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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
Sport Wheezes
by CLUG-

Tomorrow night the Washburn team
will play Salina Wesleyans at Salina.
The Ichabod five will be away the re-
mainder of the week.
''Bill' Hargiss, the Normal coach,
says that he fears the C. of E. more
than he does Baker in the basketball
championship race.
The C. of E. and the Teachers have
two more games to play, and they
probably will be the hottest contests
in the whole conference. The first is
scheduled for February IS, and the
second for March Z.
A Los Angeles sport writer claims
like football heroes better than other
athletes. He says it is due to the
woman's love for remnants.
The proposed Thorp-W White fight in
Kansas City may develop into all that
its promoters claim for it, but if it
does they will probably have. to tie
one of Whites arms behind him.
Dick kaufman, former Topeka
pitcher who is spending the winter
in this city and who pitched in the
receipt of card from a Tacoma ball
player friend which reads as follows:
Dear Dick 1 receivd your card a
friday and am sure glad to hear from
YOU well how are they treating you
back in them sage bushes 1 was
workin at the rink but was layd off
SO aint doing nothing now waiting for
spring well Richard what are you go
ing to do next year are you going to
toss the agit this is the coolest day
we have had well 1 must close so drop
me a line once in a while Dick cause
1 sure like to hear from you all the
boys send their regards"
The assertion is made by an east
ern paper that Jess Willard is pro-
noting his own fight plans now
Maybe that's the reason he is not get
ting fights very fast
A fellow asked Sam Symmetrical,
noted poker expert, for piece of adj
merfield answered him with an old
story that is a good one in spit of its
age. The story:
A youth left his ancestral home
i'll malarial Arkansas to make his
way in the world. Said his ther.
bidding him goodbye: ''SOn, take
plenty of quinine, and always cut
the cards.
Is there something about a man
whose last name begins with a W.
that makes him a fighter? Harry
Hochstadter believes there is. He has
compiled a list of famous -@hters
whose names begin with the big twin
"" Here are some of them: VIII
| lard, Weinert, Wells, Williams (Kid),
| Wolgast, White (Charlie), Whitney,
| Welsh, Wells (MatO.
But, on the other hand, almost ev-
cry letter in the alphabet can lay claim
to distinguished fighters. For instance:
Alexander, Bonaparte, Caesar, Daniel,
| Evers (Johnny), Flynn (Porly),
Goethals, Hobson (KissinO, Ireland,
Johnson (Jack), The Kaiser, Lang
ston (Sam). Mary (Bloody), Neigh
/ bors (ours), O'Brien Gall of 'em),
Parsons (Harvey), Quinine, Roosevelt,
Satan, Tarquin, U CD, Villa, Xerxes,
Yankees Zapata-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

into baseball" he declared, finally,
and L guess if / have to, I can go
back to the pillow. But you can take
it from me, anybody who can play
baseball or manage doesn't want 20
quit the game till he must
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

st. Louis, Mo. Feb. Pitcher
Southern, who was with Wichita in
1915. and who was considered one of
the best hurIers in the western league,
has been sold by the st. Louis Ameri-
cans to the Portland Pacific Coast
league club
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
HERE'S A GOOD ONE.

Benny Stollof. who was in the West
ern league in 1914, tells a good one
about a young hurler named Pursell.
"Pursell was signed by Owner and
Manager Jack Holland of the st. JOS
eph,'' said Stollof. 1.-The club left St.
Joseph for a three-week trip on the
road but Holland did not make the
trip.
After the club had lost three games
in a row to Wichita, Holland wires
that he's comm to see what the trou-
BILE was. 1t was PurselPs turn to work
the next day and the weather was
cold.
$50 Pursell sent the following wire
to Holland who was leaving st. JOS
eph the night before the game:
Jack Holland, St. Joseph:
Please bring my red undershirt.
It's in the third locker.
(Signed) PURSELL.'
Holland had the telegram framed
and is now hanging over the st. JOS
eph's owners desk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02
Use Still in Town, Honey

An will pancakes from
Pancake Flour baked electric hot pa wae made
baked electric waffle
percOatOr all this week. the offices of THE TOPEKA
co. Kansas Ave- All the ladies of Topeka and others
interested electric appliances cordially invited attend this
demonstration.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

'Bill' Hargiss, the Normal coach
says that he fears the c. of E. more
than he does Baker in the basketbal
championship race.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

Tomorrow night the Washburn team
will play Salina Wesleyans at Salina-
The Ichabod five will be away the re-
mainder of the week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

It's easy to change the shape
and color of unstable brands
to initiate the Prince Albert
tidy red tin, but IL is iu1pos-
si6ie to initiate the flavor of
Prince Albert tobaccol The
patented process protects thati
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-02

The C. of E. and the Teachers have
two more games to play, and they
probably will be the hottest contests
in the whole conference. The first is
scheduled for February IS, and the
second for March z.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20
PAST OFFICERS IN CHAIRS.
Degrees of Order of Eastern Star I
Be Exemphfied Tomorrow

The past matrons and past patrons
of Bingham chapter viii exemphfy the
degrees of the Order of the Eastern
Star Tuesday evening, March 81, at
Masonic temple. All the women of the
o. +. S. are invited to meet in the
temple at 3 ?. m. to organize a social
club. The regular chapter supper will
be served at 6.15. At 100 the present
officers of Bingham chapter will open
the chapter in form and will receiv.
the past officers with appropriate cere
monies, after which the chairs will be
vacated by the regular officers and the
past officers will take their places and
confer the degrees All members are
urged to be present.
The following past officers will ill
the chairs to confer the degrees: p.
G.. NJ. Eugenia NJ. Pettee, w. NJ; =. p.
Ovando +. Randall W. F.; z. NJ. Mary
A Randall, A. NJ; p. p. Ferris K.
Vaughan, see; T. F. Dennison Cowles.
treas; Il. q. Mar. Carrie l.. Hamilton
cond.; z. NJ. Isabella 5. Lawrence, as
sociate cond; p P. Christie B. Croweli
chaplain; p P. William B. Vinton, mar
shall; p. NJ. Marion S. Jones, Adah; Z
NJ. Jeanette NJ. Haywood, Ruth; r. NJ
Martha A. Swift, Esther; p. NJ. Sarah
A. Dickinson, Martha; p. NJ. Maverette
A. Fisher, Electa; z. p. Edward J
Guthrie. warder: p. ?. Edwin II. Put
nam, sentinel; Past Grand Organist
Addie B. Carpenter, organist.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20
SPORTING NEWS
REVIEW OF TWIN
STATE SITUATION
Bellows Falls Writer Says Meeting
Will Be Held Soon and Brattle
boro Will Receive Invitation.

Bellows Falls is whacking away az
the Twin State league proposition and
hanging all responsibility for the sue
cess or failure of the rejuvenation of
this League upon Brattleboro. To read
the efforts of the sporting writer of
that town as evidenced in the Bellows
rails Times and the Springfield Sunday
hepubncan 1T is up to William Brat
tie $ Borough to come across.
In a lengthy review of the situation
as viewed from the midst of the win
ter s accumulation of snow. in the
Springfield Republican yesterday the
Bellows Falls correspondent touches
upon the debt of 1884 which that town
still owes for last year s baseball. 1t
can pay off this debt with little eff
fort and raise enough funds to insure
a team next season. he writes. One
little effort to clear away the debt
raised $33 and some odd cents. At that
rate several big efforts will be REQUIRED
to clear the books.
Ciaremont has debt of $3.50. "a
small matter, and the directors are
looking forward to raising funds for
the coming season.
Keene, according to the same writer.
is to start right this year and not al
low manager to lose al the money
as was the case with Dan Sullivan last
year.
Nowhere in the article is mention
made of Newport. Keene, Bellows Falls,
Claremont and BrattIeboro, according
to the writer, make an ideal circuit.
He fears that Brattieboro will insist
on a salary limit of 5000 a week, $50
less than is customary ESQ far as agree
ment is concerned, but much more than
that in the expenditure) A meeting
is to be called soon, it is announced,
and the future of the Twin State
league depends upon that meeting, to
which Brattleboro will be invited to
send representatives..
Whatever part Brattleboro may take
it has the comfort of knowing that it
owes no back bills.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20

His last big match in New York City
was against Valdez Zbyszko at the
Harlem Sporting club. Zbyszko was to
throw him twice in an hour, but failed
to get a fall.
Faust has long been after a match
with the world 5 champion heavyweight
wrestler, Ed Strangler' Lewis, who
was booked to go against him here
March %, but Lewis was already
booked to wrestIe in Boston on that
date.
Bailey is well known in this section
as a strong man and wrestler, and his
remarkable showing in the international
tournament in New York, where he
participated in 30 matches, will make
this match of unusual inteest.
Faust s manager has placed for
felt of $25 for his appearance in Brat
tleboro March p, the day before the
match. s- #
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20
FAUST ORIGINAL
GERMAN CHAMPION
Match with Bailey Wednesday Will
Give Public Chance to See First
Glass Wrestling Bout.

The sporting public viii have the
opportunity Wednesday evening of wit
Messing another first class wrestling
match. The coming of Harry Faust,
the original German champion, will give
the people a chance to see Bailey
against one of the best top-notch
grapqlers in the game today.
Faust first came into the iime-lipht
when he wrestled a two-hour draw
with George Hacenschmid. After com
ing to America he wrestled every
prominent wrestler in the game and
has met but few defeats during the
seven years he has been in this coun-
try He is one of the few men to de
feat Fred Beel, who once held the
world s heavyweight championship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20

The Syracuse university basketball
team has completed another season and
has the record Of not having lost
game on its home floor in five consee
utive seasons.
Frank Moran, who is due to engage
in a boxing match with Willard Satur-
day night, while driving his automo-
bile was run into by a trolley ear in
New York Saturday. He escaped in
jury.
If Joe Tinker coaches at third this
season, as he announces he is to do in
every game, he will have to give up
automobiling. Just now he is swathed
in bandages as the result of trying to
90 through the windshield of his ma
chine.
Stanley Fits of Brattleboro, a fresh
man at Dartmouth, ran third to Riley,
star quarter miller Of that college Sat
urdav night in the record time of d
Is seconds Riley ran from scratch
and Fits had a handicap of seven
yards. The second maa, Lewis, had Il
handicap of % yards.
Howard P. Drew, colored sprinter,
has been ordered by the courts to pay
his wife 5000 down and 81 week
She recently sued for separate support.
Drew works as an amateur Splinter
and as amateurs are not allowed to re-
ceive any money he may have to go to
work if he is to carry out the orders
of the court.
George w. Bailey, who has beer
wrestling frequently in New York il
/ the past few weeks, will be a witness
of the Willard-Moran bout. Bailey
saws that boxers, wrestlers and othel
athletes in New York are of thu
opinion that the champion is not il
fit physical condition for a grueEns
fight. and that Moran, who has takel
his training seriously, is likely to b
the winner.
The Company E team of Below
Falls defeated the Barre Shamrock
Saturday night and announces that
has won the state championship.
view of the fact that the team Wa
soundiy trounced by the ST. Michael
college team of which Bernard Dui
levy is star member, by the WindsC
team more than once, by the Compan
F team of Northfeld and by the Bar
Shamrocks, it takes some figuring
decide this state championship on
Bellows Fails basis. The victory Sa
urday night was by the score of 81
%, at Bellows Falls
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20
LOCKED IN A TOMB.
ALI Montpelier Talking About P
Chenette Fight for Life.


p Chenette's fight for life, locked
in a tomb with the body of his wife
and the Baskets containing five other
bodies awaiting burial, is the story
that all Montpelier is talking about.
Mr.. Chenette, himself, is wondering
why his hair is not white 1t was only
few days ago that he was a bearer
at Louis Barney funeral. Chenette
discovered that the great door on the
receiving vault of the Catholic Gene
terry did not lock When he spoke of
it to the cemetery committee they
asked him to fix it.
That afternoon he sought the bleak
and barren cemetery in zero weather
to perform a task that was doublv
hard for within that tomb lay the
body of his wife who died not long
ago.
He fixed the outer door. The inner
door had swollen and would not close.
He went in and slammed it to see how
much it would. have to be shaved
down. He pulled at it. 1t would not
move. Desperately he braced his foot
and wrenched with all his might. The
door knob snapped under the strain.
Chenette pitched backward still clutch
ing the futile useless knob, his only
means of reaching the outside world.
He was trapped in silent tomb
with the temperature 81 degrees be
low freezing and his overcoat on the
snow outside
A blind terror seized him, accord
ing to his story. He fell upon the door
that barred the way in a frenzy. He
beat upon it with his bare hands, and
tore his nails trying to get grip OF
the slight crack at the side until the
| fingers bled. In his feverish haste the
I thought that to stay in the tomb over
| night meant sure death befogged al
| else. He struggled like a mad man a
| the door until the PRECIPITATION
streamed from his face.
| Finally he managed to climb up un
til he could get grip on a crack a
the top of the door. There half hang
ing by his hands and pushing agains
the wall with his feet, he strove 70
20 minutes against the big door. Final
ly he pried it open, dropped, staggere
outside utterly exhausted, and fell i
the snow.
He says that it was 10 minutes bc
fore he could get to his feet to clos
the doors of the tomb and go home
He had gone to the cemetery earl
: in the afternoon. 1t was then "a
! clock and pitch dark. He found I'll
members of his family on the point
going out to hunt for him. KNOWN
! where he had gone, they had grow
! fearful at his absence. -=.a~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20
BOOSTING THE DAIRY SHOW.
Scott Farm Business Card Shows In
terest in Big Project.

Boosters for the National Dairy
Show, Springfield, Mass, Oct. II to
p, 19l6' is the legend on the business
card of Scott farm. This is one of the
evidences of the way Vermont dairy
men have adopted the Eastern States
exposition enterprise as New Eng
land project.
The owner of Scott farm is
Frederick Holbrook. The farm mana
ger is E. c. Tenney, live wire farm
err. The dairy is composed of finely
bred Guernseys. Mr.. Tenney has beer
honored by election to the presidene,
of the Vermont Guernsey Breeders
association
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20
PERSONAL.

Id. Taylor went to st. Adams Sat
urday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Howe of Athol,
Mass, were visitors in town today.
Attorney A. V. D. Piper is in Bos-
ton and Concord, N. H., on business.
+. W. Stolte of Portland, Me-, was a
guest Sunday of his mother, Mrs. Meta
Stolte.
A. j. Bowers went to Bristol, Conn,
today on business for the Estey Organ
company.
Mrs. Florance E. Ferriter and son
of Greenfield, Mass, visited relatives
here yesterday.
Miss Ruth Weatherhead of Spring
field, Mass, spent Sunday at her home
in West Brattleboro.
Mrs. Alice Butler, who is i'll with
nervous trouble and grip, was taken
to the Memorial hospital yesterday
DIR. G. r. Anderson went to st. AL
bans yesterday to perform an opera
ton. He will return this afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester H. Greene of
Montpelier were guests over the week
end of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Putnam.
Miss Lizzie Stevens of the Durham
Brothers company s office spent the
weekend at her home in Winchester.
n. FL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. c. Crosby were in
Springfield, (Vt.), yesterday to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. w. H. H.
Putnam.
Mrs. c. j. Eddy of Shushan. n. Y.
who was a guest of Mrs A. ID. V.
Piper during the winter, has returned
to her home.
Mrs. Hamilton of Keene, has re-
turned to that city after a few DAYS
visit in town with her daughter, Mrs.
n. ID. Clawson
Miss Christy Benson of Newfane
who spent the weekend in town with
her sister, Mrs. John Skinner, return
ed home today.
Miss Emma Mixer resumed work TO-
day in the workrooms of Donnell &
Davis S millinery store. after vaca.
ton of several weeks
Mrs. Fred Spaulding, sr., returned
Saturday from Keene, where she had
spent six weeks with her daughter.
Mrs. Fred Beanschaine.
L. o. Morse left today for Milan.
Mo-, after having spent the winter in
town at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. c. r. Freyenhagen.
Wells Stowe returned Saturday
night from Medford, Mass, where he
went TO attend the funeral of his
brother-in-law, John Grout
Miss Matte Baldwin, supervisor in
the telephone office, who has been i'll
at her home on South Main street three
weeks with grip, is improving
| Mrs. James H. Dalton, who lives
with her daughter, Mrs Richard
Dodge, in Washington, Conn, is a
guest of Mrs. P. X. White of Putney
/ road.
Mrs. Charles Ebbighausen, Mrs. Ed
ward Flood and Mrs. Carl Schorling
twent to Bellows Falls this morning to
attend the funeral this afternoon of
Mrs. Vessel
Edward S. Clark of Detroit. Mich,
who was called here because of the
death of his father, Or. c. S. Clark, has
returned to that city.t Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Minis, who also were called
/ here, returned to their home in Orange,
Mass, Saturday.
Mrs. Lester Barber, Mrs May Nor
ris and Miss Maude Miller, clerks at
4 Houghton & Simond s store. began a
i two-wee ks vacation today. Miss
! Marion Knight, Miss Florence Con-
I verse and Miss Bertha Phillips, who
had been having vacations, resumed
work there this morning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20
Rather weighty

Bill see by the papers that earth
tremors have been recorded on in
struments at New Haven, Conn.
Jill-Somebody ought to tell Prof.
Taft TO watch his step. Yonkers
Statesman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20
BRIGADE LOSES TO B. H. S.
Mortified Boys Came Strong in Sec
ond Half-Score 27 to 10.

The Brattleboro high school basket
ball team defeated the Mortified BOYS
Brigade team Saturday evening in the
Armory by a score of q to 10. The
first half ended with the score ID to 6
in favor of the home team, but the
visitors came strong in the last of the
second period, and two baskets in tho
last minute of play made by Gallup
alone prevented the visitors from car
rying off the honors of tie second half.
Five INMATES elapsed after the first
toss-up before either team scored, so
close was the guarding. Leslie fea-
tured by his floor work. He was ev-
erywhere and always with the ball.
Bolton scored the three baskets cred
tied to him, in the last five minutes of
play Winchester and Gallup displayed
the best eyes for the basket of the
home team. The attendance was very
small, about % being present. The
summary:
Brattleboro. Mortified.
Gallup, If, re-, Bolton
Angler, RI, lg, Leslie
Adams, c, E, Huber
Winchester, L., IF, Jordan
Plumb, re, If, Stratton, Davis
Score, Brattleboro p, Mortified 10.
Baskets from floor, Gallup 4, Angler 5,
Adams >, Winchester 4, Davis 2, STRAIT
ton, Jordan 4, Bolton 3. Baskets from
fouls, Winchester, Davis Missed goals
from fouls, Plumb, Winchester 3, An
gier, Stratton, Davis ,, Huber. Referee,
Daniel F. Riley. Time, two Commute
periods.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20
REV. D. l.. SANFORD RESIGNS.
Brother of F. H Sanford of This Town
Going to Pennsylvania.

Rev. d. L. Sanford of Hardwiek,
who has been holding monthly mission
services in Grange hall in Morrisvil lie
several years as diocesan missionary,
has had a call to similar work IN Penn
sylTania, with headquarters at the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20

During the last 10 years the number of
students taking the full four-year course in
agriculture in American agricultural col
leges has increased from about $500 to
Il, 800 or 500 per cent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20
Sporting Notes.

The Syracuse university basketball
team has completed another season and
has the record Of not having lost a
game on its home floor in FIVE consee-
utiye seasons
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-20

mission in Morristown, Pa. During
his services with the mission, Mr..
Sanford greatly endeared himself to
all and it was with sincere regret that
they learned of his resignation. Rev.
Mr.. Sanford is brother of F. H. San
ford of Brattleboro. Formerly he was
rector of the Episcopal church in
Bellows Falls. .-....
The light of the sun is 100000 times
greater than the full moon.
Grass or hay placed in a pipe for
a few days viii cause If to smoke as
sweetly as when it was new.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-23
Should Be Careful.

Little Elsie, aged five, was quietly
playing on the porch all afternoon
by her father and one of his friends,
enjoying smoke and having a chat
on political matters. They paid no
attention to the little girls presence
and Elsie seemed wrapped up in her
doll. That evening Elsie appeared
to be unusually silent and thought
full. Whom bedtime came she knelt
down to say her prayers. There
came the usual petition, and then
with slight pause she resumed in
a very earnest manner. "And now,
God, please take good care Of your
self, for If anything should happen
TO you, we should only have Mr.. VIII
son and he hasn't come up to faith
er's expectations. New York
Times.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-11-23
OUTSIDE CAPITAL NEEDED.

Outside capital is needed. Ash
land has provided fine, solid toun-
datlon FOR a resort, a great resort.
Outside money must be attracted o
Ashland and the interest Of outside
capitalists in the success Of the
project secured. The future Of this
resort Is recognized as assured BY
many big men from the world OF
finance, providing that the people Of
ashland and the city stay behind the
project. an opportunity TO give the
world solid evidence OF the intention
Of Ashland 10 welcome and back up
the efforts Of outside money in aid
ing in the development Of the resort
features is offered the voters Of the
city tomorrow in the charter amend
ment. The big essential feature Of
the proposed amendment is that it
guarantees to the outside investor
that for the next five years Ashland
will not neglect her park, mineral
water plant and resort ambitions.
There can not conceiyably exist a
citizen Of Ashland who conscien-
tiously believes that Ashland should
fail TO provide for the upkeep of her
several hundred thousand dollar in
vestment. Why not put the convic-
tion that the city must upkeep the
park into black and white as a guar
antee to outside investors that Ash
land will not quit" in the next five
years? The investor will ask no
more because he realizes that five
years will see a resort built here if
the peoples cooperation and united
efforts are applied for that time.