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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Aggressive Rushline as Vital to
Success on Gridiron as Fast Backs

Football calls for perfection In 20 many
departments W plny that a coach often
finds himself nt Il los To place his hand
ON the most imnortnn, In detail play
fundamentals stand out above all else,
in team play tho work Of the forwards
tho rush line from end to end on both
offcnsc and defense. IL tho turning point
between victory aud defeat They are
the stone wall OF defense; tho steam
roller VI otteusc
one may SO FAR into football history
and ne win invariably find tina, the great
]clcveuS have boon marked by aggressive
llnemcn The line must bear the hrunt
of tho opponents attack ON oifcnSc II
has made all the su-CallCd All. American
tocks. Precious few of them ever made
ground carrying the hall without the CO.
operation Of their forwards Indeed, II Ia
one Of the mlsfortucs Of sport t~hat-prop.
er credit IN not given m football to the
men who clear the way for the winning
touchdown or who, in turn, prevent tho
other eleven from scoring
Line Deserves Credit.
The average football follower " prone
to praise the backs too highly This Is
because their work In more open and more
easily seen. Even before each season
every coach is told countless times about
tho star backs who will Try for the team.
While II IN consolinE To know that such
men win he On the squad, defeat IL the
portion, no matter what tholr ABILITY, II
the line In not up 20 standard Th" back
has not been born Who can consistently
gain ground II hs forwards do not make
his openings tor example. there was
Mercer. . renns,lvpuAi captain, ~ Zine .
back NJ the game ever saw Nct one
year his work VS. apparently 20 weak he
was drlugcd with criticism Mercer was
actually ~ good that wear ne ever, The
difference was with the forwards Had
they been w to standard Mercer would
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05

have ranked vhorc hc belonged as one
ot the games prrtt,Ht back,
harvard Tine Weak.
Take the cusC Of Garrcls ot Michigan
Although powerful, fast. aggressive and
ns idcul q Onck as ever played, he was
helpless boz zoos against the superior
Quaker rush line And Harvard Ia the
old DAYS the Crimson produced backs
without end, equal to any An the land.
but until Hnughtou came and brought the
hig tests.
lie u, u wise coach who gl,cs attcn
ton TO his line That perfected medic
CT" backs can gain ground The for-
Mards are the vital part Of the machine
They supply tho BoWcr on attack, they
must dispose Of the FIRST line II defense
20 the runner aud his interference the
backticld nay get 10y the line ~ Fyrim.
mage without check aud Mt Wll speed
Then and then only, Ia consistent ruEiE
Ina possible
on defense. the llncmon must do lust
the opposite. The, must either break
through the opposing line or charge II
back into the onComing play This checks
and delays tho attnvk behind the line NJ
scrimmRgo and permits the defensive
backs the secondary line NJ drtensc.-tn
come forward to their aid and tackle the
runner either before he gets going NJ tull
speed or hctotN he crosses the line vi
scrimmagr. Thus Ia mn uftcnse spoiled
In addition 20 those two main reuul.
sites n line should. 90 form some vi me
interference for the runner: t2l do most
Of tho t%pckling and interfering ON punts
aud kick offs. and tal take over he hulk
NJ the placement kirklng These Tor.
wards Rrc generally the most stn'il mcm.
hcts ot the team and therefore are not
OF rs nervous a temperament ~ tho
lighter aud more highly strung backs
Thus they are likely 10 prove less ~.
citahlr when "a goal. from. touchdown
mean the game.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Soc Leader
insists He
Will Quit

BOSTON. OCT. S Even the winning
~ the worlds series viii not induro
william tHrrigan TO continue ~ leader
" the Boston Americans stter this sea
son. fhis statement Was made this morn
ING 10y the Red Son chief himself when
asked n he would not reconsider his re
cent declaration that he was through
Nothing can alter my determination
io r'tIrc from baseball after this year
Hiid tarriRPn, "n1 even the winning
Of tn" worlds series ! do not claim Ter
myself Che honor OF having won tho
American league pennant again This sea-
son. Every man did hts part IN every
game and kept fighting every minute. no
matter what dlscouragcments faced them
flrst tho team lost Speaker and then
iu the heat OF the fight Jack Barry was
injured We missed both Of them but
everyone else put on Just y little moro
stcnm and We kept on winning"
President Joseph Lannin who soma
time ago made the charge that since he
believed his team was getting the worst
Of tho umpiriug ne would retire before
next year unless bis team won the pen
nant has raid that although his team
has won. he Is ready TO sell out II he can
got his mice
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Barry lakes Recruit Team to
Worcester for Exhibition
While Regulars Practice on
Braves Field
SEAT DEMAND GREATER
THAN ACCOMMODATIONS
One Thousand Mail AppIica-
lions Turned Back; Some
Ordered From France,

HOS1ON. oct q with the fret game
OF the worlds series 20 be played IN
this city two DAYS away. virtually ever
element IN tho local end Of that event
was In readiness today
The world champion Boston Americans.
marking time from tho end 81 the sea
ton which brought them another pen'
nan,, To the hour they meet the BROOK
lSn Nationals on Saturday In dcfahse
IN their baseball honors. divided forces
Owe group headed by Captain JACK Har-
r went to Worcester to oppoac the
Philadelphia Americans IN n game ar
ranged to assist a memorial fund for the
old time umpire. JONI " Gaffncy
Two stars Nav Not PLAY.
Oth'ts ~ The team went again TO
Braves field, where tho local games viii
oe played for llSht practice Manager
Carriran, who Was with the latter group
said The boys are In good shape. except
Tor Foster and Barry" Whether either
part In the aeries was stu uncertain.
he said.
close followers NJ the team. claiming
no authority for thcir statement. pre-
ni"'"d tohn' that Cprrirnn himsclf would
catch the opening game with Leonard
a. The pitcher
Thousand Orders Untitled.
Allotin"nt Of the - .000 reserved scat
tickets was finished early today WITH
probably more than ] 900 applications mu.
answered
The extent of the appeal Of tho
vorld's series was shown hy request 10
club and press officials Many PERSONS
had sent Inquiries from tho battle front
~ France some weeks aga, from the
Canadian northwest nv telegram with.
IN the Inst week and from Mexico.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
STlEHMlESS NEBRASKA
READY FOR FIRST TEST

LINCOLN. Neh,. Oct. 5 Much inter
est conterS In the first game Of the sea
son here Saturday between the Drake
bulldogs and Coach stewards Nebraska
university eleven. This game also will
be the first conference game for the two
teams In the first place both teams
have new coaches and the work Of Coach
stewart and Coach Glaze, u former Dart.
mouth star, viii be watched closely.
The Nebraska team has bccn rounding
INTO shape slowly, according Ia follow
ers Of the game, which IL partly due TO
the shifting OF players and the fact that
the offensive formations are built around
-FOUR haltbnch instead Of n quarter
hack, "A mllback and two halfhacks.
otoupalik. who played fullback last
year, has been shifted to end md Ma
loney, who played center. has been given
the other end position, Moser probably
VIII be used NJ center; Dale ana
guards; Captain Corey and Sha ", tackles
Gardiner. Rhodes. Cook and Doyle prob
ably Will make up the bsckficld quartet
Galley, who played quarter some last sea
son, probably will not In used In the
first game IN account Of injuries
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Story of Capture
of Bremen True

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Oct. S.
Confederation OF the statement recently
given out by a British steamer captain
reaching New York to the effect tina.
the German commercial submarine Brc.
men. bound from Germany TO the
United States. had been captured in ,
net IN the English channel was given
here today by Captain Reavly of the
British steamer North Point, now in
tin, port The Bremen was raised nv
the British, according TO the cariain,
and viii he put into use against her
former flag
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
w. l.. Actions
Puzzle Local
Baseball Men

Action Of tho Western league IN trans
ferring the wichita franchise to Frank
lsbell and a statement from lshcll tina
he would visit Oklahoma CITY for the
purpose OF seeing what inducements OK
|hhomR city would offer for tho planting
Of the Wichita franchise here. has local
baseball men going,
IN the first place II would seem ont Of
reason that with Topeka aud Wichita out
Of the league oklahoma CITY could he
considered. The Jumps would be 20 far
expenses could not he made.
lshell n few months ngo was quoted as
saving that he woYld IKE to have = wich-
tn franchise In a class II league. such
as WAS proposed for tho Western Asso-
citation II the Western league should sur.
render the Wichita and Topeka terri
tories. Some here are inclined TO believe
that Ishcll viii plant the Wichita fran
chise somewhere else and that his visits
20 Oklahoma city, joplin aud Tulsa viii
be for the purpose NJ seeing what he
thinks Of the proposed Western Associs-
tlOu.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Final Game of
MAJOR Leagues
Scheduled Todag

This afternoon marks the closing Of the
major league season. The American
closed YESTERDAY New York and Brook
lNn are TO play At Brooklyn. n game
which the Dodgers will use merely as n
last workout for the world series which
starts saturday Ioston aud Philadelphia
are the others PLAYING
Nonc OF tho games can change the
standing Of the teams Should Boston
win from Philadelphia they s,ill will he
a game and n half hohind second place
And ~ the same time Bostou lis Tar
enough ahead of New York that u Ros-
ton defeat aud q New York victory could
not land the sensational Giants In third
place.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Johnson Greatest
Wlnner;O only TWo
Haze Lost More

We'i,r johnson has had ai# odd year
To date hc has won more aamcs nan
ANY pitcher IN the American league yet
only two pitchers htnc loet more ihah
he has Both OF these are with the Atm.
lctir. Joe Bush and Ernie Meyers OF
the Athletics are ne two huilrt, VINO
have lost more games than the smoke
King Rush has lost more games ina
any pitcher In either major league Ihcle
are many who sim regard SIR Walter
as ths greatest pitcher of The game. a
bit beyond Alexander, PREFER, Ruth,
ShnWkey. Leonard and the rest SIN,
having lost nearly hall his games. u can
hardly be said that the present season
has been one Of roses Ion him
Little Ray Schalk e. another star play
or who has had n peculiar year The
white SoN catcher. rated the premier
lackstop OF the game. has fallen OF IN
h's hitting unt'i his mark Is not fnr
above 200. Vet he has hung up % re.
moik,nl, hns, stcHune record. having
pilfcrcd AT last accounts more than CLYDE
Milan Of Washington Iris Speaker Eddie
collins OF George Sislcr.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
FISKE EXPECTED TO GET
CHANCE AGAINST lLllNl

LAWRENCE, Kan. oct The Kan
sAs University football team will jour
ney 20 Grbans III. Saturday 20 engage
the Illinois university eleven for the first
time IN twenty four years The last game
between the two schools was played DC
lohcr ~. 1892. and was n % TO I victory
for tn" kanSans. according to records at
the athletic association here. Coach OIL
colt and 'HotSy" clark. y former Illinois
staN have been drilling their teams all
week with Il special aim to spring a sur
prise ON Coach Zunpke's Illinois warriors.
Three members ~ the Kansas squad who
probably viii he In tho game Saturday,
are married. They are REQ Heath, md:
WHIT Smith. guard and Clay Fiskc. half
IYfk
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Coach Makes Good IN New
Field as Leader of Indlano's Eleuen

BLOOMINGTON. Ind OCT 3 Coach
lna'd ~u,Nm Nho Is s,nriinc his nrs'
so, pr co. football ,l Indiana university.
after a big success with Nebraska last
r|u. 1lr,lt, has tnc C%ordldcn,c - en-
OF both players and students
with The material ON hand his season
there h. every reason 10 believe Stichm
Will develop a team that will make an
excellent showing In the conference
Sti-nm developed q fast team last year
at Nebraska and with much poorer talent
than he has to work with here. over
Nfi, men have turned out and while tho
sIund does not look as heavy a, last
So, on u, Is hoped they viii show a speed
that Will more than discount the loss Of
weight
Vt u tcrcut m.etins ct the football can
didJtus Stlchm assured them In a spetch
that With the help NJ the student body
IN the NnN Of spirit and interest and
With re aoudhlc regard tu the cuioF'r
meut NJ training rules Indiana sou q
turn out one of the best teams In the
conference Stichm believes firmly IN the
value n strict training rules. In a li'i
he has printed and distributed among the
members Of the squad he says that VIC
latiou of the training rules IL treason TO
IN" school
Vt both ends OF the football field large
ave Lights have occn paced Win pow .
ful deflcctors and the team ~ able To
practice with the ghost BALI at night
Graduation made eleven holes among tho
90 men Of last fan and there II keen
competition among candidates lr films
these places captain Mcintosh, after re
covering from a recent ou"ration. Nill
probably appear at half back, with Ere
hart AS the other half ness and hinii
ot last years freshman team are hop
ing to I'm Whitaker's place at quarter
while Row ser. Crosby and Harris viii ibid
strong Tor places va the heckirld Aside
from the regular football work. Physical
Director kaSc gives the squad a good
drilling iu cniistnuuics every morning
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05

guy lIu, fa that onlN once has he had
'n 'I., .H' luf~r % end Of 'hr dough bag
That was iu 1874 when the Braves steam
rolled Che NaCkmcu ON al other ocra
slors hr got the Gttrs' portion Of the
bulge
U4rry has corra'cd about SO 600
through post season melon cuts so far
THIS year about 50 0oo more viii GO 10
him. Twenty -four thousand dollars tN
ira 'plt' iu eight years Nnt so bad
en-, oscar
Walsh Another Lucky Guy"
1lmmy Walsh is another 'Tor'uNie
specimen Hes had q rather ,heckorcd
career never has ranked az q ~srar-nevcr
much beyond the mediocre. Vet. Jcrms
has been pushed into three world series
Ito Wa sold to the Athletics hy Balti.
more lu 1913 and The deal was put
through just in time 10 got him IN ON
tho div In i'li he was let out In iho
YANKEES hut taken back hy the Athletics
lu tlns 10 let him IN on another share
Of the world series money
And this season JcomS hobs up On Cd
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Corrigon Expected to
Catch Leonard First
Come of World Series
|NTER-LEAGUE
SERIES START
FAVORS HOSE

Results 10 the opeuiGg games ~ the
lutor-l lea quo >crle ~ chicago ana -
Louis have swung tho hands of the
SuN 10th American league teams HAY
ing Won the White Sot from the cub
\ tn @. and the Browns from the Ilrdl.
mails. 70 to. = National lcsru" support
"rs. however. point out that RroohINU
tool tvo.thirds NJ .ts Eemca from the
cubs thi. scp.on. tho browns vou twelve
out Of twcnty. two game from TIA" Amer
iOdn chamrigNs
The white Soy na'Icd VAUGHN ou' NJ
the box white Russell was effective all
the WY through The Cardinals mad"
0ulN five hits on Davenport to nine for
the BROWNS of Steele. Williams and
Watson
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Poor BOWlln0
By Stdpleton
and Pettee's

IN contrast 10 the bowling Of tho Sims
and Wilson teams the uight before I'm
opening the oklahoma ,lty bowling
league WAS that Of the Staplotou and
Pett"c teams last night Tho Sims tram
scored nearly 30o points more In winning
two out Of three from Wilson than tho
Stapl"ton quiute, made last night IN
taking three straight from pettcc.
Only one 500 score was made last night.
that bN sims, sol, against five the pre-
vious night.
Following are the gross scores made
10y each player last night
Staplcton Sims 50l Spencer 316 Coop
er $50, o. Garland il6. oliver -. total.
2.277.
hettce-Schefneld i52. Nicholas an.
Dunlap 40, Robinson i16. NJ LAYTON
t29, total 2.lsl.
The last pair Of teams meet tonight.
CarhRrt and knIght. Reck.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Engine in River,
Fire Burns Town

MENDON, Mich. Oct 5,-Whilc the
volunteer fire department OF this town
was rushing its engine down the street
Wednesday afternoon TO quench a fire
that started IN tn meat market. the
steamer broke away, plunged down a
hill and into the St Joseph river Re
lore apparatus cou,d reach here from
Kalamazoo forty business houses and
residences had been destroyed at a
loss Of S2S000 Today several hun
drcd persons are homeless and without
extra clothing MenGon's population i,
1000
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Cross Country
Rates Reduced

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct s-Reduc-
lion IN transcontinental freight rates
by the southern Pacific, Santa lie K
Western Pacific railways were an
.nounccd today To bccomcesficctive No
ycmber = The changes. it was ev-
planned, were the result OF a periodic
traffic adjustment
The rate on olco oil and oleo stear.
mes in packages, minimum shipment
10000 pounds, will be reduced 70 sl.2s
a hundred pounds.
Reductions were also announced in
packing house products, brick and CO.
ment, iron and steel forms and mold,
for concrete construction, window
glass and magncsltc
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
CONSIDER THE CLAM!
Is OYSTER PURER? ASK
PURE FOOD EXPERTS

N0RASIIINGrON. Oct. S-M-.
WV ycS,igation of the clam has
v" been undertaken by the pure
food experts OF the department. OF
agriculture DR.. Carl l.. Alsberg.
chief Of the bureau Of chemistry, who
is directing the inquiry, said today
that scientists believe the clam TO
be w more subject to pollution
than the oyster. which now is con.
Sidercd virtually Tree from disease
as the result oi interstate shipment
regulations instituted by the depart.
mcut
The clam is, more or less myste.
r,ous 10 federal Investigators Little
is known regarding its so.called
habits Most Of the clans consumed
IN this country arc taken from wat
crs close TO shore during the sum.
MGR and iall when the danger OF
pollution from sewage IS greatest,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Fine Weather for Golfers.

BELMONT, Mass, oct b-The perfect
weather which mas prevailed dur
Ing the Woman's National Golf Champion.
ship tournament at the Belmont Spring
Country club continued today for the last
play before the scmi-finhls The gal
lery found present interest In following
Mrs W, A. Gavin, eastern champion. who
thus far has shown the best golf of the
tournament and who today was drawn
Mrs. &, c Auchlncloss OF Piping
Rock Miss Elaine Rosenthal Ravisloc.
was 10 meet Miss AleNla stirling At
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
TEDDY TO TALK TO
BORDER S0lDIERY

NEW YORK Oct, S. Theodore
Roosevelt win 20 as TAT west as ~
raSo. Texas. ON his tour IN the interest
oi 'hc republican national ticket, Vt wa,
announced here The colonel it is said.
will address the soldiers at that point
on the border,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
TINKER HOPES TO GET
EVEN WITH S0X TODAY

CHICAGO, oct with the initial
game Of the city championship to their
credit, the Chicago Americans today were
TO face Manager Tinkcr's Nationals on
the latter's grounds. Manager Rowland
and his men were confident Of making IL
two straight, but Tinker was equally con
ndcnt Early battery forecasts lined up
Packard and Wilson for the Nationals
and Williams and Schalk for the Amer
Trans
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05
Weum.n oppose, Hart,.y.

ST LOUIS, oct. .. Manager Jones OF
the st Louis Americans, was expected
10 send Carl Weilman to pitch against
the st Louis Nationals In the second
game OF the city series to he PLAYED here
today Hartley probably will catch.
Manager Huggins announced he probably
would start Meadows with Snyder behind
the bat
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-10-05

of HhNk q,
|h"N lHsA trade or the may sell
ltch Barry n they viii
Ru' those world series snckrls
ke"t going to him still
Black jack Barry ls "I again \
leagur regular Tor eight seasons. he
has horned into six world series splits
4 lucky guy record that probably
wont be beaten FOR years and years
Barry was COrraled hv Connie Mack
IN lsOh when h" had performed brilliant
" for the HOLY Cross college team. Tho
season he hecam" a regular. and
the following ono he contracted tho world
~"ri"H habit only once since then has he
boon able to shake II OF
Harry with the Athletics. took part lu
The world series Of 1910 iGil lolN and
1914 when connie MarI wrecked his
Eres, machine BLACK Jack was odd ro
the Rcd So' pud right auny th, sp,
won two peunauts 1915 and 1916
Perhaps tho luCkiest part ~ this lucky
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-06-03
Sheriff Sale.

Sheriff Sale.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant,
18th Judicial District Court.
d. v. Donaldson VS.. j. S. Bishop.
No. 1850.
BY virtue of Writ of Fieri Facias
issued out of the Honorable Thirteenth
Judicial District Court and to me d.
rected in the above numbered and en-
titled suit, directing and commanding
me to seize and sell the property of
defendant, l have seized and will offer
for sale at the principal front door of
the court house in Colfax, La, between
the hours prescribed by law for judicial
sales, on
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1916,
the following described property, seized
as the property of the defendant here
in, to-wit:
Block of the town of Dry Prong, in
Grant parish, Louisiana.
Terms of sale Cash, with the benefit
of appraisement.
Colfax, La, April Is, 1916.
A. B. PERKINS,
Sheriff of Grant Parish, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-06-03

Sheriff Sale.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Grant,
18th Judicial District Court.
Bank of Montgomery VS.. George L.
Ethridge.
By virtue of writ of seizure and
sale issued out of the Honorable 18th
Judicial District Court and to me d.
rected in the above numbered ana en-
titled suit, directing and commanding
me to seize and sell the property of de-
PENDANT, have seized and will offer
for sale at the principal front door of
the court house in Colfax, La, between
the hours prescribed by law for judi
cial sales, on
SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1916,
the following described property, seiz-
ed as the property of the defendant
herein, to-wit:
Lots 3, u, 5, IA and Is in Block II in
town of Machen or Montgomery.
Terms of sale Cash, with the bene-
fit of appraisement.
Colfax, La. May 26, 1916.
A. B. PERKINS,
Sheriff of Grant Phi, La.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1916-06-03
The Aches of House Cleaning.

The pain and soreness caused by
bruises, over exertion and straining
during house cleaning time are soothed
awsy by Sloan's Liniment. No need to
suffer this agony. Just apply Sloan s
Liniment to the sore spots, rub only a
little. In short time the pain leaves
you rest comfortably and enjoy a re-
freshing sleep. One grateful user
writes: ''Sloan's Liniment is worth
its weight in gold" Keep a bottle on
hand, use it against all soreness, neu-
raigia and bruises. Kills pain. 25c at
your druggist. Adv. 2.