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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
BELLE MEADE STUD
WILL BE WIPED OUT
snte November ~ Marks End Of the
Thoroughbred Breeding on Large
s. ale I'm Tennessee.

Lexington, Ky, Nov. A famous
thoroughfred nursery will disappear
from the map and the last breeder of
race horses On considerable scale In
Tennessee Will retire. when the Belle
Meade stud of Walter o. Farmer is
dispersed Mt Lexington on Novemb Der
IA
Two wears ago Mr. Farmer moved
his Edenwold stud to Belle Meade with
the intention OF rehabilitatlng what
stock farms In the United. and which
had, In the lifetime OF the late Gen,
William H. Jackson, been the domocile
OF Iroquois, the only American horse
mat has Won British derby, also OF
Inspector a., Luke Blackburn, Mont
d'Ct ami Gotham. and had sent Tam
many. Proctor Knott, fremont. I'm
perator. Irritable, Endurance BY Right
and a score OF other celebrated horses
to the American races.
Having lost The Com moner by death
Mr.. Farmer established the imported
stallion. Assagai, &. brilliantly bred soH
OF Spearmint at the head of his new
STUD and bought a number of highly
bred mares at the dispersal sale OF the
late James Ben All Haggin once fam
GUS Elmendorf farm to take the places
of the aging Edenwold matrons.
But he was unable to get the pastur-
age adjoining the old Bells Meade
manor house, the original farm of the
Hardings and the Jacksons having
been divided into smaller holdings
some years before. and he embarked
Oh "A businens venturs in South Ameri'
ca, which seems likely to keep him
busy for some time to come. So he
decided early last summer TO sell, And
when he shall have carried this plan
out on November IL, Tennessee vii
very nearly hava ceased to he fac
tor in the production of thoroushbreds
an fndurtry in which she led the entire
country thirty and forty years ago. The
few breeders OF race horses In Ten
nessee are producers on small scale
MIR. Farmer will sell without reser-
vations. He does not expect to take Ut
( breeding of horses again. Assagai
whose first yearlinss were knocked
town TO TIL. highest bidders at Sara
toPa last summer and. for the mos
part brought excellent prices viii &c
under the hammer with thirty~thres
mafeg many OF which hnve won dis
tinction as producers in the last ter
or fifteen yea s.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
Harvard Coaches
Now Free Agents

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. 1.-Two
Harvard coaches are free agents.
william Hsines. the coach of the
crew, whose contract ran out last
June, has not been asked to renew It.
Hugh Duffy, who signed up us coach
OF the Crimson nine Last spring. has
practically fulfilled his contract with
out seeing his team put through their
PAGES, because Of the war.
fIaines nas wofNe SKI weeks This
fall at so much per week In fort
night fall rowing will be- abandoned
AT Harvard. and there will be little or
no need OF keeping the high-priced
Haines on the payroll The Harvard
rowing authorities may keep the Eng
lsh professional with them over the
winter to provide further instruction
for the freshman eight which ir to
take water against Yale al in the
spring, but this is doubtful.
There are several coaches working
around the Harvard boathouse who
could assist the hrst-ye men on the
rowing machines II they work indoors
during the winter. With wa~ still
looming strongly on the horizon and
with no prospects OF variety crew,
Haines may become free agent In
deflnitely--that is. as far as Harvard
is concerned.
The same situation holds good for
, Hugh Duffy, but il is likely that the
| old leaEner will be secured to handle
! the freshman team If the varsity is
not to be organized and It will not
| be II the war continues,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
Higgins Played
Under an Alias

"Dopesters" have lost chance to
pick UP a few stray dollars because Of
the fact that they have been unable to
present to the fan public the playing
record of Miller James Higgins, new
Yankee manager. when he was q mem
Der of the Mansfield. O.. team Of the
Interstate league in 1899.
The reason this dope" never has
that the statisticians did not know that
versity of Cincinnati. was doing the
Eddie Collins and Ed Reulbach stunt
and pastiming under an alias.
Higgins. In Mansfield In 1899. was
known as Proctor" and he played In
forty games for the Interstate leagaers.
scoring twenty runs, making thirty-one
hits and having batting average of
1853. Proctor" played third in eleven
games and short in seventeen. his aver
ages in thess two positions being 500
and .926,
Some of the "Proctor's" associates In
the Interstate league of eighteen years
ago were Nick Altrock. comedian
coacher of the Senators: Bob Gilks. who
has been scouting for two years for
Higgins new team; "JigEs" Donohue
later famous tirst baseman Of the White
Sox and since dead; Johnny Dobpsr now
managing New Orleans: Charley Frank,
the Atlanta leader; Earle Moore, for
many years a star pitcher on the two
circuits; Long Bob" Ewing. who last
ed In the majors about as long as
Moore. and "Tacks" Latimer, the
"Rube" Waddell OF backstops,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
HlONE
rFpLb/&.FkIE:::...

With only three games howied in
the Palace Duckpfn league last week.
the standing OF the clubs remained
the same as far as tho lead srHhi3 Is
con cerned. The Tigers, who were tied
with the Cubs for the third place, slip
ped to the bottom as p consequence OF
three defeats 1T the hands Of the In
dians Since the acquisition OF Bow
man 70 the lineup OF the latter the
peda1ep appear to be the class OF the
league Although on prper the Tigers
seem to be among the hest, still so far
the. hs We failed to strt';" their stride
However. the men are now rounding
into form. and with Jones making
strikes right and left and Arthur siee
back or the firing line, the opponents
wit, have TO guard t1nir laurels close
ly. Ed" Chester has also broken tho
ice and makes a spare now and then
mostly then.
J. <. Allen has handed his resigna-
ttcn to Captain Pat" Lehman. OF the
-e,,sAs-aH.A las successor rtil- A4e@a IA
TO the game with the Tigers scheduled
for Friday might.
Or wednssdky the Giants meet the
indians. and three hard fought bat
tvs are looked for The Indians are
or the warpath, massacreing every
thing In sight, taking the last ri1
straight games and still going strong
But the big men boast OF such men
a. waidbauer. Bentley Cosby. "Blon
dy" West and Austin among their war
riore and they are confident they car
otrtgeneral the Indians roster OF But
Ter, Bowman. Speed Burton AND
Captain Goodrich. The outcome hangs
in balance.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
Football Experts Surprises Performances Williams College and No Dame Team
ELEVEN
MAY SOON O|SbAhO
Lack "f Material Makes IL Certain
Team VIII Play Only One
More Game-

Princeton, n. j., November A.
Princeton may play only one more foot"
ball contest this fall The Tigers are
negotiating for game November 10
with some army team, and II lie prob
able that this will re the last game
Those in chari;c of football declare
there is little likelihood of a game
with Harvard
In spite OF great efforts II has been
Impossible to arouse any keen interest
in the gridiron sport. The contest with
the Camp Dix eleven attracted crowd,
was voted a success. and IL was thought
that Il would serve as stimulus 10
the Tigers laEging interest. But there
are not enouF h football players in coll
leSe. and thu students appear TO be
more Interested in military work than
in athletics
Coach Rush is still here. and is con-
Quoting practices, but they are far dif-
fereut from what the Tiger 'varsities
OF past years have been accustomed to.
In compliance with request from
President Hibben. practice is held only
three days a week. leaving two after
moons open to military drill. The work
outs are more or less easy, and the men
are out there to enjoy themselves
rather than to imbibe football knowl-
edss.
II is an interesting fact that the
Tiger Varsity had had practically no
scrimmaRe outside of that in the Camp
Dix game. since It's organization. The
team had no scrimmage previous to
this contest. This Is due to the fact
that there have not been enough men
reporting to make up two full teams
Coach Rush has been anxious to or
ganiEe a Princeton eleven. but his ef-
forts were not sufficient to cope with
the lack of material. He has been In
Princeton nearly all fall. coaching the
freshnen along with Fred Dawson
looking after the varsity candidates
who report and seeing generally that
football in Ttgertowu does not pass en-
tirely into decgdence.
AS an example OF the manner In
which the Tiger practices are conduct
cd. the work Of last Thursday after
noon may be cited. Foster Sanford, the
Rutgers head coach. tourneyed over
from New Brunswick with a bagfull OF
explanations concerning his multiple
kick" which he invented about year
ago Sanford explained the theory OF
the play. and then the Tigers put In
about an hour pract'cing the kick
They did not pisn 10 use Il; they were
merely interested In It's execution and
so they spent an enjoyable afternoon
/ learning it's fntricscies Rush then pu'
his squad through brief driil in sig
nails. and gave his kickers a workout
The Tigers do NOT intend to be entirely
/ unprepared, IL they meet strong army
( team.
/ It is not known what team the I'll
gers will engage. They have severa
! Invitations One is from team at Fort
! Niagara for a game In Buffalo. The
j men themselves are anxious for this
! trip. but It Is not considered likely thai
= twill Aa-alIaN ed -by-tA-~ coffcgS au
| thorities.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
PROGRAM AT rINE1IuRST-
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

November QUAIL shooting sea-
son onens.
November ga - Golf Closing
fcham pionship tournament OF the
Moore County Country club.
November 1o.-Golf, First Of the
weekly putting contests for women.
November 10, IL, lS.-Golf. Sec
ond annual Carolina tournament fthe
opening ev, Mt OF the regular tourna-
ment seaSorD.
November I7.-Goh, Opening Of
the Tin Whistles tournament series.
Contest versus DOGGY.
November 1s.--Shooting. Opening
Of the weekly shooting contests sor
women, under the direction OF Annie
Oakley.
November 90, Il, %. 20, 24,--Golt
Fourteen annual autumn tourna-
ment
November ~. 2s.-The sandhill fair
and races Braces, contests, pagean-
try. folk dances. ,xhihits)
November ae.-Golf. Tin whistles
medal play contest. Two classes
November zs.-Racing. Thanksxiv-
| ing Day race meeting. Ofncial OPEN
Ing of the racing season.
November s0,-First fox hunt OF
the season.
December Golf. Tin Whistles,
medal play, twelve selected holes.
December 6. Racing. secon
meeting.
December 10.---First gymkhana OF
tho ason.
December 10.--Golf Tin Wbisties
m edal play. two classes
December II, IL, IS, 14-Tennis
Sixth annual st. Thomas tournament
December 12.-Ractng. Third meet
t ing.
December 17.-Gymkhana
December 1T.--Golf TIN Whistles
four ball medal play.
December is.-Tra pehooting- One
hundred target handicap tournament
December 1s,-Racing. The Pine
hurst fall steepiechase and fiat races.
Entries close December l. Added
money: $3.50 for each event.
December 24.--Gol Tin Whistles,
against DOGGY, two classes.
December 25,-Trapshootin One
hundred target handicap tourna-
ment.
December 25.---Racing Christmas
Day meeting.
December 7s. 20. 81. January /, 2,
Golf. Fifteenth annual midwinter
tournament.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
A. A. ]. WILL CHANGE
RULES FOR SOLDIERS
Delegates In Favor ef Allowing En-
listed Amateurs TO Compete
Agsinst Pros.

New York, Eov. 4.---Ths legisl alton
committee of the Amateur Athletic
union. of which Justice Barlow s.
Weeks is cha irman. has made Its re-
port upon che amendments to the A.
A. Z. constitution, bylaws, general
and athletic rules submitted to it, and
Secretary Frederick w Ruben yes
terday mailed copies of this report, as
required by the constitution, to the
delegates who Will attend the annual
convention at the Missouri Athletic
association in St Louis on Novem-
Der 10.
Probably the most important
amendment reported by the legisla-
ton committee liz the one permitting
enlisted men In the United States serv-
Ice to compete among themselves dur
ing the war without A. A. II. registra-
ton and without their amateur stand
ing being affected by the fact that
they compete with or against pro-
fessionals. provided the prize COM
peted for Is other than money.
This proposed amendment also pro-
vides fer the participation of enlisted
mon In public competitions or exhibit
tons as members of teams against all
status oe the members of either team
being affected.
No Ban for Men I'm Uniform.
No objection to the adoption of the
amendment is anticipated, as all Of
ficiais OF the Amateur Athletic Union
feel that there should be no line
drawn between the amateur and pro-
fessional while wearing the uniform
OF the United States.
The clau regarding team competi-
tions allows a team of enlisted men,
some OF whom may be professionals
to compete against an all amateur club
or college team in football or baseball
without affecting the ap1steur status
OF the club or college team Or the
amateurs on the team imposed OF
enlisted men.
The trouble which arose last spring
over an athlete representing his club
in a race, while recorded at Metro
politan association headqua rters as
unattached" although he had applied
for transfer to his club several days
prior to the race, which transfer waa
placed on file and was not officially
passed upon by the registration COM
mittee until after the race was con-
tested. is responsible for the proposed
amendment which provides that
when transfers are approved. the
change OF registration shall be effec-
tive from the date of the receipt OF
the application for transfer by the
registration committee,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
Scott Does His Bit
And Gains a Bit

Death Valley Jim Scott now has Of
ncial knowledge of the playing OF the
world series games between the Giants
and tn, White Sox. 1t caInc Few
days age In the shs pc Of a check from
Gomiskey for s3,600 and some odd
dollars, ;ust as big a share as Red
Frber. Eddie Collins, or any OF the
heroes received for their work
When Scott signed up with the
United States training camp and wa
ordered to the Ssn Francisco Presfdio
his pals of the club told him he was
not TO be orgotten. Now thew might
have given !im half share or son .
thing OF the sort. Bot that isn't the
White Sox style. Scott was doing his
bit in San FRANCISCO, and he was
counted In Just the same as the other
fellows.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
LITTLE. WILLIAMS COLLEGE
TEAM CREATES SENSATION
By JAMES j. CORBETT.
downright 1917 by King Features Syndicate, lnc)
Nv JAMES J. CORBETT.

, liarns came bpck with a letter asking
Waike- TO drop around. lie did.
The task Of coach here Is quite
hcpeie.-." waller was told, But II
you want the fob You can have IT,"
why is IL hopelesx7
Because only two mon are left
from last years team ard II doesn
look as II there's real football play
er In the scrub squad"
"I'u take a chance" answered
walkar
Williams football squad totalled 20
all but two were green" men. The
candidates we're light. the heaviest OF
them all banning only arc md lIo.
Worst of all, tho boys didn't welcome
Walker. They were too young back
IN the ta04-05-0s perio1 TO know
about walker az footenHer. And
he hadn't figured much IN grfdiron
news since Theg6 have gone wild
about Mahan. or Br'ckiey, or Barrett
or somo Of the other recent stars. But
WaIker-that wa $ diITerentl
That's what Walker had to contend
with at the wharf.-the very same Fred
NJ Walker who to-day is tho greatest
hero that willinrns'own, Mass. ever
knew; the willismu college IDOL and
the 1917 sensation Of the football
cOHCnl0E WpTlu-
Walker went about his task IN n
business like way. re made his mon
know he was hoss Quickly trey dis
covered that walker knew football as
few men know Il They became filled
with admiration and respect for MIN.
walker rec l.7ed that with team that
vernRad ONLY 1871 pounds ne couidn t
win hy mRsr play6. So lie began to
driit his mon in forward passing
tricks Hour after hour and day after
dav he labored with them. Eventual
" they became perfect in their execu"
tion.
And then walker turned his boys
loose The college and the town
weren't much interested In the team
,hen. It figured it WIS Joke. bnt
little surprise was oecasioned ~n"n
Williams. in it's FIRST game. d@feafed
tho Y. p. 7. team. 20 70 0. Union 'vos
Tho next roe-and trnion went dow 4
to defeat, 10 10 s. And then came the
Cornell game.
Hold 'enl to an low score as pos
a,hIe" pleeded the Williams roetern
who suddenly had become enthusiFs-
tic
wen beat EN-" ~epIfed Walker.
whereiipon the williams rootera
laughed. Beat Cornell? Triumph
over a Is5-pound team with 1877
hound outftr Beat n team that the
great Al gharpe coached Imrsssi-
bic!
The score was williams- "a; Cor
nell 10; the second victory Williams
had ever scored in the thirty years OF
combat with the big coilege'
After the Cornell victory came lht
4 *NJYs m.
b,a. making Eve In a row for the 1T
tie eleven that looked fee ole and
hopeless at the outset OF the season
| And now they're carving uew
name in the football coaches hall o.
tame-the name OF Fred NJ. Walker
an unknown two months ago; won
der coach today
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
IRON MAN COOMRS
MAY LEAD ST. LOUIS
CARDS NEXT YEAR

Iron Man Jack Coombs OF the
Brooklyns may be the new man.
ager of the st. Louis Cardinals to
succeed Miller Higgins. Presi-
dent branch Hickey has n high
opinion of Coonbs, who has prac-
ticaliy decided to retire from the
diamond. Coombs also hns been
strongly recommended to hickey,
II ia said. by Ex-Governor John X.
Tener Colonial Ebbcts OF the
Brookiyns snid yesterday that he
knew Nothing about the proposed
engagement OF the Iron Man and
that the latter still was the prof.
erty of the Brooklyn club. III
Hickey hasn't reached private
agreement with Ira Thomas for
mcrly Connie Mack's lieutenant. IL
Is believed that he Will soon opclt'
negotiations with Ehbcts for
Coomb's release.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
Palace Duckpin league.
Standing OF Clubs.

Peggy Butler has turned in his Of
fcial lineup for the Alec team, of the
Salacs Tsnpin league, which is now
being formed. Among those listed are
c. and r Vunk. whose prowess Is we'll
known by the scores turned in undor
the Young Mems Shop team; Charley
Stein an old high school boy, who
knows how 20 hit the head PIN
''Cheesy" Liebs, familiar in amateur
baseball circles and aspirant for ona
OF the backstop positions on the local
international league team last spring.
and W. Preston rounding out the line
up. OF course Captain Butler will be
one OF the ~rajnsprir$s. All the mem
bcrs are connected with the American
locomotive works.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
UNIQUE GAME OF SEASON

Perhaps a more remarkable extra In
ming game waa never played than hat
between the Reds and the Cubs at
Cincinnati. on August 81. Going into
the ninth the score was 4 to I. The
Cubs scored a run The Reds came
back with ono in their half In the
tenth the Cubs scored another. The
Reds came back and tied IL.
In the eleventh the Cubs scored two,
and then what did the Reds do but
score two In their half. The umpires.
despaEing OF tho tie ever being broken.
called the game on account Of dark
ueaA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
FIELDER JONES SAYS HE
WILL NOT QUIT nRoWNs

Portland Ore, November <.---Fieider
Jcnss VIII not leave the St. L>ouis
Americans, he declared today
We have had hard year. Il Ia true
he said. and Tn going back TO build
Hp a winning team I'm going 10 stick
with the boys through thick and thin.
This stun that l have deserted ct. Louis
10 all wrong"
1eAss will spend the wintsr hera
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05

Srfdar night the Social oluh. corn
: posed of the veterans, headed by
Happy Jake" Rowsey, will hold forth
their regular meet o nthe terpin lanes,
The cid boys are still in form, as the
score sheet indicates.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05

Mary rurpriscs have been furnished
this season IN the griairon world, but
none greater than that by the little
VILLA ms college eleven. And behind
ii all IL the story OF footoalfs new
miracle man"--Fred NJ. walker.
Williams. with student enroll
r,ent OF only 400 has beaten the big
Cornell team ard every other OF its
foes save Wesleyan. which II tied, to
0, nr it's newtldering shifts and for
nations" football sharps state Ana
al OF II ia due to Walker, who dashed
some forw.trd passing tricks that are
entirely nSw--And marvslously efec-
tive. The man is genius In his
ability to Devise and then 20 teach
his rsRr intricate maneuvers
A DOZEN years or so ago Walker vas
orc Of the miTftiest noleSkin war
riors In the land Then he graduated,
want into business. drifted into base
ball. worked his vn-y into the big
lamxues ard was side tracked because
Of an siI!ng arm. Now he Ia back
swntn within college confines. greater
IN his new role Of coach 'hRn he ever
was as player. And great player
srts he
The story Of HE re-cntry is one that
sounds nnuch like a tale from nction.
walker WIS IN the Chicago bHckfield
with walter Eckersali and Hugo bez-
s~S Ia the DAYS when the Maroon
xrrrriorr were tearing opposition lines
60 shreSs and running up huge scores
m their foes wAlkar was regarded
then not only a. one Of the most pow
erful hslfbacRs In America but also
a. one Of III, srertest
When Walker graduated he went
into business for a while with mis-
father But the lure n baseball was
too strong H. had been fwirhns
star as we'll RS a sritiron satellite In
his college days and dozen teams
wanted him So walker became
-professionul diamond perforulHr. soon
his work attracted big league notice
He was given a chance with the bod
ers but his arm developed kfnK ana
Walker WAS tGiHed back.
s-her Walker 1oiHed the Feds ana
when they blew" he got back into
Organized baseball ard because Of HIS
tsrrifc spceA. and his willingness to
work dav after Cay he became known
as ~Thc Iron Man" His work In 1915
ans 1917 YES so good that he seems
certe4n to get another big league trial
next spring.
when tho EaEterp league season
ended this y~ar and walkers base
hallinr chores wore done he decided
he'd IRE 10 do a little football Goa oh :
ire 80 that he could try out some OF
the trick rlay- that ne ussd to work
out In his idle hours. So he did what
In supposed 10 he an unethical thing,
he wrote applications for a JOB TO a
hals dozen eastern unfyersiue ss n g
that liza Dlaye1
with Chicago and that in after years
ne s,ft~r7 had assisted Alorzo stagg In
whtpptae tbs Chicago team into con-
dition.
Williams college. which had lost It's
rtrtf'ar coach through enlistment, was
ire11lnAa In -Malksr.s llst---AMd WIZ
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05
licensed to Marry.

Clerk Walter Christian, of hastings
court, Saturday afternoon issued a
marriage license to Francis w Lam
berton. Y. s. A.. OF Denver, and Cora
A. Brlnkenhoff. of Moore's Hall, Ind.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05

Williams college. which had lost It's
rtr-ftar coach through enlistment, was
tn..t,ifit 4 In walkers list~-and Will
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-05

The story Of HE re-cntry is one that
sounds n1ucll like a tale from fiction.