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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
COMMUNITY. TREE
AT Whitewater

A committee composed of eight res
idents of Whitewater has been ap-
pointed to have charge of the commu-
nifty Christmas tree celebration next
Thursday evening. Mrs. Grace Cor
mon, supervisor of music, and Miss
Grace King. domestic science super
visor, assisted in planning the pro-
gram. Music will be furnished by an
adult chorus and the school children
will sing Christmas carols Candy and
pop corn will be distributed among the
children. The pupils of the seventh
and eighth grades in the Whitewater
school will prepare the candy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
CATCH RUNAWAY

Roy Shumaker colored, Is, is being
held by the sheriff Of Hancock coun-
ty awaiting Information from Rich
smond concerning the boy who says
that he nan away from hnsRe. He said
his home was in Hiehmnnd and that
his mothers name was Mrs. Burden
living on North Thirteenth street
Sheriff Steen was notified this after.
noon and made an effort to locate the
boys parents, but was unable to find
them. The boy was found riding the
bumpers" on Pennsylvania train
last night. When the train reached
Greenfield, a brakeman turned him
over to the police.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
MOORE WILL EXPLAIN
new PENSION Law

City Clerk Bescher today received
word from B. F. Moore, ~superintend-
ent of the Muncie public schools, that
he would be in Richmond Monday ev-
ening for the purpose of addressing
members of the city council and pub
lie school teachers on the various pro
vision of the teachers pension law.
The meeting will be held in the high
school auditorium. Council invited
Mr.. Moore at the request of the school
teachers, who said that he was the
best qualified to present their side
in the controversy as to whether the
pension law shall be applied locally.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
Temperature
Yesterday

Local Forecast-Rain and colder fol.
lowed by occasional SHOWS tonight
and Saturday.
General Forecast-The storm of the
past two days is moving very slowly
and is now central over the Ohio val
ley and is causing rain and snow over
the entire Mississippi valley. Anoth.
er storm has appeared in the far north
west which indicates an indefinite per-
iod OF unsettled weather.
W. E. Moore, Weather Forecaster.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
WILSON RECEIVES AUS 1R|Al| REPLY TO J. s. NOTE
WESTCOTT DENIES DEAL
TO ENTER MOTOR CAR
MERGER AT INDIANA

business. we realize the value that the
Westcott name would add to the pro-
motion Of such q combination. That
perhaps explains why our name was
used. -
"The Westcott Motor Car company
Is experiencing the greatest business
Of its history and prospects for future
growth never were brighter. Conse-
quently we would not be willing to
consider any arrangement that would
tend to smother our identity We are
proud of our name, our reputation AID
our business and do not intend to lose
either one Of the three"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
SE|zES AMERICANS

Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 1.-THE Mexi-
can situation IL again approaching Z
serious phase ON the border, oWin1
to the increasing bitterness Of Gen.
eral Villas followers against the Unit
ed States. It Was asserted here today
that villa himself was augmenting this
feeling by repeated charges that Am
erican aid is being extended to the
Carranze forces. According to re-
ports that have reached here Villa
yesterday ordered held for ransom six
employees Of the American Smelling
and Refining compan yat chihuahua.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17

A vigorous denial that the Westcott
Motor Car company IL even contem-
plating entering the proposed combi-
nation Of motor car and motor car
parts companies that was reported in
news dispatches yesterday was made
this afternoon by H. @. Root, general
manager OF the Westcott company.
1.-THE use Of our name in connection
with the proposed merger is entirely
without authority" said Mr.. Root "and
we desire It understood that we are
contemplating nothing of the kind.
With the wonderful reputation for
quality that the Westcott cars have
gained and the resultant increase in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
GLASS MANUFACTURER
IS CALLED BY Death

+ MUNCIE. Ind. Dec. 17.-Lord w.
Maring, 72, pioneer in the glass man.
ufacturing business and retired mil
lionaire. died suddenly last night at his
home here. He is said to have helped
to organize the first window glass
company in the United States at Bel
laire, o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
PREPARE 325 BASKETS

Increase In the number Of baskets
of eatables which will be distributed
by members of the Elks lodge from
200 to 225 baskets was decided upon
at the regular lodge meeting last
light. Contributions to the funds
which will be used to buy the food
are being daily received by the COM
nittee which is completing the ar
rangements.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
AUTO MAKER DEAD

MUNCIE. Ind, Dec. Thames Run
yam of Redkey, Ind, who ssid he con-
structed the first automobile in the
United States that was actually oper-
ated and antedated the machine of
Elwood Haynes by three months, died
last night in a Muncie hospital.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
.SCANT WELCOME
FOR FORD PARTY

E CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 17.-Scanty
preparations have been made here to-
day to greet the Ford peace pilgrims
aboard the liner Oscar II. Because of
the foregone conclusion here that the
peace pilgrims will be able to accom-
plish nothing various organizations
which had been asked to participate
in formal welcome refused to do So
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
FILES CLAIM FOR $se.2s

A claim for $86.25 was made against
the estate of the late William F. Hiatt
by the White Crown Fruit Jar COM
pany. The claim was filed in circuit
court this morning, alleging that an
account with the company remains
unpaid.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
WRECK KILLS FIVE

NEW CASTLE, Dec. 17.-Five per-
sons were killed and many injured to-
day in a collision between a passenger
train and an empty work train on the
railway between Jarrow and South
Shields.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
Weather Forecast

United States Report-PartIy cloudy
and colder tonight. Saturday fair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06
European Tennis Stars Now
WELDING Guns Instead of Rackets

fT was only a. year ago last summer
that the tennis public of this coun-
try had the privilege of witnessing the
internationalists in action as they COM
peted against each other for the honor
OF challenging the American team, at
the time holders of the farfamed Davis
cup
little over year and the same
members that constituted the repre-
sentatf - teams of Germany, England.
Canada, France and Australasia who
met In friendly com petition on the ten
mis- courts at Chicago Pittsburgh, Bos-
ton and New York. now find them
selves fighting each other under condi-
tions not so pleasant and relations not
SO friendly.
Tennis followers here were fortunate
In seeing these great foreign opponents
In action before they were called to
tho front, as many OF them never will
play again, for those whom the war
has not yet ob1iterated are in peril of
their lives each day.
Every International tennis player in
this country during the summer months
Of 1914 is either at the front, in train
ing for the trenches or held as a pris-
ofier by the opposing forces. This. of
course, excerpts Anthony r. Wilding,
whose death has been universally
incurred since last spring. Informa-
ton of these men can only be CLEANED
by reading foreign and American pa
pers devoted to tennis, which contain
extracts OF letters written by the play
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06
Boxers Today Not Equal to
Stars of the Past. Says Old Time

THAT the boxers OF today arc by no
means equal to the stars of the past
is the general opinion of old time 1st1c
but there are few who can
give any logical explanation why this
should be so. George Monroe, who
was a star in the days of the Horton
law in New York. is one of those who
have scant respect for the present set
and he accounts for their failure to
make good as follows:
In, the old days when 1 was lighting
a boxer received two or three years OF
hard schooling before he was given
chance to appear in a star bout Most
of them began as amateur boxers, ana
they worked their way UP by hard and
consistent fighting in the preliminartes.
when novice happens to
land a lucky punch some barber will
come along and tell him he's fighter.
Then the pair will call upon pro-
moter and demand main event. The
promoter does not ask whether the
boxer can fight, but wants to- know how
many tickets he can sell. If the answer.
is satisfactory he is signed up with
some other youngster who also has
agreed to sell bale of tickets in his
OF course neither OF the
boys knows anything more about fight
ing than to pull on the gloves and
swing from the hip. And they never get
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

ers themselves at the seat of war. In
cluded among those who are still in the
English training camps are Captain
Mavrogordato of last years Davis cup
team and r. B. Powell, the Canadian
and intends to leave for the front with
the spring expedition.
J. c. Parke, the leading English play
er, has been reported wounded in the
Dardane11es fighting. Norman b.
Brookes, who, with A. F. Wilding, was
instrumental in the removal of the
Davis cup in 1914 to Australasia, is re-
ported to be stationed in Cairo where
he is doing Red Cross mission work.
The German pair Kreuzer and
F'roitzhein, who were defeated in
the Australasians, have, been trans
ferred from their Gibraltar prison to
Yorkshire, in England.
1t may be recalled that these men
were taken off the. vessel on which
they sailed for Germany after their
elimination in the Davis cup matches.
Just off Gibraltar a British ship i'm
peded their progress and claimed all
German subjects as hostages of war.
AS result of their prolonged sojourn
in the states they have never seen their
country in arms.
The French champion, Decugfs. is re-
ported driving a mo*orcar at the front,
as is also Andre Colbert, a former
French champion. who visited this
country in 1912.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

a chance to learn because they have no
ore tofshow them anything better.
THAT is why you never see fighter
feint his man out and then drop him
with a single punch, as they used to DO
years ago. It's all slam, bang and
clinch. with neither man having the
slightest idea whether he's going to
land OF miss. They just take a blind
chance that they will happen to hit the
right spot.
These fellows who are supposed 60
be wonderful mixers make me laugh.
Because they rush in with their heads
down they get lot of credit for being
aggressive, but most of the time they
hit too soon, and then they fall into
clinch without doing any damage
That's not fighting. Any man who con-
stantly goes into clinches is not ag-
gresstve, to my way OF thinking.
In my time there were plenty OF
rushing fighters, as well as the clever
ones, who could stand or and shoot
over q knockout when an opening ap-
peared, but they never did much cIinch-
ing. They would keep right on top Of
their man and try to block his leads or
beat him to the punch without ever
reaching for a hold or taking a back
step, and when they landed with one
hand they kept right on hitting until
something dropped. There was mona
Of this jab and grab stuff in my time
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06
In SOUNDED soMETHING LIKE THAT

IN one of the one sided varsity
games player recently team which
was expected to do well against an
eleven representing a larger university
made a disappointing showing In the
first half, which resulted in huge
score being rolled up. One of the prin-
cipal causes of the downfall was the
atrocious kicking. The captain OF the
smaller team did the punting. He did
not average fifteen yards in the first
quarter While the big team was re-
covering the ball and converting short
kicks into touchdowns in rapid fire
order the coach stood speeches. on the
side lines Between the quarters
substitute was sent in with orders to
do the punting, thereby relieving the
captain of his responsibility in this de-
partment of play. Between the halves
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

good running back and a fullback who
can hit the line for a yard or two
when this distance is needed on a
! fourth down. while the other ha1fback
should combine as far as possible end
running and line smashing ability. 1t
! is needless to add that the three backs
should be proficient in heading inter
ference.
/ In considering offensive play, espe-
cially under the present rules, a team
1 must be fortified with a kicker who can
| boot goals from the field or punt with
accuracy and for distance. This team
with Mahan or Barrett would be pre-
pared to attempt to score points by
the aerial route if other means of gain
ling ground failed.
Ends.
For end positions higgins OF Penn
State is placed at one wing and Shell
ton of Cornell at the other. The former
is one of the best ends developed in the
past two seasons. The Penn Slater is
powerful defensive player of that
type who always turns a play in so
that ohe of his teammates can nab the
runner He covered punts in faultless
fashion.
Shelton showed up remarkably well
|. in all CornelPs games this season. With
Higgins and Shelton on the ends of the
line a team would have trouble to make
consistent Roadway by driving off the
tackles or running the ends.
Other star wings who showed to ad-
vantage on the gridiron this season
+ are Grown, Princeton; Davis, Iowa;
Heyman, Washington and Jefferson;
Chamberlain, Nebraska; Heron. Pitts
burgh; Eckley, Cornell; Soucy, Harvard;
Rau, Wisconsin; Squier, Illinois; QUEST
Minnesota; Whiting, Chicago; Elwart,
Notre Dame. and EIighley. Princeton.
Tackles.
~ Harvard and T2r1oi- 1f WIZ.
cousin should be the unanimous selec-
ton for tackles this year on the All
Americans. Gilman shone brilliantly
in all of Harvards games in which he
participated and particularly those
games against Princeton and Yale. He
was the best player in the crimson for
ward wall, and it was not an unusual
occurrence to see him go to the other
side of the line to tackle the runner
when plays were sent off that side
Buck is the greatest tackle the west
has produced in many years. There
is little about line play which this
player does not know. Gilman and
Buck would surely make a wonderful
pair of tac1aters on an All American
team AS both have played more than
one season of college football, their ex-
perience would stand them in good
stead. Other worthy tacklers are
Witherspoon, Washington and Jeffer-
son; Mclean, Princeton; Blackjack,
Michigan Aggies; Shu1l, Chicago;
Rundquist, Illinois; Gi1lies, Cornell:
Cory, Nebraska; Deity, Illinois: Haus-
er. Minnesota; Abel, Colgate; Wood,
Penn State; Weyand.- Army: Gilman.
Navy, and Halsey. Princeton.
Guards.
Spears OF Dartmouth is given one
guard position and White of Syracuse
the other Spears is the greatest
guard produced since the days of Benz
brooke Of Michigan. famous ex-
pert in talking to the writer about
Spears and his playing against Hair
ward said:
''He is the greatest man in his posi-
ton this year. In his street clothes he
may pass for a fat boy as they call
the type in football. but on the foot
ball field he is the liveIest fat boy you
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06
MORAN NEXT MAN ron WILLARD

less WILLARD will most likely
have to meet Frank Moran. the
Pittsburgh heavyweight, In his next
battle.
Moran's victory over Coffey. the Irish
fighter. recently, undoubtedly gives
him the right to be the first to meet
the champion. and the fact that he had
formerly fought twenty round bou.
with Jack Johnson entitled him to spe-
csa1 consideration when an opponent
Tor Willard was to be considered.
Corey did not last long before Moran,
suffering peculiar knockout in the
third round while standing on his feet
and never going to the door. There
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

have been similar knockouts in the his
tory of the prize ring
Some years ago Frank Chi1ds, one of
the hardest hitters in the game, knock
ed out Bob Armstrong in Cincinnati
and Armstrong, stiff legged, bounded
aroun,1 the ring absolutely unconscious
as the result of an uppercut which
Childs had landed on the point of his
jaw.
Tom O'Rourke, the famous pugilistic
manager, and Tom Sharkey were in
Armstrong; corner that night, and
both said at the time that it was the
most peculiar knockout they had ever
seen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

uously In every game except the Cor
nell contest He weakened in this
game because his support failed to
support, and Harvard lost, 10 to o.
,Mahan rounded out his college ca
reer in the Yale game, a fitting climax
for a sensational record. The crimson
leader alone scored twenty-nine OF the
forty one points made against Yale
and he single handed could have col
Jared the bulldog.
For a long time to come crimson
players on the eve OF their champion
ship battles will be told for inspiration
of the deeds of Ned Mahan.
Team Would Be All Powerful
Such a team as named would be a
worthy opponent for any similar eleven
in the country. Given plays and coach
ed to perfect team play. it would be a
hard aggregation to beat. T re players
have had the experience to stand the
brunt of hard fought struggle, and
the team has been selected after con
sideration OF the play of every member
OF the best elevens in the country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

is quick to size up plays, and he
moved to the points of attack with
speed and stopped plays before much
ground had been gained. \
Peck at Center.
There was a merry little three cor
neged fight on. for the mythical job of
All American center. The batters were
Peck of Pittsburgh, McEwan of the
Army and Cool of. Cornell. The first
two battled for the honors last year
and McEwan won out by slight mar
gin. He got more votes than did Peck,
but it was predicted at the time that
another year of experience for Peck
would enable him to pass McEwan in
the race. Peck surely has developed.
McEwan has shown up in fine STYLE
too, but with a poor team behind him
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

he has not snone so brilliantly as he did
last year. Cool is sterling player and
has been one of the big factors in Cor
nelPs great showing, but he, is rather
light. That's his big handicap.
Peck is given the position. He pos
sesses all the necessary qualifications
for the job as middle man on the All
American He was the most accurate
passer of the ball among the above
mentioned trio. Considering the fact
that Pittsburgh employed many differ
emit formations, Pecl<'s work was re-
markable. He was equally effective
on the defense and generally mixed in
every play
Barrett Star Quarter.
Charles Barrett of Cornell, who was
the general selection as All American
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

the coach sharply Queried the captain.
'BiE,'' he said, Gin the name OF com
mon sense what induced you to do the
punting ?'''
That's what you told me to do" said
the player.
Told you!" said the coach. you
know you're the last man on the team
I'd pick for the job"
''The last thing you said to me was to
so back and kick"
During the second half, with his team
playing much better football, with no
ground presented on poor kicks. the
coach did some thinking. Then he
solved the riddle. Instead OF saying.
you go back and kick" he had said.
~ ou lay back on kicks The difference
In sense was equal to about twontJ'
points
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

~ 1t has been Coach .Haughton's
method to build the crimson attack
around just one man. Brtckley, be,
cause of the kicking, was the main
spring Of the crimson machine though
Mahan frequently had the best bootins
record in practice. So last season.
when Brickley was lost to the team be-
cause of sickness, there were many
critics who believed Harvard would be
easy meat for Princeton and Yale.
They failed to reckon on AEahau.
Haughton reconstructed the Harvard
machine around his star halfback, and
the answer, was-Harvard 20, Prince
ton o: Harvard So, Yale. 0.
This season Nfahan was unanimously
elected captain, a just tribute for his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

ever saw. In the Harvard game he
was a regular Truxton HaFe-here,
there and everywhere, keen and alert,
doing something all the time and car
rying his 230 pounds around as if they
were no more than $50. If he turned
a hair or<panfed for a breath after all
his activity I could not observe it from
the stand. Moreover. he impressed you
that he was having good time all the
afternoon
Schlachter Of Syracuse was. consid-
cred a marvel along with his side part
ner. White. but in the Dartmouth-S yra-'
cuse game Spears played rings around
Schlachteri White, with his 254 pounds,
was a stone wall on the defense and
a power on the offense for the Salt City
boys all season He is a player who
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06
BY TOMMY CLARK.

- FOLLOWING one of the most
successful years football has
had in the last decade the
~ time has arrived to honor the
grtdiron men who have done the most
consistent playing in the seasons
games by placing them on an All Amer
lean one, which on paper appears in
vincible. The team properly condition
ed and coached win in team play take
any other eleven easily into camp.
The stars on this eleven have not
been selected for their playing in any
one contest, but they have been hon.
ored more because of the value they
have been to their respective teams in
every contest
In making the choices the writer not
only gathered his information by being
spectator. but data were gathered
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06

from number OF authorities In most
cases they agreed that the player
chosen was entitled to be honored. but
such teams naturally cannot be picked
to the satisfaction Of every follower OF
the game.
OF the game know, a team must be sent
on the field well versed in all depart
nents OF offensive and defensive play.
The back field must be composed of a
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True az Gold

'Ezis money all gone, his wife in,nasai-
ately deserted him.
Why thought sho was as true as
gold"
She was; but when his gold went she
departed too."-Boston Transcript.
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Made a Difference

sho-would you believe it, when was
girl my hair hung down to my waist
line
He-Let's see; whereabout was the
waist line at that time7-Boston Tran
script.
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The Beginner

The Beginner
"And how arc you getting along with
your daNcing?"
"FIercel I'm making great strides
Puck.
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Some Singer

Pall-Did you hear that last joke at
the Vaudeville last night?
Mall-No. left before she sang.-Gar-
Eoyle.
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BUSINESS NOTICES

FULL DRESS AND TUXEDO 10 HIRH
Prince Alberto cutaWays ana Black s1ll4-
ALSO EVENING GOWNS AND WRAPS
Phone Poplar $40 Moderate prices.
rftipk'HH foeH #aIL. Eax - TO RI4<Ei
FiHEsF ~ rzzE City. S. y. BROAD 81.
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