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psr Tom III Where can utts.n par
'lculrs Of Walking clubs for men" 80 DO
You kn"" "t u Walking cub composed OF
GEORGE THoMrSoN
- Walkers Club OF America. Al
East 18th street. and American Walk
.rs Association, Inl Coney Island ave-
aur. Brooklyn. 90 Both - these clubs
have "a women's branch.
I"ar Tom can an atllr'" rrpr'-
.%.nt.nI = pub IN the Anai"u, A'h,'i c
Bronx Athletic League -, - there L. /,
ritl" governing ms does a. a,s9 app!!. to
tn" scandinavian League a. RlRkE.
90 In closed competition al athlete can
represent az many clubs as he likes. In
open competition he can only represent
one club. For instance, an athlete rel'-
reseuting the New York \. e ia open
competition can compete for the rhir-
teenth Regiment In events closed to mill
tary athletes. or he may compete FOR
the Fifth Company. &c. in games closed
to the Thirteenth Regiment. In open 4.
\. /. competition. however h. il not
eligible to represent the Thirteenth Regi-
mcnt or Fifth Company and must com
pete Tor the New York A.. G.. He might
represent LOughlin Lyceum or some
other club in events closed to the Catho-
~ NN''NN |'h6b' "ih 'aii ''h' va
i'ronx A.. l.. In events closed to that
LEAGUE. II registered under New York
a. g.. he OF course Is ineligible 10 rep
resent Loughlin Lyceum or any other
club except New York 4. &. in open COM
petition, CD Same rule applies.
Dear Ton'-A and y bet on a prize nghi.
The article. of agreement cnii FOR A. man
I" make i3i pounds. civ. or TAX. thr-.
pounds, at > o'clock, rs man to make
1875 pounds at the same time. Both men
live up to their agreement, As MA n weigh
ing In at 1871 pounds and rs weighing in
at 1888 pounds. However. the official an.
nounc.d from the rinEside before III. aght
started that on account OF A. man being
overweight all the bets were on, The
hght went on and As man won. Howrvc
IL refused to pay the bet on the strength
Of the announcer Of the club calling an
bots on before the night started
JAMES J. GLEASON.
ii"iiing Al boxing matches In this STATE
is Illegal. Announcer erred In making
sny such public announcement, A. you
eHplain Il, the wagers stand and A wins
Dear Tom; u .ays tina, some years ago
there was u tighter named caspar Leon wro
was a professional champion. : SAYS that
he Wa NJ, champion. Who il right"
I. RnNoRN
Idspar Leo never was a champion,
rut ne MAS u great little man, lie went
twenty rounds to a draw with Bantam
Champion Jimmy barry and gave
featherweight Terry McGovern = great
lattle.
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MONTANA TO PLAY GOPHERS,
F"sthnu Gsw~ VIII NJ PIayra .s
NIwnesota FieIA.

MlssorLA, Mon. Dee. S".--Th~ lnl-
''rsity ~ Montana has definitely agreed
70 NEE the University OF Mnnesota on
Nor'hro, Field October IT,, 1877. Perry
I''an, gadua'e MANAGE Of athletes ~
IN" University ~ Minnesota, "ii-i
zach Y sen to tins effect today,
IN" uuN.rst, faculty here mas al
''sd' agreed To- the trip and ths'e nov
y NON II. to prevent the playing of the
sans
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Questions CO, Answers
BY TONI A. NULTY.

Dear TONI sen, you a letter asking
You where can learn how to he a JOCKEY.
ana Zee some OF the trainers. Now was
told by some Of the trainers that I must
go out on one OF their farms 10 earn how
Trainers wher" their farms were located.
They said they could not tell mo. Th"y
told me | would make a good ioc~,y. f.,
'hcy said that | have the rish, weight,
Sshed them whp J can apply 70 soc ,n
hiGi Cor Information - Now. Tom. am
sending YOU this letter for a little further
Information than thsi you gave ~" last
Tine. To What particular person must J
Apply 10 So can he sent out On one Of
their farms HARVEY.
II you write 10 secretary Of the Jockey
club. IL East Forty-frst street. he may
know OF some farm" where YOU may go
as an apprentice.
Dear Tom-when Lawson Robertson was
in his prime what was hts specially?
PENNSYLVANIA STUDENT.
The 100 yard lash. Robbie was good
in all sprints from so yards to 800 yards,
Dear TOMS o man who nights for
call that a business MICKEY.
Yes.
Dear Tom-kindly give me a lis, OF
STANLEY he''he''s best F ss,',ss oAny,S.
Knocked out Joe Thomas In thirty-two
rounds and then in two rounds; knocked
out I,illy Papke In eleven rounds after
Papkc had previously knocked him out In
twelve knocked out Jack O'Brien. Willie
Lewis, Jack and Mike tTwin) sullivan,
Hugo Kelly, Tony Caponi. Porky Flynn
and others. Gave jack Johnson n great
battle before the big black stopped him
In twelfth round.
Dear Tom; IL II permissible for n rlder
In the six day bike race to ride NOV" than
twelve hours out Of twenty-four hours
JOHN ROBERTS 4 60
No. Rules Of the race. as well as the
laws Of the state Of New York, pre-
ven, II.
I,~ar Tom: kinil> let me know the Mn
u-rs NJ the six day bicycle rae for the
years ~ 1914 and 1875. q 7. .
~ Goullet and brenda won in 1914,
In 1915 Mcnamara and Spears finished
iirst. hut were disqualified and BRENDA
md iii, awarded frst prize,
Dear Tom: WI you kind'y l-r'de - bet
\ u-. s. th4t Gr-nds aud iTll starred Ia
~" 'a'' SIS dug cycle ruc" "a q team fran
'h~ Hrst DAY y c,a!ms they dit not start
49, = i"ir: tIr. Hsrr i"aInci AZ l".'y ,
~. rr.r Nhn WIS" Also. ala ( fuu'l'.
r. SiN Fpl.f.ONE!:
.,'l \ il right. CD No. He de-
rlsped 10 enter.
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Dear Tom-when Lawson Robertson was
In his prime what was his specially?
PESNSYI.VANIA STUDENT.
The 100 yard dash. Robbie was good
In all sprints from 50 yards to 800 yards.
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Dear TOMS q man who Nights for
money a professional. and II 50 would you
that a business? MICKEY.
Yes.
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bear Tom " says that some years ago
there was n tighter named Caspar Leon VINO
was u professional champion, : SAYS that
he Wa not champion Who Is right"
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'dspar Leon never was a champion,
bat ne Was a great little imam, lie went
twenty ruundS To a draw with Bantam
Champion Jimmy Harry and gave
t'eatherweight Terry McGovern = great
lattle.
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p~ar Tom: kinil, let me know the Yin
u-rs ~ the six day bicycle rae for the
years ~ 1914 and 1873. q '. .
~ Goullet and Grenda won in 1914,
In 1915 Mcnamara and Spears finished
hrs.. but were disqualified and Grenda
md Hin awarded frst prize,
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Dear Tom; IL Il permissible for a rlder
In the six day bike race to ride NOV" than
twelve hours out of twenty-four hours
JOHN ROBERTS 4 60
No. Rules Of the race, as well ms the
laws Of the state Of New York. pre-
vent II.
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Dear Tom. VII YOU kindly l-ride a bet
\ n-. g. th4t Gr~nds aud mn started IN
~" a." 81. dug cycle vac" as = team fran
,he first DAY u c'aIms they did not start
as . i"i ~; tIr. Nsrr teamed AZ l".,F /,
~. 'r.r ho wins" Also. dil :. ii"u'l'.
.,ntI IN tire AWE .tg dsy cvCl@ race
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i,-tiing nj boxing matches In this STATE
is Illegal, Announcer erred In making
sny such public announcement A. you
explain 4, the wagers stand and 4 wins.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-25
Maryland Week A Great Show

After what was declared by it's
officials to have been the most sue
cessful meeting in its history. the
Maryland Week Exhibition came to
close Saturday night in the Fifth
Regiment Armory, at Baltimore,
lhose who engineered the big show
were of the opinion that no previous
meeting of the Maryland Agricultural
Societies had as far reaching an effect
on the farm life of the State as the
cne just closed. 1t was estimated by
Professor Thomas B. Symons. Sec
retary, and on whom the brunt of the
work has fallen, that between $4,000
and 10000 persons attended the exhi-
hilton during the week
According to the officials. the show
has been the greatest exhibition and
demonstration of team work among
the farmers of the State ever seen in
Baltimore or any other State. Profess
sor Symons declared that the show
had grown so in popularity and in in
terest that instead of being known as
Maryland Week, the future exhbi-
tons ought to be known as America
week. 1t was learned that the agri-
cultural interests of no less than 26
states were represented at the show
,ust losed. Men from all over the
United States, Mr.. Symons said. had
heard of the immensity of the Mary
land exhibit and We're sent to Balti-
more to note the character and extent
Cf it. One feature of the show that
has greatly pleased all concerned is
TIE interest it has occasioned in the
value Of the State Agricultural Col
lege at College Park. They claimed
that the whole affair was due largely
~ the activity of the college. to DR.. H.
}. Patterson. its president. and to the
entire college faculty. including that
of the experiment station.
Prizes in the Club Exhibits De-
rartment were awarded Saturday, Civ
ing first prize to PataDsco. second to
Olney and third to Cordova. The other
winners in order We're Millersvi!e,
fredericksburg, Price Jarrettsville,
Cecil, Roslyn, Cambridge and Girls
field
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-25
lot TO DEATH
WHILE CUNNING

One of the saddest shooting acci-
cnts ever occurring IN this neighbor-
rood snutfed out the lie Cf Cecil CreY-
we'll last Saturday afternoon, while he
was out cunning with a party of
friends in Scots woods. near Cowen-
town. When a rabbit jumped up in
front of Walter Marcus, of Elkton,
who was in the cunning party, he fired
1t it as it was running down a gully.
'ecil Creswell, all unknown to Marcus,
was only about 40 yards away and
concealed by intervening brush. Much
OF the load from Marcus gun lodged
IN the right side of Cresweil's face.
The injured man was carried to the
road and Drs. Carrico and Mitchell
hastily summoned. They found the
young man in a critical condition and
he was brought to Union Hospital. but
nothing could be done to save him, and
he died few hours later.
Mr.. CreSWell was a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Creswell, of Cowentown,
ana was tWenuty-seven years of age.
He was graduate of the Cecil County
High School and was very popular
young man and a fine athlete. Since
n duudIlOn ne mas worked win MS
father in the blacksmith and wheel
wright business at Cowentown. Fra
ternally he was a member of Cherry
Hill Council. O. U. A. NJ. and Little
Elk Tribe of Red Men. He is survived
by his wife, who was Miss Margaret
,McCleary. of Lewisville. also by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Cres-
we'll, one sister and one brother, w.
William Creswell, Principal of Manual
Training at the Cecil County High
School.
The funeral was held Wednesday
'ternoon. with services at the Head
-2hristiana Church and intcrment in
Joining cemetery
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-25
Guilty Of Shooting AT Auto

The case of State VS.. Eugene E.
Paxson was heard before the Will
mington Court on Tuesday of this
week. AS related in the Whig last
May Mr.. PaXson fired into the auto
of Mr.. E. P. Young on the night of
May %, with a double barrel shot gun.
Mr. Young, who formerly lived in
Chesapeake City. was spending some
time in that town and while driving.
= party of ladies out in his car. had
stopped in Mr., Parsons lane to eat
some ice cream and candy. Paxson
called to them from his porch and re-
ceiving what he claimed was an impu-
dent reply. he fired at the machine.
Mr.. Young had Mr.. Paxson arrested
by Delaware authorities, as he lives
over the line on the road from Chesa-
peake City to Middletown Paxson
vas held under bail after a prelimin-
ary hearing. The case came up on
Tuesday and the jury found Paxson
guilty with a recommendation of
mercy to the Court.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-25
Will Contest Prices Election

Following conference with Chair
man TAFT. Robert f. Duer, Republican
candidate for Congress in the First
district, who was defeated on the face
Ct the returns by Congressman Price,
decided he had good grounds for a
contest, and the machinery will be set
Ia motion to carry the case to the next
house OF Representatives.
Under the state election law all
ballots must be preserved for four
months and then destroyed, "unless
previously notified to produce the
same to be used in evidence in some
contested election or judicial or legis-
lative investigation then pending" In
the counties the ballot boxes contain
ing the ballots are in the custody of
the clerks of the courts, while in the
city the police guard them.
90 prevent the destruction of the
ballots which are to be used as evil
dence it will be necessary to ask a
court of competent jurisdiction to i'm
pound the same. but whether applica-
ton will be made to state or federal
court must be determined The next
congress will not convene until De-
cember, 1917, or year and a month
after the election, so the command
cannot come from the House of Repre-
sentatives. 1t is presumed that mas
much as this is national question the
United States District Court will be
asked to prevent the destruction of
the ballots.
1t appears now to be reasonably GER
tain that the next House will be CON
ttolled by the Republicans. The ma
jority will be slight, but, like Mercu-
tio's wound. while "not deep as well,
nor wide as a, barndoor," it will do.
Indeed, it is believed. when those who
are Independent of either party see
the ballots used in Worcester and
which were thrown out by reason of
voters marking in a blind box. placed
there. it is asserted. to trick Republi
cans. they will vote to award the seat
to the candidate deprived of those
votes.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-25
LOCAL JOTTINGS OF THE WEEK

A freight wreck occurred near Prin-
c!pio Furnace Thursday night, holding
up trains for several hours.
Davis & Vinsinger, Elkton millers,
have put into service a handsome new
delivery truck.
Nanny Armstrong, of Elkton. fell
from the platform of Pennsylvania
Railroad train, near Principle, last
Saturday night and rolled down
capped with bruises and severe shak-
ing up.
W. G. Sullivan, agent for the Erics-
son Line was in Elkton Monday max
ing arrangements for the coming year
when daily service of steamers be-
tween Elkton and Baltimore will be
lnaugurated.
Divine worship tomorrow, Sunday,
at Elkton Presbyterian Church, at
1880 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. The Pas
tors Sermon topics will be for the
morning-"Eternity in the Heart
What it Means to YOU, and for the
evening-"The Christ who is Never
Out of Date" Sunday school and
h'ipit OlcSStS at lilt ClOSG VI IIlG lllOTU-
ing worship. Do not forget the spec
lai services during the week-Decem-
Der 3-10-with the Rev. DR., Faul-
coner, the noted and successful evan
2elistic- pastor, as the preacher
Everybody very cordially invited and
welcome to all our services.
The Marshall case. which was set
Tor trial at Easton this week, has been
postponed until next Tuesday.
An overheated furnace, at West
Nottingham Academy recently caused
a pipe to burst. severely scalding John
Fcnnoyer. student of the institution.
The Williams Brothers, son of the
Editor of The Whig. are going to sell
at public sale, on Monday, November
9th, on the farm where they reside,
on the stone road between Elkton and
Chesapeake City, 81 head of fine Hol-
stein Heifers. The Williams Brothers
have been breeding and raising hei-
fers from high-class stock for some
time as commercial proposition.
}. c. Hindman. auctioneer and real
estate agent, of Rising Sun, has sold
the Perry Gibson farm, near Green
hurst. containing las acres, to R. f.
i'a4''y, dHSNtll COuHIy, va, 1Of
$4,000 He also sold the Allen
Fisher farm, near Woodlawn. contain
ing 1l2 acres, to j. C. Wilson. Roa-
oke, Va. for $4500.
The annual supper held at K. of p.
Hall, Lewisville, Thursday evening of
last week, for benefit of St Johns
Church, netted S102.
Coroner H. D. Litzenberg on Sunday
evening held an inquest in the case of
} Cecil Creswell accidentally shot and
fatally injured by Walter Marcus
while cunning, the jury composed of
John II. Terrell. H. Winfield Lewis,
Andrew d. Dean, Justus C. Dunbar,
Philip OFT Morris Dunbar, Jr.. Charles
q. Larzelere, Richard OFT, Henry w.
Terrell. J. F Wood. w. H. Marshbank
and James Harshaw rendering YER
dict that -. Cecil Creswell came to his
death from a gunshot wound at the
hands of Walter Marcus. and the jury
eaNonerates the said Walter Marcus
from all blame"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-25
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL

Mrs. George I. Witworth, of Will
nlington, spent Tuesday with her sis
ter, Mrs. John F. Sparklin.
Miss Florence Mcfarland, of Balti-
more, is the guest of her sister, Mrs.
William T. Warburton.
Mrs. Harriet Miller is seriously ill
at the home of her niece, Mrs. William
T. Warburton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Nelson re-
Gently entertained their daughter.
Mrs. 7. Murdock, of Baltimore.
Mrs. w. E. Craig and daughter and
Miss Olive Worth. of near North
East, were Elkton visitors on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Price and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Emerson. of
Betterton, were recent guests of Mrs.
James P. Alexander.
Mr.. E. B. Milburn and family mo-
tored to Baltimore last week and at
tended the Maryland Week show.
Mrs. Harry T. Alexander spent part
of last week with friends at Seaford.
Mrs. Walter G. Wilson and little
daughters and Miss Anna C. Wilson,
of Collingswood, N. j., have been
visiting Mrs. William D. Bratton.
The Messrs. McKown, of Charles
town, entertained Governor Harring-
ton, Secretary of State Simmons and
Deputy State Auditor Thomas j.
Murray, on Tuesday evening The
next day the Governors party went
Gucking on the "flats" and were de-
lighted with the sport.
Misses Coralie Moore. of Dover, and
Esther Reed, of Smyrna. have return
ed home after spending some time
with Elkton friends.
Messrs. William A. Wilson and
Walter G. Wilson, of Collingswood,
n. j.. We're recent Elk Neck visitors.
Mr.. Irwin T. Kepler, of the Citizens
National Bank of Baltimore, is tempo
rdrily filling his old position with the
kikton Banking and Trust Company,
as Treasurer Clarence S. Diggs is on
his honeymoon trip.
Captain Thomas C. McCracken, of
North East, celebrated his eighty
fourth birthday last Saturday,
Mrs. Laura E. Harvey, wife of
George F. Harvey, of North East. is
at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bal
timore. where she went some ten days
ago to be operated on for stomach
trouble. The operation was very sue
cessful and Msr. Harvey is doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren J. Haines,
Messrs Hester Hess and William J.
Bratton were among those who at
tended the YalePrinceton football
game at Princeton Saturday. Yale
won. 10 to 0.
Mr.. Charles S. Farrell, of Cleveland,
Ohio, was the recent guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles P. BARLEY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Clifford and son
CT Louisville. KY, are visiting the
former parents, DR.. and Mrs. d. L.
Clifford, at Zion.
Mrs. Robert B. Frazer is spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs. j.
Brook Jackson. at City Point, Va.
Albert D. Mackey, Esq, was New
York visitor last week.
Miss Miriam Alexander and brother
Jonn spent the week end with friends
at Frankford, Pa.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-25
Will OF Sarah J. Jackson

The will of the late Miss Sarah J.
ackson was filed with the Orphans
out of Cecil County on Tuesday of
is week. The Elkton Presbyterian
urch is bequeathed 5000 for the pur-
Sc Of keeping her grave in order.
90 to the Elkton Presbyterian
lrch is left 5000 for the purpose of
chasing a silver individual COM
pion set as memorial to her late
.hcr, Jane Frazer Jackson The
then creates a trust fund of $4,000,
ncome of which is to be paid to
nephew, William }. BraCklin. of
delphia. the surplus to revert
eXecutriX at his death. All the
and residue Of her estate, real
ersonai, is felt to her niece, Mrs.
eth ?. Cooling, wife of Benoni
Q. of Elsmere. Del. Mrs. Cool
also made sole executrix without
The will is dated May 25th.
nd is witnessed by p. II. C!ea-
d w. S. Evans. The estate is
ed at from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-11-25
MASTER PARADOX
FROM MARYLAND

[Gordon Mackay, eminent essayist
and staff correspondent of the Phila-
dclphia Public Ledger, has in last
Sundays Ledger the following inter-
teresting sketch and appreciation of
DIR. Joseph Irwin France. the U.
s. Senator-elect from Maryland. The
sketch is brilliantly written, is keen
IN its analysis and judicious in it's
Characterization We herewith re-
produce it because We believe it will
be peculiarly interesting to DIR.
Frances fellow Cecil Countians.-Ed.1 ]
Let the lady from Montana step
aside for moment, please, while the
gentleman from Maryland is intro
duced.
On Tuesday. November 7, the elec-
torate of the Oriole State yanked
Senator Blair Lees toga from the
eager. outstretched hands of Repre-
sentative David J. Lewis and mantled
its folds over the athletic shoulders Of
DR.. Joseph Irwin France.
Republicans from Maryland in the
United States Senate in the past have
been an epoch; the new Senator ex-
poets to make them a habit Three
times in the last twenty years has a
member of that party been given a
seat in that august tribunal, whose
devotees fondly believe is the greatest
deliberative body in the world. 1t was
twenty years ago that the Bryan con-
vulsion catapulted George L. We'll
lington into the Senate. Four years
ago the then Governor Goldsborough
appointed William P. Jackson to the
cd L,yT T-aln,
ocrat- whose death came before the
expiration of his term.
These achievements were purely
party successes; the election of Doctor
France was both a party and a per-
sonal triumph. For the affable, able
Republican candidate was elected by
the popular plurality in State that
accorded its representation in the elec-
toral college to President Wilson.
Doctor France a Master Paradox.
The new Senator-elect from Mary
land is a master, though unconscious,
paradox. He despises the machinery
OF socialism while he is saturated with
its ideals. Master of millions himself,
nc says that the rights of the man
transcend any prerogative of property.
His own social position assured, he
sings with Scotland's Burns that "the
rank is but the guinea stamp" A
self-made man of infinite variety,
with two centuries Of undiluted Ameri-
cans as an ancestral heritage, he de-
clares that equality of opportunity
and advantage should be a national
guarantee to every youngster crowd
ing into manhood.
Doctor France asserts that he be-
lieves firmly in the right NJ the State
to its own governmental functions,
but he makes a passionate plea to
keep the Constitution as the bulwark
of paramount Importance in our Fed
eral rule. He announces his devotion
to the principle of constructive party
leadership and individual guidance,
but he maintains mental and politi-
cal independence for himself as mark
ed as that exhibited by any of the
political Lochinvars who have come
cut of the West within the present era
of progressivism.
He seems to believe himself that he
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