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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

and lessen the distance of the punts.
The change also benefits the kicking
side in that it can recover the ball. In
case of tumble by one OF the catch
ing side. As a result the players who
are stationed in the back field must
catch the ball. There also are more &C
ton and interest in the plays by having
TIE BAH in the playing field at all
tines.
The effect of the change is shown by
the number Of kickers developed at the
various. colleges this year. Most of
these players are punters and field; goal
kiclzers, and number of important
games already have been won by the
air line route. A player who is a
punter is generally the field goal kick
er, and as result the changing of the
forward pass out Of bounds rule has
developed several kiclzers who would
not have been heard from If the CID
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.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
TOUGH FOR PITCHERS WHEN
HIGGINS Is UP.

TT there is any man in the world
harder to pitch to than Miller Hug
gins the average National league twirl-
err hasn't yet lamped the individual.
One day when Higgins was batting
against Vic willis, then with the Pr
rates, the Rabbit fou1ed off twelve con-
secutive balls. Vie was an easy going
cuss, but he became highly incensed
and yelled to the umpire:
''Get a batterl I'm tired of throwing
the ball to a bunch of nothing like that
guy up there now!''
beg pardon, but can't help you
replied the Jump. you will have to get
rid of Higgins first. The rules say SO,
and I can't go behind the rules. you
know
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

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 bah 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-
comp1ished 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 1905,
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 S--S tie. SO Princeton never has
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
lW WESTERN football players
and followers who visit
M the east and eastern grid
dara who visit the west

WESTERN football players
and followers who visit
the east and eastern grid
ders who visit the west
- constantly com pairing the merits of
eastern and western football No final
Judgment can ever be reached unless
many eastern teams meet many west
srn 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
mach wasted breath
Il LIS possible, however, to draw COM
parsons on certain factors in the game
as they are observed. There is no
doubt, for instance. that the west plays
o. more open and a more unrestricted
passing gama. The reason the east
does not measure up to the west in the
open game is simply this:
Eastern forward passsrs,, as gen.
hraI thing. do not grasp the ball prop
erIy for tho direct, sharp and accurate
pass. Instead OF taking the ball be-
tween the thumb and fingers with a
arm grip they hur1 it from the nat OF
the hand.
Can't BE Thrown From Flat Of Hand.
Coaches Stage OF Chicago, williams
OF Minnesota, Zuppke OF Illinois. Yost
OF Michigan and oth@r western mentors
early found the forward pass imposst-
Bile II the ball was thrown from the fat
OF the hand They taught their backs
20 grip the pigskin firmly for a short,
anappy shot Eastern coaches in the
main. prefer the nat hand, long arm
swing so much Ia vogue. Foster San
ford, old Yale star, who coached Rut-
gers, said one day on Nelson field at
New Brunswick, n. J., In reply to a
question whether he preferred to have
ScaxT, his quarterback hurl the ball
nat handed. that he liked that style
better than the grip. He preferred it,
he said. because 1t could be used with a
wet ball as well as with a dry one. He
overIooled apparently. the fact that IL
q ball was 50 wet It could not be thrown
properly It could not be caught re-
Reason Is Poor One.
Even IL Sanford's reason were valid
&c would not be feasible to sacrifice
speed and accuracy to the chaxlce OF q
rainy day coming along to interfere
with the better method Forward pass
ing is rarely attempted with q wet
ball
Harry Legore OF yale knew how to
handle the forward pass properly
Rritchard OF the Army could shoot the
ban as accurately az he could throw a
baseball. Dorfas Of Nctre Dame visited
the east ana showed now TO SHOOT the
ball Oiphant of the Army team
learned to throw the ball when he was
at Purdue.
Most eastern forward passers use q
long. side arm swing. with the palm of
the hand upward The ball goes high
In the air or wabbles In its course Too.
It generally gets bad spin that makes
Il dimcu1t to catch. The whole pro-
cedure Ia as ridiculous as trying to
throw a discus to given point, using
the regulation discus swing.
Grasp the Ball.
western forward passers, the best OF
&lnepn. grasp the ball with fingers on the
Iacing, In the middle, and run with it
80. They can run or bluff a run with
the ball in the same grip. Throwing,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
Can Now Run Back Punts,

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 Doom.
I'D 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. \
what he is publicly quoted as saying
about me-
Alexanderts request was granted. and
the records show that over a four year
stretch the Pirates have beaten AloX-
ander only two or three times
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
HALFBAck PAYNE BEATS o'DEA's
MARK

MARX PAYNE, halfbacls on the Da-
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 O'Dea. the famous
Wisconsin end, dropkicked a distance
of sixty two yards in a game against
Northwestern on Nov. rs, 1898
On Nov. 80, 1882, J. T. HaxaIl of
Princeton kicked goal from placement
for a distance of sixty five yards in a
game against Yale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

colt, was one of the longest ever used
in a. 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: X
''Ptttsburgh'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 nne?. They
don't try that in high school circles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
HANK eownY cELERRArgs.

HANK GOWDY, the Boston back
stop recently celebrated the fftl:
anniversary of his debut in the Ma
tional league. He got his major
league start with the New York Giants
on Sept. 10, 1910. when he covered first
base in a game in which the Pirates
opposed the McGraw men. Gowdy' 8
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
bathing for the future star of the Bean
eaters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

There are k-cIiers WHO can 60 this, but
they are 1cw-t!7at is. the ones who can
get the desired distance il their eff
forts.
When a team is in its opponents ter
rit2ry and too far away to try for a
field goal, the lltcke~s .roly are instruct
ed to boot TIE bail high in the air
without crossing the goal line This al
lows players Of the kIci-2r's side to
cover the, Kick and recover the ball in
case of \ tumble. II follows that a
player who attempts to catch the oval
in the shadows OF his own goai posts
is nervous. and The more players sent
down to tackle him will make him
more apt to tumble.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04

years ago he was one of the most va1u-
able jumps in the National league. but
was dismissed by Thomas Lynch, who
was then president of the old organi-
zation, for reasons that were not made
public. Owen is considered by many
baseball experts as being as good as
Bill KLEIN and Billy Evans in calling
balls and strikes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
WATCH DAnMuN OF HARVARD

FUNNY how a star at one place is
only a rookie at the other. It's all
in the difference Of styles. Harry Dad
mum, luminary at Tufts two years ago,
when he put up a rafting fine game
against Harvard, and now at Har-
ward, 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.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
EvERs DIDN'T REMEMBER NEHF.

WHEN Arthur Nehf, the rernarka BILE
southpaw who was purchased
last summer by the Braves, was intro
duced to Johnny Evers by Manager
Stal1ings, he said:
"Howdy! This is the second time
I've had the pleasure of meeting you,
Mr.. 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. II
reported one morning and you gave me
the grand bounce that afternoon. You
told me I'd never be major league
pitcher"
81 fired you. eh?' retorted Evers,
after looking Nehf over carefully.
''We1l, it's no wonder Charley Murphy
tied the can to me. We managers all
make, mistakes. I'm strong for you
nowi''
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
OWEN "CoMES BACK AS A BIG
LEAGUE UMPIRE,
Photo BY American Press Association

RAN JOHNSON. president of the
American league, has added Brick
Owen to his staff of ufnpires. Owen
for the last few seasons acted as an
umpire In the American association.
This win not be Owens first trip to
the biz league as an umpire. Several
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
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 kicker in
football has increased 40 per cent.
Under the old rule the ball went to the
opponents at the point where it crossed
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-04
WHY THE EAST FAILS WITH THE FOR

adO
the Oval of the
Puntrs Now o a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25
Grand Lodge Would Not Refuse lnvi-
tation II Extended, to Judge
From Gossip at Waterloo
Meeting.
KEOKUK MAY GET THEM
II Local Lodges Decide to Send Invi-
tation, II 10 Certain That
II Would Be
Accepted.

The grand lodge of Iowa Odd Eel
lows would like to come to Keokuk,
judging from the gossip which Sher-
If John a Scott picked up while a
vistcr at the sessions held in Waterloo
last week. Mr.. and Mrs. Scott return
ed from the sessions Of the grand
lodge and the Rebekah's grand lodge
Sunday. Mr.. Scott attended the SEES
sions as a visitor.
The Odd Fellows would like to come
to keokuk to see the dam. they told
Mr.. Scott, and would like to hold their
session here. If Keokuk we're to make
an effort next year, 1t is believed that
the grand lodges would accept the in
vitation. The sessions next year go
to Clinton.
keokuk could take care Of the. ses-
sion with its hotels and the individual
delegates who would be taken care of
by friends. 1t is possible that sentI-
ment will be worked up among the
lodges here and that an invitation will
be extended the lodges to come to Kse.
kuk next time.
There were between 1000 and 1900
visitors at the meeting this last week.
The Odd Fellows always have a big
turn out at the state meetings, and
the session serves as a reunion to
many Of the Odd Fellow visitors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25
CARTHAGE TRIP
ABANDONED NOW
Uncertainty Of Weather and Short
Time In Which to Get Ready,
Makes II Advisable to Defer
tho Jaunt.
CAN GO NEXT SUMMER
Leagues Meetings This Winter VIII
Be Held In keokuk as
They Were Last
Season.
CAN GO NEXT SUMMER

The Keokuk Retailers league will
not be able to make the trip to Car
thage this season. It was planned to
go tomorrow night, but owing to the
uncertainty OF the weather and the
short time in which to prepare for
the trip, both for the merchants and
for the women Of Carthage who 50
kindly extended the invitation, the
league thought It advisable to call Off
the proposed trip this season. 1t Is
probable that Carthage will be visited
when the league resumes its extern
sion trips next summer.
A number of the members were not
sure about running their cars. and
many of the merchants were not able
to say whether they could get away
until tomorrow, and it was felt that
that would be too late for everyone
concerned.
The league meetings will be held in
Keokuk during the winter months.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25
Lamson Bros. Daily Letter.

Wheat-Wheat rallied violently
from an easier opening and scored an
advance of 2A to 3as. Buying by
shorts was responsible for much of
the advance the later part Of the ses-
sion. The run of wheat at all mar
kets was enormous, Winnipeg lead
ing with 4,303 cars. Reports Of pre-
cipitation in the northwest and In
Canada at points not shown in the
official weather map were factors on
the bull side. The visible supply IN
creased less than expected and the
total is now 2o.G13,O0o as compared
with last year 63,149,000 at this time.
Exports clearances were heavy today.
The advance has been so rapid and at
the expense Of the shorts that 1t
seems we'll to wait for setback be-
fore buying wheat.
Corn-The shorts interest in corn
was disturbed by the bullish wheat
market. Crop reports were bullish as
is usual when the market becomes
strong. The cash market unlike the
futures, was / and III lower until
near the close when most of the early
decline was recovered. Deliveries in
Illinois we're said to be large and may
continue under present prices. II
! does not seem auViSdDle W loiio" ouf
lish arguments on this market.
Oats-Buying Of December oats by
! cash houses and reports Of good ship
ping demand we're bullish factors
making q net advance of about &c
Resting orders in the hand Of com
mission houses checked the advance
| Country offerings were somewhat
larger. Visible supplies do not in
crease very rapidly and now only
about one.half what was last year.
| Provisions-The run Of hogs wa:
not heavy due to break in price:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25
lay HAVE TRACE
Of SAGE'S AUTO
circumstances Surrounding Finding
!, Ford Car Near Des Moines
River Bridge, May Strike
Good Lead.
|orrER 500 AS REWARD
c,vr.r Of Car viii Give Bonus to
Any Parties ~he Can Give In
formation Leading to
Recovery.
|orrER 500 AS REWARD

whether the members Of a party
.sich evidently abandoned the Ford
.rtomobile near the Des Moines river
Is sr know som ething Of the disap-
naarance of the Sage automobile
TThur,day night, Is matter OF contec-
.nra A Keokuk man who talked with
~. .s.s men IN the party which had the
rnrd has turned over all OF his IN
,ormation to w. N. Sage in the hopes
that It may help to strike lead:
which will result In the recovery OF
tbe car. This information seems to
ha the best which has yet been re-
ceiyed and may result in some trace
:, the car. There is a reward OF 500
oi,ared for the return Of the car.
This local man who had been In
Missouri was walking up the road and
was invited to ride to Keokuk In the
sage car which was coming up from
Alexandria. AS he was with two
friends, who were expecting car to
come from Keokuk and pick them up,
No declined the invitation and the
Sage car went on. While waiting for
lie car to come, the three from Keo-
lux started to walk up the road. and
near the Des Moines river bridge, they
saw party Of four men and a Ford
automobile over at the side OF the
road near the slough. Two OF the men
we're preparing supper. third was
fishing and another WAS shooting with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25
Daily Stock Letter.
TCopyright 1915 by the New Yorl
Evaninp Post

lCopyrfght 1915 by the New YORK
Evening Post.1
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Speculative
purchases for the rise on q large
scale, and speculative or proflt-taking
sales that at times were on an equally
large scale, made the stock market an
extremely lively one today, SO far as
transactions during the five hours Of
business was concerned. .
But in the play Of the conflicting
influences they also made the market
SO extremely confused that frequently
it was difficult to denote any definite
trend to the price movement at all
Opening with series of advances
over last week, stocks showed an ini-
tial strength that was at once accept
ed as an invitation to profit taking
sales. These appeared forthwith and
in such volume that rapid exec vion
Of buying orders was necessary to
keep the list from moving off not to
the liking of those who woula always
have a week begin well on the stock
exchange.
AS it was, number of sharp de-
clines occurred before the influence of
buying orders became dominant again.
United States Steel declined N
points and although 1t improved with
other active shares in the recovery
which followed the early decline. 1t
failed to make up all the early loss.
Railway shares were far more
steady and consequently relatively
more strong than the industrials.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25
CITY NEWS.

"A meeting of the evangelistic
committee of the ministerial associa-
ton will be held tonight. This COM
mittee will arrange for a meeting at
which DR.. Hamilton may be present,
this week. DR.. Hamilton, who has
been invited to conduct a series OF
evangelistic services this winter, may
be able to stop at Keokuk on his way
west. He has been given an invitation
to stop over here.
Bethel s. Tweedy, Administrative
Of the estate Of J. F. Tweedy. de-
ceased, in suit filed this afternoon
with the clerk in the district court,
asks for judgment Of $3.50 against
Clarence Walker, alleged to be due
the estate for we'll sunk by the late
]. F. Tweedy on the Clark county
farm OF the defendant. 1t is alleged
that $500 was the contract price for
the work and that only $120 Of this
amount has been paid. The we'll was
said to have been dug in November.
1913. #..
1T took the fire truck four minutes
to respond to an alarm turned in
from below Taber's mill, where pile
Of sawdust had caught on fire early
this afternoon. There was no damage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25
CITY NEWS.

The sheriff's office here has been
asked to look out for launch which
was stolen from Henry Schwedes Of
Wabasha, MINI. 1t was 26 feet lonE.
painted white from water line up. and
black from water line down.
The fire department had a still
alarm run Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock to a place south Of Taber's
mill where sparks from a passing
train had set fire to the leaves on the
hill side. The blaze was extinguished
with no damage.
The second inspection Of city
water hydrants has been completed
and it will be necessary to go over a
number for third time. The greater
part Of the hydrants are now in con-
dition and the third round is expected
to bring all up to standard.
Congressman Henry f. Rainey Is
In the limelight again. He IS the man
who gained considerable notoriety by
his attacks on the dam officials and
Major Meigs. congressman Ralncy
made an attack on DR.. o. e. Dyson,
state veterinarian Of Illinois. and Gov
ernor Dunno has made public the cor
respondence, according to Springfield
dispatches.
Now that the leaves are falling
and bonfires are being lighted, It
should be remembered that there is
law against starting a fire in an
alley especially in the business dis
trict where the open area Is small and
there ia danger of a real fire starting.
Fire Chief Anderson has also made an
appeal to leave burners to do this in
the day time instead Of at night. The
down town fire inspection started
some time ago by Fire Chief Ander-
son. is progressing in satisfactory
manner. A large number of base
ments under Keokuk business houses
| have been cleared OF rubbish, bad wiz
/ ing and infiammable material and MT
Anderson is Of the opinion that the
inspection Is one of the best fire pre-
vention measures that has ever been
undertaken. He finds everybody will
ing to help in the work Of making
Keokuk a safe city.
Editor Smith OF the Keosauqua
Democrat, was in the city today. He
ia pleased with the newly arrange
train schedule on the Rock Island ant
said that it would give splendid salts
faction in Keosauqua.
The case OF the Bank of Waylant
against Martin Staidley. M. L. Wilsey
Ida wilsey and Johnson B. Angle
trustees in bankruptcy OF David Fl
Sage, bankrupt, was started befor'
Judge Hamilton this afternoon. Thu
Jury will report tomorrow afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25

A SONG FOR FALL.
What II there's Fall in the red OF
the thicket,
Fall in the haze on the flaw-scarred
sea,
Fall in the chant of the boist'rous
black cricket? ...
Autumn's no foe to fee!
What If the year is today turning over
The rich pageant-page Of Its glofield
close?
If withered brown leaves soon shall
cover the clover
The garden be but one rose?
Love still goes tramping ahead, work
ing wageless,
To play at surveyor and break a
new road.
So in thy heart shall the spring bios.
som ageless--
Winter can lay no load.
Edna Mead In New York Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25
MISCELLANEOUS
NOTICE-Sta at once we "

NOTWITHSTANDING at once we will
maintain for the convenience of
our patrons and the general public,
For Rent List" Persons who have
houses to rent may telephone or
bring in notices, stating owners
name, location, size, conveniences
and rent desired per month. We will
keep this list on file and anyone who
desires to rent house may obtain a
list by calling at our store. This serv-
ice will be absolutely free. without
charge to either renter or owner. We
do not undertake to rent any house,
our object being merely for con.
venience to those desiring to rent.
Duncan-Schell Furn. Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25
PERSONALS.

Mrs. Nancy Northrup of Revere,
and daughter, Mrs Riley visited Mrs.
Gussie Jones last week and returned
to their home this morning.
Theodore Gilman Jr., Of Yonkers. N.
Y, is in Keokuk on business.
The Hon. John Gibbons, Of Chicago,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25

circuit Judge, is in Keokuk. He and
his wife are stopping at the Hotel
Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. George d. Flower of
Niles, Mich, have arrived in the city
to spend the winter with Mr.. and
Mrs. George F. Collier.