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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-03

The student body met Wednesday
morning to hold few minutes yell
practice in preparation for the de
late with Baker last night.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-03

Miss Ethel Colomn delightfully."- en-
tertaiued Misses Ethe Horn and
Lucy Keiso at dinner Tuesday ev-
ening. After delicious dinner a
merry part" went to Highland Park
where a pleasant evening was
SDpnt
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-03
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
RESULTS YESTERDAY

Cleveland 5; Pittsburg 6
Cincinnati C., Chicago .
New York ,: Reading q
Richmond g. Washington
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-03
FARMERS GUARANrY BANK,
OF THE CONDITION
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at IockridEe in fine state of Oklahoma,
At the close of business April rs. 1872
Resources.
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STANDING OF THE TEAMS

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-03

Miss Katherine Shuts leaves
Saturday to spend the weekend
with Miss Allie Quaye in oklahoma
city.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

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The Phi Detas entertained at a
picnic in Highland Park, Wednes-
day afternoon. in honor OF Miss
Lucy Kelso Of FolI Worth The
afternoon was pleasantly spent in
taking kodak pictures. About six
O'clock a tempting luncheon was
served to the following: Misses
Lucy Kelso Ethel Hor1. Leizh Pay
ton, florence Hamilton, Matte
Clare Gano, Ethel Douglaf Ethel
Coleman, Kate AIiDikan, Heller
Phillips and June Moss.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-03

ri Schedule m into Two o 4r season commencing April
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-03
STANDING OF THE TEAMS

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-03

Miss Bu 'ord pupil of Profca-
sor Reager Will give her graduating
recital at the university Monday
night she Will be assisted by Miss
Esther Beland who will sing sev-
eral numbers This promises to be
one of the best musical entertain
ments offered by the students III
the schools Of music this year and
every one is invited to attend
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-03

The Forum Literary Society post
poned Thursday night on account of
the debate, will meet tonight.
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Personal Notes
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Miss Wheat will meet the Meth
odist choir tonight at 7:15
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
NATIONAL COMMISSION
APPROVES MANY SALES

CINCINNATI Aug. 29-The national
baseball commission has announced the
list Of players whose releases have been
purchased by major league clubs from
minor league clubs since August 90
1911. under agreements filed with and
approved by the commission.
National League.
BY Philadelphia From Atlanta,
MAYER
BY New York From Mobile. Dema-
rec Dallas. Bader.
American League.
BY Chicago From Macon. Douglass.
Austin, McIarry and Taylor, Birmjus-
ham, johnson.
BY st Louis From Houston, Riggs.
sherman. Napier, Biistol Sloan.
Montgomery Williams; Mobile Walsh
Montgomery, "McAlHster and Johnson
BY Cleveland From Bristol Walker.
New orleans Nagelsen ana Clancy
By Deroit-From Chattanooga. Bure.
Albany Ga. Berkel. jackson. Deal.
Dallas, Gibson, Nicksburg. MeGehee.
jackson. Clauss
BY Philadelphia From Memphis
Altman Baltimore Walsh and sMur-
ply
BY Washington From Chattanooga.
Moran, A dauta, ~Agler.
Agreements not received and
therefore, subject 10 approval
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29

signed to meet the champion and that he
won pass 1t up, even a the cost of losing
the Gotham go.
Eddie Reddy who is managing Mike
Gibbons, denies he has signed articles
for Mike to fight Eddie McGoorty in
IN New York September %, or in any
other city for that matter. Reddy saws
he received an offer from Gotham pro
motors, but the offer made was about
$4,000 shy the lowest possible mark he has
decided upon for the st. Paul middle
weight to box McGoorty.
Mike Sullivan. signing himself weller.
weight champion of the world, saws he is
Keen for match with Jimmy Clabby. TO
be staged / some club near Chicago
Mike says he is willing to take on any
Of the lighters right up to and including
the mlddlewelght class,
Grover Hayes, Columbus lightweight
who fought in this city several times last
year sailed for Australia Monday to box
IN several of the foreign countries HAYES
has i've 20 round bouts scheduled Among
those he will fight are Hughey Mehag gan,
Jack Carroll and Jack Russell
The referee robbed Joe Coster Of a de-
clsion in New Orleans a few nights ago
when he raised frankie Russell's hand
after the two had fought ten rounds ac-
cordlng TO reports from that city.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
TICHENOR. BLOCK, AND
OSBORNE STILL IN FIGHT

Match play in the three flights for
the Davis & Freeman gold trophy have
Just about reached the semi final
stages
Two rounds Of matches viii have
been completed at the CONCLUSION Of to-
DAYS play.
Here are the matches that were
played Tuesday and Wednesday.
First Flight.
FIRST Round-H. Block defeated g.
p King 3 up and . to play: y. r. Os-
borne defeated H. J. Hopkins, up.
W. X. Tichenor defeated J. -. Ebv .
mp and / 10 play.
Second Round II. Block defeated 81
c. Ottley. 5 up and to play
Second Flight.
First Round c. McMichae de
feated T. P. Human by default. II. 6.
Butler defeated e. r. Jones, ] up,
Second Round-R. J. Jones, Jr. de-
feated J. g. McMichael, up and 4 10
play. 6. A Nicholson Jr.. defeated c.
I, Corwin, up; II 6. Butler defeated
7. G. Fleming, J up, 10 holes
Third Flight
First Round-T. +. Cooper defeated
!. NJ. Ashe. 8 up and to play: p a.
Wright defeated H. l.. Din up and .
20 play. r. y. Gresham defeated w. c.
Spiher by default, A. w Hodnett de-
featea h Hertz ~ default.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
Success Of Lookouts' New Manager Doubtful
Elberfeld Rank Bloomer as Yankees Leader


dropped in less than FIVE weeks to
the very bottom of the ladder Ell
berfeld treated Hal Chase so badly
that the great first baseman jump
ed the team and went back to his
home in California. And when the
Kid was finally disposed of he left
such a wreck of a machine that
owner Frank Farrell had to build
up a complete new outfit.
Here is what the Spaldine guide
OF 1909 has to say about Elberfeld:
Nothing in the season of 1908
was more remarkable than the ca
feer of the New York Highland
ers. With a good getaway from
the starting line, the hilltop team
set out to make what looked like
runaway race for the flag and
before the middle of MAY they
were so firmly intrenched in first
place that the general opinion
was Griffith had a pennant win
ner after many years of effort
But the belief was not to last long.
Tor before May was ended the
team started slump which car
RED 1t down without stopping and
at such speed that in a little over
five weeks the Highlanders hit the
bottom never to rebound
Before this happened the res
lgnauon of Manager Griffith was
announced and the appointment
of Norman Elberfeld was made to
the vacant position. But dissen-
sion continued to grow In the
ranks and finally resulted in the
desertion of the crack first base
man, Hal Chase, who jumped to
the California State league. From
these combinations of tough luck
the team as a whole never recov-
cred"
And from the Reach guide of 1909
we print the following concerning
Elberfeld's success" with the New
York team in 1908:
- The appointment of
Elherfeld as his (Griffith's) sue
cessor led to factional troubles.
which resulted in First Baseman
Chase's desertion, Stahrs release
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29

Dan JOHNSON is quoted as
u saying that Walter John
sons winning 'streak was
broken Monday by st Louis. He
is alleged TO have said: THE vim
ming run was made by the ST Louis
team when Johnson was in the box
and the game viii be recorded as a
defeat for him. Johnson made a
wild pitch and a St. Louis batsman
hit him for a single that sent home
the deciding run"
When Johnson took up the
pitching burden there were two
men on the paths. This alone ex-
cuses him from a defeat He had
nothing to gain and everything to
lose, And in such case he can
not be charged with defeat
q Harry Pulliam, former National
league president, rendered a verdict
on this question years ago and it
sure was good dope, too. He
claimed that the pitcher who was
withdrawn from the game be held
responsible for all runners who
were on the paths when the relief
hurler was rushed to the rescue.
Therefore, Johnson could not be
charged for a run until the two
men on the bases when he went
into the box had cashcd Any
others that scored after that would
have been rightfully charged to
him
But l do not believe johnson
ever gave out such statement. 1t
was too good boost for his league
to have Johnson In line for "A rec
ord, And B. Byron is one of our
best little press agents.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
Bill Smith Has the Southern League Guessing
May Spring Old Trick to Evade Salary Limit

Just because a man had batted 1921
in the American league in 1901
didn't prove to be any sign that he
could bat better than $50 in the
Southern in 1912.
This year Bill Smith is getting
his gorge of youngsters He
switched to the other extreme at
the first of this season and tried to
stock up entirely with kids 1t
didn't work well, as the averages
demonstrates
Next season Bill will return to
= the right principles. He will have a
team made up largely Of young
STEERS. but with enough old-timers
on the job to steady down the Kids.
Most Of the successful teams of the
Southern league have been built on
that principle.
A MOTHER thing that Atlanta fans
can look for next year is a
Bill Smith believes that a certain
amount of word beating and intim-
idation is necessary to keep the
umpires giving a reasonable num-
Der of close decisions his way. He
knows that'th arbiters hate to be
tongue dashed, and he certainly
knows how to apply the tongue,
when the occasion arises
Bin is peppery individual and
isn't above jumping on an umpire
IL the circumstances seem to war
rant it, He showed that the day of
the justly famous "Shuster Incl
dent"-when an umpire of that
name called a game on account of
darkness, though it was still broad
daylight Bill went after Shuster
like a terrier dog after a rat and
IL players hadn't interfered would
have hammered him sure.
Bill has been in Atlanta long
enough to know. however that the
public and the press is opposed TO
anything bordering on rowdy BAH.
ON the road, however he does not
lttl ntliNtli III tue ltdSt itSti NiitN,
and he gets all out of the umpires
that he can.
Strange to relate however the
umpires seem to like Bill. aud he
gets along nicely with them
A MOTHER thing Bill Smith is
going to do for the Atlanta club
is to pitch overheard the tank ar
lists Bin Smith doesn't mind an
occasional glass of beer But he
win not stand for a drunkmd. If
player gets to drinking on Bill
Smiths club-off goes his head.
Bill realizes that drunkard is al
ways an inefficient ball player
but more than one drunkard can
always put the team on the blink by
creating other drunkards.
4 MOTHER thing that will depart
with the coming of Smith viii
be Indifferent playing. Under the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
Gloom Hangs Heavy Capital When Browns Defeat Great HuIer
JOHNSON FAILS TO BREAK MARQUARD'S RECORD

VIZ AsHlNGToN, D. C.. Aug. 20.
w old Jack Powel's glass
arm was good enough yes
terday to cheat Walter johnson out
of getting up to or passing Rube
Marquards winning record of nine
teen straight victories. Having
won sixteen in row, All Washing
ton turned out to see Johnson beat
the loWly Browns 1t looked like a
clnch for him, after the way he has
been handling all the first division
clubs, But it was not to be.
Today disappointment hangs low
and heavy over the village. Even
the president is not wearing his
usual happy smile. Casey famed in
the pinch at Midwife, but gloom in
that burg never compared with the
layer of it that hlurs PENNSYLVANIA
avenue today on account of John
sons defeat
Johnson only allowed four hits.
against seven off Powell. but Wal
ter was wild and his support was
of the bush league brand. The
Browns copied the argument 2 to ?.
But Johnson is game. Although
the season is getting late. he is
going To go right out and try again
To break the record.
Greatest Pitcher of All Time.
t'nassuming and quiet. Walter
johnson is today the most wonder
tul pitcher baseball has ever pro-
duced. Notwithstanding the fact
that he had broken the record
made by Jack Chesbro four wears
ago, when he defeated Cleveland
for his fifteenth win. johnson
walked to the bench after that
game as modestly as though he had
done nothing more than what was
in direct line with his duty. There
was not the least action signifying
that he even thought of his great
accomplishment and instead of
waiting to receive the congratula-
tons Of the players who started to
crowd around him. he grabbed his
sweater off the bench and hurried
to the club house He had but
done what he considered was his
work, and he could see little need
for the wild huzzas coming from
the stands.
II is fact that Johnson. al
though he has been brilliant per
former since the first day he stood
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
JOE WOOD CAPTURES
HIS l4TH GAME; HAS,
WON 20 AND LOST a.

Joe Wood. the speed hurIer of ,
the Boston Red Sox, is on his way I
. to pass RUDE Marquard's record of I
nineteen victories. Now that Wal I
ter johnson has gone down to de- I
feat, Wood is the White Hope of I
the American league. Yesterday I
he won his fourteenth straight I
game. Also it was his twenty I
ninth victory, and as he has lost
only four games, his winning av- Z
eraee today is .s79 Right now it
looks as though Wood would Z
break Marquards record Also Z
that he will wind up the season 4
with the biggest percentage of VIC I
tories ever earned by hurIer. q
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29

Smith regime a man will have to
play his level best or get out. Bills
whole heart is in the game, and he
expects those of his players to be
right in the same spot Bill has
various methods of uprooting in
difference. He gives presents to his
players he pays them all the salary
the law allows (and, it is to be sus-
pected, more sometimes); he in
spires them with his own enthu-
siasm: he bawls them out and fines
them If they are stubborn. Then,
if they don't come around, he fires
them. Which is as 1t should be.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29

figured an easy time with the awk-
ward looking Western recruit, but
they had reckoned wrong. Such
speed as Johnson sent across the
plate they had never seen. He had
them backing away from the ball
continually-he was wild enough
then to keep the batters scared
and when the ninth inning~was over
Johnson was the victor over the
most tried club in the circuit and
every body knew that the Senators
had picked up a wonderful pitch
er.
Even with a losing club. one
which has been seventh and eighth
SO continuously that no other place
was ever figured for 1t. johnson
has been a winning pitcher. So
exceptional has his work been re
garded that whenever the Wash
ington club was on the road the
papers in the cities would print ad-
vance accounts something like
this: The Walter Johnsons will be
here next week and" etc
Johnson has had but one poor
year since he has been in the ma
Jor league. and that was due more
than anything else to the very poor
work of his club His record that
year 1909, was 10 won and 25 lost.
vet he finished the season with a
percentage of wins almost a hun
dred points better than the stand
ing of the club.
Here is JohnSon's record since
coming to Washington.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
By W. S. Farnsworth.

DN w. ,. FalnSWOrtn.
Y OOKOUT fans won't get a
pennant winner next year,
but they will get plenty of
action nevertheless. Anywhere Kid
Elberfeld hangs his hat there is all
ways a heap of life. But how
where and why the owners of the
Chattanooga franchise ever signed
the Kid as manager is beyond our
widest Imagination.
Elberfeld, of the rowdy type of
ball player made a dismal failure
of his only out as manager. That
was with the New York American
league club in 1909 After having
pennant lead in May the team
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29

* me" motto e. q , ss. '~o most :, sue .s.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
Trims Tigers in Debut.

About the middle Of the year he
came TO Washington. and as soon
as he got here was showed in
against Detroit then the hardest
hitting and most feared club in the
American league. Jennings Tigers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
Doubtful
Yankees
+e.r
Leader

and consequent shifting. The de-
moraH2ation was so complete that
in one month the team slid from
the top of the heap clear to the
bottom, where it remained contin-
uously without hope of redemption
for the balance of the season.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29

->SS' wv EhSCOTuSs
1t will be seen by the above rec
ord that Johnson stands pretty
talr chance of excelling anything
that has been done in the Amer
lean league under the present re
gime. Joe Wood is the only man
IN the whole circuit who really
ieaGs MIN in the percentages. but
even at that it is doubtful if his
pitching has been as effective as
that of johnson. Wood has had
winning club behind him
all the year and has been in shape
since the beginning of the season.
johnson has had neither Ask any
player in the American league
which of the two men he had rath-
er face and he will answer Joe
Wood"
Johnson is undoubtedly one of
the most popular players in the
league, especially in Washington.
Any time the score is close around
the last couple of innings the fans,
from the president down, call for
the man they consider invincible.
The great pitcher has no more
stanch adherent and no more ar
dent admirer than President Taft.
The executive rarely if ever misses
an opportunity to see him work.
Two years ago, when johnson beat
the Athletics in the opening game
of the season by a score of to
o. President Taft was in box and
after the game was finished had
Johnson brought to him and in
troduced. The president varmlv
congratulated him and Autographed
the ball with which the last inning
was played That ball is one of
Johnson's most priced possessions
today.
Pitches Without Effort.
Johnson is not the Johnson of old
Instead of the awkward Westerner
who began service with the Amer
lean league, there is now the tall
graceful, perfectly poised figure
Every action on the diamond is
almost perfection itself. and when
he pitches it is with little or no
apparent effort So little does he
appear to exert himself that it is
often wondered how he develops his
wonderful speed.
In all his time in the American
league Johnson has never been
known to grumble at an umpire's
decision. No matter how things
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-29
Bv Percy II. Whiting.

llxxEEP EN- guessing is the
~ motto of the two most sue
\ n successful managers in the
Southern league-Chariey Frank
and Bin Smith, In an effort to
liv, IN to this precept. Bill smith
has grabbed one of Charley Franks
pet ideas and has allowed it to be
rumored that next year he may
be for blind president of the At .
lanta Baseball association. II he
took This office he could appoint
nlaving manager. and thus keep
down the salary roll For, with a
PLAYING manager, only half his sal
ary counts against him in figuring
the total salary for the month.
Thus. for example, he could get
one $500 a month man. slip hlm In
as phony manager and only have
$3.50 appear on the payroll.
smith may have sprung this
scheme lust TO get little talk
stirred up. AT the same time, he
NAV right now have a high priced
man he MANS to get for next year,
whose salary ne intends to split up
IN this manner.
r course II smith put through
~ su'h o''l y "'"io :, "''
eSs7rN 10 'o'o"", 'ol g
oent r ann "''' way y, ~ ~ rs
hosui LOT neN' '''' &c. 90 ny '''''
oeeh LOT .'i'S' - "'"'" " on 80
MAI 'ei' nov ~
chairman u we '''i' y, u''', '0''
OF 10 give INN sum, ''''o' p''V'iS
I'ie, N8Nnis an '"'''''''' -" '''S
hanus'
rhE 'i''ei INV ''''VN ~ '''iS
Scheme Oh MAKING mn N,''''n
president IS mat ne cou'o De Rep'
on the oehch. however al nome
TINS WouIa De no hardship at an
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-09

corn our farmers sold last fall at soc,
and the hay is no better than they
sold at SIS. The most striking fea-
ture OF the whole thing is that the
farmer is the man who Is buying
most OF the high priced feed stuff,
having sold the same products last
fall for less than half what he Is pay
ing now. The middle man-the same
fellow that made fortune OF our
and is now riding In his
automobiles the fellow who is reap
ing rich harvest now because the
average farmer does lots OF work and
little thinking. II is TO be hoped that
the farmers and planters who have
been caught at the mercy OF the grain
buyers this year, will open their eyes
to the simple fact that II is better
to raise their own forage and hold II
than to sell Il to the other fellow,
pay the freight both ways and buy
l. back at twice what he sold II for.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-09
WATER DRIVES OUT 500.
Refugee Camp and commissary
Re-opened at Hickman Sunday.

The second rise in the river. which
reached a maximum of so feet on the
Cairo guage last Sunday. made ii nee
essary for many people to leave the
bottoms below Hickman last week
and come TO this city to get on high
ground. They had only been away
from town a few days, having spent
a month in camp during the big April
rise.
Their return to Hickman made 1t
necessary to reopen camp, and some
thing over 500 people are now being
fed by the government. The commits
sary in charge of r. w. Eaker. was
opened Sunday morning In the old
Fuqua Helm & Co. stand, where both
clothing and provisions are being
given out to those in necessity. The
committee in charge of this work is
composed of Mesdames A. A. Faris.
X. l.. Bradley, T. A. Ledford, Ernest
Johnson, s. L. Dodds, J. w. Naylor,
c. G. Schlenker, and Misses Bette
DeBow and Charlotte Hubbard, and
Messrs. h. w. Eaker and Rev. II. ].
GeIger, assisted by Capt. Powers
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1912-05-09
NOTED FEUoIsr SHOT.

I'D Callahan. the most noted fcudst
In the Kentucky mountains. and chan
I'd with being an instlgator OF many
murders. Was shot from ambush Sat.
urday Callahan was shot down vhi!'
standing on The steps Of his store at
Crockettville. Ills body was riddlod
with bullets. lie was standing in en-.
actly the same spot where he stood
two years ago when he was shot
through the lungs. lie was formerly
sheriff OF Breathitt county.