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The sun., 1916-12-31
Big BATTLBRAGE
ON M0LDAYIAN LINE
Teutons Push Steadily Ahead
on $50 Mile Front From
Passes to Danube.
APPROACHING FOCsANI
Petrograd Admits Withdrawal
Of Russians and Rumanians
Before Onslaught.

LoHpoN, Doc. 30.-von M~ackensen's
sncirciing attack upon tho Russians and
Rumsnians on tho southern frontier OF
Moidavia is making slow but steady
progress on the whole ESQ mile front. A
BIC battle is In progress. Al one point
tie Teutons are only twenty miles south.
west Of Braila. They are also drawing
lose TO Foceani. -,
In the Dobrudja there has been in.
fAntry fighting. the Russian state,nen,
reports. bu. the Russians stili hold the
important b~ridgehesd Of Macin. opposite
Braila. The German day statement fol.
lows:
On tire mountains along the Tran
%syivanian frontier the German and
Aystro. Hungarian troops engaged in
he attack entered entrcnched positions
despite tenacious resistance and pushed
further ahead In. the face of strong
counter attacks. during which the
Russians left ten officers and ESQ
men. with seven machine guns. In our
hands.
Army Group of Field Marshal Won
Nackensen: Our indefatissble troops
are following the retreat.ng enemy
along the whole front between the
mountains and the Danube.
The Russian statement regarding op
ssations on the Rumanian front says:
The ene:ny IL conducting stubborn
attacks on the upper part Of tho River
HANNA. OF the Moldavian frontier, to
the west Of Sovena. near the source Of
the River Suchitsa, and along the
River Putna to the west Of the sta
tien Of Kosa.
On tho Moldavian frontier, in the
region north and south Of the valley
% the River Oitux. tho enemy sue
ceeded in occupying several heights
and pressed back our troops slightly
- the eastward. Our forces are con-
solidating themselves on new posi-
lions north Of. the village Of Horsha
and east and south Of the village Of
Soamcxo.
The enemy succeeded in taking pos
session Of the village Of Bordesci. on
re River Rimnik, IND pressed back
our detachments near the village Of
Zalesci, IL versts northeast of Rimnik-
Sarat. g.
The sun., 1916-12-31
YERDUN GAIN STILL
HELD BY GERMANS
French Attacks at LIE Mort
Homme Repeatedly Repulscd,
Says Berlin.

PARIS. dec. 20.-There VAS heavy
fighting On lie Mort Honne to-day, but
tonight the greater part Of the celc-
bratcd hill northwest Of verdup is still
In German hands. according to Beriin's
report. .
The French troops returned TO the at
tack several times during the day. Her.
lin says, from tho Iiethtncourt-C umisrea
road directly south OF the hill and from
the flank. Tie attacks were preceded
by a terrific artillery fire.
To-n!ght's French Official statement
reads
THE day. relatively calm. was marked
b. intermittent artillery actions on both
sides of the Avrc and on the left bank
OF the Meuse. The German artillery was
very active to-day In the nelghborhood
Of Dixmude and Steenstraete. the Hell.
gtan batteries replying"
The French statement issued during
the day follows:
I'm the Champagne a detachment Of
the enemy. which attempted. after a
spirited bombardnent. to capture one of
our posts In tho vicinity OF Beauscjoor,
was dispersed By our fire. West OF Ia
hure NO carried out "a successful sur
prise attach on AN enemy trench.
=. . the left bank Of. the Sieuse Cver-
dun front) the night was relatively calm.
There Is nothing to report from the re-
inaindcr Of the 'front.'
To-day $ German official announcement
follows:
Army. group OK Crow Prince. Rup-
precht-Northwcst OF Lille and on the
Sommc. especially on the north bank, n
in isolated parts OF the Aisne front the
artillery fire temporarily Increased. Ad-
vanccs by British and French patrols
were repeatedly re2ulsed.
Army group OF the German Crown
Princeton the left sank OF the Meuse
Ncrdun 'front.' the French during the
day launched several attacks. preceded
by strong waves Of artillery fire. against
the new lines OF Dead Man Hin. cap
turel by us. All the attacks were re-
Gulscd."
The British statement issued tonight
reads
"A MINI was successfully blown by US
Friday evening northeast OF Melville
st. Vast. The srtillery carried out an
effective ~bombardn.ent during the night
on enemy positions In the ne.ghboriiood
OF Serrc and sheiled a number OF places
nj military Importance behind the enemy
lines eas. OF Arras.
To-day enemy trenches south OF lie
Trars!os were bombarded with good re
suits. East OF Tilioloy. north OF Neuve
Chappcllc. n bridge across the River
Layes was destroyed by our fire."
The sun., 1916-12-31
HUNGARY CROWNS RULERS.
Emperor Charles ana Queen Eta
81 Austria Take Throne.

81 Austria Take Thrsas.
LONDON. Dec. So.-The coronation Of
Emperor Charles and Empress Eta Of
Austria as King and Queen Of Hungary
took place Hhis morning In ST. Mathey
Church In Budapest. the Amsterdam cor
respondent Of the Exchange Telegraph
Company cables. Tho ceremony was
marked with all the traditional modieval
pomp. The King wore tho gala uniform
OF n Hungarian field marshal and wa
surrounded by the captains Of h's body
guard. The Queen rode In . coach
drawn. BY sixteen horses, which was fol-
lowed By a pageant. Statutes were
fired as the procession moved through
the streets.
Cardinal Cserboch. primate Of Hun
gary. with tho remainder Of the clergy.
escorted the King and Queen into the
church. which was nlled with oficials
and diplomats. The King took the oath
to defend the interests Of tho Roman
Catholic Church against any enemy.
Afterward tho King. wearing the crown,
took the oath before the Parliament
building in the presehce Of tie populace.
The sun., 1916-12-31
ITALIANS RENEW cANNoNADE
artillery Active Aieng whole
Fpent. says Va 00ce.

RoME. Dec. So revival Of activity
On the part Of Italian artillery along the
whole front IL reported In to-day's COM
munication from h War Ofice, which
gays:
Along the whole front our artillery
Mas very active against the enemy's po-
slt!or.. The enemy again repeatedly
shslled the city and suburbs OF Gorixia
without innictng damage OF importance.
"on tie Carso a surprise attack at
,:npted by the enemy against vi ad-
vsrced lines was checked promptly by
O.g infantry"
The sun., 1916-12-31
WARNING OF RAIDER RENEWED
wsrshtps or Coast Notify shipping
to Ne o. Lockout,

Boston. Dec. 30.-Itad!o messages
warning Entente chipping to. be on the
lookout for a disguised German raider.
whose presence In the Atlantic was re-
ported by British authorities some tImc
eco. we're renewed tonight at frequent
intervals.
TIE message. which are supposed TO
'one from British or French cruisers or
re coast. were sent u alternately In
GaGl!sh and French. The description OF
tho raider as previously given was re-
oeated In each message.
The sun., 1916-12-31
second Artillery starts Home.

ALBANY. Dec. 30.-The Second New
York Field Ar;iller:-, comprising c.sh-
teen officers and ?6a enlisted men from
New York city. left McAlien. Tex. early
to-day for home. according to a message
from Col. Wingate. The troops are ex-
pec.ed TO reach their destination next
Thursday.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
BASE STEALING FALLEN OFF
Are Players Slowing Up, or Are Catch.
ers Becoming More Proficient
In Checking Attempts2

A decided change has come over the
base-stealing ability of players during
the past few years and gives rise to
the question: Are the base runners
slowing up, are the catchers becoming
more proficient In checking attempted
steals, or has the straightaway steal
given way to the sacrifice hit and the
hit and run play? In both the National
and American leagues there has been a
marked falling of In base stealing, a
feature of the game that has done
much to add to its popularity.
No team In baseball today even APP
preached the New York Nationals Of
1911, 1912 and 1913, the three-time
pennant winners. The old team av-
eraged 800 steals n season over q
stretch of three years, while this sea-
son the team that passed the 200 mark
Is the exception rather than the rule.
In the National league base stealing
has been falling off for some time,
but the American league kept up well
until this season. In 1911, six teams
In the American league stole more
than 200 bases during season, and In
each of the three succeeding cam.
paigns five teams went above this
mark. q.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
sWEDEs TO VISIT IN SPRING
Prominent Sport Followers Pledge
Enough Money to Send Athletic
Team to United Stateo.

The visit Of a small team Of Ameri-
can athletes to Sweden this fall Is go.
ing to result In big doings In track
sports In this country next summer.
The appearance of the five American
stars - Meredith, Simpson, LOOMS,
Ward and Murray-in Stockholm,
awakened In the breasts Of the Sean
dinavlan enthusiasts the desire to send
a team to America, which SO nearly
bore fruit last June. Only crisis
between Sweden and the entente pow
ers, which made 1t look as though
King Gustav's country was about to
be embroiled In the big war, prevented
the Swedes from sending along team
under Ernie HJertberg that would have
done credit to the northlnnd.
AS matters stand now, there Is
pledged by prominent sport followers
In Sweden enough money to send a
team Of about 10 men to this country,
II Is felt that should the invitation of
the New York Athletic club to the
Swedish athletes be repeated next
spring, Us seems likely now, there will
be popular subscription ample
enough to finance team Of twice the
size Of the one planned last spring
The one factor that would proven,
the meet, rs 1t did last spring, Is thu
military situation.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
LATERAL PASS NOT POPULAR
Beautiful Play to Watch, . Great
Ground Gamer, but Not Tried
Often This Season.

The lateral pass hasn't been used
very often this year. Many teams
tried 1t out In 1915 and found 1t too
dangerous. 1t Is a beautiful play to
watch, great ground gamer when It
is properly executed. But when It
fails-ruin!
The play Is sort of double forward
pass, usually worked along the side.
lines. The center passes the ball to
the quarterback and he fiips 1t to one
of his Enthusiastically an end-who
has raced to the sidelines. Upon re
ceiving the pass, Mr.. End Is supposed
to hurl 1t forward to one Of his assO-
ciates, who, by that time, If on sched.
ule, should be 20 or 30 yards nearer to
the opponents goal line.
In this triple handling Of the ball,
with the possibility Of fumbling, hides
the greatest danger The next men.
ace Is In making the final pass. II the
man elected to make the real run with
the ball has reached his station and
Is "uncOyered' by any Of his foes, o.
X. But the chances are that one of
the enemy Is lurking in that nelghbOr'
hood, and when the final heave Is
made, said enemy leaps into the
ozone, extracts therefrOm the whirl'
ing ball and-blOOie, blOOie!
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18

W. & j.; Barton. Colgate; Sutherland,
Pittsburgh; Hogg, Princeton, and
Black Of Yale, all have played far be-
yond the average. Each must be con-
sidered when the picking day ar
rlves.
An eighteen.year-old youth named
Henry is one of the leaders In the fight
for tackle choice. He IL the 225.pound
W. 4 J. linesman. Henry has been
smashing lines to ribbons this year and
despite his buck has been under most
Of the punts. He is fast, powerful and
fearless.
Among the other tackles who are
notched high are Wheeler Of Harvard |;
Thornhill of Pittsburgh: Wall and
Farnum Of Brown; Horning of Col
gate; Cotton of Dartmouth; Jewett Of
Cornell; Ward Of Navy; Jackson Of
Chicago; Weimann Of Michigan; Ben
nett of Northwestern; Koch Of Wis
consin: Mathews Of Pennsy; Mclean
Of Princeton, and Seldel Of Pittsburgh.
The battle for end positions Is a
merry one. It involves Higgins Of
Penn State of All-Amcrlcan CALDER, a
year ago; Baston Of Minnesota; Bre-
los, Chicago; both Yale wing men ;
Harte Of Harvard; Carlson of Pitts
burg; Highley of Princeton; Meyers,
Wisconsin: G. Coolidge, Harvard Mel.
sen. Colgate: Whltchlll, w. & j.;
Dunno. Michigan.
So, you see. this business of pick
Ing eleven men from that crop Is 60
ing to be quite job.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
FOOTBALL TEAM IS FAMOUS
Panhandle Eleven Organized Fifteen
Years Ago at Columbus, Ohio
Has Many Features.

The famous Panhandle football team
Of Columbus, o., organized 10 years
ago by Joseph +. Carr, who is still Mt
It's head. Is one Of the leading organi-
cations of Its kind In the United
States. The team averages $50 pounds
and hns many features that make 1t
stand out as u great eleven. There are
six brothers playing regular positions
on the team and every one of them Is
a star In his particular position. They
are the famous Nesser brothers. They
average over 200 pounds each, their
total weight being close to three.quar-
tiers Of ton.
The Panhandles, during the present
season. will play schedule Of ii
games that will carry them all over the
United States, for II Is seldom In any
branch of athletic activity that such an
organization Is found. Another feature
Of the team Is the fact that all of the
players are employees Of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad In Columbus and have
been for number Of years.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
GOLF PLAYED BY MOONLIGHT
Daylight Does Not Last Long Enough
for Devotees Of Philadelphia and
Cleveland.

CartoOnists, dreams about golfers
getting home to find their children
grown up and their automobiles three
seasons out of date are not so far
off, If golfers ut Cleveland and Phila-
delphia are to be taken as criteriOns.
Daylight doesn't last long enough
for these devOtees, and on bright moon
light nights they play at their favor
ste clubs.
Replacing soiled balls with clean
white ones prevents losing them, these
golfers rCpr"t.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
INVENTION OF SIGNALS
Penn Military College Originated
Present System.
Sprung Them on Princeton In 1888
and Won Game as Result-Play.
ers outoeneraied Opponents
by Using Numbers.

Here il a most interesting article on
the origin of football signals by X.
w. Maxwell, the famous Swarthmore
all-American guard of 1905:
signals seem to be an absolutely
essential part Of football. and yet 1t
was not until 1888 that they were In
vented. From the November day in
1869. when Rutgers and Princeton
played the first game Of football. until
1893, the colleges got along by using
systems which varied with every
eleven. letters being frequently used.
II was left to Pennsylvania Military
college to originate the present system
of numbers.
Springs Stirring Coup.
1T was on q chill November after.
noon in 1883 that Pennsylvania Mill
tnry college flashed the number system
on the football world, and incidentally
used the single signals as the means
of a coup whereby Princeton was
whipped ut Chester by 9 to o. The
numbers not only mystified Princeton,
but they SO speeded up Penn Military's
play that II was able to outrush the
Tigers ut every stage Of the game,
which wns witnessed by more than
1000 persons. great football gather
ing for those days. From that day the
use Of numbers for signals spread rap
idly.
"Few realize that Pennsylvania Mill
tary college once occupied foremost
place in football. Nor do they realize
that the really big games In that Sec
ton 25 years ago were played between
Pennsylvania Military college and the
University Of Pennsylvania.
"In defeating Princeton, Pennsyl.
vania Military did not use trick plays.
spring some new formations or work
the 'shoestring' stunt for the first time.
The players outgeneraled their oppo.
nents, and the outgeneraling was done
by using a system Of numbers for sig.
nails.
RevoIutIonixes the Game.
"FOotball signals now being used by
all Of the teams were used for the first
time In this contest. Princeton was
swept of her feet by the speedy play,
and was outclassed and outplayed. II
was the most successful coup d'etat'
ever sprung by n football team. II
made such an impression on Prince.
ton that the coach adopted 1t for his
team, and within year Yale, Harvard
Pennsylvania and others also took II
up. Penn also was defeated In that
same year. This revolutionized foot
ball"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18

WORLD

The chief excuse for playing hockey
seems to be to get skate on.
Basketball is II great game. II gives
a lot Of youths IN excuse for fighting.
Benny" Kauil Is managing fighter.
Letting someone else do the hitting for
him.
Zulu Kid has sailed for England to
meet Jimmy Wilde In London In De-
cember.
You never hear Of a player being In
contempt for putting up a racket In a
tennis court.
Wild Bill Donovan seems bent on
tightening his defense. See where he
has signed up Buckles.
make 11S pounds and is ready to meet
Kid williams at this weight.
There isn't anything In n name, after
all. For instance, there's Heinie Groh.
He's been 8 feet inches for six years.
II Champion Jess Willard decides to
fight again this winter he will have to
be hoisted into the ring with der
rick.
They are playing golf by moonlight
heard, everybody sleeps In the day.
time.
Just as matter of curiosity, what
would 1t profit fellow to gain an
amateur golf championship and lose
his job?
Jake Daubert, who has always been
regarded as the best first baseman in
the National league, looked poorly in
the worlds series.
Fighters who would rather battle
than eat are commonplace these days,
but you've got to admit some of them
nave mighty healthy appetites.
John McGraw showed excellent judg.
ment in nursing Ferdie Schupp for
two years. He had experience in tu-
tOring Rube Vanguard In the same
way.
Clarence Brodie the big guard of the
1915 University of Chicago eleven, mas
left that institution and entered the
Sheffield schOo! at Yale. He will be a
valuable addition to Yale's forces In
another year.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
COACH FoLwsLL AND HOWARD BERRY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Colgate. Washington and jefferson
and Penn State are teams that have
risen to dizzy heights In the football
world because the new game has paved
the way for them--removed the weight
handicap they had to suffer In the
other years of the beef era.
Those three colleges have q small
enrolment, the average being around
500. It's IN almost impossible task to
recruit from such small crowd Of
pupils team that could match In
weight with colleges where the coaches
have 5000 or more men to draw from.
And so, In the other days, when mass
plays were In vogue. 1t was rarely that
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18

the lighter elevens could nose out q
victory over the heavier ones. They
were crushed under the awful bulk Of
their foes.
All that Is changed now. No longer
is there premium on bulk. Brains,
speed and trickery count far more
than weight. And so this "Small.Fry
Trio" gus gone out and whaled the
wadding out Of the biggest enrolment
college elevens In the country with
startling frequency. Once 1t merely
constituted a practice game" for Har-
ward, Yale, Cornell, Pennsylvania and
the other big fellows" to meet w. j.,
Penn State or Colgate. But not now.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
BOWLING STARS PLAN
interested in New Interstate Ten
pin Contest.
Association Recently Organized In %.
troit viii BE First to Conduct In.
tereity sehedule-ProvIdes
National Circuit.

Bowling stars In every city will be
Interested in the new Interstate Indl-
vidual championship Bowling associa-
ton, recently organized ut Detroit. The
association will be the first to conduct
an intercity bowling schedule. and 1t
provides an extensive national circuit
for individual champion bOwlers rep
resenting II of the principal cities of
the United States. To produce cham.
pions to represent each Of the large
cities in this national circuit, separate
preliminary tournaments open only to
high class bOwlers, will be held in each
of the ~ cities selected during the
month of April, 1917. In the prelim-
mary tournaments each entrant must
contest in so games In blocks of five
games, in the manner and time sched-
uled, and the bowler securing the high
est total of pins for the so games will
be declared the city champion Of this
association and he will win the honor
Of representing his city In the final
tournament for the Interstate individ-
ual bowling championship.
Champions to Tour.
When all of the city championships
have been decided the IL city cham
piOns will make u tour Of the IL cit
les in the national circuit, In body.
from May Is to June 1, 1917. The road
schedule will be so arranged that each
Of the IL city champions will meet each
other In contests comprising seven
games each, making total Of 81
games, to be contested by each city
champion I'm the finals. The bowler
securing the greatest number Of pins
In his 81 games will be winner Of the
tournament and will be awarded the
individual championship honors.
Prizes for Finals.
The prizes for the finals will aggre-
gate nearly $1,000, besides n magnfi-
cent diamond medal, emblematic Of the
individual championship Of this asso-
citation, will be awarded to the win
ner.
Necessary committees to handle the
first year tournament were provided
for and constitution, bylaws and
rules were adopted. Franchises were
awarded to Detroit, Toledo, Chicago,
New York, st. Louis, Cleveland, Syra-
cuse and Buffalo. The remaining four
franchises will be placed among four
Of the following cities: Columbus, In
dlanapolis, Philadelphia, Newark,
Brooklyn, Rochester and Pittsburgh.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
CONTINUE TO MAKE RECORDS
Harness Horse World Has Seen Marks
Of One Kind or Another Smashed
During Season.

The harness-hOrse world has wit
messed many world records of one kind
or another smashed this season. One
is forced to wonder If the limit OF
horse flesh will ever be reached.
1t has seemed that 1t must be by this
time, yet every now and then nag
sets record for the fourth heat or
something like that--just making 1t
harder for future hee-hnws to break
into the fast-stepping performances.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18
SPEAKER KEPT HIS PROMISE
Cleveland Star Sacrificed $4,000 In Or.
der to Keep His Word With
Pitcher Dubuc.

iris Speaker sacrificed $4,000 In or
der to keep his word with Jean Du-
buc, the Tiger pitcher. Several weeks
before the close of the season, iris
promised to go along on post-season
tour. Then came an offer to report the
worlds series for $1,000, and another
offer of $500 to play an exhibition
game In Cleveland. He turned Them
I'll down to 60 transforming.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-18

Henry Stuckart MADE good record
as City Treasurer. a good record az
South Town assessor and good rec
ord as alderman. He certainly win
make a good record as county treas
urer.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1916-10-26
ACT NO, 1874.

Senate Bill No. 135-By Mr.. Pearce
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition Of 1913 authorizing and empow-
ering the Board of Control of the State
Penitentiary or it's successor to fund
its Indebtedness and issue notes there
for Serially or otherwise not exceeding
-Four Hundred Thousand Dollars, and
at rate Of interest not exceeding
- five per centum per annum payable
emi-annually, and for a term not
exceeding fifteen years, and empower
ing the General Assembly to provide
the methods of carrying this amend
ment into effect
Section !. BE it resolved by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, two
thirds of all the members elected to each
house concurring, that the following
amendment to the Constitution of the
state of Louisiana adopted in November,
1913, be submitted to the duly qualified
electors at the Congressional election to
be held on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1916, for their
ratification or rejection:
The Board of Control of the State
Penitentiary or its successor or successors
IN Office is hereby authorized and en-
powered to incur debt, issue interest
bearing notes in serials or other form for
a term not to exceed fifteen years, to the
amount Of Four Hundred Thousand Dol
iarS at a rate Of interest not exceeding
flVe per cent per annum. payable semi
annually, for the purpose of funding and
retiring its floating and other outstanding