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The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-21
BERTHA ASHORE
 KODIAK ISLAND

Seattle, July 21-The freighter Bertha, of the Admiral Line of steamships, enrOute to the Bristol Bay, Alaska, salmon c9nnery with supplies, went ashore yesterday northwest of Kodiak island. The vessel was later destroyed by fire but the crew escaped.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-21
NOTICE

The public will kindly observe t:.at nc visitors are allowed to see Mrs. Gee Brown until furher in- structich. By order of the
 6-21-tf. PHYSICIAN IN CHARGE.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-21
MANY LIVES ARE
 LOST IN FLOODS

Washington, D. C., July 21-Ac- cordiug to advices received in this city yesterday between eighty and one hundred thousand lives were lost in the recent floods in the province of Canton, China, and ad- jacent country.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-21
FORMER JURIST KILLED
 IN SEATTLE COLLISION

Seattle, July 21-Judge George W. Holcolmb, a former justice of the supreme court of Washington territory, was killed here Satur- day by an automobile accident.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-07-21
SERVICE
 GUARD HIS HOME

Beverly, Mass, July 2O-The summer home oi British Ambassador Springer is now being guarded by United States secret service men,
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20

beaten Yale with the forward pass. On the other hand, Yale beat Princeton
 5-3 in 1910 with a touchdown which
 was a direct result of forward pass, Howe to Fitzpatrick. Last year Yale employed the forward and lateral pass extensively and directly in the beating of Princeton. In this years Princeton
 Yale game forward passes. were instru- mental in Yale winning. In that game Yale, directed by HinlSey, showed the prettiest variation of the passing game football ever has seen, and the game is a loser when tactics of that sort fall into decline.
 Harvard won from Yale in 1908 70, by Remarks field goal after Yer Wiebe's rushes had carried the ball to easy kicking distance. In 1912 Harvard won, 200, and the scoring began when Storer picked up a fumbled ball and ran with it for touchdown. Harvard won, 15-5, in 1913, and all the points for the crimson were from Brlckley's field goals. Harvard's thirty-six points last year were mostly from the running game The forward pass cut no figure. In 1900 Yale's 60 victory over liar ward came immediately after for ward pass. This pass, Veeder to All
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
DOn'tS For GunnerS

THE fall gunning season is about on,
 and every year the hunting brings with 1t it's spells in the form of human sacrifices. For the benefit of gunners who are planning to go after game this season the following list of don'ts is given:
 Don't take any chances. The func- tion of a shotgun is to scatter shot, but be very careful where you scat ter it.
 Don't blaze away in haste and don't get excited. Many a shooter has filled his favorite dog full of lead just be- cause he was overanxious.
 Don't point gun at any person in jest. It is always the gun that i've didn't know was loaded" that goes off and does the damage. The only time to point a gun is when you intend to kill.
 Don't take every rustic of bush or a bough to be sure indication of game. Remember sometimes an inquis- itive person has a penchant for being in strange places.
 Don't carry loaded gun through the street or on cars, trains. automobiles or any other kind of vehicles or leave it around farmhouses to have some child playfully blow a head off. : Don't get excited and shoot without
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
YaePrinceton

the side line. Coaches took advantage of this by developing players who could throw the ball thirty and forty yards down the field with the accuracy of a baseball. When a team was fortified with such players bunting was rarely resorted to, and on the fourth down the ball was thrown down the field and out of bounds.
 Such tactics of course did not give players of the defending team chance to run the ball back, and so much ad- vantage was taken of the rule that the committee at it's meeting last year changed the code so that 8 penalty Of a down is inflicted and the ball put in play at the point of the previous down. If the ball is thrown out of bounds on the fourth down the oval is brought back to the point of the previous down and given to the opposing eleven.
 Can Now Run Back Punts.
 It readily can be seen that the change was for the best and increased the value of a kicker and went further to equalize the offense and defense than any alteration in the code in the last three years. A team on defense now has a chance to run the ball back
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
1t Was Unsuccessful

and lessen the distance of the punts.
 The change also benefits the kicking side in that it can recover the ball In case of a tumble by one of the catch ing side. As result the players who are stationed in the back field must catch the ball. There also are more ac- tion and interest in the plays by having the ball in the playing field at all times. &
 The effect of the change is shown by the number of kickers developed at the various colleges this year. Most or these players are punters and field goal kickers, and a number of important games already have been won by the air line route. A player who is punter is generally the field goal kick CT, and as a result the changing or the forward pass out of bounds rule has developed several kickers who would not have been heard from if the old rule remained unchanged.
 Boot Ball Out of Bounds.
 In developing such kickers the coaches generally instruct their pro- teges to kick the ball as far down the field as possible with the one idea in mind to boot the oval out of bounds.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20

making sure that your object is game.
 Don't shoot until you see the rabbit, and then be sure that he is clear of both man and dog.
 Don't drag gun under 8 fence with the muzzle pointed toward you.
 Don't climb over fences with your gun or lean it against tree until you get over. Put it through the fence and on the ground business end before.
 Don't hunt with any one that you know to be careless. Carelessness with three and a quarter drams of powder behind and one and one-eighth ounces of shot is inviting "sure death.''
 Don't load your gun until you are actually ready for business. At all other times it should be empty. Keep your finger off the trigger until you are looking down the barrel at your game.
 Don't use a cheap gun, as it is apt to explode when a heavy charge is used.
 Don't borrow a dog or gun or loan either.
 Don't rest on the muzzle of your gun.
 Don't violate the game laws. It is not only criminal, but sometimes very costly.
 Don't "hog'' all the game. Leave a little behind for the next fellow.
 Don't rest the muzzle of your gun on the ground. A gur muzzle clogged with dirt or mud is . dangerous propo-
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
IS FOND OF BEATING PIRATES C

MOT even a world series victory can
 give Grover Cleveland Alexander half the pleasure as beating the Pi- rates. And this is the story:
 Back in 1910 Barney Dreyfuss heard about the big starboard hurler, who then was with the Syracuse club in the New York State league. Dreyfuss looked over Alexander--or had one of his scouts do it-and decided that Alexander was entirely too green.
 Horace E. Fogel, then president of the Phillies, heard of Alexander about the same time, watched him during several games and decided to grab him. Fogel ingenuously "shOoed" away other scouts, baked at paying the big price that one of the owners of the club ask ed for Alexander, and finally secured him in draft for $750.
 Almost from his first day with the Phillies Alexander was star. When midseason came in 1911 his name was on every tongue of fandom. And then it was that Dreyfuss won the undying enmity of the great twirler.
 Somebody evidently asked Dreyfuss why .he didn't sign up Alexander when he had a chance probably intimating that Dreyfuss had made a big error in judgment. Dreyfuss was quoted in the papers as saying that he could have signed Alexander, but he kept "off'' of him because the pitchers habits were bad
 Alexander, whose habits are and ever
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20

they raise the pigskin only as high as the head and no more than six inches out from the head. And they get speed and accuracy on the old pigskin.
 This stuff about the forward pass be- ing unreliable and tricky is all bosh When the ball is handled properly the play is reasonably safe.
 Various teams from time to time have played havoc with Yale by means of the forward pass, and the blue is considered weak in guarding against this device. Nevertheless. Yale has ac- complished a good deal more against Harvard and Princeton with the for ward toss than either has accomplish ed against Yale. So far as this triangle is concerned, Yale has made better use of the pass and been damaged by it less.
 The forward pass was born in 1906, and since that time Princeton has won one game from Yale. 6-3, in 1911. Those six points were from Whites run, with which a forward pass had nothing to do. The 1912 game was a tie, 6-6, and the six Princeton points were from field goals. The 1913 game was a 3-3 tie, so Princeton never has
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20

colt, was one of the longest ever used in football game.
 What claims to greatness Washing ton and Jefferson may have had, in a football way, were eliminated by Pitts burgh recently; also by one little play which must have caused unspeakable horror to football tacticians who wit messed the break. A paragraph in the description of the story of the game reads:
 "Pittsburgh's last touchdown result ed from an intercepted forward pass on w. and Us ten yard line and two plunges through the line, Fry going over.'
 Can you imagine any situation that would justify attempting a forward pass on ones own ten yard line? They don't try that in high school circles.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20

have been models for every youth, saw the article and went white with rage when he read it. Throwing down the paper, he hunted up President Fogel and Manager Charlie Dooin.
 'Td like to ask a favor," he said.
 What is it ?" asked Fogel.
 That you give me permission to pitch two out of every four games we play against the Pirates," answered Alexander.
 Why do you want to do that?' was asked.
 Because I want to beat his club for what he is publicly quoted as saying about me-
 Alexander's request was granted, and the records show that over a four year stretch the Pirates have beaten Alex ander only two or three times.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
EvERs DIDN'T REMEMBER NEHF,

WHEN Arthur Nehf, the remarkable
 southpaw who was purchased last summer by the Braves, was intro duced to Johnny Evers by Manager Stallings, he said:
 "Howdy! This is the second time I've had the pleasure of meeting you. MT. Evers.''
 You don't say sol" exclaimed the Boston captain. When was that?"
 Tt was the year you managed the Cubs" said the young left handler. T reported one morning and you gave me the grand bounce that afternoon. You told me I'd never be a major league pitcher"
 "I fired you, eh?" retorted Evers, after looking Nehf over carefully. Well, it's no wonder Charley Murphy tied the can to me. We managers all make mistakes. I'm strong for you now!''
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
TOUGH FOR PITCHERS WHEN
 HUGGINS Is UP.

IF there is any man in the world
 harder to pitch to than Miller Hug gins the average National league twirl- CT hasn't yet lamped the individual One day when Huggins was batting against Vic Willis, then with the Pi- rates the Rabbit fouled off twelve con- secutive balls. Vic was an easy going cuss, but he became highly incensed and yelled to the umpire:
 Get batter! I'm tired of throwing the ball to bunch of nothing like that guy up there now!"
 Beg pardon, but can't help you" replied the ump. You will have to get rid of Huggins first. The rules say so. and I can't go behind the rules. you know"
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
One Point Not Covered.

The rules committee undouhtsd running out of bounds and then ting back on the field to receive ward pass. The play has come u eral times. The player was not ir session of the ball at the time he ed the side line and was in the A play when he caught the oval. time the runner was out of bound ball was in the air and belonged t member of the defending team or ble players of the passer's side it touched the ground. As there specific ruling on the point the p thing to do would be to bring thd back to the point from which i'd snapped and order the formation ed over.
 Inserting the ten yard penalty i'd tentional grounding of the ball ha suited in more action. The players take more chances with the ball throw it down the field on every| tempt to successfully execute the Before this penalty was inserted q hurlers of the ball merely tossed ball yard or two forward when saw it would be impossible to mak' pass to one of their eligible players
 Protection For FulIback. ! Giving the fullback more prote' after he has kicked the ball is m ing with popular approval of most I CTS. although it. is hard for theI avoid the kicker when they oh through with plenty of drive. In cases the officials should use their judgment as to whether a bloc player Intentionally roughs the ki or whether the pumping into him accidental. There have been few alties for such an offense this SC, as the coaches have instructed players fully on the rule.
 A point which was in the rules year and which has been omitted season is the roughing of the pc after he has thrown the ball. Tn [ contests the passers have been hui being run into after the ball had thrown, but the officials were at a how to rule such an infringement. general opinion of western coaches officials is that the same penalty sh be inflicted as for roughing the Xii An understanding on the point b' the contests will go long way to' avoiding trouble in the games. Little Revision Needed. The knocking down of the secon defense after the ball has been decl dead is another change in the which has met with popular appr, There have been few violations of rule which also includes throwing feet in the air to strike an opponer the face.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
HALFBAck PAYNE BEATS O'DEA'S
 MARK

MARX PAYNE, halfback on the Da- AL kota Wesleyan eleven, in the game with the Northern Normal school at Mitchell, S. D., recently broke all pre- vious records for drop kicks when he booted the ball over the bars from a distance of sixty three yards.
 This is the longest drop kick in foot ball annals. Pat ODea, the famous Wisconsin end, dropkicked a distance of sixty-two yards in a game against Northwestern on Nov. 25, 1898.
 On Nov. 30, 1882, J. T. Haxall of Princeton kicked goal from placement for a distance of sixty-five yards in game against Yale.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
HANK GoWDY CELEBRATES.

HANK GOWDY, the Boston back
 stop recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of his debut in the Ma tional league. He got his major league start with the New York Giants on Sept. 13, 1910, ,'when he covered first base in a game in which the Pirates opposed the McGraw men. Gowdys record in the field was ten putouts, one assist and one error. At the bat he didn't get a hit in three times up, the delivery of Babe Adams being too baff1ing for the future star of the Bean- eaters
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
WATCH DADMUN OF HARVARD.

FUNNY how a star at one place is
 only rookie at the other. It's all in the difference of styles. Harry Dad nun, luminary at Tufts two years ago, when he put up a rattling fine game against Harvard, and now at liar yard, looks no better than many of the raw recruits in the Crimson line. However, Harvard predicts that just as soon as he has unlearned his Tufts football and gets accustomed to Haugh- tons style he will again shine.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
WHY THE EAST FAILS WITH THE FORWARD PAS

There are kicksrs who can do n they are few-that Is, the ones VI get the desired distance in thi forts.
 When a team is in it's opponent ritory and too far away to tryl field goal, the sickers now are ind ed to boot the ball high in q without crossing the goal line. T| lows players of the kicker's s
 cover the kick and recover the case of a tumble. It follows player who attempts to catch tn in the shadows of his own goal is nervous, and the more player down to tackle him will mak
 more apt to tumble. gf. f
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20


 ders who visit the west are constantly comparing the merits of eastern and western football. No final Judgment can ever be reached unless many eastern teams meet many west ern teams. There is no possibility of this happening soon. And all argu- ments as to the relative merits of the two sections on the gridiron are so much wasted breath.
 1t is possible, however, to draw com parisons on certain factors in the game as they are observed. There is no doubt, for instance, that the west plays passing game. The reason the east does not measure up to the west in the open game is simply this:
 Eastern forward passers, as a gen eral thing, do not grasp the ball prop erly for the direct, sharp and accurate pass. Instead of taking the ball be- tween the thumb and fingers with a firm grip they hurl it from the flat of the hand.
 Can't Be Thrown From Flat of Hand.
 Coaches stagg of Chicago, Williams of Minnesota, zuppke of Illinois, Yost of Michigan and other western mentors . early found the forward pass impossi- ble if the ball was thrown from the flat of the hand. They taught their backs to grip the pigskin firmly for short, snappy shot. Eastern coaches, in the main, prefer the flat hand, long arm swing so much in vogue. Foster San ford, old Yale star, who coached Rut- 6ox rAi1 New Brunswick. N. J., in reply to a question whether he preferred to have Scarr, his quarterback, hurl the ball flat handed, that he liked that style better than the grip. He preferred it. he said, because it could be used with 1 wet ball as we'll as with dry one He overlooked apparently, the fact that if 1 ball was so wet it could not be thrown | properly it could not be caught re- liably. Reason Is Poor One. Even if Sanford's reason were valid | 1t would not be feasible to sacrifice speed and accuracy to the chance of a rainy day coming along to interfere with the better method. Forward pass ing is rarely attempted with a wet ball.
 Harry Legore of Yale knew how to handle = the forward pass properly. Pritchard of the Army could shoot the ball as accurately as he could throw a baseball. Dorias of Notre Dame visited the east and showed how. to shoot the ball. Oliphant of the Army team learned to throw the ball when he was Ut Purdue.
 Most eastern forward passers use a long, side arm swing, with the palm of the hand upward. The ball goes high In the air or wabbles in its course Too. 1t generally gets bad spin that makes It difficult to catch. The whole pro- cedure is as ridiculous as trying to throw discus to a given point. using the regulation discus swing
 Grasp the Ball.
 Western forward passers, the best of thern, grasp the ball with fingers on the la,cing in the middle, and run with it so. They can run or bluff a run with the ball in the same grip. Throwing,
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20

years ago he was one of the most valu-
 able umps in the National league, but was dismissed by Thomas Lynch, who was then president of the old organl-
 zation, for reasons that were not made public. Owen is considered by many
 baseball experts as being as good as Bill Klem and Billy Evans in calling
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
hWEN "COMES BACK" AS A BIG
 @LEAGUE UMPIRE. .s

DAN JOHNSON, president of the American league, has added Brick" owen to his staff of umpires. Owen Rpr the last few seasons acted as an ,mpire in the American association
 This will not be Owens first trip to
 le biz league as an umpire. Several
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20
Regulation of Forward Passes Reveals
 Need For Capable Punters.

Following the changing of the rule in regard to a forward pass being. thrown out of bounds, the value of a kicker in football has increased 40 per cent. Under the old rule the ball went to the opponents at the point where it crossed
New Britain herald., 1915-12-20

N WESTERN football players " and sss .,o, followers owe .,.,a,s who wis, x;s',
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The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-17
The Climax.

Mir. Jones was operated on for ap- pendicitis. He was placed in a small ward to recover from the anaesthetic, his bed being between that of two pa tients previously operated on. As he awoke, he said "Thank Heaven, that s over."
 "Oh, no", said the patient on his right, "when l was operated on, the doctor left sponge and had to go back and get it.
 "Yes, indeed" said the patient on the left, ''when l was operated on the doctor left the scissors and had to go back and get them out"
 Just hen the surgeon put his head in the door and asked, "Has anyone here seen my hat?" and Jones tainted
The Prescott daily news., 1915-07-17
COTTON ON UPGRADE,
 $I.5O A BALE HIGHER
Dulls Dominate Market and Flu
 lures Prices Show Excited and
 Rapid Rise.-Market Opened Steady at Gain of 6tO ' Points.

New York, July 16.-More bullish crop reports seemed to be largely res ponsible for a buying movement in the cotton market here today, which became active and excited in the late trading when prices advanced very rapidly with active months selling at S1.50 or more over last nights final figures. The close was slightly off from the best under realizing, but firm at net advance of 27 to 29 points.
 Liverpool was better than due and the market here opened steady at an advance of to points on scatter ing demand from Wall statee and To- cal sources. A private crop report published shortly after the opening making the condition only IT'S per cent, against 79.5 per cent on June 25, proved something of surprise to To- cal traders. The advance was also en- couraged by the continued dry wealth CT in south Texas, the improved tone of the stock market and the more op- timistic view of the international pol itics. After selling about 12 to 13 points net higher, prices reacted 4 or points, but became particularly strong in the late trading, owing to the development of almost sensational strength in New Orleans, a scare of shorts and more aggressive bull sup port. October sold up to 9.46c. with active months generally showing net gains of from 30 to 36 points in the late trading. The late advance was probably encouraged by bullish week end figures and the continued heavy out-of- sight movement. Exports for the day were 4,443 bales, making s. 224, 1922 bales so far this season. port receipts, 6,214 bales; United States port stocks, sol ,239 bales; spinners takings for the week were placed at 4,457 bales, against 133,573 last year, and the visible supply of Ameri- can cotton decreased 155,343 bales, against a decrease of 1t7,219 bales last year.