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New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
America's Greatest Humorist.
(Richmond Times-Dispatch. )

When the New York Sun started a contest to settle who is the greatest American humorist, 1t submitted the issue to a jury of humorists and al- legged humorists, Replies were re- ceived from George Ade, Ellis Parker Butler, Irwin s. Cobb, Sewen Ford, Edward s. Martin, Walt Mason, Tom Mason, S. A. Waldron, Carolyn Wells, C. B. Lewis (M. Quad), and T. Ken drick Bangs.
 The verdict is for George Ade and Finley Peter Dunne, running even. and Harry Leon Wilson, Booth Tark- igton, Irwin s. Cobb, George Fitch. Mark Twain and Oliver Herford, one vote each If dead ones were considered, what sort of jury could overlook Artemus Ward and Bob Burdette and others of their day?
 Of course, the old gag" as to the difference between humor and wit was considered, as it always will be when such a question comes up. But does the verdict decide the question 1t should not. It Is by interested indi- viduals, and while each is properly in the class considered, and competent to judge of others, not one who gave en opinion could or would have put himself in the contest.
 If there is to be any decision in such a case, it should be given by in triligent readers, who are not in the profession and it may well be doubted if they would settle the question. What is humor or wit to one is agony to another. There are different de- grees of these gifts, as there is glory among the stars. The question can- not be correctly considered in the co ncrete.
 With due respect to the two who are tied in the contest, Ade and Dunne, there is as much difference between their conception of humor and the way of expressing 1t as there was distance between the thirsty rich man in hades and the poor man who had a place in Abraham's bosom.
 Some of the jury in this case must have felt themselves very much out of place when they were asked to serve.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09

Shore then went sky high, walked
 Paskert and filled the bases. Cravath's
 slow inheld tap passed from Scott to
 Hobby, but Stock scored And a mo-
 ment later a short, fuzzy tap in front
 of the plate eluded Shore, yielding
 Luderus a hit and Bancroft the third
 Philly run
 Where the Red Sox Failed. You can call this fate, hard luck or what you will; but here were three
 chances to break up Philadelphia ral-
 lies and oh oke down runs which Bos-
 ton failed to take. Those lucky, slow
 twisting, dinky infield taps did their
 share of it, but they would never have scored a run if the Red SoX had
 played jam up baseball, the sort they
 have usually played in the big games
 of the year.
 Philadelphia won through the greater steadipess of Alexander, plus
 the mental lapses of the Boston club Yet the Red SoX have upon the aver age quick thinking club, one of
 the quickest in the game. But Tn this first test they were found wanting at too many places along the highway to expect any triumph The Phillies backed up Alexander well, with Paskert starring, put they were helpless before that sailing shoot of Shore, as only one of their five hits was pumped beyond the soggy | infeld. The other four were scratchy enough to strike matches with, but Boston's laggard thinking made them as valuable as line drives to unguard- ed spots. The bulk of their offence came from the Red Sox, who blund- ! cred at the wrong time to beat man like Alexander.
 On the form of the first game the 1 Red Sox showed the strongS. attack and defence, led by the brilliant Bar 1 ry, physically as good as the Phillies. But Alexander failed to weaken when crowded closely-and Shore did. And 1 the Phillies made no mental slips and the Red Sox did. And this is quite sufficient to tell the story pr l spin the yarn of the first big battle. The game was played upon a slow 1 heavy field, but beneath a cloudless 1 sky and before a crowd which filled, 1 if it did not jam, the given space. l The battle today should furnish an even better line on the possibili-
 ties and probabilities of the two con- ! tenders.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09

Mckinley, the final impeIls coming when young Scott failed to cover sec ond in the eighth on Barry's miracu- lous stop well back of the bag. But this comes in for latter mention.
 Four vital factors were introduced as appertaining to the Red Sox de- feat. The case of the f1rst-Alex- ander-has been proved.
 One of the Vital Factors.
 The second developed in the first round before big Alex had hit his stride. Harry Hooper opened the jubi- lee with a safe smash, and Scott sacrificed. Speaker drew 8 pass, and Hoblitizel forced him at second. This combination left Hooper on third. with Hobby at first, two out and Duff fly Lewis up.
 Now, Duffy Lewis happens to be the most dangerous individual batting factor of the campaign. He has the punch in the pinch as we'll as any | man in baseball. Alexander was up against a rugged proposition when l Hoblitzel came to his aid by strolling too far off first, being easily shot down on a fast peg to Luderus. This 1 play broke up one of Boston's best
 chances to get away on the jump.
 The third vital factor cropped out
 is the fourth round. when Paskert singled to right. Cravath followed | with sacrifice to Shore, a fairly
 sharp tap that found Paskert off to
 a slow start over the muddy towpath.
 Shore, handling the sacrifice, had 1 twenty-seven minutes, or a bit less
 to nail Paskert at second. The Philly ! 6nr~ e,ti nrIe haven, but Shore, after hesitating
 threw to first, and thereby helped tc 1 produce the first run. For an infield
 tap by Luderus showed Dode on to
 third and Whitted's slow infield grounder went for timely hit and l did the rest.
 The fourth and deciding factor
 knew birth in the eighth round, just after Speakers pass and Lewis's single had tied the count. The Phillies were at bat, with Shore still pitching grand ball. After Alexander had passed out l Stock walked. Bancroft then followed
 with a clean, sharp pab toward cen. l ter field. Barry started for ball and l young Scott apparently started toward | center field to help the relay back l in. Then, to his amazement, he saw l that Barry was about to make an i'm. l possible play, and instead of whirlins l in toward second, stood as fixed a!
 the pyramids while Barry snagged the ball with one hand far back of sec. ] ond and turned with no one there tt | take the throw.
 l If Scott had covered Barry's grea'
 play, the climax of great day for the | ex-Mack, would have forced Stock al | second and cracked the rally. But thi: l fourth mental Boston lapse was -oc much for Shore and fate to stand
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
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FOOTBALL GAMES TO-DAY

Harvard vs CarlisIe at Cambridge. Yale vs. Lehigh at New Haven. Priceton vs. Syracuse at Princeton. Dartmouth vs. Tufts at Hanover. Pennsylvania vs. Penn State at phil- adelphia. Cornell vs. Williams at Ithaca. Holy Cross vs Springfield at wor- cester.
 Georgetown vs. Pennsylvania Mili- tary college at Washington.
 New York university vs. Hamilton at New York.
 Trinity vs. Bates at Hartford. ~ Union vs. Fordham at Schenectady, Notre Dame vs. Haskell at Notre Dame.
 University of Rochester vs. Colgate at Rochester.
 Ursinus vs. Villanova at Collegeviilo. Vanderbilt vs. Georgetown (xy.) at Nashville.
 Washington and Jefferson vs Ln.sg- ette at Washington, Penn.
 Wesleyan vs. Norwich at MiddieA town.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
IT'S SURE SOME JOB
 TO BEAT TY COBB
Georgian For Eighth Time Leads
 American League in Batting

Chicago, Oct. 9.-For the eighth time in his career Ty Cobb is cham pion batter of the American league according to averages published here today. Beginning in 1907, the Detroit player has led the hitters in every season except in 1908 when the of ficial scores gave Criss of St. Louis the palm, he having batted .341 in GA games to Cobb's 1924 in 15O.
 Today Cobb's average for the sea son just ended is .369. In stolen bases the Georgian has set new league record at 97 for the season. The old mark of the American league was SS credited to Milan of Washing ton in 1912.
 In runs scored Cobb is ahead of all with IA and leads in total bases with 271
 Those following Cobb in batting, which have played in at least half the games are:
 E. Collins, Chicago .S33; Fournier, CnlcagO .3Z3, speaker, bOSloIl .o1o McInnis, Philadelphia .314.
 Robbie Roth, Cleveland, led the league in circuit drives, with seven. Detroit led in club batting with .265; Chicago was second with .261, and Boston .260 was third.
 Larry Doyle of New York is the Nationals champion with an average of .315; Cravath, Philadelphia, led in runs scored, with SS; in total bases with 26S and in home runs with A. one below the big league record set by Buck Freeman of Washington in 1899. Manager Herzog was the lead ing base stealer, with 34.
 Following Doyle, the leading bat ters were: Luderus, Philadelphia .313; Griffith. Cincinnati .307; Daubert, Brooklyn BOA; Hinchman, Pittsburg, 1904.
 Cincinnati led in club batting with 254; St. Louis finished second with
 253 while Philadelphia, Brooklyn and New York were tied for third with PAS.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
RED MEN Vs. PIONEERS.
South End Boys Out to Redeem
 Themselves for Defeat.

All roads lead to the Ellis street grounds Sunday where the Pioneers and Red Men will meet in the second game of the series as the Red Men won the first game it has made the rivalry greater and the baseball fans will turn out in large numbers to witness the results of the second game. The Pioneers are somewhat disappointed in the results of the first game and are sure they will turn on the Red Skins. Obery, Blanchard, Peterson and Borg will work for the Red Men while Johnson, Winkler and Noonan will shine for the Pioneers. Game called at 3 o'clock sharp. Um- pire Rosanna.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
";O(SS 9!SHz !?;!:! J!

Alexander, for 1915, has been so frequently compared to Mathewson Of 1905 that it might be tinged with touch of interest to retell the story Of the great Mathewsonian year, end ing in the greatest pitching achieve ment ever put forward upon the field.
 Matty in 1905.
 Mathewson that year won thirty enc games and lost nine. Alexander, according to the unofficial average this season, has won thirty-one games and lost ten. This shows how evenly the two have travelled through cam paigns ten years apart.
 But main interest, after all, comes in a study of the three world series games that Matty pitched.
 His first contest was against the Athletics in Philadelphia on October 3. ten years ago to the day.
 In that contest he was called upon to face such batsmen as Topsy Hart sel, Frisco Lord, Harry Davis, Lave and Monte Cross, Socks Seybold, Danny Murphy and Ossie Schreck- certainly not the weakest batting club that ever caressed an inshoot or bom-
 
 In that first battle he beat Plank by a score of to and held the Mackmen to four scattered hits, se- cured by Haftsel, Davis, Murphy and Schreck. He failed to give base on balls or hit a batsman-as close to perfect pitching as one would want
 His Second Start
 After Bender had beaten Joe Me- Ginnity at to 0, Mathewson again stepped out against the Mackmen on October 12, three days later. In this contest he beat Andy Coakley %, and again held the Philadelphia line up to four hits, secured by Harry Davis, Lave Cross, Monte Cross and Socks Seybold. In this game he gave one base on balls.
 In his third start, October 14, in New York, he beat Chief Bender at ? to O., allowing six hits, and again failing to yield pass. Hartsel in this last game was the only Mackman who got as many as two hits off Matty in one battle.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
HANNA ARRANGES
 AN ALL STAR CARD
Walter Mohr and Johnny Marto tQ Meet Here October 2e-Rocco-
 Waltz May Be Matched.

One more effort will be made to place boxing in this city back on the basis where it belongs, when Manager W. w. Hanna will stage an exhibition in the armory on October 26, when Walter Mohr and Johnny Marto will clash in the star boul for twelve rounds at 136 pounds. Both scrap pers enjoy A-No. 1 records. Mohr hav- ing having defeated such men as GllA bert Gallant, Sam Robideau and had two draws with Leach Cross to his credit. Those from this city who saw him fight Cross in Waterbury a year ago speak of his ability in the high est of terms. He is a youngster whn, fight from bell to bell. and the fans will be satisfied with his work. there being no question Of that.
 Marto for a number of years was rated as one of, the best boys in and around the metropolis. Always in de- mand by promoters, he was one of the busiest fighters in the country. His record stamps him as a boy who gives the audience a battle that will satisfy them. s... 4
 The management is making an att tempt to bring together Sammy Waltz and Joe Rocco for twelve rounds to decide the question of supremacy that exists between them. This will be a bout that should pack the armory from door to door. In Hartford Waltz is looked upon as unbeatable, and in this city Rocco is one of the best liked boys who ever drew on a padded mfH The bout has not been closed as yet. but the management is hopeful that the managers of both fighters can be brought together to a satisfactory agreement.
 The usual curtain raiser will pre- cede the star bouts.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
BREsNAHAN's INJURY SERIOUS.

Chicago, Oct. 9.-Roger Bresnahan manager of the Chicago Nationals, probably will be unable to play in any of the remaining games in the series for the city baseball championship, it became known yesterday. Bresnahan was seriously spiked in the left foot on Wednesday and the injury caused him such pain that physicians advised him not to resume playing
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
The Three Games.

So Matty not only pitched three shut-outs within five days against club that had finished second in bat ting in the American league. In ad- dition, in the three games he held the Mackmen to fourteen hits, an average slightly under five hits to game, and in the three games he gave out but one pass, testimony to his remarkable steadiness and control.
 There isn't any question but that if Philadelphia had won McGinnity's game Mathewson would have been ready to work the final game of the series with as much stuff as he started with. For he says that his arm felt ss strong at the finish as it did at the start and that at no time through the series of three shut-outs in five days did he feel stale or overworked.
 Hard Target.
 This 1905 mark of Mathewson's Is a hard target to shoot at. When a man against the big test pitches shut out ball at every start about the best way a rival can do Is to negotiate a draw.
 In that series Mathewson showed plainly enough that pitcher or the Alexandrian type can work four games in seven days-or will 1t be four games in eight days with a Sum- day intervening. Mathewson worked three games in five days from October to IA. He was as strong and as fresh in the third start as in the first. It would have been easy enough for him to have rested during the sixth battle and then come back for the seventh. He might not have pitched a fourth shut-out. But he would al- most certainly have won his game. as his mastery over the Mackian slug gers was absolute. Judging from this Mathewsonian standard, it would be 1 easy enough for Alexander to pitch | the first, third, fifth and seventh 1 genes, if the series goes that far. For Alexander is like Mathewson then ! was in many ways-about the same build physically, about the same age, with about the same amount of re- eerve strength.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
TROTTER TO BE RETIRED.

Lexington. Ky, Oct. 9.-W. F. D. Stokes, owner of Peter Volo, two, three, and four year old champion trotter, has notified Trainer T. w.. Murphy that he intends to retire the horse at the close of the Grand Cir cult meeting here. Peter Volo will be taken to Patchen Wilkes Farm and be retired with Peter the Great
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
ALLEGED BowLERs BEATEN.

Landers Bowlcrs Who Wanted IT
 Chance to Do Things, Get It.
 The Landers Printing Room Bowl ing team, who wanted to take a fall out of the Herald Stars. ran up against a snag in the R. & E., team last night. The Landers enth husinsts took the first string with a burst of speed on the part of Nelson but in the second R. & E. brought up thdFx heavy artillery fin the form of "JuEn- bo" Nyack, who proved to be Erv- support needed by his team.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
NEW MEN IN HARVARD LINE.

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 9.-Coach Haughton planned to send several new men into the Harvard lineup for the football game against the Car lisle Indians today A hard game was anticipated.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
GAME POSTPONED.

Hartford, Conn.,, Oct. 9.-The game between the Yankees and the Giants which was to have been played here yesterday was postponed. It will probably be played Tuesday.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09

Philadelphia, Oct. 9.-Who will be the hero of the worlds series? This question is now being asked by the fans. Although the fans have their favorites the majority of them pick Iris Speaker of the Boston Red Sox and Gavvy Cravath of the Phillies.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09

Speaker is the greatest outfielder in the game. He plays the outt1eld like an infielder. He is also some batter and base runner. Next to Ty Cobb'
 he is the greatest player in the game
 today. Cravath is the leading heavy hitter of the Phillies. He lea ms
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09

league in home runs with twenty -four to his credit. This is the greatest mark since the days of Buck Free man. Philadelphia fans believe he will pull off the same stunts as Home Run Baker did against the New York Giants a few seasons back.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-09
AMERICANS WIN ANOTHER.
Cubs Pitchers Weaken and Sox Profit By It-Fabcr in Fine Form.

Chicago, Oct. 9.-The White Sox yesterday won the third game of the series for the city championship from their National league rivals, the Cubs, 5 to 2. The series now stands ? to 1 in the American leagues favor.
 The game was a pitching duel be- tween Faber and Pierce, in which the latter weakened in the eighth and the Americans won the game. Score by innings:
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-22
INFORM THE EDITOR.

One of the most difficult Of the edi-
tors jobs is to get facts about births,
marriages, deaths, etc. People seem
to think he ought to know these things
by intuition. Or perhaps a birth, mar
rage, or death is of such Importance
to the immediate family that it is pre-
,sumed the editor will be Informed by
,some wireless or just grow into the in
formation. Then when the paper
comes out and no mention is made of
the event, the editor is blamed for not
running a good newspaper and getting
all the news. Remember, there are
many people In this county. If the
editor knew each OF them by name,
besides their family history and the
chief events in the lives of every indi-
;yfdua1, he wouldn't be an editor. He'd
be a superior being, resting his feet
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-22
CORN AND BLACKBERRY CROPS
CDayte Record.)

The editor spent a couple of days
last week out among the farmers of
the county, the best people in the world
and the people who feed us all. The
prospect for a bumper corn crop is
the best we have seen for many years,
and If refreshing showers visit us but
few of our people will be buying corn
next spring, The farmers are busy
laying by their corn and threshfng
wheat and oats. We were favorably
impressed with the blackberry crop
also. The berries are large and juicy,
and are mighty sweet. Last year they
were small and bitter and the crop
was slim besides. The man who lives
in the country is fortunate indeed, for
he is living close to. nature and ma
lures heart. Most of our farmers are
living ven and making money, and
while the man who works in the shop
is living on short rations and striving
to keep the wolf from the door, the
farmer has plenty and to spare. God
bless the farmer We are all depend
ing on him.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-07-22

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coming from. The life of the averags
newspaper mar isn't always a gay one
Gathering news may be second nature
to him, like picking his teeth with
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but there's a limit to his ouniscienee
/ We are anxious to have the news fa
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word OF happenings at your house
Then If the item doesn't get in the pa
/ per, you have a. right to come down
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| Otherwise, don't blame us.--Old FoS'
Sentinel.