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Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
CAMPS SELECTION
PUTS CANE ON ICE
How Far South and West
Will He Go For ALL
American Stars?

With only the all-American selec-
ton to wait for before football is put
on the shelf, the question arises Of
how far west and south Walter Camp
will go when he makes his pick.
The west and south have broken
into the national limelight more this
season than ever before, and it re-
mains to be seen if these sections have
milton on an all-American team that
heretofore has been confined mostly
to the east, with an occasional men,
ton for the middle west.
Oklahoma produced the longest for
ward pass of the year-55 yards by
Spot" Geyer of Oklahoma university
and Dakota Wesley gave the longest
drop-kick in history, 63-yard boot
by Mark Payne.
Besides. the Oregon aggies invaded
Michigan and walloped the Michigan
aggtes and Wisconsin is after Gilmour
Dobie of Washington university, at
Seattle, whose Washington teams have
not been beaten in eight years.
There are two great football play
of the undefeated Washington univer-
sity eleven, and Herman Abraham Of
the Oregon aggies. When Abraham's
team played the Michigan aggies he
gave one Of the greatest exhibitions
of football ever seen in the middle
west. 81.
Notre Dame, in the middle west, has
great halfback in Stanley Cofall.
Many all-American selections are
made every year, but Camps pick is
recognized as official. Camp is bound
to name Mahan of Harvard for full
back and Barrett of Cornell for quar-
terback. Now, is he going to stick in
the east for the remainder Of the out
fit, or is he going to recognize the stars
of the south, southwest, west and
northwest?
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
WEIRD FOOTBALL
SEASON ENDED.
Small Colleges Come Thru
With Punch and Startle
Big Schools.

New York. Dec. 4.-The football
season of 1915, which has been in
TERED officially, will go down in grid
iron history as the most weird ever
foisted on a gasping public. Small
colleges. from time immemoriaI tne
collegiate world, turned with a ven-
geance that makes the we'll known
worm look like the rock of Gibraltar.
With the exception Of Cornell and
Pittsburg, by now acknowledged peers
of the eastern division, not an eastern
team went through the season with q
clean record. Starting with the Yale
defeat by Virginia on October 2. the
season was one long drawn out ana
of unexpected upsets.
w. and ]. followed the southerners
and took slap at the blue. Then
came Colgate with the same tale, and
lastly little Brown, which had been
licked by Syracuse and tied by Trinity,
took a parting kick at the bewildered
Bulldog.
Cornell loped into Cambridge and
went out with the scalp OF Percy
Haughton-the first time a Harvard
team had been defeated in three years.
Princeton, with the best Tiger eleven
of a decade. was defeated by the Yale
aggregation.
Out in the west. Old Fielding H.
Yost has completed the most disas-
trous year Of his long connection with
the Wolverine institution. Michigan's
aggies, Syracuse, Cornell-all took a
wrack at the heretofore-feared Yost
machine.
The Montana university. consid-
cred by many easterners as scarcely
worthy of mention, outgamed. OUT
fought and outplayed the crack Syra-
cuse eleven, which had taken the
measure of the best teams in the east.
The score ended in a to tie, but
those who saw the game say that the
fasteners were practically smothered
by Jerry Nissen's eleven. Then Cali
fornia came to life again after she
had been licked 72 to by Washing
ton university and went up to Seattle
the next week and gave Coach Dobie
and his warriors the worst scare they
had had in eight years. Washington
won. but 1t was by the skin of her
teeth ...
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
Copyright 1915 by the Central Press
Association


The 1915 football season develop
ed some great stars and several bril-
liant teams. but at the same time It
got off with bad start, and early re-
suits disappointed many lovers Of the
game.
No doubt the general public con-
clSded after some Of the most con-
spicuous university teams had been
beaten by small colleges early in the
fall, that the season would turn out
more or less OF a fizzle. Schedules
were so arranged that there was no
definite elimination Of contenders.
therefore, the results from week to
week seemed more or less inconclu-
sive. '''7
1t takes stirring championship
race to arouse general and spontane-
Gus enthusiasm. Thus. while several
teams of remarkable brilliance were
nghting their way through to a VIC
torious conclusion. there was a degree
Of apathy on the part of the public,
which continued until the stirring
games at the seasons close.
In reviewing the work Of the sea-
son. 1t should be made clear at the
outset that in comparing the victori-
GUS teams am considering only those
that observe the three-year playing
rule,
1t is not fair to consider In the
yame class the teams that play men
three years and those that work their
men Tor four seasons The former
would be under a handicap in such
comparison. Of course. This is not
taken into account by the general
public, which pays heed only to the
scores, and which knows or cares
little about the handicap referred to.
In the east, three teams were very
strong: Cornell, Harvard and SYRIA
cuse. The latter had fewer points
scored against it than had any other
team. These points included three
by Princeton and seven by Michigan.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
ALEXANDER LEADS
LEAGUE IN SHUT-OUTS

For the third time since he joined
the Philadelphia Nationals Grover
Cleveland Alexander has led the
league in the number of shutout
games pitched during the season. This
year the great alex" had IL blanks
to his credit, equaling the record made
by Christy Mathewson with New York
in 1908. when the Giant wizard was
at his best with a team of sluggers
and fast fielders behind him. In 1911
Alexander handed the goose egg to
seven teams and repeated the per-
formance in 1913. Following is a list
Of the leading National league shut
out pitchers since 1904:
1a16-Alexander. Philadelphia, IL.
1914-Doak. st. Louis, 7.
1913-Alexander, Philadelphia, 7.
1s12-Rucker, Brooklyn. 6.
1911-Alexander. Philadelphia, Z.
1910-Brown, Chicago, 8.
1909-Overall, Chicago. 9.
1908-Mathewson,N New York, 12.
1907-Mathewson New York, 8.
1907-Overall, Chicago 0.
1906-Brown. Chicago 8.
1905-Mathewson. New York, 9.
1904-McGtnnity, New York 9.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
ST. THOMAS TO HAVE
BIG FOOTBALL GAME

st. Paul, Minn.. Dec. 4.-South Da-
kota university or st. Louis university
may be brought here to furnish oppo-
sition for the St. Thomas football
team next fall. Those were two Of
the propositions put before a meet
ing of the st. Thomas Athletic asso-
ciation, and it was practically decided
to schedule one or the other. Both
universities have expressed a willing
ness to meet the Kaydets here.
Everything is in readiness for the
football banquet to be held in the COL
lege dining halls on Monday night.
The 1915 letter men will be announc-
ed then, and the captain for next sea-
son will be elected.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
CORNELL'S RISE
AFTER GREAT ODDS

CornelIs rise to football greatness
has come only after long struggle
against tremendous odds. The astute-
ness of few alumni who had battled
without success against the tide Of in
reference and indifference in football
matters is responsible for this final
triumph. For years everything con-
spired to keep football little better
than a minor sport. Fraternities and
similar influences tied the hands OF
every graduate coach. The crew took
all the best men in the freshmen class
and football had to take what were
left,
Success was impossible under such
conditions. A remark dropped by DR..
Albert H. sharpe at the close Of the
1911 game, which he refereed, result
ed in his engagement by Cornell.
Sharpe was then coach Of the Penn
Charter teams in this city. He fol-
lowed the Cornell men into their
dressing rooms and remarked: What
q pity, what pity, that such fine
material has to be wasted in this
way"
That gave the Cornell alumni an
idea. Why not engage Sharpe to es-
tablish a system at Cornell? The
he accepted, but only on condition
that his Judgment should be followed
to the letter: that there should be alb
solute discipline. and neither the fra
ternities nor other teams should in
terfere. Once he fired half Of his
first team and devoted himself to his
second-string men and substitutes.
But he won out, and today has sys-
tenn as good as that Haughton has
perfected at Harvard.
Sharpe has now turned out four
teams at Cornell. In his first year,
after a disastrous season, he held
Pennsylvania to a 7-2 score. The
next year he won, 21-0, last year, "a
~, and this year 24-9. Equally re-
markable with his victories Is the fact
that he has developed school of
football which every year turns out an
immense number of high class substi-
tues. This year, for example, there
was second and third team, neither
of which was much below the first
team. That explains why Sharpe al
ways seems to have so many good
substitutes.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
Review OF 1915 Football Season;
Some Great Stars Developed.'.'.

and Nebraska. Illinois had two tie
games, playing Minnesota 8 to 6 and
o. S. u. 3 to 8. Nebraska won the
championship of the Missouri valley
and did not lose a game.
Minnesota's showing entities her
to the leadership Of the Western
Conference. Chicago lost to Min
nesota and Illinois. Wisconsin's luck
was poor. Because of the loss Of
Fullback Calvin through ineligibility
on account of professionalism, and
juries, the team was so weakened
that 1t lost its three principal games.
In the south. all of the colleges
play under the four-year system.
Vanderb carried away the laurels,
in the Southern Intercollegiate As
ISOLATION. scoring 461 points to none
for its opponents, up. to the Sewanee
game on Thanksgiving day. Van
derbilt, however. lost by a Sb to 10
score to Virginia, which is not a
member of the association.
In the southwest, Oklahoma retgns
supreme, having defeated the state
university teams Of Arkansas, Kan
sas, Missouri and Texas, as well as
all other teams played.
Among the teams in the east and
middle west playing under the four
year rule, fine records were made by
Pitt, w. and j., Colgate. and the
Michigan Aggies.
In my opinion, teams using men
four years should play only with
teams following the same rule. The
additional year makes a great deal
Of difference in the possibilities for
a team. The case of Notre Dame
helps make my point.
Until two years ago, Notre Dame
under the four-year rule was q dan
gerous adversary and defeated some
very strong teams. including Yale and
the Army. Last season Notre Dame
adopted the three-year rule, barring
first year men, and since then she has
not been heard from so prominently.
1t surely makes difference.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
JAMESTOWN TEAM
HAS HARD CARD
Basketball Schedule Includes
Number of Interesting
Games.

jamestown, N. D., Dec. 4.-The
Jamestown college basketball sched-
ule for the season includes number
Of exceptionally good games. Coach
Stanley Dougan perfected the sched-
ule when he was at the conference of
minor colleges. held at Mayville. The
schedule follows:
January S-Jamestown Y. M. c. A.
at jamestown.
January 14-Ellendale at Glendale.
January 15-Mayville at James,
town.
January 24-Park Region at
jamestown.
January 81 - Glendale at James
town.
February valley City at Valley
City.
February 15-Jamestown Y. M.
c. A.
February 22-Moorhead at Moor
head.
February 2S-Mayville at Mayville.
February 24-Park Region at Fer
gus Falls.
February 2-Valley City at James,
town
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
Willard to Meet Fulton, the
Only Man Who Can Reach Him

Moran and Jim IJeffries will testify,
but Willard was so tall the blow
wouldn't reach when Jack attempted
to defend his title against Jess.
Fulton's reach measures "a 1-2 in
ches or seven feet and one-half an
inch. It's the longest reach in Fis-
tinia. Willard's reach Is SO 1-2 in
ches. Willard is, only two inches tall
er tnan Fulton. The newcomer is just
as long In the legs, SO in the matter
Of size he is match for the cham
1t is claimed that Fulton has never
been hit hard. No wonder; He holds
EN- off with the lehg left wing. -,
The title affair viii be a fight be-
tween the giants Of the ring, with
Willard favorite. Jess has shown
class. Fulton has knocked out six
men in his short career, but they were
Jack Moran, Terry Keller, Art Pelkey
Jack Lewis, Tim Logan and Andre
Anderson.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
A WINONA WOMAN WON.
lSprinRfield Renuhlican

Once more the Craig prize in dra-
matte composition at Harvard has
been won by woman-Mrs. Char
lotte Barrows Chorpening of winona,
MINI. Her play is entitled, Be
tween the Lines" but the phrase is
used not of warfare, but in it's appli-
cation to the implications of spoken
or written discourse. The Craig
prize. which is open to Harvard and
Radcliffe students. has been offered
annually for the past five years and
women have won it three times. Last
seasons prize play, Common Clay"
fs now running in New York. The
prize Is $500 and guarantee of pro-
fessional presentation, John Craig,
the Boston actor, staging the play at
his Castle Square .theater. Royalties
are given the author during the Bos-
ton run, as well as on all subsequent
engagements Half the $500 is given
to the Harvard library for books on
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
(By Brown Holmes.) }

Wy DAOWu 11OlIlS6.)
News from headquarters is to the
effect that everything is set for Fred
Fulton Of Rochester. Minn., to meet
Jess Willard for the heavyweight
championship at New Orleans in
March.
When Willard steps into the ring
with Fulton he will meet tha only
fighter in the business big enough to
reach him. Moran, Cofrey, Gunboat
Smith and all the others are SO much
shorter than Willard in Heach he has
only to hold out his left fist and their
wallops miss their mark. ~
Also, Willard is so long Of legs and
tall Of body that the others would
have trouble getting to him with a
solid wallop. Jack johnson was the
langiest Of the heavies until Willard
came along. and Willard was too big
for him.
johnson had a wonderful uppercut.
as Tommy Burns, Jim Flynn, Frank
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
FORMER GOPHER USED
REVOLVER TO PUT PEP
into FOOTBALL men

Minneapolis, Dec. 4.-Coach
Shaughnessy Of Tulane uniyersi-
ty, who was a fullback at Mime
sofa in 1918, appeared on the
football practice at New Orleans
with u worn and rusty looking
S2-caliber ''gat."
He fiourished it whenever the
varsity squad stayed in it's tracks
q fraction of second after Quar-
terback Killeen signaled for the
ball.
"You fellows get out Of that
when shoot this gun, else some
body around here is going to get
hurt" he said. Then he let ny
on the next play and reports are
that Tulane did speed up.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
MUST TELL WAR TALES AT TOMB
French saldier aRtfdnur In tia Ar


A French soldier fighting in the Ar
gonne has just inherited an estate val
ued at $4,000 from an eccentric army
officer who lived in the soldiers native
village. The only condition attached
to the legacy is that the soldier must
from time to time visit the grave Of
his benefactor and relate there some
of his war experiences. The will says:
Being without family, 1 leave the
whole Of my fortune to Paul Cambon.
farmer. I desire thus to show my
gratitude to him for having for many
years listened patiently and with every
air Of interest to the stories I used
to tell of the war of 1870. I trust that
he Will be spared to return to his VIII
lage after the present war and nv
only request to him is that he come
occasionally to my tomb and there
relate some Of his own war experien-
ces.'-(Case and Comment)
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04

STRANGE GLAD HAND.
That man must love you. He
made so much fuss over you. What's
his name?"
II don't know!"
But he seemed so glad to see
YOU"
Yes, he was very effusive."
Haven't you any idea who he is?-
Not at all. I've seen his face
somewhere. but can't place him" /"
But he acted like long lost
brother"
He surely did. 1 can't make QUO
He surely did. I can't make up
my mind whether he really knows me
or is a candidate for office. Detroit
Free Press.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04

Syracuse defeated Colgate ss to O..
and Colgate beat Yale 16 to 0. Cor
nell won all the games on its schedule
and was the only team to beat Har-
ward IN the last three years.
Although Cornell defeated Har-
ward. 1t Is my opinion that the teams
were about evenly matched. Harvard
might turn the tables If another
game were played. Harvard had her
usual gh-class, finished team, win
ming her two big games from Prince
ton and Yale. =.
In the middle west three teams
were undefeated:i Illinois. Minnesota,
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
GOOD ADVICE.

Now, gentlemen" said the dean Of
the law college, "let each Of you
make a resolve not to descend to pet
tifoggery or to put himself upon a
level with the criminal classes"
Here he looked around the class
room.
TN other words, be q legal light,
not legal dark lantern. n."-Louisvill
Courier-Journal.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
NO NERVOUS STRAIN.

Crawford-The elephant sleeps only
five hours out Of every twenty-four.
Crabshaw-Very true; but Just stop
and consider that the elephant doesn't
have to attend lectures or the opera,
listen to sermons or war talk, or lend
an ear to some fellows description
of his newest baby or car, and you
will realize that he has a pretty soft
time Of It, taken all in all.-Life.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04

drama and half to the author. Mrs.
Chorpening is middleaged, has trav-
eled extensively and is at present
teaching English at the state normal
school at Winona.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
A BOOM IN THE DESERT.
lFarm and Fireside. J

(Farm and Fireside.)
Assessed land values in the Impe-
rial Valley, California, rose from
nothing at all in 1902 to $4,000, 900
in 1915. And the population from SO
to $4,000. And because Of irrigation.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
FIGURATIvELY SPEAKING.

FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING.
Of matrimony?" - t--''>
YES"
fag7"
"Oh. yes; but suspect that part of
the cargo is contraband."
why so?"
Everybody says the bridegroom
has lot Of BRASS"
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
RISES,

when water becomes ice," asked
the teacher, what is the great change
which takes placer"
THE greatest change, ma'am," said
the little boy, sis the change in price,"
Ladies' Home Journal
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-04
Yesterdays Bowling
Handicap League.

The Mail Clerks won two out &
three from the Star Laundry.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-03

| In tho ground. Under cover of tho
blasting operations. while the pail OF
smoke still hung over the excavations,
the French advanced. and while the
debris and mud was still falling thick
ly all about. took possession OF the
pits and held them despite the most
desperate efforts Of the Germans to
dislodge them. Several German as
saults were directed against the newly
but each was repulsed with losses to
the enemy.
Artillery duels. with slight advances
ut certain points. particularly near
icrthes. where the French have can
northeast of Mesnil- Les-IIurlus, marked
the fighting along this entire stretch
OF battle line as far east as the Mouse.
In the NosGes region the Germans
attacked near Brcmcnil, two miles
northeast OF Badonviller, but were
driven back after suffering heavy
losses.
Three new rows Of houses have boen
captured in the French advance through
the town OF Stcinbach, the capture or
winch Is but matter OF Il few DAYS
French and. British aviators continue
to reconnoitre the German frontier
night and day. dropping bombs upon
the points OF military value still held
by the Germans.
The morale OF the allies continues
good despite the trying ordeal OF life
IN the trenches. which Is growing ex
ceedtngly monotonous because OF tho
SllSht advances to which weather com
"ltlohs ana inc almost equal strength
Oh the hostile forces restrict them
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-03
II You Could Only
Be a Stomach
YOU'D Go TO He'd Rather Sore MT IN.
Work You'd Have to On

ca t,a any n master that works "a horse
30 ions. without rest, that the poor old
oe8st at last has to go to a bone pile
via fancy yourself doing the same thing
our physical organs.
Just imagine yourself dcvotinr
hours of ceaselcss work to the direa
non or a meal which you cannot digest
te or wrongful Ingredients given
10 you by the blood.
Is not a man very foolish to ima,,n.
raw Sick stomach capable of GOOD
Work when the juices 1t receives arc
SO nlied with alkali or acid that they
actually eat the stomach membrane?
DO you not know from common
sense point OF view that to continue
SuGh course means not only the i'm :
pairment of your stomach but or all
digestive organs as we'll?
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets go into
SO powerful in health giving qualities
.hat almost instantly the work Of dl-
gestion Is improved. They ease up the
bilo ooI nnd N wGak; They go into the
when the stomach calls for new juices
at your next meal you are able to fur
nish them.
Your common sense will tell you
frss' na aid Tah to se co
be In every drug store. unless de-
manded after trial by all classes OF
stomach sufferers.
- No more are they a doubtful quality.
Iney nave passed rigid examination
by all manner of stomach and diges-
tive tests, and they have been awar.
the diplome of American patronage.
Theirs has been the practical test
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are for
sale at all druggists at soc a bon.
pie free.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-03

reads: Il began using Pecruna few
months ago when my health and
strength were all gone, and was
nothing but nervous wreck. Cou,d
not sleep. eat or rest properly. and felt
no desire to live.
Three bottles of peruna m,do >,
look at life In different light, az 7
began to regain my lost strcnpt,,
Nhiie my recovery took nearly four
months. at the end of that time I was
better than ] ever had been before
had splendid color and never
weighed more In my life.
certainly think Pcruna is without
r,Vai as tonic and strength builder
ana II has my endorsement"
Mr. Charles Brown, II. X. 4, Box 10
Kogersville Tenn, writes: al have
tried many different remedies but have
found that Peruna Is the greatest tonic
on EARTH and n perfect system
builder"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-03
AGAIN INTERCEPTED
ny BRITISH MARSHES

HALIFAX. n. s., January 2-Infor-
nation was received here to-day that
the American tank steamer Brindilla,
whose arrest by British cruiser and
detention Mt Halifax last October was
the cause of diplomatic correspondence
between the United States and Great
Britain resulting In the steamers re-
lease, again had been intercepted by
British warships. this time off the coast
of Scotland.
Maritime records show the Brindilla
arrived at st. Michaels. Azores. from
Alexandria, Egypt. to take on n cargo
OF oil from German steamer on De-
cember ~. and was reported as leaving
st. Michnels December 20, clearing for
Copenhagen.
The Brindilla's first seizure occurred
of New York last October She had
aboard a cargo of oil and was bound
ostensibly for Alexandria Egypt a
British cruiser conveyed her to Halifax
The State Department made representa-
tons to the British government, which
resulted in the Brindilla's release. after
she had been detained here for about
week.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-03
GERMAN MOTOR CAR
ATTACKED FROM AEROPI.A

AMSTERDAM, January "a Rottcr-
dam citizen, who has returned from the
User district, relates that he saw a
motor car with four German soldiers
on the road between Bruges and Thou
rot proceeding in the direction of Dix
nude. Suddenly the motor car stopped
owing 20 puncturcd tire. 4 British
aeroplanc was flying overhead. II de-
seconded and manocuvred in n strong
wind, trying 10 get exactly above the
car.
The passenger of the aeroplane shot
ut the motor car with a machine gun,
killing two of the occupants instantly.
y third was killed while seeking cover,
but the fourth escaped, having sought
shelter beneath the car.