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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
GOLF.

The year 1911 was memorable in golf
through the breaking down of precedent in
two Of the three national championship
tournaments. Early In the season j. j. Nc
Dermott, the Atlantic City homebred, gath
cred to himself lasting fame by winning
the open title at Chicago. Up to that time
the feat OF beating the Scots at their own
game had been beyond the reach of the
American pros
On the other hand. native Americans
were all compelled to dofr their hats 10
Harold II. Hilton, the BritllL who came
here alone TO have try at the amateur
championship. How well he succeeded in
that tournament at Apawamis is still green
in the memory OF all followers OF the
game. He first won the low score medal
In the qualifying round and then went
through the match play, thereby proving
equally strong at both departments Of the
game. This marked the first time that the
United States Golf Association amateur
title had not been won by a resident player.
Although the men failed to keep the
Havemeyer Cup here. the women In a
measure atoned for this by retaining pos
session Of the Robert Cox trophy. emblem
attic Of the national championship. After
winning for two consecutive years, Miss
Dorothy Campbell. originally native Of
North Berwick, Scotland, but latteriy a
resident OF Canada, lost in the national
event at Baltusrol. Miss Campbell was de-
feated by Miss Margaret Curtis, Of Boston
in the semi-fnal round. The last named.
by the way. won the title. defeating the
far driving Miss Lillian B. Hyde, Of this
city. in the decisive match.
Taking It all in all. the year proved a
record breaker Besides the unusually long
list Of important meetings, which began
early and continued until the end Of No
vember, the quality was also in evidence.
A case in point was the brilliant perform
ance OF Gilbert Nichols in the Metropoli-
tan open at Englewood. The Wilmington
professional finished with 66 for his fourth
eghteen-hole round and returned total OF
81 for the seventy-two holes, the lowest
score ever made in an open championship
tournament. either here or abroad
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TRACK ATHLETICS.

Americas track and field athletes did re-
Ynarkable work during the year OF lSIL'
brilliant performances were the rule rather
tban the exception at all the important
,oeets National and worlds records fell
before the irresistible attacks, and many
marks laden with the venerable Dust OF
decades were ruthlessly torn from the shelf.
The running of John Paul Jones, X, =.
Craig. Tel Berna and George Bonhag; the
hammer throwing Of Matthew McGrath,
and the all round work Of Platt Adams
wore among the notable features Of the
year.
As previously mentioned the worlds one
mile amateur record Of AIS %, established
hv Jones. Of Cornell stands out as the
rnoet brilliant performance Of the season.
Owing 10 the fact that several Of the
rscords were shattered more than once
clearer idea Of what was accomplished may
be had by reviewing the work chronology
cally.
NJ d Huysman and NJ. ]. Reilly, of the
''Irish-American A c., won the honor Of
boine the first to score. On February A. in
New York. they ran ten miles In relays
covering the distance in A minutes $40
seconds. which established national hgures
At the same meet their clubmate Robert
e. Fller. ran seventy yards over the low
hurdles in 8 % seconds, equalling the mark
held By his brother John.
b., Con Walsh, Of the New York A C., was
s. The next contributor. on February Is ne
threw the 56-pound weight Is feet IL inches
for height, lettering the indoor mark ana
.sve DAYS later. in Boston. relay team
made Up Of II. Lee F. P. O'Hara' W. =
,peout and Z. K. Merrihew ran 1850 YARDS
3n g minutes SIS seconds, as against the
hest previous time Of 3 minutes s 2-5 sec
-ords. BY a Harvard quartet.
George Gould!ng. Of Canada, took the
sootlieht on February 2. Walking IN
,ifsuItless form. he heel-and-toed one mile
'ir 8 minutes 291-5 seconds, at Buffalo. TAX
ing from T. Murray the former record or
& minutes . 3-5 seconds, which had stood 70
his credit since 1871
Again IN Buffalo. On March 3, Cornell
team composed Of i. Finch h. n Put
nam. J. p. Jones and T. Berna' ran four
foiles IN l7:43 3-5. slicing over fourteen sec
.or6s from the old mark Of l7;58, made by
an Irisn-American \. c. relay quarter IN
,es on the next day in New York. George
ronbag added 10 his many records by COW
erire 90 metres IN the then worlds record
time Of SEP %.
Gouldiug furnished another Of his ster-
Ing walking records in Brooklyn on March
a Whel ne put TWO miles behind him in
1915 i-s. roobing r. Murray of the mark
which ne had held since 1884 When he
covered the distance in 1913 S-5. On April
Z IN Buffalo. f. y. McNally, j. Rosenber-
ger. J. T. sullivan and A. Kiviat, running
sss an AIl-New York relay, team, lowered
from 1925 10 7:3s 2-5. the medley race
record In this race the four men ran
20 40. $50 yards and one mile respectively
y Another indoor mark was made by Au-
gust House and Frank McNaliy, In New
york, on April 22 when they travelled 10
wards in q three-legged race in z AS, beat
Inc c. Hall and Picrce's records OF S2-6.
= The Pennsylvania relay carnival. the
opening Of the outdoor season on May IN
Philadelphia, was marked BY the sprinung
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were prosperous. Nearly eight million
fans" saw the games played. The Ma
tional League outdrew the American
League by nearly four hundred thousand.
The parent organization showed an in
creased attendance or about four hundred
thousand over 1910, and the American
League an increase OF about two hundred
thousand. The New York Giants were the
biggest Drawing card in either league. the
attendance at the Polo Grounds being
S755O, as compared to S77.S0o for the
Yankees at American League Park. The
Chicago Cubs We're the second biggest
drawing card. with 1860. and the White
Sox third. with 1920.
The figures follow:
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Leading Records Of q
Record Breaking Year

twenty Ave years or more. He covered ono
mile in GEO is, two miles In 13:45 Id ana
three miles In 20:59 3-5.
Olambala. a thoroughbred horse. raced
one mile and three sixteenths In 1857 To-
setting new American record which
amounts to a worlds record. Prisciiiian
eouaIIed tho six-furlong mark set oy
Chapultepec by running the distance In
III.
Tel Bernn, Of Cornell. ran two miles Id
e.251-5 q new American record.
Herrick drove a National car ZOE miles
at an average speed Of 74.62 miles an hour.
establishing a new worlds record for road
racing.
Ublan trotted a mile over half-miie
track at Goshen in 2:02 s-4, new WORLDS
mark.
&. NJ Daniels swan 200 metres In Z:Zo'
n worlds record and $50 yards In 1;Sz 30.
Harry Hebner fairly dashed fifty yards
through the water in O:24 40, breaking
the mark Of O:26 is set previously oy
Daniels. James Reilly swan one milo out
doors in 25:4O 2-5, another new record.
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Records Topple in O
Great Year for Sports
Who's Wbo in the
World of Sport

The Philadelphia Athletics, winners Of
the worlds baseball championship, for the
second year in succession, by defeating
the Giants. who captured the National
League remnant; also Christy MathewsOn,
big Chief" Bender, Ty Cobb and Frank
Baker.
John Paul Jones, George " Bonhag and
Matthew McGrath. who made track and
field athletic, history.
wild Bob Burman, who made the au-
tomobile records fly: Ralph milford. who
won the Vanderbilt Cup in a LGzier car.
and David Buce-Brown. who won the
Grand Prize race in a Fiat car.
William A. Larned, seven-time winner OF
the national lawn tennis championship;
also Raymond ID. Little and Gustave +.
Touchard, winners Of the national doubles
title.
Harold II. Hilton. winner of the national
amateur golf championship and holder of
the title In Great Britain; j. j. McDer-
mott, first home bred 10 win open cham
pionship, and Miss Margaret Curtis, win
ner Of the womene national title.
Charles NJ Daniels. the swimming mar
vel of the year and age, now retired.
Willie Hoppe. holder of the worlds bill
lard championship at 1911 and 1872.
Princeton, which won the so-called col
Iege championships on gridiron and dia-
mond.
Frank Gotch. worlds heavyweight wrest-
ling champion, Who Game back" but now
says he has retired once more.
Jack johnson. the heavyweight boxing
champion of the world, and Ad WOlgast,
the lightweight champion.
Alfredo De Orc, holder of the worlds
continuous pool championship and high
run record of 81.
Cornell, which was supreme In college
rowing and winner of the intercollegiate
track and field championship games and
the hockey title.
Uhlan. the first real two-minute trotter
of the light harness turf and maker of
more new records in 1911.
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wild Bob" Burman drove his BiitLen
Benz automobile over, one-mile stretch
I'm 25. 40 seconds. or at the rate Of fraction
over al miles an hour.
John Paul Jones. Of Cornell. ran one
mile in AIS rs, setting a worlds amateur
record and breaking the long standing
mark Of 4:15 S-5. made by Tommy Conner.
George V. Bonhag ran three miles In
1882, supplanting Willie Days mark OF
1880, made In 1890. He also lowered the
3.O0O-metre record twice. finally placing the
mark at 8:35 on December IS.
Matthew McGrath threw the sixteen
pound hammer 1877 feet 4 inches, smashing
the worlds record OF 1874 feet inches,
held by Flanagan. Not satisfied with this,
he tossed the ffty-siX pound weight 40 feet
6 3-S inches. breaking a mark previously
set by Z. Macdonald.
Ralph c. Craig ran EGO yards in Fl LIS
seconds. equalling the worlds record made
by Bernard j. Wefers.
George Goulding shattered three worlds
walking marks which had stood for
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pion Of the world, still goes along appar-
emily as invincible as ever. Attell has met
all the best boys in the class. and has yet
to meet his master.
AS the year draws to its close the cham =
pions Of the respective classes are: Heavy
weight, Jack Johnson; middleweight, open;
welterweight, the Dixie Kid; lightweight
Ad WOlgast: featherweight. Abe Attell, and
bantamweight, Johnny Couon.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

Princeton won the so-called college foot
ball championship by defeating Harvard.
Dartmouth and Yale in order. 1t is not
necessary at this time 10 review the more
or less unsatisfactory season in detail. as
II is still so fresh in mind, but the rules
came In for much adverse criticism be-
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-06-20
SOCIETY HOLDS
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
SOCIETY HAS ENJOYED a MOST
SATISFACTORY YEAR.
Decides to Renew Scholarship in Al
len Home at Ashville, N. c.

The annual meeting Of the Women's
Home Missionary society of the Han
cock Methodist church was held last
evening at the home of Mrs. George
III. Roberts I'm West Hancock. at which
reports for the past years were sub
mitted and officers elected for the en-
suing year. The reports indicated a
most satisfactory state of affairs fl
nancially and the amount of the mite
box contributions To have been the
largest ever reported the total being
S29.73. IL was decided by the society
To take another scholarship I'm the Al
len school for colored girls at Ashville.
N. c., this being the fourth year that
the society has maintained this scholar
ship.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are as follows: President, Mrs.
w. e. Marvin; vice president, Mrs.
John Lees; recording secretary. Mrs.
j. Il. Bettens; corresponding secretary.
Mrs. Fred Rumble; mite box secretary.
Miss Rumble; treasurer, Mrs |. John
Truscott; and secretary of literature.
Mrs. C. IL. Roberts.
Last nights meeting was the final
one for the summer the next to take
place in September at the home of
Mrs. John Fades.
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HouoHToN BREVlTlES.
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John $. Penrose and Miss Jennie
Penrose left Sunday for a visit to De-
troit.
Mrs. Henry Krelwitz entertained hast
evening in honor of Miss Jessie Green
of Dollar BAY. who g. shortly 10 be
married
a. ~ Whitney of standish. Mich. is
the guest of his son, Charles whitney
of H0ughtOn.
The steamer john stanton arrived
yesterday at the Copper Range docks
with "A cargo of coal.
The steamer Northern Light of the
Mutual line arrived in port yesterday
afternoon castbound
Marriage licenses were issued this
morning To Henry White and Ruby
Rowe of Osceola and to Thomas Mich
oils and Em,ly Pollard of Wolverine.
James r. Dee is expected 10 arrive
in IIoughton Thrsday from an cX-
tended trip abroad ne having reached
New Yorl, Yesterday. on the Lusitania.
Marriage licenses have been issued
To Arthur Vicnne and Alexandrine
Gagnon of Lake Linden, John Soiecki
Of Painesdale and Joscpha Balkowski
Of Calumet ana To Karl Hihelchich
and Victoria Brisk of Calumet
Impi Kuritus, the three Weeks-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Andrew Ku-
ritus. of Hurontown. died yesterday
afternoon. The funeral was held this
afternoon. Rev. Mr.. Hedeman of Cal
umet officiating.
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SOCIALISTS TO MEET.
Three Days Midsummer Celebration
to be Held in Duluth.

Finnish Socialists of Northern Min
nesota and Northern Wisconsin will
hold three days midsummer celebra-
ton in Duluth beginning June "a.
Plans which have been prepared for
this celebration indicate that II will
be one of the most successful ever
given by the Finnish Socialists. who
annually hold such affairs in different
towns of the two states. Several thou
sand people will be there from the
range. Northern Wisconsin the Copper
country and delegation will come i'm
a chartered boat from Port Arthur
The midsummer celebration will be
started with a parade at 3 o'clock, the
line forming at the courthouse square.
The march will be along First street
east as far as Lake avenue. then south
Ia Superior street and west ON Super
Tor street to Eighth avenue west where
the members will take a street ear to
Lincoln park, at which park picnic
will be held. In the parade will be
three brass bands which will furnish
music, and three athletic organlza-
tons. one of which will be the Ladies'
Athletic society.
At the Lincoln park auditorium
monster meeting will be held when
prominent Finnish speakers viii adj
dress the gathering. and musical
program will be rendered. The address
of welcome will be delivered by Elmer
Stonewall. and the principal address
will be made by Yrjo Sirola, former
vice president of the Finnish parlia-
ment for the Social Democratic party
John Koski, Finnish organizer of the
Socialist party will also speak. Matti
Kainu will give a defamation.
In the afternoon competition Will
bee held between the four singing So
cieties, the winner of which VIII be
rewarded with handsome trophy.
band contest will also be held.
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selves with a cast endowed with just
enough historic ability not to arouse
the audiences resentment. While graft
flying to the star" whose talent is
thus thrown into stronger relief, such
performances lack artistic qualities,
balance and unity Each of Olga Meth
ersole's associates has u striking per-
sonality and is fitted mentally and
physically to the part into which he
or she is cast thus creating an inn
preston of like likeness which is pro-
duced with the aid of grease paint
alone.
Finally, and on this point she agrees
with some of the greater actors of the
past she firmly believes in sympathe-
tic cooperation between herself and
all the members of the company. She
never Yields her dictatorial power,
but consults with her associates on
every occasion and welcomes all sug-
gestions of whatever kind they may be.
Unity of effort, smoothness, harmony
the three factors necessary to insure
the perfection of dramatic rendering
are bound to be lacking whenever a
star sets at work to sup
press the originality and natural care
of her associates. Let us please the
audience" Olga Nethersole very often
says at rehearsal 1T doesn't matter
who gets the curtain calls" Her com
pany this season includes Walter Ed
wards. Franklin Roberts, Wallace
Erskine. Margaret Campbell Maude
Hosford Nellie Malcolm and Mrs.
George Barnum.
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ERECTING NEW STACK.
Is Now Being Put in Position at the
Pump House.

The new ninety-foot smoke stack
recently ordered by the council for the
West Hancock pump house on the
lake shore was delivered last night ana
today it's work of erection was COM
menced by t.. Eilertsen, to whom the
contract was recently awarded lhe
stack Is four feet in diamenter ana
was constructed by the Portage Lake
Boiler Works at Ripley. the ola
stack had become so corroded that 1t
vas in dangerous condition. liable 10
be blown over by strong wind ana
the council recently took up the mat
ter of providing "A new one. a con
crete stack was considered but IL was
decided to procure a steel one so 'ha'
IL could be moved To different loc"-
ton IL at any time IL should be to'iilu
necessary 10 find a new source Oh
water supply.
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HANCOCK BRIEFS.


Edward Pierce of the Quincy has
left for England on his way to South
Africa.
Miss Jean Macdonald and Miss
Eleanor Lassie returned Sunday from
Oberlin college.
Cleveland Rossman, who. graduated
from the high school last week, has
gone TO Detroit for a months visit.
Miss Jennie Cox of the Pewabic
teaching staff VIII leave tomorrow for
a months vacation visit to Butte. Mon
tana.
Miss Sadie Smart, instructor Of
English at the high school, left Han
cock Sunday for two months trip to
Europe.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Han
cock Methodist Episcopal church will
hold it's final meeting for the summer
on Wednesday afternoon at the
church parlors.
An organization of Boy Scouts will
be formed on Wednesday evening at
the Congregational church. the divi-
sion 10 consist of boys from twelve to
eighteen years.
The annual grand lodge convention
of the Temple OF Honor and the Junior
section will be held i'm Hancock on
Thursday and Friday. sessions taking
place at Their Elks' temple.
Recent births reported to the city
clerk are those of a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Miller of III Hancock
street and daughter To Mr. and Mrs
oscar Toube of Roberts street
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
al the Methodist church tomorrow
afternoon. when luck lunch viii
be served. This win be the last meet
ing of the society until September.
The remains of the late John Crow
lev. formerly of Hancock. who died al
Denver last Saturday, arrived In Han
cock today and the funeral will he held
tomorrow morning from St Patrick's
church. Interment will take place al
Forest Hill cemetery. Houghton.
The Hancock Maennerchor will leave
tomorrow on the Northwestern train
for Milwaukee 10 take part in the
North American German Sangerfest
There will be sessions on Wednesday
Thursday, Friday and Saturday and
the gathering will close with big pic
mic at Schlltz park on Sunday.
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MRS. RICHARDSON
DIES OF GRIEF
WIDOW OF LATE COUNTY CLERK
FOLLOWS HUSBAND AFTER
SIX WEEKS. PASSES AWAY
EARLY THIS MORNING.

Mrs. Louis II. Richardson. the
widow OF the late county clerk of
Houghton county. passed away at
twenty three minutes after three
o'clock this morning at her home ON
vivian street, That her demise was
caused by grief over the death of her
husband, who died on May last is
the belief of the physicians and
friends, the immediate cause of death
however. being heart failure. Mrs
Richardson had a slight attack of
ptomaine poisoning during the past
week as the result of eating some pre-
served cherries, but she had apparent
ly recovered from the in effects of this
attack
Mrs Richardson was so years of age
and before her marriage to Mr.. Rich
ardson was Miss Phoebe Lillis Smith.
She was born in the east, and she was
married to the late Mr.. Richardson In
1876 making her home I'm the copper
country continuously since that time.
The three children born to them are
all dead, and her surviving relatives
are sister, Mrs Schoheld in Flori-
da, two brothers and niece in Rhode
Island. The latter have been notified
of her death and word is awaited from
them before deciding upon the time of
the funeral Mrs. Richardson was a
member of the Houghton chapter of
the order of the Eastern Star. which
organization Will probably have charge
of the funeral arrangements.
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CIRCUS IN TOWN.
Yankee Robinson Shows Give Big Pa
rade and Two Exhibitions.

The Yankee Robinson circus, men
agerie and wild west shows arrived at
Hancock this morning at $3.50 from
Calumet and are exhibiting this af-
ternoon and evening at the race track.
The shows are apparently clean and
attractive. Judging from the excellence
of the street parade. which traversed
the streets of Hancock and Houghton
at II o'clock. passing through Hancock
street because of the soft condition OF
the newly laid asphalt on Quincy
street The officials Of the show are
obliging and courteous and very ia
vorable impression has been created
by the company.
The Yankee Robinson shows visited
this section thirty-fve years ago. and
Proprietor Buchanan SAYS he thinks
the conner country the most wonder
fuI mart of the entire country. Mr..
buchanan is an old newspaper man.
and I'm CHS boyhood lived at Mar
ouette where his father and grand
father established a newspaper MT
buchanan himself has filled positions
ON newspapers IN various parts OF the
country before entering the circus bus-
mess and has brother who Is one oil
the editors of the Portland oregon
ian"
The Yankee Robinson shows nan
sror, Des Moines. Iowa. and have been
an the road for sixty-six years. Inc
show goes from here to Marquette
whore they will exhibit tomorrow the
rocent order of Mayor Jacobs to the
oon,rarv having been found to be the
result of Misrepresentation ana con-
seouently withdrawn.
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49, - -
JAMES ALSO IN RACE.

Nominating petitions were filed this
didate for a member of board of edu-
cation at the election to be held in
July. Senator James is In Detroit, but
his petitions were circulated by friends.
If Mr.. James is elected II will be the
that graduate of the Hancock high
school has been elected to the beard.