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La Junta tribune., 1911-01-21
MIssIensry sseIssy.

The Missionary Society Of the
Presbyterian cAurch met Thursday a.
trrnoon With Mrs. James Ceot-r on
San Juan avenue. The meeting Vas
important. there being. fos chief busi.
ness. the aAnuai electIoa Of oflicrrs
Nm. J. b. Cod~r and Mrs. cootsr
viii sntsrtsIn the society sess week
u the home Of Mrs. Codcr. 7it Santa
r. avenue.
La Junta tribune., 1911-01-21
Christian Endssvcr Contest.

4 contest has Just been closed In
the Christian Endayor Of the Chris.
,iau church. The Endasvor WAS di.
vidrd into two sections and the see.
tons contested In attendance and In
securing aew u,smbers. The forfeit
for The isstss side Vas thai they
shouh G1okstain ,he viasers. This
they ~ - the home a Mrs. Blanche
sn,do. Sso1ay evening. The affair
WAS i9eqroai. but the participants r..
port . rsss good time.
La Junta tribune., 1911-01-21
Msnssy Ansr~ss" s,'sss Club.

The members Of the Monday After.
noon bridge Club enjoyed . quiet.
informal scssIon Monday afternoon
last. With Mrs. WIN. =. Morrison. 10
Bellcvicw avenue. The time was
passed at the favorite game and
lisht rsfreshnents were ssevsl.
La Junta tribune., 1911-01-21
PsetnIshsiy Club To-day.

Tn" Fortnightly Club holds It's reg.
ulaf session this afternoon At the
home Of Mrs James McNecn. $0i
Ration avenue. The program TO be-
given In ~ follows:
Roll Call =. Quotations from lbscn
Study Of Norwegian Drama :. ..
.. :. :. :. :. =. Miss Mackey
book Rsvicw--Pecr 0ynt. Mrs. walsh
La Junta tribune., 1911-01-21
I. l.. Club Entertained.

Miss Geneyieyc Coniin assisted by
her sister. Miss May Conlin. receiy-
I'D the members OF the l. l. Club.
Monday evening. nj her pleasant
home. s22 Ration avenue. Sewing
and conversation made the time pass
quickly FOR the busy. happy company.
50 that all too soon the hour for
going home drew near. Before bid.
ding her guests good night Miss Con
lin administ. red substantially to
their inner eomfor, by serving them
with rcfreshmcnt dainty and delicious
enough to please the most fastidious.
Each fortunate participant In the
evenings pleasure pronounccs the ser
sion among the very pleasan,cst that
this jolly club has enjoyed.
The following were Miss Conlin's
guests: Mrs. Harry Allen. Mrs. Elmer
Cook. Miss Janet Msckic. Miss Fran.
ccs McAtcc. Miss Emma Gherunx.
Miss Florence Cook. Miss Gcosgis
Shropshire. Miss Edith Draper.
La Junta tribune., 1911-01-21
Merth L. Jvnss sseisi Fvnes,s~.

Mrs. Thos. J. winstanisy and Mrs.
Mary Beatty received twenty ladies'
Wednesday afternoon. ~ the home of
Mrs. winstaaicy In North Ia Junta.
In compliment To Mrs. wnstanicy's
sister and guest. Mrs. Hall.
Two Interesting contests were the
means Of entertainmcnt--an adver.
tiscment contest. and . smelling con.
test. The smelling contest afforded
much fun and . first prize and .
BOBBY prise were awarded. The point
vas 70 guess the contents Of bottles
that were uaoosksl and passed quick.
La Junta tribune., 1911-01-21

lon OF u Prospective Globe Trottcr
and One Himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
governor GRAY IS
BURNED TO DEATH
Winner of Two Derbies and
One of the Best Horses OF
the Year PerisheS.

LEXINGTON, KY, November %1.--os'
GRAY. the swift-running and ~cndefiui's
tenacious three-year-old race morse ny
c.arrv Hermann, dam Salama, the oan'
NJ waldo. by Himyer. was cremateo III
a harm that was burned on the Iarin VI
Cant James T. Williams at spring ota-
ton Woodford county. shortly befoFe
noon Yesterday. County TAX, announcer
tbree-year-uld geiding by Garry herr-
mann. out of Tacttul. met similar tate.
Govt Williams was alone In the mousse
-. remainder of his family having gone
to church, and he was too III 10 20 ou'
when he discovered the paIn III no'i'es'
He stood at the window OF ms rooli.' son'e
distance from The barn, ana sa" tue :"
horses. which had been running IN .hen
naddocks all morning, rush through open
doors into their stalls, to be consu"eo ny
the flames that were raging.
Gov Gray was one of the greatest
racers of modern times. In the two years
Of his career on the turf he had s.arteo
tor+v.one times, had won thirteen races.
hsan second in twelve, third In six ana
unplaced in ten, and brought his owners.
r, N. Smith & Co., the goodly SUM Of
SO, 1853 in net winnings.
Capt. williams bought Gov. Gray as q
weanIing ct the dispersal sale OF Capt.
w Harry Browns .horoughbreds IN No
vembcr, 1908. for $175,
His FIRST stake suScess was the Cinctn-
natl trophy at Latonia, July 2. 1870 This
year he began by winning the American
derby at Jacksonville. He won the La
tonia derby, running the mile ana half
In 2:3u 2-5 with l24 pounds up, another
new record. Whist and Meridian finished
in front Of him In the Hamilton derby
and Zeus nosed him out OF the Canadian
derby, but behind him tn the Latonia
four-mile Kentucky endurance stakes.
Gov. Gray was insured for $4,000. Capt.
Williams said that he had refused $1,000
for him and that he considered him worth
4o5, 900. He was planning campaign In
England with him next season. County
Tax was insured for $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
NEW SCALE OF WEIGHTS.
New York Boxing Promoters Have
Drafted Another Table.

NEW YORK, November 27.-Disgusted
with the continual shifting OF weights by
every man who fights his way to the top
Of the several divisions, New York promo
ters are planning a scale Of ringside
to make in order to gain q match in this
city. The recent controversy between
Wolgast. Wells and Mcfarland. when
they were wrangling about fighting
weight for their proposed battles. il
thought to have started the agitation for
4 stable set OF weights
According to one We'll up in boxing az
fairs. the ?. omoters have already drafted
INTO force In few days. The new
weights are: Bantam, rs: feather, 10;
light 1875: weller, f45; middle, 15S; light
neavy. lis: heavy. IT'S and over.
The two divisions which the Gotham
promoters are changing mostly are the
the local men that there are few in the
country who can make 1l6 ringside and
In tie lightweight division the promot-
ers hive considered the weight problem
more thoroughly than IN the others.
Many chsmRtcn: Of i th t., division ,., have
but now Il seems that the men who class
as Hghtweights cannot make 133 at any
time much less at rtnGside.
The state boxing commission Is said
to be behind the movement for 4 set Of
weights. and 10 giving its support to the
.inrsidc set 81 weights Will lessen the
danger Of injury In Tight such ~ would
follow were q man to weaken himself
trying to make weight and then take on
flesh too rapidly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
vICToRs BEAT WAvERLY.
Take Conquerors Of the Potomacs
Into Camp by 10 to O.

Yesterday at 9TH street and Florida
avenue northeast the Victor Athletic Club
took the conquerors of the Potomacs into
camp by score of 10 to 0. From the
start to finish Waverly did not have one
chance to win, and 1t was q question OF
just how many points the V. A. C. would
count on the muddy field.
The first touchdown came In the sec.
ond quarter. when Colwell and walters
'by great line plunging carried the ball to
the Waverly's 20-yard line, from which
point Smith carried it over. In the third
quarter Smith and Colwell By successive
end runs carried the ball to the way
erly's 1-yard line. only to lose the ball
on downs. but when Waverly tried to
punt out Tebbs and Upton broke through
and blocked the kick for the second
touchdown OF the fame. The defensive
work OF Wilcox and Wietzel featured.
while Carl starred in this department
for Waverly. During the last quarter
the Vic.ors slowed up on account Of
the bad condition Of the field, though
Smith and Colwe!i often broke through
the entire fed, which would have re-
suited in touchdowns but for the bad
underfooting.
The line-up Was as fnI1ours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
6ERTINENI COMMIT
IN HaPpenin&$s rSPortdom

irto the hands of SPECTATORS, it develops
that the Yale-Harvard and Army-Eavy
foot ball games proved rare opportunity
for the SPECTATORS, though no one can
these institutions in their efforts to sup
press this growing nuisance.
So long as tickets can be purchased
there is going to be scalpins under pres
sent conditions, but 1t would be easy
enough to have laws passed to prevent
this traffic and thus protect the public.
The national commission has tanen It
upon itself to stop speculation during the
this can be accomplished without the CO.
operation of the city authorities In every
city.
The theatricol venture which is back
ing the company Of which Ty Cobb Is q
member on q tour through the south ID
reaping a harvest. Reports have it thai
Ty is drawing capacity in every city
where his coming Is one OF the events OF
the year. There are banauets and
speeches and all that sort OF thing. and
the great ball player is meeting with re-
ceptions which would be In keeping II he
were President Of the United States.
If the Queensberry rules are strictly
adhered to in the coming bout between
Walgast and Welsh the chances are that
this bout will go the limit, and the Wesh.
man stands a splendid chance Of RettinF
the decision. AS poker Ond ring genera
Welsh is believed to be In a class by him.
self, and experts figure that Wolgast vii
be able to land few blows. But IL the
ru'es are violated and Wolgast 10 al
lowed to rough 1t Welsh's chances Will
be slim. He is not the robust miller that
is Wolgast, and in a rough bout he
would stand hardly chance to 60 the
limit. The guarantee. however. 10 given
that the rules will be strictly enforced,
which puts Wolgast at a disadvantage.
While it is generally conceded that the
Athletics will repeat In the next cam
paign, Connie Mack hits the nail on the
head when he says that 1t will be harder
to win the next pennant than was the
last. There Is no doubt that two or three
Of the teams will be stronger than they
were. Boston. for instance, looms up like
q real contender, and Chicago. under CAL
lahan, is sure to cut q figure. Then
there is that Cleveland team. II the
Maps take kindly to Davis and he proves
the leader that is hoped for that team IL
going to be decidedly troublesome Just
how New York will do depends entirely
on the selection of the manager. II q
competent man is put at the helm and he
Is not interfered with there is enough
good material on that team to make It
troublesome, to say the least
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
BY n. C. BYRD.

The Naval Academy foot ball team can
lay claim to an attainment which is be-
You'd the reach of any other school In
the country. The Sailors eleven has gone
through the last two seasons without a
defeat having been registered against
IL, and has each year won its most i'm
portant contest.
Last year the Midshipmen won every
game they played. with the exception
Of one, and that was when Rutgers
caught them of form during the early
season and paved a 90 game. During
the 1910 season the Navy practically
cleaned UP It's schedule, winning from
the Army. 9 To O. in the big game of the
year and afterward bemoaned the fact
that it had not met stronger teams. Two
tie games have been played by this years
eleven. one with Princeton and the other
with Pennsylvania State.
Saturday the climax of the two seasons
was reached. when the odd game was
won from the Army by the same score
that was made by last years eleven.
Before the game played Saturday the
Army and Navy had each won seven
contests, and that the deciding contest
should be won by the latter was a fit
ting end to two OF the most successful
seasons Played by any team
Judging by the comparative scores OF
the Cornell-AIichigan, Mich
Ian contests 1t is almost imI ossible to
give either Pennsylvania or Cornell the
comparative advantage in the game
which is scheduled for Thursday. The
fact that Cornell won from the VOL
verines by score of to o and the
Pennsylvania eleven lost to the same
school by 8 to IL. does not give either any
appreciable advantage. in spite of the fact
Ill IN he
the stronger on the defensive, in that it
kept its goal lines inviolate. while the
Ouakers were scored on twice. The fact
is, though, that Pennsylvania played just
as strong a game against Michigan on
the offense as Michigan did against Penn,
and. IL anything. a better. and while it is
true that the westerners were unable to
score on the Ithaca team, it must be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
GIANTS LEAD NATIONALS.
Meyers, Fletcher, Doyle and Wilson
Hat in 800 Division.

The Giants not only won the Ma
tional League pennant, but they led
fetal figures. They had four men I'm
the 800 division-Meyers, Fletcher
Doyle and Wilson. Meyers and Fetch
er are close to the top. with the pereu-
NAL Hans Wagner the real leader. The
Boston club. despite being a taflender.
stood up high in hitting and evidently
needs only pitchers to be formidable.
Frank Schultz OF the Cubs was the
home run king. and small Josh Devore
was easily the best base runner. The
Giants were great base-running
team-until they ran afoul OF Lapp
and Thomas of the Athletics. The
most two-baggers were made by Ko-
netchy OF the Cardinals. and the most
three bagsers by Larry Doyle. The
Cubs total Of runs exceeded that OF
the Giants by one. and Jimmy Sheck-
ard was the best individual runmaker.
Miller OF Boston produced the most
base hits.
Thoae who batted 400 or more were.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
By J. ED aRuLo.

1t is not often that an individual who
has held g. prominent place in the atn-
letic world admits before he has met with
decisive reversaIs that years have made
their natural inroads and that he is on
the down grade. Usually the claim is
made that such individuals are as good
as ever, when they really are far from 1t.
Frank Gotch, however. is different from
all other champions in this respect. Gotch
is out with the statement that he feels
himself slipping. He believes that he Is
as strong as ever but admits that he
lacks the desire for struggle and that
what was play once is now hard work
He believes, too, that his agility Is on the
wane and candidly admits that he corsid-
ers himself to have gone back during the
last few years.
II other champions had como TO this
realization before they met their Water
loo they would no doubt have retired
without having had their records blem-
ished John L. Sullivan, for instance,
should have quit before he fought Cor
bett, and Jeffries made a serious mistake
when he agreed to fight Johnson. Gotch
stands a chance Of going into retirement
with the wrestling title. for, realizing that
he is not as good as he once was, he Is
not apt to take any more chances on the
mat
Just to what extent the competition Tor
hall players has Increased during the past
few years is best shown by the advanc &c
of the scouting system INDUCED In by all
ma Tor league clubs. Ten years ago such
a thing as a base ball scout was unheard
of. and yet today major league clubs find
that one scout is not sufficient to cover
the field.
The Chicago NATIONAL League club. fol-
instance, proposes to have six men travel
ing around the country after May l IN
quest of material. The territory will be
divided among these men, and for four
months they will keep tab on the PLAYERS
Of their section. Even with so good
system all the good players developed dur
ing the year are not apt to don Cub uni.
forms for many of the stars often come
from teams which are in remote sections
and never heard of.
Perhaps the only way that the scalpine
If tickets for blue ribbon athletic events
can he prevented will be by the passing
of laws which make it illegal to sell any
ticket above the regular price WMie
an awful howl vents up in New 4ors
during the worlds series because 9
hatch of tickets for the games had faiien
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
NAVY HAS PLAYED TWO
SEASONS WITHOUT DEFEAT
Has Won All Its Games Except Three,
Which Were Scoreless Ties-Tech
and Central Meet Tomorrow.

remembered that Yost had time to fix up
a different offense to use against the
Quakers than that played against Cornell.
and the result would seem to indicate
that 1t was this which enabled him to
score on one team and not the other.
Two or three weeks ago there were
few who would have disputed the fact
that Cornell had the best chance In its
history to win from Pennsylvania, but
such is not the case now. 1t Is ques-
ticnable IL the Ithacans will enter the
game even the favorite over the Quakers
The scandal which has come to light in
the Cornell ranks in regard to the actions
Of certain of the Cornell players is just
about the same conditions with which
Pennsylvania had to contend during the
early part Of the season, and which prac-
tcally disrupted the team to such an
extent that 1t lost games where it should
best chances by pursuing just such a
policy. and unless some kind Of an equi.
librium of conditions is secured, the New
York eleven Will have thrown away the
best opportunity to win from its greatest
rival it has had in years.
After all. the Cornell-Pennsylvania
game does not amount to SO much from a
standpoint of deciding any sectional su-
perfority. About the only interest in the
contest is that which comes from the
great rivalry between the two schools
No matter which school wins the game it
is certain that practically nothing will
hinge on the result as far as the standing
of the teams is concerned, except that It
will be a fight to find out which will have
the doubtful honor Of holding down some
thing like seventh or eighth place in the
standing of the teams after the season
is ended.
In spite Of the fact that Yale entered
the game with Harvard favorite the
accounts Of the contest would tend to In
dictate that the Crimson outplayed the
Dark Blue to some extent. Both teams
depended in the main on star foot ball
for the majority of their gains. and fully
justified the prediction made before the
contest that neither team would be able
to score on the other by that kind of
play.
Fred Nielsen, the Georgetown coach
who saw the Lehigh game Saturday.
said that there is not a doubt in his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27

SAN FRANCISCO. November o7.-
Packey Mcfarland and Tommy MUIR
ply. who arc to meet here Thanksxiv.
ing day. have wound up their training,
a. tar as boxing is concerned.
From now until the day OF the fisht
both men will keep In condition by
road work and exercise in the gym.
naeium.
Mcfarland. through his fast work At
his camp, has been installed a two-to-
one favorite by local. "fans" and 1t 10
predicted that the odds will be length.
ened before the men enter the ring.
Murphy. ii Is expected. will 60 into
the ring close tn the lightweight limit
la; pounds-while Mcfarland prob
ably will be several pounds heavier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27

Referee-Mr. ROesiter Of GeorgetoWn Unlyer.
sity UmpireMr. Floyd Emerson LAWS Of
Csrnese ee Is Ma.nI Head iinss%:nMr Hepdssa
well Of v. A. G. and Mr.. stanton Of Waveriy
Tlmekeepers-MessEs. Smith aud Jones. Time
Of quarters-1O minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
AUSTRALIAN TENNIS TEAM.
Strong Team Selected to Defend the
Davis Gun.

MELBOURNE. Austrata, November -.
The Australian team for the defouso OF
the Dwight #. Davis international lawn
tennis challenge cup has been seieeted.
It 10 composed as follows: Norman f.
Brookes. Lycett A. w. Dunlop and 4. W.
Heath.
The American chailengcrs for the DAVIS
cup are william A. Larned. Maurice %.
Mclaughlin and Beals C. Wright. They
arrived at Auckland. New Zealand, on
November %. proceeding from there to
Wellington and thence by boat to Christ
church. where the challenge round with
the Australians will be played, beginning
December 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27

Jesse Orendorff, who finished the sea~on
with Milwaukee in the American Associa-
ton. is said to have desires to become q
manager, and would land in the Union
association. Orendorff is at his home on
tie Pacific coast. working az carpenter
10 keep in condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
May Make Own Rules.

It has been suggested many times that
Yale, Harvard and Princeton 60 ahead
and make their own rules. They have
long been the leaders In the gridiron
game, and II they did so 1t would not
be long before others would follow In their
footsteps. There Is a chance that they
will do just such a thing, for some Of the
leading foot ball lights Of these institu.
tons have expressed their dissatisfaction
with the way the game is gong under the
legislation Of the present large BODY OF
rule doctors.
Opinion Of some OF the men we'll known
In foot ball as to the need Of change al
tho code follows:
Walter Camp, ST., Yale coach-The
general who can succeed In handing ms
attack under the present rules so as TO
make a running game successful Is PROB
ably thinking somewhere In the crowd or
spectators. At any rate, no one has sue,
ceeded In doing it on the field, and
gaining plays, sat tight and thus walked
away with the eastern championship.
G. Foster Sanford, Yale coach-"Isn't
It q good time to suggest radical changes
in both the rlu.es and therulemakers!
Hero are some reasons that are worth
thinking about:
The present rules committee is I'm.
wieldy In size, and II is composed OF men
most all Of whom owe some sort OF Pc
stitutiOn. They are sent TO the rules con-
vent ons either with instructions or are
measuably constrained. The result Is
that they clog the wheels OF reason. and
the foot ball world Is served up the pres
ent hodge-podge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-27
MAY. CHANGE RULES
Present Foot Bal Code Is Not
Satisfactory.
WANT OlD.STYLE GAME
Many Coaches Do Not Favor Allow.
ing Present System to
Stand.
WANT OLD.STYLE GAME

NEW YORK, November 27.-When the
two big foot ball games that were played
Saturday had passed into history the
final argument WAS made in the necessity
for a change In the rules. The code UNI
der which the game has been played since
the great outcry against the brutality of
the game some five or SIX years ago has
been given a fair tryout, and 1t has been
demonstrated beyond a doubt that the
sport is now most unsatisfactory. both to
the spectators and the players. When the
penalty was taken OF for the failure to
complete q forward pass. 1t was thought
that teams would be able to take more
chances, and that. therefore. the game
would be more open and spectacular.
Results Of the season have shown. how
ever, that the sport has practically re-
verted to the old-fashioned game. only
with the handicap of being obliged to
make 10 yards instead Of 8 In three
downs. The result has been that the
majority of the teams that were any
where evenly matched could do nothing
to gain ground. The foot-ball-lov ne
public, therefore, has seen little but tests
OF defensive strength, which are not the
most interesting things in the world
Down at CARLISLE this year tienn war
ner started an innovation in training to
develop kicking among the Indians He
would take two players and, stationine
them at opposite ends Of the field. would
instruct them to punt against ca h Other
until the ball was driven over the goa
line. A miss of catch gave the k excl
an advance OF 10 yards. Kicking duels
may be interesting enough in big games
but one Of the fundamentals OF the spor
.alls for eleven men on each team, and
IL the rules are such that nine-tenths o.
the playing must be done by kicking
what Is the necessity tor more than ont
man from each college to appear on TIT
gr:diron? 1t is not monotony that makes
sport. and hardly any variety has beer
aeen on the Rr{diY,nn this voar