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Newspaper

Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1922

Page

10

Princess Ivan Tschernitschev Wins Labor Dept Appeal

The Princess Ivan Tschernitschev, claiming American birth and denied U S entry, has appealed to Secretary Davis. She recounts her husband’s Bolshevik execution, the disappearance of her eight year old son, a secret dispatch box, a perilous European flight, and years in New York and Riga amid revolutionary upheaval.

Washington Ivan Tschernitschev United States New Orleans Secretary of Labor Davis Labor Department Russia Europe Atlantic Louisville Countess Potenpkin Frederick Schlich New York West Thirtyfourth Street Berlin Riga

Barnum's Estimate Was Far Too Small

Louis Remner, wholesale millinery dealer of 382 Grand Street, heads to Atlantic City with detectives to chase wire tappers who swindled him of 20000 dollars after a phony horse bet allegedly yielding 100000. Aboard the boardwalk, conmen lured him to a South Connecticut Avenue "office" where the scheme collapsed. The eight or nine men vanished, leaving only an empty room and missing fixtures. Atlantic City police are investigating the elaborate swindle.

BW York Atlantic Ciy Police Department Louis Remner Grand Street Atlantic City Renner Connecticut Avenue Remner

Man who rode into jaws of death recalls Crimean War

Ellis Cutting of Iowa Falls recalls the Charge of the Light Brigade, disputes the return count, and recounts battles from the Crimean War to the Lucknow siege. A former railroad man now living in Cedar Rapids, he served in the Eleventh Hussars, later fighting in India and South Africa before emigrating to the United States in 1871.

Edar Rapids Ellis Cutting Hell Light Balaklava Nolan Lord Raglan Lucan Raglan Cutting Iowa Falls Cedar Falls Hussars Queen Victoria Mr. Cutting Tennyson Lord Lucan India Delhi Lucknow Egypt South Africa United States

New York Girls Walk From Gotham To Yosemite And Back

Three New York girls Frances Nabut Gladys Kerr and Billie Druss walked from New York to Yosemite National Park and plan to return after sightseeing. They swapped tight skirts for hiking gear and noted attitudes shifted westward where the West begins at town amid grasshoppers snakes and locally dramatic encounters.

Erced Cal New York Gotham Yosemite National Park Frances Nabut Gladys Kerr Billie” Druss Miss Druss West Wyoming Montana

Ruth Will Murder Low Curve Balls At Bat

A vintage baseball column argues Babe Ruth struggles against low curve balls from pitchers like Walter Johnson. It claims pitchers will exploit Ruth’s weakness in 1922, forecasting increased pressure on his home run chase and base on balls, while recalling Ruth’s powerful hits to low pitches in past seasons.

Babe Ruth Polo Ground Walter Johnson Griffmen Yanks

Joplin Shortstop McNally Sets Odd E error Record

Glenn McNally, Joplin shortstop, hung up an odd record in Fort Smith as he failed to record an assist in the first two games of the series. In the third game a ground ball came to him in the fifth inning and he let it skip by for an error.

Glenn McNally Joplin Fort Smith

Spring Training Urged by Manager Hugh Duffy

Boston Red Sox manager Hugh Duffy argues every good player should attend spring training to avoid a weak season. He cites captain Derril Pratt, who skipped spring last year but trained in Hot Springs this spring, calling him rejuvenated and more active at bat and in the field.

Hugh Duffy Boston Red Sox Duffy Derril Pratt Sox Hot Springs Pratt Prygit

Baseball Player Moves and Trades Sweep Baseball Circles

Erve Scott deserts the New York scene to the hitting habit while Babe Ruth endures deflation. Hasty of the Athletics times his pitching with the giants. Hearne takes Wilsons managerial role in Virginia league succeeding Tom Clarke. Flack traded from the Chicago Nationals to the St. Louis Cardinals for Cliff Heathcote. Connie Mack accepts Montgomery’s invitation for Athletics to train at Cramton Bowl next spring. Roy Appleton transfers from Fort Worth to Paris and to Stamford in West Texas. Keck sold for about 10000 to Cincinnati and joins Springfield as free agent. Joe Mathes lands Slim Love from Vernon Coast League. Darrough’s sale to Omaha shocks Texas league. Dutch Leonard to pitch for Fresno in San Joaquin Valley league rest of season. Seven Manhattan battery men lead American association scoring day: Cullop, Jonard, Krueger, Kocher, Gonzales, Rogers, Gossett.

Golf Golden Rule Etiquette Echoes the Golden Rule

The etiquette of golf rests on treating others as you wish to be treated. By applying the golden rule on the course, players foster peace and happiness among fellow golfers.

Golf titleholders face severe tests this season

The winter and spring show keen competition in title events as many past champions face challenge. Jesse Guilford's prospects are promising on Brookline turf where Ouimet also looms strong, aiming to repeat historic success.

England Duncan Jock Hutchinson Jim Barnes Ted Ray Jesse Guilford Chick Evans Marion Hollins Alexa Stirling Willie Hunter Cyril Tolley Jerome Travers Guilford Babe Ruth Jake Schaefer Brookline Ouimet Vardon Ray

College sports notes span captains and rules changes

Gordon Pohlman is elected track captain at Ames for 1923. Yale adds Myron E. Fuller as assistant football coach. Bill Brennan and Jim Tracey share bout receipts of 18 483.70, with Brennan paid 4 755.74 and Tracey 2 387.87. Names including Cecil Leitch and E C Wilson appear among various college athletics notes. Boxing growth in Japan noted with Pacific coast boxers preparing to go, small men favored.

Gordon Pohlman Ames Lews State College Myron E. Fuller J. D. E. Jones Yale University Bill Brennnan Jim Tracey Brennan Tracey Japan Pacific Coast

Sure of His Job

Quotation from the Birmingham Age-Herald notes Solomon’s wisdom and questions how he attained it. It contrasts ancient rulers who had leisure to cultivate the mind with modern leaders who must constantly guard their thrones and worry about danger and money.

Solomon Birmingham Age-Herald

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