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Evening star., 1912-11-15
NEW DEAL FOR PHILLIES.
Bidders for Cub May Join Hands to
Purchase Franchise and Park.

PHILADELPHIA, November ia new
deal for the purchase Of the
Philadelphia ball clu> and it's
park at Broad and Hunting Ion streets
has been talked over. and IL sat,sfac-
tory arrangement of the financial end
can be agreed upon the deal may be
closed within the present week
Those Interested In the new deal have
been d ckering for the club and grounds
for the last two weeks. Cohan & Har-
r.s, the theatrical mama ers of New York,
who have been represented by Jack Glea-
son, the former Pacific coast fight pro-
moter, have made overtures to Robert A.
Ralfour. the traction magnate of this
city, to join hands with them In taking
over the club.
It Is understood that the ground. which
is owned by Mrs. Charles T. Taft OF C.n-
cfnnati, and leased to the Philadelphia
club was wanted by Mr.. Balfour. and he
and W. j. Gilmore. the theatrical man.
ager, had organized a syndicate to buy
the club and park, but backed out when
the price was named. Cohan & Harris
want the ball club, and it is said they are
wiling TO give fair price for 1t If the
Balfour- Gilmore syndicate will take over
the ground. Mr.. Balfour stated yesterday
that he had not had time to so into the
matter with Cohan e. Harris.
The club officials were out OF town yes
terday. and it is believed they were called
to New York to confer with Charles p.
Taft, who Is in the east on some matters
concerning the sale Of the Phiilies.
Evening star., 1912-11-15

ment in the squad since that contest. and
said he could see nothing but a victory
for Virginia.
Cheer Leader Pott told of the plans for
the big parade down Pennsylvania
avenue tomorrow A Baltimore band will
JON the rooters upon their arrival at
Union station about 1890. and the crowd
will proceed to the Ebbitt House, Vir-
gina's headquarters.
The following players from the scrub
team accompanied the coaches and reg
ulars on the train which left Union
station at 3:37 this afternoon: Redus
Brown, Gillette. Walker. Cook, Mayer
Acree. Randolph, Farrow and Loretz \
big crowd gathered al the depot and gave
the squad a noisy send off.
Evening star., 1912-11-15
MUCH DASH Shown
/,
In Last Practice on Virginia
Campus.
COACHES ARE CONFIDENT
Many Speakers Urge Eeven at Big
Mass Meeting Held
E& Last Night.
Disnatch 70 The Star.

SIeeis' psnatch 10 The Star.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. November
i5.-yir@ mas foot bali team engared in
a light practice on Lambeth Fed this
nIdrning. AL of the re ulars We're in
thei; solaces, much 10 the qualification OF
tlss cYaches. The various plays We're run
of. With a snap apd vim that was highly
plassng. Maiden and Fin ay gave little
~ derics Of their rect ut ind sposition.
Tte lis tackle who put up such star
"a nae against Vanderbilt was as lively
~ a cricket. thanks to the careful at
lena on given him by Trainer Lannigan.
Phe pace was not too fast :or him
Hes showed thorough familiarity with the
"a tfous plays, despite his enforced abb
sence. from the squad. Ed F.nlay not
oaE ran through SIGNALS with hs team
mates, but remained on the Held for a
REF 7hracIice in punting.
talok tried his hand at drop kicking,
apr9sG' several between the upr!ghts
I ON tnt vicinity OF the @0-yard .ne. Ii
t;eRis oiovT's defense proves too stub
'otsi after Capt. Todd places the pigskin
" siiin s,rfking distance os the B'ue and
iray goal Cook will be ca led into the
came TO do the Costello stunt. In the
~ 81 week he has sent as many as four in
Succession over the bar.
=. Have Fast Practice.
: The practice YESTERDAY afternoon left
Evening star., 1912-11-15

We wish that our name was Baker.
The prefix can be anything at all-Bill.
Frank. Pete or even Percival--Just as
long as the main event is Baker. We
insist on Baker.
Why? Well, John Franklin Baker was
reason enough, but this foot ball sea-
son has furnished still another reason
that simply cinches the argument We
mean "Hobey' Baker-not brothers and
no relation. "Hobey" is 70 foot BAH what
Evening star., 1912-11-15

40 and so yard runs in not-to-be-forget-
ten manner.
They have said that about Baker be-
fore-the .'Get Baker" We mean. This
speedy young Tiger is just as much "a
home on the ice playing hockey as he
is on the gridiron playing foot ball.
for that same reason he was the one To
"get" during the last hockey season-but
nobody got him.
And nobody VIII. It's In the name.
tell you. Talk about being born free and
equal! Nope! Not until We all possess
Baker" for a name.
Evening star., 1912-11-15

Just watch his blond head, those of you
who don't quite grasp the finer points of
the. game. and you won't miss play,
for 'Hobey' is wherever the ball Is.
He disdains the headgear. and SO wears
nothing but blond hair several inches
too long that bobs about like lantern
in a fog, enabling one to follow his every
movement.
Get Baker!'
That's the word that is being passed
down the line, of future opponents. but
it's. not worrying 'Hobey" In the least.
He runs right along, tearing. on those
Evening star., 1912-11-15

little blond halfback has proved most
worthy successor to the great Sam SO far
this season and he has several downs
yet to go.
Besides possessing a monaker which
is in itself Tree ticket to the hall OF
fame, Baker has about the shiftiest
pair of feet and the speediest hands
and eyes as you will find attached to any
one Give him the ball on a broken field
and he will carry it farther before being
spilled than any other player wearing the
arrnof.
Evening star., 1912-11-15

be held at the Y. N. c. A. boys depart
ment this evening. Heron Is on the La
fayette team which piays1the Nationals
for the gymnasium championship In one
hand ball for boys between twelve and
fourteen. The Lafayette team is made
IN as follows: John Goetz (capta M. John
Barnes. Sam Solomon. William Heron.
David Caldwell. Paul Robin and Jerome
Evening star., 1912-11-15

Frank was to base ball. and We wish
our name was Baker.
He is Princeton's latest star, and to
be a star at Princeton requires some
twinkiing, as the Tiger team is noted for
the constellation it has produced in past
years.
Sam White was the eye dazzler last
year. and although he graduated. that
fact is almost forgotten In, the light Of
Bakers spectacular runs and kicks The
Evening star., 1912-11-15

pitcher Bill Lelive,t of the Minneapolis
team was married at Denver November
to Miss Edith Carpenter of Pueblo .,e
first met his bride two years ago at Mont
gomery, Ala. when he was pitching in
the Southern League.
Evening star., 1912-11-15

Allen The membership of the Nation ais
is: Carroll Fleming tcaptaainl Roger
Baldwin Paul Demons Writ Borland,
Rhees Burkett, Charles Cook and Ken
meth Livingston.
Evening star., 1912-11-15
Virginia's Poor Season.

1t is likely that Virginia's season SO far
has been the poorest that has been had
by that school In a number of years.
The Orange and Blue eleven has failed to
show anything OF the strength which
has characterized its play In times past
Notwithstanding the fact that it start
ed the year with as bright prospects
Fas it ever had. Somehow or other. for
some reason not known. the Orange and
Blue season has been a failure 50 far.
Pomorrow's contest will decide whether
or not it will result in an almost total
absence of success
On the other hand, Georgetown has had
a season in which there has not been a
vestige Of anything other than success
The Blue and Gray even has swept the
tother elevens in the south Atlantic Sec
ftion almost completely off the map as
far as any chance to be rated as cham
pions at the end of the yaer is concerned.
The Blue and Gray has accomplished
arger scores and has defeated the other
fsouth Atlantic teams this season by con-
sistently larger scores than has any foot
bali team ever secured in late years.
SEQ, es such as have been made against
the other teams in the section this sea
son by Georgetown have been a most un-
precedented.
Tomorrow it will be one team which
has a list OF successes to spur 1t on to
the accomplishment OF greater things
Evening star., 1912-11-15

"I'l be right there helping Johnny
Evers be a successful manager" says
Lefty Leifield of the Cubs.
Evening star., 1912-11-15

Thirteen-year-old William Heron. a
nenhew of President Taft is one Of the
players in q match OF one-hand bal to
Evening star., 1912-11-15
VIRGINIA LIKELY
TO MEET DEFEAT
Georgetown Favored to Win
Big Game on Showing
She Has Made.
HILLTOPPERS' BACKS
ARE MUCH STRONGER
Line Also Appears at an Ad-
vantage-Virg;nians Must
Show Big Reversal.
By n. C. BYRD.

Georgetown should win from Virginia
tomorrow. 1t may be that the Orange
and Blue will bring a stronger eleven to
Washington than Is looked for, and get
away with victory. but Judging from
he performances Of the Charlottesville
aggregation in Its preliminary contes' S
there Is every reason for thinking that
the Blue and Gray will finish In the lead
for the third successive time.
OF course. Virginia figures that its
eleven will be able to brace and show a
form superior to anything it has evil
denced in any Of the contests in which i,
has appeared this year. Its work agains,
Vanderbilt had the appearance of being
of q very high class from this distance
but the chances are that the Tennessee
institution did not extend itself to ac-
complish anything more than victory.
1t had to play Harvard one week later,
and 1t would not take chance Of havins
any Of its men not In the best condition
at that time. 1t was content to win. and
could probably have scored more points
had it been showed.
The real proof that Virg.n.. did not
show as well against Vand.-...t as the
score would Indicate might be found in
the fact that it was on the defensive
near.y all tho time and failed utterly to
gain ground consistently at any period
of the contest. Several times 1t was COM
PEELED to battle down under its own goal
to stave of a score. That 1t successfully
withstood the attacks made against its
defense at critical moments speaks we'll
or it, but the chan .es are that even Van
derbilt did not have as capable line
p unger back of its line as JIM Dunn.
Virginia has not at any time this year
given evidence of a scoring power which
would enitle it to cross Georgetown's $
goal. 1t has failed to accomplish much
against some second-claSs elevens, and
has in one case met defeat at the hands
of an eleven which has never been ranned
anywhere near 1t. The one bright spot
in the Virginia season Is the holding off
the Vanderbilt eleven to two touchdowrs
and from what can be learned from the
press reports, that does not count for
as much as would be indicated by the
ha re score
Evening star., 1912-11-15
a good taste in the mouths OF coaches
- .~.>.ator. The poep pere on the

a good taste in the mouths of coaches
and spectators. The men were on the
field only a little over an hour. but they
were kept moving pretty much all the
time Some Of the linemen were given
individual attention and the backs were
to how to break UP some OF the plays
Georgetown is expected TO spring. Smith
and Landes proved especially strong on
the defensive. Capt. Todd. who has had
a good long rest, seemed to be i've
wire. He handled the punts with hard y
tumble and urged the team on to m
creased speed.
Gooch ran of the plays In splehdid
form. He himself is a quick thinker ana
stickler for speed, so it is safe to pre-
diet that as far Virginia is concerned
there will be nothing slow about Satur-
days contest. In fact. no Virginia team
in recent years has been quite as QUICK
as this seasons eleven Is just now.
The big mass meeting held lat n!gnt
in Cabe,I Hall to whoop things up Tor
tomorrow's game accomplished exactly
what II was intended to do. Enthusiatpn
was at such high pitch that there were
few who left the building with any other
idea than making the trip to Warrington.
All the speakers declared that the game
would be a battle royal. and impressed
upon the students the necessity Of be-
ing on hand. in order to give moral sup
port TO the team
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Speakers Confident.

This years team is of Virginia. by
Virgin and for Virginia " declared NJ.
T Cook, the second aiumnus to coach an
Orange and Blue team. Georgetown
may have one Of the strongest teams in
It's history, but Virginia has the spirit
and will come out victorious"
DR.. Charlie Crawford. one Of the finest
type of athletes that ever represented
Virginia on a diamond or gridiron. re-
counted some Of the notable victories won
by the Orange and Blue in former years.
and stated that ne fully expected this
Years team TO be up to the standard.
ar. Edwin Hol' aday Of Bellevue Hospi-
tai said that GEORGETOWN had won two
years in succession. and that he felt 1t in
his bones that it was time for luck to
change.
The last speaker was Rev. Beverly D.
Tucker, rector of ST. Paufs Episcopal
Church at the university. and the second
man from this state to win one Of the
Rhodes scholarships to Oxford He told
Of the superb game the team put up
against Vanderbilt and Of the improve
Evening star., 1912-11-15
PLAY TONIGHT.

Nephew of President to Compete in
Hand Ball Contest.
Evening star., 1912-11-15
orgeoWn Will Beat Virginia Unless 1t Shows Great Reversal Of Form

against an eleven whi has practically
nothing to look back upon over which 1t
may feel gratified. The first mentioned
Georgetown. has done more than any
other team In the country against one OF
the strongest foot ball combinations: IL
has found little opposition among the
teams in its class. The other, Virginia
has done litt e of which 1t may feel
proud, it having been decisively defeated
by school not in its class. and also fail
ing to make the right kind of showing
against the smaller institutions. The one
br- ght spot in Virg.nias season Is VAN
derbilt, and whether or not that really
means much remains to be seenL
Evening star., 1912-11-15

The practice yesterday afternoon left
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-28
Refuses $4,000 Offer.

Twin Professionalism Kester, a
~i7-year-old farmer 10y living near
this place, has invented and received
patent rights on a device for cancel
ling stamps on letters for which he
has received an offer of 500, 900 from
an Indiana firm. Other firms have
made offers Of unlimited capital for
the purpose OF building a factory and
manufacturing the machine on a roy.
atty basis. The postmaster general
has invited Young Hester to come to
Washington with his new patent so
that it can be inspected by the postal
department to ascertain the probable
cost Of manufacture and adaptability
to small Offices. 1t is said the devite
Is simple and can be manufactured at
a nominal cost. Young Kester has de-
parted for the Twin cities with a view
of interesting capital and manufac.
turers.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-28

the former president, the purchaser
Of Louisiana, the chastiser Of the Bar
barry pirates, the founder of the Uni
versity Of Virginia, as the scholar, the
philosopher and the savant, he was
known the world over.
Every day for at least eight months
in the year brought it's contingent Of
guests to Monticello. People Of wealth,
fashion, men of office, professional
men. military and civil, lawyers, doc
tors, Protestant clergy, Catholic
priests, members of congress, foreign
ministers, missionaries, Indian agents.
tourists, artists, strangers, friends.
Some came from affection and respect,
some from curiosity; some to give or
receive advise OF instruction, some
from idleness, some because others
set the example. And everybody who
could not visit "the sage Of Month.
cello" at least gave thought to the
great retired man of the nation.
Jefferson retained his health nearly
to his last days, and had the happiness
Of living to the fftieth anniversary OF
the Declaration of independence. He
died at Monticello at 12:40 p. m. on
July 4, 1926. He was buried in his
W graveyard at Monticello, beneath
a stone upon which was engraved an
inscription prepared by his own hand:
Here Is buried Thomas Jefferson.
author Of the Declaration Of %Independ-
ence, of the Statute Of Virginia, 70.
Religious Liberty and Father Of the
University Of Virginia"
THE sage Of Monticello" stands to-
day next to "the father of his coun.
try" in the esteem Of the United
States. And this is as it should be.
for his wise counsel helped to estab-
lish this nation as firmly as did the
arms and craftsmanship of George
Washington. .,.ss
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-28
BOOSTING Black Hills.

Deadwood.-If present plans carry.
the Black Hills will adopt a novel
plan to advertise their resources as
a summer tourist resort in the east
ern part of this state and in western
Minnesota. Paul Martin, son Of Con-
gresham artih, is now endeavoring
to ecure the support of the various
commercial clubs in the Hills to take
a trained male quartete of college glee
singers in a two months auto tour Of
the two states, also touching Omaha,
Sioux City, Minneapolis and ST. Paul.
The months Of July and August will
be devoted to this purpose, every town
being billed in advance and 1t is
planned to attend any public gather
ing in any town reached, have the
singers give a short program and
then young Martin to give a short lec-
ture on the scenic and climatic advan-
tages of the Hills and distribute liter
ature. The plan is briefly to sing
tleir way into the hearts of the east
erners for the benefit of the Black
Hills and the Black Hills towns thus
far approached have given their en-
thusiastic support.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-28
IMPORTANT DECISION
JUDGE TRIP HOLDS INTENT OF
VOTERS SHOULD
RULE.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, tho Various
State Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

Yankton.-An important decision
has been handed down her by Judge
K. B. Trip of the First judicial circuit
court, in which he sustains two cleo
lions on the liquor question. At Cen.
terville, by a vote of 1877 for and 80
against, the "wets" won.
The vote, however, had been taken
on a ballot with a vote on matters re-
lating to the city's waterworks. A
suit was brought contending that as
the state law says clearly the liquor
vote shall be on a separate ballot the
election was illegal.
At Springfield, by a close vote OF
80 for and So against, the "wets" again
o Here the vote was taken on
the sane ballot as was used by the
city for Is officers. The same rea-
sons were here given in a suit as to
the legality of the election.
Judge Trip holds that the mistake
of the city auditors does not invali-
date the election. That the elections
were a full and fair expression Of the
will Of the voters, who took M part
in the errors but voted, without any
other resource, on the ballots furnish
ed them. The statute was held to be
directory only to the auditors with no
prohibitOry clause, and that under a
we'll established rule of L. in such
cases there could be no setting aside
of the election. The judgment applies
to both Springfield and Centerville.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-28
Crops In Fine Condition.

Sioux Falls.-James B. Veitch, a
we'll known Sioux Falls implement
man who has returned from a bust
ness trip to Chamberlain and points
west of there clear through to the
Black Hills, brings an encouraging re-
port Of crop conditions in that part of
the state. Recently that entire region
has had two soaking rains, with the
result that there is a large amount Of
moisture in the ground and crops gen.
orally could not be in better condi-
ton than they are at the present
time. Last year that part of the state,
as we'll as the eastern section, had a
shortage of moisture during the fore
part of the season and crops we're
affected. This season, however, the
prospects for a big crop could not be
brighter, and it is expected the newer
region west of the Missouri river will
be as prosperous as the older por-
ton east OF the river.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-28
In Auto Blue Book.

Brookings.-The good roads work
bing done by Prof. Solberg Of the
state college is reflected in about 20
pages Of the new automobile blue
book (vol. 81 which has just appeared
in Brookings. For this book Prof. Sol
berg and his engineering students
drew the maps of auto highways from
Fargo to Sioux City, and from Man
kato in Minnesota to Sundance in wy
Oming, and other short lines. This
work has placed South Dakota on the
official highway map with routes for
through travel both north and south,
east and west. From the standpoint
OF tourist travel as we'll as for adj
vertising purposes, this will be OF
great benefit to our .tate, and partic-
ularly to the Black Hills country. This
work is directly responsible for the
great impetus given the good roads
movement in the state, through the
good roads convention held II cad
wood last February.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-06-28
AN IDEAL ISLAND
Romance of Centuries Hangs
About Porto Rico
Ono Hundred Years Before jamestown
Arose From Wilderness the Span
iards Were Living on This
Gem Of the Indies.

San Juan, Porto Rico.-Quaint and
picturesque and heavy with the ro-
nance of four centuries as a posses
sion of the superstitious n fiery
Spaniard Is Porto Rico, to which Ed
ward nj. Banter, principal Of the Cen
trail high school of this city, goes next
month as commissioner Of education.
AS the reader is aware. Porto Rico be-
came a colony of the United States at
the end of the Spanish-American war,
and a wonderful development has TAX
en- place in the tropical island the IA
years since.
Porto Rico had been settled a GEN.
fury by Europeans before James
town was founded or the Dutch sail
ed up the Hudson river. The second
century had begun before the Pill
grim fathers waded from the Mayflow-
er to the dry Massachusetts, shores.
Closely associated with its early his
tory are the m Of Juan Ponce de
Leon, Nicholas de Ouando, Diego. Co
lumbus, Drake, Hawkins, Lord Cum
berland, Salazar. Sotomayer and 9th
ers whose struggles with the rebel
lious Indians, marauding Caribs, pi-
rates and buccaneers in their attacks
on the primitive city Of San Juan and
other more d~eyenseless settlements
furnish a story replete with ad-
venture, warfare and romance.
Christopher Columbus touched at
Porto Rico on bis second famous voy-
age to the new world. Ponce de Leon.
he of the search for the waters Of
everlasting youth, built the first
town Upon 1t and called 1t San Juan.
San Juan became the capital of the
island in 1903. and today holds the
same position. 1t Is a typical Spanish
city.
II the traveller is fortunate he will
sail into San Juan bay In the early
morning when, against a gorgeous
tropical sunrise, the blue of the ocean,
the gray and moss covered walls, the
white parapets Of Casa Blanca and the
many tinted dwellings rising terrace
like from the bay to the heights over
looking the sea form a riot of colors.
On the other side Of the harbor vivid
green zane fields, i~nterspersed with