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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
FOREIGNERS BUY
AMERICAN HORSES

by Epaulet; Janice Clemens, roam
mare, by Jay Bird-Actress T. by AK
tell, and Ida PrOdigal, bay mare by
Prodigal-Ida Conquest by Sternberg.
These were purchased for Oreste Cal
eri and Giuseppe Lama of Bologna.
Sig. Lama bought the trotter Ward.
2:101-2, by Baron Richford. and the
3-year-old roam colt Tramp Senator
by The Tramp-Lottie Coke, by Sena-
tor Coke. Only the last named is in
tended for racing.
So far the Austrian trOtting horse
BUYERS have not been as active as
they usually are, for at the close or
the recent Lexington meeting they
had bought only two trOtters-Judge
Lee. Whitensville, Mass, and the good
mare Ell Victress, from Homer Crane
of Chicago.
They have shown, however, their
readiness of paying higher prices for
first class animals than other foreign
BUYERS. as they paid $4,000 for Judge
Lee and $4,000 for FL Victress both
high class racing prospects as we'll as
the right material for breeding pur-
noses after their racing days are over.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-The rush of
foreigners to buy trotting horses be-
gan early this year and prospects are
that at the end of the year more high
class trotting bred horses will be
shipped abroad than ever in the his
tory of our horse export.
Heretofore foreigners, as a rule, did
not show up until the Lexington meet
ing was opened, but this year they
were at Syracuse and Columbus look
ing over such horses as would answer
their purposes for racing and breeding.
Italian horsemen were here earlier
than others, but Austrians soon fol-
lowed them. as did also Russians and
others. The former, after looking ove>
several of the seasons best trotters,
found prices too high to decide upon
any purchases. and left Lexington for
New York, leaving a commission with
the veteran horseman, John Splan, TO
buy for them anything he thought good
enough for racing or breeding.
Five horses which were bought for
export are Fraulet McGregor' Day
mare, by Robert McGregor-F'raulet
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

NEW YORK, Nov 3.-The records
made by the National league pitch
ers for the season of 1909 show some
interesting statistics and also show
how narrowly those Chicago Cubs and
New York Giants came to turning
tricks upon the Pirates for possession
"i the flag. Pittsburgs staff of pitch
e.s, taken rs a whole, was much in
Tern to that Of Chicago and no bet
ter than that Of the Giants. Sheer
batting strength carried the Pirates
through. and it is impossible not to
believe that Chicago would have won
with a little more hitting or with
King behind the plate. BY the same
line of reasoning New York, if Bresna-
nan could have been kept and DOnlin
coaXed back in line, would have beaten
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

The afternoon session will be taken
up with the reports of a number of
important committees and the geenraI
discussion of their work Football, bas-
ket ball, summer baseball and track
athletics are expected to receive good
deal of attention.
The association was formed In
1905 by delegates from a number Of
cellor MacCracken of New York uni
versity, as a result of the crusade
against football, which came to a head
that year following the death of a
Union player from injuries received in
a game with New York university. In
it's own words, it was formed to bring
about such regulation and supervision
of college athletics as may be neces-
sary to maintain them on an ethical
plane in keeping with the dignity and
high purpose of education
The policy of the association is ed
vocational, with home rule as its chosen
method. There is nothing more than
a gentleman's agreement to bind it's
members to work for such reforms as
are thought to be necessary in college
athletics.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
Methodist Board Meeting.

SCRANTON, Pa, Nov. 3.-The Gen.
eral Committee of the F'reedmens Aid
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
church, one of the great administra
ton boards of that denomination, met
here today. DIR. NJ. G. Il. Mason,
negro, is senior secretary Of the
board. The meetings of the Home
and Foreign Missions Boards will
take place later in the month. The
appropriations which are to be made
for the support of benevolent inter
ests of the denomination for 1910 will
amount to about 100000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
Could Sell 100000 Tickets.

At Harvard they say that 100000
tickets could be disposed of for the
Yale game if the stadium would seat
that many. AS it is, Soldiers field will
only accommodate $1,000. Incidental
to Cambridge, the largest crowd ever
at a football game attended the Yale
Harvard game of 1905. That year
44.50O spectators fiocked to the stadi-
um However, the seating capacity
81 900 is the high attendance mark at
the present time. If the planned Yale
stadium becomes a reality certain
if is that the 44,50O crowd will no long
or be a record one. With a II acre
stadium at New Haven 10000 seating
capacity will be assured.
There is no gainsaying the fact that
general interest in football this year is
greater than ever before in the history
of the sport The equalizfng OF the
s+rorotb of the teams made possible
nv studious application to the POSSIBLE
tiles of the new game has done It's
work Attracted by the close games
that tba small colleges have been play
;,,o with the big varsities, many more
enthusiasts have attended the early
season contests than was the case IN
other wears. All over the country
comes the news from team managers
,bo+ tbe attendance so far has been IN
excess of previous autumns.
New Game Stimulates Interest.
The foregoing only goes TO SNOW
what may be expected in the matches
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
100000 FANS WOULD
VIEW GREAT GAME

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-That the at
tendance gauge will register high pres
sure at the coming Yale Harvard and
Princeton football games is as
SuIed. While the first of the two great
Srldiron classics, the Eli-Tiger match
VIII not be staged until November 10,
very complete and wild ticket stam
pede has been started. Every year at
"'iS time it seems as though the rush
''E the pasteboards will never again
he equalled. but the following season
always finds an increased demand.
Inc same is the case this autumn.
From present indications the supply
VIII be totally inadequate to cope with
Tie demand. and it appears a surety
'-"l more persons than ever before
VINO nave planned to witness the big
same viii be doomed to disappoint
'nent The early seeker catches the
"cNet is a gridiron adage that will
"'-u truer than ever this autumn
rams for the allotment of tick
nave been made at Yale, Harvard and
1'-hceton. The different numbers of
'"e proVerbially precious pasteboards
'-at the graduate. undergraduate, trus-
tees coaches and players may apply
nave been determined. Already
VIC apphcations are being filed by the
hundreds and the ticket arrangements
'' all three universities state that the
''Iahd is unprecedented. Be that as
1t may, it is safe to say that not more
oHe-thlrd OF the filed applica
IONS viii be filed by the committees
VI the three universities.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

this month. Everard Thompson, Yale's
ticket manager. ascribes the increased
attendance to two things-"new foot
ball'' and the automobile. Thompson
declares that the revision in the playing
code increased the popularity of the
sport, and that the now very general
use of the motor car has gained many
new devOteeS to the autumn paStime.
The fact that the Yale supply of tick
cts for the Army game was exhausted
is proof conclusive of the hold that the
game has taken at New Haven.
While the Bulldog will not take the
field against his ancient rival the
Tiger, until November IS, and Harvard
week later, those interested are al
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

NEW YORK. Nov 3.-There is a
strong possibility that the familiar
face of Ernie Hjertberg will be miss
ing from athletic fields in this coun-
try ere long. Hjertberg is in CORE
spondence with the big men in ath-
letics over in Sweden and if satisfac-
tory financial arrangements can be
made he will remove himself to the
northland to take up his profession of
coaching.
The Swedes are going to run the
1912 Olympic at Stockholm and natur-
ally want to make a fine showing. They
have a wealth of athletic material,
but no one to develop it speedily
enough When a Swedish athlete gets
good he must do so by years of hard
work 1t takes him a couple of years
at least to learn what a good coach
would teach him in as many months.
According to Emilio Lunghi, the same
applies to the athletes in Italy. Lunghi
came to America and learned more in
two months under the coaching of
Lawson Robertson than he could have
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
e. LIVE NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD

ready preparing for the match. If goes
without saying that Princeton's inva-
sion of New Haven will be most COM
plete The entire student body will
probably make the trip and a host of
graduates and friends of the university
are expected to be on hand. Already
there is talk of the famous Jungle
town "eating clubs" making the trip in
special cars Taken from every view
point the match will certainly be fea-
tured by an Orange and Black tinting
of the Bulldogs preserves And at
Cambridge thought is already being
given to the great crowd that will
throng the stadium on November 90.
the date of the Yale game.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

Judging by the great strength Yale
has displayed in the last few games,
looks as if the Ellis will capture the
premier hOnOrs of the gridrOn in the
east this season. Yale's recent vic
did chance to size up the possibilities
of the eleven. Yale is profiting the
team. This was made possible by the
large number of regulars retained frlm
last fall. 1t has given Yale a line
which from end to end is composed of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
AMERICAN TRAINER
MAY GO TO SWEDEN

picked up in his native land in ten
years.
Ejerberg is especially adapted to the
situation in Sweden. too, because he
can speak the Swedish language flu
emily In his day Ernie has built up
some great athletic combinations. For
eight years he was captain of the old
New Jersey Athletic club, which won
innumerable point banners and beat
the Knickerbocker Athletic club in
dual meet At Berkeley school Hjert-
berg had the greatest aggregation of
school boys that has ever been gath
cred under one emblem. Then he took
the KnickerboCker Athletic team in
1902 and beat the New York Athletic
pionships of that year. While the 22d
regiment employed Hjertberg as a
coach it won the military athletic
championship for eight years. Then
he went to the 23rd and in a years
time had this regiment up near the
front. Hjertberg has also coached the
New York Athletic club and Irish
American teams with signal success.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
HEADS OF COLLEGES
TO TALK ATHLETICS

leges and universities in the assocla-
tion will be in attendance.
The program will include addresses
nv Chancellor j. r. Day, syracuse uni
versitv: DR.. D. A. Sargent, Harvard
university: Prof. Thomas r. Morah'
Purdue university, and Or. j. H. NC
Curdy, Springfield Training schooi.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
Farmers in Congress.

NORFOLK. Va. Nov. 3.-The annual
convention of the Farmers National
congress opened here today. There
will be sharp competition among corn
growing states in their corn exhibits.
South Carolina has the banner for the
largest Weld of corn to the acre, 255
bushels. and also of cotton, three and
a half bales.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Capt. Palmer
E. Pierce, L. S. A, president of the
intercollegiate Athletic association OF
the United States, has announced that
the annual meeting of the associa-
ton will be held at the Murray Hill
hotel in this city on December 2S.
Delegates from most of the so col
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

thy FOrdham has a pair Of ends who
can cover the quick drives to perfec-
ton. Moreover, the Brown kicllers
are reliable. Several of the smaller
college teams have developed the play
to a high degree. However, they are
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

few and far between. The deal equip
ment, a classy bOOter, and just as cap
able ends, is not generally found on
the same squad The coach who has
such material considers himself a fav
Orpd son Of fortune
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

As soon as James j. Jeffries reached
New York from his trip to Europe he
resumed preliminary training for his
meeting with Johnson. Never a lazy
man, Jeffries could not stand even for
a few days of pent up idleness while
he waited for Johnson to reach New
York and sign up for the fight, so off
he went to Cooper's gymnasium and
began working like a horse. While
the big boiiermaker was punching a
bag and fairly shaking the building
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

heavy but very fast men. Fitzpatrick
and Vaughan look to be two of the very
best ends of the year. The latter es-
pecially has been starring in his ma
nipulatiOn of the forward pass. Hobbs
and Lilley, the two tackles; Andrus
the center, complete a line of forwards
that should equal the record of any
sity ever turned out. The possession
of such splendid material for the line
has left Yale free to develop her back
field. The return of Captain Coy,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
ONSIDE KICK HAS
COME ON SLOWLY

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Keen observ-
ers of things footballistic are wont to
wonder at times over the comparative
exclusion of the onsde kick in the
average teams repertOry of plays to a
no disputing the fact that the latter
play is far more popular. The devel
said to have been rapid, but the same
does not hold good for the Onside kick.
When the big gain that a successful
quick boot will yield is considered the
apparent reluctance of the coaches in
general to employ this weapon of at
tack is surprising at first thought.
However there is another side to the
story.
To employ the onside kick with any
degree of success, team must be blest
with an annually accurate place bOoter.
A man who can drop the leather any
place within a ten-yard area will not
do; he must be able to punt ball SO
that it will land within reasonable dis
lance of a certain point. Haphazard
kicking will not do. If a coach finds
himself equipped with toe artist of
make the onside kick a prominent fea-
ture of his offense.
IT, on the other hand, no skilled place
booter is obtainable, stress is laid on
the development of the forward pass.
And in nine cases out of ten this lat
ter plan of campaign has to be follow
ed. 1t is for this reason and no other
that the inside kick has fallen by the
way-side, 30 to speak, while the other
phases of new football'-the forward
pass-has prospered.
Two Teams That Use 1t.
At the present time there are two
prominent elevens who work the on
side kick with any degree of accuracy,
namely, Princeton and Fordham. More
over. when it is realized that ends, fast
and shifty on their feet and skilled
handlers of the ball, are absolute iic-
cessities in working the play, it's stunt
ed growth is all the more understand
able.
1t certainly looks as though the Jun
sletown coaches seized upon the onsde
kick as their own almost Immediately
after it's being made a part of the
sport by the work of the code revision
lists during the winter of 1905-06. Dur
ing the autumn of the latter year con-
siderable time was expended on the
development of the play. With place
booter like Eddie Harlan to count on,
the Princeton coaches believed they
could make a success of the play
Favorable progress was made during
the 1906 season, while other coaches
were frantically raving about the in
ability of their charges to handle the
forward pass
1t was not until the following year
however. that the Tigers efforts began
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03
Worked Against Yale.

worked Against Yale.
And then came the Yale game. and
again Harlan demonstrated the effect
iveness of the play His quick kicks
did great deal toward making pcs
sible McCormicks terrific line break
ing. With the graduation of Harlan it
was thought that Princeton would give
up the play. Who, after witnessing
the Tigers early season orgies of 1908,
imagined that the Yale game would
show a wonderful exhibition of the on
side kick on the part of the Nassau
combination? But such was the case.
Time and again during the first half
of that game the Ellis defense floun
dered around helplessly, while Onside
kick after Onside kick shot over the
center of the line, yielding good gains.
1t was not until the Yale coaches rush
ed out Pop Corey from the side lines
with instruction to lay in close to his
line and catch the ball on the fly that
And from present signs down in the
jungle it looks as though the onside
kick would again be featured. Coach
Mccormick is constantly drilling his
most promising kicking halfback in
the art of dropping the ball exactly
where they want it to land and results
are beginning to show. Recently
against Virginia Polytechnic the play
was worked successfully on an average
of once in every four attempts. This
percentage is profitable if the ends can
cover fairly long drives
Last year the onside kick was a ia
vorite play in the University of Penn
sylvania's attack. Bill Hollenback. one
wore cleats. is no longer at Quaker
town. Consequently the play has ap-
parently fallen into disuse 1t took a
man of Hollenback's kicking ability
to make it go. Aleck Thayer is cap
able toe artist, however, and develop
mentS along the line of the OnSde
kick may be uncovered in Pennsyl-
vania's later games. Just now it is
the forward pass that is in the lime
light on Franklin field.
Fordham's success this autumn can
be attributed in no small degree to
the onside kick. One of the MaroOnS'
touchdowns against Mornell was due to
the play. In McCaffery and McCar-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

little the worse for his operation and
hospital confinement, Obviated the ne
cessity of finding a man for his place.
Philbin, Deming, DAILY and Murphy
comprise two sets of halfbacks that
are doing unusually fine work. Ford
Johnson has been as good a quarter
also an excellent sub in Howe. With
such an array of material, no injuries
it is no wonder that Yale men are we'll
pleased and willing to wager big mon
ey that their team will defeat Prince
ton and Harvard.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

to yield results. The Carlisle Indian
game at the polo grounds that season
showed what was to be expected. The
orange and black backs would dash
stop suddenly and boot the leather da-
gonally back across the gridirOn. The
up the leather and rOmp away for big
gains. The few times that the play
and gave the sharps an inkling Of
what was to be expected later in the
season.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-03

with reSOunding WhackS some friends
dropped in, and one of them brought
along his little girl. Some one had
told the prattler that JeffrieS was get
ting ready to fight a giant black man,
and while the big fellow was talking to
the little miss, she suddenly pointed
her finger at him and exclaimed, THE
bogy man will get you if you don't
watch OUT" The advice seemed to
strike Jeffries forcibly ard he sur
veyed the child gravely for an instant
before he burst out laughing.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-16
SARDIS CHURCH.

Rev. Joyner, of Troy, filled his regu
lar appointment at Sardis last Sunday
Sunday school was organized with, {
good attendance and we hope that il
will continue to grow Every neighbor-
hood needs Sunday school. 1t helps
us all to keep in touch with the divine
teachings and makes impressions on the
little children that will make them bet
ter and more useful men and women
Mr. Tom Hays spent last week on his
farm in the hills near Protemus.
Mr.. Billie Bennett, who is attending
school at Union City, was at home this
week to see his parents.
Misses Zuelah and Vera Owen attend
ed the Easter egg hunt last Saturday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Erwin
near Polk.
Mr.. Willie Wilkerson has been elect
ed by the directors to take charge of the
school at Bakers schoolhouse. This
arrangement will assure a good school,
and we trust that Mr.. Wilkerson will
open with large enrolment.
WILD PLUM.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-16
Teachers Meeting.

The next meeting of Obion County
teachers will be held at Rives on Satur
day, May 1, with the following pro
gram:
1. How to Make the Vacation Profit
able, G. S. Austin and Miss Maggie
Nix.
2. Primary Schools: How to Improve
Them, Miss Clemmie Ivy and Mrs. J
H. Robey.
8. Secondary Schools: What to Teach
E. L. Hall, r. H. Bond and A. c. Alb
ney.
A. High Schools: the Course ofStudy
L. D. Williams, H. J. Cox and S. B.
Hayes.
5. Reports from schools.
Rives can be easily reached on two
railroads and from the surrounding
country. This will be the last meeting
before the county or State Institute.
Let us hayesa large attendance.
G. L. RIDINGs.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-16
LUMBER MILLS TO CLOSE,
One Thousand Plants in Texas, Lous-
lana and Mississippi.

Kansas City, April 12.-Following a
conference by prominent lumbermen
in Kansas City to-day it was stated that
nearly thousand lumber mills in Tex
as, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida
will be shut down for an indefinite
period. The effort to shut down one
Of the biggest industries in the South
is the direct result of business depres-
sion, according to the men engineering
the deal. The combine members say
they will force up the prices and will
remain closed for a year if necessary.
Business has become so slow that
we will make the dealers hump if we
have to stay closed year," said F. F.
Patterson, Of Kirbyville, Texas, one of
the Kirby coterie which controls more
than eight hundred mills.
1T is simply case of no prices for
lumber. We hold our lumber think
ing we shall get dollar more on the
car next nay. The dealers hold off on
buying, thinking they can get dollar
less on the car. There is no business,
and rather than sell at any price we can
get we will force the dealers to pay our
prices by cutting off the supply as long
as it is necessary.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-04-16
BETHEL.
WILD PLUM.

The farmers are planting their crops
this fine weather.
Miss Mamie Sanders was in Protemus
shopping Thursday.
Possumtrot was well represented on
the drive Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Tom Davis and family visited J.
G. Sanders and family Sunday.
Sunday school and prayer meeting
will be recognized at Bethel Sunday at
$50 p. m.
Miss Lillian Shaw, of Protemus, Wis
tied her friend Miss Maud Moss, few
days this week.
Mr. Tom Mcdaniel cast his lot with
the M. w. A. Saturday night. We
wish him success.
We learn that Mr.. George Bedford
and family, Of Possumtrot, will move to
this place in the near future.
TRIXIE.