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Page Tlltf PALM BKACiif POST T'riday Al'ii" 7, 1022 uiri bcout Lamp In ueorg NEW: OF SPORT WOULD rrrrri'ttvi m-a-u m-n GARDEN THEATRE LAST TIME TODAY To Be Op During July World's Greatest Swimmer17-YeaOJfi Boy A Wit I 'y 1 I I '7 HEAVY IN TyO GAJV1ES Two Home Run (By I'rcHKV Tampa, April home run, coupled with a dozen more hits put the Tampa Smokers nut in front of a 10 to 4 win ver the Orlando Mull-digs here today iit the first of the Tampa team' liAtne gamci. Caesar Alvarez did the mound work for the l.each men in major league style, holding' the flurke men to seven well scattered litis andgmakmg them put the others where his males could get them, Score Orlando Tampa Woods MeCami .....100 00 001 4 020. 015 m-io Camp, Williamson Alvarez and Xauce. 7 1 I 30 Hits (Hy AHsoelatwi PrcH) St. I'lterslnirg.

April Saints hammered Cannon and Humphries all over the lot in the sixth fuming, piling up twelve runs in tins frame, and won a slugging 14 to '), Manager lilock used four pitchers in his effort to check the hitting visitors. Catcher Smith was put out 'of the park for wrangling with Umpire Miller over a decision at home plate. Score: St. 010 1012 00X--14 lft .1 Lakeland 20.1 01(1- 9 14 Cannon, Humphries and Smith. Schuhert; Hernandez, (ioodhreif I'razicr, Nichols and Itlack.

STANDING FLORIDA LEAGUE. STATE 'i 2 Word has heeit received here that the new southern (irl Scout ramp, located between Koine, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Teiuieisee, ba been flamed "Camp Juliette Low," after the founder of the (iirl Scout movement in the United States, Mrs, Juliette Low, of Savannah, Georgia. This camp will open July 1 and clone, July 31, It may he kept open longer if registration warrants, Girls may register for tlic entire season or any part of it. Thin ramp is situated in ten acres of woodland on the shore of Little Kiver, at Cloudland, on the ridge of Lookout Mountain, 1,1 is two miles from Mcnlo, Georgia, airl eight and one-half miles (ropi Valley Alabama. The new government ike crow the mountain within one.

mile of the This information is of particular interest to the (iirl Scouts of this city and county, as'they have heen waiting a long time for a camp with in easy reach. Cloudland may be reached in aiiy of the following ways Hy Southern or Central of Georgia railroad to Rome, Georgia IA Alabama Great railroad to Vallev Head, Alabama; by Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama railroad to Menlo, Georgia, completing the distance from each of these points hy motor. By special arrangement, the lirown Transfer Company, of Rome, will transport Scouts to- and from camp every Saturday, leaving Komr in the morning and returning in the afternoon. Clampers should choose this route if possible. Those comiiiv by any other route must notify the director in advance so that provision may be made for meeting them.

There will be one central building for dining, hall, kitchen and office. Campers will sleep in tents and will live and work out of doors. All san-ithfy arrangements are being made1 NEWS NOTES OF SOUTH FLORIDA The South Florida group of the Florida Hankers' Association, held its March meeting in Sebring. There was; a record attendance. Talks on the cattle industry, forage Crops, financing truckers and similar subjects were made.

All the bankers reported that business was good in their towns. iirewton, who is described as being an "oil man," is reported bv the Sebring White Way as having 1. iApalt. oP Heart 1 pity's S7umf Hirecbtct Toy COLIN CAMPBELL 7 ''Si" '4 JOHNNY WKLSSMCLLKK'S New York, April 6 Seventeen years old and the greatest swimmer of all time. That's Johnny Weissinuller, Chicago's human fish.

He holds 16 world's records, andjie has only heen in competition, swimming for the Illinois Athletic Cluh, sinco last Au-Kust. "I've heen swimming since I was W. L. Pet. St.

Petershurg 3 1 ,750 lack. sou vi He 2 1 i'io Lakeland 2 2 .500 Tampa 2 2 I Jay ton a I 2 Orlando 1 .1 .250 11 With Uessie Love and FraMie Lee, (he Child Wonder JJaseball Fans Here To Hold Meeting In Bijou Theatre 1 Hamuli players, liimdjall fun TAiul all ihoM interested in tlic na- u'tl'inal game win ntlior this even-at the Jiijoii theatre at 6 o'clock So discuss fdans Tor nrKanizinV a i'dall eluli here tliid summer. The WiffttiiiK was originally Hi-lieflufcd to held at the Sport Slioi. Sucti 'matters as the nrjtiiitizalioii of an Hamatetir league ami securing a 'Miiilalilc for a hall park' will also discussed. Vj The league would he cotiiioied of lour cities, (iresitmalily Lake Worth, "J'fr Lauderdale, Miami and West lieaeh.

These four places all close together and can he feached easily hy motor lrainporta and a schedule could he ar-atified whereby very little expense wouhl he incurred, At ft'mectiilK 'if hasehall fan in Wednesday night it to lutein immediately the or- Haniat ion of the cluh there and committer werf appointed to secure a itile for' the park and to sound out the. sentiment in other as forming a league-to play two 'a week. The fans were also in favor 'of tisiiifj local players, More thirty local have sinned the register hook at the Shop ami it is expected that iiiiany more will in the next few flavs, The meeting tonight will no douli! Jit atteiiile hy a large crowd and ilhe fans an, players am urucd by those hehiud the movement 1o he promptly at six o'clock. Miami Fans Vote For Organization Of Haseball Team Miami fans voted to organize a 'hasehall team composed of local tal-''frnt at a meetiii'j: held there Wednesday nifiht. They also expressed jliemst Ives as favoring Kanies twice week, An article which appeared in yesterday's Miami Herald in comment-jiitf on the meeting, said in part "There were ylrfiiit Si) fans present "lit the meeting and all expressed the ''opinion that a fit hasehall team should he organized, "A coumiittee will he named later to appear before the county roin-inissioners at their next meeting to jieak in In-half of the proposed county fair grounds, plans for which in-Vlude a hasehall park, Protest was 'registered against employing high salaried imported players-, and it was Moted to organize the team from hi.

"ral talent. "The fans present expressed themselves as opposed to every-day baseball such as was played in thesKast, 'Coast League last summer and fa-'vored games twice a week." SCHOOL ATHLETES GATHER IN GAINESVILLE I (tl I'reMi Gainesville, April 6 Gainesville 'in general ami the University of Florida in particular were the mec-ca tonight for more than 100 representatives of Florida high schools cither here or on the 'way to attend tin annual inter-scholastic meet. One hunilrc fifty four entries have been recorded. Of these 141 are entered for the track and field events. Tomorrow has been set aside for the yi'cliniinary events 'while Saturday is to be devoted to the finals.

Sports critics who profess to know are Gainesville, Duval and For as favorites in the state's own Olympiad. Send a dollar and get The South Florida De eloper for six month. Ilread distributors of Paris are al-moit exclusively women. Corned Dead Language Pat he Review Showing Allitiator Hunt, taken locally hy local neoole Performance-: 7:30, 9:15 Admission Children. 25c; Adults, 50c ten, says Weissinuller, 1 like 1 200 speed, it's easy hut training isj30T) hard work." Weissinuller can't eat pancakes or lie or fancy desserts or ice cream! V' A.

li. citi' cmil-i rir drink Those I TOMORROW and HUN DAY Billy Dooe in "At the Stajre Dtwr" -j a ibb aaaaaaaasan en under the direction of the Georgia state board of health. A natural tock-liiud Mjol opportunity for (Swimming, The buildings for this camp were designed by M. King, architect, of this city, This camp is open to any registered Girl. Scout in the Southern State.

Instruction! will be given in Second and First Class requirements, and in merit badge subjects, with. special emphasis, on woodcraft, iiatur. study, and other outdoor subjects. Swimming classes will be in charge of an American Red Cross instructor and life saver. Applications, may be sent in at any time up to June The-application should be addressed to Regional 84 Marietta, street, Atlanta, Georgia, and must be accompanied by application tec, which will be deducted from the first week's board.

The fee will be refunded- if the application wlth-drafcn two weeks or more hefore the mmp o-ns. 'Ihivcainp will accommodate' 50 girls. Places will he assigned in thi order in which registrations are received at Regional, headquarters. Girls must present a physician'; certificate of good hmlth and fitness for camp life before tiny can be admitted. As -a- health safeguard an entrance 'examination will le conducted by the camp nurse when th girls come into camp, and the director reserves the right to send home any girl found to be not in suitable physical condition.

A special program and diet will be arranged for girls tfnder weight. Girls of this city receiving permission 'from their parents to attend this camp, must bring a written agreement from the parents to that i ffe 4 Parents and girls-can secure specific from Mrs. A. K. McLane, 315 Kern street, phone 556-W, who lias a complete list of articles needed for camp life.

women dressed in whitesparaded to the tabernacle to hear a sermon for women It. was at another church in the city, however, at which the subject of the sermon was "Wanted, a Man." Drilling of a well to ascertain if there is nip in that locality began last week at a iioint 12 miles southeast of Fort Myers, known as "Scrub Pens." The hole is being put down Florida Exploration Syndicate, which took a lease on over acres of land from the Southern States Land Timber and the Consolidated Land about a Florida, no stock in tlie syndicate is being ottered for sale. The city commissioners at. Fort Myers have alloted funds for the planting of royal palm trees on sev- eral blocks ot First and Gregor avenue. and the other is South Dade county, All of the South Florida country will grow, of course, but in our judgment the most marked :1 are to occur in thee two sections.

Drinking a Water Same Everywhere AERATED CxnbuiM Perfectly With AU B.T.i.t, lifought the Palmdale townsite 12 1 year go. Unlike many other pro-miles west of Lake Okeechobee and i motions now operating in South 'about 20 miles north of Moore Ha- ven. A rig for a well has been erected at Palmdale and the promo-1 ter is exploiting that territory with; the usual promoting stories of oil, railroads. etc. Hank of Okeechobee has OF THE PALM BEACH SEMINOLE SUN DANCE PICTURES bought the $55,000 time warrants to Capt.

Lewis Roberts has leased the be issued by the county commission- Wcida hotel at Sarasota from Stan-ers against the district which will ley Weida and will make improve-construct a road between liassingei-, nients in the building. The hotel in Okeechobee county, and Indian-1 will be kept open during the TODAY'S GAMES, Jacksonville at f)aytor: Orlando at Tampa. Lakeland at St. I'etershurg. BASE BALL RESULTS.

Florida State League. Da tona-Jacksrmville, rain. Tampa, 10: Orlando, 4. St. I'etershurg, 14; Lakeland EXHIBITION GAMES At Jiihningham, Ala.

-Detroit (A.I, 3: Ilirmingham (S.A.). 11; I. Ilolius. Stonner and lias-sler Slatham and Latham. At Orecn.shoro Boston and Washington, rain.

At -New Orleans Shrevepir; (Tex New Orleans (S.AJ, At Augusta, (Ja. Rochester August (S.A.), 6. At KichmoiVI Philadelphia (X.I. -Richmond, rain. COLLEGE BASEBALL At Washington University, of South Carolina, Georgetown, 10 At Charlottesville, Va.

Virginia, U. At Greenville, S. C-Fiirman, 3: Coiiege of Charleston, 2. At Athens. Ga.

Georgia, Clemsou, 1. At Spartanburg, S. WoffofH Colleyc, Kiskine, 4. 10 innings). At Williamsburg William and Mary.

Delaware College. 2. HAUGAHL DRIVES 180 MILES AN HOUR AT DAYTONA (Ity I'leMl Daytona Ileach. Aprilf 6. Driving specially constructed motor car ai a rate of 1.S0 27 miles an hour, Sig.

Iluugahl. of Norway, today negotiated a mile on the local beach in 19.97 seconds. The was conducted under the auspices oi the international motor car contest association and electrically timed. See the baby flagler day american legion AND WEST PALM BEACH HORSE SHOE CLI'Il town, in Palm lieaeh county. mer, which is a proof of Sarasota's L.

A. Hough, formerly of Winni- growing business even after the close peg, Canada, is a new settler at of the tourist season. Okeechobee City. One oi the fishing crews working Campaigns for nominations for join of Sarasota caught 965 pounds public offices, for the primary elec- of king fish with hook and lotie tion to be held in June, are under last week, the fish ranging in weight way, and South Florida newspapers from 3 to 15 pounds. The contain many announcements of can-; sold for $50., didates.

There are two parts of South Myers newspapers are. full ot'lida in which The Developer expects articles and comments on the project real booms within the next two for the construction of a railroad years. One of them is Lee county arp truiiiinir reiulal ions. The coach is William Bachrach, a mountainous man of 300 pounds or so. who took the green hoy of 15 and taught him how to use his natural powers.

"The kid is a prodigy," says Bachrach. "He never took a lesson in his life until he came to the cluh. And in less than a year he's captured more records than any other man ever gathered together in his lite. Look at this list of world's record Weissinuller has piled up High School Team To Start Baseball Activities Soon The schedule for the high school bast hall season ha been completed and beginning next Monday, aspir ants for the team ill begin daily VI tlic mh-tits have ii ai iivv. been very busy the hist two weeks preset ihg the school play, preparing for the school annual and other activities that have necessarily delayed the preliminary workouts foi the baseball team.

Last vear was the first year that the high school has had a hall cluh in six vears and 10 games were plav-1 ed, the local team- winning 4. los. mg This ami playing one tie game, was done ithout the services of a coach. Among those who will try out fo. the team this year Mitchell, Moore, are: (j.

Mobley F.stabrook' W. Xr Ciut. 1 If JE' 11 'INI 'Will 'it TO west trom West falm lieaeh into the Everglades and probably across the peninsula oi the state to Fort vers. A revival is on at Fort Mvers, and I See the Motion Pictures of the.Bii'j.'f'! and Seminole Sun Dance Other Good Pictures to Complete the BIJOU THEATRE SUNDAY O'CLOCK Admission "0 Cents CH. SMILE In 75-Foot- Tank 50 100 111) 120 150 200 220 250 300 yards.

0:23 yards 0:53 yards 1 :00 yards ,.1 :08 1- 5 2- 5 yards yards yards yards yards meters 1:27 2:05 .2:17 2 3:16 2:1 2-5 1-5 1- 5 2- 5 3- 5 3-5 2-5 meters ...3 In BO-foot Tank: yard. :0:23 yards 0:42 0:52 220 100 yards 2:18 Backstroke (75-ft Tank): yards ...1:06 3-5 The young, human fish is 6 feet 'A inches tall and weighs lo8 pounds. He is long and rangy, with lirown eves and brown hair slicked straight hack. He grew up in tin-streets of Chicago and played in Lake Michigan. He left to go to work as a clerk.

When he isn't swimming he's shuffling hilis in a manufacturing plumher's shipping room. Mobley, Matlierson, Fie.rs, Jorjesi, Cromer, Wilson, Oliver, Van "Rigboy" Price, "Bigtm" Price, Ncilsou, Strickland, Fitzgerald and others. The schedule follows; April 21, at Fort Pierce; April 28, Miami lure; May 5, Fort -Pierce here; May 12. at Fort Lauderdale; May 19, at Mjami May 26, Fort Landerlale here. Sl'lloo ames with the lielray high and West Palm Beach town team and with several other clubs are to be scheduled at a later date.

CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURES. The world's championship boxing contest between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier, held in jersey City, on July 2, will be shown in motion pictures at the Hijou Theatre, Saturday, for one day only, two per tormances, matinee, aixl 4 0 clock; four performances at night, :45. 1 nese are me mucn aiscusseu pictures made at the ringside under the supervision of Tex Rickard, promoter of the famous match, and show every detail of the great event, from the building of the huge arena. with its seating capacity of spectators, up to the final blow that ended the struggle in the fourth round, and the ovation given both men as they left the ring. One of the outstanding features of the films is the introduction of slow motion photography, enabling the audience to see every move of the two contestants slowed down to one-eighth normal Ipecd.

The pictures are presented under lire direction of Fred C. Quimby, and were taken hy a battery of more than twenty cameras. RAIN STOPS GOLF PLAY (ltv Aneliitcil ri-emil I'inehurst, X. C. April 6 Heavy rains today made the sand putting greens unplayable and it was necessary to discontinue the second round of the north and south amateur golf championship.

Players in the first Might had been out more than an hour when rain interrupted and the matches will be resumed tomorrow where play -was stopped, Gasoline stoves. electric irons, ltpd Guild's Furniture store. NO STATE DEBT Florida has no outside public debt, does not owe a dollar on' overdue warrants, and the state treasury had on hand Ian. 1. 1('2L the handsome balance of $2,701,231.

The state school fund has on hand $1,877,879. nd this' is being constantly en hanced by the sale of school lands, the increase in 1020 being $279,260. Xo state is financially in better shape. Onazote- is a new form of rubber spongeT three times lighter, than cork, a non-conductor of heat anil cold and VAUDEVILLE EIGHT FRIDAY EVENING ALL NUMBERS APRIL 7 FEATURES I'se of theatre generously donated to t'se Undj-r the aupices of U'c-t I'alm llraut if-r xllr.U THE REGULARS WHIFF HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM C(iH FORGET YOUR TROUBLES AND LAUGH WITH US ftw-l sTrocn out ok, pi voo'c I TF.e-L "HTO -rive, poov-? GUM C.uTrV jx 5T1M-2T Q.o tsai t' 'oTvCA'OtlT HOV 'EH nu k'T GOT CAly OAcY; 1-' i AioD ALL ThKT -oTufp 1 -tHHrl ALU I CAW ADMISSION Tickets on Sale Booth's, Pearson's, Speer's BENEFIT YOUNG WOMAN'S GUILD I ri- IVIS.C UN rl HK- MCVi GUM oiioirstninitiiiiuiitiuititiriittiHoiuuKiimitniiiiriirimumH' YOUR WIFE YOUR MOTHER OR Promote Health by thai is Always the The Finert Table Water Known NATURAL liteijiiliiBP 1 May not.do the washing and ironing, but it is trouble for them anyway. Try Our New System of Bottled only at the Famous Poland Spring, South.

Poland, Maine, under ideal conditions, in the most sanitary and expensive plant of its kind ir the world. HIRAM RICKBR SONS, SotK Poland, AND AT POi.ND WA'fliR Ff.fUrJ: NEW YOKK PHIUDELPHIA fiOSTON Sold Ewryu re 'I A linl Holt'i, Rtilautcnlt. CLb Unctn, Ijii gyt liai.raoai, Sleam tliifis. 1 PHONE 111 WEST PALM BEACH LAUNDRY 413-415 Althea St (Just West of Poinsettia) PHONE 111 tiaftt i-im11j In t.jlfr3.

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