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But the story is best told in the
experts own words. and this is the
way it reached me today:
"The 'prelims' were as tame as
those at home, and 1t was only in the
main event that man was SO
roughly horse de combat and Car
pentier, as they carried him from the
ring, was far from a pleasant sight
to see. with his face a compact mass
of livid Jumps. his eyes scarcely WIS.,
ible, his lips swollen so that he could
not close his mouth.
His Farewell Bout
I'VE had been told for weeks by
the idolatrous French press that
Carp was ma, ing an enormous sac
rifice in giving us this farewell
chance of seeing him. He was such
great international figure, so much
in demand not only in the rings of
America and England, where the
purses are in dollars and pounds.
but before the camera as we'll He
really could not afford to fight for
misery 100000 francs-all that
Paris could offer-but he would do
it just to give his faithful French
admirers treat.
when he climbed through the
ropes into the ring he waved to va
rious friends in the front rows of
seats, and nodded condescendingly to
the crowd, bandaging his hand,
meanwhile, with exaggerated nom
chalance. When he had made the
round of the ring in this attitude,
he turned to the timekeeper, seated
near his corner, and said: Let's
hurry up, it's going to rain. il
sounded irritatingly as If he had said,
/ aff
ment for tea at the Claridgen All
this condescence was so disagreeably
obvious to the crowd tEat Carp lost
a fair share of his popular favor be-
fore the fight began. l set this down
in Justice to the crowd which had
been accused of fickleness, of trans
ferring its favor too quickly readily
from the old champion to the new.
Sikh Frightened
THE opening round was simple.
Sikh against the 1.-THE. blonde, playful
Georges, looked like frightened GO
rilla. He cringed AS Carp ap-
preached him he simply bent forward
and covered his face with his gloved
hands. The crowd booted Carp
laughed and jabbed little tickling
punches behind the negros ears.
Sikh pushed his fists spasmodieally
toward the champ, then covered up
again. Carp was having the time of
his life. like puppy worrying a
mouse.
"siki at one of Carp's approaches
even dropped ON one knee (teehni-
eally down and therefore not hit
table, and was roughly told by M.
Henry Bernstein, the referee: Get up
and fight. you buffer
at was clear that Sikh was sorry
he had come. He wanted to go home
and forget all about this nightmare
that he had unwittingly stumbled
into. l had very clear impression
that had carp sailed in then with a
few stiff punches, even if there was
no vulnerable point of the black man
exposed, Sikh would have rolled over
and taken the count, happy to find
so easy an exit.
sikh Waking Up
THE same was true in the second
round. Sikh was still frightened, still
anxious to avoid the terrible blows of
the great Georges. The latter con-
tinued his cinema performance, but,
once or twice, seeing an opening
when the negro came out of his tur-
tle-like attitude to look about, man.
aged to land what should have been
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
Yale Beats North Carolina

New Haven. Conn, October I'm
a drizzle Yale deprived of Captain
Jordan and O'Hearn, defeated North
Carolina, Is to 0, this afternoon. Nc
Donald, the visitors quarterback,
once carried the ball across Yale's
goal. but the lads from the south had
been offside and the touchdown did
not count.
A clean 22-yard forward pass,
Neidlinger to Mallory, gave Yale it's
first score. In the third period,
Johnston, from behind North Caro-
lina's line, kicked the ball against the
post. 1t rebounded and Eddy of Yale,
fell on it for Yale's second touch
down. The third score came when
Neidlinger was pushed over from the
5-yard line Score:
Yale Qs)-Cutler, lie; Storrs. 1t;
Cruikshank (acting captain). 1g;
Lands. c; Cross, re-; Diller. rt; Holl-
man. re; Beckett. OBJ; Bench, lib;
Neidlinger, RIB; Mallory, fb.
North Carolina OR. Morrison.
lie; Mathews. 1t; Pritchard Co, lg;
Blount. c; Poindexter. rg; Hawfield,
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Attendance Record

Polo Grounds. N Y. October AT
tendance and receipts for the fourth
game follows:
Attendance, 36.242.
Receipts, $118,384.
Players share. s60.375.s4.
Each clubs share, $20,125.2 S.
Commissioners share, $17,757.60.
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Clemens; Davidorff for oliver; Hunt
for Propst.
Oglethorpe: Porter for Stevens;
Turner for Porter; Whitehead for
Bartenfeld; Bryant for Morris; Bar
tenfeld for Whitehead; Campbell for
Hattie; Roberts for Wyatt: Wyatt for
Lungsford; Hamrick for Sayre; Nor
ris for Bryant; Gordy for vanodore.
Umpire: Moriarty est. Nary.
Referee: Cole (Clemson).
Headlinesman: Cox (Georgia).
Time Of Quarters: is minutes.
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Showers Today

New York, October THE
weather bureau tonight predicted
showers and cooler weather for to-
morrow in the area, the center of
which, according to thousands of
fans, who are waiting for the Sum
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RAIN ENDS DRoU'H

Admission, October 7.-tSpeciaL)-
Admission and the immediate territory
surrounding were visited by rains
Friday and Saturday for the first
time in over two months the showers
being welcomed at the end of the
long drouth.
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SUNDAY MATINEE AT
AGE-HERALD TODAY

Worlds still order at The Herald and this
baseball will be play by play the
The this will begin O'clock being
the of the building Fifth
well
having their foes The today
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Arkansas Beats Drury

Fayetteville, Ark, October T.
Playing straight offensive game.
the University of Arkansas eleven
today defeated Drury college, % to 0.
Three touchdowns, field goal and
one point after touchdown con-
tributed the total of points.
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Army Beats Kansas

West Point, N. Y, October T.
Army defeated University of Kansas
today. 10 to 0. The large crowd in
cluded 500 Kansas rooters. The game
was played in a drizzling rain.
The westerners fumbled more fire.
quently, although both teams had
trouble in handling the ball. The
Cadets were more successful in re-
covery. Forward passing and kick
ing featured the play Of both teams.
Army's first touchdown came as a
direct result of a pass. 1t was in
the opening period when the Cadets
had the ball on Kansas 30-yard line.
A pass, Smythe to White, took it to
Wood took 1t over. Smythe kicked
goal.
Smythe intercepted forward pass
in the second period and ran SO
yards to score. The goal was
missed. The Kansans held the Army
safe throughout the last two periods.
The line-up;
Army G3)-white, lie; Goodman, 1t;
Farwick. lg; Gar5isch. C; Breidster.
rg; Mulligan, TT; Meyers. re; Smythe,
OBJ; Timberlake, lib; Dodd, RIB;
Wood. fb.
Kansas (0)-Black, lie; Ivy. 1t;
Davidson, lg; Weidline, C; Higgins,
rg; Cave. rt; McLain. re; Wilson,
OBJ; McAdams, lib; Kruger, RIB;
Sturgeon, fb.
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Harvard Wins, 200

Cambridge. Mass, October 7.-Har
ward defeated Holy Cross today. 20 to
0. The game was rough, but not I'M
duly so, and was played in a drizzle.
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tumble Beats Pitt

Pittsburg. Pa, October IA FUN
BILE in the third period spelled defeat
for the University of Pittsburg
eleven here today by Lafayette COL
lege to o.
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rt; Cochran. re- Mcdonald, OBJ: F.
Morris, lib; Johnston, RIB; MCGEE, fb.
Score by quarters:
Yale ............0 6 6-1S
North Carolina 800 0 o. 0
Yale touchdowns-Mallory. Eddy
(sub. Cutler), Neidlinger. Referee.
Schartz Drown. Empires, Reed
(Springfield)- Field Judge, Turber
(Colgate). Head linesman. Palmer
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Panthers Fight Gan1ely
To Hold Aggies to 40
Score at StarkUiUe

sarkvil Miss October AFTER terrible combat the
Mississippi A M Maroon downed the Partners
this afternoon Scott Field before crowd of 5000 people Il to
The Maroons touchdown
play on forward pass from MCGOWAN to Clark for 20 yards The final
counter the last of play when Cameron bucked
the fourth down from Birmingha fouryard line
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Composite Box of
the Worlds Series

New York. October IA composite box
score for the first four games Of the
worlds series follows;
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Sikh Terrified in First Three
Rounds, But, Regaining Nerve,
Tore in, Writes American Scribe
Rngside Witness of Carpenter-Siki Bout Writes
Graphic Account of Battle Which Saw Down
fall of "Flower of France" Be-
fore Dusky Invader
By SPARROW MGANN
Special Correspondent of The Accelerate
(Copvright 1922 bv The Aqe-HeraId)

New York. October And last the inside of the
through the
mill and watched of the supposed panther Sikh and Cor
This when he
the ring through round
had
into the Senease either of these rounds the panther would
q doYna ndc ried
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
Jack Dempsey in
Exhibition Bout

Boston, October Jack Dempsey,
worlds heavyweight boxing cham
pion, trim and fit after his expert
ence In the woods of Maine and New
Brunswick, tonight went through the
motions Ct boxing four rounds with
Jack Thompson of Detroit. negro.
Mattress weight gloves were used and
the finish came without one of Demp-
sey's hairs being disturbed.
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IOtAIH .s.s..I D2 u 10 TO .3Ul
Ran for stengel in second game.
.-Batted for Nehf In first game and
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.sBatted for Hoyt in third game.
Yankees-FieldinR

Totals 1900. 131 5 81 II 2o6
Slated. for Ward in third game and
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Then the real business of the evening
began. We sat in circle in my Office,
Sir Conan Doyle, Lady Doyle at his side,
his secretary, and then the others. Mrs.
Eva Thompson, the materializing medium,
went into her cabinet in the corner of the
room, and a red electric light, in the op-
posite corner, was trained upon the cabi-
net where she disappeared. Now this
light cast the dimmest illumination, so
that you could hardly see your hand be-
fore your face. Thompson, the husband,
sat right outside the cabinet to announce
the spirits as they made their way from
the beyond, via Eva Thompson's cabinet,
out into the darkened room.
"Now, start the singing, to sing my wife
into her trance" directed Thompson;
nothing happens till we sing her off.
Kindly suggest a hymn, Sir Arthur"
"My husband is slightly hard of hear
ing," explained Lady Doyle, "just say it
little louder, please"
"Kindly-suggest-a hymn" urged
Thompson of Sir Arthur, believing into
the ear of the great Englishman through
his hands, curved like trumpet
Zone of my favorites is Onward
Christian Soldiers explained Sir Arthur;
this is the pitch, as near as I can re-
member"
We sang it all through once, and then
stopped, looking toward the cabinet.
Nothing happened "She's not in her
trance yet," explained Thompson, "sing
some morer'
So Sir Arthur started up the same
hymn again.
After that, nothing stirring yet from
the cabinet, Lady Doyle suggested,
Nearer, My God, to Thee" We all sang
that through. Then somebody spoke for
There's a Land That Is Fairer Than
Day." and somebody else for "In the
Sweet BY and By"
By this time we had been singing for
a very good spell. Then, at length, no
body could remember any more hymns,
though the spirit still fingered.
Keep up your courage, Sir Arthur"
urged Thompson; keep up your courage
Please suggest another hymn. It's the
singing that gets the spirit here"
"Do you know" explained the great
English investigator, "I am ashamed to
confess that have exhausted my roper
tory of hymns. You see, | know many
hymns by title, but few hymns the whole
way through in the dark"
He hesitated. And then the analytical
mind of the creator of Sherlock Holmes"
made suggestion. "Since," said he, "it
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LII of eager know, of course, what becomes
"a of our loved ones after death, and all of would
4 more than welcome any means by which communica-
ton could be opened with those departed loved
discover just how they faring So deeprooted and
sacred these longngs of in touch with
dead that 1t hard to conceive anything cruel and
heartless than wilful deception in such a matter.
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle distinguished English
author and creator OF the detective mind of fiction
Sherlock Holmes declared solemnly had
talked his departed loved but had also and
touched them great people took for granted that
Sir Arthur had brought his spirituastc observations
his Sherlock Holmes" if this happened
for Sir Arthur they argued might also happen for them
Their hopes fed.
But the story of DR.. Leonard j. Hartman, printed
these pages would show that the distinguished
novelist had brought all his analytic powers bear
upon problem great upon auhen-
ITCHY OF his other experiences Dr. Hartman tells the
of two given by the mediums William R. Thomp
and Eva A. Thompson, his wife At the first of these
the spirit of Sir Arthurs mother brought back"
woman Geneveve Mclaughlin and Detective Andrew Nc
Laughlin of the Fourth Inspection District New York
police force, These able members of the
police force thoroughly convinced of the
Miss Mclaughlin by the same mediums Sir Arthur had
been of the spirit of his mother"
Accordingly, Miss Mclaughlin grapped with the spirit
of Aunt Emma while Detective Mclaughlin took
proved to be Eva Thompson, the medium, who sup
posed be rgdly entranced in the cabinet the
two Thompsons followed.
Mr. Brownell president of the First Sprituast
Church. whose wifes spirit also the
versatile Mrs. Thompson, says:
Il was as much deceived as Sir Conan Toyle. If had
thought that it was somebody mpersonating my wife
would have thrown her in the East River These
deporbe and they do deal of harm genuine
spiritualistic phenomena"
DR.. Hartmans story follows:
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herself, ! believed as much in the spirits
which were nightly invoked from the
cabinet at my house as Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle believed in them.
Mr.. Clay Brownell, the president of our
church, had written to Sir Arthur that he
had two very wonderful materializing me-
diums at our place of worship and asked
Sir Arthur to put these mediums to the
test. Sir Arthur had consen.ed.
shall never forget the performance
that went on in that room--the front room
on the second floor of my house The
Doyles, Major Sheriff. Wood Sir Arthur's
secretary, Mr.. Brownell, Miss Alice
Moriarity, my wife, Mrs. Hartman, my
self, twelve altogether, including the
Thompsons, man and wife, were present.
The DoyleS arrived at little after eight
We all then went upstairs, where we dark
ened the room.
But before this we introduced the two
mediums, Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson, to the
distinguished Englishman.
"This," Sir Arthur was told, "is Mr..
Thompson, our inspired minister. And this
is Mrs. Eva Thompson, our inspired minis
ters' wife, likewise inspired herself We
congratulate ourselves, Sir Arthur, that
Mrs. Thompson is the best and, in fact, TIE
only materializing medium here in New
York City Any medium, Sir Arthur,
fraudulent or inferior, can describe to
you vaguely, vague conditions which he
says he sees happening to dear ones who
have crossed to spirit land. But only a
medium with genuine powers, consecrated
to his task, his sensitive nature attuned to
the finer harmonies of our etherialized
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%eko ~vZ

is immaterial to the spirits what we sing,
so long as we do sing why not start-er-
Onward Christian Soldiers all over
again? 1t is the one hymn, from my
whole repertory, which l sing with least
exertion'
So we all started Onward Christian
Soldiers" over again. But the wait was
becoming weary. At last, just before the
spirit made her appearance, this was the
monologue in my darkened office. Sir
Arthur was the speaker.
Coward Christian Soldiers" sang he,
feebly, from a parched throat. Then he
broke off, Isn't it about time for the
spirit to appear? Marching as to war-'it
is too bad conditions are not so arranged
that | could get a glass of water With
the Cross of Jesus, please do not be too
critical. I know that I am very much off
the tune Going on before-'it really is
taking the spirits a long while tonight,
isn't it?'" nE'
Then he interjected, when we were in
the middle of another hymn, as follows:
eve shall meet beyond the river, where
bright angels feet have trod-'we must
have been singing fully half an hour
meet and gather at the river-'is anything
stirring yet in the cabinet CLOSE by the
throne of God-'we are really all to be
congratulated-here's the spirit at last ="
Sir Arthur desisted singing, while out
from the slightly parted curtains of the
cabinet appeared form, white, ghostlike,
quiet in dignity, contained, astral, cold
and aloof.
"And who art thou, spirit ?" asked
Thompson, sitting near the curtain.
The spirit whispered something, very
obligingly, to Thompson, and he an
nounced, with a flourish:
81 will now announce to you, ladies and
gentlemen and Sir Arthur, that the spirit
of Mr.. Brownelps wife is now among us
Mr.. Brownell, as / explained before, is
the president of the First Spiritualist
Church. The spirit bowed, very formal
At this Mr.. Brownell stood up.
every interesting; very interesting
phenomena. The only drawback" Conan
Doyle explained 'is that we can hardly
see the spirit; and we are at such dis
tance, we can hardly tell how much force
your wife-er-Mrs. Brownell-retains
in her spirit body"
"Well, we'll see," said Mr.. Brownell.
Then he addressed the spirit
"Now, wife," said he, 1--WE are happy TO
have with US this evening one Of the most
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dead, can bring those dead back to US, in
materialized form, and even make them
speak. Such a medium we have at our
church, Sir Arthur, in Mrs. Eva Thomp-
son."
At this Sir Arthur agreed. "You are
right" said he. "Such a phenomenon is
rare. The materializing medium certainly
gives US better scope for communication
and investigation than any other spiritual
manifestation"
Then after the introductions we pro-
ceeded to explain to the Doyles the pro-
ceedure of our seances. Certain things
Mr.. Brownel impressed upon them par
ticularly.
"Now, Sir Arthur" said he, "there are
two or three points we must warn you
about. If you don't comply with these, the
sittings can't go on. Our materializing
mediums cannot work for you, Sir Arthur,
unless you conform. These are, first, that
you promise to sing, you and Lady DOYLE
and your secretary and all the party. You
must sing while Eva Thompson is going
into a trance; you must sing while she's
coming out, and you must sing in be-
tween"
At this the great Englishman looked
little discouraged. 'Tm-not much of
singer" said he, "besides | am-er-so to
speak--a trifle deaf"
That's all right" somebody told him.
"The spirits don't care if you are deaf.
nor If you get out of tune, so long as YOU
sing. Otherwise the materializing me-
dium cannot perform"
81 will try" said Doyle; "are there-er
any hymns the medium prefers?"
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s1psrienss: tss Sir Sir AR Arthur co"ae
w Doyle has had with the spirits of
his relatives, returned to talk with the
distinguished creator of Sherlock Holmes,
have to wonder-since happening last
May 9.
When the analytical pen of the famous
author describes how the spirits of dead
dear ones spoke to him and touched his
hands and gave him messages from spirit
land | have to wonder if those spirits
were as fraudulent as the spirits which
spoke with Doyle at my house on the date
already mentioned.
1t was at my house, No. 282 West
Seventeen street, New York, that the
great Englishman, Sir Conan Doyle, and
his wife, Lady Doyle, and his secretary,
Major Sheriff. Wood, ! think the name
heartlessly deceived by William R. Thomp-
son and Eva A. Thompson who claimed to
he materiaizing mediums.
This materializing means that the me-
dium can summon the spirit of your dear
one from the beyond of the departed and
can make that spirit talk and walk around
for the benefit of the relative still in the
flesh.
At my house the mother" of Conan
Doyle returned and let her son tap her on
the back of the hand.
am one of the trustees of the First
Spiritualist Church, New York City. Until
the police came to my house and grasped
the "materialized spirit" of a ghost and
fought with II as the lights were turned
an, disclosing the spirit to be the medium
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touch the spirit you will probably kill
yourself. Under only one circumstance
may you touch the spirit-that is when
the spirit says to-"
1--WE will abide by all the rules" one
of the Doyle party, forget which, as
sured Mr.. Thompson. "Now, tell US the
last of the conditions"
"The last conditions are two" ex-
planned Thompson. First, don't stare at
the materialized spirit. It's very bad
form. In good society you never stare at
anybody, especially when they are look
ing. Well, so it is with the spirits. Don't
stare at them. 1t disturbs the condi-
tons"
"All right" agreed the Doyles, 1--WE
promise not to stare"
"The last condition, and we will start
the performance" promised Thompson,
husband of Mrs. Thompson. Don't
rudely press too near the spirits Give
them elbow room"
At this Conan Doyle lifted his glasses
to his eyes, and placed his face near the
medium, Thompson.
why" asked he, "why may not step
very close to the spirits?"
Because" explained Thompson, "the
spirits my wife calls up greatly object to
being pressed close to. They are the deni-
zens of spaciousness. Therefore, they
demand room-yes, repeat it--room,
when they return"
every well," agreed Doyle, I'VE under
stand. No lights; we must sing, at inter-
vals; we must not rudely stare, and we
must not touch the spirit"
"No, you must not, otherwise, the vi
brations will abort, and the seance run
awry."
Great Britain Rights Reserved
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Mrs. Eva Thompson, tn
Materializing Medium VIII
Brought Back" Sir Coma
Doyle's "Mother" for Hir
and Was Later Detecte'
Impersonating Another
"Spirit."
mo, all hymns are the
same to the spirits, so
long as you keep singing
-industriously."
Very well, we will"
said Sir Arthur. 'Now,
what are the ther condi-
tions?" tn
Zone other condition is begal
that you don't get up and Sir {
rudely turn on the lights" his s.
explained medium Mr.. Eva
Thompson. went
eve have been to room
enough seances to know posit,
better than that" said net
Lady Doyle. "Of course light
we never would" that
"All right" said Mr.. fore
Thompson, 81 am glad sat r
you have learned what the S
is correct in these cases. the b
If the light is turned on, out il
it might kill; at any rate, IN
it would injure the med into
ium. Likewise. if YOU "notf
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,cI 1879. by American Weekly. Ii
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
BIZ DR.. Leonard J. Hartman.

yuTHEN | read Of the remarkable
w experiences Sir Arthur Conan
w Doyle has had with the spirits of
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-06-06
10 REDECoRATE AUDITORIUM
City Commission Lets Contract at
Cost Of S3.2I2

The contract for the redecorating
of the interior of TIE city auditorium
was let this morning by the city COM
mission 10 the firm OF Heck & Miller
OF Topeka at S3-Z42. Eight firms bid
on the job, with the bids ranging
from the contract price of SS,242, to
S4,6SO The estimate OF the city en-
gineer on the job was ss.s5O
Both the engineer and the majority
of the bidders declared the time for
completion OF the job-June Is to
July 15-was too short to permit the
work TO be done at the lowest possible
figure