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something startling before the game is over
Harvard meets tough foe In Tufts, but
there is little danger OF the Crimson team
going on the rocks. Princeton will mingle
with North Carolina and should win. Pitt
opens the season with Westminster State
takes on Bucknell and Lehgh meets a soft
opponent
Last Wednesday Swarthmore played n
practice game with Villanova, and after the
game the only players who were not hurt
were the substitutes that sat on the side
lines The game was arranged TO show the
weak spots Of the Garnet players and Il
was a bowling success Several weak
nesses were shown.
Fenny Baker was found to have a weak
shoulder and will be out of the game for
a week; Ridpath had weak rib, Doc Cor
nog a weak knee, Johnston's ankle weak
ened under the strain and the others are
suffering from other weaknesses In all.
three regulars have been relegated to the
| sdenes and the team will be weakened
considerably against Lafayette this after
| noon. t Htr- e ~ grBv rsii.
However. Coach Bin Roper has fighting
team and wlllie-beg pardon, Wilmer
Crowell's athletes win have to play their
| best to win. (" fr7
Haverford, too. has a tough job on her
| hands when she meets Stevens, and villa
/ nova plays Muhlenberg!a %,Jtf
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with Franklin and Marshall on Franklin
Field this afternoon in the second sched-
uled battle of the season Just how good
the Red and Blue is Mt the present time is
not known, but it is a cinch Folwell>s hopes
are In better shape than the gang from
Lancaster. outside OF Mylin, there are
many new faces In the lineup, and the
plucky +. and NJ. captain will be forced to
do the lions share Of the work.
Penn Should Win
Penn should win by n larger score, but II
will be interesting to note the improvement
In the team since the hard combat with
West Virginia. In the game against the
Southerners the forward pass worked like
bicycle rider with broken leg. but that
was to be expected. The players did not
have enough practice, an entirely new back
field was in the game and the men were
not accustomed TO their positions. Today,
while the play probably will not be per-
fected. II will work with more smoothness
and a few touchdowns will be made.
w. and l.. Should Beat Army
Up at New Haven Tad Jones has his
Blue machine. in good working order fol
Virg mia, but Yale is not at all confident OF
winning the game Virginia started Old Elf
| losing streak last fall when she scored thai
| l0-to-0 victory. and the Jonesmen are Out
for revenge. This is the first OF the Ions
| string of last years defeats to be wiped
out and II also is the first real test Of tn,
year. A defeat now will ruin all OF tht
early confidence shown by the Yale team
and the players will work hard to win tn
| contest. Virginia however. has a stronl
eleven and is likely to spring surprise.
| Washington and Lee. one of the bes
teams not only In the South. but also in tn
United States. lines up against West Point
and according TO the dope, should wallo
| the standing army all over the parad
| ground. logger Elcock. the coach ha
| turned out wonderful teams In the las
three years, but has received little cred
| for his work. Today he has chance
| break into the select circle and It's a saf
bet that the men from the South will sho,
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ALL YOUNG GOLFERS MUST
GO THROUGH THREE STAGES
By GRANTLAND RICE

ERANCIs oUIMET. ex-open and ex-ama-
l. teur champion before he was twenty-one,
was discussing the future possibilities of
young stars a day or two ago. when a
young boy starts in playing golf" said
ouimet, "or rather youth Of seventeen or
eighteen. there are three stages in his
career Much depends upon the fate that
guides these important developments OF his
game.
How many promising youngsters have
you seen who suddenly came upon case
Of arrested development Who go so far
and then for no particular reason, appar-
emily quit where they were?
The First Stage
'sThe first stage" continued Ouimet, us
merely a matter OF hitting the ball. The
youngster has picked up his form uncon-
sciously He doesn't have TO bother about
this detail or that one. He doesn't worry
about his grip or his stance. He has one
idea in his head at the tlme-and that ID
TO step up and hit that ball.
And he does very we'll His shots
go away nicely because his concentration
isn't broken and there is nothing to worry
about And then the prediction comes that
a new champion is on the way.
The Second Stage
",rhen comes the second stage. The
NOunBstef IL now pldyinB ifoh ." W oN,
and he finds his Improvement isn't so rapid
ns II used TO be. So he begins to theorze.
lie decides TO improve his style or form.
lie first begins TO work upon his grip
! Then he decides TO change his stance.
| bit later he begins 10 watch his swing,
| lie tries fiat swing and then an upright
swing. He begins to study the working
| effect OF his wrists In the shot.
And for a while his game begins 10 slip.
| II he doesn't handle this experimental stage
| correctly and give II proper thought II may
| set him back many years or put com'
| plete barrier before any advance. III he
| does study the various ways Of making a
shot correctly and practice intelligently
his game will soon get TO a much soundel
| basis, and when he gets on for while he
will have a landing spot In the knowledge
! he has picked up.
The Third Stage
THE third stage" Oulmet added. sis an
other important one In the golfers careeer
| This Is the stage OF imagination. Here the
golfer begins TO imagine faults that dom
exist He picks up queer superstitions. H'
may imagine, as some do, that he has e
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MARY COASTMAN WINS
Captures Free-for-All Pace at Mount
Holly, Making Seven Straight

MOUNT HOLLY, n. j., oct. 7.--The ex-
cellent racing in evidence during the week
at the Mount Holly fair was repeated yes
terday. with a large program. The free-for-
all pace, postponed from Thursdays card
was won by Mary Coastman, In the final
heat. She took the leadpn the first turn and
Joe Boy simply traied her TO the wire,
making a drive when near the finish. This
is her seventh straight victory and her Sec
ond win for this week.
The postponed 2;19 class trot after going
seven heats was finally won by the Del.
aware entry, Tonico, with Sam Forman
failing in second place, and Kinney Nc
Gregor apparently not up TO a fast heat
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CARPENTER Too Busy to Box

AVIATION HEADQUARTERS, behind the
deorsss carpentIsr. heavywsiEht champion OF
EuroPs was 5,srYiewsd r ey sPesls osITmS59n @
motsrs 70 meet Jack. Dillon N New York 81
twenty yrqpnd Contests n Sag Francisco early
In 1915 said catPen,tisr,;, ~ ~, an, an too busS
things at the present time, When the war il
United States.
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SCHOLASTIC FOOTBALL GAMES
Central High Plays Opening Game at
Houston Field

Eight school football teams will open
their regular season this afternoon. Central
High, with its first team shot to pieces
owing to the number Of men having con-
ditions. will line up against Wilmington
High at Houston Field. Northeast opens
with Williamson school, Catholic High
plays Norrlstown High at Norristown and
81. Joseph's tackles Swarthmore Prep at
Swarthmore. The schedule:
Central High vs.. wilmington High, at
Houston Field.
Northeast VS.. williamson. at Twenty
ninth and Clearneld streets.
Catholic High vs. Norrstown High, al
Norristown.
st. Joseph's VS.. swarthmore Prep, al
Swarthmore.
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Not 0verconfident - Moth
ing to Be 0verconfident
About, Says Penn Leader
EAGER FOR WESTERN TRIP
RY NEIL MATHEWS

periods-iO minutes.
We had n good, fast practice yesterday
afternoon and had our plays running IN nice
shape Folwell made a few changes In the
lne-up, and the team rs II lined up Tor
signal practice will start the game. The
line was composed OF Miller. Little. Neiu,
wray. wirlNman, Ray Young and myself
Young has been plugging along. working
hard and getting into every play, 50 Fol-
well will start him. Uruuhart, however
will be held ready TO jump In at any mo-
ment Light will run the team from quar-
terback. and Derr and Williams will play
the halfback positions. while ouigley will
be at fuilback.
These men will not play the entire game,
however, as we want TO give every one a
chance TO make showing. ouigley VIII
do the punting, and IL we have an oppor-
tunity 10 kick field goal he will be called
upon. IL he fails. and we get another
chance. williams will be assigned to the
lob The men are In hne shape, ana
seem eager to get into the fray, which is
a good sign.
/ do not think any one Is overconfdent-
we have nothing TO be overconfdent about
our idea being to play and to play hard
hoping to perfect ourselves In our play
with an eye to the future.
word about our Western trip would be
most opportune at this moment. Yes. we
| are going to go, all right. We received
| the invitation which Is extended annually
70 some one of the Eastern schools by the
| city Of Pasadena, Cal. The invitation per-
mits OF n party OF twenty-five. including
PLAYERS, managers and coaches. We are
| to have all our expenses paid, but are to
| receive no share of the receipts nor are we
| permitted 10 play any other game either
| going or coming. We are to leave here De
cember 21 and we play the game on New
| Years Day.
The opponent is not named In the con-
| tract hut IL will be the champion OF tn,
coast. We all hope II will be Andy Smith,
! University of California team. Such
| game would create quite little Pennsyl
| vanla spirit on the coast
The men all are looking forward TO tax
ing the trip. II is too bad we can't TAX,
more, as there are many who deserve to &c
but l cannot see how we can take NOR
than twenty players at the most. OF cours
they will be the letter men and the mos
| faithful of the substitutes. No one witt
any conditions in college work can be takei
either, as that is one Of the stipulations Il
the contract.
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Black in Line.up for Yale Today

NEW HAVEN Conn. Oct. Iy-Yale held only
signal practice yesterday as hnal preparations
for the University Of Virginia .Eame today.
Captain Black was announeed ready TO start the
back 70 right end and Maurice Smith was placed
n ia moi certain whether lie Gore and jacques
would be able 70 play right halfbaek and full.
back respectively. Jim Braden, who has Just
been declared eligible. may play part OF the
game.
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Giants Blank Lafayette College Nine

would n hSye been sStisned with the day OF the
New York Giants Yesterday. as they rs shut 1t
o 10 o. Gerard started the pitching for
Lafayette, and seven runs were made on him IN
three innings. Miller. the new Lafayette pitcher
from the Tome School pitched the rest OF me me
game was called at the end Of the seventh 10 per-
NIT New York TO catch a train.
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HARTE IN CRIMSON LINEUP
Harvard Presents Strong Combination
Against Heavy Tufts Team

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Oct. I'm the
third game OF the season, Harvard faced
the strong Tufts eleven. Harvard found
il necessary to present its strongest line
up. TO stop the visitors, whose backheld
10 considered one OF the fastest OF the
larger colleges and heavy line that the
crimson warriors found hard to pierce.
The lineup:
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address the ball four or five times before he
can swing; that he has to stand over q
putt for two minutes; that he can't play
with any noise around that he can't make
a shot after a long delay; that his clubs
are too heavy or too light or too short or
too long In fact, there is no limit TO a
golhng imagination once II is given free
rein.
But these things must be all cast aside
Winning golfers have few pecularities in
making their shots. There is no waste
motion or freak play to such golfers as
Evans or Travers. Travis or Vardon or Ray
They have all gone successfully through the
first and second stages. And they have not
allowed their imaginatipns to upset them IN
the third save only in the putting case OF
Evans; for / am confident his lack Of sue
cess upon the greens for 80 many years was
due as much TO Imagination as II was to .
faulty way of hitting the ball
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Facts About Series
for Baseball Title
rcam.-BostOn Red sO1. brooklyn ID

rcam.-Boston Red sox. brooklyn DodE-
ers.
Flaee-Rraves Field. Boston.
tame starts at y. m teastern timcl
Umpirrs--O'Day and Qulgley. Of the Ma
tlonal Leaguei Dlncen and Connolly OF the
American League,
Probable attendance-f5, 900.
Probable recelptS-S9O. 200.
BettinE-IO 10 Bo.tnn wins hrst ramei
10 10 q Boston wins series. -
Seat prlce--Boxe-. S5g grnnd stand, tSi
first base pavilion. SEA third base pavilion,
Sit bleachers. SO cents.
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Notwithstandi n q
the fact that the
Red Sox and
Brooklyn are
nghting " out to
see which team
is the better. n
bunch OF perfect
ly good football
teams win put
on their acts, az
per schedule. and
the elovens Will
play to see which
teams are the
worst. About ten
will have quail
fed tonight be-
fore the electric
lights are gleam-
ing.
To begin with,
Penn will mix
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Toddy's Football Games
With Last Years Results

~. . scsrcs.
uIrsnta rlsIS 't;,,,.. \, s:.s.,s::.'. ~
rTlnseton vs.. North Csroiisa. al
Yale vs. Virginia, al New Haven. e-ie
Dartmouth ". Lebanon Valley. AZ
Lsisssiis vs.. svSri6Iaic;r,... al iEa.-
LtsIsh vs.. xibrisht. at south meth. =
MaSisSberr vs.. viiianoys,.' al villa.
Penn, State vs.. 'Bnckncli. al stats
W, and j. vs.. W. virginia we..
syssSa:, lsssn: at .. WoHssIsIns,Op osIS 3. rs
SSsssS SS ss so'ss:s-S 5:s a. :, Ana s'SsSs.' SsSs4
utsinas VI, was6lnstcn ooiIcse. al
wiiiiamss wiiiis'' vs. Union. at winism.tow,aa IA
haYcriord rs. stevens Institute. at
Amherst vs., Bowdoin nj Amberst' D. D
Iirown vs.. Trinity. at Providence. o.
ShstneEe Insutute vs.. Bethany, at
Catholic fnlv.. vs. Richmond. al
Colssse Cl'%s us. Maine. az iism,ton.'.,''.
Colby w.. n. n. STATE, az Water
coIin@bla IiIIls V. Hiiami,iS:in.. a New yois 70
Holy Crosse vs., bates. az wcricestsr., 10
MiehiEan AEEies vs.. Carroll. at East
r.s' NV g. i'sH s.' p,i:SsT.;. i, chester: e.
susauehnnna vs.. Dickinson Seminary.
Rochester vs.. st. Lawrence. at RceG: ~
y.y%sn, s,,SS v. ,cl.;t:oDI: Il ns,,,..;.. -
denotes did not play.
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Burton whitman Official Scorer

BOSTON Oct. 7.-Burton whitman OF the
Boston Traveller. was elected official scorer q
the worlds series games In this city 70 act Win
the National Commission scorer.
long will be remembered.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

BATTING AVERAGES
xho have taken part I'm fifteen or
psrs games. .v.
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Topeka Nine to Be Transferred
TOPEKA, Kan. Oct THE Topeka Wesfern
League Baseball Club will be removed TO some
Kan.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BATTING AVERAGES
Players who have taken part in fifteen or more
O. AB. r. II. sB. SHE. Av.
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The Third Stage

THE third stage" oulmet added, sis an
other important one In the golfers careeer.
This Is the stage Of imagination. Here the
golfer begins TO imagine faults that don't
exist. He picks up queer superstitions. He
may imagine, as some do, that he has to
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-19
The Open Column



Editor the Missourian: A new way
of foretelling springs approach has
been found. The would-be poets have
called our attention to their harding
ers of spring" in many ways. but the
flowers of their vocabularies have been
blighted by the presence of snow.
In the interim comes the discovery
upon which the snow has no effect
One of the professors in the College
of Arts and Science is looking for a
Shetland pony. He has expressed a
desire to know just what the differ
ence is between a Shetland pony and
any other pony. How high should
they be? And how fat? How can
one tell if they are really gentle?
This man has a child, it is plain to
see. Ponies have been the subject of
discussion in at least one home. and
the child has felt spring in the air.
This line of circumstance indicates
the coming of spring in spite of snow
or mud
OF what avail are the weather fore
casters contending against such as
this? They say that spring is not
yet here. The child claims it is and
longs for the outdoors. Who will dare
judge between them? BIC.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-19

Piles could be bought in Columbia for
50 to 81 a barrel. but | do make it
now. If Mr.. Roberts will stick s. in
to his jeans and walk into any on" of
three stores | visited, he can become
the owner of full barrel of lirSt-
class Jonathans or Winesaps; for So
To $3.50 he can obtain good Canes. and
plenty of genuine culls can be OBJ
tanned in Columbia for about 81. | do
not say they are culls, though their
complexion would indicate it but
they should prove as satisfactory as
the Sc to So kind.
The 81 apples l saw were about No.
| grade, though they could have been
Better graded. Undoubtedly there are
lots of soft fruit and culls on the
market, and fruit is higher herr than
It is quoted on markets like St. Louis
However. good apples can be obtain
ed at reasonable prices if you want
them. J. A. MARKS.
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CAMBRIDGE WAN HERE MONDAY
Prof. &. Loves Dickinson Will Speak
on international Reconstruction"

G. Loves Dickinson, lecturer and
fellow of Cambridge University. Eng
land. who will speak at Assembly at
the University Auditorium at O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon, will arrive in CO.
lumbia tonight. He comes to the Uni
versity under the auspieces of the
World Peace Foundation and will
speak on international Reconstruc-
ton After the War;
Professor Dickinson is an authori-
ty on the subject of international rela-
tions, according to Prof Manley o.
Hudson of the School of Law He is
a member of the Council for the Study
of International Relations, of which
ViscOunt James Bryce is president He
is the author of many books and con-
tributor to magazines of England and
the United States. One of his best
known works. Letters of John China
man." which appeared anonymously in
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-19
ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION

Tuesday, April. 4th. 1916.
In compliance with Sec, No. 10SiI. Re-
vised Statutes 1909 notice is hereby
given to the qualified voters Of the school
district of Columbia. in the County of
Boone and State of Missouri that the an
nual school election will be held in said
district on Tuesday, April 4th 1916 And
among other things specified by law the
following Will be proposed and consid-
cred. First. to elect two directors to
serve for period Of three years Sec
Ond, to increase the annual rate of taxa
tion in the sum Of 6Oc. on $4,000 yalua-
tion for teachers and incidentals over
and above that provided by law for school
purposes.
Said election will be held in conjunction
with the city in the City of Columbia.
Mo. at the same polling places and un-
der direction Of the same judges and
clerks, and voters living out of said city
Will vote in that ward of said city to
which they would he attached if the ward
lines of said city We're produced in
straight lines thruout said territory 10
the limits Of said district. The polls
will be opened at 90 o'clock a. IN. and
closed at set of said day.
Done by the order of the Board of Di-
rectors of said district of the 9th day of
March, 1916.
JNO. L. HENRY. Sec'y.
TO THE VOTERS.
The levy submitted for school pur-
poses is not an increase over that of last
year but is an increase over the amount
that may be levied by the school board
without Il vote Of taxpayers being had I'm
der the law the school board can only levy
up to foe. on the $4,000 valuation without
such vote. The levy submitted this year is
just the same that has been voted for the
past several years and if the proposition
carries the rate of taxation for school pur-
poses will be the same as in 1915.
JNO. L. HENRY,
Secretary
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longed in the second platoon. but
when they saw Merle in command of
the first platoon, they thought there
was some mistake, and hurried into
the first platoon. ignorant of the fact
that the lieutenants were twins. AS
the result, the company was so con-
fused that the captain had to have his
men fall out and reform them.
But the commissioned officers were
wiser than the privates and knew the
twins apart by their shoulder-straps.
Here is Merle" they said. I'VE know
him because he is a first lieutenant"
Recently, however, appointments
for this semester were announced and
Earle was made a first lieutenant
Now that both of the twins will here
after wear identical shOulder-Straps.
their fellow officers will agin be con-
fronted by the eternal riddle, (which
is who. and who is which,"
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1902, was believed by most readers
to have been written by a Chinese.
William Jennings Bryan declared that
the author never saw the inside of
western home.
This is Professor Dickinson's third
visit to the United States. His last
lecture tour of America was in 1902
In 1928 he travelled around the
world as the holder of Kahn fellow
ship.
Besides his Assembly lecture. Pro-
fessor Dickinson will also address the
International Polity Club at 7:3O
O'Clock tomorrow night at the Y. NJ.
c. A. Auditorium.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-19
Rural Students Quizzed Here,

Seventy-five pupils from the seventh
grades of the rural schools of Boone
County took the county examinations
in the courthouse yesterday. Forty
took the eighth grade examination
Friday. According to George T..
Porter, county superintendent of
schools, the examination is meant pri-
marily for the schools that closed
early. To make the work more uni
form, however, pupils from nearly all
of the rural schools now take the ex
aminations