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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16
WINSL0W.

Mrs. Sidney Fuller is confined to her
home with a severe attack of the grip
4 Whist party will be held at the
Iaconnet Club, Tuesday evening, Dec
16, at which six prizes will be award
cd.
The Papermakers' bowling team
which consists of some of the best
bowlers in this section, VIII meet the
Nationals at the Taconnet alleys
Tuesday evening, and good game
may be expected.
Mrs. Cecil Blake is i'll at her home
on Benton avenue.
Rodney Rollins of East Newport was
a recent guest of his aunt, Mrs. c. f.
Boston.
Robert Stubbert has moved his fam-
ilv from Ticonic street to Waterville
John Moore will occupy the rent vacat-
ed by Mr.. Stubbert.
The H. 6. w. Ladies' Aid will hold an
ali-day meeting at the clubhouse
Wednesday, Dec. II.
The Sebasticook Literary Society
will meet with Mrs. Lottie Emery
at o.30 p. NJ, Tuesday, Dec. 16.
The annual fair of the Winslow La
dies Aid will be held at the church
parlors, Wednesday, Dec. 16. A de-
partmcnt store will be one of the fea-
lures. A fine Chicken supper with al
the "fixins' that go with 1t, VIII DC
served, from $50 to 7.30.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16
Bowling LEAGUE.

The strong Y. NJ. C. A. five did things
to last years champions at the Y. NJ. C.
A. alleys. Monday evening 1t was a bat
tie royal and was witnessed by a fair
sized crowd. Roundy carried the honors
in both single and total with 110 and PSI,
respectively.
The following is the score Of last
nights game:
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

Frank Parkman, assistant yard
master at the Maine Central station.
returned to Waterville, Monday, with
small brown bear and a deer. the
trophies of two-days hunting in the
vicinity of Somerset Junction.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

Miss Bessie Dutton, Colby, '13, who
has been teaching in the Limington
High school. has arrived in Water
VILE to pass the Christmas vacation
with her parents.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

Miss NJ. Dealey, who was formerly
employed at the Stemetz millinery
store, was visiting friends in the city,
Monday, while en- route from Portland
To Bangor.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

Members of "At the Picket Line"
east will meet, at 7.15, Tuesday eve
ming, at the armory for rehearsal. Fol-
lowing the rehearsal the usual week
Nv drill of Company H viii be held.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

Mrs George C. Drummond, who has
been patient at DR.. Bessey's hospital,
for the past few weeks, left, Monday.
for short stay at her camp at North
Belgrade
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

A special conelave of st. omer COM
mandery, No. IL, K. T, will be held
at 7.45 p. NJ, Wednesday, at the asy-
1um for work in the Temple degree. A
full attendance is requested.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

Harry webber of the waterville Iron
works left, Monday evening, for few
days business stay in Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Taylor and
BON Norman of Skowhegan, Monday
were in the city calling on friends.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

Miss Phyllis st. Clair, teacher of
Latin in Coburn Classical Institute
left, Monday, to pass the Christmas
vacation at her home in Calais.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

Harry C. Weber. who conducted the
mid winter Carnival. returned to Bath'
Monday afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

Several hundred Grangers, on their
way TO attend the convention at Ban
gor stopped off in Waterville, short
time, Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

The domestic science committee of
the Waterville Woman's Club will
meet, Wednesday afternoon, at the
Public library for Thimble party,
as the guests of Mrs. C. II. Barton
and Mrs Martin Blaisdell. During
the afternoon. DR.. Nora Brown will
give a talk on Personal Hygiene"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

f. I. Gipson, proprietor Of the Lily
Bay hotel at Moosehead lake, was d
business visitor, Monday, in the city
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

FL Besse of clinton was in Wat
ervilIe, a few hours, Monday, on
business.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

ly to have a jolly time, but they went
too far. If they had stopped to think,
I am sure they wouldn't have done 1t.
It was pointed out to the secretary
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

In Massachusetts all streams Of
water unsuited for drinking must be
marked SO that the fact can not be
overlooked,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

H. L. Mitchell has gone to Farming
hon, for q few days.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

George Haynar, Worcester (Mass.)
printer, eighty-four years Of age, can
read twenty-four languages.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16

The tortoise shell of commerce is
supplied by the West Indian waters.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16
PRESIDENT AND CABINET.

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Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-12-16
CURRENCY FIGHT ON.

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
CLEVELAND CAPTURES
 SERIES FROM PIRATES

Pittsburgh. Oct. 15-Post season ,honors were captured by Cleveland when the Maps yesterday beat Pitts burgh in the deciding game of the series by to 1. The crowd numbered only about 5000, Showing that the home fans have lost interest in the Pirates.
 Adams was batted for six hits. in three innings, but McQuinan, who re- placed him did not allow a. hit and only 19 batsnen faced him. Steen was steady except in the second inning when three hits gave Pittsburgh it's only run. Singles by Liebold and Jackson in the first inning and John ston's triple netted Cleveland two runs. Graney tripIed in the second and scored when Wagner fumbled Liebold's grounder. Cleveland made another run in the fourth when Will son 1nuffed Chapman's fly and Chap man scored on singles by Lajoie and Johnston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
AMATEUR ROWING

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 15.-Harvard's crews of 1915 may be developed under a graduate coach. With Jim Wray, the present professional, concluding his dye-year contract next June, and the recent installation of two graduate oarsmen as his assistants this fall, the amateur system seems certain to eventually displace professional in Structions at Cambridge.
 Jesse Waid, the 1909 captain. and Roger Hooper, an old oarsman, both students at the Law school are at present working with the crew men Wray cannot find time to handle. Much depends upon their success this fall if their stay in Harvard oarsman- ship is to continue. Whether their work proves satisfactory or not, the knel of professional instruction in Harvard rowing seems, about to be sounded.
 The majority of Harvard's alumni feel that Wray has had exceptionally good material during his regime at Cambridge; and they are not satisfied with the results he has obtained. While he has defeated Yale on the Thames six years running, the Crimson eights have been absolutely helpless when opposed to Courtney's Cornell sweep sters. A victory over the Ithacans would be appreciated much more at the present time than runaway row against Yale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
BAN JOHNSON IN FAVOR OF WORLDS
 SERIES IN 1914

New York, Oct. 15-B. B. Johnson, president of the American League and president of the National Baseball Commission, favored the retention of the worlds series games each fall in their present form.
 While l recognize many of the necessary evils of the worlds series, the one big point in it's favor is that 1t arouses tremendous interest in ev- cry city and hamlet in the nations'' Johnson, said, last night. This in terest rebounds to the benefit of base ball and our efforts should be to strengthen baseball. The inter-league series, with 16 clubs competing, would sustain local interest but they would remove the great financial incentive for teams to win their league pen nants"
 The commission, President Johnson said, practically has agreed to the in- sertlon in the uniform players re- contracts for the major leagues of 1914 of a clause which will prohibit players from writing for newspapers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
ZULU PRINCE CLAIMS
 FOOTBALL TOO ROUGH

Boston. Oct 15-"American college football is altogether too brutal said Prince Madikane Cele, of zululand, who has been studying this subject as the guest of the family of Robert P. Storr, captain of the Harvard varsity football team. The Prince expressed the intention of Introducing a milder form of the game into his country as well as baseball and basketball.
 Prince Cele is in this, country to raise money for the establishment of an industrial and trade school in ZuIu1and and to take back a. bride. Next week he will wed Miss Julia Smith, a student at the Hampton In stitute in Virginia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
ATHLETICS ARE
 SOMEWHAT RICHER
bTaekmensGet Checks for s, ,24S
 As Individual Shares sOf Wwld'ssSeries 4Spoils. ;

Philadelphia, Oct. 15-Twenty-six cheeks were distributed here yester- day by John B. Bruce, secretary of the National Baseball Commission, to the officials and players of the tPhila- delphia American League ball club ss their share of the Worlds Series money The-club received a check Tor S6s SS3 29. of which $11O,000 had been put up as a forfeit to comply w1th the rules of the series
 This was the net amount after 70 per cent had been deducted from the clubrs total, which will be turned over to President Johnson of the American League for distribution to .ha other seven American League cI,,hS Each of the twenty-five play CTS eIigdble to compete in theSseries received $3,243.S4-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
GUERNSEY NOW
 PLAYING END
One of Many Players in Biz Shift of Yale Varsity
 Eleven

Almost an entirely new and inex-
 perienced eleven took the field yester-
 day afternoon to practice as the Yale
 varsity team. It was q, decided mani
 festation of Coach Jones policy to try
 every man out in an endeaVor to ss-
 cure the best possible combination for
 the final selection. A notable change was the placing of Guernsey, who has previously played somewhat at full back, at end in place of Avery. Track.
 an inexperienced man, was also tried out at this end of the Yale line. Brann
 and Roberts succeeded each other at
 the other end position.
 Oakes replaced Warren at guard. and Caldwell and Miller alternately took MartyngS place at center ketcham,
 Talbot and PendIeton were the only
 ones of the line-men who remained fin their old positions.
 In the backfield, Thompson replaced Cornish, more in order to rest the speedy little quarterback than with the thought of leaving the new man there permanently. Hammer later took his place. Wilson and Wiser had posi- tions in the backffeld throughout the game, with Taylor and Malcolm alter hating at the remaining post.
 The scrimmage of the afternoon was with the freshman team, which Harry Vaughn, of last years freshman team. is rounding into championship shape and the youngsters gave their seniors
 a hard rub. They were the first ones
 to score and Easton, the young full back, executed a, neat goal from the field at the 40-yard line. But here the varsity took a hand and on a pretty forward pass from Wilson to Guern- sey, made a touchdown. Then Ham n1er further demora1ized the freshmen by running 8O yards for another score. No attempts were made to kick the
 goals in each case. A gcrimmage .Ve- tween the second and third teams also took place. The varsity scrimmags was partly secret but later the gates were opened.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
LONDON MAY STAND FOR
 JOHNSON AND lANGFORD
(By T. s. Andrews )

New York, Oct. 14-With the pass ing of the Worlds series baseball games, New York fans and thousands throughout the Empire State are get ting ready for a busy boxing season. Big cards are little scarce just now, but as the season progresses it is ex- pected good cards wifi develop.
 That the fans will turn out when the card is attractive was demon strated last Thursday when over 1O,- 900 people witnessed the Langford- Garden. It was not a pleasing fight, but it was a hard battle nevertheless and no doubt the two coIored stars tried their best. It was simply a ease of two men knowing each others style perfectly and as a result it was a diff fcult matter for either to put over a sleep producer. Had Langford been in perfect condition he would have made Joe Jeannette move even more lively than he did to avoid the K. O. Punch, but instead of carrying about 150 pounds, Samuel was dragging around 199 19, but 20 pounds excess baggage. Jeannette tipped the scales at 195 and was in fine shape, but his right hand was in bad shape from an accident a week before while crank put all their strength into their blows and at times jared one another bad 1y while in close. Langford had his right eye cut and was bleeding, fls was Jeanette, about the mouth. White men would have shown all these traces and the fans who like gore would have been satisfied, but on the black skins the blood did not show, hence the supposition that neither
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15

was marked up. It was their ninth meeting and naturally they under stood each others style. However, there is no denying that both men are on the toboggan and going backward fast, so that another year or two will see the famous trio of co1ored stars Johnson, Langford and Jeannette- out of the heavyweight running. Then again.
 George Mcdonald, the British sportsman, who came over with a young lightweight star-Snapper O'Neil1-was also the bearer of an of fer to both Langford and Jeannette to fight Jack Johnson at the Olympia in London. They will permit the color ed men to fight it out there. MT. Mo Donald wants Langford to meet Johnson first and the winner to take on Jeannette. Both Joe W0odnatl manager of Langford, and Dan Me Ketrick, manager for Jeannette, have practically agreed on terms, but Jean nette wants first chance and may get it. if not in London, then in Paris, as Theodore Vieune of the gay city has also made fine offer and McKetrick will accept 1t unless the London offer is made more attractive. When they all get through one of the white hopes will be in line for a real title match. In the meantime, such hopes as Gun boat Smith, Carl Morris, Frank Moran, Arthur Pe1key, George Rodel, and Bombardier Wells, can fight it out as to who is the white champion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
U. s. BALLOON
 LANDS ON CLIFFS
American Contestant In Inter national Race Has Trouble in Gale.

Bridlington, Eng, Oct. 15-The Amer ican balloon Goodyear, one of the con testants in the international race for cup in which representatives of eight nations started from Paris on Sunday, had a very adventurous journey. The balloon, with the pilots. Ralph A. D. Preston and Ralph Upson, on board, landed on Compton Cliffs, near Flam- boro Head on the North Sea, within 200 yards of the edge of dangerous cliff, the bottom of which falls sheer. into the sea-.
 when the Goodyear. left Paris on Sunday the weather was hazy and there was scarcely any wind. The balloon drifted across Central France slowly in the direction of English Channel The coast was reached in the neighborhood of Cherbourg at midnight on Monday. The wind then freshened and the aeronauts sighted day morning.
 Then began a, northward drift but the wind later increased to half a gale and MT. Upson decided that it was unveise to continue further. ! The aeronauts began to look for a safe landing p1acs-. but the haze be- came SO thick that t1Ns was difficult to find. Eventually, however, the Hat tops of the Compton Cliffs were se- Iected, the aeronauts not realizing their proximity to the dangerous rocky coast until they had landed.
 Mr. Upson said, this morning, that the balloon carried sufficient provis- ions to last the two aeronauts two days 1onger and they decided with reluctance to land as the gale and fog had made the further progress of the balloon inadviRable.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
CAPT, sY0UNG OF PENN
 INJURED IN PRGTlCE.

Phiiadelphta, Oct. 15-Football prac- flee at Franklin Field yesterday was somewhat disastrous to the University of Pensylvanta Varsity eleven. for, be- sides being defeated by the scrubs in
 the scr4nrnage match by two touch
 downs to none, two of the Red and
 Blue star players received injuries
 which may keep them out of the Brown game on Saturday.
 Early in the afternoon, whens Coach
 Brooke was giving the squad a drill in tackling q player running with the ball, Capt Young, in an attempt to
 down Merrill the Varsity substitute, quarter back received two bad gashes on his face, one above and the other
 below his right eye. The cuts were So deep that it was necessary to put a stitch in each of them, and the coaches are by no means supe that they win be able to use him in the Brown game
 Harry Wilson. the big tackleeof last veak.s who had not intended corning out for the team this year on account of the pressure of his studies, report,
 ed on the field in togs. The coaches intend to use him at either tAeck1e as soon as he gets into condition.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
JIM THORPE MARRIEs
 COLLEGE SWEETHEART

Carlisle, Pa. Oct. 15.-James Thorpe, Olympic champion and member of the New York Giants, was married here yesterday to Miss Margaret Iva Miller, a Cherokee from Oklahoma and a former student of the Carlisle Indian school. Thorpe and his bride met here as students. The ceremony was performed at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church at g O clock the officiating priest being Fa- ther Mark Stock, a. warm friend of Thorpe's. Gustavus We4ch, captain of the Indian school football eleven. was best man.
 MT. and Mrs. Thorpe left for New York, where on Thursday they will join the New York team in it's tour of the world.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
WILLIE REECHER WINS
 FROM PHIL SELDOM

Willie Beecher shaded Phils Bloom fin the principal bout of ten rounds at the Atlantic Garden A. C., New York last night Beecher was the aggressor every second Bloom had @ fine de- ifense but he resorted to holding whenever Beecher pumped in hard body blows This made the bout lag. Bloom closed strong, but not enough to overcome Beecher's early lead.
 Bloom did practically no fighting in the first five rounds He clinched continually. In the sixth the Brook iIyn lad opened up a, bit, and landed some hard punches. Bloom also had She eighth and ninth rounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
ATTEMPT TO DOWN O'ROURKE
 AT EASTERN LEAGUE MEETING
Sullivan and O'NeH Both Claiming Presidency
 For Next Mondays Gathering

Notification was received yesterday that the Eastern association's annual meeting would be held at the Hotel Garde, Hartford, next Monday, Oct. 20, at ? o'clock, at which time many important matters will be discussed, Including the election of officers.
 That worn-out argument of depos- ing President O'Rourke as league head will be one of the interesting topics up for discussion.
 The change in ownership of the Waterbury and Meriden clubs will a1- so be discussed.
 While there has been little publicity given to this coming meeting, it has not been because there is nothing do- ing. On the contrary, it will be one
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
SNAPPY SPORT SELECTIONS S--1 w Wan
MONTE CROSS ACCUSED OF
 SCALPINC TICKETS FOR SERIES

Tom Lynch of New Britain as presi- dent of the National league. Garry Hermann of Cincinnati is leading the fight on Lynch and is booming Robert w. Brown of Louisville for the place.
 The Bridgeport A. c. will go to Wat erbury next Sunday to play the All Waterburys. They are not dismayed by the loss of Bill Flanagan, who has joined the Remington Yosts. The Bridgeports are willing to tackle the Yosts at any time. so Secretary Flu bert Reddy says.
 The American league cleaned up the Nationals in the post season series. The Athletics, White Sox and Maps won their engagements and the Browns got tie for the champion ship of St. Louis.
 The extent of the movement among eastern colleges to do away with we'd nesday football is evidenced by the fact that not a single gridiron contest is on the boards for today. < In fact, that the whole seasons plan provides for barely half a dozen Wednesday games in the east so generally has been the determination arnong the col leges not to interfere with the weeks work in the class room with the ex- citement of the game.
 Practice is going on regularly on most of the gridiroils but in New Eng land players are having a setback by storms and a premature touch of winter.
 A number of eastern varsity squads are having a little trouble with minor injuries. Both at Philadelphia and Providence there Is fear of losing Sat urday's contest and both squads are being worked hard for the game, Moi fit, fuIlback on the Wisconsin team, last year, distinguished himself in practice at Philadelphia, yesterday, by tearing through the varsity line for gain after gain and brought about a victory for the second eleven by a score of to 0. There is no doubt Moffitt would be a regular if he were eligible, this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15
HOW ALEXANDER GOT
 HIS START IN BASEBALL

"Look out for Philadelphia if those pitchers of Dooin's ever get proper support throughout the season and the team is not ridd1ed by injuries has been the prediction of major lea que baseball critics for several sea- sons. Chief among those pitchers of Dooin's'' for the last three years has been the big rfght-hanoer. Grover Alexander, not inappropriately nick named Alexander the Great" Alex ander, with a string of. 10 straight victories in his 1913 record, has shown something of the form which made him one of the pitching finds of 1911, followed by an off season last year. An off season for Alexander means he only won little more than half his games on a club which fin ished below the halfway mark in the percentage column. That might be considered a good year for some hur- lers, but not for Alexander the Great"
 Grover Cleveland Alexander was born in 1887 near St Paul, Neb., where his father was one of the pio- neers who migrated to that country in 1871 and bought farm lands. There seven brothers and sisters were brought up on the broad prairie acres The family is of Scotch-Irish stock. "Dode'' as he was known in his boy hood days, played on the country nine against St. Paul and later was considered sufficiently ''townified'' for a place on the St. Paul nine in games against teams from rival towns
 It was back in those early days that Alexander first saw the com mercial possibilities of baseball. and incidentally the first $5 he ever earn ed switched him from an tnfe1d posi- ton to the slab. When about 16 years old, Alexander was playing on one of two picked teams at a Dan ish celebration in Dannenborg, Neb In the sixth inning, with the score to 3 against his nine, a. venturesone partisan with highly developed wag- ering instinct laid $1 against $16, Bryan odds, that A1exander's nine would win. He called Second Base man Alexander out from the coach ing box and promised him S5 of the pot if he would accomplish the de- sired result.
 That five spot looked like large amount <of currency to Second Base man Alexander. So, as matters ap- parentIy could not become any worse Second Basernan Alexander pleaded with his manager for the chance, and became Pitcher Alexander for the re- mainder of the contest. The opposf- ton did not score again, but, more important still, his teammates start ed two ba1Rted batting rallies, and pulled out the game, 13 to 12. That was Alexant7er's first day on the pitchers mound. It also was his last day in the infield, although he after ward played in the outer garden when not sIabbing. Next we find Alexander with St. Paul town team.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-15

of the most important and exciting sessions since the inception of the old Connecticut league in 1898. fifteen years ago.
 heard and will without doubt be pre- sented at the session, are James H. O'Rourke, the present incumbent; John F. Sullivan, sporting editor of the Springfield Union, and Dan O'Neill, we'll known in these parts from his ownership at various times of the Springfield, New Britain and Holyoke clubs. Each of the three has received assurances of support, but just at this moment it does not appear as if eith- CT candidate except O'Rourke has the necessary number of votes to insure election.