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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-01-23

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
COBB MAINTAINS
LEAD IN AMERICAN

Unable to keep up the fast pace that
is being set py Ty Cobb, Joe Jackson
of the Maps has dropped behind and
the Georgia Peach reigns supreme
among the sluggers of the American.
| The wonderful Tiger has faced oppos-
| ing hurlers 3S6 times and on 1i9 OF
these occasions he has slapped out base
hits. Cobb has also contributed &c
runs toward the success of his team
| Joe Jackson ranks second 10 Cobb
with an average of .374. The sloeless
wonder has made 1s5 hits and 100 tall
lies
Close behind the Nap outfel6er fol-
lows iris Speaker with an average oil
1853. Henriksen ranks fourth, while
Eddie Collins is the fifth man.
Derri11 Pratt after struggling inside
the magic 800 mark, has dropped back
again and is hitting at a .29S clip. He
| ranks second among the st. Louis hit
ters.
Clyde Milan of the squirting Senators
is leading the league in base stealing
with total of Go to his credit Speaker
follows far in the rear with IG, while
1 "aIAI. t-.1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
GRAY ESTABLISHES
NEW HOME RUN RECORD

Charleston, w. Va, September.
2o.-What is said to be a new
worlds record for home runs was
made today by Cecil Gray of
Charleston, in an Ohio State league
game with Maysville. KY, when he
pounded out two and brought his
record for the season up to 32.
The former record was 81 The
league season will close tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
DAUBERT LEADING
NATIONAL .BATTERS

Hammering the ball with ven
geance, big Jake Daubert, the won
derful first sacker of the Brooklyn
Dodgers. is leading the sluggers of the
National league by comfortable mar
gin. The elongated -Dodger has par
ticipated in 12s battles and out of 465
times at the plate he has raped out
16s bingles, giving him batting aver
age of 1851.
Rube Yingling, also OF the Dodgers,
who for a long while was nominal
leader of the league is second, with an
average of .347. Miller of the Phillies
is third, while Ham Hyatt of the Pitts
burg Pirates follows close at his heels.
Phelan, who is cavorting around the
third corner for the Cubs. is batting at
a .252 clip. Among the otheR former
Southern leaguers who are showing up
fairly well with the willow are Stengel,
Wheat, Hess. Berghammer and Archer.
Stengel is hitting .2s4, Wheat ,.3e4, Hess
1924, Berghammer .292 and Archer .264.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
Great Britain May Withdraw
From Olympic Games After 1916

hind this policy lie in the belief that the
Olympic games are becoming semi-pro-
fessonal contests and that instead of
fulfilling the purpose of their founders,
which was to create international friend
ship. they have had the opposite ef-
feet.
Theodore Cook, the most influential
member of the British Olympic counsel
in discussing the matter, said today:
Personally, I am Of the opinion that
al soon as we have decided that a team
can be sent to Berlin we should also
decide to withdraw from the games in
the future, at date previous to the
choice of the city at which the games
will be held in 1920. l say this in spite
of my belief that preparations for the
Olympic games and competition in them
are of the greatest benefit to all forms
of sport in this country, because we seem
too much inclined to take things easy,
to avoid all trouble and to play our
games among ourselves, whether other
people play them better or not
The response to the appeal for $500. 900
as an Olympic fund for the British ath-
letes continues apathetic. Less than $40,-
900 has been subscribed. Discussion over
the appeal has brought forth more ex-
pressions of opinion against the Olympics
than favorable to them, most of the op-
position coming from bld university men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
Tennis Tourney To Determine
Championship Of City Opens

The tennis tournament for the cham
pionship of Greater Birmingham start
ed off in fine shape yesterday after
noon. when the nine clubs making W
the membership of the Birmingham
Tennis association started their tourna
ment to determine the best club. -Four
matches were played, two on the Ten
nessce Coal and Iron company's courts
at Ensley and two on the courts of the
Birmingham Athletic club.
At Ensley, Read and Wallace of the
Young Mems Christian association, de-
feated Mcveigh and Mcvay of Fairfield
6-1, CT. and in singles Howell Of the
" NJ C. A. defeated McVay of Fair
field, 60. 6-1. Also at Ensley. Bel
and Ross of Birmingham Athletic clut
defeated Hammond and Bretzen of Fos-
sill, 6-2 and GA. In the singles Me-
Connell of Fossil defeated Bell Of Bir-
mingham Athletic club. 8-6 and 62.
On the b. A. c. courts. Saunders and
Mitchell of Tennessee Coal and Iron
company defeated Brown and Binford
of North Birmingham. 6-1 and 6-3 and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21

London, September 20.-If the wishes
of majority of British sportsmen are
followed, Great Britains last appearance
in the Olympic games will be at Berlin
in 1916. This sentiment is steadily grow
ing and public opinion would favor with
drawing from the Olympic organization
Immediately except for two reasons; First,
the Germans might construe the with
drawal as due to anti-German prejudices,
and, second, other nations might think
that after the poor showing the team
made at Stockholm, Great Britain was
unable to hold its own against other
countries.
The policy advocated by the most in
fluential men in the English world OF
sport is to send a representative, well
trained delegation to Berlin, and then
withdraw gracefully. The reasons be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21

/ with Patten at quarter Cook and Preas
AT halves and Mcdonald at. full. Tech
believes that She will have backfield
that will be second to none in the SOUTH
Cook will attend to the forward passing,
Mcdonald to the pnnting and Patten to
the drop kicking. 1t is the first time that
Tech has had a baclfield fortified in all
departments.
Loeb who despite his 155 pounds was
a great center. has been shifted to an
end position because of his fierce tack
ling and because of the wealth of new
| line men for the middle of the forwards.
Moore, the scrappy little end of last
years team, will probably not make the
team owing to the star men OF the new
lot who are battling for the place.
The other end position, will probably
be held down by Hawley Cushman, the
McCalie and Central star of past years,
who has been doing great work in tho
practices already held.
The heaviest man in the Tech line last
season weighed 1S6 pounds. The light
est man this year. barring Loeb at the
end. who weighs 15o. will be 175 pounds.
Mallory Murphee, the 200 pound line
man from the Louisville High School
team will probably grab off guard posi-
ton, with Means. the teams regular
guard last season, at the other position
Robert Jordan. the 175-pound tackle
from Allen Academy OF Bryan, TexaS,
Spence. a Thomasvlle, Ca, boy. 1893
pounds and 8 feet. Q inches of man are
three of the promising line men.
Douglas Morrison. the McCallie and
Central star line man seems certain of
q berth either at guard or tackle. His
work has been splendid thus far
Talley johnson, the star line man and
captain of the 1912. Chattanooga High
School team is another most promising
line man.
1'rawick. last years 200 pound center,
Patterson, the center of the Chattanooga
High School last season and Carpenter,
q new man from Conyers, Ca, are wag-
ing a merry fight for the center position.
And there arc several other players of
merit who have not been out for prac-
tice as vet The truth of the matter is
that Tech has so much good material
this year. that it is going to be tough
job to pick out the best.
Here's Techs schedule:
September 27.-Seventeenth Infantry.
October 4.--Citadel.
October 11.-Chattanooga at Chatta.
nooga.
October 1s.-ATercer.
October 25.--F1orida at Jacksonville
November 1.-Sewanee.
November S.-Auburn
November 15.--Georgia.
November 21-Clemson,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
Browns in Four Series

ComislSey's Browns figured III four
worlds championship clashes. Detroit
beat the Browns n 1887. Lady Bald
win--one of the greatest soutbpaws Of
his time--won six games and lost one
Tor Detroit.
The worlds series of 1888 between St.
Louis and New York was marked by u
splendid pitching duel between Timothy
Keefe and Chal lie King. I<ecfs beat
King three straEht-2 to ], / to } and
to f. and woa the series for N3W York
In the Tempe Cup series o. 1895 be.
tween Cleveland and Baltimore old Cy
Young won three straight games for .he
Cleveland outfit Baltimore won one
game. Charlie Esper defeating Mig"
Cuppy.
Baltimore and Cleveland also hooked UP
Ia 1856. Young was batted ou. of the box
by the Orioles in the first game Hoffer
and Joe corbett. pirched four straight
Victories for Baltimo, g. Babby Wallace,
now with the st. Louis Browns. and the
veteran of the American lague pitched
the second game Ter Cleveland, working
against Corbett
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21

in singles Saunders of T. C. /. Co. de-
feated Gamewell of North Birmingham
one set, 6-2. and the second set was
stopped by the rain when the score
stood 4-3 In favor of Saunders. This
set of singles will be played off some
day this week.
Also at the B. A. c. courts Alvord and
Blake & ST. Charles defeated Clark and
Starbuck of Avondale. Cd, 60, and
Counselman of st. Charles defeated
Clark of Avondale. 60. Go.
The second round of the tournament
will take place next week with the
Young Mems Christian association
playing st. Charles in both doubles and
singles. The Birming CHAM Athletic club
will be matched against I. c. |. Co. in
doubles and Fossil will play against the
winner of the unfinished singles be-
tween T. C. /. Co. and North Birming-
ham.
The Country club will remain out OF
the tournament until the winning team
In doubles and the winner in singles
of the other eight clubs have been de-
termined and will then play in the
finals to determine the championship
of the Birmingham Tennis association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
YOUNGSTERS WHO MAY
STAR IN WORLDS SERIES
Bob Shawkey Backed BY Athletic Fans Down National
I.eaguers-Gant Supporters Pulling For AL Demaree
Winning Twirlers In Previous Series
by l.. CRoNIN
Sporting Department. New York American

The absorbing topic of baseball dis
cussion. now that the major league PEN
nant races are virtually over. js Who
will be the pitching hero of tho 1873
worlds championship series between the
Giants and Athletics?
BY one OF the singular quir<s OF tate,
the fans of New York and Philadelphia
are firm In the belief that the youngest
ritcher on the respective teams will be
The hero of the impending clash.
Al Demaree, serving his first year as a
regular on the Giants pitching corps.
bids fair to lead the National league
hurlers in the winning percentages. and
it is the fond hope of steadfast New
York enthusiasts that Steamer Az will
pitch wide circles around Chief Bender,
Eddie Plank and few of Maeli's sem
sational young box performers.
Buttonhole any Philadelphia fan, and
he win bet money. marbles or chalk that
Bob Shawkey, the juvenile of the Mack
ian staff, Will outpitch such established
stars as Mathewson. Marquard and Tes-
reau in the big series.
Dineen Hero in 1908
christy Mathewson, Bill Dineen, ED
Walsh, Mordecai Brown, Babe Adams.
Jack Coombs and Joe Wood are generally
considered the greatest worlds champion
ship pitchers OF modern baseball history.
Bill Dineen was the first to gnin fame
as a pitching hero in the inaugural
worlds series between American and
National league teams in 1908, when the
Boston Americans nosed out the Pirates
IN their memorable encounter of eight
games. Dneen, now an American league
umpire, was the greatest right handler
Of his time
Pittaburs had won three OF the first
four games, Dineen grabbing OF a vic
tory for tie retreating Bostons in tie
second tit Dineen succumbed to Phil
lippe in the fourth class. Old Cy Young
saved the Americans by beating Kennedy
in the fifth game.
pineen .hrashed Leeverin the sixth,
and Young performed the same operation
or Philippe in the seventh. In the
eisiitr and deciding game. Diaeen routed
Fnillippe and the Pirates and secured for
Boston tie worlds championship The
score was To 0. In this critical clash,
Dineen struck out the great Wagner,
with the bases ccngested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
PROSPECTS VERY PROMISING
FOR GOOD ELEVEN AT TECH
-Four Old Men Wealth Of Promising Material On Hand
Teams AS Whole Will BE Heavier Than Last Years

ATLANTA. Ga. September e0.-(Speciall
The best prospects Tech team ever
had Briefly this sums up the football
out look at the Georgia School of Tech
nology this season.
Even Coach Heisman, who is usually
very reserved in making predictions or
In giving out statements in advance of
the season, admits that the prospects
for a good eleven at Tech this year are
exceeding bright
The wealth of promising new material
is the answer to all the jubilancy that
surrounds Tech and her supporters Never
in the history Of the school have so
many men entered II. who seemed GER
tain 10 make the team the first season
of their intercollegiate career.
Captain Cook al half back. McDonald
at fun back, Means at guard, Moore at
end and Loeb, last years center who
will be switched to an end. are all the
old men who will be back
That only Ave veterans will return,
makes it all the more wonderful that the
Jackets consider their prospects SO good
and is evidence of the worth of the new
material.
The team as whole will be from 10
to II pounds to the man heavier than the
eleven that represented the Jackets last
season. when they were outweiehed that
much by every team they played And
this years team with its increased weight
will have an increased speed
The most brilliant of the new men, Is
Jean Patten. the Baylor half back, whein
Heisman is playing at quarter. His work
In the practices stamps him as foot
balist of the highest calibre, and ii looks
like he is going to make good the pre-
dictions of his Chattanooga friends, that
he will be an all Southern half back this
season.
Jim Preas, the all around athlete from
Riverside Military Academy. whose work
in the decthalon and penthalon, The
events that Jim Thorpe starred In at
Stockholm. stamps him as the greatest
prep school athlete in the world He IL
hut kid but his work has been re-
markable.
Preas was chosen as all prep school
first baseman all prep school half hack
on the football team and all prep school
| center on the basketball team. There
was no line OF sports at Riverside, that
he did not excel every other prep school
boy In the south last season. His home
Is in johnson City, Tenn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21

Mathewson still holds the record of
three straight shutout triumphs over the
Athletics in 1905. He beat Eddie Plank,
3 10 o in the first game, and BANKED
Andy coakley. to O. in the third game
Of the series; and shut out RedslSin Ben
der, TO 0. in the fifth ana deciding
game
Ed Walsh pitched Fielder Jones chi
cago White Sox to victory over the Cubs
In 1906. Walsh won two games. nclud-
ing to shutout that took all the
vim out of the Chancemen and made
them easy picking in the final game.
Babe Adams. then practically an
unknown. twirled three straight VIC
tories for Fittsburg over Detroit In 1860,
winning the worlds series for the Pi-
rates. The Youngsters performance was
sensational in the extreme. He yielded
only eighteen hits In the three conflicts
struck out eleven slugging Tigers and
walked only six batsmen.
Adams Record Equaled
Jack Coombs, of the Athletics, equalled
Adams record of winning three straight
In the 1910 series, but he was lucky. Al
though he beat the Cubs every time he
toiled against thera, Chances men
slammed Coombs' offerings vieiously
Nothing but superb support and the abil-
ity of the Mackmen to make plenty of
runs enabled COOfnDS 10 SURVIVE llIte
victories in succession.
That stole redslsin, Chief Bender, was
the premier twirler of the 1911 series
between the Giants and Athletics. >Ile
contributed two triumphs to the Ath-
letics cause He lost one game, though
He gave sixteen hits in the trio OF en-
counters.
Last year. Joe Wood was credited With
three victories and one defeaI. but Chris
ty Mathewson was recognized as the
pitching hero of that series, although he
lost two games and tied another Hard
|, ok deprived hins of victory in each
| instance. f8#4
We will now harp on ancient history,
starting with the worlds series in 1896.
Comiskeys Browns beat sAnsons Chi
cago White Sox that year, Caruthers and
Foutz pitching great ball for The Browns.
In the 1885 series between Chicago and
st Louis, each team won three games
and one was a tic. The players got Sal
apiece out of this series. Last year each
of the Red Sox drew down s4.o24.6s for his
share.
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were made AZ follows:
Cullen h Paroled

Cleveland, September 90, r. Cullen.
who yesterday pleaded guilty to swearing
falsely to forged signatures on Green
workingmen's compensation law referen-
dun petitions. was today paroled by
Judge Leighley in common pleas court
after Leighley had sentenced him In
definitely to the Mansfield reformatorv.
Prosecutor Locher favored the parole- de-
clarins that Cullen who Is a young man.
was no more guilty than many other pe-
thion sc1rculat tors " no have not been ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
WARD WINNER IN
WEEKLY GUN SHOOT

Only a small bunch of shooters faced
the traps and the hard weather condi-
tions at the regular weekly shoot of
the Birmingham Gun club, held yester-
day afternoon at the Fair grounds
Guy Ward. who has recently returned
to the city after long absence. led In
shot at.
The wind was blowing very hard and
this combinea with the dark and over
hanging clouds was q serious handicap
to the shooters and prevented any good
shooting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-21
Lane to Go to Monterey

Berkeley, Cal. September 20.-Secretary
of the Interior Franklin *. Lane will
leave tomorrow for Monterey. Cal, where
a cottage has been engaged for a weeks
stay. He will return to San Francisco for
a brief visit before departing eastward.
Secretary Lanes health is greatly inn
proved.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-25
WOULD FOLLOW.
Attorney General HasScores
Of Inquiries as to Trusts.
Agreement with American TEL
Tel. Co. May Cause Other Action.
Trust Makers Wish to Know II SIM
liar Agreements Are Acceptable.

Washington, Dec. 24.-When Attorney
General McReynolds agreed with the
American Telephone 81 Telegraph CO.
for a. reorganization of that concern
to make it fit the groove the courts
have hewed out for the anti-trust act
he gave rise to speculation in the
minds Of alleged trust makers all over
the country and has brought upon the
department of justice scores of in
quiries from persons more or less in
tercsted in trust suits. about the pos
sibiIity of other agreements of like
tenor.
Since the announcement that the self
made plans for a reorganization or
the so-called telephone trust would be
accepted there has been one caller at
he department bent upon speaking in
the cause of a prosecuted combine;
and in the five days that have inter-
yened since that announcement was
made, the telephone of the attorney
generals private secretary has re-
ceiYed a hundred calls and there have
been scores of letters and many tele-
grams seeking to learn what may be
expected in the suit of the govern
ment against John and William Doe,
a trust. In the absence of Mr.. Nc
Reynolds, who left Washington for
Kentucky last Saturday and will not
return until next week, there is no
one at the department authorized to
act for him in taking up fresh proffers
from trusts which wish to reform.
Mr.. McReynolds IN discussing the
American Telehene & Telegraph agree
ment with callers and in talking over
the efforts of directors of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Co., has made it plain that he is not
willing to accept offers which do not
mean a reform in accord with the de-
partments own ideas. Speaking of the
agreement with the telephone officials,
he pointed out that their plan had gone
further even than the department
could hope a court to go If suits were
instituted. and he referred as well to
the evident restoration of competition
IN the telephone field.
There are in process Of adjudication
the courts fewer than a dozen big
lti-trust cases. In this list are the
Continued on Page Three.)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-25
False Alarm in Calumet, Mich, Hall
Causes Death of IA, Mostly Chill
dren==Scene of Happy Christmas
Gathering Is One OF Disaster.
Cry Of "Fire" Starts Stampede for Exits Weaker
Ones Are Crushed to Death in a TWinMing.

For many days the children of the
copper mine strikers had waited ex-
pectantly for the Christmas tree exer-
cises which had been arranged by the
Women's Auxiliary of the Western
Federation of Miners. The entertain
ment was set for the early evening
and the hall, which is on the second
floor, was soon filled to its limit. The
children selected to recite Christmas
selections and sing carols had finish
ed their part of the program and the
man selected to play the part of San
ia Claus had appeared to distribute
the presents that were piled around
the large illuminated tree.
The children were instructed to
march up the aisles to the tree. so
that the presents could be handed to
them. The aisles were filled with the
boys and girls when large bearded
man thrust his head in at the door
of the main way and shouted Fire
A woman who was near the door
seized the man by the shoulders and
tried to counteraet the effect of his
cry. 1t was useless. The man wrest-
ed himself from her grasp and ran
away.
His cry of Fire was repeated
throughout the room. The word was
shouted in several languages as par
ents rose and rushed forward to get
their children. The lives were crush
ed out in almost a twinkling. Then
the physical impossibility Of further
movement brought the panicky per-
sons to their senses. 1t was realized
too late that there was no fire but
most of those in the hall could not gel
out of the jam.
Policemen and firemen hurried to
the building to find the hall congest-
ed. Several officers climbed the fire
escapes and entered by the windows
In short time the uninjured and the
faint had been pulled from the tangle
of human beings and placed in the
front of the hall.
Other men began to pull the bodies
of the dead and helpless from the
Continued on Page Ten.)
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-25
A SUICIDE ON
IL ~
CHRISTMAS EVE.
Stanley Smith, aJewelerand
A Close Friend of Lawyer
Couch of Monticello, NY.
Think Death of Friend
Caused Act.

Monticello. n. Y, Dec. 24-Stanley
Smith, a jeweier, broke in upon the
preparation of Christmas tree in his
home tonight by shooting himself to
death. No reason is known for the sui
eide as he was successful in business
end his family relations were happy.
Friends thought that the tragic death
Of Melvin H. Couch, however, may have
Influenced his act. He was a close
friend of Couch and the surmise is
that the disclosure of the lawyers
double life had preyed upon his mind,
as he talked continually about it.
Smith used an old army pistol to
shoot himself. He left the members of
his family preparing the Christmas
tree a task in which he had been as
sisting, and went up stairs, locking
himself in his room. The family heard
a shot, forced the door and found him
dead. He had been a successful jeweler
in Monticello for many years.