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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-05-30
Pleasant Valley No. 2.

Mrs. William Poush and daugh-
ter, and Miss Gittinger, of Leon,
came the past week to visit with Miss
Fannie Mckee.
Mrs. Judson Vanderpool and
daughter, of Tennessee, were visit
ing at Ransom Browns last Tuesday
night
Allan Pence met with a painful
accident last Thursday morning.
One of his colts had been cut on the
wire and he was dressing the wound
when one of his other horses kicked
at the colt and struck him on the
left side, breaking a rib and bruis-
ing his arm severely. DR.. Robinson,
of Grand River. was called and at
tended to his injuries and he is get
ting along nicely.
Mrs. Albert Spray has been sick
the past week
Thomas Gilreath, of Westerville,
who has not been we'll for the past
year, is very sick at this writing with
stomach trouble.
David Acton, of Sand Creek, spent
last Saturday at John Actions.
The farmers are planting their
COIu over, DIS LuC wire WOtllS lOOh
lots of it, and some never came up at
all.
Earl Day, of Grand River, who has
been in Nebraska, returned home
last Friday.
Those who called at H. L. Bran
mer's last Sunday were Mrs. Louisa
Wadsworth, Mrs. Allan Pence and
son, and John Acton.
William Warrick spent last Sum-
day at Isaac Foland's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-05-30
Woodland.

A number of young folks enjoyed
surprise party at Will E. Lentz'
Monday evening, the occasion being
his 21st birthday.
Homer Johnston and w. H. Will
son were Garden Grove callers Tues
day.
DR.. Huff and a gentleman from
Lineville drove up in the Doctors
new Ford runabout Tuesday and
called on DR.. c. E. Lovett.
NOVA S. Beavers was Leon
caller Tuesday.
Miss Alta Conrey and children, of
Humeston was calling on friends
here Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. Roberts, of the Garden Grove
garage, was exhibiting a Hupmobile
here Tuesday.
Mr.. Piercy, c. H. Thomas, Marion
Woodland and Ike Evans, Of Leon,
were business callers here Wednes-
day, making the trip in the former
auto.
DR.. G. E. Lovett reports the ar
rival Of baby boy at the Mr.. and
Mrs. Dunbar home south of town,
Tuesday.
DR.. c. E. Lovett accompanied Mrs.
F. P. Fielding to Leon Thursday
and she departed for her home at
Milo, Iowa.
Mrs Mary Bethards and daughters
Lizzie and Nora spent Wednesday at
the Orville Brown home.
]. E., Pearl and Sarah Coontz, E.
F. Newlin, Grace Rayn, Mark Riddle,
and lone Woolman attended the
class plays at Leon Thursday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Lentz and Mr..
and Mrs. A. P. Coontz and daughter
Olive, were Leon callers Thursday.
~ Mr.. and Mrs. 1. N. Beavers, Mrs.
Cora Lane, Master Wayne Beavers
and Eloise Woolman spent Tuesday
at the country home of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. D. Lockwood.
Miss Nora Beathards is staying
with Mrs. c.. E. Lovett.
Jas. Mcdowell, of Garden Grove,
and D. F. Wilcox, of Princeton, Mo-,
were looking after phone business in
this vicinity Wednesday.
Chas. Carlson went to Garden
Grove Friday to meet his brother
John, of Omaha, .Neb.. who came for
q visit ct the Carlson home. Il
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-05-30

For the best auto oil and batter
les see H. A. Wright.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-05-30
500 Reward, 500.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to learn
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disease, and giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its
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curative powers, that they offer Hundred Dollars
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Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-05-30
Diamond.

Mrs. Virdie Carlton went home
Wednesday. She has been visiting
home folks
Grand River Sunday night.
A nice little rain visited this sec
tion of the country Sunday morning.
Some of the farmers will have to
replant their corn.
There are ten more autos in Grand
River now. The town will be full
fter a bit.
There was no Sunday school at
Maple Grove Sunday on account of
the rain.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-05-30

ly. The proceeds amounted to
5000, which will be used to pay on
an organ for the church. They in
tend to have an ice cream social at
c. P. Brant's soon. Watch for the
date and come and help the Ep-
WOrthians out.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-05-30
A Progressive Century.

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Powders, from a formula adopted by
them after medical experts had pro-
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They are guaranteed. Stempel &
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-05-30

REPORTER FOR SALE BILLS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-05-30
Meritol Pile Remedy.

A new scientific preparation for
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absolutely without an equal for the
treatment of piles in any form. Ask
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plain it's many advantages. Stempel
& Cherrington.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
JOHNS0N'S NEW JUMPS
SECOND BRICK OWENS

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 12-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
Chivington's circuit into the National
league a year ago. Ferguson has been a
member of Chivington executive staff
Tor three seasons and during that time
mas never had any trouble of any con-
sequence,
Ferguson, who is native of ST. Paul.
where Bill Brennan, of the National
league, also hangs his hat, formerly
played in the American league as a menu
per OF the Browns. He later played with
St 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
Former Atlanta Newspaper Man Has Good Line ExBg Leagues
FUNNY STORIES FROM AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

ty shaken for once, if never again.
Lord! He curled up like Sara
toga chip on>a hot platter when he
found out I was all right" Frank
says.
The writer was way 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 Gin
the same boat. a medium sized
bass and bucket of green frogs.
The bass started things by bolt
ing imprudently with q 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 shis first one, and he
handled the situation according TO
baseball instinct. That is to say,
he played that bass like a pop foul
near the bleachers. Bounding to
his feet with a wild whoop of Il
got it," he swung the wretched fish
so feet in the air, 10 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, Franll!" he yelled, de-
spairingly, and went down on the
back of his neck as his foot caught
in the frog bucket.
I'll 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
eIman, who had tucked" the frog
by the time -honored process of ex-
pectoration
you never can tell. where they'll
hit one of those blamed spitters,"
he said.
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 ne believed
he'd go for 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-
fui licking from a bigger club
One From Frank Bowerman.
Frank Bowerman-you recall
Bowerman OF the once famous bat
terry Of Mathewson and Bowerman
played first base for the Blues
year before last, and he saws it
isn't Matty's fault that his
tFlank'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 a large number of square
miles of timber land The occa-
sion of the sparing of Franks bean
was combination of Big Six. a
hammerless gun that Jared loose. a
railroad track in the wilderness.
and a stubbed toe for the worlds
greatest hurler.
AS it was, it 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
By Percy II. Whiting.


TINE biggest blow-off 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 a
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
the S. 1. A. A. took the same ac-
ton. Then the Mississippi faculty
reconsidered its 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. sThen 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 r.
Holmes. president of Gordon and
secretary and treasurer OF the S. /.
A. a., he says:
Dear Mr.. Whiting ] am inclos
ing the list of proposed amend
ments 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 be the hearing of the
charges against the University of
Mississippi and Kentucky State
university. As the matter now
stands five Mississippi players and
the coach are under fire.
Kentucky State had trouble with
the Kentucky association and was
blacklisted by that organization.
Both Mississippi and Kentucky
State win bring their cases be
fore the convention for a final
hearing.
Tulane will entertain the con
vention al a smoker Friday even
ing
Responses indicate that the %
colleges of the association will be
represented
Very truly yours,
EDWARD r HOLMES.
Sec. Treas $. l. A. A
IT He list of proposed amendments
to the constitution Of the S. I.
A. A. is as long as the constitu-
lion az theaa United Srotau aud
more complicated.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Coach Heisma1, in Dissecting
1912GridironR Rules, Finds That
Very Few Changes Are Needed
By Ia

defensive formation opened nm
and this last is what enables tbe
team with the ball to gain ten wards
in four trials by rushing the bail
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 OF ought
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, 1t 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,
sides play occurred-that is to say
1T makes no difference. as the rule
now stands, whether the off-Side
play was made by the defensive
team on first down or on a
fourth down play, the subsequent
down becomes first down, instead
Of remaining the same as it was
before-as is the case when the Of
fensive team gets side.
To clinch the argument: Fer oe-
ing off side why am | not pun
ished the same one time as an
other? On this occasion | happen
to be off-side on first down
play-and opponents are given d
mere first down in addition to tneN
five yards. Thus my team has 1851
a mere five yards. But the neAl
time l get off side ! find II hap.
pened after my team had stopper
them three times In their tracAs
=; eraaI V1~nTE ia flIONh
away because the present Lu!'
makes the penalty not merely NV
yards loss, but sends the nuilv ~.
OF the down back to first. Had lnS
application of the penalty OeeH
uniform, 1t would still be toufl
down, and the distance to
gained would still be about NV
yards on their last trial, as tLe'
had gained nothing on their l1H''
rushing attempts. ~,
The rule should undoubtedly
amended so as to make the 'u ~,
ceeding down after a foul by u" 1.
defensive team be the same as y
was on the play during which Wv
foul occurred, as is the case WIen
the offensive team makes a tou
/ look for very few changes NJ
deed, for next season. A few re- e,
workings for the sake Of grea%s.
clearness will about wind up ~'
deliberations OF the committee 1,
/ wonder might they not an ~,
themselves why require the puhls
to pull his stunt off standing INV, NV
yards behind his scrimmage nIs'
ip0taod ~ o1yw hare In the field no
pleases? Surely there is no sFesa 70.
sense in retaining this relic OF Wv
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 ball five gets going in its initial
game on the local floor tomorrow night.
While the team this season will not be
as good as the one that wore the orange
and black last year, il 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, win play
a forward for the team against his old
teammates II Is due TO be very bsr,l-
fought game and no doubt some fast bas-
ket ball viii be uncorked
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
GARRY SURE TINKER
WILL PILOT A WINNER

NEW 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, will make it a
winner"
Hermann seemed quite overcome
with JOY, and, as one of his friends
put 1t. 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

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 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
SMITH STOPS wuEsT

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Gunboat
Smith. OF California. will get a, chance
in 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

\ \ STANDS for American
AA association, circuit
of baseball clubs
sparseIy inhabiting the mid
western section Of these Unit
ed States, playing an article
Of bah slightly more supine
than the understanding and
engaged at all times In a 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
IKnew- Him When league There
may be some dead wings in it, but
there is no lack of conversational
control.
They do tell 'em, in the A. A.
And there are plenty Of pegs to
hang EN- on.
There Gor instance) is Rube
Waddell, and everybody knows
there never was but one really and
truly RUDE, and that George Ed
ward is il. There is Nicholas AL
trock-or rather, there was Nicho-
las Altrock-who got so eccentric
that even the Kansas City Blues
couldn't maintain him, SO they
wished him on Clark Griffith. who
gave him the job Of doing a brother
act with Germany Schaefcr. using
the coaching lines as a lack 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 dantillon 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.
we Were hunting over field OF
sage grass" said Joe, "and you bet
| was walking behind Brownie,
who carried his gun as if he was
trying TO bunt. Up popped a bird
ana began to run along the path
in front of us Brownie jumped
about 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 to shoot him running. are
your
"Why no says Brownie, I'm
going to wait till 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
WaddelI Funny as Ever
Rubc WaddeH likes TO live in
Minneapolis, where he 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 so often, and it is a
fact that the Rube's control lever
always works better after one of
tp6se little rural excursions. He is
Just as funny as ever, if possible,
lind enjoys himself more than Joe
does
one OF the first things George
Edward decided to do after he was
shipped to Millertown was to go
a-fishing He went to a sporting
goods house and selected $76 worth
OF tackle. which he ordered deliv-
cred to himself, in care Of Joe Cam
tillon, C. .. d,
Joe couldn't see the point and
sent the stun back His idea Of
punishiug the Rube was not TO let
him pitch FOR a week That was
dreadful blow 10 the faithful
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
Big Expose of Mississippi Men
Due at intercollegiate Session
AtTulaneU University 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. l. A. A. team
shall be allowed to play with any
& team in the :. I. A A. territory
which is not a member of the as
ISOLATION. This provision, OF course,
Is aimed TO put the pressure on col
leges which do not join the asso-
citation.
\ 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
oneyear 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 a
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 resident at the college for
one year, that to be a resident for
ono Raas~ no must mo-, I, -; o,,I,.- ,.-skl
in 80 days of the opening of the
season and must see 1t through
HE usual annual effort to unseat
DR.. W. l.. Dudley. OF van
derbilt, as head of the association
is made in a proposed amendment
that provides that no officer except
the secretary treasurer shall be
eligible to succeed himself. That
appears foolish provision, with
no earthly chance Of becoming a
law of the association.
To make this little strong. it
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 a student at any
college of the association. p. S.
If this gets through it will be nee
essary to seek among ditch diggers
and such for eligible men.
Presumably to make it worth
While for some man not connected
with any of the S. !. A. A. colleges
to serve it is proposed to pay the
president a salary, though the
amount of this salary is left blank.
In order to make it possible for
professional ball players to take
part i'll the college games, # 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 as he did
not rejoin the Tigers. Swell ruI-
ing, that
TTNLESS 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 it is
and is the logical man to lead ii
SO long as he is willing to take the
Job Various disgrunted athletic
authorities have tried to take
fall out OF him several times In the