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Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-19

The Las Vegas chapter of the w
C. T. U. met yesterday afternoon and
elected officers for the coming year
Dr.; Alice H. Rice was the choice for
president. Mrs. A. D. Higgins was
elected vice president; Mrs. Charles
H. Stewart, corresponding secretary,
Mrs. John Shank, treasurer, and Mrs
s. e. Booth, recording secretary.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-19

South Michigan league fans claim
that the Chicago White Sox have cop
ped the class of the league in Out
fielder Coombs of the Bay City team.
Cocmbs has been hitting over the .S75
mark all season.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-19

mediately sprang TO his assistance.
Barring all delays on the voyage TO
this country Father Rabeyrolle prob
ably will arrive in Las Vegas about
September Is. He is pastor of the
Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-19

The poor showing of the Cleveland
Maps doesn't seem to affect the fine
batting OF Joe jackson. The great
siugger continues to lead the Ameri-
can league batsmen.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-19

Batteries Hamilton, James and
Leary. Agnew; Engle. Shaw and Ain
smith
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-19

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Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-19

Batteries: Marquard, Fromme and
Mclean; Adams and Coleman.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-19


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Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-19

Batteries: Alexander and Killifer;
Perritt and Snyder.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-08-19
Western League

Batteries: Ritchie, Klein, Wood
burn and Murphy; Lakaff, Mogridge
and Haley.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28

9Th inning-Bailey hoisted to left;
CTamer got life on an error but
hit into a doule play.
Richards got a one base blow to
left; Prue's hit went through Cravot
but White backed him up and made
a neat play, getting his man; Brou-
lette walloped the ball for what look
ed like sure triple, but Cramer,pul-
led down the ball after a hard run,
and Richards was easily doubled.
9th inning-St. Pierre ane Samson
were thrown out by Montgomery;
Steve W as safe on Richards error;
he stole End and went to 3rd on the
catcher's bum chuck; White gave
Moulton a chance which he accepted.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28

7th inning-Danforth grounded to
grounded to LIST and Cravot was out
Lacrosse to Richards; Bailey singled
and stole end came home on Brou-
lette's error of Cramer's fly. Morse
flew out.
An argument of some length took
place when Lacasee batted out of or
der but his jumps" was evidently a
bit rusty on the rules as he let him
remain on End which he had reached
when Steve threw his bunt wild; but
d lie frightened and caused the next
two men retire easily and Lacasse
was doubled at the plate.
9Th inning-St.P Pierre scored on
Stevens double after the LIST base
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28

the first ball pitched for safety;
Stevens popped to short; White flied
to short centre, Lacrosse making a
swell catch; Joe wandered off LIST and
was caught on a snap throw by Mos
sa.
Montgomery and Darby bott hit
weakly to Morse who threw them
out; Mossa hit savagely to right but
Cramer was playikg him right and
made a nice catch.
End inning-Danforth was the first
strikeout victim; Cravot lept him
company and Bailey popped to La
casse for the third out,
Kennison and Moulton both swung
hard but only pnnctured the ozone;
Lacasse was to short for Hold" and
was honored with the only walk of
the game and went to second when
Cravot slipped up on Richards hard
drive; Bailey and Danforth came to-
gether on Prue's fly but Ray held to
the ball.
Bird inning-Kramer whitfield, Dale
flew out to right; Samson dribbled to
Kennison,
Two hard chances by Broulette ar
Montgomery were taken care of by
Cravot; Darby whitfield.
4th inning-St. Pierre grounded
out by the way Of End: Steve hit q
terrific foul into the crowd render
ing spectator unconscious; the in
cident so unnerved him he grounded
out to first; White singled to left and
made third by nice slide when Dan.
forth hit sharply to centre; Cravot
had a chace to be hero, but refused
and gave the pitcher an easy tnance
Mossa skied to White; Kennison
made the first safety for Derby Line
and Immediately stole and kept on tC
srd when Steve threw wild; Moultor
popped to the pitcher; Lacasse triec
Ito pull off some inside stuff by bunt
| ing with 2 strikes on him, but hi'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28

Totals 81 2 5 *26 13
+ Lacasse out, hunted 3rd strike.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28
OUT
derby BEFORE
Big CROWD

Before a crowd of ever 5000 at
the Old Home week celebration in
Coaticooke. Thursday August %, Is
and Pond defeated Derby Line
hereby pulling down the winners
end of 500 purse.
The game was abundsnt with ac-
ton, sparkling plays by both sides,
and tense situations, kept the large
crowd in a fcrvor of excitement
throughout the contest. 1t was gen
orally agreed one of the best games
ever staged in the Eastern Town
ships
The game was q pitchers battle
from start to finish, but 7 hits being
made off the two beavers. Morse,
who twiried for the locals, was at his
lest and let the opponents down with
2 measly hits. Hing class support
was accorded both picthers.
LIST inning-St. Diorre punched the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28
FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914
Locals

Dir and Mrs Dan Stern and their
guests, Mrs S. Stern and daughter
and Mrs D. Brandenstein motored to
Montpelier, Burlington and Lake
Champlainreso last week. Tney
also visited the Balsams Sunday.
At the Republican town meeting
held Thursday, H.B. Amey and c. R
Powell were elected delegates to the
state and district conventions.
Dan and Mrs Stern are in New
York doing their fall buying.
A. w. Bosworth is having necces-
sary fixtures and repairs made on the
Bishop house, preparatory to occu-
pancy.
C. E. Willoughby Of Lyndonville
motoled over Sunday,
Chas. Later of Colebrook was an
automobile visitor Sunday.
Fred Boyce and family are camping
at Seymour Lake.
E. J, Bagley is on his annual vaca-
ton,
Hazel Stott, Epith Osborne, Mable
and Dorothy LaRoche are working at
DiXville Notch.
Mrs Frank Thurston of Washing
ton is VISITING her sister, Mrs S. A.
Lindfay.
D. A. Boardway is enjoying a va
cation.
MIR and Mrs NJ. White of Montreal
and Mr. and Mrs J. e. White of Mon
treal are visiting friends in town.
There will be a Union service in
the Methodist church next Sunday
Mrs Ed Dickson successfully un-
derwent an operation at the Royal
Victoria Hospital, Montreal last Fri
day and is resting comfortably.
Geo. Cole has new twin Indian
motorcycle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28
CitrOlax
CT trO la X
CITROLAX

It's laxative, s.of course-name
tells you that. And the incest hot
weather sdrink : you ever tasted
Flushes thoroughly, and pleasantly
too. F. G. Crysler, Syracuse,ssN. Y,
says:-sHave used laxatives for Is
years but this Citrolax has got every
thing else beat a mile. You twill
agree with him. Specially nice for
children and delicate persons. Sweet
ems ia ssour bilious stomach very
quickly and stops headache. For
sale by John w. Thurston. adv
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28
ADVERTISING RATES

TRANSIENT ADs-25 to so cents per
single column inch. Special rates on
year round and large advertisements.
DISPLAY ADS Is cents per inch for
advertisements running 3 months or
nver.
CARD OF THANKS cents for one
insertion.
REsoLUTI0Ns-$l.OO for one inser-
ton.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS One half
inch, $500. One inch. $500.
READING NOTICES-10 cents per
inch each insertion.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28

Totals 80 0 2 81 IA 4
Island Pond 0 OF 300 l o.
Derby Line 0 90 0 0 o 0 0 90
2 base nit-Stevens; Base on balls
off Morse l; Struck out by Morse 5
Kennison 5; Left on bases, Island P.
5, Derby Line 4; Umpire-Robinson.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-08-28

man had messed his grounder. Steve
was caught between bases when Jas.
bit to short; Danforth was robbed Of
a hit by Paquette. Two infield taps
and a strikeout took care of Derby.
18th inning-Both teams went out
in |, 2, 3 order. The score:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Bv "Chick " Evans.

~ Me of the oldest golfers In the
United States, although a com
paratvely young man in point
OF years. is Charles r. Cory, of the
Field Columbian Museum of Chicago.
Mr.. Cory was not only one of the
first men 10 play golf I'm this country.
but he was one Of the few who played
IL exceptionally we'll and a host OF
trophies bears abundant testimony 70
that fact
ANY golfer interested In the early
history Of golf In America would End
great entertainment in "A golf CONVEX
sation with Mr. Cory. The only trou-
BILE would be the difficulty OF draw
ing him out, for Mr.. Cory is q very
modest man, and q great deal of the
early golf was history Of his victo-
ries
once when ! was looking over his
~ collection of trophies I asked him
which one he priced the most, and he
pointed to "A large. beautiful silver
cup with horn handles II was in
scrihed: winner United North and
South Championship. 1902 In a tour
nament a the Nassau Country club
IN the gutta percha days he led the
ttll Win ~ ~ NNt Epbu lhTu
hall score Among the players were
Travis. Travers, Charley Seley. A. q.
Lockwood and John NJ Ward
In 1899 AIR Cory won the Arizona
championship and he iol<ingly refers
10 II as the competition he won from
nine cowboys and six lunEers.'
OVER decade ago an oxford and
~ Cambridge team of golfers toured
this country, and MIR. Cory played on
every Eastern team that opposed
them This fact shows his golf stand =
ing in those days. Furthermore. he
was the only man in the country to
defeat Beveridgc. of the British team.
and this defeat was administered at
ESwanok. At Manchester. VI. where
the National Amateur championship
will be played this year
Mr.. Cory also beat Nardon's record
a Miami Fla. and won the Florida
championship and the Massachusetts
state championship for four conSecu-
tive years. Mr. Cory, IL may be men
toned being a native Of that State.
Golf was not the only sport in
which he eXcelled i'm those days, lie
was the Harvard University billiard
champion for four years. and held the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05

Boxing fans are now anXiously await.
ing the date of the Willie Richie Ad
Wolgast bout, scheduled to take place
in Milwaukee March 10 This will be
their first meeting since Ad lost the IL
tie to the present champion in sixteen
rounds on a foul November 2S, 1912.
Although Richie and Wolgast are
billed 10 go but ten rounds there should
be enough action to satisfy the most
tearing In fighters and he is bound to
keep Willie busy at all times.
A bout that is creating quite a bit OF
local attention is the ten-round affair at
Chattanooga Friday night between I'd
die Smith, the Eastern lightweight. and
Jake Abel. This will be Jake's first night
In nearly a year, and if he beats Smith
he viii he in line for some good matches
Mike Saul is making quite a hit ref!
ereeing local bouts. The battlers around
here know that Mike won't stand for
any stalling. and as a result the boxers
are forced to keep busy.
Meyer Prizes, the local featherV eight
is in Columbus, Ga. getting himself IN
shape for busy ring campaign. Meyer
writes that he will be back here inside
Of two weeks ready to take on Kid
Young for neat side bet.
Kid McRae and Peck Harrison, two
Atlanta boys, are anxious to get on
around these parts. McRae is after
bout with either Kid Williams or Bat
Ting Sheppard. while Harrison wants to
meet Kid York, the handsome feather
weight
Jimmy Grant will start light road
work to-day so as to keep his wind in
good shane JimmVs injured hand
should he in shape by the latter part OF
this month.
Chattanooga matchmakers made a bad
move when they matched Eddie Murphy,
a local boy, TO meet Knockout Eggers.
Murphy has been stopped by Kid Brown
and Joe Superior in a couple of rounds
and is nothing more than a setup for
the Fastener. Matches OF this kind are
a big harm to the boxing game.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Dixie Walker Back
With New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, March 5.-Pitch-
err Dixie" Walker was returned to
the New orleans club yesterday by
Cleveland, the proper waivers having
been secured. Manager Johnny Dobbs
was highly elated over the acquisi-
ton Walker showed a world of
speed and promise here last season.
In 1912 he was a bear in the Appala-
chan League winning seventeen and
losing eleven
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05

4 ~ AT Iecn everybody is pretty
well satisfied with what the
basketball boys accomplished
during the season just closed
Putting team in the field last
year. for the first time in years, they
found the shedding rather slow. But
at that they won a quarter Of their
games, and ran their opponents a
close race in all the remainder save
one.
This being the second year of the
game at the Crystal Palace some i'm
provement was naturally hoped for.
Still, this hope was based upon a
rather wabbly foundation, for it was
early noted that but one of last
years regulars was back in college,
and that some of the best substitutes
had also departed Stock went even
lower when it was learned that Cap
tain Bradley. the sole veteran,
would be unable to play this year.
Thus it became apparent that the
entire team would have to be made
up of new men
The gloomy outlook was rendered
the more dismal by consideration
of the fact that most of the teams
Tech would start playing in Febru-
AIRY had already played a number Of
games at least This was the case
with the very strong Vanderbilt
team. the first opponent on Tech s
schedule. Lack OF experience against
a hard opponent, and the natural
nervousness OF first game. cost the
Yellow Jackets this game, hut only
by a close score and after a hard
fight
Most Of the games came in pairs
and the Freshman team soon found
IL was no snap to play as well on
the second night after hard game
just the evening before. They found
it particularly trying TO win from
three opponents in four nights, new
ertheless they did it,
Perhaps the best piece of work
turned out by the Jackets was in the
last game of the season-that
against the very strong Georgia
five. When it is remembered that
absolutely every man of the seven
that Tech used that night is in his
uISt year az SollSSt, lHdt tueN leu
the Red and Black until the last FIVE
minutes of the game, and that they
finally lost by but four points. it is
not difficult to understand why Tech
men are so well satisfied with the
showing Of their Freshman team
They won a majority of their games,
though more than half of them were
played away from home. Not so
bad.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Andy Mcconnell and
Ham Reynolds Join
Crackers at Poncy

Two more OF Bill Smiths candidates
arrived in the city to-day. They are
Andy Mcconnell, fleet little second
baseman, and Ham Reynolds, catch
er. Andy came from Utica, y. Y.
while Ham blew in from Lake City,
Fla.
condition. Reynolds, however, is suf-
fering from a badly jammed finger.
which was injured in a work out at
his home last week 1t will be fully
ten days before he will be able to get
into a "scrimmage."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05

N}YNEWS
ktA q ~ d
4NOTES

Hugh Jennings, OF the Tigers. isn't
worrying about Sam Crawford and the
Federals, Crawford and Cobb win join
their comrades in New Orleans about
March 10, no says.
Frank Chance, Yankee leader, has
safnered enough pep to let some other
managers know that he intends to hoise
me Nanks from the lowly position that
! lrnhey maintained the previous season.
mere are others.
:. a Boston scribe scribbes: Wouldn't
II he great joke il the two Boston
teams fought ii out for the world
championship It sure would.
Two veteran gardeners. Harry Wolter
ana Birdie Cree, will he missed from the
New York Yankees lineup this season.
Nolter goes to Los Angeles and Cree
mas been released TO Baltimore
George stovau manager of the kan
sas CitN team of the Federal League
SAYS ne has bunch Of ball tossers that
WIN prove one Of the strongest in the
new league.
=, George Hogriever. who taught Jake
beckley how to hold a bal In the late
thlrtieS or early forties, has been APP
pointed an umpire I'm the Wjsconsin-n-
liuois League,
close race will ensue when the
steamer docks i'm Cav Gotham vim
the worlds tourists aboard President
j -. iannu, Of the Boston Red SoX.
VIII Kick up the dust In beating other
magnates in securing the signature OF
IRIS Speaker, who Is, as vet, unsigned.
Would it be better for George WHtse.
Giant tlinger, Ia stay I'm the antipodes.
More personal attention has been paid
NlltSe than any other member of the
tourists That's some tribute. il il re-
mtes to ne game he plays or person,
Changing his baseball affiliations is
ABOUT the best thing "CoZN" po,an now
with the Cardinals, does these days
AFTER short sojourn with the Yankees
ne was shipped to the Rochester team.
Of the International League, thence TO
me, Phillies, Pirates. and at present
with the Cards,
THAT must have been grand little
piece OF news TO Ty Cobb when ne read
about Connie Mack saying he wouldn't
give the price Of a nigh beer for the
georgia party But il might be said in
cidenlall> that Cohbs opinion of Nc
NlllcudGy as a manager has dwindled
percepublN here Of late
The Federal League has cost organ
lzed ball $1,000, 600 already. which sus-
tains Ban johnson's contention that the
outlaws are a Joke.
President SomorS, OF the Cleveland
baseball club, stated To-day that he is
prepared To engage the best attor-
news IN the country and fight the Fed
erals from again getting Pitcher Bland
Ing who jumped to the Federals and
then jumped back To the Maps again.
Manager George Stallngs has prom
iseo 10 try out Catcher Fred r. TYLER
The Young hackstop is a brother of
Pitcher Lefty Tyler OF the Braves.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Evers Reports to
Stallings' Outfit

MACON. March 5.-Johnny Evers ar
rived here to-day. Dressed in a Chi
cago uniform he appeared on the dia-
mond a few minutes after his arrival
and was in action with the Boston Ma
tionals' players.
The Cubans, Luque, Villazor and Con
zales, also Joined stallings' club to-day.
as also did Pitcher Hogg
Evers wouldn't discuss Murphy ex-
cept to say that I'm through with
Murphy"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Outlaws Fail to
Land Ray Collins

HOT SPRINGS. ARK. March g.
Bill Bradley and Jim Smith. after an
unsuccessful attempt to sign Ray Col
Inns for the Federals. left for St.
Louis last night
Owing TO heavy rain yesterday.
the Red SoX players had little to do
but talk things over.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Scientist Is a Mighty Golfer
Veteran Owner of Many Trophies

New England billiard championship
for II very long time. He Is also u
mighty hunter OF all sorts of game
and the crocodile leather seats of his
dining room chairs are the result OF
one hunting expedition. Truly he is
an all-arouud sportsman, and some of
his talent liz descending TO his son
Charles, a freshman in the Chicago
University who won the hurdles
championship in that institution last
year.
A GOOD many years ago Mr. Cory
"A owned .000-acrc island off the
coast of Massachusetts, ON this is
land "A golf course was constructed
and I have heard that it more nearly
resembled a British seaside links than
anything we have ever had in this
country.
II consists OF eighteen scientifically
laid out holes, and the "old timers
have many tales to tell Of it. 1t was
called the Great Island Golf Course,
and there was a beautiful clubhouse,
said to have cost 100000; the course
was well suited to Mr. Travis game,
and he played there very often.
on one OF the holes Nipcr Campbell
made while practicing one. ana a
little later, stin practiciug, two twos,
Naturally he proclaimed the hole a
cinch. but when he played IL in the
next tournament II cost him ten
strokes, Mr.. Cory's island slipped
from his grasp in tho panic Of 1901
and in tragic consequence the beauti-
full golf course became waste land.
This article would not be complete
without mention Of his golf inven
tons The Cory golf net most inge-
niouslv obviates one Of the great. ST
objections to indoor golf-that is. the
heas silly necessity Of going to the net
for ones ball
MIR. Cory's invention deftly returns
il to the golfer after 1t has been play
ed II Is being used now at the golf
school but lack of space hardly shows
its merits to the best advantage,
1t is only after one has chased a
few balls that he recognizes the great
advantage Of the Cory nets. The Cory
putting disc is a very necessary ad-
dition To the indoor golfers outfit.
am not sure that this ends the list
Of Mir Cory's inventions, but they
are the ones with which | am very
familiar ! have only hoped TO give
my readers glimpse of one of the
hest all-around sportsmen IN the
country
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-05
Baseball
Squad Cut
to Fifty.

yond wondering when they were go
ing To be able to get out on the field
again. \ few cuts were made, how
ever which brings the herd down
to about so.
A peculiar point about the base.
ball situation is that there are four
men on the squad who started life
as infielders. but who made their
letter at Tech as outhelders. These
are Captain Pound, McLin, Wooten
and Tyler Montague. For one reason
and another | showed them. at one
time or another all into the outer
gardens. where they we're all good
enough to stick. And It now occurs
10 me that If | find myself running
short on inield material this spring
7 could null in any or all of these
men to the inheld and all up on the
outskirts with suburbans, of whom
there seem to be plenty This is not
10 say. however that there are no
good new infelders showing up. On
the contrary. there are several
Among them are Casey, of Chatta.