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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
AvoIDABLE DEATHS.
one-Quarter of All Diseases is Totally
EF Preventable
lIaronl the London TiInes.

In connection with the Sanitary IN
stitute popular lecture was deliv-
cred by DR.. Alexander Hill. master of
downing College and vice chancellor of
Cambridge University, on Unnatural
DEATH He remarked that it was not
the dangers of railway travelling, nor
the few murders that occurred which
brought down the average longevity of
human life from 100 years to so wears.
They must seek for more subtle mur-
defers than that. Every year 500 coo
babies were b0rnin England and Wales.
II they took 100000 children. and saw
what was likely to be the end of them.
they would find that 80 600 died a yfdl-
ent death by accident, about the same
number would succumb to the fnys-
ferrous diseases which they knew now
TO be absolutely preventable, because
due to germs Tuberculosis in its many
forms); about 10000 would die from
absolutely preventable causes such as
smallpox, measles and scarlet fever,
only 5000 would be allowed to live out
their natural lives, and nearly one in
twenty might expect to die because the
machine was worn out ssft4ltt4
One-quarter Of all the disease which
destroyed life were absolutely prevent
able. If the practice of hygiene were
only on level with It's theoryr4he{av-
erage longevity would be raised at once
SOTO IS yesArs.s The greater mum
her of dfseases 5eS -eF which esiiTdAvi-
dual HE'D tontTQi Na&eF due TO mistakes
in eating and He divided dis
eases into three cl9ssess and said they
would never succeed representing them
until they HAD the co2oDefatfon of the
public. Every citizen Should have the
same exact knowledge of the causes
and properties of preyentable diseases
that the medical officer himself had
The infectious nature of consumption
was hardly realized 20 years ago
About one-third Of the cows in the
country were Tuberculosis, and half the
milk distributed the bacillus of tuber-
culosis. They could boil the milk, and
he was no more afraid OF boiled bacillus
than he was Of well cooked lion. The
only natural form of death was the
gentle falling asleep when the body was
tired f4
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
THE COUNTING HABIT.
lFrom the Chicago Pogt.l


"Does it striker asked the man who
was buying a clock.
Certainly" replied the salesman; sit"
Take it away" broke in the intending
ut has a very soft. musical tone, ;,
urged the salesman. Nothing loud or
brassy about it, you know"
Cant help 1t. / don't want anything
that strikes"
Nearly all the handsome parlor clocks
are made to strike" persisted the sales
man, but Of course you needn't wind up
the striking part"
"Ahl that's different" said the intend
ing purchaser. LET me look at 1t again
You see, the trouble with me is that I
have acquired the counting habit. Did
The salesman didn't think he had but
as he didn't know just what the counting
habit was he wasn't sure.
II don't know Just how I acquired it, +"
explained the intending purchaser, but
presume at some time that / don't recall
distinctly how / had to rely upon clock
striking the, hour to know the time It
takes very little to fasten a habit Ilnon
one, and in a short time found myself
doing it mechanically. No matter where
was or what | was doing. the moment
clock began to strike ] would begin to
count the strokes In fact would have
counted three or four before | became
conscious of what | was doing, and
would have to keep it up to the end.
tried to break myself of it, but it was no
use. would wake up in the night count
ing the strokes. When in conversation I
would stop in the middle of a sentence if
the clock began to strike It would even
interfere with my thoughts if / were
alone in the room. So long as a clock is
striking it chains my attention and / can
break away from 1t only by a supreme
and most apparent effort, It's not that /
want to know the time; it's merely habit
strike"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
Two Smashed
by Taylor.
REMARKABLE WORK.
CoIored Boy Rode Mile in
1872; the Half in 45 3-8.


Philadelphia. Now. 12.-with ice
formed along the speles, Of :. a THE
tracks aaseighthsoS slt dHehqthiciz. switch
his officials jim o1efcoats and heavy
gloves. with his pacemakefs cliatterine
like magpies from the cold twice as
intense to them as to those standing
still-MajoIs Taylor today made three
of the most remarkable record rides hi
the history of cycle record breaking.
lie lowered the mile record three
ffths of a second, and the half mile
record twice-once by two and one
NTH seconds, and again by two and
two-tifth seconds. The wind was cold
but not strong. The barometer stood
at o5 in the sun, and 81 in the shade
Chunks of ice thrown upon the track
did not melt
1t was half past o'clock when the
Major came out, and the Crooks team
started with him. The first third was
made in 20 IL, less than the record.
1t was perfect pickup to the Sager
team. Then came the greatest piece of
work on the part of a record breaker
ever seen. The Callahan team. which
picked up at the two-thirds, received
wrong orders from some one on the sec
ond team, and jumped too soon.
Major dropped the Sager team and
made an independent run along the pole
ten yards to the leading team, which
had already got into its stride
Down the back stretch the men all
yelled, the one hundred spectators yell
ed. and Major Ward went daffy in the
center with his megaphone. Down the
stretch nothing was lost, and the time
was 1872, the former record, 1872 3-5, by
French Taylore
The eolored boy did not leave the
track while his pacemakers were being
gotten ready for the half. The Crooks
team started with him; the Callahan
team failed in the pickup, and the
Crooks team went the entire half.
bringing him through in As 40 sec, the
former official record by Windle on a
mile track being 48 sec.
Taylor was not satisfied, and in ten
minutes went again, this time with the
Callahan team out in front to pull the
Sager team the first quarter, Taylor
being back of the latter team. In the
stretch the Callahan team swung wrong
Taylor shot from back of the Sager
team to save a fall, then went up again
several lengths and the half was An
ished in disorder in 40 3-S
Taylor finished the three most won
derful rides without being tuckered,
and would have gone more but could
not, as his pace was done out from the
hard work in the cold, which made their
lungs raw
He will now try to place the mile be-
low 1880.
F. ED. SPOONER
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
HOLY CROSS.
SPENCER BOYS CHAMPIONS.
They Defeated Southbridge High in the
Closing Game of Year.

Spencer Nov 1.-THE people of Spen-
Ger are pleased tonight over the victory
of the David Prouty high school foot ball
eleven over that of the Southbridge high
school team, the score at the end Of the
game, after 40 minutes of hard play re-
sulting % to in favor of the local eleven.
BY defeating Southbridge today the local
boys win the championship of the Wor-
cester County South Athletic Association.
In today's game the local eleven played
it's eighth game of the season, and fin
shed it without being scored upon, this
being the greatest record of any high
school team in this vicinity. The game
this afternoon proved a regular walkover
played at every point. The local boys
gained anywhere that they pleased, and
outclassed Southbridge in every point of
the game. At no time did Southbridge
have any chance to score nor any show
to hold the ball on downs.
H. H. Morse. who captained the Tech
team in '96, has been coaching the South
bridge team. He was seen after the
game by the Spy man, but refused to dis
cuss his teams defeat. He admitted that
the Spencer boys were as lively as rab-
d. P. H. S. SOUTHBRIDGE.
Vernon, l e..................r e, Butterworth
Calvin, t......-....-.......r [, chamberlain
Lowell, ! g........-...........".r g, Powers
w iiStiSl y - - n
Mullett, r g.."........-..'.''''I g., Mcclure
Reno, t...............-.'.;. 1901 !, Page
Lee, e.. ...........'-.''l e. MeIhlnstry
Dermody, q b.................q b, Edwards
Hobbs, + h b.....................l b, Dodd
Billiard (Capt), b........:;r b, Taylor
Ames, b......t...............f b, cambridge
Touchdowns, Hobbs 3, Billiard 2; goals,
Hobbs i; safety, Edwards. Referee. Mr..
Corbin Southbridge; umpire, Mr.. Dillon,
Spencer; linemen, Messrs. Quinn. Spen-
GER; Morse, Southbridge. Time, two 20
minute halves.
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he teams lined up as follows:
SIXTH CONSECUTIVE TIME.
Dartmouth Again Wins Trl-colIegiate
Championship.

Hanover, N. H, Nov. ~. - Dartmouth
defeated Williams today in a close and
exciting contest 10 to 6, and thereby won
the tri-collegiate foot ball championship
for the sixth consecutive year. Today's
game was by all odds the best seen on the
alumni oval this season.
During the first half Dartmouth tried
twice to score goal from the field, but
each time was unsuccessful. Once the ball
was from the six-yard line, and a little
later Proctor dropped back for another
attempt, this time when the ball was on
the fifteen-yard line.
Williams, in the first half, threatened
Dartmouth's goal very seriously. Once
She lacked only four inches to make a
touchdown, but failed to push the ball
across the line due to grand work ON the
part of Dartmouths line. Jennings and
Crolius carried off the honors of the day
for Dartmouth. Diapers brilliant run OF
so yards was the sensational play Of the
afternoon, and as he was speeding down
the field with the ball safely tucked under
his left arm he looked in a fair way to
make a touchdown.
Neither side scored in the first half, but
soon after play had begun in the second
period Dartmouth planted the ball be-
tween the goal posts, and after securing
| 1t on the kickoff repeated the perform
ance, never losing possession of the ball
In its course down the field. A few min
utes before the end of the half Williams
saved herself from a shut-out, but could
not stave off defeat. The lineup and
summary follow;
| DARTMOUTH. WILLIAMS.
Craig (Butterfield), ! t...........r t, Seeley
| Lowe, | g...............,..........r g, Reuter-
Rogers, ...-..'.-,..........'''... c, Easton
| Corson. g....,......... g. Seeley
Edwards (Stickney), r t..-...l t, Simmons
IOConnor, e..................r e, Chadwell
| wentworth, q b......-.-.......;q b, Rutter
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
He MEANT WE'LL.

Mr. Wibbleton-"It has always been my
things that would make me so ridicu-
lous." X
Miss Sharpleigh-"Indeed! Why you're
just like a Spanish gunner"
Mr.. Wibbleton-"I'd like TO know how
you figure out the similarity"
Miss Sharpleigh-'You don't seem to
have much success in hitting what you
aim at."-Chicago Daily News
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
1T WON THIS TIME.

Guards Back Play an Enigma to Carlisle.
Philadelphia, Nov. 1.-THE famous
guards back" of Pennsylvania was
brought into play today in the foot ball
game at Franklin field, between Penn
sylvania and the Indians from Carlisle
school, and won victory for the sons
of Penn by the score of So to 5. Be-
fore the mighty rushes of red and blue
in this play. the line of Indian braves
broke from time to time, allowing the
Quakers steady consecutive gains until
they scored six touchdowns and five
goals.
The redskins only score was a goal
from the field by Wheelocll in the first
half Wheelock tried for another goal
from the field in the second half, but
failed. At no other stage of the game
was the Pennsylvania goal in dan
ger, although most of the battle in
the second half was in the Quakers'
territory. For Pennsylvania, Hare,
McCracken, Outland and Folwell car
ried off the honors, while Miller, Hud-
son, Seneca, b. Pierce and Wheelock
earned the applause of the Indians.
On the opening Pennsylvania imme-
uldIely- began ltS guards back play ana
small gains followed rapidly, and in
about five minutes play McCracken
scored a touchdown, Outland kicking
the goal. After the kickoff the ball.
by q series of guards back plays, was
forced into the Indians field, McCrack-
en- finally scoring the second touchdown
Outland kicked out for the goal try,
but went too high. Then came the
third kickoff and the first score for
Carlisle. Hutchinson held the ball and
Wheelock from the S5-yard line scored
the Indians five. Pennsylvania then
battered the Indian line and scored
two more touchdowns before the half
was over.
The second half opened with the In
dams kickoff, Hare catching and
bringing back to the 25-yard line.
Pennsylvania made several small gains
and it became the Indians ball on
Pennsylvania's 35-yard line. The red
skins assumed a more aggressive play
and most of the half was give and take
on Pennsylvanias ground between the
rs and 40-yard line. 1t was after a
gain of 10 yards thSt Wheelock failed
in his try for a second goal from the
field.
MI +ao,,,s 1ipad I'M a follows.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
Techs Season
Closed
WITH A VICTORY.
Amherst Aggies' Team Was
Outplayed.

Amherst, Nov. Worcester Tech
and the Amherst ''Aggies" concluded
their seasons hard-fought contest on
the "Aggies' campus this afternoon.
The score-11 to in Worcester's ia
Vor-does not truly indicate the SUI
periority of the visitors. Throughout
the entire game they had the home
team completely in their power, and
the best "Aggie" could do was to reach
Worcester's 25-yard line.
Tech was superior in all departments
OF the game, and were it not for the
visitors lack of training, due to their
recent lay-off, they would have com
pletely overwhelmed the "Aggies. %
Throughout the game, Tech held Gag
gle" in vise-like grip, and compelled
the latter to kick repeatedly, while
their own fullback had to resort to this
method of advancing the ball only
once.
"Aggie," as in her game at worces-
ter earlier in the season, used the
guards back formation, but Worces-
ter's tacklers stopped it readily, and
with this play gone, "Aggie" had moth
ing by which she could gain, and was
forced to kick in order to save her
self
Tech, on the other hand, had an album
dance of plays, all of which were more
or less effective, and by judiciously
using them, they were enabled to make
regular and consistent gains, and were
obliged to relinquish possession of the
ball only because of their fumbling,
which played an important part in
keeping the score down.
Outside of their tendency to tumble,
which was no doubt due to their sus-
pension of practice last week, there
was nothing that could be said against
Techs playing.
The backs started quickly and to-
terrific force. They also formed a close
and compact interference, by which
the ends were enabled to make nymer-
GUS long and brilliant runs
The linemen opened good holes for
the backs, and on the defense broke
through frequently, and dowaed the
runner behind the line. lay began
with Walsh kicking off. Aggie brought
her guards back and began hammer
ing Tech tackles for slight gains. Wor-
cester fought stubbornly and held at
and Walsh rushed the ball quickly to
the 10yard line, where a tumble lost
the ball to Aggie, who kicked at once.
Maynard now asserted himself and
ran % yards on an end play and left
the ball on the 15-yard line. On the
next play Wood carried it around the
opposite end, for touchdown. Birge
failed to kick a difficult goat Aggie
kicked to Birge, who ran back Is yards
leaving the ball on Techs 25-yard line.
Long runs by Wood and Birge, a few
fierce plunges byBrooks and the ball was
ON Aggie's yard line; and on the next
play Page jumped through the line for
a touchdown. Birge Kicked goal. Am
herst made several changes in her line
up for the second half, while the Wis
itors played the same. In this half
neither team scored, although Aggie's
goal was continually in danger, but
as often as Worcester would get with
in striking distance of their goal, a
tumble would happen, and the Aggie
fullback would kick the bah out of
danger
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
AGIE.
WISCONSIN WAS DEFEATED.
University of Chicago Won Again Thi,
Year From Madison Boys.

Chicago, Nov. y. = The University of
Chicago foot ball team today defeated the
University of Wisconsin eleven by the
score of 6 to 0. Overmatched in weight
by an average of probably Il pounds to a
man and with the additional handicap of
playing the first half on the soft north
end Of the field. the Wisconsin men were
slowly but surely forced back to their
goal line, Capt Kennedy of Chicago final
~ boring through for a touchdown
Herschberger kicked an easy goal. This
fS frs Ia ha fhe nd dsi Ten tba pay IN
of the game, though once again in the sec
ond half it looked as If Chicago would
score. 4s sest =
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
HARD ON THE RUBBERNEcKs.

Northboro, Nov. 12.-The v. l. S. of this
town defeated the Rubbernecks of West
boro this afternoon by score of to 0.
Capt Ellsworth pushed his men to their
utmost always keeping the opposing
team beyond the centre line. The fea-
lures of the game were the hard bucking
of the centre by Simpson and the large
gains around the end
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
THE GAME WAS CANCELLED.

Leicester, Nov 13.-The game scheduled
to be played this afternoon between the
Leicester Academy eleven and North
BrooSfield was cancelled, as the manager
of the North Brookfeld team wrote that a
number of his men were injured and
would not be able to play.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
NO GAME AT GARDNER.

Gardner Nov 12 - The Gardner high
school foot ball team was disappointed
again today in it's foot ball game, as word
was received that the Barre Athletic
Clubs team could not play
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
YALE MEN HAVE BEST EYE.

Princeton, N. j., Nov IL. - Princeton.
Yale, Harvard and Pennsylvania contest
ed in the Intercollegiate shoot this morn
ing on the field of the Dayton Club Mon
mouth Junction. Yale won, with Harvard,
Pennsylvania and Princeton finishing in
that order. Harvard won last April.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
BACK IN THE GAME AGAIN.
Perkins, the Old Tech Player, Did Crane
Work for Cornell.

Ithaca, N. Y, Nov. 12.-Cornell ran up
a score of AZ to 0 against Lafayette on
Percy field today with little difficulty It
was a one-sided contest, in which Cor
nell's good team work and fast, snappy
playing stood out in contrast to the work
of the Easton players. Lafayette was I'M
able to hold Perkins, the Cornell fullback,
who played an unusually strong game,
considering it was his first game of the
season. Right Tackle Sweetland was
also very much in evidence, and made a
long run from the centre of the field for a
touchdown after he had blocked kick
unaided. Cornell's line was invulnerable
except on Pennsylvania's famous play,
the guards back" The teams lined-up
as follows:
CORNELL. LAFAYETTE.
Davall, e..............r e, Wilson (Kieper)
Wyvill, t...................r t, McDermott
Reed C. Young, g.......-..r &, Heiman
Caldwell, ................. c, Rosenburger
Lueder, g..,........-..--...,.,l g, Backman
SWeetldnd, 7 t...........-...-.l [, Chalmers
Grimshaw (Hogan), e.........l g, Rutter
Young (Capt), b.........q b, Best (CaptD
Morrison, ] h b.................r h b, Carter
Windsor, + h b......l.. b, Knight F'ried)
Perkins, b...................f b. Hickman
Touchdowns. Morrison 4, Perkins 2, Wind
sor, Sweetland goals from touchdowns.
Young T. Referee Mr.. Lang of Yale; UNI
pire Mr. Mossom of Amherst; inemen,
Mr.. Otis of Cornell and MIR. Bank of
Lafayette. Time, two halves, 30 and 20
minutes.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13

steady plunges to Yale's three-yard
line, where they lost it on downs. There
was an exchange Of kicks, the ball
finally going to Ely, on Yale's 10-yard
line. The little quarterback ran 1t back
10 yards and the game was called with
the ball in Yale's possession on her own
25-yard line.
The teams lined up as follows:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
f. ED. sPooNER.
BASKET BALL AT THE LYCEUM,

xss4 -6s
play the team Of the @. Y. M. III. at the
latter's hall at the corner of Grand and
Southgate streets next Thursday evening.
There has been warm rivalry between
anticipated
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
PREPARED FOR THE WORST.

The snow, the snow, the beautiful snow,
1t win soon begin to fall;
All, soon the great white quilt will be
over hills and valleys and all.
But let it come whenever 1t will:
Let it come for woe or veal,
I'm ready 20 see the big fakes fly.
For I've sold my last summers wheel.
Chicago Daily News.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
THE BIG SCORE OF THE DAY.

In Game at Fitchburg the Winning
Team Made 81 Points-opponents Shut
Out.
Fitchburg, Nov. 12.-The Clinton A. C..
team came to this city this afternoon
with the idea that they were going to
walk away with the Y. M. c. L. eleven,
but before the finish of the game they
saw their mistake and took their medi-
cine like men. They were the heavier,
but this did not count against skill The
only time that the Clinton team had the
ball in their possession was when there
was but one minute to play in the first
half, and they lost it on the first down.
The score at the END 1,i Of the first half was
half was but ten minutes, but was
played in the dark, the home team scor-
ing one touchdown, the score being So in
favor of Y. M. C. l.. The home team had
no trouble in breaking the centre, but
most of their plays were made around the
ends, where the visitors were exceedingly
weak. The lineup was as follows:
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13
TRAVELS IN AUSTRALIA.

There is no land in the world that
has more horrors in store for the
traveller than Australia. The little
fringe about the coast which is settled
and known borders a. vast continent
with an area of 100000 miles, or just
a little less than Europe. Put just
1900 600 people in Europe and you can
get some idea of the wilderness Aus
tralia is. The interior is a vast, water
less desert.
Those who have made their way
across the interior desert of Australia
say it is a great red plain, covered
With gloomy scrub of two kinds, some
ten feet high, armed with huge spikes
others like sharp blades, which inspire
horses with such horror that they can
not be driven near them. In the shade
the temperature rises TO 1913 degrees
and for weeks at time it viii register
l0l in the shade. Plaques Of desert flies
hurricanes and treacherous natives ado
to the pleasant prospect. But all1his
is nothing to men determined on find-
ing gold.--Chicago Daily News.
--------------------------
"A woman can't pick out good
cigar" e
Perhaps not: but she has keer
feent for a bad igar'-Chicago Re
aord.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13

I'm one sense a little money is lots Of
trouble"
How do you make that out?"
Because there is always some one
to borrow it."-Pr ladelphia BuletI5.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13

YESTERDAYS COLLEGE GAMES.
Harvard II, Brown 6.
Pennsylvania IS, Carlisle 5.
Cornell AZ, Lafayette 0.
Dartmouth 10, Williams 6.
Massachusetts Tech g. Tufts 6
Chicago 5, Wisconsin 0.
Michigan u, Illinois 5.
Wesleyan 50, Rutgers 0.
Bowdoin II, Colby o.
Chicago A. A. 5. All Stars 5.
Union II, Colgate 5.
Annapolis 8, Lehigh 6.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13

THE c. Y. NJ. L. POOL TOURNA-s
MENT.
,lli the pool tournament of the G. Y. M.
Il John =. Clarke, with a handicap OF p,
won oNer-P Il. Lotus with a handicap
OF II in score of 60 to S.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13

Beardsley (Ayres), h b
+ b, Benjamin (Townsend)
Kafer (Blacl), h b
Ayres CWheeler), b..........f b, Mcbride
Touchdown, Poe; goal from touchdown,
Ayres. Umpire, Pau J. Dashiel, Lehigh;
referee; e. N. Wrightington, Harvard;
linemen, Francis of Yale, DR.. Bowler of
Princeton. Time 35-minute halves.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-13

Proctor, b....................f b, Williams
Touchdowns, Crolius, Jennings, Will
liams; goal, Butterfeld; score, Dart