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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-17
Sports Roundup
sy HUGH FULLERTON, JR.


book From the looks Of Saturdays scores, Army ono
Notre Dame will up to their annual tusse without know
ina how good they The big SO tar don't prove
whether they're good or the opposition SO bod Nnc
then Southern California; Nays eooehes mus
feel like the GUYS who normally nhsb such football hotsPots
as Columbus o. Baton Rouge La, during the Huey Long
reoime Before the fans told them they had
even one eome It. Con1dr Rip Miller NoWs line coach,
Yesterdays lot of coaches shocked to find out
that tee-ooe boys play football We've known thot tor
20 years. Which indicates that the pre- season boyhoo
couldn't have been very for wrong.
Hard Bargain
When It. Buster Mills former Indian outieder, and 1t.
Birdie Tebbetts ex-Toer catcher, teammates on the
Waco Tex, Army Air Field basebo team Buster continually
tried tok Birdie out Of gold cigarette cose thot ebbes
never used Then Mills transferred TO another tIed
and when Tebbetts team entering semi ounonent
he made Mills offer to sign up for the event Nome
YOUR own PRICE said Birdie II won't toke any money,
replied Mills but if play will cost you that gold cigarette
case" He played
Quote Unquote
Milf Pepul Dartmouth backfed coach, after that Notre
Dame 81 didn't get very wet in spite Of the rain
Those Noe Dame backs went by fost the wind dried Oft
my clothes.
Shorts and Shells
Manager Bill McKechnie Of the Reds and Bill Roriden
were Teammates on different clubs Canton (Oho and
Penn Leoeuel in 1908, Boston tNatonoD spring of 1913
indianapolis (FederaD 1914 Newark (Federo) 1915 and
New York tNotionoD 1916 When you ask Ed Keeher,
Army basketball cooch about his he'll tell you he has
good football squad His two returning regulars, Doug
Kenno and Dale Hail. playing football along with Bobby
Dobbs Dukes Eddie Cameron pulled the same line
the New York football He olk about the
good southern teams Georgia Tech Wake Forest and
North Carolina Pre-Fisht.
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Pepper Quits
Cards Camp
Martin, Age 40
Requests Release

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 17-(P)-The
Wild Horse of the Usage, John
Leonard Pepper Martin is
heading back to pasture after a
one-year return to the big
leagues where he excited fans
with his daring antics for 1872
seasons.
The 4O-year-old Pepper - he
says he's really 10 because his
birthday is Feb. 29-yesterday
received his unconditional re-
lease from the st. Louis Cardi-
mails.
He had requested it, telling
President Sam Breadon he fig
ured he had served his time as
an active major Lacquer.
Martin came back TO the Car
dinals at the start of the 1944
season after managing Sacra-
mento and Rochester since 194l.
He has never said what he plans
for 1945 and today was on his
ranch near McAllister, Okla,
and could not be reached for a
statement. 1t was believed here
he would again seek a job as
manager somewhere in double
A baseball. ..
Coming to the Redbirds first
in 1928 as an outfielder, Pepper
stuck around for his first World
Series, then went back TO the
minors until 1881. That was his
first year as a Cardinal regular,
and probably his biggest year
in baseball.
1t was in 1881 that the Wild
Horse became an all-time World
Series idol. He batted 500 "a
record, made II hits (equaling
record) and literally stole the
classic from the Philadelphia
Athletics with his base running.
Give stolen bases in the seven
games)
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Irish Still Head
Nations Grid LIST
Unbsoten, United
Team Up in Front

NEW YORK, Oct. 17-P)-
It's Notre Dame again. For the
18th straight week, including
ten weeks from last year, the
Irish have been voted the ma
tons No. ! college football
team.
The unbeaten and united
South Blenders, who last week
showed Dartmouth under q $40
score, polled total Of 973 points
from LOT, sportswriters in yes
terday's Associated Press week
ly poll, the second of the season.
The Irish were ranked first on
50 1/3 Of the LOT ballots.
Army and Randolph Field,
both undefeated and united,
moved up a notch to second and
third place, respectively, as a
1913 deadlock with Virginia
tumbled the North Carolina pre-
Fighters from second to tenth.
Army polled a total of 862
points, including 111/3 first
places, to Randolph Fields
68l.5, including 81 7/l2ths first
place votes.
Ohio State took over fourth
place with 63l points while the
Iowa Seahawks, making their
first appearance in the Top Ten,
made fifth with 1895 points.
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Mounaineers Suffer First Loss to St. Francis DeSales
Don't Shoot Deer Weorinq
Red Coots, Experts Advise

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Oct.
l7-(P)-It has been eight years
since Missouri has had a deer
season, so the state conservation
commission decided it would be
peachy to give hunters a list of
helpful hints on how to behave
during the open dates Nov. ga.
In the first place, explains the
commission, it is well to be able
to distinguish a deer from, say,
your mother-in-laW. Examine
the creature closely, the COM
mission urges in its instruc-
tons issued TO all hunters. If it
is dressed in a red jacket. hold
your fire. No deer wearing "a
conpicuous red garment" should
be shot at until the hunter can
clearly count the points Of the
horns"
Okay, there's the deer. 1t
isn't attired in red, and it has a
neat assortment Of horns. Shall
we fire? Mercy, no! squawks
the c. c. Remember there is a
law which says no firearms shall
be discharged within $50 yards
of a farmhouse. Look around,
check for farmhouses.
Now, if the deer has waited
patiently through all this, let
him have it. But don't rush up
Immediately and claim the ami
NAL, because "a wounded deer
often will fight when at
bay. Their sharp horns and
hooves makes them very dan
gerous. A wounded deer should
be finished with a well-placed
shot from a safe distance"
After all these obstacles have
been overcome, a hunter is en-
titled to brag a little, Ell? Not
at all, tut-tuts the commissions,
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Rokusek IS MiSsinq
in Overdue Plane
Gronse's inspiration
Was Great Grid Stor

CHICAGO, Oct. II - P -
Harold (Red) Grange, who scin-
tillated on high school, univers-
ity and professional gridirons
for almost two decades, sat at a
telephone all last night waiting
for word Of a lost army major
who really made football
player out Of me-"
The army major was Frank E.
Rokusek, AZ, of Oak Park, H.,
captain and end on a great uni
versity of Illinois team in 1924
the year Grange, as junior,
and as the great "77" of the
Illini, first ran wild on a college
gridiron.
Maj. Rokusek yesterday was
reported missing, along with
four other army officers, on an
army transport plane that left
Athens, Ga, for Tampa, Fla,
Sunday evening.
Rokusek was attached to the
ThNd Air Force headquarters
as a special service officer.
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Plan Spartan
Night Grind
Lights to Allow
Maryland Workout

EAST LANSING, Oct. II -
(P) - Lights will burn on the
Michigan State College practise
football field this week as the
Spartans hold night practise In
preparation for the game with
University Of Maryland at Col
lege Park, Md, next Friday.
Coach Charley Bachman said
that his squad would drill after
the dinner hour today and on
Wednesday and top off the home
preparations with a morning
workout Thursday before de-
parture for the East in the after
noon.
State went through a heavy
scrimmage session yesterday
with Jack Breslin, Battle Creek
fullback, limping along the side
lines but Trainer Jack Heppin-
stall reported that the versatile
Spartan back had an ankle in
jury he believed would respond
quickly to treatment. Bill Mas
kill played in the position last
night.
The practise yesterday was
devoted chiefly TO perfecting
protection for the punters.
While two reserve teams hook
ed up in a scrimmage that was
devoted to learning Maryland
plays, the varsity kickers work
ed long and hard behind two
surging lines.
Maryland, coached by Clar.
enie o. (Dos) Spears, former
University TO Minnesota and To-
ledo University Mentor, has yet
to win a game. The Terrapins
lost to Hampden-Sydney, 1910;
to Lake Forest, 800, and last
Saturday backfield Coach Joe
Holsinger saw them play a &c
tie with West Virginia.
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Tiger Comes
Attendance
Tops Record
BY CHARLES DUNKLEY

CHICAGO, Oct. 17-(P)-The
American League, offering one
Of the most spectacular pennan,
battles in major league history,
drew a 1914 paid attendance OF
4,798, Disappointing the cir
cult record and topping last
years total by more than mil
lion fans.
President William Harridge,
announcing attendance figures
today, emphasized that the Off
cial total did not include 1877
OTIS fans who attended war relief
games which made an actual
paid attendance of 4,955,233
The league record is 5,433,791
for the 1910 season.
Last yeats official attendance
was $685., $50, or l.10l, $50 few
er than whirled the turnstiles in
the recently-closed campaign
which produced four-club race
down to the final week. The
l943 attendance, including war
relief games, was 3,840,286.
Harridge pointed out that
1914 attendance also included
508,49 servicemen a d m d
free as guests of the clubs.
The Detroit Tigers, who were
edged out of the championship
by the st. Louis Browns on the
final day of the season, finished
with an amazing home attend
ance of 923,l 76 to set the pace
in the banner season and surpass
their 1943 following by approx
mately 100000 fans.
Attendance at Amer C a n
League parks topped National
League figures by 6l9,414, fig
ures released by President Ford
Frick of the senior loop dis
closed. Both Detroits Tigers and
New York's Yankees topped the
New York Giants, the National
League leader, is the number of
fans paying to see the majors
play.
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The Monitor-l eader
TUESDAY OCTOBER II, 1914 PAGE Il
IIIini Star Gains
285 Yards in ) Games
Buddy Young Also
Has 8 Touehdowns

CHICAGO, Oct. 17-P) A
little man-but a mighty swift
little man--is leading the way
in the Western Conference scor-
ing and ground-gaining depart
ments.
He is Claude Buddy Young,
Illinois national sprint cham
pion, who has streaked to five
touchdoWns and 285 yards by
rushing in three conference
games.
Young-weighing 100 pounds
and standing feet, 5 inches tall
-scampered to two touchdowns
the first two times he got his
hands on the ball against Iowa
last Saturday to take over the
scoring lead with 80 points, six
more than second-place Bob
Wiese of Michigan.
Tho ennri,1n
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Even Battle
Brings 1sf
Recorded Tie
IdeoI Wsothsr,
Crowd Of 1900
Fovors TussIs

The Little Brown jug bounced
back and forth. (figuratively
speaking) last Friday, and no
one knew whether the Battling
Bathers of Mount Clemens or
the Tunnelites of Port Huron
would walk off with the coveted
prize until the final play was
executed, and as a result of IA
to IA tie score, both teams will
have possession of the keg for a
six month period each. This was
the first tie game the schools
have played together in %
years.
The weather was ideal and a
capacity crowd Of more than
$500 gathered to witness the
traditional battle.
The visitors kicked-off and
the pigskin rolled out-of-bounds
on Mount Clemens 4O-yard-
line. On the first play of the
game, half-back Jimmy Char
beneau advanced the ball seven
yards. Two runs by fullback
Bob Manning then advanced the
Bathers all the way to the Port
Huron 2l-yard-line. Halfback
Bill Nichols and Charbeneau
then proceeded to lose five
yards, and a penalty against
Mount Clemens for holding
brought the ball back to the
Port Huron 46-yard-line. With
second down and 35 yards to 60
for a first down, Charbeneau
failed to complete q pass, and a
ten yard gain through center by
Manning failed to make enough
yardage. With fourth down and
rs yards still needed, the Bath
ers failed to complete q pass,
and Port Huron took over on
their own 36-yard-lins.
DRIVE Is HALTED
On their first play OF the game
the Tunnelites were penalized
five yards for being offside, and
See BATHERS-Page IL
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Service Department

Although Lee Aroe. exChicooo Bears tackle, had just
returned from, years in the Pacific when he played the
first game for the Fort Pierce Fo Navy ophbous base this
fo he still able kick off that ball hit
Of the goal uPrehs the top Sgt Clarence tHooks)
lott struck 24O Of total of 4O4 famed by the
mound sof Of the keorns Utah. Oversees Replacement Depot
during the past season.
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nard DeSmith, halfbacks; and
Francis D'Luge, fullback.
The starting lineup for De-
Sales was: Jack Patwell and
George Davis, ends; Ray Send
and Dorrey Clemens, tackles;
John Nolan and George Latour,
guards, Bob Williams, center;
Erw n Herbert, quarterback
Romeo Bernard and Jack Ropen,
halfbacks; and AL Quinn, full
back.
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The scoring leaders:
BowIine's
|Hi-Hitters
BOB LEGGETT -

BOB LEGGETT - 534 (208)
House League.
EMILY QUESSENBERRY -
534 (2l4. Ladies Major League.
LAURA RAY - All. Ladies'
Novice League.
LARRY KRANTZ-539 (209)
Holy Name League.
ARTHUR ALWARDT - 578
(228200). Lutheran League.
ELDON VALENTINE - Sos
(210). Class B League.
MILE CAMPBELL - 449.
Ladies Minor League.
PAUL JONES - 523 GOD;
and EMIL COLO - 523. Civic
League.
CAROLYN PAPAJOHN-479.
Ladies Friday Night League.
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adding gloomily that deer hunt
ing is 80 per cent luck.
One thing to remember: The
deer, unused to all this banging
through the woods, is apt to be
shy and nervous. And for that
matter, the hunter himself may
be a bit shaky. Buck fever"
con cludes the commission,
laughing fit to kill.
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Quote, Unquote

Mlt Piepul Dartmouth backfeId coach, otter that
Dame rout: II didn't get very wet in spite Of tn
Those Notre Dame backs went by so ost the wind DR.
my clothes"
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Shorts and Shells

Manager Bill McKec
we're teammates on five
Penn leoeue) in 1908,
indianapolis tFederaI)
New York (NotionoD IS
Army basketball coach,
q good football squod.
Kenno and Dale Hall, al
Dobbs. Dukes E,
on the New York footboIl
good southern teams"
North Carolina Pre-Fliehi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-23

"You told that story to my
investigators before. Then what
do you think killed the children,
Mrs. LedfOrd ?" asked the Of
ficer.
"a few days before they be-
came sick I saw our neighbor
operating n blow gun on his
potato patch and I could see
that the stun was being blown
over some nearby blackberry
vines. The girls came home
later with blackberry stains all
over their mouths and hands.
III there was arsenic In their
stomachs that Is the only way
can imagine they swallowed IT,"
"Were the children insured 2"
demanded the officer sharply.
"Why, yes. Each was insured
for $1,000, for which i am the
beneficiary; but my husband
took out the policies and I
didn't know that my name ap-
peared on them until the un-
fortunate Deaths" she explained
blandly.
"YOu are under arrest for the
murder of Ruth Ledford and
Dorothy LedfOrd" growled the
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Asked Post-Mortem
why did she say She wante,

"Why did she say she wanted
= pOst-mortem he asked.
"She thinks the children
might have been poisoned from
eating blackberries from a patch
near Watson's potato patch
that had been sprayed with
arsenic" stated DR.. Ross.
1.-THE clever she-devilw Day.
ton muttered under his breath.
I'll bet those kids were In
sured in her favor =. Doctor,
1 am convinced this woman
murdered her first husband,
John MattsOn, so she could
steal my sisters husband"
II think the place for You 10
go II to Sheriff Calhoun" sug-
gested the startled doctor.
And so il was that Sheriff
Calhoun came TO hear the amaz-
ing story of Lloyd Dayton that
caused him to start the ponder
Gus machinery of justice. That
very day the officer went into
conference with District Attor-
suit that an autopsy was per-
formed on the two girls by DR..
Thomas d. Robertson at st.
Vincent's Hospital in Portland.
Ruth and Dorothy LedfOrd
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MattsOn had been poisoned with
arsenic I'm 1892 and Is dug up
now that we can discover ar
senic In his body?"
PRECISELY answered the doc
tor emphatically.
The body was exhumed on
the strength of the scientists
statement and the remains
were found to be literally satu-
rated with arsenic.
A search was made of the
Ledford home and among the
articles recovered was a one
pound pasteboard round con-
tainer of deadly arsenic tri-
oxide. The label showed il had
been purchased at drugstore
in st. Helens; that it had not
been long on the pantry shelf
was evident from its fresh APP
pearance. and upon weighing its
bulk Calhoun found that about
five ounces were missing.
The druggists poison record,
upon investigation, revealed the
signature of Agnes Ledford as
the purchaser on Sept. a, the
very date the two children
were stricken with the fatal
illness. Plainly the trail of evil
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Sister Also Dies

George and Agnes LcdfOrd
had gone 10 Portland and were
at ST. Vincents Hospital. 10
which Dorothy had been re-
moved. when the news arrived
of the death Of the younger
girl. Mrs. Ledford was pros
trated and when. two days
later, Dorothy died. the step
mother herself became a very
sick woman.
II was all very pulling 10
Or. Ross; he could not under
stand what had caused the two
girls to fluctuate between sick
ness and health so often in such
a short time.
And when, on the night of
Sept. 9, he received a long dis
tance telephone call from a man
inquiring about the deaths of
Ruth and Dorothy Ledford, the
good doctor was even more
puzzled. The call came from
Lloyd F. Dayton, uncle of the
dead girls, living in Seattle,
Wash.
have not vet signed a
death certificate" stated DR..
Ross TO this uncle who wanted
to know what had caused the
death of his two nieces so close
together, and with the self
same symptoms. 81 am very
much puzzled about the whole
affair. Why did you call ?"
Instead of giving his reasons
for calling, Dayton told the
physician that he would come
TO the Oregon city the follow
ing day and tell why he had
made the inquiry.
Lloyd Dayton was a brother
of Pearl Dayton, the natural
mother of Ruth and Dorothy
Ledford, as well as three other
children born to her and George
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exasperated detective. "And par
haps you won't be 20 sure Of
yourself when you hear what j
have To say.
Irene Happier, the nurse, In
forms me that after a weeks
illness the children were sitting
up on Saturday. You went shop
ring on that day and brought
back a package that contained
a box of poison and two bottles
of pop. Later the children be-
came so violently Ill it resulted
I'm ter deaths.
"Not only that, but we have
investigated your story about
dropping the poison cOntainer.
We sent that container to STAN
lev Macdonald at Portland.
Macdonald examined that
cardboard box through n micro
scope and could find not the
slightest abrasion or mark any
where to bear out your c0nten-
ton that you dropped II.
"And further, Sgt. X. q. How
ard of the Oregon state police
ate some OF those blackberries
two days after the death of
your stepdaughters, without any
III effects whatsoever. In cold
blood You murdered those chill
dren and you will hang for It,"
But the cool. quiet calm OF
her unruffled stare remained.
On the late afternoon OF
March %, 1888, her fate was
placed in the hands of a jury,
who took Is hours to arrive at
a verdict of guilty with a rec
ommendation of mercy.
Copyright. 1914. by King Features
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PRAYERS for Child

After Mrs. Ledford had of
fered PRAYERS for the child's re-
covery. the Rev. Mexican began
70 plead for her also. With his
wife and a member OF his con-
gregation, who had accompa.
MED him 10 the farm home OF
the worried couple, he had en-
tered the sick room and kheit
by the bed.
The child did not seem wor-
ried. but Mrs. Ledford was al
mo. I frantic; in fact, when the
prayers had ceased Dorothy
stuck out her tongue 10 the
pretty Mrs. Mexican, whom she
knew from Sunday school
classes and of whom she was
very fond-the girls tongue was
purple!
guess I ate too many
blackberries," said Dorothy
weakly.
Mrs. Mexican patted the child
on the head comfortingly and
told her she would probably be
all right in the morning.
"GOd will take care OF you,
my child" added the Rev. Nc
Kean.
"Amen" joined in George
Ledford, who was himself an
ex-evangelist turned grocery
clerk when he married the
dark haired. deeply religious
widow of John Mattson. who
had owned the property in
which the pair now lived.
Crowded into that four-room
house on the 40-acre ranch. be-
sides themselves. were also Mrs.
Maren Jensen, mother of Agnes
Ledford. the two children of
George Ledford and two chill
dren of Mrs. Ledford by her
former marriage.
"My mouth IA hot and burns"
said the child on the bed-and
then she screamed: "My legs
and arms hurt! 1 wish Ruth
was home :"
Dorothy Ledford was longing
for her sister. two years younger
than herself, who had gone for
a weekend visit with the chill
dren OF Mrs. Ella. Jackson, in
Portland.
and may this child he
spared. Amen"
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.3llS TASTES 222S
Extra SWimS for Women
-. thanks to Tampax


Summer at best is all too short and
for women who love To swim the
customary "belt-pin-pad days" can
bring bitter disappointment.
But a great many women have now
adopted a method OF monthly sani-
tary protection that is quite different
rom the usual" This Is the Tam
pax method-and Tampax may be
worn in lake, pool or ocean because
il IL oorn internally.
The principle OF internal ABSORB
ton Is by no means new 10 the medi-
cal profession-and now Tampax
makes it available for women gen
orally. >. Highly absorbent cotton is
compressed in dainty apphcators.
The hands need never touch the
Tampax and when il is in place the
user is unaware OF its presence. i. e.
No belts, no pins, no external pads
with Tampax-no bulk, no chahng.
no door!
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child of u playing with
her dolls. And this stranger
was calmly accusing her of
being a mass murderess!
and spare this child.
Amen"
II was the night Of Aug.
rs, 1887, and not even the
soft breezes from the Co
lumbia River could dispel
the heat in the little farm
of George and Agnes Led
ford, FIVE miles from st.
Helens in northwestern
Oregon.
The Rev Gordon Mexican
was but % years old. a sincere
nsStor of the Columbia City
-Four Square Gospel Church
BEING members of his congrega-
ton. the Ledfords had sum-
rooned him 10 their home IN an
hour Of trouble.
On p bed in the four-room
cottage lay slim, brunei child:
Dorothy Ledford, daughter OF
George Ledford by a former
marriage. The girl was 10
yeare old and. though appar-
entity very i'll from something
she had eaten, there seemed
then little reason 10 be alarmed
about her condition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-23
MANY never
SUSPECT CAUSE
OF BACkAChES
This Old Treatment Often
Brings Happy Relief

When disorder Of kidney function permits
poisonous matter TO remain in your blood.
It may cause nagging baekache. rheumAue
pains. leg pains, loss of pep and energy. get
ting up nights. swelling. puffiness under the
eyes. headaches and dizziness. FREQUENT or
scanty passages with smarting and burning
sometimes shows there is something wrong
with your kidneys or bladder.
Don't waitl Ask your druggist for Deans
Pills, used successfully by millions for over
40 years. They give happy relief and will help
the Is miles Of kidney tubes flush out poison
Gus waste from your blood Get Doan's Pills.