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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
AFOlOTBALL GIANT
And How He Was inspired to
Win a Champion Game.
BY ARNOLD TRACY.
copyright. 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciatiop.1

H - .H.saNFEs ~ r. |r
copyright, 1910. by American Press Asso.
ciatiop.l
II have called" said Captain Ben
Tucker Of the Parkinton football. team
to Miss Ethel Storm, ION a matter Of
a very delicate nature"
Indeed" said Miss Storm. opening
q pair Of big brown eyes enfiladed by
long black lashes.
eyes. extremely delicate. Indeed, !
scarcely know how to begin"
There was a pause, during which
Captain Tucker was pumping up his
courage, or, rather, hunting for q way
to state his case that would be least
offensive. Finally. with a last ahem.
he went on:
"You r aware, l suppose. that in a
few days team meets the Stanwig
team in a final try for the seasons
championship"
II an"
"You may be also aware that there
Is one man on whom depends our sue
cess or failure" .
"Who is this Ajax"
perhaps you have heard of Miles
Stanford" d
II am acquainted with him."
II am pleased that you admit the
acquaintance. 1t is a step forward.
Now we shall get on. Mr.. Stanford
is suffering from a mental malady
which renders him unfit for putting
forth his best efforts on the gridiron.
Though the game is near at hand, !
can't get him to practice with any
spirit. He gets the signals mixed.
doesn't remember anything he is told,
and often when he might seize the ball
and carry it untackled to goal he
stands OH the field in a day dream.
When / shout to him he starts as If
suddenly Awakened"
"And may l ASK" said the girl. open
ing wide her beautiful eyes. what all
this has to do with me?"
Captain Tucker, having led up to the
subject in question, being now face to
face with it, was abashed. The girl
would not aid him.
Hes dead in love with you, and
you are standing him of. Why the
dickens can't you give him a sop till
after the game? Then don't care
what you do with him."
Miss Storm controlled a desire to
laugh. The affair between the petite
Miss Storm and the gigantic Mr.. STAN
ford was being watched by the numer'
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
TO CLEAN SINK PIPES.

Simple Method Of Removing cIogsine
Cb-:rr ctions.
Sink pipes often become clo=.cd
with refuse and are hard to Clean
without the proper plumbing tools.
The device shown in the accompanying
sketci, will do the work quite nicely
and can be rugged up by any one. says
Popular Mechanics. Connect a hose
pipe from the BRASS c%lean-out cap a
to the faucet Il. as shown Place n
sheet Of rubber. G, and a block of
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
HoLDuP MEN SECURE $500
Minnesota Wheat Buyer Robbed at
Point Of Pistol.

Carlos, MIMI, Dec. Nv. B. Nelson,
a wheat buyer and farmer, was held
up and robbed of 5000 in this place. al
most on the doorstep Of his Office.
AS Mr.. Nelson was leaving his ele-
vator he extinguished the light. When
he stepped outside the door two
masked men seized him and one
showed a pistol in his face while the
other went through his clothes, taking
all the money he had, about 5000, and
hia watch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
Pullman Porters Organize.

! Chicago, Dec. 2S.-About 200 Pull.
man car porters met in Chicago for
the purpose, it is said. Of forming a
union. The meeting was secret and
very little of the proceedings became
public. The union, when 1t Is fully
organized. will be along the lines Of
labor unions generally and will also
have a death benefit feature.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06

wood over the strainer. BY standing
on the block Of wood to hold in the
water and turning IN the city pressure
at the faucet the obstruction can be
easily washed out. If the hose can
be attached to a hot water faucet the
flow of the hot water will wash out all
grease that may have accumulated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
Mrs. coIfax seriousIy Ul.

South Bend, Ind, Dec. 7.--Mrs. FL.
len Colfax, widow Of Vice President
Schuyler Colfax, is seriously Ill at her
home in South Bend and friends oe
the aged woman are much alarmed
over her condition. Mrs. Colfax haD
been Ill for several weeks.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
DUE TO MISTAKE IN ORDERS

Fatal Collision on the Baltimore n
Ohio.
Parkersburg, W.. Va, Dec. 2S.-TEree
trainmen were killed and three others
injured, one of them probably fatally,
in a collision of two freight trains on
the Ohio River division of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad at MERGERS
Bottom, w. Va.
It is said that the crews of the
trains made a mistake in orders and
that this was the cause of the acct
dent,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06
HAS DEPOSITS Of 100000
New York City Bank Closed by State
Superintendent.

New York, Dec. 28.-Super1ntendent
of Banks. o. H. Cheney has taken pos.
session of the Northern bank of New
York, having nine branches about the
city.
The institution has a capital stock
of $4,000 and had a book surplus
Nov. 10, 1910, of $1S5,965. Its deposits
at that time were $6,912,5S3.
The state banking department has
been conducting an investigation and,
according to Superintendent Cheney,
It was decided to close it because Of
alleged irregular transactions said to
have taken place while the examina-
tion was in progress.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-01-06

store for him. One Of the enemy. tax
ing advantage Of his inertness. passed
the ball to another, who passed 1t to a
third, and this man took it to goal.
wake up" yelled the Parkinton
rooters.
Stanford did wake up and. since
there were but eight minutes left,
made the best use of them. As II to
atoae for her negligence. he swung
himself about. his enemies going down
before him like pygmies. Finally.
when time was called the game stood
IA to 10 in favor Of the Parkintons.
Hercules, instead Of bearing the
world on his shoulders, was borne on
the shoulders of the world. Stanford
was carried off the field by his COM
rades amid the confusion Of a break
ing in on the gridiron by a multitude
Of spectators.
Captain Tucker considered what
could with propriety be done to show
Miss storm the appreciation Of him
self and his team for having saved the
game. He had met with an Icy recep-
ton on trespassing On her private af.
fairs and had no mind to trespass
again. He called q meeting Of the
team and asked for Suggestions. The
result Of the deliberations was that
sthsesams evening Mi sfstom eeceiy4d
boakIJ iiinlaid With METEOROLOGICAL con-
tlil14ntt tenE5p0unds OF candy. NOTHING
q. cA.Als Cd N ~ a.H.IA SAAAtk-A
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16
RULES FOR CARS IN
SOCIABILITY RUN

All cars will start from the JEFF
ferson hotel, going to the east The
first car to leave viii he the official
car, which VIII leave some time In
advance % the competing cars. The
first Con petlng car will leave at S
q clock sharp, and the others at three
minute intervals thereafter Cars VIII
he started off in the order in which
they arrive at the starting point. The
car first at the starting point The
stand on the south side OF Franklin
street. facing east. at the corner of
Adams. The others as they arriva
will fall in behind, leaving an open
ing In front of the hotel entrance
SO as not TO ohstruct traffic. The
line will extend along the next block
west Of the hotel, as farg>as may he
necessary to the west
Following the route book. which
will be given 10 each entrant the
run will be made to Newport News
AZ given average rate Of speed per
hour, the speed rate to be announced
later. BY maintaining this average
throughout the run, the cars will keep
close To the speed fixed upon by the
promoters.
Delays on t6e road from various
causes will be noted by the contest
ants on cards furnished for the pur-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16


MIS- Emmett Shepherd. who will drive
her WHITE gas.,on,fr ,,a- IT,. ssr
~, r.
= ePitsto - 'Hs "i''N woman
VINO mas entered car, bat she Will
not he the only one ~ psrticinate.
-'~'VN '"'' '''@ii '''e A'eiiioet h@S
declared thaf his wife mas insisted
on his taking part IN the outing,
which. when all Is said and done, is
"a pleasure trip.
Mr.. w. II. Adams mas entered his
Hudson car; Mr.. G. NJ. Robinson, his
Mitchell touring car. and Mr.. Thomas
G, Sydnor, Of Rio Vista. his Inter-
state forty,
From Philadelphia came an inquiry
from the Nrit Company. with the
offer OF special entry, but as the
run Is not To be test Of speed nor
q endurance 1t ~ unlikely that the
concern VIII send ear All the way
from Philadelphia Just 10 take part
in soclability run
The social feature vii predominate
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16
big Ed" Walsh is Peevish Over Story
That Fielder Jones Made Him Great

CHICAGO. Aug 15.-"Big Ed"
Walsh. picked by Larry I.aioie as
the greatest pitcher in the American
League, who has made every team IN
the circuit eat from his throwing hand
in the last month. who tanned the
terrible Tigers twice in that time and
suhdued the Athletics. who tote about
a worlds baseball crown. is on the
warpath over a story circulated IN
Western papers TO the effect that he
is dependent on Fielder Jones. This
story says the premier White Sox
pitcher misses the wise counsel of the
former leader OF the white hosed
athletes, and has failed to pitch as
he did In 1908 because he and Jones
are separated. Says Walsh:
This story says that l need Field
er Jones and says my greatest sue
cess was due to the fact that Jones
made me win. The reverse ia true.
made Fielder Jones a. name for
himself in the baseball world, He
came near running my pitching arm
in order to win another pennant in
1908
Il admit Fielder Jones had brains,
but he didn't make me- pitcher.
and he didn't make me- win. l won
because / had tho nerve to battle
ahead in spite Of the hsndicaps that
Jones imposed on me.
4 want to be frank and admit
that Charley Comiskey and Billy
sullivan taught me pretty near every
thing I know about pitching that
have net worked out myself Jones
simply used me, Had IL not been
for using me in SO many games Jones
could not have won pennant in
1906 and he could not have pulled
up where he was in 1908, with hts
httless wonders. | worked in sixty
eight games in 1908 and won forty
one. Ii that wasn't about the limit,
then / would like 10 know what is?
My one hope continued Walsh,
lis that | can do as much TO boost
Hughie' Duffy this year as ! did 10
make name for Fielder Jones in
1908. Duffy is one of the most cap
able managers in the American
League. He 10; the0ehtfai and con-
siderate or his players and has done
moro TO help me than did Fielder
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16

double header tomorrow, weather
permitting.
The Coionels started off as II to
sew the game up at TIE start, showing
across two runs on q free pass. krebs
double and Rockers single. But this
ended the visitors scoring and Peters
burg took the lead III the same inning
with four runs, made by pounding
Brooks and taking advantage Of bone
head plays on the part If LXnchburg
Anthony walked, Booze attempted TO
sacrifice but no one tielded the ball
and the fleet left fielder was safe
Busch sacrificed the two around and
keliher popped Zip an easy one back
OF short. which no one took, Anthony
scoring and Booze going to third Nor
rison tossed the BAH to Mcdonnell
who stood with il in hts hands, stand
ing squarely on the second sack and
allowed keiiher 10 reach that station
ia safety, while watching Morrison
and Brooks clsstEg each other
Manager Stocksdals yanked Melon
nell out and replaced him with Bruck.
LaughHn singled. scoring Booze and
keliher and took third when Spencer
singled Then Bien threw to catch
Spencer and Laughlln scored.
Two more runs in the second cfnch-
ed the game for Petersburg.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16

wants to know who ever told him
he knew baseball payer when he
saw one.
What must be the thoughts ei
Nique Donlin. Johnny King and
Al Bridwell whey they go home these
nights
Mr. Jacksons nam e4sake on the
Boston Rusalers is some base ba II
PLAYER al that
There VAS no change in the Ma
ilenai League standing yesterday.
Who would have thought that Ruhe
Mgrguard would ever have turned
into Richard lie Marquis That's
what comes from winniBg games.
Has anyone word of Bugs Ray
mond?
Young King Cole snakes his head
every time Alexander the Great Ia
mentioned, Wait TIL next year.
says he, Sure II may be Alexander
the Little then. but meanwhile
TIE creased bali curve Is a yir-
ginia League speciality.
Al Texas pitchers nave wet and
dry delivery
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16

ciability run down the new PENN
sula highway Saturday, August 10.
The first two prizes consist OF a
handsome silver cup and an automo-
bile hamper. completely equipped
with china. and the other necessaries,
including thernos bottles. to make an
ideal outfit for a wayside meal
The two second prizes consist Of
an automobile trunk of the most ap-
proved design and thermos lunch
outfit. including bottles and lunch
box in leather castings.
The winners OF the prizes will have
their choice in accordance to the
ruling of Mr.. H. Grim Peck. the
referee Of the race.
As the entries consist OF two
classes. touring cars and runa bouts,
the car in either class that come
nearest TO the standard time set
by the scout car, which will 60 over
the route. in advance. Will have first
choice.
The run is conducted under the
auspices OF the Committee on Con-
tests and Tours of the Richmond
Automobile Club and permission for
holding /, has been granted by the
contest board of the A. A A.
The run VIII celebrate the open
Ing OF the new peninsula highway,
The start will be at the Jeffer-
son hotel, Richmond. and the finish
at the Warwick hotel. Newport News.
At Williamsburg the tourists Will
be met by a delegation FROM New
port News. which WIN escort the
visitors to that city.
All who wish to enter the run may
do so by filing out the accompany
ing coupon and mailing 1t to the
MY >1.tl~ 1l,t, 4
Nirginian or to DR.. III. w. Bassett.
chairman OF the Committee on Con-
tests and Tours of the Richmond
Automobile Club, los West Grace
street. Richmond.
III Grim Peck. Secretary Treasurer
of the Richmond Automobile Club, will
referee the race.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
ROANOKE, VIA, Aug. 1.-THE
Roanoke Tigers crept one game closer
the top to-day BY defeating Norfolk
for the second successive game. Poole
was hammered hard, while Ehrd re-
celyed perfect support Norfolk's two
runs came In the sixth as the result
of singles ny Block and Curtis, staub's
two Dagger and q pass TO Vail. This
vas the only inning in which the
Tars could get d run across. although
they had Ehrd in trouble in the
fourth with men on second and third
and nobody out. The local pitcher
walked the next batter and then struck
out two and forced the third to pop
up 10 Cefalu. Martin Walsh was
elected from the park in the second
inning for kicking when called out
on strikes
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16
Bits of Baseball from the Big Show
for Fans Who Watch the Score Board

+ WASH; the patrnit ,oar tna,
Cobb wasn't ia ~. Imam
-
scha5iar Drake Ia,hnrs pauroar
look any better Than ,ar,e n4,x@,s ra+.
-
Mr.. pfpx godte made .braa-
-
Collins IL becoming "a r,aa.
Collins has gone h.rk tn ~. -
lots BAT thera - Ed6fe ~ N. Ana.
,etteS and Mr. ! CofI,,a 40 .-h,eorf,
Auh
-
MAxha Mr. Corhan bas nnt o,..e
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16
Send in Your Entry for Socabilty Run, Saturday. Now
COLTS PLAY IN FORM AND WIN
PAW
PERFORMS L---PE FROM LYNCHBURG
AND ROANOKE DEFEATS NORFOLK TEAM AGAIN
Especial to The Richmond virginian.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
DANVILLE, VA, Aug. 1b.--Rich
mond won a beautifully played game
from Danvilie to- day. owing to su-
perior work of southpaw Hanks in
the box and tho superb support ac-
corded him. Harry Griffin, for DAN
Vile. pitched fair game, but was
hit consecutively In three innings.
when the visitors scored their quar-
tette OF runs. Danville's score resulted
from Hanks only pass and two Wide
throws.
The four hitr yielded by Hanks
were well scattered, and whenever
Red Leg runner got on, a fast dou-
bic play or phenomenal catch spoil
ed prospects. Wallace starred In field
ing. his catch of Maee's long drive
to right being magnificent cutting
or run, Both teams played in
fine form and the game was quick
and snappy.
Wallaoes two doubles each scored
a run. and two hunts, felders choice
and double steal, followed by Mar
un's single. netted the final brace.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16
HIGHLAND PARK
is TO HAVE GAS.

very large crowd assembled Al
the high school, at the special meet.
ing of the town council of Highland
Park Monday night. Mayor McClue
presided over the meeting with all
of the mem hers present. The special
nheettng waz called FOR the purpose
Of the adoption OF q gas franchise.
The franchise was adopted and will
be advertised and sold. Tho mains
are to be extended from Barton
Heights
The street committee report a. to
concrete and gravel sidewalks was
also adopted They will be laid Al
soon as the plans OF the engineer are
completed. The meeting did not ID.
journ until midnight.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16
APPLE GROWERS TO DISCUSS
SIZE OF THEIR BARREIA

STANTON. VA. Aug 15.-That
very important question having To do
with the size of apple barrels wifi
he discussed at the annual meeting
Of the Augusta county Fruit GrowArof
Association. which will be held In
Assembly Hall on Thursday, August
IT. The very important subjects az
packing and grading will also be cons
sidered, and addresses will be made
by Prof. II. l.. Price and Prof. q. G.
Starcher.
The meeting promises to be un>:
usually interesting. Mr.. W. A. FYatt
and Mr.. W. A. McComb. president and
secretary. respectively, have prepared
an attractive program.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16

pose, giving exact time consumed nv
delay, and the cause of the same
Time of leaving Richmond and time
of arrival at Newport News must be
noted In spaces on cards The actual
time consumed in making the run
viii be computed from these figures.
The time consumed In the various
delays will be allowed to the com
testant. SO that he will not be Obliged
To "scarch" in order 10 reach his
destination by a certain time. Ac-
tual running time only is taken into
consideration, NOT the total time on
the road. To really enjoy a run M
1his kind. speeding IS nor TO be IN
dulsed in. for arrival at destination
too early is just as had as arrival
too late.
Cars will be divided into two
classes, touring cars and runabouts
The former has tonneau and eapa-
bity for four or more passengers, a.
runahouts are classed all cars OF two.
three. or four passenger capacity.
without tonneau. Touring cars to
carry at least four passengers. and
runabouts TO carry at least two pas
sengers. or ballast at the rate OF ls5
pounds per passenger.
Four prizes In all are offered. one
first and one second In each class
The car making the run in the near.
est approximate time 10 the time es-
"a biished, in each class. Is the win
ner for that class; the second best
time, in each class. wins the second
prize. OF the two tirsts, the one most
closely approximating the set time
will have first choice of the first
prizes, the other first prize TO 20 TO
the first in the other elias s. The sec
end prizes will be awarded in the
same way.
Drivers will see that all blanks are
filed out on their running cards So
that the referee can make his report
soon after the run lis finished
II is hoped that the members Of the
party will not lose sight Of the fac,
that in this case the first one to ar
rive may lose his chance OF winning
by getting in too early.
FOUR PRIZES UP
FOR CARS IN RUN
-Four prizes have been donated by
! The Richmond Eirginian for the So
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16
New Dates For Motorboat Trials.

NEW YORK, August 1.-THE
elimination trials to select three
motor boats to meet the British chai-
lengers for the British international
cup, have been postponed from Au-
gust Is. II and 10 TO August 80 and
81 and September l. The cup races
Will be held on Huntington Bay on
September 4. 5 and 8. The postpone
ment was decided upon at meet
ing yesterday of the Motor Boat Club
of America. On account OF the labor
trouble in England the Britishers
were unable to have their boats ship
ped In time 10 reach here by the
dates originally fixed for the pre-
liminary contests
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16

Continued from First PageD
eeive the time cards and settle any
questions that may arise On the route.
Electric in Run.
4 notable feature OF the run VIII
the this entry Of the Baker electric.
Mr.. Richards SAYS he does not eA~
beet re *58l It prize, hut he intends
to show automobile people that the
Baker is something cf q touring car
as well as q city turnout Mr.. O r.
henderson of the Baker Company.
is in Richmond. ard he IS much In
terested in the trip. He says that he
Viii endesvor to stay over for the
run.
President kline. of che Kline Kar''
Company. Will be in Richmond to-
Gay. and he undoubtedly VIII stop
over and make the trip IN one Of
the Kline ears.
The rules for the run follow:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16
O'BRIEN LASTS FOUR
ROUNDS WITH NEGRO

NEW YORK. Aug. i5.-They can't
come back.
This inexorabie law OF the prize
ring claimed another foolish victim
tonight, when Philadelphia Jack
O'Brien tried to overcome the rtxid
rule After tour rounds the one
time pride OF Philadelphia lay prone
on the ropes. Referee Charley White.
who has seen them all come and 70.
raised his hand, and 1t was over sam.
ael Langford. black OF color, but with
the strength OF an OK, grinned. After
chasing O'Brien for three rounds ne
had caught him In the fourth and 10
was all over
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16
NEWPORT NEWS LADY
BREAKS HIP IN EAIloa

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Aug. IT,
Miss Katherine Pitman fell and broke
her hip at her home at lilo Twenty
eighth street Yesterday afternoon. Dr.
George ]. Williams was summoned.
and he had the injured girl moved
To the Elizabeth Buxton Hospital. Al
though the injury was very painfuL
1t is not thought to be serious, and
Miss Pitman is reported as resting
easily.
The accident was caused by Ms
Pitman making misstep in descen6.
ing the stairs leading from the porch
of their home TO the street. Gh&a
fell down several steps and landed o.
the pavement below. #
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-16

Jones. who was with us a longer pes
Rod OF time
Here is the story in part to which
Walsh has taken exception, printed
in Western paper near Fielder Jones'
home this week.
That Ed Walsh isn't nearly 50
effective as he was in 1908 IL unaut-
mously agreed over the American
League circuit. but every team that
has batted against the White Gox
star this season says he shows flashes
Of his old form. The secret Of Waisl1.S
1908 success was due largely to
Fielder Jone.' long baseball head
Walsh had to pitch as Jones ordered
when he was at the height of his
power"