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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-24
MORE BASEBALL
FOR TWO CITIES

Fargo and Moorhead stand a good
chance of getting into the See-Eye
league the coming season, according
to Manager Murray, Secretary Olson
n Saptain Lutgers of last seasons
enviable record. The Athletics, which
is the mann adopted by the Moorhead
boys last season, made a fine showing
and the season was a profitable one,
showing 'ConclusiVely, that baseball un-
der anything. like favorable circum-
stances, will pay, and the management
of last year has promised a semi-pro-
fessional team for Fargo and Moor
head next season.
Manager Murray has undoubtedly
proved himself a very capable mana
ger. who knows how to handle mel
and who has his entire heart and soul
in the work and is always striving to
keep the greatest American sport or
the present high plane which 1t has
attained through the national commits
sion, and If the business men of Fargo
and Moorhead decide to place a team
in the See-Eye league after President
Blooms visit after the holidays, Mr..
Murray, should be considered first
choice as manager. He has several
semi-professional players under con-
tract, and using these for a nucleus
for his team he can with a little back
ing place a team with the league
which the fans of Fargo and MoOrhead
can be proud Of.
The activity, of the commercial clubs
of both cities. through the efforts Of
Secretaries Slime and Wright have
made wonderful strides in boosting
and advertising both. cities, and will
undoubtedly heartily cooperate with
Mr.. Murray. in securing the franchise
in the league. 1t is now up to the
business men and FAM to offer their
backing and assistance and Fargo and
Moorhead will again enjoy profession
al baseball.
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M'CARTY PLAYING
POLO TO TRAIN

Luck" otherwise Luther, McCarty,
the former Fargo boy, has grasped the
strenuous game of polo as the real
for his fight with Al Paizer on New
1ears afternoon at Vernon, Cal. AS a
means to this end Luck" has started
70 play in the polo matches held at
pasadena, Cal.
McCarty, it will be remembered was
a cowboy before he entered the lists
as a heavyweight champion. He is an
expert rough rider and an artist with
Inc rope What he will be able to do
win a polo mallet remains to be seen,
out as he is a dead shot with the re-
VoIVer' his Judgment of distance and
accuracy will not be much at fault.
ne Is n or the willing victims to
the cali of the wild, and like all boys
Oh the plains loves the outdoor life,
Already the fstic fans of the Pacific
coast are smacking their lips, fgur-
bo1Teif spesking in anticipation of the
Ihat there will be an immense crowd
at Tom McCary's club in Los Angeles.
Is made evident by the great demands
LOT tlckets' The call for reservations
McCarty battle. Because McCarty
stopped Flynn in sixteen rounds and
had the western wildcat limp and in
andnste as a dlshrag. when the police
ehded the session the fans realize that
with a big b.
McCarty's early training will be
Idght' confined to polo playing and
Work is necessary because he bruised
one of the knuckles of his right hand
In his bout with Flynn. He exnects
mat the injury will be entirely healed
IN a weeks time. He will not reouirs
much heavy work to place him in CON
3Itloh' as ne was in fine trim for his
bout with Flynn. ~
BUT with Palzer it is a horse of an
other, color. He is big and fat and
VIII have to work hard, day in and
DAY u in order to be on edge for a
ling battle with McCarty. PaiZer's
great bulk. his massive shoulders and
pack and his heavy cheek and Jaw
zone have made a great hit with the
n or California. He's a grizzly
pear. hey say; "and looks just as
strong n willing to fight" Palzer
VIII occupy Doyle's training camp at
Vernon, the place that Flynn has lust
vacated. AUG 'U"'
mccarthy and Palzer have met sew
eral times on the streets of Los An
geIes. They looked each other over
caTetuliy' Joshed one another in good
natured style and parted, seemingly
the best of friends.
DIR. VIM. sadler, author of "The
Cause and Cure of Colds" saws that
common colds should be taken serious
ly, especially when they Chang on"
Foley's Honey and Tar COMPOUND ia a
reliable household medicine for coughs
and colds, equally effective for chill
dren and for grown persons. Take II
when you feel a cold coming on It
Will avert danger and serious results
and cure quickly. No harmful drugs.
Economy Drug Co.; Fargo Drug Co.,
-Advt.
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SPORT GOSSIP.

Connie Mack will save money next
yea by shipping Stuffy McInnis around
the circuit by parcels post.
1t looks as if President Navin will
have to sell the Detroit club in order
to meet the salary demands. of Cobb,
Speaking of hold-outs, every major
league owner is looking for more mon
ey in 1913.
Automobile business will remain on
the blink until the public finds out
what cars Willie Ritchie and Luther
McCarty are going to buy.
Bob Moha now weighs 231 pounds,
and is getting %stouter every day. 1t
won't be long then until he outgrows
the heavyweight class.
The English have a system of old
age pensions. A number of promising
tossers now ending their fast set car
eer are hoping that America will copy
the idea.
Who will, buy my Phils, my pretty
Morgan Of the baseball bund.
This is the time of year when every
ball player writes his own ticket. The
owner waits until payday to write his.
According to the new premium list
of the cigar-store trust, a smoker can
acquire the Philadelphia. ball club for
1,678,410 green coupons.
Get-rich-quick Jimmy Callahan Of
fered Ping Bodie to the Maps for Joe
Jackson, and would you believe it.
Cleveland didn't accept.
In his Inauguration speech, Presi-
dent-elect Wilson, is is expected, will
advocate the elimination of the foul
strike rule. .-.
AS W. II. r. is out of a job after
March 4, why doesn't c., p. 7. give
him the Phillies, and then he can con
tinue to be president?
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In a New York speed contest typists
were writing from ll3 to III words a
minute. Since we have observed that
people who wrote as fast as that don't
say much, the news eXCitcs no envy.
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IN THE WORLD OF SPORT

steak, a loaf of bread, a pint Of prunes,
four raw eggs and milk. -....
And the man actually fasts! Cheats
himself!
When Luther McCarty, formerly of
Fargo, the conqueror Of Kaufman,
Barry and Flynn, trained at Merchant
Vile, n. j., for his first eastern fight
with Tim Logan, his boarding house
tax was rs cents more a day than that
of four other fighters who stopped
with him.. SO much for his stomach.
Billy Nepmann, who had the custody
of Carl Morris, when that frost came
out of the west, cured himself of dys-
pepsia through watching the mon
strous portions of fodder the Oklaho-
man consumed.
AL Palzer is a mighty eater. Jess
Willard, TOD, can punish a consider
able Quantity of foodstuffs.
Mining stock for mine in preference
to a gamble on the fate of giant fight
ers.
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FARGO NEWS

The last day of the school before
the Christmas vacation was Friday
Dec. 20. At the chapel hour solos
from the oratoriO the Messiah were
rendered by Mrs. Stephens, Miss
Wright and Director Orr Of the con-
~servatory staff, accompanied by. Mr..
Beard and Miss Wright.
Miss Conn of the class of 1911 has
landed at Cape Town, South Africa
on her way to mission school work
in Zululand. The last number of The
Missionary Herald contains a sketch
of her life, and a likeness.
City Engineer Anders gave an ex-
position. of the work of the filtration
plant at a recent chapel hour. Among
Cooperstown.
At the joint session of the American
Pathological association, the Archeologi-
cal association of America and Society
of Biblical Literature and Exegesis
to be held at Washington, D.. G.. this
month a paper by DR.. Stearns will be
read, entitled Some Additional Papyrus
Fragments.
Friday Mrs. Hanson Of Eighth ave-
lluS SOull Slll6I ldlJSu lOL d iuLlIDel VI
the young ladies of the college. Covers
were laid for Misses Shae, Tate,
Vivian and Selma Shute. and Beck
man.
Mr.. Ballou. has recently presented
the library with busts Of Dante and
Homer and an ancient vase.
DR.. Knowlton will preach next Sun
1a,- L. 7 s1I-, T. tLa ~An- F,,k,,rA Ia
will deliver three lectures for Sunday
school teachers.
The three Kaffeeklatsches given
three afternoons this week by Miss
Perley were very delightful affairs.
All the students of the German depart
ment were invited, and several mem
bers of the faculty were present as
guests. Thursday morning the chapel
German by the chorus of the German
club. There were also selections by a
double quartette, and a solo.
The debating contest Friday evening
resulted in the choosing of the fol-
lowing six men to represent the COL
lege in the triangular inter- collegiate
series: Aronson, Talbot, Codding,
PiXler, Hildreth and Musburger.
Dean Brown of the faculty left Fri
day evening for Chicago, where he will
spend a part Of his vacation. Miss
Foster left Thursday for Wisconsin.
The other members of the faculty will
probably remain in Fargo.
Mrs. Clarence L. Foster (nee Ruth
Smith, and her sister Medorah Smith,
who left their work in western China
on account Of the war are ma king
plans to return thither. Miss Medorah
1907) is studying the language and
teaching in a Methodist Girls school
at Marking at present, but will start
west in December with a party of
ladies. Mr.. and Mrs. Foster will soon
start on their two months trip west
ward by house boat and steamer, for
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RULES
PUT ON THE GRILL
CONFERENCE
WAS IN. SESSION AT ST. PAUL
CHANGES ARE SUGGESTED
TWELVE COLLEGES HAVE REP
REsENTATIvEs AT SESSION.

ST, Paul Dispatch: The eligibility
rules of the Minnesota-Dakota athletic
conference were put on the grill this
morning at the opening of the annual
session of the conference at the ST,
Paul and before the meeting. is over
1T Is expected that they will present "a
radically changed appearance. There
was, much complaint voiced with re-
lack of dehniteness. 1t is probable
that more strict scholarship REQUIRE
ments will be made, and also that the
rule relating to athletes who leave col
nnishtng the semester. will be revised
so that they will be barred from ath-
letics for the ensuing year
Twelve Colleges Represented.
Twelve of the fourteen colleges of
Minnesota and North and South pa
kota, composing the conferences, were
morning, the University Of South Da.
kota and st. Olaf college of Mortified,
being the only absentees. 1t is ex-
pected that he delegates from the
latter college will. appear before the
Luther College Applies.
Prof. A. M. koveIstad and Prof. S.
G. Ylvisaker, of Luther college, De-
corah, Ia, were present to make an
piication for membership. Their ap-
plication is being considered this aft
STHooH. 1Hey say they nave several
of the representatives pledged to sup
port their claims, and believe they
will be admitted. The Iowa college
plays both st; Olaf and Carleton in
baseball and Basketball, and also has
relations with. several of the South Da-
kota colleges.
Gustavus AGoEphus May Enter.
1t is expected that representatives
of Gustavus Adolphus college of st.
Peter, Mimi, will appear this afternoon
ence.
The colleges represented this morn
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LUCK PAID MORE
/. FOR HIS Eating
WHAT II COSTS TO FEED UP A BIG
HEAVYWEIGHT BOXER AND KEEP
HIM IN TRIM WHEN HE is TRAIN
ING FOR 4 MATCH IN THE
SQUARED CIRCLE,

1t costs money to run a heavyweight
campaign. What the republicans and
democrats spend on banners and pub
lictty; the white hopes invest in the
grooming of their appetites. Big men
are big eaters. Food is high these
days; but our parading hopes must
have it. An automobile needs it's gas
oline. a horse it's oats, and a heavy
weight, whether a fighter or alleged),
his triplicate of. meals.
IF 1 dared eat as much as 1 want
to eat, I would have a muEzle pressed
upon my skull" admits Dan Daily, the
giant heavy of Jimmy Dimes galaxy
of fighters at New Castle, Pa. 1t would
serve him right, AS one can deduce
from an inspection of his daily menu,
which is as follows: .a.
Breakfast-One-half dozen raw eggs,
glass of milk, two pieces of toast, tea.
Dinner-Three orders of roast beef,
a loaf of bread, one-half dozen baked
potatoes, can of corn, tea.
Supper-A >three-ply porterhouse
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Sui-fu, where Mr.. Foster is to have
charge of a boys academy. Mail ad-
dressed to Mrs. Clarence L. Foster, IS
Range Road, Shanghai, will reach
them. James Smith, formerly of F..
c. and a graduate of Coe, Ia, is
working as an engineer on a ON
struction dam in western Nebraska.
He is to be married Christmas week
to Miss Janet Coburn of East Cleve-
land, O.
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SHOPLIFTER Caught
Woman Was Arrested in One Of the
Local Stores, Pleaded Guilty and
Was Fined $25.

May Brown, who formerly resided on
Third street. was arrested yesterday
afternoon in one of the city stores in
the act OF purloinfng property of the
store. She was charged with taking
a suit of underwear and a. collar. At
first she denied the accusation. but
when interviewed by the states attOr-
ney admitted her guilt and entered a
plea Of guilty before Judge Hanson and
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-24
PERSON VS.. ANDERSON
Chris Is Working Hard for h Bout
ON Monday Night and Won't
Take Amy Chances.

Chris Person of this city is training
seriously for the bout with Anderson
which takes place IN the Pirie hall
next Monday night. because whoever
wins this bout gets to meet Zbyszko,
the great Polish wrestler, in this city
shortly afterwards, for the wrestler is
to make a coast trip and Fargo will
be one of his stopping places. Chris
says he is in the pink of condition and
word comes from the Anderson camp
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to the effect that he, too, is down to
the fine points. They are each con-
fdent of winning, and 4: is going to be
a nip n tuck kind of a game.
Promoter Heffner states that he will
be ready at $3.50 to start one of the
splendid preliminaries and that the
whole show should be easily over BY
1880 at the latest. TheJ very best
kind of order will be maintained and
a big night of sport is promised.
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was assessed the sum Of SIS which
amount she paid.
Two colorcd women, named Cora
Harrison and Cutie Wright, were pick
cd up in the night, charged with soliC-
iting. They gave bail each in the sum
of $40 for a hearing to be held before.
Police Judge Miller this afternoon.
There were four cases OF common
drunks before the police court this
morning n with the exception of one
who settled his fine the others were
sent back to the "bullpen" foF-four
days.
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Fit His Case Exactly.

When father was sick about six
years ago he reed an advertisement of
Chamberlain's Tablets in the papers
that ft his case exactly" writes Miss
Margaret Campbell Of TT. Smith, Ark.
HE purchased a box of them and he
has not, been sick since. My sister
had stomach trouble and was also
benefited by them" For sale by all
dealers. ,.~ -Advt s.
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ing were: Hamline, Manchester. St.
Thomas, Carleton, North Dakota uni
versity, North Dakota Agricultural
college, Fargo college, North Dakota
School of Science of Wahpeton, Da-
ron, s. D.. college; South Dakota State
college. Of Bookings, and Yankton, S..
D., college.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-12

   ~ss
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the already long china few gray hairs
shaded the magnificent broad head,
very full at the temples" Those who
would view this powerful head may
turn in the Carnavalet to mask taken
from II not long ago. The Terrorist
was himself in terror when Thermidor
came and was in haste 70 get rid OF the
discriminating object. He summoned
the priest to whom ne had shown II
and presented it to him. II am afraid.
he said, "of being arrested and deported
as an ardent evolutionary have OBJ
served that you valued the head Of
RichelieU. ! can do nothing with II.
Please accept it," The reluctant priest
took the gift and IT remained the prop
erty OF his nephew until 1865: then 1t
was given to NJ. Durny and replaced in
the church, though not in the tomb. II
was not until NJ. Hanotaux. the histo-
rian, was Minister Of Foreign Affairs
that Il was restored TO It's old place.
Detaille was present on that occasion
and made striking water color sketch
reproduced in this volume) Of tho
head. This sketch is In singular ac-
cord with the study b. Philippe de
Champagne OF R!chelieu on his death
bed. This, too, is reproduced by M.
Cain; both originals belong to NJ. Han
otaux, who is an enthusiast as regards
Richelieu.
The French text Of these picturesque
essays has been neatly and cleverly
translated. The illustrations. largely
drawn, it is evident, from treasures In
the authors charge, are uniformly in
terssting The book is decidedly worth
reading and keeping.
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LITERARY NEWS
ID mo b
a. CRITICISM -

leaden collins into musket balls--was
one of the beastly morbidities OF the
Terror One of the tomDs thus dealt
with was that Of Cardinal Richeiieu, III
the Church Of the SorbOnne, and me
pranks played with the head or the
great man find place in these pages
A grocer left alone in the church while
the laborers gathered TO destroy the
monument were at dinner had removed
the head, taken It away under his
cloak and locked il up In bureau
drawer in mis- back shop. 1t was
grewsome yet strangely expressive
mask, as seen soon after by a priest for
whom the grocer unlocked his bureau
drawer. The priest beheld "a shrivellad,
mumnyllke mask. sectionized from the
top of the skull TO the point of the jaw
bones. covered with q grayish, rugged
skin. The tightly closed lips were
drawn back by q grin which left bare
the fine teeth; wrinkled eyelids. still
retaining their lashes, yelled an I'M
mense and deeply followed orbit the
broken nose deviated to the right.
thick mustache, still red, overhung the
thin lips, closely cut beard heightened
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MOUNTAIN LORE
The Alps, as Seen by Climber
and Scientist.

THE BUILDING OF THE ALPs. BY F.
g. Bonney, Sc. D., F. r. s., Hon. IL:
=. Montreal Hon ID. Sc: Dublin ana
Sheffield Emeritus Professor OF rd Gg-
Of st. Johns College, Cambridge
Past President OF the British Associa-
ton the Geological society ana nm, me
trations $40, pD. 3S2 Charles Scrip
ner's Sons.
MIR. Bonney was among the pioneers
Of English Alpinists. He paid his first
visit to the great European mountain
system in 1856: he has since then re-
turned to It thirty-three times. climb
ing it's peaks. traversing its vastnesses,
exploring It's beauties. And In the
course OF his vacation tours lie has in q
creasingly changed from the mountain
climber into the scientist. This book
Of his, a late addition TO q goodly
library is. in fact. chiefly devoted to
the scientific aspect OF the Alps, to
their geography and structure. their
building" through the geological
eras, their sculpturing by water AMI
Ice, the pTOHOLlOI Oh luSH 6IdCiSiSb lHS
making Of their peaks and valleys. thu
cutting Of the beds of their mountain
streams II IS from the biologists
point of view that he shows US his
pleasure ground. But there lie more,
far more than this In his pages.
He deals also with the fauna and
fora OF these mountains in Switzer-
land. Austria. Italy and France-with
the game that is rapidly disappearing
the bear. for instance. and the
chamois. which, too, but for strict
game laws, would soon be of the past.
AS for the Edelweiss, most poetic Of
all Alpine flowers. and. alas! like 40
many things Of beauty. commercial
tied by man, a lot Of romantic nom
sense has been talked about II:
The popular idea that Il prefers 10
eering 1t Is al illusion. 1t may. no doubt:
be found In such places. and there. OF
course, II will linger the longest but ]
have seldom. II ever. come across II In
any difflcult part OF mountain descent.
IL Is quaint rather than a pretty flower.
bu; as IT has become the centre Of q
group OF legends. II finds ready sale
among ordinary tourists, and In hunted
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down by those who make a living OUT OF
Them. Thus It IS becoming scarcer; pGt
the protection of the law may save II
frCm extinction.
In his chapter on the Alps in relation
to man MIR. Bonney offers arguments Oh
climate and glacial conditions. in ad-
dition TO the absence Of relics, in favor
Of the theory that both paleolithic ana
neolithic man did not seek 10 estaplish
themselves in the mountains An oc-
casional hunter may have visited them
in pursuit of game but his home was
undoubtedly in the lowlands. That re-
markable prehistoric find, the lake
dwellings, he deals with at length re-
ferring, of course, If only pdssi0i,. 10 the
great "nephritic Question The GauIS,
spreading southwark descended upon
Rome about 400 b. c.. but il is with
Hannibal's crossing OF the Alps that
their human story really begins. BY
what pass the great CarthaSlnlan
crossed the mountains Is not known
and never will be. Four Of them come
into serious consideration-those Of the
Little St. Bernard, the Little Mont
Cents, the Mount Genevre and the Col
de pArgentiere. Only the discovery OF
the skeleton OF an African elephant
could decide the question. Early In
the first century Of our era the Ro-
mans had made themselves masters
not only OF the passes but also OF the
lowlands on the further side. Cesar
crossed the Mont Genevre pass on his
way TO the conquest Of Gaui in ~
r. c., and returned for the last time to
Rome by the Little st. Bernard nine
years later. The Frsnkish King Pepin
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crossed the Mont Cents pass in 100;
Charles the Bald died in the hospice at
its summit in ST.. Napoleon con-
structed a carriage road across IL in
1SO3-'10. The part played by the Al
pine passes In his early military eN-
PLOTS is recounted at some length. The
famous hospice on ST. Bernard, II may
be worth while adding. was founded In
the middle Of the ninth century de-
stroyed by the Saracens and again
established by st. Bernard Of Mentone
who died circa 1851.
The authors reminiscenceg Of the
primitive conditions Of travel 10 ana
In the Alps half a century ago form
curious reading to-day Convcnienccs
and comforts there were none: the
hostleries were primitive and All too
often unclean. The early Alpinists 1T
least the English ones, were cnthusi-
asts whom nothing could dismay
Comparing the Switzerland Of to-day
with that Of fifty years ago, MIR Bon
ney says
In many respects tAe changes haze
been gains, but there are others where
"the old was better" The mountains
then were rcstful; now IN many parts,
travel is "scurry,' p railroad station.
seething crowd. Most travellers then
went 70 the Alps because they loved them
They needed no other attraction than
what Nature could provide.
Now, whatever the grandeur 81 The seen
err, that soon pals on visitors unless
they can get their lawn tennis and their
golf The modern hotel Is moro
luxurious, but being No. "a IN cara
vanseral Is very different thing 10 fle
homo feeling Of an Inn which vas not TOO
largo for host and guest 20 know some