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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-18
KILLED
AN ENGINEER MEETS INSTANT
II DEATH WHEN p. g. r. TRAIN
GOES OVER EN- BANkMENT-No
PASSENGERS INJURED.
(By United Press.)'

POTTSvILLE, Pa, Feb. 19.-A Phil.
adelphia and Reading passenger train
iwent over ah cmbankment at lofty
point near here this morning. Engi.
neer Klitner was instantly killed. =
{ No passenger are reported to have
been killed or seriously injured. though
they we're badly shaken up and fright;
ened. b !,
1t is believed that i is the work Of
train wreckers, as a piece Of iron was
found wedged In the switch. W. 81.
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LEGISLATURE FIGHTING
TO Place TAX ON GAS
WATCH YOUR CHICKENS.

Owners Of chickens Will have TO see
that their fowls do not leave their
promises for II they do the mayor VIII
see that the ordinance against the Of
feHse Is carried out. There is a heavy
fine for permitting chickens to leave
the owners properly and the law will
have TO be observed.
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LEAPS FROM ELEVENTH FLOOR;
EVERY, BONE IN BobY sRoKEKN
fEy United Press. J

E CHICAGO, Feb. Is.-W. G. J. Plum,
mer, a real estate agent, committed
suicide to-day by leaping from the
eleventh floor OF the Chamber OF Com.
merce building, landing on his head
in the midst OF a large crowd Of per.
sons passing through the corridor Of
the building. Every bone in his body
was broken.
Mrs. Clarence w Watson, wife o,
The recently elected Senator from
West Virginia, has Joined her husband
Mt the New Willard, in Washington,
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ROCKEFELLER BETTER.
NEW, oRk; Feb. I 1s.-A statement.
given out at the off lce Of William
Rockefeller said that he IS much ilns
proved To-day. ssss u
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or tied by one of the government
academy elevens that fact no longer
occasions any surprise. no longer is
regarded as an unusual football event.
and does not of itself argue any Sc
rious weakness on the part Of the
college teams. 1t so happened that
Yale was beaten for the second wear
in succession by the army, but aside
from that interesting fact, which only
Princeton has been able to accom-
plish. the result last Saturday had no
especial Significance. No team. he Il
from Harvard. Yale, Princeton.
Brown, or elsewhere where football
Is best played. has any license to beat
an army or navy team in October.
Army and; navy teams play such eff
fective games against college elevens
and then play such a seemingly less
well-organized game against each 9th.
or that 1t does not seem that they
could beat one of the big college
teams when the latter reach ton form
in November. But that may be a mis-
taken idea. Whe nthe army and navy
come together, neither has the finish
exhibited by Harvard and Yale when
those two clash, but there is enough
intrinsic strength at West Point and
Annapolis to make them worthy op-
ponents for the college teams, no mat
ter what time of the fall they might
meet the latter.
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r OF THE EAGLE.
(From the Pail Mail Gazette.

Eagles have been asserting them
selves rather vigorously of late; 1t
was not SO long ago that one distin-
guished itself by attacking an airman
In Spain. and now We have just had a
btcyclist's cap rudely snatched by an
aQuiline freebooter in France. 1t
seems woth while to consider what an
eagle really can do when he is put to
It. for very contradictory ideas as to
his prowess are abroad.
A story of an infant kidnapped by
an eagle went the round of the press
some year age and proved without
foundation. though n of the penny
horrible" journals had even illus
trated 1t in W fine flights If imagina-
tion. In one scene a desperate-look-
ing eagle. as big as a donkey, was
lifting a very well-grown child from IA
doorstep where lay the i%nnocent's
scattered toys: and on the other side
of the page the anguished mother was
fainting in the arms of a stalwart
highlander on viewing the mangled
corpse of her infant in the marauder's
eyrte. 1t seemed a lot Of trouble vast
ed on an occurrence that never hap-
pened after all!
Pallas' fishing eagle. a common bird
along Indian rivers. has been seen to
strike and lift from the water a fish
found to weigh 10 pounds 2 ounces
when taken from its captor; but to
carry 1t to a sandbank strained the
great birds utmost powers, and the
fish twice nearly pulled him in. There
Is a specimen of this bird at the zoo
now. n any one can see that it is
less powerful and heavy than the gold
EN- eagle. Now. the weight of a hen
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-26
.D0YLES SCORE
WAS NOT LEGAL
Winning Run of Tenth Inn
ing Should Never Have
Counted

New ork. Oct. 26.-The run credited
to Captain Larry Doyle in the tenth
inning of Wednesdays game which
gave the New Yorks their second VIC
tory over the Philadelphians in the
worlds series. was not legally scored,
according to a statement made after
the game by Umpire William j. KLEIN
OF the National league. Who was Of
fclatfng behind the plate as the UNI.
pire in chief.
Doyle did not touch the plate, "a.
cording to KLEIN, and if the Philadel.
phias had made an appeal the umpire
said he would have declared DOYLE
out, and the inning would have ended
IN a tie score. AS 1t was getting dark
the game could not have gone much
farther.
Umpire Klem's declaration that
Doyle did not touch the plate was cor
roborated by Francis E. Richter of
OF st. Louis. When Doyle reached
home plate l stood 1t the plate for
several seconds, waiting to see il the
American players would appeal. Lapp
evidently did not see that Doyle miss
ed the plate, as he was busy taking
Murphy's throw and probably took It
tor granted that Doyle had really
Americans made the appeal and as snG
was about to move away McGraw, in
passing from the third base coacher's
box to the players bench, said to me:
Did you see 1t, Bill?"
II certainly did," I said.
What would you have done about
1t If they have appealed? ?" McGraw
asked. I repl:'d that If the claim had
been made that Doyle did not touch
the plate I would have given my de-
cision as I saw it, adding. but you
see what a mess I would have gotten
myself into"
We'll. I would have protected you,"
McGraw replied as he walked away.
Il would have declared DOYLE out
If the appeal had been made, but
none was made"
In his reference to a "mess," KLEIN
meant that if ne had entertained the
appeal the New York players and
their partisans would have made a
tremendous protest against the de-
cision.
When Thomas ]. Lynch, president
OF the National league, was told Of
the incident Wednesday evening he
said that SO long as there was no an
peal made the game will stand as a
! victory.
The detailed score follows:
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IOWA LAID. Up
BY ACCIDENTS
Curry Out With an Injured
Knee and Prospects Are
Glurn

Iowa City. Ia, Oct. 26-Astonish-
ment and disappointment are the pre-
'vaiing emotions at Iowa this week,
and are likely to be for the remainder
OF the football . That anything
less than Minnesota would have a
chance with the Hawkeyes was gem
orally accepted as a foregone conclu-
sion at the opening of the season, 80
the miserable showing against Morn
Ing side and Cornell came as an an
solute surprise.
When the array Of veterans is con-
sidered and the ability which Coach
Hawley showed last season is also
takenin to account it is hard to see
now h present result has beer
reached. Last veal with, material
which could moi compare with the
squad which turned out at the OPEN
.ns OF the season, Hawley made n
remarkable showing and the PM W.
est explanation which presents itself
10 that the loss of Mike Hyiand and
his 1ghttng spirit has been too much
or q handicap to overcome.
Followers Still Hopeful
Even at that, followers Of the Iowa
team would still have confidence in
Hawley's ability to bring the team
out OF its present condition and make
q successful ending after a had start
as was n case last year. hut for the
injury to Curry, which cost the. Cor.
game and has left. the Hawkeyes
without a quarterback of any expert.
ence whatever. Curry has water on
the knee and according to the doc
tors. will not play again this season.
weeks, which means that the Mime
sofa. Wisconsin and Purdue games
must be played without him. Neither
Won Maur o Meloy. tho. substitute
quarters. have had any experience and
neither has yet shown ability to han.
die punts.
1t was the wretched work Of Nc
Ginnts and Meloy in this respect that
gave Cornell their easy chance for
goal on Saturday. Also. the oirense
OF n Hawkeyes without Curry is not
likely to gain any amount OF ground
agafns. a stronc line Int altogether
the prospects are about as gloomy as
1t is possible for them to be.
Line Is Exceptionally Strong
AT h same time. the defensive
weakness in receiving. punts. is not
materially hampered and it will still
be hard for any team to gain through
the line. The ends are also strong
defensively and 1t is not likely that
any. large scores will be rolled up
against the Hawkeyes. Cornell gained
little ground outside Of that made on
fumbles n in Whitsell's long run.
the Iowa tackles being through on
every play. Bowman was weak at
right guard and Kramm and L. West
went through him constantly, but this
hole can be plugged from the ma
terial at hand.
Practice Is secret all week and the
team will leave for the twin cities
Friday.
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OWNERS TO
u

New York, Oct. 26-Accordine to
baseball club owners who have been
here during the past week. the major
ture will not be extended to take in
October ~. Columbus day. 1t is plan
ned to frame e years schedules
SO that they will end not later than
October I, which will give ample time
for the worlds series to be PLAYED
under favorable weather conditions
If such schedules had prevailed this
year there would have been no trouble.
The Giants and the Athletics were
compelled. to XIII time for nearly ten
DAYS before the beginning of the big
series, when, asa matter of fact. they
could have stayed their games on Oc-
tober Z at the latest.
President johnson of the American
league has advocated an early closing
Tor several years and in this he has
been sustained by all Of the clubs on
his circuit.
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PLAYERS GETTING
IN WRONG

Baseball players who have turned
newspaper writer's for this worlds
series have been laying up for them
selves many hard knocks in the
future. and 1t is quite possible that
their criticisms Of plays and players
will make for much dissatisfaction
and friction. Hughie Jennings, man
ager of the Detroit Tigers. has been
openly accused Of being a traitor to
the American league. Christopher
Mathewson has been criticised and
Justly for a change that the base
paths at Shibe park were oiled for
the purpose of slowing up the New
York players. Hal Chase did not
make any friends by what SO many
consider his unfair Indictment OF
snodgrass. while both Meyers and
Matty were laughed at for directing
bold attention to an error of judy
nent by "Rube" Vanguard in pitch
ling a high. straight ball to Frank
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Oldring. Reuben Noshier, to com.
plete the titulary production. is a pro.
duct Of New York and Of the Bronx
at that. So he was. playing against
his home team when he faced the
Giants.
Twenty-seven years ago the dotins
parents Of the Oldring clan did the
usual isn't he the cutest you ever
saw" stunt that marks the advent of
all the first born. and since that time
Reuben has grown to S feet II inches
and carries around 178 pounds in his
travels.
Like many another Rube picked up
his baseball on the sand patches.
He grew into a swell inielder and
when 1T was necessary to keep the
wolf from the door. Reuben turned his
pastiming education to bread winning,
Montgomery was the place where
Oldring had his first fling at the COM
mercial end of the game. 1t was as
a third baseman hat this none
tary debut happened.
RUDE returned home several weeks
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golden eagle has been reported at II

golden eagle has been reported at II
pounds 9 ounces; from this we may
knock off the odd unces for the heavy
meal of high" mutton her majesty
had absorbed before being shot, and
reckon her at IL pounds. II the In
dian fisher, certainly some pounds less
than this, can carry at q pinch a fish
nearly a stone in weight, our golden
eagle could we'll make off with a baby
OF ordinary size; for babies, though.
as bachelors know, ticklish things to
handle, are more easily grasped than
big fish. especially when the grasper
has nails about a couple of inches long
and no mercy!
AS to an eagles courage and agrees
~sIveness. it is we'll known that In cen.
trail Asia the golden eagle will even
attack the wolf. and it Is tanned and
t1own at that savage beast as the COS
hawk is flown at hares. Only this year
one of these birds in Scotland tackled
a gamekeeper who had baked it of it's
prey, a grouse, and was only killed
by the united efforts of the man and
his retriever. All this considered,
therefore. we may safely conclude that
individual eagles may at any time at
tack children when opportunity oc-
ours. The vulgar" therefore. are
justified in looking with suspicion on
the ~propensities of eagles in the mat
ter of unprotected infants. even IL re-
cent instances of KIDNAPPING by these
birds have not occurred in our islands.
where wild eagles r now so scarce
that not one individual in a thousand
ever sees one.
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Newark builpen as the eastern grounds
are called, Eel Josh to get a little
seasoning under Big Chief Stallings.
Devore made good from the jump.
He had all the natural qualities Of
a big Lacquer, except. perhaps a ten
dency to fall down or ground balls.
Devore could hit like Willie Keller.
Laying them down one minute, he
fooled the opposing pitchers the next
time up by smashing out a three-bag-
ger or a double. He had a good eye
and is one Of the few ten second men
in the game today.
What Devore liked better than any,
thing else in the league was his old
base hits. He'd rather get than
a good meal.
So in the season of 1908 he babe
adieu to Newark. graduating as did Ed
Walsh, Charley Wagner, Arthur Dew
lin. Oscar Stanage. Clyde Engle and
several other big league stars of to-
day. Devore played on the bench for
a whole season and learned the Nc
Graw system. To many he is looked
upon as the best outielder on the
team. He has improved in his hit
ting and his brilliant all around work
ha smade the little fellow the pride of
Gotham.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-26

Ask n boy in the country today
who has the least interest in base
ball what he knows about Terre Haute
and ten chances to one he will tell
you that place is the home of Morde-
cal Brown of the Chicago Cubs.
Brown did more to put Terre Haute
on the map than any one agency and
1t is Josh Devore of the New York
Nationals. who, since the fading of the
three-fingered wonder, has kept the
town there. Josh. the speedy hard
hitting. lightning fielding left guardian
of h Giants, first saw light in MUIR
ray Hill, Ohio. but, while he was still
in the swaddling league his folks
moved to Terre Haute. where his
father runs a grocery store.
Devore is a fairly good athlete. hav-
ing been on the track tea min the high
school. and he played on the ball club
as well.
Devore shook the midnight oil stunt
and hiked to the Smallpox league. Of
1cially known as the Cotton States,
where he played in the outfeld for
Meridian in 1906 and 1907. 1t was his
first professional engagement.
A newspaper man saw him perform
and urged Manager McGraw to pur-
chase him which he did. Over to the
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before the major league season clos
ell and stumbled across Clarke Grit
fifth one day when the latter's High
landers were playing an exhibition
game against n semi-pro team of
which Rube was a member.
Oldring's work that day made Grif's
eyes pop out of his bean. He took
Rube on trial as a member of the
Htghlanders and Reuben held down
third base.
Grit took Rube aside one night and
told him that he had put in a draft
for him.
RUDE told Grif that he was Connie
Mack's property and the next season
proved 1t by going to third base.
When the slim strategist was plan
ming his championship team he decid-
ed to shunt oldring to the outfeld.
Rube wen to center and has play
ed a phenomenal game here ever since
the shift.
RUDE throws and bats right handed
and Is a 300 hitter as a consistent
proposition.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-26
BADGER WORK OUT
UNSATISFACTORY

Madison. Wis. Oct. 2e-"The wors,
practice we have had this year." wal
the way Coach Richards characterized
yesterdays work Of the Badgers, when
a halt was called to the days pro.
ceedings with the scor three to moth
ing against the varsity. You'll have
to do a great deal better than that II
you hope to defeat Northwestern next
Saturday" he told the men In the
dressing room afterward.
The men loafed through signals and
handled the ball like novices. Ere
quent fumbles by the regulars were
responsible for the score made by the
scrubs, who outplayed the varsity al
every turn. They secured the ball
within striking distance Of the varsity
goal on a tumble and Schley, the
scrub half. vent. straight through the
line for twelve yards and a score on
the first play.
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BIG PENALTIES
FEATURE GAME
... -,
University Backstepped $40
Yards During Match at
Grafton Wednesday

The second team of the University
Of North Dakota was defeated in a
hard fought football battle at Graf
ton Wednesday afternoon by a score
Of Is to 0. >,
The u. N. D. scrubs were. weakened
considerably by the fact that several
Of their best men had been shifted to
the first squad. One of the main fac
tors in the defeat Of the university
team was the fact that they were pen
allied an even 240 during the con-
flict, more than twice the length of
the field.
the result Of fumbles by the univer-
sity. During the first half, Schlosser
fumbled a punt on the goal line and
a Grafton man fell on the ball for a
touchdown. The second scoring came
In the same half. johnson. the var
sity center, threw the ball over Cow
ans head in a formation play and it
wal recovered by a Grafton man and
wa carried forty yards for a touch
down.
Casey. playing halfback for Grafton,
made the other three points on a
place kick from the twenty-flv yard
line.
The university was penalized from
ffteen to thirty-f1ve yards each time,
At n time they were penalized thir-
ty-five yards for holding. In all twen-
ty-three penalties wer imposed on
the players from the state institu-
ton. Grafton was penalized once for
fifteen yards.
Cowan. Holmes and Swenson played
the star games. Holmes was a little
wonder on right end and not a gain
was made around his end. The lineup:
team:
IYpS1,e~~1<,,
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THE GREATEST RUNNER.

Philadelphia Oct. 26.-Alfred
Shrubb. the great short distance run
ming champione of England, says that
John Paul Jones of Cornell university
10 the, greatest mile runner he has
ever e in attion. But just as sure
as the Ithaca college wonder sticks
at the cross country game. adds
Srubb. he is sure to lose a lot Of speed
In his mile racing. According to the
little Englishman, cross-country run
ming is a great thing for the devel-
opment of endurance in an athlete.
but many a champion has slowed up
by sticking to the game.
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A
TO CIRCLE O

Chicago. Oct. 26.-Plans for a world
tour of the White Sox and an ali-star
team made up from the two big
eagues were started by President
Comiskey and Jimmy McAleer. new
head of h Boston Red Sox.
according to arrangements as far
as they have been talked over. the
tour will be started as soon as the
1872 season closes and will take in
all the principal countries Of the
world. ~
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GIANT
T LII T

Chicago. Oct. ga modest colored
Chicago yesterday on the trail of Jack
johnson. The Tar Baby" who makes
the white hopes" look like dwarfa.
gave his name as George Bell, but let
1t be known that he preferred to be
called h Black Prince. as the latter
name is much nor attractive.
Bell, who is but 10 years old, says
ne hopes some day to grow up and
be a full-sized man.
George. unlike most tall men. IN
well proportioned. He weighs a27
pounds and possesses a pair Of Shout
ders that speak of great hitting power.
HIS FAC Is 112h inches. Jack
Johnson boasts that his arms, extend.
ed, measure 76 inches.
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Grafton
U THEY DO
1T IN

Washington. D. c., Oct. 2e.-Before
Saturdays games the outlook for
Princeton wasn't as good. the way
things had been going, as at rival
football lcenters. but in so far as Sat
Qrday's. eHoyes are a source Of infor-
nation. the Tigers did as well as any
body else. The game PLAYED hv
Princeton against Lehigh was NOT
good enough to have held the navy
Tigers must have undergone constd-
cradle improvement for the navy, like
the army, is just now as strong as n
team in the country.
When a big college team is beaten
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CUBS MANAGER Will PLAY

CUBS Will PLAY
Chicago. Oct. 26-Manager Frank
Chance of the Cubs has announced
that he proposes to resume his old po-
sition at first base when the season
of 1912 opens. AS a protection against
"beanballs'' Chance has arranged with
a sporting goods manufacturer to
make him a special headgear.
During his career with the Cubs,
Chance has been hit on the head more
than fifty. times by pitched ball and
last August he was compelled to retire
from the game for the remainder Of
the season as the result Of. stopping a
ball with his head at Cincinnati.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-26
NORRIS TO MEET GEyER.

New oYrk. Oct. 26.-Carl Morris
the Oklahoma heavyweight, whose
championship hopes were dashed tc
earth a few weeks ago in Madison
Square Garden at the hands of Fire.
man Jim Flynn, has been matched
for a fight here on Nov. 10 with Jack
Geyer. the Denver heavyweight.
Norris has been working desperate
ly at he new Polo Athletic associa-
ton ever since he recovered from his
fight with Flynn. Frank Erne and
Others lave been tutoring the Okla
homa man and he is said to have i'm
proved SO per cent since his last pub
lie appearance.
Geyer stands 6 feet 311s inches and
weighs 225 pounds. He has o sew
eral hard battles recently,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-26
BRUSH IN HOsPITAL

Chicago, Oct. 26-John T. Brush,
owner of the New York National
league baseball club, is in Chicago
for medical treatment. His condition
according to DR.. W. L. Tallman, is
better than the latter had expected.
Mr.. Brush said he would remain here
two weeks, go to New York to attend
the National league meeting, and then
spend the winter in San Antonio.
where he was last winter.
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Philadelphia..o 0 8 10000 o-s
New York 80 o o o 3 IL


Two base hits-Doyle 2. Fletcher,
Crandall. Home-run-oldring. pitch.
ing record-Of Marquard, 3 hits in
~ times at bat in 3 innings; off Ames.
= hits in IA times at bat In 4 innings:
on Crandall. 2 hits in II times at bat
IN 3 innings: off Coombs. 8 hits in 81
times at bat in 9 innir gs; off Plank, /
nlt IN . times at bat in N inning.
Sacrifice hits-Snodgrass. Sacrifce
fies-Meyers. Merkle. Stolen bases
Collins, Herzog. Doyle. Barry. left ON
pases-Philadelphia S, New York &.
First base on balls. OFF Coombs. 2: of
Marquard. 1. First base on errors
Phtladelphia. l. Hit by pitcher-By
Coombs (Merkle). Struck out, by
coombs. 8; by Marquard, 2: by Ames.
WHO pitch, Crandall. Time. 1888.
Gmpires. at the plate, KLEIN: on the
bases. Dineen; left field, Conneilv:
right field, Brennan,