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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-31

| refuse to disappoint you
Whenever you see an August Sale,
you'll find each and every item just
as advertised-no initiation of val
ues-no disappointments. Satur-
day we will sell Emery and Hall
mark Shirts for men, $3.50 Shirts
for 81. 90, and you'll find them just
So. Mems $500 Suits and Over
coats, $12.50.and you'll see we
have them. All Mems Trousers in
our house at " PRICE-and that
goes!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
YOST TO URGE
MODIFICATION OF FOOT
BALL PLAYING RULES

CHICAGO. December Exchanges
that will. he says, go far toward bring
ing about uniform Interpretation of
foot ball rules, some of which only few
coaches, officials and players now agree
on, will be suggested to the meeting
this winter of the rules committee by
Fielding H. YoSt, coach of the Univer-
sity Of Michigan since 1901. it became
known today. The proposed modifice-
tons would in no way affect the play,
according to Coach Yost.
1t is not the spirit of the rules to take
away touchdowns by infiicting penalties
for fouls which had no bearing on the
play, the Michigan mentor holds. n
line with that idea he believes that the
rules imposing lO-yard penalties ior
"clipping' running into an opponent
after the ball has been declared dead
and for crawling, should be changed to
apply the punishment in such manner
that loss of a touchdown, if one had
been made, would not be caused by
bringing the ball back to where it was
put in play and measuring the distance
from that point.
Coach Yost also faVors strongly a pen
atty being levied against team that is
not on the field ready to play at the
hour for the game to start. He cites
the rule penaliZing team for failure to
report promptly at the time for starting
the third quarter
The 15-yard penalty for attacking a
runner when he has gone out of bounds
should be inflicted from the point where
the ball was carried across the side lines
instead of where it was snapped back,
in the opinion of Yost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
FRED CLARKE MAY BUY
PIRATES FOR $2,OOO,OOO

PITTSBURGH. December 13-Fred
Clarke, former manager of the Pitts
burgh team in the National League.
who is reported to be worth several
millions of dollars through oil in
vestments. is making an effort to pur-
chase the Pittsburgh team from Bar
ney Dreyfuss.
Clarke was in the city few days
ago and confided to a friend that he
has expectations of coming back to
Pittsburgh as owner of the team.
1t is said Clarke has obtained an
option on the Pirates through John
H. Harris. head of a local theatrical
and amusement concern. The option
expires in January, it is said. Just
what the option cost and what price
Dreyfuss put upon the team is not
known but it is believed to be near
81. 900, 900.
Clarke attended the National League
meeting in New York this week ana
was in conference there with DreyfuSs.
The purchase of the club is believed
to have been his reason for coming
east from Kansas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
ALLEN AND KEOGH SEEK
SECOND-PLACE HONORS

PHILADELPHIA. December Ia
With the championship settled. inter-
est in todays play at the national
American pocket billiard tournament
centered in the match between Bonnie
Allen, Kansas City, and Jerome
Keogh. Rochester. y. Y. who are tied
for second place. Each has won six
games and lost two.
Only two matches were on the final
days program. the other being be-
tween f. Ralph Greenleaf Whining
ton, Del, the new champion, and John
NJ. Layton, Columbia. Mo. All the
other players have completed their
schedules and the result of this match
will have no effect on the final stand
ing. Greenleaf, who clinched the til
tie last night by defeating Edward l.
Ralph, Highstown, n. J.. has played
through the tournament to date with
out the loss of a game. A victory
over Layton would give the Whining
ton player a clean slate, as he has
met and defeated the other eight con-
teStants.
In the other matches yesterday See
back beat Concannon and Keogh de-
feated Mature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13

Vaughn One of Base Balls
Most Travelled Performers

Ball players have been known
to enjoy long careers on the
diamond and still serve ON only
one or two teams In all their
playing years. Arthur Fletcher
of the Giants. for instance, has
been member Of only two
clubs since he broke into pro-
fcssiOnal base balI-the Dallas
club of the Texas League and
New York. On the other hand.
many have drifted from town to
town. from league to league.
before settling down. One of
these Is Jim Vaughn. Jim play
ed with Temple in the Texas
League. COrSicannn in the
Southern Texas. Hot Springs in
the Arkansas state, New York
and Washington in the Ameri-
can. Scranton in the New York
State. Macon i'm the Southern
Association and Louisville and
Kansas City in the American
Association before he landed
with the Cubs and took his
place az one of the games lead
ing hUrlcrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
CENTRAL AND FRIENDS
MEET IN TANK TONIGHT

The first swimming meet of the sea-
son will take place tonight. When the
Central High School tankers. south
Atlantic champions, clash with the
Friends School of Baltimore in the
Mount Peasants pool, beginning at
8 o'clock.
The Blue and White have compare
lively the same team as that which
won the south Atlantic title in Bal
timore last year. The only performer
that Coach Drummer lost was Spur, a
long distance swimmer, but he has
developed one of the most promising
swimmers seen in this section in a
long time in LutZ. The latter won
fame last summer at the Tidal Basin
when he defeated the best that the
high schools afforded in the 220-yard
swim. Granville Dickey, captain,
will be one of the Central SQUADS
main dependents ID ckey will COM
pete in tn" re'@ 'troke. 50-yard
and the 100yard swim. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
JESS WILLARD HAULED
UP FOR PROFITEERING

KANSAS CITY. Mo. December 10
Jess Willard, former heavyweight
champion of the world. was ready to
appear before a United States commits
sioner in Kansas City, Kan, today to
answer charges of profiteerng and
violation of the Lever act in the sale
of frewood from his farm near To-
peka during the recent coal strike.
willard is accused of selling his
wood to the city of Topeka at $3.50
cord on the stump. According to
Fred Robertson. United States dis
trict attorney for Kansas. at the pro-
ceedings TO-DAY, date viii be set for
hearing the charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
TWO CENTRE COLLEGE MEN ON
CAMPS ALL AMERICAN ELEVEN
ONLY Institution to Have More Than One.
West Gets Lone Place, East and
South Filling Others.

80
Walter
In fact o
70 the first comb
fill all
in
at Of a
on
Army,s only selection forms part of the third eleven
as ami the
a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
Centre College Rivals Old
Yost Teams as Big Scorer

In the old days of the Uni
versity of MichiEan's foot ball
glory the Maize and Blue boast
ed it's "pGint minute" ma
chimes. with Hurry Up YOst as
director. The glory of Michi-
gan has passed; and supplant-
ing II today stands Centre Col
Iege, the little giant of the
kentucky hills. The COlOnels,
for all things from Kentucky
must he called colonies, stand
upon the verge of point-a-min-
ute fame.
Centre played victor:ously
through nine games. making a
total of 4S5 points, or nm av-
ernge of So So points to the
game. The nine games con-
sumed approximately 500 play
Ing minutes. 40 one has n very
clear idea of just how busy the
team WINS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
VIRGINIA LISTS HOPKINS.
Baltimore Eleven Takes Mary
lands Place on Grid Schedule.

Johns Hopkins foot ball team is
taken in next years schedule by Vir-
sinia in place of Maryland State. Cen
tire College is also dropped. and Ten
nessee or South Carolina will take its
place. The full schedule is as fol-
lows:
September %. Richmond College.
October .. Randolph Macon College Will
liam and Mary: y. Tennessee South Caro-
lima 10. Virginia Military Institute: ~. Johns
Hopkins, at Baltimore; 30, Harvard, at Cam
bridge.
November 6. Gecrg'a: 13. Vanderbilt. at
Nashville. "a North Carolina
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
Rosedale Midgets After Games.

The Rosedale Mdgets would like
to play basket ball with any four
-ycar-old boys who have uni
forms. The games will be scheduled
Monday night at 7:30 beginning De-
cemher %. at Noel House. nth and
Kramer streets northeast. Address
Harry Goodwin. 1870 F street north
east.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
BATTLE FOR GRID TITLE.
Mohawks and Naval Boys Carded
for Hard Game Tomorrow.

The Mohawk Athletic Club eleven
Will battle with the Naval Apprentice
boys tomorrow for the 140-pound
Guardianship of the Dis'rict at 18th
and ID streets southeast. The Mo-
hawks have not lost n game This sea-
son. their record being seven victories
and one tie. the latter with the Mont
rose, which they later defeated. Both
teams have been working hard for
the game and will line up as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
Paddon Challenges FELTON,.

James Paddon. who was beaten by
Ernest Barry. in 1914. in a profess
sional single SOULS championship
race. has challenged Alfred FELTON,
for the title. The latter beat Barry
a short time ago on the Thames Bar
nv wants to row Paddon again on the
Parmatta. Australia course, and SO
does Paddon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
S1oliawks.
Peck Tossers Beat Marine Props.

Peck Stars Won their opening bas-
ket ball game of the season in the
Peck Memorial gymnasium. last night,
when they defeated the Marine Prep
team by the score of thirty-nine to
fourteen.
Ford of the Marines played best for
the losers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
COLLEGE STARS READY
FOR BATTLE WITH REX

The AIl-Collegiate Stars. under the
direction of Frank Mccarthy. have
been putting in some hard practice for
the game tomorrow afternoon with
the Rex Athletic Club eleven at Union
Park. The Rex boys also are in fine
fettle for the contest, which starts
at o'clock. The two teams will
probably line up as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
Pocket Billiards for Local Title.

The pocket billiard tournament
being staged at the Grand Central
for the championship of the District
will start on Monday. The manage
ment will put up the following as
prizes: a solid gold diamond studded
medal and $50 cash; second prize. $50;
third prize. $40. and fourth. IS. Any
bonafide resident of the District wish
ing to enter will please call on man
ager of Grand Central Each nights
play will be 125 points and games will
start at o'clock. Entries close De-
cember 26.
Toronto has no building suitable to
hold indoor track meets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
Mathews Defeats Itskim.

In the three-cushion billiard tourney
now under way at Sherman'S, Math-
ews defeated Itskim last night. 40 to
IS. The former made the high run of
the match a nice seven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13

First Eleven.
End. Higgins. Penn. State.
Tackle. West, Colgate.
Guard. -. Alexander, Syracuse.
Center. Weaver, Centre College.
Guard. Youngstown, Dartmouth.
Tackle. Henry, Washington x jefferson.
End H. Miller Pennsylvania.
Quarter. McMillin, Centre College.
Halfback. Casey. Harvard.
Halfback. Harley, Ohio State.
Fullback Rodgers, West Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13

The Interlake Yachting Association
viii meet at Detroit December 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13

Second Eleven.
Weston, Wisconsin.
lngwerson, Illinois.
Denfield, Annapolis.
Bailey. W. Virginia
Depler, Illinois.
Grimm. Washington.
Ounce, Lafayette.
Strubing, Princeton.
'rrinble. Princeton.
Oss. Minnesota.
Braden, Yale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13
TERMINAL BOWLING LEAGUE.
Totals. 40 445 4i3 Totals All 415 Al
BANKERS LEAGUE.
NAVY YARD LEAGUE.

Totals. 1863 49, 513 Totals. 463 49, 473
Commercial won roll-off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13

Two dates settled on Georgetown's
foot ball schedule for next fall are
with Navy. November 6. and with
Georgia Tech, November 10. Whether
or not Washington and Lee will come
here next season is not known. How
ever, the aforementioned dates will
form the principal games Of the Blue
and Gray schedule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-13

Georgetown's basket ball team is to
take a trip to the middle west dur
ing the Christmas holidays. Creighton
University and Nebraska are to be
played, according to announcement
from the Hilltop.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
achs will be ruined and careers shat
tered by worse liquor clandestinely
replacing good?

achs will be ruined and careers shat
tered by worse liquor clandestinely
replacing good?
The facts are surmises and the
argument inconclusive. The warn
ing we have in mind should be
preached by prohibitionists--that is,
not to expect human nature to be
reformed speedily by our new legis-
lation, and to concede, frankly, that
the devil of appetite has been
whipped around the stump, not slain.
We hope he is more accessible to
treatment and moral suasion under
prohibition. But he is still here, and
under psohibition we shall be wres-
Ting with the old appetite much as
before.
The error somewhat resembles
that of freeing the negro and giving
him the vote and expecting him
forthwith to assume the full status
of his white rival. A long step
ahead was taken when the chains
were removed; but the essential
problem remained unsolved; still re-
mains for us to solve. So with pre-
hibition. There will be obvious eco
nomic benefits, it is safe to assume.
The moral benefits, the creation Of
cleaner, stronger, better human
beings, ADLER to wrestle with the
devil, catchas-catch-can, will be far
slower to show. Let US not expect
the impoAible and we shall not be
disappointed. We shall also be
surer to have an eye open for the
old devil in new shapes.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
Naval Honors

Secretary Daniels has been dis
Greet enough to execute a strategical
withdrawal from the naval awards
controversy. Fortunately for him.
self he had left the door open for
such retreat by withholding Off
cial publication of his amended
honor list. Criticisms of that list
have come from so many officers Of
the highest standing that the Secre-
tary was probably only too glad to
drop the role of final arbiter. Too
many brickbats are in the air. Mr..
Daniels now seeks refuge in the
homb-proof. He says he will send
the list of awards back to the Knight
board and will assume no further
responsibility in the matter than to
transmit an amended list to the
President.
The navy is in uproar over the
distribution of distinctions which
lad been semi officially announced.
Admirals Mayo, Wilson and Decker
have joined Admirals Sims and
Jones in protesting against the prin-
ciple of selection which the Knight
board and Secretary Daniels fol-
lowed. American opinion is very
unbending in the matter of the be-
stowal Of military honors. In many
foreign services latitudinarian
practice prevails. Honors are dis
tributed with liberality and as sort
Of compensation for the relatively
meagre salaries paid. Orders ana
decorations do not always bear q
strict relation to the value of the
service given. Failures are covered
over with promotions and gratuities.
But in this country the theory has
been that only exceptional personal
performance should be officially re-
warded. Our military distinctions
have been conferred sparingly and
service hal been looked
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
upon as only part of the days

upon as only a part of the days
work.
In the army and navy the highest
grades have seldom been bestowed.
There is a popular prejudice against
lowering their value by making ac-
cess to them less difficult. A board
Of awards is necessarily affected by
that prejudice, and any list Of dis
tinctions is likely to be grumblingly
received and criticized on the score
of favoritism.
The higher commanding officers in
the navy hold to the idea that their
recommendations made with an in
innate knowledge Of war conditions
and of the relative merits of their
subordinates, ought to be accepted
without question. A naval board, in
f1uenced by the prevailing opinion
which favors recognition of only
peculiarly striking accomplishments,
preferably in action, is likely to at
tach less Importance to the judg
ment Of the high command.
So the problem becomes confused
and charges of inconsistency and
discrimination are inevitable. Sec
rotary Daniels burned his fingers.
He now breads the fire. And the
Knight board can expect nothing
but disapproval and ingratitude
for it's work, unless it breaks with
American tradition and adopts the
principle of mechanical recognition,
according to which distinctions are
scattered broadcast and all recon-
mendations from commanding Off
GERS are honored at their face value.
Mr.. Daniels has seen the error Of
his intervention and quickly "passed
the buck" Looking backward or
forward, he is entitled to consider
himself a lucky man.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
Our Russian Formula
(Frous The Philadelphia Press


Secretary Lansing explains that Nor
man Hapgood, United States Minister
to Denmark, is coming home "to make
a complete report on Russian affairs" p"
AS the Minister to Denmark has not
been in Russia, his repol: III very like
ly have as much valu' rs the reports
Of many others who have been employed
to tell the Administration all about Rus
sia. There has been no end to these
reports, and the wonder is what the
government does with so much wisdom
as IL has been paying for. There is
small evidence tina, it has kept the
American policy in Russia--if America
has policy in Russia-on a definite
line 1t seems to be one of those cases
in which the more the government finds
out the less it knows.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
Just Poor English
Mr. VizetelEy and the Red
Schoofhouse

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: have read wit much inter-
est the attempt OF MY old friend, Mr..
Frank H. Vizetelly, in a recent number
Of The Tribune to defend the ungram-
matcal use Of whom, and am bit
amused by some Of his quotations.
Several OF the eases Of the use of
the word which he cites to support his
positions are clearly not in point but
perfectly correct and regular. For ex-
ample, the quotation from Murray, He
whom serve is eternal" II Mr.. Viz
etelly had been brought up on the
"parsing' of the old red schoolhouse
days that would be clear to him.
The cases cited from the New Tes-
lament are errors, pure and simple,
fallen into b. the translators in the at
tempt to- follow the Greek of the pas.
seges in question, where the relative
pronoun is in the accusative. with an
infinitive.
Other cases which Mr.. Vizctelly cites
arc less excusable mistakes, ike that
of his own advertising writer When
that writer promised that the dc
tionary in question would tell whom
Karl Marx was" and Shakespeare wrote
Thy wife, whom is an honest
woman" they were just writing poor
English; that's al.
The cases in which the phrase than
whom is used are not in point at all.
Than in that phrase may be clum-
silly explained as conjunction, but,
all said and done, it is d proposition,
and nationally nothing else. The
Students Standard' comedies its prep
ositlonal force. Some day, perhaps,
both the dictionaries and the gram
mars will catch up with the language
and recognize that the word than" /.
both conjunction and a proposition.
WILLIAM P. F. FERGUSON.
Franklin, Pa, Dec &c, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
The Underwood Conference

10 the Editor Of Inc Tribune
Sir: I read with q mixture OF sur
PRISE and amusement your editorial
this morning entitled THE Underwood
Conference" In a paper whose slogan
is First to Last-thc Truth: News
Editorials -Advertis isements" this ar
tcle is out Of place, to say the least.
fou state that after "rajecting rati-
hcation on the Lodge plan the Admin
lstration Senators offered no alterna-
tive" This statement is not correct
After Senator Lodges resolution had
been rejected Senator Underwood OBJ
tanned vote on resolution Of un-
qualified ratification, which was de-
feated by approximately the same
number of votes as the Lodge proposal.
But the Administration Senators went
even further and sought = vote on
resolution containing a set of mild
reservations drawn up by Senator
Hitchcock. Fearing tnat this resolu-
tion might win the support of sew
eral Republican mild reservationists,
Senator Lodge prevented vote being
taken, and the session ended with the
treaty still unratifed. BIT it is per-
fectly evident that the Administration
Senators did offer an alternative.
The trouble with the Underwood
plan of compromise committee is
that it should have been submitted
months ago, when it became evident
that the Lodge resolution would fail.
Still, it is better late than never and
the plan should be adopted at once In
my opinion, the compromise reserva-
tions ought to be, and probably will
be, more like those of Senator Hitch
cock than those of Senator Lodge. Buts
at any rate, no time should be wasted
in craving them up and getting the
treaty ratified. ROGER SUMNER.
Boston. Mass. Dec. 20, 1919. .
New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
at the Front"
What Ii Meant and Who Was Not
There

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There was a reference in voul
columns the other day to "ladies who
expect medals for serving coffee in
leave areas" in France. AS an infan-
tryman with long period of active
service at the front, l am glad to see
that some one is alive to the humbup
which is so prevalent on this subject
and which disgusts all who really saw
fighting service.
We see al.aost daily in the news
papers photographs of society ladies
and actresses with rows of mcAals, and
we are told Of the wonderful war work
they did at the front" or "under shell
fire" The ordinary soldier had to risk
his life for his highly priced medal
and he knows how much of the front
most of these women ever saw, or how
many shells burst in the places where
they were entertaining soldiers. ANY
one who has been under she'll fire will
agree that concerts or other entertain
ments were not much thought of in
such laces!
AS regards being in the front line,
there was trouble enough, heaven
Knows, to get the troops up to the
average bit Of front, without thinking
of coffee or doughnut outfits, even at
the Quietest of times, much less when
any action was impending.
Far be it from me to minimize what
the women did do. In the clearing sta
tons and hospitals, what the nurses
work was worth only the soldiers
know. and they were often in real peril
Of their lives from bombing planes. and
even sometimes from lo<lg-distance
guns
Further back, in what you call leave
areas and in the repopulatea towns, in
Guiding Paris, were the bulk of the
women workers. many of them working
at considerable self sacrifice, but no.
at any noticeable degree of discomfort
or dangcr-some of them very ia,
from it-and that applies to some men
as we'll as women.
That work was valuable and neces-
sary and was much appreciated, but ii
should not be exaggerated until it ap-
pears on level with what the reaI
armv did, nor should these workers
m0fe such claims for it, nor allow
others ignorantly to DO so.
am afraid this letter may SOUND
ungracious, but l know it is fact
shat many people who read the ridcu-
lous accounts Of our fashionable anc
other heroines have very faint idea
of what the fcont was really like or OF
what kind Of time the doughboy hat
IN France, and | think it is due to him
that they should get a little enlighten-
ment. INFANTRYMAN
New York, Dec. 25, 1919.