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fore now to give II n proper produc-
ton. But with the cast augmented
and increased by three new and per-
manent players, tho theatregoers are
assured of n splendid entertainment
a production worthy of the name and
fame of ALIAS Jimmy Valentine" In
this remarkable play, which ran two
years in New York. the leading char
acter Is n professional eafebrealser
who has trained his finger tips to such
degree of sensitlveness, that no can
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Z$45 In. PRIZES TO BE
GIVEN RAT CATCH-E|:..R|;S:
City Offers Three Prizes in
Rat Killing Contest
Starting Tuesday.

MANNINGToN, May 15.--Rats!
They are almost as thick in Man
s3ss hin & ton as they were in Hame1ln
the good housewives
made complaint to the harassed
mayor, causing him afterWard TO
pull that historical bone.
With the idea Of sanitation,
4 comfort, economy, civic pride and
sthe general desire to make Man
Il nington8 a good place to be, the
city com missioners have decided
e to offer three prizes to the people
\ killing the greatest number or
! rats in a period Of ten days.
prizes are: First, s25;
second, S15, and third, SIS. To
sasecure either of these prizes the
must kill the rats and
Bring the tails to Chief OF Ponce
44J.ssE. Masters, who will check the
,,.nhmber brought by each person
1eainnd then. dispose of the tails
NThere is no restriction as to the
Nmethod of killing the rats; the
ssmain thing is to kill them. young
Il gold, gray or black, brown OF
white.
the contest will open tomorrow.
and Mast until May &c, or for a
fperioh Of ten days. 1t is the
SSearndst hope of the mayor and
II city commissioners that the pub
a lie will cooperate in the project
either for the prizes, or because
81 their own civic pride and in
sSterest Here is a chance for som
sboy to make himself enough
X spending money to carry him
Through the summer. The grown
ops too, if they give the same Co
that made cleanup
SMeele so successful, will make this
fat-catching period very beneficial
Ito the community.
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WILDCATS CONTINUE
I'm WINNING STREAK
Defeat Pennington Bunch in
Swift Game Here
Yesterday.

WASHINGTON, May IL. ~ The
Warrington Wildcats copied a
game from the Chatham Hill base
ball team Of Pennington yesterday,
to a score OF IA to -.
y Some fast playing was shown by
both teams, as good ball as is usual
" put up by any kid team. Peters
and Rymer We're the Wildcat stars,
and Marshall led all others on the
Chatham nine.
In the first inning it looked like
an easy victory for the Wildcats.
but in the third and fourth the
Chatham boys developed a strong
defense and kept the locals busy.
In the sixth and seventh the Wild
cats We're unable to score while the
visitors ran in three scores. In the
last Of the ninth Johnson singled to
Huey and was thrown out at first.
Daird singled to Beatty, and an
overthrow to first put him on sec
ond Duck got a hit and was
thrown out at first, while Kolish
famed, ending the game.
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;THREEsBo Ysg Y Fl g j n NJ 4 I
tilKEsA CROSS c OINTMENT j i: Il Tent ].

Oh a sentimental hiking
trip, Murray Goldberg, Jack k sa
and Sol Sch weiger, all OF new
York, reached Fairmont last eve
ming and are today preparing to
start on another lap Of their jour
ney to Los Angeles. The boys lett
New York six days ago with Two
other companions, and with oniS
$3.50 between the five. us;
The boys rode in motor truck
from Trenton, n. j., to Ph 1:,liaLe I /
phia, and obtained another LIT
for the greater part OF the dis DIS.
lance from Philadelphia to East
oxford, where two Of the boys be-
came homesick and left the party:
From East Oxford to Cumberlan1d1
and from Cum berland to Fairmonnt
the three boys also obtained llfts.
The boys have stopped to Work
on several occasions and arrived
in Fairmont with So between
them.
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KIDDER is LEADING
BY BUT TWO POINTS
Subscription Contests Still
Very Close.

MANNINGTON, May 1.-THE
subscription contest being waged
between six of the boys who de-
liver The West Virginian is getting
hotter every day, and it is hard to
tell at this time who will be the
winner Of the handsome watch Of
fercd as a first prize.
Arthur kidder was ahead Satur-
day by two points. James Tobin
was the only one to show no in
crease, he still having four sub
scriptions to his credit. The boys
are working hard, however, and IT
is clear that the final decision will
not be reached until the last hour
OF the last day Of the contest For
instance, Charles Tobin made a
rapid gain Saturday, now having
eleven points. The present score IS
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FOUR1CA I
RAID } N. Arr JAILED i |. III
Whisky Found in House in
Ogden Avenue When Raid
ed by Sheriff.

4 D.. B. Shaffer, W. NJ Beall. Mrs.
Edith Seimers and Mrs Morgan
Taylor are prisoners in the county
Jail awaiting trial en- a charge OF
violating the State Prohibition law.
The four were arrested by Sheriff
James .. Charlton and members of
his force when they raided the
house at Quincy street and Ogden
Avenue. 2! +sSHsassa
Acting upon information that
whisky had been sold at the house,
the officers planned tn cir raid fol-
Sunday evening in order to catch
their victims mapping. The officers
succeeded, as they found almost a
gallon of moonshine whisky in pint
bottles, a number of jugs, larger
bottles and other utensils for stor-
ing liquors. The officers made a
diligent search for a still or larg-
er supply of whisky but were un-
successful.
The evidence was seized by the
sheriff and the four persons ar
rested and taken to the courthouse
where the evidene was stored away
and the prisoners all locked up in
the county Jail.
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WAR FILM AT BURTS

:s3#N1iANNINGTON, May IL. -
Patrons of Burt's Theater should
$arrange to see the first scenes OF
1.-The Great representation first,
ssince the smashing climax OF that
kstory cannot be appre ciated to its
fullest unless the motif Of the play
Us secured through the opening
scenes OF course, In ordinary mo-
stion pictures this coming in dur
ling the middle of a picture makes
hut little difference.
The picture represents a fortune
Sin settings. These are all Particn-
%larly effective and include a con-
sception Of the Kaiser's secret war
chamber, where were stored mod
ae1s and plans Of Teutonic war ma
chimes, a large castle interior, with
ssas lavishly furnished hall and sev'-
seral ad joining rooms; boudolr
Setting which is the replica Of
Marie Antonitette's boudoir and
many other interesting structures
1p'posedly laid in various parts OF
Europe and Africa.
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JURORS SELECTED
FOR JUNE SESSION

Petit jurors to serve at the June
term of Circuit Court, if any jury
trials are held, were drawn from
the jury box Saturday afternoon
by the jury commissioners. It IS
not definitely known as yet wheth-
er any jury trials Will be held at
the June term or not, but if Judge
w. S. Meredith decides to hold any
jury trials, the jurors whose
names were drawn from the box
Saturday afternoon will meet June
The list Of jurors is as follows:
Fairmont District
Scott Arnett. Shirley 3. Elkins.
John w. Wilson, Sam E. James,
Harry G.. Wycoff, d. d. Leonard,
Charles G. Evans, Sylvester r..
Clayton, Steve e. Wilson, William
&c. RidSeway, John C. Burchinal,
Russell d. Diclerson, Frank ~.
Ice George Walters, III. Fl. Stag
gers and John w. Polling.
Huntington District
C. b. Kendall, Thomas L. Cross,
Perry G. Hayhurst, John Owens,
Alva Moore, William Lemley, Roy
II. Williams, Jesse C. Iiildreth,
John Robinson.
Lincoln District
John Tough, Blaine B. Poline,
c. U. Morgan, Ellery Parrish Sid
Hess and James y. Brand.
Grant District
Wayman Wilt, Lee r. Asher,
Charles Martin and George Ritten-
house.
Union District
c. o. West, Emmett Poe, Ansel
Kisner Robert G.. Lynn, George
w. Helmick, Jesse II. Rex and
Dorsey Pople.
Winfield District
Brooks Malone, B. L. Bunner
and George Nixon.
Paw Paw District
## c. r. Amos, U u Tough, Tho
mas L. Thorne and J. G. Michael. \
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TEN QUTARIANS 10
ATTEND CONVENTION

"Ho for Pittsburgh was the mot
to for the weekly meeting and lunch
con Of the Fairmont Quota Club a.
the Fairmont today, and ten mem
bers Of the Quota Club will qualify
for the trip and will leave here
Wednesday afternoon for the down
river city, where they will attend
the third annual convention of the
International Quota Club to be held
at the William Penn Thursday and
Friday of this week In the party
will be Mrs. kathleen Courtney,
Quota Club president. Mrs. Gera!-
dine Fanus, Miss nellie Dougan,
Miss Leota Gaskins, Miss Eileen
Ahern, Miss Katherine Barry. Miss
gzella Kinsey, Mrs. Pauline Hanes,
Miss Lena Hamilton and Miss Ruth
Merrifield. g
N Tonight at the Fairmont, with
Deacon Engle as director, the ten
girls will practice a stunt which
they will pull off at the convention,
which is sponsored by Mr.. Engle.
Souvenirs appropriate to the state
will he taken along, and a good
showing will be made by the local
delegation. a dinner at the Will
liam Penn, a formal banquet at
which members OF the Pittsburgh
Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions Clubs
will be guests at the William Penn,
a drive about Pittsburgh and tea
as guests of the Garden Club Of
Pitts burgh will be among the en-
tertainment features provided for
the delegates and visitors:
Mr. Engle was the guest Of hon
or today of the Quotarians and gave
a catchy little address with Talk
as the theme. MI. Engle was at
his best, and his talk brought forth
many a good laugh. Mrs. Engle
was a guest also on this occasion.
Twenty-Five club members We're
present for the luncheon today.
Next Monday evening Will be
the monthly evening meeting, which
will be held at the F'airmont, and
at this meeting the delegates to
Pittsburgh VIII give reports Of the
convention. On Monday. May 20
the visitors here to the state meet
ing Of the Business and Profession
al Women'ss Club will be guests OF
the Quota Club at the Fairmont.
All rubies are not red. Violet
pink and purple varieties have been
a. "a
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Warrington Personals

Robert Furbee was visiting
friends in Fairmont Friday.
Glenn Norman, H. f. Conner.
and e. r. Cole motored to Elkins
yesterday.
Paul Gallagher, who is employ
ed BY the Paige Motor Car Co. at
Fairmont spent Sunday at his
home here, and will leave today
for Detroit, Mich. to drive a car
back to Fairmont. He will re-
turn sometime the latter part Of
the week.
Clarence Shriver and Marshall
Matthews were guests of friends
in Fairmont yesterday evening
Raymond Gallagher was visit
ing friends in Clarksburg Satur-
day and Sunday.
Franklin Gallagher spent the
week end in Morgantown.
Howard Cottle, George Cottle,
and Alec Work of Mcdonald, were
guests at the home Of Mrs. e G..
McCarnes, over Sunday.
Newt Jones has returned from
Wheeling and has now opened a
vulcanizing shop on Buffalo street.
Miss Martha Simonds of Mann
ington underwent severe opera-
ton at the Ohio Valley General
Hospital at Wheeling Saturday.
She is doing very nicely at pres
ent.
Mrs. D. c. Tab1er left for a
short stay at Parkersburs today.
Miss Laura Leatherman spent
the week end with friends in
Wheeling.
N NJ Leigh was a business yiSi-
tor in Fairmont Saturday.
Roy Mccartney was visiting
friends in Fairmont yesterday.
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SOPHOMORE PICNIC.

MANNINGTON, May 15.-The
sophomore class journeyed to Salt
Lick Saturday afternoon and had
a very pleasant picnic. There
were over a score in the group.
Miss Nellie E'Da1go chaperoned
the party.
Both girls and boys contributed
toward the eats, which were
plentiful and good. Games of
various kinds were played, and
other outdoor sports that made
the afternoon pass very pleasant
". The class returned on the Z
o'clock car.
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MOTHERS REMEMBERED

N1ANNINGTON, May If
Mothers Day in Huntington was
generally observed by the Churches
yesterday and special sermollI
were preached by the pastors. IN
some cases short programs consist
ing Of recitations or special sing
ing was given.
When the crowds turned out to
Sunday School in the morning, red
and white carnations were in cyl
dence everywhere. a
In the First Christian Church the
different families We're seated to-
gether at the morning service. Ihls
was a very elective arrangement rs
was proved by the number OF pleas
urable comments.
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CAR ETAKER WANTED
Y. FOR THE CEMETERY

BENNINGTON, May "a peti-
stion was started here today asking
for one hundred people to subscribe
81 per month for six months, June
83to. September inclusive for the par
pose of hiring a man to care tor
the Warrington Cemetery.
silt is said that the cemetery IS
badly overgrown and in such con-
#dition as to reflect upon the pro
Sgressiveness Of the community. It
is believed that il a man could be
secured for this work during the
summer months the burial ground
could be put in first class condl-
gtion and kept that way.
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WILL PLAY FAIHNroNT.

* sas5 MANNlNGlON, MAY
sFairmont and Harrington Hlgh
school baseball teams will come
together once again tomorrow at
the Fairmont grounds.
si35 Since Fairmont received such
drubbing at the hands OF the
locals at the game played here on
May 9, they will likely do some
mighty hard playing tomorrow.
Huntington, on the other hand,
has got back some of the con
Sfdence she lost during the first
few games when everything seem
ED to go wrong, and will be driv-
ing the game from start to finish
5iEE.l Next Friday the East Side will
tourney to Warrington to try out
the $Houghtown diamond. The
next game at home for Manning
ton will be the last of the sche-
sduIe, when they play Grafton a re-
turn game here.
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Il a BARNES HERE

!, MANNINGTON. May u --I e
1Homewood Church observe
Mothers Day in all its services
Yesterday but especially in the
sm1niorning worship, when the Rev:
4 IL Barnes, superintendent 81
schools, preached from the theme
s.sMo Love Y" His address was
an appeal to fathers. mothers, and
children for consecrated living.
Revival services have been go
ing on here for a week and are
expected to last throughout this
week. The services this week vii
SIT is believed. he featured by a
growing interest. So far the at
tendance has been small, except
on Saturday and Sunday evenings .
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DArH HERS TRY OUT WATER.

WARRINGTON, May 15.---1t
may not be as warm here as in
Palm Beach, but just the same
bathers were out in force -yester-
day to try the water in BuHalo
Creek above Houghtown.
OF course some of the tough
ened "outdoor' youngsters have
been in "smimmin' before TINS,
but yesterday was the first day
real beach bathing has attracted
much attention.
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The seven languages spoken in
the British Isles are English IN
England, Welsh in Wales. Erse IN
Ireland, Manx in the Isle OF Man,
Gaelic i'll Scotland. French in the
Channel islands and Cornish IN
Cornwall.
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G. A. r. MEETING

MOUNDSVILLE, May 15.-Dele
gates are arriving here today for
the G. A. r. state encampment
which opens here tomorrow after
loon at the First NJ. E. Church.
About 500 are expected from varl.
Gus posts in the state.
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FOCAL PLANT BUSY.

ssMANlNINGTON, May lit. NJ.
'SHaugh, who recently purchased the
garage formerly owned by MaraE-
VILE and Shaffer in Buffalo street,
ssfs also owner OF the Warrington
Essboiler works, and he said Saturday
mat the two plants Of business
were keeping him busy. The boiler
,kYprks are turning out a lot of work
sand since the weather is opening
s 10 he expects heavy demands upon
4 HIS shop force at the garage. E. w
Horton ~ formerly with the Paige
Motor Co. In Wheeling, is in charge
tsofS the repair shop. .5i Ri ss
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MACCABEEs INITIATE \

Warrington, May 1 4 -- --! The = Lady La
Maccabees held their regular
meeting last Thursday, and a
large class of candidates was in
itiated into the order. District
officers from F1airmonta and
Clarksbuts were present, and aid
ed in the work Delicioussrefresh-
ments were served, and a delight
ful social hour spent.
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CUES WIN ANOTHER.

MANNINGTON, May. 15.--1n
fast game Saturday the Manning
ton Cubs redeemed themselves by
defeating the swift Salt LICK IN
dependents by a score OF 70 %.
This is the third game the CUBS
have won this year, and only one
has been lost
The batteries: For Salt Lick,
Thorne and Yeager; for the Cubs,
Johnson and Atkins.
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FACTORY CLOSES

A1ANNINGToN, May IS. The
Marion Window Glass co. mere
closed the factory for this year
Saturday. Many people who have
come from other towns to work
here will be leaving soon for their
homes, it is said.
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Peters.
Struck out-By Hartlieb 4, Ford
5, Dunice 2, Kolish 3.
Stolen bases-Loeso 2, Ounce L,
johnson. 8, Beatty q Magee 3, Pryor
L. utter /, IIuey 1, sHartlieb l, Pc
tiers 3.
Double play-Pryor to Magee.
Score by innings:
Chatham ITO 222 121-12
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the the county s,r + jail coTnval.
Speculation and Investment
Facts Made Plain
oeR 1qsr M Rf
% Of f its a ana
With security behind them securities because
h s S am o Fsts
hood Of losing the ans % n
With fixed dividend per this class since the
9pg M an aas VIII
t. the
It would require permit license from the state aud
sci e. e. b P1a 81 so
men Of SPECULATION injected the proposition and that
pany beeRe the stock
il addition to the dividend the preferred soc and So
CURED to sell this stock auditor has carefully
vestigate plans Of the its assets and labs
placed his approval upon # w Issuing
the permit as required by law a,,o,, y noo
stock With saG6 va share and
arne e nso n.Gsa Samuel and
son. H directors Of the and the arg-
Of and to build
a gd d9r ] s
have value until the dividends Ct the
Stock and leave balance for distribution among the
mon sofk holders m are o Of
ferred stock With which they Of their rata
share of common stock Just as al othei buyers OF
stock get. -,
they already spent several thousand dollars IN this
It IS finished they nothing for this except
stock Not single penny OF the money Iau N on Pre-
State allows much 10 cent to be spent II TINS
way Every dollar received from the sale Of stock
viii applied the purchase Of real estate the @
fen e th hat hs
better IF T. s end s or z pe6en =
Under this plan Of promotion nobody is taking chance
they good the operation Of the theatre and earn
fo on me + h 20 Der cent stock but It win
valuable than the 60 cent OF common STOCK W1c
f entirely fss E ne purchasers q the preferred
other they REQUIRED to make good the Pre-;
they penny the money invested III the pro
motion work and they cannot make ther 4o cent
time causing the 50 cent bonus IN stock
the rate Of dividends The preferred stock
Of the but they are proteeed as e o.
the which they af bss f s
promoters wiling to put up q g ae
mon stock would seem those who opportunity
to obtain this stock without penny q cost except
ed BY real On and there be no better
security being given chance to get an IN
badly enterprise without the expenditure q any
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY MAKES BIG LOAN 70,
The Conservative Company Of Wheeling,
one Of the largest and most CONSERVATIVE n te
country and company which, has done gea aea Io rs
ing loans Is those worthy Of then: and whose assets
the f5I oan granted Gsn
ful title Of the character
position and into Of the proposed business
future revenue producer =, ], =: - q
ity in dealing With the people agreed
practically dollars the people Of Farront
undertaking BY about haf OF necessary
lcapital5 to launch the new theatre enterprise
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All rubies are not red Violet,
pink and purple varieties have been
found 81 "a Il f5st Az m Al 3iss5 =
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Charter No. 5o1e

RESOURCES
Loans and discounts. including redls-
counts, acceptances of other banks, and
foreign bills of exchange or drafts sold
with Endorsements Of this bank except
those shown in and Cd
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New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
Record 'sCate" Is Forecast
for Scrap in Milwaukee;
Walker to Box Valger
By Fred Hawthorne

That peculiar noise you heard yes
tcrday. fellow sportsmen and ladies',
was not strong wind blowing against
the branches Of the trees, but merely
the rustling Of New Years leaves be-
ing turned over by earnest little men
and women who were making their
resolutions for 1922.
Among those who Aopped a busy leaf
vas Archie Walker. the former ANA
tour lightweight champion, who is to
meet Benny Nalger in Tex Richards
Madison Square Garden arena next
Friday night in the seni-fnal ten
round affair Archie's resolution was
to the effect that he will fight his way
into the lightweight championship of
the world before the year kisses itself
goodby.
Archie reminds US of George AIDES
Coming Champion He acts that
way; has a fast left hand. dangerous
right, and is a wicked little inhghter
"Our Hero left the amateur ranks
many gold watches and scarfpins that
he looked like one of those jewelry
stores on the Boardwalk at Atlantic
City. Since joining the ranks OF the
"pros" Archie has won ten fights in
row and he has picked Valger as his
eleventh victim.
The main bout at the Garden on
Friday evening will bring together
Babe Herman. the Portugan- San Fran
Californian contender for john
ny KllbAne's fcatherwelght title, and
Andy CLANCY formerly of Baltimore.
My Maryland
Two ten-round preliminaries will
start the fuss at the Garden. Abe
Goldstein facing Billy Marlowe. Of Far
Rockaway. in bantamweight jam
boree. and frankie Jones and Jimmy
Kelly picking EN- off the floor in the
opener in the laudable effort 20 dis
coTer who's the better welterwei ght.
We may be referring to him as
Mitchell. the Boy VINO Made Milwau-
s,ee Famous" after the finish OF the
championship bout t,,is
afternoon in the Auditorium between
New-York tribune., 1922-01-02
Coast Eleven
Clashes TODAY
With w. & ].
Capacity Crowd May Wit
ness 1ntcrsectional Foot
ball Game at Pasadena

PASADENA. Calf, Jan. 1.-rndca-
tions are that Washington and Jctfcr-
son and the University Of California
will clash in the great intersectionsl
football game in connection with the
Tournament of Roses here tomorrow
on heavy field. Tonight Tournament
Field was soaked by q heavy rain The
heaviest in weeks. The springy top
soil. however, may prevent muddy
gridiron. There will be no postpone
mcnt unless the downpour continues at
game time.
The rains OF the past two weeks
have softened the field. but it has been
carefully tended and neither team per
mtted to practice on it. Cloudy weather
has prevailed for tho last two days.
Interest in the contest is reaching its
climax tonight. The stands, which seat
1000, arc practically sold out.
The game is scheduled to start at
2:15 o'clock p. m, Pacific Coast time,
or o:l5 Eastern time.
Announcement was made tonight Of
the assignment of the officials as fol
lows: George Varnell. Chicago Uni
versity. referee; Tom Thorp. Columbia,
umpire; H. II. Heubcl, Michigan, lines
man: Walter Eckcrsal, Chicago Uni
versity, field judge.