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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-05
Through Jail wall to a Hymn.

Sioux City, Ia--Forty prisoners in
the city jail here sang Nearer Ny
God to Thee" while digging through
the Jail wall with a sharp piece of
steel to make their escape A party
of camp meeting religionists were in
all charged with disturbing the peace.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-05
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNSOOOL!
LESSON
Ry E. o. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 80
A DAY OF QUESTIONS.

LESSON TEXT-Matt 22:15-22
GOLDEN TEXT-.'They say unto Him,
Caesars Then said He unto them, rem
der therefore unto Caesar the things that
are Caesars; and unto God the things
that are Gods" Matt 22:21 r. V
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-05
Stop jamaica SUGAR Export.

Kingston, Jamaica.-The governor
has issued a proclamation forbidding
expectation of sugar from Jamaica.
1t is explained that the product is re-
Quired for imperial purposes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

X HOULD Tom TaEgart- owner OF Frenen
Lick. the famous Indiana watering
place, decide TO. estaollsh a similar IL
sort al Fort Selden, n NJ, Wnen ne
comes here this fall 10 view the location
and test the WaleTs. - Fs-so W - ~
excellent opportunity OF securing - ~
more OF the big league teams 70 90 thelt
spring training near this city 4neTs ar ~
least five Of the major league teams to.
looking for spring training quarters ana II
the business organizations open ne 49, ~. -
with them they would aouhtless secure a.
least one Of these teams. $50 -. -r
training and little rain falls TO prevent pr1e-
49, Al excellent baseball diamond could
be laid OUT here or al Fort Selleh ng mes
-.7-,F-e --irr mt little expenditure Charles
C'ornislxey. owner OF the Chicago White SoA,
is looking around Tor ne" INNS
grounds for his squad Last year inns S-lp
raining camp was 500O miles away rom
me chicago baseball park and but little
practice was held because Of rain Nog
Comiskey and Calielal, nc 49, VA
Club are looking for other quarters
The New York Yankees also Wenl Z hg-
training camp Last year TINS cluo ola ~
trafninE at Bermuda The expenses proved
entireIT too high and the climate was not
beneficial to the players II F4so coI-l
training here
should Tom Taggart build watering
Mace al Fort Seiden. with a hotel and other
1roper equipment, such as he has al ms
T.-f1v be any question but one OF the
IesebsU club would come here 20 train
TagEart it is understood, owns stock n the
i-I7icsgo White S0x club He is one Of the
Foremost spOrtsmen in the east
Taggart and his son are expected 10 ar
rive ia Fl PasO after the fan eiecllons IN
Indiana in which he is Interested he win
s-Dend several days here looking over Fort
SeIden. after which he and his party in
company with senator Fall. VIII 20 Tor "A
hig game hunt in the mountains Of New
Mexico
Boston's double victory Friday increased
the hopes Of the supporters Of the club that
they will defeat Connie Aack.s Athletics IN
the worlds series duel The Boston club
has won nearly Lnree-lourths Of its games
during the past six weeks. a rernarHza pc
ender at the beginning Of the season
Conceding that Philadelphia far outclasses
the Braves on hitters and base runners. the
Boston twirlers are equal II not superior 10
those Of the White Elephants Bender Is
the peer Of any Of the Braves twirlers. but
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

hasent only got pitchers & it looks
to me like he would half to use them
all the Ist day & then where Is ne az.
1 think these here athaletics must ger
the pitchers sines all the vile because
they don't never swing at ball Win
out Dustin il & il ] Of them strikes
out its because hes tired & wants togo
over 20 the bench and set down
I got 10 hand &c 10 them atnaietl-9
Steve and there better than any team
In our league or IN neither league Tor
that matter but they wouldent be no
better then our club If O'Day woke up
& let them old timers do there ball
playing from the bench I would GER
tunly fit in crate with coney Macks
club & I'm sorry he dident send OF
his scouts down TO see me last Vt. be
cause il he had Of the Cubs wouldent
Of never got a hold OF me but I E--1ss
its lust as well for the american league
that the athaletics dideut get ne Ior
If was in there out field a long VITA
strunk & Murphy the other clubs would
probly give up and refus to play the
skedule < the league would oust up.
7 suppose YOU uotised that O'Day mas
shifted Zimmerman 10 ID. base & may
be you don't know why it is but its be
cause its harder to throw a ball over
the grand stand from any pos'shon x
II he played center field them rotten
reporters in the press stand would
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

Mn YORK. sept TIE The. h cav,
~ ham brigade unIimbers today and
the boom Of punt and drop kick
is heard on many varsity grid
sylvania, Cornell, Dartmouth and many
other eleveus enter the field. majority
playing the initial game OF tnelr Schel-
uIes While all report excellent material
from which TO build up teams. the coaches
make no secret Of the fact that in almost
every case they are counting heavily upon
veteran players about whom they Will build
the 1914 football machines
In this respect Harvard. which holds tho
1918 season honors is unusually we'll
equipped for the hard campaign which in
cIudes games with Yale. Michigan Prince
ton. Brown. Washington and jefferson and
Penn State 1t is certain that far more
than the usual number Of players viii De
used in both the major and minor contests
IT is fortunate. therefore. that Harvard
o. well supplied with first and second
string veteran material In Capt BricSley.
the crimson has the most consistent drop
kicker of modern football This is great
asset. but the team as a whole must bring
BrickIey TO within striking distance Of the
goal and hold on defence while be gets
his kicks away safely
Must Develop a Few PLAYERS
For this purpose Harvard has a majority
Of the line and back field which last au-
tlmn brought a championship to Cam
bridge on the line C0wan and Pennock
are again available as guards, Trumhull
and Soucy for either center or tackle. and
Hardwics and Coolidge at ends The back
field IS intact with LoEau az quarter. Ma
han and BradIee at half back. and Brickley
at fun back Coach Haughtou's problem is
90 develop from the second string and 1913
freshmen squad two tackles and one end.
To select three or four suitable players from
/ "a squad OF some 20 candidates is not a
task beyond Haughton,s reach and with a
satisfactory second string Harvards lineup
problem should be solved early this season
Outlook at Yale is Dubious.
At Yale the outlook is not so satisfac-
tory Graduation cut heavily into the 1871
eleven and coach Hinkey will have TO find
new players FOR a number Of positions OF
! the regulars but three OF last years veterans
are left. in Capt Talbot. left tackle. quar-
terback Wilson. and halfback Knowles
Wilson ana Knowles between them scored
] close 20 50 percent OF Tale's touchdown
last autumn. There are several second
string letter men who should TT In accept
ably in Carter Hubbard and Brann. ends
Way substitute tackle and Wiser. Guern-
sey and NacLeish for the back field Tn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

Drized a hole lot OF times since they
cot Fisher * the ball starts out from
the bat expecting TO make long UP
but when il gets down there II stops
an of a sudden in sted Of gong On
threw like it use to & prooly Wnen lL
stops IL thinks they must be not ocA-
/ guess the white S0N amt nerd a
bout Fisher. because I noused lne-
they was all trying TO hit toWaEls
shortstop & was prObly pracucelnS LOT
tha CITY serious & If Fisher don't brake
a leg or some thing they VIII get sur
Drized but at that 7 don't believe they
is much danger Of them white SoN MT
ting a ball any place they want 70 g
most Of the time there hitting nue
drives 10 the catchers glove
Well steve I hope YOU can come up
fo- the CITY serious its libel 10 ne
cIost serious because they amt nei-le'
of Us no e0od- Nay be / can SCI Up ~
the stand with YOU because they amt
no chance Of O'Day uselns me -of
nothing E what I wisht they would 90
is for Thomas 10 challenge the 1edFee-l
& let some Of US young sters go over
& play against the federal vile the ola
birds is getting licked by the white So7-
only If we play the federal they WOu-d-
ent no body 90 20 the reE-ar CITY
serious
Yrs. resp'y- Bill
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

CHICAGO. Ill, Sept 26.-Steve. well
steve I been out getting a line on
~ the white Sox for the city serious
q if O'Day leaves me get in there l
bet 7 viii bit 500 I seen the n y
americans & the Washington & me
athaletics play then < u Q'D2y uses
any kind of judgment we viii beat
them all 10 peaces * that means we
viii probly get trimed because its a
cinch that he wont use no judgment
but will play his old men & he should
ought 10 know from there showing
in the east if nothing else that they
cant beat nothing
But YOU notice Callahan is useing
his Young men because he seen all
ready that the old ones wasent no
good & why keep on playing them
probly because they got friends that
pays to get in & see them but If O'Day
would give me a chance I would soon
have more friends then all them old
men on his team pat TO gather because
these here Chi people has got some
sence * can apresiate a man.
Gets Another Look at Athletics
well Steve I got an other look at
. these here athaletics & If Boston wins
the penant in our league 1 wouldent
be surprised IL the world serious was
all over before the city serious got
started because as you know stallinEs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26
GA.lI91H WARRIORS RESPONDING
TlTHE GH-L0F COLLEGE COACHES
Curtain Rung Up on the Pig skin Players Who Will Now
Have Their Inning; Harv ard Has Strong Squad
and May Again Be the Champions of Eastern
College EIevens; Yale Loses Many Stars.

freshmen eleven should also yield some pow
erfuI Iiuesmen and backfield material, and
since coach Hinkey viii undoubtedly inau-
Eurate new coaching policies it may prove
that he can develop stronger machine
from this more moldahle material
Princeton Changes Coaching Methods
New coaching methods at Princeton mark
the Tigers 1914 season and under the cir
cumstauces the veterans available may not
prove as valuable ass would be the case
were the old policies TO be continued II Is
play an open game, using many forms OF
the forward pass modelled along the INES
Of the Notre Dame attack as shown az
West Point against the Army. II TINS
proves correct fast. active and rangy play
ers rather than heaVyWeiEhLs. viii be IN
demand. Some Of the 1913 players Will IN
doubtediy prove acceptable while new regu-
lars may have 90 be developed from former
freshmen and second string material
Princeton is well supplied with veterans
having Baker. Brown shea and Lamberton
for ends Capt BaIun for rackles Long
stretch. w stuart and Snenk for guards
T. Treukmanu. j. Swart Haviland and
dates. A new backfieId viii have TO be
formed. with T. Trenzmaun. Bolaud. Dicke-
man. Driggs and law as the Leaders.
Big squads Report
Pennsylvania and Cornell which close the
eastern college season with the Thanksgiv-
ing day game az Philadelphia. report large
squads with a fair number OF veterans and
many promising noNlces and substitutes
Coach Brooke must build up "a pair OF fast
ends and steady center In other re-
spects the Quakers are we'll supplied with
veterans. Butler and Borie are the best
candidates for center; Murdock Rooms and
Kelly furnish a nucleus for ends Harris
and Carter are veteran tackles. while Capt
Journey. Russell. Wolfe and Pepper are
the leading guards In the back field Afof-
fifth. Avery BolEer Merrill. Irwin and Jones
have an had experience en- big games and
with the new material form squad from
which fast offensive and defensive quar-
tet should be selected
Dr. a. L. sharpe has an excellent squad
OF experienced players with which TO start
the season at Cornell For unesmen there
are available Capt. O'Hearn. Shelton. Me-
haffey- Zemln. LautE. Hart j. ID. Nc
Cutcheou, Williams. Cool. Prick. X c. Nc
Cutcheon- Munsick. Mallory. Gallorly. Sny-
der. NacDonald Sherwood. Gilman CarnaL
Cas-, HoltZ and Jamiseou. In the back
field Philippi Barrett. C0Ilyer. Lair. Shu-
Ter. Taber. Hubbard and Schnchter form
the foundation OF formidable aggregation
~ fast. active candidates
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

-Ew YORK. Sept 26--The 1gl4-lsl5
n boxing season win, open IN t f35t,i fi5g
i -=-s1-- 10 round bout arranged Ior
-,.-,--o Tbis match has long oeen -a 1i
,-f05,r and as both men nave 49, --5 l-',-,.s
- ~ IocaT sporting circles a D-i-l-i 80
erS IN - te g. AID from the success OF lll5
match from financial slal--l 49, ~ esi111re
NAV be Gained as 20 the $500 5S,-f- ne rl-r1-
Of boxing in the metropolis
M match does not look attraetl5SS ,,,l,f
me II viii hardly declae az e,--,s me eIu-
if Srni-n viii succeed IN c oL-lS5 - - +Ee 9th
riy-e Ievinslzy in 10 rounls ~; 49,; much re-
er hand as the Battler enter ,. - ,r,--,
spect for a fighter wan d 55.S5s- --f par1e
- ;s 1fi-aTv TO play a delenstNe s -.
n ~ Therefore interest in the ILl--Lc
viii center in the prospects o- --1
landing a finishing blow ,-s7r5
rights shy Of Willard
,.,..+-- manager IS booking matcAes
for his much challenged nsAS,et ,-as si,o,rn
LEFT But il will be noted mat LS 81 -5-b Jess
- l-Cii1affon TO talk business win -
TTi1lard Besides the bout Win ft.l- /
--a Gun boat has contests scne-uLe- 80 "A
1-i.6 al cyclone Johnny Thompson anu
: diEDatch from Boston SAYS the AtlaS -, y
c. OF that city has m 7a-eIs.-, ''i---'--
II +ba last mentioned bout takes place y
nil surnrIse me Jim Buckley recently an
r7ounced that Smith would not oollS-.-1 !. =
proposition TO meet LangIo - - -
earned q decision over the negro y.-~S - -
that that was sufficient 70 prove ~ - -
superiority OF course tnal was nv - .1i
reason for declining the issue. as w
know but that was Bucks uil-lla-lL -. -.
~ declared What has brought ABOUT ne
change in front is difficult OF e1planall,oH
1InIsss the Gunner and his manager -
ci5er -bev would have to take on a real
firhter 20 escape the charges that they "eIs
-li.l-in- marks And with Smith maIcllel
with Sambo the proposed affair with -
Ty-57Tsr5 an he avoided for a while longer
Iangford Less Dangerous .
Nv opinion IS that IN matching hiInsell
with LauEford the Gunner is lSA-ss u -
1ass dangerous man than Willard sam mas
moved IN recent contests that he 3 No
io-rer rhe firstclass fighter Of couple OF
---1-s hack While his experience and TlnE
1-enaraIshfp are in evidence all the time tny
sirEressiveness and scientific slugslng ma
fSruoer1v characterized his work IN the rlnE
ara cou=uicuous by their absence
willard Most Dangerous Rival
willard is the most dangerous heavy lI
che ring today He has never even been
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

dazed by a blow and the Gunboat boxed him
when Jess was much greeneE tl-u ne IS
now While Smith was given the verdict
in that scrap IL was a close thing and sew
eral critics asserted that willard was en-
titled to the verdict II smith Is successful
in the bouts with Reich. LeVlnsl1y ana
LangfOrd. he viii have 10 talk business with
the big fellow or furnish a much better e&-
cuse than he has TO date The match would
decide the question Of Americas best heavy
Would Battle With johnson.
Willard. by the way. has apparently given
up hope Of getting another chance AZ me
Gunner, and has authorized a syndicate OF
local sporting men-With Tom Joness per
mission. or course--to match MN win -ll-tA
johnson for the championship Of the world
This syndicate has already deposited the
sum Of $4,000 in a local bank IN support
Of a challenge to the negro. with the
champion desires The syndicate also agrees
10 locate the battle ground and 10 pay John
son the sum Of $4,000 win lose or draw
the amount Jack himself names as MS por-
Richard May Be Backer-
Just where the parties interested nope 10
pull of the scrap II Johnson-s consent IS 90
tanned Is not made puDuc, but WIN ~
rope out Of the running, and Johnson barred
everywhere in the United states, me sas7
picion that Tex Richard at present located
in south America. Is back Of the scheme
may not be Tar out Of the way Tex has
long been working on match In which
Johnson and the best Of the white heaFles
would be the principals, and II would not
surprise me in the least II ne IS the man
with the dough" behind the scheme
Personally I do not believe there is a
heavyweight better qualified TO meet the
champion than willard A fight 70 a finish
between Jack and Jess might not be SEN
sarionaI during the early rounds, as neither
man has speed worth mentioning and boLh
operate along the same genera INES. pl-
believe that with the tremendous advantage
OF Youth endurance and strength Willard
would have a splendid chance OF anneXlIg
the title
Australia TO supply Champions.
ssSnoyvv7f Baker the Australian boxing
--or7oter writes me that his scheme OF in
rrofuciug boxing as one Of the regular
courses in the high schools OF his native
I land is meeting with much greater success
than ne anticipated. and that the good work
now being done along those lines viii mean
that Australia viii supply the champions
in an divisions OF boxing in the not very
distant future
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26
Bio Teams May Train In FL Paso
-:u:- -:I:- -:H:- -:I:- -:H:-
Tom Taggarts Influence May Help
By B. B. CADDLE.

lanes. Rudolph and Tyler outclass the
others, not excluding Eddie Plank. the vet
eran-
since the curtain has been rung up on
the football season in the east and the big
college elevens are practieing, the grl1iron
followers are doping out the winner Of the
big four on present dope looks as
though Harvard VIII repeat IRE crimson
seems 10 ourclass yale. Penn and the others
In the line five out Of seven letter men are
available and there is an abundance OF new
material.
yale win have TO strengthen materially
to become a factor in this years duel for
the championship. Last year the blue
crumpled in the big games West Point and
Princeton seem TO have much stronger
eleyens than last year
lIcGraw recently wrote a friend in Pitts
burg that he played a trump card when
he secured O'ToOle-" That was after Marty
won his first game Since then II looks ike
he played a discarded deuce
And unless Rube Marquard shows marked
Improvement next spring IL looks as thong ,
he will be released. The $1,000 beauty
has not run 20 form this sumner.
The penuant races in the National and
American leagues are over now. The 1aus
viii not find much excitement until the
worlds series duel opens Until then they
will amuse themselves by doping out the
winner
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

good enough Tor them
Can't Blame the Club.
At that YOU cant blame our club for
not winning all there games on this
trip because since they got a hold OF
this here Fisher they don't know how
to act dc-when balls hit down 20 the
short stop Safer Amt looking for no
throw because he expects that the bail
wont be picked up * If il should get
picked up he knows il wont be throwed
with in I mile OF him & hes got tired
out & strained his arms reaching for
them throws that they amt no chance
Of him getting so he is so use TO not
haveing the man put out when balls
hit 70 the short stop that hes got his
back turned to the short stop L. the
time & some Of these days Fisher viii
nc him in the back with the ball and
prObly hurt him because Safer cant
reelise that they amt got I OF them
other men playing short stop & when
they was playing they waseut no dan
ger OF him getting hit in the back
II O-Day had been smart like 1 OF
these other managers before he got
hold OF Fisher he would OF bOughten a
ticket for SAFER and let him sit up in
the stand some where's where he could
Of catched them throws and may be
thrOwed the runners out at ID base in
sted Of letting them run all the way a
round & then he should ought toor
told Schultz TO play right up behind
the shOrtstop because SChultes got
pretty fare arm for a old man & lots Of
times he could % picked up the ball
when il got be- the shOrtstops legs
with out touching no body & could OF
threw the man out at list base But
yuu cant expect a man ike ODay TO
think OF them things & he viii probly
think about them xmas time & then
for get them before next season
Bets the Bail Was Surprised
I bet the ball it self has been sur
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26
Emery Ball Is Barred From the Game
-:iI:- -:.:- Ak ak -:I:-
Magnates VIII Ignore Fed Challenge

it against the Athletics at the Polo grounds.
Just after Eddie Collins struck out in the
first inning Of that game he made "a kick
Spectators didn't know what is was all
about They saw umpire Tommy Connolly
and Collins look at the ball and soon
rs the half inning was over they saw Con-
molly stop Heating and ask for his glove.
PLAYERS Of both teams gathered around
Heating and Connolly Connolly had found
square in the followed out palm Of the
pitchers glove and he confiscated It.
With the emery paper Connolly sent 20
president Ban johnson two balls on which
were scraped huge spots about the size OF
been twisted against the bit Of emery paper
while the pitcher was preparing FOR his
s.Tf pitchers are allowed 20 use the de-
vice. umpire Connolly said. they are go
ing 20 develop a ball which viii add greatly
10 the troubles Of batters The effect on
the bail is to make IL describe course
called by ball players a sailer- The ball
seems TO sail and is very pulling
In that game it may be said Collins
struck out twice Baker once and Oldring
Ban Johnson upheld his umpire and no.
titled all other umplres TO rule against the
Meanwhile dozens Of pitchers have been
practicinE the new ball and now they have
all their pains for nothing
one fact overlooked in the discussion Of
four time flag winners in the National
league is that whenever a team has a chance
to win four banners in four successive
wears. some club whose name begins with
B. comes along and upsets the game To
Ilustrate-
chicago landed the championship Of 1850.
1881 and 1882. and Boston finished first in
Boston landed the championships OF 1891.
1892 and 1898. and Baltimore finished first
Baltimore landed the championships Of
1894 1885 and 1886. and Boston finished
first in 1887
New York landed the championships Of
1911 1912 and 1913 and Boston IS likely
TO finish first in 1914
II the Braves do keep McGraw from ac-
comprising what was too much for Adrian
Arson. Frank Selee and Ned Han.on,
they viii merely be following a precedent
The worlds series challenge U president
Gilmore. Of the Federal league, TO the
national commission. is accepted here as
merely completing the record or Gilmore 5
campaign to receive official recognition Of
his organization as being Of major league
caliher
That the challenge must be sent was
announced month ago. and while presi-
| dent johnson, Of the American league. and
president Comiskey. Of the White SoN
could not be located here, u was recalled
] that both Of them at the time OF the an
uOuncement vigorously asserted they would
nave no relations with the ouliANa except
on a distinctly unfnriendly basis.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

Yrs resp y
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-26

~ ICAGO. H. Sept e6.-The emery
ball has come and gone It is not 10
be allowed because it might reduce
the number Of hits one-hslf and th-
spectators wouldn't like that The national
commission Is expected TO bar il from the
worlds series and only in the bush leagues
will the newest freak be seen
The emery ball is said TO have come TO
Boston from Cleveland. A Boston pitcher
then used il in Philadelphia Il Didn't
really get into the limelighr. however. until
Ray eating. the New York pitcher. used