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The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
COURTNEY NOT TO RETIRE.
Could Not Be Contented in an Advisory
Cspacitv

RumOrs to the contrary, Charles r..
Courtney. the veteran rowing coach
at arnell, has not the slightest in
tention of asking To be pat on the re-
tired list. 1t is huge joke to say
that the Grand old Man" has grown
sG decrepit of late that his days #
usefulness are over Courtney is now
in better physical condition than most
men of his age and n recent visitor to
Ithaca reports that he was amazed at
the activity of the famous coach.
Courtney is not of the type Of man
that could take things easy i'm an adj
visory capacity. He is essentially "A
man of action, and judging from his
present conditions has many more
years of service before him.
Courtney certainly gets an awful
Crouch on at times, especially when tho
lure of football threatens to break mp
his plans. He then threatens To do
all kinds of weird things. He has
been complaining bitterly of the way
candidates for the varsity crew have
been forsaking the inlet for the grid
iron.
That Courtney is still capable of
keeping abreast of the times while at
The same time retaining his affection
for the best traditions of rowing is
shown by his experiments with that
new queer shove! handled" sweep.
This extraordinary implement is sup,
posed to give an oarsman not only
better grip. but to make it almost i'm
possible for him to catch the water
with the blade at any other than the
correct ANGLE
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
PRO. AMATEUR CONTROVERSY
Distinction Between Glasses NJ % I
Drawn Close Enough.

The ripple created by the declara-
ton of the president of the a. a. L.
for joint competition between anna
tours and professionals under A. A. L.
sanction; the an ounced intention of
the Columbia university committee on
athletics 10 rescind permission TO the
Morningslde athletes for competition
in open games during the winter
months, ana the pronouncement of the
Princeton university board of control
against professional coaches were the
chief features of the dominating side
of sport in the east as finale To the
outdoor track and field season, and n
curtain raiser to the incoming. with
competition in hockey. swimming,
gymnastics. wrestling. ana similar
games.
The handling of the pro-amatcur
proposition by James T.. Sullivan, in
which he has the backing of all eX-
ponents of amateurism, is now history,
and that the adoption of "A radical sys-
tenn in regard to the conduct of anna
teur sport Crack and field athletics)
has a chance similar to the proverbal
SNOWFALL in a tropical sun" almost
goes without saying, comments the
Evening Wisconsin
1t is contended, however, that in
stead of the line between amateurism
and professionalism being drawn too
fine. it Is not distinctive enough as ev-
idenced by the assertion of one close
follower Of sport who stated that If
professional baseball players were to-
he restricted To the end of not lending
their names as the authors OF signed
stories willy should not the action of
amateur athletes along similar lines
he curtalcd"
We see" said this man. from day
to day and following some important
football game a presumed expert ac-
count of the play by some admittedly
famous player who probably never
saw the matter accredited To him be-
tore it showed in type
such "a man, if he were To write the
article. would have some excuse for
his acceptance of the money involved
bat the mere lending of his name to
further the excuse for the story is
professionalism pure and simple"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20

BAKERS UNIQUE RECORD.
Worlds Series Batting Champion for
All Time

Frank Baker, of the Athletics, is
the only player in baseball who has
hit more than 800 i'm three world SER
les. Baker performed this feat by
batting over the mark in 1910. 1871
and 1913. John Meyers. the Giants
| catcher. missed a very good chance to
join him by getting hurt early i'm the
big series this year
He is i'm the class with Chance,
l1vers and Schultz of the cubs. and
Danny Murphy aud Jack Barry of tho
Athletics, who have hit 800 i'm two sue
cessivc series. Hoffman Of the Cubs
and Eddie Collins of the Athletics
have hit 800 twice, but skipped a ser
les between.
one popularity of Bakers record is
that ne has battcd better in the series
than in the regular season. In 1910
he hit 400 i'm the series. 1874 in the
season. In 1871 it was 1873 against
.341 and this year he boosted his ser
les mark to .45O, while he hit but 1913
through the year.
With Eddie Collins, he is one of the
two men who have hit over 400 in
two series. Chance. Steinfelt Ross
man and Herzog are also 400 series
strikers, while Henriksen and Arthur
Wilson of the Giants are the only
1000 batters. Both set the mark i'm
the 1912 series.
In this same series Charley Hall
batted $50. while i'm the last affray
Christy Mathewson swatted GOO. Bill
Kennedy Of the Pirates, ED Killian Of
the Tigers. Leon Amcs Otis Crandall
Harry Mccormick and Larry Mclean
Of the Giants, have all done better than
800 i'm one series.
Many twirlers find their way into
the 800 ranks in the world series.
Mulin. Kennedy, Charlie Hall. Killian.
Coombs. Brown, Bender Amcs, Tes
reau and MathewsOn are the swatting
twircrs. Some of these are regular
hitters, but many are far from the
regular 800 class.
Others besides pitchers have batted
beyond their speed The 800 series
hitters who have never made that mark
in the championship season follow
Barry, Bender and Schang. of the
Athletics: Sebring of the Pirates
.Iggs Donahue. lsbell and Robe of the
White SoX; overall and Brown of the
cubs; Ames, Murray. Mathewson. Tes-
reau ana Mclean. of the Giants and
Englc of the Red SoX.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
INTEREST IN POOL MATCH.

There will be a special pool match
mt Distels Monday evening at s
o'clock between Mitchell of Detroit and
Pollard Of Calumet Last Friday oven
ing on the Distcl tables. the Vans
fiva-mau team won from the Distel
team by the score of 200 To 1G7. on
Friday evening the same teams Will
meet at Was pool room. Disters
team challenges any fvemen team in
he county.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20

WESTERN FOOTBALL
BEST. SAYS WILLIAMS

: Chicago, Nov. 20-The annual
= discussion of the comparative
: strength of eastern and west
: ern football teams was ON to-
: day, predestined to end in the
: annual uncertainty at To which
: section is supreme in the grid
: irol world.
: C0ach Williams, of Mime
: sofa, whose athletes met Chi
: cago on Saturday for the cham
: pionship of the western confer
: ence-and lost by a score of
: IL to today said that four
: western teams could defeat any
: eastern organization.
: Harvard, Yale and Princeton
: would find a worthy foe in any
: If the four best teams In the
: west-Chicago, Michigan, Min
: ncsota and Notrc Dame" said
: Williams. lie did not mention
: the Michigan Aggies, who de-
: featcd Michigan and Wiscon-
: sin, and went through the en-
: tire series indicated.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
new MASONIC TEMPLE
PRAISED BY VISITORS
OBLIGATORY EXERCISES LAST
EVENING CARRIED OUT AS
ANNOUNCED.

Visiting Masons from the grand
lodge officers To tine worshipful mas
ters and other officers of the copper
country lodges are warm i'm their
praise of the new temple Of Keewee-
nav lodge of Laurum and consider
it one of the best appointed small
lodge rooms i'm the upper pcaiIsula.
Those present at last evenings dedi
catory exercises are likewise warm in
their praise of the hospitality accord
ed them
The dedication ceremonies wera car
ried out strictly according To- program
as announced last evening. The en-
tire staff of grand lodge officers was
present and the ceremony proved
highly successful from every stand
point The grand lodge convened in
the parlors of the Social club then
visited the new hall in body. the
dedication ceremony lasting almost an
hour Immediately afterwards the
grand lodge retired To the parlors Of
tho Social club. adjourned and re-
Joined the other Masons i'm the Laur-
ium bank hall where a turkey ban
Duet was waiting, The banquet pro-
gram was carried ont as announced.
with Rev. a. T.. Healey Of irano God,
az POSTMASTER
Masons from all parts Of the copper
country district were present AT last
evenings function, the attendance
taxing the capacity of the temple tp
the utmost.
The visiting grand lodge officers de-
parted today Tor their homes
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
TO PLAY SOCCER IN BERLIN.

New York, Nov. 20.-The United
States will be represented at the
oily mpjc games i'm Berlin i'm 1916 by a
soccer football team as a result Of an
agreement reached between the ANA
teur Athletic union and the United
States Football association today.
Each organization recognizes the con-
trolling power of the other over its
particular branches of sport, and each
is to have a delegate on the governing
board of the other association.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
is FOOTBALL FROM FRANCE?
The Claim Is Made That il Is Of Breton
Orinn.

Is football the typical Eritich game
Of French origin?
The claim was put forward at the
Franco British Travel congress the
other day when NJ. Georges ROGET, of
"HOpinion," read a paper in the sec
tons devoted To attractions and
sports"
He urged that Frances attractions
as land of sport had not been suf-
ficiently adv ertsed. He said the
French were, especially i'm the middle
ages. devoted To all forms of sport
Football improved and developed by
the Britors. was of Breton or Picard
origin. where games of ball played in
different ways, with divers forms of
RACQUET, were widely played. the best
known variety being the basque
"pelotc - london Chronicle.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
LEAD FOR CUP DEFENDER.
"tt1l Will ee Used in Keel Of Wander
bill 75-Foot SIoop.

hrlstol, Il. l.. Nov. 20.-Eighty-fo four
IONS OF lead to be used i'm the keel
Of the Vanderbilt syndicate 75-foot
''"op Tor the Americas cup defense
'rlaiS during this season has been
'hded here. Preparations for actual
instruction work on the boat are go
NIX forward rapidly. The marine rail-
way down which the yacht will slide
was completed today. and an examina-
''oh OF the testing board for the boats
frame showed IL TO be satisfactory.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
DETROIT COUPLE Welded.
Bride Has Been Guest Of Her Sister
Here Since Mid Summer.

After having visited with her sis
ter. Mrs. Bertha Martin of kearsarsr
since about mid-summar the marriage
81 Miss Annie Blum Of Detroit TO-
George Johnson, also of that city, Wa
quietly solemnized in ,he parsonage Of
thc Lanrmm NJ. F.. church this week.
Rev a. y. Sutcline pastor Of the
church unic.a,,c Mn and MIS- John
son will leave for their new home u.l
Friday
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
WILL CONDUCT BAZAAR.

The ladies Of St Agnes guild, of The
Episcopal church, have practically
completed ARRANGEMENTS for the ba-
2aar which they propose TO conduct
Friday and saturday at the Florida
mission The ladies have arranged "a
choice collection Of salabIe articles aud
believe tine baZaar the proceeds 81
which viii Zee used in support OF tho
mission. viii Ice marked success.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20
Lauriuna Department.

Rev G. @. Zeiglcr, rector Of Grace
Episcopal church. The body viii Doe
buried alongside that of his wife ia
The Ncgaunee cemetery. Mrs BuIder
died in Negaunoe i'm 1875. A sister OF
the deceased lives i'm England
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20

In l@12 the total number of strikes
and lockcuts in Canada was las. ac-
cordlng to official reports.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20

Winnipeg. Man. will eXpend si3.-
10000 for It's new water supply sys-
TEN.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-20

Catalonia Spain, has 10000 textile
workers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27
Climax of the Disaster in That City Where Water Is from 20 to 40 Feet Deep
in Many Streets-Hundreds of Persons Marooned in Office BUILDINGS That
Have Been Considered Miles from the Danger Undertaking of Miami
River Levee and Laramie Reservoir the Cause-ConfEct of Reports Re-
gardng the Number Who Observation-Disclosures Of Fires Add to Horror Of
the Situation in Dayton--Indiana, Illinois and Missouri Suffer with Ohio

Chicago. March 25-E1oods almost unprecedented in area. fol
lowing the tornadocS and rains of the last three days, to-day swept
four States of the Mississippi valley, causing a loss of life that may
reach into the hmlrcds and damage to property amounting to many
millions of dollars.
Ohio and Indiana and, i'll IA lesser degree. Illinois and Missouri
felt the brumt of the disaster.
At Dayton. more than sixty persons are reported drowned fol
lowing the breaking of the Miami river levee and the Laramie reser-
vor. 50 miles above the city. When the Associated Press torrespon-
dents wired on reaching the city, anxiety caused by exaggerated re.
ports of loss of life was set at rest.
Marooned in office buildings in the center of the town hundreds
Of persons were vainly awaiting rescue. Streets, heretofore con
sidered miles from The LANCER line, are running eight feet of water.
The flood is still on the increase.
From indianapolis came reports of 100000 homeless throughout
Indiana and Il property loss reaching the enormous figure of $50,
o00OO0 in cities. towns and villages alone. The loss of life while
not 81 great as in Ohio has not yet been estimated.
The climax of the flood in Ohio was reached at Dayton Tonight
where it was reported that the water is from 20 to 40 feet deep in
many streets: that bodies were floating past the windows of office
buildings and that the catastrophe assumed the proportions of a
tidal wave.
\ telephone message to Chllcothc asserted that 10000 of Day
tons inhabitants were homeless and that a relief train had been
sent from Ncnia. Hun lreds of fires were said to have added to the
horror of the situation al Dayton.
Governor Cox Of Ohio received a message at Columbus from
Pholcton. six miles from Dayton, saying that % bodies had been
swept into the Great Miami river. They were supposed to have
come from Sidney in Shelby county.
AT Delaware scores are reported dead and many missing. B.
Y. Leas, mayor of that city, reported drowned, has been saved. He
estimated the death list at from % to -.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27

ms evening. weeping women lined the
banks of the river waving handkerchief
to their loved ones maSooned in houses
ana trees in the svirling river.
In one tree, whore six people are cling
inS to the branches, repeated efforts to
throw a rope failed.
-Four persons were thrown into the river
when the Big Four bridge gave way at
ll"" a III Just AZ the bridge was swept
out a man, clinging 10 the roof of a
house which was being swept down
stream, waved at the people on shore and
then was lost to view as the house
%cruInpled when it struck the bridge.
Several buildings of Ohio WESLEYAN mi
versity are inundated.
One baby, not yet Identified. was res
cued as i; hoated Gown stream. Another
baby, seen IN midstrcam, could not be
rescued.
Silas Smith, whose wife and children
were drowned grasped the roof of n house
as II Heated down stream and drifted
safely into a lumber yard.
By climbing INTO n tree, the Rev. Eugene
BUSH pastor Of Grace Church. rescued
Two babies and several adults.
The Olentangy river. at this point.
normally is nothing more than a creek
but now in many places is a half mile
wide.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27
ELECTROCUTED AT MACHINE
Bethel stone Cutter Was at Work for
Woodbury. frantic Company.

Bethel, March 24-William Fearon
A. years old, a stone clttor employed
by the Woodbury. Grant company,
was e~lcctrocutel here this morning
when the machine which he WAS work
ing became charged with olcctricit,.
The Woodbury. plant is operated by
electricity. Tho deceased is survived
by his wife and two children.
HOTEL CLERK WEEDS NURSE.
Rutland, March 2f-Miss Mildred !.
Burnham. a trained nurse hero, and
q Roy Bush, for many years clerk at
the Berwick, were married this even
ing at eight o'clock at the home OF
the brides parents, Mr.. n Mrs. ; l.,
T. Burnham, at Me iford, Mass, Tha
Rev. +. y. Peterson Of Mcdford Off
ciatcd. The bride wore white VOLTA
over white. Her bridesmaid, Miss
Ruth Burnham, a sister, was gowned
in pink. Warren Burnham of Medford,
a nephew of the bride, was best man,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bush went to New York
ana Montreal on their wedding trip.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27
ENTIRE STATE OF INDIANA
PRACTICALLY ONE HUGE SEA
Conservative Estimates Place the Number Driven
from Their Homes at 100, 000- Nearly All
Trains Cancelled-Seven Dead Known.

ed for volunteers to aid In protecting
the threatened levees.
Parts of Fort Wayne. Lafayette.
Richmond, Marion. Terre Haute, Mum
Gle, Rushville, Kokomo. Peru.
Vile, Petersburg. Newcastle, Frank
fort, Anderson, Upton, Noblesville.
Hartford City, Elwood, Bloomington.
Shelbyville. L~ongansport. Portland and
innumerable smaller towns arc under
| water with many Of the residents driv-
en- from their homes and others living
on upper floors. From many of these
places, frantic appeals for aid have
been received by the state officials
but lack of all means OF transporta-
ton and crippled telephone and tele-
graph service force the submerged
towns to rely entirely upon their own
resources.
The helplessness OF the state and
city to aid outside sufferers is the
more accentuatei by the hopeless
straits In which indianapolis fnds it,
self,
a statewide food so appalling in its
immensely and terrifying in the swift
ness with which 1t came claimed many
lives, according to reports. made nearly
2o0,Gn homeless and has dom property
damage of more than $50, 0CO,OO In Indiana
to-day and tonight. Helpless from the
first rush of waters which caught the
State unprepared, the following des-
perate fight to save life and property
seemed i~nconsequential.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27

Otto, a hamlet of 100 persons, was said to be destroyed. and the
fate of the inhabitants unknown.
Many cities and towns including Fort Wayne. Lafayette, Rich
nond, Marion, Muncie, kokomo, tonnersvillc and Logansport are
partly flooded and frantic appeals for aid were sent forth by the
The known death list in these places ,otallcd fifteen.
AT Lafayette a huge bridge broke away carrying at least two
persons TO death. The loss there extends to millions.
Richmond is in darkness and 20 bridges in WAYNE county were
destroyed.
At Nashville. half "A million dollars of damage was done.
AT kokomo. the property loss was estimated at a million dol
lars and 800 persons are living in the second stories of their houses
Similar conditions were reported from Anderson, Marion. Upton.
Noblesvile and Peru.
Reports concerning the appalling nature of the floods in Ohio
We're received tonight from widely scattered sources. The most
serious of these were:
An unconfirmed report from Springfield Ohio. that five thousand
lives had been lost at Dayton, and 500 at Iiqua.
A report apparently more fully authenticated from Indianapolis
that from 200 to 800 had been drowned at Peru. Ind. This later
was denied by a train dispatcher at Peru.
A message received at Fhoneton. Ohio. hat the reservoir at
Hamilton hal broken and that 1000 persons had been drowned. The
Western Union office in Chicago reported early in the evening that
its Cincinnati office had worked with the Western Union office at
Lindenwald,. one mile south Of Hamilton. AT that time no mention
was made Of such a disaster.
A telephone message from Dayton to Phoneton that the vast
plant of the National Cash Register company at Dayton was o fire
An unconfirmed, but persistent rumor from Marion, Ind. that
the Grand reservoir at Salina, Ohio, had gone out causing am I'M
precedented flood in the Wabash valley.
Latest reports from Delaware. Ohio. said that - TO 100 were
dead, but more conservative figures cut these reports in half.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27
JUST
A SETTLING
RIVER 1000
TO 5000 DEAD

Dayton, Ohio, March %, Cby phone via
than n seething river three miles wide,
a mile and a half on each side of Main
street. its principal thoroughfare, while
it Is estimated that from 200 to 900
people have persisted.
Gloom reigns supreme. The Algonquin
hotel is submerged in water up to its
third story and above this level in the
downtown district Office buildings, hotels
and business houses are places of refuge.
A school building ha' was known to
have housed no less than 400 school chill
dren shortly before the waters rushed in
that direction is entirely submerged and
as far as can be ascertained all of the
little ones met a watery grave.
Dayton, ohio. March 25.-Dayton,
except for it's most remote suburgs,
tonight was covered with a seething
food of water from eight to twenty
feet.
An attempt to estimate the loss of
life is hopeless.
It is sure to run into the hundreds
and very likely into the thousands,
The property loss will total millions
OF dollars.
The Hooded district comprises "A
practical circle with a radius of a
mile and "A half AMI In no place Is the
water less than six feet deep. In
Main street In the downtown section
the water is 20 feet deep.
The horror of the flooded district is
heightened by more than a dozen fires
which can be seen in the flooded lis
triCt but out of reach of fire fighters.
Most of the business houses and nearly
all of the residences nave occupants,
Downtown the Offices are filled with men,
fathers unable to get home and the up
per floors and on some of the roofs OF
| the residences are helpless women and
children. Hundreds of houses, many OF
them with helpless occupants. have been
/ washed way
The st. Elizabeth hospital with 6G
patients was reported to have been wash
ed away.
The electric light plants were put on,
of business early In the day and tota'
darkness, coupled with n torrcntial down.
pour. added to the horrors of the < hit
Famine became an immediate possbil,
ity. At midnight, 1t was said, there was
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-03-27
FLOOD BULLETINS.

Logansport, Ind, March %. ll:5O p. IN.
The mayor at Peru over the long dis
lance telephone says:
"Tcll Governor Ralston that from aO
to 400 killed on south side. We want
provisions, clothing and collins"
Columbus, Ohio, March 25.-Governor
Cox late tonight issued an order direct
ing Brig, Gen, John G. Speaks to call
out the entire ohio National Guard to-
morrow morning for duty in the flood
swept districts which comprise practically
the whole State.
Fort Wayne, Ind, March 25.-The
dispatcher for the Wabash railroad stated
at twelve o'clock midnight that he had
received confirmation of "A terrible loss
of life AT Peru. According to his in,
formation $50 are dead in South Peru
Coffins are being prepared for shipment
by every undertaken in Fort Wayne and
a carload of provisions will be sent oul
AS soon as a train can be hrrnes.d tnr.