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~ CONSTANCE =. TITUS.
Retired Amateur Cha pion q
sweeps and scuils.

FouGHkEEPsir. June I5.-Cornclls
crews are showing great speed In prac-
'ice. The freshmen are looming up par
ticularly strong with their new stroke,
L. G. Kirkland. who has acted IA pace
maker since the Princeton race AT
Ithaca on May 81. which Cornell won
with ease. At that time A. Loe was
stroke and at present he IL not in the
makeup of tho crew The cubs can 60
the route from start TO finish, whether
the water Is rough or smooth.
! had a good opportunity to see the
workout this morning in the teeth of a
stir northeast breeze. in choppy water,
and must say that for frs, year mer
they handle themselves inboard and out
board very admirably.
Assistant Coach John Hoyle took all
three crews down the river to the tive
and a half mile mark IN u good. long
swinging stroke of - TO the minut,
without "A stop. The crews started prac.
tiCaily even up on the return trip and
the freshmen pushed the varsity all the
way until the last quarter was reached
Then both crews were extending them
selves In the lumpN water. The fresh
men came up on the varsity rapidly.
Thu lthacans' nr-t and second varsi'
ties show up to better advantage u
smooth water than IN rough. When thu
water H. a hit lumpy some of the boys dc
not get the oars out clearly They dral
them on the water. On the rcachou'
some of the crew do not feather the Gal
far enough forward. but are entirely to,
anxious 10 turn the blade to catch M
water.
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The team Of Public School les cap-
,urcd the elementary baseball champion
shin Of BROOKLYN by defeating Public
School 3 AT the parade grounds. Prospect
Park, yesterday by u score Of q Ia 1.
Bill Nestle, twirling for the v%ictors. was
responsible for the winning Of the title.
Although batted for thirteen hits. he was
a puxzle when runs threatened. lie
famed ten batsmcr, In four trips IN
the plate Nestle gathered a triple and
two doubles. which drove homo three
runs. lie scored twice himself.
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The wind was south-southeast when the
Ventura with many members of the c.uo
,u board as the guests OF Commodore
Baker anchored Al the starting In" M
The Glen Cove station between Motifs
and Prospect points. The race COM
mi,tee--H. de II. Parsons. J. VI Mac
lonough and Frederic .. Speddon-sic-
nailed the course. The yachts were 20
sail to Parsonage Point. then TO OAK
Neck Point and then home. a distance %;
lia, miles. The first leg was north by
east = east for S1s mtles, the second
cast by south "a south for 49, miles
and the third wSs, :. south tor -.
miles to MatiuneCOck Point buoy and then
southwest !, west for 3 miles To the
finish. The first leg Nas n reach. the
second a heat and the third another
reach.
tn. warning signal sounded at | o'clock
and ten minutes later the schooners were
sent away. George W. Scott had the
little yacht Milidi i'm n fine position when
the signal VAS made, and started at the
weather end Of the line. iIeudon Chubb' =
queen Mah WAS next to lceward and t..
Walter Clerk lrolita still further 10
leeward They had boo1ns eased to port
and each carried a balloon Jih topsail.
No forctopsails were set n tho start,
hut these were hauled out later on. lro-
hta was the largest II the trio. She
soon drew through the others and took
III. lead. with Queen Ma second.
The 80 fouters were sent on at | .lb
and Harry Payne Whitney had Barbara
close up to the weather end of the line
on time. Commodore Baker was next
with the Ventura close under the lee
quarter of barbara. Grayling was third,
astern Of barbara. and Carolina was at
the ioeward end OF the line. but In
! IA ar,,,., IN d, a 90 t,nIs,- IN, stan, 80 81.
committee yacht Ventura she fouled n
was out OF the race. She, however, kept
on sailing over the course. but stayed
well clear OF the others.
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Nrs. Mills Beaten.

NJ. Lc Roy Is hracketed in the upper
half with Miss Wildey. who defeated
Miss Marion Nand.rhocf at al. 10,
In the ,ther part Of the draw Miss Ina
\. kissel took a straight set victory
from Mrs David G. Mills at %, Is,
and tomorrow morning will meet Mrs.
Green. who won easily from Miss Adele
Craa!n. 1T 81. 81. Mrs. lie Roy and
Miss Wildov will meet SATURDAY morn
ing and the finals II the singles viii he
PLAYED saturday afternoon.
Tho Chapman family won It's doubles
match easily from Mrs. H. g. DeGers-
dorff and Mrs, l.. i. Morris. AT al.
Is. while tho Browning family re-
quircd three acts to dispose Of Miss Ina
Kissel. and Miss Helen Alexander, the
Philadelphia team, al "a. -, Ga,
The iinal Of tho doubles will be played
tomorrow afternoon, Tho summaries
Ardslry club InvitUliOn Women,
singles Fourth round Miss Edna Wild,y
defeated Nil. Marion ,Vandcrhocf,. 6-l
>. Mrs. Robert lie Roy defeated Miss
ticr,rudr Della Tore. 2-G. %. ST
Miss Ina A Kisscl defeated Mrs. David g
MNIs. e. -; Mrs. II. stuart Green dc.
fratcd Mias Adele e. 'ragiu, 6--i, ct
Inyitatiou Womeu's Doubles semi ln,
round Mrs George chapman lni Miss NJ
chapman defeated Mrs. DE GorElorN an,
Mrs t. q Morris, Ct "a Mrs Il
stuart Green and Miss Katherine Brow
Ing defeated Miss Ina \ KiS.ol aud Mis-,
! Helen Alexander. 6-'. III. 50,
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BALTIMORE, June - Tho annual
championship Tournament Of the Middle
Atlantic Golf Association got under way
early this morning over the course of
tho Baltimore country 'l,h, Playing the
frs cight"eu holes of tho qualifying
round under d,saGicoihlc weather con
dition, and with the course In rather
moor condition rs a result OF tho rain %!
last night y. {. ruIkran Of the Balti-
more Country Club turned In the low
score Of 20.
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An twelve Of the new ~ footers
started. They crossed the starting line
almost on even terms, with Jessica.
handled ny Eddie Fish and With j. -.
Sparkman looking after head sans. in
the weather position. Eddie Fish IL
repeating his successes OF last wear in
the 50 footer Samurl. lie brought
.Jessica home frst. with J. : L~awrence's
Squaw second ard j t.. Hayes. Jr's,
Zilph. sailed ny jerome Monks. third.
Seven 30 footers raced. ogden Mills
Reds Lena got away In the lead and
won handy. with L. q. Hammersley >
Dkee Ill. second.
TIT race IN Class T. between Add
son q. Hanau's Nahma, a yacht of ms
own design. and j W Alker's Aleda. u
Gardner yacht formerly named olym-
ptau. attracted more than ordinary at
tcu,ion because Nahma j. built to de
ierd the Manhasset challenge cup and
because al wanted TO see what she could
DO I'm a fresh wind and against the
rev 10 footers. Nahma was sailed by
Mr Hauan and he had his two young
sou,. noys ~ about 10 years, on hoard
instead Of his regular crew.
Nahma mad the better position =. .re
start and on the first leg "A reach IN
creased Ter lead to foriy-e.ght seconds
ON the wind she proved a witch, poin.'
ing high. footing fast and having nc
trouble at all with the seas. She startcd
ten minutes after the ~ footers, but a
she weather mark WAS among the yachts
ni that feet and far ahead OF Aledt -
the broad reach home she Also did wei
and on actual time over the course beat
all the 80 foote's. defeating Jess'ca. ~
winner In that class, by | minute -
seconds. SAe would have done st'll he''
ter but when near the weather marx
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FREEBOOTERS N0sED OUT.
Bryn Nawr First Team Victor In
Polo Match. ~. I" ~.

PHILADELPHIA, Juno IS - Raging
throughout the game In n Hne drl21le.
the Rryn MaNr Polo 'lub FIRST ct1m
defeated the Bryn Mawr Freebooters
to-day. 15ia goals to -. TIA" match.
played At RrNn Mawr, wts IN the second
round for tho ~FoXhuntcrs cup II W1s
marked by one accident Alexander e
Yarnall OF the f~HrechoCtcrs va thrown
and badly shaken up whor his m"uui
stumbled over a bucket as he Was l,tN-
Ing the field AZ tn" end Of the fourth
period. Mr., Yarnall was ont during the
next period. but subsequently got back
into the game. The lineup:
RRYN MAwR y " FRtEBooTERs
pos ifcp PoH Nor
NJ Collins ., a. { Narnel ...,, &
IA K + s'rnwbriirc Z Al,, Brown II. l.
Back Paul u Mill g. Ntrrlson. " '.-...
Back 81 Cooss n......
uryu Mawr Goal- earned -; no hsnd'c7n
award. lost. " goil hy penalty: moi score.
a. coals Hr.u MrNr Fre"hoo'crs G1al-
earned. 3: auard ~, handicap, :; no penalties
Nc, SCORE, = !9ols score AZ haf umo
Hr,n Nawr FroChoo'crs, 10; Rryn Nave, 81
Refcrce--J Y George. Timekccper and scorer
Il II winter, " Eight reriods ~ ~
minutes each
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The cold Snap last night caused post
r,oncmont ~ the Alherts.R adoud and
callahan Driscoll bouts NJ Washington
Park. They Will be held tonight.
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Mrs. Feline to Play Miss Bishop for 7Mc~Whe Leads Big Field at Amumb-Nnhma O@mh Bigger Yu
CORNELL'S FRESHMEN
SHOWING UNUSUAL FORM
Cub Eight, Now Stroked by Kirkland, Gives Varsity
Hard Battle in Race Over Short Course
Penn Varsity Improves.

practically the saine men that doieated
Princeton and Yale on May 81 The ca
ception Is No. .. which Is held down at
present by G.. Andrus, Iyttle formerly
holding this seat. This crew will need
Watching saturday. AZ II defeated the
fast sprinting Tigers, who might have
gone through the season VIGOROUSLY IL
they could have STAYED off the brawny
lthacans in the last eighth OF a mile.
Penn Getting uscd to she'll.
rcnn's new varsity Is improving every
day In fact II is Just getting accus-
toned TO its new Ward shell. which was
transferred from the old varsity 10 II
last Monday. In other words. the
Quakers are Just beginning 10 feel the
boat. 1t is easy to detect why the
new combination heat the old the new
varsity does not rush the slide as does
the former. The body swing Is done
with more regularity
OF course no crew can he moulded per-
fectly. Therefore some OF the men in
the new Quaker combination shoot the
seat before they raise the shoulders.
Coach Joe Wright has been working
hard trying TO break them OF these
faults. II must be remembered that
Wright did not have any fall practice. "a
tho rcs, Of the colleges. to weed out his
raw material and Sc, u line on his men.
lie arrived AT Pennsylvania well after
the first of the year and took charge OF
the men who had been under the tutelaee
Of two other coaches.
lie was obliged to whip the crew into
shane by April 22 to beat Yale. which
he did. Therefore the men whom he
selected had to row such a high stroke
IN This short event that they showed up
very poorly in the practice for the four
mile journey. Great credit should he
given Wright for making this selection
of the second varsity to represent the
university. Pennsylvania is likely to
! surprise the wise ones.
cubs Have STAMINA.
penn's freshmen also have been show
Ing up well In the last few days. They
are A likely looking combination ana
have great staying qualities.
All three Of Penns crews were sent
ur the river at a steady pace this after
noon for about three miles. keeping the
stroke low and long. They covered
about the same distance in the morning
on the east bank.
syracuse did not go out In the after
noon. owing to the u water. also
owing to the fact that the date of the
race Is so near. Jim Ten Eyer took al
-. three crews four miles down the river or
the east bank this morning, rowing then
quite hard al. the way.
Columbia could not get aNoat in the
morning owing to the rough water, but
took a shor, row OF about two miles late
in the afternoon. trying a few starts anc
short sprlnts.
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Gamer 10 Meet job nson for Cum.

RnsToN, June lh-G g. Gamer and
Harry &. Johnson are tn" ~tinalists IN the
state tennis singles mpions hip, In
the semi-iiuals Gamer furnished q sur
prise by defeating Irving C. Wright,
Ct, Ga. and Johnson had an easy
win over ", W. Niles, 60, d-e.
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The water and wind resistance against
the blade will be a detriment to the
speed OF Correll's shell. However. In all
Cornells crews one can see the work or
the famous Courtney master hand
throughout. The foundation which has
been laid could not he polished on very
well owing TO his absence. The run on
Cornelrs shell between strokes IL Won
dcrful. THIS has always been a great
feature In Charles T.. Courtney's teach
ing
growers at No. : was taken out Of the
varsity shell temporarily THIS morhlnS'
lie has been troubled lately with hoils,
due 10 the damp weather and wet cloth-
ing z. Il. Farnsworth took his place
and held the position down well. Al
though he Is heavier and taller mar
brewer his swing with the crew was
GOD A. times he vas "A hit slow In get
ting his hands away. For "A sub he
is AL. ,
Cornelrs second varsity consists OF
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Total


Memphis g. Birmingham, a.
>tl3nte =; lLttl. Rock ..
chattanooga I, Sew orleans. a
Mobile. 4: Nashville. u
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Fox HIS a.. l0c-2hO. D.. Y >irpN hr!ds.
F'y Hiis to.. loo-co2 " T. Jo,ktn. 70
wants lo'. lo2-cos
Draw Tor frsr sixteen watkIrs We Her
rcshon, Lewis vs 'arhtrt. Topping "
eager. herr ". Gard1er TAYLOR ~. Mar.
,ou. Birmingham - Peacock, Phillips 5,
white. poWuey " Vincent First siNtc.
starts st- second sixteen. 2:.o. ,hir1 six
teen. 10 20, fourth sixteen. Io56: MI
sixteen HES
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In tho lower half Of the sem.-fnals
with Mathey is II = Van Nlict. Jr,
who advanced by defeating Arthur W.
Swec,ser AZ It. g. 6-l Van Nlict
i'm winning showed flashes OF the speedy
Pacific coast style Of play which he
gathered while a student at the Cniver-
sity OF California,
In the upper half Watson NJ Wash
burn. present champion. who needs only
one more victory To own the huge bowl.
and George ". Church, former inter
collegiate champion. reached the semi
finals. Both Of these men won their
matches in straight sets and will meet
tomorrow. Washburn won from l..
Richardson. crstwhile Oregon State
champion, at 6--3, e, and Church
disposed OF q Carleton Shafer. Seventh
Regiment player. AT g.. e.
Two teams moved up to the semi
final round in the doubles. Harold II.
Hackett and Walter Merrill Han. play
ing through champions, gained a de-
fault from pr. benjamin +, Drake and
partner and then trounced lingo Hart
mann and Elliott Riuzcu at 6-2. Sc.
They are IN the lower half. In ~.
upper section James oNeals n Thco-
dore Il. Pcll downed Britton and Sears
al ii. 10. and then eliminated Fran
els r. Hunter and A.. liassford, Jr, A.
8 /. Sc. e.. The summaries
Metropolitan Championship Mems Singles
Fourth Round Watson VI Washhurn DO
fcat.d l.. Richardson, 6-3. g George
NJ church defeated Carleton ShAfor
- I, 81. Dean Msthev defeated Harold
Throck tnortop, "a. s-3; n g Van
Nict. Ir, defeated Arthur ", swocts"r,
4-s, 6 81.
championship Mons Doubles. First
Round \ u Brl'ron and II. sears he.
foated clark and Sands. IS. 90. IS
Sevoui Round-icorg" VI. church and
Doau Mathey defeated Ralph Basgs md
Arthur ". Sweetscr, e-e, 6--3; Allan R,hi
ANA ! ~Sieiukampf defeated Watson VI
Nushhurn and chris ~ilortcr. IS. G-3
Francis 7. Hunter and Abraham ~ ssfoii
Jr won from Blur and Graham by d"
fmit. James :. O'Ncale and Theodore Il
Pal defeated A, D. Britton and Il. Sears
81, 90; Harold II. Haekett and waltor
Merrill Hall won from Dr. Il +. DrHk,
and partner by default, lingo Hartmann
and Elliott Blnzcn defeated z. W. Putnam
aud j W. Robertson. s., 81, Frederic
u Alexander and Leonard Reokman De.
foatcI Wylie G. Grant and q. G. Shafcr
ls.ll. as, ~,
TNird Round-Iames 6 O'NcaIc an,
Th'pdorc X pell defeated T.. r Iiuuto'
and \. Bassford, Jr, q. 3--6. a.
Harold " Hackett and Walter Merit
Hay defeated lingo Hartmann and Elliot
Ilipunp g a-b
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Mathcy. on the other and, seems to
have taken "A new lease Of life This
afternoon. and for that matter all
through the tournament. he has been
playing better tennis tNan he had shown
for the last couple Of years. Always
steady. to-day he MAS maChinelike. and
this In Itself counted more than any
other factor In his ultimate victory. al
though he was brilliant enough At times
|, Was this very steadiness that threw
Throckmorton OF hts game In the first
pace and " WAS this steadiness that
kept him of II once ne faltered
The youuGster was trying hard all the
time. lie evidently found out early IN
the match that his game was not up TO
what * should he In an EFFORT TO get
the jump on MS rival tho %youngster
tried all the tricks he knew-and re
knows quite q haeiul Of them. He tried
10 play from the haseline In an effort to
steady his game. but found out that such
a gam was out OF the question. FOR IL
suited Mathews style to a r Then he
shifted his game to an impetUous cali
fornia style attack AZ the net and tried
to fore the i~su. that Sas.
This style Of play might have proved
effective II 1hrockrurton only could
have borrowed some OF his rivals steadi-
ness But the closer he crowded the net
the easier It was for Mathey to lob the
hail back over his head and chase III
around the court. Mathey did consider
able short lobhing. but was careful
enough to drop his short ones on ThrocN-
mortou's haokhand. That was tire
Youngsters greatest weakness to-day. IN
attempting to smash the ball for what
looked an easy cross court ace ne pulled
il down into the net repeatedly. There
we're those who thought that brock
morton would pull up after the loss %
the opening set, but Il proved consistent
in his etrata play throughout the matcl.
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salt Lake, &: Oakland.
san Francisco. a. Los Argees,
Vernon, 5: Portland. 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-09
W. R. C. CAMPFIRE
1t VIII Be Held in Memorial Hall
This Evening.

The W. r. C. will hold campfire
meeting in Memorial Hall at O'Clock
this evening, in connection with the
thirteenth annual convention of the
First district which is being held at
1. o. o. F. hall, III West Sixth ave-
nue., today and tomorrow. The fol-
lowing program will be given tonight:
Invocation-The Rev. j. K. Miller.
Characterization
Address of welcome-Hugh Fisher.
Piano duet, I'll Trovatore"-Maude
Kline and Florence Cravey.
Address-C. H. Bowman.
Solo-Mr. Shoots.
Address Painter.
Quintet-"In a Garden of Melody"
Address-Mrs. Alice Huffman.
Contralto solo, Just a Wearyfng
for You''-Miss Mary Sands.
Reading-Miss Baxter.
Quintet-"Just to Hear You Call
Me-
Address-Mrs. Oscar Moore.
Star Spangled Banner'-Audience.
Reading-Miss Nanon Herren.
Contralto solo. Somewhere a Voice
Is Calling''-Mary Sands.
Address-Miss Lizzie Wooster.
Quintet-'My Sweet Adair.'
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U-BOAT VICTIMS
tcontInned from Paee one.l

(Continued from Page one.l
later as sunk by a torpedo. The Err
lesson brought mere twenty-five wom-
en- and ten children while the destroy
er Balch brought sixty others
from the Stepha1o. including passen-
gers and members of the crew.
Rich Newport Residents Lend Aid.
~ Eighteen of the women were landed
at the government pier by permission
of the health officers and were taken
in automobiles to the homes of Gov.
Livingston Beeckman, Mrs. French
Vanderbilt and Mr.. Arthur Curtis
James, former commodore of the New
York Yacht club. DR.. Andrews, who
is connected with the Grenfelt mis-
sion, was one of the four Stephano
passengers taken to the home of Mrs.
Vanderbilt. DIR. Andrews was on his
way to New York. In describing his
experiences, DIR Andrews declared that
the Germans gave the boat proper
warming and then stood by until all
of the passengers had been taken Off
"Officers of the United States tor
pedo boat destroyer which had arrived
in time to take care of the passengers
of the Stephano, visited the steamer"
he said, ito make sure that all of the
passengers and crew were safe. Then
members of the German crew boarded
her and opened her water cocks"
While the Germans were engaged
in disposing of the Stephano a Dutch
vessel. probably the Bloomersdijk, was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-09
MARKETS CRASH
Stocks Break Ten to Twelve
Points at Outset.
Wheat Slumps Five Cents Due
: to U-BOat Raid.

New York, Oct. 9.-The stock mar
ket was demoralized at today's open
ing standard issues as well as war
stocks breaking five, ten and even
twelve points, at the outset on enor-
nous liquidation. The break. was
attributed to the German submarine
activities and their possible conse-
quences.
After the most exciting half hour
seen In tho stock market since the
panic of 1407, the tide Of liquidation
was stemmed by heavy volume of buy
ing orders reported to have been sent
to the market by important banking
interests
Marine Insurance Jumps.
New York, Oct. 3.-Marire insur-
ance rates from American to English
ports today jumped 1 to 5 per cent
In consequence of the German sub
marine operations. Rates to Havre
and Bordeaux increased from IS and
q of l per cent to 5 per cent.
Grains Take Tumble.
Chicago, Oct. 9.-Submarine activity
resulted today in a downward crash of
wheat values. The break right at the
start amounted to five cents bushel
in some cases. December falling to
S154k as compared with $1.591a at
Saturdays finish.
Prices of corn, oats and provisions
also fell, but not to so radical de-
gree as in the case of wheat.
Greatly incree sed difficulty in max
ing exports was the generally accepted
reason for all of the declines.
Selling Wave Hits Cotton
New York, Oct "a wave of SELL
ing hit the cotton market at the open
ing today, causing a break of from 8
to 80 points from Saturdays close.
Fear of difficulties in making cotton
exports due to the presence of German
submarines was responsible.