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Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
BROOKLYN TEAM
NOT FOR SALE
E. ]. McKeever Denies That
Ebbets Will Sell His
Share to Wards.

New York.. Nov. 14.-Edward J. Nc
Keever, vice president Of the Brook
lyn baseball club. denied that there
was my possibility of Charles H. Eb-
bets selling out his interest in the
club to Robert S. Ward. the owner Of
the Brookfeds.
1.-THE Brooklyn team is not for
SALE" said Mr.. McKeever. There
has never been any talk Of such a
deal. and the yarn is made out Of
whole cloth. Mr.. Ebbets was not in
conference between the representa-
tives OF organized ball and the Fed
eral league in Chicago"
Mr.. McKeever stated that he had
an agreement with President Ebbots
| whereby neither could sell his respec-
tive holdings without the consent Of
the other. Each controls 50 per cent
Of the stock.
Charles H. Ebbete, Jr., secretary Of
the club, stated that his father would
not sell out until he had won a Ma
tional league pennant and a worlds
series with the Trolley Dodgers. So
that mean that he won't sell out
soon.
Charles Ehbets. president of the
Brooklyn club made it plain that con-
troll of that club was not to change
hands.
II shall remain in baseball as long
as my health permits" he said, and
has been no option given on the
Brooklyn club. and ] would not sell
my interests for 5 1 1000. 900 and the
inventory value Of the plant itself
with a bonus for the individual play
ere."
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
ANOTHER BOWLING
LEAGUE IS FORMED

One more bowling league has been
organized. the Brooks Straight-Away
and it will be launched next Monday
evening. when the first games of the
schedule Is played. Bowling has been
given more attention during the past
two years than eve before In the
history of the city. and this year three
leaeues will oon be In full swing. The
officers and teams Of the new organi-
cation follow:
Officers-Dr. c. f. Sherman. pres
ident;.L W. Clark, secretary: G. Gil
bertson. treasurer. ~.
Teams.
Laws-Hanson, Kennedy, Kelly,
Warner, Lowe. McClintock.
Strikers-Carter. NJ g o m e y,
Welsh. McHaffie. Caldwell. -,
Walk-Overs-ShaN-. Kronenberger,
Hohoff, \Bierd. Disher. Fishman.
Observation-Disclosures, Howe, John
son, Killing. Durick.
Lion Drug-Sherman, Bacon. C..
Montgomery, Fitzgerald, Nelson, Ben
send.
Brooks-Clark, Hassell; Kearns,
Porter, Wedwick.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
GOAL KICK IS
FOOTBALL JOKE
Silliest Thing in the Game
Declares Expert Who k
Suggests Change.

''The joke Of modern football-the
goal from touchdown says a football
expert. ,~
Nobody can deny it. It's the silli-
est thing In sport. And yet football
coaches haven't the sumption to but
tonhole the rule makers and stir
their views in. regard to this useless
joy-killer Of the great college game.
Nobody can defend the goal kick
which follows a touchdown. 1t is the
most useless thing in sport. 1t is un-
fair and should be eliminated from
tho game.
when a lone player succeeds In
kicking a goal following a touchdown,
the trick-it can be called nothing
else-often results in the defeat Of q
foe which has played more good foot.
ball during the game than the team
of which the kicker is a member.
Zone trick kick executed, with the
space Of q few seconds. often results
in a victory for q team that is vastly
defeat. Suppose. for instance, that
Wisconsin or any other team were to
tumble on their own 3O-yard line and
an opponent grabbed the ball and
went over for a touchdown followed
by kicking goal. making the score
Z to 0.
Then sally Wisconsin would come
through and by some excellent. line
plunging and trick plays would be
able to score q touchdown on their
opponent. Then her kicker fails te
kick goal and her opponent wins. Per.
haps the team that wins has been out.
played two to one. vet because of the
fact that their man did not have
enough luck to kick the goal they lose
the game. Z to 8.
Then say wisconsin would como
the goal kick following a touchdown
One side Of pulling for the kick to be
made, while the other Is hoping tina
it goes wide Of the goal posts. That's
all there is to it.
There was little kicking in foot
ball as it was played q couple of years
ago. An occasional punt enliveneo
the game and the goal kick probabl!
was introduced to remind spectators
they were witnessing a football game
"If the rule makers think the team
which carries the ball across the goa
line in the cenetr of the field Is en-
titled to more consideration than this
one scoring a goal to II side, why
not divide the field into scoring zone:
and give the extra point to the team
scoring a touchdown in the. centra'
"That would be a legitimate excuse
for giving a team an extra point. d.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
Sports From Every Corner Of Sportdom
chaine" (The Man In Chains) so call.
ed as q protest against the unintelli.

chaine" (The Man in Chains) so CALI
ed Rs . protest against the u%nintelli.
gent application Of the censorship.
Strong and vigorous Notwithstanding
his seventy years, his eloquent eyes
flash beneath his busy brows as he
fort: Millions Of Frenchmen daily
read those articles instinct with the
spirit of enlightened patriotism into
which the ex-premier puts the best he
has to give. Sometimes they contain
trenchant criticism Of mismanage-
ment in some public department,
which his high. n Of duty attach
Ing to his great influence induced him
to make. criticisms which have al
ways been fruitful in good results.
No one in France understands bet
ter. probably, than Georges Clemen-
ceau American ideals and aspirations.
1.-THE American public" he writes in
one of his latest articles, inspired the
utterance Of certain public men in
America which he constructs as indi-
eating a pro-French sympathy, sis by
closely. It's own affairs. but at the same
time remains always open to questions
of general interest which make for
the conquest of the right among ma
tions. the highest aspiration of hui
mainly. II h noble demands of the
Declaration of Independence are an
chored in its heart, any idea Of in
ternational propaganda IL vigorously
banished from its thought. Every
thing Is concentrated in the ardent
daily labor. America has no time to
give to the charms Of doctrines unless
strongly supported by facts. The
properly authenticated fact Is for
American opinion the. natural founda-
ton of all thinking; which does not
exclude ar idealism. the best part of
which should be reality.
America considers Europe with the
eye, interested, tender and eve pity
Ing with which the young. man Just
beginning life looks upon the vener-
able grandmother just about to leave
1t. Our customs. u q%uarrels, our
thoughts are fruitful matters Of re-
Election, above all when America can
draw some practical conclusions from
them. But our old continent appears
worn out to the American. A violent
history has for long turned and turn
ed It's soil with Its ploughshare. 1t
has made America, that Is the main
thing, since 1t is America that must
renew, not yet perhaps its culture
although American culture cannot be
underrated-but above all n before
profound conditions of it's activity.
There can b. no question of Euro.
peanizing America. But history will
show whether Europe will be Ameri-
canized by the irresistible virtue OF
the model.
"Thus American opinion, unaffected
by any personal interest in this r
doubtable affair. al produce an alb
solutely unbiased Judgment"
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
AMERICAN deals
GIVEN HIGH PRAISE
Noted Frenchrnen Points to
Them as Possibly Pre-
dominant in Europe.

Bordeaux. Nov. -14.-Georse Glenn
enceau. although he holds once no
longer, still remains n OF the COM
mandins figures In French public life.
It is now A years since he came
to Bordeaux a. q member Of the ma
tional assembly. Even then when all
appeared lost, he declared that France
would rise again and vtndicate herself
and he has worked ceaselessly
throughout his long and brilliant ca
reel to bring about the realisation. 1t
was with that end in view that he
effected the understanding with Eng
land, SO fruitful in its results o only
0 nFrench foreign policy but on the
French national character.
He is back in Bordeaux once more
under greatly different circumstances
His only regret is that he may live to
see the end Of the great epoch
through which Europe is beginning
to pass.
Installed in a modest apartment, he
works all day and far into the night
directing his newspaper "rHome En-.
- - --+s o. -. #.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
MILLER RECRUITS
HAVE FINE RECORDS

Minneapolis. MIMI. Nov. 14.-Min-
neapoiis has secured some first class
bali PLAYERS. from the Washington
club in: exchange for Henri Rondean'
according to q baseball critic OF At
lanta, Ga. He says that Harry Hol'
land, Mutt. Williams and MorelH
Jennings are sure to make good under
Joe Cantillon II given thorough trials
In reviewing the PLAYERS work, he
says:
III Harry Holland will be tried out
at second base. and not switched
around promiscuously. he will show to
the best advantage. He plays a fair
third base, but is prone to throw wide
or low on a play calling for quick &C
ton, whereas at second he is steady +as
a. rock and whips the ball to first
with uniform accuracy. His hitting
proved one of the surprises of the sea-
son locally as ut one figured Harry
could maintain an average of 800 in
119 games.
Jennings Good Outfelder.
Morley Jennings is another college
graduate who has shown class and
though Billy Smith replaced him at
short when he secured Rivington Bis
land, he found him extremely valuable
when playing the outfield when Cap
tain Harry Welchonce was forced to
quit the game. Jennings outer gar
den work was q seneation, and as he
hit .270 In al games. his work assay
ed way above the average.
Pitcher Mutt Williams has about as
much stuff as any pitcher in this or
any other league. He won 13. lost Z
and tied 4 for the Crackers this g "a
son struck out 121 in 81 games and
walked SO, which isn't so bad, any
way you took at it H..
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
bets BRAVES WILL
NOT REPEAT TRICK
Wager of $500 to 500 made
That Boston Does Not
Grab Pennant.

Already fans are beginning TO won
der II the Boston Braves can win the
National league pennant mex year,
and popular opinion appears to be
against them. notwithstanding their
record-breaking shoot through the
league and the complete destruction
Of the Athletics.
In a discussion that waxed warm in
New York n of those who won q
around and bet $500 to 500 that Bos-
ton would not IN a 1915 pennant.
II the Braves can play as good ball
as they have during the last three
months there isn't a club in the world
that can beat them, but, strangely
enough. the fans still believe that the
spurted far ahead OF their. natural
speed.
But those who are trying to belittle
the real ability of Boston evidently
have not figured IN who they will
have to beat. The other Nationa,
league, clubs were very bad this last
;, season.
There is NO doubt but that the
Giants will be reorganized. but in
patching up his club McC1raw is up
against an unusual problem. How is
he going to get rid Of old players who
are under two and three year con-
lIdCtS IneTe Is not n man on the
club, with the possible exception of
Marquard, who hasn't a long contract.
Suppose. for instance. that McGraw
wanted to dispose Of Chief Meyers.
The chief is drawing a big GALAXY
bigger perhaps than any other club
would want to pay. And that contract
has three years to run. The same can
be said Of Merkle. Doyle. Snodgrass
and Murray. The signing Of these
contracts was due to the urgent de-
sire of the wne to protect them
selves from the Federal league. Hav-
ing acted In haste. 1t may turn out
that they have hurt themselves in
stead Of the Federals. g.
OF course youngsters can be put in
and veterans can be kept on the
bench. but there are mighty few ball
clubs who can afford to carry five or
six high-salaried men on the bench.
1t would wreck them. These men, If
they should show a decided slowing
up. can not be traded because the
contract goes with the trade. If a
minor league club gets them the own
ers will have to pay the difference in
salary out of their pockets. Other
wise no minor league club could as
sumo the contract.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14

Of the 1-to-o events lasted II inninsS
and in two of them the games bach
elor tally cropped up in the ninth.
The great rallytng power Of the
Boston team Of 1914 II attested by the
number Of contests the Braves pulled
out Of the fire in the ninth. They
took part In 10 and landed -. Tho
Giants were humbled thrice in the last
franc. the Cardinals twice. the Reds
twice. the Phillies twice. the Pirates
once. the Cubs once and the Superbas
once. The teams that downed Bos-
ton by flashing ninth-inning rallies
were Cincinnati, st. Louis. Brooklyn
and Chicago, the first three mentioned
turning the trick twice and tho Ast
named club doing 1t once.
On 10 occasions the Braves worked
overtime. their record in exra-in-
ming battles being 10 triumphs. hve re-
verses and three draws. The ties were
played with the Reds. tho Cardinals
n the Pirates. being IL, IL and 10
innings in length. In the n~o-result
controversy fought with Herzog's Uh-
hans, neither team seored, Tyler and
Ames doing the pitching.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
Braves Fighting Power Shown In
Games When the Score Was Close

Fortune certainly favored the
Braves In the tight battles in which
the team engaged during the National
league pennant pursuit, Stallings' en-
terprising youthful arnletes making a
grand showing in pulling games out Of
the fire in the ninth spasm, in captur-
ing ! to 0 events and in annexing x
training trays. Evers & Co.. were
in what you might call ~ tight"
games. OF these the team took the
decision in %, let victory escape in
16 and tied three. That's a percent
age Of .610. The speed OF the Braves
from July 6 on is shown by the fact
that prior to that date they landed
only four out Of IS tight" games; aft
er 1t, they won FL out Of ga $50
mark.
OF 1-to-o games the Braves played
10. six Of which were victories. Pitts
burg was defeated by this score thrice,
Brooklyn ono Cincinnati once and
st. Louis n c The reverses Of this
character were sustained at the hands
OF the Reds (tw1ce). OF the Cubs
(once) and of the Giants %(once). One
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
TWO GAMES
AT A ALLEYS

The local bowling experts will en-
gage in two matched pin busting con-
tests tonight. One of them will be
staged in Grand Forks on the Grand
alleys with a crew from Devils Lake.
The Satanic team is composed of
Corners. Glerium, Adams. Ryan,
Webb and Johnson. The local five
are Warner. Salfer, Smith, Swiggum
and Mosher.
Another team will leave this morn
ing for Fargo. where they will play
the cracks that were defeated here
about q week ago. The team that will
60 south 10 the am one that won on
the Brooks alleys. Fargo Is prepar-
ing for a good evenings entertain
ment and is preparing to give the
local men a warm welcome.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
TEAM
CADETS

st. Paul, Mimi. Nov. 14.-Playing
their greatest game Of the season,
Johnny McGovern's Manchester foot
ball men yesterday afternoon defeat
ed st. Thomas, 20 to 0. Although the
Macmen were expected to fight a great
battle, their warmest supporters did
not believe they would win by such q
large score.
The Manchester team presented all
attack that rushed the st. Thomas
men off their feet. McGovern had giy-
en- them a number Of bewildering
plays and formations, and againat
these the Cadets were able tosdo very
little.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
CREPE FOR THE A n

Chief Myers, the New York catcher,
thus laments:
Zone thing that seems to have dis
couraged boys is the attitude of
the public. not only here in New
York but all over the circuit. We re-
alize as we'll as anybody that the
whole country is roofing for the
Braves. 1t has a depressing influence"
The New York players cannot un-
derStand why the baseball world Is
against them. =
The answer is simple: The public is
always with the under dog that re-
gains his feet ana fights the other
dogs to a %standstill.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
STATE AGGIES ARE
DEFEATED BY MONT.

Missoula. Mont. Nov. 14.-Playing
under the very worst Of conditions
Coach Woods aggie. football warriors
held the noted Montana university
eleven to a score Of 10 to 0 here yes
terday in n Of the best games wit
messed in the state Of Montana this
season. They played on a very muddy
field u to a severe nov storm,
which broke down most Of the tele-
graph wires in Montana. Montana
started the game with q jump and put
over their first score after five min
utes of play. This Is the way the
aggies usually start their games. how-
ever. and after hat touchdown they
frightened up and held the university,
playing them an ven game until tho
fourth quarter when the university
made their second touchdown.
Both teams worked the forward
pass to good advantage and McQuil-
Ian put his boot to tho ball and punt
ed out of danger a couple Of timeG
The asgies played . hard and fast
game. however, and were within
striking distance Of their goal several
times, but tho ball wa hard to handle
because Of the snow and they were
unable to carry 1t r for a score.
In spite Of the wet condition Of the
ball both teams were able to mako
their forward passes quite successful.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
WHITE HAS
TITLE CRACK COMING

Chicago, Nov. IA. - That Freddie
Welsh will have to fight Charlie White
again. to settle n c and for all the
question of the lightweight champion
ship Of the world, was the opinion ex-
pressed in all athletic clubs, and gym
nasiums yesterday.
At the same time fans declared
they wanted no more ~ten-round, no.
decision affairs where a title is in
vOlved.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
CARPENTER LOSES
IN WAR

Paris. Nov. 14.-The war has cost
Georges Carpenter. the pugilist. the
whole OF his fortune, amounting to
about C quarter Of a million dollars,
earned in the prize ring. Carpen-
tiers savings were invested In the
coal mines of Lena and Courrieres,
which have been destroyed.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14

Speaking of stngy people," said
the shopkeeper. rehectively, 'there'a
no one can beat old Scrtmp."
What about him?" querfed ths
customer, who had come in for q
pound of coffee.
why, he oven looks ovsr the tops
Of his glasses for fear Of wearing
them OUT"
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14

Several weelns ago critics had It
that without iRrtckley. the great full
back. Harvard would not have much
Of a season in football. When It wsa
announced that he WOULD 30 under
the surgeons knife Tor appendicitis,
.opc fo-- the Crimson was given up
the alleged experts. Now
hass*rshie aIRhahys- Hasawfek, and
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14

PLAYED

The Has Beens tool three straight
from the Grand Alley team in the
regular schedule of the City league
last night. The score:
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14

Pennock to prove the team can win
without Brlckley. and they have done
work a. brilliant as was done when
the greatest drop kicker wns in form
last seescn. S;;.ce Harvard hes beat
en Michigan and Princeton the experts
who cav i!tsie hope FOR the team sie
row talking OF It as the greatesi in5the
country. 81
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14
Grand Alleys

Y. NJ. c. A. League.
The Benner and Begs team of tn
7. NJ. G.. A. league took three straighi
from the Ontario five last night IL
the, regular schedule. The score
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-11-14

THE joke Of modern football-the
goal from touchdown" says a football
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-11
DESTROYERS IN
THE REGULAR i.
Small SERVICE
VESSELS WHICH SPENT SOME
WEEKS HERE AND WHICH ARE
FAMILIAR TO PENSACOLIANS
TRANSPORT MAIL TO MEXICAN
CAMPS.

Destroyers which spent some weeks
in Pensacola harbOr, and which left
here FOR Mexican waters, are now in
the regular business of rushing Uni
ted States mail from Galveston to va
riOus Mexican ports. thus furnishing
the soldiers and sailors on duty there
an opportunity Of hearing from the
states in short order.
The Warrington, Ammen, Henley
and others have been placed in this
service, and speaking of the success
full organization of this forced mail
service, a Galveston paper Saturday
printed the following:
Regular Mail Service.
United States torpedo boat destroy
ers are now regularly engaged in
transporting mail between Galveston
and Vera Cruz and TampiCo. The
Henley and Warrington left here Wed
nesday for Tampico and the Ammen
arrived Yesterday with mail from Vera
Cruz. The Ammen is The first Of the
destroyers to arrive since the regu-
lar mail service was established be
tween the two ports. The facility with
which the mail ships are to be hand
led at the quarantine was shown yes
terday when State Quarantine Officer
DR.. MCGlaSsOn went out to meet the
Ammen, went aboard, made his exam
nation and permitted her to proceed
without a stop. He received a, personal
request by Cablegram yesterday from
Sir Christopher CraddOck. in com
mand of the British fleet at Vera Cruz
asking him to expedite as much as
possible the handling Of mail consign-
cd to British marines or subjects in
Vera Cruz. The transportation wag
ons Of the Second division OF the Uni
ted States army have been engaged
to carry the mail between the impro-
vised mail office at the Union Station
and the destrovers TIE Ammen viii
leave again for Vera cruz this after
noon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-11
MISSIONARIES
FROM CHINA To
GIVE A LECTURE
REVEREND AND MRS. EDGAR E.
STRoTHER, WHO HAVE SPENT
SEVERAL YEARS IN FLoWERY
KINGDOM, TO SPEAK AT FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Rev and Mrs. Edgar f. Strother
who have spent several years in
China, $ general secretaries for the
China Christian Endeavor Union. will
speak of missionary work in China,
at the First Presbyterian church, at
eight o'clock this Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. StrotneT have had
many interesting experiences in China,
having travelled many thousands of
miles in more than half of the prov
nces, in all sorts of Chinese convey
anCes; they were in China during the
revolution and had several narrow
escap pes. They are sent out by The
Worlds Christian EndeavOr Union, of
which DR.. Francis E. Clark, the found
err of the G. l.. Movement is the pres
ident. They are the only representa-
tives of the Worlds &. z. Union in
China, their work being to cooperate
with the missionaries Of the various
UNCONVENTIONAL missions, in organic
ing G. T.. societies and arranging for
c. E. conventions and conferences in
the different parts of the country.
There are now over eight hundred
Chinese G. f. Societies, with a mem
bership of twenty-three thousand.
These societies are scattered over all
the provinces, there being forty three
different denOminatiOnal mission
boards included in the c. Z. fellowship
in China. The missionaries say they
find the G. f. Society a great help in
their work, as it trains the Chinese
Christians to evangelize their own
countTymen.
Mr. and Mrs. Strother attended the
British c. Il. convention, at Glasgow,
Scotland, and the European G. E. con-
vention at Christiania, Norway, also
c. E. meetings in Germany, Sweden
and Denmark, enroute from China to
the United States. Since their ar
rival in this country, they have held
meetings in every part of the states
and Canada
Everyone interested in China is cor
daily invited to hear these interest
ing speakers