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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-17
X HOME SPUN Y
DlFFUSIVE VARIATIONS
By Req
A Jasper's Dream

A mixed tram, consisting of one
day coach and three box cars whis-
tied him away from the tall grass.
Down to the city where credentials
placed him III a position of trust
| Mingled with the scent Of new mown
alfalfa that STILL chung to his nostrils
| was that of city streets. He liked
it. aud it wove fantastic pictures that
his home spun principles repulsed
but could not vanish, as he lay upon
his bed a garland of myth.
Then She stepped INFO his life one
day; accidentally took him for an
old acquaintance. And the hltie
god of chance that ever hardened to
his call stood 10y as she swept him
with a pair of dreamy eyes that
would soon set him pace he little
knew
Six months have passed and the
beginning of the end is reaching
from out the future with fingers
of depression that he feels but can
not see. The pace has been d swift
one; with the scratching of his pen
each day there echoes the revellng
of the nights before.
The Whir of motors mingled with
| night movies over the city's streets,
out and away over country roads
where the night air, heavy laden
with the scent of virgin soil, cleared
his brains for fieetlng moment and
the vision of rustic home that
sheltered mother and dad. sleeping
in village quietude beneath the
silvery mellow of harvest moon.
was his. But the glitter Of a road
house dispelled this vision of a bit
ter-sweet and the voice of wiue,
blending with the powers of the lit
tie god of chance, mantled the de-
cency of bic past and be saw but her.
The glitter IF solitary upon her
finger flashed its hrilliancy through
the crystal of the red wine; the stem
of which she toyed, but the light of
her dreamy eyes out sparkled that
of diamonds and another check to
the firms credit f1uttered across the
damask in exchange for woman's
smile. **
He has lived his last night. Tht.
touch of butterfly life that put such
hole in the firms bank account is
but sad inemory-like the memory
of her smile.
She PLAYED her part we'll a de-
mand for more diamonds that he
could not meet; a quarrel; pout;
and then over the line. hand III hand
with the little god Of chance, leaving
him standing on the border of the
land of folly, close i'll the grasp OF
the hand from out the future-and
now. Like you and |, he lives III
the land of regrets.
The call of COW 10 its heifer just
beyond the walls, of Sunday after
noon, oftimes brings a far-off look
to his sad eyes and he longs again to
guide Peerless Minnesota Binder
over the soil of dads farm.
Moral You can't Judge the
sweetness of chicken by its feath-
ers.
We are off vertime in the print
shop; and believe me, thirteen hours
per day on the big press is no joke.
But we relished the eats.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-17
WAR NEWS!

German armies are arrang-
ing solid front before allied
] force for impending clash as
important as recent clash on
Marne.
Attempt will be made |
shortl, to stay northvard |
1 advance Of pursurers. In
vaders MAINTAIN cohesion de- |
spite reverses. and unless
French succeed IN attempt
to get between army of
Grown Prince and those op-
Grating west of him. FIN
beror William men will be
! read for struggle. New
position offers opportunities
defense.
Officials at Washington
expect Kaiser S reply to peace
move soon.
President Wilson has an
nounced the withdrawal of
our troops from Mexico.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
spoon SHOOT AGAIN
OVER DUPONT TRAPS
Five Classy Events the Sat
urday Card at Local
Club
COLFAX TO DEFEND
STATE TITLE

At tho DUPONT Trapshooting Club
on Saturday. Coleman dupont spoons
will occupy the attention OF the
shooters Spoons will be awarded
in each of the five classes, A, b, c.
ID and e, and as usual the matches
VIII be shot over two traps. the first
10 targets being over trap one, and
the last 10 over trap two.
A number OF the DUPONT Club gun
ners are also members Of the Clay
mont Trapshooting Club, and they
viii 60 with that organization to
Chester whore a special match race
between the Claymont and Chester
clubs will be staged The Chester
Club has put up a silver spoon for
the man making the high score on
each club, and the Claymont Club
has put up silver spoon for the
man making each team with the low
est score. Thus several attractive
prizes are assured the shooters,
Later return match will be shot
at Claymont between the same teams,
and II a tie results, II Will be shot
off on neutral grounds. The Chess
ter Blue-Rock Club has recently add
cd q Western automatic trap TO their
equipment. and can handle a large
shoot in the best possible manner.
A number Of the local trapshooteTs,
who are also ardent field shooters
we're down on the Susquehanna flats
early in the week and some good
bags Of ducks are reported John
Minnick, Louis aJrrell. u. NJ Ross
and William Highheld returned with
large number. and these were gem
erously distributed among their
friends. Others are planning on TAX
Ing in the shooting tomorrow. and
several have made arrangements "a
go next week.
Charles e Springer has challenged
W. G. Wood for the Glass y Cup
Wood, however. has advanced tC
Glass A, 80 the cup will go into oper
competition on Saturday. Severa
other matches will be shot of fo
/ these cups IN the near future. ant
/ W. A. Simonton intends making al
effort to lift the State CHAMPIONSHIP
Cup from W. s.. Colfax on Thanks
giving Day, when the club will stag
the biggest turkey shoot In Il
history. Several OF the promineI
amateurs are also talking Of givin
A. b. Richardson a contest for n
Amateur Championship Cup, and q
indications point TO a very bus
winter at the local traps.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
RALLY DAY AT EZTON.

Rally Day services win be observed in
the Sunday school of Ezion NJ T.,
Church, Ninth and French streets on
next Sunday afternoon. A program en-
titled "The Buglc Call" will be given.
prepared by $. Trevena jackson
Addresses will be made by the superin.
tendcnt and pastor, showing the pho
nomenal growth of Sunday schools in
Methodism, the latest reports showing a
gain Of nearly a million members in the
last six years. The NJ. =. Sunday school
is the largest single Sunday school con
stitueucy in the world.
Ezion NJ. y. Sunday school has a
membership Of 400, with 25 teachers
and officers. The pastor, DR.. y. A
Faust, is the bugler. George Wright
has been secured to render the buglc
call ON this occasion.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
RY HAL SHERIDAN.
ritten Ion the Unlted Press.l

written for the United Press)
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-The most hui
man thing the Philadelphia Athletics
have done in the last couple Of years
was to take licking from the Boston
Braves. Il wasn't a humping as
result Of which doubt might be ex-
pressed. but a good sound thrashing,
and this means much in the general
consideration of what may happen in
the American League during the sea-
son of 1915.
The winter league outlook is that
Boston has an excellent chance of
having a corner on the Worlds Series
next year The spell of the Mackmen
has been broken. II doesn't take
any super-human efforts TO turn the
trick, either-just an aggressive at
tack with sting in every blow and a
defense that refuses to admit il is
punctured. The Boston Braves show
ed that in a series lasting four games
over a stretch of 154 games. the wall
lop of the Athletics must, of course.
assert itself TO more effect. but the
threatening gestures against Connie
Mack's grabbing another pennant are
coming from Boston. just as the
threats and then the wallop came from
that direction for McGraw and the
Giants in the National League this
year.
The Athletics gave no indication of
being broken and on the down grade
in the clashes with the Braves for
the worlds championship. but the
Boston Red Sox give every indication
of having again rallied after their
glide down the chutes which followed
their coping of the worlds title two
years ago. AS a wind-up they beat
the Athletics nine straight games in
their concluding sets of games. They
wound up with a rush that carried
them within striking distance of the
leaders, but the sprint was timed too
late. With the pounding handed out
by the Braves, Boston teams took the
Athletics into camp on thirteen con-
secutive occasions, which is swinging
! along with fair amount of precision
and i'm manner that might almost
suggest collision. The Mackmen have
not hit the bumps yet, but whether
the great machine may waver if press
ed sufficiently next year ought to
serve for matter of debate during
the long cold spell ahead.
The Red Sox have all that could
be desired in the pitching line. Their
infeld was strengthened when Hob
litzel was planted at first and now
compares favorably with the best OF
them. Nothing is lacking in tn,
outield and Iris Speaker stands oui
as the particular terror in the at
/ tack.
As good as Clark Grifith's Wash
ington collection looked during las
years winter session, they failed d
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
MOTORCYCLE NOTRS.

Safety first" is the slogan of Mil
Yankees new motorcycle mail col
lection squad.
Hooking forward to next seasons
events, the Appleton (Wis.) Motor
cycle Club has already planned for
a three-day motorcycle celebration
July 3, and 8. The chief events
of this meet will be a 65-mile con-
test on each Of the last two days.
J. c. Whiting, of Northampton,
Mass, is making an extensive sight
seeing trip over the country. He
travels by motorcycle. and is equip
ped with complete camping outfit.
A decorated motorcycle parade will
be a part of the No-Tsu-Oh celebra-
ton in Houston, Texas.
Report of the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce shows that
during one year 1888 American mo-
torcycles were exported.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
BANCROFT IS short
FOR The PHILLIES

shortstop Bancroft. Of the Portland
club, OF the Pacific Coat League, has
been signed by the Phillies and will
report TO Manager Pat Moran in time
TO go South with the club IN March.
This was announced by President
Baker yesterday afternoon, following
the receipt Of a telegram from Scout
Neal.
Portland won the pennant this
year, and Bancroft was one Of the
stars OF the team. He is considered
one Of the best inhelders in the minor
leagues. Huggins, OF st. Louis;
Somers. of Cleveland, and one other
club Of the major leagues had scouts
or Bancroft'a trail The youngster
also had offers from the st. Louis
and Kansas City Fcderals.
Bancroft will cost the phillies con-
siderable money In players and cash.
Two inhelders ard an Outhelder fig
ure in the transaction, and there is
another deal on that Will bring an
other star inhelder to the club. Ban
by draft. but the New York Giants
had in a draft for Third Baseman
Soros, of the same team, and Me-
Graw was the lucky man IN the draw.
AS only one player can be drafted
from a clue, the Phillies we're forced
20 purchase Bancroft.
Several changes will he made IN
the training plans Of the Phillies next
spring. The team will leave for St
Petersburg, Fla. the latter part OF
February and will remain there UNI
| an a day or so before they are
scheduled 10 meet the Athletics In
this city. A series of five games
will be arranged between the Phillie'
and Mackmen here. and they viii
probably play several practice games
IN the South. the Athletics training
at jacksonville. The Phlllies viii
go by boat from New York, making &
65-hour water trip, the same as The
Athletics made last spring.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
Best of Football On
The Saturday Card

bodies i'll for the invading Quakers.
Nost seemed to have whipped his
team into formidable defense. With
Michigan's line in fine fettIe and AZ
centimetre Maulbetsch at half, Penn
should have her hardest fighting Of
the year
As to the Princeton Harvard con-
test, there is much room for specula-
tion. Pennock and Mahan will be
back at their old places. They should
bolster up any weakness the Crimson
showed Saturday and prove trouble
some to the stiffest defense the
Tigers can show. Princeton promises
10 open up with whirlwind of for
ward, double and triple passes.
Both Washington and Jefferson and
Pittsburgh have been going great
guns this fall. This battle sbould
be one Of the steel against steel
variety.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
MISS SCHOFIELD Wins
The RAMSAY TROPHY

AZ the weekly shoot OF the Ne
mours Trapshooting Club yesterday
afternoon, Miss Amy Schoheld with
her handicap. made high total score,
and was presented with the Ramsay
Medal until the next regular shoot.
Miss Schoheld also won third place
on the Willis Cup.
Miss Hammond made high actual
score for the afternoon by breaking
twenty OF her twenty-five targets.
Mrs. Springer has given season
/ ticket 10 the Philadelphia Orchestra
to be competed for by the members
OF the Nemours Club. beginning with
next Wednesdays shoot.
The governing board has decided
that instead of letting the ticket 60
10 any one person. II would be bet
ter to give four Of the members a
chance to hear the concerts, so the
winner Of the ticket at the shgOt TO
be held next week win use Il for the
performance advertised for Monday.
November 18th. The Wednesday
previous TO the second performance,
the ticket will be shot for again and
the winner will use the ticket Tor
the second performance; the same
way for the third and fourth per-
fOrmanccs.
On spoon days. the same system Of
handicap that is used in the spoon
event will also count on the orches-
ira ticket. and the shooter making
high handicap score for the event
will have her choice of either the
spoon or the ticket, the second high,
the second choice.
Should the orchestra ticket be shot
for on any other day than a spoon
day. handicaps will be based on aver
ages made for the four preceding
shoots.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
DELAWARR READY AGAIN.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK, Nov. 5.-The indications
are that there viii be a record crowd
to attend the football game here next
Saturday between Delaware and the
Catholic University of Washington,
ID. c. The Athletic Council of the
College has invited members of the
Chamber of Commerce of Whining
ton. the Mayor and members Of City
Council of Wilmington. the State
officials and the Mayor and members
of the Newark Town Council to at
tend the game as guests of the Coun-
ell. The Catholic University has
been making a good record this sea-
son among other games playing VII
Ia Nova TO tie. so Delaware will
probably have a hard proposition to
win the contest.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
CHURCH QUOT LEAGUE FORMED.

After three meetings held in Nc
Cabe NJ. +. Church in as many weeks,
final arrangements are about COM
pleted for the new QUOT league to
be known as the Methodist Quot
League, of Wilmington. Rules have
been adopted. schedule made out and
the following officers elected: Presi-
dent, George l.. r. Thompson. of Nc
Cabe Church; secretary, G. B. I'm
derwood, of Epworth Church; treas
urer, William Moore, of Scott Church
The Methodist churches that COM
pose the league are: McCabe, Ep-
worth, Scott, St Paul's. Harrison
street. Mt Salem, Brandywine, with
the possible addition of one more
team this week. Owing 10 one team
dropping out there will be only the
following three games this week: Nc
Cabe vs.. st. Paul's, Mt. Salem vs..
Harrison street Epworth VS.. Scott
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
BY HAL SHERIDAN.

Written for the United Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5-Football's
best Offering for the season will be
produced Saturday. Three big con-
tests are on the card for the end of
the week. Pennsylvania and Michigan
Will stage an intersectional battle at
Ann Arbor: Princeton and Harvard
will open the e-Harvard-P Princeton
triangular argument at Cambridge
as the chief eastern contest, and the
west will see Washington and JET
ferson and Pittsburgh University
clash in the Smoky City.
Unless all signs fail. these three
games should prove the best Of the
year. After a miserable start, Penn
seems TO have worked into the win
ming habit. Michigan. following the
battle of Syracuse. showed a class
against Harvard last Saturday that
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
American League Seems Due
For Another Thrashing in 1915

put the expected dent in proceed
iBgs. They kept themselves in the
fight. but their threats were never
dangerous. Walter Johnson was
ricked with more regularity than
usual, which speaks volumes. Had
Johnson breezed through with as big
a year as he showed for 1913, Wash
ington would have been a dangerous
proposition. Next year the great
speed merchant should swing back
again
Hughey Jennings had yet to whip
his Detroit Tigers into the speed
necessary to carry them TO position
of real contenders since his inhOrsing
after the string of triple victories
What with the humping of butcher
boys and other pastimes of Ty Cobb.
Jennings has difficulty keeping this
handspring of his oflense on the fir
ing line in a manner that would as
sure constant hammering with full
strength. In case of grant
scramble among the four leading
clubs the Tigers should cut big
figure In 1915. however.
The remaining four clubs OF the
Johnson circuit are more or less
colOrless. The White Sox have
cantered along with about the same
gait and the same brand of ball. The
Cleveland Maps broke all records for
ability to sink so deep that there
vas no chance Of any one getting be-
meath them. While long string
Of automobiles stood outside the ball
park. the owners OF the cars rompcd
care-free and spiritless on the field
in tak'tg their daily licking. Tho
ST Louis Browns have revived from
the Browns of a couple Of years back
and carried their fight along with
much gustO for a time, and will offer
scrap on most any old occasion.
The power has been lacking there,
however.
A regular manager must be picked
for the New York Yanks before the
! season opens Roger Peckinpaugh
did the plotting during the latter
/ games of this year after Frank
/ Chance packed his belongings and
/ fed. Some believe Roger may be
given an opportunity to continue his
/ Job during next season. Under
/ present conditions Peck is welcome
/ to the task. The Yanks are burden
/ ed with quantities of material that
would go toward making strong
/ minor league team. and larger
/ quantities of opinions from a
strategy board that doesn't know how
/ 10 "strateg."
They are afflicted with "insids
baseball" of the brand that does moi
appear on the field. but comes from
a source sadly lacking in baseball
brains. One OF the favorite pastimol
in New York is selling the Yanks an,
IL begins TO look as though Ban
Johnson may have to make a house
cleaning about this club as Presi
dent Tener did in ousting certai
pompous person from the Cubs.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
ROCKFORD DEFEATS ST.
AIMS SECONDS.

The Rockford football team took
an exciting game from st. AIMS
Seconds at the water tower on Tues
day, by the score of 10 to 6. The
feature of the game was the all
round playing of Rockford. Fisher
scored the first touch down of the
game by a great run around right
end; Abbott caught the ball on a
tumble and went for 80 yards. Mr..
Thomas acted as time-keeper and
William Maxwell was referee.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
co. GIN SATURDAY GAME.

Owing to Delaware Hardware Com
pany basketball team cancelling on
the Co. c. Reserves. Manager Chad
wickwick has gotten the Diamond
State Fibre Company of Elsmere that
handed the fast Baraca team beating
Wednesday night at New Castle, to
take their place.
Manager Chadwick expects the fol-
lowing players TO report at the armory
promptly at 7.30 o'clock. Saturday
night: Kid Chadwick, Joe Goldstein,
Bonnie Strebbs, Joe Greeley.
Any teams desiring games, vii.
please write TO Manager W. c. Chad
wick, No. 222 Madison street.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
AMERICAN LEAGUE MEET.

bl lIHt LHIItu IIVaa'
CHICAGO. Nov. 5.-American
League bosses were to get together in
annual meeting in the Congress Ho-
tel this afternoon. Presumably terms
of peace or methods of annihilating
the Federal League we're TO be pow
vowed about, though President Ban
Johnson announced that the league
was absolutely Indifferent" toward
the Federals.
Ofcers of the New York High
landers were said to be due for a
march ON the carpet and an oxplana-
ton OF the Frank Chance episode.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
w. c. IT. u. WORK IN JAPAN.

Under the auspices OF the North
End w. c. 7. u. an illustrated address
was given in Grace NJ. K. Church last
night by Miss Ruth Frances Davis.
who has just returned from Japan af-
ter having spent five years in that
country where she has had charge Of
w. c. T. u. work. Miss Davis was in
troduced by Mrs. S. l.. Foster, presi-
dent OF the North End w. c. Il. u.
Miss Davis talked very interestingly
about her work in Japan and with the
aid of stereopticon views. showed
some splendid pictures of Japan. She
explained how one woman had or
ganized 5000 children into L. T. L.
bands in that country II is likely
that Miss Davis will return TO Japan
after the National W. c. r. U. conven-
ton which meets in Atlanta next
week
Evening journal., 1914-11-05

win on Saturday. These men are TO
report for practice again on Friday
night at $50 o'clock. The team Will
leave Front street station Saturday on
the 1927 train and large crowd Is
expected to make the trip.
AS Riverton has won all fve games
played this year. no doubt Saturday
game will be worth while TOR both
teams.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
What Do You Want
TO Know About SpOrf7

Sport Editor, EVENING JOURNAL.
In a game Of basketball one Of the
players gets the ball and takes
shot at tho basket. The ball goes
through. Doesn't the goal count.
even though the referee had called
half up" while the ball was in the
air between the player who had shot
the basket and the basket itself?
A, S.
Yes. II the ball left the players
hands before time was called the
goal counted.
Sport Editor. EVENING JOURNAL:
Are or we're there ever any pro-
fessional paperweights ia this or any
other country? Who were they and
what weight is Il? r.
don't think America ever fea-
tured professional paperweIght cham
pionships. Title bouts at ''flyweighfr
have been held OH and on in Eng.
land. The last English nyweight
champion OF class was Percy Jones.
In this country "paperweightv has
been set at los pounds.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
Before game umpire said 1.-TWO
bases for ball. hit other side "
ropes" Batter hits long fly over
ropes and fielder jumps over ropes
ant catches ball Is batter safe or
not? s.
According to ground rules, bats.
man Is safe.
Sport Editor. EVENING JOURNAL.
Please give the nationality Of Joe
Choynski, the former heavyweight
pugilist? q
lie was born in San Francisco. n
Russian pareniage, ! think.
Sport Editor. EVENING JOURNAL.
CD Kindly let me know address or
George Stallings, manager OF Boston
Braves. 90 DO you think a fellow
with slight limp like Gilbert OF
Braves could secure big league
berth II he had the malSings of n
player? CD Was there ever ANYBODY
In the big leagues who was lameg
j.
CD HaddOck. Ga. (2) II slight,
lame man had Matty's ability rs a
pitcher or ny C0bb'S batting eve, he
, would he signed up quick enough.
never knew Gilbert limped. however
CD George Van Haltren had Sigh
limp the last year or two he was il
the game.
3 Sport Editor. EVENING JOURNAL.
t) Did Tommy Murphy ever fiel
h Mcfarland at San Francisco? {.
= How many rounds? CD Resultg
\, ID. IT,
IN (D Yes. CD Twenty rounds. Il:
Murphy lost.
20 Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
= VIII you please tell me how Rogc
= bresnahan came 10 leave the Giants
q 90 Where did Holman. Shaw an
o Delehanty Of the Brookfeds play II
= 1913? CD Has Hap Myers signed {,
{, play with them in 1915? NJ
(D Got n chance 10 manage tn
, Cardinals. CD I'm 1913 HOfmaI
! played with Pittsburgh Nationals ans
Nashville Of Southern Association
nelehanty with Minneapolis Of
American Association and Shaw Will
Jersey City. CD / don't know.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
CHURCH CONCERT TONIGHT.

The mems chorus of st. Paul's
Methodist Episcopal Church will give
concert this evening in the First
Methodist Protestant Church. Mrs. d.
A. Hay will recite.
Evening journal., 1914-11-05
OLYMPIA no PLAY RIYERTON.

The Olympia football team will go 10
Riverton, n. j., on Saturday to play
their old rivals of many years. Coach
Mitchell has had his men out two
nights this week for practice and
hopes TO have them in good shape to