Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-07

Socialistic Tusurrectos still camping in
that border town. The driver put on
full speed and drove By, followed, bX
a shower of. bullets Two bufiets
struck the car but no one was hurt.
The car reached Yuma Monday night.
Mrs. Caleb f. Fox, four times wom-
an golf champion Of Philadelphia,
who IS in Boston To play in the Fest
ern championship meeting, carries her
years as lightly rs school girl. For
years she has been known to her in
innate friends as GRANDMOTHER" Fox
because she was the court of last
appeal 10 problems i'm woman's golf.
Now she has brought to Boston
photograph of her daughters baby to
prove her claim to the title Of Grand
mother
Fleyd Mcfarland, the grand daddy
of the bicycle game, is back in Amer
ics. There was a time wncn McFar-
land was king of them all a the
sprint game. and ne is vet to he rock
oned with. Mcfarland has developed
three sprint champions during his
stay in the cycling game, and he is
today trying to uncover another. First
came Orlando Stevens, sensation
sgne few years ago, Next in order
came Iver Lawson, and last Of all
Jackie Clark Stevens and Lawson
have passed out of cycle prominence
while Mcfarland is st.ll travelling
Owe the continen. regularly meeting
with much of his old success on the
wheel Mcfarland says the older he
gets the letter he feels and he be
gins 10 think that he is getting back
to where he was a number of years
ago.
As a result Of a mail vote taken
since the annual spring meeting in
March. Dartmouth College, it was an
nouneed Tuesday, by Secretary Ralph
Morgan of Philadelphia has been ad-
mitted to membership in the Intercol-
iegiate Basketball League, which here
tofore has been composed of five uni
verstties-Yale. Pennsylvania, Prince
ton, Cornell and Columbia The adj
mission of Dartmouth to the league
Is expected to give impetus to the
winter game in New England, the
birthplace of basketball, the game
having been invented in 1891 by Or.
James Naismith. then physical direc.
tor of the Springfield Training School.
The New Hampshire team probably
Will be coached by Harry Hi1iman of
the New York Athletic Club. The In
tercollegiate League will hold a spe-
cal meeting in New York June Is to
rearrange next years schedule.
One life paid the penalty of the 500
mile automobile sweepstakes over the
two and half mile motordrome at In
dianapoiis on Memorial day. and vet
50 common has the sacrifice to the
name Of sport in automobile racing be-
come that it aroused little comment
In fact surprise appeared to be general
that so few accidents occurred, and
conversation turned to this in discus
sing the remarkable struggle-for re-
m9tkable It vas in view of the high
speed developed OF close to Is miles an
hour-rather than to the unfortunate
crushing out Of the life of one of the
mechanicians a death in football two |
years ago raised hue and cry from
one end of the country to the other A
was started TO stamp out the |
game as had been done on two pre-
vious occasions Sermons We're preach
ed men and women held up their |
hands in horror. and Vet automobile |
racing. which invites death and disas- |
ter. goes on without any sign Of pro- |
test worthy Of the name.