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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17

Poor appetite is a sure sign Of I'M,
paired digestion. A few doses Of
Chamberlaln's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will strengthen your diges-
tion and improve your appetite.
Thousands have been benefited by
taking these tablets. Sold by ali
dealers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17

Now is the time to get rid Of your
rheumatism. You can do It by ap-
plying Chamberlain's Liniment and
massaging the parts, freely at each
application. For sale by all deal
aru
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17

Portland politicians seem to have
no other occupation but attacking
corporations doing business in that
city.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17

Governor West and DR.. Harry Lane
were the principal speakers at the
State Grange meeting.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17

Portland has a butter and egg
trust-in the interest Of the consum-
er, Of course.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17
HIGH SCHOOL
HAZING ENDS
IN FATALITY

Philadelphia May 17.--strapped to
a board and dropped many times to
a hard pavement, Edward Martin, IA
years old is dying here today as a re-
suit OF a hazing at the hands of his
high school companions. He has CON
cussion Of the brain and internal in
juries. The names Of the hazers are
being suppressed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17
FIVE FARM HOMES
GO UP IN SMOKE

Hamlet and Upper Necaniup Districts
Flame Swept - Running Blaze
Checked by Green Timber-Be.
lleved to Have Run Tits Course
List of Losers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-17

Domestic science and manual
training are to be introduced in the
Albany public schools.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Former Atlanta Newspaper Man Has Good Line EBg Leaguers
FUNNY STORIES FROM AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

ty shaken for once, if never again.
Lord! He curled up like Sara
toga chip on hot platter when he
found out I was all right" Frank
says.
The writer was war correspond
ing for the Blues when Jap Barbeau
went on his first fishing excursion.
1t was a lively affair. The scene
was Lake Minnetonka, some 20
miles from Minneapolis, and the
dramatis personae consisted main
ly of the Jap, Frank Bowerman lin
the same boat, a medium sized
bass and a bucket Of green frogs.
The bass started things by bolt
ing imprudently with a frog at
tached to the business end of the
Jap's line. Barbeau was surprised
and shocked beyond words. Of
course, he was hoping for a bite,
but it was his first one, and he
handled the situation according to
baseball instinct. That is to say,
he played that bass like Il pop foul
near the bleachers. Bounding to
his feet with wild whoop Of IT
got it," he swung the wretched fish
so feet in the air, to the full extent
of the rod and line. His apparent
intention was to freeze" the bass
as it descended. but he saw prompt
ly that he couldn't get under it.
Take it, Frank" he yelled. de-
spairingly, and went down on the
back of his neck as his foot caught
III the frog bucket
'Tll wait till it lights" said the
veteran, cooking an eye at the de
scending bass, which was on the
verge of Mysteries at such treat
lnent. Then he rescued the rod and
the fish, while the Jap undertook to
collect a dozen maddened frogs
with one hand while he rubbed the
back Of his head with the other.
Jap was inclined to blame Bow
eralan, who had tucked" the frog
by the time honored process of ex-
pectoration.
You never can tell where they'll
nit one of those blamed spitters."
he said.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
VIRGINIA BASEBALL
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. Dec "a
The baseball schedule arranged by Man
ager II. s. Mackay. Jr., for the tTniver-
sity of Virginia team for 1913 has been
ratlneu by the General Athletic associa-
tlon The schedule, complete, Is as fol-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Coach Heisman, in Dissecting
1912GridironR Rules, Finds That
Very Few Changes Are Needed
By Tad

defensive formation opened nm
and this last is what enables the
team with the ball to gain ten wards
in four trials by rushing the ball
1t is the threat of the pass. rather
than the pass itself, that does the
business.
Penalties Should Be Same.
Mr.. Chip Robert calls my atten.
ton to what strikes me as a rule
point that stands in need Of amend.
ment. The point is interesting. In
other games and in other depart.
ments of football as well penal.
ties are uniform-as they should
be-and the same foul is or ougn.
to be punished in the same way
and exactly to the same extent. no
matter when 1t happens in the
game. Take foul interference
Here the foul is always punished
by the loss of fifteen yards, and
the down remains the same If the
offensive team gets off side. ii is
five-yard loss and the same down
But if the defensive side happens
to get off side it is not only loss
of five yards for that team, but the
following down becomes first down
no matter what the number Of the
preceding down on which the Off
side play occurred-that is to say
1t makes no difference, as the rule
now stands, whether the off-sde
play was made by the defensive
team on a first down or on
fourth down play. the subsequent
down becomes first down, instead
of remaining the same az it was
before-as is the case when the OIL
fensive team gets off-side.
To clinch the argument; For oe-
ing off side why am l not pun
ished the same one time as an
other? On this occasion happen
to be side on a first down
play-and opponents are given
mere first down in addition to tleH
five yards. Thus my team has 1851
a mere five yards. But the mex
time l get ff-side ] find II nap,
pened after my team had stopped
them three times in their trdcAs'
and all this good work is thrown
away because the present .uN
makes the penalty not merely n NV
yards loss, but sends the nuiilDs.
of the down back to first. HAD llS
application of the penalty oees
uniform, 1t would still be loulsn
down, and the distance 70 sr.
gained would still be about NV NV
yards on their last trial, as yne,
had gained nothing on their ILie'
rushing attempts. H.. h.
The rule should undoubted! "
amended so as to make the SUI,
ceedinK down after g. foul by 'I.
defensive team be the same a. ~
was on the play during when Nv
foul occurred, as is the case Wien
the offensive team makes foui
look for very few changes IL
deed, for next season. A rev ~ ~,
workings for the sake Of greats.,
clearness will about wind up INC
deliberations of the COMMITTEES :.
wonder might they not w. ~.
themselves why require the puL.o.
to pull his stunt off standing NV
yards behind his scrimmage Ih -,
instead of anywhere in the ilelu ~ y.
pleaSes? Surely there is no Sc 20.
sense in retaining this relic Of "''
dark, middle ages.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
MERCER QUINTET OPENS
SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT

MACON, GA, Dec 12-The Mercer
basket bali five gets going in It's Initial
game on the local door tomorrow night.
While the team this season viii not be
as good as the one that wore the orange
and black last year, II will be a pretty
fast and well trained bunch.
The team that Mercer plays will be
composed Of some OF the best amateurs
In this section Of the state. Roy Cook,
OF MERGERS last years team. viii play
q forward for the team against his old
teammates. II Is due 10 be a very hard
fought game and no doubt some fast bas-
ket ball Will be uncsrked
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
J0HNS0N'S NEW JUMPS
SECOND BRICK OWENS

MILWAUKEE, Dec. t2.-Charles Fer
guson, the crack American association
umpire, who was signed up by Ban John
association critics as equal in ability 10
Brick owens, who graduated from
Ghiyingtons circuit into the National
league year ago. Ferguson has been a
member of Chivington's executive staff
Tor three seasons and during that time
mas never had any trouble of any con-
sequence.
Ferguson, who is a native of St Paul,
where Bill Brennan, of the National
league, also hangs his hat, formerly
played in the American league as a mem
Der OF the Browns. He later played with
81. Paul in the American association. and
then managed the Wausau, Wis. club, in
the Wisconsin, illinois league.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12

George, who loves the plaudits of
the assembled multitude more than
anything else in the world, except
perhaps
But George Edward got over it
in time. as everybody has to in
this sorrowful world And it was
about three weeks later that he was
told to, take extra good care of, his
wing, as he was to unfurl the same
against Danny Shea's K. c. Blues
the next day, the said Blues for
some absolutely Unprecedented rea-
son being at that time engaged in
tussle for the top rung of the
ladder
The morning before the game,
George Edward said he believed
he'd go for a little walk, to steady
his nerves before going to the park.
And that was the last heard of the
RUDE until sunset that afternoon,
when a searching party discovered
him playing first base at the top
of his voice for a team of twelve
year-olds, who were taking an aw-
full licking from a bigger club.
One From Frank Bowerman.
Frank Bowerman-you recall
Bowerman OF the famous bat
terry of Mathewson and Bowermau
played first base for the Blues
year before last, and he says it
isn't Matty's fault that his
(Frank's) dome of thought still is
acting as washer to keep his col
lar from coming off.
Matty used to spend much of the
winter hunting with Frank up in
northern Michigan, where Frank
owns large number of square
miles Of timber land The occa-
sion of the sparing of Franks bean
was combination of Big Six.
hammerless gun that Jared loose. a
railroad track in the wilderness,
and a stubbed toe for the worlds
greatest hurler.
''As it was, 1t absolutely ruined a
perfectly good hat" Frank used to
say, and feel affectionately of his
grizzled thatch covering. And Mat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Bv Percy II. Whiting.


TIME biggest blow-o in years
in Southern Intercollegiate
Athletic association circles
is expected at the annual meeting
which will be held at Tulane uni
versity, New Orleans, tomorrow
and Saturday.
The association will take UP the
cases of the University Of Missis-
sippi and OF Kentucky State uni
versity, and the inside tip is that
a riot may confidently be antici-
pated.
The Mississippi case has been
storm center all this year. The fac
ulty of the college opened up by
firing Players Causey, Walon, Ca
hill and Shields and Coach Stauf-
fer. The executive committee of
ton. Then the Mississippi faculty
reconsidered it's action, but the ex-
ecutive committee of the S. |. A. A.
refused to do likewise. Instead,
they piled it on by disqualifying
Fletcher near the end of the sea-
son. Then Mississippi played the
baby act and cancelled it's game with
Mississippi A. & NJ.
In papers which make special
ty of University of Mississippi news
there have been constant hints that
Coach DeTray and one man close
TO him may also be put under fire,
but nothing definite is known of
this.
From information CLEANED from
rumors and hints, it appears that
athletic conditions at the Univer-
sity of Mississippi have been hor-
rible. AS is usually the case, the
pernicious activity of the alumni
involved the college and the col
lege authorities failed in their duty
of keeping their own athletics clean
Some fine stuff will no doubt be
brought out at the coming meet
ing.
IN recent letter from Edward T.
Holmes, president of Gordon and
secretary and treasurer of the s. I.
A. A., he says:
Dear Mr.. Whiting: ] am inclos-
ing the list OF proposed amend
inents to the S. l, A. A. constitu-
ton which will be considered at
the annual meeting Friday and
Saturday at New Orleans
The most important matter
which will be considered will
probably he the hearing OF the
charges against the University of
Mississippi and Kentucky State
university. AS the matter now
stands 1--WE Mississippi players and
the coach are under fire.
Kentucky State had trouble with
the Kentucky association and was
blscklisted by that organization.
Both Mississippi and Kentucky
state will bring their cases be
fore the convention for a final
hearing
Tulane will entertain the con
vention at a smoker Friday even
ing.
Responses indicate that the 25
colleges Of the association will he
represented
Very truly yours,
EDWARD r. HOLMES.
Sec. Treas S. l. A. 4.
THE list Of proposed amendments
to the constitution OF the $. [.
\. A. is as long as the constitu
tion OF these United States ana
more complicated.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12

OMSs
March 17--Catholic university.
March l9-Holy CROSS
March 21-Princeton
March 22-Lehigh.
March 24-Holy Cross.
March 25-Washington Americans.
March 26-Johns Hopkins.
March 2S-Amherst
March 2S-Washington Americans.
April Lafayette.
April 3-Cornell
April 4-Corneu
April Randolph Macon
April 11-North Carolina, at Greensboro.
April 12-North Carolina, at Charlotte.
April T-Davidson.
April 1S-North Carolina.
April l9-Georgetown.
April 23-South Carolina
April 25-Trinity. at North Carolina.
April 2e-Georgetown. at Washington.
April S0-Navy. at Annapolis
May Princeton, at Princeton.
May 2-YafS, at New Haven
May S-Army at West Point.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12

league magnates, Hermann left for
home today The annual meeting
of the league was finished last
night.
Now that the Tinker deal is out
of the way, attention focused today
on the possibility of Frank Chance
being signed to manage the Yam
KEGS. While Frank Farrell, the
owner Of the Yankees, refused to
give out any statement, Chance is
expected in New York within a few
days to sign a contract. The deal is
said to be as good as completed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
GARRY SURE TINKER
WILL PILOT A WINNER

ATEW YORK, Dec. 12.-"Now
v watch the Reds make
clean sweep" said Garry
Hermann, his face wreathed in
smiles, as he started for Cincin-
natl today Il have every conf
dence that Joe Tinker, who will
manage my team. win make it a
winner"
Hermann seemed quite overcome
with JOY, and, as one of his friends
put it, continually wore one of those
I've eaten the canary" smiles. To-
Sether with his fellow National
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
SMITH STOPS WuEsT.

NEW YORK. Dec 12-Gunhoat
smith, Of California, win get a chance
Ia the elimination bouts TO uncover a
real white hope" by virtue of the easy
victory he scored last night over Harry
Wuest, of Cincinnati The referee
stopped the fight before the end OF the
first round
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12

a n STANDS for American
n n association, a circuit
of baseball clubs
sparscly inhabiting the mid
western section Of these Unit
ed States, playing an article
Of ball slightly more supine
than the understanding
engaged at all times in desperate
alteration with it's president on
the subject of umpires.
"a. A." also stands for other
things, as the dictionary will show.
Among the first to bob up in con-
nection with the American associa-
ton would be alarming anecdotes.
The association is full of ex-major
veterans, and ex-major vets are
full of anecdotes. 1t is the original
I-Knew- Him When league. There
may be some dead wings in it. but
there is no lack of conversational
control.
They do tell EN-, in the A. A.
And there are plenty of pegs to
hang EN- on.
There (for instance) is RUDE
Waddell and everybody knows
there never was but one really and
truly Rube, and that George Ed
ward is it. There is Nicholas Al
trock-or, rather, there was Nicho-
has Altrock-who got go eccentric
i,n III,
couldn't maintain him, so they
wished him on Clark Griffith who
gave him the job of doing brother
act with Germany Schaefer using
the coaching lines as q slack wire.
And there are plenty more of the
eX-greats, and some of them fairly
great. at that, and all good to hang
stories on.
They started on Mordecai Brown
before the last season ended, when
it was rumored the famous pruned
slabman of the Cubs would man
age Louisville next year
Brown Went Bird Hunting.
Joe Cantillon was talking about
the first time Brownie ever went
bird hunting, Joe says it was the
finest sport he (Joe) ever had, even
without the element of personal
hazard. which was considerable. 1t
seems Joe was chaperoning the
party.
Eve We're hunting over a field OF
sage grass" said Joe, land you bet
| was walking behind Brownie,
who carried his gun as if he was
trying to bunt. Up popped a bird
ana began to uu along the path
IN front OF us. Brownie jumped
about a yard, right up In the air,
and came down with his gun point
ing in the general direction of the
bird.
Hold on, says l, YOU aren't
going 10 shoot him running, are
you?'
Why. no, says Brownie, Pm
going to wait TIL he stops!"
And Joe says Brownie did that
very thing. And when the bird
stopped and sat down to rest
Brownie blazed away. And missed
Waddel Funny as Ever
RUDE WaddeI likes to i've in
Minneapolis. where ne occasionally
is permitted TO pitch in the summer
time. He likes it SO well that Joe
Cantillon has to take him out to
the farm ever Sc often, and ii is a
fact that the Rube's control lever
always works better after one of
those little rural excursions. He is
just as funny as ever, if possible.
and enjoys himself more than Joe
does.
one of the first things George
Edward decided to do after he was
shipped to Millertown was to 20
a-fishing, He went to a sporting
goods house and selected $40 worth
of tackle. which ne ordered deliv-
cred to himself. I'm care Of Joe Can
tillou, c, q. -,
Joe couldn't see the point and
sent the stun back. His idea of
Furnishing The RUDE was not TO let
him pitch FOR a week. That was "A
dreadful blow to the faithful
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
By j. W. Heisnan

" other football season has
all cleared away, we are in
position to see clearly how the
% rules worked out. For so many
years now the rules have been
tinkered with each winter that we
naturally look for further changes
each successive season.
But this year I seriously doubt
whether any important alterations
will be made. AS a whole, the new
rules by themselves, and also in
combination with the old ones
worked out very nicely. Few COM
plants of any kind have been
heard, coming either from players,
coaches or spectators. In other
words, a satisfactory game has at
last been evolved, and there will
be found little or no need for fur
Their change.
The most gratifying manner in
which the rules operated this year
was in producing a game that had
it's offense and it's defense properly
balanced. The salient features of
this corrected adjustment were:
l. The average distance re-
quired to be gained by team
on offense was IL yards per
down. This as a mean between
Ia yards last year and I 2-3
yards five years ago was found
to be the correct distance. as
contrasted with the erroneous
extremes.
.. The elimination of "hik-
ing" the runner made the
strain far less burdensome on
the defensive tackles, so that
they could hold up through an
entire game-to say nothing
Of rendering the game much
less dangerous for the tackles
8. The continued possibility.
of team pulling off long for
ward passes at any stage of the
game compelled the defensive
team to keep well back a strong
secondary defeNse. This OPP
Grated to help out the offense,
and largely made up for what
the offense had lost in being
deprived Of the right to help
the runner by pulling and
pushing.
4. The right to send this for
ward pass clear across the goal
line operated to keep the de-
fensive team still scattered
even when the ball was close
to their goal, and 30 It became
possible for a team to push the
ball across for touchdoWns
without requiring much more
effort and strength than adj
vancing the ball in mid field
as was the case last year.
8. On the other hand, this
vas somewhat compensated for
by the elimination Of the on
side kick. This resulted in some
teams sending back only one
man to handle punt, leaving
the others all up near the line
to help stop the fake kicks SO
common in these days.
The Forward Pass Again.
Now that the reports are all in,
we will have to admit that again,
the country over, the forward pass
has been oftener incompleted than
completed. No matter how prom
Using these things look In Septem-
Der and October, by the time No
vember gets around the coaches
have found time In which to give
their teams ample defensive drill
on stopping them. with the result
that they are stopped. In other
words, they are much less apt to
work out successfully in the big
matches OF November than they do
In the early season games, when
teams have not had time to thor
oughly cover all the defensive
points of play.
And still the pass. or rather its
possibility. is all right In the game.
II is the fact that a team with the
ball in possession always MAY
pull on the crazy thing that COM
peis the defensive team 70 keep It's
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
LOOK FoR NEW MILE MARK.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA new record
IS expected 20 be hung up Saturday
nlkht when Abe kiviat and Mel Shep-
pard, the crack distance runners meet
In one-mile sprint.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Bv O. B. Keller.

Former Atlanta NewsPaPerman,
now Baseball Editor Kansas City
Star, Who Is in Atlanta on Vaca-
tion.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Big Expose Of Mississippi Men
DIE at intercollegiate Session
AtTulaneUni Tomorrow

None Of the provisions WHICH
SEEM LIKELY TO PASS are es-
pecially important.
1t is evident from the number Of
amendments aimed at the playing
under assumed names that this evil
has reached considerable proper
tons,
one rather important amendment
offered is that no S. I. A. A. team
shall be allowed to play with any
team in the s. !. A. A. territory
which is not q member of the as
sociation. This provision, OF course,
is aimed to put the pressure on col
ieges which do not join the asso-
citation.
A resolution is also offered that
the association appoint a commit
tee to publish a list Of colleges"
in the Southern territory. Such a
list is necessary because of the
oneIyear rule, which provides that
players going from one college TO
another shall not be eligible for a
year after the change. Often bit
ter questions arise as to when
college is and isn't college.
An amendment which would be
rather drastic If adopted provides
that no man shall take part in in
tercollegiate athletics until he has
been a resident at the college for
one year, that to be a. resident for
one year he must matriculate with
in 80 days of the opening of the
season and must sec it through.
HE usual annual effort to unseat
DR.. w. l.. Dudley, of Van
derbilt. as head Of the association
is made in proposed amendment
that provides that no officer except
the secretary treasurer shall be
eligible to succeed himself. That
appears a foolish provision, with
no earthly chance of becoming a
law of the association.
To make this a little strong. il
Is further provided that no person
shall be eligible to hold the office
of president who is connected di-
rectly or indirectly with any col
lege of the association or who is
or ever has been q student at any
college of the association. p. S.
If this gets through, it win be nee
essary to seek among ditch diggers
and such for eligible men.
Presumably to make il worth
while for some man not connected
with any Of the S. l. A. A. colleges
to serve ii is proposed to pay the
president a salary, though the
amount of this salary is left blank.
In order to make ii possible for
professional bah players to take
part in the college games, 1t has
been proposed by some one that
anybody be allowed to play college
baseball so long as he has not.
since entering college, played for
more than his expenses. on that
basis, Ty cobb could enter college
and play baseball so long az he did
not rejoin the Tigers. Swell rul-
ing, that.
UNLESS there has been a lot of
- underground work. there win
be few, If any, changes of impor-
lance in the constitution and none
among the officials. DR.. Dudley has
made the association what il is
and is the logical man to lead If
SO lonS as he is willing 10 take the
job. Various disgruntled athletic
authorities have tried to take