
ended 15 to 10 in favor of the local
crew.
Griffin also scored first in the sec¬
ond half. Kirkland, speedy little Grif¬
fin forward, was taken out of the
game on fouls and from this point,
things went unfavorably from a local
standpoint. Captain Holt, of River¬
side, took a sudden spurt and dropped
three field goals in rapid succession.
The local five had been outplaying the
visitors until this stage of the game
with about six minutes to play, but
Sandy Beaver’s boys took on new life
and had their way th6 rest of the
evening.
The situation * was very nerve
wracking as the Riverside boys slow¬
ly but surely crept up with their end
of the score; tied it and passed the
total piled up by the cohorts of
Coach Taliaferro. Players were ^o
ing out of the contest on personal
fouls, Griffin losing two mep and
Riverside two via this route. The sup¬
porters of both teams were literally
raising the roof from the building in
their frantic efforts to spur their fav¬
on to victory.
Brisboy, who substitued for Stanley
center for Riverside, ran wild and
to get three points, putting
game on ice for his side. A foul
called on Riverside simultaneous¬
with the final shot from Mr. Time
fatfal gun. Thompson was al¬
to try for the extra point after
game was over. He made it ^ut
had 29 and Griffin only had
after his point was added. A hair
battle was over and River¬
deserves her chance to play in the
to determine the owner of the
cup against U. S. B.
Saturday.
Brewer, Kirkland and Caldwell were
the best cogs on the local ma¬
chine, but Holt and Brisboy won a
game for Riverside. The playing of
Riddle at guard was also very effec¬
The lineups and summaries follow:
Univ. School (44) Pos. Com. Hi (22)
Freeman (6)____F—Hartman (11)
Medlin (8)......F Guthis (2)
Wilder (10)______ C _Rudderman (7)'
Broadnax (4)____G ..Wilensky (2)
Jacobson (2)____G Horwitz
Substitutions: Beazly (2) for Wil¬
der, Horsby for Broadnax, Speakes
(2) for Freeman. Referee, Metheney;
umpire, Holt.
The lineups:
Griffin (23) Pm. Riverside (29)
Kirkland (7).....F.......Holt (7)
Thompson (1) — F______Keen (3)
Brewer (10)----C----Stanley (4)
Beard____ G Bray (1)
Powell (1)
Substitutions: Caldwell (4) for
Beard, Brisboy (4) for Stanley, Vaden
(2) for Brisboy. Referee, Holt; um¬
pire, 'Metheney.
Ninety-nine billion pounds of milk
are produced annually in the United
States.
Many Eskimo fishermen are now
using schooners in place of the~kyak,
the native boat.
FOB POPULAR VOTE
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and weeps for them. Why?
The greatness of any man is mea¬
sured by his thoughts and the vision
of his ideals. Time and stress and
struggles but wear away from the
truly great any flaws that obscured
their greatness, and add untold beauty
to the lustre of their dreams.
The selfish politician perpetually
pleads "Grant me a place on thy right
hand when thou comest into my king¬
dom,” only to prove that a “great
place but magnifies the weakness and
littleness of him who qnworthily oc¬
cupies. it. It is one thing to crave
honor, another to merit it.
William fcl. McAdoo has proven that
the search light of scandal and the
acid of hypocricy cannot reveal the
taint of dishonor in his irreproachable
CjfiSracter, but served only to prove
his ability as a thinker, a statesman
and a Christian gentleman.
You will soon have your chance to
prove your appreciation of this great
Georgian for president.
Let every loyal supporter of Mc¬
Adoo fill out the coupon and mail to
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me at once:
For President—Wm. G. McAdoo.
Name _______,________________
Address ______________________
WATERVLIET, New York, Feb.
23.—(By Associated Press)—A mio
ther and her three children were
asphyxiated and thirteen others
suffered from the jt effects of gas
which leaked from a street main
that wj broken by frost today.
A eafnary feebling struggling in
its cage gave one of the victims his
first intimation of danger.
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SATURD AY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 23, 1 921,
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Foreign Spinners Will Take One Hun¬
dred Million Dollars’ Worth of
Staple During Next Season.
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ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 23.—A mar¬
ket for Southern cotton that has been
closed since the starting of the world
war now is being reopened through
the reviving activity of the German
textile mills in buying and making use
of many thousands of bales of cotton
from the Southern states, it was stat¬
ed here today by Atlanta cotton men.
This, it way claimed, will result in
German spinners taking one hundred
million dollars worth of cotton in the
United States duVing the coming\rop
year, thus creating a demand for the
South’s cotton in a field that has been
closed for nearly ten years.
U,p to January 1, of this year, it
was pointed out here, Germany had
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WEDDING
GIFTS
Has its serious side, especially in the selection
of Wedding Gifts, and is apt to, cause con¬
siderable anxiety to the friends of the bride
and groom.
This can be obviated if you choose those articles
you desire from
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We know we' have the most artistic and attrac¬
tive gifts ever shown in V,
STERLING SILVER, CUT GLASS, PLATED
WARE, DIAMONDS, PRECIOUS STONES,
. ETC.
SEE OUR WINDOW
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Your Jeweler,
T. H. WYNNE
purchased 500,000 bales of cotton in
America and representatives of the
cotton industry there havp, it is
claimed, established a $10,000,000
credit with American bankers. It is
added that.at least 200,000 balesjn ad¬
dition to the 500,000 bales already re- .
cor •ded sold,'will be required by Ger
many during the new crojp year.
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NEWS WANT 'ADS. 'PAY.
Mules and
Wagons
Our mule and wagon trade
has been good. We are still
selling WAGONS TWENTY
DOLLARS UNDER MANU¬
FACTURERS COST.
We have a complete stock of
bridles, collars and plow gear
B. B. Brown Co.
121 W. Taylor St.
Phone 310.