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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01
FOOTBALL PLAYERS SEEK HONOR5;
ARE OUT FOR ALL AMERICAN TEAM
LeGore of Yale Ranks High Among Best Half Backs in
the Game; Casey of Harvard Is Ranked Sec
ond Mahan, and Olphant of the Army Is Among
the Best in the Gridiron Game.
BY FRANK C. 8IENKE.

sofa If any pivot man" has perform
ed in a more remarkable way this year
than Long, his name is unknown Just
now He is a wizard-brainy. fast,
coura geous, grand kicker. and an un-
canny runner. Next to Pete Russell. he
probably was the greatest quarter IN
the west year ago Now Pete is gone
and Long is the best in the west-if
not in the country
star Qusrterbaeks Scarce.
star Quarterbacks are rather scarce
iu the east Shiverlck, Of Cornell. looks
like of one the quarterbacks in the
east, with Anderson. Of Colgate, close
up Purdy, Brown. Meehan. (Syra-
cuse1. Morrow. tPittsburg1: Robinson
and Murray, tHarvard1 Eddy prince
tom. and Stobbs. W q j. all are
good men. but none has flashed his full
power so far
Bob Peck. captain of Pittsburg. was
the All-American center selection by
Walter Camp and about 90 percent OF
the other critics last year The Panther
leaders work To date makes IL look
like reelection for him Hansen. OF
Minnesota. sizes up as the best man so
far uncovered in the west
The Big Guards
White and Schlachter- the $50 and
24S pound Syracuse guards. looked like
a peerless pair until that Pitt game.
But the way they were forced to give
ground before the crashing attack Of
the Panther backs has lowered their
stock Dadum. Harvard, Petty. (Illi-
uoisf- Hancock. wisconsin, NOUrse,
princeton; Gait. yale; Nicely,
DARTMOUTH; Anderson. (CornelD;
Wimberly. CW & J1- Barton. CCoI-
sate). Sutherland. CPittsburgD; Hogg.
,Priuceton). and Black of Yale all
have PLAYED far beyond the average.
Each must be considered when the
picking" day arrives
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01
CHAMP MAY NEEDFOQT REMEDIES;
KENTUCKY TEAM To PLAY TIGERS
Football Fans Should Have Treat Saturday
Gridiron League VIII Open Sunday at Rio Grande
Park-Camp Cotton Card Is Out and Looks
Good-Tom Lea Makes Big Noise.
BY 4BECK..

-ISTIC fans are still talking about
the Sudden illness of heavy
L weight champion Jess Willard in
FL Paso on Monday. The local fans
thought that the champion had the pro-
verbal heart Of oak" but when Jess
ran up the white flag at the first sign
Of an attachment from a deputy sheriff
local opinion changed
Isn't IT too bad that Tom Jones VIII
have 10 walk for a while2'' remarked
one fight fan Tuesday night. as he read
OF the autos OF the champion and his
manager being seized Poor Tom,
Heu take off about 10 pounds Of ex-
cess baggage
Those who caught a glimpse OF Will
lard declare that wall king won't hurt
him for a while. for big Jess looks as
r ne would TIP the scales At around
$50 pounds. Jess is said TO have worn
4 very worried look.
Leave on ~fhe Rather
And wasn't il awful to even contem-
plate a man with a 100000 bankroll-
press agents claims accept ed-rlding
out Of town on = side door pullman"
It's a cinch that some fine material for
newspaper articles was developed dur
ing the brief visit here Of the champion
and his mana ger. but its also 2 cinch-
and a lead pipe cinch. toO-that MeSSrs-
Jones and wizard viii nave mighty III
tie to say about El Paso when they get
back to the bright lights OF the big
eastern cities
However. there's one consolation.
Both Jess and Tom are now afoot
There viii be 2 chance for the cham
pion to visit some more automobile fac
tories. get stuck on a car and buy II on
the spot, Of course. the publicity for
both Willard and the auto VIII not be
overlooked
VIII CurIey quite
According TO all reports, Jack Curlev
didn' 90 out on the freight car route
Jack waited for real passenger train
He made no secret of his dfssa tisfactfon
over the tactics Of Willard and Jones.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01

whatever the cause. this city has been
passed W. and foolishly so.
city Players study Game.
I would rather. if 7 was big league
scout make my selection from the
talent that Greater New York can
furnish than take chances in the wild
woods. and then I could gamble that
I got the best OF IT,
Give me the ball PLAYER who has had
The opportunity 10 see big league base
bah on the Polo Grounds and on Eb-
aets Field. and the benefit of the ex-
1erlence gained thereby. rather than
The doubtful 'phenom. who has only
seen the game played on mis- town
common or The adjacent COW pasture.
our city boys are naturally quick
witted-they have 10 be 10 get along
successfully Moreover they have a
superior natural aptitude 10 grasp the
game Of baseball
one of the best games Of baseball
that ] have ever seen. judged from
every angle. was between two teams
CCOntinued on Next Page1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01
WOMEN GOLFERS
ADOPT NEW PAR

Chicago. Ill. Nov THE Women's
Western Golf association. at its annual
meeting here today adopted a new par.
according TO the announcement of the
president. Mrs. J. p. Gardner. tonight
The new table. which already has had
q successful trial. is as follows
Up 10 Us yards, par is three. 1s3 TO
325 yards. par four. 326 TO $50 yards
par five, f5l TO 515 yards. par six. $40
and upwards. par seven
The previous table was found to be
too high. owing 10 the increasing skill
of the players In some instances play
ers in the association who belonged to
considerably
The report Of the corresponding sec
rotary showed membership in the as
ISOLATION Of 81 clubs as against - last
year
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01

and more than once. during his stay
here. he limited at other affiliations
which are now pending. so don't be so
awfully surprised II YOU hear one OF
these fine days, that Jack Curley IS
looking after the business arrange
ments Of Carl Morris or Fred Fulton
StiF talking Of fistic affairs. have
YOU glanced over the card arranged by
chaplain Chouinard. Of the 2Sd infantry.
for Tuesday night Of next week at
Camp Cotton arena2 It's a pippin. and
then you can listen TO the election re-
turns while you watch the bouts
Livingston -. o'TOoIe-
Tommy Livingston and Tommy
O'Toole. two OF the cleverest feather
weights ever seen in the southwest. are
the topliners and are down for ten
rounds at 125 pounds O'Toole opened
his camp at the Central hotel this az
ternoon and Will work there daily
The semifinal brings Battling" Gull
len. the promising young middleweight
Of the 23d infantry, against Croshaw.
Of the 31st Michigan They viii 20 six
rounds unless there IS "kayo' and
Cullen is improving SO much under the
charge Of Johnny Newton that he looks
good.
Three Fast Preliminaries.
Winnisett. OF the Second Ohio. and
Kid" Bolton, of the 18th PENNSYLVANIA.
are down for four rounds at 125 pounds.
Red Young the fiery topped weller
Of the Second Ohio. IS carded for four
rounds with Pete Roche. of the Eighth
T. s cavalry at 40 pounds, while Nc
Phee. of the First Ohio ambulance. VIII
endeavOr TO demonstrate punch to An
drews. OF the 2oth infantry machine
gun COMPANY
Chaplain Chouinard IS endeavorinE 70
yet Jack Redmond, the Ohio middle
weight. into action. and has offered
Jack a chance at either Battling Tor
renee or Jack Burke over the six round
route
We've heard a lot about Kid" Wolfe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01

Jew YORK, Nov. THE pisskin
M meadows gradually are becom-
= Ing peopled with youths who
are doing stunts that merit them con-
siderauOn for Jobs on the mythical
Au-American elevens.
The achievements OF Harry LeGore,
Of Yale. so far have given him ranking
among the greatest halfbacking per
sons in the game There isn't any thing
that I.eGore cannot do, and do excep-
tionally w ell
Andy Hastings. star PittsburC back
field, has showed with especial bril-
lance So far He was ranked by some
AS an -All-AWertcan man in 1915. This
season he has played far beyond any
thing ever shown before Unless he
slips back during the games to come
"A posi- blity remote to an extreme
Hastings viii take unto himself a first
class Job on the all star team
Some Other Good Ones
CASEY the Harvard baclfieId find"
is ranked as "a second Mahau- But
how viii Casey show when he Is put
TO the Yale and Princeton tests2 Hor-
Weeu. another CrimsOnite. is being
touted strongly up in Cambridge for
his fine work. Then there is Berry,
the great Pennsy halfback. who. al
most unaided beat the powerful Penn
state crew
Hllf IEl-flls OF II -%lllliA Ton q atLLF-E-
son. never Il flashy player has been
exhibiting in way this year that
stamps him As one Of the really great
McLaren. Of Pittsburg. is another
star plunging halfback who re-
awa1eus memories of Wee Willie
Hestonl Oliphant picked by many last
season. is performing in the same daz-
zlinE manner for the army this season
Tibhott. Of Princeton, also has earned
plenty OF applause
Sprafka. of Minnesota. stands out
Just now as one Of the best halfbacks
iu the west. He has been responsible
in the main for the great scoring so
far by his team DriscaIl. Of North
western is another whose work has
sciutillsted- Harley, Of Ohio state.
has starred in every game-and in
every department of the game
Great Half and FuIIbacks.
Among the other halfbacks and full
backs whose great work merits them
much thought are
Mueller, Cornell. Naulbetsch
tAiichiEan): Nacombe. IIinOis): Wat
kins, tColgate)- Pollard. Brown: De
Hart tPittshurgl- briggs. princeton.
Bingham, (Yale). HubbeH (COlgate)-
t-crrish. DARTMOUTH Thielscher.
Dartmouth, Ingram. tNavy): Nuss
wv * j., and Carlson. Mimi
Turning to quarterbacks. one is con
tronted Instantly with Long Of Mime
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01
Easy To Be Pleasant When Triumph Makes You Strut;
The Smile Optics
PLAYERS
ARE NOT PAID
Ban Johnson Says Injured
Ball Players Always Re
ceive Their Salaries.

Chicago. Ill. Nov. 1.-B- B. Johnson.
president Of the American league, dis
puted Tuesday the charge Of David l.
Fultz. president OF the Baseball Play
ers' Fraternity. that ball players in the
American league were not paid while
incapacitated through injuries received
while playing The charge was made
by Fultz recently in his demands for
new conditions made on the national
commission
Il have never heard OF a single in
stance in the league in which player
who has been accidentally hurt while
playing has not been paid while he
was unable to play" said Johnson. All
contracts in the league pass through
my office and I cannot remember one
in which the liability clause was strick-
en- out"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01

Mccoy had been the ree
the toll at all and then when
Dan Morgan who Mccoy
given HIM the twilight sleep and had laugh all
Chip Dime yp Broadway held
tand expect anything there.
GIBBONS AND DILLON ARE starting advertising
tomorrow they Next they'll
viii talking
dear old sucker public will again.
FREDDIE WEIGH TOLD A tina i'm
Freddie
several likes style everything
friends Frederic
go TO THE ANT, thou ug8 rainy
10 soakth at "mcles
ONE MAN WROTE: AN MOBILES Of Blu
Doens looked Tor with arnten and reported
amin CANADA CAL.
THE ONLY RACES postponed grounds
arc lee acht eonte
POSTPONEMENTS
the game Europe Faeiis greatly
he season ends on hanks
NO MATTER WHAT hear
OF the quaretacks Is Light GUNBOAT HUDSON
''The TOff and The Pug
you
Gldwn a
the rough the other would OF
the tnpas
OF
All The pulled
a psrler Afsait-
attacked ALI
repeated me
his and ALI said i suppose those
think they do what they lkez7 The 4 have
the other about SYDNEY REFEREE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01

apparently averse to demonstrating his
ability except in a main bout It's a
certainty that he ranks no higher than
O'Toole, Livingston Cose or IuskOpf,
and these men made their start here in
the DrelminarleS. and If " ollie expects
a bout here he should be introduced in
a four round OF six round affair II he
objects TO such an introduction. there
are lots Of other youngsters
While final arrangements have not
yet been concluded. II is likely that
there viii be a football game in the
stadium on Saturday between the high
school and the Kentucky signal corps.
The latter organization is composed all
most entirely OF college men with fine
regulations. and q game between the
signal men and the TIGERS should bring
out some mighty good football and also
a big crowd
Use Regular Hi" Team.
Coach Lotus HIS stated that "A couple
Of his regulars are in need of a rest
Tor the big series for the state schOl-
astic championship. but If the same is
arranged he viii send in his first team
against the Kentucky men
The Kentucky boys plan 20 have
regimental band on hand and there viii
be a reception after the game when
former kenruckians now in FL Paso.
viii have q chance to meet the bows
from that state who are now wearing
the khaki
X
Have you heard that noisy automo-
bile horn on the mayors car2 The city
hall reporter Of The Herald turns in
the following account Of how II hap
pened;" Mayor Tom Lea boasts the
loudest horn on his automobile in the
city Heretofore the mayor has had
horn the voice OF which matched the
small size of his machine Tuesday
morning he stepped into his machine
from the city hail steps. started the
engine. and sounded the horn
The result surprised MIN as much as
il did the people within the adjoining
three blocks The horn. q Klaxon of
the largest size obJafnaoIe. mad been
purchased by the city employees. and
had been attached 20 his car In his alb
sence. in place of the weak voiced one
the mayor had chosen
Plans are now under way for a L.
regiment football league and Chuck
spirit He has called a meeting 10 be
held on Friday evening al $50 o'clock
ri Feldmans and asks that representa-
riVes Of every regiment having a foot
bah team be present
He plans 10 play games ar Camp
Cotton, Camp Pershing and Camp Stew
art during the week and at Rio Grande
park on Sundays, with possibly Sat
urday games AT the down town park.
There will be a big game next Sunday
at Rio Graudc park for certain. Ar
engagements are being made TO have
band i'm attendance and IL is hoped that
civilian fans viii lend the game good
support
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01

There was an old ScOtchman named
! Stirling
/ Who was partial to golf and to curling.
| .sHOOf. naOn.- ne would say.
! II am Scotch all the Way
! And the Scotch he had slipped kept him
Whirling.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01
Gotham Best Place For Ball Scout s
-:I:- -:T:- -:I: -:I:- -:I:-
Boys Better Players Than Busher5
BY SAM CRANE.

T EW YORK Nov las 7 have al
M ways said. there is no field like
L New York for big league scouts
TO find the best and most promising
young ball players
This section has been sadly neglected.
nd, too. by those who have gone out
INTO the bushes TO get possible phenoms
L big expense. In my opinion. there Is
.-ore Of an opportunity right here in
Dur big burg for scouts to secure cspa-
ole talent than anywhere else in our
broad land And the players are here
for the asking.
There is not a Sunday game played
Pn our many fields in which one can
not see some player who is worthy of
notice
But big league club scouts. somehow
or another, appear TO ignore our local
talent It may be because the "sleuths"
want TO scour the bushes and pile up
expenses in their search for ivory but
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01

Jew YORK, Nov. THE pisskin
M meadows gradually are becOm-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01

whatever the cause this city has been
passed w. and foolishIy so.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-01
tabs TID- BITS T RX

UR OLD PAL know
I J everyone says he Is; that knocks m
m
We saw Mr. Mccoy get It for thirteen seconds night Chip
happened in
and Won have to orofom Al to have the
and
amp had been down twice and the appeared OF
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11
v. @. ". PICNIC
ON AUGUST IS

Special to the Telegraph
DeAnn, Aug. 9. There will be
a WO. w. picnic at Baird's Chap
el, / miles east of this place and
Z miles west of Prescott on the
Washington and Prescott road,
on Tuesday, August Is. All w.
O. w. camps are especially in
vited to attend, and everybody is
invited to come Bring a we'll
filed basket or a big box. There
will be prominent speakers pres
ent. Among the other entertain
ment features will be band music
and ball games. Let all who can
come out and enjoy the day with
us.
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11
THE HOME ORCHARD

Farmers who do not now have
small orchards will do well to
make their plans early. The
proper site must be selected, the
soil well prepared, well manured
and plowed deep and lIeptin fine
tlth. Then the right thing to do
is to get in touch with the county
agent and if he is not willing to
take the full responsibility farm
ers should write to the College
of Agril0ol3ra for the help need
ed. The excSossion Division of
the University of Arkansas and
u. S. Dept. of Agriculture has a
little Home Orchard Plan" that
suggests varieties of fruit trees,
bush fruits, etc, that will be sent
on application to Prof. W. II,
Wicks, or to the Director of EX
tension Division. Fayetteville.
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11
PLAN FOR STORAGE

Right now is the time for pro
greSSive cotton farmers to con.
slider what they are going to do
with their cotton this fan. Are
they going to dump it ON the
market as usual, or are they go
ing to store it and thus steady
the market and in all probability
get q better price; 1t is not
within the province of the EN-
tension Division of the Univer-
siuv Of Arkansas and u. ) De
plrtmont of Agriculture 10 adj
wise farmers when to sell on even
to hold but, il is clearly within
the province TO be prepared to
hold if they so desire. The sim
plest plan is tor eachman To have
his own shed for storing his six
or twenty or forty bales although
that may not be the wiseSt plan.
The wise plan is undoubtedly for
a dozen to thirty on more farm.
ers to unite and build a ware
house at the shipping station. 1t
will pay business men to Join i'm
the construction of such a ware
house as it will, nine years in ten,
leave more money in the com
munity than does the present
plan of dumping all the cotton on
the market right from the gin
But plan for storage as a way oi
being independent. Storage
prices IN Arkansas are really eX
horbitant, although the cost
would be less in a cooperative
warehouse. August is for the
cotton farmers month of somt
leisure and tits a good time fol
preparing sheds and cribs anC
bins for hay, corn and grain anC
cotton. These are steps TOWARD
independence and Oct. /, 1917
will be the first independents,
Day" for a good many Arkansas
farmers.
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11
BLEVINS SHIPS
MANY CARS

The truck growers at Bleylna,
in this county, have shipped cd
cars of cantaloupes and 30 cars
of water melons this season. Re
turns totaling about S75, 10000
have been received by the shin
pers, with some of the shipments
yet to hear from. Water melons
shipments are still being made
from this point, and later on many
of these enterprising truck grow
ers will ship beans, turnips and
other produce.
The people of Blevins and Vi
cinity deserve a great deal ,bt
credit for what they have dor 1e;
not only for themselves and th4ir
community, but for the rest iol
the county, as the example jet
by them is being followed by o h
ers. Indeed, it is impossible i
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11
TOWN COUNCIL
ELECTS MARSHAL
Officials Propose To Put On
Lid and Go After Law
ViOlators.

The Washington town council
held a meeting at the Office of
Etter & Monroe, the mayor and
recorder and all members of the
council being present.
The councils attention was call
ed to the need of a city marshal
and Is. w. Patterson was elected
TO the position and at once enter
ed upon the discharge of his Of
fetal duties, Marshal Patter-
sons attention was called TO the
common law violations, such as
crossing sidewalks where there
are no crossings, drunkness, us
ing profanity on the streets, boot
Logging whiskey. etc, and he en-
ters his new duties with a deter
mination of bringing all offenders
to justice.
One old building on the street,
located west of the w. h. Parsons
store. was condemned and order
eG torn down to lessen fire dan
ger, and another building, known
as the old Baird & Carruth stand,
was ordered repaired or torn
down for sanitary reasons.
An application to build a sheet
iron building on Franklin street
was rejected because of an ordi-
nance Troviding for the building
of only brick. stone or cement
hnila!nss in the business district
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11
5. S. WORKER COMING

Rev. Glenn Baker will dchver
an address in the interest of
Sunday School work a t the
Methodist church in Washing
ton on August -, at 10 a. m, and
on the same day at Ozan at p.
m.
He desires especially all of
ticers and teachers to be present
not only at Washington and Ozan
but of all adjacent Sunday
Schools. Also all who are in
terested in Sunday School work
are earnestly solicited and cor
daily invited to be present al
these meetings.
j II Gold.
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11
DENIES ATTEMPT At SUICIDE

1t bis alleged that Geo. Waddlc,
junior member of the firm Of
Waddle Bros, merchants O {
Hope, attempted suicide Tuesday
by taking Strychnine. Several
physicians were called in and
worked with Mr. Waddlc for
some time before he was relieved
from the effects of the poison.
Mr.. Waddle denies having in
tentionally taken poisiOn or max
ing any attempt at self destruc-
tion.
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11

None knew thee but to love thee
None named thee buttopraise"
Peace to their ashes.
I an anxioos 70 retpfn 70 MY
native old home in dea1. old Ozan
Township in the good old county
of Hampstead, so that when my
time comes ! may close my eyes
among the best people on Gods
green earth. My heart goes out
to my friends all over Arkansas,
but especially to the people of
Hampstead County, who have
honored II G more thanI deserve;
but be that as it may, | am still
ready to serve them honestly
and to my best ability and for
their best interest.
My health is still improving
and l feel like / may be spared
to do what can for my beloved
constituency. God knows l have
none but the best and kindest
feeling for all of them.
l congratulate the farmers of
nav county upon the fine pros
pects of bumper crops which !
learn they have. l would be
pleased to mmglc with them and
will SO soon as [ return.
Texas viii be dry" at the next
election and Arkansas will stay
dry" whether the legislature or
the people vote upon the question
of the repeal of our. state WIDE
law or not. So be it Is my wish.
get the Telegraph each week
land | regret to see that some of
my old friends have answered
the last roll call since | came
away. Yours. etc.
Jas. w. Ellis.
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11
PURCHASE fine STALLION

Washington business men and
farmers have purchased a full
blood French Coach stallion, the
consideration being Sl600.00. The
horse is a beautiful bay, four
years old, and weighs 1850 lbs.
The horse was purchased of the
Joseph NJ. Nolen Horse Co, Pa
ola, Kan, through their agent,
Mr.. O. f.. Doty.
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11
BRICK co. LOSES IN FIRE

A fire at the plant of the Hope
Brick Works about / o'clock last
Tuesdaymorning deStroycdsome
of the buildings, damaged others
and otherwise caused damaged
to the extent of about 100000.
1t is understood there was no in
surance on the property. The
cause of the fire is unknown, as
the fire was we'll under way when
discovered.
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11

Foley's Honey and Tar is a
particularly good cold, cough and
Group medicine for children be-
cause it contains 10 opiates or
habit .formingdrugs. The little
colds" of summer, as well as the
long standing, deep seated
coughs, that hang on for months
are banished by its use. The
first dose brings relief and com
fort
Sold here at Colds Cash Store.
Washington telegraph., 1916-08-11

Mrs. G. H, Eveeland, Duncan,
Mills, H., writes; | was strick
en- with lumbago, unable to turn
in bed. A neighbor brought
Folevs Kidney Pills. She had
been similarly afflicted and tLey
cured her. | was cured by three
bottles. " If the kidneys do not
function, lumbago, rheumatism,
aches, pains are apt to result.
Sold here at Colds Cash Store.