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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
Crimson and Purple Prepare for Battle

Sewanee, Tenn. october 2-(Special) sewanee's defeat of Louisiana State uni versity on last Saturday brings them again into the limelight. and people begin to realize that Sewanees new coach has developed a powerful football team up in the mountains of Tennessee. This new coach is not newcomer to the game. His name is Charles M. Best and from the masterfu way i'll which he has so far demonstrated his ability to handle the men there is no doubt about him being great success.
 When it was found that Coach Harris , Cope, who has so ably handled Se ! vance teams for the past few years, would not be able to return on account Of pressure of business caused by the war the Sewanee athletic board of control ] elected Best to take charge of the Tiger squad. Although Best is name new to southern football, it has long been well known to northern and western fan dom.
 Best became connected with sewanee last spring in a business capacity and as assistant athletic director.
 i Twenty years ago he entered upon his football career at Dickenson Pennsyl- vania prep school. For three years he was varsity quarterback at Lafayette university. His last year, go, he was cap tain and mainstay of that splendid team, which forced it's way into the big four by holding Princeton to 60. tie. Coach Yost of Michigan fame was one of his team-inates on this fast outfit.
 The fall following his graduation in '9s, he coached Chltenham Military acad- eny of Philadelphia. While at Chilten- ham Coach Best was assistant sporting editor of the Philadelphia North Ameri- lean, and since then his business activi- tiles have been largely confined to news paper and advertising work all over the country.
 In 1900 and 1901 he coached Drake uni versity. It was here that he achieved his fame as a coach by developing one oi the strongest teams of the middle west from squad of big, green farmers one of which was Dan McGugin, now ia
 nous coach of the Vanderbilt Commo- dores.
 In 1902 Best was at Purdue. Since ther land up to the present time his footbal activities have been largely associated
 with the Pacific coast, where his services as an official have always been in grea demand.
 Although the loss of Cope to the Sc
 vance machine was regarded as fatal b. } many followers at the beginning of tn year, Coach Best has by his splendi'
 work with green material put to rest al talk of Failure.
 .l Best is a hard worker and he get hard work out of his men. He believe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
STRAIGHT FOOTBALL HELPS GEORGETOWN ID WIN OVER Y. ?. l. Gilroy's Work Features. Virginians No Match for Their Heavier
 Opponents

Washington, october 27.-Straight foot ball, aided by two spectacular forward passes, enabled the heavier Georgetown eleven to defeat the Virginia Polytechnic institute team, 2S to Q, here today
 Georgetown scored within three mln- utes after the game started, Gilroy get ting away for almost 50 yards to touchdown McQuade scored few min utes later. Left Guard Dudack kicked both goals.
 The second and third periods were scoreless, the Virginians once taking the Fball on downs on their own five-yard line.
 In the final period after forward pass anC line bucking. Gilroy shot a forward pass to McQuade and the latter with clear field dashed over. Du- dack kicked the goal. McQuade, start ing through left tackle, tore off a 60-yard run for the final touchdown. Gilroy kicked the resultant goal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
NAVY AGGREGATION S[AUGHTERS WEAK HAVERF0RD ELEVEN Entire Scrub Team Is Used in Final Period-Navy
 Team Shows Great
 Form

Annono1is October 27.--Whipping Haverford with such ease that alter 70 ,oints had been scored in the first three r,ar,ods the entire scrub team was sent ,n the navy today completed total of PIP points in three games. The Visl- tors were never dangerous and only once did they make a-frst down. Only four times did they have the pail III their possession. At no time dld they hold the pigskin beyond the mioneio mark. While their weaker ana ugnter cnnonents were helpless at all times tba Sailors succeeded in making first down S2 times. The final score was o' to 0. The line e-up: <.
 Navy (S9)-von Heinburg, left end; Scaffe. left tackle. Perry, left guard Goodstein, center; Sanders, right guard Rarrett. right tackle; Ewen, right end; Ingram. quarterback; Marlin, left halt back; Roberts, right halfbaclS; Combs, fullback. Brown, left tackle; Lister, left guara' Torood. center; R. Miller, right guard; Rrinton. right tackle. Mitchell, right end: Busby, quarterback; Leonard, left .halfback; Dewee, right halfback Ian gree, fullback.
 Score by periods; Navy 20 20 35 14--S9 Haverford ........-.... Ou "
 Summary: Navy touchdowns, Roberts 3, Ingram 4, Combs 2, Wetchel l, Mar tin I, Rhodes 1, Murray 1. Goals from touchdowns, Ingram 9; Orr 2. Goals from touchdowns missed, Ingram 2 Haverford scoring, o. Referee, Thomp- son Georgetown Umpire, Williams Pennsylvania. Head nnesman, Murphy Brown Orr, Rhodes and Murray sub stituted for Ingram, Martin and Combs Each tallied touchdown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28

Lindblade. guard; height, feet inch; weight, 212.
 Emmett, halfback; height, 5 feet 8 inches; weight, 157.
 Noland, guard; height, 5 feet g inches; weight, 167.
 Brown, tackle; height, 6 feet, weight, 190.
 Boone. end; height. feet 3 inches; weight. 1so
 Rowe, guard; height,1s feet 1 inch; weight, 1S0.
 Jones' guard; height, 5feet 10 inches; weight 174.
 Houston. tackle height. 6 feet weight, 1S5. Lenoir, quarter; height, feet 6 inches; weight 160. Repetto; height, feet 3 inches; weight, 1S3.
 shaw end; height, feet Il inches; weight 162.
 Blair, halfback; height, 6 feet; weight. 168. Hastings, end; height, feet 1 inches; weight 1s5. O'Connor, halfback; height, feet; | weight, 163. l Sessions, center; height, 5 feet Il 1 inches; weight, ITO. 1 sewell, end height, feet 6 inches; weight, 150. ! cochrane. fullback; height, feet weight, 162.
 Hunt, tackle; height 6 feet, weight 165 1 Hood tackle; height, feet 2 inches 1 weight J85
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
WIN OF MICHIGAN 1. OVER NEBRASKA IS
 VESTS SURPRISE

Ann Arbor. Michy October 27.-AIich-
 igan's green, but powerful football
 eleven sprang surprise here this after
 noon by defeating the Nebraska univer-
 sity eleven. 20 to o. At no time after the
 first period did the visitors have a chance and poor generalship and glaring fumbles cost the Wolverines two or three |touchdowns. The game was played in a steady rain.
 In the first quarter Froemke of Mich |Igan. recovered a Nebraska tumble and down. Weimann kicKed goal. In the second period Welmanp finally crashed through for q toueh ehdowns Again he kicked Rn&l. WeiinAnn was the star in l the last halt 2lso keftink field goal iu
 oaeh of tho pefiodas < l ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
BASEBALL PLAYERS SHOW INTEREST IN {. BREAKING PIGEONS Large Number of Major Leaguers Expert Shots
 in Crashing Flying
 Clay Targets

Cleveland, October 27.--With the base
 ball season over and the paraphernalia
 slowed away for the winter the knights
 of the diamond show interest in other
 pastimes. The great majority of major
 league ballplayers devote that off sea
 son to recreation as they see it. for to
 them baseball is work.
 A great many of the stars ball tossers
 of the American and National leagues
 are excellent shots with the trapgun and
 devote considerable time to shooting in
 the field and at the traps during the
 five months that the pay check doesn't
 Hitter in with their mail.
 "Chief Bender, whose remarkable
 pitching with the Phillies the past sea-
 son is still the sensation wherever base
 ball is discussed, is one of the best trap
 shots in this dear old land of ours. and
 the Chippewa may be located at the
 Beideman club traps in Camden, N. J..
 several afternoons each week.
 Bender. with Harry Davis, captain of
 the Athletics; Christy Mathewson. man ager of the Cincinnati Reds, and Otis Crandall, now hurling in the Pacific Coast league, toured the country several years ago as a trapshooting squad and their performances awakened interest of other ballplayers to the sport.
 Grover Cleveland Alexander, who has turned in 30 victories in each of the past three years for the Phillies, is another who is an excellent shot and he pared off with Bender in a number of matches last spring. Billy Killifer, Alexander 5 battery mate, and Oscar Dugey, who is also on the Phils pay roll, are pretty nifty in the breaking of clay targets. Joe Bush, veteran hurler of the Mack men, is another, and is quite at home at the traps or in the field. He is just as good a shooter as he is a pitcher-and he is a mighty good pitcher. Iris Speak Ter is a good shot and so is Joe Jackson in fact all of the leading batsmen in the major league are excellent trapshots. Ty Cobb is as ardent a shooter as he is ballplayer and goes at the shooting game Just as strenuously as he does baseball Tyrus, with E. s. Rogers of Cleveland, and John Philip Sousa, IT., own 5000 acres of well-stocked hunting grounds on the Savannah river in Geor- gia, and on this private preserve Cobb spends the part of his vacation. On one excursion last winter Cobb and his l partner bagged $50 quail.
 Jack Coombs, one of the wisest hurlers baseball has ever known, is also an ar 1 dent shooter and every year he gathers a bunch of ballplayers together for an ex- pedition in Maine. Eddie Plank Bill ] Carrigan Lew Pennock, Tzzy Hoffman, Orvie Overall, Frank Baker, Gabby Cra- vath. John Henry Wagner, Walter John- | son, Ed Pfeffer, Bab Shawkey Wilbert I Robinson, Jack Dunn, Joe Cantillion and | Billy Sullivan--all well known to all
 baseball fans-are devotees of hunting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
SPORTS

Nashville, October M.-(Special )--After ploughing through huge gaps opened by Vanderbilt linemen and sweeping around the Hanks for steady. gains, the Com modores flattened the light Howard col lege eleven on Dudley Field this after noon under stock of Ii touchdowns and three goals. The score was 69 to 0. Never did the Baptists come within striking distance of the Commodore goal. Once In the early part of the second half when Gibson hurdled the ball 45 yards from a formation which bewildered the McGuginites to Walker on Vanderbilt's 7-yard line, a score against the Commo- dores seemed certain, but the wet bal slipped through the fingers of the How ard quarter and the chance was gone Had Walker received the ball, he had a clear field for a touchdown.
 Howard let loose a finely conceived air attack against Vanderbilt upon tho opening of the second half after having failed to gain more than 10 yards in tho first part of the game, which completely upset the McGugin eleven. Failure te execute the passes steadily, two being completed for a net gain of IS yards resulted more from insecure footing or the part of the Howard receiver thar Vanderbilt alertness.
 . Later in the game the Commodores Checked the aerial attack. Six passes were attempted by Vanderbilt, none Q (which were completed.
 with Hendrix and Lassiter shifted t the Hanks, the Howard backs, impedet by the sea of mud, were hurdled bacl py the strong forwards, who tore thu Saptist line to shreds in the early par of the game. Later heavy substitution! weakened the vandy front by fresf backs continued the scoring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
New Hampshire Makes
 History by Scoring on
 Strong Dartmouth Team

Hanover, N. H., October 27.-New Hampshire college, by alert football, today made gridiron history for itself by scoring touchdown on Dartmouth, the final score being 21 to in favor of Dartmouth.
 In the third quarter T. H. Irvine, the New Hampshire right end, grasped up Dartmouth tumble on New Hamp- shire's five-yard line and outsprinted the field in a 95-yard dash for 9 touch down. Dartmouth played a mediocre game, but braced up in the last pe- riod, when two touchdowns were made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
ARMY ENCOUNTERS {. STIFF OPPOSITION BUT RECORDS WIN

West Point, N Y, October z6.-Thd army football team was given hard bat tie by viIIanova today. Although the sol- diers won, 21 to z. except in the third period they were played to a standstili by the colIegians McGucklng and Ewing started in q series of forward pass plays, Ewing scoring in the opening quarter fof the visitors.
 Fine work by oliphant, wicks and Monroe in advancing the ball made ths score to at the end of the second quarter. In the third quarter the same trio aided by Knight, who bowled over villanova tackiers. put the visitors cn the defensive.
 In the final quarter. with many suhnti1 tutes in it's lineup. the army was fqced back to the 1o-yard line, where 1t Eith- stood the onslaughts of villa6ova's |
 backs until th@ whistle savsf them Lineup:
 Army (2D-Richardson. feft end; Knight, left tackle; Badger,f left guard; Stokes. center. Watkins. right guardi Smith. right tackle; Shrader, right ends Barrick. quarter back Wicks, left half i back; Monroe, right halfback; Oliphant, | fullback.
 1 yilIanova CD-McGrady. left end: Coan ! left tackle; Brennan, left guard; Lynch, center; Fogarty right guard; Mccarthy,
 right tackle; Ewing, right end; Diggles l quarterback; McGeehan, left halfbacl<. i Wiegand, right halfback; McGuckin, full 1 back.
 l Score by periods: l Army .......................... o IL o-2 1 Villanova ................... [ 0 O. Army scoring: Touchdowns. Wicks. Oii, | phant, Horr (substitute for Richardson) Goals from touchdown, Oliphant 3. Vil- 1 lanova scoring Touchdown, Ewing. Goa. l from touchdown, McGuckin. Referee Whiting, Corpell. Umpire, Okeson. Le high. Head linesman, Kirberger, Wash ington and Jefferson. Time of periods, I l minutes each
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
LiqM HOWdrd EleDen Is No
 Mdtch For Vdndy Machine
Bapss Are Helpless Before Rushes of Commodores- land Suffers Fractured Leg-Walker and Duke
 Star for Local Outfit
By BLrNKEY HORN

Only few regulars remained in the game to the finish Richardson for vandy bore the brunt of the attack, his gains ranging from , to 30 yards at a clip. Wilhite, Schwill and Adams shifted to fullback, alternat- ing the incessant hammering against 1 Towards S front. The majority of Van dy,s touchdowns resulted from straight marches, although the blocking of punts | by Dawes made possible two scores, while an intercepted forward pass paved the way for another. Walker and Duke were Towards stars, the latter fre- quently smearing the Commodores' plays, while his end was extremely difficult to | turn.
 l Strickland, the visiting center, sus- tained fractured bone in his leg in the | third period and. was carried from the field. The injury will prevent his play ling again this season, according to phy- sicans who examined the injury. l The lineup:
 | Vanderbilt: Lassiter. left end; Dawes, \ left tackle; McGill. left guard; Early, center; Meenick, right guard; Carman, right tackle; Hendrix, right end; Will hite. ouarterback; Richardson, right Ihalfback; Schwill, left half; Adams, full | back.
 ! Howard: A Duke, left end Haynes Ileft tackle; Pittard left guard; Strick- land, center; J. Price, right guard; Carr fright tackle; Kinney. right end; Walker l quarterback; Mcdonald, right halfback Jackson, left half; Gibson, fullback l The scores:
 l Vanderbilt ....-..-..-.----- ~ Q lo o-o | Howard .......-......-..... Q . D 0-
 Touchdowns: Richardson 4, Adams 5 McGaughey substituting for Richardson l2, Barman, Hendrix,
 Goals after touchdown, Wilhite 3. | Referee, E. Hamilton, Vanderbilt.
 Umpire, J. Hamilton. Vanderbilt. Heat tlinesman. Pinson, Vanderbilt. Time o1
 periods, 12 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
GENERALS VICTORS
 OVER N. CAROLINA A

Lexington, ya October 27.-Display- ing a dashing drive rarely seen on Wilson field, Washington and Lee scored 9 remarkable ome-back today and defeated it's ancient rival, North Carolina Agricultural and Engineering college, 2S to T. The Generals at ev- cry stage of the game outplayed the Aggies, making.19 first downs to the latter's four, and completing II for ward passes out of IA trials. The star for the Aggies was Homewood,z whose 55-yard run was responsible for theil only touchdown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
TEXAS A. & M. IS
 WINNER OVER l.. s. U,

San Antonio, October 27.-The Texas A. and M. college football team de- feated the Louisiana State eleven here this afternoon, 27 to 0, when the vis- itors' defense broke down in the fourth quarter
 The earlier periods were featured by a bunting duel between Ives of l.. S. U. and Collins of Texas, the Texan having the better of the contest. Col lins also scored two goals with drop kicks, one of them being from the 43-yard line. Maham, for Texas. scored two touchdowns and Weir one on . forward pass from Collins
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-28
SPORTS
Best ProDing Able Leader
 of Terrible SeWdnee Tigers
New Coach of Tennesseans Shows Remarkable Aplnty. Starred in Eastern Footbal-Veteran Is Coaching and
 Officiating Game-Popular With the Players
n. InHx nEARnoRN

in plenty of serimmage on the prineipie that doing thing is the only way to learn how He is very modest and un- assuming has little to say but when ne says something it is forceful and TO the point Probably his greatest asset ls his faculty Of entertaining tfe absolute confidence of his men.
 Coach Charles ,AL Best has proved distinct success. he is credit to ser
 wanee and sewanee men believe him to : be second to none in the south.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-10
HOW HE PERSUADED THE
GIRL TO MARRY HIM.

A writer in the February American
Magazine tells how he used salesman
ship methods to win his wife. Here
is n of his devices:
zone day she remarked that she did
not intend to get married for a num-
Der of years, no matter how attractive
an opportunity might be offered to
her, that she was young enough to
wait a while, she thought, and was i n
no hurry.
"The next time I saw her | was
armed with some interesting facts l
had obtained from a friend of mine
who is an insurance agent. These
facts dealt with the marrying ages of
women in various state, and showed
that the average bride is surprisingly
young. In other words, the woman
who does not marry before she is
twenty-five, stands an astonishing big
chance of not marrying at all. | told
her that out of every six girls of
twenty-five who refused a proposal,
only one, on the average, ever receiv-
ed a second offer of marriage. Of
course, I presented these figures in a
joking way. Thus they served the
double purpose of giving the impress
sion that l had a good sense of hu-
NOR, and also of setting her to think
ing"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-10
MRS. ID. C. TURNER
TOP SCORE AT BRIDGE.

Throughout the parlors of the beau
tiful Bonnet home at the corner of
Lapeer st. and Capitol Ave-, spring
blossoms in great quantities were ar
t~istically arranged for the afternoons
of bridge given Wednesday and
Thursday by Mrs. Roy Hardy and
Mrs. George Bonnet. Fifteen tables
for bridge were in play Wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. D. J. Waite and Mrs.
D. c. Turner of Atlantic City won the
top scores of the afternoon. Thurs
day afternoon both bridge and five
hundred were in play. Mrs. Law
renee Otto of Charlotte, is a guest this
afternoon. Luncheon was served at
the small tables after the games. In
the long French windows in the din
ing rooms of the home we're ported
daffodils and crystal baskets of yellow
narcissus and freesias, the handles
tied with bows of yellow tulle.-The
State Journal, Lansing, Mich, of Jan.
Of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-10
HERE IS SOME FASHION NEWS.

. Grace Margaret Gould, fashion edi-
tor of the Woman's Home Compan-
ion, says in the February issue:
"The latest umbrella shows a tiny
watch in the strap handle. The con-
servative umbrella is disappearing.
Colored umbrellas are the vogue, and
the leather strap handle the height of
style and convenience. The newest
umbrellas are seen either with leather
strap handles or white fiat handles
just touched with the color of the I'M
brella. Purple is the favorite shade,
though green, navy, and burgundy are
also used. Many novelty umbrellas
show a striped border.
every other day a new broadcloth
collar puts in ar appearance. A very
smart one is white broadcloth, large
and square and trimmed with two
inch block insets of colored broadcloth.
These insets are applied about three
inches apart along the edge. The col
lar itself is finished with an overland
ove stitch in floss matching the in
sets in color.
"The new skating sets of cap and
muff1er are stunning. They are of
soft wool mixtures in Scotch plaids-
the colorings both gay and subdued."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-10
MIDNIGHT MATINEE OF FOX'S
'ROMEO AND JULIET.

William Fox's "Romeo and Juliet
was SO enthusiastically received at the
Empire theatre, New Orleans, that the
management inaugurated midnight
matinees" to accommodate the extra
crowds. The "matinees" began half
an hour before midnight and lasted
until one in the morning.
William Fox presents Theda Bara
in a perturbation of "Romeo and JUL
et", S~hakespeare's superb tragedy.
The picture was taken at William
Fox's studio in Fort Lee, N. j. Thou
sands of dollars were spent to insure
absolute accuracy in details as well as
in essentials. Miss Bara's success as
an emotional artistic has been recog-
nized internationally. William Fox
has engaged a supporting cast which
is strong and we'll balanced.
The cast is as follows: Juliet, Theda
Bara; Romeo, Harry billiard; Mercu-
ito, Glen White; Friar Lawrence, Wal
ter Law; Tybalt, John Dillon; Paris,
Einar Linden; Montague, Edwin Ea-
ton; Capulet, Edwin Holt; Nurse, Al
ice Gale; Lady Montague, Victory
Bateman, and Lady Capulet, Helen
Tracy. Jane and Katherine Lee will
not be missed from the production.
These two children have the parts of
pages.
This picture will be shown at the
Strand Theatre next Tuesday, Febru-
airy 18th. Matinee. 2.30. Admission,
lOc. Evening, Z and 9; Children, 10c;
Adults, 15c.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-10
PLEASANTVILLE TRANSFERS,

Oakhurst Land Co. to John F. Pier
son, lots Nos. 20 to "a inc. in block
No: ITO on plan of Oakhurst; $1,000.
Joanna Doughty to Charles S. Ad-
ans, lot No. ID in Sec. No. 8, tract No.
5 of Risley & FAIR; $3.50.
The P~leasantville Land Co. to Will
liam Naylor, lot No. 7 in Sec. 80 on
map of Pleasantville Land Co; $500.
Mays Landing B. & L. Asso. to An
ME c. Shewell, lot No. 173 on map OF
Bayview Place; $4,000.
Harry V. Willetts to Samuel Ireland
lot No. % on plan of lots entitled Lo-
raine Ave; $2,100.
Theresa Raincsuk ct viz to Louis F.
Raincsuk, 30x140 it., Northwest side
of Jefferson Ave-, 12O #. Southwest
of Ashland Ave-, $125.
Harry NJ. Risley ct Tx. to Florence
Risley, 50x70 it., Southwest side of
Trenton Ave-, ITO fit. Northwest of
the Shore Road, $1,000.
Raymond P. Thompson ct TX. to
Clarence S. Leach, 50x150 it., South
east side of the Shore Road, so #.
Southwest of Verona Ave-, $1,000.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-02-10
THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY,

There are many in Pleasantville who
perhaps are not aware that a Free
Public Library exists. The only small
thing about it is its lack of money and
limited number of books. Undoubted-
ly there are many people in Pleasant
vile who have one or two good books
which they would be willing to donate
to the Public Library. There are 9TH
ers, undoubtedly, who would be willing
to contribute fifty cents or one dollar
toward the better equipping of the
Library both as regards books and the
facilities for handling them. Will all
those who are interested and generous
ly inclined, send their contributions to
the Librarian in CHARGE of the Public
Library in the High School. Pleasant
vile, N. ]. Any donation, no matter
how small, will be deeply appreciated.
The Public is invited to make use of
the Library and enjoy that which we
have at present.