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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-01

A. long as the of James Thorpe worlds famous Indian
pndur and it should live for generations, should the
craftsmanship displayed in his confession stand for all
men as model of honesty and sraightfOrwardness Thorpe
~ He violated definition by accepting pay for
summer ball just any number of young coegians
have done But Thorpe did not know this against the letter
@ law He saw only the spirit of the thing He played not
m the money receive but for the love of athletics He
was keen for competition and hence fell
Bnt AT heart the Indian is honest When it
r to him that if he did play ball for money he not
@ TO the magnificent prizes he at the Stockholm games
| SIMMER when the bitter rivals Of other nations
cing his praises did not wait for trial He
what he should do.
Then the confession 1t is simple document honestly
d and doubtless without single fact misstad CLOSED
aver He was guilty of what they charged said manfuly,
asked only consideration because he ignorant of the
@ law told them to return to foreign lands the prizes
that didn't belong to him.
It wasn't they had the goods Jim Thorpe that
confessed 1t because he is true sportsman and hon
est one Just the spirit that he showed in all of his contests
with the nations of the world
Summer ball has been abused, there is doubt of that
But could be made good thing for needy students who
are fighting their through college there little doubt And
The colleges should it up and control of it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-01

professional plan in football, and
there was no lack of patronage
whenever they played The trouble
was that they could not keep In
physical shape to play often enough
to make it worth while-and that's
the whole trouble in a nutshell. So
the professional player the ma
tured man is practically debarred
from the game And this is why
the college team can beat any other
band of men in the world on the
gridiron, and it is one large reason
why the college man esteems the
game so highly
Perhaps, too, the very fact that it
does come only once a week, and
then for a short season only, is an
added reason for the prestige Of the
game-what we see often loses
value, and familiarity may breed
contempt here as well as elsewhere.
TRACK sports, tennis, lacrosse,
soccer, basket ball, swimming
and even baseball are not in it
when it comes TO Il comparison with
football as contests of physical
strength or even of pure science.
Your collegian regards football as
a struggle between giants (and isn't
ito, while the others are contests
between comparative Lilliputians.
The minor games demand skill, to
be sure, stiffness and quick think
ing-football requires these, even in
greater quantity, and with much
sheer physical strength added Why
is it that exhibitions and even
tales of the exhibition of mere
brute strength have always inter-
ested man so?
Richard the Lion Hearted could
Whack a thick bar of steel in two
pieces by one stroke of his heavy
battle sword, while Haroun Al
Raschid could sever with one stroke
a piece of gossamer so light that
it fioated on the air, so keen was
his blade and so dexterous his
stroke. Here we are in doubt
which achievement to admire most,
but there would be no doubt IL
along came one who could achieve
both these exploits.
A ND then 1t must not be over
looked that there are more
men engaged in the game of foot
ball than in other college sports.
Mere numbers spell a deal, wheth-
er considering regiments. theatri-
cal companies, circuses or athletic
teams.
1t might be worth while to work
out a table showing about what
relative valuations college men
themselves place on their various
sports. Putting football at the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-01
By j. W. Heisnan.

TIME layman often labors I'M
der the impression that Il col
lege game is a college game,
and that one kind is of as much
Importance as the other. TO him it
may be so, but not to the cole
gian. TO the manner of thinking
of the undergraduate. there is a
vast difference in the relative i'm
portance of various college sports.
Take it the country over. and
baseball must be conceded to be
the national pastime and favorite
sport Generally speaking, it is
considered the country's most i'm
portant sport. But in college cir
Cles baseball is not so considered.
The game which takes pre-emi-
nence in the eyes of any man in
college or who has been through
college in the past quarter of
century. is football.
Just why this should be so may
be a little hard to explain. 1t is
natural enough that your collegian
should want something distinctive
ly his own and something at which
he can excel not only other college
players. but the whole world The
game of football furnishes him
these vantage points as does no
other The game belongs to that
exact period of youth, growth and
development represented by under
graduate life. At any later stage
of life the man would have to be
doing something for a living; he
couldn't be putting in time in such
quantities as football requires I'M
less there were something more in
it than mere fame and glory.
n UT why not professional foot
- ball? And why not play foot
ball on salary as the man plays
professional baseball? Simply be-
cause the game is too strenuous
it couldn't be played every day, as
is baseball, for the man doesn't
live who could stand even two
match games a week for a period
of six months in the year. And
unless the teams and players could
stand it to play even oftener than
that they wouldn't earn enough to
make the game worth while to
them-that is, the one game a week
wouldn't draw in enough money at
the gate to pay the salaries that
baseball pays as the result Of being
able to play it six days in the week.
Various teams have tried the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-01

uERE in the United States we
IL get in the way of thinking
that most of the cleverness of the
world is concentrated here, as well
in croolsedness as in other things.
But # seems that the slow going
English aren't such bad crooks aft
ar lll. in q digniGed sort of way.
Details have just come to light
showing that English bookmakers
during the last racing season have
been defrauded of hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars by an ingeni-
Gus use Of the telephone. The
scheme adopted depended for it's
success on the fact that in country
places Geographic messages are
received at shops Of small business
establishments. and are forwarded
by telephone to the nearest post
Office.
A few minutes before the time
st for a race, a man would enter
one of these shops and take pos
session Of the telephone for
trunk call. paying for a quarter OF
Am hours conversation, or more, if
necessary.
He would be followed by another
man. who would write out several
kilograms to various bookmakers.
backing horses and writing thn
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-01
HYPNOTISM USED TO PUT
GOLFER BACK I'm FORM"

LONDON Feb. 1.-Golfers "off their
game may be restored To their best
form by hypnotic treatment.
a plus-four golfer whose game had all
gone to "sticks," who had lost his swing
fooled his approaches and was short
with his puts, placed himself under
treatment at Guys hospital in the hyp-
motto department. BY suggestion the
hypnotic specialist instilled into his mind
that he was as good player as ever,
and when he next went to the links his
former excellence reappeared.
DIR. Edwin Ash, leading mental spe-
cialist, referring TO the case, says:
Golf requires delicate CO. ordination oj
the mind and muscle, which becomes
subconscious in case the player is one of
any skin. He plays like an automaton
and is at his hest when not troubling
about his game.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-01

rectiOn Of the original message, and
there was no trace of irregularity.
In each case the telegram with the
name of the winning horse on it
was received by the bookmaker.
duly timed some minutes before the
race, and he filed it among his bets
to be paid, entirely unsuspicious
of the fact that he had been swim
died.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-01
Techs Athletic Expert Figures Relative Worth of Different
COACH HEISMAN WRITES ON coolidge SPORTS''

head of the list with an arbitrary
valuation of ten points we would
find that all other sports count
for less. individuals will differ in
their opinions. but the following
would fairly represent the consen-
Sus of opinion:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-01
NATIONAL MEETS FEB. H.

NEW YORK. Feb. president
Lynch announced that the magnates of
the National Baseball league will con-
vene here at the Hotel McAlpin on
February II
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-01
FRANK GETS CAN READY
FOR SIX OF HIS PLAYERS

NEW ORLEANS, LA, Feb. Charles
Frank, manager of the New Orleans club,
has notified a number of his players that
club for job. 1t is supposed that these
men are Swami, Stanley, Haigh, Cheney,
Mills and Tepe. Frank has undoubtedly
going to give the players themselves a
Chance to disnose of their own services.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-04-09

No bien Sc anunci6 que EN- la Feria
hab1a algunos espectaculOs mas menos
inmorales no falt0 quien Sc personase
zen ell lugar del suceso' con el prop6.
sito, es claro. de yer 81 era mas el ruido
que las nueces Y cada cual con la es.
peranza de que las nueces, por esta vez.
fueran mas que el ruido.
A la salida de las artistas, y pOr ESQ
de que siendO periodistas estamos en- 81
deber de saberlo todo, alln 10 mas intimO
y recondito del 'moral de las gentes,
no eran pocos los moscones que Sc nos
acercaban, preguntandonos: tQui6n es
esa?.. :Quien es aqu6lla D.. Don
de trabaja esta?.. ;Quf habilhlad tie
he la de mas alla?...
En- tai puntO. nos hallabamoS viepd0
salir las artistaS del barrac6n de NADIA
doras, cuando. al paso de una de estas.
nos pregunt0 cierto joven: Y esa iquf
hace? Y nuestra respuesta no pudo ser
mas precisa
-Nada.. lE\E\
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-04-09

nuaran estlldios superiores. La gran
masa volvera al seno de sus hogares para
dedicarse los trabajos agricolas, domes-
ticos, comerciales industriales. No es
possible abandonar la obra comenzada
AL par que la de La escuela Y despues
de la de la escuela debe reahzarse La
obra edIcadora de la biblioteca. Els ne
cesario que la bihlioteca contin1e nu-
triendo inteligencias, enviando libros
que sostengan y vigoricen ideales, que
abran nuevos horizontes, que estudien Y
resuelvan los prohlemas de la vida, des-
de ell cultivo de la terra hasta ell cultivo
de las almas, desde la economic dom6s-
tica hasta la hacienda p1blica.
Senoras senores, no hay NADIA como
la meditation, como ell estudio refexivo,
para presentar al ser humane ell cuadrO
de sus deberes Y la recta soluci0n de slS
problemas. Yo confeso que pesar de
que siempre consider6 las Bibliotecas
p1blicas como algo necesario it'll al
progreso de los pueblos, no me habla
dado cuenta exacta de su extraordinaria
Influenza, de su mission importantisima
en- las modernas democracias Mi CON
cepci6n de las Bibliotecas ahora que he
estudiado con algGn detenimiento cl
problema, es distinta de la que antes te-
MIA Debo este primer beneficio a Id
Influenza de una biblioteca misma.
(Gontinuar9 \
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-04-09

Ia Biblioteca lnsular en- que cele
bramos nuestras conferencias, 1ue crea-
ia nor Ia Asamblea Legislative de
Puerto Rico en- 1903. contiene unos
% 900 voltimenes usan de ellos Qua
riamente unas 25O personals. La Gu
dad de Yauco. segin mis- notlclas, tie
ne eI honor de ser la primera Gle Puer-
to Rico en- donde Sc ha levantado un
edificio ad hoe" para bibhoteca pu-
blica.
En las bibliotecas antiguas los IL
bros, generalmente rollos de paplro, Sc
ouardaban en- anaqueles. Ell cuaftos al
90 pequenos pero preparados deolda-
me,,te para ell uso de los libros. Sc for
maban catalogos Los de AleJandra
han proporcionado valiosos datos para
Ia historia de la literatura. FL cargo
de Bibliotecario era generamente de-
sempeiiado por alg1n literatO dlstlngul-
rio : fiouraba en- ell range de los altos
f11nnionarios. Ell primer bibllotecano
de que Sc tiene noticia fue Amll-anu,
onian vivi6 1900 amos antes de Crlsto.
Vease el admirable trabaJo sobre Bl-
bliotecas preparado para la New inter-
nacional Encyclopedia, pOr ell Professor
James Morton, ell senior Charles AleXan-
der Nelson. los Doctores Dewey ia
mes Hulme Garfield
E. deber principal del antique biblio-
tecario era ell de adquirir preservar
libros. Ell usO de ellos era secundarlo.
Las bibliotecas modernas, por el con
trario. son mas bien una fuente que un
deposito FL biblitecariO. como dicen
los autores del trabajo antes ~citado. es
lln factor activO, aggressive. Ell la educa-
cion popular. Reconoce plenamente sll
deber de adquirir y preservar, pero re
conoce tambien que esta por encima de
ese Geber ell de hacer que los lbros ad-
quiridOs v preservadOs Sc usen en de-
bida forma. Las antiguas bibliotecas
solo interesaban las classes ilustradas
de La sociedad. Las modernas estan
colocadas Ell ell mismo plano que las es-
cuelas pt1blicas.
La epoca presente Sc distinguira Ell
la historic como la de las bibliotecas.
Fin TN solo aiio Sc aprobaron Ell los Es-
tados de la Union Americana cien le-
yes referentes la materia.
En- los Estados Irnidos es prodigioso
ell desarrollo de las bibiotecas. Sc han
adoptado y puesto en- practica todas
las formas imaginables para adquirir
buenos libros para hacerlOs leer Las
grandes bibliotecas tienen ademas dc
sus edifcios centrales, dependencies en-
diversos sitios, usan ell correO, ell eX-
preso Y ell telefono para poner mas IA
cilmente sus libros al alcance de sus lee
torres. envlan bibliotecas de hogar
4 los Centres locales para grupos de
una docena de ninos, "bibliotecas
viajeras." !" de cincuenta cien volume
mes de escogidos libros; cada comuni-
dad que 10 desee.
No solo el Gobierno federal. de
los estados territories de las muni-
cipalidades, invierte enormes sumas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-04-09
(Continuaci6n.)

en- 81 sostenimiento de las bibliotecas,l
FOL I1ltimo presupuesto de la del Con-
oreso asciende q un million de pesos
para un ano). sino que los partlculares
trabajan incesantemente Ell lgual sen
lido. Desde Benjamin Franklin en- l'3l
funlando la "Compal1a Librera de Fl
ladalfa' que el mismo llam0 la ma
Dire de todas las bibliotecas pOr suscrlp-
ci01 de Norte America ;, hasta ell mi
llonario Andres Carnegie Ell nuestros
d1as poniendo al servicio del movimien-
10 bibliotecario ell immense poder de sus
riauczas, una larga lista de individual
lidades mobiles y buenas han luchado y
lucnan por adquirir, condensado Ell las
paginas de los libros, ell producto de
las inteligencias del mrrndo entero pa
ra ponerlo al servicio del pueblo ameri-
cano.
Las legislatures de los estados han
reconocido ell principle de que. pueden
establecerse contribuciones para ell sos
tenimiento de las bibliotecas p1blicas.
La primera ley que Sc aprobo Ell este
sentido 10 fue en- ell ano 1885 Sc como
ce por la Ley de BibliOtecas del Distri-
to de Nueva York En- 1849 ell estado de
New Hampshire paso una ley autori-
zando los pueblos a imponer contri
buclones para ell sOstenimiento de BIZ
bliotecas publicas. En- 1852 Sc estable-
clio Ia Bibioteca Publica de Boston Que
es IN modelO de bibliotecas pi1blicas
municipales Y que ha ensenado al mum
do - que puede hacer un municipio en-
el campo de las bibliotecas.
6Que hemos hecho, que estamos ha-
ciendo Y que debemos hacer en- Puerto
Rico con respecto 4 bibliotecas p1bli-
cas-?
Lo que hemos hecho puede deducir-
Sc de los breves datos que apunte an
terlormente. Lo que estamos hacienda.
es facil ell poderlo apreciar sinceramen-
te. Lo que debemos hacer, nos 10 esta
indicando con toda claridad nuestro
buen Juicio y nuestro amor a la terra
EN- cue nacimos en- la cual vivimos V
tenemos nuestro interes nuestro afec-
to-
Es necesario un impulse mayor. La
Influenza de la Biblioteca debe sentirse
| mas Ell nuestra vida.
Nuestro gran problema consiste en- Ia
e(lucaclon Gle nIestro pueblo; no Ell Ia
educaci0n de una clase, sino en- la edu-
cacion de la totalidad del pueblo; en-
| la sollci6n de ese problema es factor i'm
portantlsimo la biblioteca p1bl;ca
Nuestras escuelas estan realizando su
gran obra En- las montanas en- las
llanuras; Ell los campos, en- los pueblos
Ell las ciudaIdes, vibra todos los dias
la carinosa voz de la campana llamando
miles de niilos recibir La instruction
que ha de prepararlos para ser EN- ell
future ciudadanos capaces, felices eff
cientes de una de las naciones mas gran
des mas libres de la TERRA.
Pero la obra Gle la escuela termina
pronto para ell nifio. Unos pocos CONT
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-04-09
(Continuara. }
ECOS

Ell domingo pasado, varios j6venes lle-
varon cabo una gira, Ell lancha, a la
boca de Cangrejos. FL objeto de la mis-
ma (de Ia gira) no podia ser mas mo-
cente comerse, ell Ibuena hora, una le-
|choncita que previamente hablan cebado
y culdado todos y cada uno de los eX-
|crrsionistas como 81 Sc tratara de TN in
dividuo de la famiha, tai vez con mas
2smerO.
Lo ciertO es que llegada la bora de
pOnerse Ell marcha, Ell animalito, que es-
taba reluciente, fue ell primero en- ocu-
par un puestO Ell la embarcaci0n. cuida-
losamente atado una de las bancas,
no fuera hacer una 'guarrada de
las sllyas; cuando los feliees navegan-
tes Sc hallaban pr0Ximos d la Boca, Y
tenla cada cual la suya hecha aqua
almlbar pensando zen 10 buena que iba
4 quedar aquella Iechoncita despues de
asada'' hizo 6sta un extrano movimien-
to con la cabeza, Sc solt0 de La cuerda
que la sIjetaba, Y izas di0 un salto
y una voltereta inverosimil en- ell aire y
Sc echo 4 naIdar mar adentro ante ell
asombro estllpefacci6n de sus "ver-
dugos" -.
Impossible describir la confusion que
Sc produjo en- la lancha. Quien gritaba:
Todos a los remos! Quien; Todos al
aqua -. Con el bote t.. A nado!.
Por aqui H.. Por ALI H..
Total, que cuando quisieron darse
cuenta, ell muy "cochino" del animalito
Ique Ell fuerZa de estar tan bien nutrido
Itenia arrestos de sobra, Sc habla puesto
Ia buen recaudo, salvando la extension
de aqua que separaba al bote de TERRA
Iy ganando esta antes de que le lutheran
/ IdadO alcance. ;.
NJ que decir tlene. que una vez que
plso TERRA, asustado por los gritos que
daban los bfpedos, ell cuadri1pedo redo
bio sus esfuerzos y desapareci6 Ell breve
espacio de TEMPO
los excursionistas, que vieron desva-
necerse EN- un momento una de sus mas
caras llusiones Sc consolaban gritando:
Cochino! cerdo ipuerco guarro
lechon!.,,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-27
POOL ROOM LAW Is
AGAIN. TO Be TESTED
Joe Dinkelspeel Announces
That He VIII Invite Arrest
to Get Into Court.

The state gambling law as applied to
the operatio OF pool rooms is again to
be tho subject OF court proceedings. Joe
Dinkelspeel who some months ago op-
Grated a pool room for the betting on
the results OF horse races. will today re-
open room at Tenth South and state
streets. Just without the city limits. Dink-
elspeel Will invite arrest by the authori :
ties in order 10 bring 10 test the state
law and its appllca ton 10 the operation
OF q system about to be tried out.
Dinkelspeel, according To his statement
yesterday, is now an employee OF the
Wyoming Brokerage company. concern
opera ting from Evanston. ,Wyo. Bettors
will be enabled 70 go to the pool room
and place their bets and the bets will
be telegra phed In the regular course to
the Evanston company, which can turn
down or accept the wager After the
race is run, the Evanston company Will
telegraphed to Dinkelspeel those bets that
are to be paid Off"
Dinkelspcel said yesterday that ne has
engaged Booth. Leo. Badger. Rich and
parke the law firm headed by the
United States district attorney, to rep
sen will also be associated In the case.
According to the contention OF Dfnkei-
speel he WILL In his new relationship.
stand In tho same position as an indi-
vldual who telegraphs bet TO some
point from this city. lie contends that
held Illegal. and cannot so be done. and
hence he can operate his pool room.
1t ia expected that Dlnkelspeel VIII be
arrested at once and charged with vo-
latlon of the gambling law. His attor-
news It Is said will endeavor TO hasten
order to get an early decision from the
supreme court
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-27
WRECK OF HEARSE.
BLAMED ON DRIVER
Board Of Inquiry Makes Report on
Accident Exonerating Oregon
Short Line.

a report regarding the collision Of an
automobile hearse belonging TO Eber W.
Hall and an Oregon Short Line switch
engine was received yesterday from the
board of inquiry appointed to investigate
the particulars of the wreck. II was the
decision OF the board that the man who
was driving the hearse, Carl c. Shriber.
was 10 blame for the accident In which
his machine was wrecked. and that the
crow OF the engine was blameless.
The board OF inquiry consisted Of the
following: Dr. G. G. Plummer, represent
Ing the public; NJ. A. Pond. assistant
superintendent. Utah division; p. Soren-
son. travelling engineer, Utah division;
n. j. Harris. assistant superintendent,
Utah division; F. w Bower claims ad-
Juster Oregon Short Line, J. H Mccoy,
general yardmaster. Salt Lake. Oregon
Short Line
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-27
UNIVERSITY GIRLS
HOLD ANNUAL FEAST
Delta Epsilon Sorority Banquets at
Commercial Club; Toasts Are
Features of Evening,

The annual banquet OF the, Delta Ep-
silon sorority, an organization OF the
University of Utah was held in the blue
room OF the Commercial club last night
Tho affair is perhaps the most enjoyable
one held by the sorority during the year
and the members and the alumni look
forward to il with much interest.
Though the sorority was founded at
the university, October %. 1911. the an
nual banquet is held Thanksgiving eve
instead OF on October 2G, There We're
twenty active members Of the society
present and a number OF the alumni
During the banquet and later In the
evening toasts were given by members OF
the sorority from each OF the classes OF
the school and by the toaStmistress, Miss
Dale Havenor.
The blue room was Drettily decorated
with white roses the flower Of the soror-
ity. and white roses We're strewn pro
each girls plate. Special place cards
were In evidence The toasts of the even
Ing were: Our sorority" 'Our New
Members" ~ Chicken Sandwich" ITO
Thine Own Self BE True" and "Our
Birthday"
A feature Of the annual affair is that
each OF the sorority members contributes
a present TO the society of some practical
sent to the sorority house at lG1 South
Twelfth East street on the day of the
banquet and when the girls return to the
house after the banquet the presents are
opened
Mrs Mahlon Wilson acted chaperon
etJ the banquet, The members Of the So
cIety are: Winifred McDonoush. Lenore
Smith. Marion Hissey, Pearl Raddatz,
Ruby Manning Helen Owens, Claire
Pendleton, Anne Stains. Josephine Wal
lace Jeane Sherman. Clara Kimball,
Nellie Gray, Elizabeth McCallister, Dru-
celia Gaby, Ruth Beatty. Rowena Rog-
ers Gladys Morning. Cornelia Smith,
Edith Yundt. Katherine Hancock and
.eona McCurtain. The alumni are Dale
Havenor. Laura Sutton, Daisy Harrison,
Leda Wallace. Hazel Snyder and Mar
enref SmurthMaite.