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New-York tribune., 1911-01-18

Columbia will enter two teams In the
one mile relay race for the collegiate
championship of the city. which will be
run at the Postoffice games on Saturday
evening OF this week. The Blue and White
quartet won the race last year, and Bernie
Wefers. the coach, decided, yesterday that
two teams would help Columhia's chances
The first team will be headed by II. 5
Babcock. captain of the varsity track
team and national champion in the pole
vault. It will be his first appearance as
a quarter miller since he came to Column
bia, three years ago, but Wefers expects
him TO make a good showing.
Babcock has a habit of varying from one
event TO another, as in his freshman year
he scored in the broad jump in the inter
collegiates, last year in the pole vault
and now has taken to the track. The other
three members Of the first team are: X. X
Stewart II, r. Morgan II, and I. A.
Patton IL
The second combination is composed Of
G. S. Kearney II, +. Mcdonald a. W. W.
Renwick II and T. +. Sullivan IA.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-18

GENERAL VEHICLE CO., sos Fifth Ave-
Commercially.
HEALEY CO., 1854 Broadway-(Pleas-
ure).
LANSDEN CO., 54 Lackawanna Ave,
ark-(CommerciaD.
RAUCH G. LANG, 40s Broome ST.
(Pleasure).
New-York tribune., 1911-01-18
The lineup follows:

Columbia l22). Position. Princeton 12.
Eiendl captain) LEFT forward ............ Felt
salisbury Right forward ....... Carter
JaqucS. Centre .tcaptain) y. Hughes
iCe............... Left guard .....,.... X ahler
Benson. a........,..., Right guard +. G. Hughes
Field goals-Felt 80. Benson a. Salisbury (2),
JaqUcs. Lee. Carter. Foul Roals-Carter 49,.
Tal. Kicrdl Cp Refcroc-Thorpe. Columbia.
Time Of haves--2O minutes each.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-18

STUDEBAKER BROS. co. OF N. Y
Broadway and 4sth St-(Pleasure and
Commercially.
WARD MOTOR VEHICLE CO.. Concord
Ave. and St Mary's St-(CommerciaD.
WAVERLY CO. 342 Flatbush Ave. Brook.
lyn-(Pieasure and Commercially.
WOODS MOTOR VEHICLE CO.. 6S7 West
66th st. -(Pleasure).
New-York tribune., 1911-01-18

Columbia football rose from its grave
for a moment, yesterday. and presented
the sum of 1863 rs 10 the Columbia Uni
versity Athletic Association, to be used as
the beginning of a permanent fund for the
announcement Of athletics on Morning
side Heights.
The money was handed over by the trus-
tees of the $4,000 football fund, which was
recently placed in the hands of the Column
bia trustees. and was small balance
which was left over after the main amount
had been disposed Of according to the pro-
visions OF the trust
The amount received, yesterday, will be
kept by the athletic association as the
neucleus Of an endowment fund, and what
ever interest can be squeezed out of II
will be used in paying the expenses of the
various Blue and White teams. Any
further manifestations Of a similar char
acter will be welcomed by the associa-
ton
New-York tribune., 1911-01-18
SPORT DOOMED
Columbia Puts Ban on Lacrosse
as 1t Did on Football.
CAUSE, LACK OF INTEREST
Trustees Get Last Little Bit of
Money Left Over from
Gridiron Fund.

Lacrosse was abolished at Columbia Uni
versity yesterday, and the manager-elect
was directed TO notify the other members
Of the northern division of the intercol-
leriata league that the Blue and White
would be without. team, for tine coming
season at least.
The game was dropped because of the
lack Of interest shown in il by the stu
dents and the poor showing made al a
recent meeting, when only twenty-five men,
most of them small, agreed TO try for the
team IL the sport were continued.
For the last two or three years Columbia
has made a poor showing in lacrosse, and
when Captain-elect Swallow left college last
fall tha directors Of the General Athletic
Association decided to abolish the sport IL
enough good men did not announce their
willingness to come out for practice in the
spring.
on the other hand, II a large number did
agree 10 come out the athletic association
nromised 10 engage a Canadian coach, but
even that promise failed t. produce the
kind Of men for whom the association was
looking. a meeting of the directors yes
terday afternoon settled the question by
abolishing the sport for the present.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-18
The Electric Is the Car
AUTOMO MOBIlES.

through the country as fast you want to 60
without losing the beauty of the scenes around you
and as far as You can 60 GOO miles more) with
out getting tired out.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-18
ANY ONE CAN DO IT

child-the most tmid woman-an elderly
person-any one. can run an electric without the
least difficulty Yet the head Of the family will en-
Joy running it fully much his wife and children
You can have all this at very reasonable ex.
pense; you will probably be surprised to learn how
little all this enjoyment and benefit will cost YOU
There are all types OF Electrics Broughams
Coupes, Runabouts, Victorias, Roadsters. Why not
ask us for further information?
FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES
The electric truck and delivery wagon are Just
as superior in THEIR line as the electric pleasure
New-York tribune., 1911-01-18

1t gives you the handiness, the time-saving
the enjoyment, the increased health, OF motoring OF
driving with all the disagreeable features left out
New-York tribune., 1911-01-18
PLEASURE WITHOUT TROUBLE

With an electric, you get your pleasure free
from trouble, you can have your spin in the fresh,
pure air without fussng with dirty machinery or
working in an ill-smelling garag.-
The electric is ready yhen you are. You
take your place and you're Off &lently, smoothly,
swiftly. threading your way with perfect through
the most crowded city traffic stopping and starting
without the slightest trouble. Or you go flying
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01

Powell of San Francisco passed up a
chance to make an unassisted triple play
in the game with Sacramento October L.
1t would have made two in the Coast
League for the season, but Powell allow
ed Capt Mohler to participate with him.
1t happened with Price on first base and
Kern on second Price was running for
Lerchen. Hunt sent a drive between
left and center. 1t looked like a sure
hit but Powell. who was playing close
went in after 1t. He knocked down the
ball with his left hand, and after Juggling
a moment finally clinched it in his right
hand In the meantime Kern was almost
home and Price had rounded second and
was bearing down upon third. Powells
sprint carried him close to second He
could have reached the bag before Price
returned and touched it,, completing the
triple play but he tossed the ball to
Mohler instead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01

Norris of Tech showed himself to be
by far the best punter who has been
brought out in the high school series
this year. In the game Yesterday he got
away long, low spiralS which were very
| difficult 10 handle and which gated lots
| Of ground for Tech.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01

Pennsylvania coaches are now more at
sea than ever. as several of the substi-
tutes seemed to do better work against
State than the regulars. Minds was one
instance of this, and he will probably
get regular place on the eleven because
of his great playing Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01
BOWLING BATTLES.
NATIONAL. CAPITAL. DUCKPIN LEAGUE
lott
547 SO Totals. 40 423 1874

DUCKPIN LEAGUE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01
Grania Makes Good.

Grania, at to !. with Schuttinger up
was heavily played, and he made good
beating Michael Angelo. 31a to l, by a
length. Shelby was only able to show
Grania ran the distance in track-record
time.
The last race was a selling one at one
and one-eiShth miles. 1t was won bv Joe
Kenyon. the publcs choice who beat
Blackford, a second choice. by a length
Helene got third money The race was a
fast one Darkness was controlling and
only those who had night glasses could
distinguish the colors when the horses
We're racing on the back stretch.
An automobile race at ten miles was
made the fifth event. Six racing automo-
biles entered. Everybody was in a specu-
latiVe mood and the bookmakers marked
up odds on the auto drivers chances
When they got to the post something
went wrong with the Marquette Buick
machine. and 1T was drawn. 1t was n
favorite in the betting, and when it was
drawn all bets We're declared Off
Warren, driven by Barker won from
start to finish. He beat the Cole by more
than a half mile. The others were far
behind. The finish was in this order:
Cole. 30-hp. Campbell ........a
Washington, 30hp. HilD. .. =
Oldsmoble tKessler, 4
REQ, 0hp tSuart, did not finish.
The time Of the ten-miIe run was as fol-
lows:
1.22. 24o s.51. 500. e1s. 7.so. s4s, $50,
HOS, 1922.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01

Pennsylvania will have to show a more
varied attack if they are to have any
chance at all of making ground next Sat
urday against the Indians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01

Wagonhurst who is putting up such a
fine game for Lafayette, is a brother of
the Otto Wagonhurst who played on
PENIS team in '94 and %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01
Punts From the Gridiron.

Michigan played in luck Saturday. as
from reports she was rather outplayed
by the Vanderbilt eleven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01

II cannot be remembered Wien the Tech
team has not had a good punter one a BILE
TO outkick any of his high school op-
ponents > or 10 yards TO the man. at
least, on the average. Under the present
game that means a great deal.
The fact that HecoX is able to develop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01
LAUREL ENDS MEET
Plate Glass Wins the ANNAPOLIS
Handicap.
EFFICIENCY TAKES FIRST
Ten-Mile Automobile Event Goes to
the Warren Machine-Joe Ken
yon a Victor.

The Laurel meeting closed yesterday
Win DAY OF good racing. The feature
was the Annapolis handicap at six fur
iolss' 10 winch the association added
s-"V' making 1t worth $271O to p. S. p.
1.ahooiph' owner of Plate Glass, the win
Aihs morse o. W. Scott. owner of Martin
w Lttieton. who finished second, got
SZn, and James r. Keene, owner of
Hilarious, got 500
Neshts We're announced three days
prior to the race. Fourteen accented or
these Eagle Bird. Capsize. Apache. Helen
barpee, Lawton Virgins and Mailman
scratched, leaving field of eight.
Inc race was pretty one to look at a $
Wei as II was good one to speculate on
AZ the start Bosom dashed To the front
and ran In the lead to the head of the
nome stretch. Plate Glass was his near
est contender the first part and then
Goldstein eased his mount I'D and trailed
Guy Fisher. who moved up to second
place. When three fourths Of the dis
lance was run Plate Glass moved up to
second place and Guy Fisher closed up. a
beaten horse. Hilarious had moved from
fifth to third place when the final run in
The stretch was made. In driving fin
ish Plate Glass won by a head from Mar
TN w. LittletOn, who came strong in the
last few strides and beat out Hilarious
Tor the place The latter beat Bosom by
two lengths.
me hrSt was a selling affair, and in
this only one, Feramorz, scratched. Eff
ficiency, the favorite. won ,y running five
and half furlongs. in 107 80 track
record time. Camellia set the pace TO the
stretch run, from where Efficiency and
Republican beat her Efficiency won by
nearly length. while Republican, in
drive, beat Camellia half length
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-01

One OF the factors which worked great
~ against Western was that IL was out
generated to a great extent. The Tech
quarter proved much the wiser in his
choice OF plays than did Westerns.
Western was gaining through the Teen
line fairly well. and once down inside Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
IOWA PLAYS WELL
AGAINST PURDUE
uncorks Great Football In Last TWO
Quarters and Win,
II to 0.

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LA FAYETTE, Ind. Nov. 11.-After
having the edge on Pnsd.c during
the first tMc quarters, ),t sa.ling to
searc. .he University 4 Iowa elevet
urcurked E ire of the -, tocthall
ever seen Ct, Stuart field daring ts"
last half of the game this afternoon
and humbled the boiler-makers, IL to
o. O'Hrien scored twice on drop
kicks, ard McGinnis was pushed over
for a touchdown after Murphy had
carried tho Lall down within striking
distance of the Purdue goal by a SER
les of long runs
Iowa excelled in ground gaining
throughout the battle, although Pur'
due put up stubborn defense. OH,
Ehant's run of rs yards through the
entire Iowa team, only to be downed
on the Iowa nineteen yard line by
Ney was the spectacular play of the
game, Murphy was the star for Iowa
hitting the boilermaker's line for gair
after gain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
ILLINOIS PLAYED
INDIANA TO A TIE
Good Battle Staged at indianapolis
In Which Gill, Roberts and
Dillon Star.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 11.-Indiana
and Illinois battled to a scoreless tie
here this afternoon in a game that
was marked by the brilliant work of
Captain Gill, half back for Indiana,
and Captain Roberts and Dillon, the
two Him halfs Neither team could
gain consistently and punting was fire.
quent. Gill excelling.
Indiana frequently tried drop kicks
during the last half of the battle, but
a strong wind carried them all wild.
The forward pass was used success
fully by Illinois for several short
gains. The Him backs showed a
tendency to tumble at critical periods
in the game.
Honors during the first half OF the
clash rested with the Orange and
Blue, but Indiana came back strong in
the last half and the Crimson eleven
had the better of the argument. Ten
thousand people witnessed the game.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Early School Cocks.

The horn book Invented in 1850 and
used considerably up to the close OF
the eighteenth century was the usual
textbook OF the elementary school. A
chin slab of hard wood was covered
with parchment, on which was printed
the capital and small letters. numerals
and some elementary syllables and
words.
Over this thin sheet OF transpar-
ent cows horn was placed and firmly
bound so that no moisture could pens
trate. To this the Bible and the sam
pier on whicl little girls painfully
stitched the letters of the alphabet.
some Cody saying" and border OF
herring stitch or some conventional
pattern OF impossible flowers and foil,
age and the legend Mary Smith. her
sampler" or the like, were about all
that the children used up to the be.
ginning Of the eighteenth century
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12

NEW YORK, Nov 11.--There's a
new dance in the East Side 'acad-
cmies' brought direct from Newport
this very week by n second violinist
who played in an orchestra up there
which is threatening to put the
Grizzly Bear the Gorilla" the
"Oceana' Rolf and other contortion-
istic movements out of business.
It's called The Leap Frog" and tel
egraphic news confirms the fiddler's
report that Mrs. Reggie Vanderbilt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hartman and
Mrs. William Grosvenor had their
guests dancing it at recent functions.
You make it like one of them green
croakers which you could see in the
summer time by the water lakes,
y'understand," explained the violinist
Gives the orchestra kind OF a croak
way down on the G string; then you
hop and wave your paws like to swim
gents and ladies both; then partners
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
GRIDIRON TRANSFORMED
INTO A SEA OF MUD
Marquette-south Dakota Football
Game Was Played Under Great
Handicap.
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[Gate City Leased Wire Service
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov. Ina
ture conspired this afternoon to make
the Marquette-South Dakota football
game one of the most unique ever seen
in this section. A perfect torrent OF
rain almost a cloudburst, swept over
the field just before the first half
ended. and forced postponement be
cause the players could hardly sec
where they we're going, much less run
on the flooded field. The last half
was played after the first downpour
had subsidized, but in the midst of a
driving rain that made the ground a
sea of mud
Marquette proved the better mud
gamers and beat South Dakota, II to 0
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Indians Were the Better

The better team won. In spite OF
several beaming smiles which Dame
Fortune gave to Harvard, the eleven
as an eleven and as individuals could
not see them, although the smiles
were bright.
Fisher, Wendell and Smith did not
start the game for harvard because it
was decided to take no chances on
their getting injured with Dartmouth
making call next week. These three
men were thrown in at the last min
ute when 1t looked as though Harvard
might, with them in the lineup, exc
out victory The only difference seen
when these regulars went in was a
change in Carlisle's style of play.
Several of the old time double passes
from end to end, or end to half, were
worked with great success. The In
dians, contrary to expectations, tried
the forward pass but once, and then
went back to the double pass. Harry
ard got away with three nice forward
passes, but was soon stopped.
d
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
All There, Chappie! Can
You Dance the Leap Frog?

grab at each other and hop together
1t was tried at one of the big "acad-
emies' on Grand street last night and
rapidly spread to several other places.
The eX-Newport fiddler rehearsed the
"spielers,' and finally said they were
just so good already as the cottagers
at the summer capital
1t appears that the fisdler's descrip-
ton was pretty good one, according
to the dispatches. The dance begins
with sort of two-step, Then at a
premonitory croak-a mucous discord
from the orchestra, the partners sep
arate about six feet. With each sub
sequent croak they hop toward each
other waving their arms as in a swim
ming stroke. At the last croak they
come together and resume the two
step.
AT some of the very private parties
1t is said they leap over each other, as
school boys do in the game OF leaf
frog.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Stages MEN
GET A VICTORY
Northwestern's Purple coIors Lowered
by Score of 8 to 3 in
Civil War.
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[Gate City Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Nov. 11.-Despite game
fight, Northwestern's purple colors
we're lowered by the Maroons this
afternoon, 9 to 3. Stages team made
their first touchdown two minutes af-
ter the kickoff, blocked kick af-
fording the opportunity. Then the
Northwestern eleven took a brace, and
until the last quarter fought success
fully to ward off further scoring,
meanwhile annexing field goal
through Linn's trusty toe. In the
fourth quarter, despite desperate fight.
ing, Chicago got within kicking dis
lance of the purple goal and Scruby
dropped the oval over for the only
other score.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
MICHIGAN WAS
DEFEATED BY CORNELL
Yosts' Men Lost Big Game in Contest
Marked by Old style
Play.
[Gate city Leased Wire Service /

IIate Slty bedSeu WlTe soelNiIs.j
ITHACA, N. Y, Nov. Michigan
came east today and went away de-
feated. The REQ and White team scor-
ed lucky win, however In the third
period, Captain Munk blocked punt
and Frulze fell On the ball behind
Michigans goal for touchdown. An
easy goal was kicked. That ended the
scoring. The game was a kicking
one throughout, the Ithacans having
the better of the punting. During the
last half of the game, Michigan was
outplaved witt the Red and White
keeping the ball in the visitors terri
tory all the time.
Old fashioned football marked the
contest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Ames. IS: Cornell, o.

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AMES, Iowa. Nov. lin driving
gale and without the services of Chap
pell at end and Captain Harte in the
hack field, the Cyclones were only
able to score one touchdown on Cor
nell but Burke kicked three field goals
in the second quarter and brought
the score up to 10 to 0. The Cyclones
only touchdown came when Rutledge
recovered a punt and Hurt went for
90 yards to the Cornell 2 yard line
from where Burge slipped across for
touchdown.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Keokuk Best Baseball Talent Figures in Big Deal Afoot
) ~><>~>~>>%>% I
FOOTBALL RESULTS.
: $4,000 80 :

At Princeton-Da Dartmouth o; Prince.
ton 8.
At New Haven-Brown o; Yale Is.
AT Cambridge Carlisle Is; Har-
ward Is.
AT ithaca Michigan O; Cornell 6.
At delphia-Lafayette 6; U. of
P. "a.
At Amherst Worcester Poly s;
Amherst 10.
At West Point-Bucknell 2; Army
90
At Annapolis-Western Virginia o;
Navy so,
At Worcester Colby 0; Holy Cross
o.
At State College Colgate 8; Penn.
State II.
AT Bethlehem-Lehigh 2; swarth-
more 8.
At Syracuse Vermont 0; Syracuse
16.
At Brunswick Bowdoin o; U. OF
Maine Is.
At Evanston-C Chicago 8; North
western 8.
i AT Lafayette-Purdue o; Iowa IL.
At indianapolis 0; Illinois
/; 0.
At Akron-western Reserve o.
Buchtell 0.
/ AT cincinnati-Uni of Chit
10; Denison 0.
i At Cleveland-Case 16; Wesleyan 6
At Columbus-Ohio State "a; Ken
yon O..
At Nashville-vander 1s; Ken
lucky State 0.
At Lake Forest-Lake Forest 6
Detroit 5.
At Lincoln-Nebraska %; Doane
At st. Louis-Washington U. 5
} Missouri 5.
At Lawrence, Kansas Oklahoma 5
Kansas 0.
At Lansing, Mich.-M. A. G. 26; Nj
Union g.
At Terre Haute-W Wabash II; Ros
Poly g.
, At Richmond. Ind.-Earlham 80
:. Butler g.
: At Des Moines-D Drake G; Crime
! 0.
: At Ames-state College Is; Co
nell 0.
= At Des Highland Park q
: Ellsworth College II.
!. At Colorado Springs, Colo.-Col'
: RADIO College 6; Utah is.
! At Denver-Denver 8; Colorad
:, School of Mines O.
: At Boulder Colo-University {
!. Colorado 81; Colorado Aggies 0.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
Substitutes to Cover.

Harvard started with what was
called a substitute team, but before
the game was over, the coach, Haugh'
ton, was trying to catch the red men,
but there was no use.
For Harvard, Reynolds, Morrison
and Mcguire starred. Hollister gAt
the credit of tieing up the score IA
the first period with pretty fed
goal from the Indians so yard !ine
and Reynolds put the Crimson in the
lead in the second period when he
was sent through his own right guard
for a touchdown. He tore through an
unguarded spot and after being trip
ped once and prone on the ground
turned over, regained his feet and
sprinted for ten yards for touch
down. Morrison kicked an easy goal
/ Harvard was BANKED in the thiro
period. In the last period, Storer, the
big Harvard center, set the stands IN
an uproar and gave Harvard new hope
when he gobbled the ball after a poor
kick by Thorpe was blocked; and raj
AZ yards for touchdown. Fisher kick
ing an easy goal. This brought the
score to IS to Is.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-12
BETS ON WRESTLING
MATCH DECLARED OFF
Referee r. L. / alta of Montrose Was
In Conference With Principals
Saturday.

All bets on the Hennemaan-Porter
wrestling match, which was stagoo
Thursday evening, We're declared Off
Saturday by Referee r. l.. Latta OF
Montrose after conference with the
principals and their managers in this
city. There was considerable betting
on the outcome Of the affair, and 1t
was in Justice to those parties that
the decision was reached The gate
receipts went to Porter, but Henne-
mann will not lose substantial SIDE
bet. This was agreeable to both par
ties. The decision also clears up the
situation for those who participated
Ia the betting.