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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27

BOUT CALLED OFF.

MADISON. WIS, Nov. 27-The
Phil HarrisOn-Lee Barrett boxing
contest vas called Off here last night
on account OF an injury received by
Harrison in a bout at Racine Tues
day night. The clubs physician upon
examining Harrison found his right
hand fractured, and would not per
init him to fight
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
McF arland Has Easy
Time With Brewer
NO
ANSWER

DETROIT, Nov. PA big crowd
saw Packey Mcfarland take down
some easy money at the Windsor
Athletic Club last night, where he
boxed eight rounds with Harry
Brewer, Of Kansas City. 1t was
Packeys first appearance in this vi
entity, and the crowd was somewhat
disappointed at the exhibition. Nc
Farland simply toyed with Brewer,
landing almost at will.
The semi final between Tommy
Hudson, of Detroit, and Harry
White, of York, Pa, was a fight from
start to finish. White was practical
ly out in the fifth round. but grad
ually recovered, and later outboxed
his opponent.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
Umpire Thinks Well
Of Mack's Catcher

Billy Evans Is OF the opinion that
Connie Mack has picked up another
Schang in Catcher McAvoy.
The youngster has been under the
watchful eye Of Mr.. McGillicuddy for a
year or so He picked him off some
amateur team year ago and placed
him I'm the Canadian League this year.
calling him IN just before the Ameri
can League campaign came TO an end
Evans says he never saw d kid catcher
that looked any better
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
Prep Elevens Clash
On Gridiron To-Day

MILLEDGEVILLE, GA, Nov. 81
Georgia Military College and Gordon
Institute will meet here on the grid
iron this afternoon.
G. NJ. c. rules the favorite. but
Gordon is rated stronger than she
has been at any time this season.
The probably lineup:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
BASKETBALL At EMORY

VNFORD, Nov. 27.-The football sea-
son having closed, Emory's basket ball
season will be the center of attraction
now. The classes nave elected the fol-
owing managers: Seniors, Cater Rog-
eEs, Juniors. John Nelson; SophomOres,
Niles Dillard; Freshmen, A. Il. William
son.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27

easily learned, would make it practi-
Cally certain that the runner couio
not be niPped by throw from the
catcher"
M r. COMSTOCK'S criticism
A'A doesn't stop with the runners
either. He says the outfielders waste
fully one-third of their time by slow
starting and faul'" sprinting, and as
serts that, as a fly ball stays in the
air from five to eight second, no hit
of that type ever should be a home
run, unless it cleared the fence.
Il mean to say" says Mr. Com
stock, that any center fielder know
ink his business and also how to
use his speed properly, should be able
to run over to either foul line and
get reasonably long and high foil
fly near the line"
We think that is putting it pretty
stout
NJ OW, about Mr. Comstock'S spe-
~ cific criticism.
The way most ball players run
is simply an athletic crime he says.
The have the wrong knee action
place their feet wrongly, and do not
get the upper part of their bodies
into action at all. Proper coaching
and little practice would speed up
the average professional team beyond
what a baseball manaper would be-
lieve possible"
A IL Of which is entertaining
~ enough, and very possibly has a
fair tinCture of truth in it.
But we do recall seeing, in Kansas
City, the last day of the ~. A. season
of 1912, Ralph Capron, the famous
Minnesota football man and Splinter,
pitted against Joe Riggert, merely a
speedy professional baseball player,
with no college coaching-and in the
hundred yard dash that followed,
Capron. running in beautiful forrn
was beautifully trimmed by Riggart,
who beat him out by two yards
SO we don't know about this thing,
Won see
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
BASKETBALL FyvEs FORFEIT.

No games were played in the Ma
tional Guard Basketball League last
night. Company G forfeited to Com
pany G and Company II won by for
felt from Company X
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
BOX TO DRAW

KALAMAZOO. MICH. Nov Ii
Joe yelling, OF Chicago, and Patsy
Drouillard. Of Detroit went ten fast
rounds here last night TO a draw
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
SPORTING COMMENT

the terrible and terrifying Mel
son, and Attell was duly criticised
for the chances he was taking.
But Nelson was not so confident.
Before the contest was started
the Dane, knowing of Attells ex-
IRENE cleYerness, insisted that If
both men were on their feet at
the finish of the bout that the
referee be forced to declare 1t a
draw!
T HAT showed how Nelson felt
about the match This is
how Attell actually acted during
the contest: For ten rounds he
stood off and boxed with the
Dane, being careful not to per
init the HegeWisCh man to mix
at all freely and always spTinting
out OF danger when Nelson got
too close and showed a frenzied
desire to slug with the feather
weight. At the close of the tenth
round Attell, stepping to the cen
ter OF the ring, said to Nelson:
I've beaten you for ten rounds
at my own game, and now I'm go
ing in for the next five and beat
you at your own game"
w HEREUPON AttelI set to
and started in to slug with
Nelson And he kept it up for
five rounds, too, never giving an
inch to the Dane, who, maddened
at the effrontery of the smaller
man, tried desperately to get in
some kind Of telling punch. But
he couldn't and at the close At
tell was about as good as the
man who afterward conquered.
n November of the same year
Attell went into Los Angeles
and battled Freddie Welsh, then
known as one of the greatest of
the lightweights, in fifteen
round battle and lost the decision
in fifteen rounds, but at the finish
he was still whaling away mer-
rily at the Englishman. They
battled in the rain and on footing
that was so bad that towards the
finish of the contest they had
barely enough room in the cen
ter Of the ring to stand toe to toe
in the center and slug away.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
THERE we have Mr. comstock's

pOlIl'
Everybody knows that in a great
many of the plays at first base the
runner if he loses the decision loses
it by the margin of single step, Or
less. If. Mr.. ComstoCk could get hold
of a good, lively team of ball players
and speed up every man on it to get
10 first base one step, or a step and
a half faster than before-why, that
team would show some remarkable
sfuff in the way Of infield hits, and
would improve its chances for win
ming games by a hefty percentage
THEN Mr.. Comstock believes that
| with lead Of three yards OF
first base it is absurd that any base
stealer should be nipped at second
'Instead Of jumping into their .op
speed and full stride at once he as
sorts they take three or four steps
to Get started That's the margin
BY which they are pegged out Al
second \ sprinting start, which is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
FRANKIE coNLEY WINS.

PlTTSBURG, Nov. 27-"Young"
Goldie, of this city, was shaded by
frankie Conley of Kenosha, in a fast
siX-round bout last night.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27

THE ex-weight juggler, who now IS
/ coach of the University Of Cali
fornia track team, believes it is a
merely mechanical proposition to
teach any well-built man to run 30
yards at high speed
Recently, Comstock looked over the
members of the Los Angeles and
Sacramento teams, and we have his
word for it that he was shocked and
amazed to find that not one of The
eighteen players engaged in the game
knew how to run.
The speed of every man on both
teams could be greatly increased by
a little coaching said Comstock,
enough. | should say, TO increase
by 40 per cent the safe arrivals at
first base on balls handled by the
infieldeTs."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
WouldSpeed UpBasebau Players
Ignorantof Running, SaysCoach

easily learned, would make it practi-
cally certain that the runner coulC
not be niPped by throw from the
catcher"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
By O. 3. Keller.

TN the off season all brands of ex-
| perts. when they aren't figuring
up dope for the next grind, are
letting off fanciful lunches as to how
the game ought to be played. Some
of the lunches are hsh-like. Occa-
sionally one makes a noise like hard
money.
y Following is a contribution TO the
grandoldgame and its method Of
playing by a college man-Boyd
Comstock Comstock was a Harvard
star. and his bunch for bail
players is the development of latent
speed InaSmuch as Mr.. ComstOck's
strong points in collegiate athletes
were rowing and heaving the weights,
we do not see exactly where the
hunch is evolved, but Mr.. Comstock's
ideas are interesting.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-27
7 looked little less than a mat.

ter Of suicide for feather
weight, even If the best In the
world at the time, to hook up with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
Waaner's Music.

BY the study of Wagner's master
pieces glimpse Of the eternal is had,
and once the vision Of his truth fllls
the soul counterfeits are detected In
stinctively. The polyphony Of Bach
and the music OF die Meistersinger''
prove the spiritual kinship of Wag-
ner with the founder of modern music.
A Beethoven symphony and the .'Tris-
tan und Isolde music demonstrate
the common genealogy OF the composer
from Bonn and the maker Of music
dramas. but listen to the Strauss
music from "Salome'' when the proph-
ct is being murdered in the well and
then hear the mighty tone structure
Of the last scene from "Gotterdaem-
merung" and observe that Strauss
shrieks while Wagner chants. San
Francisco Call.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
Disraeli's Nuptial Joke.

There was little joke between
them (Disraeli and his wife) which ]
heard from the late dean Of Salisbury
"You know / married you for your
money" Disraeii would say to her.
8"Oh. yes. but if you were to marry me
again you would marry me for love"
was the regular reply. "Oh, yesE' her
husband would exclaim, and the little
nuptial comedy ended.
But what Disraeli said to Bernal Os-
borne once about his marriage Is much
better worth the telling. It was at a
dinner party after dinner when the
men We're alone. What did you mar
ry her for?' Osborne asked In his char
acteristic way. Disraeli twiddIed his
wineglass in the pause that followed
this point blank inquiry. Then he
lifted his head slowly and looked the
other very expressiveIy In the face.
"For a reason he said, (which you
could never understand gratitude.
From Lord Beaconsfield and Other
Tory Memories"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
A Strenuous Statesman.

Charles James Fox, the English
statesman and sport, had wagered
something about waistcoat which
could only be obtained in Paris; went
on to Dover by night, caught the mail
packet, posted to Paris and back to
Calais. and remembered he had horse
racing at Newmarket. He chartered
q fishing boat bound for the eastern
countless just got to Newmarketain time
Tor the race, took the post back to
London and stoppedon the wayto dine.
In the middle of the dinner he was
caught BY a special messenger who
had been tearing over half of England
IN search of him and reminded that
he had to move to bring in marriage
bill In the house OF commons. He
rushed to the stables, reached the
house in time to make a brilliant
speech in reply to North and Burke
and defeated North on asdivision by
y single vote.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
HE Then, Both.

"You remember old 81 Collins. what
used to be around here last season,
don't your remarked the station mas
ter at Seekonk.
you mean the chap that always
had way Of doing things differently
from any one else?''
That's the feller,' replied the sta
lion master. well. he committed
suicide bout month ago.
why. that's terrible! But did he do
that differently too?''
Differently" calculated the station
master. Why, should say he did.
Say. that felier went out and bought
couple of quarts Of gasoline, drank
her down, then lighted up his old
clay pipe and started a-smoking. The
folks hereabout wanted to have serv-
ices held over the remains; but, LOr',
all we ever found was section OF Sis
old vest that somehow got ketched in
a tree. Well. 81 was bound to do
things different. Chicago Record Her
aid
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
FER0ClOUS DOL
Marine Monsters That Ara Known ~
Whale Killers.

III
Marine Monsters That Ara Known ~
Whafs Killers.
There really is such d sea monster
as the whale killer. 1t is one Of the
largest and most ferocious of all the
dolphin family 1t also is known as
the grampus. 1t is characterized as q
genus by its large size and the conical
and depressed head, devoid Of beak.
The back fin Is of great length, espe
cially in the males, and the fiippers are
large and broadly ovate.
The teeth are comparatively few
in number. varying from ten to thir-
teen on each side of the jaw, and are
much larger than In any dolphins yet
noticed, being often an inch or more
In diameter ana having an oval sec
ton. The celebration is striking, the
upper parts and fins being black, while
the lower jaw. chest and under parts
are whitish.
The white area OF the under parts
does not however. extend to the fiukes,
but ends posteriorly in a trident, Of
which the lateral and shorter prongs
extend obliquely upward on the tanks.
There is a large white streak above
and behind the eye, and frequently ut
least a purple crescentic arch extends
across the back behind the fin. The
killer attains length Of at least TWEEN
ty feet. st. Louis Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
checkina IL up to Father.

That parents should exercise the
greatest care in speaking Of family Sc
crets in the presence Of little children
was proved by the experience OF a
North avenue resident recently:
The man IN question was visiting q
maiden aunt. who Is extremely stout
and very sensitive about it
A four-year-oid boy who acc0mpa-
MED his father looked very carefully
at the rotilnd form OF his relative and
then inquired. with u friendly smile:
Aunt Myrtle, you don't have to put
ashes in the bed to keep from slipping
out. do your
Then when the man held up bis
hands in CONSERVATION the youngster
exclaimed
There, papa; she says she doesn't"
Youngstown Telegram.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
The coach and Four came

Among the many records of Harrow
school is that of boy, the SON Of a
poor local tradesman In a very small
way OF business. His schoolfeIlows
often tainted him about his family
poverty. Their thoughtless jeers. al
though hurting bis feelings. drew from
the lad the retort. II intend before
die to ride in coach and four" The
years sped by, and. 10 and behold, the
poverty stricken youngster of Harrow
had developed into Dr. Parr, the great
est scholar Of his time, whose Gus
tomary and favorite means of iocomo-
ton was coach and four!-London
Mail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
INSTINCT IN PLANTS.
Actions That Seem TO Indicate Some
Sort of Nervous System.

Actions That Seem TO Indicate Some
Sort Of Nervous System.
Plants sometimes appear to possess
reasoning power. Charles Darwin In
stanced the case of the rootlet, which,
piercing its way through the soil and
detecting stone or lump OF hard clay
in Its path. will go round it without
touching 1t. Flow does the rootlet or
plant know that the stone Is thereY'
he asks. Certainly it cannot see it
and us it does not touch 1t cannot feel
it. The avoidance therefore seems to
be in the nature of perception Of some
kind which is mental operation
The species of mimosa known as the
sensitive plant will contract its leaves
even at the sound OF footstesp, and
when such a plant is being transplant
ed it crumples up during the process In
such way that it really appears to be
suffering from fear Afterward 1t re-
covers and resumes its ordinary mode
Of life
Plants undoubtedly possess con-
seriousness of kind which enables
them to carry out certain operations
necessary to their preservation, and
this can only be done through the pos
session of some sort Of nervous sys-
tenn. london Standard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
INSECT ANAESTHETICS.
Wasps and Beetles ParaIyze Their
Victims Before Killing.

Wasps and Beetles Paraiyxe Their
Victims Before Killing.
That the sting Of the wasp, which
punctures the nerve centers of cap
tured caterpillar Or spider, usually par
alyzes the creature into helplessness
rather than kills it is well known.
The victim remains alive In the bur
row or cell in which the wasp stores it
as food for the larva which will
emerge from the egg laid in the same
cell. Therefore the newly Matched
grub finds ready for 1t q provision OF
living meat instead of decayed car
ri0n
That wizard" among entOmolog
the venerable Fabre, has discovered a
similar yet even more extraordinary
fact IN the history of the glowworm
beetle Qampyris namely, that it an
aesthetics the prey upon which 1t
itself feeds, so that it may consume 1t
at leisure and predigested. This beetle,
whose brilliant phosphorescence at
tracts the eye In the dusk of the sum
mer evenings, habitually hunts and
seizes upon certain small snail In or
der to eat it,
The curious thing Is that the beetle
anaesthetizes the mollusk at the first
attack, preventing 1t from escaping by
withdrawing to safety deep within its
shell. Upon finding the snail the
beetle dashes forward and, thrusting
out its sharp, curved mandibles, re-
peatedly stabs the side of the body OF
its prey. After few, punctures the
snail becomes insensibie and remains
In that deadened state for three or
four hours-a time more than suficient
for the beetle to complete its meal
Independent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
CAUGHT THE CAPTAIN.
He Was Not on the Early Morning
Job, but the kaiser Was.

Job, but the Kaiser Was.
Some time ago the kaiser heard that
q captain in one of the guards regi-
menfs at Potsdam had fixed the regu-
slation hour Of schooling for his men at
8 O'Clock In the morning. The kaiser,
though doubling the fitness Of such an
early hour for the lesson and the abil-
ity Of a popular young officer to keep
up to this rather exacting standard Of
early rising, said nothing, but one day
walked into the barrack room at G
o'clock.
The captain was not there, but the
emperor showed neither annoyance nor
surprise. He asked where the lesson
was to be found in the books, and
without more ado, to the mingled anx-
iety and delight of the men, he took
the lesson in hand and explained the
passage in history which was the sub
ject of the day. 1t was nearly z O'Clock
when the captain showed himself. The
kaiser returned his salute and made no
allusion to his crestfallen countenance.
but handed him the lesson book after
pointing out how far the class had got
and then left the room.
Nothing more was said or heard
about the incident until few days
later. when the captain received a
handsome alarm clock, evidently from
the kaiser What the officer wrote In
his letter Of thanks for the gift Is not
recorded. ..Ireland's Own
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
HOW A MOTOR TALKS. Z


Tbs Sympathy That May Come Be-
tween the animate and Inanimate.
\ One day my chauffeur was taken
III. and | drove myself in, left the
ear stsinling in a side street during
the day and drove home at night =
said a snburbanite. Then, for the
first time, | began to sense the feeling
Of mutuality or mutual sympathy, If
such an expression may be permitted
between animate and inanimate things,
between the machine and myself. Sew
eral trips by myself confirmed the, SEN
sation; then bought another car for
the family and now drive myself reg
ularly In this one.
Il have often thought of the stories
told by locomotive engineers In which
their great engines are endowed with
almost mental faculties. There are
enough Of them to fill book, but l
never considered them seriously until
began with this car. Sometimes the
engine sings; sometimes it purs.
know its sing and its 'purr.' II any
thing is the matter with 1t it tells It
in a language entirely Ineligible to
me. It responds to my lightest touch
in all its functions, but once" and
here his voice became grave, tit re-
fused to run into an unlighted ditch
where was trying to steer it. ]
looked for half an hour for the trouble
with the steering apparatus, but could
find nothing wrong. Suburban Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
Almost Rannnhizael

Dinah was product Of NewtO Orleans,
big, plump waller gar who could
cook the finest dinners for miles
around. One day new butler ap-
peared upon the scene, and Dinah's
mistress noticed that she took great
interest in the man. At last her mis-
tress could stand her curiosity no
longer and asked:
"Dinah, do you know that new
mani"
Dinah took another long. and scrufi-
mixing look and then slowly and rem
iniscently replied:
%Well, ! dunno. Miss Alice, but /
think he was ma fust hnsbandgn-E,y-
erybody's Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
Costly Treatment.

II was troubled with constipation aud
indigestion and spent hundreds II dollars
for medicine and treatment. writes c
Fl. Hines. Of Waitlow. Ark. II sent te
q St. Louis hospital. also to hospital ID
New Orleans. but no cure was effected
On returning home began taking Cham
berlain's Tablets. and worked right along
used them for some time and am now
all right" Sold by All Dealers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
Came Near IL.

A New England farmer was once de-
scribing in the presence of a very
humane person the great age and de-
bility Of a horse that he formerly own
ed and used. you ought to have kill
sd him." interrupted the humane per-
son Indignantly. Well" drawled the
farmer. 1--WE did almost"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
Toboca island

Famed for its unfailing springs OF
pure, sparkling water, the island OF
Toboga lies about ten miles from the
city Of Panama. in the Pacific. Here
the mail steamers plying between Bal
boa and San Francisco lie by for their
supply OF fresh water, as do also the
eamers that sail southward from
nama. The island is also, famous
its splendid pineapples.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
FUN In Space.

dreamed last night that was pres
ent at committee meeting Of the
sun. earth. moon and stars.
Pm no coward" said the earth.
mo, but You have two great fears. :
said the sun hotly.
And those are?"
1.-THE hemispheres.'
you've forgotten the atmosphere, =
put in the moon. And the comet,
who had no business to be there,
wagged his tail with joy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
a Grave Dancer.

Madam. your pet Pekinese spaniel
bit one of the children on the street In
the face this morning"
Good heavens. my poor little dog!
know none of the children about here
have their faces antiseptically wash
ed."-Baltimore American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
Morss Sim.

Mother Ito wriggling son across her
knee)-T'll teach ron to tie sancepana
to dogs tails
But. mother. it isn't our dog
mo. know Il isn't our dog. But
it's my saucepan. You young rascal
London Mail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
Minister Praises Laxative.

Rev Fl Stnbenvoll of Allison,
Ia in praising DIR. Kings New
Life Pills for constipation. writes:
DIR. Kings New Life Pills are such
perfect pills no home should I've
without them.n No better leg
ulator for the liver and bowels.
Every pill guaranteed. Try them.
Price 25c. at Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-08-22
His Definition.

A boy who was asked to describe a
kitten said. "A kitten Ia remarkable for
rushing like mad at nothing whatever
ana stopping before it gets there"