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gress. In the long run, rewards
come from well directed and con-
tinuous effort within conditions
which may be met in one way or
another. 1t however is possible to
render aid for given time, when
ever there is found a disparity of
prosperity, or a situation where one
person is in need of particular as
sistance.
This is now the situation with
the farmer. This is why we are in
the presence of many plans for re-
lief so that, to some extent, we may
re-establish the opportunities for
the greatest of all our industries
agriculture.
We notice in the news columns
the text of bill which is being
supported at Washington by north
western representatives in congress
and which provides for fifty mil
lion dollar appropriation, the pro-
ceeds of which are to be loaned,
under federal supervision, for the
purchase of livestock-thereby en-
abling farmers to accomplish div
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| We think clause should be added
requiring that he live upon the
farm. We say this because there
have been too many men in the
state of Montana who have been
living in town, and have diversified
their vocation too much, to say
nothing about the diversification
of their farming. 1t will be a bless
ing when these men give up agri-
culture and attend to their town
business. Alleged farmers who
live in the city should not receive
federal assistance for their farm
ing enterprises.
In another place, we note that
the application for a loan shall in
clude an agreement on the part of
each farmer to use the proceeds
thereof for the purchase of live
stock. This is hardly sufficient
We are led to this remark because
there were many farmers in the
state of Montana, in several differ
ent counties, who secured money
for the purchase of seed grain and
then did not buy wheat at all, but
spent the money for something
else. A law of this kind, therefore,
should provide that the funds go
direct from the agricultural distri-
button agency into the livestock,
because after the farmer has ex-
pended the money and quit the
country, it doesn't make much diff
ference how many penalties there
are in the law.
The proposed statute enables as
sistance on the part of the agricul-
tural colleges and county agents.
This is good provision. We would
be suspicious of clause which al
lows authority to reimburse these
agencies for their cooperative as
sistance, except for the general
clause in the law which restricts
he appropriation for administra-
ion to 2 per cent of the funds APP
The agricultural col
eyes and the extension service and
he agriculture departments of the
states and the county agents can
lot empoy their time in any better
way than through the cooperation
in the proposed measure.
If congress is going to pass
Measure of this kind it should of
curse act speedily so that there
nay some benefit come to the
armer in the year 1924. If the
hopes to assist the
armer now the wheels of legisla-
ion must turn in the present ses-
ion.
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THE COUlT TER PLAN 1M AID
OF FARMERS OF THE WEST

justification which they could not
otherwise bring about. The meas
ure provides that this help shall go
to the men who could not otherwise
finance themselves for diversified
farming, and who are generally
worthy of this assistance. The pro-
posal is called the Coulter plan. 1t
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BY William M. Bole

TyHROUGH all the history of
the world, it has been rather
a difficult task to legislate
anything in the way of permanent
prosperity. Economic laws do not
change with the temperament of a
people or the inclinations of con-
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help introduce it. Write him for par
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WISE COUNSELLOR
Harness Racing
Meets Prosper

Tilly Brooke, the mare which was
sold early this month to Ogden Ed
wards, jr., at the Old Glory sale for
$4,000, and Mr.. McElwyn were the
outstanding horses during the years
racing on the Grand Circuit. Tho
colt, the champion 2-year- last
season, was again the champion OF
his age this year The mare was the
first trotter of her sex to beat the
2-minute time. During the Toledo
meeting in September she made a bid
for the highest of all honors and won
in 1.59.
The meetings of the Grand Circuit
and of the lesser circuits prospered.
During the season OF the big time a
total of $572,620 was distributed in
purses. y
Ben White was the leader in the
younger division, winning is of IS
races with and year old trotters.
He won all of the 3-year-old futur-
tiles, except the 3-year- division of
the Breeders Stake at Readville, with
Mr.. McElwyn. Sumatra and Eileen
Guy. Mr.. McElwyn's only defeat was
in the Readville event, in which he
finished second to Richard Guy.
OF the drivers who started in the
Grand Circuit this year Murphy led
the list with So races won.
Silver Bells stood out among the
2-year-old PAGERS.
The season was marked by the
passing of Pop Geers, who had driven
champions for more than half CEN
fury. He died following a race acct
dent at Wheeling, w. Va, last Sep
tember
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began, but learned year or two
later that the old fellows who made
up the greater number of pitchers
in the National League after adj knew
fully as much about base ball as he
did.
For the honor Of being tenth in this
list of famous players there might
also have been selected Fred Dunlap,
whom some think the best second
baseman who ever played b&se ball,
while others older than the some"
are equally positive that Ross Barn es
was the best second baseman to play
base ball. When Arson couldn't de-
eide which was the better, Barnes
or Williamson, he called both of them
better than any others, and the late
A. G. Spalding, to the last days of
praising ball players never was I'M
shaken in his belief that Barnes was
the best ball player of all history
except George Wright.
In his career Clarke went to bat
more than 5000 times and he made
hits until the total ran close to $500.
In almost 1000 games he had only
q few more than 200 errors, and that
is fielding of such superb quality that
he stands above his contemporaries,
and It will take a wonderful player
of the future to surpass him as out
fielder, runner batter and manager
fNext-Fred DunIan5
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BY II. q. SALSINGER


/ n many ways the players who are
now coming up in the major
leagues, the new generation of
ball players. differ from the old.
There is little resemblance between
the general type of 20 years ago
and the general type today, Ty Cobb
believes.
There is not the same love for
base ball among the average players
today that existed among the aver
age 90 years ago." says Cobb.
"one reason is the dollar. Salaries
have gone up tremendously"
Cobb knows this from his own ex-
rerience. When Cobb was at his best
his salary was $4,000 a year He
was the highest paid player in the
| big leagues. Today there are play
ers-players who would have had a
hard time getting a. regular job at
the time Cobb broke in-drawing as
much money as Cobb received when
he was at his peak. Today Cobb and
Ruth, the highest paid players in the
game, draw more than $4,000 a year
each. That salary, of course, covered.
Cobb's playing as we'll as managing.
hcuuCeN EmC1eRTys
But the dollar, Cobb believes, has
cut into the efficiency OF players. and
consequently into the quality of base
ball.
when I broke In, ball players had
a love for base ball, The salaries
were small compared to the salaries
OF today. They were but a fraction
of what they now are, The pay was
not the big attractionJ but the game
| was. The salary is the magnet that
draws men to base ball now-the
promise OF a small fortune, to be
gotten out of the game IL they make
good.
when I broke in we had ball
players; today we have business men.
The money is the main object today;
the game was the goal 20 years ago
But, while the ball players of 20
years ago were better ball players
as a whole, and more enthusiastic
ball players; while they were men
who played the game mostly because
they loved to play it, the players of
today keep in much better condition
| than they did at that time.
You used to see men report for
Spring training in the worst condi-
ton imaginable. They paid abso-
lutely no attention to training or
diet during the Winter months, and
| most Of them, at least those inclined
to take on weight, reported in the
Spring hog fat.
For Business Reasons.
'TThsy take better care of them.
|, selves now. They pay stricter at
tention to diet and they keep regu-
lar hours. This is not because they
love base ball for itself, but because
base ball is the means tozthe money
end. sThey have learned that the
| man who loses all semblance of con-
dition during the Winter months
does not last long. If their careers
are cut short then their earning
capacity will cease abruptly; so they
pay attention to what they eat and
what, they do. The longer they last
the more money they will receive, So
1t Is the dollar again that has brought
q change In base ball but in this
instance . change that 10 an improve
ment.
eThere Is lacking today. however
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goes down into rowing history as one
of the greatest Fights of all time. II
beat its nearest rival, Canada, at the
Olympic games by three and half
lengths. II won from Harvard with
little trouble over a four course
at New London. 1t also beat Prince
ton, Pennsylvania and Columbia.
Washington Crew Next.
The University OF Washington var
sity shell, which won with ease at
Poughkeepsie, was. second only TO
Yale among American crews The
Huskies won the Pacific Coast honors
from the University of California.
Washington outclassed the other
crews at Poughkeepsie. The Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, dark horse, was
second, and Cornell, once king of the
college rowing competition, was
third. Pennsylvania, which had been
Washington's strongest rival on pa
per. finished fourth.
Penn won both the junior varsity
and freshman races, the first time
since 1900 that the Red and Blue fin
ished first in a race at Poughk eepsie.
Harvard showed some Improvement
in the first year of the coaching of
Edwin A. Stevens. Princeton had its
poorest season. Penn won the his
toric Childs' cup race
The club rowing competition suf-
fered because of the Olympic games.
The Now York Athletic Club eight
cared shall won tho national club
title in August at Springfield, Mass.
w. E. Garrett Gilmore of the Bach
elors' Barge Club of Philadelphia won
the national single SOULS, title.
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Cling to Leads
HnCOurt Tennis


Both Jay Gould, the amateur cham
pion, and Richard Kinsella, the profess
sional champion. held their titles during
the court tennis season of 1924. Gould
retained his crown by defeating Hewitt
Morgan of the Harvard Club in the final
match Of the championship tournament,
held early in the year at the Racquet
and Tennis Club In New York. The
champion defeated his Harvard rival In
straight games, 81, I'll. 11-9.
In addition to winning the amateur
title Of this country. Gould and Joseph
Wear Of Philadelphia again won the
doubles titles in Philadelphia. They de-
feated Suydam Cutting and his brother
Robert in the final match by a score Of
5--6, Ga, 8--3, Ga.
Paired with Suydani Cutting. Gould
also won the international title in Lon
don in May. The Americans defeated G.
n. Bruce and r. II. Hill of London by
score of, Sd, 6--S, SIS.
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Clarke developed not only as bat
ter. but as one of the best outflelders
in the history of base ball and as a
manager who was successful enough
to win championships with the Pitts
burgh club. He was not a player
Of diversified skill, as were some of
the great stars of the National
League, because he never pitched, he
never played the infield with great
success and he never got behind the
bat.
He could bat admirably and was
one Of the few players who rose above
the mark of 400. He could play the
outfield, especially left field at the
highest mark that IL ever was played
In the history OF base ball, and he
could run bases, not only with speed,
but with rare perception as to how
they should be run and in that respect
he was more than match. by far, for
Brouthers, Ryan or Beckley.
Clarke came into the big league
unheralded. He was taken on at
Louisville a green kid, and in a night
had made himself famous, for he
took hold of the pitchers of the major
leagues as if they were only the
country boys against who he had
been batting In his younger days.
Asked once what he thought of major
league pitching when he first entered
major league base ball he replied that
he thought It was about the easiest
thing he ever had seen when he frSz
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The keenneSs in competition is
clearly revealed in scanning the rec
ords of the leading elevens of the
land. Notre Dame alone of the more
important teams carried VIGOROUSLY
through the season. In the East
Dartmouth. Pennsylvania and Yale
were undefeated, but the Green was
once tied, Pennsy was once tied and
Yale was twice tied.
In the Middle West the Conference
title went to Chicago, yet Chicago
had one defeat, three ties and only
three victories on its record On the
Pacific Coast California and Leland
Stanford shared the Conference title
yet California was twice tied and
Stanford once tied in the course of
their seasons.
Centre Best in south.
In the South. Centre College, once
whipped and once tied, is the gener-
ally acknowledged champion.
In all cases the -elevens favored to
win sectional glory either were forced
to share that glory or fell short of
attaining IL. In the East Syracuse
was hailed as the probable cham
pion, but Syracuse fell before West
Virginia Wesleyan after having been
tied by twice-beaten Pittsburgh; in
the Middle West, Illinois was the
odds-on team. but was tied by Chi
cago and trounced by Minnesota: on
the Coast, Stanford was the supposed
leader and barely gained a tie for
that place. and in the South. Georgia
was the favorite until it fell on sue
cessive weeks before Alabama and
Centre.
AS might be indicated in the fore
going paragraph, the season was
brave with upsets Scarcely a week
passed but q half dozen or more un-
looked-for results were chronicled in
the foot ball summaries. and the fell
low who gave odds on the favorites
each week was decidedly out of pock-
ct when the season ended.
"Faed, Grange "A Bright star.
Among the individual stars of the
year Harold Red" Grange of Illinois,
the twinkling iceman who rarely
missed staging broken field runs of
so to IS yards each Saturday, stands
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The Navy crew, which gave Yale
such a scare at tho Olympic tryouts,
was composed mainly of former mid
shipmen who were members of the
winning Annapolis eight in the 1920
Olympic games at Antwerp.
victory of Yale was responsible
for the victory of, the United States
in the team scoring honors. Uncle
Sans oarsmen scored 33 points.
The showing of the remainder of
the American rowing delegation at
the Olympic games was somewhat of
a disappointment. w. E. Garrett
Gilmore OF Philadelphia was beaten
out in the finals of the single sculls
by Jack Beresford of England.
Costello and Kelly at Top.
Paul Costello and Jack Kelly of
Philadelphia retained their world
double sculls title. The United States
had to be content with minor places
in the other races.
Much of the great showing of Yale
was due to fine work at stroke by
Alfred Damon Lindley OF Minneapolis.
He was an excellent judge Of pace
and one of the greatest stroke oars
Rockefeller of Greenwich, Conn, was
captain and rowed at No. 4. 3. NJ.
Spock of New Haven rowed at No. z;
III. t. Kingsbury of New York at No.
s; J. L. Miller Of Larchmont, N. Y, at
No. S; a. NJ. Wilson OF Minneapolis at
No. 3; r. S. Chef1ield of New York at
No. 2, and l. G.. Carpenter of Mime
apolis at bow. L r: Stoddard of New
Rochelle was the coxswain.
Ed Leader in his second year at
New Haven turned out a crew that
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| one of the most noteworthy hap
| penings of the year was the come
| back OF Jackson Scholz. Scholz
sprint star of four years ago
was forced by business to givr
| up track sports and remained out o
competition for a period of two years
! In the Eastern sectional and the fina
| Olympic tryouts he not only equaled
but surpassed the performances OF hi:
| athletic prime, setting a new Ameri
| can record for the 200-meter dash and
| closely pressing the world mark IL
/ both the 100 and 200 meter events
And he continued his winning and
record approaching form at Colonies
Joie Ray, after a sensational season
on indoor tracks, proved a bitter dis
appointment in pre-Olympic and
Olympic competition. 1t was Joie's sec
ond try in olympic competition and his
second failure.
Among the youngsters who crashed
| to the front during the year were
Francis Hussey, the New York-school-
boy, who not only won a place on the
Olympic team, but was leading fac
tor In the victory scored by the United
States in the 400-meter Olympic relay.
and Lee Barnes, a 17-year- old Los
Angeles youth, who scored first place
in the Olympic pole vault.
Record by Bob LIE Gendre.
Among the 16 world records created
in the course of the year the new
broad jump of % feet 6 3-l6 inches set
by Bob lie Gendre during the Olympic
pentathlon competition is perhaps the
most remarkable, especially as IL was
created by an athlete who was thought
to have passed his athletic prime and
who never in competition had seri-
&. ~.
mark.
While an undergraduate at George
town lie Gendre several times exceed
ed "a feet, but during the pre- Olympic
trials his best effort was well under
that relatively low mark But at CO.
lombes i'm his very first effort from
the broad jump take-of he bettered
by more than inches the supposedly
unapproachabie mark set three years
ago by Ned Gourdin, Harvard's negro
star.
With the Olympic games at the high
spot of the track and field season the
annual national A. A. L. champion
ships conducted several weeks after
the athletes had returned from abroad
proved less impressive than usually
is the case. The majority OF the
Olympic stars did not compete, and In
many cases athletes who failed to win
places on the Olympic team proved
the winners of national titles.
In college athletics Yale, Illinois
and Leland Stanford furnished the
sectional championship team-Yale
winning the intercollegiate meet, ILL.,
nois the Western Conference title and
Stanford the Pacific Coast champion
ship. Yale's victory in the interco1-
legiate games broke three-year win
ming streak which the University of
California had maintained since 1921.
One of the most remarkable per-
formances of the year in long dis
lance running was that made in Eng
land a few weeks ago when Arthur
Newton, 41-year-old farmer, ran from
London to Brighton distance of
more than so miles-in hours, So
minutes and AZ seconds. 1t is said to
be a world record.
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Individual victories in u Of the
u events on the program at Colonies
and the scoring of several times that
number of second, third, fourth, fifth
and sixth places enabled the United
States to win by margin of So
points over Finland. The scores OF
tho first six matches were as fol-
lows: United States, 255; Finland, 166;
Great Britain, ssh; Sweden, 3115
France, 26t4; Italy, 10.
1t is true the American showing in
the sprints and middle distance runs
failed to maintain the high average
of other Olympic years, but the
Yankee athletes competing in the
field events, hurdles, jumps and all
around contests more than made up
for the loss in points. AS a matter
of fact, new Olympic or world. rec
ords were required of foreign rivals
before they could lead our sprinters
and middle distance men to the tape.
Americans Who stood Out.
The leading contributors to the
American triumph were Harold Os-
borne of Chicago, who won the
decathlon with a new Olympic mark
of T710.775 points, and the high jump
with a new Olympic mark of feet
inches; Clarence Hauser of Los
Angeles, who scored victories in the
discus throw and shotput, making
"A new Olympic mark OF 152 feet 6i2
inches in the former; jackson Scholz
OF New York, first in the 20o-meter
dash and a place winner in the 100
meters; Dan kinsay, first in the no.
meter hurdles; g. Morgan Taylor, first
in the 400-meter hurdles; De Hart
Hubbard, first in the broad jump; Lee
Barnes, first in the pole vault: Fred
Tootell, first in the hammer throw /;
Louis Clark. Francis Hussey, Alfred
lie CoRey and Loren Murchison, first
n the 400-meter relay race in new
world record time of Al seconds. and
Commodore CoChranc, Allan Helf-
frich, George Mcdonald and Bill
Stephenson, first in the I,600-meter
relay in new world record time of s
minutes / 5 seconds.
But the individual honors of the
big international meet must be ac-
corded Paavo Nurmi, the wonder
athlete of Finland, and Willie Ritola.
another native of that land, who was
developed in this country
Nurmi accounted for individual first
places and Olympic records in the
l,500-meter run, 5,000-mcter run and
cross-country run and was the chief
contributing factor TO Finland's team
victories in the cross country and
the 3,000-meter team races.
RitoIa won the 3.000-meter steeple-
chase and the 10,000-meter run. He
also finished second to Nurmi in the
5,000-meter run, the cross-country run
and the 3,000-meter team race.
Great Britain, furnishing the win
ners of the l00-meter dash, 400-meteT
and 800-meter runs-Harold Abra-
hams, Eric Liddell and d. q. A. Lowe
being it's star s-definitely
staged a comeback as leading
athletic nation.
In direct and most favorable con-
trast TO the selection and handling
Of the 1920 American Olympic affairs
was the manner in which the Amer
lean Olympic affairs were conducted
last Spring and Summer.
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Lewis Retains
Mat LaureIs

Due to inactivity among the stars Of
the mat this has been one OF the dullest
seasons in wrestling the sport has known
in years Only in the Western wrestling
belts did the sport keep it's head above
water
Stranger Ed Lewis, the heavyweight
champion, defended his title several
times, but in out-of the way places, and
appeared in New York only once. when
he threw Pat McGill. He remains the
champion because of his superiority
over a bad lot Of grapplers.
Wladek zbyszko claims the title at
Grasco-R Roman style. and no man In this
country seems able TO dispute his Pre-
tentionE,
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TIGER ATHLETES ON STAGE

Ten men prominent in athletics al
Princeton are connected with the Prince
ton Triangle Club, whose current must
cal drama, Tho Scarlet Coat" appears
here at the President Theater next Sat
urday evening. r. 3. Dinsmore, quar-
terbacl1 of the Tiger eleven and member
of the base ball team, is the best known.
Golfers, swimmers crew men and gym
nasts also are with the production