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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-07-31
GRAND OLD LADY
CALLED TO REST


Mrs. Jeanette Newton passed
away at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Hubbell, July oath, after an
illness of nearly four months. Fol-
lowing is the complete obituary la
ken from the Atlantic News ele-
graph:
Mrs. Jeanette Newton, one of
the founders of Cass County is dead
She died last evening at 7:30 at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Ira
Hubbell. Old age was the cause Of
death. Mrs. Newton was ninety
three years old.
Mrs. Newton could be truthfully
considered one of the builders of
Cass county. She came to the coun-
ty in 1858 and with her husband,
the late Cyrus S. Newton, carved al
home out of the raw prairie land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton had been
married at Terra Haute, Ind. short
ly before starting for Iowa. Mrs.
Newton was born there Feb. 22nd,
1926. On reaching Cass county, in
those days one Of the frontier coun-
ties of western Iowa, the young cou-
pie settled on homestead several
miles southeast of Lewis at that
time the county seat and but two
years old. On this homestead they
lived until they moved to Atlantic
in 1872. Because Of a grove Of
trees on the farm which they deyel-
oped the home was known far and
wide as Newlon's Grove. 1t is still
known as such to the survivors Of
those early days, 1t wasgthe scene.
Of many a merry gathering Of the
! young settlers Of that time.
Mrs Newton was devout Chris
tan. She helped to organize the
First Presbyterian Church in At
lantic. Only a few Of those who
organized the church survive
Among them are Mrs. Geo. Marsh,
Mrs. Hugh Mckay and Frank
Montgomery, all residents in At
lantic.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Newton came
to Atlantic in 1872 he engaged in
the farm implement business. He
4 followed this business for many
years. Mr.. Newton, at the time of
/ his death on Jan. 20, 1910, had the
distinction Of being the Oldest Ma
son in the state Of Iowa. He was
made a Mason at Terra Haute in
1854.
Mrs. Newton had made her home
with her daughter, Mrs. Hubbell for
a number of years. She was the
survivor Of a family Of three daugh-
tiers and son. She is survived by
three children, Mrs. Ira Hubbell of
Atlantic; DIR. ]. G. Newton of Elk
ira and H. S. Newton of Los Ange-
lies; daughter, Mrs. Ida M
Southwick passed away October IL
1885 and another daughter, Violet
died in infancy. She is also sur
vived by two grandchildren, Mrs
Bert Bailey Of this county and W
G. Southwick Of Guthrie Center
There are 3 great grandchildren"
Funeral services We're held Satur
day at2:30 p. M. at the home Q
Mrs. Hubbell. A very beautifu
sermon was delivered by Rev. +
NV. Simpson. Burial was made i
the Atlantic cemetery.
Grandma Newton was one Of tn
dearest old ladies that ever livee
Her friends, who were numerous
will ever remember her kind wore
and deeds. The Journal extenc
sympathy to the bereaved family.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-07-31

Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacobsen and
family Of Casey visited Sunday
at the home Of her parents, James
Channon and wife.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-07-31

j. w. Alsup returned home the
latter part Of last week from Kan
sas City, where he attended an
Auto School several months.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
LED BY LOSERS

While sitting in the grandstand at
~Poughkeepsie n day last week, w. II.
Dickerman, of MamaroneCk, N. Y, who
has been breeding t%rotters for 40 years,
said: The three leading families OF
t~rotters at the present time trace to
horses which were at n time Consid-
cred Of very little value. william L.,
the sire of Axtell, from which the Ak
worthy family Is descended, was with
out exception the most worthless look
Ing stallion | ever saw. Pilot Medium,
the sire of Peter the Great, was in
jured as a colt and ordered destroyed
while May King, the sire Of Bingen
had nothing to recommend him as q
sire except his pedigree"
The success Of their descendants ap.
pears to be one OF the whims OF nature
during the formative period of a type
while the path which led to Bingen's
success as a sire Is also Of interest. lr
the fall Of 1894 George w. Leavitt was
at Lexington, Ky, looking for racing
material. One evening he heard Of Z
yearling that had trotted a quarter in
IS seconds. Finding that it was by 6
horse called May King, he asked the
local talent In regard to him and wa
told that he was Of no account. Also
when 1t was learned that the owne
wanted $500 for the colt. the cleveres
OF them said they would not give s.
for a May King colt II he trotted I
quarter In 80 seconds. LeaVitt, how
ever, looked up the colt and bought It
He shipped it to New England, wher'
he sold it the following September TO-
made an offer Of $25 900 was turned
down. This was the horse that stree
Uhlan, 1853, the champion trotter of thu
world.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
GIANT PLAYERS
j. SCATTER FAST
Men on Club in 1915 Thinning
Out, With Eleven Having
Gone Already.

Sometimes it is Just a little thing
ity with which the roster of a major
league club shifts. When the Giants
crashed through to 26 consecutive vic
tories in the flag end OF the season of
1915, every player who took part in
that glorious run of triumphs received
from the club a heavy gold signet ring
on which was inscribed: Giants
Twenty-six Straight-l916." That was
Mess than three years ago., yet so great
have been the changes in the personnel
of the club that Of the players who
received the tokens of victory II have
gone to other parts than these and 10
players are now under John McGraw
who were not with him in 1916.
OF the players who no longer wear
Giant uniforms, Slim Sallee and Bin
Rariden are with Cincinnati; Walter
Philadelphia, George Kelly with Roch-
ester and Bradley Kocher with Louis
vile. Fred Anderson and Dave Robert
son have retired from baseball. John
Lobert is coaching the ball team at
West Point and Jeff Tesreau is filling
Doolan and Bill Ritter also have
dropped out of the major leagues
The ringless Giants of the present
day are Larry Doyle, who hsd beer
traded to the Cubs just before the
winning streak was begun; Ral Chase
and Fred Toney, who We're with the
Reds; Pat Raglan and Jess Barnes, who
were with the Braves; Mike Gonzales
who was with the CardinAJs; Joe Oesch.
ger, who was with the. Phillies; Jear
Dubuc, then with the Tigers; Ros.
Young, Cecil Causey. Earl Smith ant
Jesse Winters, AL Baird and Franz
Frisch, who were j n college.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
MINORS TO MEET.

CHICAGO, July A call for a meet
ing of the committee representing the
National Association of Minor Leagues
to be held in Chicago July 10 was sent
out yesterday by A. r. Tearney, chair
man Of the committee.
Mr.. Tearney said it was the purpose
Of this gathering to take some action
in regard to the break in January be-
tween the National Association of Mi
nor Leagues and the national commits
sion, representing the major leagues.
After six months of trying to bring
about a meeting with the national COM
mission without success Mr.. Tearney
said, lit is now time for the National
Association of Minor Leagues to act
A verbal agreement had been entered
into by the minor leagues and the ma
jors whereby the National Association
of Professional Baseball Leagues were
to operate Independent of the national
agreement and do nothing to embar-
rass the minors. Mr.. Tearney said il
has been impossible to get the members
Of the national commission to sign this
agreement.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
SWAPS BAT FOR A
PITCHER, ONLY TO SEE
IT BROKEN LATER ON.

Roger Bresnahan and Joe Can
tillon once figured in a deal which
involved a bird dog and a ball
PLAYER. but here's how BIZ Fisher,
now an outfielder with Columbus,
SAYS he lost a good bat In his Ohio
state days.
Il was playing with the Charles
ton team and hitting the ball hard,
| had Just gotten a new hat-a
Miller ~TIuggins model-and | swore
by it, says Fisher.
Il looked upon that bat Is the
one and only magic wand, We'll,
sir. Josh Devore, manager OF the
Chillicothe team. had the worlds
most erratic southpaw In captivity,
That fellow was SO wild, 1t wasn't
safe to be in the same park with
him. Josh came over to our dug
out one day and said, casual like,
to our chief. 'Whatl you give me
for that sterling le~ft-hander W
there
Taken unawares. the chief says,
'Oh. IN give a bat and-'Done.
SAYS Josh before the chief could
realize what had happened, you'll
give me the pick Of the bats, won't
your asked Josh, and, Of course,
the chief says he would, and I'm a
dirty hound II he didn't go and pick
my bat.
''Of curse the cub had Baid for
the bat, and | couldn't say much,
but ! thought enough to put me In
the ~penitcntiary, but before the
game was three innings old | had A
great Joy. The first time Harry
Devore, Josh's brother, came up he
had my bat, and, would you believe
It, he broke it right half in two on
the first bah pitched. But at that
we got stung on the deal. That
southpaw's head was Just a parking
place for his hat
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
LIKE LEFT HAND HITTERS.

Left-hand hitters predominant in
most of the American league outfields,
the Yankees being the only club with
three right-hand hitters working reg
ularly. Lewis, Bodie and Wick all
swing from the right-hand side of the
plate. Wickland and O'Doul are left
hand hitters, and Halas bats either
way. Detroit has Cobb, Veach and
Shorten swinging from the left side,
and Flagstead the only right-hand hit
ter. Boston has Hooper, Strunk, Ruth,
Lamar and Gilhooley who are left
hand hitters, and Gamer, a converted
infielder, as the lone right-hand hitter,
Cleveland has four left flanders in Ora
ney, Speaker, Smith and Jameson, with
Wood the only outfielder swinging from
the other side. Jackson, Leribold and
Eddie Murphy Of the White Sox hit
from the first base side, while Felsch
and John Collins are right-hand hit
tiers. Milan, Rice and Menosky, of the
Senators, belong to the left-hand di-
vision and Murphy hits right-handed
OF the st. Louis Browns, Tobin, Dem
mitt, Smith, Sloan and Williams are
left-haud hitters, Jacobson the sole
right-hander. Witt and Kopp. Of the
Athletics, are left-hand hitters, while
Roth and Walker hit from the other
side Of the plate.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San FRANCISCO YEAR

1t looks now as though San Fran
cisco would be the ace among the sires
this year, While as a rule his get come
to their racing speed slowly, Mary Put
ney being the only sparkling exception
to date, when they do arrive, they are
whales. st. Frisco and Chilcoot have
shown what can be expected of them
when the miles are being finished below
2:05, and as both Cox n Murphy will
be depending on representatives OF the
family to bring home the bacon" in
1919 there will be some. record breaking
before the curtain drops at Atlanta in
October. The Dover stable will be rep
resented by Lu Princeton. The white
faced horse is headed for the two
minute line and a race with any trotter
in training.
Murphy will be out with the flying
| PAGER Sanardo, whose mile In 2:O212
at Syracuse last September served no.
tice on the public as to what can be
expected of him when ready for the
word. He is now at Cleveland and will
be raced. In his work at P~oughkeepsie
he showed that he had free-for-al
speed, and If he has the racing man
ners of the family, there can be little
doubt as to the result. Murphy's other
starter is the black mare Fenesta. She
is out of Fereno, 2:05k, the first win
ner of both divisions Of the Kentucky
Futurity, and while she has never taken
the word on a mile track, the training
camp notes rate her as a high-class
trotter of the racing stamp. Leese has
also a splendid sample of a a Fran
cisco %trotter in the seven-year-old horse
Golden Frisco. He carries a record Of
2;17h, which he made over one of the
sandy tracks in Virginia, while he trotS
and acts like a good horse. There IL
also still another star on the horizon II
the three-year-old filly Abbie Putney, q
engaged in all Of the futurities,. il
which she will be forced to NEE
Princess Etawah, Brusiloff and Per
iscope, but If she has the whia of tn
gallant trotter which electrified tn,
world by her splendid performances a
Columbus and Lexington in 1915, Their
viii be rejoicing at Walnut Hall farm
next OctObpr
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04


A recent report emanating from New
York states that Connie mack will re-
tire in the near future aa manager of
the Athletics. The rumor has it that
he is tired of the work and wants to
devote his time to the business end
of the club. Harry Davis, Mack's lieu
tenant for years, Is slated to become
manager of the White Elephants.
II the dope is true and Connie does
step out as pilot it will mean the pass
ing from the managerial ranks of the
Oldest man in point of service in hat
angle of baseball.
Connie broke into the managerial
business in 1894. He succeeded AL Buck
enberger as pilot of the Pittsburgh Pr
rates. He managed them in 1895 and
1896 also and then became boss of the
Milwaukee club in the Western league,
Five years later he became pilot and
! part owner of the Athletics when that
outfit joined the American league. He
has been guiding the team through Its
ups n down-mostly ups-even since
This is his nineteenth year on The Job
And what a record he has set VI
In those years!
Six league p%ennant winners.
Three world %pennants.
Three second place teams.
One third place team.
Two which landed fourth.
One fifth place club.
And one sixth place outfit.
This is his record in the first l.
years with the Quaker City crew. Tn,
last five seasons Mack has spent try.
ing to build up a new machine. H,
broke up his old team after losing tn,
1914 world series. His young club ha
landed in the cellar every year.
Despite the fact that he has failet
to build up a new powerful aggrega
ton in these seasons his work in tn,
other years places him at the head 0
the list of developers of ball players
He is a wizard at picking future great
and training them. His wonderful team
which started w%recking the league II
1910 and reigned supreme until 1914
with the exception of the loss Of tn
1912 pennant race, was made up entirel
Of players Connie developed.
Davis was Comics right-hand ma,
for many years until Davis quit tn
game in 1917. He was Connie 3 frs
baseman from the time Mack assume
the mangership of the club until Stuff
McInnis was placed or first in 1911.
Davis tried to manage the Clevelan
Indians in 1912, but made a dismal fail
ure of it and quit in midseason, re
Joining Connie.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
When Steve Evans
SdW Fred Tenney
He Quit First Bag

When Steve Evans came up to the
major leagues with the Cardinals some
years Ago" says Heinie Zimmerman,
'he vEs a first baseman. Like most
young ball players, Steve thought
pretty we'll of his own ability. He was
qui6e satisfied that he would make good
as a first sacker in the big show-and
Then one day he saw Fred Tenney.
Tenney was a wonder in those days,
and Evans wal amazed at the way he
covered that old bag. He looked at him
in silence for perhaps five minutes and
athen, walking to the dugout, he threw
down his first baseman's mitt.
"I thought l was a first baseman,'
he said, with a shake of his head.
but I'm not. That bird out there is,
though. From now on I'm going to de-
vote my time to the outfield.'
And" supplements Heinie. he did"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
Many NeW Tennis
Players Making
Their Appearance

Unless the signs of the times are
misread the lawn tennis tournaments
in this country are passing through
that stage where there appears a host
of newer and younger players to fill the
ranks of those who may be classed as
veterans. This is brought forth by the
entry list for the famous Middle States
classic staged on the turf courts of the
Orange Lawn Tennis club at Mountain
Station, N. ]. On the old field of that
historic club the real giants of the
courts assembled in other years to bat
tie for one of the highest honors of the
game. The entry list for this years
competition in the singles numbered a
the great racquet wielders, however,
for the best of the men were Ichiva
Kumagae, Theodore Roosevelt Pell
Alexander Her and Harold A. Throck-
morton.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
BEAN BALLS.

Players In the International league
will probably soon be discussing the
advisability Of including tin headpteces
similar to those worn rakishly by Uncle
Sans doughboys in the late war In
their equipment. An alarming number
Of ~knockouts, in which Craniums have
come in contact variously with balls
and bats, has caused the players to
seek some sort of protection for them
selves and their skulls.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
MATTY FORGOTTEN,
WHICH SHOWS HOW
FGEETiNG is FAME

Fame is indeed flecting-more
fleeing, perhaps, in sports than in
other lines Of endcRVor-and the
hero of yesterday very often passes
unnoticed today. writes a scribe
from Cincinnati who goes on to cite
the fact that "a year ago ChrlSty
MathewsOn was an idol In Ctnctn-
natl. During the series between the
Giants and Reds which ended here
recently. he attracted n minimum
of attention when he appeared on
the field at Red.and park. Follow
ing Is the comment OF the n local
newspaper on the treatment ac-
forded Matty while he was here
with the New York club: Among
those present during the last four
days has been "A tai blond gentle
man with a military bearing This
blond gentleman has been on the
coaching line and moving hack and
forth In the public gaze nearly all
the time-and yet. what has IL mat
tered to the crowd7 Only a faint
ripple OF applause, now and then
a hand stretched from a box for a
friendly grasp; never n rafting,
ringing cheer such as he used to get
whenever he even stepped out to
direct a runner. Such is baseball
fate, such is baseball glory-and
such the forgetfulness of the
crowds. Christy Matthewson, one
year ago the idol of the stands,
comes and goes unnoticed and UNI
greeted. Everybody liked him; no.
body ever had a word to say against
him; he was the pride and pet Of
the crowds-and today they don't
even know, most OF them, that he
is with the Giant team"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
Take Morning
Game at Little Rock
Eddie Foster outpitched Lee Stone and Tribe Comes Away
Victorious Over the Travellers.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. July THE
Memphis Chicks, with Eddie Foster IN
form, defeated the Little Rock TRAY
elers here this morning, The final
score was 10 to /. Lee stone occupied
the mound for Little Rock and was
hit hard all the way. He found Il i'm
possible to BATTLE the Chick batters n
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
PERISCOPE IS GOOD
BY w. Il. GochER.

PertsCope is the trotter which all OF
the lookouts in the two-year-old world
had their glasses on last year. She Is
a product of Hamburg place, where the
family building idea OF speed produc-
ton has given to the turf so many
great gallopers, the leading sample at
the present time being the marvellous
colt Sir Barton, and several very clever
t%rotters since that department was
added to the big Kentucky establish
ment. This filly was got by Siliko, out
Of Leola, a c, f. Clay mare that trotted
In 2:l0A. while her dan produced
Choral, 2;o6h, and her grandam Fanny
Robinson made a t%rotting record Of
2:20A at st, Louis, Mo, in 1879,
Both H X, Devereux and II, NJ.
Hanna, of Cleveland, o., owned Leola
before John f. Madden purchased her
for his trotting stud. II alive, she Is
now 22 years old, and in the few years
that she has been at Hamburg place
she has produced Dagastan, 2.0SA ;
Periscope, 2;lOA siliho and Laughter,
three of which will be raced this year.
Periscope made her first start at the
Cleveland July meeting. In tina race
she made good all of the Southern
training camp reports by winning in
2:10& from First National, Brusiloft
and Brother Peter. On account Of be.
ing in a stable that was overloaded
Will lWu-ytdI -Olu lTOllSTs, ftTlSCODt
did not appear again until the grand
circuit horses reached Poughkeepsie,
where she was purchased by John l.
Dodge for $40, 900. He drove her in the
balance of her engagements and wor
with her not only at the Poughkeepste
meeting in 2;l0A, but also at Readvillt
and Syracuse. defeating Princess Eta
wah, Brusiloff, Dorothy Day, King
Stout, Harvest Star and Eliza Dillon
A break put her out Of the money In
the two-year-old event at Columbus
where she trotted a half in 1:01, while
at Lexington she finished second tc
Princess Etawah in the two-year-olt
division Of the Kentucky Futurity.
This season Periscope will appear ir
the leading three-year-old events II
which her extreme speed and splendid
racing qualities will make her a very
formidable candidate. She also worked
a mile in 2;16h before being shipped
from Lexington to Cleveland with the
balance OF the horses in the Hollywood
farm stable.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
RELEASE TURNER.

CLEVELAND, @, July i-Terry Tur,
ner, dean Of the American league base
ball players, was given 10 days motto,
of unconditional release by the Cleve.
land club yesterday. lie had been q
member OF the local team for Is years
An the other American league clubs
waived on his release, which was made
necessary to keep within the player
limit, 1t was announced,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04

Bill Rumler, of Salt Lake, has climbed
up In his batting average until he ties
| with Sam Crawford. Of Los Angeles, &C.
| cording to late averages issued with a
mark Of .37t. And Bill has it all over
| Sam when it to extra base hit
ting. The Salt Lake team leads II
| team batting with the tremendous av-
| erage Of .302. II Fddte H"r- h7d b."
las lucky in picking his pitchers as he
was in hitters the Bees would have the
| race all to tneiuselNea. turl" VI Il
| team where every man on 1t except the
pitchers and a second string catcher Is
hitting better than .27el
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
RAY KENNEDY RETURNS
TO LITTLE ROCK CLUB

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July 4. (Spl)-
Ray Kennedy, catcher, who left the club
when he was called into military SER
vice two seasons ago, Joined the Trav-
elers this morning. Kennedy recently
returned from service overseas. He will
assist Tony Brottem.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04

NJ. u. s. Is also on the hunt for n
new director. when Sullivan was oper'
ating at High his rival with the blue
was Dooley. who Is now In the East and
intends to stay there,
G. b. G. has been as laxative as a
telegraph pole on the matter; conse
q~uently coaches have been one of the
things they have not mentioned,
Normal, too, has yet to lay any plans,
but with Wilson out of khaki 1t Is
probable that he will again try his
hand
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04

caused much trouble when the annual
title was ut stake and 1t was only by
using High as the pivot point that de-
cIsions could be reached with any salts
faction.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
MASON TAKES FINAL.

PERSHING STADIUM. France, July
4-Mason, of New Zealand, won today
the SO0-meter rute final i'll the inter
allied games.
Eurl Eby Of Chicago, was second
and NJ p. Sphinx Chicago, was third.
The time was one minute 30 20 Sec
onds.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04

Benny Leonard, lightweight cham
pion, accompanied Eddie Stinson. stunt
flyer, on q trip In the air during the
recent air exposition at Atlantic City.
StInson did all the flip-flops he know.
cts great and doesn't worry you any
more than getting into a ring and
fighting" SAYS the champ
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-04
NEW COACHES DUE.

New coaches will step forward In all
cases. r. l.. Sullivan, who has been
Highs best bet for years moves down
to Mississippi after lately returning
from the war. During his absence the
green team failed to display the accus-
toned class, and when he stalks off Tor
good his loss viii be keonly felt,
1t Is said that the new coach must
also have an eye for military matters
as the local board means to combine
sport and drills In the coming term.
No one as yet has an idea as to who
will land the Job.