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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11

that he likes Peoria and the prospects
here and that he would like to talk
business with those in charge OF the
sale of the local franchise. Coleman
says that he has little money 20 in
vest and that he believes with his eN.
perience in the game he would do well
to plunge his roll in a promising base
ball city.
Coleman's letter will be turned over
to Messrs. Jones and Mcdowell and
the two, authorized by the local club
stockholders to negotiate the sale of
the Distiller club and franchise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11
CHIEFS HOMER
DEFEATS THE S0x
Meyers Poles Four Cushion
Clout of Scott in Ninth
at San Diego.
UMP KLEIN PULLS A BONER
Calls Game too Early. but "Cal" Puts
Arbiter Hep to Real
Status.

San Diego. Cal. Nov. 11.--Ch!ef
Meyers home run in the ninth inning
settled a bitter battle between the Sox
and the Giants yesterday afternoon,
4 TO 3. The score had been tied in
the Sox first of the ninth by three sue
cessive singles. but Hearne braced and
shut off further tallies, although the
bases were loaded with no one out.
Umpire KLEIN. thinking that 1t was
the last of the ninth, called the game
and everybody broke for the exits.
Manager Callahan made the distance
between the bench and the plate in
nothing, but it took some oratory To
get the fans and half OF the players
back. Meyers had already passed out
side, but after a hunt was brought
back and cracked the second ball
pitched for a homer over the fence at
the same spot where Speaker had put
il in the second.
GREET DESERT RACE WINNER.
Arriving early in the morning in the
same special train that had carried
them from Chicago, the tourists spent
the forenoon in sightseeing. The To-
cal committee had staged a double
event IOf Tue udN. the W INC
city of Olin Davis, who won the Los
Angeles Phoenix auto race, being the
centerpiece.
Before the game the players we're
loaded into autos and sent to the out
skirts of the city to greet the return
ing hero, the occasion being timed to-
a nicely Then the parade headed for
the ball park and the festivities follow
ed, with speeches from the mayor and
cheers by the multitude, numbering
close to 5000, or as many as the park
would hold. The fans encroached clear
to the infield toward the last, but de-
spite this it was a good game of ball
Scott seemed TO have most every
thing, but the Giants kept pegging
him all the way through. The Sox
were weakened by the absence of
Crawford. whose sliding stunts have
bruised his leg enough to lay him up
Then Mrs. Chase is i'll
in Los Angeles and Hal could not come
down. Callahan picked up Catcher
Jack Bliss OF Sacramento. formerly of
the Cardinals, who caught a perfect
game.
RUNS HARD TO GET.
The runs came hard for both teams.
the SoX getting one on Speakers hom-
er in the second. A double and single,
mixed with an error, gave them one
more in the sixth. The Giants copied
Dne in the second on two doubles, two
IL the fourth on two bases on balls
and two outs, and then came Meyers
elout over the fence in the ninth. The
score:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11
College Race Complicated.

Bloomington, ILL.,, Nov. 1.-THE de
feat OF Bradley OF Peoria by Illinois
Wesleyan here Saturday and MiIIikin' s
defeat of Illinois college, together
with Charleston's defeat of Lincoln.
further complicated the race for the
intercollegiate championship. Wes-
leyan followers now claim that If Mil
likin is defeated By Wesleyan next
Saturday that the Methodists will
possess the best claim to the title
Winning from Millikin will put Yves
leyan second and Millikin third, with
a strong chance of Wesleyan taking
first place when the season ends.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11

petition. But the army hasn't won
since 1908 and who knows but that
the navy will make it four straight?
There is no scarcity of stars at An
napolis this fall. Captain Gilchrist s
a veteran of four seasons. He is one
of the greatest ends in the country.
McReavey, Vaughan. Howe, Leonard
and Ingram are all stellar performers
even when compared with the big
stars at Harvard. Princeton, Dart
mouth. Yale and other institutions.
In the accompanying layout is a
picture of the Nays varsity squad ;;
The names of the players follow:
Back row, left TO right, De Roode,
Bates, Alexander, Hayler. McReavey,
Failing and Vail. Third row, left to
right, VESSEL, SiZer. Vaughan. Pen
noyer, Miles. Ward, Fletcher and
Kennedy. Second row, left to right,
Ballow, Graf, Howe, Perry. Harrison.
Kriner, Sternbery and Fitzsimmons.
Front row, left to right. Gilchrist (cap-
tain), Leonard, Overesch, Ralston,
Wickes. Redman and Jackson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11

fight Christie before the Riverview
club. signing the articles himself. Lat
er the South Side club announced IT
had previously secured a contract with
Mona through his manager. Tom Lar.
kin, for the same night. Moha, the
commission rule, had not notified Lar
kin he was no longer managing him,
and so suspended the cave man"
John Lenahan. 10 years old. an in
surance agent living on the north side.
was saved from serving a two days
sentence in the bridewell by Packey
Mcfarland. the prize fighter. when the
latter paid 81 fine which had been
imposed upon LS-ahan by Municipal
Judge Mahoney yesterday. Lenahan
was arrested at Clark and Van Buren,
streets in an intoxicated condition late
Saturday night. After the fine had
been imposed Lenahan attempted to
sell his overcoat TO another prisoner
Mcfarland heard of this and paid the
fine.
Los Angeles. Cal. Nov. I1.-"Kid"
Williams. the Baltimore bantamweight.
and Eddie Campi OF San Francisco
yesterday were matched to box 20
rounds at Vernon On the afternoon of
December I3
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11
DOWN ROCKFORD
is POPULAR CRY
Corneal Subjecting Team to
Fierce Grind In Preparation
for Big Contest.
ENTHUSIASM is BoUNTIFUL
Mass Meetings TO &c Held Every After
noon This Week-OpPosition
Is Strong.

Rock Island VII have the hght Of
its career on hand next Saturday
when il bucks up against the strong
Rockford high aggregation in what
will probably be the toughest contest
OF the season
An idea OF the strength of the red
and black team may be gathered by
delving into the comparative score
cupboard West Aurora defeated Re
vance 10 TO 6. Rockford turned
around Saturday and defeated the
same team by the overwhelming count
Of 90 20 0. This is sthe largest score
ever piled up by a Rockford high
school eleven in a regularly schedul-
ed game 10 exceeds by more than
20 points the highest score previous
Iy registered. which was against JOl-
iet In 1912. when Rockford ran up
total of ~ points and hello Joliet score
less
True. West Aurora defeated Rock
ford earlier in the season. but red
and black supporters claim that il
their favorites had been in normal
stride in the contest with the red and
blue. Rockford would not have had
TO take the small end OF the score.
ROCkFORD OFF STRIDE
II merely happened that Rockford
showed the worst form OF the season
when West Aurora invaded the local
field and defeat was the result. Had
Rockford shown but a fraction OF the
pep displayed in the Kewanee battle.
there would have been a different
story. according TO Rockford fans Ke-
vance visitors. vino Witnessed Satur-
days game from the side lines ex-
pressed surprise that West Aurora
should have defeated Rockford
Coach CorneaI is planning 20 put his .
warriors through a fierce grind the
remainder OF the week. in preparation
for the big game. Enthusiasm at the
high school has reached a fever heat
temperature Last night mass meet
ing was held and similar gatherings
will be the order every afternoon.
The big noise will be pulled Wednes-
day evening when the alumni viii
have charge OF the proceedings. as an
nounced in last evenings Argus. i
number OF the old high school grid
iron heroes Will be there to urge the
team members on TO victory.
SOME SCORES.
Captain Minister'S bum leg is being
carefully nursed this week. and will
probably be o. X. by Saturday.
spider" wrenched his right ankle at
Galesburg and has been handicapped
since. Kipp's knee is showing i'm I
provement and COrneal plans To start ,
him at quarterback
We viii now spring little compare ,
tive score dope with most profound ,
apologies TO Moline high school. ,
Rock Island bumped Princeton. 20 .
TO 8. Princeton beat Monmouth 30
TO 8; Monmouth beat Galesburg IS to
. and Rock Island beat Galesburg q
TO o. After Rock Island held Iowa
city scoreless up until the last three
minutes OF play. the opposition reg
istered touchdown and the game
ended a tie at -. Since Iowa City I
has been cleaning up everything il
has met in Iowa. and Saturday Mar. :
shglltown was bumped 100 to 0. These {
scores may mean anything or nothing '
They are set before the fans for ac-
ceptance or rejection. We again
apologize To Moline for infringement. v
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11
CONVICT NO. 60s2
PITCHES SOME BALL

Sacramento. Cal. Nov. II Folsom
penitentiary convicts defeated Chris
tian Brothers college of Sacramento.
10 j, In a baseball game played at
the penitentisry yesterday Il vas
said 10 be the first game ever played
between penitentiary team and enc
from the outside world. Convict No.
6O92 pitched effectively fer Folsom
and his work was cheere1 by I.InO
OF his fellows. il vas his farewell
appearance. as he is about TO be
paroled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11
DEEP SNOW BALKS
MICHIGAN ELEVEN

Ann Arbor. Mich. Nov. I1.--with a
foot OF snow on the Ferry field grid
iron the Michigan eleven today prac-
ticed signals IN the clubhouse. The
team returned from Cornell in fair
shape, Pontius. Craig. Torbett and
Lichtner were the only ones to show
the effect OF the battering the team
received. None OF the four was in
uniform this afternoon.
Coach lost and Trainer Farrell are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11

New York-Samuel Karp, ftrrier.
who went into bankruptcy because, az
he said, he had been robbed if $4,000
in a dive in Chicago in 1911, was sen.
fenced Monday to two years in tho
federal prison a. Atlanta and "A $4,000
fine for conspiracy 10 conceal assets
from his creditors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11

Stolen base-Weaver. Two-base hits
Scott, Doyle, Merkle. Meyers. Home
rlIns-Speaker, Meyers. Double plays
-Lobert 10 Doyle TO Merkle f2);
Doyle to Merkle. Struck out-By
Scott, 9: by Hearne. 4. Bases on balls
of Scott, 3: off Hearne. /. Time OF
game-1:5 30. EMPIRES and Sher-
idan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11

Milwaukee. Wis Nov. blob
Moha yesterday was suspended until
Jan ] by the state boxing commission
for tangie in dates between two Mil
Waukee boxing clubs Mona signed TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11
WITH THE "PUGS"

larney Lichtenstein, MANAGER of
young" Sinnett, the Rock Island ban
tam, yesterday stated a match between
Sinnett and kid" Williams of Baiti-
more had been closed. The bout will
be staged at Racine on Nov. 21. The
weight will be 11s pounds at 3 o'clock.
Having taken punch at Tom Jones,
whom he accuses of cosxing Jess Will
lard from under his managerial wing.
Charley Cutler is seeking more re-
venge. and yesterday challenged VIII
lard 10 a ten or twenty-round fight.
Cutler will be at the ringside when
Willard meets George Rodel at NIL
Vaukee next Monday night and will
challenge Willard, no matter whether
Willard wins. loses. or secures a draw
with the eastern fighter. Charley says
he does not care TO engage in a rough
and tumble battle with the easterner.
as his wrestling tricks would handicap
The fighter.
Il have no hopes OF becoming heavy
weight champion said Cutler. An
want TO do is SHOW the public that
Willard is not the fighter he is credited
with being / made him what he is.
and brought him 10 the front oy match
ing him over any distance, and know
can beat him. Then I will be salts
fed"
When Willard heard of Cutters chaI-
lenge. the big fighter smiled and said
he would meet Charley il any club
thought well enough OF the match to
offer a purse Jones is anxious to /
have the contest decided in order 10
defeat Cutler by proxy.
Charley White IS matched to meet |
o. Kid" Kansas in Canton. o.. on Nov. 1
Il. and on Thanksgiving day viii box /
ten rounds with Johnny Dundee at 1
New Orleans The date for the long
talked OF White-Woigast match was I
set yesterday. These boxers will clash /
az Milwaukee on Dec. 8. The weight /
viii be 1873 pounds at o'clock
Milwaukee. Wis Nov. blob +.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11

All the news all the time - The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-11

ID. C.. %; Dickinson. 81; Maryland
State, 20. and Lehigh. 80 The mid
shipmen still have Penn State. New
York university and the army sched-
uled. The navy is picked 10 win cas-
lily all of these but the West Point con-
test. and the doDesters believe the
soldiers will furnish some keen com
Putnam patriot., 1913-01-17
The Growth of the Telephone

Every telephone added to a system makes that system all the more valu- able to the new and the existing tele- phone user in that it broadens the scope of the service at his command. In view of this fact, the development of the Southern New England Tele- phone Company's service during the year 1912 is matter of interest to every present and prospective sub. Scriber in the state.
 On the first day of January, 1913, there were one hundred and two thous- and, six hundred and thirty-nine tele- phones in the state of Connecticut served by the Southern New England Telephone Company This represents growth of nine thousand, four hun. dred and forty-three telephones during the past year or an average of over twenty-six telephones per day during that period. If the proof of the pud- ding lies in the eating, as we believe it does, this growth indicates both the in creasing value of telephone service as A means of business, domestic and social communication, and the constantly growing appreciation of the countless uses of the service on the part of the general public.
 During the year, approximately one hundred sixty-nine million, eight hun. dred and seventy.three thousand, two hun dred and seventy-tive local calls were passed in Connecticut, an average Of four hundred and sixty five thous. and, four hundred and six calls per day. During the same period five million, twenty-four thousand. five hundred toll line messages, that is To say calls to exchanges outside of the one In which the calling party is lo. cated, were passed. To compute inc thousands of miles of travel and the hundreds of hours of time these calls have saved would give a figure almost beyond belief. Both figures. however do give some idea of the tremendous quantity of business transacted over the telephone, use that grows with e"eii uas' adv
Putnam patriot., 1913-01-17

We laugh at i lad when he scribbles
 and scra8 We smile at hpictures of houses and
 walls, But he is so Sous all the while, Onheeding the ock of our questioning Ask what he doing; the answer it
 brings Is rich with bet: "Al these wunnerful
 thingsr' The "wunnerfuhings" that he does ev-
 cry day The make-belie marvels he finds in his
 play! He talks to therees and he talks to the
 sky And listens all avely while they make
 reply. We nod at the ngled-up music he sings But he says hisongs are all .'wunnerful
 things" So solemnly cal he can see in the shade The fairies a-dsce to the songs he has And he can plend that a box is a While he is a ionarch who rules there We laugh as wssk what his fancy gives
 wings, But he in his ssdom says: oWunnerfuI
 things" We laugh at le lad-but our laughter soon dies CT sees7sr tHA rpturous light in his eyes, For he has tn faith in the things he
 pretends Which makes tem all true, So our wise
 laughter cts With longing tat we had the giadness
 that spring From knowhge that rests on the
 ''wunnerfu things" O. wonderful thgs in the heart of 4
 child Whose drean7in not vet hv unfsitb ar,
 heguiledt The things thatwe older ones reckon a.
 naught Are truer and 3irer than those we hay,
 sought We envy the la who in iovousness cling, To the msrvelos charm of his "vunner
 - .hinsss
Putnam patriot., 1913-01-17
A Jonah Kind of Fish

The following letter was received oy an Ellington woman from her daugh- ter who is spending the winter in Miami, Florida:
 aThere is a most extraordinary fish down here this year that Captain Thompson, who used to take us out in the Samoa, caught. lie WAS two days and two nights catching 1t. It weighs tons The skin is seven inches thick. The captain harpooned it five times and the men with him shot it 200 times, using all the bullets they had with them. It Is forty.five feet long, has a tail and general shape like u mackerel. It's mouth is enormous, with tiny teeth. The eyes are small. too.
 Captain Thompson paid 5000 to seven men from the Smithsonian ln- stitute to mount 1t. It is an entirely unknown fish. The Natural History museum of New York offered Captain Thompson S22, ,000 for 1t But he Is going to exhibit 1t here and at Coney Island and Atlantic City for couple of years and then sell it to museum, 1 will get you picture of it. This is the best fish story l ever heard, and it iS true. Hundreds of people saw the fish as il was lowed in. The fish, while it was being cnught, lowed the captains boat out to sea, ant they were nearly drowned, and the propel- Ter of the big boat was broken and they had an awful time. Captain said he woald net have given up the fish if he had had to stay With il unul now.
Putnam patriot., 1913-01-17
The MhiiiIer House

The recent destruction of the Whit tier home al Amesbury, Mass, by fire, with its collection of manuscripts and other articles of value, makes the fol- lowing article, written by graduate of Woodstock Academy for The Clean CT of l9l2, of especial interest.
 56 Butman St.. Beverly, Mass. Dear Cleaner Friends,
 bid you all, as our e.sss did, study Snow Bound while you were at the Acad- emys We have just visited Whittier home st Ameshgry, where we saw the desk on which that poem and others were written. Snow Bound describes the life st Hsverhill, the birthplace of the poet and where ne lived for twenty nine years; but most of his life wss spent al Amesbury and the majority of his poems were written there.
 The Ameshury house was originally very small but has been added to several
Putnam patriot., 1913-01-17

| times, till now it is quite large. Several of the rooms are open to the public. i In the parlor are portraits of W hittier's mother and brother and of his beautiful sister Elizabeth; bis last poem and two of his earliest ones in his own haudwrit- ing; an album containing photographs of many noteworthy people who were his friends; and many other things of much interest Some of his books are there, some in what was originally the kitchen but was used most of the time as the din ing room, and still others in the ''garden Ioom"
 It was in this room that most of his writing was done, and the room is left just as it wss,-the same carpet and vail paper, the lounge with his folded shawl lying on it. his hats hanging in the closet, the rocking chair which was his fsvorite, and his desk near the door opening onto the side porch. The upper part of the door is glass and there hang the fringed gentians, arranged as a trans parency, that suggested his poem "The Pressed Gentisn."
 There is picture given him by James T. Fields, several painted and given by Lucy Larcom (who was born here in Beverly), and two given by Bayard Fay Tor, one of which called out the poem "The Rock in Fl Ghor." The house con tsins some family heirlooms, one mirror being at least two hundred years old.
 There is nothing pretentious about the house; on the contrary 1t ls very plain and many Of the things show lorg wear. But one feels there the kindly spirit oftne poet who lives in the hearts of the people and one is glad to have made the pilgrim age.
 We finished that day by going out to Hampton Beach, beautiful broad beach more than a mile long, where the fine sand is packed hard by the waves rolling in. Two of us enjoyed the surf bathing.
 During the spring vacation one of the other Beverly High school teachers, who enjoys walking, and 1 walked through Wenhsm and Topsheld to Boxford, to Alice Freeman Palmer's home. Another day we walked up north through Hamil- ton, Ipswich and Rawley to Newbury- port. At Ipswich We climbed Town Hill from which there is an extended view around three- fourths of the horizon, in- cluding wide sweeps of land and water, with Plum Island just of the coast. Most of that day we were on the old Bay Road which dates back to 1640
 Salem, Dsnvers, Msrblehesd and many other places full of interest are easily ae- eessi ible, but have mentioned just few of more recent excursions that have been especially plessnrable.
 With love for dear Woodstock and the Academy and kind wishes for all it's friends,
 RUBY SANBoRN, 'e9
Putnam patriot., 1913-01-17
The Adams Express Company and the
 Parcel Post

The Adams Express Company has sent the following notice to it's off cers, agents and employees:
 "Because of many inquiries from employees and others, it is deemed proper to state the attitude and policy of The Adams Express Company to- ward the Parcel Post inaugurated on the lstinstant: The Company appre- ciates that the Parcel Post has been es. tablished in response to a widespread and persistent demand, and anticipates it has come to stay. The Company's policy will be to devote it's energies to rendering a service even more efficient and satisfactory than in the past, and all officers and employees are directed to exert every effort to that end. The Company does not wish any Of it's em. ployes to adopt policy of faultfinding toward the Parcel Post, but expects them by their efficiency to demonstrate to its patrons the necessity for the Ex- press Gompany's distinctive service. w. M. BARRETT, President.n
Putnam patriot., 1913-01-17
Prizes for Corn

The Connecticut State Agricultural society, with headquarters at Berlin, Conn, have decided to offer eNtraordi- nary premiums for Corn prizes during the coming year. The details of the competition are now in the hands of President Reach of the Connecticut Agricultural College and Dr. Jenkins, director of the two experiment stations of the state, and will be announced later, but the prizes vii! be as follows. Best acre of Dent corn S50. co Best acre of Flint corn 5O,O0
 RoNs' PRIZEs
 Best acre of Dent corn 5000 Best acre of Flint corn 5000
 The president of the Connecticut State Agricultural society also offers prize of Sl00 to any person who is able To raise 50 tons of silage corn on an acre of land, The question of the amount of silage en a given amount Of land has been subject to a good deal of dispute. It is claimed that aS high as SU tons have been raised, so here is an opportunity for those who believe in large corn to win magnificent prize.
 In addition to this, the Union Lea que Farmers club of New Haven, through the Connecticut State Agri- cultural society, will offer premiums of S50 for best acre of Dent corn and S5o for the best acre of Flint corn. The Connecticut State Agricultural society will also offer some premiums for boys kitchen gardens, but the de tails of this have not yet been worked out.
Putnam patriot., 1913-01-17
Bradley Theater

AmericAls greatest success comes to the Bradley theatre next Tuesday. The old Homestead will always rank among the great plays Of the American stage, even after it has ceased to be presented and fingers only in memory. It has no plot, no high. flown dialogue, no rolling periods, these are all lack ing. What 1t successfully purports to be is a character study, with plenty of light and shade; intrigue is wanting, but in it's place is an exquisite repre- sentation of honest motives. The present is the twenty-seventh season of Denman Thom pson's famous play and