* TWO DAYS OF SPORTS MADE UP
AN INTERESTING PROGRAM FOR
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION
BY MARY BAEN WRIGHT
The tumult and the shouting dies;
the captains and the N-C-O’s and the
* gobs and the Liscumovers and the rail
read and mining and cannery men de
- part; still stand the platforms at the
corner of B and C streets to remind
us that another Fourth has passed
into Cordova’s history. And the air
has been filled with music from the
Philippine string orchestra, punctured
"by the squawking of toy ballons and
the boom of cannon crackers; and
the gasboats that have swarmed the
bay have got up steam and put-putted
anything but silently away. By boat or
train, back to their daily work has
one the crowd of visitors that has
surged up and down Cordova’s Broad
way (First Avenue) for the last three
days, and their holiday long looked
forward to, is now long to be looked
back upon.
Some crowd! Prosperous business
men, old sourdoughs from the inter
ior, coyly peeping out from thickets
of whiskers, dapper Filipinos, show
ing the latest modes, matrons lead
ing children, pretty girls dressed in
red. white and blue, whole families
of dark-skinned natives, Boy Scouts,
sailors, fishermen, sphinx-faced Chin
ese, tourists from the two flag-flut
tering steamers in port—a typical
Alaskan crowd.
Straddled as it was, over Sunday,
our celebration really amounted to
three Fourths.
Somebody has said: “A few years
ago we ‘observed the Sabbath’; now
we ‘spend Sunday’ ”. We spent Sun
day—and the Fourth!
The first event of the day was the
shooting contest, which took place at!
the city dock at 10:30 a. m. Several;
of the Fort Liscum delegation wore j
sharpshooter medals and could no
doubt have given a brilliant exhibi
tion of skill, but on account of their
semi-professionalism they were con
sidered ineligible. Targets had been
planted out on the tide flats. H. I.
v Call carried off the first prize of $20
by scouring six bulls-eyes out of ten
shots.
The next events—the reading of the
Declaration of Independence, and the
firing of the National salute, had been
* put in charge of the members of the
American Legion. Neither of these
scheduled events took place, so that
the fundamental purpose of the cele
bration seems to have been overlook
ed. But if the soldiers were enjoying
their holiday too well to remember
their part of the program We can
readily pardon them by remembering
how substantially they had show their
loyalty to America in their readiness
to make the supreme sacrifice on the
fields of France.
By 2:30 a great crowd had as
sembled at the ball park to see the
Radio boys cross bats with our
town team. From the time the first
inning was chalked up—six to noth
ing for Cordova—it was plain that
the game was listing heavily. The
navy boys were plainly outclassed,
which was no wonder, considering
that they had no place to practice.
Not a broken spar or a life preserver
was left to mark the spot where they
went down.
The boat race at five o’clock j
Jammed the city dock with spectators, j
The committee in charge—A. J. Mc
Connell, Dr. Chase, and Harry Atchi
son, in Captain Black’s “Lily,” gave
the signal for some fifteen gasboats
to scoot off down the bay towards
Hawkins Island. When they had
gone about a mile Atchison lowered
the flag as a signal to return. On the
home stretch they were required to
spin around the target post which
had been set up for the shooting con
test. The finish was spectacular,
Wrm. Urquhart, who had apparently
O first place cinched, was nosed out at j
the very last by a clever maneuver
on the part of Taylor, who cut in
ahead in turning the corner and won
by four or five feet.
Howls and squeals from the throng
on First Avenue at eight o’clock told
how the tug-of-war was progressing.
Eight pile-drivers hooked their heels
over the cleats and glared at eight
Liscum boys facing them. The army
men at last got the upper hand, the
long end of the rope and the big end
of the money.
Monday brought an almost contin
uous fine drizzle—just enough to lay
the dust and keep the crowd cool;
not enough to make umbrellas neces
sary or to cause the bunting to weep
red. white and blue tears all over
everything.
George Dooley was the busiest man
in town. He was in charge of the
day’s events, and goodness only knows
how many times he walked from C
street to B, and from B to C, tagged
at the heels by a large dignified
brown dog which regarded him with
eyes of undying loyalty and admira
tion.
Mr. Dooley’s revolver-crack at
eleven sent about two dozen men hat
less and coatless, tearing down the
street for the 100-yard dash.
Half an hour later came the ladies’
walking race. It might well have
been called an obstacle race, the ob
stacle being their skirts. Down a
lane of cheering spectators—some of
their own children shouting them
selves hoarse in encouragement of
“Ma”—they scissored their way three
times. Mrs. Walsh easily out-dis
tanced all her competitors except
Mrs. Archie Field, who won second.
At noon the pie-eating contest took
place on the platform at C street.
With their hands tied behind them
some eight or nine boys rooted into
a row of blackberry pies. Pierre de
Ville, who won in last year’s contest,
was the first to turn sputtering from
an empty plate, his face bloodied with
blackberries from ear to ear. A check
for ten dollars was put into his untied
nanas. He s Deen a-starving himself
for the last three days,” commented
one of the vanquished. Matt O’
Loughlen, having been informed that
the contest had been postponed ’till
five o’clock, broke his fast and in
dulged in doughnuts to such an ex
tent that when time was called he
found himself literally incapacitated.
After lunch came the children’s
races—three legged races, obstacle
races, and every variety of race that
you can think of. In the bicycle
race there were four entries. Dope
favored that well-known member of
Cordova’s younger set, Buster Sher
man. On the last lap Billy Field
nosed out Bryan Lamprey and came
in third. Buster fulfilled the predic
tion of his backers, and Bill McGow
an got in second.
A most interesting exhibition was
given on the B-street platform by a
Filipino sailor. No fly was ever tied
and swathed by a spider more firmly
than he was lashed into a sort of hu
man bundle by another gob. He was
then completely covered by a blan
ket. In a very few minutes he jump
ed up, stretched himself and began
turning handsprings amid the cheers
and a hail of silver coins.
How we mortals love a fight! The
three boxing bouts staged on the C
street platform probably raised more
enthusiasm than all the other events
together. Every window and roof tvas
crowded togetherdtlaly
crowded with spectators; the spiked
telephone poles were pussy-willowed
with small boys almost forgetting in
their enthusiasm, to hold on, while
aloft among the insulators sat Red
Rickert on a cross-arm.
In the first two bouts the boxers
were not well-matched, but the light
er ones gained great applause by the
way in which they made up, in agility
and cool-headedness, for what they
lacked in weight. The decisions, how
ever. went in both bouts to the heav
ier boxers.
The last round was particularly
spirited. Zehr. a young professional
who recently came to Cordova, was
pitted against Linkowsky, a tall fel
low from the Mile 14 Radio. Biff!
Biff! sounded the spat of gloves I
which mottled the fighters’ white bod
ies with red.. Zehr fought brilliantly
and aggressively, but the radio man j
finally backed him up against the
ropes, and the referee had to inter
fere to save Zehr enough face for
identification purposes.
The last of the street events—an
exhibition of the fire department’s
quick work with the hose reel—was
marred by an accident. Harry O’Neill,
one of the pullers, slipped and fell
in the way. The heavy wheel passed
completely over his neck and should
er. He was carried fainting into Dr.
Chase’s offices, and later gamely
showed himself on the street, though
with a badly cut face.
The finale came last night with the
big dance at the Eagles Hall. Every
body was there. They danced en
thusiastically till two o’clock, then
noticing that they had borrowed two
hours of July sixth, at last came to the
conclusion that the 1920 Fourth was
really over.
SPA CONFERENCE ONLY
LASTED FEW MINUTES
SPA, July 6 (by Associated Press).
—Allied and German delegates to
the conference met yesterday. The
first session lasted but twenty min
utes, when adjournment was taken
until this afternoon.
HOW THE VOTES
WERE CAST FOR
THE LEADERS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Governor Cox won the
presidential nomination at the Dem
ocratic national convention today on
the forty-fourth ballot. After the
ninth ballot a motion to drop the low
man on each ballot was ruled out of
order. On the twentyninth ballot
Indiana broke to McAdoo and his sup
ports ordered a demonstration, but
the Cox followers refused to stam
pede. Palmer released his delegates
at the end of the thirty-eight ballot.
A second attempt to suspend the
rules and drop the low candidate was
voted down overwhelmingly after the
thirtieth ballot.
The ballots resulted as follows.
Ballot Cox McAdoo Palmer
1 . 134 266 256
2 . 159 289 264
3 . 177 323% 252%
4 . 178 339 254
5 . 181 357 244
6 . 197 368 265
7 . 295 384 267
8 . 315 380 262
9 . 321 386 257
10 . 321 385 257
11 . 330 380 255
12 . 404 375 201
13 . 428% 363% 193%
14 . 443% 355% 182
15 . 468% 344% 167
16 . 458 337 167
17 .. 442 332 176
18 . 458 340 174
19 . 468 327 179%
20 . 456 360 178
21 . 426% 395 144
22 . 430 372 166
23 . 425 364% 181
24 . 429 364 181%
25 . 424 364% 169
26 . 424 371 167%
27 . 423 371 166
. ‘±60 OUO J-Ufj
29 . 4041/2 3941/2 166
30 . 400y2 4031/2 165
31 . 39iy2 414% 174
32 . 391 421 176
33 . 380% 421 180
34 . 379% 420% 184
35 . 376 409 222
36 . 377 399 241
37 .. 386 405 202%
38 . 383% 405 211
39 ....... 468% 440 74
40:-.A—. 490 467 19
41 .. . 497% 458' 15
42 ... 540% 427 8
43-.... 570 410 7
The school library will be open on
Wednesday afternoon from 2:00 to
3:00 o’clock.
Party taking brown hat from restau
rant please exchange.
TIMES OFFICE
BLUE FOXES FOR SALE
Fifty pair of very best blue foxes
for sale from our Long Island ranch,
either in pairs or can furnish foxes
of either sex. Can ship in October
or November. Prices given on appli
cation.—Kodiak Fox Farm, Kodiak
Alaska. 6-2w.
Dr. Von Zesch will leave Cordova
on a business trip July 6 and will
be absent from the city for about
six weeks. 28-6t
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
If you change your address, do not
notify the carrier boy—report your
new address to the office.
Springs and cots below cost at
Kennedy’s.
Hose and gloves for sale at the O
T-0 Shop, Windsor hotel. 17-tf
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOUND—Gold link cuff-button at ball
park. Owner can have same by call
at Times Office. 6-tf
WANTED—Girl for general housework.
Apply Mrs. Brock. 6-tf
LOST—Brown hat in restaurant. Party
taking same please return to Times
Office. 6-tf
FOR SALE—American Bakery; half or
whole interest. 3-3t
WANTED—Two tie makers. Pay Titty
cents straight for both first and second.
Parties to batch themselves. Apply
Blum, O’Neill Co., Cordova or Harry
Christie, Mile 19. tf
FOR SALE—Restaurant.. Apply to Geo.
Dooley. tf
FOR SALE—Three-room partly fur
nished house at ocean dock. Phone
167-2 rings. 14-tf
FOR SALE—First-class pool table, In
good condition, Price $160. See F. H.
Foster. 11-tf
WANTED—Limited number of roomers
and boarders will be taken at the
Lakeview Hotel. Strictly home cook
cooking. 15-tf
FOR RENT—Apartments In the Burk
hart flats. Phone 61. 3-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins.. Apply
to Cordova Abstract & Realty Co. 22-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished Cabins. See
Dooley.
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FOR JUNE
WE HAVE PEARL STRINGS FROM $15.00 TO $30.00
PEARL RINGfc, EARRINGS AND LAVALIERES
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The treatment is relieving the impingment of nerves of different
vertebrae, permitting the proper nerve force to the diseased organ
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The science is taught in recognized Colleges, and confer the
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DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC.
The course is three years, oovering a number of subjects to enable
the student to carefully diagnose your case.
CURRICULUM SUBJECTS
Anatomy and Dissection Bacteriology
Histology • Pathology
Physiology Embryology
Symptommatology Gynecology
Chiropractic Philosophy Obstetrics
Chiropractic Orthopedic Medical Diagnosis
Palpation Physical Diagnosis
Nerve Tracing Hygiene and Sanitation
Spinal Analysis Spinography
Chemistry Eye, Ear, Nose Throat and Skin
Minor and Operative Surgery
After July 1st, my wife, ELLA W. WIGHT, who is also a full
term graduate, will be associated with me in practice.
Thanking you, CECIL J. WIGHT,
Hours 11 A. M. to 8:30 P. M. Chiropractor.
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