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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
LARGE FRESHMAN CLASS
Preliminary Registration Shows 100
at University Of Vermont.

Burlington. Sept 25.-President
Guy Potter Benton of the University
Of Vermont gave the student body
Some Lessons in Reconstruction"
in his address opening the 122nd ses-
sion of the State University. Be
cause of inadequate accommodations
in the college chapel the exercises
were held in the gymnasium. The
preliminary registration shows $50 in
the entering class. For the first time
the college OF medicine opened along
with the colleges Of arts and siences
engineering and agriculture. The re-
quirements of this college now in
cludes one year Of academic collegiate
work. The change has had the effect
Of cutting the number Of prospective
doctors down 10 a low figure but il
has, on the other hand. raised the in
stitution in the eyes OF medical au-
thOrities. The total enrolment OF
the State University is now over six
hundred which makes the total at
tendance record breaking one BY a
large margin In the freshman en-
rOllment the old classical college OF
arts and sciences leads Of in point of
numbers followed by the colleges OF
engineering. agriculture and medicine
respectively.
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WILL JUMP NO MORE (.
A. L. Gutterson, Vermont's Crack
Athlete, Permanently Injured.


Burlington, Sept. 25.-A. L. Gutter
son. the greatest track man which
the University of Vermont has ever
produced and one of the greatest in
the world. will never jump again and
his chances of breaking the world
record for the broad jump, which he
nearly did at the Olympic games,
have been swept away according to
a letter received by President Ben
ton from Gutterson. In il the athlete
states that in jumping at the anna
teur contests in Boston he snapped
a tendon in his leg which will forfeit
any chances he may have had to win.
Gutterson, since his advent into the
world of athletes, has had phenom-
email success and has scored many
points. His first noteworthy perform
ance was at the intercollegiate meet
at Boston, when he made more points
than anyone else. At the Olympic
games at Stockholm he took first
place in the broad jump, with a mark
of "a feet IL inches, thus establish
ing new Olympic record and coming
within a Quarter of an inch of making
a new worlds record Gutterson was
intending to compete in the meet at
pittsburgh and was to attempt TO
make new worlds record. This was
TO be his last effort on the track.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25

WIVES SUING SALOONS
Damages Sought from the Owners
and Managers of Resorts.

Chicago, Sept. 24.-Eight damage
suits for a total of $4,000 have been
filed in the Circuit Court here against
thirty owners and managers of sa-
looms and persons owning the prop
erty in which they are situated.
The suits were brought by forty
wives and children, who declare that
their incomes have become impaired
through the shortcomings OF their
husbands and fathers, which in all
cases are traced to the saloon. The
suits were filed by counsel for the
Citizens League of Chicago, which
has for its purpose the enforcement
of the State dramshop act.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
THE VALLEY FAIR
Good Attendance In Spite of the
Rain.

Good Attendance in Spite of the
Rain.
Brattleboro, Sept. 25.-The first an
nual Valley fair was blighted for
about three hours during the after
noon today by a slow drizzling rain,
which made it disagreeable, although
practically the entire days program
was pulled off AS expected, the mod
flied marathon, or 10mile road race,
proved to be a big drawing feature,
and the contestants finished quite
close. The attendance was practical
ly the usual first day crowd, in spite
of the threatening weather. The ex-
hibit in all the departments was up TO
the former high standard of Valley
fair and in some cases the display
was far superior. The show of Nor
gan and Perceron horses was the
best ever seen on the grounds. The
cattle exhibit made up in quality
what it lacked in numbers. The
sheep show was way above par.
while the display in the poultry de-
partment was the finest ever seen
at Valley fairs. This was also true
of the pet stock. The agricultural,
fruit, floral and farm implements all
were well represented.
J. d. Avery of Shelburne Falls won
first in the 300-pound class for oxen
drawing with a load of 7S40 pounds.
A. Gallup of Guilford won second and
Wilder & Prefountaine took third
places. The 6000pound drawing class
did not compete.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
DEATH FOR cHILD.sLAYER
kompovlc Tried and Sentenced in
Perth Amboy in Record Time.

kompovle Tried and Sentenced in
Perth Amboy in Record Time.
New Brunswick, n. j.. Sept "a
Alexander Kompovic of Perth Amboy
who was indicted on the charge of
numbering ten-year-old Mary Halliday
on July l, was found guilty of muir
der in the first degree today and was
sentenced by Judge James ]. Bergen
to be put to death in the week be
ginning Nov. 4. kompovic heard the
verdict stocially.
The jury retired at IL o'clock and
returned at 1920 this afternoon with
the verdict The case is a record
breaker for Middlesex County in
brevity. as there was only a day and
a half of actual examination of wit
nesses. James S. Wight of Perth
Amboy was attorney for KOmpOvic,
while Prosecutor George S. Silzer
represented the State. The States
evidence was entirely circumstantial.
while Kompovic's defense was that
he was too drunk to remember what
took place. The little girl was ma
treated and strangled to death.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
EXPERIENCE NOT NECESSARY
Pitchers Do Not Need to Have Try
Out Before Entering in Worlds Series

Obt oCiOiC GUNOiiiS w WITH 0SiiSo
Joe Wood has had no world series
experience, as an exchange relates,
writes Grantland Rice. But there is
at least something of tautness in an
experience which includes rebuttal
against a collection of pitching flesh
encasing such systems as those of
Johnson. Walsh, Coombs, Gregg,
Plank and Ford Mathewson had no
world series experience when he first
faced the Athletics in 1905. Yet he
did fairly well. They almost scored
run off him in q innings. Yet at
the showdown he managed to sneak
over three games out of three starts.
Coombs carried no world series ex-
perience when he first grappled with
the Cubs. Yet, strange TO relate, the
records show Coombs with three wins
in five days Experience has its
place but after all, it's the stun
which counts when the bell rings and
the kickoff booms.
Johnson has never had any world
series experience. Neither has Nap"
Rucker But with pennant winning
teams, how many laks of rupees or
how many sacks of doubloons, would
you be willing to stack against their
work in an October conflict for the
main prize?
McGraw is now printing JEFF Tes-
reau to envelop the Red Sox in the
midst of his foamy spray. The mas
sive splitter" will lend all his Efforts
to have the sea lock ready on time
for untrammeled passage. He is now
travelling at terrific speed. and when
Matty steps forth in October for his
third world series start he will find
the best pitching pal he has ever
known poised at his side.
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C0ADJUTORB|
FOR D|OCE Sc
OF VERMONT
Convention Here Complies with
Request Of Bishop Hall
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
Head Of Episcopal Church Asks for
Assistance Because of Continued
III Health.

For the first time in fifty years, the
annual convention of the Episcopal
diocese of Vermont is being held here
today, at st. Peters church. This is
an adjournment of the convention of
last year when the Rt Rev. Arthur
C. A. Hall, Bishop of Vermont was
unable to preside because of i'll
health The bishop was able to be
present this year, however, and
officiated at the celebration of the
holy communion this morning at Gas
and again at $3.50, this service i'm
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
ETToR WINS FIRST COURT MOVE
Judge Grants Motion for Bill OF Par
tieulars in Murder Case.

Salem, Mass. Sept. 24-Iosepb 7
Ettor and Arturo Giovannit,i. cbsryed
Win being accessories before the fact
IN me alleged murder Of Annie To-
pez1i IN Lawrence on January %
nave Won partial victory in the courts
their motion for bill Of particulars
oeIng granted by Judge Quinn TO-DAY
The Judge ordered that the Com.
I mon on OF before Friday next
furnish the defendants a bin Of nar.
ucuiars specifying the dates and
places between the 18th and 2etb
DAYS Of January. 1912. that snvtbi1e
"a, "a SAID OF done which the State
sLaiins tends 70 show that the defep-
uants melted the commission Of the
ieiony as set forth In the indictmeD,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
PEARL FOR A GEM OF A WIFE
Capt. odelrs Find TO be Set for Wo-
man Who Helps Him Oio CLANS

New Rochelle. ~ Y, Sept "a
Chivalry springs eternal in the breast
Of Capt. William Odell. a local fisher
man and harbor policeman at Nep-
tune Island on Long Island Sound.
After selling a local dealer a mess
Of clans which he dug on Pea Island.
Capt. Odell found a large pearl in the
bottom OF his pail. He took il to a
local ieweler and was informed that
il was worth SIS
Did Capt Odell sell it to the jewel
err Not he
II that little thing is worth SIS.
my wife. Clara is going 10 have IL. q"
he told the jeweler. She's helped
me dig clans nigh onto forty years.
You make Il into a ring for Clara"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
TAFT WIRES TO KING ALFONSO.
Sends Condolences Because Of Death
Of Maria Teresa.

Washington. Sept 24-President
Taft today sent the following mes
sage Of coincidence to King Alfonso Of
Spain.
Mrs. Taft and I offer your Majesty
our heartfelt sympathy in your deep
sorrow.-
The message was sent following the
receipt OF a message from the King
announcing the death Of his sister,
lnfsnta Maria Teresa.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
BANK THIEF coNFEssEs
Clerk Says He Stole the Louisville a
NsshVille's $4,000.

Pensacola. Fla, Sept 24-wiITiam
H. Bell, a twenty-yesr-old bank clerk.
confessed tonight that he robbed the
FIRST National Bank on Wednesday Of
a package containing $4,000 o. the
Louisville & Nashville pay roll and
substituted a worthless package.
The money was recovered Mondsv.
i had been left on the bank steps al
night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
WEATHER FORECAST

Probabilities For This Section For
The Next "a Hours.
For eastern New York and western
Vermont rain tonight and probably
Thursday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-25
Bound to Attract
Attention

Are these new rough overcoat-
inqs of ours. Pure wool, every
coat from SIP up; and the shape
is built in, not simply pressed
in as is true of some makes.
The Collar All it's a cork
err. Worn up, it's a fine close
fitting military turned down
and it looks as though built for
that one position.
They look like fine made
to-measure garment and cost
you S. to $40 less.
Then, too, the great majority
Of men can be as well fitted in
a good ready-to-wear overcoat
as they can in one built to their
l06dSuIS.
Its worth something to try
il on and see how il becomes
you, which Of course you can't
do II we make it for you.
IF these are facts, then you'll
save money in getting a ready
made.
AT least try one on.
Here are about three hun
dred to choose from.
Qualities $40 to So.
The Rah. Rah hat for boys.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05

Of large proportions both this aft
ernoon and tomorrow. Referee
Frank Reynolds will schedule some
good stun for both afternoons and
as this seems to be a big year for
tennis in Atlanta. the seating ca
pacity of the East Lake stands is
likely to be well tested.
Only two matches were played W
to noon today, while a couple wars
put over by default. The results
follow:
Mixed Doubles, Semi -f1nals-Mrs
Seymour and Thornton defeated
Mrs. Taylor and Hocherdale by
default. Mrs. O'Brien and Carls-
ton Smith defeated Miss Sturgeon
and Clark by default
Mems Singles Consolation. Semi
final Round-Orr defeated Bailey,
81, 81.
women's Consolation. Final
Round-Mrs. John Milan defeated
Miss O'Brien. Ga, SIS.
The Southern Lawn Tennis as
ISOLATION announces that the fol
lowing prizes will be awarded
Mems singles, silver vase, run
ner-up, silver pitcher. Mems dou-
bles, two silver goblets; ladies' sin
giles. silver hand mirror. runner up,
silver clothes brush Mixed dou-
bles, umbrellas; mems consultations.
belt with silver buckle; ladies con-
ISOLATION. silver loving cup.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
CHAMPION KILBANE Is
VICTOR OVER DIXON

CLEVELAND ONO. July 5.-Ac-
cording to popular verdict Johnny xii
bane defeated Tommy Dixon IN a
twelve-r round contest here last night
The bout was fast and interesting
Dixon was strong for nine rounds
but In the zenith Kiltaue carried the
fight steadily to the Kansas city lad
and in the eleventh had him hanging
on the ropes
The fight was delayed two hours by
a great crowd breaking down the
turnsties giving admittance to the
arena Until those who had not paid
were weeded out the m Management
would not proceed with the bout
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
WHITNEY ROBBED IN
FIGHT WITH O'KEEFE

pressive He got as good as an
even break IN every other round.
o'Keefe used bull ring methods.
making a big show Of aggressive
ness with bluff rushes that did
about AS much damage as good
tiff Jolt from a house fly
II wasn't bad bout except that
there was too much wrestling and
not enough punching. Whitneys
cleverness gave him all the edge
and his defensive work against the
well-meant blows Of OKcefe saved
him from any serious damage.
There was nothing about the
scrap AZ any stage that gave
O'Keefe any edge He did not land
as many blows as his opponent He
did not land as hard He had moth
ing on points or in execution.
Boxing is in bad way in At
lanta It IS merely tolerated here
now The first crusade against it
will put the everlasting l1ibosh on
It The only chance OF keeping 1t
is to run It fairly and deoently.
Any other tactics will kill it. And
II isn't feeling very well this morn
ing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
NATIONAL COMMISSION
ANNOUNCES NEW RULING

CINCINNATI. July 5-The national
baseball commission announced the fol
lowing notice to all national agreement
clubs
ITO establish uniformity in action bv
clubs when a player, released by a
major league club to a minor league
club and by minor league club to 3
major league club, refuses to report to
and contract with the club to which he
is transferred. the commission directs
that club to protect both parties to the
des from responsibility for his salary
during his INSTRUMENTATION by promptly
suspending him
Payment. in part IS in whole, Of the
consideration for the release of such
PLAYER viii not be enforced until he is
reinstated and actually enters the serv-
Ice OF the purchasing club
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05

come the squirrel club for sure.
HE scouting days are here Mike
Kahoe, Of the Washington
team, watched the performance
yesterday, and from now on the
big league sleuths will be dropping
in on Atlanta every few days and
looking over the talent
Unless HARRISON can set the
team ablaze, the Crackers are not
likely to have anything this year
which will get the scouts on the
run. Bailey, who is doing bril-
liant work, belongs to the New
York Americans, and will prob
ably be called back for a trial
with them next spring. The only
Atlanta pitcher who Is doing real
ly frst class work is Vedder Sit
ton. and he is hardly likely to be
recalled into fast company
though you never can tell. Bob
Spade was, and Otto Hess and a
few others
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
Hemp Has Real Ball Club Now, If It Is Losing
Agler Is the Best First Basen1an Dug Up in Ages

around the bottom OF the ladder,
with no real symptoms Of going
higher. You can't keep squirrel
club on the ground. though, and
the Cracker club is a squirrel club
If we ever saw one.
All that will keep the Crackers
down now Is the pitching staff
And II we're any Judge of the bird,
that "Bucko" Becker, the Pride of
the Navy Yard, is not going to
hold the Crackers back any. This
new left handler pitched a mighty
impressive game yesterday morn
ing. He just breezed along and he
had the Billikens calling for help
for nine full innings On the
strength of his work yesterday he
will make Atlanta a winning
pitcher
II this other new man, Waldorf.
proves to be ANYTHING worth talk
ing about, the Crackers will be-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
SMITH JOLTS TALEN T
BY DOWNING THORNTON

"HAT you never can tell how a
sporting event is going to
come out until the coming Is
all over was never better demon
strated than when Carleton Smith
defeated Nat Thornton yesterday in
the Southern championship tourna-
ment at East Lake In the third
round OF mems singles. And worse
than that, he did It in straight sets
rs, So.
After the singles drawing had
been made for the present tourna-
ment, Thornton said: Carleton
Smith will probably beat me. These
hard courts suit him He plays a
back line game. play the net.
You can't play net game on this
vitrfied clay. That gives him the
advantage" And so It proved.
When the man who has won the
Old Dominion and the South At
lantic cham ionships this year met
the man who won the Tennessee
title the latter won. And It was
unquestionably the deciding match
of the tournament.
The outcome of this match might
have been expected, though 1t
wasn't For Carleton Smith has
been playing improved tennis Of
late and his brilliant game is the
sort that is calculated to take any
body's measure any old time. In
the semi finals Smith meets E V.
Carter, Jr., and he will give the
-conqueror of Thornton a big game.
Whoever wins in the semi finals in
that frame will doubtless have to
meet L. D. Scott This veteran is
playing corlxing game and should
defeat Charest.
The mems doubles unlike the
singles, have come through TO the
final round without an upset. In
the upper frame 3. NJ Grant and
e. V. Carter. Jr., reached the finals
without a single hard match. In
the lower frame Smith and Thorn
ton did the same thing When they
come together ii will be a match for
blood Smith and Thornton should
win, but they are erratic, while Car
ter and Grant are steady All four
are brilliant players, and the match.
which will be played Saturday aft
ernoon. should be a corker
The women's singles came
through entirely according to
schedule, and Mrs. Taylor, of
Brooklyn, was the winner In the
entire tournament she lost only
seven games. She will not find the
going so good when she meets Miss
Irving Murphy. of New Orleans, in
the challenge round. This. by the
way. will be the only challenge
round of the tournament, unless
Conrad Doyle turns up unexpected
~, which isn't likely.
A crowd of considerable size
turned out yesterday afternoon to
watch the matches, and with fair
weather there should be galleries
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
WORL DIS FASTEST MOTOR
BOAT IN CHICAGO RACES

Mawdesley Brool1e's hydroplane
Baby VI, the fastest motor craft ever
constructed in Great Britain, has been
launched and given her first trials. She
has proved a success in every way, and
Brooke has cabled Commodore william
Hale Thompson. of the Associated
Yacht and Power Boat Clubs of Amer
lea, that the little flyer would be
shipped to America next week.
The boat will be shipped right
through to Chicago. where she will os5
turned up for the championship Of
America. for which she will compete
during naval pa geant week, August w
TO Z
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
FODDER FOR FANS

farmer lad named William Traynor
was killed by being hit over the heart by
q pitched ball in game at Charley Bluff,
Wis He dropped when the ball hit him
and was picked UP dead.
The Cards have won every game that
Roger Bresnahan has worked as catcher
this year.
Artie Hoffman is charging. in published
interviews that Charley Murphy knew he
he traded him to Pittsburg Dreyfuss is
said to have stated that Murphy repre-
scented that Holman was in excellent
health Nasty stencil about this thing
Anyhow the St Louis Browns are plan
ming ahead They have placed Outfelder
Robert Young in care of Charley Sits at
Peoria for seasons sea soning they will
get Bunny Brief from TraVers City next
month for trial and they have purchased
Pitcher Napier, who recently pitched a
one hit no pass no-run game for the
Sherman team of the Texas Oklahoma
league
The Browns have but one ambition this
year, which is to win more games than
Rube Marquard
Somebody has characterized the Ma
tonal league race as three months
Jimmy. Adams the youngster who
pitched the Browns to victory against the
Maps, halls from Albright college in Penn
syivana. Al that It took q rescue crew
to get him through alive.
Edgar Willett set q new long distance
hitting mark for Detroit when he made
two home runs in two consecutive in
nings
Charley Ebbetts wants to open his new
ball park on some historic date He Sc
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05

grabbed It however 5sS saws 0t rhsrlss
History ts full of incidents and August
In the recent Nap Brown series. Joe
Jackson and Larry Latoie produced IS
President Frank Nevin, of the Tigers.
has issued a denial of the report that he
said he was dissatisfied with Jennings as
ished with the team, but he has nothing
on Jennings in that
From the epigrams OF Tom sharkey
Kids don't care any more about boxing
It's all baseball
Harry MCINTYRE, former Chicago and
Memphis pitcher, Is going to quit base
ball soon and open a booze place in Chi
cago
A sheriff has been chasing Rpba Nav
guard in an effort to collect bill due a
theatrical paper for advertising his act
last year
Jimmy. Dygert. ex- Pelican, has been
Internationally released by Baltimore
Speaking OF the fact that Rube Mar
guard has got all of an even break in his
race for the consecutive winning record.
one Of the Giant players said the other
day. The scorers should have given Mar
qudEu CFcuil LOT tnat game yesterday.
Didn't he warm up in the ninth?p
The New York fans are after Hal Chase
and he will be traded. What, with bad
health, business troubles and family rows
he IS playing punk ball. Therefore, there
seems nothing TO do but let him out
81
Ed Sweeney was late in reporting and
late in rounding to, but they say now
that he is easily the best catcher in the
American league.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-05
CUNNINGHAM CUP PLAY
NEARING SEMl-FINALS

PLAY has nearly reached the semi
Hnals stage in the four flights of the
golf tournament for the W. W. Cum
bingham gold trophy. several matches
being PLAYED Yesterday Here they are.
FIRST FLIGHT.
Second found.
r p Jones defeated c. Knowles
up and to play
r f Richards defeated 6 w Adair
up and to play
SECOND FLIGHT
Second Round.
T 4 Hammond defeated G. Lip
pold. up and TO play
G Angler defeated y Brown, 2 ur
and TO play
Semi Finals.
c. Angler defeated T A Hammond
up 10 holes
THIRD FLIGHT.
Second Round.
H K Neer defeated A II Lippold. !
up "a holes
W W Cunningham defeated w NJ
Markham, ? up and 10 play.
y r Henry defeated + u Duncan
up and to play
FOURTH FLIGHT.
First Round.
H \ Rodgers defeated B N Blount
H, Latham defeated ]. NJ Beasle,
by default
Second Round.
E. G Oftlev defeated r z Jones
Jrs I up and 70 play
Semi Finals
z G Ottlev defeated ". L. Hudson
8 up and 70 play