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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31

association testifying to the regard in
which Mrs. Brooks was held.
Remarks were also made by the
Rev William W. Barker. Mrs. Brooks
pastor
Mrs. M. B. Sutphen, committee on
resolutions, presented the following
resolutions which were adopted
Be 1t Resolved, That the Morristowl
Indian association has met with an
irreparable loss in the death of Mrs.
Walter R. Brooks, for sixteen years
its faithful and efficient president
and for over two years its honorary
president, taking the same active in.
terest as in past years.
Resolved, That we should express
our thankfulness that she was per.
'nitted to be SO active and we'll up to
the last brief illness, and while we
feel our great helplessness without
her we believe that her presence is
with us still, inspiring us to new eff
forts.
Resolved, That her broad mission
ary spirit, not only in behalf of the
Indian, but of every one who needed
a helping hand, should be stimulus
to us to greater faithfulness and zeal
in the Masters service.
Resolved, That we extend our sym
pathy to her family, and would re
quest that copy of these resolutions
be sent to them.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
CHIMNEY FALLS, KILLS ONE
Superintendent of Boxboard Mill is
Seriously Injured.

George Lockwood, day fireman, was
killed and William Purcell, superin-
tendent, was seriously injured when
the brick chimney of the Caledonian
hoxboard mill at Whippany was blown
down and crashed through the roof
of the plant Saturday morning.
Lockwood was walking through the
heater room with Purcell when the
chimney toppled over. The two men
were buried in the bricks and debris
of the roof. When dug out Lockwood
was found to have been instantly
killed, having his neck broken. Sew
eral bales of paper stock saved Pur-
cell from death but he was injured
internally and leg broken. He was
taken to his home. Lockwood lived
ut Troy Hills and was twenty-one
years old His father, Frank Lock
wood, is night fireman at the plant.
Frank Taylor, head beater, had a
narrow escape from death, a huge
beam falling in front of him and
James Watt, an oiler, jumped through
a window and saved himself. Seyera
other employees were slightly hurt
by flying fragments.
The mill was erected fifty years
ago and was owned by the United
Doxboard Co. The chimney was
ninety-six feet high.
DR.. Francis H. Glazeprook, coroner
gave a permit for the removal oi
I,ockwood's body.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
STUDENTS TO COMPETE
Athletic Teams Formed at Young
Mems Christian Association.

Boys Secretary Walter Watson has
organized the members of the stu
dents department of the Young Mems
Christian association into four teams
and named them after colleges. These
teams will compete along athletic lines
beginning Tuesday.
The members of the teams are:-
Harvard, Orion Hurst, Robert Clarke,
Jack Montieth, George Ensminger
Charles Bartron and George Burr.
Princeton, Reginald Moodey, Leslie
Bockoven, Laird Baralokw, Russell
Moodey, Alfred Cotesworth and John
Denman. Cornell, Benjamin Ford
Vreeland Colegrove, Lewis Babbitt,
Allan Talmadge, Ralph Cutler, Muir
held VanCleve. Yale, Harry Mitchell
Ray Ford, Robert Burke, Clarence
Rolf, Roy Kittenger, Theodore Ford
The schedule is as follows:-Jan-
uary 30th, basketball Harvard VS..
Princeton; February End, running
broad jump; 9th. parallel bars; 9th,
basketball Cornell VS.. Yale; 18th,
running high jump; 10th, horse; goth,
basketball Princeton VS.. Yale; 23rd,
shorput liz lb.); 9th, buck; March
End, basketball Cornell VS.. Harvard; !;
9Th. potato race; 9th, fence vault; 18th
basketball Harvard VS.. Yale: 10th,
three standing broad jumps; Goth,
ring vault; 23rd, basketball Cornell
VS.. Princeton; 9th, pole vault; 31st,
snap under bar (for distance).
The attendance at the gymnasium
classes will he counted in the compe-
tition.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31

are five in the first grade who are
ten, eleven and twelve years of age;
that is, who are three, four and five
years over-age for that grade. The
from three to five years too old for
the grade. The third grade has eight
such pupils. The fourth grade has
eight such pupils.
These over-age pupils constitute
the problem of the primary school.
Many of them entered school late.
Many of them are irregular in attend
ance. Some of them come from homes
that either seem Indifferent to the
deepest interests of the child, or un-
able to control him.
Pupils who are from three to five
years beyond the normal age for a
given class cannot wisely or efficient
ly be taught or be controlled by meth
DDS perfectly suited to younger chill
dren.
'.Unsuited to conditions of work and
to methods of control, these children
tend to become restive and disorderly
and arc the cause of nine-tenths of
the efforts of discipline put forth by
their teachers.
"The effect of the presence of
these oyer-age pupils in classes with.
much younger children is bad. Not
only do they make excessive demands
upon the time and strength of the
teacher, and destroy the enthusiasm
that means so much in inspirational
power with the younger children, but
their age gives them undue influence
with the younger children, and their
Indifference to study and disorderly
ways are discouragingly fruitful in
suggestion to the younger children.
Experience has shown that where
these over-age pupils are gathered to-
gether in special class, not to ex-
ceed 25 in number, under specially
qualified teacher, broad in sympathy
and strong in personality, and when
studies are planned with a larger ele-
ment of hand work than prevails in
the regular classes, these pupils are
aroused to a new interest, and make
from two to three times the progress
they made in the regular classes.
"Such special classes for oyer-age
pupils are to-day in operation in
Trenton, East Orange, Atlantic City,
Newark, Camden, Summit, Elizabeth,
Bloomfield, Plainfield, Eng1ewood and
other cities of New Jersey. Every re-
port regarding these classes testifies
to their high value in increasing the
efficiency of school work.
The board authorized the committee e
to form the class if they thought ad-
visable to do so.
The committee reported the secur-
ing of Miss Elizabeth N. Eddy as a
teacher for the Maple avenue building
and of Miss Madeline Fraser as an
eighth grade teacher. The committee
was also authorized to invoke the tru-
ancy law against John Antonaccio, of
Race street, who failed to send his
to the Speedwell avenue
school regularly.
Clifford s. Rutan was formally ap-
pointed custodian of the school funds,
though it was said that as he was
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
CLUBS UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
Members of Whippany River Organ
zation to Meet.

tZdtion TO Mccts
A meeting of club members will be
held next week at which time the
future of the Whippany River club
will be decided upon. Since the burn
ing of the clubhouse last year there
has been considerable doubt as to
whether the club would continue,
The lease on the grounds was given
up last October but since that time
efforts have been made through his
agent to get Eugene Higgins, the
owner, who is in Europe, to rebuild.
But despite the fact that Mr.. Higgins
income is reputed to be $1,000,000 a
year he has SO far declined to build
new clubhouse.
Several schemes have been ad-
vanced for the club. 1t has been sug-
gested that the club secure a new
lease of the grounds on March 1st
and conduct it's race meetings, polo
games and other outdoor sports and
make use of the cottage on the
grounds, possibly building an addition
to the latter. Another plan is to
abandon the grounds formerly used
by the club and secure a lot some
where along Speedwell avenue at
Morris Plaius, build shelter for the
ponies and construct a polo field.
Some of the members want hand
some large club house erected with
every up-to-date convenience attached
Just what will be done is problemat-
ical.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
THOMAS is PRESIDENT.
Named as the Head of the State
Golf Association.

Golf Association.
5 At the annual meeting of the New
Jersey State Golf association held in
New York, the Morris County Golf
club of this town, was represented
by Frederick H. Thomas and at the
election of officers of the association
Mr.. Thomas was honored with the
presidency.
The Morris County Golf club made
provisional offer for the annual
championship tournament to be held
this spring. Mr.. Thomas explained
that work on the trolley line might
occasion some inconvenience but he
did not believe that work on the
road would begin before the first week
in June, the usual time set for the
state tournament. The question was
left to the executive committee of
the association to decide.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
SPECIAL CLASS FOR
BACKWARD PUPILS
Board of Education Authorizes
Trial Of Scheme.

Joseph H. VanDoren, chairman of
the teachers committee of the board
of education, asked that body at its
meeting Friday night for authority
to organize class for backward
pupils. He presented a statement
upon the matter from Superintendent
OF Schools Ira w. Travell.
Mr.. Travel said in part
"The state law admits pupils to our
first grade at five years of age, and
makes attendance compulsory at sew
en- years of age. The normal age for
children in the first grade is five, six
and seven years.
In Maple Avenue building, there
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
Noted Horses Dead.

George Watson has lost by death
the imported hackney mares Elvira
and Rising Emma, purchased from tn
late Hamilton Nick Twombly in 1909.
Rising Emma was twenty-four years
old and was one of the few remaining
daughters of D'Oyley's Confidence.
Elyira was by Cadet and was twenty
one years old. Both the horses were
at Mr. Watson's stud farm Flor
ham"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
Basketball at Y. M. C. A.

There will be two games of basket
ball at the Young Mems Christian as
sociation Friday evening. The Orient
five of the association will meet the
st. Mary's quintet, of Wharton, and
the Morristown high school team will
play the Summit high school boys.
In the afternoon the girls team of the
local high school will play a girls
team from Short Hills.
The first series of basketball in the
Y. M. G. A. college league was played
Monday between Yale and Cornell.
Yale won: the score was Yale 21-
Cornell IL.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
CHARGED With Forgery.

II. Andrew Force, of Netcong, was
arraigned before Judge Alfred Elmer
Mills. Wednesday afternoon, and plea'
not guilty to charges of forgery and
uttering. Force was employed by the
Postal Telegraph Co., in New York,
as a paymaster and it is alleged that
he forged drafts and collected the
money upon them.
Force was arrested on a bench war
rant by Constable Stephens, of Mt
Olive.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
Wants His Boy Back.

Vice-Chancellor John R. Emery Nor
day heard argument of counsel in the
action brought by William Holton
against Thomas Holden to secure pos
session of John Holton, twelve years
old, now in the custody of Mrs. Hol-
den. The yice-chancellor will render
his decision on February 11th.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
Tuberculosis Lecture.

National Lecturer Edward Burns, of
Newark, will deliver an Illustrated
lecture on the Woodmen's tuberculosi
sanitorium before Morristown camp,
No. 1913, on February 7th,in Elks'
ball.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
LOCALS WIN AT BASKET BALL
Association Five Found 6oonton
High School Easy.

On Fiida.' evening, on the local
court. the Young Mems Christian
association basketball team defeated
the five of the Boonton high school
by score of twenty-four to nine.
The first half ended with the score
four tc three in favor of Boonton but
the locals took a brace in the last
session and Carr tossed seven baskets
The lineup
Morristown Boonton
Clarke, Carr forw'd Dawson, ,Stinson
Baker center Reyner
Romine, ,Mesler guards Dixon, Barch.
The Morristown High school basket.
ball team won its fifth consecutive
game in the County High School
league Friday afternoon, when it
journeyed to Dover and trounced the
team from the high school of that
place to the tune of 20 to 49,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
Reilly Goes TO Trenton.

John o. Reilly, of Mine Hill, SEN
fenced to twelve years in state pris-
on for killing his brother-in-law, Pat
rick Gallagher, was taken to Tren-
ton on Saturday by Sheriff Calhoun
Orr.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31

Invitations are out for the wedding
Of Harry P. Tiger and Miss Edyth
Hipson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hipson, of Mt. Kemble avenue
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31
Grand Jury lndicts.

The grand jury came into court thi
afternoon returning thirty-eight in
dictments.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-01-31

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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
HOODOO FOLLOWS
= SECOND BASEMEN
EDDIE COLLINS Is ONLY PLAYER
IN THAT POSITION IN AM
ERlcAN LEAGUE WHO
ESCAPED.

Second base was hoodooed sack in
the American League in 1910. What
ball players call the link" roasted
regularly on second-everywhere but
in Philadelphia.
Eddie Collins was the only man in
the league who escaped. That bril-
liant young player had the best sea-
son of his career and is one of the
few star players in the majors who
ever engaged in n world series with
out injurng, his reputation. Collins
played above his form in the series
with the Cubs. But while Collins was
the star of the team that won the
worlds championship. Johnny Evers,
second baseman and star of the Cub
outfit. was walking ON crhtches. Evers
had his ankle fractured in Cincinnati
n few weeks before the season ended.
Jim Deahanty of Detroit did not fin
ish the season. In a game in Cleve-
land Delahanty wrenched his ankle
and hurt his kneecap: he was forced
to quit. 1t required several months of
careful attention and nursing to bring
the ankle back to condition.
Nap Lajoie had big year, finished
one point behind Ty Cobb in the Off
cial batting averages, but could not
escape the hoodoo. on the last day of
the season Lajoie mixed in a scandal
that for time threatened to do a
heap of damage to baseball.
-
Mcconnell of Boston found himself
/ i'm few scraps and the final outcome
of his troubles was trade to Chicago
i'm which he was one of the principals.
Herman Schaefer was the man at
second base i'm Washington, but Her
man injured his arm and had to quit
second. Wade Killefer was also play
ed there. but Wade's showing was Of
such nature that Washington is now
planning to sell or trade him.
Gardner and LaPorte played second
for New York LaPorte will try to
make good with the st. Louis Browns
Rolla Zeider started out like n
whirlwind for Chicago at second, but
was replaced by Mcconnell and will
have to fight with seven or eight re-
cruits for the position of shortstop this
year.
st. Louis tried several men on sec
ond. The "jinx" got every one of them
until frankie Truesdale came along.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
ATTRIBUTES SUCCESS TO
HIS CONSTANT PRACTICE

Christy Mathewson not long ago eX-
planned the secret of his almost perfect
control when pitching. 1t is the result
Of constant practice while he was a
boy in shooting stones at a mark. Now
big ED Walsh, the greater pitcher of
the Chicago White Sox, endorses Mat
tvs position, Walsh recently said:
whatsoever success | have had in
baseball is due to hard study and hard
work. ] had sense enough to keep my
eyes and ears open when l Joined the
White Sox. In those days the team
had a lot of smart pitchers. men who
did things and who used their heads
oil the time. Every time | saw one of
them pull off something l made
sneak over to the club house and tried
1t myself to see whether or not | could
do 1t. l worked as hard in those days
as ever man worked in a mine or
mill. | was determined | was going TO
be a pitcher. Comlskey and Jones
both coached me, but they could not
make me a pitcher. a fellow has to
do that for himself.
when | began to use that spit ball
worked like a horse. l must have
pitcher two or three games a day try
ing TO get control and make that ball
so where | wanted it to go. l used to
get to the grounds in the mornings be-
fore any of the others came and pitch
for an hour or more, trying every way
to improve. Then when they went
away / would pay some boy to catch
me for a while longer. No one ever
watched baseball closer than ! did.
When some good pitcher for visiting
team was working | never lost a
chance to crawl as close behind the
catcher az possible To see what he
was doing, to study how he pitched to
certain batters and how he used his
curves Many games l spent hiding
under the stand behind the plate to
see what was being done, and after
that / would spend hours trying to do
II myself"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
WADDELL HOLDS RECORD.
johnson Did Not Eclipse His Strike
Out Record Last Year.

Contrary to the general belief, Wal
ter Johnson does not hold the strike
out record of the American league.
True. he surpassed Wadders record of
301 strike outs I'm 1908. but the fact
was overlooked that in 1904 Waddell
followed up his wonderful performance
of the proceeding year by striking out
943 men in 46 games in which he
worked, an average of nearly eight
Whit victims per game.
Last year Walter Johnson caused
313 men 20 strike out in AZ games, and
this performance was widely advertis-
ed as the best major league perform
ance. such was not the case as Wad-
delrs 1904 record was considerably
better. The mistake was due TO an
oversight. as all the record books cred
tied waddell as holding the record at
SOL. So Rube Waddell still reigns SUI
preme. although his star as a major
Lacquer has set. Not only does Rube
hold the season strike-out record, but
the single game as well with 16 Fred
Glade when member of the st. Louis
Browns equaled the feat.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
MCFARLAND eEsTs MORAN.
Chicago stookyards Scrapper Out
points Crack Briton.

New York. N. Y. March 15.-Packey
Mcfarland the Chicago lightweight,
outpointed owen Moran. claimant to
the English lightweight championship,
at every stage of their ten-round fight
here last night. II was a clean. hard
fought battle throughout in which the
Chicago boy fully demonstrated his
superiority in boxing over the English
man. Mcfarland was always there
with clean punch and when Moran
reached for him he found the Chicago
boy most elusive
Both fighters weighed in at 1S5
pounds at o'clock, but those at the
ringside gave the Chicago man a slight
advantage in weight when the fight
started.
Mcfarland depended for the greater
part Of body blows. reaching Moran
right and left below the heart At
close quarters he had a distinct adj
vantage over the Englishman.
Although outclassed, Moran put up
"A good fight and gave Mcfarland n
stiff 60. but could not land. Mcfarland
time and again jumped away from his
with a smile of assurance.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
SPORTING EDITORS NOTES.

The Brooklyn squad at Hot Springs
Ark, is divided into two teams called
the "Bargers" and Fuckers"
In Daniels. Cree, Wolter, Hemphill
and Hartzell the 'Highlanders have a
pretty classy bunch of gardeners.
The Boston Red Sox's trip to Cali
fornia has been somewhat of dis
appointment. Too much rain for base
ball practice.
Frank Delehanty, the famous Cleve-
land outfielder has signed with the st.
Paul team of the American Associa-
ton.
The Cubs chances for the National
League pennant will drop about four
notches If orvie overall stays in Call
ifornia.
1t is said that pitcher Babe" Adams
of the Pirates is showing champion
ship form this spring. Adams was in
poor shape during the greater part of
last season.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
HACKENyCHMIDT
TO TOUR EUROPE
WILL LEAVE ON MARCH 80 ON
EXTENDED TOUR-ExPECTs
MATCH WITH GoTcH ON
HIS RETURN.

If the present plans OF Jack Curley,
George Hackenschmidts manager. do
not go amiss there will be a big match
in this country next fall between the
Russian Lion and Frank Gotch, present
champion of the world, a match that
will definitely and for all time settle
the question of wrestling supremacy
between this famous pair.
UNDERESTIMATE will sail for Europe
from New York on March 30. This is
the consummation OF plans made two
months ago He will have cleaned up
all of his American dates by that time.
Curley will follow him over two weeks
later and spend the summer abroad.
They will return together the latter
part OF August and their first act upon
their arrival i'm New York wiz be to
post forfeit of $4,000 either i'm New
York or in Chicago in support of a
challenge to Gotch.
The failure of the Lion to realize his
ambition in getting on with Gotch this
season has only stimulated him to try
again. He suggested to Gotch some
time ago that they post a forfeit for
a match next Labor day when IL was
found impossible TO get the champion
to agree to any early date this spring.
but Gotch did not seem inclined to ac-
cept this proposition.
The Lion does not think the cham
pion has treated him fairly When
Hackenschmidt came to America he
learned that Gotch had retired. The
champion made his statements to this
effect with great positiveness and
Hacllenschmidt, respecting Them did
not bother the champion with a single
word, let alone challenge.
Soon after Hackenschmidt's tour
began Gotch began to get restless and
before long changed his mind several
times, first stating that he would
wrestle again and then coming out
with a statement that he would not.
Finally he did take up the game and
then it was that Hackenschmidt asked
for match,
Gotch framed up some impossible
conditions, Hackenschmidt claims. and
thus made the match impossible. He
wanted to wrestle in May. when he
knew that Hackenachmidt had to be
back home i'm April. Gotch also
claimed Hack should defeat. certain
men. another impossible condition.
Hackenschmidt, however. is willing
TO forget all of these unpleasant things
and start off next season with a big
match for the title. He claims this
will set at rest the oft-repeated claims
Of some Of the games knockers that
this man or that one is being worked
up" to championship match. It
would in addition be a decided novelty
and could be decided in the open air.
something that Gotch all along has
said he desired. though for what rea-
son he has not made plain.
At any rate. Hackenschmidt intends
to post this big forfeit as soon as he
returns to this country In August or
September.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
Death Of Mrs. Il. N. Haley.

Mrs II. n. HALEY Of Amygdaloid
street, Laurium, died last night fol-
lowing a short illness, heart trouble
being the cause. She is survived by
husband and thirteen children, all
Of whom reside at home with the OK
ception of one married daughter, Mrs.
william DINNER of Ahmeek. The de-
codont was aged As years, and had
been a continuous resident of the cop
Per country for the past thirty years,
coming here with her husband soon
after her marriage i'm Canada. Funer-
al arrangements have not yet been
completed.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-15
PAcKY GETTING RICH.

Packey Mcfarland confidently ex-
poets to harvest $4,000 out OF the
fight game before the season is over.
The stockyards wonder has made S.
500 already and he will get at least
$4,000 for his bout with owen Moran
at New York last night. Packeyis work
ing on 80 per cent. win. lose or draw.
The highest amount Mcfarland has
received for "A fight this year was for
his contest with Jack Goodman. whom
he knocked out i'm five rounds.