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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02

Don't throw waste paper on the
street.
Deering Binder Irvine at Lund's
Hardware store.
Carl Lein was down from Mime
apolis the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Oscar Spillcke, of Enderlin,
n. D., is a guest at the Caesar
Spillcke home.
There will be no services in the
Episcopal c hurch next Sunday
evening, July 5.
Mrs. Peter Hansen of Eau Claire
spent Sunday here with her daugh-
ter, Miss Laura Hansen.
Mrs. w. T. Stoll, of M"arshfeld,
Ore, is a guest at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. N Jensen
Mrs. Mary Smith Of Ellsworth
spent a few days last week at the
no ne OF her niece, Mrs. Frank Arm
bruster.
Misses Bridget and Loretta Muir
ply, of Halbrite, Sask, are guests
at the home of their aunt, Mrs.
John O'Connor.
John Wakefield returned to v :
baux, Mont, after a stay of siK
weeks here with Mrs. Wakefield,
who is at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Elertson.
Mrs. Louis Bragstad, accompa-
MED by her two daughters, Helet
and Lois, arrived here from Regent,
N. D., Saturday for a visit at tht
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ell. Elertson.
Mrs. Caroline Isaacson left yes
terday to visit her daughter at De
troit, MINI Miss Rachel Isaacson,
WHO has been visiting her mothe
here, returned to Minneapolis tht
first of week.
During the electrical storm Fri
day evening the electric light sys
tenn north from Maple street wa
put out of commission, a number O.
the wires at the corner of Main AM
Maple streets burning off and fall
ing to the d, where the
writhed and "sparked" until "pu'
out of their misery" by Electrician
E. Buck The storm also came
nearly putting the arc machine at
the power house out of service
This machine has served faithfully
for fifteen years, but is now about
due for a release.
Two ball games drew a larg5
crowd to the Glen Park grounds
Sunday afternoon, The first was &
game between a pickup team from
about the city and the Clifton farm
ers. The local aggregation won BY
a score of s to 6. The Casanovas
Of Hudson defeated the local city
team by a score of 6 TO 5, thereby
taking the three-game series, twr
to one. Burtch, the star pitcher of
the Hudson Booster team, did the
twirling for the Casanovas. His
victory was a lucky one, thrown to
him through misplays BY the local
inield, after River Falls had Sc
cured a good lead by timely hitting,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02
Lower the Cost of Living.
Don't Use an Ak!
BY MOSS.

I'D OW ERFUL
4 indeed is the
empire Of habit"
wrote Publius Sy-
rus along about
the year 1.
Habits the stuff
life is made of.
You get into the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02

Phone your news items to the
Journal-'phone 20.
WANTED-A girl for general
house work. Inquire Of Mrs. c. r.
Winter.
Frank Monroe and family Of
Ladysmith are visiting relatives IN
the city.
FOR SALE-Shredded Corn Fodder.
Inquire of Johnson Bros. Phone
113-B.-Adv.
Charles Meyer bought a Carter
a from the Wilmoth-Bjerstedt
agency to-day.
Miss Eleanor APP Roberts is re-
ceiving medical treatment at a
ST. Paul hospital.
DR. RIGHTER-DENTIsr Office in
Times Building Phones, Office
40; Residence 342 adv.
Andrew Hendrickson and family
left this morning for a months
outing at Scion Springs.
The Rosary Society will meet at
the Parish house next Thursday
afternoon at two o'clock.
Mrs. T. w. Doar of New Rich
mond is a guest at the home of
her sister, Mrs. w. P. Knowles.
DR.. and Mrs. E. Fl. Parker were
down from Minneapolis over Sun
day, guest at the r. N. Jensen
home.
For Sale-$55O Waltham piano, as
good as new in every respect.
Price reasonable. Inquire at this
office.
III. L. Tinker and family of Hol-
com have been spending the past
two weeks here at the j. T. Deans
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Aldridge of
Roberts spent Sunday at the home
of their daughter, Mrs. John E.
Howard.
Mrs. F. A. Howe returned home
Monday from a visit of two weeks
in Lacrosse and three weeks in
Madison.
DR.. and Mrs. c. D. Gallup re-
turned home Saturday from a
couple of weeks boat trip to st.
Louis, Mo.
If you can't decide what to do,
Mankato CONNER ial College, Man
kato, Mimi, will tell you. Write
for free catalog.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watson, of IRON
wood, Mich, are guests at the
home of latter's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Allen.
Miss Agnes Huebner, who had
been employed at Mrs. Miller's
millinery store, returned to her
home in st. Paul last week.
The South Fork Ladies' Aid Soc
iety will meet with Mrs. Frank
Baird July 9, instead of with Mrs.
Geo. Griffey, as formerly announc-
ed.
Rooms For RENTAL modern con
veniences, including electric lights,
steam heat and bath. For men only
Inquire at the fremont Building.
adv
William Houston has moved the
Crane house from the Normal pro-
perty to his lot on Fifth street,
opposite his residence, and is hav-
ing it remodeled.
Will Moser of this city has been
engaged as principal of the Mai
den Rock schools for next year.
MI. Moser taught at S~igourney,
Ia, the past two years.
B. Alton, a nephew of VIM. Alton
of this place, died yesterday from
the effects Of being struck on the
temple with a batted ball in a
game between the business men
of Appleton and Mineral Point, at
Appleton Tuesday. Mr.. Atoms
home was at Mineral Point.
The River Falls Power Co. held
a business meeting Monday and
elected new officers and directors.
H.. S. Schlegelmilch of Eau Claire,
John Hener of Hastings, Mimi, w.
l.. Sontag, ST. Paul, Otto Ockeman,
and B. w. Utman, Hudson, we're
elected directors; l.. F. Stewart,
treasurer and Senator George B.
Skogmo, secretary. 1t was voted
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-02

. The Improvement League
. will hold another rummage
|. sale next October and now
|. is the time to begin to get
. ready for it. Don't PACK
. away things you don't need,
!. only to be handled oyer
!. again next Spring. Make
!. them into a bundle and If
you haven't room to store
!. them notify Mrs. IL. w.
i. Thomson and she will see
!. that they are taken care
of till the sale. Remem-
Der, that every dollar saved
i. for the League is possibly
i. a dollar earned toward some
. project for the good of the
city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

Travers' case in England was an old sporting example. He had gone up against England twice before in cham pionships and had been checked quick ly and eliminated. which didn't help him. as game a player as he ts-
 It is this memory of tradition which makes Pittsburgh break before New York. It is this same cause which rem ders Cleveland helpless before Wash ington. It is this same cause in the box fight potpourr which prevents a beaten champion from coming back and rnauIing his conqueror. Subconscious- ly there is emembrance of what hap- pened before, and it is rarely dislodged-
 Traverss defeat recalls the fact that American golhng champs have always drawn sudden upset on English sod Travers had been eliminated twice in the first round. Jack McDermott, one of Americas greatest pros. went to England after he had won two open American championships. He was a great golfer and game one-a golfer always bulging with confidenc as well as the required skill. In the drzt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

waIking-One mile. held by George six. seven, eight. nine and ten miles. all held by c. 3. Larner. England; !; fifteen. twenty and twenty five miles. held respectively by H. V. Ross. T. Grifiths and $. c. A Schoneld. an of England: one hour. held by I4arner: two hours, Ross. England
 Relay races, four runners. sSo yards. not indicated, as no track record ex- ists: one mile, two miles and four miles (yvhere all the competitors ran the same distanee1, held by Americans; hop. step and jump sixteen pound hammer throw, sixteen pound shot. if sty-six pound weight, discus (seven foot circle). all held by Americans
 Throwing the Javelin. held by Lem ming. Sweden
 No records made since the beginning
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
SWEET CIDER BROUGHT
 HIS PITGKlAG ARlLITY

Z
 ONB might say. and we believe there
 are many who would say 1t, that love for cider brought Miles Main Into professional baseball ranks.
 If the Detroit pitcher had liked some thing little stronger than cider, some what better than cider, Main ptoba5lS never would have pitched basebaIL Aa it was. cider made a hit with him and he and sweet cider became great chuns. Main has a brother. The broth CT and the cider are the, other players in the sketch Ehe scene is a farm out side Flint. Mich. The farm Is owned by the Main family, and the two brother were ch1ef ttllers of the soil
 Farm work comas hard to nearly s- cry boy. and the Main brothers were not exceptions to the rule. If any nal, so when the work became dimcliit and tiresome they decided on enterins the irksome parts of then toiI into con tests which they Invented
 One of these contests cropped cut of corn cutting It was up to the broth- CTS to cut the stalks of corn in the fali. They did this b thrQre corn c1ts particularly interesting about the job. but Miles decided 1t could be made %. Both brothers ara passfonateiY 1ond u4 cider, and since cider was t9- 5A had a4 cutting time the Main brothers agreed that each morning they would take jug o1 1t tosthA co1nheld Each of them also carried corn euttsr The con test was built on cutting stalks of corn. The brother who cut the most stalHs in a given number o3 throws won drink Of cider, while inc loser hd 1 watch the winner drink tt
 Niles became prohctent in tEEqW-d8 the corn cutter. He says he could easi- ly take off aix stalks with ons rtcn. He became so successful that he decidi ed 1t would be mo more dl6drule throw a baseball 7ts work th tds corn cutter had given him speeds he Ger veloped a curve, and here he iasa gcr.= tlenan, asking for an oppoFtunlty 4n the big slaow, an because he aevelcpad pitching ability through hls love 2cr sweet cider.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
IS A FUNNY GAME,
 SAYS JENNINGS.

GONE of the funniest things about
 this game Of baseball is that one can never anticipate anything that, is going to happenP said Hughey Jen- nIngs recently. eThere was a time. I remember. when the old Baltimore team started out on the roads Catcher Robinson was sick So was Pitcher McMahon. So. too, indeed. were Second Baseman Reitz Outfelders Kelley and Brodie and First Basehnan Carey. When we went tunbling into Cleveland t.le advapce tip was to bet three to one that we wouldn't win one Of the four games in the Forest City. Indeed. it did not look as if we had chance to score. so many of our men were ill-
 we put in team of substitutes. and, say, you should have seen that team of substitutes pIayl There was never be- fore and there never will be again any such exhibitions of speed Such hit tirgl Such heIdingt Such base run ming! Nothing like twill ever be looked at again. We won the open7 ing game to the second game to 4 and the third game. as rennenber it, a2 to 10. And all the time we had only four regular players on the job, while Young, Cuppy and Clarkson were going at their best Ifcl<s for Cleveland; Trimmer and OpConnor were in great form, and the whole Cleveland team
 Tebeau, McKean. Ch1ids, Wallace, Mc- Aleer, Burkett and Blake vas intact
 s1 remember. too. a series we played in New York that season. As recall it, the only man ion our team in his reg llar position was Joe Kelley. out in center The crowd at the old Polo grounds gave us a great shoot as we walked out on the f1eid-new men in every corner-for the opening game, but we beat the home team to in the first fro1ic and gave it a sound waIIoping the next day. No. sir. base ball is something that no man and no combination of men can understand. When an unknown boy like George Rohe bobs up as George Rohe bobbed up in 1906 and bats his team into the worlds championship, what is there we may not expect
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

contests at greater distances would be eaxl1austing and should not be enco11r- aged.
 The only records that will be recog- Dr1zed in the future by the International Athletic federation. if the report of the committee Is adopted, are as follows.
 One hundred yards, held by Kelly; z20 yards. Wefers. Craig. Kelly and Lippinoott 440 yards, Long: 500 yards. Sheppard: sso yards. Meredith: .0o0 yards. Shepp ard 1.s2o yards. Conner: :: one mile. Jonea-aH American records
 and 300 yards. heid by W. HaIsweII of England.
 Two. three. four five, six seven, eight, nine and ten miles, all held by Shrubb. England; fifteen miles, Apple by. England twenty miles. e. Cross land, England, and twenty-five miles. 1T Ereehs Eneland &&E One hour. Jean Bouiu E4ances two hours. Fl. Green. England
 One hundred and twenty yard hur- dles t31k feet9 and 22o yard hurdles t,(2M feetl, held by Americans; 44o yard hurdles IS feet9. 6. R. L. Ander- son. EngIand.
 Standing ana running high Jump and standing broad jump, held by Ameri- cans; running broad jump. held by P. | tO'Connor. Ireland.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

THE study of golhng ''nervess frames
 an interesting segment of psychoi- ogy About a week before he sailed to England Jerome Travers. amateur champion. said: T have heard golfers boast that they were never nervous in a match: that at times they were bad ly of their games. but it wasn't a mat ter of nerves. This is worse than fool- ishness. No golfer ever lived who at one time or another wasn't afflicted with case of nerves I know on my own hook that have been so nervous that I was helpless before two foot putt.
 A crack professional" he continued. ssonce told me that he had never been nervous in his life. I saw him at BrookIine last fall after his score had run high. What was the trouble?' I asked. Every time I reached the green he replied, my knees shook so that I couldn't stand stin enough to make a putt. was afraid even to walk up to my balL'
 "At one time or another nervousness has beaten Vardon. Ray. Braid, Taylor. Hilton and all the rest. It has beaten Evans often. If had to pick out one man with the finest or safest golfng temperament the answer would be Ouinnet. He has a nervous system, but it is buried deep. It doesn't bother him to any extent"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
ME1EORIC CAREER OF
 L JOCKEY WILLIE ALLEN

TT is a far cry from a little country
 lad born and raised on a farm. whose duties consisted of riding the horses to water and driving the cowm to pasture. to the premier steeplechags rider of America Jockey Willie Allen has br1dged this ctasm- Although only tvvenry-hwe- years old, he haa won races worth nearly s65,Qo0 since he be- gan. riding steepIechasers in 1908 He has ridden 371 races. winning 114--the greatest average of winners that a steeplechase rider has ever had in this
 Sitting in the Aqueduct paddoclz,N he told some of the incidents Of his career as a jockey
 T was born in McLeansboro, III. twenty-five years ago." said Allen. T did the usual work of a country lad on a farm If was then that became fond of. horses In 1905 was appren- tfced to D. P Hayes and began to work for him at the St Louis track. I rode three years on the flat Tn 1908. took up the steeplechase game Gwynne Tomplxins taught me the ele- mentary parts of that game
 .It was during my first yea1. as a cross country rider that acccmoli shed sonething that do not think any oth- cir rider has achieved in the last fif- teen years. I rode two winners fn one day one on the dat and one over the jumps won with EtOya1 Ntny1< on Ehe naf and with Lizzie Flat over the stee-' pieehase course. have tried to repeat that performance several times since. but failed
 -seTerai times finished second in a. race cn the fiat and won a HteepIe- chaseH Tn other attempts my efforts have been just the reverse yinners on the flat and second in steeplechas- CTS ' believe that Daredevil F1tz- patrick has ridden winners on the flat ana over the Jumps in one day. but hava no record of ft Anyhow. yuess Fitzwae my only rival n this respect
 rye had my share oG success on the tu1 Twon the HaverhtlI stslzes in 1pqs cn Belle won the Grand Ma ti0naI oh Ross Fenton in 1s1o. I won the Grand Canadian or Ringma ster. I have ridden to victory such horses as The vve1lkin. Ticket of Leave Post Boy. Jimmy Lane. BalIy Bay, Skilbereen and Shannon River The WeiAan was probabIy the best horse ever rode. Until she broke down she could beat any hsrre at the weight for her zys-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
AUSTRALIANS ARE THE
 TENNIS TEAM TO BEAT

MAURICE E. MnoUGHLIN, the American tennis champion, re- Eards 1he Australian team as the one to beat in this years Davis cup com- petition for the international team championship.
 Tn Anthony WiIding. whose game is now at it's zenith, Brooks, Doust and Dunlop the Australians have the strongest team they have ever. placed on the courts and one of the most for snldabB combinations that have ever repressnted any country.'' said the chanpton. -The team that defeats Australia should take the trophy"
 McIoughlinS said large number of fannis enthusiasts In this country did
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
KID WILLIAMS, RISE TO FAME.

KID WILLIAMS RISE TO FAME. BOXERS nowadays, as a rule. were
 formerly. coal miners. chauffeurs, blacksmiths, bakers. sailors In fact, they were all sorts Of things before they took up the good old game of fsti- cuffs.
 P Kid Williams was once wrestler who became great master of the catch-as-catch-can game. He follow ed the most ancient of athletic sports, which afforded him every opportunity for the chance to uncover that he now yearns for-that of disporting his strength and stamina
 The Baltimore Tiger is said to be as crafty a wrestler as he is fighter. and if such is the case he could easily hold two titles.
 The kid is without doubt the most perfectly built youngster of his size and weight in this country for an ath- lete. From the tip of his toes to- the crown of his head he stands d mass of muscles and sinews that are second to none.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

of 1914 have been considered by sthe performers the recent record made by Howard Drew at San Francisco in the 100 yards. that made by D. J. Beeson in the high jump and 9Chinks Bonds rec ord of 220 will be included in the list next year # upheld by the federation The list will be revised onoe yearly a A similar list also has been compiled or records in the metric system. They include the 100. 200 800, 400. 500. 500. 1000, I 800. 5000. 5000 and 10 .0oO me- ters: walking, LOGO. 5000 and 10000 meters; hurdles, 110. 200 and 400 me- ters. with respectively the same height of hurdles as the Anglo American games.
 The committee expressed the opinion that within five years there will be only one single list of records, as 1t believes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
rcAcTUs~ cRAvATH, TIRE MAN
 WHO STARTED LATE.

WHO STARTED LATE. HE was born at San Diego Cal. March 2s. 1882.
 His name is Clifford Clarence Cra- vath.
 He goes by the nickname "Gravvy' or Cactus.
 He is five feet ten inches tall ana weighs 1s6 pounds
 He spent most Of his early life at Santa Ana, Cal.
 He played basebail as a catcher on the local high school team
 He first played sernipro ban at San Diego.
 career at Los Angeles as d catcher
 He was shifted to the outheld be- cause of lack of good outheld material and has played there ever since.
 He played for i've years at Los An geIes before he gained admittance % the major leagues.
 He was the property of three Aneri- can league clubs in succession- the Red Sox. White Sox and Washtngt ton-fsil- ing to make good in every case.
 He was taken to Minneapolis of the American association by Joseph Can tillon in 1909. where he remained three years.
 During these three years he made a great reputation and was annually drafted by major league clubs.
 His experience was glaring arraign- nent of the draft rule which allows a star to be smothered indefinitely in the minors He was finally accorded to Pitts burgh by draft, only to have the claim annulled in favor of prior purchase by Horace FogeL He went to Philadelphia in 1912 for $4.oo0.
 He claims that he began his big league career in earnest on his thirt1- eth birthday. His greatest year was the season of 1913, when he batted for .341. led the league in number of hits and total bases and drove in record number of runs. He claims that he is not comebaclx, but, rather. started late He is slow runner a mediocre fielder and an unknown quantity on inside baseball. But he is one of the greatest slugging hitters who ever lived.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11

that the metric system will by that time have been adopted exclusively for athletics throughout the world.
 The following special regulations were adopted by the committee:
 First--Each country shall enter a znaxinum Of twelve for indiv1dual events. six to starts in team events. one team
 Second.-The minimum age pf com petitors shall be seventeen years. sub ject to exceptions.
 Third.-AthIetic contests shah De confined exclusively to men
 FourEhs-An snternationaI jury Of five shallesettle all questions not settled by the rules
 Fifth.-In all field events six men shall be allowed in the final, and in all track contests up to and including the 400 meters the first two shall be all lowed to compete in the next round. and in longer races at least two sha1i be allowed to compete.
 Sixth--In scoring in all track and field events the first six shall be count ed, the winner scoring T. second man and the others 4. 3. ? and l. respec- lively.
 Seventh winning nation In each group Of sports. athletic. swimming. fencing. etc. shall be awarded a trophy.
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round he required a s6 and failed even to qualify. His round was one of the worst of the day. He went back the year after and again failed to rank with the leaders.
 Speaking of tradition. about the only people able to make much goldng head way against Great Britain are the Massachusetts entries. They evidently recall the old Boston tea party and so go to it with eclat. The best showing ever made against England at golf has been established by Heinie Schmidt and Francis Ouimet, and in each case the showing was unexpected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
PAT pWYER ITO coAcH PEHiRs
 TFSt El

DAT DVYEsR center on e 1R1e
 ana 1907 footbaH teams at Penn. has been selected as trainer of che and Blue eleven Tor next fall
 The omciaI apnouncement that Dgg CT had been selected for the positlcn left vacant by the death of Mike 1fItr- phy came as quite 2 surprise to Che undergraduates and other follower Q1 the Red and Blue. most Of whom h5- heved that Lawson. Fobertsous the nous Irish American club irar strong favorlke or the students and prominent athletes at Penn. such stars as Meredith. Lappincotts 5ourneay aasd Seelbach all wanting to see tae Irts1- American club trainer come to Penn
 Dwyer has been signed up under one year contract and Vi1 bain E
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-11
RECRUIT PITCHER HAD LOAD Tc
 TOTE

nEL HOWARD. ex-president of the
 Gentlemen's club of Kenny, III. was watching his San Francisco team in training at Boyes Springs. The day was raw and chilly and one Of the .-stchers ysssayed to work with his sweater 5n. His unnatural motions attracted Del's attention.
 Here. called Del after the inning ended. what are you wearing 2'' He lifted 5ahe sweater Under it was a jersey. under that flannel shirt, under that couple of undershirts and rub Der shirt.
 'eYou can quit and run to the hotel now." remarked Del
 T haven't worked enough con- p1ained the pitcher.
 s'Tt isn't that" said Del T want you to start now so you can get un- dressed In time to so to bed at 12. o.s