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The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Crowley Has Chance
to Win National Fame
As Amateur Hurler

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 20.-A
world series 10 decide the amateur
baseball championship OF the coun.
try Is sure go. The White Autos
Of Cleveland, o., eastern champions.
have arrived Ia San Francisco 10
play the Tacoma. Wash. team, west.
ern champions. Oct. 81, % and %.
For a time II looked like the
series. the first Of the kind ever held,
would fall through After teams In
al sections OF the United States
had battled for the right TO get into
the big games. the Whites. victori.
Gus, found there were no funds 20
take them to the coast. The expo ON.
Gals refused TO pay and n deal 10
raise funds by game between the
Whites and the champion Bost,<.
Red Sox fell through. Then a game
was arranged between the Whites
and professionals. Cleveland fans
after seeing amateur games free ~.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
BANKS TO PLAY
CHESS AND POOL
AT THE SAME TIME

Newell W. Banks. checker cham
pion OF the world will give a unique
exhibition al the BerghoT billiard
parlors Wednesday night He will
play four games OF checkers stimuli
tancously without sight OF the
boards or his opponents, and NJ the
same tire will contest q l00-ball
game OF pocket billiards with one Of
the local experts.
Mr. Banks has been invited TO psI-
ticipAte IN the Rice-Gambet chess
tourney. 10 be held in New York
city. Jan s, at the Manhattan
chess club. Some $4,000 has been
subscribed as prize money for this
tourney and such prominent play
ers a. CapablaLea, Cuban champion;
Marshall. American champion. and
Alechinc, Russian champion. are en-
tered
Mr.. Parks will start on his tour
OF the middle west and Texas the
latter part of this month, giving a
farewell exhibition at the Wolverine
Auto club.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Stage Gets Duffy Lewis-Turns Down
Broadway, But Can't Resist Frisco
Here Comes Our Hero Now"

and gentlemen Duffy Lewis
has been n Try as be might he could not resist IL The stage
Tor him; shrieking and yelling
.or MIN and the farther yelling
and the better
the local stage tried
men HIGH has been him all week
appeal but Duff said he
49, 80
What San Francisco said substantially this:
hundred and fity bucks
old boy and viii soft"
SO there and then Duffy declared himself
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20


~ 1884, when the 20 Cornell
teams this Harvard
ee9sn than the Crimson did against Virginia this
unset Mahans knows
1900 the WashJen and
~ brnong hist year and might do again.
ecnedue DOPE there will be
estenuoQ will c. Satur.
ana Ono
g1nnee IN which be in
xok d cattle at Ann Arbor again The VOL
uofvo0 a buth from
ne apscaos which Michigan last fall
censc xAst LANSING And that
~ ss q sn extract from trench wsrtare year
&R eenetqesd that these will placed under ban Sat.
M sxplostvss and various Of aerial and
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Yost Casts About for Drop
Kicker, and Tries Mauley

Roshm. that Yost has been prepping
for The neld goal stun
But il vas not until yes erday. be
hind closed gates, that the Michigan
coach really made this a regular OBJ
jet OF his attention and then he
kept these men failing away for
long time Their success is only a
matter OF conjecture az no announce
ulent was made or the results.
This Is 10 indication that Yost be
l!eves that Michigan AL have TO d.
pend upon this method OF winning
saturday, game. for the lineup that
lie intends IN use looks strong
enough ~ the Wolverines 10 capture
a couple Of touchdowns. but the
side that has been on erlooked in the
perfection OF a regular orense is
now demanding attention.
Histor. is against Yost in finding
4 reliable held goal Kicker, for until
the rise--sad sudden fall--of
Spla wn. Michigan had not possessed
a good nan tor many years, and
the Ann ArboT team has seldom
used that me;n s Of scoring 20 adj
vantage Last year, lost threw a
lot of responsibility upon the shout
Gers OF the highly touted Splawn.
and when be failed 10 come through
as we'll by half as Re Was expected
10 do. the fans looked for a com.
IL IT
10 the old army game. leaving the
aerial scoring attack 10 other teams.
So IL Is rather surprised campus
that heard OF this new development,
not that anything isn't possible I'M
der Yost, but that with Maulbetsch
and Smith. EbeTwein and Catlett
able TO carry the ball. and with the
line that has been formed 10 open
the holes. II was not thought neces-
sary to fall back upon the scoring
from the 40.ysrd line.
The rest Of the practice was the
same with no changes in the line
I'D predicted yesterday announced.
Az the game approaches. the team
seems to be becoming more conf
dent. Mauly declared today that
Michigan would win. Smith has
ceased limping. as mas Reiman and
Benton, and Staatz and Dunno arc
looking very IT. The German Bull
let himself has removed the bandage
from his hand and has worn the
Charley horse out OF his thigh.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Not Much Scoring This Week

There won't be much scoring this week among the big
snd jefferson wiz clash with Yale and Pittsburgh will play
p but the Of these likely be splendid
finished
Warner
count a
Initiated and II Ia conceded that the
Dartmouth seeking
Princeton this IS
- thai Pittsburgh has has chance
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
BATTING LEADER
IN n. L. MYSTERY

NEW YORK. Oct 20.--Nobody
knows who led the National league
III batting this season Published
unofficial averages give larry Doyle
the lead with SEQ and make Fred
Luderus second with 81 But FIVE
different sets OF averages differ in
the ranking 4 number OF bets
have been made. and Il is up 20 Sec
rotary HeydIer. OF the league 10 set
tie them He SAYS that there will
Ne no official dope until late In De
Cember. as no one will have time 10
DO the official figuring until then.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Walter Gets His
Annual Blowout

MBOLDT. KEs. Oct, 90
Walter Johnson day" will De cele-
brated here Friday. when the famous
pitcher returns u the home diggin's
and pitches FOR the Humboldt team
against their hated rivals from OF.
tawa zip" label. OF the Chicago
Cubs. viii pitch for Ottawa John
sou day" has become an annual fall
event he. q
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Skids Being Creased for
Scion, Best big 9" Back
KILLED JOCKEY CAME
FROM RIDING FAMILY

Carl CAM. the jockey who died
at Covington, KY from injuries
received in a spill at Latonia
race track, was a member Of a
riding family.
Two brothers were Jockeys.
One rode under the name OF
Goose and another under the
name Of Duck. Goose was the
family's real name.
CAM and Goose made rep,Ita-
lions on the tracks OF the coun.
try, Duck, the youngest OF the
trio, was not 80 good.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
FEDS STICK TO
OLD PROGRAM

NEW YORK. Oct 20.--Whlle ex-
pressing profound sorrow because
OF the death OF Robert Ward. Fed
eral league magnate. who died in
Brooklyn. Monday, President Gil
more announced this morning tina,
Wards death will not change the
plans or policies Of the league.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20

season, turned out in large enough
numbers TO raise funds FOR the
jaunt.
The series will BE- q realization Of
plans made two years ago and
reward 10 managers and players
who have taken time from their
work and labored hard 10 make the
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
MAROONS PLAY
CHAMPION TEAM

A football contest OF considerably
more than ordinary class confronts
the Mack Park Maroons Sunday
when the famous Massillon Tigers.
who for several years have held the
highest position among the indie
pendent teams OF this country, come
here for an engagement.
When II Is considered that the
Tigers trounced the Blepp Knits. ~
10 3. two weeks ago and that the
Blepps held the Mack Parkers ~ a
much lower score the task OF the
Birdie Maher troupe OF gridiron per.
formers Is apparent.
Nightly practices will be the ior.
der OF things for the Maroons from
now on.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
FEDS SOUR ON
JITNEY BALL

For the last half OF the last base
ball campaign the Federal league
magnates were busy relating what
a great success lO-cent baseball
vas II sounded good. but across
The wires has come the news from
-. Louis that the ST. Louis Feds
had decided TO go back TO 25-cent
admission 10 the bleachers. Com
ment is unnecessary.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20


the
In Big
the debit
indicates that real often
the goal
responsible
N1nefod q these
eeM Of Michigans stands second the with a
- pSrs, Princeton has scored So points to Harvard
70 ~ and Virginia,
$50 .o1s 'e'ef' 0ut asanst much weaker opposition
baoSers nave sipped in
uasehng
World Dut wnen recalled
safely De assumed
Watching the the
Michigan played
respectable
or side W. 'o4'h
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Another World Series Starts ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Champions Face Tacoma at the Frisco Exposition

league club two years ago. but
lacked wind-up Before he devel-
oped a motion he was sent home. In
Cleveland amateur games he always
put oil he had on every ball and
tried 10 strike out every batter. He
tired himself out and was good for
only few innings.
Babe MINIS, manager OF the
Whites. taught Crowley TO rely on
his felders Then he starred. lie
lost one to Detroit and then won
the deciding game. In FIVE games
against Columbus. o.. Johnstown,
Pa. and Omaha. Neb., teams for tho
championship. he allowed n total OF
Two runs. One afternoon he pitched
doublc-beader against Johnston
and shut out his opponents in each
contest.
Tho pitcher responsible for the
Victory ~ his team In this amateur
world series vii be he/slded as the
greatest amateur hurler in the coun-
Try Crowley viii pitch two OF the
three games.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20

remarkable gelding
derful achievement
he
tna his SIRE Handsel
:" halhax one OF the best the
mas been owned five
Nhhe they all had
on e track In the colors stable that
mas represented Hin bought him al a for
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20

affair success
The hope of the whites against
Tacoma will be Blk Six" Crowley.
who b. pitching his team ~ The
eastern Championship. has earned a
contract with the st. Louis Amer.
leans.
Crowley was tried by a Michigan
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Mason az Trinity

Dick Maxon. midget star on ID.
T. s. teams In the days OF Speigel.
Is now end and quarterback on the
Trinity college team. which is play.
ing great football this fall.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Shift In international.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Oct 90
Springfield and Hartford, formerly
CT the Eastern Baseball association,
may supplant Jersey City and Har-
risburg In the international league,
IL was reported here today.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
AIiht fer Grover.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 2o.-Grov-
or Alexander was suffering from q
badly strained side during the re-
ceat worlds series, according 10 Ed
die Burns. and Cactus Cravath. OF
the Phillies. who were here yester-
day
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
oran Shows Class Giant Takes Nap Stand


third OF series Of pictures. posed
especially for The Times by Eddie
Mahsn, Harvard captain and one
OF the greatest players the grid.
iron has produced. showing how
he plays football.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Fad Park Sold for Taxes.

CHICAGO, Oct 2o.-The Federal
iessue park here wa. sold for tsIes
Bet the Whales should worry. They
never owned II. They merely held
a t9e-year lease.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
White Cets Shade

BOSTON, Oct. 20.--Charley White
got a shade on Johnny Harvey after
u rounds OF boxing here last night.
The first nine rounds were even.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
NJ. A. A. May Drop Tossers.

CHICAGO. Oct. 20.-Declaring the
game too big question" the Met
ropolitan Athletic association today
II considering a proposition 10 drop
supervision OF basket ball players.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
t + 81 Is; ~ 80

grdders that Detroit
the
the and Coach buss point
hie he
quite
al Jackson
Furniture little better than scott Nigh
margin OF ABOUT
again The Sawdust NY oo
tremendous all fall 3ut SO
Butla Scott
nearly licking Grand RAPIDS en ints
Wauke
Muskeson merely picked idea
and
that this Was nor We stste
Muskegons victory the Work OF
<rooeng machine
Muskegon is about heavy as That
Is capable OF coping WNh the
E saying Central has line OF the scr seems 70
The
Herbert and he has oee 49, ad
efficient In hasn't played TWO
ATTENDED wsukesha In every way ue
I'D of Central which looks 10 'he H'Nls ~
k6oatnble
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
HARVARD WANTS
TO DEFEAT YALE
WITH STARS IN

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Oct 20.-lt
IA expetsed here that strenuous ef-
forts via be made by Harvard foot
ball leaders. to persuade Yale to re-
consider its action in dropping FIVE
prominent athletes because OF their
baseball activities last summer.
A special meeting at which the
action OF Yale in this regard was
thoroughly discussed, was held az
Harva1i yesterday. II is known
that Capt. f. w Mahan. OF the Har-
ward varsity eleven. who called the
meeting. conferred with Chief
Coach Haughton. former Capt. Rob.
ert Snorer, Richard Wigglesworth,
and tpo members OF the students
advisory board, and that the gen
eral sentiment Is that the absence
OF L1agore. one OF the disqualified
Yale players. would deprive the
Harvsrtl-Yale contest. on Nov. 20.
OF ouse OF its best features.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. Oct. pa
The student body has rallied TO a
tottring Yale. Recovering from
the announcement that Harry Le-
gore premier fullback OF the east
this year. is barred from further In
tercbllegiate athletics. every Yale
stubent started boosting the foot
bali team. Apparently students are
going 10 make the team forget the
absence OF It's big star The work
ing OF Savage, Nevil. Smith and
Taft in the Springfield game, was
ciued to show that the Blue stlll has
rood backneid material
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
International Games Probable.

ME rated the biggest thing the local
Park high
3 Thanksgiving day here was
Central proved strong
this fall this would be played
Chicago this They
University school Central VIII play the Uni
u. OAK Park has defeated Enewood 10 6 so the
Athletics Darrell
been signed but that
<1nl6nco 3 q makes slip improbable
these
OF
=
program Muskegon
<th = Saturday
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20

TIE keel of the worlds Gpest~st
Aghter las Just b~es laid n the navy
yard, says news Item. And We
thosGht willard was born - years
ago In kansas-
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20

Pretty ~onrs~. Napoleon CO., high
school. without football eight years
apsiiy gets n t~nu md ~ beetew ~
ca 10. Asd by uieksvtele, st fhst.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
A Pair Of CHALLENGES.

The River Rouge Reserves would
like 10 hear from eny S. TO 90-pound
team Call Cedar 1s4s-w between
$40 and 1880 r. m. and ask for Ed
The Who's Your Tailors Of wyan.
dotte would like 10 hear from any
ii0-pound team In Detroit. w.ite
Arthur Stoddard. vinest.. or call
Wyandotte Sheet Meal Works and
ask for Louis Meyers.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20

Football teams that seed good
kiekess might apply to ,. Evers.
Troy, ". ". or ". z1mmesysan. the
Bvoar, New York city.
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20
Muskies Great Tacklers.

greatest OF believed TO lie
work
terrific akers THIS
the
stop him therefore oe ru
sharing the
will
kfxny field TO win Ana scott heA he'N NV D
times Saturday
believed
for
satisfied TO win oy me
Of situation mas oeeh
<[rr1tsH expressed
week OF "
Muskegon 1914 were dir
The lakeside
II a to
E that thing
will two Tomorrow
Saturday
workout
The Detroit times., 1915-10-20

Pos~nks md CuIatto won sms-
tour boNipR contests In Cleveland
or course they wore Gre~a ttshts.
Baseball new. mo.t he s~sr~~ IN
Chicago. They're trading Uetne Zirn.
norman again.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-12

matters, but l am going to try to make
UP for it in the future. I'm sorry you
couldn't come to US last evening.
Please tell your mother and sister
that / do hope we'll meet, sometime
should so dearly love to know them
Thank you SO much for everything
Good-by."
Raymer watched her as she drove
away, noted her skillful handling OF
the fiery Kentuckian and her straight
seat in the flying cutter, and the smile
which a day or two earlier might have
been mildly satirical was now openly
approbative.
"She is a shrswd little strategist,'
was his comment; "but all the same
she is a mighty pretty girl, and q
good and sensible as she is shrewd
wonder why mother and Gertrude
haven't called on herr"
Having thus mined the Raymer oUS
works, Miss Grierson next turned h0l
batteries upon the Farnhams. TheI
were Methodists, and having Learned
that the doctors hobby was a Strus
Cling mission work in Pottery Fiat
Margery called the paternal check
book again into service, and the cut
ter drew up before the Doctors ONO
In Main street.
CTO BE CoNTINUED.)
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-12

feet, though he did awake drowsily
later on at the sound Of voices in the
aisle, awoke to realize vaguely that
his two table companions of the Hotel
Chouteau cafe were to be his fellow
travellers in the Pullman.
The train was made up ready to
leave, and the locomotive was filling
the great train shed with stertorous
hissings, when red-faced man slipped
through the gates to saunter over to
the Pullman and to peek inquisitively
at the porter.
Much of load tonight, George?
mo, sab; mighty light; four young
ladies goin' up to de school in Fari-
bault, Mistah Grierson and his daugh-
ter and a gentleman from de Chou
teau."
"a gentleman from the Chouteau?
When did he come DOWN."
The porter knew the calling Of the
red-faced man only by intuition; but
Griswold's tip was warming in his
pocket and he lied at random and on
general principles.
Been heah all de evenin'; come
down right early afte' suppeh, and
went to bald like he was sick or tarr'd
or somethin'"
what sort of looking man is he?
Little, smooth-faced, narr'-chistet
gentleman; look like he might be"
But the train was moving out anC
the red-faced man had turned away
Whereupon the porter broke his simil'
in the midst, picked up his carpet
covered step and climbed aboard.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-12
CHAPTER VII-contlnued.

McGrath found his handouts and
tried the key in those upon Griswold's
wrists. 1t fitted.
Now ye're fut and hand loose, I'll
say to ye what wouldn't say to a
cripple. Wan is that ye're not Gavitt;
yere no more like him than am. Let
that go. Ye've been up to some devil,
try. But that's all over and gone.
What'll ye be doing next?"
Griswold took leaf out of the past
Safety in a former peril had grown
out of a breakfast deliberately eaten
in a cafe next door to the Bayou State
Security.
What would l do but finish my job
on the Julie?" he said, pushing the
theory to its logical conclusion.
The mate shook his head. eye
needn't do that; the cops might be
coming down here and running you in
again. How much pay have ye drawn?'
Not any"
McGrath took a greasy wallet from
his pocket and counted out deck
hands wages for the trip.
Take this, and I'll be getting II
back from the clerk. 1t might not be
good fr We to show up at the Office
Griswold suffered a sudden return
20 the meliorating humanities.
I've been calling you all the hare
names l could lay tongue to, McGrath
and there have been times when
would have given the price Of goot
farm for the privilege Of standing W
to you on a bit Of green grass with no
body looking on. l take it all back
You say you haven't forgotten; nei
ther will forget, and maybe my turr
will come again, some day."
go along with you," growled th'
rough-tongued Irishman, whose yer!
kindness had a tang Of brutality in it
'If you're coming across the nayguI
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-12
HAD TO HAVE TIME TO EAT
Regular Meals Were Necessary After
the Slight Repasts Incident to
Business Hours.

A tall, gaunt young man entered the
office of the Globe Museum and Family
theater and asked for the manager.
what can l do for you?" inquired
a podgy man in a check suit.
81 want an engagement as a freak.
"Who are you?"
81 am Enoch, the Egg King"
what is your speciality"
81 eat three dozen hen eggs, two doz'
en- duck eggs, and one dozen goose
eggs at a single sitting"
81 suppose you know our policy?
What is that?"
I'VE give four shows a day"
II understand that"
"And do you think you can do tt?"
81 know can"
"On Saturdays we often give as
many as six shows"
"All right"
And on some, holidays we give q
performance every hour"
The young man hesitated.
I'm that case," he finally said, Il
must have one thing understood before
l sign contract
whats that?" asked the manager.
mo matter how rushing business is
at the museum" the egg king replied
you must give me time enough to
eat my regular meals at the hotel."-
Pearson's Weekly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-12

7 am quite at your service" be
fastened to say. Shall show you a
plan of the sittlngs?"
When the sittiags we're finally de-
cided upon she opened her purse.
1T is SO good Of you to take time
from your business to wait on me"
she told him; and then, in naive con-
fusion: IL asked poppa to make out
a check. but / don't know whether It
is big enough"
Raymer took the order to pay,
glanced at the amount, and from that
to the velvety eyes with the half
abashed query in them. Miss Grier-
sons eyes we're her most effective
weapon. With them she could look
anything, from daggers drawn to
kisses. Just now the look was OF
childlike beseeching. but Raymer with
stood it-or thought he did.
ut u more than twice as much as
we get fer the best locations" he de-
INJURED. wait a minute and-I'll write
you a check for the difference and give
you a receipt"
But at the word she was on her feet
in an eager futter of protest.
ooh, please don't!" she pleaded. III
it is really too much, can't you put the
difference in the missionary box, or in
them the minister's salary?-as lit
tie donation from us, you know"
Thus the small matter of business
was concluded but Miss Margery was
not yet ready to go. From st. Johns
and its affairs official she passed deftly
to the treasurer of st. Johns and
his affairs personal. Was the machine
works the place where they made
steam engines and things? And did
the sign, mo Admittance," on the
doors mean that no visitors were al
lowed? II not, she would so much like
to"
Raymer smiled and put himself once
more at her service, this time as guide
and megaphonist. 1t was all very
noisy and grimy, but if she cared to &c
through the works he would be glac
to go with her.
He did not know how glad he wal
going to be until they had passeC
through the clamorous machine shol
and had reached the comparativel!
quiet foundry. One of Miss Margeryi
gifts was the ability to become for thu
moment an active and sympatheh>
!. sharer in anyone's enthusiasms. Il
! the foundry she looked and listened
and was unsophisticated only to tn
= degree that invites explanation.
was a master-stroke of finesse. A ma
:, is never SO transparent as when h
forSets himself in his own trade talk
. and Raymer was unrolling himself a
. a scroll for Miss Grierson to read a
: she ran.
The tour of the works which had b.
> gun in passing acquaintance ended /
: friendship, precisely as Miss Grierso
had meant it should; and when Ra.
mer was tucking her into the cutie
and wrapping her in the fur robes, sh
, - added the finishing touch, or rathe
the touch for which all the othe
touches had been the preliminaries.
I'm so glad had the courage
, come and see you this morning. W
l. have been dreadfully reniss in churc