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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-23

To the People Of Gardiner and
surrounding towns who have mason
work to do call G. III. Nichols, So
brunswick Ave. Tel. 554-M.
Mar5eodtf
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-24
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH

Sunday-l0:l5 a. III. service in
the German language. 11:00 a. m.
service in the English language. The
sermon, "ie Are the Salt of the
Earth" Mt. 5:13. 500 p. M. Luth-
eran Circle meets in the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hagedorn.
Tuesday-S:00 p. III. choir prac-
tice.
Wednesday-S:0O p. m. quarterly
meeting of the Lutheran Aid Assoc
iation in the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Kempf.
Saturd ay-l:30 p. M. Bible
school.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-24
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Sunday school at 9:45, J. C. Hag-
gard Supt.
Morning worship at 11:OO. SER
mon, The Praying Christ"
Christian Endeavor at $50. Don't
miss it.
Evening worship at 1880. The
program will be in charge of the
mems class of the Sunday school
and they are assuri ng us real
program Sermon by the minister
Personal Responsibility"
II. b. WOODS, Minister,
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-24

Library, where the ladies will serve
coffee, sandwiches and apple pie,
like your Mother used to make"
while the Venerable Witches will tell
your fortune, past, present and fu-
ture.
A silver offering will be gratefully
received. All are cordially invited to
attend.
COMMITTEE.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-24
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
PROGRAM

The Ladies Auxiliary, Fredrick
Funston Camp No. 3, United Spanish
War Veterans will give a program
Saturday, October 25 in the Soldiers
Home chapel, beginning at p. III.
sharp, to commemorate the life of
Theodore Roosevelt.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-10-24
SPECIAL MUSICAL PROGRAM

At the Methodist church Sunday
evening special musical program
will be given. The entire evening
beginning at 1880 o'clock will be
given to this program which will be
as follows:
DoXology
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23

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the argument. I recall that we felt pretty good as we boarded the train for Ann Arbor after the game.
 Forward Pass Devised
 All our thoughts now were of the Minnesota battle, only a week away. We had five actual days for preparation and, believe me, we worked hard. The spirits of my boys throughout the grind was plendid.
 We had too much respect for the Gopher intelligence" department to think that they had not worked out a defense for every offensive play we had shown up to this time, so naturally we evolved some new ones. Among these was forward pass which we have since dubbed the Minnesota pass. You'll learn why before you have finished reading this interview.
 Against Minnesota we would be able to muster some stars, too. Benbrook, our left guard, was rated by Walter Camp and all the other critics the most powerful and dashingly aggressive guard playing football and had been an all American in 1909. Halfback Magidsohn, Center Cornwell, Left Tackle Edmunds
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Forward Pass Fooled Minnesota On Two Sue
 cessive Plays

This is the last of series of articles describing great football strategles told by the leading coaches ot the country in interviews with J. r. Glass anu George Byrnes.
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tide WU Stage Hard Battle For Southern Conference Title
like Wells on your team, you've got to

like Wells on your team, you've got to do it.
 His story is unusual. As a freshman and sophomore he was just one of the boys who reported for the team. But you couldn't discourage him. He de- veloped slowly to a certain stage. Then overnight he showed an ability that de manded attention. He did his assign ments with a totally unexpected degree of brilliancy.
 We had been worrying about rglht end. Wells, we found not only could fill the position in highly satisfactory manner but was an unusually clever back. In fact, 1 can say without hesl- tation that he was far and away the best line plunging back 1 have seen in all my years of coaching. His versatll. ity made him invaluable to us. He combined brilliancy with reliability. In his senior year never hesitated to use him in two position during every game.
 To Play Big Part
 Wells was to play an important part in the execution of the Minnesota pass. He was necessary link in the tactical onslaught which we planned to make against the Gophers in whatever su- preme effort we should find necessary to gain the victory.
 Defensively, the whole team was in- structed in a new method of dealing with the famous Minnesota shift, the chief offensive weapon they brought with them to Ann Arbor. The shift pulled both their tackles out of position and behind the line. When the play started the tackles shifted to one side or the other. the play invariably going through the strong side. Our boys were coached to stand up and watch the move ment of the Gopher tackles. Then our line was to shift in the same direction, meeting strength with strength. This plan worked very well, 1 am glad to say. Michigan didn't stop all of Min neSotas plays. But we succeeded most of the time.
 We had one piece of bad luck. A con ference rule did not permit Minnesota to play Us with Thompson, our star fullback. in the lineup, he being a spe- cial student Although we did not be- long to the conference, he had to come out. We sent in Lawton, a very capable man. to take his place. Wells played right end.
 Michigan Employs Psychology
 For forty-six minutes of the game the crowd stands were treated to a titanic struggle in which neither side seemed to Lave the advantage. Minnesota had hit the better of the first period, when Walker broke through the line and blocked kick, Minnesota man pick ing up the ball and running to touch down. But score was not allowed, in asmuch as the ball had struck Umpire Frank Hinkey after hitting Walkers chest. Thereafter it was just a case of two quick thinking elevens battling each other to standstill.
 We tried several forward passes, but studiously avoided using the Minnesota pass. We were saving that for the fin ish. We wanted to spring it when the Gophers would think we did not have another trick in our bag.
 (Tomorrow Concluding Yst's Story).
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DEvEIOPs MAY STARS

Fielding H. Yost, familiarly known as "Hurry-Up" Yost because or ms tremendous pep and his use ot 1t Tn speeding up his players, has been A leading football coach for twenty seven years. Prior to this he was a tackle on the Lafayette eleven one year and on the University of west Virginia eleven three years. He was graduated from the latter school ln June, 1897.
 That autumn he was head coach of Ohio Wesleyan. In 1858 ne coached Nebraska, in 1899 Kansas in 1900 Stanford, and then in l9Ol came the engagement that was to bring him permanent fame. He joined the University of Michigan, where his enormous success has not only confirmed his position as head football coach but made him director of intercollegiate atheltics, director of the summer school for coaches and director of the four years course in physical education.
 In the twentythree years Yost has been at Michigan (not including the season of 1924 his teams have won forty-four games and lost but nine while in competition with elevens of the Big Ten, or Western conference. Three games were tied. In these contests Michigan scored 1,171 points to their opponents 239.
 Yost has developed twelve Michi- gan men for Walter Camps all- American teams, almost as many as Camp has placed from the Western rivals of Michigan combined. Two Yost players, Schultz (center) and Heston (halfback) are on the all-time all-American eleven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
SECRET PRACTICE IS
 HELD BY ALABAMIANS.
Six Men To Play Last Game For Tide Against
 Georgia Eleven

UNIVERSITY, Ala, Nov. 22.-iSpe- cial. )--Alabama' Crimson Tide, fol- lowing a week of secret practice, will enter the Thanksgiving Day scrap with Georgia at Redwood determined to give the Cracker aggregation keen fight for the honors of Dixie.
 The Tidesmen practiced behind closed doors this week, doors that were opened only for the players, the three coaches and managerial aspirants to enter. All others were barred, irres- pective of who or what they were. Stu dents who attempted to watch practice from windows in the gymnasium were shied away.
 Things will change Monday. The students will be allowed to watch the antics of their beloved Tidesmen the final three days that they prepare for the Georgia game. Cheer leaders will be out to foster the 'Bama spirit. A big pep meeting was held Friday night and another is scheduled for Tuesday night. And when the team leaves for the station Wednesday afternoon, they will be accompanied by the student body.
 Students Behind Team
 Alabama's student body will be on hand Thursday, yelling for the Crimson Tide from the time the game starts until it is all over and this does not only mean if 'Bama is winning. Should the game go against them, the students plan to cheer all the harder. Morale support from the stands won't be lack ing that day if the three cheer-leaders have their way. And Perkins, Macon and Allen are going to cut loose Thurs day.
 The affair at Redwood Thursday is apt to be the last grid game for sev- eral Crimsons. youngsters who have spent the best part of the past four years in defending the honor of their Alma Mater against many of the strong est elevens in the country. It will a finale to men who took part in the Penn victory two years ago, who took part in the Tech downfall this season and in the downfall of two great Geor- gia elevens, last year and the year before. And these same men are anx- ious to make Georgia lower her colors for the third successive time.
 Play Last Game
 Shorty" Propst, All-Southern cen- ter and bidding strong for the posi- ton this year, will see service for the last time. Propst has served the Capstone we'll for three years. and re- placing him will be a hard task. So has Jack Langhorne and Ben Compton and Hulett Whitaker. This trio of giants will call curtain" on Turkey Day to their football careers. Me Clintock, who has performed very ere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
AS TOLD BY FIELDING H. ("HUR-
 RY UP") YOST

Heach Coach, University of Michigan
 Whenever anybody mentions football strategies to me my mind races back to my boys of 1910 and just as naturally the threads of memory pick up the final stages of the MichiganMinnesota game of that year at Ann Arbor.
 Four minutes to go and both teams scoreless And then one of the most wonderful strategical drives the grid iron ever saw. Four minutes Such A short space of time. But during It an all-American end was made, an all American guard conclusively earned ms right to the honor the second year Tn succession, and halfbdck, center, tackle and an end won places on the all Western and all-Conference elevens. And. last but not least, Western cham pionship was decided.
 No one seeing that battle could for get one detail of those last thrilling minutes. After fourteen years they are as fresh in my mind as on that NoVem- Der afternoon.
 Gophers Have Fine Record
 To begin with, Michigan faced Min nesota amid general expectation that the latter would win. Although Illinois and Minnesota had won all their games that year, Minnesota's victories had been tDe most decisive, particularly agalnst Chl- cago, the one team which both had met. Minnesota seemed to have the clearer title to the Western conference cham pionship.
 Certainly the Gophers were powerful aggregation. In Walker, their left tackle they had an all-American player, un- erring in sensing the direction or play, uncanny in his ability at breaking through, blocking kicks, handling an op- ponent, or bringing down the man tn the ball despite his interference. Mc- Govern, their quarterback, was an all American too. while Right Half Rosen- wald and Fullback Johnson were all-
 Our record had not been nearly so pood as Minnesota's. In our earlier games Case and Ohio State had held us to 3 to 8 ties, while we had beaten the strong Michigan Aggies only 6 to 5: Later, against Syracuse, we delivered an no victory, but it was not until we encountered Pennsylvania at Philadel- phia that we began to show our real strength.
 Injuries Had Hurt
 The fact is, we seldom had been able to produce anything like our actual power because of some of our best men being unable to play. Even against pennsvlyania we were without the serv- ices of our great end, Borleskie.
 But this game demonstrated that we had n really dangerous machine. We presented stonewall defense to the Ouakprs,. checking Mercer, their all- American fullback, without gains. Their hammering formations were ripped to pieces. The critics seemed to feel that although the result was scoreless tie. Michigan had had a bit the better of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
CUDDLEBACK IS
 HERO TO 9O,OOO
Stanford Star Ties Score Against Cal
 ifOrnia
(By Associated Press.)

BERKELEY. Cal, Nov. 22.-Mur- ray Cuddeback, u senior student at Stanford university won the plaudits of approximately 90,000 persons and eternal fame at his alma mater this afternoon when he scored touchdown and the subsequent point to tie the University of California. 20 to 20.
 In a historic struggle Cuddeback put his team ahead by two place kicks and then when Stanford seemed hopelessly out of the running, he pulled the game out of the fire by snatching for ward pass out of the air running for a touchdown and then converting the goal for the one crucial point that meant the game ended in a tie instead of the overwhelming California victory that was indicated in the third period. One of Cuddeback's place kicks was sensational shot from the 43-yard line.
 The game was the most exciting with in the memory of old graduates and regular fans. It kept the crowd-in size a record for any sporting event in the history of the west-at a fever heat of excitement.
 Great Crowd
 The tremendous crowd Overflowing the stadium, which has been fitted to accommodate 76,000, trickled upon the hillsides until every perspective of the big bowl was black with cheering watchers.
 It was well nigh faultless football but the most bored spectator could not have asked for a better exhibition. Fumbles were few and not costly. It was meeting of two powerful, fighting elevens that had raised the game to an art. The first half closed with Stanford, ahead, six to nothing the two place kicks. The California bears proceeded to wipe out the field with 0 bunch of Cardinals that looked sud denly helpless. Touchdowns were made one, two, three. But the Cardinals had renaissance. They began throwing wide and tricky forward passes, the bewildered cowd saw the score creep up until the score was tie.
 Sanford Has Edge
 Throughout the first half Stanford had a decided edge but during the sec ond Stanford had the ball ill CalifOr- nia territory nearly the whole time and it was only by super human effort that the Cardinals pushed across the tieing scores. The result of the game leaves the coast conference title in doubt In the face of the record Stan ford has an edge because it has, won every game except the tie game today, while California has the additional tie game with Washington. Stanford and California are the only undefeated team in the conference.
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ditably on a flank this year, also grad uates in May. Seth Oliver, whose great est fame came two years ago against Tech. will also play his last game.
 Whether all these men will play is not known. Most of them have been starting the games, but Coach Wade said earlier in the week that several changes would be made in the lineup that started against Centre last Satur- day. And these changes will not be known until Alabama trots out on the field to stage their last fight for the Dixie championship this year.
 Chance For s. c. Title
 While Centres victory somewhat clouded Alabamas chances for a South ern championship, a chance still re- mains to bring home the Champ Pickens Trophy. given every year to the $. c. champions. Georgia and Alabama have prior claims to this trophy by virtue of not having lost conference game this year, and one will leave Redwood Thursday with the cup in their posses sion after it has rested up at Nash vile for the past year.
 Georgia enters the game the favorite to win, according to most sports ex- perts. And being the underdog in this struggle, the Tidesmen are going to try and do what most underdogs have done this season. whip the favorite.
 The Crimsons, whoever they use, will be formidable to the Bulldogs. For the past two seasons, the Bulldogs have been smothered by the Crimsons and the personnel of the two teams have not changed to very great extent. Fleet backs and fast, heavy charging linemen are on both teams and this should make the game thrilling from start to finish.
 Score Not Te Be Close
 A close score is not expected by many persons at the Capstone because of the fact that both teams have men who are apt to get away for touch down at any moment. The Georgia eleven is said to have number of first-class backs, and Alabama has nine men who have been used a great deal this season. These men are IIu- bert. Gillis, Barnes, Brown. Cohen, Whitaker, Johnson, Rosenfled and Winslett. All are expected to be at Redwood Thursday.
 Practically all linesmen will be brought along and this means that the forward wall is to be chosen from Hudson, McClintock, Ennis, Langhorne, Oliver, Propst, Holmes. Camp, Jones. Buckler, Compton, Caldwell, Pickhard, Perry and several others.
 The Crimsons leave Wednesday aft ernoon for Birmingham, following, a short practice here that afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
CHAPTER xxx

CHAPTER xxx (COpyrighted 192i. in the United States. Canada and Great Britain by North American Newspaper Alliance. All rights reseryed)
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" INTRODUCED NEW
 FEATURES TO GAME
Swung Bats Before Hitting And Used Lead
 In Shoes In Training

until the left was as useful as the right.
 Walter J. Travis is one of the best golfers this or any other country has produced. Travis strongest point is his putting. And yet. Travis used to be a weak butter. The size or the normal golf cup is 4 IA inches. Travis got some cups made that were about one-half that size, or just bit larger than golf ball. He practiced putting for hours. trying to roll the ball into these half-size cups. After practicins with the smaller cups over long stretches. Travis returned to putting greens that had the normal size cups and these looked about foot in dia- meter to him then.
 Paava Nurmi sensation of the 1921 Olympic games at Paris and regarded as the greatest distance runner of all time, did not do his training by running the exact distance he was 10 run in the Olympic events he would run two, three. four and five times that far. Some days he ran from 20 to 90 miles and at times he ran as far as 40 miles. He was developing muscular power and lung power. After running these long stretches daily it was little more than
 
 asked to run in the Olympic games. That IS why he ran so easily and that is why he finished so fresh when other runners dropped exhausted. The other runners had trained for the exact dis tancc and no further.
 These instances are cited here to show that Cobb. while a super ball player? gained his eminence by work ing in the same way that other leaders i'll sport worked.
 He was asked one time why there were not more good ball players and why he stood out so far over the field His reply
 ''The trouble with nearly all ball players is that they try to cover their faults instead of correcting them There is hardly a ball player who doesn't know his weaknesses. But there hard ly ever is q ball player who tries to correct them. Nearly all try to gloss over them: to hide them; they think they are fooling people, but the only person that is fooled is the ball player himself.
 Tt isn't fun to go out and prac- tice for hours and for days trying to overcome some weakness. There is no joy in concentrating on one thing That is monotonous and most men don't care for that kind of monotopy. Hiding the fault is so much easier and that is what they try to do, But they don't. And that's the reason you don't see more good ball players. There are too many lazy ball players
 (TOmmOrrOw: Chapter XXI-Tricks)
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HURRY Up YOsT AND DIAGRAM PREPARED ESPECIALLY BY GEORGE BYRNES OF THE COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL DEPARTMENT

(Quarteback though l. Minnesota (Rght charges in and blocks off smth & Mh Magidsohn blocks off l. end % End Wells who hs been switched & to the d9 s9 s aes s
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
By II. G. SALSINGER

By H. G. SALSINGER
 Several new features were introduced into baseball by Ty Cobb. One of them helped his batting ana this has been copied by nearly every player. Another helped his base-running. but as far as is known, no other man ever employed the same means to increase his speed.
 In the early spring Cobb had Il shoe maker fix weights ill the Soles of his shoes. Both shoes were equally well Ieaded. Cobb ran with the added weight on the bottom of his feet. This put him under a handicap, but it developed his leg muscles, made them fit, and tine running developed wind and stamina.
 When Cobb got ready to launch his campaign the weights were removed and he felt as if he were running on air. It helped his speed. The training with weights was difficult, but when actual play started his work was much light CT.
 For Same Purpose
 The other stunt that Cobb worked was for the same purpose. making light CT the burden imposed. This was his mentioned habit of carrying three bats out of the dugout and swinging the three until the pitcher was ready to de- liver the ball. Tossing two away, the one he held felt as light as a lead pencil. Nearly all players carry three bats to the plate now, but probably no other player ever wore lead in his shoes during spring training.
 The plan of using the lead was orig inal with Cobb. We do not believe that he got the idea from anyone else, but he was not the only one who used it. Alfred Shrubb, England's famous distance runner who at one time held every record from one to 10 miles? used the same system. Shrubb also wore leaded shoes while in training and credited much of his success to this system.
 Other successful champions have done similar things to carry them to the heights Their rule, like Cobb's was thorough preparation.
 Jack Dempsey had a weak left hand. He did all his punching with the right at the time he started his climb to | championship goal. When Dempsey be- came champion it was noticed that his left hand was as good as the right and probably better. Most of his sue cess in the ring had been due to the powerful left. He developed the left by tying his right hand to his side and punching the bag for hours, or box ing, using only the left. He did this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
TRAIN
 IS OVERTURNED

DETROIT, Nov. 22.-A Michigan Central football special train of nine coaches and pullmans returning from Ann Arbor to Detroit with 1,200 per
 sons who had attended the Michigan Iowa football game, went into d ditch near Springwells, a suburb, at o'clock tonight. So far as known, no one was injured, although all coaches left the track, three turning over on their sides.