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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-16

KANSAS CITY, oct. 16.-Only one
Missouri Valley conference game
that between the University OF Kan
sas and Drake--was on the football
scheduled for today, although mum
ber OF important contests were to be
played by valley elcvens.
Oklahoma and Missouri meet at
Columbia. with prospects that the
Sooners viii hand another defeat to
the Missourians.
Nebraska should experience little
difficulty with Washburn, while the
Kansas Aggies expect to down the
state normal school at Emporia
The Missouri school of mines and
the Kansas school " mines VIII
play at Rolla.
NEW YORK. oct 1G,--ln the east
today the football games to be played
include:
Harvard vs.. University ~ Virginia
Yale VS.. Springfield Y. NJ. G A.
Army VI. Colgate
Princeton VS. Lafayette
Cornell vs.. Bucknell
Vermont w. Dartmouth
Brown w. Williams
Trinity vs. Amherst
SwarthmOre vs. Urslnug
BoWdoin vs.. Wesleyan
Georgetown ys. North Carolina,
Lehlgh Va. Albright
Penn State Va. Gettysburg.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-16
TWO GAMES In TEXAS
University of TeNRs Meets Rice In
stitute at Austin and Bnyhpr Plays
Trinity at Dallss State Fair

DALLAS. Tex oct. Football
games scheduled In Texas today In.
rIudr hut two major team games
there are IL number NJ small
team contestants, Interests Is rentered
ON the game .bstwcen Rice Institute
Sud Nel University NJ TcNus at
Austin indications point 10 un.Nrr-
sity NJ Texas victory as that college
has "a strong team this year The
other game is between BAYLOR ,ul.
lcgr and Trinity college, who pll, 1t
the Dallas state fair
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-16
MINNESOTA U. MAY
ABANDON BASEBALL

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct lg Tho ntr
uf baseball as Il college sport lt the
University OF Minnesota hung iu ihr
balance today while the Athlete,
board pondered
The senate committee recon
mended II be dropped because uf lts
financial drawbacks. and the A,t
that II serves as d training camp
for summer players
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-16
CHEROK EE BEATS
NORMAN, 2O-14
BY Two Fluke Plays, North State
Team Eliminates Strong state
Championship Contender

NORMAN, Okla. oct. 1G Nor
nantes believe Il was wonderful
luck that won for Cherokee high
school on Boyd field Friday after
noon and eliminated the Norman
Eleven from the race FOR all-state
honors. The score was 20 to IA for the
big north-state eleven with two uf
the touchdowns made ON plain flukes
81. Clay Fiske's men really earned
their first score. Brown made It on
straight football In the first quarter
and In the same division Eubunks
Cherokee left end, snatched up "a
tumble when Norman went pung
Ing through the line and carried the
80 yards for Il touchdown
Millspaugh, right wing man In the
next quarter picked up a tumble I'm
the middle OF the field and carried
II across.
Norman brRced In the second half
and produced the feature OF the game
when Foster. quarterback. caught n
punt and ran right through the whole
Cherokee eleven for touchdown.
The game eliminates one of the
strongest cOntenders from the state
championship race and leaves CherO-
kee In the spotlight.
Tho Imam
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-16
FOUR KANSAS STARS
DECLARED INELIGIBLE

LAWRENCE. Kan oct lt
Gloom covered Kansas l. campus
today -Four varsity men have been de-
clared Ineligible because they layN 800.
hour credits Unless Lindsey ra.r
Gillespie and McMeel make up the
deficiency they viii not hr allowed
To play against Drake. Kansas Ak
giles or Nebraska
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-16

Substitutes Aggies Mahsett for
Murray; Gay Tor Hahsett. Hahsett for
Gay. Forester Tor Mnhsett. Kendall
Flest Tor Miller; Wallace for Austin
Time: 10 minute quarters,
Officials: Referee. Hoover tBukerD
umpire. Nowlin tTennesseel head
linesman. Morgan jOhio Statel
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-10-16
mot A CHANCE"
SAYS MFARLAND


CHICAGO. oct lG,-Packey Nc
Farlund tonight shot all talk OF u
return match with Mike Gibbons
fun OF holes
81 licked Mike once--why I'm the
world should / do 1t again" said
Puckey. IT was street conversation.
there were no. press agents present,
and Packry was In earnest.
81 told YOU once that make a
lot Of mistakes. but they are all I'm
my favor ne continued. When
was matched up with NJ ke Gib
hons set the notch at l47 pounds
at 3 o'clock. and | knew Mike could
not make It, | uutfigured him, that's
all
"Weu. he came into the ring dead
on his feet and | licked him. | can
do It again any time he makes that
poundugr for me So, why should |
take return match at 1874 pounds &?
That's ~ nice figure for Mike. At
l5l pounds he ought 10 knock me
out and probably would. have
every respect In the world for this
boys ability and tell you cold that
he could whip me at l64 pounds
rlngsidr That's why | didn't let him
come iu at more than l47, and that's
why would not talk about any big
ger figure now.
"lt Mike wants to fight me at the
weight set previously -ll7 at 81
Will fight him. | know I can defeat
him at that weight. and am doubt
ul about II at any figure over 15O.
Mixes II fine fellow and great
boxer at his proper weight. But he
never can whip me at IA. and he
knows H. / never can whip him at
l5l and We both know IT, So let's
cali this talk OF return match IL
draw. and let It 20 at that II NJ Ike
has $4,000 or $40 600 or $1,000. 600
To bet on a fight, he can safely put
t up on the proposition that I never
N.ll meet him at l54 pounds That's a
pipe
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S00NERS CONFIDENT
Ovens Men Expect 10 Put decided
Crlmp In Tigers Tail ut Columbia
To-day. Little DifferenCc I'm Weight

COLUMBIA. Mo, oct l6 - The
football team OF the University Of
oklahoma today was confident OF
victory In the struggle with the TINT
yerslty Of Missouri. which was de
tented last Saturday In the struggle
with the University Of Missouri
which was defeated last Saturday
hy Washington university hitherto
not considered a strong contender
for Missouri Valley honors.
The average weight Of both teams Is
about l55 pounds. The lineup.
MISSOURI Position OKLAHOMA
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Referee JACK Grover tkansas Clty
A. CD
Umpire. G. +. Mcbride. lkansas
city A. O.
lIeadinesman. Dr J. A. Riley Kan
sas city A. c.
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Officials. Referee, Ruth tBethen
umpire. steele kansas head lines
man. Specie. tSt Mary'D; fiel
Judge. Mccartney tOklahomn)
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Officials: Referee. Wallace tOklu.
homa) umpire. Leil Johnson DOkh
homa), head linesman Elgletun
tOklahoma).
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JAPS LOSE AGAIN
TOXIC, Oct. l6.-The University
" Chicago again today defeated IN,
University OF Waseda to O.
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She could not analyze the mixture OF
emotions Juggling at her very heart
strings, the joyous ache, the leaden
ecstasy, the torturing delight all
struggling there for mastery.
Europe. Ann! The greatest teach
ers of the world. Just think OF 1t!
Why, 1t seems impossible. Wealth,
fame, honor, everything
The tear that had trembled so long
a time upon the fringe of her lashes
dropped to the tiny shoe upon which
she was knitting. clung there until his
eyes rested upon 1t.
aren't you happy. ANN" he re-
peated.
She nodded a trife jerkily. then
slowly lifted her eyes to meet his own.
Honest eyes they we're, loving, wor-
shipful eyes they we're. patient eyes.
the eyes that belong to women whose
souls are so sensitive they chill before
the mere shadow Of impending trag-
edy. =
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for Cabosso, What Is your training ?
Who coached you?"

for Cabosso! What Is your training?
Who coached you?"
~"Spreglia, Lamperti-'
But who coached you In Cantor
Though his interruption was harsh,
Merwin could see a light OF interest
in his eyes.
DE Retsky-Jean himself, coached.
Make up-quickly." the director de-
cided sharply.
He heard nothing of the stage man
ayers instructions, was numbly con
scious of getting into the costume or
the %pantaloon, heard nothing OF the
directors instructions as, in a cold
perspiration he waited for the BARI
tone to finish with the prologue.
Fear was upon him, cold, dank
fear. Could he have run from the
place, could he have put a finish to
every ambition he had pressed so
closely to his very soul, could he have
thrust it all aside at hat moment.
he would have done so rather than
suffer the fiery heat alternating with
icy cold that seized his body. be tor
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Strictly Reseryed.)
forgotten him-you see he was nothing
but a voice to me-but when he re-
called that evening and the scene"
He shrugged apologetically, s~heepish-
ly. well, l knew that it was Fate. |
offered to cultivate his voice and take
my pay in the future, when it had
proved itself"
And you wish me to listen when he
comes?"
He Is waiting now" De Retsky
smiled as he consulted his watch. He
is always early for his lesson, unwil-
ling to lose a moment of the time He
nodded to the maid. who ushered into
the room a blushing, roughly-clad
young man, who flushed holly as he
returned the friendly pressure of the
great vocalist's hand, then turned nat
urally to the piano as she expressed
the desire 10 hear his voice.
Her critical sense was swept away
ven as De Retsky's had been before
her, and the Judgment of the artist
upon a tyro gave place to unmixed de-
light as Merwin lavishly poured forth
his song.
She sighed as De Retsky turned upon
her, smiling delightedly at the obvious
impression his pupil had made.
you were right, De Retsky, right"
she murmured. 1T is a voice that
belongs to the world. a voice that
does not belong to you any longer.
You are the singer, old friend, more
than the great teacher of voice pro-
duction. The Is The Voice. 1t belongs
to S~preglia of Paris, Lamperti In Ber-
lin. old Vanuncchini of Florence. Syn
ney Dalton. here in the United States,
in New York, shall have it finally. And
he will coach, will make the opera
singer out OF the man with The Voice.
Oh. | shall attend TO all that. | must
have my share in this discovery. De
Retsky."
She turned to where the singer had
been and De Retsky frowned as he saw
his protege had slipped away under
cover of the great yocalist's enthusi-
asm. He looked at her uneasily for
some sign of irritation, but a smile
lurked about the corners of her mouth.
1.-THE little country girl who was
feeding the turkeys" she said softly,
a curious glitter in her eyes as though
a vagrant teal had somehow found a
resting place there. All, well. 1t will
make her happy, DE Retsky. And hap
piness should be crowded upon her
now"
The two who had eaten of the fruit
avoided meeting her eyes, as II In fear.
And their fear seemed by some odd
freak to have transferred itself to a
tiny cottage in the outskirts of the
city. where a little woman bent her
head lower W her knitting while
her husband joyously. eagerly told for
the twentieth time of his experience.
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He waited in the library. listening
to the sounds of delight from AIMS
room.
In the week he had tasted the fruit
of success and laughed at the fear he
had entertained of it. To be sought
out by the great director and placed
under a contract at q figure he had
only vaguely dreamed of ever earning;
to be the toast of town and press, to
be invited into the very heart of so
ciety's most sanctified circle. TO know
that it was all deserved-surely they
we're fools who had told him the price
to be paid for fame was heavy.
And now Ann was here, was so
close to him he had but to tap Upon
the adjoining door to see her, so
close to him he could hear her de-
lighted EXPLANATIONS over the gown he
had bought for her to wear at Mrs.
Van Rolphe's reception that very
night.
Slowly a frown crossed his fore
head. a perplexed and anxious frown.
Ann-would Ann be able to live up
to the position he had created for
her?
A little cry from the doorway, and
he clasped her to his heart. fiercely.
for the doubt that had been his. But.
as he held her away from him, he
was filled with the bitter realization
that the doubt remained.
DrnffU frooh uhNlcn rot cAa
was obviously uncomfortable in her
hnery. There was something of the
outof-doors about her that did not
seem to fit into the 9 life. He felt
himself guilty contrasting her with
the dark. exotic beauty Of Olga Drake.
the woman who had made 50 much
q him ut . reception Of the day be-
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".

Strange the quips and WITNESSES of
Chance, elusive Chance.
Years that seemed interminable,
years of goading desperation, dis
couragement. s~elf-sacrifce. endurance
stretched behind Henry Merwin as he
halted a moment at the stage door of
the New York Grand Opera house to
allow one of the stars to enter. A
bitter smile curved his lips. lips that
had frightened since the days when
the milk route alone oppressed his
mind. as he slowly made-up in the
male dressing room for a peasant in
the opening act Of "Pagliacci." He
was a chorus man-only a chorus
man.
From below he could hear the
strains Of "Cavalleria Rusticana"
which preceded "Pagliacci" and the
voice Of Cabosso. greatest OF all ten
ors. Cabosso, who stood where the
ignorant young milkman had dreamed
of standing; Cabosso. the announce
ment of whose singing was sufficient
" pdCh THO great houoc.
The soul of the artist within him
struggled impo.ently at his situation.
the difference between the dream and
the reality. Cabosso singing Canio.
the bitter. disillusioned pantaloon.
when everything that life could hold
was his: and he, Henry Merwin, with
a voice no less than that of the star.
sang among the peasants. Uncon-
sclously he threw himself into the
role of the man. compelled to amuse
the public with his antics. compelled
to don grease paint when he wished
to smear his face with the blood OF
rival and unfaithful wife. His lips
opened and the tenor aria at the close
of the first act poured from his throat.
He stopped abruptly as a hand fell
upon his shoulder. biting his lips in
mute embarrassment as he looked up
into the eyes of the stage manager. II
dawned upon him that he was trans
crossing the rules of the house In
singing, that in all likelihood. he
would be discharged. And suddenly
he vas seized with a vast, overwhelm-
ing desire to hold this position that a
moment before had reused all his re
sentiment.
Are you up on the role = on
Canio?" The words were crisp, brit
tie, mandatory.
For a moment he did not under
stand, then a quick flush mantled his
cheeks at what he took for sarcasm.
A hot answer vas on the tip of his
tongue, checked only in time as he
read upon the faces about him that
the man was really in earnest. He
rose swiftly. his hand gripping at the
lapel Of the stage managers coat even
as the mar fairly dragged him down
the narrow, iron stairway toward the
director. who ragged about in the
wings. his face the picture OF misery.
He laughed ironically as his under
ling whispered to him. skiing the
chorus-man up and down.
"Canio!" he laughed. Substitute
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VIII.

Ann Merwin's hands still gripped
tightly the newspaper with which she
had fed from her attorneys Office, the
whose startling head had
caught her eye ven as her hand re-
ceived the final decree of divorce.
There was a wild expression in her
eyes as she lunged through the crowd
ed traffic of the streets toward the city
hospital where the story said Henry
had been taken.
Forgotten the document In her
handbag, forgotten the bitterness with
which he had treated her. She only
remembered that he was the father OF
her child. that he was the man she had
loved-the man she loved still.
Voiceless. forsaken by friends, an
object of pity and contempt. a vagrant
succumbing to exposure at the dark
waterside where he might have con-
templated making his final resting
place-he was still her husband just
as he always had been.
She did not heed the curious glances
of the nurses nor the internes as she
demanded admittance to his bedside.
That the story of the celebrity's down.
fall. the divorce and attendant scandal
belonged to the world meant nothing
to her. A queen-she demanded the
right to be with her husband in his
hour of need.
She did not shrink away from the
poor creatures upon the cots in the
wards through which they passed. The
flotsam and jetsam of a great city
was there, but hat mattered nothing
to her. That her husband was just
such another dependent upon a city's
charity meant nothing to her
She felt a little pain in her heart as
the inferno paused beside a snowy cot,
hesitated a second before approaching
the delirious man. tossing and tum
bling upon the cot, then bravely moved
forward again. The inferno rested his
hand upon her arm. She looked into
his face with surprise and a nothing
but sympathy there and desire to
avoid harm coming to her. She
brushed him aside and then a voice
reached out to her, a voice wild and
hoarse. t%hrobbing with the insanity Of
delirium yet with the longing of a
world in it, a voice she would have
known from all the voices of the
world
'Olga-Olga-Olga-'
On and ON and on, unfortunately,
and always with that same piteous
appeal, that same throbbing note of
heart-rending helplessness cried the
voice; the voice of Henry Merwin, her
husband toward the woman, the laugh
ing woman's back. the Olga Drake who
sat In the head box of the diamond
horseshoe.
She held her head proudly. defiant
ly as the superintendent of the hospi
tai tried to suppress the pity In his
look with which he accepted the
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tured by the prickling fingers at his
spine, the harsh grip at his heart.
- don't mind the whispering and
talking while you sing They do 1t
with everyone but Cabosso-"
He heard no more. but these words
scared themselves in letters OF fire
upon his brain. His teeth clicked
shut with an audible sound. Suddenly
all the stage fright disappeared be-
fore an anticipatory rage. They
should not whisper and talk while
he sang; they should treat his voice
with the same respect they treated
that of Cabosso. His voice was the
equal of the great tenor's.
Unconscious of his audience. of the
stir of curiosity at his appearance in
stead of the familiar Cabosso, regard
less of everything save overweening
desire to win, Henry Merwin hardly
realized he was upon the stage before
the curtain stared him in the face, the
curtain which formed a barrier
against the tumultuous applause of
the audience at his performance. and
shut him into the other world behind
the scenes, the world of fellow-singers
who made him realize the tremendous
impression he had created.
He suddenly felt himself very weak.
felt his impotence. He needed help,
sympathy-he needed-Ann-
Swiftly he discarded his costume.
but lily wiping the grease paint from
his c~ountenance. But In his eyes
glowed something Of happiness, grow
ing from more than fame as, half an
hour later. he reread the message he
had just written before passing it to
the agent.
Ann Merwin. Los Angeles. Cal: Come
to New York at once. No more poverty.
HENRY.
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curtain as 1t slowly descended upon .
wild-eyed, sobbing tenor, who glared
~piteously at the back Of a laughing
woman in the box at the head OF the
diamond horseshoe.
With the ready enervescent sym
PATTY of the Romance people the d.
rector pillowed the head Of his great
find upon his shoulder. But over
that head his eyes sought those of
Doctor Holbrook. the worlds renowned
throat specialist, who had been treat
ing Merwin now for months. And a
hard expression, a look of flint was in
the directors eyes as the specialist
shook his head to indicate the death
of another voice.
ut is the fault of the atmosphere,
the early training coolly declared
the impresario later that evening to
the reporters. Nov, Merwin. with
the proper, early training would have
proved the greatest tenor of our
time" He shrugged a bit contemp-
tously. You call 1t here, l believe, q
flash in the pam
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money she had placed upon his desk,
when she fed from that ward. fed
from that voice.
When he is WE'LL she said quietly.
give him this money. Say it is from
IA friend"
But"
"From-a-friend.' she repeated
softly. a faint smile upon her lips.
She rose suddenly for the scent OF
roses was in her nostrils. the vision
of ~far-lung hills in her eyes, with a
tiny white cottage nesting at the foot
of them.
perhaps he may go back" she
murmured to herself. as she left the
place. Perhaps he may go back
home-and be glad-glad the home
didn't go when everything else wa
paid-paid. Who Pays?"
The aim story Sf
1.-THE PRICE OF FAME"
viii be presented at the l. THEATRE
.ext WEDNESDAY night.
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~.

III.
Ann shivered again under some
thing she read in Madam Holmes
eye She had felt it even before the
woman crossed the threshold, had
been feeling 1t in ever increasing vol
ume while De Retsky and her hus-
band outlined plans for his operate
studies abroad. The great singer had
been silent. strangely silent since it
was she who was doing the financing
of that voice. And now the wife
knew that madam was about to speak
and with her eyes pleaded to the
celebrity-as woman to woman-for
pity, for charity. And madam shrank
before that look. even while her lips
frightened.
"Of course she said slowly, Il shall
provide for your wife while you are
abroad. Mr.. Merwin."
Though she had been expecting a
blow, though she had nerved herself
for the worst. Ann could not repress
the little cry of incredulous pain thai
1eaped from her lips. Her hands
sought her heart gropingly. the hands
that still gripped the unfinished shoe.
you mean-you near that | am
not to go-that Henry is to go alone
to leave me and-and-"
"A student should have no distrac.
ton in his studies"
Ann felt something go dead within
her. Her hands went out in cropping
fashion toward her husband.
Henry you-you want to leave
She could not finish for the great
choking sob constructing her throat
s~uffocating her.
He wheeled upon her fiercely
plunged into a rage of his W Great
ing, but madam flashed him a warn
ing look as Ann sank back in her
achair.
MY dear" in the great sopranos
voice were all the tones that had
quickened tears in the hearts Of au
diences throughout the world, you
must not make it any harder than il
is already. Don't you know that
AidtA GA1AiA ina 4 oih "a "OAHAb ohA
that | understand your pain at part
ing?" She moved a step closer, plac
ing her hand upon AIMS shoulder and
turning upon the two men.
you have your choice. Mr.. Merwir
-milkman or a Voice. had the
choice and Voice won. II has brought
me fame. wealth. honor, glory: 1t has
lost me all that my heart would have
chung to did ! consider happiness
alone. | do not say that ii is always
so, but the price of fame is often mis-
cry. The price of Fame must be paic
and Fame is a hard ba%rgainer.'
Ann looked up eagerly. timidly, We
with a strange ferocity to catch thu
impression upon her husband. VIVA
she read upon his face filled her Will
swift self-reproach.
Il think | understand she whis
pered softly. 81 want the fame fol
him"