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New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
kauff, Benton, Barnes,
Frisch Among Squad
to Leave From Here
BY w. O. McGeehan

BUFFALO, Feb. 2S.-The Giants
special forgot to touch second some
where beyond Albany and it looks as
though the triple play trip from Buff
falo to st. Louis to San Antonio would
be gummed up. A train skidded some
where on the main line and thM car
load OF athletes and judicial dignity
is merely on its wav.
Benny kauf joined on schedule and
Is peering moodily at the snowbound
scenery. Jess Barnes arrived in a new
set OF furs that dazzled the new re-
cruits. A delegation of Fordhamites
piieo ABOARD the train somewhere to
aamlre FRANK Frisch for fifty miles
Traffic Manager Eddie Brann;cL e.
explaining to Captain Christv Mathew
son that the error in routing shouIa
NOT De charged to him, but that ha
shouid be credited with an assist Ths
debating it, "'pe ana
me crowd that came to see tho
squad or was quite as big us anv tbat
ever rose to sec the Giants denart
ne usual flashlights were fred al VI
"'Hie,es and their guardians departed,
ueosse harhs was picked up intact
out Of snow bank at Utica, George
was a holdout for few seconds tbis
season. but he Is glad to be on his
way again to where, according to the
latest report from the San Antonio
Cnamber OF Commerce, the birds are
singing and all that sort of thing.
1T looks now as though Manager
McGraw might win the race from Sa,
Antonio unless his boat skids in the
Gulf Stream. The st. Louis de,ega
ton also may get started before the
aggregation IN this caravan can arrive
there.
At zero hour, $50 O'Clock Yesterday
morning, the first squad of Giants, fif-
teen strong, began It's march 10 the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Yale Swimmers
Set New Record
In 8O0~Foot RELAY
From q spectal corress. ondcnt


PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2S--Yale Uni
vcrsity's quartet Of sprinters set new
800-foot intercollegiate relay swimming
record in dual meet with the Univer-
slty of Pennsylvania here to-day, ne
gotiating the distance in 2 minutes
50 is seconds
Solley, Pratt, Milroy and Hincks. The
old record of 2 minutes 80 seconds was
made in 1914 in the Princeton pool bv
Yale.
The Eli mermen won the meet bv :
score Of 35 to 49,
The failure Of Richard Meagher.
Yale's great plunger, to do better thar
II feet was a keen disappointment t.
aquatic followers gathered inside
Meightman Hall. On his first try the
Windy City f1oater touched the bottom
Of the pool ard came up at the end O.
the forty-fve seconds, after he had
gone only 81 feet. On his second try
he also brushed against the tiled bot
tom. He afterward complained that he
had been accustomed to plunging in
deep pools. Meaeher holds the worlds
time record in the plunge, having
glided seventy-fve feet in 40 seconds.
Eddie Shields, ex-Mercersburg miller
was the only Penn swimmer to capture
first place. He easily led the field in
the 220-yard swim, crossing the line in
2 minutes 80 1-5 seconds. Captain John
NJ. Hincks, of Yale, won the century
dash with ease. Hincks competed in
the inter-Allied swim in the Seine last
July.
The summary:
soo-foot relay Won by Yale (solly.
Pratt. Milroy, Hincks); Pm (Br.ng-
hurst, Martyr Leopold. Shield) sec
ond. Time, 2:o9 1-5. (New collegiate
record; old mark made by Yale February
~. 1914. time being 2:3O.)
59-yard swim-won by solly. Yale; Leo
pold, Penn. second Pratt, Yale. third
Time. rs.
1oo-yard swm-Won by Hincks, Yale;
nheopold 1h, ,[, ~ Penn. second; shaffer Yale.
2c-yard swIm--won by Shields. Penn.
Bringhurst. Penn. second; Townsend, Yale.
Plunge for distance - Won by Wood
Gl u feet): konler Penn. third Ca feet)
Fancy dive--Won by Pollard Yale; Wei
ner. Penn. second: ferguson. Yale, third
In the water polo game Penn sprung
big surprise by ducking the Yale
pololsts for II to 10 victory.
The lineup:
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Stan Zbyszko Victor

StamsIaus zbyszko, engaging in his
first wrestling match in America in
lve nv years, defeated Franz zolar, the
bohemian heavyweight champion, in
Two straight falls in the 47th RI egi-
sH;hI mehI yArmory, Brooklyn, last night.
80 seconds, with flying deadlock and
settled the match by taking the Sec
ond in 1910, with a crotch and Arm
mold. Mike O'Dowd referred
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Murphy, a New Driver,
First i'm Big Auto Race

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2s.-Jimmy
Murphy, @ new driver, won the Los
Angeles Speedway opening event, Of
200 miles, and captured the $4,000
first money to-day. His time was
2:25 1853. Ira Vail was second and
jog Thomas third. Murphy averaged
103 miles on hour.
Murphy was q mechanician until to-
day. lie came rom behind when Joe
Boyer, who had been in front for forty
TOUR laps, was forced to the pits by u
broken connecting rod that put him out
OF the race. Ralph De Palma failed to
finish in the money.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Song of the Stalwart

As Fate has aculed-so 1t must be-
take the burden, placed ON mo
On ont the sogging road that leads
By broken faiths and taUisted creeds
Through starless night and sunless dan
Across DIM barriers o7uay;
And though stumble out the ro0d
And bent beneath the henuy load
No 6arricdde shall block the track
10 turn eny dr,ve me back
And some mag stand beside the gate
" ath prayer or curse-o1'd call 1t Fate;
Or hawl their dim and plaiutive cries
Against the shado1v of the skies;
And some 'noy step trom off the road
10 lag aside their heaup load
Or creep or c1Tnge couer lo,u
Before the impact Of the Jyo1V
7hat none mag miss, acith syord end shield
VINO dare the glory of the Field
But through the darkness, dreor and deen
Where 'pan and a0orn the broken Creep
Where far heights 6eckon to the clan
Who dare to charge the mu7voao spau
1Nou9" sn"tteTed dreon1s may mock each pIea
1lY prayer, above the storm shall be
G1ve me the by night and dau-
G1ve me the strength to fght qnu qvnv
Until the dog tall-und then
The heart to rise and fight again."
The official buebird is now tuggng at his leash
We have word from springs Headquarters that ho
be restrained only few days more
There is an extremely wide gap between battinc
around '3o8 and batting around all night Quite So
A New Impetus
Members of the ball club finishing first this season
will receive between s35o0 and IS 900 each NEXT Oc+o
ber' the amount depending upon whether thew finish
first or second in the world series
IN addition to this the earnest athlete has onv re
centy discovered that by finishing second in the PEN
nant race he will be able to collect around 81 Ooo
next 1all, and that third place will mean over $500
1hls means new impetus all along the line
bonus between $500 and 81 900 is not to he tossd ~
board with cheer.
o'''ess we miss an exceedingly simple guess ball
CLUBS with any sort of chance to finish in tho fr+
oVislon Will receive quite impetus as thew ponder
over the autumnal distribution of kale in bulk
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Rutgers Leads in Tank;
Geibel Double Winner

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2s.-Ruteers
won the four-cornered swimming meet
a' Swarthmore to-day with total of Al
POINTS Johns Hopkins was second
with 10 points, Lehigh third with IS
md Swarthmore fourth with G.
Glebcl, of Rutgers, was the indi-
vidual star when he captured first place
in the 90 and l00-yard events, besides
swimming on the victorious relay team
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Melrath Retains I.aure,s

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. %. H. X.
ne,iIrath, Of this city, to-day success
ul!y defended his title of state live
9lrd champion when he defeated H. W.
irlyetts, of Reading, in challenge
match OF rs birds at Whitemarsh.
Aelrath won, 2l to It.
Reading. AN19 ND
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Gandil to Manage
Minor League Team

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 2s.-Arnold
CChick') Gandil, Chicago White Sox
first baseman. has been signed to man
age the st. Anthony. Idaho, baseball
club in the Snake River Yellowstone
League. ~0''0
since 1917. He generally PLAYED 81
hrst base for the Chicagoans, but also
performed in the outtield. The bio
ie!low broke into major league base
1all Ga with the St. Louis Browns in 1909
ne ~ was sent back to the minors for
IoTfher IoIo seasoning and reappeared in
lsIo with the White Sox. The Sox
Solu W hlm to Montreal and in 1912
"snington got him from that club in
cleveland and in 1917 he was traded
to the White Sox. A0eo
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Tie for CHEESE Grown

NJ. Coleman, of Erasmus, and P.
Proswimmer, Of the champion team OF
Richmond Hill H. S., tied for the first
two places in the annual high school
individual chess championship tourna-
ment at the Brooklyn Chess Club yes
terday. They will play off for the
title next Saturday,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Griffith and Bartfeld
Win Their Bouts i'm Paris

PARIS, Feb. 2S.-Johnny Griffith, the
American pugilist, won on points from
Albert Badoud, welterweight champion
of Europe, in twenty-round bout to-
night at the Cirque dc Paris. Griffith
was the winner all the way.
Soldier" Bartfeld, Of New York,
forced Pionnier, n Frenchman. to quit
in the ninth round of their ten-round
bout.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Minors Honor Tearnev

CHICAGO. Feb. 28.-The minor
leagues OF professional baseball have
Snosen Al Tearney, president of the
mestern and Three-I leagues to rep
resent ehen IN all matters under dis
sassloh pertaining to them before the
national committee. Mr.. Tearnav has as
long been an advocate for minor ls nns n"s
representation before the commiss;oT
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Columbia Freshmen Five
Loses to Yale Yearlings

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 2s.-Yale
freshmen to-day defeated the Columbia
class rivals at basketball, 81 to IA.
leading throughout and closing the first
half with a rs to s advantage Captain
Eder, of the visitors, who starred in
the early minutes, was compelled to re-
tire with an injured foot.
Tha line-un.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
c. c. N. Y. Quintet Downs
FOrdham Five. 81 to "a


The City College of New York basket
ball team defeated the Fordham team
at the c. c. N. Y. gym" last night. bv
score of 34 to "a.
G. c. N. Y. will play New York Uni
verslty for the city championship on
Saturday night.
The lineup:
paM e; C. N. Y (3H Pos, Fordham (2D
lam; ............R. F....,.,. M,,jlen
! Nrlnshy ,r!y hy.......... Cen. ....... McMahon
Feiren '''''.-.'..L L. 6 ..... Cunningham
Z, Baskets from floor-Ban 3. Lam
hi,rlnshy 3. Upton. Rashin Hocter / Me.
ia asnon :. Culloton 2. Fouis-Ban 6. Hoe
.er o. Substit tute-Rashn for Feieen. Ref
eree-cari Reid. Springfield College.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Williams Gets Only Goa,

UTICA, Feb. 28.-The Hamilton Col
;ege hocKey team was beaten by Will
iens, pa, 4 10 " here this afternoon
Rawse shot the only goal of the cam, cam,
in the first two minutes Of nlav s"" "''
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
FOrdilam Eresh;es Win

The Fordham freshman basketball
team defeated the c. C. n. Y. freshmen
at c. c. N. c. gymnasium last night by
score of Is to II. At half time the
visitors led by 8 TO 5.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
King Sees Soccer Game

LONDON, Feb. 28.-King George was
interested spectator at Stamford
ridge last Saturday when. Chelsea de-
ated Leicester City by 8 to 0 in the
ira round Of the English Cup. Forty
thousand people saw the game.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Tender Wins by K. y.

r. r pH5;lLADELPH1A, Feb. 2s.-Lew
tnnor' tenSleI' Philadelphia lightweight,
burgh, in the third round Of sbad-
uiea six-round bout here tonight.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Yale Cyrnnasts i'm Van

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 2s.-Yale
tonight defeated Princeton, 80 to q. in
their annual gymnastic meet. Captain
Potter,of Yale, scoring IS points.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Ruth Joins His Ne,U Team:
Mogridge Finally Signs
Manager Huggns Unable to Accompany Local De-
tachment, Owing to Illness; Star Southpaw Quits
the Hold-Out Ranks Just Before Train Time
BY Ray Mccarthy

The Yankees off for Dxeland
nanve the The
night $3.50 from the Pennsylvania
than the Babe" traffic man
Of the Yankees pd the
Kelley, the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Syracuse Beats Colgate

HAMILTON, N. Y, Feb. 2S.-Tbe
Syracuse University five defeated Col
gate here this evening by T. score Of
81 to % y"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Cornell DownsTeh

BETHLEHEM. Pa, Feb. 2s.oCornell
tonight won q wrestling match from
Lehigh, 18 to Is. AVN
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
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w. ~&nub<bY Ga7tzaf7dR Rice
Ruth vs.. Cobb

Nutn VS.. Cobb
Here is another angle upon Ruth's sluggng prowess
Last season Ty Cobb made 191 bs Sc hits Ruth made
only 139.
Yet Cobb's 191 hits yielded 256 bases while Ruths
139 hits yielded 284 bases.
Ruth with 81 fewer hits, totaled % additional
sacks Cobb made more doubles and TRIPLES than the
Babe" derived, but in home the latter predom
mated by margin Of 20 to l. The turn which gave
Cobb 13 triples and but home run is one of the
quecTest record.
Locking Ahead
In 1ust sir aoeeks, pop-eyed and sore
ouW see the dufer lamp his score
And seeing you, he'll then confess
tie shoald haze been eleren less
"AfteY Forty
In response to question from M H. S. we should
say oe Dest athletes we from those who had
passed forty were about follows:
Basebal-IIans Wagner
Boxing-Bob Ftzsimmons
Tennis-Norman E. Brookes
Gof-Walter J. Travis.
Football-Heffelfnger
wagner beyond forty, was still batting 400
FlZ, beyond forty, still knocking 'en, cold
DiooAer beyond forty, was still beating young stars
lfaVs' beyond forty, won the British and American
amateur championships And Heffelfnger, bevond
forty, while coaching Yale forwards. was sti11 ato ~
handle guard and tackle "
lhere IS also this difference between heavvveob+
ooS'ng champion and heavyweight WRESTLING cham-
plonthe difference between appearing once everv two
years and twice week. There have been only, +h
heavyweight championship boxing matches IN ~ 1aS
SIX years, whereas J. Stecher wraps his sinav,, 1
around some gasping opponent on TUESDAYS and sat1
urdays of each week W N"'-
we sa" TWO wagers recorded day or so 400 n
@ 1e eec' 'nae George Siser this season would outhit
bet that the st. Louis star would ontba+
measured by the final average and not by home rms
slsler has been travelling steadily between a45 and
800. That mark within the next wear or so viii ~
quite sufficient to lead the leapue ~ ~ NC
"Feld Marshal Haig is one of pr;+.;.,.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Harvard Fencers Win

=. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 2s.-Har-
day BY score Of Z to 2.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

12Ie Columbia
$5;;:":: :'2 FL S:]$%sa sS;iss s54a @n
Sonkin ......... Center. ....... Mul,an
cutter. r.........,..L. G........ Farrell
Goals from aoor-Yale: Rather rs, r.
0hley o g. Conklin co. Cutler (3). Peck.
rein1mta. Css1nonr lianduer (2). Failing. Marlin
ISH Ioluiloih' pm Eder Springhorn (2). Mullen
~. S,oals from forI--Ya!c: Bather (2N
W. ohley Columbia Eder (S), Mullen
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

Field Marshal Haig is one Of Pr;+a;o,a
go,1ers battle between our open champion and 49,
ne1o marshal would at least have an od-fasharns
ring-vz Hagen-Hag. -"'io''eo
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

olsier has been travelling steadily between .345 anf
':e imae marx within the next year or so will be
quite sufficient to lead the league ~
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

At zero hour, $3.50 o'clock yesterday
morning, the first squad of Giants, fif-
teen strong, began its march to the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-12-02
TREE HAS CANDY FLOWERS
Indian Product That Rivals the "Sin.
gerbread House" Of the Remenn-
bered Fairy Tales.

We have al read the story Of the
gingerbread house in the fairy tales.
Well there is a family of trees in
India that have "candy" flowers or
the next thing 10 1t. These trees are
known as the "Bassia" trees, and Of
the three important kinds, two have
sueasy flowers and the third is called
the Indian butter tree" The petals
OF the flowers are rich in sugar and
drop from the tree in the early morn
Ing. They are picked up by the WON
en- and children and are spread out
on mats to dry in the sun. a single
tree will furnish 300 pounds of flow
ers in a year When fresh the flowers
are very sweet and taste much like
figs. They are eaten fresh or cooked
with rice shredded coconut. or flour.
The seeds of the butter tree are full
Of oil. and this oil is used to make n
kind Of butter. and also for soap and
candles. Popular Mechanics Maya
zine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-12-02
THE BUILDING HOLD-UP.

Conspiracy, profiteering, bribery,
corruption, blaekmai and graft on
a royal scale" that makes the late
convict Sam Parks seems ''only a
cheap CRATER enter into the intol-
cradle and scandalous building stu
tatiun in New York City, according
TO testimony before the legislative
Housing Committee. The metropoli-
tan press appear to accept the reye-
lations without much question as to
their face value, approve the sum
monng of a special grand jury to
deal with legal aspects of the investi-
cation and insist, as we read IN the
Journal of Commerce, that "the, in
quiry should be prosecuted With ut
most vigor and guilty parties brought
70 Justice, no matter who they may
be. Mayor Hylan cancelled contracts
for new $4,000, 600 court house
when il appeared that a representative
of system" had proffcred POLITICAL
support of labor unions if he would
sign certain bids Labor men are
quoted as saying that collision and
graft are merely local. In any event
adds the New York Globe, what effects
New York will directly and indirectly
affect conditions elsewhere" And
Attorney General Palmer, promising
all possible cooperation by the United
States Department Of Justice, with
Samuel Untermyer, chief counsel for
the investigating committee, refers to
Federal suits already instituted against
cement manufacturers and hardware
manufacturers under the Sherman
Antitrust Act The Topeka Capital
concludes that the investigation early
bears out the charge of "the existence
Of combine or trust Of employers anC
abor unions which holds up the
building trades throughout the United
States. Literary Digest
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-12-02

kept right on at his hotel job drawing
a Shipping BoardIsalary.as sailor"
common laborers.9 paid. experienced
mechanics wages;N selling- material at
l3 cents on the dollar WHILE buying
precisely the same material at 90 per
cent above the established wholesale
market price for it; steward throwing
overheard an entire ship slssupply.iof
food, bought five days before by his
predecessor, in order To make room for
full fresh supply bought withAthe
customary stewards 'rake-off these
may be counted-among the humors OF
the colossal orgy.
And then there is that spirited little
episode of a-captain stealing his Ship
ping Board vessel bodily and hawking
her about foreign ports for sale. To
be sure, in this instance the captain
had to 20 abroad. He had just engaged
in a little $4,000 bunkerage steal.
Grapefruit knives at 81 80 each and
Strawberries at go cents a-quart were
supplied to every member Of forecastle
crews. These are the opera bouife,
Pinafore features of the magnificent
debauch Like the payment af $20S
for an eight-dollar JOB of headlight
repairing, they are rather tightening
and cheering than otherwise as seen
against the black background of the
really serious stealing by fraudulent
contracts, in crooked sub-contracting,
etc
And now what is to be done about
it? Are these crooks, official and plain,
to 90 unwhipped of justice with the
millions they have stolen from the
American people? Are they to go scot
free or are they to be hunted down,
convicted. and put in the penitentiary
where they belong?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-12-02
DISLIKE SONS To GROIN UP
Few Mothers Welcome the Time When
Their Boys Go Out Into the
Hard World.

Almost every mother keeps her boy
in knee pants" just as long as size
can; she hates TO see him becoming
man, for she feels that he is getting
away from her.
A mother sees only with reluctance
the boy pass from the love and care
and peace with which she has sur
rounded him. ont into the world OF
pitileSs endeavor in which he must
play his part.
The mothers selfish fondness dis
closes itself in the ludicrous child's
garment and the wornout, home-bred
horse with which she sends forth the
would-be knight. These are to the
modern analytical mind painfully sym
bolic of the unconscious interference
on the part of parents with the proper
adult equipment OF their children for
an independent life Their apparent
fondneSs concealS the unconscious wish
thar the child will find himself IN
equipped for the greater world and
compelled to turn back to the shelter
New York Medical Journal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-12-02
stupldly surveyed the White Panels

perity. See the big wad I've laid
away as a result Of the fights Why
we could get married tomorrow. Let's
do it, See I've brought the ring
Flame nared in Maggie's black eyes
With majesty and grandeur she rose
10 her feet
Go away, Jim Hennessey. I'd
rather trim hats the rest Of my life
than marry the richest man In the
world, unless he gained his wealth ty
some decent method"
But Maggie" he protested, hold
ing the handbook before her
Don't Maggie me p she cried push
ing him into the hau and out on the
steps DO something worth while be
fore you ask me TO wear ring
Having surveyed the panels OF the
green door TO his satisfaction. jim
shrugged his shoulders and made his
way slowly to the home Of the "Dany
Banner" He had practically COM
pleted negotiations for an exhibition
by the worlds champion heavyweight
and Sc was the correct thing to consult
the Banner sporting editor.
Jim walked dejectedly up the stairs
to the editorial room. The sporting
editor was busy SO Jim waited. and
looked ahstractedly out OF a window.
He saw young couple pass arm-in-
arm. chatting blithesomely, and in a
vacant lot two newsboys were batter
ing each other while an admiring
throug urged them on. Jim felt sick.
The sporting editor finished his
work. approached him, rubbing his
hands and grlnning. and asked for q
cigarette.
We'll. do we get the big bolt2" he
Inquired aTahly obtaining match
from the same source,
Jim turned from the window with
vacant stare.
"Say Bill he asked thoughIuiiS
"who is the worlds champion singer
II was about ghrec months later rhar
a debouair young mdn. who app er.d
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-12-02
HAPPY WOMEN.
Plenty OF Them in Mineral Point and
Good Reason For II.

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The distress of urinary troubles,
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