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New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
Dartmouth Priming for Tigers.

Hanover, N. H., Oct. 21.-With the Princeton game only two days off, Coach Cavanaugh has been putting the finishing touches on the Dart mouth squad. Hard scrfmmages and signal practice have been held late every afternoon, though darkness has made the use of a whitewashed foot
 ball necessary. Particular attention has been devoted to the ends and quarterbacks. McDonough, Worth ington and Holbrook have been work
 ing steadily under the direction of Charley" Boyle, the star quarterback of 1900, and great improvement has been shown. McDonough has recov- cred entirely from the effects of his recent injury, and Worthington has been showing up well, especially as a broken-f1eld <. runner. Emery and Hagar have been playing the end posi- tions on the varsity since the. Yer mont game. Both are light but fast and hard-working players. Baxter has recovered from his injury and was back at center yesterday. Signal rehearsal and practice in defenses for Princeton plays constituted most of
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
LARSON HAS OFFER
 TO JOIN FAST TEAM
Local Star Wanted for An-NeW
 England Basketball Team

Bobby" Vance of East Berlin often times regarded as native son, who has been spending a few days at his parents home, left yesterday for Bos- ton, Mass, where he will commence preliminary plans for the formation of an All-New England basketball team. which will tour the United States during the winter months, meeting the fastest teams in every state is the union. The makeup of the team has been partially determined by Manager Vance and will consist of Chief" Muller of New York regarded as the greatest player of the present time, and the leader in the greatst number of points scored last season in the Empire State league where he repre- sented Troy. Joe" Evers, a brother Of the famous second baseman of the Boston Braves will also be a member of the team and Vance will make the third man.
 From local standpoint New Brit ain is to be represented probably as an offer has been made to Victor Lar son, the recognized star of bask etball in this state, and the Big Fellow" has the matter under consideration. If Larson accepts the offer, it will mean his entry into the fastest company that he has ever mingled in, but his friends in this city are confident that he will make good. Larson is a big husky boy who is particularly strong on defensive points, and is also a star shooter for the goal. He has played with num- Der of teams in various cities in the state and his services have always been in demand by managers.
 With the advent of basketball in this city as is the report it is likely that Vance's team may be seen here durisg the winter Bobby" Prowess has bees heralded from various parts of the country and no doubt a large crowd of his friends would be on hand to greet him and his club.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
In Need of Ends.

Princeton, N. J., Ocl 21.-John Rush, the Tiger football coach, has not been entirely satisfied with the work of the ends in the last few games, and is consequently devoting great deal of his time to these posi- tions. The squad Is in need of ends with more weight, and this fact prob ably influenced the Tiger coaches in their decision to shift Moore from be- hind the line to end. There is a scarcity of end men that possess weight and at the same time can use their feet to advantage. Highley and Wilson, the two best ends on the varsity squad, are both fast and quick in diagnosing plays, but both are lack ing in weight and are not built for heavy work.
 Harold Brown possesses an ideal
 build for an end, and is one of the
 hardest fighters on the squad, but is a trife slow on his feet and in diagnos- ing a play. Moore is the fastest man on the Princeton squad, but is not very shifty in carrying the ball, and the coach figured that he could make better use of his speed in covering the lengthy kicks of Law and Driggs and in getting down under the long for ward passes.
 Ham Andrews, who handles the end candidates, had his men out on Uni versity field at 2 o'clock yesterday, and worked them until it was diff ficult to follow the ball on account of the darkness.
 The coaches took both the varsity and freshmen squads down to the stadium yesterday and had them en- gage in a fifteen-m minute tussel. The l offensive of the varsity was in good l working order, and the varsity suc' ceeded in crossing the cub goal line I four times. Dave Tibbott was back ir 1 the scrimmage and was responsible
 for three of the 'varsity's touchdowns l Tibbott broke loose for several sensa' l tional runs of the same nature tha1 l allowed him to score on Rutgers The fourth touchdown came when Red
 Gennert, the first team center, blocked
 a kick, recovered the ball and rar
 fifty yards for touchdown. Genner
 is an accurate passer, and is also ar
 alert, aggressive player on the de
 fensive.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
TORRINGTON TEAM COMING.
Pawnees to Encounter Tough Battle
 Sunday-New Players Are Signed.

The management of the Pawnees after considerable dickering has se- cured the East Ends of Torrington to meet the Pawnees Sunday afternoon at Trauts park.
 The East Ends are considered the best team in Torrington this year, they having some of the town team of last season, their being no town team this year.
 The East Ends have not been SCOT ed upon this season and expect to win Sundays game for they will out weigh the Pawnees and will have that advantage while the Pawnees will make up for what they lack in weight with their speed. Chief Larsen formerly of the Nutmegs and Johnny Schroeder the ex-High school star will be seen with the Pawnees in Sum- days game and should add strength to the team. A large crowd should be on hand to see this game and encourage the management in book ing teams of this caliber. Dan Fitz- patrick will referee and the kickoff will be at o'clock sharp.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
SPRINGFIELD MAY GET TEAM.
If President Barrow Can Be Shown
 That City Will Support A Club.

New York, Oct. 21.-Regarding the proposed taking of Springfield and Hartford into the International League, President Barrow yesterday admitted that he had sent MT. Wicks of the Jersey City club up to Spring field to look over the ground and that he was awaiting reports. II am not prepared to say at this time," de- clared MT. Barrow, whether or not there will be any changes in the In- ternational League circuit. If, how ever, it can be shown that Spring field better can support Class A club than can any one of the cities now in the league, why it might be policy to shift that franchise to Springfield.
 Further than looking over the ground and deliberating on the mat ter nothing can be done on the Spring field proposition until after the meet ing of the National Association, which will be held in San Francisco next month, and the annual meeting of the International League, which will be held in New York in December"
 Those qualified to know say that Springfield is a much better baseball town than either Richmond, Va. or Harrisburg, Pa, and that in all prob ability one of those two International League franchises is likely to be shifted to Springfield. There also is a possibility of both Richmond and Harrisburg losing their franchises, in- asmuch as Hartford is putting in a strong bid for an International League berth and that Connecticut town is receiving the consideration of Presi- dent Barrow.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21


 Shakespeare never had to write Stuff about a game; Shakespeare never penned a fight Or heard of Willard's name; Toiling up the metric slope, Always on the job.
 Shakespeare never heard of dope, Never wrote of Cobb Shakespeare never tried to spin Poems on Moran;
 Never doped the Phils to win From the Boston clan; Shakespeare never saw a guy Soak one with the wood"; Who knows? Maybe that is why His stuff was pretty good.
 An amateur, in this jaunty com monwealth of ours, still appears to be any guy who can get away with it.
 Briefly, it isn't what you got--but what you can get by with-that es- tablishes the amateur status in about nine cases out of eleven.
 The Case of Harry LeGore.
 The case of Harry LeGore and the four other Yale athletes is a striking example, as some one has called it of a similar case before.
 No one charges that LeGore is in any sense a professional at heart. It isn't charged that he received any money. He merely received his board for a short period until he discovered that he was violating university rule, and for the rest of the period he raid his expenses for the pleasure of playing game he liked.
 LeGore, knowing the ways of our amateur rule guardians, should have looked more carefully into details be- fore he was willing to accept an un- paid for strip of bacon or a brace of eggs. He didn't-so he is a profes- sional-where others are getting regu- lar kale out of the game through an athletic ability that makes their writ ten articles worth while.
 An Amateur Problem.
 We have been groping with this amateur problem for a long while
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

Yale and Princeton make no objection, and neither is expected to protest
 Wallace's return to the lineup may mean placing Taylor at guard, but no shift is likely until after Harvard meets Cornell. Harte was back at end and Wilcox directed the play as quar- terback Watson is still under the weather and Wilcox has 8 big lead over the field of quarterbacks, who are working for a. regular place on the team.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

the 'varsity's work yesterday. Coach Cavanaugh has been working the punters and drop kickers constantly, and considerable advancement has been made along this line. Gerrish leads the punters, both in distance and accuracy
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

These fellows who are getting soaked for alleged professionalism should adopt old Hughey Fullertonf system. If they paid me s10.00c year for playing golf" says Hughey it wouldn't make me a professional golfer, Nor any part of one.'
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
FRESHMAN ELEVEN LEADER.

New Haven, Oct. 21.-Charles A. Comerford of Brookline, Mass, was elected captain of the Yale freshman football eleven last night. He pre- pared for college at Exeter academy and has played end rush for three seasons.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
Yale Captain Very Optimistic.


 New Haven, Oct. 21.-Captain Aleck Wilson of the Yale eleven last night in talking to 2,OOO undergrad uates in the first football mass meet ing of the season said that Yale would be victorious this season because noth- ing could stop a fighting eleven. He added:
 Were just getting together. The team is 8 unit now and is a fighting team, and nothing can whip us. We have had our reverses. Lehigh had us to and we went back and trimmed them up, with three new men in the line at that. Our team is the greatest that's been in Yale in years. Against Springfield we were penalized 150 yards, and you never heard a complaint from us.''
 Cornell Defense Brittle. Ithaca, N. Y, Oct. 21.-The Cornell second team waded through the Varsity in defensive scrimmage yesterday and showed up the weak spots of the defense as they have not been revealed at any other time this season.
 Jack O'Hearn, who has been work i ing with the scrubs for couple of days, drilled them in a number of Harvard formations, and when these were tried on the Varsity big gains resulted. From the twenty-five yard line the second team went over for several touchdowns, frequently getting by the main line of defense by eluding the ends, foiling them by feints and passes, and were not caught until nabbed by Schiverick, Schlicter, or Mueller on the secondary defense.
 The Varsity exhibition was far from satisfactory, and although they improved toward the end of the game, the coaches decided that another long 1 defensive workout would have to be staged early this afternoon before the men packed up for the trip to Cam bridge
 The scrubs plays were new to the Varsity and they fooled the regulars often. Lewis, Benedict, and Shock circled the ends or got by the tackles for long gains on a number of occa- sIons. Though the Varsity line broke through vigorously, it could not reach the man with the ball, while neither Shelton nor Eckley were at all sure in getting him, either. This sort of work occupied most of the time yes- terday, the Varsity not being allowed to take the offense at all. Every regular was in the line-up yesterday, and Dr. Sharpe said that he would start the same team against Harvard 1 that played Bucknell and Williams.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
;O(SP 5iSHz !:!;!:! J!

without getting anywhere with it. - Perhaps it Is because we are handling it in an amateur way, where it is worth the best services of a pro- fessional
 There have been any number of amateurs in this country in every line of sport who have made money out of their athletic abilities-out of their connection with certain pastimes. Nest of these are still amateurs. And a good many of them are among the best amateurs we have, insofar as efficiency is concerned.
 In spite of which five Yale men are branded as professionals, when they have never received as much as 30 cents for their services.
 Like England.
 we should have our amateur rules and regulations patterned after the English system" writes a contem- porary scribe, where they have well established system"
 Quite so. And in the case of one of their leading amateur golfers who received $2,50O year for playing with a certain brand of golf ball. There is also something to be said against LeGore and his four mates. Knowing, as we remarked before, the intricate ways of our amateurism, they should have made it their busi- ness to find out exactly what the rule was and then follow it, if they cared to play under a Yale flag. Cornell and Harvard. l Cornell, under the instructorship of Al Sharpe, has been coming forward more rapidly in football than she has received credit for.
 Cornell hasn't yet reached the foot
 ball height that her track and crew legions have gained, but she has been
 well upon the way for some time. So
 Cornell on Saturday has at least a
 healthy outside chance to beat liar
 yard, and even if the Ithacan in-
 vaders are repulsed the battle is al- | most sure to be a close one-too close for Crimson comfort And if Cornell ! should win there would, of course, be
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
Maxims of the Winter League.

The magnate that keepeth his face closed tightly from october to April is rarer than he that winneth 3 world series.
 The umpire may have no blissful existence up to October, but we'd like to trade jobs with him. from now until April 14th.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
Backward Turned Backward.

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 21.-Sol- Hers field was soft and slippery yester-
 ay. but this did not prevent the Har- lard coaches from sending the first ham out for 8 driving scrimmage
 gainsf the scrubs. The session was ot as long as had been planned, but kas long enough to convince Percy AauRhton and his assistants that this Fearss team is still a great distance behind last years team in it's midsea- lon stride. Try as they would, the Narsity men could not score against he scrubs, who, in turn, and with the Corneu attack. made some big gains through the regulars line and drove
 hem almost down to their own goal.
 The Varsity was held at the black boards longer than usual yesterday hnd then went out to the baseball cage For signal drill and defensive instruc- lion. The limits of the cage would permit little hard football, and this |was reserved until the elevens came but onto the stadium field. In the eage Enwright got back into the first string backfie1d, running through sig hals with King and Mahan. He is hot likely to play against Cornell, al- though he is getting about in fairly good fashion. Horween is more likely to be in the backf1eld Saturday. His weight of 1ss pounds is much needed, both on attack and defense. The con tinued presence of R. Curtis, last wears substitute tackle in the regular lineup, indicates that he, rather than Parson, the veteran, will start on the rushline against the Ithacans. Parson however, is ready to play and Will get into the game. Bigelow's work al guard was watched closely. He VII not displace Cowan on Saturday, but he looks better at guard than he dio at tackle.
 Wallace's case remains unsettled but athere seems much more chance than before that last years center rush eventually will be allowed to play figures on using him providing
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

no jubilation at all around Ann Arsorf Mich, where Cornell comes later on for the big home game of the Wol- verine year. ...
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. 21.-The improvement shown in YaIe's football play during the past week has pleased the followers of the blue eleven. In the game against Springfield recently Yale used old football tactics to great advantage, and now Coach Hinkey has hopes of putting a powerful team against Princeton and Harvard. In
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

The following is the results in Mercantile Bowling league at Aetna Alleys last night.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

Now comes along Prof. w Trum. bull, who after looking up on two shots in succession broke into plain tive melody entitled-"I didn't raise my head to be a golfer"
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
NO HE WAS NOT.

Sporting Editor Herald:-Was John l.. Sullivan ever champion of the world, and if so in what year or years? Who did he whip to become champion?
 JOHN F. MAITLAND,
 Sheffield Street. Answer-John l.. Sullivan was never champion of the world. He fought Paddy Ryan in Mississippi City Feb 7, 1882 winning in nine rounds for the championship of America. Later he met Charlie Mitchell, champion of England at Chantilly, France, on March 1O,1SSS the fight going thirty nine rounds and was declared @ draw. "Jim' Corbett became champion of the world by his defeat of Sullivan and la ter of Mitchell.-(Ed.l
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

the game against Springfield the blue eleven's play was far stronger than it was the week before with Lehigh. The Yale offense worked with more effectiveness and the defense was strong. According to many experts Yale has the best center in the east <*bis season in Way. The big fellow has played brilliantly in all of Yale's early games.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

What is the amateur system in- thia country, anyway" writes Eli ps, There isn't any. We have amateur rules but no amateur system.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
ALE DEFEATS TWO 'EAMS ON GRIDIRON
|gularS Make Four TOuChd0WnS lgainst Ineigibles and Scrubs

New Haven, Conn. 21.-Yale's S
 rsfty eleven yesterday faced two op-
 nents, the ineligibles and the scrubs.
 lev were treated impartially, the
 &ulars scoring two touchdowns
 hinst each team in twenty minutes
 timmaging of which ten minutes
 re devoted to each opponent.
 When the Yale coaches on Sunday
 ening outlined plans for the week
 ey decided to handle the eleven cau-
 usly in preparation for the game
 xt Saturday with Washington and &fferson. Just two days of hard
 -immage work was decided upon,
 Tuesday and Wednesday, with pro- Acted signal drill on the remaining ternoons. Yesterdays scrimmaging bsed severe practice for the Wash kton and Jefferson game, although Sfew minutes sorinfnaging today is
 ssable. The two Sheldons "Jim"
 d. 9Chub,'' were detained by recita- knss Schmidt playing in 'Chub's 7rth, and Kent taking Jim's place. Aherwise the lineup has remained un-
 anged this week.
 RThe practice, which was entirely secret, consisted of straight 'otball, the lateral pass being used lice and the forward pass three hes. The attack gained ground al- 'ost irresistibly, however, the backs rely failing to puncrure the opposi- bn defense for ten yards.
 'Scovil crossed the line for two and Kirk Smith and Joe 1an Harry Legore, has developed rapid t,sis week. He will do Yale's punt |g on Saturday, and will be used |ostly in end running. Instead of aying fullback, however, he will used at right halfDacK. Scovil being aced in the fullback position to do Ie heavy pIunging Neither the in hgibles nor the scrubs were able to ake much impression through the Farsity line. The promotion of Church to right | "a on Monday will be continued rough the week. Frank Butter orth, fullback on three winning eyens twenty or more years ago, 1 ined the coaches yesterday ana ,hnny Fitzpatrick and Jack Field l ere also present as visiting advisers. Harry Legore joined the ineligibles
 the backfleld, and said that he ouid play regularly on that eleven I the season in the hope of helping ,velop the Varsity. Billy Easton' .e other football star who was dis lalified by playing baseball at Quogue st summer, will assist Billy Marting
 saevelopinE the freshmen the re- ainder of the season.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

A number of baseball magnates are planning to visit Quogue, Long Island. and discover the art of running a ball club by merely paying two weeks upon each athletes board. The ex. ncriment sounds like an interestineI one.
 Ouoth the Raven-"Lost LeGore."
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
MERCANTILE BOWLING.

Quoth the Raven-"Lost LeGore,
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21

An amateur, in this jaunty com monwealth of ours, still appears to be any guy who can get away with it.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-21
Freight office.

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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-01-22
TRAIN HIT AUTO;
FATAL RESULT
Young Man Loses Life Yes
terday When Freight Train
Strikes Auto Near Elma

One killed outright and three in.
jured is the result Of an automobile
being run down yesterday morning. at
the grade crossing just west Of South
Elma. The killed was Harry Beck
with. aged IS. grandson Of 8. H.
Beckwith, an early pioneer Of Cheha-
lis county and the severe injury Of
X. w. McCauley Of Elma, T. M. Harris,
O.-W. station agent at Saginaw and
Chas. Gordon who was driving the
auto stage.
Gordon. Of the Gordon & Lane Auto
Co., Ema, makes daily trips to South
Elma and vicinity and was entirely
familiar with the road but on this
occasion, Just as his machine was ap-
preaching the south approach of the
Chehalis river bridge, from the bridge,
he failed to see the coming freight
train of the Milwaukee road, and as
the auto crossed the grade crossing,
the rear end Of the car was struck
by the pilot of the locomotive. That
all four men we're not killed is for
tunate, as Beckwith was killed in
stantly, his head being crushed. Cor
don was thrown about 40 feet, and
Harris saved his life by being tossed
on the pilot of the engine, grabbing
the beam and holding on until the train
was stopped.
McCauley. who is donkey engineer,
was severely stunned and bruised, but
not seriously.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-01-22
Seed Potato lmportations.

The cultivation Of potatoes, which
were originally introduced into Ger
many from the United States. has been
brought to such wonderful stage Of
development that two distinct classes
Of potatoes are raised. the one rich In
carbohydrates, but poor in heterogeneous
matter for the fermentation industry.
and the other rich in heterogeneous mat
ter for eating purposes.
Curiously enough. seed potatoes are
now imported into the United States
from Germany because our farmers
allowed this vegetable to degenerate
to such degree that it has substan-
tally lost all value for seeding. The
science Of fertilizing achieved the
amazing result that Germany's soil.
although cultivated for almost 1900
years. is today more productive than
the virgin soil Of the United States and
Canada.
Deserted farms like those Of the
New England states and the state of
New York are unknown in the empire.
Chemistry is not only educating the
farmer in scientific fertilizing. but pro.
ducing the requisite artificial fer
tilizers.-Popular Science Monthly.