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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-04-23
Tales of the Town

A home run in time often saves the
nine.
The minded man never sees
, anything immodest in good woman's
: garb.
During the baseball season a small
boy certainly hates to take music les
sons.
If you can't spit over your chin
don't wear whiskers, which are easily
discolored.
The new skirts for women have all
the ugliness of trousers with none of
their advantages.
After a man has belonged to lodge
about dozen years he commences to
forget his pin when he changes his
coat
And now, in addition to spring hats,
colored wigs are another item that
must now be entered as overhead
charges"
After a man has been married a
year or two he replaces the picture of
woman, which had adorned his desk,
with one of baby
Advocates of minimum wage for
women seem to have overlooked the
fact that the women already are get
ting it.
"Why don't you bring your horn
here sometimes?" said Dick to
friend of his fathers. "Horn?
haven't any, my boy. What made you
think so?" he asked. 81 heard father
tell mother you were always blowing
your horn,' said Dick.
Sewer systems are like babies In
some ways. A lot of people think
hey can get along without them be-
lore they have them, but after they've
lad them while they wouldn't give
hem up for anything else on earth.
4 4 4
Madam" says patent medicine
advertisement, "your husband expects
'ou to look after the health of your
elf and children Madam, if you are
resident Of Emmett, your husband
xpects nothing of the kind. He ex-
ects you to get up and make the fires
nd attend to religious matters.
= 4 4
The story is told of fellow who
tarted the first bank in new coun-
y in the early days of the state. It
GEMS he had a friend back East who
lade pile of money in the banking
and this man made up his
lind to start bank He told his own
experience as follows: 81 just went
own the street and rented an empty
ore building and hung out bank
On. The first day fellow dropped
and deposited 500. The next day
lother man came in and deposited
700. By that time | had begun to
I'VE confidence in the business, so |
st put a couple of hundred into it
yself, Sure, | made money"
She blushed very prettily as she Oh
aiked into the cigar store Eyes, VIC
ADAM" said the clerk, smiling in tn,
"I-er-oh, l want in
me cigars, please" she said hur- FIRE
IDLY under her breath, Fastening to fan
d: "but- er-not for myself, for bu
, husbandp Certainly, madam! EN-
hat kind would you like? ?" ooh, the pri
st-quite the best, pleased Ger she
My, madam! Strong or medium ?" !
he very strongest you've got" she wa
swered in decided tones. "My hus- WI
nd was only complaining the other he
= that the last lot he bought all he'll
Ike in his pocket; so they had bet Bet
be strong, hadn't they?' And the the
ing man behind the show case had fur
the heart to contradict her. fur
= = = fas
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-04-23

statesman--I trust the people.
One OF Them-All right Lend me
So. New York Sun.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-04-23

ELL, me and Jud we
thought twas smart to go
and act the fool; last
Tuavdav poor,nr uo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
How Nicknames Are Bestowed
 On Athletic Stars at College

of college athletes
 spring from obscure sources. one Of which is an athletic predecessor. Just now Cakes. the ale guard. is try ing to dodge the sobriquet Of "Rebel.' which apparently some dippant admir- CT bestowed upon him because it had been previously tackled upon a profess sional big league baseball player.
 Tn a similar way Johnny Reilly. YaIe's remarkable third basennan. had the handle Long John prehxed to the Reilly in designating him because years ago there lived Cincinnati third base man who responded to the same call.
 Wilson. the Yale end rush. apparent- Iy lacked a nickname when he reported for footbau work, and some one in the side lines who keeps abreast Of pugilists' doings wished upon him the title Tug as a prefix. The only reason that Aleck Wilson, the quarterback escaped the appellation seems to be that 1t saw the other Wilson first
 s It is told that a Harvard raiser of technicalities objected to Carter play ing end for Yale last year because he noted by the newspapers that Carter was Iabaled Nick which had been literally the nick name given to a player by the name of Carter at Yale i've or six years previously, and he was unable to see how Carter could continue
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to be eligible Indefinitely. H was SO berly explained to him that to every Carter who reported for 1ootbaIl at Yale. ana who was good enough to got into . game the handle 4Nick was givens It was not explained, for the Harvard man didn't remain long enough to listen. that the first s'rJick.' Garter at Yale wore his title moro ac- curate1y true to traditions Of the dime novel hero than the present s7TicIx, who Is the son Of clergyman and c most quiet. unassumtng young man and who, il he did not possess a sensa of keen humor. would resent the title of "ryick. But the bravest Xale ath- 1ete dared not defy an invading nick name.
 The origin of the fcrename "Pie.P with which Way. the guard and baee- ball pitcher, was s'nicked. has been shrouded in mystery. Had he been termed "High Way the title would have seemed broader, more enduring and more harmonious The explana- ton came from a, friend who was ac- quainted with Ways lunch habits. More than a decade ago there was Yale player named Brown, who Vss given the nickname skim Hence forth, as long as Browns joined the Yale football squad they were known as ''Stdm-. This may be the reason that Browns stopped Joining the squad
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fective as backs. h other words, they are more capable of playing any posi- tfon on the team.
 The western men are every bit as good physically. as their brothers of the east They are as rugged, as stifty and as hard playing. but in many Ways their playing is not as polished or enective as the men have seen in the east This is undoubtedly due to the lack of early football training. It has often been pointed out that the western college man has less football playing than the eastern college man. This. think, shows in his game
 ,seThe majority of the Iinemen in the west are poor tacklers, and when an opportunity does come for them to handle the ball they are clumsy at it. with many exceptions, of course
 ssThe real difference in the types seems to be more striking between the linemen than between the backs. AS I have said. the eastern nneman acts as though he could play almost any posi- ton. The western lineman would be out of place outside of the line and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
BASEBALL IN AUSTRALIA

4 LETTER from Sydney. Australia.
 says that the Summer Baseball association. limited. which has been organized. proposes to make a com rnercial success of the great American game in Australia next summer Up to last summer baseball in Australia was regarded as a winter sport, 8indulged in only in an amateurish way from July to September.
 Some Sydney people privately backed the idea of summer baseball last year, and four clubs were organized for first grade competition" The games att tracted from 1000 to 2.000 spectators each Saturday afternoon
 So now the enthusiasts believe the time is ripe for professional base ba1l.s The company they are organiz- ing will have nominal capital of $25,A GOO, and the general public and the players will be invited to buy shares at S1 each.
 The prospectus states that a majority of the board of directors of the com pany shall be appointed by the play CTS irrespective of whether they hold shares. The players will receive pay : u1ent for their services, says the pros pectus. as soon as the gate receipts Warrant. It is already suggested that
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TO QUIT PENN F HE GAN FNLIST

VIVIAN NICKALLS. the British
 coach of the Pennsylvania crews, is nursing a grievances not against Pennsylvania, but against the British government. In fact, Pennsylvania is the gainer. for the Englishman's griev- ance arises from the fact that he was turned down on the score of age when he volunteered for service in the war against the Germans.
 when the war broke out NickaIls, who was in London. forgot all about his contract with the University of Penn sylvania and lost no time in volunteer ing for service in the British army Having been an athlete all of his life, he was in splendid physical condition. and, in addition, he has a considerable reputation as a marksman-a reputa- ton which he thought would make him an acceptable recruit.
 All went well until NfclalIs. who looks ten years younger, confessed that he was over forty. That settled the ques- tion He was told politely, but firmly. that his king did not require the sery- ices of men of that advanced age and was advised to come back at the ex- ptration of a year if the war were still in progress. Until then England does not need him. he was told.
 Much disappointed. NiekaHs decided to return to the United States and at the beginning of the college year re ported for duty in a disgruntled frame of mind. So evident was his disaps -pointment that the British consul gem eral at Philadelphia appointed NickalIi treasurer of British relief fund tfa is being collected in the Quaker City.
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Since he was appointed NickaIls has been putting the same kind of ginger into his money raising job that he In stilled in the Pennsylvania crew, which finished second to Columbia at Pough- keepsie last June. He devotes his spare time to hustIing for funds and the oth- 8 speech to the employees of a mill there which is run by British work men. It is not large min, but the crew coach spoke 50 persuasively that he went back with $2.o0o for his relief fund
 Nfckal1s hopes to turn out another excellent crew at Pennsylvania. but if he should hear at any time that the age limit for recruits in the British army had been raised high enough 70 make him eligible Pennsylvania would have to struggle along without him. contract or no contract.
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compIish this. but. at the same time. they allow the defense to be 100 per cent efficient and gain no advantage.
 "A play of 50 per cent efficiency. if carried out quickly enough and started immediately on the heels of the pre- cedfng one, would oftentimes gain con- siderabIy mere .ound and the diff ference, from the spectators stand point, is tremendous.
 ssThe eastern teams this year have gone much more fo the open game. and there were long stages in the Princeton- Dartmouth game, for fn- stance that looked very much like a game played in the west three or four years ago.
 ..BJit there was this difrerence: West ern teams count both the straight foot ball and the new open attack as part of their regular game, and therefore they mix them up constantly and with much more effect. Tn the last quarter of the Dartmouth Princeton game Dartmouth went to the open game en- tire1y and played nothing else. There fore Princetonss defense was able te
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often would not know how to conduct himself. $
 s.As far as the backs and ends go there seems to be very little difference. They play alike.
 Most university and college teams in the west have but one coach, and accordingly lineHen lack the individ ual attention that the eastern 1inemen must surely get from their biz coach ing staffs.
 Tn style of game these differences between the east and west stand cut prominently. The western attack Is much more rapid -one play follows an other with remarlka ble quickness and speed. Western back fields get set much more quickly and are off again on the next play before the opponents have had, in many cases, full time to get set and decide where the attack is going to be-
 The eastern teams take much more time In running off succeeding plays and seem to prefer to get well set to make surs that the attack is 100 per cent efficient. They undoubtedly ac-
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look for nothing but the open game.
 sIn other words. the eastern teams seem to feel that they have to go to one extreme or the other, and this ! firmly believe is mistake When they f. ' as sure of one style of the game as they do of the other. they wtll mix them so effectively that they will create in the defense that element Q. suspense which is so valuable to the attacking tean.g
 MT. Maxwell has noticed the fact that the style of play by representative colleges from the two sections is much the same this year. and he says this has been bxought about by the eastern players adopting the tactics Of the westerners.
 There was as m1ach difference be tween the Dartmouth Princeton gam this year and the Yale Princeton egFas last year as there is between a shf dialogue and heavy lecture, says MT Maxwell.
 ssFundanentaa1y. tn both attack and defense. eastern and western football is alike Training and material count for whatever difference and superiority Ithere may be at the present time
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neay the response is prompt and cer- tain.
 Of course every position on the foot ball team is important, but a special importance attaches to the center. He is the keystone, the pivot about which plays revolve On his activity and alertness the game depends. and his example has more direct influence than that of any other player. Without a center who is aggressive the team will be shy on fight and the work of the eleven will be s1ovenly.
 The ideal center is stoclxy and muscu- lar, but not beefy. He must be cool and steady as well as active, and he must be willing to practice at passing the ball until such a thing as bad pass is impossible.
 In the matter of offense the center has the advantage of his opponent, for, though his head is buried, he knows to what point the ball is to be snapped and he therefore~scan anticipate the
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most Of the time during the game.
 Lee W. Maxwell who for four years was ouarterbaek at the University of Chicago, has watched football closely since he was graduated in 1905, and; he has recently expressed his opinion concernine the differences between football in the east and the Vest In the first place, he says. the difference first noticed Is one Of individuals
 The eastern man, at least on the big eIevens have seen. is a much more thoroughly trained. all around football player" says MT. Maxwell. He shows in every move and action that he has been trained early and well in the rudi- ments of the game. This early training shows in the handling of himself and in the handling of the ball He has learned all the minor tricks and turns and knows how to use his weight and speed to the greatest advantage.
 :I have seen very few poor tacklersl ip the east This applies to the line z men as well as the ends and backs. The sIinemen charge well and% effectively.s and in open field work they are as ef-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-18
Pugilist Rests In Westminster
 Abbey

ONE of the most curious links be-
 tween church and prize ring is to be seen in Westminster abbey-the tomb. ornamented with the figure of Hercules, under which reposes John Broughton, the first champion of Eng land. Broughton wished the descrip- ton eChampion Prizehghter of Eng land to be inscribed on his memorial but the dean and chapter objected, and the space where the words were to have appeared remains blank. Brough- ton, in his later years, was verger of the abbey, and to that fact rather than to his pugiIistic fame he sowed his dis tinguished burial place.
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would readily believe that any one who willingly stood in front of that rush. ing engine of destruction had an ex- tremely weak mind if he had any mind sat all Ketcham was an ideal center, strong as a bull and as relentless as fate. He cared not what happened so long as it happened to the other fellow first.
 Some of these numerous "white hopes Of the prize ring would make great centers. Imagine Carl Morris with his more than six feet of bone: and muscle and his PAS pounds weight going head first against an opposing player-or Jess Willard. or Al Palzer. or Al Reich.
 With the notable changes in the mariner of play the work of the center has been Iessened somewhat but the character Of it remains the same. The forward pass and the open play may decrease the activity of the center, but when they fail and the field commander decides to go forward by .bucking the Iines' then the center is called on. When that man is of the caiber of Des Jardien. Raynsford. RosenthaI or Jour-
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 not been slow to follow the lead. and today there is little to be said in fayor Of or against the style of play in eithef section. The east may at one time have depended on brawn and beef. but it does not depend on those ele- lnents now. and the west has no copy right on tl1e forward pass.
 When Michigan and Harvard met the other day 1t was regarded as a chance to compare the two styles of play The game did not offer that contrast Michigan left the wide open game Of the west fiat upon it's broad back Tn fact if some stranger had been dropped into the stadium and had been called upon to name the western eleven he would have named Harvard
 1Eichigan's game might have been borns reared and schooIed in the heart Of New England. Harvard furnished the forward passes and. played the more open game It was merely a bat< tie of Michigan versus Harvard. both eIevens using the ultra cons ervative systems Of old line plunging foptball
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Matty Was a Drop Kicker

(NHRISTY MATHEYvsON was a drop
 kicker of considerable importance during his college days. In 1899 he played fullback for Bueknell, and in the big game with Penn he toed two Held goals. scoring all the. points BuckneIl made. Those two field goals. says AIatty in a recent article, ''got me raise in salary in baseball the next sumner
 had been playing professional ban ven though in college, and my mana ger, Phenom John Smith, saw the game with Pennsy He boosted my pay cheek from $50 to Ss0 a month because of my kicking-on the field"
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some players may be induced to come from America to coach the teams here while winter weather prevents playing in the United States.
 The board of directors as first con- stituted will include R. L. 6sSnowy'') Baker. W. J. c. Kelly, an Anerican; H. D. Morton, a member of the New South Wales legislature. and c. Franks, who is one of the best players in the commonwealth.
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AAo ess " 1kS7s5 <=ss 1St<A 11AAs EsARLY football games tiais year did
 not produce any new center who is of All American ability. The stars that shone in the preliminary slxir- Inishea were men who had won their 1aurels Tn previous years. like captain Des Jardien of Chicago. Captain Raynsford Of Michigan, Captain Rosen- thai of Minnesota and Captain Jour neay Of Pennsylvania- These men pos sess the requisite strength courage and skill to entitIe them to consider atIon when the very best players are being selected.
 The center must be a man Of brawn and sInew. He must be able to go for ward when he so desires without re- gard to what obstacles he will find in his path. Conversely he must be able to keep the oppone1t from advancing. It is d case of the irresistible force meeting the Hnn1ovab1e object. If. the. frresistIbIe is Irresistib1er than the in- movable is inaEnoyable-weu, one or the other must achieve it's purpose, and that means success.
 A story is told Of an old 1Gissourian who went to see his first football game without much knowIedge of what he was to see or what was the object of the struggle. After the. game when fnterrogated about the affair he said that he still had a hay idea about the plot but that he had definite notion Of the requirements of a successful career on the gridiron. When asked to elucidate he said, .sThe successful football player requires a strong back and weak mind.
 He had evidently paid much attention Go the work of the centers and he was duly impressed with the oesirability, even the necessity of strong back A to the weak nnf11d-weI, any one who ever saw Ketcham of Yale go against, through and over his opponents
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ny OSCAR DOYLE.

A9 OSCAR DOYLE
 WESTERN football versus
 M eastern football has been a
 sub5ect of diseussion. yer
 bal and written, for years. The merits of each have been told and retold and the aennerits have also been cansfderea. Tn the meantime the dif-: ferences that existed at one time are rapialy disappearings and whatever diff ferences are now apparent are matters of training and material Artack and defense. east and west. are very much alike.
 esEArn coaches believe that the west has made football what t is to- day They declare that the develop r1ent of the open style of play. the ad- dItion of elem nents hat are spe etacular and gEVs Shipment 10 the onIo5k erss is matter Tor which the west should have credit and they insist hat but for ths efforts uf the west the game would now be where it was few years ago. when sslxiIl seTn's was the motto and the plan Of campaign.
 This may be true. but the east has
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point where the play is to be made. This enables him to get the jump on his opponent and put him, out of play before the opponent has done any dam age.
 In defense the center has rowing
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commission. He stands five or six feet back of his place in the line from which position he can makes every play inside of end safe and can act as a secondary defense when end runs are tried.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-12
WEST FEUC|ANA BOY DETAINED BY GERMANS
WHILE COMING HOME FROM SOUTH AMERICA

capture of the ships on which they
were travelling left on the Lloyd-B Bra.
bilino Line steamship Sac Paulo. A
few English passengers remained at
Para, intending to await the coming of
an English passenger ship.
Conditions on the Sac Paulo also
were crowded, but none of us minded
it at all, we were so glad to be on our
way home. When we reached Barbados
the English authorities came aboard
and arrested one of our passengers, a
German-American, as spy. This man
Il cannot remember his name-pro.
duced papers proving that he was a
naturalized citizen of the United States
and he was released.
eve arrived in New York on Nov. 49,
and those of us who had come on the
Sac Paulo were much pleased when we
were informed that the Lamport and
Holt people intended to pay the ex.
pense to which we had been put as a
result of the capture of the Vandyck."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-12
FACTS ABOUT CANCER.

The fact of the greatest practical
Importance in our present knowledge
of cancer IL that the disease in its
early stages'is purely local and can be
successfully removed from the system
by surgical means. In the second place
we know that irritation in many differ.
ent ways plays a most important part
in the development of the various forms
of cancer. The sources of constant
irritation to any part of the body should
be removed.
In external cancer there is something
to be seen or felt, such as a wart, q
mole, a lump or scab, or an unhealed
wound or sore. Pain is rarely present
Cancer inside the body is often recog.
nized by symptoms before lump can
be seen or felt Continuing indiges
ton, with loss Of weight and change OF
color, is especially suspicious. Per
sistent abnormal discharge should
arouse suspicion of cancer, particularly
if the discharge is bloody. The early
and hopeful stages of cancer are usual
ly painless.