The evening world. Newspaper, August 31, 1920, Page 15

1! atwerp, Scene of Olympiad, | S13! Makes Big Impression on \ joa TWO Pretty Evening World Kiddie Klub Member Writes to sin Eleanor of Her E) periences Upon Landing in| ™ Belgian City Where Big te World’s Athletic Champion- | “ships Have Just Drawn to ay Devan flOSe. | Aileen Riggin ts only fourteen years oll but she won a place for herself on the 4 American Olympic team, and she BM also won the Olympic springboard div- ing contest at Antwerp Sunday. She is the youngest member of the team, but one of the cleverest, sturdity holding ’ “her own against the grown-up divers, She ts a member of The EveningWorld vip Kiddie Kiub and is a sweet and jolly kiddie, Sho has described some of her i! siNpressions in the following letters i $0, Cousin Eleanor of The Evening | | uWorld's Kiddie Kiub. | August 8, 1920. With the American Olymplc Team, re , Antwerp, Belgium. EAR COUSIN ELEANOR: Well, we're here at last, My “how Antwerp hes changed! | Everybody can speak English as well | 4a’ French, and there are so many | Diibite buildings, In fact, they are | much larger than the library at Forty- wecond Street. @t 10 o'clock at night of the 6th I gaw the first searchlights of Dover and Calais, then lights of little fishing villages in England. Then we knew we were near land. The next day was The historic. Neponset Stake, for 2.06 spent in watching the scenery and |, ae tno ppte-ana |Ucrm, Was the only Srant. Antshed dn hen and they coac! also Eppie anc 6 Det « ‘t i ° faking pictures. When we woke up| Otto Walle (Mins Epateln, und Otto | veg yer neten Will Cresien aubstitut. én.the morning we were sailing paaved | Walle, coaches), ‘The Swedes arrive | [en's JU AE had ws ‘ and hundreds of ttle morrow, but they don't do much |!?s for Tom Murphy, hud won the de- nb Craniee svete, all abt vod because every country has a{clding heat with John Henry, ry were all about) So oarate hour to practise, Australia| Walter Cox captured the first h um We stopped at Filishing and took | and England are not so dangerous— |the Roston Globe Stake for three-y “ona pilot. Flushing 1s the cutest little! it is only the des, I think I'm | old trotters with the great Miss Morris, place, about a thousand inhabitants, | £0!Ns in both high and fancy diving, | put his filly went to aywikt break the */ so Im working on both and hope to|gecond time out and was distanced, | |} @ hundred houses and several wind- mix, T got a ploture of the pilot's ent with @ windmill for a back- mond, After we had waited in pEVushing for a while for the tide, we etatted up the Scheldt River. Every- Pathing was 90 nice and green—tho | Brass, the trees and the water. I took | Jots of pictures. I saw the little cus- ‘tom house on the bank of the river * dividing Holland and Belgium. At last We saw Antwerp—at least the cathe- dral spires, I took lots of pictures ‘from a distance, but I don’t know Piewhether they will come out as my camera only foouses at a bundred fect. ‘We had to go through some locks, and it took us an hour or more to land. Hundreds of kids crowded about » "thé pier and we threw them pennics, “wahd it was queer to seo them try to rf fe out what they wére. /2°""T hear that the water at the Sta- gin is colder than at Rye, Impos~ me ane so late when we got landed ele we had to stay on board all ght. Then began the tus. wards had cleared the beds aud Fe we could have was a blanket, and I think the weather is more like Lab. in #aGeF than Antwerp, and Helen didn't even bring @ coat, s ‘Well, lots of love. I'm going to the dium, P, S—Forgot to tell you the Cap- “Mein gave us a farewell dinner on the -_abip. We had turkey, &c. The style where seems to be short skirts, long Sat and stilted heels. The boys of eon smoke and drink beer and eax vocks—also the girls, 1 August 9, 1920, he's is a wonderful place, There fife, a few tin lizuies and the trolley % are the funniest Little things. aA live on the Boulevard in the _X,_W, C. A. Hostess House, and we} “gertainly get wonderful eats. Nearly revery afternoon there le a parade. ry day we get in a motor truck j@qnd ride over to the “Zwemstadion” jg@wimstadium) and practise diving. h, boy, some pool! \hith a large diving platform and a |Rboard with springs ynder it, 481 We can see the big cathedral from house, and we always start out hat ‘direction, but we always got e street. We went) pyiugand saw a lot of bar- Everything ls cheap except oes and sugar, We live on the oulevard and on the next block is grand stand and the band plays ¢very night, To-morrow night there js a dinner and a dance on the crai- wr Fredericl The Japs and Brazilians have ar- ved, but they're not so good. We work out twice a day with the It's a deep lake lant Over Crew's Victory. 4 ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. %1.—The Naval Academy here 1s jubilant over fhe victory of the midsh!pmen at Ant- arp in the finals of the elght-oared grew race, It is universally considered the biggest performance in the athletic history of the academy, and Dick Glen- on, coach, and his charges will the Weroee when they return to. An+ polis. They will reach the academy out Sept. 9), and the midahipmen will Wem tenrday leave. y two of the big crew will be loat ye ieraduations hey. are Graves, Cap- and 2, and Jacomini, bow, Taig Pp, lee at No, 4 of Ringgold. the only St most certain’ five oarsmen be Captain, and Coxswain er Hk, ave two more years of row K | other membara of the party | rule two or three more years demy, bers of the Naval Academy foot- ball pqued ‘will | ten days of the month's leave this year, returning to Annapolis on Sept. 2, In order to wlart reparation for openins game at North Carolina Bate on Oct n previous years, th Were allowed to start on | Fhan usual, but this was tr th ERI? years ‘owing to the length of the ““Dasign Lyman 8. Perry, who will help Melwell wit with the line ‘candidates, ported at the Naval Academy to-day, win. Goodby and lots of-love from ATLE! “AILEEN | Aileen Riggin O’Sullivan’s Heels | Few races in the history of the BIG LEAGUE RACES . SEEN AT A GLANCE. Both American and National League pennant struggles tight. ened yesterday, Your grand. father’s red bandanna handker- | chief could eover the first three teams in each’ circuit to-night game have been so close at this late date, A kaleldoscople shift tm the National shunted the Giants back, for they lost two games to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 to 2 and 2 tol The Reds beat the braves, and as the Brooklyn Robins lost twice at St. Louis, the Reds are in first place by seven percentage points this morning The Giants are stil only fvurteen percentage points behind the leaders, The Yankees were (idle in the American League fight, but they gained on the leaders, as the White Sox were checked, 4 to 0, by the Red Sox, The Cleveland Indians also gained, and are now only one percentage point behind the Yanks, as they defeated the Washington Senators, 8 to 2. De- troit beat the Athletics in a game that doesn’t count In the big battle. > Hogntasn Step ¥ Year-Old. BOSTON, Aug. 31.—The fastest mile trotted by a two-year-old this year was made at the opening of the Grand Cir- | cult races at Readyille, when the |Ohfo trainer, Charles Valentine, drove | the chestnut colt Bogalusa in 2.08 in Tee for = to Nelson Dillon. the RIGGIN 156,792 miles of pave sidewalks in the United S according to the best estimat. 11,007 miles in New York City alone Five two unfinished for de- the second heat of the Horse Breeders’ Futurity, Valentine's colt finished first in the initial heat, but on account of | running under the wire waa set back to second place and the heat awarded ORLD, TU RTS ChampionHerron its Takes 86 to Make Round at Roslyn ‘The amateurs have started practia- mg for next week's national amateur tourney at the Engineers’ Country Club links. When Davie Herron, who knows the course fairly well, needs a total of 86, what chance is there for other and lesser golfers? ‘The chubby title holder from Pitts- burgh landed in town yesterday and immediately went out to Roslyn to waist line are not exactly sulted to warm weather. By nightfall he was willing to agree with the Engineers’ wiseacres that scores for qualifying day will be higher than in most tour- ney: | Herron was in the metropolitan area | @ month ago and spent @ couple sat Engineers’, one of them prov- not very succeasful. He and ant Peacock ersayed to tackle ty toslyn stars, Frank Hoyt and Ha K. B, Davis, but the home talent car, red off the victory In a four-tall| match, Yesterday Herron played only one round, which he made in 86. The Roslyn course to-morrow will| be crowded, acconting to the Informa- ton received at the club house from | competitors who are planning to| be on hand for practice. The British | quartet, comprising Cyril Tolley, the Champion Tommy Armour, who ‘beat him for the Frenoh title, and Lord Charles Hope and J, H. Wethered, will | get in their first trials. Chick Evans was reported last night as being en route east from Chicago and it was suid Francis Oulmet would arrive in town to-morrow. Most of these Amer- | ica topnotchers not only must get into shape for the championship tourney but for the Cannda-United States tecm matches on Saturday on the same | |links. ‘The Canadian team notified | Engineers’ yesterday that it would ar- rive Thursday and devote Friday to practice. _ Cubs to Play Exhibition Game at Marten. ‘The Chicago Cubs will play an exhi- tion game at Marion, O.. for Senator Harding on Thursday afternoon, accord- ing to an announcement made by the Harding and Coolidge Theatrical League to-day. The Cubs will play their reu- lar team against a picked nine, and the Presidential candidate of the Republican Party will toas out the first ball, Ar- rangements have been made at Marion for Senator Harding to meet the Chi- cago players, many of whom are al- Preott members of the Harding and Coolldge League, which in composed of of Brkigeport at Troy [ast «night ESDAY, ace a of the ba 24 Games Yeatorany. Buttalo, 6 6; 12 ini Tg ti 1 Bittue: b ate oo ei iditead tne 1: fiat; Bi game, oF Game noe acbeclibed, ae eer To-Day. Rowling # Jemey City. ‘Aron at Bufialo, more at Syracuse, “Toroete at Yocherter ee Tommy Noble Stops Shen. ALBANY, N, ¥., Aug, 31.—Tommy Noble, featherweight champion of Bnx- land, made short work of Tommy Shea The English champion bit Shea with every- thing, Shea refused to leave his corner in two weeks _ Johnny W In Winner. LANCASTER, Aug. 31.—Johnny Wolgast, Lancaster welterweight, easily defeated Arthur Tracey of Engiand tn a |ten-round bout here last night before a large crowd. MOTHER! "California Syrup of Figs” Child’s Best Laxative Accept “California” Syrup of Figs only—look for the name California on the package; then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels, Children love its fruity taste. Full directions cision to-day. the cities est causes You cannot change the hard floors and pave ments but you can change your heels. O'Sulli- van's Hows abserb the shocks that tire you out. Stop peanding away your energy. Go to your shoe repairer today and have O'Sullive.’s Heels d atreets and those engaged ‘in the theatrical and amwsement fields. mechanism and towns of the United States, \ Today, wherever your daily tasks take you, on hard streets, sidewalks and floors. If you wear old- fashioned leather heels or ordinary ‘‘dead” rubber heels, every step you take acts as a hammer blow to the delicate nervous system. ‘These jolts and jars are a con- stant drain on your energy — one of the great- of fatigue. put on your shoes. Absorb the shocks that tire you out With every step on hard heels you are pound- ing away your enerdy bottle, Ady A constant menace to the human paved streets and sidewalks; in Chicago 7,338 miles; in Cleveland 1,806; in Louisville 717. Even in Grin- nell, Iowa, a town of less than 6000 inhabitants, there are 13 miles of paved streets. I: Nev York City alone there are today 11,007 miles of According to an estimate based on acti! reports of city engineers of 185 typical municipalities, there is now a total of 156,792 miles of paved streets and sidewalks in Yet hardly more than a generation ago in these same cities and towns we walked upon soft dirt paths and road- ways. Then the delicately adjusted arch of the foot ab- sorbed the jolts and jars of walking. you walk “Aut DBT 31. OO eae new iTERAATONAELEaE spend the week learning new tricks|for the fourth round. Noble was a about the course. The day wag op-lrevelation to the fans and will be! pressively hot, it must be admitted.) matahed with the beat man obtainable and Herron’s avoirdupols and his You must say “Cali-, Waddesdiy and Thursday pom Satisfaction Guaranteed “HENGE L. A. PRICE. rree or Money Promptly Refunded x Big Savings Await Those Who Attend This Sale School Clothes with of latest cut, ages 7 to 18 years, Fall's newest ale, equally coe for school or dress wear; coon and serviceable; ages 7 to 17 years. Ename Inch Poste. Hi Bed ICouch and Mattress Nove AN-Cotton. 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