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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
~ JACK VEIocK.

NEW YORK. Dec ll-Way back In
the good old state Of Missouri they have
a song entitled. "Yuh Gotta Quit KickIn'
My Dawg Aroun'"
The fact that they have such q song
in Missouri has nothing 10 DO With ihis
story. hut the song expresses the senti-
ment of 'housHnds-ycs even mlhons
~ baseball fans ~ the great middle
west. Who are tired OF seeing both ends
Of tho world series come east every tAll
II isn't because baseball fans In the
Mississippi valley have lost interest In
the annual classic. Don't get that .doA
for u second but II is certainty that
interest would be increased ss much as
200 percent II the blue ribbon even next
tall should he divided between the east
and the west
Ancient DAYS Better.
Back In the old day. when the cubs
or Pirates were always in the running
there Was "A livelier interest among the
fans all over the country In the east
the baseball public mas become so used
10 hoggng the worlds series that It is
looked forward 10 0s a matter Of course
yet even In this part uf these peri, city
good United States the bugs would like
TO see the worlds series take on an in
tersectional complexion
Last summer. when the White Sox and
Browns were still In the running for
"
sippi valley boiled with baseball enthusl-
asm All ohe could hear WAS chatter
about the chances Clarence Rowland and
Fielder Jones had Of nicklng off the COW
eted banner in the Ban Johsonian cir
cult. And then, when the Red Sox
whipped the Tigers and Pale Hose In
their own backyards, the middle west
cooled of.
| Baseball has a good chance 10 rise 70
n higher poirt In public favor than II
| held before the war with the Feds broke
/ loose hut the process OF rc-esthbl'sl
! ing the grand old game, especially out
side Of the major leagues, Is naturally
! bit slow.
/ one OF the very best things that coulf
happen 10 help boost the game 10 it'
former high plane-end that within two
short seasons from the end OF the var
would be Il major league championship
for one OF the western teams
West May Cop In 1917.
| Last year the west showed iis tecti
ana made desperate bid TO regain th'
hunors OF other days The teams thai
were In the running are being strength
ened and during the season that is e
come, though II is many months away
the baseball public may expect 10 see
the west make u stronger bid than 4
has made for the past four or five years
The west Us tired Of seeing the cas-
Kick its "dawg" around. and this ap
plies 10 the club owners as well as th'
fans.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
Weinert and Moran
Row Over Morris

NEW YORK. Dec. li.-Harry Pollock.
manager Of Charley WeInert, and Ike
Dorgan, manager Of Frank Moran. had
u run-in today over the matching Of
their respective charges against Carl
Morris at Kansas city Dorgan charged
Pollock with angling for the match at
terms that was depriving Moran OF the
opportunity to meet tho Oklahoman. Pol
lock stated be had first been approac ned
prior to the meeting OF Morris and Rat
Ting Levinsky. that his terms were not
then accepted. but he now was getting
what he asked before
When Dorgan again charged Pollock
with being cheap In his demands for
Weinert Pollock. Known throughout the
boxing world as man who gives the
promoters no quarter In his demands for
hts b1ttlers. lat his head and II Nas
only the Intervention OF friends that bre
vented the two managers coming 10
blows. Up to the present time neither
man. according to dope. has closed for
the match with Morris. but both recog.
nife n Ia juicy plum and want first
crack at the man who Is almost as big
as Willard
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
MGRAW WANTS TILLIE SHAFER BACK
AGAIN; UTILITY WIZARD is NEEDED

NEW YORK, Dec II (SpecialJ 81
John McGraw is husily engaged In per
suRdIng Art Shnfer, cN-Giant thirdbase
star. that no should return to the game
and II seems probable that Shafer will
permit himself 10 be persuaded Tn
GlantB are IN need ot utility strength and
McGraw feels that he could not do better
than engage Shafcr again Gotham fans
will be elted II Tillte IL seen with the
Giants again next summer
In the season Of 1919 Shufer was PLAY
Ing a great gam" for the Giants Al third
when McGraw felt that a change In his
lineup would help and decided TO max
an outfieldcr OF Shafer For tho rs,
Of the season Shafer played In center
field. but he was not pleased with, the
change and at thc close of the season
announced that he meant TO return to his
homo In California and go into the auto
mobile business. II was known at the
time that Shater had means that would
permit him TO do ns he chose and that
he only played baseball for the enjoy
ment OF II II was also inferred that
"Tempera Tiille," being dlspleased
with McGrnw's notions about where he
best performed. decided to take his pa
per dolls and 40 home.
Al tho time Shafer said that the DAILY
grind Of the same WAS giving him gray
hairs and that ho thought his health
would improve " he quit At any rata
McGraw believes now that "a utility Job
would suit Shafer fine and that II wouli
mean great deui to the Giants to have
Tlllle as a utility player,
Shafer quit the game while playing at
his best clip and he has Kept In excel
lent form by playing occasionally with
the Los Angeles Coast league team, -~Ho
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11

h. a.. th. ..,..,
ha, ,ha, "c s the mos. resource,ui iKh'.r
ANA, ,i,gI,' % ., sow o, ooneu VIII I'VE "
tlon and he has two Yonderfui hsnds"
Il saw him flatten Joe Jeannettc tprioc
In their fIght I'm Paris with shor, rirbt
hand punches Joe was floorcd as clean
ly as any man ever was. IIttic inside
right handlers. mind YOU. Tex. punches
that I,had shown him.
III you get him TO come here | am
going with him, and II you dont see big
Willard kicking on the floor. then shoot
me for Wild sweet potato. that's all L
know what the boy is capable of.
Carries Good weloht.
uIo,. ,o, ,..,..,., n.., l.,
my m'au,e"e'En' ION eo ee
any o one ,o,, you 'ns. re WeiShed Nv
hoo, ' s,i'h pI"vn ,"u mn"' ne ,oush, run
~,', 1nau SmI,n ,m Lohuoh. ne moeken we
o,"er yo,, ra sprswnns hs y, ~ ono OF tne i2nnus
,hn, & &,iaS, ri ~ ou%o. suou. ,nc 'n,isn VI
una, ,,,n, 's' @ n, ,ns rre"snman wns winner,
% hs s,SSer,v "Ts :. o'"sy mms "ne,
uauony ,et ny ~ tne punne'' ITO
him around three timos nj Ieas,
"He was wbisked or nj, pins la
wen, down on his hands and knees.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
::
BY By-4$tyW
ORANTLAMo RICE ~~

Winter Golf, De Luxe,
When the winds romp through with n
nip that bites
And the ground is frozen as hard ls
rock
When the cold gales come with an Arctic
par
And tho hand rccoils from the msshie
shock
While others may follow the bounding
sphere,
Defying the chill with cheerful fate,
I'd rather dream on by a hig log firo
And play the course In Il GS.
when old John Henry Thermometer
drops
With sudden slump under twenty nine;
when the teets are hard as concrete
wall.
where frozen grin never holds the
line
Tho others may follow the tairway's call.
And take the way where the woods are
brown.
But III take mino by an open fire
And meet Chick Evans about six down.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
Football

Wisconsin likes Harvard football and
has made new contract with Paul
wilmington who brought II out OF the
east
Yale has dropped IehIgh and Wash
ington and Jefferson to tighten her foot.
ball schedule next year
Eddie Mahan is expected TO enter the
law school at Columbia next year and
become nn assistant coach.
Wearers Of the athletic 20" at the
University OF Oklahoma will 70 through
tho gate without pay 10 all games at
Norman In ths sport for which they we're
decorated.
Gay, center, is expected 10 lead the
AgEic Rridsters next year although the
called.
Harvard favors making the customary
football periods contain no many PLAYS
rather than terminate at n given timA.
This attitude In not taken because Of the
declaration that the first period OF tho
recent Harvard-YaN game was cut
short almost five minutes. The members
OF the football committee Mt Harvard,
have long favored the idea, and Fred W.
Moore, Harvnrd's representative an tho
rules committee, 10 expected 10 suggest
such change AT the next meeting OF the
organization. Percy u, Haughton OK
pressed himself heartily In favor Of the
scheme. Such n ruling would preven:
several abuses OF the game, most notable
playing for time. Colt and baseball are
pointed out Ms sports which are not gov
erncd by the time clock
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
Major League Champion For
West Would Boom Baseball

Biz nm Brennan. a familiar handler
~ the Indicator 10 ma jor league fans,
~ one OF the most unfortunate OF all
tho Federal leaguers Bill is a good um-
rir" re Was considered no good whom
tho Federal league was formed that jim
Gilmore and his henchmen decided they
he'd TO have him TO lend prestige to their
circuit. and they tempted Bin TO take
the hurdles
When tho war ended Brennan was left
out IN the cold. cold world For some
reason the powers that be In orgAniood
BAN I'D not extend the same clsmSncy
TO BIT ,hst was dealt out to the players,
though why II could be figured that -
hed committed any greater offense than
tns players. except perhspse, that - -
IS hnld 20 figure out So Brsunan
waited NJ vain FOR an offer to get hack
INTO the harness and finally he vent
lob-hunting himself and landed In the
Z mos, succclsful one for Brennan In Nthet
circuit, where II IN oft.ntimes harder toP
| nn umpire 10 work than In the major
leagues. And now BIN hopes to be on bic
way back He is casting his lamps ea
cation. with good chance TO LAM ".
He says he Ia willing to work his way
| to III" top Of the ladder again
Big schools Dictate Financsa
| Schools like Harvard. Yale and Princes
| ton. which own big athletic stadiums,
have assumed the right to dictate 10 the
! them ON the field OF play. This u Eags
| ucularly true OF foot ball. ana each yeor
schools Ike Brown. Colgate and Syracuse
| must accept the terms offered them to
play In the big stadiums or lose DE
| game.
Take Brown. for instance. The Brown
eleven OF 1916 WAS a winner. and cap.
able Of putting up good enough football
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
DECISION BOXING BOUTS PROVIDED IN
BILL TO BE PROPOSED FOR NEBRASKA A

Gene Melsdy. an Omaha promoter, 10
hard at work on his proposed amendment
for ah athletic bill In Nebraska. which
be intends 70 have introduced Al the
VIII be one Of the most attractive boxing
ntlis In existence In this country, and
sportsmen consider II the most prostes-
sive and protective to the welfare an6
interests of tbs. public and clean sport
The bill will calf for fifteen. round de-
tls,ot contests. positively sro guarantee
'or the boxers, under commission form,
Ealiied bonded clubs. pnys,cinns GER
,lflcate, no gambling. and 8 percent Of
the gross receipts 10 90 4. the state for
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
Variety Marks
Sport Program
For This Week
Mid-Winter Meetings of Base
ball MagnateS Share Stage
With Basketball, Boxing and
Bike Racing,

tisuc tlits, mid-wintcr meetings OF
both major leagues and some Of the
minors and basketball compose the sport
Ing program for this week The Inter
national league maguatss meet today, tho
National league moguls tomorrow and
The American league bnrons Thursday
Following rfiesc comes the meeting OF
the Southern association Friday
Williams Meets Chnvex
Oklahoma Cityans will watch with In
teteSt the meeting in Kansas city to-
night between Kenny Chavez and Kid
Williams. A few weeks ago Nnte jack
son and Kenny McNeiu hattled ten fierce
rounds 10 "a draw. A few days later Nc
NELL went TO 81 Louis where he knocked
out Chavez. A fairly good line on Jack
sons right to challenge Williams for the
championship should be gained from to-
nights bout In Kansas city. II IL sched-
uled for fifteen ronuds
Basketball Formally Opens
This week marks the real opening Of
tho basketball season both In this state
and elsewhere. The Sooners meet South
western Friday and Saturday for the
frst important games OF collegiate cir
cles In Oklahoma and on Saturday the
eastern intercollegiate season opens
saturday worlds championship bicycle
sprints are scheduled with the start OF
six day grind the following day These
races are TO he held In New York
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
Magirl Knocks
Out Smith In
Australia Ring

MILWAI'k ZEE, Wis, Dec, 1i--(Spe-
cial Recent boxing matches In Aus
trnlia where American fighters partici-
pated resulted ms follows according TO
mail advces just Rt hand
Jimmie Clabhy Of Hammond. Ind, WAS
beaten on points IN twenty rounds by
Fred Kay Of Sydney.
Charlie Burns Of Seattle fought twenty
round draw with owen Cairns at Svdney.
Art Magirl Of Oklahoma. knocked out
Dave Smith (second time) In six rounds
al Melbourne
Patsy Brannigan defeated Sid Godfrey
In twenty rounds at sydney
Joe Chlp Of New Castle, lost TO Fritz
Holland, on points IN twenty rounds ut
sydney.
Lew Edwards defeated Herb Mccoy
In twenty rounds NJ Melbourne s.
Jimmie Dime and balance OF party Will
sail for home the list ~ December.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
Carpenter Can Lick Willard, Mccoy Tells Rickard
Frenchman Packs Punch as Well as Lightning Speed

NEW YORK. Dec. ii.--kid Mccoy be-
lieves that II Georges Carpenter ever
meets Jess Willard the worlds cham
pion win get n drubbing Mccoy. per.
haps the foxiest boxer that ever walked
10 the center, is n great admirer OF the
dsshlng Frenchman. Mccoy sat with
Tex Rlckard off IN n corner OF the Wal
dorf last night and told the tall Texan
that the championship OF the world
might change hands " willard and tho
idol OF Paris meet
Frenehman Fast.
TEX. III tell you why | think Car
pcntler will whip willard" said Mccoy,
Georges Is the speediest big man In
the world and speed In the thing that
will beat the fellow with bulk and
weight Moran didn't have II and Car
the beginning and III tell you right now
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11

its tuberculosis fund, under the super
vlsior Of a commission appointed ny tho
government without compensation for
strvice, II viii be no expense 10 the
state and will make . sood revenue for
= deserving and worthy cause
3ucr q blu viii eliminate tho unsatis-
fartory conditions that csl.t In some
state, where boxing In lesalised. Mslady
"lsims that the no-decislor contest IL
unsatisfactory from a public standpoint
ana that the eSorbitant guarantees the
performers are compelled 20 work ON n
winner or loter end, percentage ba sis,
AZ draw according to their merits aud
ability, II will he more 10 the credit of
fhc game and satisfactory 10 the public
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11

since ana I'm not over-churchly Car
pentier doesn't know what fear means
Remember that You'll notice that with
all tho luxury and money in the world
before him he was one Of the first TO
offer his life 10 his country Gee, he's a
great kid They'll so crazy over him
here"
Can he whip Darcy" nsked Ricksrd.
Whip all the Darcys In the world"
answered McCoy with snap OF his
Jaws
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
Dillon and MOha
Fight For Title

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. Dec ll-Bob
Moha today was matched TO meet Jack
pildn OF indianapolis In nneon-rouud
bout for the light heavyweight cham.
ponship at Dayt>N. ohio, on the after
noon OF New Yearh day.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11

the sneedlest OF flclders. n very fast
base-runner and one OF tho most depend.
able OF hitterH II he appears with the
Giants again next summer he Will com -
pl"tc what ls already an almost HaN.
less infeld
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11

Pitcher oscar IIorstmar, he Los An.
gelcs pitcher secured by the 81 Louis
Cardinals from Los Angeles for next
year. ranked No. 32 In percentage OF
games won In the league and that on y
team that won the pennant, but In effec-
iiveness he shows better. his mark be-
ing 257 earned runs allowed to tho
game, better percentage by the way
than that OF Allan Sothoron the Port
land star who Ia recalled by the Browns.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
For keener Baseball.

You can talk TO any club owner. or 10
any ball player, and he Will admit TO you
that upon the average baseball interest
after August /.
Fan interest Is centered upon the pen
nant race, the flag competition. more
than II is upon tho game itself This is
proved by the fact that the average club,
hopelessly out OF the race after July.
IN lucky to draw 900 paid admissions
"A day where the leaders are drawing
10. 900
The present schedule or championship
arrangement IL the weakest feature OF
baseball. Any competition extended over
six months In SURF 10 grow tagged aud
stale and heavy before II is nearly over.
The club owner will admit this. so will
the player. Yet no move IN made TO cor
rect II known and proved weakness.
Either the season should be divided
into two pennant races OF three months
each, or there should be a shorter pen
nant race aud then an inter-league Sc
r,es, with the eight National league
clubs thrown against the eight American
league entries In a competition that
would boom baseball interest to its high
est point At the time when II Is now
deadest In three cities out OF four.
The Barrier,
You can talk TO any club owner about
this point and he will admit its truth
Yet YOU can't get one OF them TO make
any move In this direction. They all
know how quickly interest fades out In
second division cities and some first divi-
sion cities after August.
Yet none OF them has shown the nerve
pr the foresight to remedy this weak
feature ~ the game
Because II has always been so, they
are willing TO keep II az IT has been,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11

II, as some ono has reported, Chic
Harley Of Ohio state, 10 as good as Willie
Hcston used to be, naming the other ten
men on an all-American lineup Is tho
height OF waste,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
MasIm. o, the Nineteenth Aols.


MasIms OF the Nineteenth Hole.
There are times when the driver work
eth not and the mashie Is an abomIna
then Ia anguish beyond all words.
He that toppeth three shots IN row
without losing hls temper hath a soul
composed OF cork. Trust him not, for
there is no human trait about him.
II isn't any harder for the Army 10
get good football dates than Il Ia for the
average citizen 10 step out and pick up
$1,000 In a back alley. All OF the leading
eastern elevers are willing 10 play at
West Point for expenses, except Yalu,
Harvard, Princeton. Penn, Brown. Cot
In tho same wny We nope no schedule
makers this winter will breaN their right
or left legs In mad rush TO gnt Pitts
burgh hooked up for next fall
6all Players 70 strike.
They wilton the same day Sir John d.
VIII pay billion for q limo
Upon the same day Andrew c.
VIII get down to his final dime.
Brine willard Back.
Bringing willard back beneath the
spotlight Ia all very well enouGh-pro-
vlded there Is any debate on the other
aide.
Frank Moran looked light q lightweight
against the kansan, and Moran was n
big husky above 200 pounds. willard
was ff,y-eight pounds heavier than
Moraa.
You can Imagine well enough how Wi.
lard will look against Carpenter. with
900 pounds tossed into action against 40
pounds.
To give away fifteen or twenty pounds
In one thing. Bu, when the discrepa ncy
passes sixty, eighty or one hundred
II would be to match Johnny kilbano
and Jack Dillon
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-11
Ball Players 10 strike.

baN Players 20 Striks.
They WILTON the same day Sir John ID.
VIII pay billion for q lime
Upon tho same day Andrew c,
VIII get down TO his final dime.
The Republican journal., 1916-05-11
STATE REFERENCE LIBRARY.

The following is list of books on re-
ligion recently added to the Maine State
Reference Library. They may be OBJ
tanned on loan by any citizen of Maine,
the only expense to the borrower being
the parcel post fee:
American Church history series. Is
volumes, lS93-19l3.
Ancient Catholic Church. Rainy. 1902.
Bay Psalm Book fac-simile reprint. 1903.
Bushnell, Horace Munger, 1899.
Calvin, John. Walker. 1906.
Concordance to the Bible. Young. 1912
Critical and eXegetical commentary on
the Epistle of St. James. Ropes.
Dictionary of Hymnology. Julian. 1908.
Ethics of Confucius. Dawson. 1915.
Evolution of the Monaslic IDEAL Work
man. 1913.
Greek and Eastern Churches. Adeney.
1908.
History of the Christian Church. Hurst,
1S97-19G0. vols.
History of the Christian Church. Schaff.
s vols. 1910-15.
History of the Reformation. Lindsay.
1914. 2svc.s.
India and Its Faiths Pratt. 1915.
lndi> Its Life and Thought. Jones. 1915.
Latin tChurch in the Middle Ages. La
garde. 1915.
Luther, Martin. Smith, 1911.
Mission and Expansion of Christianity in
the First Three Centuries. Harnack
1905 vols
Modern Religious Movements in India,
Farguhar. 1915.
Monasticism. Harnack.
Mormonism. Webb 1915.
Old Testament in the Light of Today.
Bade 1915.
Reconstruction of the Church. Strayer.
1915.
Religious Forces of the United States.
Carroll 1912.
Source Book for Ancient Church History.
Aver. 1918.
Ten Epochs of Church History. Fulton.
10 vols. 1909-1915.
Wesley, John. Winchester. 1914.
The Republican journal., 1916-05-11
CANDIDATES IN THE PRIMARIES.

The following is complete list of all
the candidates for senator, county officers
and representatives to the legislature to
be voted for in Waldo county in the June
primaries:
Charles NJ Conant, Winterport. Dem. !;
L. Young, LincolnviIe.
Small, Freedom. Dem; Peter Harmon,
Thorndike Soc.; W. A. Calderwood,
Lincolnville
County Attorney-Rep.; Walter A.
Cowan, Winterport. DEM: Eben F.
Little6eld, Belfast. Soc. H. G. Thurlow,
Lincolnville.
County Treasurer-Rep.: Clifford j..
Pattee, Belfast DEM; Samuel H. Lord,
Belfast. Soc. Rufus C. Barton, Belfast.
Judge of Probate-Rep: Frederick
Brown, Brooks; Harry E. Bangs, Sears
port; Arthur Richie, Belfast. Dem. :
James Libby, Troy.
Register of Probate-Rep.: Russell G..
Carter, Belfast; Charles P. Hazeltine,
Belfast; Charles E. johnson, Belfast.
Dem: Arthur W. Leonard, Morrill,.
Sheriff-Rep.: Frank A. Cushman.
Montville. DEM. Hamilton E. Jenkins,
Brooks; Charles o. Dckey, Northport;
Percy S. Edgecomb, Belfast. Soc; E. A.
Collemer, Lincolnville.
House of Representatives.
Belfast (entitled to one) Rep. Hodg-
don C. Buzzell, Dem: Adelbert Miilett.
Soc: Fred E. Trull.
Troy, Montville, Unity District-Rep.
James ]. Clement, Montvile. Dem;
Reuel S. Ward, Unity.
Islesboro, Stockton Springs, Winter
port District-Rep.: Herbert L. Hopkins,
Stockton Springs. DEM; E. L. Sprague,
Islesboro.
Palermo, Liberty. Lincolnville District
Rep: Henry W. Abbott, Palermo.
Dem: Preston E. Boynton, Liberty.
Soc. Donald R. Heal, Lincolnvllle.
Searsport, Waldo, Brooks District
Rep; Seth W. Norwood, Brooks; Edwin
c. Holbrook, Brooks; Walter |. Neal,
Waldo, Dem. George B. Roberts, Brooks,
Prog Prince E. Luce, Brooks.