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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Baseball Seems Doomed
In Conference Colleges

collegiate baseball was 7 TO and for
the retention OF The summer baseball
rule s 10 3.
Advocates OF the anti-baseball reso-
luton argued that the abolition Of the
game would do away with 20 per cent
Of eligibility questions. They declared
that baseball had become so CONNER
cialized that its retention as college
snort was not desirable. That college
baseball teams are rarely wholly anna 70
teur was another point brought up.
Reports that there had been teen
,;cal yiolstions OF the rule against
football practice before September 20
were received and committee wa
snnointed 70 investigate. \ committee
10 investigate the physical cheets Of
'c,oss-country running also was named.
Dean Small was elected president ana
Professor Moran reelected secretary.
Professor Moran WAS chosen delegate
~ the meeting OF the National Cole
giste Athletic Association, IN New YORK
on December %.
The secretary was instructed 20 draw
mniform eligibility blanks and
uoirtion was raised requiring al
a,bGates 70 sign their blanks ~ the
n,escnce OF faculty authoritie'
rho,e was little sentiment IN favor
10 Establishment OF soccer foot
Pm nd Golf rs intercollegiate sports
pa, .rtiop was taken on them. The
Anu ,,,cc voted 20 require one day. OF
oncn football practice a Hees, ou'
Jrelined 10 limit sTret prae'iee 70 'No
days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
The Six-Day Epoch.
Dear Sir:


The annual six-day bicycle in Madison Square Gar
den is upon us again and the hue and hs been
raised in certain quarters again about the severe tax on
the riders Can calamity howlers point TO any one DIS
abed by the physical strain in way that long, healthy
sleep does not repair
Take veteran Joe Foger. lie mas been member Of
the winning team more often than other rider and
now mas bobbed up again Yet Fogler doe'n even bother
to train for sx-dsy Just rides into condition. ne
says in the itself A rheumatic old man WIN "eaA
digestive organs might find the sixday grind beyond him
Bu, the professional cycis thye it, aryelns mean
Will. at the Marathon The football player and
-.... ,,.... 81, other lie. HT.
Six-dsy riding must be life builder. rather than
strain We remember cheering Bobby Wathour long before
70 Cbb ever made base hit. in the days when certain
keen observers were just beginning 10 discover that
vorrg fellow. named Mathewson looked 70 be quite a
ni,cb.r Yet Wahour looks young a. ever.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
BUTLER HORSES
TO BE HANDLED
BY NEW TRAINER
Dick Benson No Longer in
Charge of Pebbles, High
Noon and Others.

Dick Benson will not train the James
Butler thoroughbreds next year. A
parting Of the ways came a day or two
ago, and for the present Pebbles, High
Noon, Comely and the other horses
have been turned over TO the foreman.
Mr.. Butler has not decided on a sue
cessor TO Benson, and will take his
time in picking out the right man. Tom
Welsh has been suggested and also
Jack Joyner, but neither may be availa-
BILE.
Welsh returned TO this country from
France last summer, where he had
charge Of the Widener stable. and JOY
ner came back from England few
weeks ago. where he had been training
the II. ?. Whitney horses
Neither may return on account OF
the war cutting into racing so badly,
and Mr.. Butler would be lucky TO get
one or the other.
Dick Benson was graduated from
the trotting horse ranks and took up
the training Of thoroughbreds when
Mr.. Butler decided to campaign a stable
of runners on big scale.
In the season Of 1914, with Won
derful lot Of two-year-olds, including
Pebbles. High Noon. Comely. Kilkenny
Boy and Last tom among others, BEN
son enjoyed most successful year,
but last season things went badly.
The horses did not train on as three
year-olds 20 the point expected. and
High Noon, q sprinter. was the only
really dependable one in the string.
Pebbles was a great disappointment,
and most of the others did not race up
70 expectations.
II came to be feeling among fol-
lowers Of the sport that the Butler
horses were never quite ready at the
first asking and generally needed race
or two. In justice 70 Benson 1t may be
said that he was i'll off and on large
part of the season and possibly could
not do himself full justice.
Mr.. Butler was sorry 20 break with
Benson, but saw no other way out and
felt that the mistakes Of last season
must be corrected.
Comely, by the way, may be retired
to the stud shortly. This good mare Is
affected in the wind and in all prob
ability will not stand training another
season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Hamilton Cerberus
Has His Hands Full

The Hamilton dressing room vas
stormed BY an army of enthusiasts
between the halves. Every player
had at least three fathers and ten
brothers Who wanted TO get n 70
offer suggestions. Also. there were
a number of amateur coaches. each
with his own ideas on how the sew
eraI positions should be PLAYED.
But they did not get in. The
negro doorkceper Was equal TO the
occasions.
NO, sub. YOU can't get in. You is
the fourth man Who said he's JIM
my Parkes's father" he insisted.
NO. you amt Crovst's uncle. His
uncle is in there" he said 10 an
other.
NO. you amt Ciapp's brother.
He amt got no brother" he snapped
to a third.
He was as busy repelling the
vould-be invaders as the French are
over in Champagne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Hamilton Boys Beat
East Aurora Eleven
East and West
in Even Break

Three international scholastic
football games were played yester.
day. and on the face OF returns.
East and West secured an even
break. On results, there was moth
ing to choose; on total scores the
lads from the other side Of the Al
leghanies may claim a slight supe-
riority.
At Washington Park Hamilton In
stitute beat the highly rated East
Aurora High School 13 to IL: at
Beverly, Mass, the Beverly High
School was vanquished by the De
Paul Academy, of Chicago. by 90 to
7, and at Detroit the elevens of the
Detroit Central and Everett. Mass.
high schools played a scoreless tie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Triple Tie at Basketball.
lBy Telegraph 70 The rriDun'

Williamstown. Mass, Dee. a.
Junior victory over the seniors by
score OF 81 10 10 and a sophomore VIC.
tory over the freshmen at Il to 10
hrouyht about a triple tie among the
three upper classes in the interclass
basketball series at Williams College
this afternoon. Although both OF tho
losing teams were ahead az the close
% the first half. good team work by
their opponents spelled their defeat in
the faal period.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Harvard and Next Year.

Harvard lost her football team" says an exchange
when the Crimson lost Mahan"
Which is tip that neither Yale Princeton should be
foolish enough follow. Harvard returns most Of her
line And FOR her backed supplant those who leave
Harvard has Casey star back from Exeter; Hover re
pored 70 be even than Casey; Enwrgh who has
learned few things who will be valuable Mahan
In Mace Of losing Harvard has better bsckfeld material
for 1916 than she this last year. with Mahan out
of harness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
MAKES SIX-MILE RECORD

Boston. Dec. flames Hennigan. Of
the Dorchester Club. winning the New
England 'eross-country championship
to-day. led = pack Of twenty-seven
barriers in record slime. The boy fn-
shed the six miles over the Franklin
Park course IL thirty-two minutes, bet
tering the time Of Overton. the recent
intercollegiate winner, by more than q
minute.
John J. Lozero. Of the Irish-Ameri-
ca Athlete Association. OF this city,
was second. go yards behind. and Cliff
Horne, a club mate Of Hennigan, was
third. The Dorchester Club won the
team championship easily.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
WESTERN ELEVEN
WINNER IN EAST
St. Paul Academy of Chicago
Keats Beverly High School.

Beverly. Mass. Dec. 4.-By a series
q, vsil executed trick and open plays
n. paul Academy. of Chicago. defeat
ed the Beverly High School IN an inter-
sectional football game to-day, 81 10 q
The FIVE touchdowns b. the visitor,
were scored b. Paul. who made two;
Schneider. V. Grundman and Kelley.
Every try for goal failed Beverly
scored in tae last few minutes OF play
on a tvent yard run By West
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
EVERETT HOLDS
DETROIT TO TIE
No Scoring in East VS.. Wes'
GridirOn Battle.

Detroit. Dec. THE Detroit Central
High School and the High School eiev-
en- OF Everett. Mass. played score
less tie at the Detroit baseball PARK
to.da Magnificent last ditch playing
by the visitors kept them from beng
scored on. More than once the nesVy
Detroiters had tho ball close to Ev-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

eretts goal, but lacked the punch TO
carry il across
The feld, particularly a portion on
the baseball infeld. was muddy. Both
teams played the old style game. Ev-
erett did not attempt a forward pass
but Detroit tried several with fair sue
cess in the last period. A few moments,
before the game ended Hendrian, OF
Central, missed field goal from the
37-vard line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
LAFAYETTE WINS AT SOCCER
Opens Season by Defeating Lehigh in
Hard Fought Match.

Easton, Penn. Dec. 4.-Lafayette
opened the soccer season on March
Field here this afternoon, with vic
tory over Lehigh by score Of to 0.
Lyman scored goal for Lafayette
in the first minute. of play and after
that there was no scoring on either
side. Captain Freeman played a won
derful defensive game for Lafayette,
and Koplin by his kicking kept the
Lafayette goal constantly threatened.
The lineup follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
De Witt Clinton Five
Wins Its First Game

De Witt Clinton won its first game
in the championship basketball toGna-
ment yesterday, defeating Evander
Childs on the Morris Eigh court by
score Of 10 to Z. The Stutsky
brothers. al the forward positions for
Clinton, made thirteen of the winners
points
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Barnard School Five Wins.

Barnard School opened its basketball
season with a "ictory over the Engle-
wood High School five on its court yes
terday by score OF "a 20 10.
During the first half the Jersey boys
kent pace with their opponents, but
tired in the concluding period, with
barnard opening up a big lead. Tas-
man. \, centre for Barnard. outjumped
his rival and scored 10 points for his
school.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
EIalf-strides.

What is Nerve? We've many a slashing foot
ball player hit line without quiyer-and then some
months sferwsrd curl and quit before three-fcot
putt.
The big start toward Nerve is knowing How. The
rest Of il is a pipe. taking average count.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
The Feds and Q. B.

o Fcds and o. Bot you'll snatch II from me-
Won't you Kindly suppress all this chatter?
Won't gou Kindly keep quiet
And shut of this riot
OF mid-,cintcr frost-bitten patter?
nc Ike the old game
When rs in the right frame,
BIT this js no season 10 fout Il;
SO push through your bluff
But in miring the stuff
For the loUc of Nike keep quiet about ii.
Wen stand for the con ichen the schedule IS on
And when Aprii has thawed ow the bl'nkers;
For the Crolcfords and Cobbs
A their roriouS jobs,
For the Mattps and Wogners and Thinkers;
But TO hare the old
Hammered ont oil the yeor--
There's a limit TO over-oppression:
So ndgnates and such
Either thro,c on the clutch
Or dig yourselves in for a session
When will those in charge Of baseball develop brain
enough to know that while the public. part OF it, j
still interested the player and mis- performances, it hs
become utterly wesried with the Of it?
1t is the privilege of those in charge to have all TN
warfare they launch But why uncover the fill
all seasons Of the year:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
N. Y. u. Five Easily
Defeats Rensselaer, Team

The New York University basketball
team easily defeated the Rensse ser
Polytechnic FIVE last night in the first
game of the season in the University
Heights Gymnasium. The score was
% 20 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Cawley Colby Captain.

Watervillc. Ne. Dec I. Richard ~
Cavley. OF Lowell. Mass. was elected
football captain OF Colby College ioI
1915 to-day. Cavley, . junior plays
full back.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
White VS.. Welsh.

li.,. 90 90, = draw or even decision, against
Charley White.
But If the melee is shifted to South America over inc
t, Eve round distance White looks 20 be sure bet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

Eoaf-f .,-f.4r substitutes tlseElCii -Nd'
o.s,h for IIoselsrd HOsglsnd for NaI~st''
,I.afav~tte K-~ssIer for Grant. l.eiere
SfaclletOn. of Bethlehem. Line
Tim. OF halves-Forty-hye minutes esch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

Coach Rush. Of Tgerville returned 10 New YORK on
Friday and to-day will back TO Princeton 1t IS no"
certainty that Rush will be in charge again as ne mas
made The best Princeton football instructor IN deead'
With this years experience work Rush next fa VIII
have one Of the great eleven, Of the country al o
Wachful waiting will prove this dope to he correct
Awarding the premiership to William T. Joh"sO" -"
tennis is almost as daring proposition as ae'o'"s
This ealende date that the Red sOr should be Ia'eo
champions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

There are several ways Of curing patient Some are
more effective than others To make sure OF aoohshns
summer baseball evils Minnesota abolished baseball
Which comes fairly close winding h- stirring debate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

We see, in the South American roundup, where Willard
and Moran Willard and Fulton also to travel the
forty five round distance. Moran Fulton might start
fortyfve rounds with willard but there will be sudden
stop for repairs good many strides this side of the half
mile post.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
T" SpQ ; E}:l,,!;;! 6!

Welsh margin in skill but the long haul the
main ingredients the stamina and the waop And
here that the Cook County has both sides of
broad edge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

Football coaches who have Mahan Coy and Ihofpe
play award the majority TO Thorpe as the most EN-
Gent aaround player that took up the game those
we have talked figure Thorpe the most brilliant IN the
greater number Of ways.
Just as the football ends, the Six Day race
starts and the magnates begin flock in chaerng drOye
This sporting life may be checkered but its wholly quiet
II there isn't one noise there's louder one
4 tip is always 20 be taken for it, worth which
ordinarily about 2i The latest tip we have IS 'na
the new Yale Football Committee is planning TO install lac
Jones as head coach in Eli town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

Inc touchdown stfuck the spafk
~hleh fred me Ksst Aurora team.
Welding ~ irfD real machine; fhc
fnse1ins that hag fee.. tiorn % vie
iefy IN every game through two tes-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
High Water Did Much Damage.

The heavy rains of last week caus-
ed all the rivers and creeks in this
section to overflow and thousands of
acres of corn, wheat and oats were
under water. Long Creek was re-
ported to be higher than it was ever
known to be, and while Grand River
was not as high at Davis City as in
previous years, it was all over the
bottoms, and in the west part of the
county was reported higher than the
flood of last year. But the sun Is
shining now, and everybody getting
busy to replant the corn which was
washed out, and we'll soon forget all
about the high waters.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
Our Cemetery.

The beauty of our city of the dead
was much commented upon on
Decoration Day Notwithstanding the
past week of rain which interfered
with the work there. This is large-
ly due to the work of the Cemetery
Association, that volunteer body of
public spirited citizens who have
given both time and money to the
work. The grounds are pretty and
park like and are we'll kept. ThA
association has been aided by thu:
various lodges and CLUBS and the
city council as well as by individual
contributions, to this end. In thank
ing all such helpers it is suggested
that every effort be put forth by
present and future lot owners to
help in every way to improve still
further this place where all are or
will be interested. Especial care in
setting stones properly in deep con-
crete foundations is urged as this se-
cures permanency as well as appear
ance. Where this has not been done
it still can be at small additional
cost. Cemetery Association.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
DEFER WAUBONSIE TRIP TWO
WEEKS; IS JUNE is.
Because of Rains, Officials Set New
Date for lnspectiOn-Mt. Ayr's
Plans.

Using the same schedule of stops
along the route, the official inspec-
tion of the Waubonsie trail has been
deferred two weeks, the new date be-
ing Tuesday, June Is. Because OF
the week of rain, the officers of the
trail association, thought it best to
postpone the trip and give time for
the roads to be put in good order.
Newspaper articles and inquiries
from the twenty-seven towns along
the Waubonsie indicate the cross
state tourists and the official inspec-
tors will receive royal welcomes
whenever they do come.
Judge Horace M. Towner has
been invited to join the party that
leaves Shenandoah and other promi-
nent men and highway officials will
be in the party At Mt. Ayr where the
! first noon stop will be made, ar
Irangements for the entertainment
are being made by the local boosters.
p. S. Holbrook, the county engineer,
has issued an official statement ad-
vising the people along the trail in
Ringgold county to give it an extra
dragging as ''the report of this Of
ficial inspection will be scattered
broadcast over the country and is
for the purpose of betterment and
to obtain increased travel across
Iowa -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
EAST Lynne" in Three Acts, We'd
nestiay, June O.-7,OOO
Feet of Pictures.

On Wednesday, June 9th, another
big special production will be shown
at the Idle Hour theatre in this city,
P. P. Crafts powerful revival of the
worlds greatest emotional drama,
east Lynne in three acts 900
feet of perfect photography. Mr..
Fred Paul appears as Archibald Car
lyle and Miss Blanche Forsythc as
Lady Isabel. There never was a
more popular novel written than
East Lynne," and the drama has re-
Gently had a great revival, playing,
to capacity houses in the leading
theatres. This presentation of East
Lynne" is complete, showing the
play in full, presented by a cast Of
the leading actors of the day. A
special matinee will be given at 3
o'clock, and the first evening show
will commence promptly at o'clock.
Prices of admission will be 10 and
Is cents
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
Rural Route Roads Must BE
Dragged.

Postmaster Smith has recently
ridden over all of the five mail
routes running out from Leon, and
found that many of the roads are
not properly kept up and dragged.
The patrons of the rural routes in
signing a petition for rural delivery
agree to keep the roads in good con-
dition for the carriers and the postal
department in many instances has
discontinued rural routes or parts
of routes where the roads are not
properly kept up. There is grave
danger that some of the Leon routes
will be discontinued unless an i'm
provement is shown in keeping up
the roads, and some of these days
patrons will be waking up when
their mail stops coming to them.
The past week several of the car
riers were unable to make all their
route on account of bridges being
out, carrier Reynolds OF route No.
not having covered all of his
route for the past six days on ac-
count of an approach to bridge over
Jonathan creek being out, and car
rier Allen on No. has also had a
bridge out on his route, 80 he could
not get all the way around.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
Of a Century Ago.

District court was in session with
Judge J. w. Harvey presiding.
Elder Curry purchased j. w. Bow
Friends in Leon had received in
vitations to the wedding of Mr.. Rob
ert A. Gray, popular grocery trav-
cling man and Miss Jennie kinzell
at the home OF the brides mother in
Mt. Ayr on June 5th.
T. C. Jackson, cashier of the Da-
Wis City bank, died at his home in
that town on last Saturday and was
buried at Davis City on Monday.
Miss LaNelle Hoffhines was visit
ing with friends at Charlton
Lyman Foregrave was up from st.
Joe last week to attend the COM
mencement exercises
Miss Lulu Mowatt is visiting with
her sister, Mrs. l.. Scott Robinson, at
Glenwood.
A. Hildreth, of Columbus, Ohio,
was in Leon looking after his prop
erty interests.
Mrs. J. w. Honnold and children
went to Peoria, Ill.,, for months s
visit with relatives.
Mrs. A. J. Detrick went to Kansas
City, Mo-, for visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Bessie Grannon.
A. Swearingen and wife of Mercer
county, Mo-, were spending a few
days with friends in Leon.
Mr.. Elmer Somes, erstwhile citi-
zen of Leon, was visiting with jim
N.Y. Johnson and other friends in
this city.
V. Westcott, of Bloomfield, leased
the Ward Hotel and was preparing
to open it for business.
DR.. w. T. Kelley went to Dakota
Friday to look up a location for a
Lrug store.
Mr.. Bronson Morgan and wife ar
rived here last Monday to visit her
father, Jacob Helsher. Mr.. Morgan
is a theatrical man and thorough
John C. Newton and his brother
and Theo. G.. Sherwood, of the Des
Moines & Kansas City Ry, were IN
Leon last week on business connect
ed with that road, at the solicitation
of the Leon Board of Trade. An
effort is being made to have that
road nut on their regular passenger
train to Des Moines from this place.
The Holiness people purchased
the Maple Grove church northwest
of Decatur City, and it's doors were
again opened for service.
The armers' Alliance were claim
ing they would elect enough con-
Egressmen nextsfaH to hold the bai-
ance Of power in the house for the
next two years.
The Garfield Memorial monument
was dedicated on Decoratioo day at
Cleveland, Ohio.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-03
Hurst--Dunhanl.

Mr.. Raymond l.. Hurst, one OF
Icons boys of whom everybody is
proud, and Miss Florence Dunham,
of Ames, were married at Ames ON
Tuesday morning at 9 O'Clock.
Buck" Hurst has wide reputa-
ton in Iowa, gaining fame as the
plucky captain Of the great Ames
football team few years ago. After
leaving college he engaged in the
advertising business and at the pres
ent is located at Bay City. Michl-
gan, where he has charge of the ad-
yertising for a big lumber corpora
ton which sells ready made houses
direct to property owners, and ne
has achieved great success in his vo-
cation, being looked upon as one OF
the rising men in the great profes-
sional field of advertising. He has
host of friends in this city, where
he was born and raised. He has won
for his life's companion most
charming young lady, who has visit
ed in this city on several occasions
and has many friends here. The
friends of these estimable and
worthy young people extend hearty
CONGRATULATIONS and trust that their
future may be all sunshine and hap
ninoSS